"Lord, lord. Information on the crime from the Qizhou side has been sent, you see. "On the twelfth day of May, that is, six days after Qishui City, the capital of Tianwan Kingdom, was attacked by Yuanmeng officers and soldiers. In the Marshal's Mansion in Xiangyang City, Li Wu came to Zhang Shihua's study with a dossier in his hand and three steps in two steps.

"Lord, this is the crime information sent by Yu Junda, please take a look." Walking to the study, when he saw Zhang Shihua behind the desk, Li Wu held the file in both hands, and couldn't help but respectfully hand it to Zhang Shihua.

And when Zhang Shihua heard his words, he was extremely concerned about the Battle of Qishui, and naturally took over the file handed over by Li Wu.

"Well, as I expected. In the end, Qishui City was still captured by the Yuanmeng Tartars. "I suddenly saw the news that Qishui City had been captured written on the file. Zhang Shihua, who was expected to be expected, couldn't help but let out such an exclamation.

But when he continued to look down, his originally calm heart finally set off waves like a river and a sea.

"What, Peng Yingyu is dead! Peng Yingyu is dead! This, this ......" put down the file in his hand in a trance, Zhang Shihua stared at it but couldn't help but be stunned.

Peng Yingyu, a veteran of the revolutionary army who launched an uprising in the fourth year of the Yuan Dynasty, that is, fifteen years ago. The oldest and most prestigious person in the world's righteous army died like this.

Suddenly hearing such a news, Zhang Shihua really couldn't believe it.

You must know that it is Peng Yingyu, that is Peng Yingyu, who has made the Yuanmeng court helpless for fifteen years, a legend that makes the righteous army all over the world fascinated. Unexpectedly...... That's how he died. And he was also killed by the Yuan Meng's soldiers, and he didn't even have a whole corpse left before he died.

Although Zhang Shihua had long predicted that the Tianwan Imperial Court would not be able to last long because of the reason for the big wind, he had long known that Peng Yingyu would not escape the end of death.

But Zhang Shihua really didn't expect that Peng Yingyu would die like this.

After all, it was really a legend, a legend of the righteous army that had dominated Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Huguang provinces during the period of total victory. So when Zhang Shihua knew that Peng Yingyu was dead, somehow, a sense of sadness couldn't help but fill Zhang Shihua's heart.

This feeling really made Zhang Shihua depressed and uncomfortable.

Peng Yingyu is his predecessor, a senior who has been ahead of him on the road of the uprising for more than ten years. No matter what the character of this predecessor is, when he knows that this predecessor is sacrificed like this, how can Zhang Shihua, who is also moving forward on this road, not be sentimental.

Just because of this feeling, it is as if Zhang Shihua saw his ending.

No, no, no, no. I, Zhang Shihua, will definitely not be like this, I will definitely be able to go to the end on this road, I will definitely be able to go to the end on this road!

Thinking of his family, wife and children, Zhang Shihua trembled and struck a spirit. Then he roared in his heart, and he couldn't help but regain his firmness.

"Peng Yingyu is dead, even if Xu Shouhui is still alive, the Tianwan Imperial Court is completely finished. Without Peng Yingyu, no one would pay attention to Xu Shouhui, the puppet emperor, and the barbarian Ni Wenjun would not pay attention to it. So next, it was time for the Tianwan Dynasty to fall into the tree, and the Yuanmeng Tartar beat the water dog. ”

Zhang Shihua looked ahead with empty eyes, but he was also talking to himself.

However, Li Wu was very calm about this, because he knew that once his lord fell into deep thought, he would be like this. So now he just keeps his head down and doesn't speak. Then wait quietly.

Sure enough, at this time, Zhang Shihua still said to himself: "And wait until the Yuanmeng Imperial Court finishes cleaning up the mess in Jiangnan." Then their next target must be our black-clothed army. So, now is the time to strike first. ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Shihua looked at Li Wu fiercely, and couldn't help but instruct him: "Ah Wu, hurry." Call me Ziyu, Xiqiao, Sijiu, Shihui, Mingtong, Thirteen and other people with more than 10,000 households, and I'm waiting for them in the front hall! ”

"Yes, the last general obeys!" Hearing Zhang Shihua's words, Li Wu sang a promise very skillfully, and he couldn't help but retreat in three steps and two steps.

In the blink of an eye, more than two quarters of an hour later, a group of subordinate generals in Zhang Shihua's marshal mansion who were named by Zhang Shihua couldn't help but gather in the front hall of the marshal's mansion.

"The lord has arrived!" A loud shout came into his ears, and the generals who came down from the hall couldn't help but salute Zhang Shihua who walked out of the back hall: "I'll wait to see the lord!" ”

"Alright, gentlemen, please excuse me." Zhang Shihua sat in his seat and waved his hand habitually, asking Zhao Ziyu and the others to get up from the ground.

And after they all got up, Zhang Shihua coughed lightly, glanced at Li Wu, and couldn't help but let Li Wu distribute several files about the Battle of Qishui to Zhao Ziyu and Zhang Shihui and others one by one.

"What, Qi Shui was attacked and slaughtered by the Yuanmeng Tartars, and Peng Yingyu was deeply trapped in the chaos and died of exhaustion!" Seeing the news written on the file, Zhao Ziyu and the others couldn't help but be shocked.

"Lord, are you sure this news is true?" Because he was too surprised, Zhao Ziyu couldn't help but ask Zhang Shihua such a sentence.

However, in this regard, Zhang Shihua nodded silently and said: "This is the information obtained by the secret guards after repeated verification, and there will definitely be no mistakes." ”

"This ...... The lord forgives the sin, and it is rude to belong to the below. The subordinates just didn't expect that Peng Yingyu would die. The Yuanmeng court seemed to have killed him for fifteen years, but they didn't expect to be caught in the battle of Qishui like this. Hey, it's all fate! ”

Saying that, Zhao Ziyu, who was very emotional in his heart, couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

And even Zhao Ziyu is like this, Chang Xiqiao, Zhang Shihui and others are naturally not to mention. After all, since they were young or teenagers, Peng Yingyu has been a well-known maker in the world. If such a person dies like this, how can they not feel it in their hearts.

However, for Zhang Shihua and even Zhao Ziyu and others, the expression of this feeling in their hearts is just a long sigh.

Because none of them had ever seen Peng Yingyu, let alone Peng Yingyu. For Peng Yingyu, they just heard of her name. There is no emotional entanglement between the two, and the feeling in my heart is naturally very bland.

Therefore, after these people came back to their senses with a long sigh, Zhao Ziyu, who had the most flexible mind, stood in the hall and looked at Zhang Shihua, and couldn't help blurting out: "Lord, the Tianwan Imperial Court is actually the leader of my world's righteous army, and Peng Yingyu is the leader of the Tianwan Imperial Court." ”

"Now that he is dead, the court will inevitably be scattered. Therefore, as long as the Yuanmeng Imperial Court has the heart to pursue the victory, then I think that in only three months at most, the entire land south of the Yangtze River, but all the many righteous armies that were previously attached to the Tianwan Imperial Court will inevitably be wiped out. ”

And at that time, the Jiangnan Righteous Army will inevitably be empty. When that time comes, the next one to bear the brunt will be my Black Army. Saying this, Zhao Ziyu's face couldn't help but have a touch of melancholy.

And for this, Zhang Shihua, who had already thought so, naturally nodded and said, "Yes." Don't hide it from Ziyu, I think so too. So, I was ready to strike first. wanted to take advantage of the fact that the main force of the Yuanmeng Imperial Court was still in the south of the Yangtze River, and he couldn't pull away for a while, so he led the army to attack De'an Mansion first. ”

"In this way, we can open up the passage between us and the Huangzhou region, and second, we can also grasp the greatest initiative in this war. But I just don't know, what do you think of this? Zhang Shihua said this, and couldn't help but turn his gaze to Zhao Ziyu and the others in the hall.

"Attack De'an. The lord's subordinates think this plan is feasible! At this time, it was Thursday Jiu who was the first to stand up and speak.

"Lord, this place in De'an can go straight to my Xiangyang by taking the official road. Under the rule of our black-clothed army, Nanyang Mansion, Xiangyang Road, Anlu Mansion, and Chuyang Mansion are more than half of the state capitals, all bordering De'an Mansion. Therefore, Xia Guan thought that if the Tartars were to attack us, this place in De'an would definitely become the front line of the Tartars. ”

"So Xia Guan thinks that attacking De'an Mansion should also be the most important thing for our army to do now."

Thursday Jiu, a person who had never known much about military affairs, suddenly stood up, and then when Zhang Shihua and others were extremely surprised, they also said what Zhang Shihua and Zhao Ziyu thought in their hearts.

"Yes, yes. Forty-nine, I really didn't expect that you would be able to have such an opinion in the strategic military field. It's really a three-day treat! In this regard, after reacting, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but praise him jokingly.

Hearing Zhang Shihua's praise, Thursday Jiu bent down and smiled reservedly, but he didn't say anything more.

But with a beginning like him, the rest is simpler. Isn't this just after Thursday Jiu's words, after the generals under Zhang Shihua had a deeper understanding of the deep meaning of attacking De'an Mansion, they naturally agreed with it. So soon, the plan proposed by Zhang Shihua was unanimously approved by everyone.

However, at this time, Zhang Mingtong couldn't help but stand up and asked in a slightly worried tone: "Lord, there will be a word at the end, I don't know if I should say it?" ”

"Oh. Know what you have to say, and tell it all. Hearing Zhang Mingtong say this, Zhang Shihua waved his hand at him and motioned for him to continue.

In response to this, Zhang Mingtong bowed to Zhang Shihua again, and then couldn't help but continue: "Lord, as far as the last general knows. This place in De'an Province can be said to be an easy place to defend and difficult to attack for our army. It can be said that if our army wants to attack De'an Mansion, then the only way to march is the long official road leading to De'an Suizhou in the east of our Xiangyang City. ”

But precisely because of the disrepair, this official road is now extremely difficult to navigate. And what's even more disadvantageous is that to attack De'an Mansion by this official road, we will at least have to travel more than 300 miles. And on this road of more than 300 miles, except for our small town of Zaoyang in the northeast of Xiangyang, our army will not get any supplements. ”

However, even so, at the other end of this official road, there is still a checkpoint left on the side of De'an Mansion. Therefore, if our army takes this official road to attack De'an Mansion, then what we need to worry about the most is the tactics of the Yuanmeng Tartars to strengthen the wall and clear the wilderness. ”

"Because once the Tartars use the tactics of fortifying the walls and clearing the wilderness, then if our army wants to break De'an from Suizhou, it will be a big burden just to supply on the march. And if the Tartars are sending troops to attack and harass our grain routes, our army will go deep alone, and there will even be a catastrophe of overturning! ”

"The scourge of overturning. Haha, Mingtong, you also think too highly of those officers and soldiers Tartars. Hearing Zhang Mingtong's words, Zhang Shihui, who was ranked before him, couldn't help but smile disdainfully.

"Mingtong, you say. Since the day of our cavalry, until now, how many times has the number of soldiers and horses of the officers and soldiers been less than ours? We have not encountered situations where they have doubled, tripled, quadruple or even multiplied. But it didn't turn out that our black-clothed army had the last laugh. ”

"With only a small De'an Mansion and more than 10,000 Tartars, what do you think he can do to make us have the disaster of overturning. It was just a De'an mansion, and we didn't bother to attack him at that time, so that he was able to survive to this day. Now that we want to attack him, wouldn't taking this place be as easy as digging for something? ”

Saying this, Zhang Shihui's face couldn't help but look of disdain.

Seeing him like this, Zhang Mingtong couldn't help but argue: "Zhong Yao (Zhang Mingtong and Zhang Shihui have a very good relationship, so Zhang Mingtong is used to calling Zhang Shihui's cousin), you have to know." Sun Tzu once said: "Soldiers, the major affairs of the country, the place of death and life, and the way of survival, must not be ignored." ”

"Hey, Mingtong. You've learned how to drop your book bag. Shaking his head, Zhang Shihui said this, and couldn't help but turn his gaze to his brother. Then he couldn't help but stand up, bent down to his brother and begged: "Big brother, this time I am willing to lead my troops to take De'an Mansion for my eldest brother, and I also ask my eldest brother to allow it." ”

As he spoke, he couldn't help but bow down on one knee in front of Zhang Shihua with the courtesy of his subordinates.

When Zhang Shihua saw this, he was silent for a moment, and then he couldn't help but say: "Okay, since this is the case, I will also hand over this battle to you." However, what he said is not unreasonable. So in this battle, I will let you be the chief commander, and Mingtong will be the deputy commander, and we will attack De'an Mansion together. Mingtong, what do you think? ”

"The lord has a word, and the last general should lead his own orders!" When Zhang Mingtong heard Zhang Shihua's words, he was the most loyal to Zhang Shihua, so he naturally bent down and saluted at the first time.