Liu Zongmin has long wanted to fight Ruzhou.

He had never thought about the question of the high meritorious. From the beginning of the rebellion with Li Zicheng's killing officials, to the later Shangluo Eighteen Cavalry. Along the way, he was convinced that Li Zicheng was a good man who valued friendship. However, Niu Jinxing insisted in the tent that Ruzhou would be more helpful to the front line, which made him decide to make a dangerous move and besiege but not attack.

As a strange army, it is taboo to fight under the city, and if the enemy is weak, it is not a big problem to bully. In the event that the enemy has reinforcements, it is inevitable that they will fall into passivity. This is also the reason why he wants to dedicate a battalion of troops to suppress Ruyang, so as not to suffer the enemy on his back.

"If it is really the son of the Zhu family in the city, I am afraid that Zuo Liangyu will really send troops." Liu Zongmin said worriedly.

"That's why I say besiege but not attack." Niu Jinxing smiled: "As long as we don't attack, Zuo Liangyu won't be in a hurry." Sun Chuanting was the only one who was in a hurry. He is the governor of the three sides, the commander of the attack this time, and he is alone when something happens. ”

Liu Zongmin was still convinced of Niu Jinxing, and said: "I'm afraid that the Jin soldiers will also come over, even if they take Luoyang, they will have to work hard." ”

Niu Jinxing smiled and said: "We don't have to worry about the business affairs, the marshal still wants to learn from Song Jiang to recruit An." But you have to win the battle first. ”

Liu Zongmin turned his head away from him, snorted coldly, and said: "It makes sense that you have to win the battle first, as for whether to recruit an or not, presumably the marshal has his own plans." Liu Zongmin didn't like Niu Jinxing to compare the marshal to Song Jiang, especially the rumors in the camp that Li Zicheng killed Cao Cao and Luo Rucai because Luo Rucai refused to recruit An, this argument undoubtedly made him very angry.

- Song Jiang's fake benevolence and false righteousness, even Li Kui, who was loyal to him, could be poisoned, how can he be compared with the marshal!

The more Liu Zongmin thought about it, the more angry he became, and said: "Thinking about how many letters Huang Hu wrote to persuade the marshal to take expedient measures when we eighteen of us hid in the deep mountains and old forests. What did Marshal Dao say? The marshal said: We have no choice but to kill officials and rebel. Although he was called a thief by the Zhu Dynasty, he must not be the villain who is easy to repeat! Now that we are powerful, Zuo Liangyu doesn't dare to provoke us easily, how can there be a reason to recruit us? ”

"At this time and that time," Niu Jinxing said with a smile, "at that time, you eighteen men were all of the same heart. Just rely on the word 'righteousness'. How many villains around the marshal are advocating Zhao'an to be an official now? You and the marshal, even if they are not monarchs and ministers, are good friends, but they don't speak, and let the marshal be bewitched by those villains in vain. ”

Liu Zongmin knew that Niu Jinxing was trying to win him over. The twenty-two generals of the five battalions are all generals with heavy troops, and Tian Jianxiu and himself are the leaders. Whatever those people want to do, they have to get the support of the generals who lead the troops. Niu Venus is here to find an alliance and induce himself to make a statement.

"It's okay to be an emperor. Whether it is a king or not, I only have to fight. Liu Zongmin said: "The decision is made by the marshal, but how to do it is for you strategists to think about it." But there is one thing I want to make clear: Mr. Niu, don't spoil the marshal's affairs for your own selfishness. ”

Niu Jinxing said with a gloomy face: "General Liu's words are too unreasonable. When the Japanese marshal gave you the military order to take the city of Ruzhou. If I had not come, would you not have besieged the city by now? Maybe you've already sat down in the high hall and asked the Zhu family to pour you wine! If I have selfish intentions, just say nothing and do whatever you want. Let the marshal smoke the little prince's dragon tendon again, who can still bewitch the marshal Zhao'an in the future? ”

Liu Zongmin's heart trembled. Secret Dao: Sure enough, the most poisonous person is the scholar, if you really want to arrest Prince Zhu in the future, you have to be careful that Niu Jinxing will cut it first and then play.

Niu Jinxing softened his tone and said, "At present, only if we defeat the Qin soldiers, we have the final say if we want to fight or not." Niu has a certain public heart, but he is regarded as a villain by the general. It's really unwilling. ”

Liu Zongmin snorted: "Mr. misunderstood me." Zong Min is a rough man, and he obviously admires Mr. in his heart, but what he spits out of his mouth is full of reckless words. Don't be surprised, sir! Don't be surprised! ”

Niu Jinxing pursed his lips slightly, and said, "It's good that the general understands that a certain family is working hard." The marshal is obviously out of phase and has an imperial pattern. The general can also create a family of ministers for hundreds of generations, why bother to give away people for the short-sightedness of some villains? ”

"Let's fight this battle first." Liu Zongmin said with a smile: "Jiaxian should be able to see the difference." ”

"Gu Junen persuaded the marshal to abandon Jiaxian, whether he was dead or alive, in these three or five days." When Niu Jinxing talked about Gu Junen, he was inevitably a little lonely. Now that Gu Junen is in the limelight, Li Zicheng obeys his words, so Niu Jinxing found an excuse to come out and avoid the "enemy".

In fact, it is also to avoid Li Zicheng, so as not to be questioned about military strategy.

Niu Jinxing thinks that his political strategy and cunning are not weaker than others, even Gu Junen is not as good as himself. However, the military formation strategy is not his forte, and if he shows cowardice, he will really destroy the image of his painstaking management for many years.

-- The marshal had been fighting for more than ten years, and the matter of the military formation was not originally discussed with the strategists. Now I probably ask for sweetness, and I like to ask for strategies more and more. This can also be regarded as the credit of his Gu Junen......

Niu Jinxing thought in his heart, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but float slightly.

Liu Zongmin didn't know what Niu Jinxing was thinking, he only felt that his eyes were cold, coupled with a sneer, it was really chilling. If it weren't for the sake of being in the same boat, I really wanted to drive this scholar out of the tent.

"Report to the general!" Outside the tent, Tang Ma shouted: "General Lu urgently needs a military report!" ”

Liu Zongmin's heart tightened for no reason: "Come in and say." ”

Tang Ma entered the big tent, and his voice was not as loud as before: "General, the North Camp is broken!" ”

"It's broken!" Liu Zongmin jumped up, his eyes glared at the boss: "How did it break!" How many people on the other side! ”

"The number of officers and soldiers is around five hundred." Tangma said honestly.

Liu Zongmin slapped the table heavily: "I left so many men and horses for Lu Donkey, and it was broken by five hundred officers and soldiers!" Where is he! Why don't you mention it to see me! ”

"General Lu's whereabouts are unknown...... Tang Ma's voice became deeper and deeper: "Some people say that General Lu was caught, and some people say that he was killed...... Now there is a lot of commotion, and no conclusive information can be found. ”

Liu Zongmin gritted his back molars: "If he really dies, it will be cheaper for him!" ”

"Let's send someone to gather the stragglers first." Niu Jinxing sighed softly: "Most of them are greedy for merit. ”

"The rout that has been gathered will not be used." Liu Zongmin said hatefully: "Attack the city tomorrow!" Otherwise, we'll all have to explain it here! ”

Niu Jinxing stretched out his hand and said: "The ancients said that they would encircle the point and send reinforcements, why don't the generals use it?" ”

"Where did we get the soldiers to send out for reinforcements?" Liu Zongmin's heart flashed in his heart, and there were several reasons for "can't". Not only is the force not enough to withdraw from the siege and send reinforcements, but the turmoil in the army's heart alone is not something that this scholar can understand.

-- They were all angry men who were just full of anger, pulling them back and forth from south to north, saying that they were going to attack the city but they withdrew to send reinforcements...... Are you a stupid boy walking around the neighborhood?

Liu Zongmin said secretly in his heart.

"You can use the tactics of the suspicious soldiers!" Niu Jinxing said proudly, and suddenly felt that a rough person was not as good as a scholar who could fight.

"Siege tomorrow!" Liu Zongmin announced, and at the same time glanced at Niu Jinxing: If you don't understand anything, you will be involved in chaos.

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"Light torches, beat drums, don't care about any ambush soldiers in the whole army, and camp five miles outside the Liu thief camp!" She An rode on his horse and shouted orders. He is not an impassioned person, but he was still scolded by his boss because he won the battle, which made him very ...... Mortified.

It is indeed a shame, not a grievance.

Because Xiao Mo was reasonable, She An didn't even have room to defend himself. One of the most important ones: the decision of the Ming Ming military conference is to let She An serve as the vanguard to test the combat effectiveness of the thieves, and Weishenme will evolve into a decisive battle. Although the strange troops sent out did play a key role, they should not have sent this strange army in the first place, so that the main force of the vanguard lacked frontal troops.

Xiao Mo personally brought the Ruyang defenders into the battle, which stabilized the results, otherwise even if the thieves' defenders were defeated, She An would definitely not have the ability to continue to march.

As for the fact that the detective was untrue in advance, which led to heavy losses in the attack of a bureau's troops on a wooden village, this is already a minor flaw in this command mistake. This small flaw made She Anxin even more annoyed: I later learned that it was a place where a grain merchant in Ruyang privately stocked grain, and it looked like a mud village on the outside, but it was full of fortifications inside.

The purpose of building this stockade is to prevent bandits and officials to defend against officials. As soon as the thieves came, the grain merchant gave the stockade to the thieves as if they were offering treasures.

As for the man who set off the cannon, he didn't ask for any flowers under torture. He simply hated the officials, so he put crotons in the meals of the soldiers guarding the artillery. The guards ate the food he gave every day, and they were not guarded, and asked him to help take a look. As a result, he took advantage of the gap between the guards and indiscriminately put gunpowder to blow up the cannon. Although it did not succeed, it caused the enemy camp to be on guard, and even moved the idea of pinching the soft persimmon.

These two events made She Anxin quite turbulent. He thinks he is an officer and soldier of the Ming Dynasty, but why is he regarded as a bandit by the people of the Ming Dynasty?

The only thing to be thankful for is that the thief general Lu Xin was captured in this battle. This person is a powerful general under the thief, and he sent troops with Liu Zongmin this time, and he knows the truth of Liu Thief very well. Although he is known as a mighty general, he has nothing to be mighty about, and as soon as he was captured, he begged for mercy and said everything.

According to the confession obtained from Lu Xin's mouth, there are many thieves, and the battle in array is by no means the opponent of officers and soldiers. After an afternoon of casualty statistics, the battle loss ratio was 1 to 4. Among them were Zhen Feiyu's being caught off guard, as well as the casualties of the surprise attack team.

In this way, even if Liu Zongmin wants to fight hard, he doesn't have that much capital.

This is also the reason why Xiao Mo ordered She An to march overnight with great fanfare. If Liu Zongmin dared to fight, the officers and soldiers would naturally not be afraid of him. If he doesn't dare to fight, this trick can also make him retreat from Baofeng and go to Sun Chuanting's trouble-the crown prince himself is in Ruyang, which really makes people feel like a rat trap. (To be continued......)