Luzhou City.

The atmosphere in the city is not very good, and since the fall of the rebels, there has been an atmosphere of terror in the city.

The flat-headed people almost dare not go out, the street is deserted, scattered bamboo baskets can be seen everywhere, and there are some sparse and small things. Occasionally, a few people really had to go out to buy, and most of them walked cautiously against the wall, and when they saw soldiers in armor, they didn't even dare to come out.

Although the rebels also strictly required their subordinates, it was inevitable that a lot of burning, killing and looting happened. For this reason, the leader of the rebel army also killed several disobedient soldiers to make an example of the monkey.

During this period of time, Luzhou City has been relatively stable, but the atmosphere is still very tense. Because this has always been an important military town, the rebels naturally attach great importance to this place, and Yu Chongming sent a confidant to guard here, and this person is Hao Yin.

As the son of Luxury Chongming, Luxury Yin has absolute authority in Luzhou City.

Inside the original Luzhou prefect's yamen.

Hao Yin sat on the main seat, and below him were the men brought this time, both on the left and right.

Hao Yin glanced at everyone and said in a deep voice: "You must know all about Zunyi City, right?" ”

Everyone present nodded silently.

Although Hao Yin was only in his twenties, the people present did not underestimate him. Even if Hao Yin is white and not stout, it is impossible for anyone to underestimate him, and this situation has never changed.

Because compared to his father Yu Chongming, Hao Yin does not give everyone a good impression. This is a young and scheming man, and at the same time ruthless, and no one dares to offend him. Everyone knows that they have offended extravagance, and they are kind and angry on the surface, but they don't know how they died when they turn their heads.

It may be precisely because of this that Luxury Chongming will let Luxury Yin come to guard Luzhou.

Everyone present knew how heavy Luzhou was for themselves. In the words of the king of his own family, Luzhou is everyone's way out.

After taking the whole of Sichuan, you can go out of Luzhou and enter Guizhou, so you occupied Zunyi. Zunyi is the bridgehead, once Sichuan is taken, you can enter Guizhou from Zunyi.

At that time, the whole of Guizhou and Sichuan will be the king's. You can even enter Yunnan, or you can continue to the north, and then you can lay a big territory.

A bearded man sitting on the right side said, "Young Master, the matter in Zunyi City is not too unexpected. After all, there is no one in Guizhou to occupy it, and Zunyi can be regarded as a lonely hand. ”

Hao Yin turned his head and looked over, he was naturally no stranger to the person who spoke, it was Fan Long, his father's henchman. Sitting next to him was Fan Long's younger brother Fan Hu, both of whom were his father's henchmen and were also first-class generals.

This is what Fan Long dares to say, if he changes someone else's words, Hao Yin definitely does not have such a good attitude.

Hao Yin didn't lose his temper, and said coldly: "The person guarding Zunyi City is Zhang Tong, everyone should know what Zhang Tong is and what his ability is." Even so, Zunyi City was not able to hold it. ”

"According to the report from his spies, the army in Guizhou has come to our side, and it is estimated that they need to attack Luzhou next, so now everyone goes back to prepare, implements a curfew system, and tells the people in the city not to go to the streets if they have nothing to do. In addition, prepare the food, maybe this time it will be a long fight. ”

Everyone looked at Hao Yin, no one dared to refute, and hurriedly said with a respectful attitude: "Yes, young master." ”

After seeing that everyone agreed, Hao Yin turned his head to Fan Long, who had just spoken, and said, "General Fan, the manpower in the city is quite sufficient, I will give you 3,000 men and horses to go out of the city, find a place to hide and wait for my signal." Once there is an opportunity to counterattack, we should cooperate with the outside and destroy the invading Ming army. ”

At the same time, he sent someone to summon his father, telling him that the Ming army had come to fight Luzhou. But please rest assured that my father will annihilate all the reinforcements of the Ming army under the city of Luzhou, so that my father does not have to worry. ”

The bearded general Fan Long frowned after hearing this, and he said with some hesitation: "Is it a little inappropriate for the young master to do this?" The Ming army is powerful, as you just said, Zhang Tong's ability is very strong, and there are a lot of people at hand, but he didn't even have time to report the news, which shows how powerful the Ming army is. Although there were plenty of people in the city, there were less than 30,000 people. Once the Ming army attacked the city, leaving only 15,000 people to defend the city was afraid that there would be negligence. ”

"In the humble view, what we have to do now is not to think about how to annihilate the Ming army, but to defend Luzhou City. As long as Luzhou City can be guarded, it is enough. When the king takes Chongqing, breaks through Chengdu, and occupies the whole of Sichuan, it is not too late for Luzhou to send troops. ”

In Fan Long's opinion, dividing the troops at this time is simply a stupid decision that cannot be made again. Although he didn't know why he gave such an order, he didn't want to carry out such an order.

Fan Hu, who was sitting on the side, glanced at his eldest brother and sighed helplessly.

The eldest brother is good, he values righteousness and trustworthiness, and at the same time is loyal to the king. As for marching and fighting, it is not to mention that he is a brave general.

But the problem is that this head is always a little unbright. Since the young master wants to divide the troops, does he really want to divide the troops?

It is clear that he wants to break up the eldest brother, firstly, he does not want to share the credit of the eldest brother, this is to suppress the eldest brother; The second is that the eldest brother is not pleasing to the eye by his side, and he wants to drive the eldest brother away.

If the distance hidden by the eldest brother outside the city is too close and is discovered and annihilated by the Ming army, it is also a mistake of the eldest brother, which can be said to be innocent, and it also affects the young master's plan. In that case, the young master can still put the responsibility on the eldest brother.

None of these people on the field can see that the young master is quite jealous of the eldest brother, or that the young master just wants to replace the eldest brother and take the command of this team.

Now that the situation of the king is getting better and better, and the territory he occupies is increasing, the competition for inheritance rights in the future will definitely be fierce.

The young master made it clear that he wanted to get the power of the army, make great contributions, enhance his prestige, master military power, and improve his strength.

It's just that the eldest brother can't see this, it's like a dead brain.

Fan Hu said helplessly: "Big brother, haven't we fought with the Ming army?" What the Ming army looks like, you don't know. Zunyi City was lost, that was because he Zhang Tong was incompetent, he showed off his power on weekdays, and when it came to a critical time, he became a straw bag. But can the young master be the same? ”

"The young master is eloquent, has a furrow in his belly, and is resourceful, is it not a matter of hand-to-hand to deal with these Ming troops? Defend the city, what city? ”

"I think what the young master said is right, we should completely annihilate the attacking Ming army, and then let's take advantage of the situation to capture Zunyi City, and take advantage of the emptiness of the Ming army in Guizhou, we will directly enter Guizhou and fight a few cities, if possible, directly to Guiyang."

Fan Long frowned and looked at his younger brother, silent with a gloomy face.

Hao Yin glanced at Fan Hu and felt that what he said made sense, but his eyes were still a little shallow, thinking only about the total annihilation of the Ming army, what use could it be?

It's nothing more than a little more credit to make my father a little happier. But if he can enter Guizhou and occupy Guiyang, then the credit will be great. When the time comes, you can expand your manpower in Guizhou, and you will have a province in Guizhou, which may not be good.

Thinking of this, Hao Yin laughed and said, "General Fan Hu said it well! Since we want to do big things, we must have big ideas. ”

"General Fan Hu is right, we can't all focus on annihilating the Ming army. We have a longer-term plan, we want to go to Guiyang, we want to occupy the whole of Guizhou! The more he spoke, the more excited he became, and he stood up and waved his hand.

The others also all opened their mouths to echo: "Annihilate the Ming army!" Kill Guiyang! Occupy Guizhou! ”

All of a sudden, the atmosphere was very intense.

Fan Hu, who was sitting there, breathed a sigh of relief and sighed helplessly, it seemed that he and his brother couldn't take off the nickname.

Although people outside call their brothers the brothers of the Fan family, one dragon and one tiger. But in fact?

Many people call their brother Fan Jia a fool behind their backs. But Fan Hu knew that he was not only not stupid, but also very shrewd. On the contrary, it's the big brother, that's really stupid.

In order to protect the eldest brother and maintain the family, how much heart did you have to?

This time I passed the test, but next time it won't work, so let's let the eldest brother go out of the city quickly. Although there are some dangers in the face of the Ming army, the eldest brother still has two brushes to fight, and he will not lose his life.

If you stay in the city any longer, you really don't know how long the eldest brother will live.

Seeing what the eldest brother was going to say, Fan Hu hurriedly reached out and pulled him.

Turning his head and glaring at his younger brother, Fan Long said angrily, "What are you pulling me for?" ”

"Big brother, little brother thinks you should still go out of the city. Although I agree with what you just said, if you look at the young master and these people, who of them approves? ”

"They all looked down on the Ming army. After winning so many battles and capturing so many cities along the way, they have long become proud soldiers. But the arrogant army will be defeated, this is the truth of eternity. Fortunately, the eldest brother's mind is still quite clear, so I advise the eldest brother to take people out of the city, and if there is any trouble, you can give him advice. ”

"If everyone is in the city, and all of them are surrounded by the Ming army, they will really be unable to move at that time."

"You're not optimistic about being able to hold Luzhou?" Fan Long asked in a deep voice.

"Zhang Tong didn't even manage to defend Zunyi City, although it was expected that he didn't hold it, after all, Zunyi City is not a big city, and he doesn't have many people on his hands, but at least he should be able to defend it for a few days, right?"

"How was it planned? If Zunyi City is attacked, immediately send people for help, and we will send troops to support. But the result? Zhang Tong sent someone to ask for help on the front foot, but the back foot had already been captured. So, this battle is not easy, especially when everyone has become arrogant. ”

"Even if the eldest brother leads people in the city, there is not much he can do, so it is better to go out of the city, and no matter what he does, he can advance and retreat freely. So big brother should go. ”

Glancing at his younger brother, Fan Long nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll go." ”

When everyone stopped patting on the back, Fan Long stood up and said, "Young master, if there is nothing else, then the general will retire." The last general immediately went back to tidy up the men and horses, and left the city before dark. ”

Seeing that Fan Long agreed so neatly, Hao Yin nodded with a smile, and at the same time stood up and walked to Fan Long's side, stretched out his hand to hold Fan Long's hand, and said with a smile: "In this way, the outside of the city will be entrusted to the general." ”

Extravagant had a smile on his face, obviously happy.