Chapter 43: A Call for Help

Zhang Xuan seemed to intend to give Cao Zongyu some time to think, and looked at Zhang Qian.

Zhang Zhen sighed leisurely and said: "The subordinate is not familiar with military affairs, this matter only feels like a mess, and I can't figure it out. ”

Zhang Xuan didn't know if Zhang Zhen was really ignorant of military affairs, or fake ignorant of military affairs, anyway, Zhang Xuan himself didn't want to get some valuable advice from Zhang Qian.

Zhang Zhen didn't speak, Luo Dai couldn't help but say: "Don't ask me Lao Luo, if you fight, let me be the pioneer, if you don't fight, my Lao Luo will go back to sleep, don't ask me if you can't fight, I don't know if you ask me." ”

Zhang Xuan secretly said in his heart: "Luo Dai is only a fighting talent in this life. ”

"I didn't ask you, you just listened honestly." Zhang Xuan said.

Immediately, Zhang Xuan looked at Wang Jincai again, and Wang Jincai immediately said: "The subordinates obey the general's orders." ”

In other words, I will fight wherever you ask me to fight, but let me come up with an idea, forget it.

Zhang Xuan knew that Luo Dai really had no idea, but Wang Jincai was not, his old fritter character, even if he had an idea, he would hide it. I won't take a position lightly.

Zhang Xuan looked at Deng He again.

Deng He said: "If you go to save Xiayi, I suggest that you first go north to attack Wang Han, march more than 100 miles with a large army, and take Wang Han by surprise. ”

When Zhang Xuan heard Deng He's words, he had a feeling that he should be impressed by the three days. Deng He's ability to say these words shows that he has made great progress in marching and fighting. Zhang Xuan said with some encouragement: "What about after that?" ”

"After that?" Deng and stuck. I couldn't say it for a while.

Because the focus of this matter is Ma Shiying. Not in Wang Han, Wang Han integrated the rabble in Hebei and had 10,000 or 20,000 horses, but it was not the key to the battle situation in Germany.

If Ma Shiying is not solved, or Ma Shiying's next part is solved, it is impossible for Zhang Xuan to rescue Yuan Shizhong.

Zhang Xuan also saw Ma Shiying's arrangement, Ma Shiying must have wanted to solve Liu Chao first, and then Yuan Shizhong, which is also exquisite.

Yuan Shizhong has been in turmoil for a few years, and it is not strange to be above the court, but Liu Chao's rebellion is different, Liu Chao is a general of the imperial court.

He was still the first in Henan Wuju, the official to the chief military officer of Zunyi, and he was a senior general in the Ming system.

Such a person is not loyal to the imperial court, but instead rebels, in modern terms, the impact is too bad, and must be dealt with strictly.

Compared with Liu Chaolai, Yuan Shizhong can let it go.

Anyway, in these years, the homeless people have risen up, and the dynasty is full

Both civil and military are used to it.

"General." Cao Zongyu said: "Deng He's meaning may not be impossible. The army quickly went north, first broke Wang Han, and then responded to General Yuan, when Ma Shiying came to entangle in Yongcheng, took General Yuan to the south, thinking that Ma Shiying was afraid of breaking into the king, and would not chase after him, basically chased over, and it was better to fight this battle in Runing than in Guide. But there are several problems with it. ”

"First, how far has Ma Shiying progressed. We will basically send troops now, and it will take a few days to reach the territory of Guide Province. Will it appear, we get over there, and the battle in Yongcheng is over. We couldn't save General Yuan, but instead trapped this. ”

"Second, King Chuang is now attacking the city in Huguang, so happy, will Ma Shiying have received the holy order to urge the westward, will Ma Shiying attack Yongcheng, Xiayi, is just a prelude to the westward, and finally after he clears the obstacles, he will definitely raise troops to the west, attack the back of the king, and solve the dilemma of Huguang. In this way, it is not something that General Yuan's department and our department can solve. ”

That's what Zhang Xuan was thinking.

The forty or fifty thousand soldiers and horses in Ma Shiying's hands are already a main force of the Ming army, and he didn't notice it before, but now Zhang Xuan sees that there are tens of thousands of elite officers and soldiers in the east, and his heart is always unsteady.

With Chongzhen's character, there are soldiers in his hands, how can he not use it?

In Zhang Xuan's desire to come to Ma Shiying's marching route, not only Xiayi and Yongcheng, if he wants to go south, wouldn't Runing be the first to bear the brunt?

"Brother Cao, what do you think you should do when you go back now?" Zhang Xuan said.

Cao Zongyu said: "Ask Xiangyang for reinforcements. ”

"It's easy to say." Zhang Xuan said secretly in his heart.

However, Zhang Xuan can also understand Cao Zongyu's thinking, and in the current situation, dealing with Ma Shiying is not something that Zhang Xuan can do at all. forcibly carry this matter, let's not talk about whether Zhang Xuan can carry it. What's the benefit of just talking about it?

What is the boss used for? Isn't it just for asking for help? No matter what Yuan Shizhong said, he was also the envoy of the Guide Festival sealed by Li Zicheng himself.

Now that Yuan Shi is in trouble, it is not a matter of course to ask Li Zicheng for help.

But Zhang Xuan knew that things were not so simple, and the signs of many things in Xiangyang had already appeared. For example, the fifth battalion of the left side of the revolution was divided.

Lao Hui returned to fight in the south, He Yilong Xiangyang, but the other leaders of the south and the north. And Luo Rucai was also given the task of attacking Yunyang.

This job is wrong at first glance, everyone knows that the commander of the battalion is attacking, the battalion commander is fighting, and what is Yunyang? It was in the depths of the mountains, it must be a mountain attack, and Cao Ying was not suitable for this at all.

And Xiangyang is also rapidly becoming bureaucratized.

Bureaucratization is not a derogatory term here.

After all, the previous camp was just a grass platform

The team is not even a bureaucrat, and now Xiangyang has given Zhang Xuan several official documents decently, such as the previous official document that was tax-free for three years.

This shows one thing, that is, the camp is in the process of transforming from a rogue.

And at this time, can Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, still tolerate a big army leader in the army? The answer is obvious.

Therefore, even if Zhang Xuan does not refer to history, he can judge that there must be something big going to happen in Xiangyang.

At this time, Zhang Xuan wanted to go to Xiangyang again, be careful to go with a life, and not come back with a small life.

But how can I tell Cao Zongyu about such a thing.

Zhang Zhen's eyes lit up, and he had his own understanding of Zhang Xuan's hesitation, and said: "What General Cao said is very true, this matter is very important, no matter in that respect, it is not something that my little Runing can decide, and I also ask the general to transfer this matter to Xiangyang." Listen to the Hou to send it. ”

"Okay." Zhang Xuan thought about it for a while, and there was only this way, and said: "However, the whole army will cancel the vacation from today, and I am afraid that the matter of Honghepi will not be able to continue." ”

"Isn't this a military emergency!" Zhang said: "I can understand. After the war subsides, it is not too late to rebuild this Honghepi. ”

Zhang Xuan secretly said in his heart: "Having said that, I don't know when it was really built." ”

Zhang Xuan discussed all the details with everyone again, and decided to send Yuan Shimin to Xiangyang early tomorrow morning, as for how many reinforcements he could ask for from Xiangyang, Zhang Xuan said that he was not very optimistic.

"Let's go and rest." Zhang Xuan said.

"Yes," several people also went down, but Zhang Zhen and Cao Zongyu did not move at all, and after everyone left, the two of them were still firmly sitting on the chairs.

Zhang Xuan saw that the two of them were not leaving, and asked, "Is there anything else to do with the two of you?" ”

Zhang Zhen glanced at Cao Zongyu, saw that Cao Zongyu did not leave, and said, "Who does the general think I am?" ”

"Big brother is naturally my confidant." Zhang Xuan said.

"If it's such a big deal, why don't you consult with me?" Zhang Zhen's face was a little ugly, and he said, "Does the general think that I, Zhang Qian, is an untrustworthy person?" If so, please let me leave the Zhang family. ”

"Big brother is serious." Zhang Xuan hurriedly reassured: "Where is there such a thing, what am I hiding from you?" ”

"At this time, the general still refuses to tell the truth, I'm afraid it's not just me, even General Cao can see it." Zhang Zhen took a few steps forward and whispered in Zhang Xuan's ear: "Is there a change in Xiangyang, the disaster is in Xiao Qiang." ”

Zhang Xuan's color changed suddenly, looking at Zhang Zhen and Cao Zongyu, but seeing that the two of them had serious faces, obviously not joking, it can be seen that they have guessed about this matter.

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