Just as Qi Heng and Zhu Yuanzhang were thinking with solemn faces, Han Qin and a team of men and horses hurried over.

Looking at the look on Han Qin's face, Qi Heng and Zhu Yuanzhang both guessed something.

Really.

As soon as Han Qin ran in front of him out of breath, he grabbed the soldiers around him and said to Zhu Yuanzhang and Qi Heng: "Marshal, my lord, Timur led an army of 150,000 from Jinling and headed towards Chuzhou, which was sent by General Xu of Chuzhou to report the news. ”

As he spoke, he pushed the soldiers around him in front of Qi Heng and Zhu Yuanzhang.

"What's going on now?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked sharply.

The soldier who delivered the message had not yet breathed his breath, so he hurriedly said: "Marshal, General Xu Da asked me to tell you that Timur's army will arrive at the city of Chuzhou at noon tomorrow, and a county town south of Chuzhou has been breached. The general asks you to hurry back to Chuzhou to discuss the defense of the city. ”

After listening to the soldier's words, Zhu Yuanzhang thought solemnly.

After a while, he said to Qi Heng: "Engong, I will return to Chuzhou first, set off at this moment, and I will be able to arrive at night as soon as possible." The troops of Huanggang Haozhou will not move for the time being, and we will wait for us to discuss and come up with a plan before making a plan, maybe it can play a strange effect. ”

In a short period of time, Zhu Yuanzhang made a decision about the current situation.

Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang, who was in a hurry to return to Chuzhou, Qi Heng suddenly grabbed his arm, and said with a frown: "Don't be in a hurry." ”

Then no one shouted: "Find Zheng Guangzu for me!" ”

Looking at Qi Heng's strange behavior, everyone was puzzled.

However, soon in the eyes of everyone, a man riding a fast horse appeared in everyone's field of vision.

Zheng Guangzu thought that Qi Heng might be looking for him as soon as he received the information about the Yuan army's troops, so he hurried over, and the secret guards he met later also confirmed his guess.

The moment he came to Qi Heng's side, Zheng Guangzu turned over and dismounted, and after a simple salute to Qi Heng and Zhu Yuanzhang, he said, "My lord, you are looking for me." ”

Qi Heng nodded and said, "Is there any information about Jinling City?" ”

Zheng Guangzu immediately said: "Yes! ”

As he spoke, he took out a secret letter from his bosom.

Qi Heng was about to open the secret letter with him, and when he thought of Zhu Yuanzhang beside him, he took it to Zhu Yuanzhang, and the two of them checked it together.

At this time, Zheng Guangzu also began to dictate the information, saying: "Although the army that encircled and suppressed Liu Futong in the north was quite successful in the war, most of the strength of the righteous army was still preserved, and now it is entangled with the Yuan army between Shandong and Henan. Part of the troops withdrawn were originally to be called back to Jinling by Timur to fight against the rebels in Anhui, but it happened that Zhang Shicheng, a salt seller in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and his brother Zhang Shide, Zhang Shixin and Li Bosheng led the salt Ding to rebel against the Yuan, and conquered Xinghua within a few days, and conquered Gaoyou City in the rest of the month. ”

According to the old practice of the Yuan Dynasty, the first crusade against the Wang Yi army, so the 30,000 yuan army withdrawn after the victory of Liu Futong rushed to Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Now, after the news of the marshal's conquest of Chuzhou reached Jinling, Timur was furious, so he transferred all the nearby troops of 70,000, and temporarily recruited 80,000 troops, with 150,000 troops, numbered 200,000 troops, and attacked Chuzhou. ”

"Now that Quanjiao County has been conquered, it is being rectified in the city, and it is expected to arrive at Chuzhou at noon tomorrow."

Listening to Zheng Guangzu's account and the information in the letter, Qi Heng was a little annoyed: "Since you already have this information, why are you only giving it to me now?" ”

Zheng Guangzu hurriedly said: "My lord, Jinling is too far away from us, and it takes too long to develop the secret guard, and there has been no progress before, and these pieces of information have also been revealed by a person from the Yuan court who recently won it, and these pieces of information have just arrived, and the news of the Yuan army's march has also arrived in Chuzhou, and the subordinates have just gotten this information." ”

"The person from the Yuan Court who wanted to take it down also said it because these news were no longer important."

Hearing Zheng Guangzu's words, Qi Heng also knew that he was a little anxious, so he turned his head to look at Zhu Yuanzhang beside him and said: "Big brother, I just realized that something was wrong when I heard that Tokhtar Timur was leading troops to attack, when Tokhtar attacked Shandong and Henan before, in addition to the initial 100,000 troops, he also transferred troops from the south several times, with a total number of about 300,000. ”

"After the 300,000 troops are deployed, how many troops can there be in the entire Jiangnan, but in the case of the failure of the last attack on Haozhou, Tokh still dares to come, presumably the strength is not less than the last time. But where these forces came from is now clear. ”

"This time, the 150,000 army can be said to have basically transferred the troops of the entire south of the Yangtze River, what is the reason for such a big move, just the loss of Chuzhou?"

Zhu Yuanzhang thought along Qi Heng's train of thought, and said casually: "Could it be because Chuzhou and Jinling are close?" ”

Qi Heng's eyes lit up and said, "Exactly!" ”

"Chuzhou and Jinling say that they are not close, they are not far away, and they are marching with all their might, and the morning and evening are coming. What is the place of Jinling, it is the center of several provinces in the south of the Yangtze River, gathering the finance, taxation, grain and grass of the entire provinces along the south of the Yangtze River. If our righteous army stays here for a long time, Jinling will be heavily guarded, and if we don't move, they won't be able to move. ”

"On the contrary, if we can be eradicated as soon as possible, the surroundings of Jinling will be in a safe place, and the safety can be guaranteed, and at the same time, the entire territory of Anhui can be recovered, and to the north, it can be attacked by Liu Futong with the Yuan army from the north and south. To the west, it can threaten Zhang Shicheng of the Great Zhou. ”

"Moreover, now that the Yuan Dynasty is in various parts of the country, how can it be allowed to let the army stay in Jinling. Therefore, at this time, we are the key in this big game of chess, get rid of us, the entire southeast of the Yuan Dynasty will be completely revitalized, otherwise, the entire southeast region is a dead game. ”

Listening to Qi Heng's analysis, although Zhu Yuanzhang felt that every sentence was reasonable, he still felt obscure.

For Zhu Yuanzhang at this time, his perspective was only limited to Anhui, after all, the knowledge of geography in this era was not popularized to the public.

Not only Zhu Yuanzhang, but also the brothers standing beside them at this time were all at a loss.

Looking at their expressions at this time, Qi Heng was a little anxious, and finally gritted his teeth and took out a piece of cardboard folded in the shape of a square from his chest.

Qi Heng looked left and right, and saw a vendor's square table on the side of the street, so he pulled Zhu Yuanzhang over.

When he got closer, he said to the hawker owner, "Uncle, borrow your table and chair." ”

When the vendor saw that it was Qi Heng, where would he be unwilling, he smiled with a smile on his face, and said, "My lord, just use it." ”

Qi Heng nodded in response, and then spread out the cube cardboard in his hand.

Watching Qi Heng spread things out, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was puzzled, looked at Qi Heng beside him in shock as the content inside appeared in front of him.

"Eun Gong, this is ........"

Feeling Zhu Yuanzhang's shocked and expectant gaze, Qi Heng nodded and said, "This is the map of the whole country." ”

Hearing Qi Heng's words, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes suddenly flashed with ecstasy.

No one knows how tempting a detailed map can be for a general, especially a volunteer general.

Although the Yuan army must also have a map, it is too far behind compared to Qi Heng's one.

Especially when Zhu Yuanzhang saw the mountains and rivers marked in detail on this map, and even used bumps and bumps to present the mountain terrain, the ecstasy on his face could not be concealed at all.

Looking at the expression on Zhu Yuanzhang's face, Qi Heng knew very well that after this map was taken out, it would be very unfavorable for him to deal with the relationship with Zhu Yuanzhang.

But now that the crisis is at hand, he can't take care of much.

After all, this time there were 150,000 troops in Getaway, but Chuzhou only had more than 40,000 troops, and the number of troops was 50,000.

This time it was different before in Haozhou.

There is no time limit for Totok, and he can have a thorough battle with Chuzhou.

Even if the entire Chuzhou is besieged, the crisis of food shortage alone is enough to make Chuzhou City self-defeating.

Just when Zhu Yuanzhang was immersed in studying the map in front of him, Qi Heng said: "Big brother, let's study the map later, let's get down to business first." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was said by Qi Heng, and suddenly remembered the matter: "Yes, yes, let's talk about business first." ”

After Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, Qi Heng annotated Zhu Yuanzhang on the map according to what he had just said, and then clearly expounded his views through the map.

Zhu Yuanzhang and others, who were listening to Qi Heng's story at this time, also understood the meaning of Qi Heng's words just now through the map.

I understand more why Qi Heng said that at this time, their Anhui rebels and the territory were the key to the southeast of the entire Yuan Dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang also gradually calmed down with the continuous analysis, and finally made a decision in his heart, and said: "Eight or nine is not far from ten, it should not be much different from what Engong guessed." ”

After getting Zhu Yuanzhang's approval, Qi Heng began to extend his ideas.

"Since he did everything in his power to destroy us, why can't we take this opportunity to strike him a fatal blow?"

Listening to Qi Heng's words, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the map in front of him and began to analyze.

His gaze traveled back and forth throughout Anhui and the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions.

As he became familiar with the map and became more and more familiar with geography, the thinking in Zhu Yuanzhang's mind was completely released.

Zhu Yuanzhang deserved to be a natural military genius, and when his thinking was completely liberated and his courage became more and more bold, his eyes looked at Jinling.

The moment his gaze touched Jinling City, a bold idea also came out.

And with his continuous argumentation, and then through the topographical analysis on the map, Zhu Yuanzhang's mood became more and more excited, even to the point of trembling.

He put a finger on the location of Jinling City, then looked at Qi Heng expectantly, and said excitedly: "Engong, what do you mean......"

"Jinling City?"

Before Zhu Yuanzhang's words fell, Qi Heng had already nodded firmly.

After seeing that his thoughts were recognized by Qi Heng, Zhu Yuanzhang could no longer suppress the excitement in his heart.

He knew very well that according to Qi Heng's analysis just now, almost all the troops in the entire Jiangnan Province were now withdrawn to settle the judgment.

Even the 150,000 troops that attacked Chuzhou this time were 80,000 from temporary conscription.

It can be seen how vacant its troops are.

And the reason why Tokhtar dared to draw out his troops to attack so boldly was also very simple, they were the only threat around Jinling.

Even Zhang Shicheng in northern Jiangsu is far away from Jinling City, and although Zhang Shicheng is bold and directly built the national name, their power is far from developing now.

In other words, even if he escaped and evacuated the forces of Jinling City, no one could threaten Jinling City.

I have to say that there is no problem with the strategy of detachment.

It's just that there is obviously something wrong with his intelligence, and he doesn't know that Haozhou City, which originally belonged to Guo Tianxu, is now under their banner.

Even if he knew, it was impossible to know that he transferred most of Haozhou's troops to Chuzhou and helped Zhu Yuanzhang successfully take Chuzhou, and he still had 20,000 elite soldiers in Huanggang who had never appeared!

Even if he knew everything, he would never have imagined that his eyes were already on Jinling City above them when their army had not yet arrived at Chuzhou City!

At this time, Han Qin, Zheng Guangzu, and several secret guards, who were standing aside and listening to Zhu Yuanzhang and Qi Heng's analysis of the situation and their strategies, heard that Zhu Yuanzhang and Qi Heng had set their eyes on Jinling City, and the expressions on their faces were as complex and complicated as they were.

However, when they analyzed the situation on the map, they suddenly came to their senses.

According to the current situation, it is by no means impossible to take Jinling City.

And the hopes are very great.

At this time, they looked at Qi Heng and Zhu Yuanzhang in surprise, they had never dared to think about this idea from beginning to end.

But Zhu Yuanzhang discovered this opportunity in a short period of time, and it is also the only way for the rebels to survive.

Otherwise, unless all the forces of Chuzhou were abandoned and returned to Huanggang, they would only be annihilated by the Yuan army in the face of the pressure of the 150,000 army.

At the same time, they were even more shocked that Qi Heng had thought of this method from the beginning.

After all, whether it is Zhu Yuanzhang or them, they all follow Qi Heng's train of thought to think.

Obviously, when talking about this, Qi Heng has keenly discovered this only breaking point.

For a while, whether it was Han Qin, Zheng Guangzu, or those secret guards, the impression that Qi Heng only knew about political affairs in the past was completely overturned.

Even they had all witnessed Qi Heng's strategy to capture Guo Tianxu alive.

But that strategy is completely different from today.

Today, this is a real military strategic vision.

The impression of Qi Heng in his heart couldn't help but raise it to a higher level.

Just when everyone was shocked, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was eager to stick his head into the map, finally made a final decision.

"Bingfa Jinling!"

Hearing that Zhu Yuanzhang finally agreed to his plan, Qi Heng took a deep breath.

Although this strategy seems completely feasible.

But he also understands that he is gambling with the entire foundation of the entire rebel army!

retreat, they can still rely on the city defense of Huanggang and the arrows, ballistas, and food stored in the city to hold on.

But once entered, the troops of the entire Huanggang and Haozhou would be emptied, and at that time, the two cities were basically an empty city without much defensive ability.

Once this strategy was wrong, or it was noticed by Tokhtar Timur.

He only needs to divide his troops to dismantle the entire foundation of their rebel army.

Even the city of Huanggang, which he managed with great difficulty, will become the merit of Timur.

On the contrary, they have become lonely ghosts who have no city to rely on.

Of course, the risks are very costly, but the rewards are also very large.

Jinling .....

It is the center of several provinces in the south of the Yangtze River.

There is an innumerable and inexhaustible wealth of food.

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