Chapter 431: Overconfidence is conceit
Huai'an, Caoyun Governor's Palace.
Zheng Xunrui's face was pale, the personal soldiers sent by Lu Xiangsheng stood in front of him, and they didn't dare to come out, these personal soldiers worked hard to send letters, originally thinking that they would go back immediately, who knew that the governor had something to ask.
Zheng Xunrui had already read the letter, he never imagined that Lu Xiangsheng was so bold that he dared to lead an army of 10,000 to launch an attack on the Liukou, did Lu Xiangsheng forget the ending of Cao Wenzhao, the Tianxiong Army does have a strong combat effectiveness, but the Liukou occupy an absolute advantage in numbers, if people launch crowd tactics, the Tianxiong Army will not be able to deal with it at all.
There is also a fatal problem, that is, the 20,000 Chinese army led by Gao Qiqian, the distance from the front army, actually exceeded the time of more than three days, this is already the front army and the Chinese army completely separated, after so many battles, Zheng Xunrui has not heard of a face-to-face fight for more than three days, can last for about a day, even if it is very remarkable.
This means that the 10,000-strong army led by Lu Xiangsheng must deal with the attack of the rogues alone.
There is a huge danger here, it is rumored that there are more than 100,000 rogues stationed in Nanyang Mansion, even if there are not so many, as long as there are more than 50,000 rogues and the swarming attack, Lu Xiangsheng will not be able to resist.
It was obviously a rare opportunity to exterminate Li Zicheng, but it was deployed like this by Lu Xiangsheng and others.
Zheng Xunrui couldn't dare to continue thinking about it.
"Among you, if anyone knows the detailed deployment of Lord Lu, tell it immediately."
Zheng Xunrui spoke very politely, staring at the ten people standing in front of him, these people still had fatigue written on their faces, but at this juncture, he couldn't care so much.
None of the ten spoke.
Zheng Xunrui was a little impatient.
"You are all Lord Lu's personal soldiers, and you have followed Lord Lu for many years, you must know Lord Lu's detailed deployment, say it immediately, this official needs to know Lord Lu's detailed deployment. In this way, we can make real suggestions, and in my letter, Lord Lu said too roughly. ”
Perhaps Zheng Xunrui's tone was already very bad, and a pro-soldier finally spoke.
"Your Excellency. The detailed deployment of the marshal is not particularly clear to his subordinates, and the marshal generally does not say it, but when he went to Huai'an, the marshal once said it. If an adult asks, what should the subordinate say? ”
Zheng Xunrui looked at the pro-soldier who opened his mouth like this, and his expression became even more serious.
"The marshal said that the front army of 10,000 people is a tentative attack, and if the Liukou is strong, the marshal will retreat, make peace with the Chinese army, and wait for the arrival of the army in Sichuan, Huguang and Shanxi, and then launch an attack. If the Liukou are weak, the commander will ask the Chinese army to speed up the march and strive to launch a general attack on the Liukou as soon as possible......"
A sneering look appeared on Zheng Xunrui's face, he was a little puzzled, it is said that Lu Xiangsheng is also a member of the Ming Dynasty, he should have a very good combat thinking, know the laws of combat, such an important battle, where there is any temptation, even if you think about temptation. Will people give you a chance, it's impossible, once they have the advantage, they will spare no effort to start a war of extermination. Can we still wait for you to evacuate easily?
At this time, Zheng Xunrui thought of Gao Qiqian and the Ming Dynasty's military supervision system, and he could only sigh.
Lu Xiangsheng was killed by the prison army, and Lu Xiangsheng in history was also killed by the prison army. Is it true that history cannot follow the inevitable law?
While nodding, Zheng Xunrui spoke.
"Lord Lu is testing the Liukou, what is the specific combat deployment."
"This, the subordinates are not very clear."
Zheng Xunrui's eyes shot a cold glow, it's this time, these soldiers are still thinking about the deployment of the battle can not be revealed, he doesn't know at all, Lu Xiangsheng has fallen into great danger, now Li Zicheng, has long been besieged in Kuizhou and Banzhou and other places Li Zicheng, more than a year of dormancy, after only about two months, he completely controlled Nanyang Mansion in Henan, and occupied the city, the most important thing is this operation, Li Zicheng did not take the way of mobile combat, Instead, he boldly showed that his main force was in Nanyang, and if he was not fully prepared, Li Zicheng would not have done so.
Zheng Xunrui's gaze made several pro-soldiers feel that something was wrong.
"My lord, my subordinates really don't know the specific deployment of the marshal, but I just know that the first step for the adults will be to attack Qinyang County, and then they may attack Nanyang Mansion City."
"This official asks you, after Lord Lu takes Qinyang County, will he wait for the arrival of the Chinese army, and then attack Nanyang Mansion City."
"This, if the battle goes well, the marshal may lead the army to directly attack Nanyang Mansion City."
Zheng Xunrui closed his eyes, he didn't want these soldiers to see his pain, in his mind, the figure of Cao Wenzhao had already emerged, Cao Wenzhao was very brave back then, which made the rogues afraid, but because of the rashness, he was surrounded by the rogues and finally died.
Could it be that Lu Xiangsheng will also end like this.
Among the Liukou, there are strategists like Li Yan, Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance, their preparations will definitely be much stronger than before, and Li Yan and others to publicize Li Zicheng's methods are very wonderful, it doesn't take much effort to win the hearts of the people for Li Zicheng, so that Li Zicheng has a firm foothold in Nanyang, this time the imperial army went to encircle and suppress, as expected, Li Yan and others must have made suggestions to Li Zicheng, directly facing the imperial army.
Maybe an invisible net is waiting for Lu Xiangsheng to drill into it, but I can't imagine that because of the contradiction between the marshal and the supervising army, Lu Xiangsheng actually led 10,000 troops to go deep alone, wouldn't this make the rogue more successful.
Zheng Xunrui didn't dare to think about it, he knew the power of Li Yan, Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance and others, Li Zicheng in history had encountered the lowest trough and was almost wiped out, that is, with the assistance of Li Yan and others, he rose rapidly, and finally entered the city of Beijing and overthrew the Ming Dynasty.
It's a pity that Lu Xiangsheng doesn't know all this, I'm afraid that Lu Xiangsheng at this time has fallen into the big net.
"How long did it take you to get to Huai'an?"
Zheng Xunrui suddenly opened his mouth to ask this question, which made several pro-soldiers stunned.
After a while, a voice came.
"Report to the lord, after the subordinates received the task, they did not dare to delay in the slightest, the subordinates set off from Zhugou, day and night, and it took four days to rush to Huai'an, and the letter was sent to the lord."
Zheng Xunrui's eyebrows jumped, Zhugou belongs to Wanshan County of Runing Mansion, less than two hundred miles away from Qinyang, that is to say, when these soldiers arrived in Huai'an, Lu Xiangsheng's battle to attack Qinyang County had already begun, as expected, Lu Xiangsheng was able to take Qinyang County very smoothly, and then attack Nanyang Mansion City at a faster speed.
With his own people, Zheng Xunrui will also make such an arrangement, so that Lu Xiangsheng and the Chinese army behind him will gather as far away as possible, so that Lu Xiangsheng will be isolated and helpless, and once surrounded, there will be no way out.
Lu Xiangsheng's character, Zheng Xunrui knows, he has an unusual arrogance in his bones, I am afraid that he did not take the rogues in his eyes, once he won the initial battle, he would despise the rogues even more.
wrote a letter to remind Lu Xiangsheng, I'm afraid it's too late, these soldiers will take at least five days to rush to Qinyang, and they have already gone through a long-distance attack, and they have not yet fully recovered, and on the way back, the speed will inevitably be affected, and Lu Xiangsheng will not wait for so long in Qinyang County.
Now, it depends on Lu Xiangsheng's luck, and at the same time to see if Gao Qiqian is willing to lead the Chinese army to speed up the march, if so, Lu Xiangsheng may still escape the fate of being exterminated.
Zheng Xunrui looked at several pro-soldiers, he didn't speak for a long time, he knew that saying anything was useless.
"You rushed to Huai'an from Zhu, it only took four days, and it was very hard along the way, since you arrived in Huai'an, don't leave in a hurry, rest for a day or two, and then leave after your body recovers."
After saying this, Zheng Xunrui spoke to Zheng Jinhong beside him.
"Zheng Zongbing, arrange a few people, accompany them to take a good walk around Huai'an City, you can go to have fun wherever you want, and Zheng Jiajun is responsible for all expenses."
Of course, the ten pro-soldiers understood what Zheng Xunrui meant, and couldn't help but smile, when they came to a rich place like Huai'an, if they couldn't play around, it would still be a pity, since the governor had arranged it, then they wouldn't be polite, and they would have fun for two to three days, and when they returned to the army in the future, they would have the capital to brag.
Xu Wanghua and Zheng Jinhong came to Donglin Book House and saw Zheng Xunrui's expression unusually grim.
"Mr. Xu, Jin Hong, I'm afraid that something big is going to happen in Henan, we must be prepared......"
After Zheng Xunrui said all his worries, Xu Wanghua and Zheng Jinhong were dumbfounded, they looked at the map on the table, and they didn't relax for a long time.
Xu Wanghua finally spoke.
"My lord, can you send a sergeant to warn Lord Lu that the sweaty BMW has been sent to Huai'an, if you send someone to ride the sweaty BMW to remind Lord Lu, it may be too late."
Zheng Xunrui shook his head slightly.
"It's too late, I expect that Liukou is ready for everything, and will not give Lord Lu a chance to rest and delay, but now, I can only hope that my judgment is wrong, and I hope that Liukou did not make such arrangements."
After saying this, Zheng Xunrui's face became grim again.
"Jinhong, immediately write a letter to Hong Xintao, who is stationed in Xi'an, asking him to pay close attention to the situation in Henan to prevent the Liukou from taking the opportunity to invade Henan.
After saying this, Zheng Xunrui's expression darkened, and the evil consequences of collecting arrears of agricultural taxes were finally revealed. (To be continued.) )