Li Zhenwei squinted his eyes and pondered, and everyone also fell into deep thought, thinking about the solution.

At this moment, Zeng Guofan was in a complicated mood.

On the one hand, Zeng Guofan was desperate to defeat Shi Dakai and achieve victory; On the other hand, Zeng Guofan waved his army to fight, the battle did not go well, and he did not win before Li Zhen arrived, proving that he lost the battle, which was another difficult thing in Zeng Guofan's heart.

"Lord Wang, I have an idea." Zhang Zhidong said.

Li Zhen waved his hand and said, "Say!" ”

Zhang Zhidong smiled and said: "Judging from Commander Zeng's account, Shi Dakai is obviously hiding from our army and doesn't want us to find out. At this stage, I think we should adopt a steady and steady strategy, gradually move forward, and move forward one by one, so as to ensure that if we win one place, we can stabilize one place. Slowly, Shi Dakai was forced into a corner. At that time, Shi Dakai will lose the place to move, and we will definitely win. ”

Zeng Guofan listened to Zhang Zhidong's words and was silent.

It's not that he didn't think of such a method, but he just felt that it was too slow and ineffective in a short period of time, so he didn't adopt it.

Li Zhen said: "Zhang Zhidong's suggestion is feasible, but it is not used at present. ”

Zeng Guofan's gaze fell on Li Zhen, and a look of hope appeared in his eyes.

Zhang Zhidong asked, "What is the idea of the prince?" ”

Li Zhen thought for a while, organized the wording, and said: "The first thing that uses a carpet search is that the scope is too wide, it is not easy to implement, and it is easy to be broken by each one; The second is that once Shi Dakai really hides, we don't know where Shi Dakai is. In case Shi Dakai is hidden in the searched place, it is easy to leave hidden dangers. ”

After a pause, Li Zhen continued: "I don't think the way we take it should be. ”

"As Brother Bohan mentioned just now, Shi Dakai recently led troops to appear in a village hundreds of miles away, and this is our breakthrough point."

"The first thing is centered on the place where Shi Dakai sent troops to rob a hundred miles away. Around a hundred miles, in every village, there is an eyeliner for us. The arrangement of these eyeliners, the first is the local celebrities and gentry and rich people, because Shi Dakai's robbery targets are not ordinary people, but gentry and rich people. It was entirely possible for us to ask the gentry and wealthy men to make eyeliner for us and to pay attention to whether there were Taiping troops in the area, and they also raised their hands to welcome us. ”

"Second, use money to win over local scoundrels. These scoundrels walk the streets, eating and drinking for nothing, but they are well-informed and know the local people. With the help of the scoundrels, we have enough eyeliner. Village by village is laid out to form a dense web. Once Shi Dakai's person appears, he will be discovered by us immediately, and then narrow down the scope and gradually control Shi Dakai within a range, which can completely solve Shi Dakai. ”

Li Zhen said in a deep voice: "If you take a large-scale search, the effect may not be good. ”

After everyone listened, Zeng Guofan said: "I agree with the idea of the prince, although this method also consumes a certain amount of time, but after all, there are certain changes, which greatly saves time." As long as Shi Dakai shows up, we can use the eyeliner under the cloth to track. ”

Zhang Zhidong also said: "I also agree! ”

Liu Jintang, Zeng Guoquan and others expressed their opinions and unanimously agreed with Li Zhen's statement.

Li Zhen said: "That is the case, arrange it immediately." ”

"Yes!"

Zeng Guofan should go down and immediately arrange a plan for Shi Dakai.

……

It is two hundred miles away from the military camp of Zeng Guofan, in the mountains and forests.

There are nearly 6,000 Taiping soldiers hidden here, all of whom are Shi Dakai's army. At this moment, Shi Dakai's eyes fell on his henchman Zhang Suimou beside him, and asked with a smile: "Suimou, how long is the food we robbed enough to eat?" ”

Zhang Suimou thought about it carefully and said: "Back to the prince, counting the grain that has just been snatched back, the hoarded grain is enough to eat for two months. For a short time, we can stay in hiding without going out. ”

Shi Dakai said in a deep voice: "No, two months is far from enough. According to the news from the north, Zuo Zongtang has destroyed Yi, and the war between Yi and Li Zhen's army has ended. In addition, Li Zhen also defeated the foreigners in the north and won the war. The victory of these two wars means that the strength and center of gravity of the battlefield will gradually tilt towards us, and gradually increase the number of troops against Sichuan. ”

Shi Dakai said in a low tone: "Once this happens, the pressure we face will be even greater. Now, it is necessary to stock up on more grain, as little as three or five months, as much as six months, or even eight or nine months. This had to be done before Li Zhen's army could increase its strength towards Sichuan, and the problem of food could be solved. ”

Zhang Suimou said: "Lord Wang, we just went out once, and we sent troops to go, will there be some problems!" I think it's okay to wait for a while and wait for the last time to settle down before we take action. Otherwise, it is easy to go wrong. ”

Shi Dakai said in a deep voice: "Suimou, didn't I make it clear just now?" If Li Zhen waves his army over after a period of time, we will not only face the army under the command of Zeng Guofan, but also the power brought by Li Zhen. Now, it is necessary to prepare. ”

"Lord Wang, the last general understands!" Zhang Suimou said.

Shi Dakai said: "However, don't rush to send a large army out. First, send someone to investigate, find out where to start, and then directly lead the army out to grab the grain in one fell swoop. This will not make much of a difference. ”

"Yes!"

Zhang then conspired and sent soldiers out to find out the situation.

……

Wanxiang is located in Chengdu.

Here, it is only one hundred and fifty miles away from the camp of Zeng Guofan. More than ninety percent of the people in the township are surnamed Wan, so there is a saying that Wan's hometown is Wan. Wan Bucheng is a scoundrel in the village, twenty-four years old, his parents died early, he is alone, he is quite domineering, he eats white food everywhere, and he likes to flirt with women. But. This kid has a little bit of a righteous person, but he will stand up for anything in the township.

For this reason, many people in the countryside turned a blind eye to him, and as long as it was something that was not out of line, they would generally not be held accountable.

On this day, Wan Bucheng had a grassroots in his mouth, swaggered to a wine shop, sat on the bench with a golden knife, and shouted loudly: "Wan Baye, bring a pot of wine." ”

Wan Baye is the small owner of the wine shop, he heard the shouting, took a pot of wine and put it down angrily, turned around and left. After Wan Bucheng shouted for wine, he didn't ask for meat such as beef, so he drank like this, drinking little by little to pass the time.

"Brother Wan, you are still here, someone is looking for you, there is a business to do."

A young man in tattered clothes came running up and whispered.

When Wan Bucheng heard this, he immediately stood up, and said with a smile: "Wan Baye, the wine is placed here, don't move!" I had to go beforehand and go back and drink again. Wan Bucheng left with the young man, and Wan Baye from the wine shop spat on the ground with a disdainful expression.

ps: The first update, I was called back to the company in the evening, and the update was late, forgive me.