Chapter 42: Zhang Xuan's Reflections

The weather in early spring was already a little cold, and the icy water droplets passed across Zhang Xuan's face, making Zhang Xuan's whole person feel more awake.

"What to do? To save or not to save. "It's not an easy choice to make.

There are similarities between the battlefield and the casino, and before entering the market, you must count your chips.

The chips in Zhang Xuan's hand, the ace main force Linying Battalion, the pioneer horse team, the Nanyang Battalion with solid training, the mediocre Baoding Battalion, and the Xiping Battalion. Even if the whole army is dispatched, it will be about 13,000 people. But can he really deal with a group of people under Ma Shiying's command?

I'm sorry, people are different from person to person, such as Liu Hongqi's house, no matter tens of thousands of people, Zhang Xuan will fight with one battalion. But in the face of Liu Zeqing, Liu Liangzuo, Jin Shenghuan, Huang Degong, such a camp, Zhang Xuan did not dare to be a little slack.

After all, everyone who can leave a name in history has its own merits. Zhang Xuan thought to himself, if he faced one of these four people, he dared to step forward to fight, maybe he could win, but in the face of four, all Zhang Xuan could do was to sit in the city of sorrow like Yuan Shizhong, waiting for the world to change.

"However, fortunately, Ma Shiying has a great responsibility on him, so he can't put all his troops into the battlefield of Guide." Zhang Xuan thought.

This great responsibility is the Fengyang Imperial Mausoleum, which must be undertaken by the successive governors of Fengyang.

Fight many battles, but no matter how many times you win, once the imperial tomb is lost, the end can also be seen. If it weren't for this reason, Zhang Xuan was afraid that Yuan Shizhong would not be able to sustain it at all.

If Shao Zhang Xuan learned anything in the battle of Xiaoshangqiao, it is that he has learned, don't take anything for granted.

Although Ma Shiying did not dare to go west easily because he took care of the imperial tomb and was also afraid of Li Zicheng, it was not something that Zhang Xuan could defeat with more than 10,000 people.

But is it okay not to save it?

Not to mention the relationship between Zhang Xuan and Yuan Shizhong, in the troubled times, these feelings are all false, just say that Zhang Xuan wants to make a difference in the troubled times, with more than 10,000 people in his hands, the foundation is really too big, and now it is now the sixteenth year of Chongzhen.

The great changes in Chongzhen's seventeenth year are only four or five hundred days.

During this period of time, there were no accidents, all for Zhang Xuan to train, how many soldiers Zhang Xuan could train, not to mention anything, there was a shortage of materials. Soldiers, food, grass, and weapons all need to be prepared by Zhang Zhen himself, and he must also take into account the people's livelihood in the places under his jurisdiction. You can't fish with all your might, and the people below will starve to death.

Even though Zhang Xuan prides himself on being as strong as iron, he can't do such a thing.

"The name of the woman's benevolence will probably be with me for the rest of my life." Zhang Xuan smiled bitterly and wiped his face with a coarse cloth, this kind of cloth woven by farmers

, far less soft than the textiles of later generations, he exerted too much force, only felt a hot pain on his face, and felt a little bruised.

Zhang Xuan sat on the official hat chair, his head slightly resting on the backrest.

His own strength is not good, and he doesn't know when the change in Xiangyang will happen, after he wants to abandon Li Zicheng, the big tree, he must join forces with others to survive in this world.

With whom, or rather, with whom can be an ally.

Besides Yuan Shizhong, who else?

As soon as Yuan Shizhong died, not only Zhang Xuan's reputation in the rebel army would be lost, but Zhang Xuan's important ally for independent development in the future would also be folded in, and he secretly said in his heart: "No, I remember that Yuan Shizhong was defeated by Li Zicheng after the Xiangyang Revolution." Why did it suddenly become like this, could it be that I persuaded Yuan Shizhong to take a firm stance and caused a chain reaction? ”

Zhang Xuan immediately stopped thinking about this.

The history of the late Ming and early Qing dynasties is that the public says that the public is reasonable, and the mother-in-law says that the mother-in-law is reasonable, and many things that later generations know may not be right. Moreover, Zhang Xuan's history is just a common sense, and as for the historical details, he can't figure it out.

"Newspaper. Governor Zhang, Commander Luo, Wang Yingguan, and Deng Yingguan have all arrived. Zhang Yuanhai said.

"Has Cao Zongyu arrived?" Zhang Xuan asked.

"No, Suiping is here, even a fast horse will take a while." Zhang Yuanhai said.

"Tell them all the situation, and wait for Brother Cao to come, and then discuss the matter." Zhang Xuan said.

"Yes." Zhang Yuanhai said.

At this time, Zhang Xuan was desperate for someone who could give him advice above the military. This person is none other than Cao Zongyu.

Zhang Xuan closed his eyes inside, thinking about this possibility, and the rest of the people, after getting the news, paced back and forth outside, and there was no nature to speak for a while, everyone was waiting for Cao Zongyu, and where is Cao Zongyu now?

On the way.

"Thief God, why is it suddenly getting cold this day." Cao Zongyu's bodyguard Cao Wu said.

This Cao Wu is not the other Cao Wu, if Zhang Xuan is here, you can see at a glance that this Cao Wu is three points similar to Cao Wu who died in Nanyang. This Cao Wu was not surnamed Cao, but just a beggar in Runing City, who was taken by Cao Zongyu and took with him and became a personal soldier.

"Camp master, I don't know what happened when the general called you back in such a hurry?" Cao Zongyu is different from other guards, and Cao Wu can also feel that although he is not pampered and arrogant, he has developed a problem with talking.

Cao Zongyu said: "Don't talk nonsense, hurry up." ”

"If the camp owner doesn't say it, I also know that it must be a big deal." Cao Wu said.

"Nonsense," Cao Zongyu shook Cao Wuyi's whip and said:

"Stop talking nonsense and hurry up."

Although Cao Zongyu didn't let Cao Wu talk nonsense, he also muttered in his heart, what was the matter, he had to be summoned in a hurry. As Cao Wu said, this matter must be not small, so Cao Zongyu is even more quick regardless of the weather.

But no matter how quickly Cao Zongyu stepped up, when he arrived in Runing City, it was already night.

Cao Zongyu asked Cao Wu to call the door, and the horse galloped in Runing City at night, and came to the gate of the Jiedu Envoy's Yamen, but saw that Zhang Yuanhai was already waiting for him at the door, he saw Cao Zongyu and immediately stepped forward to greet him, commanded his own soldiers to settle the mount for Cao Zongyu, came up, immediately explained the reason for the matter, and handed a piece of information to Cao Zongyu.

This is the information that Zheng Lian recorded what Yuan Shimin said, and almost everyone here had a copy.

Zhang Yuanhai walked beside Cao Zongyu with a torch, and Cao Zongyu took advantage of the light of the torch jumping to look at the things on it at a glance. Then it was put into the sleeve.

"General Cao, what should I do about this?" Zhang Yuanhai is actually figuring out what to do with the current situation.

Zhang Yuanhai is Zhang Xuan's personal guard, he knows all the information that Zhang Xuan can see, and Zhang Xuan also tests him from time to time, so he is also very curious about this issue, first, he feels that this matter is very tricky and does not know how to start, and second, he is also curious about Cao Zongyu.

Curious, why does Zhang Xuan value Cao Zongyu so much, such a thing, without waiting for him to come back, he actually didn't hold a meeting, and let everyone wait from day to night.

"Actually, the general already knows what to do." Cao Zongyu said: "It's just that he can't make up his mind yet, and calling me back is not to let me say anything, but to let me help him make up his mind." ”

When Zhang Yuanhai heard this, he was even more confused. Secretly said: "Make up your mind, what determination?" ”

At this moment, Cao Zongyu has already entered the lobby, and everyone is in Zhang Yuanhai, and he can only put all the questions in his stomach.

Not long after Cao Zongyu came, Zhang Xuan walked out of the room, as soon as he walked out, he felt cold, and he didn't know if it was night or some other reason, he said: "Yuan Hai, close all the doors and windows." ”

"Yes." Zhang Yuanhai immediately agreed, closed the doors and windows, and lit more than a dozen lights, so that there was a little heating in the room.

Even if more than a dozen lamps were lit, in Zhang Xuan's opinion, the light in the room was still not bright. I saw different figures illuminated by different oil lamps, and there was a ghostly feeling. It is very inapplicable for Zhang Xuan, who has lived under the electric light since he was a child.

"Everyone is here, you should know, you all know, just talk about it." Zhang Xuan said lightly, and the opening remarks of this deliberation were the following: "What should we do about returning to Germany?" ”

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