Shi Kefa took office as a new official, busy with official business, and recently was ordered to go to Henan to suppress bandits.

When Chang Yu and Zhu Cihong arrived at the Yamen of the Ministry of War, Shi Kefa was in a meeting with the second and third leaders of the Ministry of War, the secretary, and Lang Zhong, and when they heard that the two of them were coming, they hurriedly invited the inner hall to serve tea.

Nothing to do in the Three Treasures Palace, Chang Yu's identity is sensitive, if he has no official business, he will naturally not come to the door to look for him so directly, and together with the prince, Shi Kefa understands that even if it is a business, it is not an ordinary business.

After the three of them greeted each other, Chang Yu went straight in: "Lord Shangshu, are you going to Henan to suppress bandits in the near future?" ”。

Shi Kefa nodded slightly, looked at Chang Yu, knowing that he was the emperor's confidant, and it was not surprising to know about this matter: "The official must be for this matter before the superintendent, but I don't know why?" ”

"The thief is cunning and cunning, our family has a little experience in fighting with him, and I came here to provide some help to Lord Shangshu," Chang Yu said solemnly.

Shi Kefa sighed, he is not the kind of person who has eyes on his head and can't humbly accept other people's opinions, and he talked to Chang Yu that night, which shows his character and ambition, and he appreciates it very much. Moreover, although Chang Yu was young, Li Zicheng, who had indeed won less and fought more in the Battle of Taiyuan, lost his armor and fled in embarrassment.

You must know that in recent years, the thief army has been too sharp, and the officers and soldiers are bound to lose every time they are thieves, and even flee when they hear the news, and it is almost impossible for a completely victorious battle like Taiyuan to happen, so this little eunuch is still very capable.

"The lower official also asked the overseer to give more advice," Shi Kefa was very humble.

"I don't dare to give advice, our family just has a little experience, and said that Lord Shangshu is for reference only" Chang Yu coughed lightly, and then continued: "When the thieves fled, the strength was estimated to be only fifty or sixty thousand, of which the main force was at most 20,000, and the rest were all coerced people, cheering and shouting were acceptable, but the combat power was not enough to fear."

"However, it is a trick used by thieves all the way, and it is estimated that the thieves are blocking at 70,000 or 80,000 or nearly 100,000 at this time, plus Liu Fangliang's troops, the total should be about 200,000."

Shi Kefa and Zhu Cihong couldn't help but change their faces, and gasped, although there are too many cannon fodder in this number, but there are many people, and the momentum is very bluffing, and at this time, the Ming army is generally demoralized and suffering from thief phobia, when they hear so many people, they are afraid that they are already cold and frightened, and they have no fighting spirit.

"Lord Shangshu went to supervise the army to suppress the bandits, how much does the army under his command know?" Chang Yu asked again.

Shi Kefa pondered for a while: "The emperor ordered Liu Zeqing, the general soldier of Shandong, and Gao Jie of Xuzhou to suppress the bandits with his subordinates, and there are about 40,000 horses in the second department, and there should be a total of 60,000 or 70,000 together with Xu Dingguo, the general soldier of Henan!" And now the cabinet is discussing whether to transfer Taiyuan Zhou Yuji to the past, if it is successful, when there are about 100,000, the enemy will be 70% sure! ”

Chang Yu couldn't help but smile when he heard this: "Seventy percent of Lord Shangshu's grasp should come from the advantage of troops, although the thief army is numerous, there are too many displaced people, and the main force is only forty or fifty thousand, on the other hand, although the official army is less than 100,000, they are all regular troops, right?"

Shi Kefa nodded.

"In that case, why are you only seventy percent sure, and the remaining thirty percent?" Chang Yu seemed to be smiling.

"There is not enough food and grass, or there is no land at all," Shi Kefa smiled bitterly.

"This is the reason why our family came over, the grain and grass matters will be discussed later" Chang Yu paused slightly: "With all due respect, Lord Shangshu is too big, even if the grain and grass are sufficient, and there are 100,000 people, your chance of winning will never be higher than fifty percent, or even only two or three percent!" ”

Shi Kefa and Zhu Cihong were stunned again, and couldn't help but sigh.

"I want to hear about it"

Shi Kefa's face was solemn, and his brows were furrowed.

The heart of the army, the officers and soldiers are afraid of war, slack war, the hearts of the people, the thieves and robbers to rob the rich and help the poor, and win the hearts of the people, and then look at the generals under them, Liu Zeqing, insidious and cunning, Gao Jie is tyrannical and unruly, Xu Dingguo is old and cunning, to put it bluntly, they are all soldiers and ruffians, the three of them are deceitful and calculating each other, Shi Kefa's resume is too shallow to be suppressed, and he may not even be able to command!

Shi Kefa's face was extremely ugly, he had heard of the comments of these three people, and he couldn't hold it down with a character like Sun Chuanting, not to mention that he, the airborne commander, not to mention that Sun Chuanting still had his own elite army to rely on, he had a wool thread, and there were only two or three people in his entourage, and those big hooligan birds didn't bird him.

Seeing Shi Kefa like this, Chang Yu opened his mouth to comfort: "Lord Shangshu doesn't have to be too anxious, the emperor also knows that these three people are arrogant and not easy to tame, so he specially sent a personal guard army to press you down, and I don't dare to worry too much about those three people!" ”

"You, you mean that the emperor wants to send a personal guard army to go out of Beijing with his subordinates to suppress bandits"

Shi Kefa was stunned for a moment, and then became a little excited.

"Well, our family mentioned this matter to the emperor the day before yesterday, and there should be a will soon" Chang Yu nodded.

"Great"

Shi Kefa got up, clasped his hands, and paced back and forth in the room: "If this is the case, the troops will be stronger, and the grasp will be a little greater...... I don't dare to say that I am sure that seven or eight points is at least not false."

"Still imaginary"

Chang Yu poured cold water again, picked up the teacup and took a sip: "The three general soldiers all have the heart of war, have no fighting spirit, the experience of the pro-guard army is too little and embarrassing, the battle of Zhou Yuji has just passed, the road is far away, people are tired, and most of the soldiers are injured, although they have the intention to kill the enemy, but the troops are insufficient and their strength is not enough."

"As the overseer said, the lower official's trip will be a failure" Chang Yu splashed water repeatedly, Shi Kefa was a little anxious, and his tone was a little unkind.

"That's not necessarily, we said it before we came, just to provide some advice, how to deal with it still needs Lord Shangshu to go to the ground and adapt to the situation."

"Overseer, please," Shi Kefa adjusted his mentality and sat down.

"The thief army is best at field guerrilla warfare, followed by attacking the city, and finally defending the city, so the adults try to avoid field battles with the thief army, at this time the thief army has been entrenched in the Central Plains for too long, attacking the city, and occupying a lot of state cities, so that they are not only scattered in force, but also will fight mainly to defend the city, which is a good thing for the officers and soldiers."

Shi Kefa nodded slightly.

Chang Yu then said: "Zhou Yuji is very likely to be transferred to intercept the thieves in the end, his soldiers are strict in discipline, have a lot of actual combat experience, and can fight, but its Taiyuan is an important town, and it needs to be heavily defended, plus the loss of the previous battle, it can take away not many troops, fortunately, there is also a cavalry Jin Wuwei has nearly 10,000 horses, and it can also be used in the battle of Taiyuan, Lord Shangshu can take Zhou Yuji as the main force, as for Liu Zeqing's three general soldiers, they can be partial divisions, although these three people are afraid of war, but they have a deep hatred with the thieves, especially Gao JieWhen the thief army is strong, they will inevitably be afraid of war, but if they seize the opportunity to fight the water dogs, we believe that no one will work harder than them."

"And the pro-guards sent by the emperor to you to suppress the formation, adults can practice while fighting, and occasionally they may be of great use, not to mention that if nothing else, the emperor may send the most warlike Tengxiang four guards in the pro-guard army!"

"Xiaguan has been taught" Shi Kefa nodded again and again, got up and bowed to Chang Yu, Chang Yu hurriedly returned the salute: "Some experience, I hope it can be used as a reference for Lord Shangshu."

"Listen to your words, benefit a lot" Shi Kefa looked sincere, he had also led the army to fight, and felt that what Chang Yu said was extremely sharp, from the use of soldiers to the use of people, everything was the way.