254 Strategists

"Dad, you are really clever, only a few days after sending troops, it is like entering a no-man's land, so easily attacked Nanyang City, now think about it, the child is still as if in a dream, this seems to be so, as long as we are working harder, we can easily capture Nanyang City, when the time comes, in the north, with Wu Sangui and they annihilated those Shaanxi Ming troops, we will make a great contribution to the Manchu court, when the time comes, the name of a prince, will definitely not be missing you." Outside Nanyang City, in Zuo Liangyu's Chinese army tent, Zuo Mengeng, who was beaming, was talking excitedly.

Hearing Zuo Mengeng's words, his face turned pale, and Zuo Liangyu, who was weak and couldn't even sit up, grinned, and when he was about to open his mouth to say something recently, he suddenly felt a strange itch in his throat, and suddenly opened his mouth and couldn't help coughing.

With the help of Zuo Mengeng, after Zuo Liangyu drank a few sips of ginseng soup, he was finally moved to feel better, and then said, "No need, the purpose of our dispatch this time has been achieved, as for the next thing, it's none of our business, we just need to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, when the time comes, no matter who wins, it will be the best ending for us." ”

As soon as Zuo Liangyu's words were finished, Zuo Mengeng, who was originally excited, was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Don't move, but Dad, why is this, didn't you say that we want to help the Manchu court this time and win in one fell swoop, so as to win over us in exchange for the Manchu Dynasty, but if we are stationed here now, when the time comes, will the Manchus be suspicious of us." Thus they are afraid of us in their hearts, if that is the case, won't we be empty? ”

"Hahaha, don't worry, in troubled times, the strong is king. As long as our father and son have these hundreds of thousands of troops in their hands, even if the Manchu court is not satisfied with us in their hearts, they still have to try their best to win us over, you know, this time we suddenly sent troops, which has disrupted the rhythm of the Hongguang court in Shaanxi, and in addition to Wu Sangui's soldiers, the strength is many times stronger than the Ming army in Shaanxi, if in such a situation. If they can all fail, such a court, do you think we need to go to them?

You must know that we sent troops north this time, on the one hand, to establish relations with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and on the other hand, the most important aspect is to weaken the strength of the Ming army in Shaanxi. Although it seems now that the strength of the Ming army in Shaanxi is not strong. But they were only able to develop rapidly after owning such a poor place as Shaanxi, not only defeating the Manchu army, but also repelling Zhang Xianzhong's army in one fell swoop. Therefore, helping the Manchu court to limit the strength of the Shaanxi court is something that is beneficial to us, and we must do it.

But restricting them is one thing, but we can't allow ourselves to be pawns. After all, if there is a Shaanxi Ming army in front, the Manchu court will win us over, and if there is no Shaanxi court, or the Shaanxi court has suffered heavy losses, then, do you think the Manchus will treat us so politely as before, I am afraid that they will give us swords, so the best situation now is to balance the strength between them and expand our strength at the same time, just like this time.

Whether the Shaanxi Ming army won, or Wu Sangui won, in the end, this Nanyang Mansion is ours, if the Shaanxi Ming Army wins, then they defeated the powerful Wu Sangui, they must have suffered heavy losses, and there is definitely no way to send troops to us, and if Wu Sangui wins, then for the sake of helping them, do you think he will be embarrassed to let us give up Nanyang Mansion? Even if he really wanted us to get out of Nanyang Mansion, I am afraid he would not dare to show it. Zuo Liangyu's words profoundly analyzed all the interests of the relationship, which made Zuo Mengeng admire it in his heart, and even Zuo Mengeng thought that if he continued like this, maybe Zuo Jiajun could really do what he never dared to think of under the leadership of his father, but when he saw Zuo Liangyu, who was extremely depressed because of what he said just now, he could only sigh secretly in his heart.

When Zuo Liangyu's father and son discussed the prospect in the camp, Shi Lei, who was located in Taiyuan City, Shanxi, also felt embarrassed for a while, because of the relationship between Nightingale, he got the information earlier than others, but it was also after Zuo Liangyu sent troops to get the news, because of Shi Lei's sudden rise, although the Nightingale was also established for a period of time, but because Shi Lei put all his focus on the Manchu Qing side, so he ignored the intelligence of some forces elsewhere, and for the straw bag general Zuo Liangyu in history, He never paid attention to it, but what he didn't expect was that such a straw bag general he had never looked at in his eyes actually gave him a surprise attack, which made him almost lose everything because of it.

Seeing this, Shi Lei also had to sigh, people are not as good as heaven. Shi Lei's feeling at this time is very consistent with Li Yan and others, if it is usual, for Zuo Liangyu's army, even if there is trouble, it is just some small troubles, but for Shaanxi, which is making every effort to seize the land of Henan, it has become a very huge problem, of course, he doesn't know that Zuo Liangyu at this time just hopes to be able to reap the benefits of the fisherman, if he knew earlier, I'm afraid he wouldn't be so anxious.

"Mr. Tong, tell me, how to solve this matter, how to stop Zuo Liangyu's soldiers, as long as we can give Liang Zhendong a few days, and wait until he creates a certain momentum in northern Henan, we can easily come down, but now, we can't let him move forward, otherwise, we may really have very terrible consequences, the failure of this plan to send troops to Henan is on the one hand, on the other hand, maybe it will take the opportunity to strengthen the strength of the Manchu Qing, if the Manchu Qing really take the land of Henan, subdue Zuo Liangyu, If we successfully send troops south, I am afraid that what awaits us will be a catastrophe! "Since Shi Lei entered Taiyuan City from the grassland, he ordered someone to change Tong Chenfu to Taiyuan.

Hearing Shi Lei's words, Tong Chenfu on the side also felt a little embarrassed, to fight a war, there must be soldiers to be able to fight, but now the Ming army has no soldiers, even if the troops are transferred from Shaanxi, it is too late, fortunately, Tong Chenfu is not an ordinary person, after thinking about it, he raised his head and said.

"My lord, since ancient times, the confrontation between the two armies is nothing more than war, and two kinds, and now our side is in decline, and the war will definitely not be able to fight, so it can only be peaceful."

"Hey, sir, tell me quickly, how to make peace, as long as you can temporarily delay the attack of the left army, sir, just say it." Sure enough, hearing Tong Chenfu's words, Shi Lei suddenly became curious.

"My lord, Zuo Liangyu is this person, his subordinates also have some understanding, although this person is talented, but he is narrow-minded, in addition to the greed for power and profit, he is naturally unruly, this time the reason why he suddenly sent troops to attack Henan, I am afraid that he does not want to really for the Manchu court, but for his own selfish desires, the purpose is to take advantage of the time when we and Wu Sangui's army are mutually restrained, to get enough benefits, this is also his consistent style, so, if you want to delay the attack of the left army, it is not difficult, All it takes is to send a well-spoken advisor with an edict to give him the title of king, and I'm afraid that's about the same. Tong Chenfu said.

Hearing Tong Chenfu's words, Shi Lei frowned secretly, he agreed very much with what Tong Chenfu said to Zuo Liangyu as the king, he came from later generations, and he didn't have the idea of having a reputation like heaven in this era, let alone giving him a king, even if he was given an emperor, then he didn't have the right to die in the end, think about how many kings Liu Bang had at the beginning, but in the end, he didn't kill all of them, what really made Shi Lei frown was that where did he go to find the strategist who could speak well, you know, Although the current Shaanxi has the Hongguang Emperor in name, Shaanxi has always lacked literati and scholars during the Ming Dynasty, and those truly talented scholars grew up in the south.

If the world is unified, these people may still come to Shaanxi to be officials, but now the world is in chaos, except for a few real official fans or loyal ministers and righteous people like Shi Kefa, how can the rest of those people dare to come to Shaanxi to be officials, plus now that Shaanxi has a Yongli court, those scholars are even more reluctant to come to Shaanxi, so these days, Shi Lei's biggest worry is that there are not enough civil officials to deal with local affairs, and many places are still under military management. This is also something that Shi Lei did in desperation.

When Shi Lei said his thoughts, Tong Chenfu couldn't do anything, and when the hall fell into silence, Tie Xiong, who was originally holding his hand at the door, gently pushed the door in, and then sent a letter to Shi Lei.

"My lord, this is an eight-hundred-mile rush sent by Li Yan from Henan, saying that there is an important military report."

Hearing Tie Xiong's words, Shi Lei's face suddenly became serious, the information that could make Li Yan so anxious must be a very important situation, and then, Shi Lei hurriedly opened the letterhead, and after reading it at a glance and ten lines, he handed the letter to Tong Chenfu on the side, and said with a smile on his face, "To be able to get Li Yan's help, I'm afraid it's the luckiest thing in this official's life, and now we can finally put our minds at ease and eliminate these dog traitors who sell their ancestors for glory." ”

Tong Chenfu, who read the letter, also smiled and said, "Now it's okay, with Song Xiance's decision, we can really sit back and relax." ”

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