On the road leading to Shangluo Mountain, Lu Shi led a large group of men and horses all the way over, not daring to delay at all. And the brothers of the sergeant in prison worked tirelessly to send Li Zicheng's latest stationing position, details of soldiers and horses, troop allocation, and other military reports to the small shoulder carried by two healthy mules, so that Lu Shi knew Li Zicheng's situation well.

However, the more detailed he knew about Li Zicheng's situation, the more embarrassed Lu Shi became. Because, according to the map drawn by the sergeant supervisor after the reconnaissance, looking at Li Zicheng's arrangement, his camp was divided into two parts, the main men and horses of the battalion, that is, the old and weak family members of the army, and the people who were coerced, were stationed in a huge valley, while Li Zicheng's Chinese army commander tent was settled in another small valley behind this huge valley, which was Li Zicheng using the people as his shield.

If you want to come up with a way to capture the thief and capture the king first, and directly take Li Zicheng's handsome tent, you have to pass through the valley in front of you no matter what, so that the first person you will directly face will be those old and weak people, and that kind of passage is something that Lu Shi does not want to see.

However, if you don't go through the garrison of these people, it would be a fool's dream to attack Li Zicheng, because Li Zicheng's location is in a small valley surrounded by huge mountains on three sides and thousand-year-old forests growing on the mountains, and he can't climb and sneak attack at all.

What was left for Lu Shi could only be the last thing he wanted to see, first breaking through Li Zicheng's former army camp.

And once he is entangled with the people in the former army camp, Li Zicheng can have many ways to go, including taking his descendants to climb over the cliffs behind the small valley and fleeing south, and when he solves his front camp, even the hot dogs will be cold, and once Li Zicheng will ascend to heaven, with Li Zicheng's tenacious vitality, it will bring endless troubles to himself.

It is a good way to chase the past and adopt the method of the People's Liberation Army to suppress bandits in the northeast and pursue them uninterruptedly in small echelons, but this method has a premise, that is, it must be within its own Shaanxi sphere of influence in order to be effective, and once Li Zicheng flees to Henan or Hubei, then his pursuit will become extremely dangerous.

The reason is very simple, Henan and Hubei, where there are still the world of the Ming Dynasty, there are not only many officials and soldiers, but also countless villagers who hate themselves, and more importantly, there are 30,000 Hong Chengchou's men and horses.

Hong Chengchou, Zhou Ji, He Renlong, but they all regard themselves as mortal enemies, and the meeting between the two sides is definitely an endless ending, if they only rely on this mere 10,000 horses to go deep into their land, it is impossible to say that it is a lonely boat sailing into the ** sea, or the kind of hurricane, they must die ugly.

So, Lu Shi looked at the map and really fell into a dilemma, it seems that the plan is never as fast as the change, and his original idea was too taken for granted.

In this way, the battlefield situation put Lü Shi in a dilemma, so Lü Shi had to slow down the pace of the march.

"It's all too soft-hearted, now, I'll trap myself in." Chunlan couldn't help but see Lu Shi, who was scratching his head and frowning sadly, smiled and put a cotton coat on his body.

"Alas-" Lu Shi smiled bitterly and tightened his cotton clothes, then carefully stretched his legs and said: "The front is protected by the people, making it difficult for us to start, and the back is Henan and Hubei, as long as he is willing to give up, it will be the sea and the sky, Li Zicheng really has a good calculation." ”

"He Li Zicheng is definitely a little capable of doing it today, otherwise why would so many people follow him to the death? And once you let him go this time, your prestige as the king will be greatly damaged, haha, when you go back, a big mouth that passes through the stars will be enough for you. Chunlan sarcastically mocked Lu Shidao.

Lu Shi thought about how confidently he assured everyone that he would definitely eliminate Li Zicheng, but now it seems that his words have indeed gone too far, thinking about the big mouth of Tianxing after going back, he is really a little stunned.

"Actually, my reputation is damaged, and Brother Tianxing's big mouth is not a big deal, but if Li Zicheng is unable to escape Henan and other places, then he will be given the opportunity to turn the sky upside down, and he will suffer from it if he does not die when he fights the snake, and at that time, he Li Zicheng will become a hidden danger for us, and there will be an embarrassing situation of breaking his pants and wrapping his legs."

Chunlan tilted her head and thought for a while, then proposed: "Otherwise, how about letting Brother Chen Che send a column to attack Henan and block Li Zicheng's way out of escaping south?" ”

Lu Shi also thought about this method, but it didn't work after thinking about it. "It's not going to work now." Lu Shi sat up straight and began to explain to Chunlan: "First, Chen Che's two columns have just been reorganized, and the new recruits in each column have not yet been trained and run in, and their combat effectiveness will not only increase because of the increase in people, but will be weakened because everyone is still not familiar with each other and does not cooperate well. ”

Chunlan nodded, agreeing with this truth, but in her heart, no matter how weakened the breaking army is, it is a hundred times stronger than Li Zicheng's rabble.

Looking at Chunlan, who was not convinced, Lu Shi patiently explained again: "Not to mention that the Chen Che brothers have a great responsibility to defend the throat of Tongguan, it is not appropriate to send troops to Henan alone, at least it is not appropriate now." ”

"What's wrong? Isn't the garrison of Tongguan to guard against Henan officials and troops? Wouldn't it be better to attack like Henan? That's a lot better than holding on. Chunlan retorted to Lu Shidao, as she followed Lu Shidao for a long time, and participated in every military meeting, Chunlan's military skills not only improved, which made Lu Shi very pleased.

But after all, Chunlan is mainly responsible for the women in the base area, and she still lacks a grasp of the overall situation, and she can't take a long-term view of things.

"What you said is called offense instead of defense, which is very similar to what a great man said, the best defense is to keep attacking." Lu Shi lightly praised Chunlan.

was praised by her beloved husband, Chunlan rushed to be extremely happy and proud.

"However, this substitution of offense for defense is not suitable for us for the time being, at least not for us now." Lu Shifeng turned his words lightly and patiently explained to Chunlan.

"Now, there are 30,000 men and horses stationed in Henan, our sworn enemies Hong Chengchou and He Renlong, as well as the military households of the guards in various parts of Henan, plus the villagers who hate us incomparably in various places, and the strength is quite strong. And once our army marches into Henan to implement the strategy of intercepting Li Zicheng, then we will have to face almost the entire northern Henan army of the official army, and then, we have to first start a battle with the official army, and once the battle begins, it will be another intractable and inseparable battle, and it is inevitable that we will have to bring our entire army into it in order to distinguish the victory and defeat, in that way, not to mention that the whole operation will be in the opposite direction, and the action of intercepting Li Zicheng will not be realized at all, and the most direct outcome is to completely break our overall plan of three years of rest and recuperation. ”

Looking at Chunlan's thoughtful appearance, Lu Shi said with a rare and serious face: "We are still very weak now, Shaanxi that we just took over, in the natural disasters**, especially in the wars of the last few years, it is really full of holes and a hundred wastes waiting to be rebuilt." And the old empire of the Ming Dynasty is still strong. In particular, his land of wealth in Jiangnan has not been shaken at all. The most important thing is that the sergeant supervisor recently reported that because we had sold steel knives and guns to the officers and soldiers in the south to encircle and suppress the Anluxe Rebellion, the most important thing is that we informed them of the use of tea, and now, the Anluxe Rebellion is nearing the end, and it will end this summer, then, the Ming Dynasty will be in the spring of next year, and at the latest after the autumn of next year, they may send the southern division of a hundred battles to deal with us, at that time, if we are not fully prepared, our cause will fall into crisis again, and there is a possibility of overturning. Speaking of this, Lu Shi's expression became more serious and his mood became heavier, in fact, this is what Lu Shi is most worried about.

At the beginning, in order to retain the vitality of the Han family, quell the rebellion of luxury as soon as possible, so that Chongzhen could free up his hands to concentrate on dealing with the Manchu Tartars, Lu Shili overrode the public opinion, and under the strong request of Zheng Hongda's brother's fist, Lu Shi sabred countless sabers and guns, and sold them to the southern army to encircle and suppress the rebellion. It will be done this autumn at the latest.

This time, not only let the Ming save millions of military expenses every year, but also free up 300,000 hundred soldiers, if Chongzhen made up his mind to embarrass himself, at that time, his base will be covered with dark clouds, and there is a possibility of overturning at any time.

"Does that count as shooting yourself in the foot?" Sometimes, Lu Shi asked himself this way when there was no one in the dark night, but after asking every time, he found that he really didn't regret his original decision, not at all.

"Therefore, we must not poke the hornet's nest of Henan under any circumstances and let us fall into an endless war, we must strive for even one more month, or one more day of time to recuperate, and train the army to cope with the upcoming greater encirclement and suppression of the official army, and the elimination of Li Zicheng is the key to this premise." Gently knocked Xiao Ji with his fist and said hatefully: "I want to eliminate all the influences in the fastest time, or the hidden dangers that can affect our recuperation, even if it is necessary to kill each other." ”

But this problem did not trap Lu Shi for long, and at least the problem that prevented Li Zicheng from escaping did not bother Lu Shi for long, because, at this time, Lu Shi met a businessman who sold grain and grass to him, a businessman who played a great role in the development of the base area - Zheng Hongda. He brought a message to Lu Shi, a news that Lu Shi definitely did not expect.