A few days later, in Hezhou City, Li Zicheng and Gao Yingxiang sat side by side in the hall of the back office, and their respective generals sat on both sides below.

At this moment, Gao Yingxiang swept away the gray face some time ago, and became radiant, as if he had forgotten that without Li Jiajun's assistance, he would not be able to take Hezhou Zheng at all, and he was so confident that he was blind.

"Zicheng, thanks to your help, my uncle was able to take this evil breath, let Lu Xiangsheng know how powerful I am, and provoke the consequences of me. After another day, let's continue to the east and strive to take Jiangpu on the same day. ”

"What, uncle, you don't want to attack Nanjing, do you?" Li Zicheng was taken aback, and after asking a rhetorical question, he said solemnly: "Uncle, you should know that Nanjing is not as good as other places, don't say that we only have more than 100,000 people, and the real combat strength is less than 100,000. ”

"Yes, Leader Gao, since the founding of Zhu Yuanzhang, Jinling City is the hub connecting the north and the south, the location is very important, not only the city is very strong, but the city also hoards a lot of food, even if we besiege but not attack, the other party can hold out for two or three years, and it is rich." Gu Junen was anxious, and hurriedly persuaded him.

Obviously, everyone acquiesced to a consensus, Punan is only a few dozen kilometers away from Nanjing City, in this plain land of Ma Pingchuan, under the gallop, you can run this distance in half a day, and playing Punan is equivalent to hitting Nanjing!

"Hehe... Zicheng, Gu Junshi, you misunderstood what I meant. ”

Gao Yingxiang smiled, said very easily, and saw that everyone on Li Zicheng's side didn't believe it, and then explained: "To be honest, due to Lu Xiangsheng's reasons, my strength has been greatly reduced, of course I have a desire for revenge, and I want to capture Jinling City, so as to solve this trouble with the help of Chongzhen Xiaoer's hand." ”

"That's... Uncle, why are you still attacking Jiangpu? Don't you want to follow Zhu Yuanzhang's example, use Jiangpu as a springboard, and then capture Nanjing City? ”

"Zicheng, don't lie to you, my uncle does have this thought."

Speaking of this, Gao Yingxiang's words suddenly paused, and then said: "However, my uncle also knows his own situation, Mo said that he doesn't have enough strength to take Jinling City, even if he is lucky enough to enter Nanjing City, with such a small rabble, he can't hold it." Uncle is not so old and confused, he knows that he can't do it, but he still wants to do it. ”

"Then ~ uncle, why do you still do this?" Li Zicheng asked at the right time.

"Hehe... Zicheng, the reason why my uncle did this was just a false shot, bluffing Lu Xiangsheng and making him nervous, but the real target was Chuzhou. As if thinking of something, Gao Yingxiang suddenly stopped and swallowed back the words that followed.

"Chuzhou...?" Li Zicheng muttered to himself, then glanced at Gu Junen and the others, nodded lightly, and then agreed: "Okay, uncle, since you have decided, then the nephew will sacrifice his life to accompany the gentleman, go crazy, attack Pujiang, and let Lu Xiangsheng taste the feeling of being frightened." ”

"Okay, Zicheng, it's decided, early tomorrow morning, let's set off from the camp, no matter whether we can take Jiangpu or not, we will only stay for two days, as soon as the date arrives, we will immediately turn the horse's head and take Chuzhou directly!"

Seeing Gao Yingxiang like this, his voice was so hearty, and it was inevitable for Chuzhou, Li Zicheng and others always had a strange feeling in their hearts, feeling that Gao Yingxiang's drunkard did not mean to drink, but to have another goal, and his performance was a little "fake".

At the end of the song, Li Zicheng returned to his residence, and a group of people gathered in the study.

As soon as Li Zicheng sat down, looked at everyone, and couldn't wait to ask, "What do you think about Leader Gao's words?" Do you really believe that he is just attacking Chuzhou? ”

The reactions of everyone were different, and they did have the same characteristics, shaking their heads again and again in a very tacit understanding, and gave a negative answer.

Gu Junen showed a deep expression, thought for a moment, and said: "Boss, Leader Gao has suffered such a big loss this time, and his strength has plummeted by more than half, just in terms of troops, among the many rebel armies, he has been reduced to a second-rate existence, which is far from commensurate with his status as the leader of the alliance by default. Therefore, his subordinates believe that no matter how calm and rational the high leader is, he will never expose it so easily. will definitely seek an opportunity to retaliate against Lu Xiangsheng. ”

"Yes, boss, my subordinates also agree with the analysis of the military advisor, judging from the style of the high leader in the past, combined with his temperament of revenge, attacking Chuzhou is just a prelude, there must be a backhand." Tian Jianxiu nodded lightly, with a solemn look on his face.

"Brothers, I think so too." Li Zicheng echoed a sentence, showing a thoughtful look, and the map of Nanzhili began to appear in his mind, especially about the area around Jinling City and Chuzhou, and he still said with words in his mouth: "Hmm... Although Chuzhou is also a military town, even if it is captured, the damage suffered by Lu Xiangsheng and the court's accountability are very limited. So, what will be the real goal of the high leader? What are the ...... near Chuzhou?"

Suddenly, Li Zicheng's words stopped abruptly, a hint of understanding flashed in his eyes, he glanced at everyone, nodded tacitly, and spit out two words in unison.

"Fengyang!"

In the past year, everyone still clearly remembers that last year was about this time, after the rebel army from all walks of life captured Fengyang, there was a big shock in the officialdom of Fengyang Mansion.

Thinking of this, Liu Tichun couldn't help but say: "Boss, this move of the high leader is poisonous enough, no matter whether he can capture Fengyang Mansion or not, as long as he destroys the royal ancestral tomb again, Chongzhen will inevitably be furious again, with his temperament, at least half of the officials of Fengyang Mansion will be killed, and Lu Xiangsheng will also have an unshirkable responsibility, and at the least, he will be sent into exile." ”

"Yes, boss, the real target of Leader Gao must be Fengyang Mansion, since he can't defeat Lu Xiangsheng, he has to solve it with the help of others." Zhang Nai immediately chimed in.

However, Gu Junen was more worried at the same time, and said in a deep voice: "Boss, if our analysis is not wrong, the next battle will be a vicious battle, and it is still the kind that is not beneficial, purely for personal likes and dislikes, it is just to vent anger, let's do this, help the high leader, is it really worth it?" ”

Hearing this, many people's expressions changed, it was a tacit consensus, it was a common liking and dislike for the high leader, and they didn't want to sacrifice so many brothers for such a person.

Li Zicheng sensitively caught everyone's mood fluctuations, and even more aware of what they were thinking, and explained seriously: "Brothers, if it was just to help the high leader vent his anger in his chest, I would definitely not agree to his invitation. ”

"The reason why I agreed to him is not because of such a little cold blood relationship, but because, since the establishment of our Li Jiajun, we have hardly encountered any decent opponents, and we can't test the true combat strength of our Li Jiajun."

"This time, the high leader was chased and killed by Lu Xiangsheng everywhere, and under Lu Xiangsheng's command, there is the most elite army of the imperial court, Guanning Iron Cavalry, this time is just an opportunity to test the Li family's army, and see which is stronger and weaker under the head-to-head battle with Guanning Tie?"

"Boss, is this really necessary?" Gu Junen asked abruptly, his brows furrowed slightly, and he was very puzzled.

However, those generals suddenly became excited, and Liu Zongmin, who had just joined, said excitedly: "It just so happens that I have always heard how powerful the Guanning Iron Cavalry is, this time it just happened for me to see and understand, boss, this time I will deal with Zu Dale, right?" ”

Gao Yigong and Liu Fangliang were unwilling to be left behind, and they automatically asked for help.

"Brother-in-law, let me fight, I also want to wave the Guanning Iron Cavalry to see how their combat power is? Like not as powerful as the legend is? ”

"Boss, if you meet the official army, I will face Zu Kuan, right?"

......

However, Li Zicheng shook his head and said softly: "This time is just a small test, not a full-scale war with the Guanning Iron Cavalry. Therefore, this battle is still dominated by the army of the high leader, and our people can mix in it and fight with the Guanning Iron Cavalry! ”

Hearing this, perhaps the generals were very unwilling in their hearts, but as a strategist, Gu Junen was relieved, glad that Li Zicheng was not a brute, and seemed to think of something, and reminded him: "Boss, after attacking Punan, the subsequent battle must be very dangerous, and my subordinates feel that it is safer for Mrs. Liu to be sent to the base of Zhongnan Mountain." After all, once a vicious battle is fought, anything can happen, and there will inevitably be places that cannot be taken care of. ”

"Yes, Strategist, you reminded me." Li Zicheng nodded lightly, and then said: "Just use this reason to divide a part of the troops, and we can't let all of us follow the high leader and make senseless sacrifices, and it is convenient to evacuate with few people." ”