Chapter 64: The Back Road (Part II)

With the convenience of the Yellow River waterway, it is extremely fast to send messages from upstream to downstream. In less than two days, Zhao Jun used the news that he was ready to stab the Huai'an army in the back and Sheng Wenyu was willing to be driven by the general manager, and he was sent to Xuzhou one after another and sent to Zhu Chongjiu's temporary line.

"This white-eyed wolf should have killed him with one knife in the first place!" After Su Mingzhe heard the news, he was the first to jump up, and the ground smashed by the golden cane.

At the beginning of the uprising in Xuzhou, Zhao Junyong made it difficult for the left army in every way. Later, he also tried to compete with Zhu Chongjiu for the command of the entire East Road Red Scarf. If it weren't for Zhu Chongjiu's soft-heartedness, everyone would have sent Zhao Junyong to the funeral as early as when Sesame Li had just died, how could he have been allowed to live until now?

"Damn it! He should have been broken into pieces in the first place!"

"Although the lord has ordered, the last general only needs two brigades of soldiers and horses, and he will promise to bring Zhao Jun back with that guy's head!"

"There are a thousand days to catch thieves, there is no reason to prevent thieves for a thousand days, my lord, if Zhao Jun dares to approach the canal, the first army must make a move!"

"When that guy was under the command of Manager Li, he already had a different heart. It's just that Manager Li went early, so he didn't give him a chance to start. If the lord forgives him this time, I am afraid that not only will he not be able to get his gratitude, but it will make him feel that the lord is pedantic and deceitful! ”

Zhang Song, Liu Ziyun, Feng Guosheng, including Li Mubai, who was once used by Zhao Jun as a confidant, were all filled with righteous indignation.

You Zhao Jun can be ambitious, after all, according to the traditional concept, Meng Yuan loses his deer, and the heroes of the world are qualified to enter the field and chase him. But you Zhao Jun used a large number of Yuan troops in Luzhou, Jining and other places not to fight, but came to threaten the grain route of the Huai'an army, which is unbearable. Especially at the juncture when the Huai'an army was preparing for a decisive battle with Meng Yuan, any risk must be decisively eliminated in the bud.

Liu Bowen, who is the most strategic, is currently serving as a staff officer for Xu Da in the Northern Expeditionary Army, and Lu Lu, who is the most spicy, has been in poor physical condition after the Spring Festival this year, and stayed in Yangzhou to recuperate. And Feng Guoyong, Song Ke and others also went to several major armies. Therefore, at the moment, there are no too powerful strategists around Zhu Chongjiu. Everyone, you say a word, I say a word, all the ideas that can be come up are basically to start a war decisively, simply take down Zhao Jun neatly, and make an example of the chickens and monkeys.

"If the lord doesn't want to have a bad reputation for violating Gaoyou's covenant, Wechen suggests that the Tota Heavenly King and the Black Whirlwind be activated now, and let them take action, once and for all!" Seeing that Zhu Chongjiu was silent all the time, Chen Ji, the director of the Military Intelligence Department, thought about it and decided to find another way.

secretly befriended the Huai'an Army and wanted to leave a way back for himself, Sheng Wenyu was definitely not the first. The skills of the Military Intelligence and Internal Affairs Divisions in espionage warfare are also enough to throw off any other Imperial City Division and Secret Spy Division dozens of streets. Therefore, if the Great Governor's Mansion can not tolerate Zhao Jun's troublemaking and does not want to take the lead in provoking a war, it is the safest way to start from the inside of the Bianliang Red Scarf. With the strong assistance of Sheng Wenyu, the Military Intelligence Department was more than sixty percent sure that Zhao Jun was cleanly solved. It wouldn't even be a problem to turn it into the next Du Zundao.

At this moment, two fine lights suddenly appeared in Zhu Chongjiu's eyes. The countless spy dramas seen in the other world came to my heart one by one. However, he is now Zhu Chongjiu, not the Zhu Dapeng he was back then. With the increasing experience of leading troops and handling government affairs, he has long known that espionage can be used as an auxiliary to the frontal battlefield, and as the key to determining victory or defeat, it is purely a nerd daytime. Therefore, his mind quickly calmed down, and he shook his head with a smile, "The military intelligence department and the main task is to collect intelligence and disintegrate the morale of the opponent's army. Some extraordinary means, try not to think about using them if you can. If something goes wrong, it's definitely worth the loss! ”

After saying that, he turned his head to staff officer Geng Tianci with a smile, "There is news from the Seventh Army in the past two days, can General Wang Kerou handle it?" ”

Geng Tianci is Geng Zaicheng's youngest son, who just finished his studies from the lecture hall last summer, and is still a little unfamiliar with his daily work. I hurriedly searched around a few cabinets by the wall before I replied with a red face: "Lord Qiqi, the Qishui side is safe." General Wang Kerou also had an official document delivered yesterday, saying that he felt very unwilling to watch Zhu Chongba conquer the city in the south of the Yangtze River. Lieutenant Chen Youliang also sent a war report, saying that the local bandits had basically been eliminated, and he was looking forward to the latest general order of the General Staff! ”

"Just let the two of them calm down and keep the water. At least for half a year, the Great Governor's Mansion will not have the strength to fight on two fronts! Zhu Chongjiu smiled and commanded in a low voice.

The Seventh Army was incorporated into the Huai'an Army relatively late, and its strength was relatively weak. But Wang Kerou is very loyal and reliable, and letting him succeed Wu Liangmou and lead the Seventh Army out of the town of Qishui can make all parties feel at ease. As for Chen Youliang, Zhu Chongjiu never made up his mind how to settle this person. In terms of the ability to lead troops to fight, this person may only be second only to Xu Da, only inferior to Hu Dahai, Wu Liangmou and others in terms of experience, and slightly better in terms of talent. But this person's heroic deeds in another time and space made it difficult for Zhu Chongjiu to promote him with confidence and take charge of himself alone.

"Yes!" Geng Tianci was encouraged by the smile and continued to add in a low voice, "On the reserve side, General Han also reported that the new round of recruitment has ended. In two months at the latest, another 50,000 auxiliaries will be sent for each legion to choose from! ”

Because a large amount of land was seized in Jiangnan, the previous promise to grant land to the soldiers had basically been fulfilled by the Great Governor's Mansion before Xu Da set out on the expedition. Therefore, this round of conscription after the beginning of spring has received an unprecedented enthusiastic response. Many of the young men who could find something to do in the city, as well as a large number of farmers who had their own land at home, gave up what they were doing and decided to try their luck in the reserves. There are even a large number of young men who came from Jiangxi and Zhongshu provinces to be refugees, just to become soldiers and get a land for their families.

There were more people who signed up for recruitment, and Han Lao Liu naturally greatly raised the threshold for recruitment. Therefore, the quality of the newly recruited auxiliaries is very high, and after a little **, they are not inferior to the soldiers of other forces.

There are 50,000 recruits as reserves, and if you take down one Zhao Junyong, even if you fall into the nest with the Bianliang Red Turban, the first army left behind in Huaiyang may not be afraid of them. Immediately, the voices of many people's proposals rose again, and they all begged Zhu Chongjiu to make a decision as soon as possible and scrape the bones of the Red Turban Army to cure the poison.

"Zhao Junyong is definitely not a good bird!" In the midst of a fierce battle, Zhu Chongjiu smiled and pressed his arms down. "But Sheng Wenyu's words reminded me that we don't have any qualifications to prevent others from participating in the Northern Expedition! If he crossed the Yellow River with his troops and was too close to Xu Da, Zhu would kill him. How much difference is there between Zhu and him Zhao Junyong? ! ”

The clamor of the crowd immediately weakened, and one by one they were full of disbelief, but they could not find the right words to refute it.

Since the establishment of the Governor's Office, it has always emphasized that it is impossible to punish people for unproven crimes. In other words, you can have any idea, but as long as you don't put it into practice, no one can put the blame on your head. Otherwise, more than eighty percent of adult men will probably be convicted of adultery, and no one will be spared.

According to this criterion, even if Zhao Junyong led his troops close to the territory that the Huai'an Army had just recovered, as long as he did not take the initiative to attack, it would be difficult to severely punish him in advance.

"The Lord is benevolent, and it is a blessing to us and all the people of the world!" In the end, Zhang Song's mind turned quickly, took half a step forward, and bowed to Zhu Chongjiu, "But the benevolence of the lord can only be applied to Huaiyang at the moment, not to other princes." Especially Zhao Jun uses this kind of wolf-hearted dog-lung, the lord must take precautions! ”

"Isn't there Sheng Wenyu's indication? slaughtered the surnamed Zhao first, and then made the testimony public! "Su Mingzhe only has Zhu Chongjiu in his eyes, so he doesn't care if Zhao Jun is innocent or not. He also banged on the ground with a gold-covered cane and shouted loudly.

"Yes, my lord, and don't be soft on such people!"

"The Lord"

"Okay, don't talk about it, you all have a point!" Zhu Chongjiu stood up again and pressed down with both hands, "The question is, can we make Sheng Wenyu's evidence public?" What if he has a personal enmity with Zhao Jun and wants to borrow a knife to kill someone? Besides, as long as you do it, you will die not only for Zhao Jun. So many heads cut off, in case it is wrong, who has the ability to put it back? ”

"This?" The crowd was silent again. With round eyes and looking around, he wished that Liu Bowen could fly back from the front line immediately.

Only Liu Bowen, chief of the General Staff, can use his ruthlessness and decisiveness to make up for the benevolence of his father-in-law. Only Liu Bowen can try all kinds of ways to make his father-in-law accept his advice, instead of going his own way like now.

"Zhao Jun uses that guy, I haven't been dealing with him for a day or two. He has a very bad heart, but he is definitely not a fool! Seeing the disappointed looks on everyone's faces, Zhu Chongjiu couldn't help but add with a smile. On the contrary, this man is extremely shrewd. He took the opportunity to lead his troops north, and asked for only two things. First, find a way to block us. Second, take the opportunity to break away from the Bianliang Red Scarf and grab a piece of land to divide one side. Either way, he had to consider his own strength. And now, the three corps of our Huai'an Army are heading north, and one corps is sitting in Xuzhou but not starting. Then Zhao Jun only has 20,000 soldiers and horses with a full fight, does he have the courage to fight my four legions of Huaiyang alone? ”

"Don't dare! Those who only dare to play yin will never dare to be our enemies openly! ”

"Don't dare to borrow his three guts!"

"Unless we ourselves lose the battle, bah, I am bad, bad spirits, bad spirits, bad spirits," the civil and military voices quickly became enthusiastic again.

This time, no one persuaded Zhu Chongjiu to kill Zhao Jun as soon as possible. The Huai'an Army is no longer the Huai'an Army of three years ago, but Zhao Jun is still the Zhao Jun of the year. The strength of the two sides is no longer on the same level. It is said that if the five main forces of the Huai'an Army are pulled out at random, they can directly crush Zhao Jun into powder with the little soldiers and horses at hand. Even a rising star like the Seventh Army, when he is against Zhao Jun's troops, can beat it to the ground.

"Okay, what are you going to do, what are you going to do, I've heard a few screams, aren't you still farming?! Don't care what other people have in their hearts, let's do our own things first! Zhu Chongjiu's voice came again, and it was particularly clear in the midst of a heated discussion. Feng Guosheng, you take the Guards Brigade north to Puzhou and assist Robben in stabilizing the place as soon as possible. Fu Youde, you take the independent cavalry brigade to patrol back and forth along the canal, and if there is any abnormality, decide the countermeasures for yourself! ”

"Yes!" Feng Guosheng and Fu Youde were full of joy and strode forward to receive the order.

Zhu Chongjiu nodded at the two of them, and turned his gaze to Chen Ji again, "The Military Intelligence Department replied to Sheng Pingzhang for me to thank him for his kindness. Then ask him to try his best to urge Zhao Jun to use the western front to contain Chahan Timur, but it is really difficult for the other party, don't force it. Let Zhao Jun use himself to go his own, there is nothing to worry about! Zhu will not prevent anyone from participating in the Northern Expedition, if he dares to approach the canal, Zhu will definitely meet him! ”

"Hahaha" In the room, a string of confident laughter sounded. On everyone's face, there was a bit of anticipation at this moment.

Feng Guosheng had already taken precautions in advance, and Fu Youde's cavalry was known for its sharp attacks and fast movements. The two of them cooperated with each other, plus the other brigades directly under Xuzhou, Zhao Jun did not grant the Huai'an army a mouth, but once he was caught, what was waiting for him was death and fame, and there was no chance to toss any storms

Zhao Junyong is not a fool, squatting in Bianliang City, he will keep moving his mind, but once he leads his soldiers and horses across the Yellow River, he will soon find that there are not so many advantages to take advantage of in the world. The best option is to bow to reality as soon as possible.

The conspiracy works, but it is also difficult to guard against. But in the face of sheer strength, most conspiracies turn into jokes in the end.

At this moment, hundreds of miles away in Jinan, the deputy prefect of the Mengyuan Privy Council, and Pingzhang of Zhongshu Province are too unflowering, and they also find that they are about to become the only protagonist of a joke.

He has been defeated in every battle for more than half a month, and he has completely lost confidence in winning on the battlefield. So, he simply listened to the suggestion of his henchman Liu Clam, pretended to be ready to surrender, and asked the Huai'an Sixth Army to send someone to come and talk to him in person.

If you can deceive one or two generals of the Huai'an Army and send their heads to Dadu, at least it will prove to the imperial court the loyalty of Taibuhua and the other hundred and ten Dayuan generals. Instead of being like now, everyone was struggling to support under the full attack of the Huaiyang Sixth Army. On the one hand, it will also be suspicious of the imperial court, and grain, grass, weapons, and military resources will not be supported in any way.

Of course, no matter what, Jinan will not be able to keep it in the end. But at least it also dealt a blow to the arrogance of the thief, and he explained to his own emperor. Then everyone retreated to the capital, and advanced and retreated together with the Manchu civil and military forces. I don't believe that Zhu Butcher can still eat fat in one go, and immediately after beating Dadu, he has the ability to send troops to Jining!

You don't need to be too high-level, it's almost a brigade long. It can meet the needs of Tai Buhua to take the initiative to lead the remnants of the army to the capital. However, what he never expected was that after receiving the letter, the other side actually expressed the greatest sincerity. Led by Changshi Feng Guoyong himself, there were also Xue Xue and a number of his old acquaintances!

This is too gratifying. Tai Buhua couldn't wait to drop the cup immediately, and ordered the ambush soldiers who were ambushed outside the tent of the Chinese army to come in and catch turtles in the urn. However, at the moment when the cup was about to leave his hand, he suddenly found that the corners of his most relied on henchman Liu Clam's mouth showed a slight smile. It's a little secretive, a little proud, and it's chilling in an instant!

"Thanks to Feng Changshi, he did not give up and came here. If the sin is postponed again, won't it be in vain?! "Grabbed the cup with both hands, and it didn't take too much to bend his knees decisively." From today onwards, Sin will join the 70,000 brothers under his command to be driven by His Majesty King Wu to go to the soup and fire, and he will not give up! ”