Therefore, under such circumstances, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but frown subconsciously.

"Ziyu, this time our idea is true. Then the Tartars will use at least 100,000 soldiers and horses to attack us this time. 100,000 soldiers and horses is really menacing. Thinking about it this time, the Tartars are also a must-get rid of us.

Hey, the situation of our army at this time is not without danger! Zhang Shihua said this, and at the end he couldn't help but sigh.

Seeing Zhang Shihua like this, Zhao Ziyu, who put half of his butt on the seat, finally couldn't help but stand up from the seat and saluted Zhang Shihua: "Don't worry, my lord, I think this kind of situation has not been encountered in our army." Even more dangerous than this situation, our army does not know how many times it has been encountered.

I think that as long as our army is united and united, this time we must let the Tartars sink into the sand. ”

"Well, Ziyu is right." Hearing Zhao Ziyu's words full of courage and confidence, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but nod with satisfaction after hearing it. However, after approving, Zhang Shihua changed his words, but said: "But Ziyu, even so, in this battle, we can't let the Tartars lead us by the nose."

You should know that when two armies are at war, winning is the initiative. It can be said that as long as the two armies can firmly grasp the initiative in their own hands, it can be said that they are already in an invincible position.

So in such a situation, we can't sit here and wait for the enemy to attack us. ”

"My lord, what do you mean is to take the initiative to attack and defeat one of the Tartars' soldiers and horses first, so as to take the lead in the first place." Hearing Zhang Shihua's words, Zhao Ziyu, who understood everything at once, immediately understood what Zhang Shihua meant.

Seeing this, Zhang Shihua smiled slightly, and couldn't help nodding and said, "That's right, that's what I mean." Ziyu think, this time the Tartars mobilized soldiers and horses from two provinces and several prefectures to attack us, so in order to give full play to the advantage of their own forces, I think the Tartars will also agree on a time, and then attack us from three sides, so that we can not take care of the end.

Therefore, in such a situation, if we want to break the game, then the best way is to take advantage of the fact that the Tartars are not ready, strike first and catch them off guard. Only in this way can our army firmly grasp the initiative in the war in its own hands. ”

"Yes, the lord is very good, and the lord is really wise!" Hearing Zhang Shihua say this, Zhao Ziyu couldn't help but pat Zhang Shihua for a while.

Of course, for this, Zhang Shihua smiled slightly, and after accepting his sycophants without changing his face, he couldn't help but continue to say to him: "Now we already know that in the next battle, the Tartars will launch the Sichuan army, the Henan officers and soldiers, and the De'an Han army to attack us.

And among the three, the weakest overall strength, the most elite individual, and the easiest to be eliminated by us is the De'an Han Army. After the first battle in Suizhou, I let the dark department secretly enter a lot of eyes on the De'an Mansion, and I knew that the De'an Mansion was also mobilizing troops and horses.

However, after the First Battle of Suizhou, the total number of soldiers and horses in the De'an Han army was only 8,000. Although in the battle of Suizhou, they captured a lot of our equipment and armor, and their strength has been rapidly improved. However, compared with the Sichuan army and the officers and soldiers of Henan, their strength is undoubtedly the weakest.

And more importantly, after the Sichuan Army, the officers and soldiers of Henan, and the De'an Han Army, the De'an Han Army was the only force that had defeated our army head-on on the battlefield. Therefore, from this point of view, defeating the De'an Han army will undoubtedly greatly improve the morale of our army.

Therefore, in the next battle, I prepared to attack the De'an Han army first, and with lightning speed, I took them down before the Tartars had time to react. Having said this, Zhang Shihua raised his head, looked at Zhao Ziyu opposite, and couldn't help but ask him: "What does Ziyu think?" ”

"The lord is wise, all according to what the lord says!" At this time, Zhao Ziyu bowed like this.

However, after flattering him like this, Zhao Ziyu couldn't help but ask Zhang Shihua with a salute: "Lord, even if this is the case, when will our army join forces?" ”

"Something like this, of course, is sooner rather than later, and I'm going to do it three days later, that is, on July 21!" Zhang Shihua said this, and he couldn't help but clench his hands into fists and hammered his palms hard.

Hearing Zhang Shihua's words, on the other side, Zhao Ziyu couldn't help but nod silently. Obviously, he also agrees with Zhang Shihua's plan.

But even so, thinking of the defeat of De'an not long ago, Zhao Ziyu couldn't help but be a little worried.

"Lord, as you know, the De'an Han army is a rare elite soldier and horse on the side of the Yuanmeng court. Its army, not only the soldiers dare to fight and dare to kill, even the main general is also a person who knows the soldiers and is good at fighting, in the face of such a soldier and horse, even if our army occupies a great advantage in terms of strength.

But if the enemy forces hold the city to the death, it will be difficult for our army to fight quickly! "I have to say, because the De'an Han army has defeated the black-clothed army. So at this time, the black-clothed army couldn't help but regard it as a fierce enemy, and the heart of contempt in the past is now gone.

But for this, Zhang Shihua smiled mysteriously, and said confidently to Zhao Ziyu: "Ziyu, you can rest assured." Since I said that I want to solve the problem quickly, I am naturally sure. As long as there are no accidents, by the 22nd of July, our army will be able to take his Suizhou checkpoint. ”

Oh, don't you let the secret guard install and buy a traitor in the De'an Han army?

Seeing Zhang Shihua so confident, Zhao Ziyu couldn't help but guess in his heart. Not to mention, Zhao Ziyu's guess was also a one-of-a-kind guess at once.

If you think about it, you will know that after knowing the combat effectiveness of the De'an Han army in the Battle of Suizhou, how could Zhang Shihua not pay more attention to this enemy, who is only separated by the county of Zaoyang, and insert some backhands in it.

Therefore, with the efforts of Zhang Shihua's secret guards, Zhang Shihua easily bought a deputy thousand households of the De'an Han Army.

Because of this, Zhang Shihua is so confident. Although it is said that he bought a deputy thousand households in that district, Zhang Shihua spent more than 3,000 taels of silver before and after. But now it seems that Zhang Shihua's deal is really worth it.

But let's not talk about it at this time, and then again. Although he said why his father-in-law was so confident, the smart Zhao Ziyu suddenly guessed that he was not far from ten.

But as a strategist, he knew that he would never be able to be Yang Xiu of the Three Kingdoms, so he naturally would not say the speculation in his heart in a stinky manner. Therefore, for Zhang Shihua's confident words, Zhao Ziyu just cooperated and showed some incomprehension, so he turned the topic over.

"Since the lord has been prepared, his subordinates can rest assured that they can wait for good news here. However, my lord, there is still Jingnan in the northern Xinjiang, and all the soldiers and horses under General Zhao Jiu add up to more than 10,000, and General Guo and his side only have more than 15,000 people. Therefore, his subordinates felt that in order to be precautionary, they still had to send more soldiers and horses to the north and south of Jingnan. ”

"Well, what Ziyu said makes sense. At present, the total strength of our army is about 75,000 men, but if we remove the soldiers and horses guarding important places such as mines and forging factories, the total number of troops that our army can mobilize is only 70,000.

Among these 70,000 people, in addition to the 25,000 soldiers and horses guarding northern Xinjiang and Jingnan, as well as the 5,000 soldiers and horses stationed in various prefectures and counties. In Xiangyang, the total number of troops I can directly mobilize is only 40,000. These 40,000 people are parting a part to attack Suizhou, so at this time, I can only send 10,000 horses to Ah Jiu and Ah Yu as reinforcements. ”

Saying this, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but sigh again. "Hey, in this way, our soldiers and horses are really a little tight. But fortunately, now at the forge, Dao has successfully cast sixty cannons at this time.

If you match these sixty guns. Even if there is an accident, with our troops, it will be completely handled. Zhang Shihua said to himself, then looked up at Zhao Ziyu opposite, and couldn't help but instruct him: "Ziyu, tomorrow you and Xiqiao will work together to prepare." After three days, I will be prepared with 15,000 men to eat for a month, and this time I will personally lead my army to attack De'an.

Also, after putting up a notice and recruiting people, this time I will send 10,000 reinforcements and 30 artillery pieces to Zhongxing and Xuzhou. Do you understand? ”

"Yes, Your Majesty obeys!" Hearing Zhang Shihua's order, Zhao Ziyu couldn't help but sing in response.

And just like that, after bowing to Zhang Shihua again, Zhao Ziyu couldn't help but slowly withdraw from the study and step down to prepare.

……

Two days later, in the blink of an eye, it was the evening of July 20.

And it was in the evening of this day that Yang Han, the deputy Qianhu under the henchman of De'an Wanhu Li Bo, under the command of Chen Tan, who was originally quite peaceful, could not help but be filled with panic. In the room, he looked at the secret letter sent to him by the black-clothed army secret guard on the table, and his heart couldn't help but be full of unspeakable emotions. Among them, there is regret, and there is even more uneasiness.

However, at this time, what he regretted was not that he betrayed Li Bo and betrayed Chen Tan, who was kind to him, but that he regretted that he couldn't control his lower body.

Yes, just think about it, just three thousand taels of silver is obviously not enough to fight against a deputy thousand households who have just won the battle, have the prospect of promotion, and the future seems to be bright.

What's more, in a coincidence, when the secret guard was secretly following him, he suddenly caught the handle of this Yang Deputy Qianhu.

That is the henchman of De'an Wanhu Libo, the henchman of Qianhu Chen Tan, who secretly fornicated with Qianhu Chen Tan's wife.

Hehe, think about it, he was caught by the dark guards of the black-clothed army all of a sudden, so the black-clothed army didn't pinch him as much as he wanted.

Otherwise, as long as the black-clothed army reveals the affair between him and his boss's wife, then even if this Yang Han has ten lives, it will not be enough for Chen Tan to kill a thousand households!

Therefore, in order to save his life, Yang Han, who has no way back, can only cooperate with the Black Army and Zhang Shihua. So in this case, the three thousand taels of silver are just for An Yanghan's heart.

Well, don't say it. It's really effective.

There is a good saying, "People die for money, and birds die for food." After all, in the Yuan Dynasty, as a general of the Han army, it was really not a good thing. Just like this, as an example, everyone will understand that being a soldier in the Yuan Dynasty and serving as a Han army is completely equivalent to serving the Japanese as an imperial army during the Anti-Japanese War.

Fighting on the battlefield, rushing to the front, it is they who consume firepower; After defeating the battle, they stayed at the rear, and it was they who gave the Yuanmeng people to the palace. Won the war, and their Han army was the last to divide the spoils; The fault and punishment for losing the battle are all the Han army's.

Therefore, in the late Yuan era, those who became righteous soldiers themselves under the guise of fighting the righteous army did not have too much.

Let's take him Yang Han as an example, as the deputy of thousands of households in the Han army, he is a five-grade military general. On the surface, a fifth-grade military general like him adds up to a hundred or dozens of taels a year. Because he was not a magistrate and had no office, this was a higher rank than a magistrate.

But you see, what was issued to him was money, not silver.

If one hundred or dozens of taels of banknotes had been placed seventy years ago, when the Yuan and Mongolian courts had just established the country, these banknotes would indeed be worth eighty or ninety taels of silver. But now, with the continuous issuance of the Yuanmeng Imperial Court, this shitty thing is now too hard to wipe the buttocks.

One hundred and fifty taels of banknotes, if they are exchanged for silver, it can be said that even ten taels of silver cannot be exchanged for Yang Han. So in order to live, how can the generals not eat the blood of the soldiers and not report the number of soldiers.

But even so, a full three thousand taels of silver is definitely a huge amount of money that Yang Han has never seen in his life.

Therefore, under the lure of three thousand taels of silver and the benefits that Zhang Shihua gave him, Yang Han, who had no way to retreat, gritted his teeth and couldn't help but strengthen his idea of going all the way to the black.

"His grandmother's, the bold and the starving to the timid, labor and management also want to live and enjoy this world of flowers. So don't blame me for Yang Han's unrighteousness! Cheering himself up like this, Yang Han couldn't help but burn the secret letter and walked out of his room.

began to contact his henchmen, and according to the secret letter's instructions, he began to prepare.

(To be continued.............................. ）