After a day of repairs in Liu Liangzuo's camp, Zhu Cihong held a military meeting in the big tent of the Chinese army to inquire about the situation of the remnants of the fifth battalion of the revolutionary left.

After the old battalion of the thieves escaped from the Yinghuo Mountains, the cavalry had a great advantage in escaping, and only the cavalry regiment directly under the Royal Cavalry Regiment and the Second Brigade of the First Brigade in the Tianwu Army were not left behind, and pursued all the way.

Yang Qili reported: "Your Highness, according to the news delivered by the night ahead, Ma Shouying fled west with the remaining thousands of old battalions, and the destination is still unclear, and it is estimated that even he himself does not know where to run!" ”

Zhu Cihong nodded and said: "In the future, the information on the front line will be reported once a day, especially the situation of the thief leader Ma Shouying Department, this time we must eliminate them all!" ”

"Yes!" The congregation will answer.

Huang Degong laughed and said, "Yesterday was really happy!" It's a pity, Brother Zhou is not here, he has always wanted to cut off the head of a general soldier, what a pity! ”

"Hahaha!" The generals in the camp laughed.

Zhu Cihong looked at Huang Degong and said, "I heard that you also drank when you were fighting against the thieves in Lu'an, is there such a thing?" ”

The big tent, which was originally laughing, suddenly quieted down, and the generals immediately straightened up, looking at the crown prince nervously, and the atmosphere froze a little for a while.

Huang Degong hurriedly said: "Your Highness, it has been my habit for many years to drink before the war, the more I drink, the more fierce I kill the enemy, and besides, I have never made a mistake!" ”

Zhu Cihong frowned and said: "You are now the commander of the first brigade, not the general who charged into battle in every battle before, the commander has to sit in the Chinese army, coordinate the overall situation, and consider the lives of the soldiers of the whole army!" ”

Zhu Cihong said solemnly: "In the future, when you encounter war, you are not allowed to drink, and you are not allowed to touch a drop!" ”

"This ......" Huang Degong rubbed his hands, looked at Zhu Cihong's solemn gaze, immediately stood up straight, and said loudly: "Yes, the last general will take the order!" ”

Only then did Zhu Cihong nod and said, "All departments are ready for battle, and tomorrow the army will go to Wuchang!" ”

"Yes!" The generals responded in unison.

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Wuchang is the capital of Huguang, Huguang is the two provinces of Hubei and Hunan in later generations, the Ming Dynasty did not have a permanent governor of Huguang, and the post of governor of Huguang was established during the Shunzhi period of the Qing Dynasty. Daming set up a total of two governors in Huguang, one is the governor of Huguang and the other is the governor of Biyuan, in fact, he is in charge of Hubei and Hunan.

Huguang Governor Yamen, Biyuan Governor Ji Haoyan was in the study, sitting on the Taishi chair with his eyes closed, his right hand on the table and gently tapping on the table, making a rhythmic sound in the quiet study.

Next to Ji Haoyan sat a worried staff, this was his confidant, he had just received the news that the crown prince was going to visit Wuchang Mansion in person.

Ji Haoyan frowned and said, "The crown prince really said that to the commanders of the guards? ”

The staff member said: "Yes, the commanders of Wu Changwei and Changsha Wei have all met the students today, and what the two of them said is similar, and there are several commanders who have sent people to interrogate, wanting to know what the adults think." ”

What does this official think? If the official wants the crown prince to return to Beijing or fall into the water, can it be realized?

Ji Haoyan naturally couldn't say such a rebellious thing to his staff, he muttered: "The crown prince is going south this time, and he is also the governor of the five provinces, and he has the Dragon Festival Shangfang, the honor guard of the Son of Heaven, and he has the right to make decisions on the affairs of Jiangnan, first cut and then play, now it is not what I want to do, it is what they want to do." ”

The staff said: "The meaning of each guard naturally wants to keep the wealth, everyone has seen the fate of more than a dozen guards in Nanzhili, and many generals have exchanged tens of thousands of acres of land for 500 acres of land and a pennant, who can stand it!" ”

Ji Haoyan nodded, this is indeed excessive, if the tens of thousands of acres of fertile land under his name are replaced with this thing, it will be like a broken palace, who lives in it is bitter.

The staff continued: "From the perspective of students, the crown prince is ruthless and ruthless, Liu Liangzuo and the three general soldiers are the best proof of this, as soon as he comes to Huguang, he kills people, and he doesn't give anyone face at all, and we can't even save our lives." ”

Ji Haoyan's heart became even more confused after hearing this, and said, "What did Fang Kongzhao, the governor of Huguang, say? If he can stand on our side, then it will not be so easy for the crown prince to move us Huguang. ”

The staff said with a wry smile: "The student heard that Lord Fang is preparing to join the crown prince, and even Huguang's yellow book is ready. ”

Ji Haoyan said irritably: "This guy is really ........ So what should we do? Forward or Backward? ”

"It's good to be natural, but everything pays attention to profit, the crown prince's benefit is too little, and it can even be said that there is none, and let us post it upside down, who is willing to be obedient to normal people! As for this ......"

The staff was silent for a while, walked up to Ji Haoyan, lowered his voice and said: "Students have followed adults for many years, and the great kindness of adults cannot be repaid, they can only do things seriously over the years. ”

Ji Haoyan looked at the staff with a solemn look, knowing that he didn't hold back any good birds, so he asked, "Tell me about it!" ”

The staff had a cold light in their eyes, a fierce look on their faces, and said, "Falling into the water!" ”

"The crown prince has thousands of guards around him, and it is difficult to attack him on land, so if you want to deal with him secretly, you can only take action when he takes the waterway, and it is the best opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity for him to cross the river to the south and go to Wuchang!"

When Ji Hao heard this, he was shocked, this staff member is really daring, he dares to plan such a rebellious thing, but I like it!

Things have come to this point, either 500 acres of land and a pennant are broken by the fish, and there is no choice, no wonder the crown prince's dragon boat sank into the river twice in the Taiping Mansion, it turns out that someone has already done this.

Ji Haoyan was puzzled: "It's not the first time this kind of thing has happened, so they didn't take any precautions?" ”

"As the saying goes, guns are easy to dodge and arrows are difficult to defend, we can arrange them in the river, for example, ......" said the staff, drawing a circle.

Ji Haoyan's eyes widened and said, "You mean....... Underwater Dragon King Cannon! ”

The staff nodded and said: "Exactly, some guards produce this thing for the water master, just leave this kind of thing to them, and save us from doing it!" ”

Ji Haoyan nodded secretly, in the Korean War of the Wanli Dynasty, the Daming Navy Division relied on these things to blow up and sink a lot of small Japanese warships, which was very powerful.

The staff continued: "After the crown prince had an accident, the saint was guilty, and the first person to be angry must be Fang Kongzhao, the governor of Huguang, who was not appeased, resulting in the death of the crown prince, and he could not escape, after all, Wuchang Mansion was under his rule, and your lordship, you are mainly responsible for the south of Huguang, and at most you were demoted for the crime of negligence......."

When Ji Haoyan heard this, his eyes lit up, he didn't expect this staff member to think very thoughtfully, it was really killing two birds with one stone, compared to being demoted, it was better than having his family's land and property confiscated and being accused of corruption.

After Ji Haoyan listened, he nodded and said, "This plan is very good, but can you catch up with the time?" ”

The staff said: "Your Excellency, rest assured, this matter has already been well thought out, the crown prince set off from Xishui, to Wuchang to cross the river is two hundred miles, it will take at least four days, plus the arrangement of boats to cross the river will also be delayed for a few days, we only need five days to arrange it!" ”

Ji Haoyan pondered for a moment and said, "You are responsible for contacting those guards in this matter, so that they must find someone who can live in it!" ”

When this staff member heard this, he nodded secretly in his heart, the person who can achieve this position is indeed not a simple person, his heart is ruthless enough, and his hands are hot enough.

Not long after, the staff hurriedly left the governor's yamen.