Chapter 338 meddling in the military affairs of Nanzhili

Wang Zuo was stunned, turned his head and said, "Supervisor, are you going to grab it?" ”

"That's nature, such a fat sheep walking in front of you, aren't you excited?"

Wang Zuohang is really convinced, and the supervisor is worthy of being a person who started in business. Not only was he thinking about how to pit Nan Zhili's silver, but he also wanted to scrape a layer of oil and water on Liukou's body, which really wanted to be eaten by fish and bear's paws.

Tiemo was very greedy, but Wang Zuohang couldn't say anything. He likes Tiemo's temperament, but it's more difficult to operate, but isn't he doing this job as a strategist? Hey, the Iron Inspector moved his mouth, and what to do was left to think of his thoughts. Fortunately, the soldiers and horses of Yunfu often did this kind of thing back then, and Wang Zuohang was familiar with planning this kind of thing. After thinking for a while, he frowned and said, "Supervisor, it's not impossible to scrape Gao Yingxiang's oil and water, but we alone will definitely not work." ”

Tiemo nodded helplessly, he also understood that relying only on Xuanfu's soldiers and horses, there was little hope. There are still too few soldiers and horses in his hands, and it is no problem to be able to attack the rogue from the front, but it will be very difficult to plan all the way and scrape oil and water on the rogue.

Seeing that Tiemo had no opinion, Wang Zuojiao continued: "If we want to cut a knife from Wang Zuohang, someone must be able to contain some of the Liukou soldiers and horses in front, and in addition, there must be a strong army stationed in the area of Huguang Macheng. Only by restricting the route of the rogue will it be possible for us to cut a piece of fat down after careful deployment. ”

Tiemo touched his chin and fell into deep thought. It's hard to limit the route of the rogue in and out. In order to do this, it is necessary to have a large number of soldiers and horses. There are a lot of soldiers and horses in the imperial court, but there are not many who are willing to listen to him. After thinking about it, the only people who are really willing to cooperate with him are Cao Wenzhao's old guys. It's a pity that Cao Wenzhao is still blowing a cool breeze on the edge of the Yellow River. Zhao Shujiao can also work hard there, but I don't know if it can be done. After a while, he patted his thigh and let out a long sigh of relief.

"In these years, the bold are starving to death, how do you know if you don't try? Let's try it first, and if it doesn't work, give up! After that, Tiemo pulled Wang Zuohang over, and Wang Zuohang wrote a few letters. These letters quickly departed from Taikang and were delivered to different places.

After doing this, Tiemo issued orders to all departments, and the Xuanfu army began to move in the direction of Luzhou Mansion. Before that, Olge's cavalry took the lead in setting off from Shouzhou and advancing towards Luzhou.

On October 20 of the third year of Chongzhen, the cavalry of the vanguard of Xuanfu Ma Org arrived at the periphery of Luzhou City, and this cavalry did not immediately enter Luzhou City, but went south along the official road and came to Siping Town, less than 20 miles north of Gushan. The arrival of this elite cavalry made Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng's nervous mood rise to their throats. However, after Olge was stationed in Siping Town, the cavalry had no next move.

The Xuanfu cavalry was stationed in Siping Town, and the happiest people were the officials in Luzhou City, and they could finally breathe a sigh of relief. Ke Minxing is glad that he is not brainless, it seems that the Iron Supervisor is also a person with a heart, and he also has a lot of thoughts about Nan Zhili. Ke Minxing saw a lot of things clearly, and Olge's cavalry entered Luzhou so quickly, and they must have been ordered by the Iron Governor.

In the eyes of outsiders, Olg was even a little anxious, and he immediately went south without waiting for other soldiers and horses to take over Shouzhou. It can be seen that the Iron Inspector has long had the intention of coming to Nanzhili, but he has never been able to find a reason and opportunity.

Nan Zhili, this piece of flowers and rivers is attractive. What the hell is Tiemo's idea, Ke Minxing doesn't know, but what does this have to do with him? What Tiemo wants, then let him compete with Nanzhili officialdom, whether he can eat the benefits depends on Tiemo's means. And Ke Minxing thinks about all the future careers. At the end of this matter, he Ke is determined to be abandoned by the Qingliu faction, and he is not allowed to be in the officialdom of Nanzhili, and he has to plan carefully about how to go in the future. I really can't do it, so I can only take the initiative to return to my hometown.

Two days later, Zhou Dingshan and Liu Guoneng led an army of 20,000 to the outside of Luzhou City in two ways, and only half a day later, Tiemo's Chinese army also arrived in Luzhou City. Ke Minxing didn't dare to slack off, and led the officials of Luzhou out of the city to greet him. There are dozens of officials, large and small, most of them are not very interested in Tiemo, but there is nothing they can do, after all, they have the official title of governor of the three provinces on their heads. If you don't look down on it anymore, you have to have the number of etiquette you should have.

"Ke Minxing, the prefect of Luzhou, greets the superintendent. Liukou stopped in the lonely mountain, Luzhou is worry-free, thanks to the timely dispatch of the superintendent, the subordinate represents the military and civilians of Luzhou, thanks to the superintendent! As he spoke, Ke Minxing gave a heavy salute. Tiemo hurriedly dismounted, stretched out his hand to support Ke Minxing, observed it, and sighed in his heart, this is also an old fritter in officialdom.

The two sides exchanged pleasantries, and Tie Mo followed Ke Minxing into the city. Along the way, the expressions on the faces of all the officials fell in Tie Mo's eyes, and they really had different expressions, each with their own thoughts. Tiemo is still a little self-aware, and if he suddenly comes to Luzhou, he will definitely be unpopular. The officialdom of the South Zhili is connected to the six ministries of the North Zhili Cabinet. But so what? Since you have come to Nanzhili, you have to scrape a layer of oil and water here in Nanzhili, otherwise what are you doing here?

Thinking that Ke Minxing also knew the situation in Luzhou, he didn't say anything about picking up the wind and washing the dust, but prepared a table of wine banquet in the mansion, and only a few people attended the banquet. The prefect Ke Minxing and the same acquaintance Ye Wen are in the list, Ye Wen and Ke Minxing are not the same, since they entered the table, they have pushed the cup and changed the lamp, and they have all the good words, and they have the posture of leaving Nanzhili. There is also a reason why Ye Wen did this, he had heard about the affairs of Yunfu, and there were many officials in Yunfu who were eunuchs, and those people were at ease in Yunfu, and their lives were very good. If there is a chance, Ye Wen also wants to go to Yunfu to work, and being a magistrate is better than making people a joke here.

After three rounds of drinking, Tiemo inevitably asked about the battle situation in Tongling, "Master Ke, I don't know how the battle situation is in Tongling?" ”

Ke Minxing held the wine glass, a little stunned. He felt that this question was a bit strange, Tiemo commanded the three armies, and the spies must have been keeping an eye on the battle in Tongling, do you still need to ask him Ke someone about the situation in Tongling? Looking at the faint smile on the corner of Tiemo's mouth, Ke Minxing chuckled in his heart. If you don't understand it at this time, then you are too stupid.

The Iron Inspector clearly asked about the battle situation in Tongling, but he was actually trying to find a reason to get involved in the military affairs of Nanzhili. And this reason must be better given by the Luzhou government, so that the Xuanfu soldiers and horses will be more justified in the military affairs of Nanzhili. Of course, if the Luzhou government does not give a reason, the iron inspector can also forcibly participate, after all, the position of the governor of the three provinces is not given in vain.

Ke Minxing didn't think about it for too long, anyway, looking for reinforcements from the Iron Inspector had already recruited the officialdom of Nanzhili to be jealous, and it was not bad for him, he turned his mind, put down the wine glass and said: "The battle situation in Tongling is not optimistic, at present, the Liukou has gathered nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses near Tongling, and Nanjing has urgently mobilized nearly 50,000 troops to rush to Tongling, and the two sides have fought more than a dozen battles inside and outside Tongling, but the Liukou is getting more and more morale. Looking at the current situation, the fall of Tongling is a matter of time or time, and what the lower officials are most worried about now is that once the Liukou Dapo Tongling, relying on Tongling City, will go north along the Nijiang River and slaughter Luzhou Mansion again. ”

"If the overseer is on the side, can you send a group of soldiers and horses to Nijianghe Town, in this way, it can be regarded as choking the way of the Liukou to the north! In this matter, the lower officials will write an official letter to inform the Ministry of War, "Ke Minxing is also out of the way, anyway, everyone who should be offended is offended, so you might as well offend completely."

Tie Mo nodded with some appreciation, even if this Ke Minxing has a bit of a brain, at this time, it is most taboo to fall on both sides of the wall. Tiemo was not afraid of the difficulties of Nanzhili officialdom, but he was afraid that Ke Minxing would have other thoughts in his heart after seeing that Luzhou was safe. Now it seems that Ke Minxing is still very smart.

"Haha, Lord Ke is serious, this superintendent is responsible for suppressing bandits, responsible for the military affairs of the three provinces, and the southern Zhili is raging, how can you not ask?" Tie Mo said righteously, his expression extremely serious.

.......

On October 22 of the third year of Chongzhen, the Xuanfu army that entered Luzhou Mansion finally had the next move. Zhou Dingshan and Olge led their cavalry to the west to sweep the Liukou entrenched in the northeast of Shucheng, and continued to the west, and ran head-on into the soldiers and horses of the Liukou Wu Guanxi. Wu Guanxi is a famous ruthless character under Gao Yingxiang, and he is nicknamed "Loess Overlord".

Wu Guanxi originally led 6,000 soldiers and horses to Gushan, because after the soldiers and horses of Xuanfu entered Luzhou City, Gao Yingxiang and Niu Jinxing were worried about the safety of Gushan. To be precise, they were not worried about Gushan, but they were afraid that Gushan would not be protected, and the soldiers and horses of Xuanfu quickly moved south and joined the Tongling battlefield. The combat power of Xuanfu's soldiers and horses is amazing, and if you join the Tongling battlefield early, then the advantages you have achieved before are likely to be wiped out in an instant. Gao Yingxiang didn't want his efforts for nearly half a month to end up in vain, so in desperation, he dispatched a team of soldiers and horses from Anqing Mansion and rushed to Gushan urgently. However, it was somewhat unexpected that the soldiers and horses of the two sides met early in the west of Shucheng.

In the opinion of Gao Yingxiang and others, the Living Yama King led his troops into the Luzhou Mansion, and he would definitely open up the lonely mountain to the south first and reinforce him Tongling. However, the soldiers and horses of Xuanfu did not follow the usual path at all, and even ignored Tongling, and beat the thieves in Luzhou Mansion one by one.

After Wu Guanxi met Zhou Dingshan's vanguard soldiers and horses, he was immediately a little confused. Although Wu Guanxi is known as the loess overlord, he is not a reckless man, he knows that he is not the opponent of the other party if he forcibly fights, so he took advantage of the fact that the main force did not come, and fought and retreated, planning to retreat to Shucheng, relying on the defense of Shucheng City to defend and retreat from the enemy.

It's a pity that Edison Wu never dreamed that he would run into his own family just after retreating less than five miles. These people were panting one by one, their faces were frightened, and when they saw that their outfits were running out of Shucheng, Wu Guanxi immediately became anxious, "What's the matter?" What are you doing here? What about Bi Dayan? ”

A little soldier shrunk his neck, and was yelled at by Wu Guanxi, and he couldn't help crying, "Woo woo..... Leader Wu, Shucheng is lost, Leader Bi...... The little one didn't see him......"

“？？？？” Wu Guanxi's brain couldn't turn around, and he said angrily after a while: "Fart, Shucheng has an army of 8,000, and the officers and soldiers are heavenly soldiers and generals, can they break the city in such a short time?" Bi Dayan is a waste, did he grow up eating shit? ”

As soon as he finished speaking, there was an angry roar from the front, "Wu Loess, pay attention to what the fuck you say, you should be as a waste like you?" Soon, a burly man came running with two maces.

This person is Bi Dayan, whose full name is Bi Dequan, because his eyes are like copper bells, so he has the nickname of Big Eyes. Speaking of Shucheng's affairs, Bi Dayan was angry, he was also an old man who had led soldiers for two years. The basic military affairs are still understood. Since the Living Yama King entered the Luzhou Mansion, he has closed the city gate tightly, and he will never open the city gate without special circumstances. I thought it should be okay like this, but something happened anyway.

The people of the Living Yama didn't know what to use, and they actually blew up the weakest place in the east of Shucheng, and that section of the city wall had an extra opening half a zhang wide. Originally, this opening could be blocked, but some of their own people in the city mutinied, and they were caught off guard and were flooded in by a large number of officers and soldiers through the gap. Later, there was really no way, and Bi Dayan could only evacuate first.

Now that some things have been understood, the small group of people who mutined before were eighty percent of Wang Zuohang's old department, and when these people saw that they had a chance, they had to hurry up and turn back?

After listening to what happened, Wu Guanxi couldn't blame Bi Dayan, whoever encountered this would have to suffer. Before he could sigh, Wu Guanxi slapped his head and said urgently: "It's not good, run away, now that Shucheng has fallen, most of the officers and soldiers will come this way." ”

Bi Dayan's heart trembled, and he pointed in the direction of the guide, "Run over there, there is the Triangle Mountain, as long as we go up the mountain, the officers and soldiers will have nothing to do with us." ”

So, after Edison Wu and Bi Dayan joined forces, what they did was to see who could run faster. Zhou Dingshan's main cavalry then pounced and covered for a while, then was blocked by Triangle Mountain. Looking at the Triangle Mountain in front of him, Zhou Dingshan shook his head helplessly.

What a headache, the terrain in the south is completely different from the north, and the mountains and rivers here are dense, which is really not conducive to cavalry maneuvering. If this is in Henan Mansion, in today's situation, more than half of the casualties in this tributary will not be killed, don't want to escape from under the horse's hooves.

"General Zhou, what now? Do you want to keep staring at Triangle Mountain? This tributary rushed into the mountain, without heavy supplies, it is estimated that he will not stay for a few days! ”

Zhou Dingshan smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Forget it, let's withdraw." We have other things to do, and we don't have time to spend here with these rogues. Chen Yaofeng..... Take your men and horses to the west, cooperate with General Olge to exterminate the thieves on the periphery of Huoshan, and strive to take Huoshan City within three days. ”

"Whoa!"

Chen Yaofeng took the order with an excited face, and as for Zhou Dingshan, he led a part of his soldiers and horses south along the official road, and soon arrived at Lengshuiguan on the north side of the Lujiang River.