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The old battalion of soldiers and horses from all walks of life in Nanzhili stands in the open space on the west bank of Chushui, and it is said that it is a taboo for soldiers to set up a village against the water. But Fan Jingwen is quite complacent about his arrangement: this time the thief army rebelled, my Ming Dynasty sent 70,000 troops, the army was huge, and there was no one for a while, and I saw that the thieves had been pressed in this small area of Chuzhou, and it was the time for my generation to make contributions. However, the combat effectiveness of the guards is not comparable to that of the border army, and they lack the will to fight. The camp leaned on Chushui, which just inspired the determination of the soldiers to fight against the water. Hehe, only to die the enemy and then live, this is a word in the war book, and there can be mistakes.

In the middle of winter, Chushui is in the dry season. In front of me are bare riverbeds, and the surging water of the past has long since turned into a trickle, and the deepest part is only past the horse's belly. Even if the battle doesn't go well, the army can easily retreat. In addition, there are three pontoon bridges over the river.

Advance can be attacked, retreat can be defended, good, good, very good.

As soon as he thought of his arrangement, Fan Jingwen, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, was not complacent.

"Fan Butang, Fan Butang!" A group of scout cavalry flew and rushed towards them.

The army of thieves had arrived in Chuzhou and settled twenty miles away from the Nanjing military camp. Depending on the situation, the decisive battle will be on these two days.

In fact, in the past half a month, the small outpost battles between the two sides have been fought back and forth dozens of times, and each side has paid a lot of casualties

。

The combat effectiveness of the enemy and the enemy has been clearly explored by each other.

The arrangement has long since been completed, and the strategic points that should have been occupied have long been occupied.

It's like two Go players are on the chessboard and can't stop making moves to seize the ground, and now it's time to strangle in the middle game.

Since the political struggle failed a few years ago and he was sent to Nanjing to retire, Fan Jingwen has been thinking about how to return to Beijing and return to the center of political decision-making.

Now, I finally seized such an opportunity, how can I let it go.

Since now on the great treasure, hard work, the abolition of the factory guard, free of business taxes, my Ming Dynasty has a lot of signs of prosperity. It is strange to say that the Son of Heaven is not diligent in his administration, and he is not careless in doing things, but the state affairs are becoming more and more erosive compared to the year of the Apocalypse. Up to now, the treasury is empty and the people are everywhere, and the slaves outside the customs are becoming more and more rampant day by day, committing crimes every year, and the army has entered and exited the important land of Gyeonggi, like a no-man's land. Inside, the thief army is also fighting more and more, and gradually has the potential to spark the prairie fire.

In fact, the most important task of the imperial court in recent years was the military. Whether it is to resist the construction of slaves outside the Guan, or to exterminate the domestic thief army, as long as you make military achievements, you can immediately be in the heart of the emperor.

For example, Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng are all hot red now. Another example is Yang Sichang, because of his military exploits in exterminating the thief army, he is now in the cabinet, and there is gossip that he is still very likely to take up the post of first assistant to the cabinet.

Here, seven thieves and about 300,000 thieves gathered in Chuzhou. If it can be annihilated in one fell swoop, I don't know what kind of situation Fan Jingwen will be in the future?

Thinking of this beautiful prospect, Fan Shangshu was fascinated by it.

This is also the reason why he grabbed the command of the entire army as soon as he joined forces with Lu Xiangsheng.

If he wants to agree, he can't do it, and the supplies for this army are all supplied by me in Nanjing. If you don't give me this opportunity to make a contribution, don't blame me Fan Jingwen for demolishing your platform.

……

Fortunately, Lu Xiangsheng is not a person who is keen on power, and for the sake of unity, he acquiesced to Fan Jingwei's behavior of grabbing power.

Actually, in real history

。 Because the speed of the peasant army's attack on Chuzhou was too fast, Lu Xiangsheng's army rushed all the way in order to keep Chuzhou, and when Fan Jingwen's army arrived at the battlefield, the whole battle was over.

But the history of this time and space has changed, Sun Yuan defeated Liu Zongmin's forward battalion, and the peasant army found that the officers and soldiers who came to help this time were hard bones, slowed down, and the use of troops became more stable. In this way, Fan Jingwen and Lu Xiangsheng can successfully join forces.

……

"Any news?" Fan Jingwen asked.

The scouts dismounted one after another, and the first officer of the seventh rank replied: "The whole army of thieves has been assembled, and if nothing happens, a general attack on our department should be launched within two or three days." ”

Fan Jingwen perked up: "The whole army is assembled, there is no other action, can you really probe it?" ”

The officer said: "What the last general really sees is that the whole army is assembled, and the target is our old battalion of the Nanjing Army." This person Fan Jingwen has some impressions, as if his surname is Zhu, and it is said that he is the descendant of Zhu Neng, the hero of Jingnan, and he hangs the title of a small cavalry captain to live by eating and living. The year before last, because of the difficult life, he left the door and was sent to Nanjing on an errand. This time, I don't know how to squeeze into the army of thieves, and I want to make some merits.

This person spoke with a mouthful of Beijing films, giving people a feeling of oily tone, which made Fan Jingwen dislike it very much, snorted, nodded and sneered: "A thief is always a thief, and I don't know if a soldier doesn't understand the art of war." I couldn't tell that there was a long snake formation under the main hall. The art of war has clouds, and the snake of the mountain strikes its head and tail; Hit its tail and head to it; Hit its abdomen, and head to tail. When his whole army came to attack the old camp of our Nanjing army, wasn't he afraid that Zu Kuan and Lu Jiandou's whole army would come to their aid to make their dumplings? ”

"That is, as far as my subordinates know, the thief army used to be mud legs with yellow mud legs, and they knew what art of war, and this time they just achieved the peerless military feats of the department." The scout officer surnamed Zhu said complimentingly.

Although he knew that this person was purely sycophant, Fan Jingwen was still very useful, and waved his hand: "Go down and rest!" ”

The man didn't leave, only turned his eyes to look at Fan Jingwen.

Fan Jingwen realized that he was asking for a reward from himself, and the evil feeling in his heart was even worse. But after thinking about it, the big war is imminent, and now is the time to use these scouts, but it is not good to offend them. So he kept his face calm and threw a piece of silver over.

The man took the silver and smiled and said, "Xie Butang's reward!" ”

"Thank you for your reward

！ The scouts gave up their hands one after another, and then dispersed with a bang, surrounded the officer surnamed Zhu, and looked for a place to eat and drink.

"These gentlemen!" Fan Jingwen shook his head helplessly. Coming out of Nanjing, this group of noble children had never fought a battle, but they had a lot of money from their own hands. But although these people are all small people, there are many nobles standing behind them, and they can't afford to offend.

When the scouts left, remembering that the curtain of the decisive battle would open in two or three days at most, Fan Jingwen always felt that he should do something.

The problem was that he thought about it for a long time, but he didn't know what to do, so he had to write two letters and ask Kuaima to bring the news to Lu Xiangsheng and Zu Kuan.

The drizzle was still falling, and when he looked back at Chushui, Fan Jingwen suddenly felt uneasy in his heart.

If it rains constantly, will the river rise? If so, when our army is unfavorable, won't there be even a way out? Also, is all the main forces of the thief army coming to attack?

No, it will definitely not lose, the main force of the thief army will definitely come, our army has fought against the water, and has just won a great victory at Qingliu Pass, and the morale is flourishing, and it will definitely win.

Qingliu Pass ...... Thinking of Sun Yuan's face, Fan Jingwen suddenly had a feeling of annoyance, and couldn't help but scold: The factory guard lackey, the eunuch clown, dared to risk his merits to ask for rewards, if it weren't for the fact that our army needed a victory to boost morale, such a villain would have been beheaded a long time ago.

In the boundless rain, a group of grain wagons came from the east like a long dragon and sent them to the old military camp in Nanjing along the three pontoon bridges.

Because there were too many people and vehicles on the pontoon bridge, there was a boom, and a grain truck overturned into the river.

Several people were frightened and hurriedly jumped down. Fighting to rescue the food bags that fell into the water.

The water was not deep, it did not reach the chest of a person.

Because of this accident, the pontoon bridge was crowded into a ball, and the people and officers behind kept shouting and scolding, making people feel like they were in a vegetable market.

"The pontoon bridge is still a little narrower!"

This time to exterminate the army of thieves, the Son of Heaven took it very seriously, and even paid 70,000 taels of silver out of his own pocket as military funds. But this little money is scattered in all directions, what can I do? In the end, Nanjing has to pay for it.

For this battle, for his own merits and future, in the past month, Fan Jingwen has collected more than 100,000 taels of silver and countless grains and grass to be served

。 If this battle is won, at least half of the credit will go to him.

For the sake of this splashing of credit, Fan Jingwen can be said to have used all the connections at hand. He moved more than half of the entire treasury in Nanjing.

If this victory is overcome, it will naturally be good. If you lose, things will be in trouble.

After all, he is an elderly person, with a monopoly on military power, and dealing with money and food all day long, Fan Jingwen only felt tired, and he didn't bother to think about the trace of uneasiness in his heart.

"Brother Zhu."

"Ah, it's Zhu Qianhu, come on, come on, eat and drink together." The scout cavalry had just returned to the camp and were huddled in a tent, munching on wine and meat.

As soon as the tent door was opened, a figure came in, it was Zhu Xuanshui, deputy of Nanjing Jinyi Guard.

In the past few days, Zhu Xuanshui stayed in the old camp of the Nanjing Army all day long, looking for an opportunity for Sun Yuan to go to the battlefield. He is also a noble son, so he naturally has a hot fight with this group of people.

Zhu Xuanshui was not polite, sat on the felt carpet with one butt, tore off a piece of mutton and bit it in a big bite, and said with a smile while eating: "If you want to start fighting, is it really the whole thief army to attack?" ”

The leader of the scout surnamed Zhu: "Nonsense, we can find out the real thing." ”

"Really?" Zhu Xuanshui: "I'm afraid that you just walked around outside the camp, and you came back without even seeing a thief army." You can hide it from Fan Butang, but you can't hide it from me. ”

Everyone changed color at the same time, and someone shouted: "Zhu Qianhu, you can't talk nonsense." The crime of lying about military intelligence is a big one, and it is punishable by beheading. ”

Zhu Xuanshui suddenly sneered, and pointed at everyone one by one with his fingers: "You guys are so clean that you can't see a little mud, it's raining outside for so many days, and the road has long been drenched." You can deceive Fan Jingwen, but you can't deceive me. ”

Everyone panicked at this time, and hurriedly whispered: "Brother Zhu, Brother Zhu, what are you talking about, isn't it harming me to wait?" If you have something to do with us, even if you say it, why bother? ”

Zhu Xuanshui smiled: "What are you panicking about, you still don't know what my Zhu Xuanshui is like, and I am a righteous person." We are all brothers, how can we go to Fan Jingwen to explain this matter? ”

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