After Gu Miaoyin left, Ma Cheng rested for more than ten days before he would raise his body, and at the same time, Ma Cheng also received the news of the transfer of the army of King Lu, the capital of Changzhou.

Ma Cheng's sources are much more advanced than Qi Biaojia's, and Ma Cheng's Military Intelligence Department has used a large number of Jinyiwei's original manpower, and these professionals are much stronger than Qi Biaojia's halfway monks. Therefore, Ma Cheng has a deep understanding of Qi Biaojia's army, and even Qi Biaojia's three-way attack is clear.

On the afternoon of the ninth day of April, Ma Cheng held the first military intelligence meeting, which was attended by all the generals above the general rank of Ma Cheng's army.

Ma Cheng took the intelligence of the Military Intelligence Department and looked at it, and said contemptuously: "It's really a scholar's whimsical use of soldiers, King Lu's army is not strong in combat, and it should take advantage of the high morale to take Zhenjiang in one fell swoop." Unexpectedly, Qi Biaojia, a scholar, divided his army into three roads: left, center, and right, and the left army and the Chinese army were just returned, what was the right army doing along the two lines of the canal? Are you afraid that Ben will occupy the canal? ”

Zhang Guozhu listened to Ma Cheng's words, hugged his fists and said: "Dashuai, the last general is somewhat familiar with Fang Guoan, this guy is probably the only one in the Lu Wang army who understands, but Fang Guoan was sent to the flank this time, probably against Qi Biaojia's thoughts, and was assigned!" ”

"Things are similar to what you said, Fang Guoan wants to defend Suzhou City, Qi Biaojia wants to fight with us, the two have a conflict, and Fang Guoan was assigned to the flank by Qi Biaojia!"

Ma Cheng has a complete intelligence network and has a deep understanding of the situation in King Lu's army, Ma Cheng smiled contemptuously after speaking: "Hmph, if Qi Biaojia adopts Fang Guoan's strategy, it can still cause some trouble to our army, but now?" A rabble of 100,000 people also wants to compete with Bento? ”

After Zhang Guozhu heard what Ma Cheng said, he stood up and said: "Commander, the last general will ask for the first battle!" As long as you give the last general 20,000 horses, the last general can capture and kill Qi Biaojia! ”

Everyone knows that Luwangjun is a fish belly army, so they all want to make this first contribution, and after Zhang Guozhu finished speaking, the other general soldiers also stood up and asked for battle.

But Ma Cheng shook his head and said, "This time, none of you should be strong with this governor!" After Ma Cheng finished speaking, he took out the letter that Qi Biaojia wrote to him: "Have you seen this letter?" This is written by Qi Biaojia to the Governor, which says that the name of the Governor does not match the truth, and also says that he can easily defeat the Governor! Since this guy said so, then the governor will fulfill his wish, personally lead the second guard of the governor, and go to fight with him to see if the governor is an embroidered pillow! ”

Zhang Guozhu was very anxious when he heard Ma Cheng say this, Ma Cheng's escort army was strong in combat, but the number was only 11,000 people, the opposite Qi Biaojia army had 50,000 people, and the right army as the rear team still had 30,000 people. Although Ma Cheng had defeated the Qing army with 15,000 men before, there were too many objective conditions at that time, the Qing army was burdened by the climate in Nanzhili, and Ma Cheng took advantage of the opportunity for the Qing army to retreat, which crushed the main force of the Qing army in one fell swoop.

Zhang Guozhu was about to object, but Ma Cheng stubbornly said: "Okay, you don't need to say it, this governor will lead the team to go out tomorrow, and you stay in the camp and wait for the good news of this governor!" ”

Zhang Guozhu was even more anxious when he heard this, Ma Cheng meant that he only took the escort army to the battle, and there was no other strategy or guard at all.

"Dashuai, although Qi Biaojia's combat effectiveness is not strong, but it is difficult to ensure that in case, it is better to let the last general lead people as flanks to ensure the safety of Dashuai's side!"

Zhang Guozhu said it very safely, Zhenjiang

The Grand Canal is about 40 meters wide, and it is safe to march along the canal on the right side, but on the left side is a plain, and it is a safe way to have Zhang Guozhu lead the army to guard the left side.

But Ma Cheng had made up his mind, stood up and said: "Okay, that's it today, the governor has made up his mind, don't say it, Zhang Guozhu will act as the military agent after the governor leaves!" ”

Zhang Guozhu saw that Ma Cheng insisted on his opinion, so he had no choice but to retreat with his fists. In fact, Ma Cheng is not a light enemy in doing this, Ma Cheng is more careful than anyone else, after all, his own life is the most important. However, the enemy he faced this time was different from the Qing army two years ago, and he had to destroy his living force against the Qing army, because the number of Manchu Eight Banners was too small, and if one died, there would be one less, but now the Luwang army is not like this.

In addition to the 20,000 Zhejiang coastal reserve army under Qi Biaojia, the Luwang army was composed of miscellaneous armies from all over the country, and many of them were temporarily recruited ruffians, and their combat effectiveness was far inferior to Ma Cheng's new army.

In addition to this, the most crucial point is the political issue between the DPRK and China. Ma Cheng can lead the army independently this time, and the banner is to rebel on behalf of the sky, if this battle defeats the rebellion, then Ma Cheng will have no meaning of leading the army, and it is likely that Zhu Lunkui will find some reason to transfer Ma Cheng back to Nanjing.

Therefore, the current battle to eliminate King Lu's army is not the goal, but to defeat King Lu's army, and finally defeat it all the way to Zhejiang, so that Ma Cheng can lead the army to Hangzhou in name. Zhang Guozhu is a military general, what he thinks about is how to maximize the results of the battle, and he does not think of Ma Cheng's position, so it is understandable to oppose Ma Cheng personally taking the army to fight.

The next day, that is, the tenth day of the fourth month, Ma Cheng got up and had dinner, and then left the Dantu camp with his 11,200 guards and marched along the canal.

One of Ma Cheng's guards was cavalry, and this cavalry was formed by Ma Cheng with a lot of effort, and each soldier was equipped with two horses. Coupled with the artillery, ammunition, and logistical supplies of the Shenji Battalion, Ma Cheng's more than 10,000 people carried nearly 20,000 horses, which is really huge.

Ma Cheng rode a horse with his own soldiers and Chang Qing, standing on a small hill and looking at the army not far away, Ma Cheng asked Chang Qing beside him: "Chang Qing, how is it?" Is the army marching in a grand way? ”

Chang Qing had already changed into men's clothes at this time, but because of his handsome appearance, he was even better looking than a woman, and Gu Miaoyin did not dare to take Chang Qing away when he returned to Nanjing this time, so Chang Qing stayed by Ma Cheng's side.

Chang Qing used to be a play, and he often saw scenes describing the army going out in the play, but when he really saw it, he found that the description of the play was so pale and weak.

"Master, in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, it is said that Cao Cao led an army of 800,000 to the south, and it is probably not as imposing as the master's army!"

Ma Cheng laughed when he heard Chang Qing say this: "It's all opera, Luo Guanzhong, who wrote the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, was just Chen Youliang's strategist back then, and Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang's Poyang Lake battle was only more than 300,000 people on both sides, where did Luo Guanzhong see 800,000 people marching!" ”

Chang Qing heard Ma Cheng say this, and said with admiration on his face: "The master knows so much, the slave maid used to think that Cao Cao really led 800,000 people to fight Liu Bei!" ”

Listening to Chang Qing's sycophant Ma Cheng was in a good mood, he has always been regarded as an illiterate Qiu Ba since he traveled to this era, but Ma Cheng is a college student who has received sixteen years of systematic education in later generations, although no

What kind of famous university can finally be praised in this era, Ma Cheng is very happy in his heart.

Ma Cheng took Changqing's little white hand and said: "Today is only 10,000 people of the Governor's army, and when the Governor leads hundreds of thousands of troops to the Northern Expedition in the future, you can see that momentum again!" ”

Chang Qing was very uncomfortable being touched by Ma Cheng's little hand, and blushed and said, "Master, it's daytime!" ”

Ten days ago, Gu Miaoyin went back to Nanjing, Ma Cheng finally had a chance with Chang Qing, just last night Ma Cheng and Chang Qing had the first time, which can be regarded as officially having a skin kiss. Ma Cheng saw Chang Qing's face blushing, and laughed in a low voice: "What? Does it still hurt? In the future, the Governor will pay attention to it, and use some lard! ”

Chang Qing said in a mosquito-like voice: "The slave is nothing, as long as the master is happy!" ”

At this time, the army had already walked out of the camp, and when Ma Cheng saw the army going away, he was not teasing Changqing, but caught up with the army under the escort of his own soldiers.

Dantu is only more than 50 miles away from Lücheng, and he can arrive in a day according to the speed of fast horses, but Ma Cheng's army has too many horses, and he can only march more than 20 miles a day, and he only arrives at Lücheng on the 13th day of the first month.

Lvcheng has a long history, the town has been built in the Three Kingdoms period, and because of its proximity to the Grand Canal, commerce is very developed, and the entire Lvcheng town has a population of tens of thousands, which is comparable to some county towns in the north.

But now the densely populated Lü Town is empty, it turned out that as early as ten days ago, Lü Town got the news that two armies were going to fight a decisive battle here, so they moved out of here early, leaving a quiet Lü Town.

After Ma Cheng arrived in Lücheng, he set up a large camp three miles away from Lücheng. Qi Biaojia had already come to Lucheng five days ago, and the two sides camped five miles apart, one east and one west.

Qi Biaojia saw that Ma Cheng really brought more than 10,000 people here, and he was a little unconvinced, and only after Tanma sent the news that Qi Biaojia believed that Ma Cheng did not bring additional troops.

Standing at the door of his big tent, looking at the Ma Cheng army camp five miles away, Qi Biaojia smiled and said: "It seems that this Ma Cheng is at this level, and a simple letter can provoke him." ”

Fang Guoan, who was quite sober, was sent to the flank by Qi Biaojia, and now those who remain by Qi Biaojia's side are all sycophants, and everyone heard Governor Qi say this, and praised them one by one: "The master of the general system is really like a god with soldiers, how can Ma Cheng and Huangkou confront adults?" ”

"As soon as the adult heavenly soldiers arrive, the Ma father and son will be terrified all day long, and when the time comes, His Majesty will still be in the old capital, and the chief lord will be a famous minister of Zhongxing!"

Although Qi Biaojia knows that his subordinates are talking nonsense, who doesn't like to listen to good words? Qi Biaojia said with a smile: "Although this is the case, it should not be underestimated!" Come on, send a letter to Ma Cheng, and agree on the time and place of the decisive battle! ”

Qi Biaojia looked at Lu Cheng, which was empty two miles away, and then said: "One more sentence, if Ma Cheng is a gentleman, don't enter Lu Cheng in vain to try to resist, a dignified battle is a big husband!" ”

Although Lucheng Town is not big, it is still possible to accommodate more than 10,000 people from Ma Cheng, and with the house as a cover, the 50,000 people under Qi Biaojia may not be able to beat Ma Cheng. Even if Qi Biaojia looks down on Ma Cheng, Ma Cheng's subordinates are all elite soldiers who have been trained on the battlefield, and Qi Biaojia still knows this in his heart.