Yan Chongxi has not fought many big battles in Jinnan in the past two years, but there are many small battles with the surrounding officials and troops and local armed forces, and at the same time, they have been training the troops at the same time, and the Xingtian soldiers in Jinnan have all been trained like a sharp sword that can be unsheathed at any time, otherwise the two battalions led by Diao Zheng this time will not have such an unexpected performance when dealing with the high-rise and diving officers and troops in Zhanghe, in addition to Diao Zheng's correct command, the quality of the soldiers is also a very key factor. From this point alone, it can be seen that the combat effectiveness of the Xingtian generals in southern Jin is already quite terrifying, and even those reserve battalions, as long as they are idle and have to be pulled out for rigorous drills, so the real and combatable troops on the Shanxi side are far more than the troops on paper.

Now when he wants to make a big move in Shanxi, the foundation laid by Yan Chongxi in advance has been used, it can be said that everything is a matter of course, so that Yan Chongxi is the commander of the Shanxi Theater, Xiao Tianjian is also extremely relieved.

After Yan Chongxi heard Xiao Tianjian's words, he immediately laughed, and immediately saluted: "Please rest assured, the head of the last person will be guaranteed, and in less than five months, the entire Jinnan will be brought back to the marshal!" ”

All the generals looked at Yan Chongxi with a little red eyes, and Luo Li even laughed and said, "This time, Brother Yan can be regarded as thick!" Hit Pingyang Mansion, tsk! It's lively! ”

"Don't be enthusiastic about Yan Chong, there are battles of yours this year, and these battles are not necessarily smaller than those in Shanxi! All ministries have the opportunity to fight a big battle.

Let's talk about the things north of the Yellow River first, now the Tartars have just entered the Kou, and the people in all parts of Jingfu have suffered a great disaster, and it is not suitable to use troops in a short period of time, and we can't solve the problem of food, and the Tartars that should be robbed are basically all robbed, so we will not attack to the north at the moment! After Luo Li arranged the garrison of Weihui Mansion and Huaiqing Mansion, he transferred the main force of the headquarters back, we must control the entire territory of Henan in the shortest possible time, and the province has such a few nails in the throat, and a large number of troops will be arranged every day to take care of them!

Runing Mansion just said that let Zhao Erdonkey fight, I think that with the ability of the defenders of Runing Mansion, it will not be able to withstand Zhao Erdonkey's onslaught this time! As for Nanyang Mansion, with Deputy Marshal Luo and Li Xuanzhu here, as long as Zhao Erdonkey defeats Runing Mansion and then joins forces with it, it will not be a problem for them to drive Zuo Liangyu away!

So at present, Henan is out of Guangzhou, and only such a lonely city as Kaifeng Mansion is still in the hands of the government, and it is time to take it off! Therefore, Ben Shuai ordered, Luo Li, Liu Yaoben, Situ Liang, Liu Bao and others to lead the main force of the headquarters and prepare for the battle, I will give you ten days to prepare, and after ten days, we will send troops to Kaifeng Mansion! Xiao Tianjian looked at the envy on Yan Chongxi's face from his generals, and then said to them.

After hearing this, the group of people was also amused, and immediately came out one by one to answer the order loudly.

The reason why Xiao Tianjian arranged so neatly was because on the way back from Jingfu this time, he had been thinking about this matter, the Xingtian Army and the imperial court were already incompatible, from the emperor Zhu Youzhen took the opportunity of the Xingtian Army to go north this time, and sent Zuo Liangyu to attack Nanyang Mansion, it can be seen that Zhu Youzhen has completely realized the threat of his Xingtian Army to his emperor's throne, and would rather risk the world's disapproval than take the opportunity to weaken the Xingtian Army, it can be seen that the two sides have reached the time of showdown. On the other hand, looking at the current ability of the Xingtian Army, it has the strength to compete head-on with the officials and troops of the imperial court, although there are still more officers and soldiers in terms of troops, but in terms of combat power, no matter which army pulls out the army, it is not easy for the imperial court to deal with, so take this opportunity, he is already fully capable of seizing the world!

And strategically, he will definitely not choose the north first, the north is now in the Xiaoice River era when the impact is the most intense, disasters and famines in various places are continuous, military disasters are continuous, many places are already almost to the point of a hundred miles of uninhabited, what is the use of grabbing territory? Even if there is more land, who will plant it? Even in Henan, which is now under his control, there is still a large amount of land abandonment, not to mention the north that has just been invaded by Jiannu.

So he and Li Xin discussed this matter on the way, and before returning to Luoyang City, a big strategic idea had been formed in his mind, so after returning to Luoyang, he immediately began to make strategic deployment.

There are several reasons why I chose to open the seal at this time, one is that Henan has basically been controlled by the Xingtian Army, although Runing Mansion and Nanyang Mansion are also under the control of the official army, but these two places are not as important as Kaifeng, and Runing Mansion has been completely surrounded by the Xingtian Army in the middle, an absolute lonely city, it doesn't take too much effort to defeat it, and Nanyang Mansion has Luo Rucai and Li Xuanzhu there, although Zuo Liangyu has a large number of soldiers and horses, but the combat effectiveness is far from the opponent of the Xingtian Army, They took Nanyang Mansion by luck and took advantage of the weak defense of the Xingtian Army, but if they wanted to continue to expand the results of the battle at this time, it was basically impossible with Luo Rucai and Li Xuanzhu to be there.

And Kaifeng is the provincial capital of Henan, the status is very important, Kaifeng lost, then for the imperial court, it is also announced that the entire Henan has changed hands, no longer the jurisdiction of the imperial court, so the political significance of opening the seal is much higher than other meanings, so it can deal a heavy blow to the prestige of the imperial court, and at the same time announce to the people of the world that the Xingtian Army is going to seize the world with the imperial court, which is conducive to the integration of the righteous forces everywhere and belongs to the Xingtian Army.

If the other Kaifeng Mansion is not knocked down, it will always be nailed to the back of the Xingtian Army like a nail, no matter which direction they want to hit, this nail will always make them have to guard against it, and it will definitely restrain a lot of the Xingtian Army's energy.

Therefore, Xiao Tianjian believes that opening the seal at this time is already basically ripe, and it is also a very necessary thing to do.

After listening to the order, the generals were very excited, last year in order to enter the Tartars, they all had to listen to Xiao Tianjian's orders, and stopped the military operations to expand to the periphery, this time is that a few months have passed, in addition to the elites who followed Xiao Tianjian to send troops to the north, they have also been well replenished and rested, and each has a strong desire to fight.

And after Niu Jinxing heard it, he was a little unhappy, because during this time he found that Xiao Tianjian didn't ask his opinion much when he made up his mind many times, but made up his mind very arbitrarily, and this time he originally thought that after Xiao Tianjian came back, he would first discuss with him and Li Jinde and others what to do in the future, and listen to the opinions of these advisers before making an idea, but he didn't expect Xiao Tianjian to come back this time without asking their opinions at all, so he made such a big decision.

Turning his head to look at the indifferent look of Li Xin who was standing in the lower position, Niu Jinxing immediately thought that the reason why Xiao Tianjian made such a big decision and didn't discuss it with him must have been discussed in advance with Li Xin, a latecomer, on the road, how can this be done, you must know that he Niu Jinxing is a strategist who is much earlier than Li Xin to be attributed to Xiao Tianjian's subordinates, and now Li Xin has put them aside and made a statement to Xiao Tianjian, the lord, alone, how will they mix in the future!

So Niu Jinxing was very unhappy in his heart, and after thinking about it for a while, he came out and said to Xiao Tianjian: "Lord Qiqi, I have something to say about my humble position!" ”

Xiao Tianjian glanced at Niu Jinxing and felt that Niu Jinxing's mood today was not very good, so he nodded and said, "Mr. Niu has something to say, please speak!" ”

Only then did Niu Jinxing speak: "Lord! I think it's not the right time to open the seal, you must know that the city of Kaifeng is extremely strong, and the lord has just led the troops back from the north, and the officers and soldiers in the army are very tired, whether it is materials or ammunition, they need to replenish, and the soldiers also need to rest!

Moreover, the official army Zuo Liangyu's department is still in the area of Nanyang Mansion, although there are Deputy Marshal Luo and Li Du's command to confront it, so that it can not continue to expand the results of the battle, but after all, he is still a threat, if Zuo Liangyu's threat is not eliminated earlier, once the main public attack is opened, it will become a big disaster!

Therefore, I think that now that the seal is opened, it is better to concentrate my forces to fight Runing Mansion and Nanyang Mansion first! I hope the lord will think twice!

In addition, as seen by the humble position, at present, Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides, and Sun Chuanting, the governor of Shaanxi, have mobilized 100,000 Shaanxi soldiers to enter the guard, and Shaanxi is now the time when the official army is extremely empty. ”

Xiao Tianjian thought about it after listening to it, with Niu Jinxing's statement, it was not bad, but Niu Jinxing only saw the first part, but did not look deeper to see the next step, he opened the seal not only to this Kaifeng City, but to use this time when the court is in chaos, to the court showdown, if you hit Zuo Liangyu first, although it is not a problem to kill Zuo Liangyu's soldiers and horses, but then turn around and kill Kaifeng, it will take at least a month, and then Jiannu has already returned to the north. The court will be able to stabilize its gods and go all out to deal with itself, which is not in line with his idea of a quick victory.

So he nodded and smiled: "Thank you Mr. Niu for reminding me, does Mr. Yi mean that we don't open the seal first, but take Shaanxi first?" ”

"Exactly! Nowadays, as seen by the marshal, the north is broken and the other officers and troops have heavy troops and it is not easy to go north, so there are many officers and troops in the south and the two Huai, only in the northwest of Shaanxi, because Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting led a large number of Shaanxi troops into the guard, making Shaanxi empty, and he thought that it was a good time for the marshal to enter Shaanxi, if Shaanxi was captured, then our army would have a larger territory for us to move, so I thought that it was not the time to attack and open this fortified city now, but it might cause the court to send more soldiers and horses to help! After Niu Jinxing clarified his thoughts, he began to say to Xiao Tianjian in detail.

After listening to Niu Jinxing's words, some of the officers present began to nod, feeling that what Niu Jinxing said was indeed good, and now Hong Chengchou is going north, it is the time when Shaanxi is empty, and it is indeed a good time to enter Shaanxi at this time!

But Xiao Tianjian was very unimpressed, from what he knew, although Niu Jinxing could still be called talented, and he did know some art of war, but this person did not have a long-term vision, and he was relatively narrow-minded, which is also the reason why Xiao Tianjian transferred him to the management of civil affairs shortly after he subdued him, and compared with Li Xin, he is much worse in terms of strategic vision, more on paper, and is actually not suitable.