When Su Jing arrived in Ruzhou, it was already dark, and the gallop all the way made his body a little unbearable. He had already imagined in his mind various scenarios in which he would see the prince of the East Palace, reprimand the traitor, and refuse to return to the army. Some are enthusiastic, some are tragic and tragic, and some are humorous...... In short, His Royal Highness the Prince Zuihou had to retract his orders and let the Qin soldiers and Yu soldiers continue to pursue the thieves south.

"Old man, it's been a long wait."

Su Jing raised his eyes to look at this person, only to see a cloth robe, wearing a square scarf, with a straight waist, but a pair of linen shoes under his feet, aged around fifty. Just looking at this dress, it was exactly the same as when he was not yet brown, except that a long sword hung from his waist.

Su Jing narrowed his eyes, and his gaze fell on the long sword.

Willow wood sheath, wrapped with copper sword grid, no sword spike.

Scribes of the late Ming Dynasty rarely used long swords as decoration, and even if they did, they mostly tied sword spikes, indicating literary swords. If there is no sword spike, it is a martial sword used to kill. Among the sergeants and doctors, only Sun Chengzong wore a martial sword and no one dared to laugh at him, everyone knew that Sun Ge Lao was alone, and he walked all over the nine sides of the Ming Dynasty with a sword, and he was a real thief.

Not only is the sword a little non-mainstream, but the name is also a bit weird.

The old Taoist is indeed the honorific title of overseer of the imperial history. Su Jing's current official is the supervisor of the army, but the most noble official position since joining the government is the Jiangxi Provincial Supervisor of the Imperial History, so being called this is a sign of goodwill.

However, nicknames are not just called.

For the supervision of the imperial history, colleagues can be called "six inspectors", "inspectors", and "inspectors"; Friends and correspondence can be called "South Couch" and "History of Axe-wielding"; The joke can be said to be "open pepper...... But this "old Taoist" is not called casually.

This is the honorific title of the court boss of the Zhongtang Shangshu court to supervise the imperial history.

If you don't have that status, you are not qualified to be "respected".

- It must be a half-hung person who came to offer treasures after reading some miscellaneous books!

If you change to a young jinshi, you will inevitably can't help but ask at this moment: "Where is the madman!" Su Jing was a jinshi who was talented six years ago, and he was no longer arrogant, but his face was displeased: "Who are you?" How do you call me a Taoist? ”

The scribe was stunned for a moment, knowing that Su Jing didn't recognize him. He immediately smiled and said: "The old man's surname is Wu, and he is from Xinghua." ”

Wu ...... Xinghua ......" Su Jing was stunned for a moment, and almost blurted out "Wu Fu" twice. In the circle of Ming literati, if you call him by his name in person, it is undoubtedly a slap in the face or a slap in the face, and if later generations point to someone else's nose and say: "The surname is so-and-so!" ”

Fortunately, Su Jing's cultivation is still sufficient. As soon as the words turned, the person had already made a move: "It turned out to be Wu Ge Lao!" After learning Su Jing, he was deaf and deaf, did not know the old gentleman's respect, and still looked at Haihan. ”

"The old man has no official position now, why should the old Taoist be so polite." Wu Fu smiled: "The East Palace is inside, and I have asked many times." ”

"Capital crime, capital crime! After learning, he went on a pilgrimage to His Royal Highness the Prince. "Su Jing calculated the time, the prince should not be much earlier than him. Get rid of the red tape and summon officials and old men. Ask about people's livelihood and customs, ask about the harvest of social crops, ask about local political achievements, and ask about unjust and difficult cases...... A whole set of processes takes a lot of time, and eighty percent of them have just ended.

Thinking of this, Su Jing was slightly moved, quite flattered.

This town general's mansion is only close to ordinary large families, and the prince of Gayin is not allowed to farm fields. Only Juelu, as a general of Zhenguo, can afford such a house, which is already very good at management. At this time, there were guards on both sides of the Zhumen. All of them are tall and lofty, and they are really extraordinary.

Su Jing was not qualified to go through the middle door, so he followed Wu Fu into the side door, and just after the entrance hall, he saw a young scholar in a cyan robe in the courtyard. Looking up at a tall cypress tree. He thought it was a subordinate of the prince's side, and he didn't care, but he just buried his head in thinking about how to salute and answer correctly after seeing the prince.

"Your Highness, the Su Jian Army has arrived." Wu Fu suddenly stopped.

Su Jing was taken aback. I couldn't stop and almost bumped into Wu Fu. In a panic, Su Jing's eyes swept over the prince's face, and sure enough, he saw that this young man had fine white skin and had not yet grown a beard.

"Mr. Sue." Zhu Cihong turned around and faced Su Jing and called out politely.

"Chen Sujing pays a visit to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" Su Jing made a gesture to kneel.

Zhu Cihong took a step forward casually, stretched out his hand to support it, and said, "Don't hinder it." Mr. Su is not old, and it seems that he has health skills. ”

"Thank you, Your Highness." Su Jing was stunned for a moment, and could only thank Zhu Cihong first: "It's all thanks to the Holy Emperor Hongfu, His Royal Highness is merciful." ”

"That's right," Zhu Cihong laughed softly, "If the health is good, it will be attributed to the emperor's father, then how can the tens of millions of people who died be counted?" ”

What Su Jing said was just a cliché, and he was choked by the prince like this, and he suddenly didn't know what to say. He was not in a hurry, and he was so frightened that cold sweat came out.

Zhu Cihong's killing stick that was not angry and self-righteous was beaten down, which invisibly completely dispersed Su Jing's fierce temper, and said, "Won't Mr. Sun turn back?" ”

"There are many fierce generals in the army, and the superintendent has to lead and coordinate the run-in between the Qin soldiers and the Yu soldiers, so he really can't leave." Su Jing secretly wiped the cold sweat on his forehead and replied in a low voice.

"Haha." Zhu Cihong daxiao held Su Jing's forearm and walked towards the middle hall, saying with a smile: "Governor Qin is afraid that he won't be able to leave if he comes here, right?" ”

Su Jing was held hostage by the crown prince, his head was blank, and he forgot how to take a step. When he came back to his senses, his eyes were dark, and he had already entered the middle hall.

The furnishings in the middle hall have all been replaced with the decorations of the East Palace, and all the clutter has been removed. In the middle of the hall is a colorful da, which is the system of the Son of Heaven's expedition. On both sides are the sword of the Dragon Festival monk, representing the supreme imperial power.

Su Jing was stabbed by the golden light of the Dragon Festival, and hurriedly lowered his head and secretly looked around. There were no swordsmen or the like around, only two eunuch-like attendants waiting for orders. He saw a plain screen, but instead of silk, it was rice paper. There were several columns of words written on the paper, and at a glance, he could see that there was a column in the middle that read, "Summons Sun Chuanting." ”

- His Royal Highness is really determined to let Qin Bing come back.

Su Jing's heart was full of pimples, and he said secretly: Wu Xinghua's reputation is not low, so he won't offer slander in order to rob Sun Chuanting's credit, right? Could it be that there is someone else?

He had the same opinion as Sun Chuanting, believing that the discussion of returning to the army was nothing more than the attribution of the merit of suppressing the thief.

The so-called civil death and martial arts battle to the death, to put it bluntly, is just for the sake of "name before and after death".

For Sun Chuanting, I am afraid there is still a layer of concern about his own safety. Before that, the emperor released Hou Sui from prison. Supervising Huguang, seeing that Hou Sui was useless, he turned his head and threw him into the black prison again. This is simply a portrayal of Sun Chuanting himself, if he doesn't stabilize himself with military exploits, will he sit back and wait for the ride?

Zhu Cihong sat on the main seat and took Shang Fang's sword casually. Gently unleashed the sword spike and said, "Qin Du is afraid that someone will rob him of his credit, right?" ”

"Our courtiers are loyal to the king, how can we have a utilitarian heart!" Su Jing hurriedly stepped forward to confess.

It's a pity that since ancient times, Zhu Cihong has confessed a lot of white expressions, and Zhu Cihong doesn't eat this set. He just looked down at the knot of the sword spike, and said casually: "Since you don't want to fight for merits, why are you so reckless?" Ignoring the order of the lonely family, don't you know that the lonely is the royal hunt for the sky? ”

"Your Highness's forgiveness!" Su Jing heard the unkindness in his voice, especially the action of Zhu Cihong to untie the sword spike. He hurriedly bowed down and stared down at the green bricks on the ground. As if a speech was written on the brick surface, he defended in one breath: "Your Highness does not know the current situation. Baofeng is a place where puppet officials gather, and Tang County is an old camp of thieves. In the previous battle of Baofeng, the official army defeated the thieves, and now the thieves themselves are in Xiangcheng! My Qin soldiers came from afar, and Henan is a barren land, which is not conducive to stalemate, so we can only fight quickly! ”

Su Jing secretly looked up at the prince. Seeing that Zhu Cihong didn't react, he hurriedly explained: "Our army's grain and grass are transported for three hundred miles. If you get food from Jiangnan, you don't know how far away. The thieves could take the grain of Jingxiang Lake and Guang, and consumed less than the officers and soldiers along the way. Mo said that now that our army has the advantage of the situation, even if the situation is peaceful, there is only a decisive battle. This is exactly what it says: Ready to fly! ”

Zhu Cihong finally untied the sword spike and said, "Just talking about grain and grass, there is indeed a reason for a quick battle. ”

Su Jing became relaxed. Hit the railway while it was hot: "Your Highness, the three armies have not moved the grain and grass first, this grain and grass is really the most important thing." The sooner our army captures Xiangyang, it will be able to attack Hanyang and Wuchang with Zuozhen as soon as possible, and collect the granaries of the two lakes. The world should be certain! ”

Zhu Cihong shook his head slightly: "You may not even be able to defeat Xiangcheng County, and you still say Xiangyang?" If Sun Chuanting can call me to Nanyang, I will completely obey him! ”

Su Jing's momentum just now suddenly frustrated, and he was very puzzled why His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was so pessimistic.

Zhu Cihong slowed down: "Grain and grass are important, but is there no other important place to march and fight?" How is the morale of the military? The Qin soldiers came from afar, and they did not occupy the land and benefit the people. The thieves have occupied this place for many years, bewitching the people, and are familiar with the geographical advantages, do they win? The old camp of thieves was slaughtered, and they only wanted to kill themselves to take revenge, and their fighting spirit was flourishing, wouldn't they be mourning soldiers? At this moment, not to mention returning to the army to avoid its sharpness, at least it is necessary to stick to the city, so as to be its front, how can it fight hard? ”

Su Jing was not good at military formation, but when he heard the prince say this, his heart trembled, and he only felt that it was quite reasonable. However, he has been repeatedly promoted in the past six years, and he always remembers the emperor's grace, and refuses to live up to the trust of Emperor Chongzhen, and says strongly: "Your Highness talks about the army on paper, how can you cut off the military situation thousands of miles away!" ”

"I talk about ...... on paper," Zhu Cihong was a little annoyed, "A blind person can see that the thief is really luring the enemy deep!" ”

"Your Highness, that's the words of the Ministry of War!" Su Jing shouted.

"Let me ask you," Zhu Cihong said sharply: "Why is the old camp in Tang County, the puppet official in Baofeng, and the elite thief in Xiangcheng?" ”

Su Jing was stunned for a moment, and he didn't prepare the prince to ask such a professional military question. He searched his stomach and thought about it, and said, "Can the brigade take a road?" It is bound to be a divergent withdrawal, resulting in a different location. ”

"I'm talking about location!" Zhu Cihong stood with his sword in his hand, stepped in front of Su Jing in two steps, pulled out Shang Fang's sword with a bang, and the cold light flashed, and he clicked three points on the ground.

Stone chips were splashing, and Su Jing looked at the three white dots on the ground in horror, which finally fit with the map in his mind.

"The northernmost part of Xiangcheng County has passed Jiaxian!" Zhu Cihong pointed at the bottom white dot and said, "Is there a reason not to send troops to protect the old and weak civil officials when retreating?" This is obviously the elite of the thieves going north from Xiangyang, and the old camp and the puppet officials couldn't withdraw in time, and were caught up by the Qin soldiers! If Qin Du chases again, it will not be a thief's lure of the enemy, but an elite army! ”

Seeing that Su Jing still had to argue, Zhu Cihong snorted coldly: "If I expect it to be true, the thieves and ambushers will be waiting for you in Jiaxian!" ”

Zhu Cihong knows the general trend of history, but he doesn't know where Sun Chuanting was defeated. After coming to Ruzhou, he mobilized local chronicles and drew topographic maps of strategic locations, which attracted special attention to Jiaxian. Not only because Sun Chuanting had lost once in Jiaxian, but also because of the transposition. If he was Li Zicheng, he would definitely set up an ambush in Jiaxian.

Judging from the topographic map, the three counties of Baofeng, Jiaxian and Xiangcheng constitute a stable iron triangle, guarding the north-south and east-west passages in the plains and low posts where the mountains meet. This is certainly the reason why the ancients chose to thrive here.

These three counties are all in the remnants of the Funiu Mountains, each with dozens of peaks. However, the direction and location of the mountain determine the strategic differences between the three places.

Baofeng County is west of the outer foothills of the Funiu Mountains. There are mountains on the west, south and east sides, which are mainly concentrated in the west and south, and there are only two mountains in the east that exceed 100 zhang.

Jiaxian is also surrounded by mountains, but it presents a saddle shape, high in the southeast and northwest, and low in the middle. The southeast is the remnant vein of the outer mountains, and the low mountains are endless; The northwest is a mountainous area with undulating peaks; The central part is the alluvial plain of the North Ru River, which is fertile and open.

The southwest of Xiangcheng is a series of low mountains. The north is hilly, and the central and eastern parts are plains. These low hills and low hills are "short" and "low" in geography, but in fact they are also hundreds of zhang high, which is enough to become a barrier to intercept the army.

Drawing these mountains on paper, it is clear at a glance that the plain landform between Bao, Jia, and Xiang counties is the main battlefield.

Now that the official army occupies Baofeng, it is equivalent to occupying a corner of this triangle.

Li Zicheng occupies two corners. Among them, Xiangcheng has mountains as a barrier, and if you want to attack Xiangcheng, you can only attack Jiaxian first, otherwise there is a danger of being copied back.

The middle plain was the road between the two armies. None of them are geographically advantageous.

For the officers and troops, the most decisive battle point is to lean westward and set up an ambush by taking advantage of the mountain.

For breaking into the camp. It is to set up an ambush in Jiaxian County to the east, as long as the official army is led into the plain area in the middle of the "saddle", it is enough to inflict heavy damage.

Now Sun Chuanting is bent on drilling into the enemy's nest, how can this not make Zhu Cihong anxious? However, Sun Chuanting, Su Jing and others are still very confident, as if as long as they send troops, they will definitely win.

"Last year, Governor Qin set up an ambush in Jiaxian, and Li Zicheng was so painful. If it weren't for the defeat because of the sloppy military discipline, how could Li Chuang be today? Zhu Cihong patiently persuaded again: "Now it's just that the host and the guest are reversed? Isn't it true that Qin Du can't recognize it? ”

"Your Highness, Governor Qin is long in the battle array, and the number of roads he has used naturally has a way to crack it!" Su Jing finally found the angle of rebuttal: "Your Highness only supervises the battle in Luoyang." Just sit and get the good news. ”

"Ignorance!" Zhu Cihong finally couldn't help but scold: "Then what about Ruzhou!" Is there only 3,000 remnants of soldiers guarding the land where the army stores food? "It was only after Zhu Cihong came to Ruzhou that he learned that Sun Chuanting left 3,000 soldiers to protect the food, and he would not be an elite if he thought about it.

"Baisha is fifty miles north of Ruyang," Su Jing said, "It's only fifty miles from Luoyang, how can the army of thieves raid my granary?" ”

Baisha is the northern end of Ruzhou, on the banks of the Baijiang River, and it is also the exact location of Sun Chuanting's grain. Su Jing was not impressed by His Royal Highness the Prince's worries: Baisha's use as a grain storage ground was a military secret, even if many generals in the camp did not know about it, let alone the thieves. Taking 10,000 steps back, even if the thieves knew the place where the grain was stored, how could they bypass the road where the army gathered and go around to such a rear place? If there are many soldiers, it is difficult to pass through the narrow road of Funiu Mountain. If there are few soldiers, what's the point of going there?

Zhu Cihong slowly put away his sword, looked at Su Jing who was lying on the ground, and finally said helplessly: "You get up, I have said everything that needs to be said." Originally, Mr. Wu meant that he would go to Baofeng, but I thought it was best for me to say this myself, lest you think that someone was bewitching me. Now it seems that Qin Du is determined to fight this battle. ”

When Su Jing heard this, his heart couldn't help but soften, but his mouth did not relax, and he still knelt on the ground and said: "Your Highness, the matter of the battle formation can be handed over to Governor Qin." ”

"Can't you even wait for Zuo Liangyu?" Zhu Cihong said in a roundabout way.

Anyway, Zuo Liangyu will not come to death.

"The military situation is like fire, I can't wait, Your Highness!" Su Jing kowtowed emotionally. (To be continued......)

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