Dozens of miles west of Baoqing Mansion in Huguang Province, the sky is overcast and hazy. The north wind was howling between the mountains and forests, and the wind was mixed with raindrops, and it looked like it was going to rain.

Zhang Fu has ordered all the troops to choose a place to camp. The great army, which was advancing eastward, stopped its advance one after another.

Armies can be seen far and near, but you can't feel the magnificence of hundreds of thousands of troops gathered here! Hillsides, woods, and even houses block the view, and the terrain is uneven; The view on the main road is not wide. I could only hear the noise of "buzzing ......" on all sides, and the neighing and shouting of horses came and went.

Not far from Zhang Fu's side, there is a village; The Chinese cavalry had already gone over to requisition the house, and it was the temporary Chinese army. Zhang Fu looked up at the sky for a while, and then also slapped his horse and ran towards the village.

Sure enough, the rain became more and more dense. The wind subsided, and the sky gradually became covered by a curtain of rain flying obliquely, and the scenery became hazy.

"Dashuai!" A military general shouted, and when Zhang Fu looked back, he saw a team of people coming from outside the village. In addition to the soldiers in armor, there are also several men wearing hats and hats. Their hats were pressed forward, their faces could not be seen, and their robes were pitch black, which was very mysterious.

The guards rode up to meet them, and they talked for a while in the distance. Not long after, a horse returned to Zhang Fu, hugged his fists and said: "Yu Dashuai, that's a person from Beijing, Jinyiwei!" ”

Zhang Fu nodded and said, "Call their leader, and then come to Xingyuan to meet." ”

The sound of horses' hooves sounded, and the crowd rushed to the village. Zhang Fu walked into the house arranged by his own soldiers, and took the iron hat on his head and hugged it in his arms.

The Jinyi guards were led into one of the rooms. Although it was daylight, the light was dimmed by dark clouds obscuring the sun, and the room was pitch black. For a while, Zhang Fu didn't even see the faces of the people who came.

The man clenched his fists and said: "The last general is the person from the Fusi of Beizhen, surnamed Yao Mingfang." ”

Zhang Fudao: "What does General Yao have to do? ”

Yao Fang took out a bamboo tube for a while, carefully took out a roll of yellow silk from it, and said in a deep voice: "Secret edict." ”

Zhang Fu hurriedly saluted, bowed down and took it with both hands, and unfolded it to take a look. It is written that the king of the valley of Changsha Mansion colluded with the kings to rebel, and the British defended it. Zhang Fu looked at it and put it away, and after thinking for a while, he raised his head and saw that Yao Fang was still standing there, so he asked, "General Yao still has something to do?" ”

The two of them entered the house for a while, and Zhang Fu's eyes adjusted to the dim light in the room, and gradually saw Yao Fang's face clearly. This person is not only tall and strong, but his face is also clear and beautiful, but his facial contours are not obvious, too rounded, but a little less masculine.

Yao Fang said in a deep voice: "Our Tan commander is the envoy of the Holy Meeting. Hearing the meaning of the saint, the north was restless, and hoped that the British would fight quickly and put down the rebellion of the Han king in the south as soon as possible. ”

Zhang Fu said coldly: "Last year, the King of Han raised an army to rebel. For more than a year, the kings have not raised their armies, and I do not think they will raise their armies tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, nor will they raise their armies the day after tomorrow. ”

Yao Fang was stunned for a moment, then clenched his fists and said, "The last general will act as ordered, and the words will be brought to me." Leave. ”

Zhang Fu shouted: "Come and see off the guests!" ”

Yao Fang said: "Zhang Dashuai doesn't have to be polite, we don't need to put on a show outside." ”

By noon, Xue Lu, Liu Sheng, Tan Zhong, Chen Mao and other generals all came to the Chinese army. So Zhang Fu invited them to lunch together.

Chen Mao has a fierce face, Tan Zhong and Xue Lu are also very strong, only Liu Sheng's face is slightly milder. If it weren't for the fact that everyone was wearing the armor and ornaments of the Ming army, a few big men sat around a square table, as if the fierce green forest heroes had gathered.

However, the generals present all have one thing in common: they are all generals who were crowned marquis because of the military merits of the "Battle of Jingjing".

Compared with He Fu and Wu Gao's generation, Zhang Fu can trust these people more; Of course, Xue Lu Liusheng and the others can also trust Zhang Fu, and Zhang Yu's son will not plot against them. Therefore, after He Fu was arrested and the former army was defeated, there were no generals in the army who were dissatisfied. Zhang Fu is still able to control all kinds of armies.

After Chen Mao ate five bowls of rice, his stomach was full and he talked more: "Dashuai, the rebels are in the south, why don't we cross the water in the south?" ”

Zhang Fu was silent for a while. Liu Sheng opened his mouth and said: "General Chen, don't worry, the marshal has his own strategy in his chest. We have hundreds of large ships transporting grain and heavy goods from both sides of the river to Changsha, Tanzhou and other places. The Han King rebel army's military transport is not as good as the official army, and it is more urgent to fight than us.

The marshal marched east first, making a gesture of approaching the Xiangjiang River; The rebels will intercept it, and they will send their troops as soon as possible. The men and horses of Qu Neng came from afar, and the soldiers were tired and lacked food and clothing, and immediately rushed out, which was not conducive to the rebels. ”

Zhang Fu listened and glanced at Liu Sheng with an approving gaze.

At this time, Xue Lu put down his chopsticks and said quietly: "A few days ago, He Fujun intercepted Qu Neng's army unfavorably, and tens of thousands of people were lost in the first battle, and He Fu, the deputy general of the left, was imprisoned again; I'm afraid that this matter has already reached the Jingshi. That's what the Admiral is worried about. ”

Zhang Fu responded, understanding that Xue Lu was advocating a hurry to war. This Xue Lu looks fierce and looks like five big and three thick, but he thinks a lot about things in the court.

Tan Zhong said: "What General Xue said is extremely true. ”

In the Battle of Sichuan Taipingchang, Tan Zhong was Xue Lu's deputy general, and the two escaped from the defeated battlefield together, which seemed to be a fateful friendship.

Zhang Fu's gaze swept over the faces of the four generals, and he said in his heart: Four generals, three advocate a quick battle.

Xue Lu picked up the teapot and poured a bowl of tea into the bowl, took it and poured it, and said: "If we really retreat to the east bank of the Xiangjiang River, how many days will it take for all the territory on the west bank to be occupied by the rebels?" Changde Mansion can't keep it! ”

Liu Sheng pondered for a moment and said, "There are Yuanjiang River and Zishui in the south of Changde Mansion. ”

Xue Lu shook his head and said, "I can't stop it." Although the Yuanjiang River is watery, although it leads to Dongting Lake, the water is shallow now, and the big warships can't enter it when they go west; The river is also narrow, and the rebels have a way to lock the river. Once we retreated, it was only a matter of time before the rebels captured Changde Mansion. ”

He paused for a while, and seeing that Liu Sheng did not object to this statement, he continued: "The previous traitor spy was not discovered, and the Han Wangfu moved to Guizhou City, why?" Guizhou is the most barren place in Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan, but it is located between Yunnan and Sichuan, which is convenient for gathering the goods and military supplies of the three provinces.

After the fall of Changde Province, the rebels will have two transit routes. In the north, take the 'Huguang Road', and transfer the taxes of the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan to Changde and the Huguang front; In the south, take the Lijiang Ling Canal, and transfer the taxed grain and straw of Guangxi Province and Guangxi Prefecture and County in Hunan. If we want to kill the rebels, I'm afraid it won't take a year and a half! ”

Liu Sheng asked, "After the Jingzhou army captured Kuizhou, how did it progress?" ”

Zhang Fu said: "Recently, it has been reported, there is almost no progress, and a letter from the north is sent to ask for reinforcements." Our official army captured Kuizhou because some people in Kuizhou City turned against the water and took refuge in the official army. Ben Shuai has to say that those generals of the rebel army are quite talented. ”

Xue Lu's face suddenly turned a little red, and he seemed to think of the humiliation of Sichuan's defeat. He said in a sullen voice: "We still have 400,000 troops in the army, and now the roads are not far apart, why don't we fight?" ”

He asked again: "The commander has decided, are we going to attack or defend?" ”

Zhang Fu didn't answer, but said: "We are now the official army of the Ming Dynasty, don't do the things before; At that time, the official army of the Jianwen Dynasty was also forbidden to burn, kill and loot. You and the others all return to the barracks, take good care of the soldiers under their command, and do not plunder the people. ”

The generals stood up, clasped their fists and said, "The last general will wait for the order!" ”

The generals came out of the tiled houses one after another, took their hats and sabers under the eaves, and wore them to their respective retinues. Zhang Fu watched their backs disappear into the rain.

The sergeants came in to clean up the table, and Zhang Fu asked someone to hang the map on the wall. He stood by the wall and pondered for a long time while looking at the picture.

"Whoa, whoa......" The air was filled with the sound of loud rain, and it was already raining heavily. Zhang Fu turned around and walked outside the threshold to watch the scene. But in the distance, there was nothing to be seen, and the rain seemed to be covered with a layer of fog.

The scenery is still hazy as if it were the future of the Great War.

If it is a decisive battle, the officers and troops have a better chance of winning; The officers and troops have the advantage of troops, and there are also many elite Beijing divisions in the vast army of Hu, and the Jingnan army of that year has been in battle for a long time and has been well maintained over the years. However, Zhang Fu also understood that such a large-scale battle would affect the outcome for various reasons, and no one dared to guarantee victory, and they all had to take risks.

Zhang Fu pondered again: If the army retreats to the east bank of the Xiangjiang River expediently, will the rebels cross the river from the southern section of the Xiangjiang River to attack?

If the rebels cross the Xiang River, they may encroach on some prefectures and counties of Jiangxi's political envoys, but they will definitely go north to find official troops to compete. The old nest of the Han King is in the southwest, and it is impossible to ignore the existence of the vast army of the lake.

Even in the "Battle of Jingnan" that year, the Jingnan Army won several major battles in a row and defeated the Jianwen Army of more than one million troops before and after, and the Jianwen Army was almost unable to attack Beiping; At that time, the Jingnan army wanted to bypass Shandong and drive south, and there were many debates.

If the rebels crossed the Xiang River to fight, it would be difficult to raise hundreds of thousands of military rations and horses, and they would be in a hurry to fight; At that time, Zhang Fu can deploy some strategies accordingly and gradually occupy a greater advantage!

But Zhang Fu was not sure that the rebels would do so. Moreover, he must endure humiliation and burden for a long time, endure the criticism and humiliation of the first battle being unfavorable and fearing the enemy and avoiding war.

The impeachment of the courtiers who attacked him will soon increase and increase. The key is the attitude of the Holy One! Zhang Fu's mind repeatedly appeared with a white and fat face, figuring out that person's thoughts and possible decisions.

Zhang Fu understood that the stakes of this battle were very high, and from the country to his own future, the victory or defeat of this battle was an irreversible decisive factor. He had to think deeply and did not dare to make a decision lightly.

However, the hesitation and trade-off should not be too long, otherwise it is easy to slack off the fighter. If you are sure to fight, the officers and troops had better fight quickly! In this way, it can take advantage of Qu Nengjun's lack of time for repair.

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(Thunderstorms, power outages in the afternoon.) There's only one shift tonight. ）

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