Chapter 177: Murder of the Thief
Watching Zuo Liangyu walk out of the yamen, Xiong Wencan took a breath and was speechless. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
The soldiers are arrogant, and it is difficult to suppress the situation.
This Zuo Liangyu seems to be unruly, but now that the thieves are powerful, and the combat strength of the armies is mediocre, if you want to suppress the thieves, you still have to rely on a capable army leader like Zuo Liangyu. When it comes to the battlefield, three submissive generals can't match one powerful general soldier. No matter how angry Premier Xiong Wencan is, he can't do anything with Zuo Liangyu.
The other military attaches did not have the combat effectiveness of Zuo Liangyu's subordinates, nor did they have the arrogant capital like Zuo Liangyu.
In the main hall, when the generals saw Zuo Liangyu's behavior, they had their own thoughts, and they were silent for a while.
After a long time, Zhang Guowei, the governor of An0qing, coughed and said: "Now that the thieves are gathered in An0qing Mansion, how do you think we should suppress the thieves?" ”
Only then did everyone come to their senses and return to the issue.
Mou Wenshou, the chief military officer of Fengsi, took a step forward and said: "The lower officials think that the thieves in Anqing seem to be powerful, but there are many contradictions between the thieves, and they are wary of each other, and they cannot echo each other. The group of thieves is the most powerful with Zhang Xianzhong, if they can gather troops to defeat the thieves in one fell swoop, the thieves will be frightened, and the situation is promising. ”
Xiong Wencan stroked his long beard and was silent.
Liu Liangzuo, the chief soldier of Lu 0 Prefecture, said: "The last general seconded the proposal. Now the thieves seem to be powerful, but in fact there is no foreign aid. Now that our army is gathered in An0qing, if we give it a thunderous blow, we will be able to break it. ”
Xiong Wencan's exploits in Fujian and Guangdong were all obtained by appeasement, and he was not good at fighting on the battlefield. At this time, after hearing what the two general soldiers said, he was a little undecided, and looked at another general soldier who had been in battle for a long time - Chen Hongfan, the general soldier of Shanxi 0.
Chen Hongfan is Zhang Xianzhong's great benefactor. When Zhang Xianzhong was captured by the official army, Chen Hongfan saw that Zhang Xianzhong's face was not like an ordinary man, so he released him, and he had an old relationship with Zhang Xianzhong. But because of this, he wants to use Zhang Xianzhong to prove his loyalty to Daming. He coughed and said, "The thief is the best at scheming, and he is unpredictable... At this time, he was stationed in An0qing, and the opportunity was rare. If it can be defeated in one fell swoop, the plan to suppress the thief is half done! ”
Seeing that the generals were unanimous, Xiong Wencan nodded and said, "This official also thinks that this is the time to gather troops to exterminate the thieves. ”
With a wave of his sleeves, Xiong Wencan said, "Bring the map!" ”
After a small soldier ran into the hall, he took out a large cowhide map and came out, on which the landscape road of An 0qing was drawn. A group of civilian and military generals surrounded and stood by the map. Li Zhi had the lowest rank among the generals, and he was squeezed out of the crowd and couldn't see the map.
Xiong Wencan knew that Li Zhi was a good general, and took a look at Li Zhigao. He saw Li Zhi outside the crowd and beckoned Li Zhi to say, "The guerrilla general is here!" ”
Li Zhi bowed his hand, walked to Xiong Wencan's side in the eyes of everyone, and looked at the map.
Xiong Wencan saw that Li Zhi was in place, and asked loudly, "Where is the thief?" ”
Mou Wenshou, the chief military officer of Fengsi, pointed to a river and said: "According to the detectives of the lower official sentry cavalry, the thieves camped on the side of the Yonghe River twenty miles away, and the camp was five miles, claiming to have 150,000 soldiers and horses. However, according to the estimates of the lower officials, the vast majority of them were hungry soldiers, and there were no more than 20,000 foot soldiers, horse soldiers, horsemen and old battalions capable of fighting. Even if you don't count Zuo Liangyu's department, our army still has more than 40,000 troops and horses, and we will definitely be able to defeat it in one fell swoop. ”
Chen Hongfan groaned and said, "But... The other thieves, Liu Guoneng, Zhang Tianlin, Cao Cao, Luo Rucai, Hui Dengxiang, and Li Wanqing, who shot the heavens, are not far from the thieves..."
Liu Liangzuo, the general soldier of Lu 0 Prefecture, shook his head and said: "The thieves are full of contradictions, it is impossible to gather to rescue the thieves, and this time they will definitely be able to defeat Zhang Xianzhong." It's just that the Yonghe River is shallow, and the thieves will wade through the river and flee after being defeated! It's hard to catch. ”
Xiong Wencan nodded and said, "Now that all the reinforcements have arrived, it is an opportunity for a battle." In any case, the defeat of the thieves will greatly boost the morale of our army. The order will go down, and tomorrow the whole army of our army will go to Yonghe to kill Zhang Xianzhong's thief army. ”
The generals sang and received the command.
Xiong Wencan said again: "Send someone to send an order to Zuo Liangyu's army, and let him lead the army and horses to go out with the army tomorrow." ”
Zuo Liangyu brushed his sleeves away, and he didn't expect that the prime minister would still beg Zuo Liangyu to fight. Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and looked at each other.
After Xiong Wencan finished arranging, he asked the generals to go back to the camp. We will play tomorrow, and all the generals must be well arranged.
Li Zhi was walking out, but he saw a bearded man in iron armor calling to him: "Guerrilla general stay!" ”
Li Zhi stopped and asked, "The general called me?" ”
The bearded man ran up and said, "It's Huang Degong, the deputy general of the Beijing battalion, and the guerrilla general can call me Huang Chuangzi." ”
Li Zhi asked curiously, "What did General Huang call me?" ”
Huang Degong asked: "Did the guerrilla general really repel the 2,000 horse army?" Which thief's horse army is it? How is the combat power? ”
It turned out that he was curious about Li Zhi's record and came to inquire about intelligence. Li Zhi smiled and said lightly: "I defeated the horse army that sacrificed thieves. Its combat power is not worth mentioning! ”
Hearing Li Zhiqing's fluttering words, Huang Degong was stunned, and arched his hand and said: "The combat power of the thieves is flourishing day by day, especially the thieves and thieves, and even some officials and soldiers dare not face these two thieves." And the general was able to retreat from the enemy with one blow, Huang Chuangzi admired. Tomorrow, I will wait to see the generals kill in all directions! ”
Li Zhi and Huang Degong spoke, and a eunuch in a python robe next to him listened with his ears pricked up. Hearing this, the eunuch walked up to Li Zhi.
"Our family is Liu Yuanbin, the superintendent of the Beijing camp, and he is investigating the matter with the guerrilla general."
"Father-in-law, please speak!"
"The general has repelled the thieves and horses, and knows the details. The general estimates that it will take how many hours it will take for our army to defeat the thieves tomorrow? ”
Li Zhi thought for a while and said, "I'm afraid it will take a quarter of an hour!" ”
Hearing Li Zhi's confident words, Huang Degong and the eunuch Liu Yuanbin were stunned, and then they both raised their heads and laughed. Huang Degong smiled heartily, while Liu Yuanbin's laughter was a little gloomy, and he didn't know whether he was laughing at Li Zhi's overconfidence or happy about the vulnerability of the thief.
Li Zhi also smiled in agreement, arched his hand towards Huang Degong and Liu Yuanbin, and turned to leave.
That night, all the battalions distributed wine and meat, and the soldiers drank wine and ate meat in large gulps, and refreshed themselves all night.
Early the next morning, the generals of the battalions beat the drums and pulled out the battalions, and the army was mobilized. More than a dozen troops and horses poured in from all directions outside An0qing City, converged at the east gate of An0qing City, and formed a majestic army of 50,000 people. The army was headed by 4,000 people from the Fengsi General Commander Mu Wenshou's Division, 5,000 people from Shanxi General Chen Hongfan as the left wing, and 3,000 people from Lu 0 Prefecture Liu Liangzuo as the right wing. Li Zhibu had many soldiers and horses and had the name of a strong army, and was arranged by Xiong Wencan as a palace army to guard the last of the whole army.