Jing Jie looked at the Yanzhou Mansion in Shandong Province in the north of the sand table, and asked hesitantly, "Boss, with your understanding of Sun Chuanting, will this person lead the army to rescue Fengyang Mansion?!" ”

Fang Yuan walked around the sand table a few times with his hands behind his back, and said in a deep voice, "I estimated that Sun Chuanting would come to the rescue, but now it seems that Sun Chuanting is afraid that he will not come to the rescue." ”

Jing Jie hurriedly asked the reason, Fang Yuan continued, "The military situation is like fire, Fengyang City can be taken down overnight, if Sun Chuanting wants to rescue Fengyang, he should send troops south in the starry night, how can he still have time to go to Huai'an Mansion to negotiate with me?" Sun Chuanting, as a generation of famous generals, should know that the Xuanjia Army has already occupied the geographical advantage in Fengyang, and he is waiting for work, he is running thousands of miles to fight, regardless of combat strength, physical strength, and morale are a little weaker first. A decisive battle in this kind of battle situation is quite disadvantageous to him! ”

Jing Jie said, "If Sun Chuanting doesn't come, what is the boss's idea?" ”

Fang Yuan remembered the history of Sun Chuanting in Shaanxi who was forced to fight by Chongzhen and the whole army was wiped out, and said in a deep voice, "If Sun Chuanting doesn't come to the decisive battle, I will borrow a knife to kill people and force him to fight!" ”

"The third child, Sun Chuanting is already at odds with the prince of the prison country. I will arrange spies to spread rumors around the capital, and when Sun Chuanting negotiated peace with me in Huai'an Mansion, it was already agreed that the two sides would join forces and go north to the capital to eradicate the prince of the prison state. When the time comes, Sun Chuanting will be speechless, and the party of the prince of the prison will either arrest Sun Chuanting and execute him on the spot, or they will force Sun Chuanting to fight! ”

According to the news from the Jinyi Wei spies, the court of the Ming Dynasty has now split into two factions, one is the cabinet, and the faction of the prince of the prison supported by the Governor's Office of the Five Armies is Sun Chuanting, and Emperor Chongzhen, who wants to support the restoration. And Queen Zhou, who had previously controlled the government, was caught between Chongzhen and the prince, the father and son, and was in a dilemma, so she returned the government to the prince of the prison state, and returned to the harem, out of sight.

If the news of Fang Yuan and Sun Chuanting joining forces to go north and eradicate the prince of the prison country is spread in the capital, it is estimated that the prince will be so frightened that he can't sleep, and he will not let go of Sun Chuanting, a thorn in the side of the heavy army, no matter what.

If the prince of the prison country can have a hot brain and kill Sun Chuanting, a strong opponent for Fang Yuan, it will be a bad thing for Fang Yuan, and the party of the prince of the prison country will also force Sun Chuanting to fight against Fang Yuan to prove his innocence, then it is also in the heart of Fang Yuan.

Fang Yuan stared at the sand table, thinking about his past friendship with Sun Chuanting, as well as his loyalty, but now he was going to use all his tricks to force him to death, he couldn't help but sigh, and sighed, "Inspector Sun, I wanted to fight side by side with you, you have to choose foolish loyalty, I'm sorry!" ”

He said to himself, looked at Jing Jie and said, "Third child, where is your Jingling?!" ”

Fang Yuan suddenly asked his adopted daughter Jing Ling, Jing Jie was slightly stunned, although he couldn't figure out Fang Yuan's thoughts, he still answered truthfully, "At the Taihu Military Base, it is taken care of by the old woman who does chores in the military camp and the soldiers. ”

Fang Yuan asked again, "Jing Ling is also five or six years old!" ”

Jing Jie answered honestly, "Yes, I'm six years old." ”

Fang Yuan patted him on the shoulder and said, "It's time to read and learn calligraphy, the age of learning to be a girl!" How can a daughter's family stay in a murderous military camp all day long, and be taken care of by those illiterate soldiers and old women?! ”

Jing Jie nodded and said, "Hongyu, she is also busy with military affairs, and the conditions in the military camp are insufficient, and there is no one to teach." ”

Fang Yuan laughed and said, "Then send Jing Ling to the palace, be Fang He, Fang Mu's eldest sister, and Fang He to study and practice calligraphy together, I will find the best teacher and female worker to teach Jing Ling." ”

Jing Jie lowered his gaze and was silent in thought. Fang Yuan's words were high-sounding, but in fact, did he want him to send Jing Ling, who was the only one who was regarded as his own daughter, to the palace as a hostage?!

Fang Yuan saw through his thoughts at a glance, and said with a smile, "Third child, you don't think that I want to take Jing Ling as a hostage!" Scold! That's too much heart for you! ”

Jing Jie thought about it, Jing Ling's age was getting older, and it was better for a girl to stay in the palace and hand it over to Fang Yuan for cultivation than to stay in the barracks and meet a group of soldiers all day long. As for whether Fang Yuan had the intention of taking Jing Ling as a hostage, it didn't matter, anyway, he was loyal to the other party and had a clear conscience.

Jing Jie hesitated slightly, then agreed to Fang Yuan's suggestion and sent Jing Ling to the palace together.

Fang Yuan handed over all the military affairs of Fengyang Mansion to Jing Jie, and after only a one-day delay in Suzhou, he rushed back to Suzhou Mansion, preparing to assemble the Xuanjia Army from Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong provinces to the north, and Ling Jinyiwei, the Chamber of Commerce of the Chamber of Commerce sent people to Beijing to spread rumors that Sun Chuanting and Fang Yuan colluded privately.

Three days later, Niu San, who had no idea, returned to Fengyang City from Suzhou, and brought Sun Chuanting's reinforcements to Ma Shiying and Huang Degong would arrive in ten days, and would set fire to the Wolf's Nest Mountain in the south of the city.

Ma Shiying is an old fox in officialdom, he has long been accustomed to seeing people and talking about people, how can he hide his eyes when he is lying? After almost a little interrogation, Ma Shiying saw through the false information brought back by Niu San.

He cut Niu San without thinking about it, and then found Huang Degong to discuss countermeasures.

Since the Xuanjia Army was preparing to set up an ambush on the line from the south of the city to the Wolf's Nest Mountain, there were only two choices in front of the two. The first is to miss the plan, still stick to the city, and the second is to seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to sneak attack other camps of the Xuanjia Army, if there is a big victory, it can solve the siege of Fengyang in one fell swoop, even if it is a small victory, it can also boost morale a little.

Huang Degong, who wanted to go out of the city to fight with the Xuanjia Army, was trapped in Fengyang City for nearly a month, and Ma Shiying strictly ordered not to go out to fight, so as not to send food to the Xuanjia Army and weaken the combat power of the defenders.

Huang Degong had already held back his anger and resentment, so he was naturally inclined to attack and cut off a few heads of the Xuanjia Army to vent his anger.

In the past month, the generals under his command have been bombarded by the hundreds of artillery pieces erected by the Xuanjia Army, and they are dizzy, and they can't even sleep, and they are frightened three times a night.

With Huang Degong leading the battle, for a while, the voices of the military leaders begging for war resounded throughout the Governor's Palace.

Ma Shiying is cautious, with his original intention, no matter whether the defense of the Xuanjia Army is an opportunity to take advantage of, or carefully sail the ship of ten thousand years, not seeking merit but seeking no fault, and continue to stick to Sun Chuanting to come to the rescue.

But he couldn't stand all the generals of the army clamoring for battle, and at least a thousand people surrounded his governor's palace. If Huang Degong hadn't personally led his troops to stop at the gate of the Governor's Palace, and did not allow the military leaders under his command to commit crimes, these soldiers would have rushed into the Governor's Palace.

The anger of these soldiers against Ma Shiying mainly stems from two reasons.

First, Ma Shiying withdrew the outer defense of Fengyang before, and only trapped a lonely city of Fengyang, which had already aroused the dissatisfaction of the generals in the army, and angrily scolded him for delaying the military plane, wasting his nest, and not dying early, and there were even a few grumpy ones, who directly smashed the gate of the governor's mansion.

This kind of blatant act is nothing short of lawlessness. But Ma Shiying still put the overall situation seriously, endured it, and did not pursue the soldiers who smashed the door.

Second, when Ma Shiying was the governor of Fengyang, he made a lot of money, and there were dozens of beautiful concubines and maids who were raised. These concubines and maidservants still don't know how to restrain themselves, and they often swagger through the market, and those soldiers have long seen it, and they are looking for an opportunity to rush into the governor's palace to rob money and women.

Ma Shiying knows that his prestige in the army has long been lost, and if he suppresses these military leaders again this time, I am afraid that it will not be the gate of the Governor's Mansion that will be smashed, but the head of Ma Shiying.

Listening to the shouts of the military leaders outside the door, Ma Shiying was forced to have no choice but to order, and when the fire on the Wolf's Den Mountain was together, Huang Degong led the army to attack the camps in the east, west, and north of the city of the Xuanjia Army.