The army has not moved for a long time, on the surface it is because of the major changes in the battle plan, as well as the imperial court levy and suppression of salaries and other factors, in fact, the real reason has always been in the heart of Chen Xinjia, the left attendant of the Ministry of War, after arriving in Huguang Wuchang Mansion, Chen Xinjia took a series of methods, basically controlled the command of the extermination of the Liukou, although Sun Chuanting, the governor of the five provinces, although he was uncomfortable in his heart, but his arm could not twist his thigh, and he could only be appointed, and during this period of time, Chen Xinjia and the cabinet minister, Yang Sichang, the secretary of the Ministry of War, had very frequent contacts, the understanding of the two people's views in all aspects gradually converged, which is far from being comparable to Sun Chuanting.

Chen Xinjia is not stupid, he has a certain ability, he knows very well that the emperor's decision to ask for a two-sided attack to exterminate the Liukou is not in line with the actual situation, if it is in this way to exterminate the Liukou, it is likely to lead to an unforeseen end, you must know that Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong have become very strong, the imperial army can only take the approach of striking all the way and stabilizing the way, in order to achieve the goal of weakening the power of the Liukou and finally exterminating it, this is like a child walking, just crawling on the ground, You can't ask him to run or even swim in the sea.

After careful study, Chen Xinjia thought that the battle plan put forward by Sun Chuanting was indeed feasible in combination with the actual situation he saw in Huguang, but it was not feasible to agree with Sun Chuanting's battle plan, after all, the emperor had a holy decree and had already denied the battle plan put forward by Sun Chuanting, so in this case, Chen Xinjia needed to find a workaround.

He once put forward a battle plan to divide the troops into two ways to attack Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, and even how to arrange the troops and arrange the formations was done, but in light of the actual situation, he completely denied the plan he had come up with, and he believed that the nearly 100,000 troops under Sun Chuanting's command could not be divided into two routes, and they must be concentrated. Attacking any of Li Zicheng or Zhang Xianzhong's rogue gangsters, and the other guards who assisted in the battle, it was necessary to stop the union of the two rogues.

The salaries collected by the imperial court were continuously allocated to Huguang, and the grain and grass of the army were fully guaranteed, and there was no reason not to attack.

It was late August. Chen Xinjia found Sun Chuanting to discuss, revealing the intention of changing the original battle plan.

After several deliberations and deliberations, the opinions of the two gradually converged, and the overall battle plan was finally determined.

Zuo Liangyu, the chief soldier of Huguang, Liu Liangzuo, the chief soldier of Songjiang, He Renlong, who was dispatched to Henan to serve as the chief soldier, Fang Kongzhi, the governor of Huguang, Wu Fu, the governor of Henan, Sun Chuanting, the governor of the five provinces, Wang Yongji, the superintendent of the army, and Chen Xinjia, the left attendant of the military department, gathered in the yamen of the governor of Huguang.

There are two eye-catching pictures hanging on the wall, and there is a sand table in the middle of the room. You don't have to look at it to know what you're going to discuss.

Chen Xinjia stood next to the sand table and talked eloquently.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong wantonly plundered Huguang and Henan, Zhang Xianzhong occupied Xiangyang Mansion and Yunyang Mansion, and was also preparing to enter Sichuan, Li Zicheng occupied Nanyang Mansion and Runing Mansion, in order to be able to exterminate the Liukou as soon as possible and restore peace in the north. The emperor was exhausted, and the court decided to levy and extort salaries. Let the people of the Ming Dynasty endure for a year temporarily, just to ensure that the army has enough food and grass, and to completely exterminate the Liukou for the army. ”

"This officer and Lord Sun discussed the battle plan many times, and also made several revisions, and finally made a decision."

Speaking of this, Chen Xinjia looked at Sun Chuanting. He spoke again.

"Please ask Lord Sun to deploy a battle plan."

Chen Xinjia actually did not personally deploy and let Sun Chuanting arrange it, this situation surprised everyone, in their opinion, there was a contradiction between Chen Xinjia and Sun Chuanting. The focus is on the issue of operational planning and operational command, and everyone also knows that Sun Chuanting is weaker than Chen Xinjia in terms of identity and background, and Chen Xinjia's command of the army should be a foregone conclusion, and it is not uncommon for Sun Chuanting to be directly excluded.

Sun Chuanting stood up and walked to the front of the sand table, and behind him were two eye-catching pictures.

"Ladies and gentlemen, today's battle plan is the army's next specific battle plan, this officer hopes that you will not have the slightest leakage, if this battle plan leaks out, it must be traced to the end."

Sun Chuanting's request made everyone's expressions become solemn, and the announcement of the battle plan meant that the battle was about to begin, in fact, this was not much unusual, Henan Governor Wu Fu and Henan General Soldier He Renlong all rushed to Huguang Wuchang Mansion, which has already shown that it is not ordinary, you must know that He Renlong became the Henan General Army at the end of July, and when he rushed to Henan to take office, he took away 20,000 soldiers from Nanjing Jingying.

The first army was commanded by Lord Chen and his own officer, followed by Liu Liangzuo, the general soldier of Songjiang, and Zuo Liangyu, the general soldier of Huguang, and the target of the first army was Zhang Xianzhong, who was entrenched in Xiangyang and Yunyang...... The second route army was commanded by the governor of Henan, Lord Wu Fu, with the participation of the governor of Henan, He Renlong, and its combat target was Li Zicheng, who was entrenched in Nanyang and Runing Mansions...... The armies of the two routes should coordinate their operations in accordance with the requirements of unity......"

When Sun Chuanting deployed the battle plan, there was not much surprise on everyone's faces.

A smile flashed across Chen Xinjia's face.

When he felt that the two-way battle would not work, Chen Xinjia pondered and meditated, and finally thought of He Renlong, the chief soldier of the Nanjing Beijing Battalion, He Renlong's reputation was very good, and he had participated in many battles against the Liukou, which made the Liukou quite afraid.

The emperor clearly asked for a two-way attack, if the army under Sun Chuanting was divided into two roads, the strength of the battle would be greatly weakened, not to mention defeating Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, it would be very good to be able to remain undefeated, you must know that Li Zicheng is known as 200,000 troops, and Zhang Xianzhong is known as 150,000 troops.

The best way is to focus on hitting all the way and stabilizing all the way.

After careful consideration, Chen Xinjia negotiated with Yang Sichang, a cabinet minister and secretary of the Ministry of War, and finally decided to let He Renlong serve as the commander-in-chief of Henan and become another army to attack Li Zicheng.

He Renlong's main task is not to really attack Li Zicheng, but to prevent the union of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong.

In other words, as long as He Renlong controls Xinye in Nanyang and Xinyang in Runing Prefecture, he can prevent the union of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong.

However, when this battle plan was announced by Sun Chuanting, both armies still took the initiative to attack.

As for the army led by Chen Xinjia and Sun Chuanting, the main attack on Zhang Xianzhong, their first target was Xiangyang Fucheng.

This is also Chen Xinjia and Sun Chuanting seriously discussed and made a decision, Zhang Xianzhong occupied Xiangyang, the shock caused is very great, if the imperial army can first take Xiangyang Fucheng, it indicates that the battle to exterminate the Liukou has achieved a major victory, which is a symbol, indicating that the imperial army can completely exterminate the Liukou.

The battle to attack Xiangyang Mansion City must not be simple, it can even be said that it is extremely difficult, Xiangyang Mansion City has a special terrain, Zhang Xianzhong was able to take it quickly, that is because of the negligence of the imperial army, Zhang Xianzhong occupied Xiangyang Mansion City, he paid attention to the defense of the city, and made full use of the special terrain of Xiangyang Mansion City surrounded by water on three sides and backed by mountains on one side.

The tough battle of taking Xiangyang Fucheng will be undertaken by the army under the command of Sun Chuanting, among which the Shaanxi battalion, which is extremely strong in combat, will undertake the main offensive combat mission.

Let Sun Chuanting announce the battle plan and deployment, but also Chen Xinjia carefully thought, he represents the imperial court to fully command the fight to exterminate the Liukou, there is no need to question, but the relationship between him and Sun Chuanting must be harmonious, otherwise it will affect the morale of the army, Chen Xinjia also paid attention to the close relationship with the prison army Wang Yongji, through Wang Yongji to get more support from the emperor, every time he discussed the battle plan with Sun Chuanting, he had to report to Wang Yongji, which made Wang Yongji very happy, such an effect, Chen Xinjia can see and believe that Wang Yongji will say good things in front of the emperor.

The time when the two armies began to fight was on the fifth day of the ninth month.

Chen Xinjia considered a quick victory, to be able to take Xiangyang Mansion within the year, to start the siege and pursuit of Zhang Xianzhong's rogues, for this reason he wrote a letter to Qin Liangyu, the general soldier of Sichuan, asking Qin Liangyu to deploy a good defense line in the Kuizhou area to prevent Zhang Xianzhong from entering Sichuan, as for Shaanxi, Chen Xinjia does not need to worry too much, the Zheng family army stationed in Shaanxi is the army that the rogue is most afraid of, Zhang Xianzhong does not have the courage to enter the territory of Shaanxi.

In the direction of Henan, there are He Renlong garrisons, and at the same time, the border troops of Datong in Shanxi and Yulin in Shaanxi are also ready for everything, once there is great pressure in Henan, or Zhang Xianzhong flees in the direction of Henan, then the armies of Datong in Shanxi, Yulin in Shaanxi, Henan and Huguang, including the army under Sun Chuanting, will all enter Henan and launch a large-scale slaughter against the Liukou.

The battle plan discussed by Chen Xinjia and Sun Chuanting took into account all aspects of the situation, and also concentrated a strong enough army, if the plan was successfully implemented, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong would have no way out.

Chen Xinjia has great confidence, and he knows very well that as long as the battle is decisively won, even if it is not completely over, he will be able to enter the cabinet.

In order to achieve this goal, Chen Xinjia's attitude has changed a lot, changing the attitude of just arriving in Huguang, discussing with Sun Chuanting in a low profile, calming Sun Chuanting's inner grievances, and at the same time constantly showing favor to Wang Yongji, the prison army, and at the same time paying attention to the relationship with Fang Kongzhi, Wu Fu, Liu Liangzuo, Zuo Liangyu and He Renlong.

With the center established and the battle plan complete, Chen Xinjia believed that he could completely defeat Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, and finally completely exterminate the Liukou. (To be continued......)