Sun Chuanting is ruthless and resolute, and has a deep-rooted idea of being loyal to the emperor in his heart, but it does not mean that he will completely blindly obey the emperor, after all, leading the troops to fight outside, and formulating strategies according to the actual situation, the emperor is thousands of miles away, and he does not know the battlefield situation at all, what kind of battle can the remote command fight? Another time and space, for which he repeatedly violated his will, and was imprisoned by Chongzhen as many as three times.

But now, for Zhu Youzhen, Sun Chuanting is not only loyal to the emperor, but also has deep respect.

Others don't know, but Sun Chuanting, who has always been entrusted with important tasks, knows in his heart that since Zhu Youzhen ascended the throne, the situation in the Ming Dynasty has improved rapidly. It was completely reversed from being pressed by Jiannu to defeat the city and lose the land.

Expelled Jiannu to recover Liaodong, and even occupied the inside and outside of the Hetao, and subjugated the entire southern Mongolia, who would have thought of it before?

Zhu Youzhen's strategy of the Praetorian Guard's cross-sea expedition to Jianzhou and the direct attack on Huanglong made Sun Chuanting even more breathtaking, and the Ming army's change in the offensive and defensive momentum of Jiannu was all based on this strategy.

Therefore, Sun Chuanting is still convinced of Zhu Youzhen's strategic ability.

So now, after receiving Zhu Youzhen's order for him to lead the army south, although Sun Chuanting had doubts in his heart, he still decided to obey without hesitation.

However, Sun Chuanting still felt sorry for the current situation in Henan, knowing that in a few months, he would be able to annihilate Li Yanbu's red turban thieves in the Nanyang Basin, but now he would fall short. And when the Jiangxi anti-thieves are defeated, the situation in Henan does not know how bad it will be.

So for Meng Yishan's proposal, Sun Chuanting thought about it and agreed.

After all, if you have to pass through Nanyang Mansion and fight Li Yanbu's red turban thief by the way, even if you can't completely defeat it, it's good to be able to relieve the siege of Nanyang City, and you won't waste much time. And if you can really defeat Li Yanbu in a battle, it will save a lot of trouble.

Sun Chuanting left behind 3,000 soldiers and horses to guard Ruzhou. After all, the location of Ruzhou is too important, as long as you hold Ruzhou, you can cut off the connection between Nanyang Prefecture and Luoyang Prefecture, and you can send troops to attack at any time. In this way, even if Li Yanbu cannot be defeated quickly, it can greatly restrain its development.

Ruzhou had just been recovered, and Juntian was still in progress, and at the same time as Juntian, peasant and military organizations were also established in various villages and towns. Although the population of several counties in Ruzhou is not as large as that of Pingyuan Prefecture, there is no problem in organizing 20,000 or 30,000 peasant soldiers. Ruzhou is mountainous, and the 3,000 Janissaries of the Janissaries, plus the peasants and soldiers of various counties, as well as the support of Luoyang City in the north, should be able to hold Ruzhou and control the situation in western Henan.

The soldiers were very fast, Sun Chuanting did not delay, and immediately led the troops to set off, but at this time he could only bring 22,000 troops.

In addition to the 3,000 people who stayed in Ruzhou, 5,000 people remained in Xuzhou, Xinzheng, Xiangcheng and other places. After all, Juntian has just completed the release of slaves there, and it is already the territory of the "Praetorian Guard", if you ignore it, the red turban thief will lose it again. Losing some territory was nothing, but Sun Chuanting was afraid that he would lose the hearts of the people.

Although the Red Turban Thieves seem to have many troops, they are also a rabble, according to the discipline of the Praetorian Guard, as long as the peasants and soldiers train for a few months, their combat effectiveness will definitely be able to surpass the thief army, and there should be no problem in holding the territory.

And the reason why Sun Chuanting wanted to attack the red scarf thief before leaving was also to relieve the pressure on the new territory.

Because Lushan County and Luyang Pass are still in the hands of the thieves, and the mountainous area is difficult to walk, Sun Chuanting chose to go east out of the mountainous area, detour to Xiangcheng, and enter the Nanyang Basin through Ye County.

More than 20,000 troops, including 3,000 cavalry, led by the deputy general Li Hongji, opened the way for the army sentinel in front.

There were cavalry sentry sentry and marching on the plain, so there was no need to be afraid of ambushes at all, and it only took six days to enter Nanyang.

The sentry soon found out that the main force of the Red Turban Thieves was attacking Nanyang City, and when they heard the arrival of the Praetorian Guards, the Red Turban Thieves did not withdraw from the siege and left, but set up a large camp outside Nanyang City, which had the meaning of a decisive battle with the attacking Praetorian Guards outside Nanyang City.

"It seems that I really caught up, but it saved a lot of trouble." Staff member Meng Yishan said with a smile.

Sun Chuanting nodded, and he was relieved in his heart, he was most afraid that Li Yan would choose to lead the army to flee Nanyang when he heard that he was leading the army to attack. If the red turban thief wants to escape, he will be able to catch up with the other party, and it will take a lot of time, and it will definitely delay the battle in Nanjing, in which case he can only choose to give up the pursuit and go directly south.

Although he wanted to quickly defeat the Red Turban Thief, Sun Chuanting did not rush to attack, but set up a large camp ten miles away from the Red Turban Thief, preparing to rest for a day. After all, after several days of continuous marching, the army was also tired.

Although the army was tired from marching, the soldiers still camped in an orderly manner, and Li Hongji led the cavalry to cruise on the side, guarding against the possible attack of the red turban thieves.

"Inspector, Nanyang City has sent someone." As soon as the camp was settled, soldiers came to report.

"Let him in." Sun Chuanting said lightly.

"Hao Wenyan, the prefect of Nanyang, Xiaguan, has seen Inspector Sun, and Xiaguan was ordered by the King of Tang to send some supplies to the army."

"King Tang is bothered, there is Lord Lao Hao."

After a little greeting, Hao Wenyan said: "Inspector Sun, King Tang wants to ask Inspector to enter Nanyang City for a while and discuss the strategy against the enemy." ”

Sun Chuanting shook his head: "Please tell King Tang that the governor is too short of time, and I am afraid that he will not have time to enter the city to see him." ”

"That's not good, after all, it was King Tang who summoned him, and you should still give King Tang some face." Hao Wenyan persuaded.

Sun Chuanting shook his head, knowing that Hao Wenyan had misunderstood him. Although Sun Chuanting looked down on these vassal kings from the bottom of his heart, he thought that Zhu Youzhen should withdraw all these vassal kings, so that the money and grain saved every year were enough to support the army. But the vassal king is the vassal king after all, and the Taizu bloodline, although he no longer has any power, he is a king, and Sun Chuanting will not openly lose face. The reason why he didn't go to Nanyang was because he really couldn't spare time.

"Lord Hao misunderstood, this governor really doesn't have time to see His Royal Highness the Tang King, it's not that this governor despises the prince, but he really doesn't have time." Sun Chuanting explained.

"Now that there is no fight, Nanyang City is in front of you, why can't the Inspector spare any time? If you reply like this, I'm afraid the prince won't believe it. Inspector Sun, His Royal Highness the Tang King is different from other vassal kings, and he is actually very good. The Red Turban Thief attacked Nanyang twice, and the Tang King personally took out the royal money and grain to reward the soldiers, and also personally went to the city to fight against the thief army, and had a good relationship with the Tang King, which is also useful for the Governor to defeat the Red Turban Thief. Hao Wenyan persuaded.

In the entire Nanyang Mansion, the Tang King is the most respected, although the Tang Mansion has less than a few hundred palace guards, but it has too much money and food, and the impact on Nanyang City is very great. If anyone leads the troops here, he will never dare to despise King Tang, and he will definitely enter the city to meet him as soon as possible. But Sun Chuanting repeatedly refused to enter the city, which made Hao Wenyan really unexpected.

According to the plan discussed with Song Xiance, as long as Sun Chuanting can be earned into the city, the Praetorian Guard will lose its commander, and the Red Turban Army will take the opportunity to attack, and then the army in Nanyang City will attack the Praetorian Guard camp with Sun Chuanting in the name of going out of the city to support, and if the two are flanked, they will definitely be able to defeat the Praetorian Guard in one fell swoop.

The plan is very good, who knew that Sun Chuanting would not enter Nanyang City, which made Hao Wenyan really unexpected. When the governor arrives at a place, it is a daily operation to meet the vassal king, not to mention that Sun Chuanting is inseparable from the money, food and manpower support of Nanyang City to fight with the Red Turban Army, so there is no reason not to go into the city to meet the Tang King?

Seeing that Hao Wenyan seemed to have misunderstood what he meant, Sun Chuanting thought about it for a while and decided that he should explain a little. After all, even after defeating the rebels, Nanyang Mansion still needs to provide rations for the march, and some people need to be provided to transport grain and grass with the army.

"The Governor has decided to launch an attack on the anti-thief camp tomorrow, and it must be deployed today, Lord Hao went back and told King Tang that the Governor really can't spare time." Sun Chuanting said. Hao Wenyan and Tang Wang are both on their own side, even if they tell them that their plans are nothing. In fact, Sun Chuanting was not afraid of being detected by the red turban thief at all.

A dignified attack, even if the red turban thief notices it in advance, what can it do?

"The army has just arrived in Nanyang, why are you in a hurry to attack the Red Turban Thief Camp?" Hao Wenyan exclaimed.

There are more than 100,000 red turban thieves, and Sun Chuanting's Praetorian Guard also has more than 20,000 people, a big war of this scale often takes a lot of time, and the two sides will inevitably test each other and make all kinds of preparations.

"This governor has no choice, he has received the holy decree, and he must lead the army south as soon as possible......" Sun Chuanting thought about it, and told Hao Wenyan about the holy decree, anyway, after defeating the red turban thief, he would quickly go south, and it was necessary to conceal it at all.

"Has the situation in Nanjing deteriorated?" Hao Wenyan was shocked, but there were bursts of surprise in his heart, the more anxious Sun Chuanting was to fight quickly, the more he would make mistakes in his busyness, and the greater the possibility of failure.

The military affairs were busy, and Sun Chuanting didn't want to say more, so after a little explanation, he served tea and sent it off. The military affairs are busy, and tomorrow's attack must be deployed, if it weren't for the fact that Hao Wenyan is the prefect of Nanyang and the local landlord, and the Praetorian Guard still needs the support of the Nanyang government, Sun Chuanting would not have said so much.

Before leaving, Hao Wenyan promised that he would persuade the Tang King and the officials in the city that when the Praetorian Guards attacked the Red Turban Thieves camp tomorrow, the Nanyang defenders would also go out of the city to support and assist the Janissaries in attacking the Red Turban Thieves camp.

Although Sun Chuanting didn't look down on the combat effectiveness of the defenders of Nanyang City, considering that the battle needed to end quickly, and the addition of the Nanyang defenders could also contain some thieves, Sun Chuanting thought about it and agreed to send troops together.

Afterwards, at most, give some credit to the defenders of Nanyang, as long as they can quickly defeat the red turban thief, as long as they can go south as soon as possible, what is some credit?

After Hao Wenyan returned to the city, he came to see Zhu Yujian, the king of Tang, for the first time, and told him how he met Sun Chuanting.

"Sun Chuanting refused to come to see this king!" Zhu Yujian frowned. This is not the original plan!

"It's okay if Sun Chuanting doesn't come, we can send troops to attack the camp of the Red Turban Army when they attack it, and at the same time attack it from behind, and attack the Red Turban Army back and forth, we can also defeat them." Hao Wenyan said.

"But the Praetorian Guard is very elite, and Sun Chuanting is a famous general for a while, even if he is a front and back attack, can he really win?" Zhu Yujian frowned.

"Arrows on the bow, that's the only way to go." Hao Wenyan sighed.

Zhu Yujian fell silent. Yes, I'm afraid there is no going back now. Even if he regrets it now, as long as Sun Chuanting defeats the Red Turban Army camp and captures the Red Turban Army generals, he will definitely be able to ask about his collusion with the Red Turban Army. At that time, the Tang Palace's mansion still couldn't escape.

Zhu Yujian suddenly regretted a little, regretting that he shouldn't have had a hot head that day, and easily agreed to Song Xiance.

"Lord Wang, it's useless to regret it now. As long as you plan carefully, it may not be impossible to defeat Sun Chuanting. As long as Sun Chuanting's 30,000 army can be defeated, no other army in the entire Central Plains can stop your pace, and it will be a matter of time before Beijing is captured. Seeing Zhu Yujian's hesitant look, Hao Wenyan comforted.

Hao Wenyan thought clearly, and like Zhu Yujian, he had no way out. As long as the Red Turban Army is defeated and the matter of his collusion with the Red Turban Army is revealed, what awaits him will be the extermination of the three clans.

The land and property of the hometown have been divided, the career is hopeless, and the family has to be questioned about the crime.

"Yes, there is no way out...... Zhu Yujian muttered. In that case, let's fight!

"Send someone to deliver a letter to Li Yan overnight, telling him the news that Sun Chuanting will attack tomorrow, so that Li Yan can prepare." Zhu Yujian's face showed a look of determination, and he finally made up his mind and said in a deep voice.

"I'll send somebody." Hao Wenyan hurriedly said.

"I'd better send my henchmen." Zhu Yujian raised his hand and stopped Hao Wenyan. The Tang Palace's mansion has existed in Nanyang for more than 200 years, and some of them are confidants, Zhu Yujian can't trust others at all, even Hao Wenyan is no exception.

"Now let's discuss how to 'cooperate' with Sun Chuanting tomorrow." Zhu Yujian said lightly.

Zhu Yujian has read the military book and knows some strategies, and Hao Wenyan is also a Jinshi and is first-class smart. The two of them discussed for a long time, and finally came up with a foolproof strategy, confident that if they followed this strategy, they would definitely be able to defeat Sun Chuanting's army.

After the discussion, Zhu Yujian called a dead soldier and ordered him to go to the Red Turban Army camp overnight to deliver the letter.

The Red Turban Army camp is located fifteen miles south of Nanyang City, and the dead soldier set off overnight and arrived at the Red Turban Army camp in only half an hour.

Hearing that someone from Nanyang City was coming, Li Yan hurriedly ordered someone to bring it into the big tent, and after listening to the words of the dead man, he looked at Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance and others.

"Sun Chuanting didn't even enter Nanyang City, and even the King of Tang refused to see him, he was arrogant to the extreme." Song Xiance said indignantly. It was Zhu Yujian, the king of Tang who he personally went to Nanyang City to persuade, and took a great risk for this, if Zhu Yujian could catch Sun Chuanting and defeat the Praetorian Guard, he would be the first merit. And now that Sun Chuanting refuses to enter the city, things have changed, and it will be difficult to defeat the Praetorian Guard easily, which makes Song Xiance very disappointed.

"Dao Chief, don't be anxious, don't you still have a chance?" Li Yan said indifferently.

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