On October 17, the 11th year of Chongzhen, the camp of the Runing Army, in the study of Wufu.

"Hey! When the soldiers are used, they hate less! Facing the staff who had been summoned again, Wu Shigong couldn't help but sigh.

"Long respect! Who is the letter this time? Deng Qifan's question caused a burst of daxiao.

"It's Liu Hezhou in Caozhou." Wu Shigong also laughed loudly, "He asked our army to march along the canal, take care of each other, and escort it to the Tongzhou camp." ”

"Doesn't that mess up our marching time? The longer we delay, the more rampant the Tartars become, for fear of being condemned by the court! Xue Yongli immediately frowned.

Since Yu Zilian of Ruzhou and Li Lu of Nanyang wrote letters one after another, the plan of Jihua and the transfer of troops by the Runing Army has changed, which has annoyed Xue Yongli, who is in charge of the Military Orders Department, so he has an instinctive aversion to Liu Zeqing's letter.

"It's hard to refuse Liu Hezhou!" Knowing Xue Yongli's unhappiness, Wu Shigong explained with a smile, "Liu Hezhou's 20,000 Lu soldiers are facing each other across the canal from Guide, and it is very important to be friendly with them. Hey! The place of the four wars where the Runing army was located was too troublesome. ”

"Actually, this matter is not a bad thing, it is always haode to go to Beijing later." Zhang Zhiheng on the side interjected.

Zhang Zhiheng's words caused everyone to nod. When I just received the edict of King Qin a few days ago, the high-level leaders of the Runing Army had reached a consensus: We must go, but the later we go, the better.

Because the current relationship between Wu Shigong and the imperial court has formed a gap, if the Runing army does not comply with the edict, it will immediately intensify the contradiction. And to King Qin, at least he has maintained the relationship between the two sides, and he will not let the court focus on him first.

But the Runing Army didn't want to bear the brunt either. As soon as the Qing army entered the customs, it was the time when the momentum was booming. If the Runing army had a fierce battle with it, the most popular result would be a defeat for both sides. In the event of a fiasco, it is more likely that it will never be recovered. Therefore, the Runing army was ready to let the other Ming armies consume part of the strength of the Qing army first, and when they retreated, they would follow the pursuit and strive to take advantage of it.

And now marching along the canal, there is just a reason to delay some time, which is actually in line with the consensus of the Runing army.

"But what about the imperial court?" Xue Yongli asked again.

"Don't bother the two masters, let's let Ye Jianjun play!" Wu Shigong replied, "It's still a reason to prevent bandits." ”

This is not an excuse that the Runing Army is looking for. Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai's surrender sites were also too close to Runing. Although Xiong Wencan was full of oaths, the Runing army unanimously believed that these peasant armies were surrendering. In addition, Yu Zilian threw the burden of Ruzhou to Wu Shigong, so the Runing army needed to rearrange its troops.

The Nanyang army of Zhou Xun was not able to move at all. Because of the departure of Yu Zilian and Li Lu, he had to defend such a vast area from Nanyang to Ruzhou, and his troops were actually stretched. And his troops also need to be transferred to garrison areas.

And the two towns of Xue Yong and Tao Xin in Huguang could not move, they wanted to defend the peasant army in the west. The officers and troops of Fengyang and Nanjing in the east. I am afraid that when the main force of the Runing Army is dispatched, these troops will come to attack the lair.

And the Runing headquarters also had to leave a considerable number of troops, and this time two associations were left, commanded by Yang Rusong. And all of this requires appropriate mobilization. If the transfer was not completed, Wu Shigong would not have taken away the main force of the Runing Army with confidence.

Of course. Wu Shigong also used the prison army Ye Zhong. He asked Ye Zhong to secretly play to Emperor Chongzhen: in order to prevent the resurgence of the thieves, Ye Zhong will supervise the remaining Runing army to prevent the surrendered peasant army from rebelling again.

However, Ye Zhong was not unhappy, at least this time he escaped to the battlefield again, and he could enjoy it in Nanyang with peace of mind. So it's all about using each other!

"Do you need to adjust the number of troops on the expedition? I learned from the people who escaped the Yellow River. The Tartars are more than 100,000 strong! Xue Yongli asked again.

Wu Shigong thought for a while, and Zuihou decided: "It's still the original ones!" With these troops, you can save yourself! Then send a fast horse to chase the commander of Gang, so that he should not go to Yizhou, first join up with the enlightenment, take a boat along the coast to the northernmost unfrozen port, and then rush to join the main force. ”

After such a long stalemate, Zheng Zhilong finally agreed to send a ship to rotate Huang Qi's unit in Taiwan, and this time the rotation was the Marine Regiment led by Gonzalez, and the place of the ship change was at the dock in Songjiang Province. In order to increase his own troops, Wu Shigong also transferred this force.

"But the time of the expedition has to be adjusted a little later, just in early or mid-November! Intelligent! I'll leave it to you, pick an auspicious day for the zodiac. ”

Wu Shigong's words caused a burst of laughter, and the wisdom puffed up and protested: "The little monk is a Zen sect, and the selection of the auspicious day of the zodiac is done by a Taoist priest." The laughter in the room was even louder, and no one paid attention to the intelligence's complaints.

"Then let's do this first, when I lead the army to the battle, Runing will have to work hard here." Wu Shigong zuihou said.

Everyone also stood up and said goodbye one after another, but at this time, Zhang Zhiheng and Zhizhi fell on Zuihou. Seeing Wu Shigong looking at them suspiciously, they said in unison, "My lord! The student (little monk) has something to say. ”

Seeing that the two of them had such a tacit understanding, Wu Shigong laughed again. The others also retired first, and when they saw that there were only servants in the room, Wu Shigong said to Zhizhi first: "Little monk, I know what you want to say!" You want to go with me. I don't want to. However, why are you a monk so murderous? ”

"Of course, it is incumbent on the demon to defend the road, but the little monk has not hit the Tartar on several expeditions, which is really ....... Hey! However, the little monk still has one more thing to ask for: when he returns from this expedition, the little monk will resign from the post of the Department of Medicine, and the adult should choose another Junjie! ”

Intelligence is a dead brain, and Wu Shigong couldn't convince him for a while, so Wu Shigong shook his head, turned his head and asked Zhang Zhiheng again: "What is the matter with Mr. Zhiheng?" ”

Zhang Zhiheng replied with a smile: "Colleagues with the master of intelligence." I hope that adults will bring students, and if there are any official documents, students can do one or two for them. ”

Wu Shigong thought about it, this expedition may deal with the imperial court, and he really needs a staff member who is familiar with the affairs of the imperial court. And the intelligence can't convince him, so it's better to agree to the two of them!

So Wu Shigong nodded and said, "Forget it, I won't stop you." But you must stay in the Chinese army all the time. The military is too dangerous, the knife is ruthless, you need to be careful! (To be continued......)