Chapter 536 Showdown!
The sword master returned home,
bringing Hu Bamei with him,
also bringing with him the reluctance and heavy longing that belonged to Xue San.
Getting together, because it is short and precious, the real normal state is to go our separate ways for life;
Next, the demon kings and Uncle Zheng, the master, will separate to do their own things.
The blind man and Jin Shuke led a group of soldiers and horses to the rear;
From the earliest guarding school captain, no one had no money, no weapons, no horses, to the subsequent ones in Cuiliu Fort You can only choose prisoners. After going to Jin, you can only accept surrendered troops from Jin. I drooled countless times looking at the high-quality soldiers of Zhenbei Army and Jingnan Army;
This time, it is finally the turn. It’s time for me to have a big meal.
Xue San led a team of craftsmen to also set off to support the brothers' siege.
Yesterday, Uncle Zheng invited Gongsun Zhi and Gong Wang to meet in the castle and have a meal.
Because there will be a long period of peace on the Eastern Front;
So Uncle Zheng took Gongsun Zhi’s son Gongsun Zhen to the king’s tent, and he was going to accept the King Jingnan’s teachings, then he would take Gongsun Huan there to receive his teachings.
In addition, Gong Wangzhi Gong Lin was also transferred by Zheng Fan to serve as military counselor.
During the dinner, Uncle Zheng asked Liang Cheng to sit next to him.
Everyone's son is by their side, and with their own explicit instructions, Gongsun Zhi and Gong Wang should know whose orders the next three troops on the Eastern Front should follow.
After doing this, Uncle Zheng packed up his things and went straight to the royal tent of the Chinese army with some entourage and guards the next morning.
......
Everything seems to be the same as before.
The Wangzhang is located in the center of the military village, separated by independent fences, and has strong independence.
Uncle Zheng's tent is in this small circle, not far from the king's tent.
It can be seen that Gongsun Huan and Gong Lin are a little excited and a little nervous. After all, what they have to face is King Jingnan, a god-like existence in the Yan army.
In comparison, Uncle Zheng is much more calm.
"You, go and wash these vegetables. You, go and clean these bones. After they are done, sir, stew them."
After giving orders to Gong Lin and Gongsun Guan, Uncle Zheng straightened his clothes and walked towards the king's tent.
After nodding with the guards under King Jingnan at the door, Uncle Zheng opened the curtain and walked in without making any announcement.
In the king's tent, King Jingnan was sitting there watching the military report.
"Your Majesty."
"Come here."
Uncle Zheng approached.
Tian Wujing did not raise his head, but pointed to the folding papers stacked on one side of his desk and said:
"Approved."
Um...
Uncle Zheng Nodding, he picked up the fold and sat down in the lower hand position.
Uncle Zheng did not expect that he would enter work mode at this time, but he had no room to comment.
After opening the folder, I found that it was sent from Yingdu, and it was basically related to logistics.
This type of discount is relatively easy to deal with.
Although Siniang is in charge of the daily work of Xue Customs, Uncle Zheng has been sitting in that position for so long, and his structure has been established for a long time. It is not difficult to do these reviews.
There is nothing wrong with the phone call routine. It is just a routine trick. Uncle Zheng approved it and put it aside alone.
Some people who sought an extension without giving specific reasons were vague. Uncle Zheng gave the instruction of "do it quickly". The second half of the sentence was not written, but anyone who read this statement should be able to guess that. That is, "Those who delay will be subject to military law."
This type of excerpts are also placed separately.
There are also some that do give specific reasons. Based on his own experience and knowledge, Uncle Zheng judged that it was not the officials at the rear who were deliberately delaying, but that there were real difficulties.
For example, heavy rain in Wangjiang washed away two pontoon bridges, causing a delay in the delivery of military supplies. This situation cannot be overcome in a short time by manpower and attitude.
Fortunately, there are not many discounts in this case, only a few.
The three categories were folded and stacked together. Uncle Zheng picked them up again, walked to the Jingnan Marquis Case, and sorted the three categories again.
King Jingnan raised his head, looked at Uncle Zheng, and said:
"Has it been approved?"
"Okay, Your Majesty. I need you to take a look at this pile, Your Majesty. One stack, I gave instructions.”
There is no need to talk about the other stack of nonsense.
King Jingnan flipped through a few books, nodded and said:
"Do you know what I want to say?"
Uncle Zheng nodded and said: "With the skills of this batch of reds, it would be a pity not to go to the ceremonial supervisor."
"Haha."
King Jingnan smiled, stretched out his hand, pushed these folds aside, and said:
< br>"It is too difficult for a commander to do everything in detail, but my habit is to know everything well. Running an army is like running a country. It is fun to order thousands of troops to charge with drums and drums. Extremely, but most of the time, I still have to sit down and get stuck in the paperwork.”
"Yes, I will be taught at the end."
"There will be another group coming in the afternoon. Just follow this way and help me review it."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
“How is the injury?”
“It’s no longer a serious problem.”
"Although a martial artist's real support is his physical body, the essence transforms into spirit, and the body and spirit are one and the same. We don't need to pursue the closeness between self and Tao like a Qi practitioner, but at least we have to do not Hold back, otherwise it will be detrimental to your future cultivation."
This is the conclusion I came to when I went to Dongshan Fort to see Uncle Zheng who had just woken up from a coma.
But that time, Uncle Zheng was possessed by the magic pill first, and then took Xue San's medicine, and his spirit suffered a double overdraft.
"Yes, Your Majesty, I remember."
King Jingnan nodded and asked, "Please tell me to send food outside."
"Your Majesty, I have already ordered people to prepare the small hot pot, which you have eaten."
"Are you still in the mood to prepare these?"
"No matter how busy you are, as long as conditions permit, You all have to eat better."
"Let's go. "
Gongsun Zhen was lighting the fire, and Gong Lin was sitting there lazily, not intentionally, but because he really had nothing to do. Uncle Zheng had not come out for so long after entering the king's tent. In fact, Uncle Zheng's two personal followers had no other errands to do.
When she saw Uncle Zheng and King Jingnan approaching in the distance, Gong Lin immediately got up and went to chop vegetables.
Uncle Zheng opened the lid of the pot and added all the vegetables in personally. He knew that King Jingnan was very busy now and had no time to cook the vegetables and meat slowly, so he might as well cook them all at once. Hot pot with vegetables.
“Let’s eat together.” Uncle Zheng said to Gongsun Huan and Gong Wang.
The two of them nodded, took some bowls, and then crouched in a corner far away. They were both from the second generation of the army, so it was impossible for them not to be discerning.
Uncle Zheng and King Jingnan sat down together and began to have lunch.
"At Xishan Fort, Li Fusheng's offensive has never been effective." King Jingnan said.
“I think it’s because we failed to win the first wave, and now it’s entering a stalemate and attrition.” Uncle Zheng said.
Tian Wujing nodded, "However, with your lessons learned, he went to investigate specifically. Inside the Xishan Fort, there was a private army of the Dugu family of Chu State, not the imperial imperial army.< br>
Although, there is also a general named Dugu Nian in the Royal Forbidden Army, who is also a member of the Dugu family, but they are not together. "
"In this case, it is only a matter of time. .”
"Sweep slowly, there is no rush anyway."
"This time, it is the slowest battle that the prince has ever seen. In fact, the prince probably prefers this battle. Are you going to fight?"
Tian Wujing did not answer.
"Your Majesty, I have heard that the river workers at Wangjiang are still under construction?"
"Yes."
"What is it for?" Uncle Zheng asked directly, "Is it related to the attack on Chu?"
Originally, Uncle Zheng was very surprised by the Wangjiang River Works. Well, over there, river construction is still going on.
After Xue San came back, he also said something about river engineering.
You know, San'er is an expert in this field. If he sees a problem, there must be a problem.
Uncle Zheng hesitated for a moment and then asked: "I have heard that when we defeated the main force of barbarians in Wangjiang and besieged Yupan City, Your Majesty ordered us to build Dayan's navy."
In the past, Dayan did not need a navy at all, but as the external expansion war progressed and faced new terrain and new battlefield environments, a navy was a must.
Looking at the river engineering, it is easy for Uncle Zheng to think of Dayan’s newly built navy.
Tian Wujing did not seem to intend to hide it deliberately,
He put down the bowl and chopsticks,
looked at Zheng Fan,
Said:
"Even now, I don't know whether it can be done. Manpower is still a bit insignificant in the face of the celestial phenomena."
"My lord, this is your plan... ...one?"
"Hmm."
Tian Wujing picked up the chopsticks, drew a line on the ground, and said:
"This is Wangjiang."
Uncle Zheng nodded.
At the end of this line, Tian Wujing drew three lines with chopsticks and said: "This is the Mengshan Mountains, which is where you walked when you last entered Chu."< br>
Uncle Zheng nodded again.
"Wangjiang River enters Chu from the west side of Mengshan Mountain, and finally flows into Daze of Chu State. From here to here, it is the canal of the Chu people. Through this river, the Chu people control the west of Daze all the way to Qishan This large area
At that time, the navy of the Chu people also followed this river north to enter the Wangjiang River, blocking the river and destroying the boundless Eastern Expeditionary Army.
The last time you entered Chu, you went east of the Mengshan Mountains. "
Uncle Zheng immediately said; "It is possible to travel by boat there, and there are some tributaries branched off from Wangjiang River, but the waterway is very short and difficult to navigate. Only the small cargo ships smuggled by caravans can After walking one line, and entering from here, you have to face the long and winding mountain road of Mengshan Mountain. There are terrains everywhere where one person can't get through.
It is simply impossible for our army to enter Chu from here.
If we go west of Mengshan Mountain, there is enough river surface to do it, but the Chu people's navy there is densely populated, and they can easily block the river surface.
If we force our way in from here, it will be no different than marching directly out of Nanmen Pass and taking advantage of the Liang Kingdom to attack Chu. ”
At this moment,
Tian Wujing’s chopsticks pierced into “Wangjiang” and pulled diagonally eastward to the east of Mengshan Mountain.
“This ………”
Uncle Zheng suddenly understood.
He really didn't expect to use this method before!
He thought about attacking floods with water. After all, there have been many such battles throughout the ages, but where Zhennanguan is located, it is almost impossible to divert water to flood them.
However, with Tian Wujing’s advice, the original doubts were completely solved.
For a moment, when Uncle Zheng looked up at Tian Wujing again, he was really speechless.
Tian Wujing ignored the change in Uncle Zheng’s expression and focused on his own narrative:
"During the summer floods, not only the water level on the Wangjiang River, but also in its lower tributaries is actually higher than usual during the year. To the west of Mengshan Mountain, the river channel is wide, but our Dayan Navy is not the Chu Navy at all. Opponent, taking this road is a dead end.
Once Wangjiang successfully changes its course and branches into a tributary, the river east of Mengshan will be able to support large ships in a short time
Our Great Yan Navy. , you can take advantage of this opportunity to be in Chu Renshui When the navy had no time to react, it entered Chu from the east of the Mengshan Mountains through the diverted tributary."
Hearing this, Uncle Zheng immediately said: "This should not be the navy entering Chu."< br>
Tian Wujing nodded slightly , said: "The navy is newly built. Although it has built a few large ships, they are all just useless. Even if some remaining navy units received from the Situ family are added, no battle can be formed in such a short period of time." Power.
Therefore, I had no intention of carrying out any surprise attack with the navy. The navy entered Chu with the purpose of helping me carry a troop of troops into Chu.
After successfully entering Chu, this army will quickly advance eastward before the Chu people have time to react. "
Said,
Tian Wujing pointed out a point with chopsticks,
"This is Zhennanguan. ”
Then,
Tian Wujing clicked a point after "Zhennanguan" and drew a circle based on this point.
Uncle Zheng answered quickly: "This is Shanggu County, and this point is the county seat of Shanggu County."
Shanggu County, when Uncle Zheng brought the princess back, he walked there. At that time, he was disguised as a merchant selling grain to the border.
So, when he got here, Uncle Zheng grabbed his chopsticks and clicked a dot on the southwest corner of the circle "Shanggu County".
"Your Majesty, here, it should be here, there is a city called Jingcheng. To the south of Jingcheng is the Weihe River in the Chu Kingdom. The Mijiang River outside the capital of Ying, the Chu people, is actually a tributary of the Weihe River."
The Mijiang River is actually very narrow and cannot be considered a river. However, because of the legend that the capital was built here, it is called a "jiang", which has a kind of imperial designation.
Tian Wujing said nothing and looked at Zheng Fan, as if waiting for Zheng Fan to continue speaking.
Uncle Zheng is no longer the fool he used to be. The most important thing is that he walked through here, thought about it, and immediately continued:
"Jingcheng is a dangerous place to strangle the Wei River. , is the throat of Shanggu County to the outside world. If the strange troops who entered Chu from the east of Mengshan Mountain rush here and occupy Jingcheng, it will be equivalent to cutting off the entire connection between Shanggu County of Chu State and the mainland of Chu State! "
Tian Wujing nodded with satisfaction.
However, he still added,
said:
“Nian Yao is an extremely cautious person. According to the intelligence report of the Secret Intelligence Department, the Chu army this time The grain and grass were not placed in the military camp behind Zhennanguan, nor in the county town of Shanggu County. But...Jingcheng."
"Nian Yao should be afraid that our Yan army will not attack Zhennanguan after clearing most of the obstacles outside Zhennanguan, but will separate. Many soldiers and horses circled the south gate of the town, so the grain road was placed so far back.
His original intention, presumably, was to limit the battle to not only the south of Zhennanguan, but also to include Shanggu County and the entire Shanggu County.
Actually, the Shanggu County of the Chu people has long been empty. It is not as serious as our ten houses and nine empty houses in eastern Shanxi, but the Chu people will not feel bad if it is used as a battlefield.
And if our army can take advantage of the Chu people's unpreparedness in advance and capture Jingcheng in one fell swoop, the food and grass that the Chu people have mobilized and prepared for this war will be burned to the ground!
At that time, the Chu people’s military morale must have been greatly affected! ”
Tian Wujing shook his head.
"My lord, is the general right?"
"On the front line of Wangjiang, countless civilians were recruited and forced to change the course of Wangjiang, flooding the surrounding areas and ignoring them. After the newly-built navy entered the Chu Kingdom, it was almost impossible to come out again. will also be destroyed .
The purpose of transporting the strange troops at such a price was just to burn down the food and grass to dampen the morale of the Chu people?
Zheng Fan,
Appetite,
Could be bigger. "
" Bigger? "
Tian Wujing used chopsticks to circle the entire Shanggu County and Zhennanguan,
said:
"I want that strange weapon card Living in Jingcheng will block the Chu people's reinforcements and cut off the Chu people's food routes;
At that time, hundreds of thousands of Chu troops in Zhennanguan, the military forts in Zhennanguan, Shanggu County and other cities in them will all be isolated in a big urn!
I, the king,
will eat them all in one fell swoop!
I, the king, want to let Nian Yao, the main force of the Chu royal family’s forbidden army, and the main force of the noble private soldiers of Da Chu be buried here.
Without these elites all at once, the state of Chu will definitely be severely weakened. Not to mention another Northern Expedition, the Guangu County of Zhennan will be in the hands of my great Yan. Whenever he wants to go south, it is up to him. I, Dayan, have the final say, and he, the Chu people, can only passively suffer.
In this battle, I will defeat him as a great leader! "
Uncle Zheng's breathing became rapid involuntarily. When Tian Wujing revealed his plan in detail,
Uncle Zheng was shocked by the size of this chessboard, and was also shocked by Tian. No mirror has a huge appetite.
So. Therefore, Tian Wujing said that the peripheral siege war could be carried out slowly and not in a hurry, because he wanted to give the Chu people enough mobilization time to mobilize more soldiers, horse reinforcements, grain, grass and ordnance to rush to Shanggu County;
He thought, once and for all!
If this battle is successful,
it will be no less than a few years ago when he fought thousands of miles to annihilate the Helian family and the Wen family. Even a thousand years later, it will still be a battle that history observers talk about.
Tian Wujing used his chopsticks to point at the location of Jingcheng that Uncle Zheng had poked out earlier,
said:
"Tell me, tell me, this Qibing, who will lead it? ”
Coming,
Coming,
Familiar feeling,
Familiar way,
Familiar rhythm,
here we go again!
Uncle Zheng raised his head and looked at King Jingnan.
This time,
Uncle Zheng did not shirk or deliberately recommend others, because he had already been mentally prepared.
The benefits have been taken, and to shirk it any longer would be too pretentious and meaningless.
Now that I know it must be me, I should be more generous, cheerful, and straightforward. There is no need to be coy every time.
So, Uncle Zheng was very sensible and direct this time.
"My lord, after this battle, we will finally conquer Nanguan."
"I will give it to you."
"After this battle, we will finally conquer Jindong. .”
"Here you go."
"After this battle, I will become a true general of the country."
"Of course."
"And... ..."
"What else, say"
"Please, Your Majesty, please help me think of a title for the general. What should I call Hou Haolai?"
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Thanks to LH Xiao for becoming the 138th person in "The Devil Comes" Leader!
Good night. (End of this chapter)