In the old camp of the Tianxiong Army, as soon as the news of the main force of the thief army came out, Lu Xiangsheng had already pulled out the main army and lined up at the edge of Chushui, preparing to flank the thief army. 【Fengyun Reading Network】

In fact, there is no big problem with Fan Jingwen's layout. The Nanjing Army and the Tianxiong Army are each other's horns, and they can echo each other. Zu Kuan's cavalry was used as the general reserve. But the problem is that Fan Shangshu set up a village in Hexi, so there is a dry river between the two armies, and once the Nanjing army is lost, it is very inconvenient for the Tianxiong army to cross the river to rescue.

Lu Xiangsheng also raised his concerns with Fan Jingwen at the beginning, but Fan Shangshu had already read the military book and ignored his proposal. The Tianxiong Army, like the Guanning Cavalry, had to rely on Nanjing for transportation, and if Fan Shangshu was provoked, the army would be in great trouble. After thinking about it, Lu Xiangsheng just let Fan Jingwen toss.

Anyway, the Nanjing army has strong troops, and even if it encounters a thief army attacking with all its might, it can support it for a while.

Across the river, Lu Xiangsheng looked at the chaotic smoke and dust over there, and frowned: "The thief army is attacking grandly. ”

Guerrilla Luo Dai nodded: "It seems that the thief army is attacking with all its might, whether it is morale or strength, the thief army has the advantage, Fan Butang estimates that it won't last long, Du Governor, let's cross the river quickly!" ”

"Wait." Huang You, the chief staff member under Lu Xiangsheng, suddenly shouted: "No, no, I didn't see the cavalry, the cavalry of the thief army has not been dispatched yet, let's go over now, I'm afraid it's not a good time, let's wait." ”

Lu Xiangsheng slowly shook his head: "You can't wait any longer, let's cross the river!" ”

As the governor of the military affairs of the five southern provinces, no one knows better than him what the virtues of the guards of the Ming Dynasty are, this is a group of farmers who have never been on the battlefield with weapons. If you go late, I am afraid that before the Tianxiong army can attack the thieves, the Nanjing army will collapse first.

In fact, Lu Xiangsheng did not expect the Nanjing Army to come in handy, and to deal with the thief army, the Tianxiong Army was enough. However, the imperial treasury has been empty, and in the past year, in order to exterminate the thief army, the imperial court has only issued 70,000 taels of silver for military expenses, which is still paid by the Son of Heaven out of his own pocket. 、

Seventy thousand taels is only enough for the soldiers not to go hungry, and as for the battle, don't even think about it.

Nowadays, fighting a war is to fight for money, and the troops need to be drawn out of silver, and they need to be rewarded after the battle. Whether it is the Tianxiong Army or other armies, to put it bluntly, it is maintained on the word "money", and without money, everything is over.

In the past year, in order to suppress the war, Lu Xiangsheng can be said to have emptied the previous savings of the Tianxiong Army.

To be honest, if it weren't for Fan Jingwen to raise military salaries for him this time, this battle would not have been fought.

For Fan Shangshu, Lu Xiangsheng is still very grateful personally. But the point is that Fan Jingwen needs a battle to return to the center of political decision-making. For this reason, he did not hesitate to seize the command of the entire army.

Sometimes, the military has to serve politics, or a certain political figure or group. This is the rule of the game that the officialdom and military of the Ming Dynasty must follow, even Lu Xiangsheng is not exempt from vulgarity.

But now, seeing the chaotic scene of the Nanjing military camp in the distance, he regretted it a little, and couldn't help but scold himself: "Lu Xiangsheng, you are really a fool!" ”

Seeing Inspector Lu suddenly burst out foul language, everyone around him was shocked.

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When the whole battalion of the Nanjing Army attacked and confronted the enemy on the battlefield, Fan Jingwen also rushed to the banner of the Chinese army outside the camp as soon as possible.

He caught a cold yesterday and slept very well, and his head is still groggy now. To tell the truth, the effect of yesterday's patrol was really not good, and the Ningxiang army didn't talk about it. That's a bunch of unsophisticated, such a rotten place, saying that if you sit down, you can sit down, and you can't bear to see it. scared him away directly, and afterwards, he was even more angry in his heart. The Ningxiang Army is also the guard army of my Ming Dynasty, and the appearance of the army is still missing. This body of mud is so that the thief army can see it, and it is not a joke, how can I have a sense of awe for my Ming army Tianwei. If this battle is lost because of this, the Qianhu officer named Sun Yuan will be primarily responsible.

The most annoying thing is that he seems to be very dismissive of our dignified Nanjing Military Department's pro-people behavior in various armies. What else to say, Lord Shangshu finally came to the barracks to inspect, just empty-handed, so disappointing.

Fan Jingwen naturally knows the thoughts of these military ruffians, doesn't he just want money? According to the rules of the Ming army, every battle, silver must be issued first, so as to stimulate morale.

In this regard, he is also helpless, this time in order to get the military power, he has made an immortal feat, Fan Shangshu can be said to have moved out the silver of the entire military department. With so many soldiers, he has to eat and drink every day when he opens his eyes at dawn, and he has so little money in hand, so he naturally has to save money.

But strange words appeared in the troops, "Why should we give half of the money of our Nanjing Army to the Guanning Army and the Tianxiong Army, they have their own officers, and it is not Fan Shangshu's turn to be the head of the wrongs, right?" Some people even said: "Patrol the camp and patrol the camp, who wouldn't just say a few good words?" Don't give a penny of fart money, Fan Butang treats us like this, don't expect me to help on the battlefield. ”

After these cool words reached Fan Jingwen's ears, they made him depressed all night. I went to the camp to comfort the soldiers, these big-headed soldiers should have been moved to tears, bowed their heads, and then fought with the thieves with a knife, in order to repay me Fan Jingwen's deep kindness. Why is it all my fault now, don't I have much to do?

Could it be that something is not written on "Sun Tzu"?

After pondering all night, Fan Jingwen realized that the sergeants and soldiers of the army are a group of villains with no quality, no heart and lungs, and only money in their eyes. How should you bring this kind of soldier, hey, there is no record in the book!

After standing under the banner for a long time, Fan Jingwen was still annoyed by yesterday's events.

However, the elite of the thief army has already pounced in front of the Nanjing army, and the Nanjing army has a tendency to waver.

"Ministry, our army is showing signs of collapse, but how is it good, but how is it good?" Several generals also knew what kind of goods their soldiers were, and they were so anxious that they couldn't help but ask loudly.

Fan Jing looked up and saw Liu Zongmin sweeping in front of the battle with a long axe, under his axe, the soldiers of the Nanjing Army were as vulnerable as scarecrows, and there were fierce cries of soldiers everywhere, bright red blood and broken arms flying in the air.

This was the first time he had been on the battlefield in person, and he was immediately stunned by the tragic killing in front of him, like a nightmare, and he just opened his mouth and watched, unable to say anything.

"Ministry, Ministry, it's going to collapse, do you want to think of a way?" An officer tugged at his sleeve.

Fan Jingwen sobered up a little and shouted loudly: "Hurry up, hurry up, go and notify Lu Xiangsheng and Zu Bandan to come to help...... No, the thief is ...... The snake of Changshan will definitely win, this is what is written in the book of soldiers......"

"The ministry, the ministry, has already sent someone to report. But the Tianxiong and Guanning armies are too far away from the old camp of our Chinese army, and I am afraid that if we don't wait for them to arrive, we will be defeated by thieves first. Ministry, you have a way! Seeing that his soldiers were swatted to death on the battlefield like flies, the officers cried in their voices: "Now, you have to stabilize your position first!" ”

"Method, method, what method......" Fan Jingwen still kept muttering to himself, if he said that he wrote eight articles, he, an old jinshi, had quick thinking and put pen to paper, but now that he was asked to transfer troops and reprimand, his mind became a mess.

Article, article...... Pregnant.

Fan Jingwen was stunned, and suddenly took out the "Art of War" that had turned into oil residue from his sleeve, and quickly flipped to the "Military Situation" and read it quickly, and kept chanting: "All those who fight, with the right fit, with the odd victory." Therefore, those who are good and surprising are as infinite as heaven and earth, and inexhaustible as rivers and seas. In the end, the sun and the moon are also. Death and resurrection, four o'clock is also. The sound is not more than five, and the change of five voices is not better than listening; The color is not five, and the change of the five colors is invincible; The taste is not five, and the change of the five flavors cannot be tasted; The battle situation is not strange, and the change of Qizheng is invincible. Qi is born together, such as the gratuitous cycle, who can be poor! ……”

"In all these battles, the main soldiers are used to engage head-on, and the surprise soldiers are used to win by surprise. Those who are good at using strange weapons will have endless changes in their tactics like the operation of heaven and earth, and will never be exhausted like rivers and seas. Like the sun and the moon, it begins over and over again; Like the seasons, go and come back. Gong, Shang, Jiao, Zheng, and Yu are only five tones, but the combination of five tones can never be heard; Red, yellow, blue, white, and black are only five colors, but the combination of the five hues can never be finished; Sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, salty but the five flavors ......"

"Therefore he who is good at moving the enemy, the form of the enemy, the enemy will follow it; Give it, and the enemy will take it. Move it with profit, and treat it with a pawn. Therefore, those who are good at fighting seek it from the situation, and do not blame others...... Why isn't it written in the war book, impossible, impossible......"

His voice was getting louder and louder, and the speed of his speech was getting faster and faster.

On a cold day, there was a layer of fine sweat oozing out of his forehead.

Under the banner of the Chinese army, the commanders of the Nanjing Army's guards looked at each other, and they all saw despair in each other's eyes: in the war, this Fan Butang is a layman, and I am afraid that he will not be able to count on it. After losing the battle, Fan Butang still returned to Nanjing to be his master of Shangshu, our military attaché status is low, if you leave your subordinates here, why should you gain a foothold in this world?

Thinking of this, everyone stopped talking nonsense, and they all retreated silently, each returning to his own position.

"Defeated, defeated!" In a moment, the soldiers in the Nanjing army array let out earth-shattering shouts at the same time.

Then, tens of thousands of horses poured back like a tidal wave.

For a time, the defeat was like a mountain.

Sun Yuan, who was already on the edge behind the big array, looked at this scene dumbfounded, and couldn't help but shout: "How did it become like this, how could it be like this?" The Great War of Chuzhou, the Great War of Chuzhou...... Didn't the officers and soldiers win? ”