December 19, it is close to the end of the lunar month, and the taste of the New Year has already wafted out.

The sky was slowly getting dark, and all of them were developing in the direction of Shun Lì, and in a few hours, the army of 30,000 was about to be marched.

Zheng Xunrui stayed in the Zheng family army barracks, although he was the governor of Yansui, but his self-requirements were still strict, and Liu Ze, the general soldier of Yulin, moved to the barracks early in the morning, and obeyed the arrangements of the barracks.

When the imperial newspaper's newspaper was delivered from the governor's yamen, Zheng Xunrui didn't care very much, and took the newspaper and looked at it slowly, which was regarded as a pastime before departure, but when he saw a message in the middle of the newspaper, his face changed, he quickly stood up, walked to the side of the map, and began to draw.

Zheng Xunrui's action, Xu Wanghua is familiar, once he sees Zheng Xunrui has such an expression, it means that there is an unexpected situation.

Sure enough, Zheng Xunrui asked Xu Wanghua to rule Zheng Jinhong, Yang He, Liu Zeqing and others to quickly go to the Chinese military tent.

As soon as everyone entered the Zhongjun tent, Zheng Xunrui opened his mouth with a stern face.

"I just received a report from the imperial court that the situation has changed somewhat, and Lord Zhu Dadian, the governor of Shandong, assisted Lord Hong in exterminating the rogue in Henan."

Everyone didn't understand, this news was nothing more than a sign that the emperor paid great attention to the matter of exterminating the Liukou this time, and there was nothing special about it, but Xu Wanghua vaguely understood, and his eyes kept staring at the map.

"Lord Zhu assists in exterminating the Liukou, he must lead the army into Henan, this news is impossible to hide from the Liukou, if the army of Shandong enters Henan, the best route is to enter Henan directly from the direction of Juye, Dingtao and Caoxian, along the direction of Lankao and Kaifeng, to Zhengzhou and Xingyang, the route they have to pass through, including Zhongmu."

When Zheng Xunrui said this, everyone understood that this was not a trivial matter, and the previously estimated Liukou would go to the east because the troops in the east were weak, and it seemed that the emperor also thought of this, and ordered Zhu Dadian, the governor of Shandong, to assist in exterminating the Liukou, blocking the road of the Liukou to the east.

All were in deep thought.

At this time, Zheng Xunrui's body trembled slightly, could it be said that history is still moving along the original track, so more than 20 days later, a big event is about to happen, and this incident caused a huge shock in the imperial court.

After a little hesitation, Zheng Xunrui quickly made a decision, and no matter how much, he would arrange it first, maybe such an arrangement would arouse Hong Chengchou's anger, but he had to speak with facts.

"Xingyang and Zhengzhou in the southeast, northwest, and four directions, there are large armies surrounding, I have long said that the Liukou will definitely find a way to break through, they will never sit idly by, break through to the north, you can enter Shanxi and North Zhili, break through to the west can enter Shaanxi, break through to the south can enter Huguang, break through to the east, you can enter Shandong and South Zhili."

"The Liukou have not yet had the courage to break through to the North Zhili, then they will encounter more encirclement and suppression by the army, as for Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Huguang and Sichuan and other places, they have long been prepared, the only one is Shandong and South Zhili, Lord Zhu in the direction of Shandong, to assist in the extermination of the Liukou, will definitely be prepared."

"In this way, the only thing that is not prepared is Nan Zhili."

"The wealth of Nanzhili, the Liukou know very well, if they enter Nanzhili unexpectedly, after attacking the city, they will get a lot of supplies, even if they can't gain a foothold in Nanzhili, they can calmly withdraw to the north, they have been supplied in Nanzhili, and the strength will be even stronger."

There is silence all around, this is a terrible prediction, if the Liukou enters Nanzhili, I am afraid it will cause catastrophic consequences, and what is even worse is that Zheng Xunrui's hometown is also in Jiangning County, Nanzhili, who knows if the Liukou will go crazy and attack Nanjing, the imperial court will not think of it, Nanzhili will not think of it, Hong Chengchou will not think of it, such a surprise action may really happen.

Zheng Xunrui's prediction was extremely accurate, no one doubted it, everyone's faces became extremely solemn, waiting for the next arrangement, since Zheng Xunrui thought of this possibility, he would definitely make corresponding arrangements.

"The battle of the Carriage Gorge, let the Liukou move faster, and will not stay in a certain place for a long time, the emperor ordered to ask Lord Zhu to help exterminate the Liukou, this news, the Liukou will know in a very short time, they will definitely make corresponding arrangements, choose to attack Nanzhili, this is their best choice, if they succeed, then the arrangement of the six armies of the imperial court to encircle will all be in vain, even if it is to follow behind the Liukou, it will be too late."

"The Zheng army changed its marching route, and after passing Tongguan, it advanced in the southeast direction, passing through Ruzhou Mansion and Nanyang Mansion, and entering Runing Mansion, where the army assembled in Xincai County to observe the next move of Liukou."

Zheng Xunrui had just finished speaking, and Xu Wanghua spoke.

"My lord, this operation to exterminate the Liukou, by the unified command of Lord Hong, so far, Lord Hong's letter has not arrived, there is no clear direction in which the army is marching, the Lord can make his own arrangements, the subordinates expect that Lord Hong will never think that the Liukou may break through in the direction of Nanzhili, let alone that the Liukou will attack Nanzhili, in this case, the subordinates expect that Lord Hong's next order will definitely require the army to assemble in the direction of Xingyang, Zhengzhou and Kaifeng."

"Mr. Xu, I understand what you mean, the generals will not be subject to foreign military orders, there are various armies sent by the imperial court in the four directions of the southeast, northwest and northwest, if the Zheng family army and the Yulin border army follow behind, they will not be able to play the slightest role, and the Liukou will not wait to be beaten in Xingyang and Zhengzhou, when in terms of the speed of movement, the various armies of the six provinces are far inferior to the Liukou, the Zheng Jiajun and the Yulin border army are very fast, but the number is obviously not enough, rushing to the front, encountering the encirclement of the Liukou and the multi-way, the losses must be heavy, I won't do this kind of loss-making business. ”

Zheng Xunrui's attitude has been very clear, everyone can hear from his meaning that they are dissatisfied with Hong Chengchou, this dissatisfaction is reasonable, such a heavy action, thousands of miles to attack and exterminate the Liukou, how can such an attitude be victorious.

"I have calculated the distance, starting from Yansui Town, arriving in Xincai County, three thousand miles, such a long-distance attack, there must be sufficient guarantees in logistics, in addition, our actions are as secret as possible, after the army sets off from Yansui Town, just speed up and advance, don't care about the whereabouts of the other armies, as for Lord Hong's order, I will deal with it."

After the arrangement was completed, everyone dispersed to rest, and Xu Wanghua and Zheng Jinhong stayed.

"Zheng Jinhong, Su Congjin's contact, we must pay close attention, no matter what way we think, we must get the information sent by Su Congjin on time, the post stations in various parts of Yan'an Prefecture must be prepared, when necessary, take extraordinary measures, and also deliver the information on time, you are the commander of the Chinese army, and you are responsible for logistics support, the army has changed its marching route, so that the difficulties in the supply of grain and grass have increased a lot, and these difficulties must be overcome."

"Immediately write a letter to Zheng Kaihua, asking him to prepare enough grain and grass to transport in the direction of Fengyang Mansion, so that the difficulty of supplying grain and grass for the army can be reduced a lot, Jiangning County is less than five hundred miles away from Fengyang Mansion, and the grain and grass transported by Zheng Kaihua must be transported to Dingyuan County before the fifth day of the first lunar month, and wait for our news in Dingyuan County."

Zheng Jinhong was a little nervous, and Xu Wanghua already understood what Zheng Xunrui meant.

"My lord predicts that Liukou is preparing to attack Fengyang Mansion?"

"Mr. Xu, what you said is right, I expect that the Liukou will choose to attack the capital of Fengyang, and they will attack with the main force."

Xu Wanghua's face turned a little pale, if Zheng Xunrui's prediction was accurate, then Zheng Jiajun and Yulin Border Army would face unprecedented pressure, and Fengyang, the central capital, would really lose, it would not be a trivial matter.

"Mr. Xu, when you marched all the way, you followed me, this march was very fast, I hope Mr. can persevere, and the matter is urgent."

"Don't worry, my lord, my subordinates can persevere, and there will be no problem."

"Along the way, we need to discuss specific countermeasures, how to thwart the plot of the rogue, how to deal with Lord Hong's orders, there are many things, the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, if we can't make adjustments at all times, it will be difficult to achieve real victory, and it will also make the army fall into passivity."

"The subordinates understand that the judgments made by the adults have always been accurate, and no one in the court will think of this, such accurate judgments are definitely not possible for people to make, and the subordinates admire the adults so much."

"It's not so mysterious, Mr. Xu, in the future, when you face such a thing, as long as you calm down and analyze all the pros and cons, you can also get such a judgment, many people can actually think of such a possibility, but they are afraid of taking responsibility, and they follow the orders from above, so they don't have any responsibility, and there are some people, in order to preserve their own strength, they are unwilling to take risks, even if they think of it, they will not say it, let alone take action."

When the time is approaching, the army is about to set off, Zheng Xunrui still hasn't slept peacefully, he can't sleep, it's been seven years, the course of history hasn't changed much, what should have happened is still happening, but this time the situation is different, if his prediction is accurate, he can resist and crush the attempt of the Liukou, then he has really rewritten history.

Since it has passed, and it is to the troubled times at the end of the Ming Dynasty, only by changing history, will there be a better future, it is impossible to go with the flow, and it is not established, Chongzhen happened in Fengyang on the fifteenth day of the first month of the eighth year, he remembers it very clearly, but the history book records that Gao Yingxiang is the commander of the Liukou, Gao Yingxiang has been killed by him, and he can't imagine that the Liukou is still developing along the original track