Yingshanjian was urged by Li Zicheng very urgently, he knew in his heart that before he had sufficient preparations, he rushed to Xuzhou to grab grain, and the probability of success dropped a lot, and he was not very sure in his heart.

wanted to discuss with Li Zicheng to give him more time to arrange enough, but he was refused. Li Zicheng even said whatever it takes, and at this point, Yingshanjian knew that there was no room for negotiation.

In a desperate situation, Yingshanjian could only block it, but fortunately, Li Zicheng's sentence gave him a lot of confidence at any cost.

The 20,000 rebel army was broken into pieces and scattered into Xuzhou, in order not to attract the attention of the Dongjiang Army in Xuzhou. Yingshanjian scattered 20,000 people around, and it took nearly 100 batches to quietly mix 20,000 people into Xuzhou.

The first step of the plan went exceptionally well, much to the relief of his compatriots who worked with Yingshanjian. After deploying the 30,000 troops to receive it, Ying Shanjian personally entered Xuzhou this time to direct the plan to grab grain.

However, there are no impermeable walls in this world. Chen Qiyu has a rare opportunity to perform this time, he cherishes it very much, and he does not dare to take Xuzhou's defense lightly. With the experience of Xi'an, he also paid special attention to the changes in Xuzhou's floating population.

Soon, Chen Qiyu found out that in the past ten days, there were suddenly more than 20,000 people in various parts of Xuzhou. According to his careful investigation, most of these people are fresh faces. Chen Qiyu immediately realized that something was wrong.

Xuzhou was originally the most important granary of Mao Wenlong, in order to turn the entire Xuzhou into a granary, Mao Wenlong spent a lot of energy, manpower and material resources here. Invest in the management of rivers and the cultivation of wasteland.

After spending so much effort, Mao Wenlong naturally would not let Xuzhou be easily destroyed. It is no exaggeration to say that Xuzhou's current defense is much stricter than that of Xi'an and Yexian.

Xuzhou's population registration is also the most important to Mao Wenlong, from the city to the town, village, household, no one will be registered. Moreover, Xuzhou was listed as a granary by Mao Wenlong, so in addition to the people who farmed the land, all kinds of businesses only had some daily necessities, and then other developments.

It can be said that there is only one kind of commercial trade in the whole of Xuzhou, and that is the grain controlled by the government. Because of the comprehensive control of Xuzhou, Xuzhou is slightly abnormal, and the Dongjiang Army can always find it at the first time.

"Damn Li Zicheng, do you still want to do it again?" Chen Qiyu muttered in a dark voice and wrote a letter for someone to send to Mao Wenlong, and then he kept quiet and continued to keep an eye on all the people who had infiltrated Xuzhou.

Xi'an, Maofu.

Mao Wenlong is still discussing Shandong with Wu Chengen. Judging from Wu Chengen's dead face and hope that Mao Wenlong will give up half of Shandong. Mao Wenlong felt that there was something strange in it, and of course he would not let go of Shandong and send it out.

Today, early in the morning, Wu Chengen continued to come to Mao's Mansion early in the morning to look for Mao Wenlong, but he was left in the hall drinking stuffy tea. Mao Wenlong was too lazy to negotiate with him, so he stuffed Hong Chengchou over and asked him to grind with Wu Chengen.

Mao Wenlong himself took his two pregnant wives to continue to go out, and the temples around Xi'an left their footprints. Mao Wenlong's life is very leisurely now, and he wanders around with a large family every day.

In the evening, when Mao Wenlong returned to the house, he received a letter from Chen Qiyu. He opened it and took a look, and with a hideous smile on his face, he said to Hao, "Go and invite the military advisor to my study." ”

Haoda led the order to arrange, Mao Wenlong walked quickly to the study, and as soon as he entered the door with his front foot, Hong Chengchou followed.

"Is there anything urgent?" The old guy was obviously fooled by Haoda, and seeing that he was panting slightly at the moment, he must have run over.

Mao Wenlong smiled and said, "Don't worry, there is news from Xuzhou, you sit down and take a look first." ”

Handing the letter to Hong Chengchou, Mao Wenlong went into the house and lit the oil lamp, and then waited quietly for Hong Chengchou to finish reading the letter.

After a while, Hong Chengchou raised his head and said, "Obviously, Li Zicheng wants to attack Xuzhou again like the last sneak attack on Xi'an. ”

Mao Wenlong nodded and said coldly: "Yes, but the scale this time is obviously much larger." ”

Hong Chengchou hesitated for a moment and asked, "Then how are you going to deal with it?" ”

Mao Wenlong didn't have to think about it, and said in a cruel voice: "Simple, give him a head-on blow, and then calculate the new and old accounts together." ”

Hong Chengchou was slightly surprised: "Does the chief soldier want to do something to Li Zicheng?" ”

Mao Wenlong nodded and said: "The imperial court has recently recklessly wanted to return to Shandong from my hands, and I suspect that Chongzhen should have the intention of developing in the south." And Shandong is the only passage between the imperial court and the south, and we cannot let the imperial court succeed. So he simply broke Chongzhen's thoughts, directly knocked down Nanjing, and by the way, cleaned up Li Zicheng, a guy who did not compromise on all means. ”

Hong Chengchou has been grinding with Wu Chengen about this matter recently, and of course he knows it in his heart. Hearing Mao Wenlong say this at this moment, he was not surprised at all, but agreed and said: "I am also suspicious of this, but now if we take Nanjing, our troops are still a little insufficient." ”

Although the Dongjiang Army currently has almost 400,000 troops, it can actually mobilize less than 100,000. If you want to use 100,000 soldiers and horses to stabilize Nanjing, you are obviously in a hurry, and in this way, the Dongjiang Army will have no mobile soldiers and horses to deploy.

Mao Wenlong fell into deep thought, and after a long time, he gritted his teeth and said: "I can't care so much, as long as we take Nanjing, we will immediately recruit troops." It should not be a problem to expand the army by another 100,000, and it will be enough to leave 50,000 Dongjiang troops and these 100,000 recruits to guard Nanjing. ”

Hong Chengchou pondered for a moment, and finally nodded in agreement with Mao Wenlong's proposal.

After the two discussed, Mao Wenlong immediately replied to Chen Qiyu, asking him to beat him hard without being polite.

When Chen Qiyu received Mao Wenlong's reply, he immediately laughed, seeing that the credit was already within reach, it was difficult to be unhappy.

"General, the rebel army has begun to assemble in Bozhou, and there are currently more than 10,000 people, please instruct the general." He Renlong clenched his fists and said to Chen Qiyu.

Chen Qiyu said without thinking: "Hold your ground, continue to keep an eye on it, until all the thieves and horses have gathered and then come to report to me." ”

He Renlong hugged his fists and said yes, and then resigned.

"Nanjing ......" Chen Qiyu looked up at the direction of Nanjing from the window, muttering quietly and the corners of his mouth rose slightly.

Ever since Yingshanjian arrived in Bozhou, he had been feeling uneasy, as if he felt that everything was going too smoothly in this sneak attack. But he couldn't find anything wrong, and seeing that the 20,000 men had almost gathered, and the sneak attack was about to begin, he hesitated.