The battle went very smoothly, which made Chen Xinjia and Sun Chuanting very happy, and the previous estrangement between the two was also much more indifferent, after all, the success or failure of the battle to exterminate the Liukou was related to the lives of the two of them.

In the past two months of operations, Sun Chuanting adopted the tactics of steady and steady fighting, every time he occupied and recovered a city, he had to clear the surrounding rogues to ensure local peace, and more than 100,000 troops almost all went hand in hand, the distance between the front army and the Chinese army was not very far, and the front army found and encountered any situation, the Chinese army could arrive within half a day.

According to Chen Xinjia's previous plan, more than 100,000 troops will be able to surround Xiangyang Mansion City in about half a month at most, and now nearly two months have passed, and the army is still nearly fifty miles away from Xiangyang Mansion City, but because of the successive victories, Chen Xinjia did not interfere too much with Sun Chuanting's command of the operation, and not to mention stabilizing the city that has been occupied and recovered, in order to stabilize the rear of the army, which is very beneficial to the decisive battle between the army and the Liukou in Xiangyang Mansion City.

Chen Xinjia's temperament is a little impatient, and the battle to exterminate the Liukou is regarded by him as a feat that will go down through the ages, and the mind of rejoicing must exist, and it is strange to be able to endure such slow action of the army.

However, after only fifty miles away from Xiangyang Fucheng, Chen Xinjia decided to speed up the pace of the attack, according to his plan, the decisive battle between the army and the Liukou began in early November, and he tried to settle the battle within a month, and captured so many cities in front. The Liukou basically fled in despair, and their combat effectiveness was too poor, and they believed that after the army surrounded the city of Xiangyang, there would be a collapse within the Liukou.

Chen Xinjia thinks so, but Sun Chuanting's opinion is different.

Since becoming the governor of the five provinces, Sun Chuanting has never had the idea of despising the rogue. The battle of the imperial court to exterminate the Liukou lasted for more than ten years, but the Liukou still insisted, was not exterminated, and continued to grow and develop, the previous Liukou was indeed a mobile battle, basically will not stay in a certain place for a long time, even if it is to capture the city, it is also to leave after looting, but now the Liukou has changed a lot. They began to hold on to the city, and they collected taxes at the local level to directly confront the imperial court, which showed that the understanding of the Liukou had changed a lot, and they knew the importance of having a fixed base area.

In fact, this is a clear manifestation of the increased combat effectiveness of the rogue.

The fighting that began in early September saw almost no large-scale battles, and they were all small-scale battles, which could not even be regarded as real battles. The rogues were crushed at the first touch, and there was no sign of preparing for a fight. What made Sun Chuanting feel even more strange was that the Liukou had no intention of sticking to the city, as long as the imperial army arrived, most of the Liukou took the initiative to evacuate and quickly went in the direction of Xiangyang Fucheng, which was not logical. It is said that the rogue has to persevere.

Sun Chuanting also attaches great importance to the information about the Liukou, and he is highly concerned about the whereabouts of Liu Wenxiu, Li Dingguo and Ai Nengqi, and a large number of Liukou led by these three people have been stationed in Yunyang. The delay in approaching Xiangyang Mansion City has also become a problem that Sun Chuanting cannot understand.

Sun Chuanting's steady and steady attack was supported by Chen Xinjia in the early stage, but as the army gradually approached Xiangyang Fucheng, Chen Xinjia's attitude changed greatly, requiring the army to speed up the march and surround Xiangyang Fucheng as soon as possible.

Chen Xinjia thought that Liu Wenxiu and others were stationed in Yunyang, which was a good thing, the number of rogues stationed in Xiangyang Mansion was not large, which was conducive to the attack of the army, if all the troops led by Liu Wenxiu and others entered Xiangyang Mansion City, the battle would definitely be particularly cruel.

But Sun Chuanting doesn't look at it this way, the terrain of Xiangyang Mansion is special, surrounded by water on three sides, one side is backed by mountains, easy to defend and difficult to attack, too many troops are placed in the city and it does not have much effect, on the contrary, a part of the troops are arranged in the periphery, which can be better guarded.

Sun Chuanting has already thought that once the army launches a large-scale attack on Xiangyang Fucheng, what to do if Liu Wenxiu and others lead the Liukou to help, but the army does not attack Xiangyang Fucheng, in order to prevent Liu Wenxiu and others from rushing to help, in order to allow more than 100,000 troops to concentrate on attacking Xiangyang Fucheng, Sun Chuanting believes that he can order Qin Liangyu, the general soldier of Sichuan, and Wen Zhenheng, the governor of Shaanxi, to contain the Liukou stationed in Yunyang, so that they can not rush to the aid smoothly.

Of course, Sun Chuanting's idea is not easy to implement, after all, the armies of Sichuan and Shaanxi directly entered Yunyang, and it is possible to break out into a large-scale fight, once a fierce battle breaks out in Yunyang, it will definitely have an impact on the battle to attack Xiangyang Fucheng.

In the military tent.

Chen Xinjia, Sun Chuanting, Wang Yongji, Liu Liangzuo, Zuo Liangyu and others are all gathered here.

In this battle, the nominal commander-in-chief was Sun Chuanting, and it was Chen Xinjia who actually made the decision, which was known to everyone, Chen Xinjia originally came to assist Sun Chuanting in the battle, but now he came to supervise the battle on behalf of the imperial court and the Ministry of War, and Yang Sichang, the minister of the cabinet and the secretary of the Ministry of War, also agreed to such an arrangement.

Sun Chuanting pointed to the map spread out on the table, and spoke carefully.

"According to the information detected by various parties, there are nearly 60,000 rogues stationed in Xiangyang Fucheng, commanded by Zhang Xianzhong himself, and there are 60,000 rogues stationed around Yunyang Fucheng, commanded by Liu Wenxiu, Li Dingguo and Ai Nengqi, that is to say, the total number of rogues under Zhang Xianzhong's command is about 120,000......"

"The army is only fifty miles away from Xiangyang Fucheng, we can complete the encirclement of Xiangyang Fucheng in about a day, Xiangyang Fucheng has a special terrain, surrounded by water on three sides, one side of the mountain, we want to attack Xiangyang Fucheng, first of all, we must defeat the sailors under Zhang Xianzhong, control all the waters on the periphery......"

"After about two months of conquest, we have a partial understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Liukou, but this commander thinks that we can't think that the Liukou has no combat effectiveness just because the previous battle went smoothly ......."

"The opinion of this commander is that the army should first consolidate the positions on the periphery of Xiangyang Fucheng, clear the Liukou, and cut off all the supplies of Xiangyang Fucheng, and at the same time closely observe the movements of Liu Wenxiu, Li Dingguo, Ai Nengqi and others in Yunyang, once they have signs of evacuating Yunyang and rushing to the aid of Xiangyang Fucheng, they can be intercepted and attacked by Sichuan and Shaanxi Provinces......"

Sun Chuanting's approach was still steady and steady, and he didn't even explicitly start attacking Xiangyang Mansion in November, which made Chen Xinjia very dissatisfied.

Sun Chuanting had just finished speaking, and Chen Xinjia followed suit.

"Do you have any other suggestions?"

The people looked at each other, but they did not speak.

"Since there is no other opinion, then the official will talk about his opinion, from the beginning of September to the present, the battle to exterminate the Liukou has lasted for two months, the governor of Henan, Lord Wu Fu, and the general soldier He Renlong, have occupied Xinye and Xinyang, blocking the connection between Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, and the more than 100,000 troops under the command of Lord Sun can go all out to exterminate Zhang Xianzhong and recover the city of Xiangyang, this is a very precious opportunity, and it should not ......be lost."

"As for Liu Wenxiu, Li Dingguo, Ai Nengqi and others, who are stationed in Yunyang, this official agrees with Sun Dazhi's suggestion to let Shaanxi and Sichuan provinces find a way to prevent them from entering Xiangyang, so that the army can concentrate on attacking Xiangyang Fucheng......"

"However, the two provinces of Sichuan and Shaanxi, it is impossible to hold on for a long time, their task is to prevent Liu Wenxiu and others from rushing to the aid of Xiangyang Fucheng, Sun Daren needs to use this precious time to take Xiangyang Fucheng in the shortest possible time, and then the army will attack in the direction of Yunyang Fucheng and completely exterminate the Liukou under Zhang Xianzhong......"

"Two months have passed, and the soldiers have long adapted to how to fight against the rogue, and the combat effectiveness of the rogue, the officer does not think that it is strong at all, so the officer feels that the way of thinking about the battle needs to be changed, and the speed of the battle must be accelerated......"

It was very quiet in the tent of the Chinese army.

Chen Xinjia and Sun Chuanting's views were obviously inconsistent, Chen Xinjia basically denied Sun Chuanting's steady and steady tactics, and asked the army to speed up the pace of operations, quickly start attacking Xiangyang Fucheng, and take Xiangyang Fucheng in a short time.

This means that the army needs to be ready for large-scale battles right away.

After Chen Xinjia finished speaking, Sun Chuanting's face was not very good, and when he was about to speak again, the prison army Wang Yongji spoke.

"Our family thinks that Lord Chen's arrangement is reasonable, this Shaanxi and Sichuan to stop Liu Wenxiu, Li Dingguo and Ai Nengqi's rush to help, it must not be able to last, if the time is delayed, when Liu Wenxiu and others rush to the aid of Xiangyang Fucheng, the great fighter will be lost, not to mention that the emperor ordered to levy salaries and supply all the expenses of the army, if the battle process is slow, the emperor and the court will be to blame......"

Sun Chuanting's face turned slightly pale and looked at Wang Yongji.

Don't underestimate Wang Yongji's power, the army's grain and grass baggage, etc., were directly deployed by Wang Yongji, and Wang Yongji supervised all the actions of the army on behalf of the emperor.

There are many connections between Wang Yongji and Chen Xinjia, and at this time, he opened his mouth to support Chen Xinjia, indicating that the two have reached a consensus in private.

As the governor of the five provinces and the commander of the battle, Sun Chuanting was actually excluded from the side, and he didn't know about such a major discussion, and the anger in his heart can be imagined.

This delicate situation, the rest of the people can understand it, and they finally understand Chen Xinjia's power.

From the beginning of September to the present day, it is a small-scale battle, although it has won again and again, but the battle merit is not big, the real battle merit is to take Xiangyang Mansion City, and even kill Zhang Xianzhong, at the critical moment, Chen Xinjia finally made a move, Sun Chuanting worked hard to lay the foundation in front, and finally Chen Xinjia may get all the benefits. (To be continued......)