Su Baiyi guessed that Luo Rucai was still alive in case the night was robbed by Luo Rucai, so he sent people to Xingyang many times to inquire inside and out. even spent a lot of money to buy off many school officials under Luo Rucai's account.

It's a pity, because Qingye used a pseudonym, and the reason why she became an ugly woman with makeup, after all, she was on the same side again.

The days passed.

It's also getting hotter.

On this day, the post road outside Nanyang City was covered with flags, and the honor guard of 3,000 people hurriedly entered the city with a group of chariots and horses.

To be able to leave such a deep mark shows that the things pulled in the car are either gold or silver, and it is absolutely impossible to be stone. But if it's silver, how much silver does such a long convoy have?

The majestic guard of honor makes people shudder, and at the front is a luxurious carriage, and the small merchants and vendors on the streets of Nanyang all avoid it after seeing it, for fear of colliding with some nobleman.

At the same time, a tall old man with a white beard walked out of the mansion of the Tang Dynasty in Nanyang. He smiled and laughed when the honor guard arrived at the gate of the palace.

A fat official got out of the carriage, and I saw that he was wearing a black gauze hat, a crimson regimental leader's uniform, and a three-inch flower on his chest, which was made up of a brocade chicken, a flower rhino belt, and black boots on a white background.

"I've seen His Royal Highness King Tang!" It was Zhang Fengyi who walked down from the car, looking at the old Tang King who came out of the Tang Wang's mansion with a smile, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

The Tang Dynasty was the feudal king of the Hongwu period, and the first prince was the twenty-third son of Emperor Taizu, Zhu Huan, according to the Ming etiquette system, the feudal kings were lowered to the first rank of the emperor.

The prince of the old Zhu family is also a king, and Zhang Fengyi is also a minister even if he is a product of the dynasty.

When the courtiers saw the king, they naturally had to salute.

"Zhang Dashangshu came from afar, so there is no need to be polite, go, go to the mansion and sit!" King Tang was very enthusiastic to invite Zhang Fengyi to the mansion, and his subordinates arranged a group of honor guards.

Zhang Fengyi asked, "Dare to ask Your Highness, have all the generals arrived?" ”

"It's here, it's here!" Tang Wang smiled and nodded in response.

"His Royal Highness Lao has someone to take his ministers there, and the state affairs are urgent!"

"Oh!" King Tang's eyes flashed, and then he nodded and said, "This king knows that state affairs are important, so you can go." He turned his head to the side again: "Zhu Qi, take Master Zhang to the Autumn Garden quickly." ”

"Yes, Lord Wang!"

There are four gardens in spring, summer, autumn and winter in the Tang Palace, each garden is planted with different plants, it is said that you can smell the fragrance of flowers all year round, and now it has reached the end of summer, and the autumn garden is specially set out for everyone to discuss.

Of course, the deliberations are only on the land of the Tang Palace, and the people of the Tang Palace, including the Tang King himself, are not qualified to participate.

Zhang Fengyi was the last to arrive, and when he arrived at the Autumn Garden Golden Pavilion, everyone had already lined up and stood under the attic to greet him.

"Everyone, there is no need for false courtesy, let's enter the house, state affairs are important!"

The first floor of the Golden Pavilion is quite spacious, like a separate hall. At the front of the hall hangs an up-to-date map of the Ming Dynasty, surrounded by a circle of chairs.

Zhang Fengyi sat in the first place, and the generals sat down one by one, and finally Chen Qiyu calmly came to the stage, pointed to the map with the scabbard in his hand, and said: "My lord, now we have heard clearly, most of the Sichuan and Shaanxi thief armies have gathered in these places, and according to Your Majesty's will, it is difficult to complete their work in one battle!" ”

Zhang Fengyi's eyes narrowed slightly, and a trace of sharpness flashed in his narrow knife-like eyes, staring at the map.

It's not the first time he's seen this map, and he's been thinking about it all the way here.

After staring at it for a while, he moved his gaze a little and fell on the generals present.

Logically speaking, Zhang Fengyi is the one attending today's meeting, and all of you here, regardless of their positions, are all under the leadership of the Ministry of War, and what we are discussing today is a method for how to achieve the success of the thieves in one battle.

Zhang Fengyi undoubtedly became the head of the generals.

In addition to Chen Qiyu standing above, the heavyweights who came here today include Yuan Mo, the chief soldier of Henan, Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Huguang, Tang Hui, the chief soldier of Hu Guang, Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides, Cao Wenzhao, the chief soldier of Shanxi, and the general soldier of Shaanxi who practiced state affairs, and dozens of other people such as He Renlong, Tang Tong, and Yang Zhengfang were all listed.

"The country is so corrupted that it is caused by Gao Yingxiang and other thirty-six battalions of bandits, and the imperial court gathers you in one place, which is to discuss how to destroy it in one fell swoop, is it difficult? How difficult is it? Zhang Fengyi raised his eyebrows: "You Chen Qiyu are named as the left squire of the military department, and the military affairs of the five provinces are not just to mobilize the strength of the five provinces and fight as much as possible?" ”

"You have all dealt with these thieves, so you naturally know their routines." Chen Qiyu frowned and said: "To be honest, compared with these bandits, the imperial army is more than a star and a half, we can take a thousand officers and soldiers to fight 10,000 bandits, and we can also take 10,000 officers and soldiers to fight 100,000 bandits." But the thieves don't die, so what if they are scattered? Those grass-headed kings raised their arms and shouted, and tens of thousands of people could gather in ten days. In the final analysis, if there is no major drought in the five provinces, if the people have land to cultivate and food to eat, who will rise up?

On the other hand, if the people have no food in their hands, and they can't sell their children and girls to fill their stomachs, then who cares about living today and dying tomorrow? Therefore, my lord, it is not possible to pour water wherever the fire is lit, and we must think of removing the firewood that can be ignited for him, so that it can be done once and for all.

After finishing his work, he can kill Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng in one battle, but so what? After killing Li Zicheng today, don't the people still have no rations? Tomorrow, Zhang Zicheng and Liu Zicheng will rise again. Just like leeks, if they are not uprooted, cutting one stubble at a time will not solve the fundamental problem. ”

"What Master Chen said is reasonable!"

"Yes, we didn't fight those thieves a lot." Lian Guoshi said with a bitter face: "To say something unpleasant, there are not only my Ming people in the thief army, but also sergeants. The imperial court's military salaries were not timely, the soldiers had no way to make a living, and there were not a few people who fled to thieves. ”

Looking at the generals who were speaking in a hurry, Zhang Fengyi snorted coldly, patted his chair and said: "Quiet, Zhang is here today on behalf of the imperial court, not to discuss politics, but to discuss the military, if you have any dissatisfaction, you can go to the cabinet and say, what's the use of telling me?" Seeing that the generals' faces were bitter, Zhang Fengyi waved his hand again: "The officials you are talking about know that the imperial court is not thinking?" Su Baiyi is building a railway, and once the railway is completed, the bandits in these five provinces will be cut off from the roots. But isn't it that the railway hasn't been built yet, so we can't wait, can we?

Speaking of money and food, when the old man came this time, in addition to convening the generals to discuss the military, His Majesty also ordered the official to bring you enough money. If you want military salaries, the court strongly supports it, but Your Majesty asks for the same! Zhang Fengyi got up from his seat: "It's all in one battle!" ”

"Yo, got the silver?" Yuan Mo was stunned.

"That's a good feeling!" Lian Guoshi said with a smile: "As long as there is silver, our soldiers are soldiers, and Master Zhang said that no matter how you fight, you can do it." ”

"I wonder how much silver the adults brought?" Chen Qiyu asked.

After coming to Nanyang from Guide Mansion, he has been urging the imperial court, and now more than a month has passed, and the silver has finally arrived. If you have money, you can do things, and if you don't have money, even if you are the emperor, no one will listen to you.

So when he heard that the silver was coming, Chen Qiyu's mood was also a little better.

"Don't worry, it's enough for you!" Zhang Fengyi waved his hand: "Now you should worry about how to deal with Your Majesty, let's talk about it, how should we fight this battle?" ”

There was silence among the generals.

Zhang Fengyi saw that no one took the initiative to come out and say, so he named and said: "Cao Wenzhao, you have been on the battlefield for a long time, you have fought Tartars, Jianyu, and thieves, how do you say to fight?" ”

Cao Wenzhao is an iron man in his forties, and he arched his hand towards Zhang Fengyi and said: "There is no problem for the last general to lead the troops to fight, but this is not my strength, but I don't know the overall situation. ”

"Where's Lord Hong?" Zhang Fengyi turned his head towards Hong Chengchou.

Hong Chengchou thought for a while and said: "Now the bandits are scattered, some are in western Henan, some are in northern Sichuan, some are in Huguang, southern Shaanxi, and Shanxi, and it may be difficult to complete the battle." Unless, gather all these grass kings in one place! ”

"Hmm!" Zhang Fengyi nodded.

Chen Qiyu stared at the map for a long time, and then nodded: "Lord Hong's method, we have discussed it before, and there are two main problems that are difficult to solve?"

First, it is more appropriate to concentrate these grass kings, so that they have neither the power to resist nor the possibility of escape; Second, how can we gather these grass kings? ”

"Drive the sheep into the urn!" Lu Xiangsheng, who had been silent, withdrew his gaze from the hanging map, looked at Zhang Fengyi and said: "As long as the silver brought by Master Zhang is enough, let's plan carefully, draw a circle outside all the thieves, and then gradually shrink the circle until all the thieves are driven into this urn, and then we can be wiped out in one battle." ”

"How?" Chen Qiyu's eyes flashed.

Lu Xiangsheng said: "This official will be ugly." After speaking, he got up from his chair, walked to the hanging map in a few steps, and lined up with Chen Qiyu on both sides of the map.

"Ladies and gentlemen, let me first talk about the second question that Lord Chen said, how to gather these grass kings. They don't listen to us, we are naturally going to be forced, you have been on the battlefield for a long time, you must know that although these thieves are numerous, but the combat power is very low, we will disperse as soon as we fight, and we will reunite after we disperse. This time, let's change our strategy, just rush, not fight!

Lord Chen is the governor of the military affairs of the five provinces, and the five provinces are divided into divisions. In the east, the Henan Yuan General Army was in charge, surrounding Luo Rucai and Liu Guoneng on three sides and forcing them to go west; Shanxi is in charge of General Cao, and you have the Ning Iron Cavalry in your hands, and it should not be a problem to drive Lao Hui and Guotianxing to the south; Shaanxi has Lord Hong in charge, chasing Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng's troops, and must surround the south of the Qinling Mountains; General soldiers of Xia and General Soldiers of Lian guarded the Hanzhong Mansion, forcing the thieves in Hanzhong to go down the Han River, and at the same time preventing the thief army from taking the opportunity to advance westward; The official surrounded Zhushan from Xiangyang, relying on the benefits of Shennong Mountain, and forced the Four Heavenly Kings and Xue Hongqi to enter Junzhou; As for northern Sichuan, it depends on General Yang. In this way, ambushes are approaching from all sides, where do you think they will gather? ”

Chen Qiyu's eyes were always on the map, and after listening to Lu Xiangsheng's words, he slapped the mountains south of the Qinling Mountains and said: "Since they can't go in Hanzhong, they can only rely on Ankang and Xunyang in the east, or be forced to enter Shangluo." ”

"Ambush on all sides, good!" Zhang Fengyi also stood up and said: "Let's press forward step by step, the other generations don't have time to exchange news with each other, and after a few months, they all enter the mountains between Shangluo and Ankang, hehe, their millions of people have nowhere to eat, and they are starving to death, we just need to hold the passes everywhere, and we can fight in one battle!" ”

"That's it." Lu Xiangsheng's face was worried: "It will be bitter for the people of Ankang and Shangluo." ”