When King Fu faced Mao Wenlong's strength, he had no way at all, and he couldn't blame others for the current situation. If you want to blame, you can only blame yourself for being too greedy and impatient, which gave Li Zicheng a loophole, which led to his current unfavorable situation.

It is useless to complain, and King Fu knows that it is useless for him to jump on now, perhaps as Mao Wenlong said. After staying in Qingshan and preserving his strength, it is the best choice to slowly find a way to regain the disadvantage in front of him.

With a decision in his heart, King Fu immediately ordered Gao Jie and Huang Degong to only defend the city and not fight. In this regard, King Fu's four generals also lost their temper and could only do what they were ordered.

Mao Wenlong received the Huguang battle report sent by Chen Jisheng, and after learning about King Fu's arrangement, he smiled at Hong Chengchou and said: "It seems that this King Fu is not hopelessly stupid. ”

A trace of disappointment flashed in Hong Chengchou's eyes again, but there was no expression on his face: "Chief soldier, what are your plans next?" ”

Mao Wenlong pondered for a moment and said in a condensed voice: "Now Nanjing has fallen into the hands of Li Zicheng, and Xuzhou, which is adjacent to it, is our granary. Therefore, he must be careful not to give him any chance to sneak attack. ”

Hong Chengchou said bluntly: "Attack is the best defense, it is better for us to send a small shareholder Jiang Jun to scatter in Nanjing to harass it." Distract Li Zicheng so that he can sit back and relax. ”

Mao Wenlong shook his head and said: "Things are not that simple, I suspect that Li Zicheng took such a big risk to attack Nanjing for thousands of miles." It's definitely not just about fighting King Fu. There should be a plan we don't know about, right? ”

Hong Chengchou was silent when he heard this, and after careful consideration, he said: "On the surface, Nanjing is very important to Li Zicheng. Now that he has got his wish, he has solved his predicament, and in turn has suppressed King Fu. I don't see any other purpose for him? ”

Li Zicheng was able to successfully win Nanjing this time, which was already far-sighted and unlucky. On this basis, Hong Chengchou really couldn't think of any other plans for Li Zicheng.

Mao Wenlong disagreed with Hong Chengchou, he said in a deep voice: "People's hearts are not enough to swallow elephants, Li Zicheng may really just be rushing to resolve his predicament at the beginning." But now he has successfully taken Nanjing, and he has also successfully trapped King Fu in Huguang. Presumably, his self-confidence is now inflated, and it is not impossible for him to hit his mind on us. ”

Hong Chengchou pondered for a long time, then nodded and said: "What the general soldier said is extremely true, we should indeed deploy defense in Xuzhou immediately. ”

Mao Wenlong chuckled: "Actually, Li Zicheng can't hit Xuzhou in a short period of time. Just to prevent the situation like last time, it's better to prepare early. I'll leave this matter to Cheng Zuo, I believe he won't let me down. ”

Hong Chengchou didn't have any objections, he nodded and agreed, opened his mouth to say something, hesitated, and then shut up again.

Mao Wenlong saw it in his eyes, and he said indifferently: "It doesn't hurt if the military advisor has something to say, why should they have so many scruples if they are all a family." ”

Hong Chengchou looked up at Mao Wenlong in surprise, and then his eyes gradually became firm. He found that Mao Wenlong was indeed different from most people, as the leader of a force, he was always able to humbly listen to the opinions of all parties.

But sometimes he stubbornly insists on his own opinions, just the previous point, Hong Chengchou is sure that more than 80% of the generals in this world cannot do it. is like himself, from the rejection of Mao Wenlong at the beginning, to his acceptance later, and then to his convincing now.

Hong Chengchou was completely conquered by Mao Wenlong's personal charm, and now he is willing to become a family. Thinking about these, Hong Chengchou felt a lot of emotion in his heart, but from time to time he felt that it was not so real.

"Chief soldier, with all due respect, your unfair behavior towards your subordinates is likely to cause instability within the Dongjiang Army in the future." Hong Chengchou suddenly said with a solemn face.

Mao Wenlong was slightly stunned for a moment: "Where do you start with this?" ”

Thinking of him Mao Wenlong, he has always treated his subordinates with sincerity. As long as he didn't make mistakes in principle, he never really punished anyone heavily. Moreover, Mao Wenlong of the Dongjiang Army has always valued it, and the treatment of the soldiers is currently impossible for the entire Ming Dynasty to keep up.

Under such a premise, Mao Wenlong asked himself with his heart, and did not treat anyone under his command unfairly!

"The general army has always only valued his own cronies, and he always takes them into account as soon as there is a war. But please don't forget that the Dongjiang Army is not only Chen Jisheng and Chengzuo. ”

Hong Chengchou paused when he said this, looked at Mao Wenlong and continued seriously: "Presumably, the general army may have forgotten that there are still many generals in the army waiting for you to give you a chance to make meritorious contributions." ”

After Mao Wenlong heard this, his brows furrowed slightly: "Military intentions, could it be that there are already people in the army who are dissatisfied with me?" ”

Hong Chengchou smiled bitterly and nodded: "The Dongjiang Army is currently united as one, and everyone is united with the outside world, so there will be nothing wrong with the internal for the time being." According to my observations, at least half of the generals in the army have begun to complain in their hearts that the general army does not give them a chance. ”

Mao Wenlong calmed down, and then seriously recalled his recent past. He suddenly found that if it was not at a critical juncture, it was forced to do so. It is true that every time there is a war, he will only hand over the task to Chen Jisheng or the people closest to him.

"Well, it seems that I did ignore the rest of the army." Mao Wenlong sighed lightly, quite embarrassed.

Put yourself in the shoes of others, if you serve under someone else's command, but are always ignored by your boss, you will naturally feel dissatisfied over time.

Hong Chengchou didn't expect Mao Wenlong to figure it out by himself, a relieved smile appeared on his face, and he suggested to Mao Wenlong: "Why don't the general soldiers change from now on!" ”

Mao Wenlong nodded and said: "Indeed, thank you for the reminder of the military advisor, otherwise, I am afraid it will be a big disaster in the future." ”

It is human nature to trust cronies and often use cronies, but Mao Wenlong now realizes that he is no longer the unavailable general soldier under his command. Now his subordinates are like clouds, but they are always forgotten by him, and it is not the main general's doing, Mao Wenlong realizes that he can't go on like this.

"Then who do you think should be allowed to go over to Xuzhou this time?" Mao Wenlong asked Hong Chengchou.

After Hong Chengchou pondered, he arched his hand and said: "In my opinion, it is better to let Chen Qiyu go this time, what does the chief soldier think?" ”

Mao Wenlong nodded and said, "Okay, it's decided!" ”