Dunshe's proposal was approved without surprise. Without the strength as a backing, Zheng Sanbao is just bluffing and playing a role in the absence of any substance.

The days that followed were long and short.

Grain, grass and baggage from Pyongyang poured into the city in waves; The sentinels who were sent out in the direction of Gaizhou and Liaoyang went out of the city in waves. The Po Sa Inspection Department has completely turned into a military city, and Deng She issued a strict order to carry out military control on the residents of the city at the same time, without military orders, and prohibit entry and exit, so as to prevent the leakage of information.

There has been no major change in the situation in Gaizhou, there are still small-scale confrontations, and there are no large-scale battles. …… On the Shuai Mansion Hall, Deng She stared at the map: "It seems that Mao Jujing has not made up his mind yet. He turned his eyes to the direction of Liao and Shen, and Naha came out of the city, known as a million, with flags all over the field, and camped for hundreds of miles.

"An army of millions, how much is there in the middle?"

"The Shenyang Tartar army got rid of the defenders, and there were less than 100,000 people available; Coupled with the people of the surrounding Mongolian tribes, there can be 200,000 people, which is already the top of the sky. ”

There are less than 30,000 men and horses in Liaoyang City, and 200,000 yuan of troops are like Mount Tai. In the face of the menacing enemy, Guan Duo recovered from the initial confusion, showing his true character as a hero, and he was not chaotic in the face of danger, on the one hand, messengers came out one after another, and forcefully ordered rescue from all over the country; On the one hand, Ren Xianda's vanguard of the Yuan army provoked wantonly, but only closed the door without fighting.

For a while, on the land of Liaodong, the wind and clouds rose again.

Ten days later, Zhao Guo rushed to the Po Sa Inspection Division. After the urgent military discussion, Deng She decided to immediately launch an attack on Jin and Fuzhou. Watching the tiger fight is important, but the premise of watching the tiger fight is to sit on a mountain first.

As the leading coach, Deng She did not intend to lead the team personally, and he handed over this important task to Chen Hu. The inside story of Jin and Fuzhou has long been discovered, and the Japanese people have poured out, and there are only a few thousand people in the city to defend them. Deng She gave Chen Hu 10,000 people, which was enough to use with Chen Zhe's guide and the firearms that gathered the whole army.

During this period, a situation occurred, which has to be mentioned: just before the arrival of Zhao Guo's army, the Gaizhou side knew about the changes of the Po Si Inspection Division, first Mao Jujing's messenger broke out of the siege and urgently asked for help, but Deng She suppressed it; Later, some Japanese people outside the city moved their troops and retreated, and it seemed that they had the intention of withdrawing to Jin and Fuzhou, so Deng She immediately sent an army to make a posture of interception in the middle, forcing them to retreat again.

"If the Japanese dare to retreat, we will ambush him halfway and beat him on a falling flower of the dog's day; If he doesn't withdraw, we will swagger and tell him to watch, how can we go to withdraw gold and restore Erzhou. ”

The plan was decided, and early the next morning, Chen Hu rolled his army out of the city. Deng She sent out of the city, holding his hand and being courteous: "General, wait for the general's good news." ”

Chen Hu said succinctly: "Please return to the city." ”

The rabble of Japanese pirates, the soldiers here are strong and prepared, and Deng She is not worried. sent Chen Hu away, and continued to focus on Liao, Shen, and Gaizhou.

Liaoxi and Guangning are far apart, and there are continuous wars in the middle, and it is difficult to find out what the specific situation is. But from the military reports of Guan Duo and Mao Jujing urging three times a day, we can guess slightly: Sha Liu Er and Pan Cheng must be too busy to take care of themselves and have no power to Liaoyang.

"Report, there is another military newspaper in Liaoyang."

Preparing for the war, Deng She has always kept his armor on his body, and as soon as he raised his hand, the iron leaves on his arm whirled: "Bring it." ”

Expanding the reading, I recognized it as Guan Duo's own handwriting, and wrote on it: "Remembering that at the beginning, the general heard of the change and immediately mobilized Pyongyang's military horses. Now the three armies of the Tartars are in array, arrayed under the city, and the siege is endless day and night. Yesterday, from noon to night, the city was attacked more than ten times. Although Liaoyang is strong, it is not the enemy. Ask the general, when will it arrive? ”

This is the third Liaoyang military newspaper and the first to be written by Guan Duo. Tasting the words in the military newspaper, Deng She's earlier stone-throwing question for directions was answered, and it was obvious that Guan Duo was forced to be helpless and approved Deng She's move to evacuate the Taizi River without authorization and transfer troops to the Po Sa Inspection Division, giving formal and official recognition.

The situation is stronger than the man. Deng She smiled slightly, flipped through the case, and found the letter for help sent by Mao Jujing in Gaizhou yesterday, which had a similar meaning to Guan Duo, but the final request was different.

Mao Jujing didn't ask Deng She to really participate in the offensive, he only hoped that Deng She could quickly send out the army, and if he could defeat the flank of the Japanese people, it would be the best, so as to put pressure on Gao Jianu in Gaizhou and ensure that he could worry about it when he broke through. He promised: "If the general succeeds in breaking through, he will report to Lord Pingzhang, and the first credit will be in the king, and he will never break his word." ”

Deng She looked at the two military reports for a while, and Bi Qianniu asked, "What should I do?" ”

"What's going on with Naha?"

"The Tartars only have to attack Liaoyang City with all their might, and they have no intention of dividing the army to come to our Po Sa Inspection Division, judging their purpose, they should concentrate their forces and break them down. Quickly break through Liaoyang first, and then hit my Po Sao Inspection Division. ”

The sunlight outside the hall was dazzling, and Deng She closed his eyes slightly: "Don't move." ”

"Naha went out to attack the city for a few days, Liaoyang was still standing, and I heard that Guan Pingzhang also won a small battle. General, the combat power of the red scarf is not low, and now the two sides are in a stalemate, once Mao Jujing breaks through the kettle and decides to break through, it is very likely to be successful. At that time, Nahachu will face internal and external attacks and two-front battles,......"

Bi Qianniu's meaning, Deng She is very clear. If this is the case, Liaoyang is very likely to save himself, he smiled: "Are you afraid that we will steal chickens and rice, and settle accounts after being locked up in Pingzhang?" ”

Bi Qianniu's face was full of worry and nodded yes.

Deng She laughed, at the moment of decision, whoever calms down will be the winner. Of course, there are two sides to everything, and it is not good to blindly calm down, then you will become paranoid, stubborn, and do not understand change; Why are the benevolent people happy with the mountains and the wise people enjoying the water? The wise man moves, the benevolent man is quiet, the real wise man is like water, high when it is high, low when it is low, every forest crosses the abyss, goes with the trend, although it is soft, but it is indestructible.

After experiencing setbacks again and again, failures, successes, and countless times facing life and death situations, a small centurion is now in charge of 100,000 male soldiers, according to hundreds of miles of land, Deng She's growth is inadvertent. Mention 100,000 people, and rule the world. Although he is fashionable and does not have the ambition to compete for the deer, he is by no means a submissive pawn in the past.

Looking back on the past and future lives, he said meaningfully: "Life is like this. ”

"What?"

"What you want, it won't give you."

Bi Qianniu was thoughtful. Deng She pressed the knife and looked into the distance, under the bright sunshine, the shadow of the green trees, the distant mountains were like daisies, and it seemed that he could hear the surging water of the Yalu River dozens of miles away, he said: "The mountains and rivers are like this, even if you don't fight for it, how do you know, what does it want to give you?" ”

There were many people in the hall, Yang Wanhu didn't understand, He Guangxiu's face was full of admiration, and he picked out the two mustaches one by one: "It's too cultured, it's too cultured." ”

Four days later, Chen Hu received good news, and the Japanese people of Jin and Fuzhou were vulnerable and fought down; South of Gaizhou, all in my hands. The Japanese people on the Gaizhou side made two more movements, both of which were scared away by Zhao Guo, who was waiting for him.

Early this morning, Fang Buzhen and Zheng Sanbao came together.

Guan Duo and Mao Jujing's letters, Deng She withheld them and didn't show them them, so they didn't know. Fang Buzhen said: "Wei has been surrounded; May I ask the general, Zhao, when will I be saved? ”

"We have to wait for General Chen's army to come back, and within three days, we will send troops to cover the state."

Fang Buzhen was very satisfied with Deng She's clear answer: "How is the general going to save it?" ”

Deng She followed Mao Jujing's suggestion and said: "Jin, Fuzhou, Gaizhou people are like rootless people, there is nothing to be afraid of. My suggestion is to first attack the flank and the Japanese people, approach the side of Gaizhou, contain the Gao slaves, and make room for Mao Shuai to move. In other words, our army is responsible for Gaizhou; Mao Shuai concentrated on dealing with the rebels. ”

"What about after the defeat of the rebels?" Fang Buzhen asked. "Our army is responsible for Gaizhou"? How to listen, how to look like Dunsher wants to take the opportunity to pick peaches.

Deng She was righteous and awe-inspiring: "When Mao Shuai defeats the rebels, our army should continue to contain Gao Jianu with one part, and the rest will join forces with Mao Shuai to rescue Liaoyang." ”

Zheng Sanbao and Fang Buzhen glanced at each other, and their faces were suspicious: It's strange, why did Deng She suddenly cooperate so much?

There are two reasons for Deng She's cooperation, first, the mountain has been seated, and in private, the goal of the first step has been achieved; Speaking of kilometers, there is no excuse for not going out of the army. Second, in the past ten days since the start of the war, the situation in Liaoshen has become more and more serious, and Liaoyang has almost reached its limit; Under the strict urging of Guan Duo, Mao Jujing couldn't hold back sooner or later, and it can be inferred that the day when he was desperate was in the near future.

It can't be said that Bi Qianniu's worries have really become a reality; Water, it's time to move.

But then again, how the water should move is debatable. He glanced at Fang Buzhen and Zheng Sanbao, but the words below did not come out. Stabilize the two of them first, so as not to change; After defeating the Japanese and approaching Gaizhou, he found an opportunity and sent them to support Mao Jujing.

As long as you take Gaizhou, there is Liaozuo in hand; Guan Duo and Nahachu are no longer strong enemies, but opponents.

However, as Dunshe said: life is always like this, what you want, you will never be given. The front foot sent away Fang Buzhen and Zheng Sanbao, and the back foot sent an urgent military report of 800 miles. From Tokugawa, sent by Zhang Ji'er.

After reading the military report, Deng She's expression changed drastically, and he almost couldn't stand steadily, but he barely restrained himself and sat down. It was like splitting the eight-sided top yang bones and pouring down half a bucket of ice and snow water, his hands and feet were cold, and he had never encountered such a dangerous thing since he led the army.

"What's wrong? Checkmate. ”

Sunshine, green shade, hall, cold, Deng She waved his hand and ordered: "Spread Zhao Guo, Yang Wanhu, and Heguang Xiu." Bi Qianniu didn't dare to slack off, he pulled his feet and left, but before he reached the door, Deng She changed his mind and dragged him back, "Slow, slow,...... Let me think again. ”

Open the military newspaper, look at ten lines at a glance, and read it again. Zhang Yi'er wrote: "The Jurchen rebellion, and it is rumored that Tong Doulan is its leader; Mr. Hong ordered our army to return to Shuangcheng immediately. …… Twin cities, the general's hard work, the foundation of our army, the last general can't help but go; The last general, the general's subordinates, is not Mr. Hong's subordinates, and the last general does not dare not report it. …… On the day of the general's letter, it is expected that the end of the general has arrived in Shuangcheng, there are my elite generals, Mr. Hong is in the middle of the command, and the Jurchen jumps off the beam clown ear, it is difficult to become a big trouble, please don't worry about the general. ”

Deng She suddenly remembered something and asked, "Is there a letter from Mr. Hong?" ”

"No, the Twin Cities haven't spoken in days."

Deng She was furious and took the case. The two cities have changed drastically, and Hong Jixun dares not to report it? How bold it is to transfer troops without authorization! When he was angry, he came to his senses. Hong Jixun did not report it, because he was afraid that it would affect the Gaizhou front line and float the morale of the army; And Zhang Ji'er came to report because he acted steadily, afraid that Deng She would find out afterwards and doubt his loyalty.

Thinking of this, Deng She was keenly aware of another question: "Are there any military reports for the rest of the cities?" ”

Zhang Ji'er's army in Tokugawa was only a few thousand, and those who had to stay to defend the city were not enough to deal with the rebellion; Hong Jixun will inevitably mobilize people from other cities. Bi Qianniu didn't know what was going on, so he didn't dare to talk nonsense, so he went to pick up the document in person and replied, "No." ”

Needless to say, the guards of the cities, knowing Hong Jixun, is Deng She's confidant, and Deng She has always treated him with great respect and courtesy; In the days when Deng She was not in Shuangcheng, he specially explained that all military and political affairs were subject to Hong Jixun's decision, so when he heard the order, he obeyed Hong Jixun's transfer and did not send a letter to Deng She.

Deng She got out of the hall and walked back and forth.

The initial shock passed, and after thinking about it carefully, Zhang Xiao'er was right, the number of Jurchens in Shuangcheng is not large, and it is possible to have the upper hand for a while, but as long as the dispatch is done properly, they are not connected with the Jurchen hometowns in Haiyang and other places, and with the support of long-fought soldiers from all over the country, the certainty of pacification is at least sixty percent.

Deng She put a little snack, but he frowned, and he was worried again, he gave Hong Jixun the power to decide on military and political affairs, but what a big deal about the transfer of the army, and the generals of Zhucheng, except for Zhang Xiao'er, no one came to report to him?

"A bunch of reckless men!"

Before the words fell, the horse's hooves galloped outside the marshal's mansion, and two more military newspapers were delivered. One is from Pyongyang's Munhwa country, and the other is from Luo Guoqi. This calmed Deng She's anxiety a little, and when he opened it, sure enough, it was all about the Jurchen rebellion.

It's just that the tone of the two military newspapers is different, Wenhua Guo is rough, and simply mentions that Hong Jixun transferred him out of the city to the south, echoing Dingzhou, so as to prevent the Goryeo people from taking advantage of the situation; The main meaning of the whole article is to comfort Dunshe's heart.

Luo Guoqi's military report is different, it is very in line with the format, and it is purely the respectful tone of his subordinates. not only talked about the causes of the Jurchen rebellion, but it is said that one of the provocateurs was named Zhao Xiaosheng and the other was Zhuo Duqing, both of whom were the prefects of Shuangcheng appointed by Meng Yuan earlier; Somehow, he got involved with the Tong Doulan family, said that he moved, and rebelled against more than 10,000 Jurchens near Shuangcheng.

followed by a detailed description of Hong Jixun's countermeasures. The Jurchens did not all rebel, and several small tribes who migrated from Jiashan, who had received Zhao Guo's kindness at that time, pretended to agree to the rebellion and secretly reported to Hong Jixun.

This gave Hong Jixun the opportunity to prepare in advance, he was going to lure the tribal patriarchs into the city and catch them all, but the news leaked in the city, so Tong Doulan knew. The rebellion was launched in advance, but fortunately, there were many military horses in the city, and hundreds of iron cavalry from Yao Haogu and Qian Shide helped to block, barely blocking the first wave of Jurchen offensive.

The city has not been lost so far, which is good.

Subsequently, Hong Jixun spread the word to the cities, and his judgment was similar to that of Deng She, believing that it was not difficult to quell the Jurchen rebellion, but it was difficult to prevent the Goryeo raid. Therefore, the mobilized military horses were mainly concentrated in the south, and only a few subordinates such as Zhang Ji'er and Monk Li were transferred by him to Shuangcheng to rescue and quell the chaos.

It was the twists and turns that Deng She's heart was lifted again. He sensitively grasped the most crucial part of the letter and muttered, "Rumors of leakage in the city? "Hong Jixun is not a careless person, the plan he set must be very fine, how could it leak the news?

He looked at it carefully a few times, but didn't see Luo Guoqi mention whether he had caught the person who leaked the news, so he turned around a few times on the spot, and heard Bi Qianniu ask: "General, do you still want to ask Zhao Guo to wait?" ”

Dunshe hesitated.

To be honest, after encountering a big change, he really wanted someone to help him sort out his thoughts and relieve his pressure. However, what if it backfires and causes the morale of the military to fluctuate? He shook his hand and said, "No,...... Let me think again, think again. ”

At the moment, he had two choices before him. Either return to the teacher immediately; Either ignore it and send an army to cover the state. Go? A dilemma.

When subjectively committing to the subject, you might as well jump out of yourself and let the objective decision. Deng She turned back to the desk and sat down: "Paper, pen." ”

Bi Qianniu laid paper and polished ink, and Deng She wrote and pondered.

It takes ten days to half a month to return to the Shuangcheng and wade through mountains and rivers, and the journey is too far, and I am afraid that it will be too late to go back. - He picked up his pen and drew a cross on the left side of the paper.

So far, once the troops are hastily withdrawn, it is difficult to talk about the good opportunity, and I am afraid that Jin and Fuzhou, who have just started, will have to give up again in vain. - He picked up his pen and drew a cross on the left side.

If the twin cities are fine, if they are not guaranteed. What are the consequences? It was nothing more than abandoning Kanbei and retreating to the west of Tokugawa. Comparing Guanbei with Liaozuo, the two are nothing less than a world apart. Guanbei is barren and Liaozuo is rich; Strategically speaking, in the place of self-protection in Guanbei, Liaozuo can be both offensive and defensive. - He drew another cross on the left side.

Abandoning Guanbei, if the Koreans take the opportunity to attack, Munhwaguo and Jeongju have been preparing for war for a long time, and it will be difficult for the Koreans to be effective in a short period of time, and there will be an important town in Pyongyang. Our army can go down to Gaizhou first, and then return to the army, so that there is enough time to repel the invading enemy. - He drew another cross on the left side.

Retreat to save the city, win, and protect the twin cities; Do not retreat, fight Gaizhou, win, and meddle in Liaodong.

Deng She got up suddenly, and he made a decision: "Bi Qianniu." ”

"The villain is here."

"Today's military newspaper shall not be told to the armies; Ordered the three armies to step up preparations, and General Chen's army returned to Japan, which was the time when I left Gaizhou. ”