It was day and night, in the big tent of the Chinese army, the wood in the brazier was beeping and burning, and the flames were swaying, reflecting on every serious face.

Hong Chengchou, who presided over the meeting, naturally sat behind the handsome case, and Du Wenhuan sat on his left hand, followed by Zhang Mingzhe, Liu Wuguo, Fang Lingshen and other generals.

After all the generals gathered, Hong Chengchou, who was sitting in the center, first glanced at the generals present, then cleared his throat and said: "Everyone, the current affairs of Yan'an have been understood, the displaced people have been resettled, our army has a high fighting spirit, and the military food is also very sufficient, enough for the whole army to eat for more than 20 days, so my army will attack quickly to destroy the thieves who are still raging in Shaanxi. ”

"Junmen, I don't know where the thieves are now?" Du Wenhuan asked with his fists clenched.

"Renyu, in the past few days in Yan'an, all the detectives who responded to the enemy's situation have been handed over to your department to be responsible for not collecting at night, tell me, where are the thieves now?"

"Yes, Junmen." Liu Renyu first agreed, and then said to Liu Renjie, who was standing behind him: "Move the map out and open it." ”

"Yes, sir." Liu Renjie received the order, so he hung the huge map of Shaanxi on the pillar of the Chinese army's big tent and unfolded it.

Then Liu Renyu held the push rod in his hand, pointed to various places on the map, and introduced: "Junmen, generals, after Wang Jiayin was shot away by our army, he is currently attacking and plundering in the area of Dunzhou. In addition, there are more than 10,000 troops of Li Laochai, Lone Wolf and other departments, these two thieves in Heshui, Yichuan, central and other places to raid. ”

After Liu Renyu finished speaking, he sat back on Mazha and said no more.

After listening to the information, Hong Chengchou had no words, Du Wenhuan first opened his mouth and said: "Military gate, the thieves have been driven out of Yansui by our department, and now they are making trouble in Shaanxi. ”

All the generals here, except for Liu Renyu, nodded when they heard this, because there was a convention for striking at the enemy in the Ming Dynasty, which can be summed up in one sentence: If you can enter my realm, you need to go all out to suppress it, and it is better to ignore it than in my realm.

Hong Chengchou saw that Du Wenhuan was still playing this game at this time, so he couldn't help frowning and was a little unhappy, but considering that this veteran was an old Jianghu with high qualifications, he was not good at criticizing in person, so he could only smile faintly and said: "Thieves, thieves who are uncertain, they are in Shaanxi today, and they may arrive in Yansui tomorrow, if we don't take the opportunity to exterminate them at this time, when our army returns to Yulin, the thieves will come again, and our army can only return to the division.

Moreover, Liu Guangsheng, the governor of Shaanxi, and Liu Junmen, have already written with Yang Zhishuai, saying that there are few soldiers in Weinan, and they have not practiced fighting for a long time, so they can't fight with the thieves, and my elite soldiers on the three sides are in the king of Beijing at this time, and the rest of the elite soldiers are in the hands of this hospital, so my troops and horses should go all out to suppress all the thieves on the three sides. Yang Zhishuai felt that Liu Junmen was right, so he issued a strict order, ordering me to go south as soon as possible and suppress the thieves in person. ”

"Since Yang Zhishuai has given the order, the last general will fight the thief." Du Wenhuan heard that it was Yang He's intention to enter Shaanxi to suppress thieves, so what else could he say, he could only obediently obey the order.

Seeing that Du Wenhuan had stopped, the other generals naturally waited honestly for Hong Chengchou to assign tasks.

"Well, the thieves are scattered everywhere, mainly divided into three major units, namely Wang Jiayin's department, the lone wolf department, and Li Laochai's department, and the soldiers and horses of these thieves are more than 10,000, and there are only two or three thousand young and strong thieves. There are 3,700 people in our department, which can be divided into three parts, which are respectively to suppress Wang Jiayin, Li Laochai and Lone Wolf. I don't know how many generals, who is willing to fight Wang Jiayin? ”

As soon as Hong Chengchou's words came out, Zhang Mingzhe, Fang Lingshen and other generals immediately scrambled to ask: "The last general is willing to go." ”

After all, Wang Jiayin was just beaten by Liu Renyu with his soldiers, and he was just a water dog, and it goes without saying that he must have spent the least effort and the greatest result to fight such a thief who has just experienced a big defeat, so these generals all want to fight Wang Jiayin.

Liu Wuguo also wanted to ask for his life to beat Wang Jiayin, but he found that Liu Renyu was sitting silently on the pony, unmoving, unresponsive, and seemed to have no interest in Wang Jiayin, and he was already determined to follow Liu Renyu together, so he also remained silent very simply, and saw what Liu Renyu was doing?

Hong Chengchou saw that Liu Renyu was not moving like a mountain, sitting solemnly, and did not seem to have the intention of beating Wang Jiayin, so he asked Liu Renyu under curiosity: "Renyu, I don't know which thief you are willing to fight?" ”

Liu Renyu, who had been the same as the old monk who had been in Dingding, heard this question, first raised his eyelids, and then replied with a smile: "Military gate, the generals will pick first, and if you pick the rest, which one is the one, you will hit which one is marked." ”

Several other generals blushed when they saw Liu Renyu say such words, after all, Liu Renyu's words were a little domineering, but the other generals who set off were very childish.

However, these generals did not dare to speak ill of Liu Renyu on this, or they were jealous, because jealousy only existed between people of the same level, Liu Renyu beat Wang Jiayin, at least in Yansui, which is a three-acre land, and these generals are still very admired, so those generals are silent when they listen to Liu Renyu's words.

And Hong Chengchou saw Liu Renyu's domineering, so he just smiled slightly and said: "That's the same, there are thieves on the left and right, and they don't help, so how about Renyu, how about you pick one first?" ”

"Military Gate, then choose the lone wolf department under the mark." Liu Renyu replied.

"Okay, Renyu picked the lone wolf department, and the rest are Wang Jiayin's department, as well as Li Laochai's department. Several generals can be selected again. ”

"Junmen, the last general is willing to fight the lone wolf with Liu Shoubei." Liu Wuguo had already made up his mind to advance and retreat with Liu Renyu, so he immediately asked Hong Chengchou for his life.

"General Liu, you have 600 soldiers in your department, and there are more than 1,000 people in one place with Renyu, and you are alone all the way, but it is just right, then you will lead the soldiers and horses of your headquarters to fight the lone wolf department together with Renyu."

"Yes, Junmen." Liu Wuguo replied happily.

After Liu Renyu and Liu Wuguo chose the route of marching into the army, Zhang Mingzhe and others stopped saying for some reason that they wanted to lead troops to fight Wang Jiayin, because the two generals of the Liu family showed their lofty ambitions and noble sentiments that they only wanted to gnaw hard bones.

Therefore, Zhang Mingzhe and other generals were silent for the time being, neither wanting to say that they were going to fight Li Laochai, nor that they were going to fight Wang Jiayin.

Hong Chengchou saw that his subordinates were no longer speech, so he decided to assign combat tasks on his own, at this time, he considered that the Guyuan soldiers had just experienced the turmoil of the change of commander, and the military spirit was quite stable on the surface, but he didn't know whether he could maintain stability when he encountered the enemy, so he planned to hand over Wang Jiayin's thieves who had fallen all the way to Zhang Mingzhe's department.

After turning all the thoughts in his heart, Hong Chengchou coughed lightly and said to his subordinates: "Renyu and General Liu have already chosen to walk alone, and the remaining Wang Jiayin and Li Laochai are two thieves, the generals seem to have a hard choice, so I will assign people, okay?" ”

"I am willing to listen to the army."

"General Zhang Mingzhe, I order you to take your personal soldiers and generals, and lead the 1,200 men and horses led by the criminal general Jin Xiru to enter the department of Wang Jiayin, and your direct leader of the troops and horses, you can send a capable general to lead it, and General Fang Lingshen, General Ma Zhankui, General Yang Jinrong, and General Yu Pengcheng, a total of 1,200 people and horses, will go to suppress Li Laochai's department. What do you think of this arrangement? ”

When Zhang Mingzhe and other generals heard this arrangement, they each looked at each other a few times, then left their seats, half-knelt on the ground, and replied loudly: "The last general and others have no objections. ”

"That's very good, then the generals should be ready, tomorrow they will each bring their headquarters and prepare to go into separate ways to suppress the thieves. After this crackdown on the thieves, the seizures are still the same as before, and your departments can be divided by themselves, and you don't have to hand them over, I just have to repay you for the merits. Hong Chengchou said loudly.

"Yes, the military gate, the last general and others have written it down, and the last general and other officers and soldiers have thanked the military gate for their kindness." The generals said in unison.

"Yes, very good." Hong Chengchou saw that the generals had no objections, so he turned his head and asked Du Wenhuan, who had been sitting beside him and did not speak, "Mr. Du, what do you think of my arrangement?" If you think something is inappropriate, please point it out and let's discuss it. ”

At this time, Hong Chengchou had already arranged everything, what else could Du Wenhuan say, of course, he could only shake his head, and laughed loudly: "You have arranged the military gate very well, my old Du has nothing to say." ”

"Then our strategy for marching into the army is so decided, tomorrow the generals can each lead their troops to suppress the thieves, and this hospital and Du Zongzhen will sit in Yan'an, waiting for the good news of the generals' victory in exterminating the thieves."

"Yes, the last general of the military gate (marked below) will work together to kill the enemy bravely and spread the good news as soon as possible." All the generals spoke loudly.

"We are very pleased that you have made such determination. When our three-way army goes out, we must always ensure that the grain routes are unobstructed, so that the soldiers can fight without distractions and peace of mind, so this court has decided to place a grain supervisor on each road to ensure that the grain can be supplied to the officers and soldiers on the front line in a timely manner. ”

As soon as Hong Chengchou said this, except for Liu Renyu, the other generals all looked at each other.

At this time, all the generals knew very well that the so-called sending grain supervisors to supervise the transportation of grain and grass was just a high-sounding rhetoric, and these grain supervisors were actually the supervisors of the army, the eyeliner of Hong Chengchou, and a sharp sword hanging over the heads of their commanders.

The generals knew Hong Chengchou's intentions, but they didn't dare to refuse, so they could only accept Hong Chengchou's arrangement.

So all the generals clasped their fists and said in unison: "The layout of the military gate is very good, and the last general (marked below) has no objections." ”

"Okay, it's not too early now, you guys will go down and rest, and tomorrow morning, let's swear to go on the expedition." Hong Chengchou ordered loudly.

"Yes, military gate, the last general (marked) retires." After the generals finished speaking, they each withdrew from the big tent of the Chinese army and returned to their respective camps.