Five days later, Fang Yuan, who was commanding the counterinsurgency in Suzhou City, received a battle report from Zhang Ying from the Huzhou battlefield.

Zhang Yingsuo led 20,000 Xuanjia troops and 5,000 special operations troops to meet the 40,000 rebels in Malin in Huzhou. Ma Lin saw that Fang Yuan was not only not poisoned in the Chinese New Year's Eve, but also had long been prepared for this rebellion, and even sent the most elite special combat army of the Xuanjia Army to quell the rebellion, so he knew that this rebellion was on the verge of bankruptcy.

Ma Lin is also a fierce general in the army, and he lives a life of licking blood from the knife edge, and at this kind of life and death juncture, of course, he will not be caught like this.

When Zheng Sen invaded Zhejiang, Ma Lin fought against Zheng Sen's troops in Huzhou Mansion many times, and also won a great victory over Huzhou with a great victory over the guard Huben, so he can know the terrain of Huzhou Mansion well.

Relying on the watery terrain of Huzhou, Malin chose a condescending favorable terrain and confronted Zhang Ying's department in a formation by the mountains and rivers. After Zhang Ying's whole army arrived in Huzhou, he saw that Malin was already waiting for him, and he occupied the favorable terrain of the battlefield.

According to Zhang Ying's judgment, the camp that attacked Malin head-on would inevitably suffer heavy losses, so he also set up camp in Huzhou and confronted Malin's Xuanjia army ten miles apart.

Fang Yuan received a war report that Zhang Ying went to Zhejiang to quell the rebellion and was blocked, which was actually expected by him. With Zhang Ying's battlefield experience to deal with the battle-hardened Ma Lin, it seemed that he still owed some time, but he still decided to transfer the first fierce general of the Xuanjia Army from Jiangxi, and Gan Hui came to command this counterinsurgency war.

Fang Yuan ordered Wang Chengen, who had the most neat calligraphy, to write the transfer order sent to Jiangxi, and Wang Chengen had just finished writing, but was stopped by the princess who came in a hurry.

The princess ordered Wang Chengen to tear up the written order, and then said, "Don Ma, you want to send Gan Hui to quell the rebellion, but your thoughts are inappropriate." ”

Fang Yuan was stunned and asked, "Jiao'er, what's wrong with this?" Zhang Ying led his army to Zhejiang to quell the rebellion, but reached a stalemate with Malin. If you can't get a hemp forest for a long time, the people of Zhejiang will not be at peace, and the Beijing court and Li Zicheng's side will be even more ready to move. ”

The princess said unhurriedly, "Don Ma, let me ask you, Sun Chuanting is going south, and Gan Hui must resist it; Malin is in turmoil, and Gan Hui must come to quell the rebellion. Then, if Gan Hui is in turmoil, who will calm down?! ”

Her words were like a slap in the face, and Fang Yuan was startled when he heard it, and fell into deep thought.

The princess continued, "Han Gaozu just put his hope on Han Xin, but as a result, Han Xin was the master of high merit, and the monarch and the ministers had to be embankmented. Han Xin really wanted to rebel as soon as he came? It's not what Han Gaozu is used to?! Emperor Taizu of this dynasty bet the heavy responsibility of northern Xinjiang on Emperor Chengzu, and as a result, his uncle and nephew killed each other. Emperor Chengzu wanted to rebel as soon as he came? Isn't it what Emperor Taizu is used to? ”

"I'll say one more thing that displeases you, colt. My father bet all the hopes of Zhongxing Daming on you, but as a result, you have gained a firm foothold in Jiangnan, do you not take your father in your eyes and are unwilling to give up the regent throne? As soon as you came, you thought about disobeying your father? It's not used to being used to by my father. ”

When Fang Yuan heard her words, he couldn't cry or laugh, and wanted to refute her a few words, but he lacked confidence. He has been shouting for the Qing Jun side all these years, and the Northern Expedition will dominate the world, how much is loyal to Chongzhen, and how much is loyal to himself, he knows it.

Power, growing power, is the source of human ambition, Fang Yuan himself is a living example, when he first came to Jiangnan, he still thought about Zhongxing Daming, for Chongzhen's western expedition to Liukou, and the northern expedition to the Manchu Qing. Later, step by step, step by step, his ambition swelled, Chongzhen's secret edict could also be ignored, even if Chongzhen came to Jiangnan in person, it was impossible for him to hand over the power of the regent in his hand.

As Chongzhen's concubine, how can he blindly reuse Gan Hui?

Seeing that he was not annoyed when he heard this, the princess continued, "Horse, if the Xuanjia army leaves Gan Hui, it will not be able to quell the rebellion and win the battle, is this fueling Gan Hui's disobedience?!" Donkey, Gan Hui's upward momentum over the years has been too fierce, I think that not only can Gan Hui come to Nanzhili to quell the rebellion, but also deliberately snub him for one or two years. We must vigorously support Zhang Ying, not only to balance Chigutai, Zhao Quanzhong, and Gan Hui, but also to make the whole army take a look, and whoever leaves the Xuanjia Army is a victorious division! No one can think that he is a god of war or a famous general, and he comes to blackmail the regent palace. ”

In this battle, Zhang Ying must gnaw on this hard bone, which is also a test to test whether Zhang Ying can be qualified as the commander of the infantry battalion. If he can't even do anything about a single marin, can he still expect to fight Sun Chuanting, Zhou Yuji, Wu Sangui, and even the Manchu Eight Banners?! ”

"Don Ma, I suggest that the next military order go to Huzhou, so that Zhang Ying must break the enemy within a month, otherwise he will be punished for dereliction of duty."

The princess's words are correct from the general point of view, but at this time when the war is stalemate, if Zhang Ying is forced to fight, the consequences are unpredictable.

Fang Yuan said hesitantly, "Jiao'er, in the Anshi Rebellion, Tang Xuanzong forced Brother Shuhan to fight, but the whole army was annihilated, Tongguan was lost, and he had to abandon Chang'an and flee. If Zhang Ying is defeated in this battle, I am afraid that Suzhou City will not be guaranteed, and we will also learn from Tang Xuanzong, pack up our burdens and flee for our lives. ”

The princess said coldly, "Ge Shuhan, a pseudonymous general who was defeated and surrendered to the enemy, and in the end, even the Anshi rebels were unwilling to reuse, and he was directly cut down, proves that Tang Xuanzong used him to guard the Tongguan fortress is blind." ”

The princess took out a piece of information from her arms and handed it to Fang Yuan, "Donkey, send this information to Zhang Ying, and then order Shi Lang to lead the sailors to deal with the war, and he will definitely be able to break the enemy!" ”

Fang Yuan took a look, it turned out to be a secret guard sent by Jinyiwei, and Ma Lin secretly sent his henchmen to take all the silver, gold, silver and jewelry obtained from corruption over the years, as well as fifteen concubines who had been included in the mansion, and about twenty maids who had been included in the house, all of them to Guanhaiwei, preparing to flee to the sea and go north to the capital once the war was unfavorable.

To break through the defense line of Malin, a frontal assault is bound to suffer heavy losses. If he can attack the enemy, he will be saved, and it will be impossible for Malin to hold on to Huzhou and return to the division to support. In this way, Zhang Ying can find a good opportunity to break the enemy.

Ma Lin has long been ready to flee overseas, and this batch of silver, military rations, and even women who fled overseas are where Ma Lin's death hole is. As long as the sailors were sent to respond to Zhang Ying's offensive from the sea, after Ma Lin got the news, he would inevitably be in chaos.

What the princess said is very reasonable, if Zhang Ying has the advantage and cannot quell the rebellion within a month, then his real military ability is indeed worrying. In the future, when the Northern Expedition is carried out, if this kind of pseudonymous general is reused, and a truly powerful enemy is encountered, the battlefield situation will be truly worrying.

Fang Yuan agreed with the princess's strategy in his heart, but looking at the Jinyi Wei information in his hand, he was faintly dissatisfied. The information of the palace was not handed over to him, the regent, but to the princess who was supposed to be in the backyard.

This is simply ridiculous!

Fang Yuan put the information and asked coldly, "Old Ma, go to the Jinyi Guard to check, who sent this information to the palace, why didn't it go to me, but to the princess?!" ”

Ma Yishan was slightly surprised, who did this information send to, it seemed to be a small detail, but it was a major matter after studying it deeply, and he was busy giving up his life.

When the princess heard this, she knew what she meant, and said lightly, "Commander Ma, there is no need to ask, this is the information that the Jinyi Guard has just sent." At that time, the horse was in the backyard with Mrs. Yuan and Yuanyuan, and I happened to be in the outer yard, so I took it and came to the horse to discuss countermeasures. ”

"Princess, let's go back to the backyard, in the future, if the people in the backyard dare to discuss military and political affairs without authorization, they will be dealt with in the harem!"

She got up and was about to turn around and leave, but Wang Chengen hurriedly responded respectfully.

The princess shook her hand and walked away, leaving Xia Yuan alone in the courtyard, not advancing or retreating. Ma Yishan, who was guarding, wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh, swallowed his saliva, and was extremely embarrassed.