Chapter Ninety-Eight

Xiao Tianjian continued to follow his practice of employing people without doubt, and handed over all this information to Niu Jinxing for viewing, Niu Jinxing is a local person in Henan after all, and he is much more familiar with the situation here than Xiao Tianjian.

Xiao Tianjian picked up the information he had compiled and read it again, and said with a slight wry smile: "It seems that this Xiong Supervisor really looks up to me Xiao!" As soon as he took office, he made such a fuss, as if the spearhead was directly aimed at our Xingtian Army! It seems that he will not give up until he completely kills Lao Tzu! ”

Niu Jinxing nodded and said: "This Xiong Wencan still has a vision, after taking office, he saw the layout of the marshal in Henan at a glance, and knew that if he wanted to level the rebels from all walks of life in Henan, he must first level the marshal!" If it was in his position, I'm afraid it would have been arranged like this! ”

Xiao Tianjian nodded, now his name of the Xingtianjun is not as good as before, his Xiao Tianjian's name is a well-known name in Henan and Shanxi, who can not know the strength of his Xingtianjun, even compared to Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai, his Xiao Tianjian's name can now be said to be not much better, it is impossible to hide his strength, it can be said that he has stood in the front position of the rebels from all walks of life, and it is impossible not to attract people's attention.

Since this is the case, then Xiao Tianjian does not have the previous idea of using other rebels to cover his own development, and now that he has shown the banner of Xingtian in Henan, he is ready to meet the monstrous waves.

"Good! Since this Xiong Inspector thinks so highly of me Xiao, then the soldiers will come and cover up the water and soil! Let's not fantasize that good things will fall on us, since we have achieved this step, what else can we do? Now it's time to deal with the situation!

Judging from the various news sent back by Xizuo, this time Xiong Wencan took the lead in attacking us first, and it can be said that almost all the officers and troops that can be mobilized in Henan have been mobilized, Luoyang Wang Shaoyu has 7,000, Zu Dale Zukuan has 3,000, Kaifeng Chen Yongfu has 4,000 soldiers and horses, plus thousands of soldiers and horses in Nanyang, Henan alone has taken out more than 20,000 troops, plus the surrounding officers and troops, their strength is at least more than 40,000, in addition to Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting in Shaanxi, it seems that they also intend to cooperate with Xiong Wencan's attack on us this time. Cao Wenyao, who has transferred Shaanxi, is moving to Tongguan, and it seems that he also has the intention of entering Tongguan to launch an attack on our back road at the same time, even Lu Xiangsheng on the Shanxi side, this time he finally took action, and dispatched Xu Dingguo and Zhang Quanchang, two total troops, a total of more than 10,000 troops, and divided into two roads all the way to Jiezhou, all the way to Lu'an Mansion, wanting to attack our hometown in Shanxi!

Looking at it this way, the imperial court really gives me Xiao someone face, and after putting it together like this, I'm afraid that there will be nearly 100,000 troops to deal with me Xiao someone! Hehe! ”

Xiao Tianjian said it easily, but it was not easy in his heart, because this time the situation was very different from Chongzhen's early ninth year in Yangcheng to resist the attack of the Xingtian Army by the Fourth Route Army, although he occupied five counties in Henan, but the actual control time was only a few months, and the shortest three counties were only less than two months, although there were a group of people under his command who tried their best to rectify the situation, and the situation was quite stable, but he knew that his foundation in western Henan was not yet stable. In terms of troops, although he now has nearly 10,000 soldiers under his command, these eight battalions plus the baggage battalion and the engineer battalion, nearly half of the soldiers are new soldiers, and the combat effectiveness is not as good as the veterans on the Shanxi side, and the number of cavalry is also quite limited, a total of only more than 500 people, and the number of enemy troops is several times that of him.

What's more, several official troops are attacking from several directions, within a range of hundreds of miles, he will definitely take care of one and lose the other, and if he is not careful, the fruits of victory that have just arrived may be taken back by the government, how to face this upcoming war, Xiao Tianjian is very eager to hear Niu Jinxing's opinion.

Niu Jinxing walked back and forth in the big tent a few times, and suddenly smiled: "The marshal doesn't have to be too nervous, although Xiong Wencan sent so many soldiers and horses over this time, the combat strength of these officers and soldiers is uneven, and it is not a soldier in one place, and the generals also have their own thoughts, with the current strength of the marshal, I am afraid it is not difficult to deal with!" ”

Xiao Tianjian nodded after hearing this: "I want to hear it in detail!" ”

Niu Jinxing then turned around and walked in front of Xiao Tianjian, picked up the information sent by Jiang Qin and said to Xiao Tianjian: "General, please look, first of all, let's talk about the Luoyang soldiers under Wang Shaoyu!" Wang Shaoyu is a defeated general under the commander, most of the soldiers under his command are straw rice buckets, even Wang Shaoyu himself is also a corpse vegetarian generation, his general Ma Rutian, not necessarily strong anywhere, although this time gathered more than 7,000 soldiers and horses, Chen soldiers in Yiyang County, but not necessarily they can play a big role, and the official army from Nanyang is even more unbearable, the eight kings Zhang Xianzhong is now in the southern Henan area and the junction of Huguang activities, Nanyang after so many troops, There will be a lack of troops, even if the Nanyang soldiers want to come over to participate in the attack on us, they have to take care of the back road, and be careful that Nanyang is taken by the eight kings!

So at the moment, we only need to keep an eye on the 3,000 Guan Ning troops under Zu Dale and Zu Kuan, as well as the 4,000 Kaifeng soldiers of Chen Yongfu who came from Kaifeng, as long as these two official troops are defeated, the rest of the officers and troops will naturally not be a problem!

It is the marshal of Lushi County who has to guard against it, this time Hong Chengchou sent Cao Wenyao into the customs, it seems that he also wants to cooperate with Xiong Wencan, from our back knife, Cao Wenyao is the brother of Cao Wenzhao, the fierce general of the Ming Dynasty, and he is also a brave champion of the three generals, under the command of these 4,000 officers and soldiers, are also Qin soldiers, very good at fighting, when he was in Shaanxi, he followed his brother Cao Wenzhao to fight against all kinds of righteous troops, and had many military exploits. With the current arrangement of the marshal, there is only one township barracks and a new battalion stationed in Lushi County, if Cao Wenyao leads his troops to enter the customs to attack Lushi County, it will be difficult to stop them with these soldiers and horses!

As for the Shanxi side, please forgive me for not knowing the situation over there, so it's not easy to talk about it! How to deal with it depends on Dashuai's own decision! ”

Xiao Tianjian pondered Niu Jinxing's words in his mind, nodded and said, "What Mr. Niu said is reasonable!" Wang Shaoyu didn't have to worry about it, with a battalion of soldiers stationed in Yongning, plus the new battalion newly established before Yongning, it was enough to deal with the 7,000 officers and soldiers under his command!

The key at the moment is the ancestral family's 3,000 Guan Ning troops and Chen Yongfu's 4,000 Kaifeng soldiers, and now they have all arrived at the outskirts of Ruzhou, only a few dozen miles away from here, let's defeat them first!

However, although there are not many troops on the Nanyang side, it is a great threat to us, and we have to guard against it!

In addition, Mr. reminded me very right, I have heard of Cao Wenyao, and he is indeed a fierce general, although he is not as good as his brother Cao Wenzhao and his nephew Cao Bianjiao, but he can't despise this person! The troops released by Lushi County are indeed a little too small! I will immediately transfer troops over to strengthen the defense of Lushi County!" ”

Niu Jinxing immediately said after hearing this: "The general of the Nanyang army doesn't have to worry, if you want to force him to retreat, a letter from his humble position is enough to solve it!" ”

Xiao Tianjian frowned, and immediately asked, "What is the gentleman going to do?" ”

Niu Jinxing said with a smile: "The lowly and senior marshal repaired a letter and sent someone to send it to Zhang Xianzhong, the eighth king, to his Chen Zhi's interests, I think Zhang Xianzhong is happy to help us with this!" As long as Zhang Xianzhong takes advantage of the situation to send troops to Nanyang, this Nanyang soldier will immediately return to Nanyang, so it will be good for Zhang Xianzhong! ”

Xiao Tianjian also laughed after hearing this, but then asked Niu Jinxing: "Will this Zhang Xianzhong listen to my dispatch?" What's in it for him? ”

Niu Jinxing sat next to Xiao Tianjian's table, tapped the paper on the table with his fingers, and explained to Xiao Tianjian: "General, look here, although Xiong Wencan's main target is focused on us this time, it doesn't mean that he just lets Zhang Xianzhong and Chuang Tian forget about them!"

This time, in addition to mobilizing Zuo Liangyu's troops and horses to deal with Chuang Qitian and Zhang Xianzhong, he also transferred Shi Kefa to lead his troops into Xiangyang to deal with Zhang Xianzhong, and at the same time transferred more than 10,000 officers and troops from Nanjing into Huguang, which was responsible for dealing with the scorpion block Tuoyangkun, they are not as handsome as the big man, such pressure is already very great for them!

If this time the marshal asks Zhang Xianzhong to send troops to Nanyang, Zhang Xianzhong should not have any reason not to take it, you must know that he is also very difficult in southern Henan, as long as he sends troops to Nanyang, he can avoid Shi Kefa and Zuo Liangyu's officers and troops, and connect with us, then we only need to defeat the ancestral Guanning army, he Zhang Xianzhong will take the opportunity to take Wuyang and Lushan directly, and join forces with us, there will be no big danger!

Therefore, it can be concluded that after Zhang Xianzhong receives this letter, he will definitely follow Niu's arrangement and move to Nanyang, so there is no need to worry about the officers and soldiers in Nanyang! ”

Xiao Tianjian thought about it carefully, and quickly figured out the key, this Niu Venus is indeed not covered, the analysis of the current situation is indeed much stronger than him, just from such a point of request, so many things have been analyzed, and he thought of a solution, so he secretly thought in his heart that the words of the famous man seem to be really good, and the reason why Niu Venus can leave a name in history is indeed a person with some ability.

(I spelled 7,000 words today, which is okay!) Hehe! )