The Spring Festival of the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, the Fuzhou County of Nanzhili is very lively, and the temple fair in Nanjing is even more crowded, starting from the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, Zheng Hanyu finally relaxed, no need to study hard, he took his three younger sisters, under the escort and companionship of the soldiers and the people in the house, he visited the temple fair several times in a row.

Zheng Xunrui didn't take the time to accompany Zheng Hanyu to the temple fair, not because he was unwilling, but because there were a lot of things.

The battle to attack the city of Xiangyang had already begun, and the Zheng Jiajun Investigation Department focused its efforts on this crucial battle, and countless pieces of information were sent to Nanjing and to Zheng Xunrui's hands as quickly as possible.

On the third day of the first lunar month, Xu Fojia and Yang Aizhen entered the study with documents in hand, with helpless expressions on their faces.

Xu Fojia handed the document to Zheng Xunrui, and then spoke.

"Husband, for the Chinese New Year, the slave family and Aizhen are still busy, see if everyone else is resting."

Zheng Xunrui looked at the two and smiled, did not answer, lowered his head and began to read the paperwork, there are many things in the Investigation Department, and the time is not fixed, as long as something major happens, the Investigation Department needs to be busy, Xu Fojia said such words, he could not answer.

Zheng Xunrui looked at it quickly, and his face slowly became serious, but in a quarter of an hour, he raised his head and spoke to Hong Xinyu who was standing at the door.

"Hong Xinyu, go and invite Mr. Xu, Zheng Jinhong and Li Yan to come to me."

From the lunar month to the first month, the Zheng family's mansion is still very lively, the Zheng family's army guerrilla generals and above, as well as the officials above the sixth grade of the Southern Zhili, have come to Zheng Xunrui to pay New Year's greetings, because of the large number of people, so that the front of the mansion has a door-to-door atmosphere.

Not to mention the people of the Zheng family, Zheng Kaihua came to the mansion on the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month. Celebrating the New Year here, still in the mansion, Zheng Lingli, Zheng Yuhua, Zheng Xiaoling The three families came on the first day of the first month, according to the plan, Zheng Kaihua and Zhou Bingyan set off on the fifth day of the first month, on behalf of their brothers and sisters and other families. Go to your parents to greet the New Year.

Zheng Xunrui also wants to go out to pay New Year's greetings, but his time is very tight, and the time to visit the New Year cannot be very long, Uncle Zheng Fulu is old and not in good health, Zheng Xunrui went to Zheng Fulu's house to pay New Year's greetings, stayed for an hour, and ate a meal, as for the second uncle Zheng Fushou, the third uncle Zheng Fuhai and the fourth uncle Zheng Funan. Zheng Xunrui went and came back, but Zheng Hanyu, who was freed, was very happy and very interested in such a thing as New Year's greetings.

Zheng Xunrui also paid attention to the battle of Xiangyang Fucheng, although it is said that almost no one in Nanzhili paid attention to this battle, after all, Huguang and Nanjing were far away, and Nanzhili had been peaceful for a long time, and never felt the threat of war. Not many people here know about the cruelty of the war and the impact it might have on the Ming Dynasty.

When Xu Wanghua and the others entered the study. Xu Fojia and Yang Aizhen have already left the study.

Zheng Xunrui was looking at the map and pondering, and the pen in his hand pointed to Nanyang and Runing.

Everyone entered the house, and Zheng Xunrui raised his head.

"The information detected by the Investigation Department is on the table, you all see, the battle of Xiangyang is not very smooth, which is what I expected. It seems that Zhang Xianzhong is well prepared, this battle is worrying, and if it is not good, Chen Xinjia and Sun Chuanting will suffer a big loss. ”

Xu Wanghua and the others did not speak, picked up the documents on the table and looked at them carefully.

There was silence in the study for a quarter of an hour.

"My lord, my subordinates think. The battle of Xiangyang has just begun, the Liukou tried their best to resist, it is normal for the imperial army to be difficult to take Xiangyang Mansion in a short period of time, Lord Chen and Lord Sun arranged very carefully, taking into account all aspects, the battle continued, and the imperial army was able to win in the end, and his subordinates had also discussed with Zheng Zongbing and Lord Li, and did not notice any omissions, it should be said that the alliance between Lord Chen and Lord Sun this time was still good. ”

Zheng Xunrui nodded slightly, what Xu Wanghua said made sense, Chen Xinjia and Sun Chuanting both have good abilities, in the combat deployment of exterminating the Liukou, the two were able to focus on the overall situation, and discussed many times, it is said that there should be no problems in the outcome of this battle, but Zheng Xunrui still found a problem from it after careful thinking.

"You have a good idea, Chen Xinjia and Sun Chuanting have thought of all aspects, but they obviously underestimated the strength of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, and it is not a wise move to attack Xiangyang Mansion City first, on the contrary, they will start from Yunyang and others first, and strive to destroy Zhang Xianzhong's living forces, and they may get an unexpected victory."

Xu Wanghua, Zheng Jinhong, Li Yan and others did not speak, but their expressions became focused.

"In this battle, the biggest danger faced by Chen Xinjia and Sun Chuanting is the union of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong.

When Zheng Xunrui said this, Xu Wanghua couldn't help but speak.

"My lord, there are many contradictions between Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, and I am afraid it will be difficult to truly unite."

"Yes, it is difficult for them to really unite with each other, but Li Zicheng will not miss the matter of robbing while the fire is hot, Chen Xinjia and Sun Chuanting ordered He Renlong to garrison Xinye and Xinyang, He Renlong has a great reputation, and the Liukou is a little afraid, but the number of sergeants under He Renlong's command is not much, a total of more than 30,000 people, and they are divided into Xinye and Xinyang, if Li Zicheng concentrates his forces to attack one of them, it is easy to break through this line of defense."

Speaking of this, Zheng Xunrui stood up.

"Chen Xinjia and Sun Chuanting's combat ideas have been clear, I believe that Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong are clear, Li Zicheng will never make a move at this time, waiting to see the fight between the imperial army and Zhang Xianzhong, the crane and the clam compete for the fisherman's profit, once the Xiangyang Mansion is about to be attacked, Li Zicheng will not stand idly by, he can get the greatest benefit by making a move at this time, and at this time, Chen Xinjia and Sun Chuanting's losses must be heavy."

"The number of sergeants under He Renlong's command is insufficient, and it is impossible to launch a real attack on Li Zicheng, so there is not much time to delay, Chen Xinjia and Sun Chuanting ignored this point, they thought that the combat effectiveness of the Liukou was not strong, and the imperial army could take Xiangyang Mansion City in a very short time, but unfortunately their judgment was wrong, and Xiangyang Mansion City was not able to be taken in a short time."

"Liu Wenxiu, Li Dingguo, Ai Nengqi and others, there are still 60,000 rogues under their command, if Li Zicheng will be involved in the battle at the most critical time, Liu Wenxiu and others will rush to the aid in time, and will never watch Xiangyang Mansion City be captured."

"This also means that Chen Xinjia and Sun Chuanting not only need to pay attention to Li Zicheng, but also Liu Wenxiu and others."

"The possibility of a quick battle has completely disappeared, and the imperial army is facing more and more uncertainties, and it is very likely that such a battle will change at some point."

Zheng Xunrui said this, Xu Wanghua and the others didn't speak, in fact, Zheng Xunrui had already said these things, and he also expressed worry, but this time Zheng Xunrui's attitude was very clear, even if Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong fought together, Zheng Jiajun would not attack easily.

Time has come to the seventh day of the first lunar month.

The information sent by the Investigation Department was even more worrying, the three large-scale attacks organized by the imperial army all failed, and the rogues resisted desperately, showing extraordinary combat effectiveness.

It's all going in the direction Zheng Xunrui expected.

Zheng Xunrui once again issued an order to the Investigation Bureau, intensifying the intelligence search for Liu Wenxiu, Li Dingguo, and Ai Nengqi, and the search for information in the direction of Xiangyang Fucheng can be placed in a secondary position.

Xu Wanghua and the others were a little incomprehensible, after all, the offensive that began on the 24th of December last year had been less than half a month so far, and for a large-scale battle, this was just the beginning, and it was nothing, why Zheng Xunrui's investigation focused on Liu Wenxiu and others.

A few days have passed, and the information collected by the Investigation Bureau, Liu Wenxiu and others have not made any moves, and they are still stationed in Yunyang, and there is no intention of reinforcing Xiangyang Fucheng.

Xu Wanghua finally couldn't help but wonder.

is still in the study, still Xu Wanghua, Zheng Jinhong, Li Yan and others.

"I know that you are very confused, thinking that the focus of the Investigation Department should still be on Xiangyang Fucheng, and Liu Wenxiu, Li Dingguo, Ai Nengqi and others should not be the focus, but I ask the Investigation Agency to focus the investigation on Liu Wenxiu and others."

"It is precisely because Liu Wenxiu and others did not make any moves, this is the most dangerous situation, Liu Wenxiu, Li Dingguo and Ai Nengqi are all Zhang Xianzhong's righteous sons, Xiangyang Mansion City was besieged by the imperial army, Zhang Xianzhong is in danger, at this time Liu Wenxiu and others should not hesitate to help, why did they not move, will they see death and not save it, this is obviously impossible, such a situation, the only possibility is that Zhang Xianzhong has already made arrangements."

"Chen Xinjia and Sun Chuanting divided the 120,000 army into the front army and the middle army, the front army of 40,000 people is responsible for defending against Liu Wenxiu and others, and the Chinese army of 80,000 people is responsible for attacking Xiangyang Fucheng, there is no problem with this arrangement, even if Liu Wenxiu and others want to rush, it is difficult to break the defense line composed of 40,000 people."

"But there is one thing that needs to be noted, that is, the supply of grain and grass, the imperial army needs a large amount of grain and grass, and the grain and grass they carry are already insufficient, and they need to transport grain and grass from Wuchang Mansion, if Liu Wenxiu and others focus on attacking the grain and grass of the imperial army, there will be an unpredictable situation."

"I suspect that Zhang Xianzhong made the arrangement at the beginning, just to cut off the food and grass of the imperial army, once the army is short of food, it will fall into collapse as quickly as possible."

Zheng Xunrui looked at Xu Wanghua.

"Mr. Xu, in my name, you wrote a letter to Chen Xinjia and Sun Chuanting, warning them that they must pay attention to guarding the grain and grass, and not allow the rogue to invade the grain road." (To be continued......)