"I'm only responsible for rushing into battle, you have to ask Gu Junshi about Xiong Wencan. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info" Liu Zongmin said, scratching his scalp.

After thinking for a while, Gu Junen said: "This Xiong Wencan turned out to be the governor of Fujian, the pirate Zheng Zhilong attacked Tongshan from Xiamen, he appeased Zheng Zhilong and appointed him as a coastal defense guerrilla, successfully conquered the pirates Li Kuiqi and Liu Xiang, and pacified the pirates on the southeast coast. Speaking of which, he is also a somewhat capable official. ”

"Snorted", Hao Shaoqi said disdainfully: "We are breaking into the army, but not the pirate, defeating the pirate is a great thing, let him Xiong Wencan come to touch our army to try, if he doesn't fight all over the ground to find teeth, I won't be surnamed Hao." ”

Tian Jianxiu said with a smile: "Brother Hao is bold and heroic, but he can't be underestimated, if Xiong Wencan doesn't have two brushes, then Chongzhen Xiao'er will not send him as the prime minister of the five provinces." ”

"The new official has taken office three times, this Xiong Wencan is the prime minister of the five provinces, he can mobilize the troops of the five provinces to encircle and suppress us, we must pay close attention to his actions, not careless." Yuan Zongdi said, glancing at Li Zicheng.

Yuan Zongdi was brave in battle, brave and strategic, and was a very good general.

Liu Fangliang said: "Judging from the scale of the transfer of officers and soldiers, they are very powerful this time, and we have to send people to contact Zhang Badawang, Cao Cao and Lao Huihui." ”

Frowning and groaning for a while, Li Zicheng stood up and said: "What Fang Liang said makes sense, so let's go, you go to Zhang Xianzhong, come to Heng and go to Cao Cao, and go back there with a gong, take a look at how the preparations of these three people are, whether they need our assistance, and come back as soon as possible to report if you understand clearly." ”

"King Chuang's arrangement is very proper, this time Xiong Wencan mobilized a lot of officers and soldiers, the area is very wide, maybe he is laying a big net, we have to guard against it, and sent someone to notify the three people, let them know our goodwill, it is also a good thing for us." Gu Junen twisted his beard and said.

After the three of them left, Li Zicheng instructed again: "Send more spies out and listen to more information about the government and the officers and soldiers, so that we can be prepared." ”

"Don't worry, I'll arrange it." Li Guo said and walked out

Seeing Gu Junen go out, Tian Jianxiu, Liu Zongmin and others also stood up and said, "King Chuang, we also have to check the combat readiness of the team to avoid being exploited by that Hong Laojiu." ”

"Go ahead, and the military advisor and I will figure out how to deal with Hong Shatou and Sun Chuanting." Li Zicheng said with a smile.

The generals bowed and went out.

In a mansion in Wuchang City, an old man in his sixties wearing a first-class civil official uniform was stomping his feet and losing his temper.

This person is Xiong Wencan, after he became the governor of the five provinces, he was stationed in Wuchang, because he had the successful experience of appeasing Zheng Zhilong, so he also planned to appease the old man and return to Ma Shouying.

But the person sent to negotiate was cut off by Lao Huihui, and he also asked someone to write a letter to Xiong Wencan, in which Lao Huihui deliberately succeeded Xiong Wencan in appeasing the pirate Zheng Zhilong, saying that Xiong Wencan sent his favorite concubine to Zheng Zhilong to sleep, so that Zheng Zhilong was successfully appeased.

Isn't this slandering that he was cuckolded by Zheng Zhilong, after reading the letter from the old man, Xiong Wencan's face turned purple with anger, and he tore the letter to shreds with panting, screaming to eat his flesh and drink his blood.

"The marshal doesn't have to be angry with this dog thief, it's nothing if he can't be appeased, when our soldiers enter Yinghuo, he will know how powerful the marshal is." A scholar in his forties next to him gently persuaded,

This person is his staff member Liu Wencai. Liu Wencai is a native of Anhui, forty years old this year, is a lifting person, outstanding talent, unwilling to fall into the countryside, self-recommended to Yang Sichang, a conversation, Yang Sichang admired his talent, recommended him to Xiong Wencan.

After listening to Liu Wencai's words, Xiong Wencan suppressed his anger and said, "Mr. is right, the old man will let him be arrogant for a few more days." Someone came, ordered the generals, and went to Xingyuan for a meeting tomorrow morning. ”

After receiving Xiong Wencan's military order, all the generals rushed from the garrison on horseback.

On the second day, the three-way drum sounded, and the generals were already standing in the line without falling.

Xiong Wencan walked out of the back hall of Xingyuan majestically, and glanced at the dozens of high-ranking officers in bright armor standing neatly with satisfaction, these officers included the general army, the commander, the general, the guerrilla, the garrison, and so on.

coughed, he began to speak: "Generals, the Liukou has been raging in the Ming Dynasty for ten years, which has caused great damage to my Ming Dynasty, this marshal is entrusted by the emperor, the military department of Shangshu Yang, the prime minister of the five provinces of military affairs, leading the army of tens of thousands to exterminate the Liukou, the matter of eating the king's Lu loyalty, I hope that all the generals will work with one heart and one mind, cooperate with each other, fight to kill the thieves, eliminate Li Zhang, Luo, and Ma, and report to the emperor's grace An Limin." ”

This time, in order to encircle and suppress the Liukou, Yang Sichang, the secretary of the Ministry of War, transferred 120,000 troops and increased the salary by 2.8 million taels.

"Obey the orders of the generals, fight hard to kill thieves, and serve the court." The generals bowed and raised their voices, and after speaking, they straightened up, and the nail leaves on their bodies rattled.

Nodding with satisfaction, Xiong Wencan's face was solemn, and he said sharply: "Merit must be rewarded, and punishment must be punished, this marshal hereby affirms that this expedition to suppress the rogue, in order to ensure the speed and effectiveness of the military operation, all military orders issued by Xingyuan must be carried out to the letter, if there is a neglect of discounts, don't blame the old man's face is black and ruthless, the old man's Shang Fang sword has long been waiting to drink human blood." Speaking of which, his appearance was already very hideous, and a strong murderous aura emanated from him.

Looking at the murderous aura on his face, the generals only felt a little chill in their necks, and couldn't help but shrink their necks.

Looking at the frightened look on the faces of the generals, Xiong Wencan decided to add more fire, he said: "In order to ensure the implementation of the military order, this commander has specially formulated several military laws, I will read it again, please remember, so as not to blame this commander for not explaining in advance when he gets killed." ”

The generals widened their eyes and waited quietly with their ears pricked up for Xiong Wencan to read the military law he formulated.

Glancing at the generals one by one, Xiong Wencan read aloud: "Those who delay the military plane will be killed, those who sit idly by and watch the friendly army will not be saved, those who defend the city will not be killed and abandon the city before the specified date, those who will not advance by beating the drums will be killed, the general will be killed if he is greedy for life and afraid of death, the general can be killed, the general will be greedy for life and afraid of death and will retreat first, the guerrilla can be killed, the guerrilla will be greedy for life and afraid of death and will be killed first, and ......so on."

Hearing this cold military law, the generals looked very serious, and a few officers who liked to run away were even more cold, knowing that it was not easy to mix this time, and if it was like the original, I am afraid that it would be difficult to save their lives.

After the combat mission was assigned, the generals went back with their respective tasks.

After the generals left, Xiong Wencan sat behind the lenient handsome case and began to consider the strategy of "four positives, six corners, and ten sides of the net" that Yang Sichang, the secretary of the military department, talked about with him.

He carefully analyzed the operational characteristics and combat methods of the rogue bandits, and he had to admit that this strategy of spreading the net in all directions and in all corners was indeed a good way to deal with the rogue bandits, intercepting and encircling the rogue bandits in mobile warfare, compressing their areas of activity, reducing their combat strength, and finally destroying them.

"This Yang Wen is weak, worthy of the name of a knowing soldier, at least no one can come up with a more clever strategy than him at present." Xiong Wencan said admiringly.

Listening to Xiong Wencan's words, Liu Wencai smiled and said: "Dashuai, Yang Bingbu was born in a famous family, and his father Yang Lao Linggong is also a person who knows soldiers, so it is logical for him to put forward this strategy, but it is just ......" Speaking of this, he didn't say anything.

Glancing at him, Xiong Wencan said with a smile: "Sir, please say something, although you and I haven't been together for too long, but I believe in Brother Wen's vision, and the person he recommended to me must not be wrong." ”

Liu Wencai, who said this, was enthusiastic in his heart, he bowed down to Xiong Wencan and gave a salute, and said: "Thank you for your trust, then you will be blunt." ”

"Sir, please." Xiong Wencan looked at Liu Wencai with a smile.

He gave another salute to Xiong Wencan, and Liu Wencai said aloud: "Dashuai, you also know that no matter how good the plan is, people must implement it, in order to complete the Yang Army's ten-sided strategy of suppressing the bandits, not only must there be strict military orders to restrain the army and local officials from sticking to the city to prevent the rogues from breaking out of the net, but also there must be several powerful armies chasing after them, so that the rogues are exhausted, have no time to rest, and even have no time to eat, in this way, the rogues will not be able to break the net, and finally we can achieve the goal of exterminating them." It's just that I don't know if the pursuing army can endure the hardship. ”

"What Mr. said is extreme, the armies that participated in the encirclement and suppression of the Liukou this time include the Liaodong Army, the Qin Army, and the border army led by Hong Chengchou, these troops are the current elite of the Ming Dynasty, and their combat power is strong, and they are used to chase and suppress, which is enough to make the Liukou exhausted......" Xiong Wencan said, hahaha, the panic when he went to the post has been replaced by self-confidence at this time.

Laughing and laughing, he seemed to remember something funny, he took out the roster of the army under his command, turned to one of the pages and said: "This Yang Wenweak, I don't know what he thinks, he actually transferred a militia to help in the war, it's really funny, doesn't he know what the combat power of the militia is?" ”

"The militia? Or was it transferred from the Yang Army? Liu Wencai asked curiously.

Xiong Wencan smiled and said, "Yes, I don't believe you can see it yourself." After speaking, he pointed to the name of the "Daming Loyal and Brave Corps".

After lowering his head and looking at it carefully a few times, Liu Wencai raised his head and said, "It's true that Dashuai said, but I think that Lord Yang must have done this for a reason, otherwise he wouldn't have acted like this." ”

Hearing his words, Xiong Wencan looked at him with interest and asked, "What does Mr. think is the reason?" ”

After thinking about it carefully for a while, Liu Wencai said: "There are several reasons, one is that this militia can fight, the second is that this militia is famous, and the third is that the leader of this militia has offended powerful people and has been pushed to the battlefield by others. ”

"Makes sense! Reasonable! Mr.'s analysis makes sense, so according to Mr.'s analysis, which one is the most likely. ”