Facts have proved that two months is indeed enough time for Gu Huai to sort out Texas, which is about to become a battlefield.

The intelligence network of the secret spy department in the entire Texas has now been hidden in the shadows, and the remaining grain and grass armaments have also been transferred to the rear of the battlefield, and for the upcoming war, Gu Huai has also made many arrangements, countless secret spies have been put in place, just waiting for Zhu Di to bring the army to Texas, and then he can have a spy war with the Jinyi Guards who have rushed to the front line.

Today's secret spy department has indeed become a behemoth, there are core secret spies like Mangzhong Xia Zhi lurking everywhere on the front line, spying on the military situation and sorting out intelligence, and Gu Huai does not need to see it personally, and Jinling, because Gu Huai's sitting in the town a few days ago is on the right track, although the Yan army is losing on the frontal battlefield, the battlefield hidden in the shadows is qualified to compete with the imperial court after all.

It's just that no matter how good the spy is, what is the use of not being able to beat it on the frontal battlefield? This is also the reason why Gu Huai hurriedly went north this time, he is not at ease to continue to sit in Jinling, because judging from the results of the Battle of Dongchang, Zhu Di is not as rational as before every time, and he will also make mistakes, but because his prestige in the army is too high, no generals dare to question the decisions he made, including Zhang Yu.

After all, Dao Yan is old and his health is not good, and he is better at being in the rear to deploy Ruoding to deal with political affairs, the responsibility of admonishing Zhu Di at this critical moment has to fall on Gu Huai, another strategist under Zhu Di.

On March 17, the Yan army's vanguard had arrived in Wuyi, and Gu Huai, who had already sent someone to escort Xu Miaojin north, had finally finished his work and rushed to the barracks.

Now the generals in the Yan army, most of them are familiar faces, Jing has been martyred for two years, and the high-level generals who died in the war are currently only one Zhang Yu, so when Gu Huai took Wei Laosan and Wang Wu's two personal guards into the Yan army camp, they kept greeting the battalion owners and generals along the way, and they were not surprised that Gu Huai appeared here, the soldiers may not know the identity and ability of this green-shirted scholar, but they are all clear, thesis, Gu Huai is now holding the secret spy department, and he is the only two strategists under Zhu Di; In terms of martial arts, Gu Huai did not lead soldiers at the beginning, and he even did the feat of attacking the grassland, and it was really normal for Gu Huai to come to Zhu Di's account to obey orders in such a big battle.

The style of the Yan army's camping is still as simple and capable as ever, and the soldiers who patrol with weapons in groups are still quite full of spirit, except for the heralds and scouts in the camp, the rest of the people in the camp are not allowed to gallop, so Gu Huai changed to walking as soon as he entered the camp, and Wei Laosan and Wang Wu followed behind like door gods, and the three of them were not wearing military uniforms, which attracted a lot of attention along the way.

After passing through several camps like this, he can be regarded as entering the big tent of the Chinese army, after the personal soldiers, Gu Huai walked in alone, Zhu Di, who had lost a lot of weight, was looking down at the sand table, Gu Huai also realized at this moment that he and Zhu Di hadn't seen each other for almost a year.

After the Battle of Baigou River last year, he was besieged in Jinan, and then went to Jinling, and then delayed for almost half a year. It really never waits for anyone.

Hearing the footsteps, Zhu Di raised his head, and when he saw the familiar green shirt, he showed a heartfelt smile: "Willing to come back?" ”

"I've seen the prince," Gu Huai also smiled and arched his hand, "Jinling is over, so naturally it's time to come back." ”

"I've read all the news you sent back from Jinling, and you've done a good job," Zhu Di let out a sigh, "Hearing so many officials in the court speaking for me, the grievances in my heart have gone a little... Since you think Li Jiujiang can believe it, I won't ask too much, and now the news in Jinling is much more useful than before, and I have saved a lot of effort here. ”

"The prince has taught humble duties, since ancient times, the heart is the first," Gu Huai walked to the sand table, "If the battle continues, the condemnation of us between the government and the opposition will not be suppressed, and in the long run, there will be problems with the hearts of the army and the people, it is better to let Li Jinglong stand up and block Fang Xiaoru's mouth, Jinling is in chaos, and there will be a chance to fish in troubled waters." ”

Zhu Di nodded: "That's right, in this way, no one in the world will think that I am the usurper thief." ”

Gu Huai smiled and looked at the sand table: "How is the prince going to fight this time?" ”

At the mention of this, Zhu Di's brows also twisted, he held the case with both hands, leaned forward slightly, as if he wanted to see Sheng Yong's every move through the sand table: "Sheng Yong's troops are 200,000 in Dezhou, and when he hears the news that I am going south, he will definitely make a move, but what I am most worried about is Guo Ying and Wu Jie who are still in Zhending, and now Ping An is also going straight to Zhending, I want to fight Dezhou, Zhending will definitely not sit idly by, but if I go to attack Zhending..."

Gu Huai shook his head lightly: "The field battle is easy, the siege is difficult, the southern army is at the corner of each other, if you go to attack the real determination, the strong city is in front, and the strong enemy is behind, even if you use new artillery, it will be difficult." ”

A war maniac, a strategist who can't be idle, the two just got together, they didn't say a few words of greeting, they actually entered the state like this, the most important thing is that the two of them didn't feel anything wrong, this scene is extraordinarily harmonious.

Zhu Di nodded and said: "I think so too, so I really can't fight, I can only fight Texas!" Sheng Yong has an army of 200,000, with fewer enemies, I am not afraid! But I have to think of a way to let those people in Zhending City settle down. ”

Now the position of the Yan army, further forward is in the middle of Zhending and Dezhou, if the two armies of Zhending and Dezhou are attacked, the Yan army is indeed easy to fall into the situation of being attacked by the enemy on the back of the belly, Gu Huai looked at the sand table, and gradually had an idea.

He raised his head: "Our army has many cavalry, coming and going like the wind, the two armies are facing each other, the victory or defeat is only between breaths, if you send a ranger to wander between Zhending and Dingzhou, pretend to be an ambush, deter Ping'an and Wu Jie's troops to help, and then divide the victory and defeat with Sheng Yong earlier, and then lead the division to turn around..."

Zhu Di's face became solemn, he did have such an idea at the beginning, after all, his style of fighting is to be adventurous, as long as he takes down Texas before Ping An Wu Jie and Guo Ying, even if they send reinforcements, it will be useless, but what Zhu Di didn't expect was that Gu Huai's thoughts were almost the same as his, and his appetite was even greater!

He actually wanted to take the troops to Zhending after beating Sheng Yong, and they were caught off guard by peace!

Who the hell did you learn this? Zhu Di was dumbfounded, and only after a while did he eat: "It's better to win Sheng Yong first... Do you have a way to deal with the poisonous arrows of the Southern Army? ”

Gu Huai's face was puzzled, Zhu Laosi regarded himself as a jingle cat? He was drumming up penicillin, but how could he have a way to poison the arrows, retreat to Beiping to engage in steelmaking, and then toss out the whole body armor and iron floating cavalry, so that he can be brainless, but who let him wear it late, and he will start the battle when he comes to Jingjing?

He shook his head: "There is no way, the only way to crack it is to find out in advance where Sheng Yong put the crossbowmen, although the southern army has 200,000, but excluding the cavalry, swords, guns and shields, how many are left to hold bows and crossbows?" Although this thing is a long-range weapon, in order to prevent the cavalry from raiding in front of you, it is bound to be impossible to equip too much, so just figure out the position of the bow and crossbow formation, and then use the shield on top, the foot pawn to slow down, and then let the cavalry raid elsewhere. ”

The reason is so, but just as Sheng Yong guessed that Zhu Di would raid the flank, so he arranged the crossbowmen on the flanks, the battlefield layout cannot be set in stone, and the crossbowmen have now become Sheng Yong's trump card against the Yan cavalry, how can they be easily poked out? Unless the two armies approached before the battle began, and then the whole army pressed to prevent the southern army from moving to camp, it would only be filled with human lives.

Seeing Zhu Di falling into deep thought, Gu Huai also sighed, war... Especially this kind of war where both sides are doing everything they can, there are too many variables, no one can say that they are sure to win, all the measures are to increase their chances of winning, if you can give Gu Huai more time, why fall into this situation of fighting for your life?

Jianwen started the army in the first year, and now it is three years of Jianwen, but all the preparations still seem to be so weak, limited by raw materials and production processes, grenades cannot completely change the war of this era, and if it is really implemented, it still has to be fought with a knife and a gun.

And Sheng Yong is indeed not a fool like Li Jinglong, Zhu Di's pressure is so great, it seems that he doesn't dare to underestimate this opponent anymore, it is obvious that Sheng Yong has fully studied the attack characteristics of the Yan army, and found a set of effective methods to deal with cavalry and raid tactics, relatively speaking, Sheng Yong is too ordinary and ordinary, even the spies of the secret spy department can't dig up much, if you can know yourself and your opponent in a war, you will naturally win a hundred battles, but Sheng Yong didn't give Zhu Di and Gu Huai a chance to study him at all.

Geng Bingwen and Li Jinglong were guessed by Zhu Di before, so they would lose so badly, but who knew that the situation was actually reversed now? If you want to defeat Sheng Yong, it means that you must reconnoiter the enemy's formation and formation in detail, find out the weak points, find out the position of the crossbowmen, and find out the combat methods that can give full play to the advantages of the cavalry, so as to have the possibility of defeating Sheng Yong.

But the problem is here, how could the crossbowmen equipped with poisoned arrows let the Yan army's reconnaissance cavalry approach?

Wait a minute... Gu Huai suddenly thought of something.

He is not in Texas for nothing these days, and he knows very well what is happening in the camp of the Southern Army.

He looked at Zhu Di, who was thinking hard, thoughtfully.

"Lord Wang, do you dare to play with your life?"