When the good news reached Yidu, Deng She was eating.

I was busy for most of the day, and I didn't have time to eat until Shen Shi. As soon as he sat down, before he had eaten two bites, the guards outside came in and reported: "General, there is a military report from the front." ”

During the war, there was a frequent exchange of military newspapers. Not only when eating, even when sleeping in the middle of the night, Deng She would often be woken up because of the emergency military message, which had long been regarded as ordinary, and he didn't mind, so he swallowed the rice while taking a big gulp, and waved his chopsticks casually, saying, "Call in." ”

The messenger walked into the room, picked up a scroll of documents, knelt on the ground, and said loudly: "Your Highness, Xuzhou has won the victory!" Before the words fell, I heard a "snap". The messenger was startled, and did not dare to look up, but rolled his eyes and peeked forward, only to see that it was Dunshe who had broken the chopsticks in his hand.

"Xu, Xuzhou victory?"

"Exactly!"

Deng She raised his head and looked outside, the sun was shining, the weather was relatively hot, and the fragrance of flowers and plants in the courtyard was overflowing.

He calculated the time, and it was only four or five days before he passed the military order to Zhao Guo and ordered him to capture Xuzhou, and then excluded the time when the military order and good news were on the road, that is to say, Zhao Guo and Pan Xianer captured Xuzhou City in only three days. What is Xuzhou? Tongqu Dayi, Jianghuai Town!

High walls and deep fortresses, strong defenses. At the same time, I heard that there is a general in the city called Lu Ju, who has the ability to govern the army, and his subordinates are also civil and military, and he is very famous among the Jianghuai, and his department is known as "Huaibei Strongman", and those who have insight said: "Although Yan Zhao Jingqi can not reach it."

But why did it only take three days to lay down Xuzhou?

Deng Sheqiang was overjoyed, pretended to be calm, quietly put the chopsticks that were broken in two aside, and asked slowly: "I heard that there are two guards in Xuzhou City, one Song Xingzu and one Lu Ju. Now that the city is broken, can you capture the two of them? ”

"Back to His Royal Highness, on the night when our troops went to the city of Xuzhou, Song Xingzu immediately sent troops out of the city and tried to sneak attack me, but because Zhao Zuocheng and Mr. Pan had a clever plan, they were surrounded by our troops. Fierce battles till morning, and all of them were annihilated by me. Song Xingzu failed to break through and was beheaded by General Fu. Our department used the clever tricks of Zhao Zuocheng and Mr. Pan again to deceive the defeated army in Xuzhou and open the city gate. General Gao led the elite cavalry into the city first, and fought with the enemy general Xiao Yuan, who rushed to block the attack, for more than 30 rounds, and captured him alive. The generals Yang, Hu, Fu, and Liu took advantage of the victory and successfully seized the northern city of Xuzhou. And the Weishan Lake, which had been arranged outside the south gate and the east gate earlier, our army also took the opportunity to make noise and prepare for an attack. Lu Jushi was at the south gate, and because he saw that there was no hope of returning to the sky, he surrendered at the moment. ”

"Kill Song Xingzu and descend Lu Ju?"

"Exactly. ......, not only Lu Ju was surrendered, but also the generals Xiao Yuan and Liu Feng under Lu Ju, as well as the mastermind Liang Shiyin, also surrendered our army from Lu Ju. and more than 2,000 people from the Lu Ju headquarters and the remnants of Song Xingzu also surrendered together. ”

Dunshe was surprised and delighted. Although he gave Zhao Guo an order to take Xuzhou first and then Tushan Prefecture, he didn't expect to be able to conquer Xuzhou so quickly, he was really happy, settled down, and said: "I have also heard of the names of Liang Shiyin, Xiao Yuan, Liu Feng and others. Liang Shiyin Jianghuai celebrities, resourceful and decisive; Xiao Yuan, known as the Tiger of Xuzhou, is a rare tiger general; Liu Fengma fought well, and I heard that he had only brought eighteen horsemen to exterminate the bandit Mazi Liu, who had been rampant around Xuzhou for many years. I thought ,......。 Speaking of this, he glanced at the messenger kneeling on the ground, put away the words below, changed the subject, and asked, "Where are Lu Ju, Liang Shiyin, Xiao Yuan, Liu Feng and the others now?" ”

"Lu Jujiu has been in Xuzhou for a long time and is very familiar with the surrounding cities. After surrendering, he told General Yang that he was willing to persuade the Lord to surrender Xiao County, Suzhou and other places. ”

Deng She's heart moved, the expression on his face remained unchanged, and he asked, "Oh? Is there such a thing? What did General Yang say? ”

At that time, General Hu and others resolutely objected, and privately told General Yang that Lu Juguan lived in the Tartar Academy, which was a very high position. Now he has surrendered, but only because he is forced to do so. If you listen to him, let it go, I'm afraid you will inevitably return to the mountain. ”

Deng She was noncommittal and said, "So, how did General Yang decide in the end?" ”

"General Yang hesitated at first, but then General Fu said to him: 'There are dozens of cities in Huaisi, but the heaviest ones are only two. One is Xuzhou, and the other is Suzhou. Xuzhou goes to Qilu in the north and Liang and Song in the west, which is an important place for soldiers to attack and defend; And Suzhou chokes the throat of water, when the north and south want to rush, it has also been a way of fighting since ancient times. Although the lord only ordered us to attack Xuzhou, if we can take Suzhou at the same time, wouldn't it be the icing on the cake, and it would be a great achievement? Even if it is as the generals are worried, maybe Lu Ju just wants to use an excuse to take the opportunity to escape. But what does it matter? He is already a defeated subordinate of our army, so even if he escapes, what do you care? If we can get Suzhou, it will be beneficial to our Haidong; can't get Suzhou, and it's just a defeated general. If this is the pros and cons, why should the general hesitate'? ”

Deng She couldn't help but stand up and asked, "Did Fu Youde say this?" ”

"Yes."

"Who else among the generals agrees with him?"

"Deputy Qianhu Liu San strongly agrees with General Fu's words."

"Fu Youde, Liu San. ......, well, I got it. After listening to the words of the two of them, what is General Yang's opinion? ”

General Yang thought they had a point, so he agreed.

"The result?"

Lu Ju didn't take anyone with him, and rode to Suzhou City alone. That night, I took the city guard of Suzhou and Zhang Guanyi to surrender to our military camp. ”

This is really an unexpected joy, I just wanted to capture Xuzhou, but by the way, I also took Suzhou! Deng She's face sank like water, and he said with his head bowed: "Yang, Hu, Gao, and Fu Zhu have done a good job on this errand. Very good! ......, you come to report the good news of your hard work, and go down to rest first. ”

"Yes!"

The messenger presented the good news and withdrew, and someone called for it.

When the messenger was far away, Deng She hurriedly sent a message to the guards and ordered one after another: "Go and invite Mr. Hong to come!" Go and invite Mr. Hong to come! "In the presence of the Messenger, he needs to maintain the dignity of the superior and try to be as unpleasant as possible. But in front of the guards, it was not necessary.

In the past few days, the battle of Jining has really made him anxious enough, although he won the victory in the field battle of Shanzhou, but from the casualties of the soldiers to the logistics supply of grain, all of this is very headache.

Originally, I thought that whether the capture of Xuzhou could win was still between the two, and even if it won, I am afraid that it would take ten and a half months at the earliest. But I really didn't expect that it only took three days to take down this important Jianghuai town. I think that on that day, even if he personally led the army, fighting Shuangcheng in North Korea, Liaoyang in Liaodong, including Qingzhou and other places after coming to Shandong, he did not have such a fast speed.

People are also restless when they are excited.

During the time when he was waiting for Hong Jixun to come, Deng She first carefully read the content of the good news. The good news described the entire battle process in detail, including the plans of Zhao Guo and Pan Xianer in advance, and the later Gao Yanshi's capture of the two generals in Xuzhou, Fu Youde's defeat of Song Xingzu, and Lu Ju's persuasion to surrender to Suzhou. And at the end of the good news, he wrote:

"Lu Ju, Lu Li and the others, as well as the soldiers of the two cities, are already on their way to Yidu, and Gao Yanshi and Liu San are in charge of escorting. At present, the defense of the two cities will be temporarily taken over. Because the status of these two cities is important, presumably Zhang Shicheng will react soon and send troops to attack. Therefore, please also ask the lord to select and transfer Neng Chenyong as soon as possible to take over the city defense in the future. And, after the good news, Lubu was announced. ”

Read it all. Dunsher read it again. I read it several times in a row, but I still didn't see Hong Jixun coming. He sat down for a while, stood up for a while, put down the good news for a while, walked to the door and looked out, and then turned to the map on the wall to find Xuzhou and Suzhou, and looked at it for a while.

A few birdsong came into my ears crisply, it was Yan Shurong's thrush, which was now hanging in the corridor outside.

In the sound of birdsong, Deng She suddenly had a strange thought: "Isn't it time to run?" Last year's battle to defend Yidu was so hard that it was almost captured by Chahan and sent back to Haidong. I gritted my teeth and persevered, but I didn't expect to go to Xuzhou now and win in three days! Incidentally, I also brought a Suzhou to start. ......, haha, haha. It's hard to say that it's really time to run. ”

I'm so happy.

"My lord, why are you so happy?"

Deng She turned around, raised his head, and saw Hong Jixun dressed in white and standing at the door with a smile.

"Haha, sir, please come in. ......, what rejoices? Take a guess. ”

It is rare to see Deng She selling Guanzi, Hong Jixun can't help but be curious.

He walked into the room, knocked on his hand with a folding fan, noticed that Deng She was standing in front of the map, and suddenly had an idea in his heart, and said with a smile: "Now that the war on the front line continues, it has reached the most critical moment. At this time, what can make the lord so happy is nothing but good news from the front! ”

"The gentleman guessed perfectly. Then please sir guess again, where did you get the good news? ”

Deng She and Hong Jixun are most concerned about Shanzhou, if it is a good news from Shanzhou, Deng She will definitely not ask Hong Jixun like this. Hong Jixun couldn't help but gasp, and said as if he believed it and couldn't believe it: "What? Is it Xuzhou's good news? ”

"Not exactly!" Deng She turned to the front of the case, picked up the good news, handed it to Hong Jixun, and said, "You take a look first." ”

Hong Jixun saw things very quickly, and after a while, he had finished reading a page full of good news and returned it to Deng She, he was also surprised and delighted, and said: "Take Xuzhou in three days, and Suzhou." This true minister doesn't dare to think about it! Congratulations, congratulations to my lord. After Xuzhou is down, this battle of Shanzhou can finally end! ”

"Yes, exactly. I am ready to give an order and order Zhao Guo and Pan Xianer to start a general attack on Shanzhou from now on. "There's no need to rush this matter.

Deng Shezhong picked up the good news again, shook it for a while, and said to Hong Jixun: "After reading this good news, what do you think?" ”

"The minister's thoughts are three."

"Please."

"This first, Xuzhou was defeated, Suzhou was occupied, and our army was considered to have gained a firm foothold in Huaisi. From then on, as long as there were no major mistakes, as far as military affairs were concerned, the lord would be free to advance and retreat! can go west, can go south, and no longer confined to Shandong, if you want to get ahead, you must be embarrassed by Chahan. It is as if an embankment for flood discharge has been opened, and the pressure on our Shandong Province will be reduced as a result. ”

"And the second?"

"The minister wants to congratulate the lord, not only got two important towns, but also got two and a half usable generals."

"Two and a half of usable generals?"

Fu Youde's advice to Yang Wanhu is reasonable, well-founded, and talented, and cannot be done unless he has an excellent vision and sufficient responsibility. As a general, you can't be without responsibility, and you can't have no vision. Fu Youde proved that he is indeed a usable talent through this move! Liu San has the same opinion as him, and is naturally a general. And Yang Wanhu, although he does not have such an opinion, but he is as good as a stream, knows how to distinguish between right and wrong, and can be regarded as half a general. ”

"What the gentleman said is exactly what I want." Deng She touched the short beard on his lips, and said according to the case, "I won't hide it from Mr. Why am I so happy? First, it is because of the two states of Xu and Su, and secondly, it is just as Mr. said, because through this matter, I understand the true talents of Yang, Fu, and Liu Zhujun! ”

Dunshe was telling the truth, and in fact, he was not only happy about it, but also relieved by it.

Fu Youde and Liu San don't talk about it for the time being, I think that at the beginning, when Yang Wanhu defected to him, he was just a reckless man, and after the training of Luo Guoqi's officer training group and the experience learned through battlefield battles over the years, he finally became like a stone, and gradually had a little jade appearance. How could he not be pleased?

When he only has two cities and one place, he wants brave generals who dare to charge into battle so that he can open up territory; But now, he has occupied several provinces, and there are thousands of tigers under his command! What I urgently want is no longer a brave general, no longer a brave man, but a general who can be used in many aspects.

Hong Jixun said with a smile: "The lord put a lot of thought into subduing Fu Youde that day, and many generals in the army at that time did not think so. Today, it seems that the lord really has the wisdom to know people! ”

Deng She secretly screamed "ashamed", although he had been honed so far, his face was thicker, he still couldn't help but blush, laughed, brought this words, and then said: "What is the third impression of Mr.? ”

"This third impression is ,......, about Pan Xianji."

"About Pan Xianji? Yes, yes, the reason why he was able to conquer Xuzhou in three days this time is actually due to Pan Xianer's clever strategy. I don't need to be reminded by my husband that I have decided to wait until after the war to promote him. ”

Hong Jixun shook his head and said, "That's not what the minister meant. ”

"That's not what you mean?"

"The minister wants to say that Pan Xian'er is a person, and the lord must not be of great use."

Deng She was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that Hong Jixun seemed to have no good impression of Pan Xianer all along, and hated Pan Xianer's traitor for glory, so he smiled at the moment and said: "'If it is necessary to be able to use it later, then how can Qi Huan dominate the world'?" Pan Xianer is a person who has shortcomings, but his talent is also obvious to all. In these troubled times, it is time to be eclectic and appoint. Mr. is certainly a gentleman, but why bother with him? ”

In fact, at the beginning, Deng She also had contradictions about whether to use Pan Xianer or not, and how to use Pan Xianer.

After all, Pan Xian's second subordinate, but in turn stabbed Pan Cheng in the back, which not only led to Pan Cheng's defeat and death, but also became a laughing stock, which is indeed too impressive. It's creepy to think about. However, after a series of tentative suppressions, Pan Xianer never complained; And after being conferred an important position, he has been doing his best. As a result, Deng She's vigilance was slowly dissolved.

"The lord misunderstood. What the minister said today that Pan Xian'er could not be used greatly had nothing to do with his traitor's pursuit of glory. ”

"Oh?"

"May I ask my lord, what do you think of Pan Xian'er's plan to defeat Xu?"

"It's amazing."

"Strange is wonderful, wonderful is not necessarily!"

"What do you mean, sir? I'd like to hear about it. ”

"From the minister's point of view, there are two words that are suitable for Pan Xianer's plan."

"What two words?"

"'Adventure'. Please think carefully, Yang Wanhu and Hu Zhongzhu generals raised thousands of troops, crossed the Yellow River, and went deep into the enemy's territory, although they won now, it was all because Song Xingzu fought lightly. What if Song Xingzu hadn't left the city at that time? What if Song Xingzu and Lu Ju held on to the city and waited for reinforcements? How many days can these thousands of generals of Yang Wanhu besiege the city? The end is worrying! ”

"What do you mean, sir?"

"Looking at Pan Xianer's many plans, they are all nothing more than the word 'adventure'! What is 'Adventure'? The 'strange' is both strange and dangerous. Odd wins, and danger loses. If you don't win, you're sure you're going to lose. ......, in this way, how can a person who likes to come up with 'dangerous plans' be of great use to the lord? If you use him greatly, you may be able to get a temporary advantage, but once you fail, you will definitely break your bones. ”

Xuzhou's victory was originally a happy thing. After saying a few words, it somehow became Hong Jixun's direct admonition.

Deng She looked at Hong Jixun quietly, a little suspicious in his heart, he didn't know what he meant, and secretly thought: "Listening to Lao Hong's words, there seems to be three points of truth. But because of this, Pan Xianer is not needed, which is not worth it. The plan has been decided, and he said with a smile: "Mr. is reasonable." However, if there is no reward for meritorious service, it will inevitably hurt the heart of the hero. In this case, let's discuss this matter later, how about it? ”

Without waiting for Hong Jixun to speak again, he clicked on the good news, and then said: "The good news said that Lu Ju, Lu Li and others have been sent to Yidu. General Yang Wanhu asked me to select talents as soon as possible and garrison Xu and Su. What do you think about these two things? ”