The information obtained by He Yaozong's reconnaissance flew like snowflakes to Liu Renyu's desk, and then was sent to Hong Chengchou's desk.

The military rations transferred by the imperial court from Huguang were also successively transported to the Ming army camp near the central county seat.

Liu Wuguo, Fang Lingshen, Yang Jinrong and several other generals who did not taste the sweetness in the battle of the central county town had a high sense of battle, and they couldn't wait to immediately lead their troops to Zhenyuan to make a big profit.

With sufficient food and grass and available military hearts, Hong Chengchou thought that the opportunity to annihilate the thieves of Ningsai in one fell swoop had come, so he specially ordered all his generals to gather in his Chinese army tent for a meeting.

On the night of November 25, the fourth year of Chongzhen, in the big tent of the Chinese army of Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides of Shaanxi, Hong Chengchou's army was sitting in the middle of the army, Liu Renyu was sitting on his right hand, Liu Wuguo, Zhang Mingzhe, Li Jiye, Yang Desheng, Zhang Tieniu, Liu Renjie, Wang Zuohang and other cadres of the army would sit on the Mazha in turn.

On the pillar on the left hand side of Hong Chengchou hangs a huge map of Shaanxi, in which Zhenyuan is circled in red lines, representing the thieves entrenched here, and the prefectures and counties near Zhenyuan to the left are circled with white circles, representing the areas controlled by the officials and soldiers.

On the left side of the map, there is a large table similar to a billiard table, on which is placed a large sand table with a large scale, on which all the situation of Zhenyuan County and the Puhe River Valley are displayed.

After all the generals under his command arrived, Hong Chengchou cleared his throat and said to his subordinates: "I have recruited you here today to exterminate the Ningsai remnants who are entrenched in Zhenyuan, Renyu, you should tell you the generals about the information that your sentinel has discovered." ”

"Yes, Commander." Liu Renyu got the order, so he held the push rod, stood next to the map, pointed to the area circled by the red line on it, and said: "According to the information from our army's sentinels, in addition to the thieves of Ningsai, the Red Army friends of Shenyi Kuiyu Dang, Li Dusi, Yang Laochai, and Du San'er, there are also two bandits of Hao Lin'an and Liu Liu, who defected from Huanxian and Qingyang, with a total number of more than 50,000 people, but there are not many real thieves who can fight, only seven or eight thousand people. ”

After Liu Renyu said these words, he pointed the putter to the sand table and continued: "This is the situation of the thieves stationed in Zhenyuan County and the Puhe River Valley, all in the sand table, please take a look." The army of thieves is mixed with soldiers and civilians, and its combat effectiveness is bound to be extremely low, and as long as our army attacks, it will definitely be easy to win in battle. ”

Liu Wuguo, Zhang Mingzhe, Fang Lingshen and other generals looked at the map, and then looked at the sand table, they already knew the enemy situation well, they were not very afraid of the thieves, but now that they have such detailed information, they are naturally more enthusiastic to ask for battle, asking for an immediate attack to suppress the thieves.

Hong Chengchou was very happy when he saw that the generals were so strong in their fighting spirits, and he smiled slightly: "You generals are worried about the monarch and the court, and you will want to strike a thunderbolt and destroy the thieves, and the heart of the official is very comforting, but the thieves have always been good at escaping, and if you want to completely annihilate them, lest they poison other places again, you must think of a complete way." ”

"What is the perfect way to control the commander? Please also tell me about Yu Mo, wait for me. Liu Wuguo pleaded.

"Well, in this battle, the purpose of our army is to annihilate the thieves, Hugh told them to get rid of one, the official knew that he would train the military gate, and asked him to order the Guyuan soldiers Wang Zhenqi to guard the passes in the north of the town, and not let the thieves go north to Guyuan, and then ordered the Pingliang soldiers to guard the passes in the west to prevent the thieves from going west, and in the south, the general soldier Yang Jiamo and He Huchen led the army to lead the army to set up an ambush.

My main army set off from the central county, all the way to the east, slammed the thieves, if the thieves were defeated, and then according to the old way before, separate ways to escape, we also improvise, the thieves fled in several ways, we will divide the soldiers into several ways to pursue, keep chasing, can be killed on the spot, if they escape into the mountains, search the mountains.

Don't you often say that it is difficult to find a thief in the vast mountains? Now this problem is very easy to solve, Liu Zongzhen has specially trained military dogs, which can detect the traces of thieves, and when the time comes, Liu Zongzhen will send a special person to carry military dogs to assist you in searching the mountains.

Remember, once the thieves are found, the captain and above, all of them will be killed, and no one will be left. The displaced people captured in this battle were first sent to Zhenyuan County to be concentrated, and when the time came, Liu Zongzhen would take them to Jingbian Fort to be resettled. ”

Hong Chengchou took the push rod from Liu Renyu's hand, and said to the generals while pointing and poking on the map.

"The commander is really thoughtful, we used to fight the thieves can always be defeated in a battle, but as long as they hide in the mountains, we can't do anything about them, now that we have a military dog, I want to see where the thieves can escape?" Liu Wuguo laughed.

"The commander of this ten-sided ambush is really powerful, the thieves are difficult to fly, this battle will definitely be able to annihilate the Ningsai thieves in one fell swoop, and return Shaanxi to a bright future." Zhang Mingzhe is also flattering.

The rest of the generals also expressed their admiration for Hong Chengchou's strategy, which is like a surging river, and like the Yellow River flooding out of control, all of which are omitted here.

said that Hong Chengchou couldn't keep his mouth shut when he saw these generals talking, so he pressed down with both hands and signaled everyone to stop talking.

"I have already explained to you the strategy of engaging the thieves this time, and I ask you to work together to kill the enemy. The official is still the old saying, those who bravely kill the enemy, the official does not hesitate to reward, neglect his duties, fear the enemy and avoid war, secretly communicate with thieves, and fight a live battle, Jin Xiru is an example of Er, can you write it down? ”

Because his own confidant Liu Renyu was by his side, he was very confident when Hong Chengchou said such words, and he only shocked those generals.

Liu Wuguo and the other generals looked at each other, and then quickly bowed down and replied, "The last general will know."

"Very good." Hong Chengchou nodded.

"Dare to ask the commander, you have already set up a plan for ambush on ten sides, I don't know what kind of tactics to use in the decisive battle with the thieves tomorrow?" Fang Lingshen asked out loud.

"The thief's combat power is not very strong, the previous Liu Zongzhen has already offered a strategy to the official, our army first advanced to Zhenyuan, along the road sent out a night reconnaissance cavalry to hunt and kill the thief sentinel, the army marched to Zhenyuan, when the tiger fights the rabbit, go all out to kill the thief, this battle Liu Zongzhen invited himself to be the vanguard, led his cavalry to impact the thief, and when the thief soldiers were defeated, the generals will lead the troops to pursue." Hong Chengchou replied.

There is nothing wrong with this tactic, but Liu Wuguo, Yang Jinrong, Fang Lingshen and several other Yulin assistant generals and guerrilla generals who did not get the sweetness in the war in the central county town were a little depressed, because the previous opportunity to make a fortune was snatched away by Zhang Mingzhe, but now this opportunity to make a fortune was snatched away by Liu Renyu, and they did not get the opportunity to share the profits.

Everyone was not very satisfied with this decision, but they didn't dare to say anything to Hong Chengchou about not sending Liu Renyu and sending them, because Liu Renyu was Hong Chengchou's henchman, and he was the deputy chief soldier, and the combat effectiveness of the soldiers under his command was extremely strong, so generals like Yang Jinrong, who usually did not have a particularly good relationship with Liu Renyu, did not dare to say anything.

But Liu Wuguo didn't have any concerns, he relied on his good friendship with Liu Renyu, resolutely stepped forward, looked at Liu Renyu and said with a smile: "Mr. Liu, the sons and daughters under the last general have not been fighting for a few days, and their hands are itching, and the last general wants to ask them for a favor, please take them to kill the enemy together, do you think this thing will be successful?" ”

Liu Renyu looked at his eldest brother, a business partner, and said with a smile in his heart: "It's funny that you are so rich and still want to make money." ”

But his mouth was gentle; "Everyone collects firewood and the flame is high, and the strength of the people is great, it is rare for the soldiers under General Liu to be so worried about national affairs, and the town is very impressed, but the strategy of killing the enemy is determined by Hong Shuai, and it is useless for the town to agree, and it is necessary for Hong Shuai to nod."

"It's okay, it's okay, Renyu, whether your men and horses are fighting alone or with General Liu, it's up to you, and the official will not interfere." Hong Chengchou said with a smile.

"In that case, then General Liu will go to Zhenyuan with this town and kill the thieves." Liu Renyu said with a smile.

"The last general thanked the commander and thanked Mr. Liu." Liu Wuguo's eyes flashed with silver two, and he said in thanks.

The rest of the generals saw that Liu Wuguo had taken the opportunity to make a fortune, and they were all envious, and they only hated why they didn't have such a promising brother as Liu Renyu.