Hong Chengchou has always been very concerned about the situation in the capital, and he has his own careful thoughts.

The news of Jiangningying's victory shocked him, and such a victory subverted his views and his self-confidence.

Su Tiancheng was in Jiangning County, how did he know that the Liukou would attack Fengyang, the capital of Zhongdu, how did he send 20,000 troops to Fengyang, and he kept it secret along the way, and did not leak the news, and the Liukou did not know at all.

20,000 against 80,000 people, it is necessary to carry out careful planning, no matter what the combat effectiveness of the rogues is, the superiority in numbers, that is absolute, even if everyone rushes up together, it is not easy to deal with.

What surprised him the most was that Su Tiancheng led 4,000 Jiangning battalion soldiers to block 50,000 rogues, which was tantamount to suicide, and it was actually successful.

For a long time, Hong Chengchou has been very confident in commanding operations and strategizing, and Yang He, Chen Qiyu and others appointed by the imperial court have made mistakes of one kind or another, but the sergeants he led are still very good in terms of general combat performance.

The achievements of Su Tiancheng and Jiang Ningying eclipsed him.

It has only been two years since the establishment of the Jiangning Battalion, and when it is counted, nearly 80,000 rogues have been exterminated, which is a terrifying number. The imperial army has been conquering for so many years, and the number of rogues exterminated is only tens of thousands.

Before receiving the edict from the Ministry of War, the army had already entered the territory of Henan, Hong Chengchou listened to the advice and decided to go to Fengyang, the capital of the central capital, to rescue, no matter what the situation was, the basic posture still had to be there, but the speed of the army was slow, and everyone knew the way. At this time, he rushed to Fengyang, the central capital, and worked hard and lost money, which had no effect.

After receiving the edict from the Ministry of War, the army immediately turned around and returned the same way, preparing to enter Shaanxi or Shanxi.

On the edict of the Ministry of War. It is very clear that the Liukou have suffered a heavy blow and will definitely flee to Shaanxi, and they will not stay in Henan, after all, Shaanxi is their old nest.

This analysis and judgment echoed Hong Chengchou's thoughts, faintly, he felt that this must be Su Tiancheng's suggestion.

When he was going to the court and the military department. Hong Chengchou still started to think.

He suggested that the Jiangning battalion should go directly to Shaanxi and go straight to the lair of the rogues, and the next step was to completely exterminate the rogues.

As for Su Tiancheng's arrangement and the command of the Jiangning battalion, Hong Chengchou did not say that such a problem was left to the imperial court and the military department to consider. He believes that as long as the Jiangning battalion enters Shaanxi. The rogues entrenched in Shaanxi must have fled when they heard the news, entered Shanxi or Henan, and led the imperial army to guard the border area between Shanxi, Shaanxi and Henan, encircling and suppressing the rogues. If you can achieve major results, if you can completely destroy the vitality of the Liukou, your own merits cannot be underestimated.

The most wonderful arrangement is that he can directly command the Jiangning battalion. Command Su Tiancheng, in such a situation, a joint force can be formed to suppress the bandits, and it won't take long to completely exterminate the rogues.

Of course, such an idea is a bit wishful thinking.

Hong Chengchou noticed that the place was the same as Henan Mansion in Henan Province.

This is quite a bit of a hero's vision.

Henan Mansion is close to Pingyang Mansion in Shanxi, Xi'an Mansion in Shaanxi, if the Jiangning Battalion is stationed in Shaanxi, it is best to be stationed in Yan'an Mansion, so that the Liukou has no other way out, the east is Yan Suiwei, which belongs to the border town, and it used to be Inner Mongolia, this road does not work, to Qingyang Mansion and Pingliang Mansion, all within the scope of the Jiangning Battalion's attack, the Liukou will not choose, only to enter Xi'an Mansion and Hanzhong Mansion, or directly enter Shanxi, Henan and Huguang, so that you can stay away from the Jiangning Camp to the greatest extent.

If Liukou chooses like this, it is exactly in line with Hong Chengchou's arrangement.

The army is stationed in Henan Province, and several aspects can be taken into account.

Of course, there is another arrangement, that is, the Jiangning battalion is stationed in Henan Province.

Under such circumstances, the army under his command needs to directly enter Shaanxi Province and exert the greatest pressure on the Liukou.

Such an idea, after receiving the edict from the Ministry of War, Hong Chengchou was born.

He has seen the map many times, the remnants of the rogue led by Gao Yingxiang and others, but more than 10,000 people, do not have much combat effectiveness, these people will not stay in Henan, they will definitely quickly enter Shanxi or Shaanxi, find a good foothold, and replenish it.

Chasing after the buttocks, to exterminate such a stream of rogues, there is not much need, there have been a lot of losses in this regard, the mobility of the rogues is too strong, and they are good at operating in the mountains, and the imperial army does not have this advantage. Instead of working hard and losing money, it is better to wait for the rabbit.

At the beginning of October, the army arrived in Henan Province, and Hong Chengchou made a decision to wait here for the time being, waiting for the next imperial decree from the imperial court. As the commander of the extermination of the Liukou, such a decision was also unavoidable, and the battle of Zhongdu obviously affected the overall strategy of suppressing the bandits.

On the tenth day of October, the edict of the Ministry of War came, asking Hong Chengchou to lead the army and enter Shaanxi directly, not to stop along the way, and after entering Shaanxi, it was necessary to exterminate the Liukou on a large scale, so that the Liukou could not gain a foothold in Shaanxi.

There was faint news from the imperial court that the Jiangning camp was very likely to be stationed in Henan Mansion.

By this time, Hong Chengchou already had the feeling of sitting on pins and needles.

He had a hunch that it wouldn't take long for the position of commander to exterminate the Liukou to be handed over to Su Tiancheng.

Hong Chengchou felt that Su Tiancheng was a military genius.

The possibility that he analyzed, Su Tiancheng can see, he can't analyze the possibility, Su Tiancheng can also know the Dao, to know the Dao, Su Tiancheng is far away in Jiangning County, there is no invasion of the Liukou, the distance is so far away, he can accurately predict the movement of the Liukou, this is not an ordinary ability.

Hong Chengchou really wanted to see this young man who suddenly appeared, twenty-one years old, only twenty-two years old, how much ability he had to foresee so many possibilities.

He Renlong, Zuo Guangxian and others were ordered to lead the army separately and divide into two routes, all the way directly into Xi'an Mansion in Henan, and all the way through Pingyang Mansion in Shanxi Province to enter Henan. Next, Hong Chengchou wrote a memo and asked to enter Beijing.

When he went to the capital this time, his only purpose was to meet Su Tiancheng.

Capital.

Su Tiancheng, who was waiting for the imperial court's decree, was not idle.

In the study, there is a map hanging at all times.

The situation in Henan, Shanxi, and Shaanxi, including the topography of Huguang, Sichuan and other places, he paid special attention to it.

Su Tiancheng was judging the whereabouts of Liukou.

The general judgment has been made, after suffering a heavy blow, the rogue will definitely return to Shaanxi, where is their lair, go back to lick the wound, and have another round with the rogue, it is also a good choice.

The news has come from the dark line of Jinyiwei that the Liukou who entered Huguang and Shanxi, after learning of the fiasco in Zhongdu, have shrunk their ranks and moved in the direction of Shaanxi, the number of these two Liukou has exceeded 300,000 people, and the strength is huge.

Su Tiancheng predicted all kinds of possibilities.

After the defeat in the Central Capital, after the rogues gathered together, when the meeting was held, there would definitely be internal problems, and the dozen or so main leaders, but they did not have so much foresight, and the situation of mutual coordination and cooperation that was finally proposed would definitely cause problems, and maybe there would be a split.

Gao Yingxiang is the nominal leader, in the first battle of Zhongdu, the elite was lost, in this case, it is difficult to have appeal, Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai and Li Zicheng and the like, they are the leaders among the Liukou, with a certain vision, but the fiasco of Fengyang in the capital, they are also responsible, it is impossible to say very tough words, so it is normal to say that this time the Liukou was defeated and retreated to Shaanxi, and there were internal disputes, which is a very normal situation.

The coordinator-level figure in the middle of the Liukou, who used to be the old Huihui, but unfortunately was also exterminated by the Jiangning battalion, lacking such a person, it is difficult for the Liukou to produce huge cohesion, Xingyang Conference, the Liukou first divided the soldiers into two roads, and then the soldiers were divided into three roads, and the opinions could not be completely unified, it can only be said that the progress is good, and they can echo each other, the progress is not good, you take your Yangguan Road, and I will cross my single-plank bridge.

Thinking of this, a smile appeared on Su Tiancheng's face.

It seems that this memorabilia of his own will be handed over immediately, and within this year, do not continue to encircle and suppress the rogues, wait until they gather in Shaanxi, and wait for them to split, or even internal firefight.

At this time, if the imperial court attacks, the rogue will abandon the previous suspicions and unite to deal with it.

As long as there is a split, there will be mistakes in the action, and when the time comes, the main information will be mastered, and various strategies will be adopted to defeat it, and the result will be twice the result with half the effort.

If such a situation really occurs, it is not too far from the time to eradicate the rogues.

Qu Qingze entered the study.

"Lao Qu, I have some judgments about Liukou's next move, you can help refer to it......"

When Su Tiancheng finished speaking, Qu Qingze was very surprised.

"My lord, this is not an ordinary prediction, you seem to have mastered all their actions."

"Hehe, there's nothing strange about this, think about it from another perspective, and you can conclude that I'm ready to give the court a fold, how did you handle the matter of adjusting the dark line last time."

"Don't worry, my lord, I have already reported to Lord Dong, Lord Dong fully supports it, the dark lines in Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Huguang and Sichuan can be fully deployed, and the dark lines in the north can also be dispatched at any time."

"Okay, from now on, the dark line will focus on understanding the movements of the Liukou, as before, including the route of their march, the number of troops, and the place where they are stationed, try to figure it out as clearly as possible, all the information must be reported, and the movements of the imperial army led by Lord Hong Chengchou must also be clarified, the more detailed the better."

"It's good, my lord, are you going to conquer the Liukou again, after the battle of Zhongdu, the brothers of the Jiangning camp are holding their breath in their hearts, and they are always thinking about finding the Liukou to take revenge." (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please go to read. )