On the Henan side, the Ming army had previously recovered large tracts of land from south to north. In fact, after the destruction of the main force of the Shun army, the Ming army was at the front, and the old generals of the gentry in various places killed the officials of the Great Shun and surrendered to the clouds, and the Ming army almost never encountered a slight threat of resistance, and triumphantly all the way to the south bank of the Yellow River.

On the north bank of the Yellow River, Henan still has two prefectures of Huaiqing and Weihui in the hands of the Shun army. The new army commander Guangwenlu garrisoned Taojiadian north of Kaifeng Fucheng, gathered more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, and was planning to break through the Shun army's river defense troops, but suddenly the front line suddenly spread the news, and the Shun army deployed along the river actually evacuated in a hurry overnight, and couldn't help but be confused for a while.

"The thieves retreated, could they set a trap to earn me?" Guang Wenlu served as a major general for the first time, and he was cautious in his use of troops, and did not immediately send troops to seize the ferry north of the Yellow River. At this time, it was mid to late June, and the main force of the Shun army was transferred from Beizhili to Shanxi one after another, and Weihui Mansion was backed by Shanxi with the support of the main force of the Shun army, so he couldn't help but be careless and repeated.

"The soap warbler is an old man in Shaanxi, and she is scheming, so you have to be careful." Pu Guoyi, an officer in the former battalion of Changhong, said. "Soap Ying" is the nickname of Liu Rukui, the general of Shunjun Town guarding Huifu.

In the army of Guang Wenlu, Zhao Ying's old descendants only have 5,000 soldiers and horses in the Jinghe front camp and Changhong front battalion, and the rest of Tian Xiong, Xu Dingguo, Liu Hongqi, Ding Qiguang and other troops are either coalition forces, surrendered troops, or dependent armies, and the cohesion is not too strong, and Guang Wenlu and Chen Weifu, these generals of Zhao Ying's lineage, are young, have enough ability, and lack prestige. A veteran like Xu Dingguo will rely on the old and sell the old from time to time, and play prestige. Fortunately, Pu Guoyi is well-trained and old, and he has served in the Ming Army in Sichuan, and he knows the rules of officialdom well. Pu Guoyi and Guang Wenlu are both from Sichuan, so he naturally became the main staff officer around Guang Wenlu.

The two talked a few more words, and Tian Xiong touched the camp tent and said, "Chief, Yang is here to join the army." ”

Guang Wenlu glanced at it and saw that Tian Xiong was followed by Yang Zhaofeng, Huo Ran got up and said, "Yang joins the army, why are you here?" He had been informed by Zhao Dangshi earlier, and he knew about Hou Dagui's soldiers leaving Shanxi, "Isn't Manager Hou going to the northwest of Jin?" ”

Yang Zhaofeng waved his hand, found a place in the tent to sit down at random, and said, "I have changed my mind, let's fight Weihui Mansion first." ”

"What does the lord mean?"

"No, what Mr. Hou meant."

"What do you mean?" When Guang Wenlu heard that Hou Dagui was making his own opinion, he instantly became a little more vigilant.

"It's kind of a sound attack, in order to pull the thieves from the north." Yang Zhaofeng smiled and said, "Brother Guang doesn't need to worry, what is the master's command, Manager Hou and we are all clear in our hearts." ”

Pu Guoyi said at this time: "Could it be that Liu Rukui's shrinkage of troops is related to General Manager Hou's army?" ”

"Yes, our army just captured Zezhou two days ago, and yesterday it crossed Bailu Mountain, and has launched an attack on Weihui Fuhui County, Xinxiang County and other places." Yang Zhaofeng said in a deep voice, "Our army is very fast, Liu Rukui was caught off guard, several lines of defense have collapsed, and we are currently holding on to our army in the Guanxiang area outside the city." He has few soldiers, I have many soldiers, and he can't support himself with a breath, if the governor of Guang leads the troops to cross the river and plunge into his belly and back at this moment, Weihui Mansion will undoubtedly go down! ”

Guang Wenlu frowned and asked, "Chief Hou attacked Weihui Mansion, how did the Shanxi thieves react?" ”

Yang Zhaofeng replied: "There is no response yet, Manager Hou is waiting for him to react." ”

Guang Wenlu said unhappily: "It's too unauthentic for you to do this, is it a disaster?" I'm afraid that the thief won't make enough trouble in Shanxi, so let him come to Henan to get involved? "Shanxi is Hou Dagui's war zone, and Henan is his Guangwenlu defense area.

Yang Zhaofeng was prepared for a long time, and hurriedly explained: "The situation in Shanxi is unpredictable, and our army is also adaptable, and it is too late to make comprehensive arrangements in a hurry. Now Weihui Mansion is crumbling, and I hope that the general manager will help him. ”

Guang Wenlu sighed: "It's not that I'm not to blame. You know, the lord's plan is to lure the thieves to Shaanxi and use the main force of Shaanxi to destroy them in a decisive battle. You hit Weihui Mansion and brought the thieves to Henan, but the heavy troops of Shaanxi gathered in the end but punched the air, how big a loss? And not to mention that Henan will make waves, the thieves will be rampant and even affect Huguang, this responsibility is not so easy to bear! ”

Yang Zhaofeng explained: "General Manager Hou has an idea, and when he takes Weihui Mansion, the two armies will have a combined force of thirty or forty thousand, if the thieves really don't go to Shaanxi to come to Henan, we will take it first, please come to Henan quickly, and two flanking attacks can annihilate the thieves." ”

Guang Wenlu's head shook like a rattle, and said: "I didn't do a good job, but I supported the lord to come, did you do this?" I didn't think about it thoroughly, but I wanted to wipe your ass for the armies of Shaanxi and Henan provinces. I think that Mr. Hou is here, not to contain the thieves, but to contain his own people. ”

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, Pu Guoyi came forward to fight a round and said: "There is one thing to say, the battle of Weihui Mansion can be fought by our army." ”

"How?" Yang Zhaofeng's face was not very good-looking.

"Attacking Weihui Mansion is the responsibility of my Henan army, and General Manager Hou is willing to take a hand, and there is no reason for our army to retreat. But......" Pu Guoyi's voice was low, and the words changed, "Our army is entrusted by the lord to maintain order in Henan and assist Henan in raising the Yamen to consolidate its power. At present, thieves and puppet officials in Henan have fled, Xiaoxiao has taken advantage of the gap to start up one after another, each occupying the throne, and there is Li Chengdong, a rebel thief, who is running around, and the situation is far from stable. I am afraid that the joint resistance to the thieves will ......"

Guang Wenlu also said: "We all serve the king of Ningnan, and we speak inside and outside. On the one hand, Henan is not peaceful, on the other hand, our army is composed of mostly vassal troops, which have not yet been integrated. For example, Xu Dingguo, an old gangster, was old-fashioned, and he ran from Huaiqing to avoid the thief, and now let him turn around and go back to fight the thief, he will not be happy. If it is forcibly persecuted, I am afraid that the thieves will not be beaten, and my Henan will be in chaos first, which is really a discounted transaction. ”

Pu Guoyi continued: "Manager Hou is in trouble there, and we are also in difficulty here, I hope we can understand each other." ”

Yang Zhaofeng nodded and said, "Then Weihui Mansion ......"

"We will fight in Weihui Mansion, but when we leave Henan, we will not accompany us." Guang Wenlu said simply, turned his head to Pu Guoyi and said, "Lao Pu, you immediately call Chen Weifu, Zhang Guangcui, and Tian Xiong and prepare to enter the army." Waiting for Pu Guoyi to leave as promised, he stood up, "Yang joined the army, this matter is decided, our army will enter the army immediately, and please go back early to inform Governor Hou." ”

Yang Zhaofeng saw that he was resolute and had nothing to say.

Over there, Guang Wenlu mobilized troops and began to cross Yujiadian and Jinglongkou on the other side of the north through Taojiadian, and Yang Zhaofeng and Sanwuhu here rushed back to the Hou Daguijun camp outside Weihui Mansion day and night.

The battle of Weihui Mansion City is currently progressing smoothly, and Hou Dagui's fighting style has always been wide open, and the artillery of the infantry army was divided into several batches, and they took turns to go into battle for two consecutive days, and the strongholds outside the city arranged by the Shun army along the pass box were bombarded to pieces. As long as the Shun army dared to send troops to counterattack and attack the artillery position, they would immediately be forced to retreat with Han Gon and other 5,000 horse troops covering the wind. After several fierce battles, the Shun army could not resist, gave up the plan to defend the field, and shrank the city on all fronts. Hou Dagui then ordered the whole army to steadily advance the battle line, completely controlling the offensive and defensive posture. When Yang Zhaofeng arrived, the cannon outside the camp rumbled, and Zhang Xianbi was supervising the battle of all the armies to attack the city.

"Chief, I've seen Guang Wenlu!" Yang Zhaofeng got off the horse, didn't even bother to breathe, and walked quickly to the big tent of the Chinese army. In front of him, Hou Dagui was getting together with Yan Licheng and Mu Gongchun to study combat matters.

"How? Is it coming? Hou Dagui left the map and came up to ask urgently.

"It's coming, it's on its way." Yang Zhaofeng replied first, and then shook his head, "But our army's plan to propose that the coalition forces jointly tear the hole in the southeast of Jin to contain the main force of the thieves Guang Wenlu did not agree." ”

"His grandmother is a bear!" Hou Dagui kicked the chair next to his feet in annoyance, "Just a man became the chief officer, and he looked like a dog?" When he comes, Lao Tzu won't fight Wei Huifu, he will kill him first! Swallow his army, see if he dares to argue with Lao Tzu! ”

Yan Licheng hurriedly persuaded: "Don't worry, in short, this Weihui Mansion can be won steadily." "Shicai Zhang Xianbi reported that Liu Rukui in order to resist the unusually fierce attack of the Ming army in the front, more than ninety percent of the troops were transferred to the front, and the other city defenses were very empty, as long as the Guangwenlu army arrived, attack its weakness, and the city was established.

"What's the use of just taking Weihui Mansion? attracted Li Chuang, not to ashes! ”

Hou Dagui, who was rejected by Guang Wenlu, was particularly angry. Even if his request for cooperation was rejected by Xu Hui, Guo Ruke and even Wang Laixing, he would scold him at most and pass. But what is Guang Wenlu, two or three years ago he was just a little-known middle- and lower-level officer, but in the past two years, he has been lucky to be in the limelight, taking advantage of the fact that there is no hero monkey in Henan to be called the king, and he is really ranked by seniority, where can Zhao Ying take his turn, in the eyes of Hou Dagui, he is a complete officialdom nouveau riche. Hou Dagui felt that he didn't let Yang Zhaofeng ask Guang Wenlu to quickly lead the troops to the tent in a commanding tone, which really gave him enough face, but he didn't think that his kindness was in vain, but he touched his nose with ashes, which was very unhappy.

The nature of the country is easy to change, Yan Licheng understands Hou Dagui, afraid that he will do something unbelievable in his temper, and immediately sycophants: "The situation on the battlefield is changing, and he can be a famous general through the ages according to the times, and I am referring to General Hou." ”

Mu Gongchun feather fan lightly, which can be regarded as approval. Yang Zhaofeng had the vision to see it, and he was also busy saying: "Yes, this little twist and turn, the manager is not talking and laughing and easily passing it over." ”

As soon as the high hat was worn, Hou Daguiren changed, his anger was relieved, his face sank like water in an instant, he took a blue cloak, turned around a few steps and walked to the chair and sat down, and said with his eyebrows: "Fengzi, what did Mr. Guang say, report it carefully." ”

Yang Zhaofeng was stunned for a moment, and said: "No, no, I said it, I said it, and the general manager of Guang did not agree to the coalition army." ”

"Got it." Hou Dagui pretended to be calm and agreed, but after a while, he couldn't wait for Yan Licheng and Mu Gongchun to take over the conversation, so he had no choice but to turn his head to the advisor, "Two military advisors, what can I do?" ”

Yan Licheng didn't answer, and gave Mu Gongchun a look, saying that this was Lou Zi you stabbed, and he was responsible.

Mu Gongchun didn't panic, and said leisurely: "Guang Wenlu is greedy for life and afraid of death and doesn't dare to come, so if you don't come, we can't put our hopes on others." Yan Junshi is right, it's just improvisation. Then he said, "Don't forget, the ultimate goal of our crossing the mountains and mountains to fight Weihui Mansion." ”

"How can you forget, isn't it the main force to contain the Taiyuan thieves!"

"Wrong."

"Wrong?" Hou Dagui was stunned for a moment, and suddenly woke up, "Oh! is to buy time for Sun Chuanting to take down Yulinwei. ”

"Yes. Yulinwei is far away from the army of thieves, the lonely city is closed, Sun Chuanting's troops are superior, give him enough time, and have a great chance of winning. With the loss of Yulinwei and Datong Mansion and the blockage of the northern road, the thieves lost the best route to Guanzhong in the south of northern Shaanxi, and this is the basic strategy of our army's overall situation. "Mu Gongchun's appearance on weekdays is sick, and when it comes to making a decision, he will change his face and be full of energy," For this reason, our army attacked the southeast of Jindong, where the bandit force was weak, and it was the best choice to attract the main force of the robbers. and then joined forces with the Henan army to drag the main force of the thieves, which is an additional play on top of this. ”

"yes, I know all of that." Hou Dagui scratched his head and said, "Now the problem is that it can't be played extraordinarily." ”

"It's said that it's an extra play, there is the word 'extra', if there is potential, it will be done, and if there is no potential, it will stop, the most simple truth. Guang Wenlu refuses to cooperate, so we don't have to beg him to hate him, just find a way out. Shanxi is so big, there are opportunities everywhere. Mu Gongchun walked slowly, "Guang Wenlu's scruples are afraid that it will be difficult for him to get out after attracting the main force of thieves, which will affect the overall situation of Henan. To tell the truth, we didn't inform him in advance, but let him cooperate suddenly, which is unkind. But it can also be seen from his words that he still thinks he is very hopeful about the method of using the southeast of Jin to attract the main force of thieves. ”

Yang Zhaofeng nodded and said, "If he doesn't approve, he won't look ahead." ”

Hou Dagui said: "In this way, if we make peace in Weihui Mansion and Lu'an Mansion, will Li Chuang really take the bait?" ”

"Nine times out of ten." Mu Gongchun responded, "This is an excellent opportunity. ”

"What does 'excellent' mean?"

"At first, our army marched out of Pingyang Mansion to the north and into Yulinwei, increasing the chance of winning the capture of Yulinwei, and turning to attack the southeast of Jin was just a move to break the situation. But when the stalemate is broken, why should our army insist on fighting a dumb battle again? Mu Gongchun's voice gradually became high-pitched, "It's better to seize the opportunity of the thief's mobilization, go back to Pingyang Mansion, and go north again!" ”

"Huh?" Hou Dagui was surprised, "Go back?" ”

Mu Gongchun said: "How can you turn back, what do you think, the thief knows that our army is coming to the southeast of Jin, who does he still have to guard against with the troops of Jiazhuang?" I guess that once Li Chuang sends troops to support the southeast of Jin, he will not leave Yuan Zong's first lone army there to drink the northwest wind, and he will generally join forces and march together. In this way, our army will return to Jiangzhou first, and then go all the way north will be a no-man's land. ”

When Yan Licheng heard this, he exhaled and said: "Wonderful, turn thousands of miles, pull the enemy's momentum, and make it take care of one and lose the other." And then because of the situation, the fight is twisted and the snake is walking, and the enemy is unprepared, it is indeed a solid and practical soldier to win! ”

Mu Gongchun said: "More than half of our army has horses, and the infantry also rides horses, and even the artillery is pulled by horses and mules. If you really want to march in a hurry, give up your baggage and light equipment, even if the thief is clairvoyant and has ears, he will take care of each other in all difficulties! And said, "Let's capture Weihui Mansion first, and then throw the Mansion City to Guang Wenlu and let him clean it up." His army is quite numerous, and it can just be used as a suspicious soldier to continue to blwart for us. If the thieves want to keep Lu'an Mansion, they will definitely send troops, and our army can turn around at that time. ”

Hou Dagui listened, looked left and right, Yan Licheng, Yang Zhaofeng and others all nodded yes, so they were happy, and shouted out what he was best at: "Okay, just do it!" ”

The plan was decided, Yang Zhaofeng had nothing else to do, so he went back to the military formation to serve first. Yan Licheng looked at Hou Dagui's relieved hippie smiling face, and suddenly thought of Chen Yuanyuan, his heart tightened, and he said tentatively: "Manager, that Chen ...... last night"

Hou Dagui immediately retracted when he heard this, and said, "It's okay, I didn't get her." ”

Yan Licheng said "Okay" in a daze, and then looked at Hou Dagui, and felt that this man who had been with him day and night had changed.