Chapter III: Acting as Orders

The first thing Zhang Xuan did every morning was to see Luo Rucai.

Luo Rucai is not seen by anyone, and such a situation will also be suspected. Therefore, even though Zhang Xuan has fully taken over military affairs, Zhang Xuan has to do it every day and report to Luo Rucai in Luo Rucai's camp.

And like everyone, these decisions were made by Luo Rucai, and Zhang Xuan himself was just an executor.

Anyway, Luo Rucai's authority in the Chinese army is unshakable, plus there are many old Luo Rucai departments in the Chinese army, and Zhang Xuan's departments are all in the Chinese army, this is Luo Rucai's previous arrangement, this situation greatly strengthens Zhang Xuan's right to speak.

And the people who really have the ability to challenge Zhang Xuan's authority are all outside. Such as Li Rugui, Yang Chengzu, and Zhang Yingyuan, at least a hundred miles away. All military orders are communicated through divine decrees.

And Luo Rucai had already left a blank holy decree. With Li Guofu by his side, it is even more foolproof.

But even so, when the war in the north was about to break out, Zhang Xuan felt that the most troublesome thing was not the war in the north, but Luo Rucai's body.

"How's your majesty doing?" Zhang Xuan asked.

Li Zhengfang, the three of them have already been placed under house arrest, and they can't have any contact with the outside world at all.

But Li Zhengfang seems to be used to this. didn't care at all, and said: "Today's situation is good, but for the sake of Your Majesty's body, let Your Majesty rest more." Don't be alarmed as well. ”

As Li Zhengfang said before, Luo Rucai's body only maintained the original situation and did not decline.

Even so, Li Zhengfang has done his best.

Zhang Xuan sighed slightly, lifted the curtain and went in, people who have been sick for a long time have a smell on their bodies, which is indescribable, it seems to be a kind of aging mixed with the smell of death.

This smell emanated from Luo Rucai.

No matter how heroic you are, you can't avoid what happened today.

As far as Zhang Xuan could see, he found that Luo Yujiao was lying in front of Luo Rucai's bed and had fallen asleep, Zhang Xuan approached to take a closer look, Luo Yujiao's eyes were rolling, her brows were tightly locked, and she seemed to be having a nightmare.

Zhang Xuan sighed slightly, instructed Li Zhengfang to take care of Luo Rucai and Luo Yujiao, and then went outside.

Immediately outside Luo Rucai's room, there was a room separated by a wall. It is where Zhang Xuan works.

The first thing he dealt with was the situation of the war in the north.

A fierce battle was raging under Fancheng Pass.

The camp seemed to be backed by a large army, which inspired courage. The cavalry of both sides fought inextricably in the north of Fancheng, and even forced back the Mongol cavalry with three walls.

But the odds are stacked.

The enemy is outnumbered, Fancheng Pass is like this, and it is natural that he can't hold on to it in the north of the Han River.

It's just a matter of time.

But sooner or later

Already.

Zhang Xuan just took a cursory look at this, Yang Chengzu could still sit still, and there was no matter of asking for help from the rear at all.

So before Yang Chengzu didn't rush it.

Zhang Xuan will not interfere in the battle of Xiangyang more, hundreds of thousands of troops, the strategic direction stretches for hundreds of miles, if you don't learn to delegate power, you can't manage it at all.

All he needed was to understand the situation on all fronts, not to get out of Zhang Xuan's control as the situation developed.

Zhang Xuan circled the information and marked the important information. said to Zheng Lian: "Sort it out." ”

"Yes." Zheng Lian said beside him.

Zheng Lian, as Zhang Xuan's right-hand man, has been working beside Zhang Xuan, and can be said to be Zhang Xuan's secretary.

He is not alone, he also has a lot of literati under him to assist, and it can be said that he is Zhang Xuan's secretary general.

Zhang Xuan looked at the number of music in various places and asked, "How is the situation on General Li's side?" ”

Zheng Lian said: "My lord, here. ”

Zheng Lian immediately reversed the situation of Li Rugui's department.

Zhang Xuan took it and looked at it silently.

Li Rugui's ability to command the army is still good, and now it is in place, and it is already stationed in Zaoyang City.

However, Li Rugui faced the same problem as Li Guo.

That is, the city wall of Zaoyang County is not very good.

It's just the specifications of a county town, if the Qing army doesn't attack Xiangyang and makes a detour to attack Zaoyang City, it won't be great at that time.

Therefore, at this time, Li Rugui was stepping up his encampment and building fortifications.

And Zhang Xuan saw that Li Rugui's layout was very detailed, not only in Zaoyang, but also in Suizhou later.

The place he was going to defend was actually a valley area. A long and narrow plain area between Tongbai Mountain and Dahong Mountain.

Li Rugui seems to have been transferred from cavalry to infantry by Luo Rucai, and Li Rugui became conservative.

But now it seems that Li Rugui's conservative character is quite suitable for this position.

Zhang Xuan looked at the defense around Tongbai Mountain again.

Although what he can see is only on paper, but it is only on paper, and Zhang Xuan can also rely on his own experience to see if there are any loopholes.

Because the area north of Tongbai Mountain has been controlled by the Qing army, and Tongbai Mountain is certainly steep, but after all, it is not impassable.

You must know that Li Zicheng went in and out of Tongbai Mountain several times back then, and Luo Rucai did not pass through Tongbai Mountain.

After reading all of them, Zhang Xuan was relieved, at least he didn't see any mistakes, and then checked the situation on Yuan Shizhong's side.

After Luo Rucai ascended the throne, the fame of Bactria spread widely in Henan.

Many gentry had the intention of defecting to Great Xia, after all, the reputation of the Qing army was not very good.

but

The big war is imminent, although there are many gentry who are in the snow, but there are still many gentry who wait and see the victory.

It can be said that if Great Xia won the Battle of Xiangyang, the sphere of influence of Great Xia could be advanced to the south bank of the Yellow River almost bloodlessly.

But if this battle is lost, the territory of Henan that Yuan Shizhong now occupies will not be able to be saved.

Zhang Xuan immediately asked the question he was most concerned about, and said, "How is the situation with He Hutou?" ”

Although He Hutou is a partial teacher. But it is also He Hutou who has served as the most important mission so far, and He Hutou was taught by Zhang Xuan, so it can be said that Zhang Xuan is a person, so he is particularly concerned about this.

Zheng Lian was in a hurry again, gathering all the information on He Hutou's side.

After Zhang Xuan saw it, he said secretly: "The tiger head is doing a good job. ”

If the march is concerned, the place He Hutou experienced is the farthest, and most of them are deep in the mountains and old forests.

He Hutou first went southwest and entered the Jingzhou Mansion, which was the place where the camp was repeatedly contested with the official army, and the ground was intricate, although Cao Ying sent people to occupy here, but there were still many gentry forces on the ground.

He Hutou seemed to vent all the anger in his heart on them, and went on a killing spree in Jingzhou, and people were rolling everywhere he passed.

But He Hutou's such a fierce method, the effect is also very obvious.

The places where He Hutou passed were all settled, even if there were not many garrisons in the local area, but the people on the ground did not dare to move in the slightest.

Immediately, He Hutou turned to Yiling Prefecture to the north, and the road here became difficult and dangerous, and the so-called mountains and bad waters came out of the people.

A lot of people here are mountain people. has lived in the mountains for generations, and even when the Ming Dynasty was victorious, they turned a blind eye to these mountain people.

He Hutou can't kill these people. He is both soft and hard, as long as he acknowledges the rule of Great Xia, everything will be business as usual.

And if there is a deliberate provocation.

He Hutou naturally taught them to be human beings.

However, after Zhang Xuan saw He Hutou go deep into the Yunyang Mountains, he had no detailed information, and asked, "Why is there no more?" It's been a few days, hasn't it? ”

Zheng Lian said: "My lord, the terrain in the Yunyang Mountains is complex. There are also those who don't go for a while. I wanted to wait a few days, and the news came. ”

Zhang Xuan secretly said in his heart: "This communication frequency is too slow, if a force loses contact for three days in the future, it can almost be announced that this army has disappeared." In this era, however, it is a very normal situation. ”

There are even contacts that have been lost for more than ten days.

Even so, Zhang Xuan was a little worried about He Hutou, lest he make a mistake on the road.

After all, He Hutou is placed in the next generation, and the oldest is just a college student, so he has to be responsible for such a major task. Let Zhang Xuan not worry.

It's just that what is He Hutou doing now? He was much safer than Zhang Xuan thought at the moment.

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