After considering the troops to be used, Wu Shigong began to think about how the Runing army should act. And this consideration is a bit more complicated, taking into account both military and political implications.

The first is that Zhou Junwu Zhou Senator. He himself doesn't have anything, but this person represents Xuan Mo, the governor of Henan, after all. If Wu Shigong does not send troops this time, it will be to offend Xuan Mo to death. Besides, the Runing Army was going to fight a decisive battle with the peasant rebel army, and it was nothing more than that the Runing Army was going to satisfy Xuanmo's representative, Zhou Junwu.

The idea is clear, when all the troops are concentrated in Yexian, they still go about 200 miles north along Ruzhou. If the peasant rebels had remained in place at that time, they would have attacked the peasant rebels from the flanks.

If the peasant rebels really moved south to Nanyang, then they would occupy favorable terrain and build a series of fortifications to resist section by section.

The Runing Army would not go into a decisive battle with the 300,000 or 500,000 peasant rebels. Because that is the most stupid method of warfare, even if it is a big victory, how many peasant rebels can be wiped out? It was nothing more than being entangled by a group of cannon fodder, so that the main force of the peasant rebel army could smoothly get out of its shell. And as long as it is a general battle, the casualties of the Runing army themselves must be quite large.

The Runing Army was to carry out a series of small harassment and blitzkrieg battles to completely entangle the peasant rebels and put them in a dilemma. Because the Runing Army was not far from the base of Yexian, Luojia Town and Longyan Village, there was also a large amount of grain and grass stored there, so it was completely possible to fight for a long time without logistics.

As long as the peasant rebel army is entangled for about a month, not to mention that other Ming troops will also rush over, even the peasant rebel army's own grain and grass will not be able to support it, and it will completely collapse without a fight.

If the peasant rebel army wants to get out of this predicament, there are only two ways: one is not to entangle with the Runing army and turn around and go to other places, then the Runing army has finally managed to sweep the snow in front of their own doors. The peace of the area under his control can be regarded as preserved; The other was to take the initiative to attack the Runing Army, but at that time, the Runing Army had fortifications and sharp firearms, and that kind of combat fell into the routine of the Runing Army, and it was completely possible to win the battle with a small loss.

If the peasant rebels marched east to Henan and Kaifeng, then the Runing army could also immediately follow and attack. You must know that not all of the peasant rebels were soldiers, and there were many old and weak women and children in their ranks. And these old and weak women and children are basically at the tail of the peasant rebel army.

If the Runing army concentrated its elite cavalry to attack the old and weak women and children at this time, it would be a massacre, after eating the pieces of meat on the tail one by one. The final peasant rebel army will also collapse.

Then there is the peasant rebel army attacking Luoyang, Kaifeng and other big cities along the Yellow River. At that time, the Runing army would stand still for a short time, waiting for the peasant rebels to be demoralized under these cities. When the time is ripe, the Runing army will immediately attack the peasant rebels besieging the city and completely defeat them.

Of course, this jihua is not necessarily implemented. Because the peasant rebel army at that time did not threaten the area controlled by the Runing Army after all. The danger of the Runing army's long-distance attack is also very great, and it is also necessary to guard against the peasant rebels to encircle the point and send reinforcements. So there is no absolute certainty. It is absolutely impossible for the Runing Army to carry out this jihua.

But these are all ideals, and after all, the war is not fought according to the jihua that it has set itself. What if by then, tens of thousands of berserker fighters from the last Battle of Ruzhou appeared in the peasant rebel army? Then the Runing army, which only has more than 16,000 horses, may not be able to stop it, so it is necessary to arrange a retreat in advance.

The first way to retreat is for the main force of the Runing Army to withdraw to the headquarters of the Runing Army, which will be in a situation of fighting on the inside line and can support the defense line of the Runing Army at any time. Strive to maintain peace in the area controlled by the Runing Army.

The second way of retreat is to focus on holding the line of Nanyang Ye County, Luojia Town Daying and Longyan Town Base in the case of an absolutely unfavorable situation; the first line of the mountainous area in the northern part of Runing Province; the iron triangle of the evil tiger village, the fortress of thousands of households and the county seat of Yu Zilian; There is also the line of Runing Mansion City and Runing Army Camp.

In this case, most of the Fude Prefecture, including Fucheng, will be completely abandoned. The southern part of Runyeong Province will also be completely abandoned. But these areas that are preserved are the key areas of industry and mining owned by the Runing Army, as long as they survive. Then the Runing Army will not hurt its muscles and bones.

Fortunately, it is winter, and all the crops in the fields have been harvested, as long as all the serfs in the southern part of Runing Province are withdrawn, it will be a peasant rebel army to trample on those abandoned areas repeatedly, and at most some houses will be lost. As for the problem of post-disaster reconstruction, the current Runing Army is not short of labor!

As long as the city of Runing Mansion is kept, according to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, it can be regarded as barely keeping the entire territory of Runing Mansion safe. The Runing army immediately attacked and fought, and kept the Runing Mansion City, so at that time, the imperial court and Henan Governor Xuan Mo could not blame the Runing army.

As for the Grand Canal and the central capital Fengyang behind them, they can only ask for more blessings at that time. Anyway, there are heavy troops stationed there, and they will have a headache to fight against the peasant rebels!

Of course, there is a worst-case scenario, that is, the second retreat cannot be saved, and then there is no other thought. All the efforts of Wu Shigong to go to Henan can be regarded as wasted. It's better to flee to the south with the whole family, and be able to live one more day in this chaotic era at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

But since this is good, then you have to prepare for the worst. Anyway, there are the prefect of Guide Mansion and Zhao Ming to worry about, and there are also a certain number of troops there. And the southern part of Runing Province will have to prepare early.

The first thing is to convince the prefect of Runing Prefecture, Guan Kesong. But that shouldn't be a big deal. In the proceedings of tomorrow, the peasant rebels will be more vigorous; The attitude of Senator Zhou sent by the governor to coerce the Runing army to go out is more serious. As long as Zuihou can keep the safety of Runing Mansion and the officials in the city, it is estimated that Guan Kesong will not say anything against it.

As for the evacuation of personnel, grain and grass materials, anyway, tomorrow let Deng Qifan and these civilian officials arrange it, and those who can evacuate to the Runing army camp will be withdrawn as much as possible, and those who can't be evacuated will be in the south of Runing Mansion anyway, there are two large Zhuangzi with fortresses as the standard built under the supervision of Foreman Jiang in the south of Runing Mansion. In addition to the two county towns there, as long as the two militia groups and those village guards and road guards are stationed, they will always be able to support them for a period of time, waiting for the rescue of the main force of the Runing Army.

As for the local people, it has to be arranged by Guan Kesong. However, the time is tight, and it must be arranged within a month. Fortunately, the Runing Army also has a plan for this kind of emergency, and when the time comes, it will come according to the plan anyway, if anyone is disobedient, then the military law will do it.

As for the time when all the troops were assembled in Yexian, Wu Shigong estimated it, plus the time to pass the order, it was about ten days in total. But now Wu Shigong also knew that the peasant rebels had just entered Henan, and their movements were not so fast, and it took ten days to reach the vicinity of Ye County at most, and it was still too late.

From beginning to end, Wu Shigong did not consider whether Xuan Mo, the governor of Henan, would block the peasant rebels on the Lu line. Because the difference in strength between the two sides is too great. Xuan Mo must also know this, otherwise he would not have sent Zhou Junwu to Wu Shigong to send a letter for help.

If Xuan Mo was wiser, he would definitely retreat to Luoyang, Kaifeng and other big cities, otherwise, he would have sacrificed his life for the country.

Thinking about everything, Wu Shigong's whole body immediately relaxed. He lifted his head and stretched. Suddenly, he found that there was one more person in the study, and it turned out that Mei Yun had also come to the study to deliver snacks.

Wu Shigong smiled at Mei Yun and asked, "Why are you here?" ”

Mei Yun also smiled at Wu Shigong, but before she could answer, Qiong Niang replied for Mei Yun: "Sister Mei also made a few pieces of osmanthus cake for the master." When I saw that the master was doing business, I was waiting on the sidelines. ”

"Oh?" Wu Shigong smiled and looked at the small table, then walked to the small table and picked up the osmanthus cake placed on the small table, took a big bite and chewed, and said vaguely: "It's delicious!" ”

Hearing Wu Shigong's praise, Mei Yun and Qiong Niang also laughed. When eating osmanthus cake, Wu Shigong thought about his jihua from beginning to end again, and felt that there was nothing missing. So zuihou determined this jihua.

But somehow, Wu Shigong always felt that something was wrong, but after thinking about it, maybe he was suspicious. So Wu Shigong also left this uneasiness behind.

When Wu Shigong finished eating and the two ladies were about to clean up their things, Wu Shigong smiled and asked them to stop, so that the maids would come and clean up tomorrow. Then he hugged them left and right and went back to the room.

In fact, Wu Shigong's sixth sense is indeed not wrong. His whole jihua was very thoughtful and well analyzed, but at this time he was completely shrouded in the fog of war.

Because there is a major error in the basic basis of Wu Shigong's inference. In Wu Shigong's thoughts, since the peasant rebel army was united, they must have to act in unison. Otherwise, isn't it a pain in the idle to divide and merge?

But Wu Shigong did not know about the Xingyang Conference at all, nor did he know about the differences between the two factions within the peasant rebel army. So it's not the peasant rebel army egg that hurts, but Wu Shigong's Runing army egg.

All the marching routes of the peasant rebel army analyzed by Wu Shigong tonight were correct, but there was no need for Wu Shigong to do any multiple-choice questions, because the peasant rebel army had also divided its troops and followed all the routes.

There were three routes that threatened the area controlled by the Runing Army: one route crossed the river in Shaanzhou, went north to Pingyang, Shanxi, and crossed the Yellow River again from the Huaiqing area of Henan Province, and entered Guide Mansion in the south; One is from Wuguan through Nanyang Mansion to Huguang Xiangyang, threatening Yexian and the southwest of Runing Mansion; One is to attack Henan County from the east of Lushi County, threatening the western part of Guide Province and the northern part of Runing Province.

The Runing Army was suddenly confronted with a full arrival. But the only way to deal with these three peasant rebels is the main force of the Runing Army! (To be continued......)