Chapter 68 The intention is the same

"The rebels were rerouted to Shanxi this time in order to join forces with the Mongol Tatars outside the Guan. Right now, they are about to enter the Taihang Mountains, and judging from the forces we can mobilize at the moment, it is impossible to intercept them. Moreover, the mountainous terrain is complicated, and it is very likely that the reckless pursuit will fall into the trap of the rebels. Therefore, the safest way is to give up the pursuit of the rebels until they are out of the Taihang Mountains. ”

Seeing that everyone was puzzled, Shen Chongming could only start from the beginning.

"But we already know the purpose of the rebels' trip, so it's better to save time and effort and wait for them in front of them."

Xiong Dabiao and Wang Zhen nodded immediately, and Wang Zhen gave a thumbs up with admiration and praised: "My lord, what you said is so right, when we rush to the front of the rebels to wait for work, we can definitely kill them without leaving a piece of armor." ”

Unlike the two of them, after thinking for a while, Yu Jiao shook his head, "My lord, although this method is the safest, but once the news of the rebels approaching Datong is learned by me, the Tartar soldiers will attack with all their might." Although there are many passes on the front line of the Great Wall, it is impossible to stop the nearly 100,000 Tartar soldiers who have tried their best. At that time, it will still be the enemy on the back of the belly, and the 100,000 rebels are not a small number, once they are not annihilated as soon as possible, I am afraid that the consequences will be unpredictable. ”

"I said, Lord Yu, how can you grow the morale of others to destroy our own prestige?" Before Shen Chongming could speak, Wang Zhen was not happy.

"Whether it's a Tartar soldier or a rebel army, aren't they all defeated generals for adults? Even if they are combined, with our current army of 50,000, plus the tens of thousands of border elites in Datong Town, it will not be a problem to clean them up together. ”

Seeing Yu Jiao open his mouth to speak, Wang Zhen immediately stretched out his hand to stop him and continued: "If you don't believe it, it's because you haven't seen the power of the cavalry in Datong Town at all. Just these rebels, they can be killed by a few charges. ”

Going out of the army by himself is the thing that Wang Zhen is most proud of in his life. In front of the elite border army, the soldiers and horses in the south are simply the role of Xiao Xiucai, and the brothers will not hesitate to pack up ten of them.

This sounds annoying enough, but fortunately, after a few days of getting along, Yu Jiao also knows Wang Zhen's temperament, and he has no bad intentions, but he is a little arrogant.

"Lord Wang, the account can't be counted like this. It has been a taboo for soldiers to suffer from the enemy on the back since ancient times, and the officers know how powerful the border army is, but they can't stand the wolf in front of the tiger and the tiger in the back, you must know that the nearly 100,000 Mongolian Tatars are not vegetarians. Although he was not angry, Yu Jiao was a little anxious.

Lord Shen's idea is extremely immature, if Wang Zhen really puts it into action like this, it will be a big deal.

How could Wang Zhen bow to the wind, and he opened his mouth to defend again. Fortunately, at this time, Shen Chongming stepped forward and interrupted the dispute between the two. "Don't make any noise, can you be patient and listen to the official speak clearly?"

"That's it, what a noise, I heard you call from afar." Brother Erdan walked in with a few meals, his face was not his face and his nose was not his nose, as if everyone in this room owed him three taels of silver.

Speaking of the second brother, he was also unlucky, he originally thought that in pursuit of the rebels, how could he lead a position to lead a happy battle, but he didn't expect that Shen Chongming would still be killed and not let go, so he couldn't go if he was only by his side.

But no matter what Brother Erdan says, he is also a person with tricks, he doesn't cry, he doesn't make trouble, and he doesn't hang himself, so he rushed to the Shenji Battalion with a fake military order to take 3,000 men and horses to pursue the rebels, and almost let him succeed.

It's a pity that the times are not good, it just so happened that Shen Chongming supervised the military discipline of various departments that day, and when he saw this guy riding on horseback and shouting five and six with a group of men and horses to go north, he didn't have to guess what happened.

On the spot, he quietly brought Brother Erdan back, and then deprived Brother Erdan of many job titles, and ordered him to work in the Huotou Army, specializing in bringing tea and water to himself. And the guards around him have also been ordered, if anyone finds out that Brother Erdan has disappeared but does not report it, it is a big crime.

After three failed attempts to escape, Brother Erdan could only accept his fate and start his own firehead army wholeheartedly, hoping that one day he could return to the battlefield with the joy of Shen Chongming. It's a pity that despite this, how can the second brother who yearns for Jin Ge Iron Horse be in a good mood for this marching pot every day.

Wang Zhen also knew that Master Ma was in an unhappy mood, although this was very polite, he couldn't deal with him, and he stopped talking with a smile on his face.

And Brother Erdan also became a stuffy gourd, casually put down the food and stood aside to listen to what the army's battle plan was.

Looking at Shen Chongming again, he didn't look at Brother Erdan, and said to himself: "This time I rushed to Datong in front of the rebels, not to wait for them. Didn't they want to have a two-way fight with me? Then let's fight off the Tartars first and let their plans fail. At that time, he will mobilize a large army to clean them up, plus the elite of the border army, as long as they are surrounded, it will be enough to pacify the 100,000 rebels within three days. ”

A few more people were moved, and Brother Erdan even praised a good word, no one expected Shen Chongming to do such a plan.

"My lord, your method is really good, at that time, give your subordinates a team of people, and your subordinates are willing to kill the Tartar soldiers first for the vanguard."

Shen Chongming deliberately ignored him, and smiled at the other three: "What do you think of this method?" ”

"My lord, this is naturally the best, you can give the order." Brother Erdan didn't give the other three a chance to speak at all, and leaned forward with Shen Chongming, which made Wang Zhen snicker. It seems that this Lord Ma's firehead army for a few days has been extremely tormented.

"My lord, this is a good idea. However, the lower officials thought that for the sake of safety, we still can't let the rebels go like this, and we must send a force to feign pursuit, and at the same time mobilize soldiers along the way to set up cards to slow down the rebels' march, so that we can be more sure. Yu Jiao added that the embankment of a thousand miles was destroyed in the anthill, and such a major event must be comprehensive, and the slightest sloppiness must not be allowed.

Shen Chongming nodded, and he was also relieved when he came up with a way, and said with a smile: "Just do as you say, you have full authority to preside over the war in the rear, and this official will rush to Datong with the cavalry first, but I want to see if I haven't seen it for a few years, and the treasure knife I answered is not old." ”

"Yes, don't worry, my lord, the lower official promises to hold the rebels for at least a month!" It will not be easy to destroy this rebel force, but Yu Jian is still confident in delaying their march.

"The army marched to Shanxi via Taihang Mountain, and it must be found out by the officials and soldiers in a few days. For the sake of safety, his subordinates suggested that the sect leader could arrange a group of soldiers and horses to set up ambushes along the way to block the officers and troops, while most of the men and horses should speed up the march and rush to Datong, so as not to take too long to give the officers and troops a chance to prepare. "Entering the Taihang Mountains, Cai Wenyuan's head is also active, how can he not make good use of the geographical advantage.

Hearing this, Zhao Wenyi nodded and said: "What you said makes sense, it's not an easy thing to lead a single team of soldiers and horses to break off the army, the military advisor thinks that among the many brothers, who can do this?" ”

"This ...... For such a major event, the subordinates really dare not make a decision easily, and the specific candidates are still expected to be made clear by the military division. "Cai Wenyuan sold a pass, if any drudgery falls on Huang Wanli's head, I am afraid that the sect leader will be unhappy.

"Since this is the case, then leave this matter to Huang Wanli, among the many brothers, he is the only one who is both wise and brave." Zhao Wenyi made a decision without thinking about it. Cai Wenyuan targeted Huang Wanli everywhere, how could he not know, but in his heart he was willing to believe in Huang Wanli's ability, which was not something Cai Wenyuan could do at all. It is precisely because of this that I have been ignoring this matter all along.

Listening to Zhao Wenyi's candidate, Cai Wenyuan was really relieved in his heart, and the worries that he had always been tied up could be eliminated, and he would be able to sharpen his temperament in the future, and see if he dared not to put himself as a military advisor in his eyes.

Shen Chongming acted quickly, made a battle plan, and immediately took Xiong Dabiao, Wang Zhen, and his current dedicated Huotou Army Brother Erdan personally led 20,000 cavalry along the official road to Datong.

As for Yu Jiao, he began to publicize the counterinsurgency with great fanfare, and the last did a lot of work, and he had the posture of annihilating the rebels in the Taihang Mountains.

As for Chen Bing's answer at the border pass, he also paid attention to the situation in the pass at all times. There are a lot of spies dispatched, and there is a lot of news, rumors, and facts.

"Although the information in the information is very different, Sun Er feels that the Wuwei Sect is the most likely to be defeated and cross the river." Bahan Najibi said to the two pieces of information in his hand.

"If this is true, then it should be true that the people and horses of Wuwei were forced into Taihang Mountain by the official army." I replied with a frown. "What can I do about this, I spent three months here with all the strength of the whole clan, not to mention the countless consumption of grain and grass, and thousands of warriors died in battle. Alas, it's all because I believed Zhao Jun's words that day, but now the gains outweigh the losses. ”

Seeing that I shook his head and sighed with remorse, Bahannaji laughed: "Grandpa, look here, my grandson thinks that the people who are not taught should be here for me." ”

Bahan Naji's slender fingers drew a long line along the Taihang Mountains on the topographic map, which suddenly made my eyes light up, and he said with some excitement: "You mean, the people and horses of Wuwei are coming to Datong." ”

"Yes, it's Datong." Bahannaji said with certainty. "The people and horses of Wuwei have suffered heavy losses under the city of Nanjing, and this time they have crossed the river to the north, and the people of the Ming Court will naturally not let them go, and they are afraid that they will be encircled and intercepted. Therefore, Sun Er thought that this time the Wuwei men and horses entered Taihang Mountain in order to avoid the siege of the soldiers and horses of the Ming Court along the way, and their only way out was to join forces with us. ”

Bahan Naji's words made me feel excited, nodded and smiled: "Once the Wuwei people come to Datong, then it will be much easier for us to conquer Datong, and it will not be difficult to join forces to take Datong directly." ”

Looking at my excited look, Bahannaji said extremely calmly: "But grandpa, the opponent this time is Shen Chongming, and Wuweijiao's intentions must be difficult to escape his eyes, how can he let us succeed easily?" ”

"Hehe, that's why you don't move. My Mongolian 100,000 male soldiers are stationed outside the pass, and they have already attracted all the soldiers and horses of the Ming court in Shanxi to the front line of the Great Wall. ”

"This ......" Bahannaji immediately scratched his head, could it be that this is really the case?

Seeing his doubts, I replied with a smile: "Ming Tingbao's hundred years of country rely on these important towns in the border passes, but their silver is not endless, so it is naturally impossible to raise more soldiers and horses." Therefore, whenever there is a war, the soldiers and horses near the border rush to the border to resist our Mongol army, so that the convenience is extremely empty. It's a pity that no one has been our internal response for so many years, which has made Mingting breathe for a hundred years, but I didn't expect to give birth to a Wuwei teaching, hahaha. ”

As soon as I answered, Bahan Naji couldn't help but show joy on his face, and said excitedly: "Grandpa, if this is the case, wouldn't it be that as soon as the people and horses of Wuwei arrived, the capture of Datong would be just around the corner?" ”

"Exactly!" I nodded and got up and said, "Najib, immediately send more people to lurk in the customs, and closely investigate the latest movements of the Wuwei Sect, remember, there must not be the slightest mistake!" ”

"My grandson understands, so I'll do it." Excitedly answered, Bahannaji ran out of the tent with brisk steps.

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