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"Since it can't be forced, then we can only ask Brother Liu's uncle to come forward. Now that the Ming Dynasty is in turmoil, and there are frequent border troubles, I think that the new secretary of the Ministry of War, Lord Yang Si, needs a team like the Loyal Brigade to contribute to the country. Yang Degui stroked his beard and smiled sinisterly as he spoke.

"Or that trick, borrowing a knife to kill someone?" Liu Wanshi said with a smile.

Nodding, Yang Degui said, "Not bad." I don't believe that Zhao Manzi's luck will always be so good, he let him pick up a cheap one, and this time he will be transferred to fight the rogues, and the rogues will be tens of thousands of people, I think he has a few thousand people who are not enough to rogue the teeth, I see if he has any cheap to pick up. ”

"Bang" slapped the table, Liu Wanshi said fiercely: "Okay! Just do as you say. ”

One night ten days later, Yang Sichang was reading a letter from Sun Chuanting, the governor of Shaanxi, who had different opinions on the encirclement and suppression plan of "four squares and six corners, and ten sides of the net." In the letter, he said: "It is useless for you to do this, now that the official army has suffered repeated defeats and the people's material resources have been drained, I am worried that the army and the people will not be able to bear it." If this is carried out, then the thieves will not necessarily be eliminated, but will cause harm to the country. ”

After reading this letter, Yang Sichang was very unhappy, and was about to write a reply to argue with Sun Chuanting, when a domestic servant came to report: "Master, Lord Liu Neng Liu, the servant of the ministry, is visiting." ”。

Yang Sichang knew that he was the first assistant Wen Tiren's person, and he thought to himself: "Liu Neng is narrow-minded and extremely vindictive, although he is inactive in political affairs, but he is the kind of person who has not achieved enough things and has more than enough failures, such a person still can't be easily offended." ”

Thinking of this, he smiled and said loudly, "Hurry up and invite Lord Liu in." With that, he walked out of the study to greet Liu Neng.

"Oh, since Yang Butang took office as the secretary of the military department, the lower officials haven't celebrated for the adults, how dare you bother Yang Butang to come out to greet you today, it's really a sin...... sin and sins" Liu Neng laughed haha. Yang Sichang's enthusiasm made Liu Neng feel very comfortable.

"Where, where...... Liu Shilang is busy with official business, and he can come to the cold house in his busy schedule, but it is too late for the officials to be happy...... Come on, come in, please come in! Come in! Laughing, Yang Sichang put Liu Nengying, the servant of the ministry, into the guest hall.

After some politeness, after serving tea, the two talked about some interesting things about the DPRK and the officialdom. From time to time, the laughter of the two could be heard.

After talking for a while, the topic of the two turned to the affairs of the court. Liu Shilang took a sip of tea and said: "I have heard of Brother Wen's talent for a long time, Your Majesty is really a hero with a discerning eye, and I think only Brother Wen can straighten out the current military chaos." ”

"Alas! Lord Liu has won the award, I don't have such a big ability, everyone collects firewood and the flame is high, and I hope that Lord Liu and all the adults will vigorously support the next official in the future, and give me a peaceful and peaceful Ming. In this way, we will live up to Your Majesty's expectations and trust in us. As he spoke, Yang Sichang arched his hand in the direction of the palace.

After taking another sip of tea, Liu Neng said: "Brother Wen Weak, the strategy of encircling and suppressing the rogue of the four positive corners and the "ten-sided net" that you said in the court during the day is very good, and the purpose of this strategy is to intercept and surround the rogue of mobile warfare, and then eliminate it. To be honest, if this strategy can be implemented in place, it will be a devastating blow to the Liukou, but there is one situation that I don't know if Brother Wen can consider? ”

"Lord Liu, please speak......" Yang Sichang said politely, but his face was disapproving. He said in his heart, you are a servant of the ministry, and you have never led soldiers to fight, can you say anything material.

Seeing this, Liu Neng felt a little unhappy in his heart, and he said: "Brother Wen, your plan is very good, but have you considered the combat effectiveness of the officers and soldiers, as long as one of the ten-sided nets you weave is broken, the rogue will slip out of the net." ”

Hearing this, Yang Sichang also felt that what Liu Neng said was reasonable, the key to the encirclement and suppression strategy of this ten-sided network was indeed to intercept and encircle the Liukou, so as to concentrate forces to eliminate the Liukou.

Thinking of this, he arched his hand and said with a serious expression: "Please also ask Lord Liu for advice." ”

Seeing that he sincerely asked for advice, Liu Neng was very happy, and he said in his heart: "Let you Yang Sichang be like a ghost, you have to drink Lao Tzu's footwashing water." After taking a sip of tea, Liu Neng said slowly: "Brother Wen, in order to strengthen your ten-sided net, I recommend to you a team with super combat power, with the addition of this team, your net will be more reliable." ”

"A team with a lot of power? Which team is it? Yang Sichang asked curiously.

Liu Neng said with a smile: "This team was originally a militia group, the name was Ji'an Volunteer Brigade, because of the meritorious service in the defense of Zhuozhou, His Majesty gave the name of the Ming Loyal and Brave Corps." ”

"Loyal Corps?" Yang Sichang said with a smile, looking indifferent, he didn't believe that a militia group would have much combat effectiveness, maybe Zhuozhou's military exploits were a leak.

Seeing that he didn't believe it, Liu Neng asked: "The five whistles in Jinggang Mountain, Ji'an Prefecture, do Brother Wen know about it?" ”

After thinking for a while, Yang Sichang said: "I know that the terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is difficult to open a husband and a man." ”

Nodding, Liu Neng asked, "If there are five hundred guards above and let you attack, how many do you want?" How long will it take to take it? ”

After thinking about it carefully and calculating it again, Yang Sichang said: "According to the combat strength of the Ming army, with three thousand border soldiers, it can be captured in almost four hours." ”

Hearing this, Liu Neng smiled, he shook his head and smiled, and said, "It's too slow, and there are too many people."

"It's not that the Loyal Warriors attack faster. There are fewer people who need it," Yang Sichang asked in surprise.

Nodding, Liu Neng said: "Don't hide it from Brother Wen, the loyal and brave team captured Baolong Pass, one of the five major whistles, with only five hundred troops, and it took less than half an hour. ”

"Five hundred troops, less than half an hour? How is this possible? Did they fly up with wings? Yang Sichang said suspiciously, he didn't believe in this kind of thing at all.

Liu Neng Zhengse said, "Don't say you don't believe it, after hearing this news, at first, I didn't believe it either, but I repeatedly asked the person who came to deliver the letter from my hometown Ji'an, and it was true, no exaggeration." ”

Yang Sichang is also a good person, he didn't want an unofficial team of officers and soldiers like the loyal and brave team to participate in the encirclement and suppression of the Liukou, he was afraid of his big event, but he was skeptical of what Liu Neng said, just when he hesitated, Liu Neng dropped another bombshell, he said: "I heard that when participating in the defense of Zhuozhou, the loyal and brave team also snatched more than 5,000 war horses from the Tartars. ”

"Is that really the case?" Yang Sichang asked in surprise.

He was the governor of Xuanda for a period of time, and he knew that the combat power of the Tartars was not comparable to that of the Ming officials and soldiers, and it was not an easy task to snatch more than 5,000 war horses from the hands of the Tartars.

Liu Neng said seriously: "It's really true. If you don't believe me, you can ask the university scholar Wu Fu, who knows the inside story best. ”

"Good. Mr. Liu, please wait here. I'll come when I go. Yang Sichang said, and hurriedly went out in a sedan chair.

Soon, he came back with a happy face, and said to Liu Neng with a smile: "This official thanks Lord Liu for his recommendation, and I will write an order to transfer the past to the Zhongyong Corps to participate in the operation of the "Four Positive and Six Corners" to assist the officers and soldiers in encircling and suppressing the Liukou. ”

Seeing that his wish was fulfilled, Liu Neng was full of joy, and after talking to Yang Sichang for a while, he said: "Brother Wen, don't bother you, I still have some things, I have to go back to deal with it" After speaking, he said goodbye and went home.

When I got home, I sat in the study, wrote the letter, and seeing that it was still early, I asked the two family members who came to deliver the letter to ride back to their hometown in Ji'an Province with the reply.

After receiving the holy decree issued by the imperial court, the officers and soldiers of the various ministries began to make preparations before the battle. Those who stockpiled grain and grass, repaired cities, repaired armor, weapons and arrows were very busy, and many places were filled with a tense atmosphere before the war, and these situations were also seen and heard by the spies of the peasant army, so that information about the government and officers and soldiers also continued to gather to Li Zicheng.

Since being defeated by Sun Chuanting and Hong Chengchou in May, Li Zicheng fled to Qinzhou, which is now Tianshui, Gansu, located in the southeast of Gansu Province, in the Qinling Mountains: from Sanhuangzui in the east to Jingdunliang in the west, with a total area of more than 2,000 square kilometers.

The name of Qinzhou first began in the first year of Emperor Wen of Wei (220). Tianshui is the birthplace of "Qin", and since the Three Kingdoms, there are many places named after the word "Qin" in Tianshui, such as Qin'an, Qinling, Qinzhou, etc.

Long before the Western Zhou Dynasty, Boyi, the ancestor of the Qin people who lived here, was given the surname "Ying" because he bred horses for Shun quickly. When he arrived in the Western Zhou Dynasty, after Boyi, Feizi was praised by King Xiao for his meritorious work in raising horses for King Xiao of Zhou. King Xiao not only let him inherit the surname "Ying" of Shun Shi Boyi, but also "sealed his land as a vassal, and the Qin of Yi (that is, the area of Qingshui and Zhangchuan)" was called "Qin Land". This was the beginning of the Qin state in Chinese history.

In the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, Qinzhou was a major town in China's westward journey to Chang'an, and was known as the "gathering place of thousands of autumns", so it became famous for a while. According to the "Biography of the Three Tibetan Masters of the Great Ci'en Temple", Tang Xuanzang went to India to worship the Buddha and learn the scriptures, once passed through Tianshui, "passed through Qinzhou, stopped for a night", and there are many legends of Tang monks learning scriptures in Tianshui.

Li Zicheng's peasant army was repairing in a small town in Qinzhou at this time, with a number of 50,000 or 60,000 people, many small people in the city, children making noise, men's roars, women's cries, and sergeants' scolding, all intertwined, making the small town chaotic.

"King Chuang, I heard that this time the Dog Emperor appointed Xiong Wencan, the secretary of the military department and the right deputy capital, as the prime minister of the five provinces, responsible for the righteous army in the Huai Central Plains." Liu Zongmin said, picked up the earthen bowl on the table, and drank the water in the bowl with a "goo-goo-goo-

After drinking, he wiped his mouth with his hand and said, "This hellish place is hot and dry, and I can't stand it if I don't drink three fucking bowls of cold water for a day." ”

Glancing at him with a smile, General Hao Shaoqi asked, "Brother Liu, who is this Xiong Wencan?" Will there be a war? ”。