Chapter 156: The Crusade (1)
Zhao Kang's leisurely life of learning martial arts did not last long, in the middle of the night of the same day, Zhao Kang received an urgent report: Qin Liangyu's troops were attacked by Li Zicheng's subordinates Liu Fangliang, Li Laiheng, and Yuan Zongdi's three-way army, and the army was defeated in Michi, and fled to Lingbao County and was caught up by the rebels, and is now surrounded by 100,000 thieves, and the situation is extremely urgent!
When Zhao Kang got this battle report, he was lying on the bed alone and couldn't sleep, he took a full thirty-five seconds of horse steps during the day, and at night Zhao Kangzhi felt that from the toes to the root of the thighs, there was not a single cell that did not hurt. In a serious upset, coupled with the excitement of this battle report, as soon as he got up from the bed, he kicked the herald who came to deliver the letter to the ground.
It took dozens of seconds to come to his senses, and this herald was also wronged, what about him? Of course, it was impossible to ask Zhao Kang to apologize to a soldier, and threw the other party a tael of broken silver as the cost of wound medicine, and Zhao Kang hurriedly came to the lobby of the Governor's Mansion. Wake up Zhao Fugui and ask him to urgently inform all the general soldiers of the 17 towns who are organizing soldier training in Xi'an City to come to discuss the matter.
Due to the great importance of the matter, in less than half an hour, Daniel Zhang, Zhao Liangdong, Wang Fuchen, Wang Pingfan, Zhou Yuji, Gan Quan, Wang Yongsheng, Ma Yi, Zheng Jiadong, Niu Chenghu, Zhao Guangyuan, Hu Dawei, Yang Dezheng, Fang Guoan, Jiang Jiu, Chen Yongfu, and Gao Jie, the chief officers of the 17th Town, all arrived.
After everyone sat down in their respective places, they all said nothing, and their expressions were all solemn and serious. After all, everyone knew in their hearts that when the Overseer called the generals in the middle of the night, something important must have happened.
Sure enough, as expected, after seeing everyone arrive, Zhao Kang said: "I received an emergency military situation just now, our army Qin Liangyu was attacked by the anti-thief Li himself's subordinates Liu Fangliang, Li Laiheng, and Yuan Zongdi in Mianchi, and lost the first battle. What do you think? ”
Although Zhao Kang said it very tactfully, all the people present were old fritters, and they all knew what had happened: Qin Liangyu was overturned by the thieves in Michi, and he didn't run away, so now he should save it or not......
Everyone knew that there were only 10,000 white pole soldiers under Qin Liangyu's command, and they fled all the way to Lingbao after the defeat of Michi, except for those who were killed in battle, captured, and scattered on the road, there were 5,000 people left in Dingtian, maybe even less. Under the siege of tens of thousands of thieves, if you can hold out for two days, you will be considered a famous general, if you can hold out for three days, you will be considered a god of war, and if you can hold out for five days...... No one believed that there would be such an outcome. If Zhao Kang didn't send troops to save her, unless she Qin Liangyu was possessed by the Jade Emperor, she would definitely be defeated and die within three days.
Ma Yi, Zheng Jiadong, Niu Chenghu, Zhao Guangyuan, Hu Dawei, Yang Dezheng, Fang Guoan, Jiang Hao, Chen Yongfu, Gao Jie and other ten generals did not dare to speak because they had only been in Zhao Kang for a few months.
At this time, I saw Daniel Zhang get up and say: "Master Supervisor, although General Soldier Qin once spoke disrespectfully to Master Supervisor, but going east to Tongguan and going east to Luoyang, it was an order personally given by the adult, and she was also serving under the adult no matter what, if you sit and watch her be annihilated by Li Thief, I am afraid it will be inappropriate." ”
In fact, Daniel Zhang's words expressed the thoughts of everyone present.
Zhao Kang is also understanding that if he doesn't save it, it seems that he really can't say it. So he nodded and said, "Save, that must be saved." How many of you are willing to take General Qin back for me? ”
As soon as the words fell, I saw his die-hard fan Wang Fuchen stand up and say loudly: "The last general is willing to go east out of Tongguan and save General Qin!" ”
Zhao Kang thought to himself: Wang Fuchen's command is all the mechanized troops that he has armed him, and his combat effectiveness is almost invincible in this era, and he is extremely mobile on the plains of Henan, so it is no problem to rescue Qin Liangyu. Just wanted to agree, but heard Daniel Zhang speak again: "Master Inspector is inappropriate!" ”
Zhao Kang looked at Daniel Zhang strangely, what is wrong with this? Couldn't the tanks, chariots, machine guns, and artillery under Wang Fuchen's command deal with a few thieves who carried hoes and wooden sticks as weapons?
Wang Fuchen also stared at Daniel Zhang hostilely, thinking: Could it be that this non-bear (Daniel Zhang's character) wants to steal merit from me?
Seeing that everyone was staring at him, Daniel Zhang did not have the slightest fear, and said Kankan: "Master Supervisor, the last general is not saying that it is inappropriate for General Wang to go to save General Qin. Rather, it is said that the matter was handled in an inappropriate way? ”
Zhao Kang asked suspiciously, "Oh? Tell me what's wrong! ”
Daniel Zhang said: "First of all, as an assistant minister of the superintendent and the governor of the five provinces, the adult has jurisdiction over the military and political affairs of the five provinces of Shaanxi, Sichuan, Huguang, Shanxi, and Henan, but now the actual control of the adult is only the three provinces of Shan, Shaanxi, and Sichuan. Now that the Li thief is rampant in the Central Plains, and the Zhang thief is ravaging Huguang, blatantly showing his teeth and dancing his claws, raping and plundering in the territory of the adult, he simply does not take the adult in his eyes, and must give them a profound lesson in order to let them know why the flowers are so red.
Second, in the eyes of the last general, whether it is the people of Shanxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, or the people of Huguang and Henan, who are now in dire straits, they should all be the people of adults. It is the duty of the adults to save them from fire and water.
Third, after Li Zicheng conquered Kaifeng, he had hundreds of thousands of troops, thinking that he was invincible in the world, and this time he sent a large army to encircle and annihilate the general army of Qin, one is to test the combat effectiveness of our Eighth Route Army, and the other is to give your lord a dismount, so that you dare not send troops to the east.
Fourth, even if you don't go east, after Li Zicheng sweeps Hubei, he will definitely gather a large army to march westward, because whether Li Thief goes north to the capital or south to the south of the Yangtze River, he does not dare to let the tiger of the adult behind him, rather than putting the battlefield on the land governed by the adult, it is better for the adult to directly send troops to the Central Plains and completely exterminate the two thieves Zhang and Li. ”
Speaking of this, Daniel Zhang suddenly remembered that if Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng were completely eliminated, then his own superintendent would be in an awkward position. In the deepest part of his heart, he still hopes that Zhao Kang will one day turn into a dragon. At that time, didn't he Daniel Zhang become an existence like Xu Da and Chang Yuchun? Moreover, Daniel Zhang has a very deep understanding of the weapons and equipment of the Eighth Route Army, and he knows very well that Zhao Kangzhen wants to suppress Zhang and Li Erthief, which is not much more difficult than pinching two ants to death.
In the final analysis, I just want to go straight against it, and I feel that I can't let go of my face. I want to be a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, but I feel really unwilling. Therefore, it has maintained this state of "self-respect for thieves".
Zhang Tong understood Zhao Kang's psychological dynamics very well, so he paused, and continued to say loudly: "Even if the anti-thief force is too great, our Eighth Route Army can't completely wipe them out in a short time, then it can completely drive them out of the adult's territory." ”