Chapter 302: The Yellow River Fu (Next)

"In this way, the princes and nobles in the capital will definitely not support Totok, but in the future, the people of Zhongshu Province will definitely regard our Huai'an army as an enemy." Without waiting for Zhu Chongjiu to make a decision, the commander of the Fifth Army, Wu Liangmou, stepped forward and retorted angrily.

His home is located north of the Yellow River close to Shanyang Lake, and many colleagues in the Fifth Army are also the children of the squires who were sent to Zhu Chongjiu's account by their respective families as "long-term investment".

"General Wu can send a trustworthy person to go with him to screen friend and foe at any time." Zhang Yi didn't want to end up with nothing after joining the army, so he thought about it and carefully discussed it with Wu Liangmou.

"Are you afraid that my family will not die fast enough?" Wu Liangmou pursed his lips and sneered loudly, as his own status in the Huai'an Army became higher and higher, and his fame became bigger and bigger, his family members on the north shore had already become the focus of the Mengyuan government, but because the Wu family was still a little powerful in the local area, and had already declared that they had severed any relationship with him, they could barely cope with it.

And if the "strange soldiers" of the Huai'an army cross the river and cause the surrounding disasters to a mess, but only leave the Wu family, the Liu family and a few other Zhuangzi who have something to do with this side not to move, wouldn't it prove that the so-called "genealogy removal" is simply an outright lie, saying that the Mengyuan official mansion will immediately turn its face, and the rest of the victimized gentry around will also rush up and tear these families to pieces.

"What Zhang said earlier was that he crossed the river from Anton's side and bypassed your house." Zhang Yi was laughed so hard that he defended with a red face.

"You said you could get around it." Wu Liangmou glared at him fiercely, and continued to retort loudly, "It's easy to light the fire, but it's difficult to extinguish it, with the Huai'an army taking the lead in killing people and setting fires, those ruffians in the countryside, how can they not take the opportunity to fish in troubled waters, if they don't get it right, it's the second Yangzhou, and we also beheaded Zhang Mingjian." ”

"You!" Zhang Yi was so angry that his eyes were on fire, and he couldn't wait to slap Wu Liangmou off the boat, the two armies fought, and the means were all extreme, and it was said that it was to kill people and set fire to the other party's territory, which was a worse method, and it was also natural, and this fire was still selectively placed, rather than blindly messing around.

"Why, if you can't say it, you want to use force, Zhang joins the army, then you really found the wrong opponent." Wu Liangmou sneered a few times, stretched out his arms and legs, and held the joints of his ten fingers with a gurgling sound.

This is a bit of a bully, Zhang Yi is almost twice as old as him, and he is a very pure civil official, but he is the new attached army general, since he was a child, there have been special people staring at the bones, the combat effectiveness of the two sides is not at all on the same order of magnitude, the three Zhang Yi are tied together, and they can't stop him from one arm.

"Okay, don't say a few words, don't wait for the fight to start, your own people will fight first." Lu Lu was really unable to see it next to him, and scolded with a straight face.

Whether it is Wu Liangmou or Zhang Yi, they have to be regarded as his juniors, so these two people immediately lost their temper, glared at each other, bowed down and admitted their mistakes, "The lowly (last general) is out of shape, please punish Lord Changshi." ”

"The three-benefit strategy is not aimed at the rural people." Lu Lu Zeng glared at the two of them fiercely, and then looked at Zhu Chongjiu, who was frowning and contemplating, and explained loudly, "In fact, the people we sent only need to capture a few prefectures and cities, empty the warehouses, and let the local governments have no grain to transport, and there is no need to go to the fields to set fires, and Youtu's worries are not superfluous, the Huai'an army is a benevolent and righteous army, and they must not lose their reputation for the sake of a momentary hurry." ”

"Hmm" Zhang Yi and Wu Liangmou blushed and gave up their hands, what the two of them wanted to express before was definitely not what Lu Lu had said, but Lao Jinshi slapped each of them first, and then extended it indiscriminately, but the two of them were unable to defend themselves.

I was annoyed, but I heard Lu Lu once say: "The summer harvest is imminent, and the local government will collect the wheat from the hands of the people, and then load it into a truck, which is by no means a thing that can be completed in a day or two, according to the old man's opinion, this soldier will either not be sent, if you want to send, you will send enough, no matter what kind of fight it looks like in Xuzhou, this strange army we sent will fight all the way north from Andong Prefecture, and every time a city is broken, immediately open a warehouse and release grain, and distribute the grain and money of the local government to the local people, so, The people will definitely thank our Huai'an Army, and the government will wait for my Huai'an Army to leave, and then want to collect the second wave of grain, I'm afraid it will not be so easy. ”

"But in case the brothers are tripped up by Jiancheng" Zhang Yi was stunned, and instinctively reminded him, but thinking of Zhu Chongjiu's degree of breaking a city in one day last year, the words on his lips were swallowed back into his stomach.

In front of the Huai'an army, where is there any fortified city, even the blue brick-covered Gaoyou did not last a day, the north bank of the Yellow River The city walls made of pure loess can withstand a few explosions of gunpowder, I am afraid that within an hour, they will all be turned into ruins.

"Wang Xuan's Huang Jun has been resting for half a year, and it's time to send it out for some training." Lu Lu Zeng smiled at him, then quickly turned his head to Zhu Chongjiu and whispered, "If you don't send it out again, I'm afraid it will inevitably be that someone will complain about the flesh and intestines." ”

Wang Xuan and the Yellow Army under his command took the initiative to take refuge in the account of the Great Governor's Office during the Battle of Yangzhou in December last year, and the two sides had a verbal agreement that once the crisis in Yangzhou was resolved, the Great Governor's Office would fully support the Yellow Army to go north and create a living space on the other side of the Yellow River, but Wang Xuan began to regret his original decision after seeing the strong combat effectiveness of the Huai'an Army and the amazing production capacity of each workshop, and always hesitated to be like Zhang Shicheng and Wang Kerou as the peripheral force of the Huaiyang system. Go out and make your own way in order to plan for the future, or simply reorganize the Yellow Army now, completely merge it into the Huai'an Army, and directly become a member of the Huaiyang Department.

If it weren't for the imminent war, Zhu Chongjiu wouldn't care if Wang Xuan hesitated for a few more days, anyway, the Yellow Army had not eaten military rations in vain in the past six months, except for the thousands of elites who have been vigorously training in accordance with the model of the Huai'an Army's soldiers, most of the other soldiers have undertaken the same tasks as the Huai'an Army's auxiliaries, repairing bridges and roads, digging rivers in Tuntian, and basically being self-reliant.

But the war is about to start, and it is not a wise choice to keep more than 20,000 Yellow troops in the Huaiyang area, so as soon as Lu Lu reminded him, Zhu Chongjiu immediately thought of the purpose of this army of soldiers and horses, "What Shangong said is extremely true, the promise made by the general manager back then is indeed when it is time to fulfill it, come and pass my order to Wang Xuan, so that he can immediately bring his troops and horses to Huai'an to converge." ”

"Yes." The soldier took the arrow, trotted to the stern, jumped into a light boat tied to the back, rowed to the shore three times and twice, and then jumped on a horse and galloped away.

"After arriving in Huai'an, Sanyi will carefully explain your plan to General Wang Xuan." Zhu Chongjiu watched the herald leave, thought about it, walked in front of Zhang Yi and ordered, "Then, you, Wu Youtu and Wang Xuan, together with the three of you, come up with a specific strategy for going north, not to grab a handful and leave, but to see if you can let Wang Xuan and his Huang Army fight all the way to the northeast, and finally occupy Denglai directly, so that the Governor's Mansion can find a way to provide necessary support for General Wang Xuan from the sea, and Wang Xuan can send troops at any time to threaten Yidu and Jinan after Denglai has gained a firm foothold." ”

This is a big step forward from Lu Zeng's previous idea, not only so that the Mongolian nobles in the capital city will not be able to eat the wheat in the south of Zhongshu Province this year, and every year in the future, I am afraid that it will be empty joy, and once this model of cross-sea support matures, the Huai'an army can even send a small number of elites at any time to Deng6 in Zhigu, so that the Gyeonggi area of the Mengyuan court will not be at peace at all.

Zhang Yi and Wu Liangmou both reacted very quickly, and immediately saw the beauty of this plan from Zhu Chongjiu's arrangement, and both arched their hands, claiming yes, while the latter smiled kindly at the two of them, and then continued to discuss with Lu Luzeng, "Good man, remember that we let Yue Kuocha'er go last year. ”

"Even if the lord doesn't mention this, the old minister will tell you about it." Lu Lu once immediately took over the conversation and responded in a low voice, "Hama, Xuexue, Yue Kuo Cha'er and others will definitely not watch Totok make contributions, it's just that these three people are incompetent and have not been able to find a suitable opportunity to stab Tokhtar in the back, so the lord must push it hard behind him, so that Hama and the others can make up their minds as soon as possible." ”

"How to push." When Zhu Chongjiu heard this, he immediately asked in a low voice.

"The first step is to resist Totokh in Xuzhou, even if you can't win the battle, at least maintain the undefeated situation, and don't give Totoku a chance to continue to grow his reputation." Lu Lu was once an old ginger, the army was not very good at it, officialdom means, but Yemen Qing, "The second step is to let Wang Xuan lead the Yellow Army across the river and attack Yizhou, Jinan, Denglai and other places, so that the Mengyuan court felt that the threat was close at hand, and issued an order to Toto, asking him to divide his troops to rescue, and Totok in order to concentrate all his strength against us, he may not give up his troops, at that time, it is the third step"

The more Lu Lu said, the lower his voice became, the more he spoke, the lower his voice became, and in the end it was almost inaudible, Zhu Chongjiu fought several cold wars in succession, and admired the old jinshi so much, but looking at the mast in front of him and behind him, he was so unwilling, "Can't you really fight the male and female on the battlefield in a dignified manner, you must use these insidious methods, that escape is really like the legend, the art of war has reached the point of unfathomable ghosts and gods, and it actually makes Lu Lao Jinshi dare not fight him head-on from beginning to end,"

"Go to the army and plot." Lu Luzeng only used four words, and all the words that Zhu Chongjiu didn't say were suffocated in his stomach, "To get rid of this south, all kinds of means will be used." Looking at Zhu Chongjiu's unwilling eyes, Lao Jinshi continued to add, "I'm just waiting for the color." ”

"Indeed, it is not rude to come." Zhu Chongjiu shook his head vigorously, completely throwing the simple thoughts in his heart out of the clouds, he is now the general manager of Huaiyang, with more than 100,000 troops under his command, and more than 100 military generals, his every move involves the life and death of many people, and he is no longer qualified to come by temperament.

And at present, the gap between the two sides in terms of strength is indeed too great, so that the Huaiyang Governor's Mansion does not dare to estimate the war too optimistically, according to the information in hand, the detachment from the south, with a full 300,000 elites, along the way of the grain and grass transportation, is completely handed over to the local government to bear, in other words, these 300,000 elites, with the current division of the Huai'an Army, should all be counted as combat soldiers, and all the Huai'an Army horses combined, can be counted as combat soldiers, only more than 50,000.

Of course, Sesame Li and Zhao Jun will never be on the wall, but on Meng Yuan's side, there are Chahan Timur, Wang Baobao father and son, plus a Li Siqi, Liu Futong, who was originally far away in Bianliang, may also send troops to help in the war, but after the traitor Zhang Liangbi suddenly defected, Liu Futong was hit with a knife behind him, making it difficult for him to really come up with enough strength to support the Xuzhou army, which was only nominally subordinate to him.

Along the way, all the way on the boat kept discussing, deducing, no matter how to plan, Zhu Chongjiu and Lu Luzeng, Zhang Yi and others, in the end could not come up with an absolutely sure combat plan, and everyone got off the ship in Huai'an, but suddenly got an extremely exciting news, Sesame Li regained Ningling three days ago, defeated Chakhan Timur, Suzhou Army and Xuzhou Army flanked the two wings, Chakhan Timur and Li Siqi's soldiers and horses, completely pressed back to Suiyang City, and the two thieves could be taken on the head.

"Detachment, detachment striker, haven't you arrived?" When Zhu Chongjiu heard this, he couldn't believe it at first, and then he frowned and asked.

It's not normal, this is definitely not normal, if he can't get to the battlefield in time, why should he make it difficult for Li Siqi in advance.

"Zhao Jun sent a sailor to blow up all the pontoon bridges between Suiyang and Xuzhou, after the striker arrived on the north bank of the Yellow River near Xuzhou, there was no bridge feasible, and there was a lot of rain recently, and the Yellow River was very fast, unless he found hundreds of big ships at one time, there was no way to force the crossing, and if he went down to the river, he would be sunk by Zhao Jun's sailors." Hu Dahai stepped forward and gloated to explain.

"The Mongols were not good at water warfare in the first place, and now they can only set up artillery on the north bank of the Yellow River to bombard Zhao Jun's sailors, and although their artillery is very large, the accuracy is not very good, and it is difficult for Zhao Jun's warships to be injured if they don't stop in place." Old Ivan also stepped forward and added with a smile on his face.

After being the deputy commander of the Second Army for such a long time, the temperament of a veteran ruffian should have been reborn a long time ago, but no matter how it changes, he can't get rid of the humility he has cultivated in half a lifetime of employment, and no matter who he talks to, it is like patting other people's ass.

"Just Li Pingzhang and Zhao Jun are using two to flank Chakhan Timur, who else is over there." Zhu Chongjiu had no time to pay attention to the old ruffian's flattery, thought about it, and continued to ask in a low voice.

"Of course, it is Guo Zixing and Sun Deya, they tasted the sweetness last time, this time, Zhao Jun went over with a letter, and the two of them each rushed over with a team of 10,000 people, faster than General Xu Da, it is said that they have entered the city four days ago."

"What about Xu Da, where is he now, and how is the situation over there in Suining." Zhu Chongjiu patted the old ruffian's shoulder and continued to ask.

Although he heard that the situation was changing for the better, but for some reason, the uneasiness in his heart became more and more intense, as if he was being targeted by a fierce beast, and he could become the prey of the other party's mouth at any time.

"I, I don't remember, anyway, I've already arrived in Suining." Old Ivan grinned and responded curtly.

"General Xu divided the soldiers and horses in his hand into three parts, let Wang Fatzi take 5,000 soldiers, 5,000 auxiliary soldiers to guard Suining, Li Ziyu with 5,000 soldiers and 10,000 soldiers to guard Suqian, and he himself went directly to Xuzhou with 5,000 soldiers, if he didn't know that he was coming, Zhao Jun probably wouldn't have the courage to fight Chahan with Li Pingzhang." Hu Dahai thought about it, looked at Zhu Chongjiu's gaze, and slowly became a little confused.

The shape is clearly good, he doesn't understand why his lord seems to be preoccupied, is it because Meng Yuan also built artillery, but without artillery advantage, he can't win the battle, how can he be so depressed, back then, you Zhu Fozi didn't have artillery, didn't you beat my old Hu all over the ground to find teeth.

"The clipper sent out by the sailor has not returned, and even Lao Hei has not returned." The more Zhu Chongjiu listened, the more he felt that something was wrong with the situation in front of him, and he glanced a few times at the crowd that came out to greet him, and continued to ask loudly.

"The two sentinel boats have returned, and the news that the Mongols could not cross the river is what they brought back." Hu Dahai was nervous by Zhu Chongjiu's appearance, and responded with a frown, "As for Lian Xuanjie, he went out by light boat the afternoon before yesterday, and it is estimated that he has just arrived near Xuzhou now. ”

"Well, too." Zhu Chongjiu nodded helplessly, he was now particularly envious of the era in which Zhu Dapeng lived in his memory, thousands of miles away, a phone call came, and everything was asked clearly, but now, he could only choose to wait.

"Governor, let's go to the city, even if the rescue is like fighting a fire, we have to let the brothers rest before leaving." The veteran ruffian Ivan obviously didn't notice Zhu Chongjiu's state, and seeing that the interrogation had basically ended, he took the initiative to invite.

"Unload all the grain, grass and baggage, save it in Huai'an, the auxiliaries also get off the boat, enter the barracks to rest, the soldiers" Zhu Chongjiu looked at the dense helmets on the ship, groaned for a while, and finally made a decision, "The Fifth Army marched into the barracks to rest, the First Army set up a temporary camp near the dock, ready to get on the boat at any time, the spear battalion and the sword and shield battalion of the Guards Regiment got off the boat to rest, and the musket battalion went to the two big food spinnakers to standby. ”

"Yes." All the generals agreed in unison and turned to carry out the task.

"Tongfu, you send two more sentinel ships, and ask the scouts to bring binoculars to pick up Lian Laohei." Seeing that the people around him were almost scattered, Zhu Chongjiu continued to command while walking towards Huai'an City.

"Yes." Hu Dahai agreed loudly, but instead of immediately carrying out the task, he put his head to Zhu Chongjiu's mouth and asked in a very low voice, "Dudu, could it be that you have received any other news, why do you look so bad." ”

"Nope." Zhu Chongjiu shook his head lightly, "I just think that after nearly a year of preparation, it will not be so simple to be blocked on the north bank of the Yellow River, and now he will not forcibly cross the river while Suiyang is still in the hands of Li Siqi and Chahan, and wait until these two people are eliminated by Li Pingzhang, and then think about crossing the river, wouldn't it be more difficult." ”

"That's right, unless he's hiding something else." Hu Dahai thought about it and nodded in agreement.

"In addition, knowing that Li Siqi and Chahan lost the battle, he didn't rush to Suiyang, but left the army in Xuzhou, Tongfu, don't you think this is abnormal." Zhu Chongjiu looked back at the dark clouds in the sky, and continued to add in a low voice.

It's already the beginning of April, and it stands to reason that the Huangmei day has already ended, and the wheat filling is almost done, but this year's rain is a little scary, not only the canal is full of water, but the White Horse Lake, Silver Lake and other places along the way are also lakes and embankments, which may flood ashore at any time.

"He wouldn't think that Chahan still had a chance to turn the tables, or that Chahan had been a fraud before." Suddenly, Hu Dahai's voice rose rapidly, and he was startled by himself, "How is it possible, Li, Li Pingzhang is also an old soldier, Chahan has only led soldiers for a few days, besides, Zhao Junyong, Zhao Junyong has always been known for cunning." ”

"Send more people to investigate, I want the latest news." Zhu Chongjiu glared at him fiercely and reiterated in a low voice.

"Yes, the last general will send someone." This time, Hu Dahai finally stopped hesitating, trotted to transfer troops, and old Ivan took the civil and military officials who stayed in Huai'an to continue to hug Zhu Chongjiu and walked to the city, while walking, he whispered tentatively, "Dudu, Li Pingzhang, Li Pingzhang will really not be able to beat Chakhan Timur, he, the artillery in his old man's hand is not less than ours at all." ”

"Wait for the news to come back, if there is no news back this evening, I will lead the first army to Xuzhou first, not enough, don't be too nervous, maybe I think too much, who knows." Zhu Chongjiu smiled and responded in a low voice.

"May the Lord bless Li Pingzhang." Old Ivan exaggeratedly drew a cross in front of him and prayed loudly for Sesame Lee.

Zhu Chongjiu didn't have a good impression of any religion, but he couldn't talk about much resistance, so old Ivan never disguised himself in front of everyone that he was a Catholic who didn't pay tithes, and often claimed that the reason why he was able to meet Zhu Dudu and directly changed from a prisoner to a general was entirely because after being captured, he insisted on praying to God every day and was protected by God.

However, this time, God did not hear his prayers, and until the evening Shenshi, there was still no more news from the upper reaches, but Lu Luzeng called Zhu Chongjiu aside, and said very anxiously: "My lord, the old minister just went to the Yellow River to take a turn, and the situation is very bad. ”

"What's wrong, what do you see." Zhu Chongjiu was so worried that he pulled his beard, and after listening to the words of the old jinshi, he immediately asked in a low voice.

Huai'an City is very close to the confluence of the Yellow River and the Huai River, at this time in the past, the water flow in the riverbed is a very interesting scenery, the water of the Yellow River from the upstream presents a dark gold, surging and rolling, and from the Huai River is injected is a large stream of clear water, curling Tingting, embracing the yellow water from the upstream, no one is willing to be swallowed lightly by whom, has been flowing out of dozens of miles away, still distinct.

"The Yellow River, the water level of the Yellow River, suddenly dropped a lot, and the rapid flow of the Huai River could not stop the Yellow River's beach from being exposed little by little." However, today, Lao Jinshi obviously did not see any scenery, his face was pale, and he reported tremblingly.

"What do you mean, can you be more careful?" Zhu Chongjiu's heart twitched violently, and he ordered eagerly.

"Lao Chen, Lao Chen once accompanied Jia Lu to control the water, before the dam in the upper reaches of the Yellow River was closed, the hydrology near Huai'an was what it is today." Lu Lu once raised his hand to wipe the sweat on his forehead, gritted his teeth and added, "Back then, the lord and Li Pingzhang had just captured Xuzhou, and in the court, there was a Mongolian minister who slaughtered the Han people in Xuzhou City, and now half of Henan is a bandit area in the eyes of the imperial court. ”

"Ahh Zhu Chongjiu's soul flew out of the sky, turned his head, and looked directly at the map on the wall, from Bianliang to Yucheng, the Yellow River was divided into two, between the old and new rivers, it was Suiyang,

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