Chapter 40: Wu Zhiping's decision

Yao Qisheng hadn't said anything more to Wu Zhiping, but he heard a report: "Fourth Master Zheng is here, and he has already gotten down the dock from the Minjiang River. ”

Wu Zhiping was overjoyed, and immediately put aside what he had just said, and said, "Hurry up, please." No, I'll go see him. ”

For the bureaucrats, what they hate the most is change, if Wu Zhiping is not at the last moment, he will not surrender to Cao Ying, even Yao Qisheng himself may not have the idea of waiting and watching for a while. Therefore, he did not persuade Wu Zhiping, but went to see Zheng Hongkui with Wu Zhiping.

Fuzhou is bordered by the Min River, and even Fuzhou's Fuguo County is called Min County, which is also because of this river.

Wu Zhiping crossed the entire Fuzhou City, from the north of the city to the south of the city, saw Zheng Hongkui, did not wait for Zheng Hongkui to salute, he grabbed Zheng Hongkui's hand and said: "Yu Gong, I look forward to Yu Gong's coming, like a great drought looking at the clouds." ”

Yu Gong is Zheng Hongkui's number.

The handshake of this era is not the handshake of later generations, but an act of expressing special closeness.

Ordinary is just a fist salute, just make a gesture.

And on weekdays, Wu Zhiping didn't look at Zheng Hongkui at all, of course, this is also in line with the unspoken rules of this era, Wu Zhiping is a Jinshi and a civil official, where will Zheng Hongkui be a martial artist in his eyes.

It's just that it's different now.

Such a move made Zheng Hongkui feel flattered, and immediately said: "Lord Lao Wu has been waiting for a long time. It's Zheng someone's fault. Please also punish the adults. ”

"It's just a trivial matter, why worry about it, it's good to come, it's good to come." Wu Zhiping said: "But I don't know how many soldiers Yugong brought? ”

"Five thousand soldiers." Zheng Hongkui said: "The follow-up people will arrive in a day or two, please rest assured, with subordinates, the entire Fuzhou City will be solid." ”

When Wu Zhiping heard that there were only 5,000 soldiers, his eyes moved slightly, and then he smiled: "With Yugong here, I have nothing to worry about." ”

Needless to say, Wu Zhiping found a few officials and asked them to place Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Hongkui's subordinates, and he took Yao Qisheng back to the yamen.

As soon as Wu Zhiping entered the study, his face instantly darkened, and he said, "What's the use of just five thousand people?" ”

As soon as Yao Qisheng heard it, he knew what Wu Zhiping was thinking in his heart.

Wu Zhiping is just a civil official, just a civil official, don't expect every governor of the Ming Dynasty to be like Sun Chuanting, so Wu Zhiping's understanding of war is very shallow, but he just read a little bit of Sun Tzu's Art of War. There are a lot of big truths, but in fact, they don't understand anything, they just convert them into combat power according to the number of troops.

He felt that 5,000 people were absolutely unable to resist the 100,000 people in the north of the city.

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The reinforcements mentioned later will arrive soon, and Wu Zhiping doesn't care even more, because there are too many of these people, and many of them have never been here from beginning to end. Wu Zhiping has seen a lot of such things, and almost omitted this sentence directly.

The love is deep, and the responsibility is keen.

How much you expect, and how much resentment you have when you are disappointed.

Wu Zhiping thought that as soon as the Zheng family's army came, the city of Fuzhou would be stable. But in his view, the situation has not changed.

Yao Qisheng opened his mouth, and finally sighed slightly, without saying anything.

Yao Qisheng has been a hero since he was a child, and his understanding of military affairs is above Wu Zhiping, in fact, if the government is strong, with Zheng's 5,000 elite soldiers as the backbone, recruiting the people in the city, and sticking to Fuzhou City is not an impossible task.

After all, there are too many advantages in defending the city, coupled with the people's desire to protect their families, they are all places that can be used.

However, can Wu Zhiping do this? Yao Qisheng was skeptical. Thinking of this, he simply didn't say much.

"Worry, I'll take you to the thief's camp for a while." Wu Zhiping said.

"But I don't know what the conditions are." Yao Qisheng said.

"What else do I have in mind now?" Wu Zhiping sighed slightly and said, "But if you want to survive, of course, if the new dynasty has a place where I can be useful, I am duty-bound." ”

Yao Qisheng knew that Wu Zhiping's plan was not as pure as he wanted to say. If he really talks like this, when he returns, he will never have good fruit.

"My lord, there is one more matter, how should Zheng Hongkui deal with it." Yao Qisheng said.

Wu Zhiping smiled slightly and said, "You say, how about this meeting gift?" ”

Yao Qisheng's heart was shocked, and he said secretly: "You must not underestimate this for Lord Wu." ”

Wu Zhiping was at a loss in front of Cao Ying, and he didn't know what to do, which didn't mean that this Lord Wu was an idiot, on the contrary, he was able to stand out from the crowd of students and be in the position of governor of Fujian, at least it shows that Wu Zhiping still has some ability.

Whether it is the ability to govern the place, or the ability to intrigue, or the ability to slap horses. Otherwise, he would not be able to sit in this position.

It's just that military affairs are indeed not his forte, and as soon as he returned to the familiar field, Wu Zhiping instantly gained confidence. If he wants to win Zheng Hongkui in Fuzhou, Wu Zhiping has a way, after all, he has been operating in the city for several years, how can he have no means at all?

Just as Yao Qisheng was about to leave the city, Cao Zongyu also set up camp outside the city.

"Brother Cao, is this useful?" Yang Shenzu said.

I saw him point with his finger, but he saw countless tents filling the land, spreading away with the horizon.

"Just try it." Cao Zongyu said: "General Yang, we came here this time to conquer Fujian

Serve Fujian, so the bigger the momentum, the better. Wu Zhiping has also inquired in Shaoxing, but he is just a mediocre talent, and he may be a talent in the Taiping years, but now he can't cope with this situation. ”

Although Yang Shenzu is Cao Zongyu's deputy general, Yang Shenzu is an old qualification in Cao Ying, and even Zhang Xuan does not dare to take it in front of Yang Shengzu, so Cao Zongyu is also polite to Yang Shengzu.

Yang Shenzu frowned slightly.

Obviously, I don't care too much about Cao Zongyu's bluff trick.

Cao Zongyu's whole army was only a little more than 20,000, but Cao Zongyu put on a shelf of 100,000 troops.

From the smoke to the tent form, the camp is almost identical, if Yang Shenzu doesn't observe carefully, I'm afraid he won't be able to see any flaws, let alone Wu Zhiping.

"It's just that I just heard that Zheng Hongkui has entered the city of Fuzhou, can your plan still be realized, can you persuade a provincial city to surrender just by sending people to persuade him to surrender?" Yang Shenzu said.

Zheng Hongkui's entry into the city. It was also a blow to Cao Zongyu.

Zheng Hongkui is a person who knows the soldiers, and he may not be very good at fighting, but this bluff trick can't hide Zheng Hongkui. With Zheng Hongkui presiding, this Fuzhou City is much more difficult.

"It doesn't matter." Cao Zongyu said: "If Fuzhou is not shaken, this is a trick to cover the eyes, leaving hundreds of soldiers to hang sheep and beat drums, and the brigade of men and horses will take advantage of the night to go west, cross the river from the upper reaches of the Min River, and fight Nan'an." I'll see if Zheng is chasing or not? ”

"In this way, isn't it cut off from Zhejiang?" Yang Shenzu said.

"Brother Yang, a few years ago, what could we say there that would stop fighting at that time?" Cao Zongyu said: "Fujian's coastal areas are also good, we can give food to the enemy, and the officials and troops will not allow us to make a big mess in the hinterland of Fujian, and then we will not need to go to the officials and soldiers, and the officers and soldiers will come to us." ”

"Even if it really doesn't work, it's not too late for us to make a detour to Jiangxi and return to Jinhua."

Cao Zongyu also seems to be influenced by Zhang Xuan, he has always had more than two sets of strategic plans in his pocket, and he can win Fuzhou best, and if he can't win Fuzhou, he can't win Fuzhou.

Yang Shenzu glanced at Cao Zongyu and said, "I just said it earlier, I am very familiar with this style of play." ”

This style of play, fourteen years before Chongzhen, was commonly used by Cao Ying. Yang Shenzu is a veteran and all the things he is not familiar with.

"Newspaper. General Cao, Fujian Governor Wu Zhiping sent someone. A scout said.

Cao Zongyu's eyes shrank slightly, and there seemed to be a smile on his face, and he said, "Please." ”

After Cao Zongyu entered Fujian, he saw the incredible morale of Fujian's officials and soldiers, and he had the idea of making a fuss about it, and now it seems that this idea is about to be realized.

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