Chapter 389

The cold cold sun seemed to make Zhang Rou feel a chill, wrapped the brocade robe on his body, and said in an urn voice: "The Xinyang army under Meng Puyu's account fought with me to break the net, and his general Ren Yi died in battle, and now Meng Puyu is also dividing his troops to occupy the three cities of Dengzhou, Tangzhou and Yingzhou at the same time, does he have so many troops available?" ”

"As early as the beginning of this battle, you and I had already imagined giving up the land of the Three Cities and eating the Xinyang Army of the Righteous Department in one bite. Now that we are trapped in this Caizhou city, we will lose the three cities that Meng Puyu does not divide the army, and in the case of no soldiers to defend, as long as Meng Puyu wants to, the three cities are not in Meng Puyu's bag at any time? I hope that Meng Puyu really divides the army into three cities, and I still have a little chance of holding this Caizhou City, waiting for the messenger of the prince, and then it can be regarded as a rhetoric. ”

Shi Tianze carefully stared at the endless tents under the city, as if he wanted to find some clues from them.

"Got a story?" Zhang Rou glanced at Shi Tianze and repeated, then seemed to remember something, and said with a dumb smile: "Brother Runfu, you and I have been under the prince's account for decades, and we must be very clear about the prince's personality." Although the prince has always been magnanimous, but you and I disobeyed the prince's orders this time to send troops, if you win, it's okay, if you lose, you will have the responsibility of losing the land, Caizhou is the gateway to Kaifeng and Luoyang. Unless we want to be trapped in Caizhou, after all, as you said, there is not enough food in the city, and this is the result of you preparing for the worst before this battle to extract most of the grain and grass from the other three cities.

People are not as good as the sky, because God you and I have the idea of making the aggressive Meng Puyu suffer this time, and also because of this thief, so that the grain and grass that should come are only less than thirty percent, and now that Meng Puyu soldiers are besieging the city, even if he is just besieging but not attacking, at most more than a month Caizhou City is also self-defeating, losing Dengzhou Tangzhou and other three cities, maybe the prince can still say a few good words for you and me in front of the court, but even Caizhou City has been lost, this is a big deal, the prince is now in the area of Zhending Mansion on Hebei Road, and he is also lacking in skills, The DPRK has already complained about the prince's erosion of the Jindi situation, but it is only because of the prince's achievements in the past decades and the opportunity to make up for the merits of the Jindi rebellion that there is no trouble for a while. ”

Hearing Zhang Rou's words, Shi Tianze was silent and half silent.

"I already know what Brother Degang means, it's not that I don't want to defend this Caizhou City, just imagine, if you and I are folded in Meng Heng's hands at the same time, there will be almost no generals in Kaifeng and south of Luoyang. How far the monarchs and ministers of the Song family who are partial to Lin'an have longed for those two places, I don't need to say that in fact, Brother Degang is also very clear, I am afraid that you and I have just died on the front foot, and Meng Heng will definitely go north directly and take Kaifeng Luoyang. Caizhou is lost, there is still something to say, as long as you and I can hold Kaifeng Luoyang, the prince will pacify the rebellion of Jindi, and Deng Cai Sicheng should be able to fall in one fell swoop.

But if even Luoyang and Kaifeng are lost, I am afraid that more than the government and the opposition will be shaken, this will be a defeat that I have never had before, and even if the prince has great merit, he will be drowned in the mouths of those nobles in the court. At that time, you and I were to blame. The only thing to worry about now is whether Meng Hui has divided his troops to attack the three cities of Deng and Tang. ”

When the words fell, except for the sudden cold wind whistling through the city, Zhang Rou and Shi Tianze fell silent at the same time.

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Under the city of Caizhou, Meng Heng is handsome. In addition to Ren Yi, the commander of the Xinyang Army who had been killed, was not inside or outside the account, Zhang Jun, the commander of the Zaoyang Army, Zhang Ying, the commander of the Suizhou Army, and Jiao Jin, He Shun, and Liu Quan, the commanders of the Ningwu Army, were all present.

It can be said that now in this inconspicuous tent in the heavy camp tent, almost more than ninety percent of the real power generals in the entire Jinghu Theater have gathered, no matter what the previous victories and defeats were, but it can be said that everyone here can basically be said to be veterans of a hundred battles.

There were not many other items in the tent, except for a wooden case in the center and a detailed topographical map of the Central Plains behind the seat, there were no other decorative items. In the middle of the tent, there was a blazing charcoal fire, which was temporarily burned by the trees dug up by Meng Hui's own soldiers in the snow nest.

In addition to the crackling sound of the charcoal fire burning in the big tent, there were also occasional whispers of the generals of various departments. It has been nearly half an hour since he was ordered to come to the meeting, but Meng Heng, who was sitting at the top of the tent, had been busy writing something, and had not had any communication with the generals who were sitting together under his command, which also had to make the generals under his command have all kinds of worries in their hearts.

The Xinyang Army is seven or eight out of ten, which can be regarded as a miserable whiteness that has never been seen in the Beijing-Shanghai Theater for several years. Although according to the remnants of the Xinyang Army, Zhang Rou's troops who came out of the city to attack at night were also seriously damaged, but what was the situation, and under the circumstances at that time, who could know what the facts were?

"Dashuai, I don't know what the Dashuai is calling the last general? The marshal didn't say a word, but it made the last general and others feel anxious. A loud voice suddenly sounded in the tent, which immediately made the tent calm. It was Ning Wujun who commanded Jiao Jin.

"That's right, Dashuai, if you have any words, you will give a direct order, but the last general and others are holding back a fire to avenge Ren Datou."

"That's it, Dashuai!"

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Jiao Jin's words suddenly made the rest of the generals in the tent gossip. The three commanders of the Ning Wu Army are all Meng Heng's true confidants and favorite generals, and in the case of the new defeat of the army, only the three of them dare to come out at this time.

There was a lot of noise in the tent, and Meng Hui, who was sitting in the center, was still bowing his head and writing a book, so that the shouting generals in the tent gradually subsided, and then returned to the previous quiet.

After a long time, Meng Heng stopped his pen and carefully looked at the paper written by his hand for a long time, and only after making sure that there were no mistakes or omissions, did he slowly raise his head. The generals in the tent who had been watching Meng Heng's movements couldn't help but quietly straighten their backs one by one when they saw the big marshal raise his head.

"I was just writing a report to the imperial court for successes and merits." Meng Heng glanced at the generals in the tent and said slowly.

The originally stagnant atmosphere in the big tent suddenly caused countless ripples because of Meng Heng's words, and then slowly subsided, but the faces of dozens of generals involuntarily became a little more solemn.

Among the dozens of generals here, the long ones have been under Meng Heng's account for more than ten years, such as Jiao Jin and Zhang Ying, and the short ones have also been under Meng Hui's account for three or five years, such as Zhang Ying, the commander of the Suizhou Army, and Ren Yi, the commander of the Xinyang Army, who died a few days ago. Regardless of whether it is long or short to listen to orders under Meng Hui's account, everyone knows that it is impossible for Meng Hui to say that people who have no merit have military merits, let alone say that the defeat is a victory.

Now that it is suddenly said that he is writing a report for the DPRK and China, and everyone knows that there must be a big war coming next.