Zhao Heng asked a question, but could not find an answer.

It's like an intuition, he intuitively thinks that Zhu Yuanzhang's faction often comes to Jining in the spring is weird, but he can't figure out where the "weirdness" is.

After thinking for a while, he shook his head as if giving up, squeezed his eyes and said, "No matter what his purpose is, for our army, it is enough to respond to all changes with the same. Although Chang Yuchun is fierce, first, it is difficult for him to pass in Xuzhou; Second, even if he can pass Xuzhou, when he comes, my reinforcements from Linfen will definitely have arrived. As long as Zhao Guo can be eliminated before he arrives, what are the thousands of Jinling soldiers to fear? This is a strategy of 'first north and then south, and each one is broken'. ”

"First the north and then the south, each one is broken", is Zhao Heng's response to the enemy in view of the current situation, dedicated to Wang Baobao. The key point is to make a time difference.

With Xuzhou as a hindrance, Chang Yuchun will definitely not come soon. As long as he can unite reinforcements to defeat Zhao Guo before he arrives, the thousands of Wu troops will naturally not be enough to worry about.

——,This is from the local battlefield in Jining. Even by extension, as far as the entire northern battlefield is concerned, it is completely possible. Didn't Zhu Yuanzhang divide his troops into two ways and order Xu Da to lead the main force to take Henan? Although Henan is empty, there are still more than 10,000 elite soldiers, and the attack is insufficient, and there are more than enough rules. On the defensive in Henan, on the offensive in Jining. First concentrate on destroying the Yidu Yan army, then return to the south, and then outflank the Jinling Wu army that fell into the Henan battlefield, and then defeat it.

For this strategy, Zhao Heng had already written a letter to Feishu and sent an envoy to Chakhan Timur.

Of course, the commander of the Chahan army is still Chakhan Timur after all, will he use Zhao Heng's plan? And no one knew. It's just that, judging from his current deployment, it seems that he thinks of Zhao Heng together. At least, the reinforcements from Linfen did not change the direction of aid because of Zhu Yuanzhang's invasion of Henan, and they still came to Shanzhou and Chengwu.

Wang Baobao carefully looked at the map for a while, recognized Zhao Heng's opinion, and said: "'First north and then south' is indeed the only feasible strategy now. ”

After talking for a long time, Zhao Heng saw that Wang Baobao's mood seemed to gradually calm down, so he smiled and said: "General, I was originally scheduled to go down to the camp today to inspect the three armies, and inspect the city defense facilities, and inspect the storage and ordnance. It's almost the hour, and you should be ready to come everywhere, so let's do it, right? ......, the civil and military forces and generals in the city were already waiting outside the palace. ”

"Good. Please sir, first. ”

said that he asked Zhao Heng to go first, how could Zhao Heng be so big? Squeezed his eyes, bent down to salute, and asked Wang Baobao to go first. Before leaving the room, Wang Baobao subconsciously turned his head, glanced at the map again, his eyes fell on Xuzhou, paused slightly, and suddenly somehow, he suddenly had a strange feeling, like uneasiness. Before I could reminisce, I looked up and saw Juye again.

Juye, stammering Zhao!

The strong sense of shame suddenly came back to my heart, and the uneasiness was quickly dispelled. He gritted his teeth secretly and thought, "The villain will be rampant when he gets his will. Rebel against the red thief, a man without a king and a father! Let you wait for a few more proud days. Wait for our Linfen reinforcements to arrive, and then let's see who wins and who loses. ”

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Departing from Jeju, two days later, Fu Youdeok and Pan Hyun-er arrived at Juye.

Zhao Guo personally greeted him out of the suburbs.

It is said that with Zhao Guo's identity, there is no need to greet him in person.

Pan Xianji is just a strategist; Fu Youde was promoted to ten thousand households, and in terms of status, I am afraid that he is not as good as Monk Li and Yang Wanhu, and they are far behind Zhao, and he is not a heavyweight at all. At most, send a Tong Shengyang out to greet him, which is actually very face-saving.

However, first, Zhao Guo knew that Deng She valued Fu Youde very much, "not looking at the face of the monk to see the face of the Buddha"; Second, Pan Xian's two tricks have come up with strange plans, and now he is already Tai'an's think tank, and the decisive battle is imminent, and he needs to make persistent efforts and rely on his resourcefulness. More importantly, in the third place, Fu Youde made a special trip to help the battle, bringing 2,000 foot soldiers, and carrying a large amount of food and ordnance, which can be described as "charcoal in the snow". Therefore, as a dignified Yidu Zuo Cheng and the front-line commander, he condescended to his dignity and personally went out to greet him.

Fu Youde and Pan Xianer were flattered.

"How can the last general (lowly position) be able to work hard to welcome him from afar, and he really dare not be it."

Pan Xian'er stole Zhao Guo's face. As early as when he was in Yidu, he had met Zhao Guo, but the two did not have a special friendship, that is, a nodding acquaintance. At that time, Zhao Guo was in charge of military affairs and was very busy, but his complexion was fine. At this time, I saw that although he was still walking with a calm footstep and wearing neat clothes, his eyes were bloodshot and his face was a little dark, which was obviously caused by recent exhaustion.

How can you not get tired?

Now there are tens of thousands of troops on the front line, all of which are under his command. Whether it is sweeping away the remnants of the enemy, mobilizing and deploying, and even the eating, drinking, and lazing of each soldier, and the location of all the camps, he is all responsible for arranging them alone. In addition, it was necessary to keep in touch with Yidu and Qingqianxing through Tai'an, and the upper part needed to write to and from the court, and the lower part needed to coordinate the Han, Li, and Jurchen departments and battalions. There are so many things that it is difficult to generalize. Not to mention, there are still preparations for the upcoming decisive battle.

This period of time is really harder than the previous attack on Juye.

Pan Xianer and Fu Youde are both people who know the battle formation well and are familiar with military affairs, and they know Zhao Guo's labor very well, although they are not seen, they can also be deduced. Fu Youde said sincerely: "The marshal sits in Juye, and he is in danger of the safety of the army. Although the horse is handsome, you should also pay more attention to your body! ”

Zhao Guo smiled, arched his hand in the direction of Yidu, and said, "Body, body with the king's order, decisive battle on the front line." Eat and eat and wear, and consciously feel at ease. ”

When Fu Youde first joined Yidu, Zhao Guo once made friends with him according to Deng She's hints, and the relationship between the two was good. So, talk casually.

After the greeting, Zhao Guosu invited him and said: "First, Mr. has worked tirelessly, coming from Tai'an Bicycle from afar, Ben will get a piece of wisdom, and the thief's grasp is a little more." Previously, Ben was able to conquer Juye thanks to Mr. 's strategy. When the battle is fierce in the coming day, we still need to borrow the power of Mr., hoping to be like the former, and then make special honors. General Fu, I, my city is short of foot soldiers, you have not had time to recuperate, and you have rushed to help in the starry night, which is really not only 'sending charcoal in the snow'; ......, two, please enter the city. ”

Someone took the two thousand foot soldiers brought by Fu Youde and went to rest in the camp outside the city; Someone else was responsible for handing over food, ordnance, and other items. Fu Youde instructed his generals to say a few words, and Pan Xianer drove into the city with Zhao Guo.

In the battle of Juye, neither Fu nor Pan participated.

However, although I did not participate, I had heard about it a long time ago, because the battle was very tragic at that time, and the stakes were very important, so there were many rumors about it in the army in various places. Because of their identities, the two of them had the opportunity to see some real military newspapers, and they knew a lot about the situation at that time.

However, what is known on paper is only on paper. Now follow Zhao Guo into the city, watch along the way, and see that there are still many remnants of war inside and outside the city that have not been cleaned up.

When I crossed the moat, I saw that there was no water in the river, and a thick layer of black mud had accumulated at the bottom. Fu Youde asked, "May I ask the general, where is the water in this river?" What is the black mud at the bottom of the pit? ”

"De, Mr. Pan's strategy, Ben will attack the city many times. Because our troops are all cavalry, there is a moat across the city, and it is difficult to reach the city; And the burden of filling the river, not the length of the cavalry. Therefore, Liu San's plan was used to recruit people and build a half-cut boat. He ordered the people to use boats to block arrows and stones, and dug a channel outside the west gate to let out all the water of the river. ......, to the black mud, and before using the willow three schemes, he used the usual method to supervise the people's husband and the firewood, and the soil to fill the river. When Wang Baobao saw it in the city, he sent the dead out of the city to attack me at night, shot rockets, attacked with fire, and set all the firewood on fire, silted up the bottom of the river, and mixed it with the soil, so it became black mud. ”

Zhao Guo was able to go to the giant field, thanks to Pan Xianer's strategy: he used the strategy to transfer Wang Baobao out of the city, and the wild defeated him, so he was able to easily break the city. But before using Pan Xianji's strategy, he still experienced a hard attack.

When he went outside the city wall, he saw that the ground was full of depressions made by stones; There are many piles at the foot of the city.

Fu Youde said: "The depression should be done by the catapult, and the pile must have been made by Wang Baobao. He knew that the commander's troops were all cavalry, so he set up stakes outside the city to prevent the commander from entering the army and besieging the city. ”

"No, that's good. At that time, in order to destroy these piles, more than 100 soldiers were killed in one day's effort. ”

Braving the power of catapults and artillery, and the penetration of strong bows and crossbows, the cavalry dismounted and intercepted the pile. More than 100 people died in one day, which can be imagined as tragic at that time.

When he was about to enter the city cave, Pan Xianer saw that there were traces of fire on the city gate, so he asked: "Dashuai tried to burn the door with fire?" ”

"But this fire is not my fire."

"That's?"

"I, our army, let go of the moat, choose two thousand elites, dismount as a step, turn over from the river, line up under the city, and are about to attack the city. The king and the king ordered the guards to light torches and drop firewood from the city, intending to set fire to our army. No, the wind changed sharply and burned themselves. And the city and the city were aze. ”

Two thousand elites lined up outside the city, shouting that they would attack the city. The defenders originally planned to attack and defend it with fire, but suddenly the wind direction changed drastically, and the smoke and fire were burning for a while, and the embarrassment of being caught off guard hardly needed to be thought about, and a few points could be expected. Pan Xianer said: "It is rare to set fire to yourself. So, didn't the marshal take the opportunity to attack the city? ”

"Wang Baobao is very poisonous, and there are poisonous substances mixed in the firewood. Although the arson did not hurt himself, the black smoke billowed and scattered everywhere. I and our army could not go deeper, so we had to retreat and let them release water to save themselves. ”

Maybe it was recalled that Zhao Guo sighed, stood under the city gate, touched the wall, and said with emotion, "Mr. Pan, General Fu, I think at that time, I led the army to besiege the city for ten days, and there were hundreds of casualties. If it weren't for Mr. Cunning, I was afraid that the casualties would be even greater. This and this city are not easy to obtain. ”

Pan Xianer and Fu Youde are related.

After a moment's pause, they marched forward into the city. Fu Youde suddenly remembered something, thanks to Zhao Guoguang, he still had two more familiar friends in this mixed cavalry unit, because he mentioned their names, he asked, "I wonder if his two generals are now in the city?" Or is it outside the city? ”

Zhao Guo did not answer immediately.

The two people mentioned by Fu Youde are both old men who are thieves, one is thousands of households, and the other is deputy ten thousand households, and their friendship with Zhao Guo is also very good. After walking some distance, he replied, "Here, these two generals are gone." One died in battle; One died in the field. ”

"Gone?"

"The battle between the city and the city is not enough. On that day, after luring Wang Baobao out of the city, he fought in the field. Rivers of blood flowed and corpses piled up. The fierce and fierce battles were fought from Dan to Yan, from Tong Shengyang and below, and the generals of each battalion took the lead. Twice broke Wang Baobao's formation, and he reorganized the defense twice. Straight、Until the end, Ben will personally put on armor and go into battle, and then he will defeat it. But、But even so,Still failed to achieve the intended goal of encirclement and annihilation,、He forcibly broke out。 Moreover, when he was defeated, his Chinese army was not yet in chaos. Because of this, I didn't pursue, but instead took a shortcut, galloped and took the giant field. ......, that, that field battle is really more cruel than the battle under the city! Nearly 1,000 casualties, 10 people from more than 100 households; four people from more than 1,000 households were killed; One person was killed in battle from more than 10,000 households. ”

Pan Xianer and Fu Youde looked at each other in shock, and said: "The last general (lowly position) has only seen the general of the marshal's victory in the military newspaper, but he doesn't know that he has gone through such a fierce battle. Chahan Junrui, it really deserves its name! ”

When you come into the city, the people are sparse and the streets are deserted.

Zhao Guo said: "There are still many residents in Juye City, and they have not been in the battle a few days ago; or flee elsewhere; or be taken away by the enemy. At present, there are less than 10,000 people. Ten rooms and nine emptiness. ”

Fu Youde joined the army a long time ago, first from Li Xixi to Shaanxi, because of the defeat in the war, and then from Shuzhong Ming Yuzhen, and then defected to Jiangzhou Chen Youliang, it can be said that the footprints have traveled all over half of China, well-informed, and have seen many worse scenes than this. He even created a similar scene with his own hands. - You must know that the military discipline of Li Xixi's department is far from being comparable to that of Haidong, and when he was defeated in Shaanxi and retreated into Sichuan, he became an outsider and a guest army, and did everything in order to survive.

The first battle was a success, and the bones withered. Don't look at Fu Youde's demeanor in front of Deng She and Zhao Guo is very respectful, but no matter what, he is also a character who flows out of the battlefield, and he is a murderous character.

Although Pan Xianer has not seen and heard of Fu Youde, he has also seen some local misery when he was under Pan Cheng's command before, and he is stoic, so he doesn't care too much about these things.

Therefore, neither of them reacted much to Zhao Guo's sigh, and just echoed a few words.

Not everyone can be Yao Haogu, and not everyone can have heavy sighs such as "I can't stop fighting, and my people don't have to suffer". Zhao Guo said with emotion, and found that Fu and Pan were not very interested in this, so he didn't say more, led the way, and led them to the Shuai Mansion.

The Shuaifu used a wealthy family in the city.

Some of the wealthy people died in the battle, and some fled with the defeated army, leaving behind such an empty courtyard. The place is very large, and there are two large courtyards in front and back, just enough to settle the military staff, so they were used to make the marshal's house. Because the war was imminent, everything in the army was simple, so it didn't clean up much, everything was as it was, but some unnecessary things were removed, and it seemed a little empty. When everyone arrived at the hall, they sat down as guests and hosts.

Maybe it's because of his stammering, Zhao Guo usually doesn't talk much, "Mu Neru can't speak", he has contact with people, rarely talks about private matters, and almost never talks nonsense. Either get down to business or simply don't say a word. This time, it is still for the sake of Fu Youde's "sending charcoal in the snow" and Pan Xianer's "helping to break through the giant field", and he said a few more words on the road, which is already very good.

At this time, he sat down, and said a few more words, he "relapsed into his old state", changed the topic, and said: "According to, according to military reports, the Tartar reinforcements from Linfen will be able to reach Shanzhou in three or two days." Mr. Pan, Mr. Pan, Fu, General Fu, you two have come from afar, and the road is hard, so you should have given you a good rest first, but the military situation is as urgent as fire, and I am afraid that I can't give you time to rest. Also, please understand. ”

"There is no need for the marshal to say more, naturally military affairs are the most important."

"That's, that's good. As for how to deal with the Linfen Tartars, do you have a good plan? ”