Li Zicheng silently read the letter sent by Gao Ze and Li Benshen, put the letter away, and asked slowly, "Juming, what do you think is the chance of this plan to win?!" ”

Niu Jinxing said, "King Chuang, this is the only way for our army to survive, and we have no choice. ”

Li Zicheng asked, "How should our army respond to Gao Ze's actions?!" ”

Niu Jinxing said, "Gao can use an excuse to rest and recuperate, stop at Ezhou Port for a while, and then the 40,000 army will go straight to Wuchang Mansion." But what they were most worried about was Zhao Quanzhong's 30,000 Xuanjia Iron Cavalry, if this Iron Cavalry returned in time, the beheading operation would inevitably fall short. ”

"They want our army to cooperate in luring away this fierce Xuanjia Iron Cavalry, so that this Iron Cavalry cannot return in time to help, and the beheading plan is to be nine out of ten. King Chuang, if we go further south, the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry can still advance and retreat in the north and south of the Yangtze River with ease. ”

"I suggest that it is better for the brigade to move in the direction of Yunmeng in De'an Mansion, away from the Yangtze River, and attract the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry to sneak attack. Once the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry attacked, he asked General Quan to send two teams of elite cavalry, one team went to destroy the port where the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry crossed the river, and the other team bit the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry to the death, forcing it close to the nearby county town, and could no longer interfere with Gao Ze and Li Benshen's beheading operations. ”

Li Zicheng groaned, "Gao Jie and Gao Ze are cunning and changeable, do you know that they didn't trick our army into entering the game?" ”

Liu Zongmin also echoed, "Master Niu Junshi, you believe so much in Gao Ze and Li Benshen, the two mincs that eat inside and out?!" ”

Niu Jinxing said slowly, "King Chuang, the Xuanjia Army has the advantage of a naval division in the Yangtze River, and if our army moves along the Huangzhou Mansion and Anqing Mansion, it will inevitably encounter the sniping of the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry." It is better to take the road to the north and enter Nanzhili from Henan. One is that Henan is the birthplace of our army, and Li Guo has also operated it for several years; Second, if it is far away from the Yangtze River, it can curb the superiority of the Xuanjia Army's sailors to the greatest extent. ”

Li Zicheng nodded, and Niu Jinxing continued, "Li Benshen himself has arrived at our army's barracks, and he also sent a big gift, that is, Gao Jie's son Gao Yuanjue was sent to our army's barracks as a hostage. Gao Yuanjue is Fang Yuan's righteous son, and they handed over this hostage without Fang Yuan's knowledge, which is the best letter of surrender. ”

As soon as he mentioned Gao Jie and Gao Yuanjue, Li Zicheng remembered the shame of Gao Jie's fornication with the Xing family, and said angrily, "Bring Li Benshen up!" ”

Li Benshen entered the barracks and saluted him respectfully, Li Zicheng scolded, "Since you sent Gao Yuanjue, why don't you also send the slut of the Xing family as a hostage?!" ”

Li Benshen secretly thought that they sent Gao Yuanjue here to borrow a knife to kill people, and used Li Zicheng to eradicate Gao Yuanjue. Xing is a woman who wants to be high, of course she can't send it.

He said respectfully on his face, "King Chuang, the Xing family is in Wuchang Mansion, and Fang Yuan is taking custody as a hostage, and we have nothing to do!" Gao Jiajun is grateful for his uncle's kindness, Yuan Jue is the only son of his uncle, with him as a hostage, it is not enough to break the king? ! ”

From the perspective of hostages, Gao Jie's son Gao Yuanjue is of course better than a woman in the Xing family, and Li Zicheng can't pester the woman Xing in public, so he said coldly, "How sure are you that you can behead Fang Yuan?!" ”

Li Ben said in a deep voice, "As long as King Chuang can contain the main force of the Xuanjia Army, especially the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry, we will be completely sure that Fang Yuan will be in a catastrophe!" ”

Li Zicheng is already in a predicament, this may be the only chance to turn defeat into victory, so he can only choose to cooperate with Li Benshen, "Okay, our army will attract Fang Yuan's Xuanjia Iron Cavalry to the north and create an opportunity for your beheading operation." After the deed is completed, we will divide Huguang and Henan equally! ”

Li Benshen said with a smile, "King Chuang, not only Huguang and Henan, we can also divide Nanzhili and Jiangnan equally, hahaha!" ”

Wuchang Mansion

The battle ahead was smooth, due to the encirclement and interception of all sides, and the harassment of the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry along the way, Li Zicheng had been beaten to the garrison, and he did not dare to go to Nanzhili again, but went north to De'an Mansion.

Entering De'an Mansion, it is Yunmengze. The so-called Yunmengze is a large area of lakes, plains, and swamps formed by the alluvium of the Jianghan Plain.

Yun Mengze is not conducive to the impact of the cavalry of the brigade, and can limit the power of the elite cavalry of the invading army to the greatest extent. In addition, lakes and swamps are everywhere, which can limit the formation of the invading army. It is estimated that a looser and continuous two-hundred-mile team will be formed than before, which will be more conducive to the cutting and encirclement of the Xuanjia army from all walks of life, and each will break through.

Yun Mengze is the burial place that Fang Yuan preset for the army, since Li Zicheng led the army into Yun Mengze, he will never be able to get out of Yun Mengze.

Due to the huge damage caused by the invasion army in Huguang, the state capital in need of disaster relief far exceeded the pre-war estimates, and the food needed was even more heavenly. Fang Yuan was writing an official document to the regent palace, and the princess and Xiaoyuan organized the cabinet and six ministries to raise 100,000 stones of grain and 50,000 pieces of cloth to come to Huguang for disaster relief.

Ma Yishan came to report, and Xing's had an urgent military situation to visit.

What emergency military situation can Xing have? Could it be that something happened to Gao Ze and Li Benshen?

Fang Yuan groaned to himself, and people brought Xing Shi to the lobby.

Fang Yuan Yingying, who was full of tears on Xing's face, bowed down and cried, "The regent, Gao Ze and Li Benshen, the two brutes, sent Yuan Jue to Li Zicheng's military camp as a hostage. Originally, they wanted to detain the slave family, but General He secretly sent a few cronies to rescue the slave family from the military camp and come to report to the regent. Gao Ze and Li Benshen are reversed! ”

Gao Ze and Li Benshen's rebellion was expected, Fang Yuan turned his head sideways and asked Ma Yishan, "Where are Gao Ze and Li Benshen's troops stationed now?!" ”

Ma Yishan replied truthfully, "The regent, I am resting in Ezhou Port." ”

The distance between Ezhou Port and Wuchang Mansion is less than 100 miles, and if the Gao Jiajun headquarters is reversed, they can attack Wuchang City within one or two days.

Fang Yuan asked again, "Where is the Xuanjia Iron Rider now?!" ”

Ma Yishan replied again, "Three days ago, I crossed the river to pursue Li Zicheng, who was heading north. ”

Fang Yuan secretly thought to himself, Li Zicheng went north at this delicate time, it seemed that it was not a simple strategic transfer, but to cooperate with Gao Ze and Li Benshen's rebellion.

Xing's son was sent to Li Zicheng as a hostage, and she was so worried that she was uneasy. In this troubled world, what can their orphans and widows do to control those unruly military leaders? The only one who could save their mother and son was Fang Yuan, a more powerful backer, who cried loudly, "Regent, please save the son of the slave family!" ”

For the safety of her son, she cried in public, Fang Yuan stepped forward to help her up and said, "Xing, I will do my best to rescue Gao Yuanjue." But it's up to people to make things happen, and I can't make any promises, understand?! ”

Xing knew that he was a golden mouth, so naturally he couldn't promise indiscriminately, as long as he tried his best to save him, he could be regarded as worthy of a month of dew between the two of them, and bowed down again with a whimper, "The slave family thanks the regent for his great grace!" ”

Fang Yuan ordered Jinyiwei to send Zhang Ying, who commanded the special operations army, and informed him of the information about Gao Ze and Li Benshen's rebellion.

Zhang Ying had been bored for a month or two, and when he saw that Gao Ze and Li Benshen had really rebelled, he was overjoyed and said, "Regent, it's really good!" I'll immediately lead the special operations army to deal with these two thieves! ”

Fang Yuan smiled and said, "No, if you attack strongly, you will inevitably suffer heavy losses, and I want to put down the rebellion without blood." ”

Zhang Ying was stunned and asked, "Regent, how can you not be bloodless?!" ”

Fang Yuan laughed and said, "Let's play a play for Gao Ze and Li Benshen, the male and female protagonists are He Jin and Xing's, the supporting roles are me, you, the dragon set is the 5,000 Special Combat Army, hehe!" ”