When Zhao Han returned to Ji'an, the battle situation on the side of Beizhili was a little stalemate.

Yang Sichang was transferred out of Beijing and went to Hubei to fight the bandits, which seemed to have little effect on the war in the north.

What Yang Sichang and Gao Qiqian conspired to frame Lu Xiangsheng, the content of the story is very similar to romance. Even if he really wants to be framed, he won't be so low-level, otherwise how can Yang Sichang always be trusted by the emperor?

The real situation is that Lu Xiangsheng took the initiative to suggest the division of troops and wrote a letter to discuss with Yang Sichang, who agreed to the division plan.

This can be verified through the recital of the two, Lu Xiangsheng chose to divide the troops according to the battle situation, and the original words in his recital can be summarized as: The armies from all walks of life gathered, and they seemed to be together, but they were actually bloated and a waste of troops; Divide the troops to defend the cities, and form a lone army. Hoarding troops and dividing troops to defend the city are all taboos for soldiers, and they should be divided and combined according to the movements of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

The Qing army divided its troops, so Lu Xiangsheng also divided his troops, otherwise he would have let the Manchus plunder the place.

Yang Sichang was very cooperative, and let Lu Xiangsheng lead the Xuanda army, with a strength of 31,500 people. Afraid that Lu Xiangsheng would make a mistake, he transferred the troops of Ji Zhen to the past, so Lu Xiangsheng's troops reached 40,000, more than the 39,000 people who were high and diving.

In this time and space, Yang Sichang was transferred, and Lu Xiangsheng led the war.

The start is exactly the same, without the slightest change. The soldiers were divided into two routes, Lu Xiangsheng had 40,000 soldiers from Xuanda, Shanxi, Jizhen and Baoding, and 39,000 troops under Gao Qiqian's control.

The next changes are exactly the same.

Chen Xinjia, the governor of Xuanda, was transferred to Beizhili to garrison the imperial mausoleum, and Lu Xiangsheng allocated part of the army to him.

At the same time, some key cities and strongholds must be garrisoned, and the task was handed over to Jizhen, Baoding and some Shanxi soldiers.

The situation became, Lu Xiangsheng led 16,000 people, pursued and intercepted the Qing army all the way. Chen Xinjia led 4,500 people and garrisoned the imperial tomb. With a high potential rate of 39,000 people, they pursued and intercepted the Qing army on the other road. The rest of the troops, all for the defense of strategic points.

Let's take a look at how the tide of battle has changed dramatically.

Changping, Imperial Mausoleum.

"General system, Hebei North Daotang newspaper!"

"Bring it!"

Chen Xinjia single-handedly grabbed the military newspaper, which was sent by Zhu Jiashi of North Hebei Province.

Wu Yijing, the supervisor, reported to the county governor of Shanyin, saying that he found that the Qing army had passed the Longquan Pass, and the news was passed to Chen Xinjia layer by layer.

Prior to this, Chen Xinjia also received a military report that the Qing army had arrived in Zhulu and was going to enter Shanxi through Jingcheng and Guguan.

The two military reports both indicated that the Qing army was going to Shanxi.

It's just that one takes Longquan Pass, and the other takes Guguan, two completely opposite routes.

After thinking about it carefully, Chen Xinjia wrote a Tang newspaper to the Ministry of War, which roughly read: The day before yesterday, he received a Tang report, there were Tartar slaves in Zhending, and the outpost had arrived at the deer and Jingcheng, and the Bengu Pass was taken out of Shanxi. Today, it has been reported by the Tang newspaper of Hebei Province, and Nuyi has passed the Longquan Pass, which is consistent with the content of the previous Tang report.

The two completely opposite Tang newspapers, in the hands of Chen Xinjia, actually fit perfectly, and they dared to send them to the Ministry of War.

In history, it was Chen Xinjia's military intelligence that caused Lu Xiangsheng to die alone.

Among them is also Yang Sichang's pot, because after Yang Sichang received the information, he immediately transferred Chen Xinjia and others back to Shanxi.

Then, Yang Sichang wrote a letter to Lu Xiangsheng, saying that the Qing soldiers had passed the Longquan Pass. Lu Xiangsheng thought that the Manchu Qing had divided their troops and plundered Shanxi, and immediately transferred the elite of Wang Pu and other generals to pursue, but only a few thousand lone troops were surrounded and annihilated.

Chen Xinjia, like Xiong Wencan, was recommended and promoted by Yang Sichang.

Yang Sichang and Chen Xinjia are not familiar with geography, which leads to wrong judgment. Or did it deliberately and wanted to kill Lu Xiangsheng?

It's all possible, it's not clear, and future generations can only guess.

Now because of the rise of Zhao Han, Yang Sichang was transferred to Hubei and was not blindly commanded in Beijing.

There are a large number of servants in the military department, all of whom have been sent to the local area to be governors, only Xie Wenjin, the left waiter, and Sun Bixian, the right waiter.

These two people are both from the Donglin Party, and they were both promoted by Yang Sichang.

And Yang Sichang and the Donglin Party are mortal enemies, and these two people can be promoted, which is estimated to be a betrayal of the Donglin Party.

After receiving the military report, Xie Wenjin immediately said: "Such an important military situation, quickly report it to Your Majesty!" ”

Sun Bixian frowned, he had worked as a judge in Shanxi, and he himself was from Shaanxi. He knows some military knowledge, and he also knows some Shanxi geography, and the military information sent by Chen Xinjia feels that there is a problem no matter how you look at it.

The Tartars entered the customs this time, and there were only tens of thousands of people. The troops have been divided before, how can the troops be divided into two routes now, from two opposite routes to Shanxi?

"Ahem, ahem, ahem!"

Sun Bixian is already terminally ill, and in history, he will die of illness in half a month.

If it weren't for Yang Sichang's departure from Beijing, the military department urgently needed someone who knew the soldiers, and Sun Bixian would definitely be lying at home.

"That's not right...... Ahem, ahem, it's definitely not. Sun Bixian's chest tightness and shortness of breath said.

The two went to find Chongzhen together, but Sun Bixian couldn't walk, so he could only be carried by the eunuch to the Qianqing Palace.

Seeing that Sun Bixian was weak, Chongzhen instructed the eunuch: "Move two chairs." ”

Without waiting for Sun Bixian to sit down, Chongzhen asked anxiously: "But what is the important military situation?" ”

Xie Wenjin immediately took out the Tang newspaper written by Chen Xinjia to the Ministry of War: "Your Majesty, the Tatar slaves on the West Road have passed the Longquan Pass and entered Shanxi. ”

"Who will be the Longquan Guard? Before without warning, it was suddenly broken by the slave army! Chongzhen said angrily.

"Your Majesty...... Ahem, ahem! ”

Sun Bixian coughed repeatedly: "The military situation is not right, Longquan Pass and Guguan, one south and one north, it is impossible for Tatar slaves to appear in two reverses at the same time." ”

"Get the map!"

Chongzhen asked the eunuch to take the map, and after finding the two passes, he nodded and said, "It's really far away." ”

Sun Bixian asked the eunuch to move his chair, helped him sit closer, pointed to the place east of the middle of the two passes, and said, "Some time ago, the Tartar slaves were still here. At the two passes, the direction of the troops is far from the north, and this matter seems quite strange. ”

Xie Wenjin said: "According to the Tang report sent by Chen Xinjia, it is likely that the Tartars will send a small number of troops to attack Guguan. This plan to divert the tiger from the mountain also induced the officers and soldiers to pursue in the south. And the main force of the Tatar slaves secretly went north and attacked Longquan Pass by surprise! This is a godsend, and this group of Tatar slaves marched so quickly that they must not have carried much baggage. Officers and soldiers can block Longquan Pass, order all prefectures, counties and checkpoints in Shanxi to be strictly guarded, and catch turtles in the urn to wipe them out! ”

The analysis seems to make a lot of sense.

Chongzhen was quite pleased to hear this, nodded and said, "It must be so!" ”

Sun Bixian still vaguely felt that something was wrong: "Your Majesty, the situation on the front line is changing rapidly. Why don't you hand over this Tang newspaper to Lu Xiangsheng as it is, and let him judge it himself? ”

Chongzhen hesitated.

If the information reported by Tang is true, then this Qing army is a lone army that has gone deep into Shanxi, and it is very likely that it will be completely annihilated. Once successful, it will achieve the greatest victory in the battle against the Manchu Qing since Chongzhen ascended the throne.

But if the information reported by Tang is false, or if there is any accident, then it will be a fiasco.

Chongzhen wants a big victory, but he is afraid of a fiasco.

He didn't dare to make a decision, and suddenly regretted it, if only he didn't transfer Yang Sichang away. At such a critical moment, Yang Shangshu will definitely be able to make a decision, unlike the two waiters in front of him, who ran to the emperor to argue.

"Are you sure that the military situation is true?" Chongzhen asked Xie Wenjin.

Xie Wenjin wanted to speak and stopped, and he didn't dare to speak for an instant. He trusts his analysis, but what if something goes wrong? I'm going to carry the cauldron myself!

Chongzhen just wants Zhang Wenjin to make a decision, and if something happens, Zhang Wenjin can also take the blame.

Zhang Wenjin didn't speak, Chongzhen could only ask Sun Bixian: "Can you be sure that the military situation is fake?" ”

Of course, Sun Bixian didn't dare to talk nonsense, and hurriedly coughed. As a result, the fake cough turned into a real cough, and I couldn't stop coughing, covering my mouth and coughing for a long time, and my palms were full of blood. He said ambiguously: "The minister just thinks that the military situation is very strange, and he can send it to Lu Xiangsheng as it is." Lu Xiangsheng is a person who knows the soldiers, and he will make his own judgment. ”

The three of them seem to be suffering from difficulty in choosing at the same time.

After thinking about it carefully, Chongzhen said: "Order Chen Xinjia, the governor of Xuanda, Ye Tinggui, the governor of Datong, and Song Xian, the governor of Shanxi, to immediately bring their respective pacesetters back to Shanxi to defend Shanxi. Chen Xinjia's Tang Bao was originally copied and sent to Lu Xiangsheng. ”

These two orders seem to be well thought out.

Transferring the pacesetters of one governor and two governors to Shanxi can defend against Qing troops that may appear in Shanxi. At the same time, he left the line of action of the main force of officers and men to Lu Xiangsheng to decide on his own.

But such a transfer of troops directly turned Lu Xiangsheng's defense line in the north into a sieve......

Three days later, Lu Xiangsheng received this military information.

Lu Xiangsheng was stupid, and he couldn't understand it for a while, so he hurriedly called Wang Pu, Yang Guozhu, Hu Dawei, Li Chongzhen and other generals to discuss the matter.

"What do you think?" Lu Xiangsheng asked.

Everyone read the military newspaper and was also confused.

Wang Pu asked: "Could it be the defenders of Guguan and Longquan Pass, who reported the deeds of the Tartar slaves indiscriminately?" ”

"That's not right," Yang Guozhu said, "The information that the Tartar slaves have passed the Longquan Pass is sent by the county of Shanyin. If it is true, it means that the Tatar slaves have already arrived in Shanxi. ”

"If the Tartar thieves went to Shanxi early, then the Tartar thieves we are chasing these days are all ghosts?" Hu Dawei asked rhetorically.

Li Chongzhen's judgment was exactly the same as that of Xie Wenjin, the left attendant of the military department: "Maybe the Tartar thieves have divided their troops, and one is plundering in front to guide the main force of our army to the south." A small group went to Guguan in order to confuse our army. The main force of the West Road Tartar thieves actually went to Shanxi secretly. ”

Wang Pu said: "The Tartar thieves were divided into two roads before, how can the Tartar thieves on the west road be divided into three roads?" ”

The pressure of judging the military situation completely fell on Lu Xiangsheng at this time.

Historically, the military information received by Lu Xiangsheng has long been changed beyond recognition after Chen Xinjia's processing and Yang Sichang's judgment. Frightened, he hurriedly sent heavy troops to Shanxi, causing his army to be surrounded alone.

What he received at this moment was only Chen Xinjia's rough processing information, and Lu Xiangsheng was also confused.

This thing can only be guessed!

If you guess wrong, you will lose the whole game.

Lu Xiangsheng retired from the generals, and turned out all the military reports of the past month to compare the time, place, and route.

Lu Xiangsheng vaguely felt that the Manchu Qing Dynasty did not divide troops to Shanxi again.

But he can't be sure, because the other military reports in his hand are also very likely to be inaccurate.

It's still up to guess......

"Order the generals, pursue according to the original route, and don't go back to Shanxi!" Lu Xiangsheng had to take a gamble.