Chapter 227 Release the Tiger

Sun Jie knew that Zhu Xieyuan would definitely come faster than ordinary officials, but considering the old man's age, he still had a prediction about the day of meeting. Unexpectedly, only on the fifth day after seeing the Di Bao, he got a report that the detective rode a detective horse: Lord Zhu and his entourage had arrived in Hanzhou (now Guanghan, Sichuan), and hurriedly brought more than 100 personal guards to meet them.

Seeing Zhu Xieyuan, whose temples were all white, Sun Jie, who had mixed feelings, forgot to pay homage for a while, and looked at this kind old man in a daze. ”

Zhu Xieyuan also had mixed feelings in his heart, took two quick steps forward, grabbed Sun Jie, who had just remembered to salute, looked him up and down, and replied: "Guodong, you are fat." ”

Sun Jie's face turned red when he heard this, and he raised his hand to scratch his head but touched the iron helmet, and was even more embarrassed: "My lord, if you stay idle, the kid will be wasted." ”

"It can't be scrapped, it can't be scrapped! You're busy this time. ”

Chengdu Mansion.

"Guodong, how long do you think it will take to take Chishui Wei to the old man?" Zhu Xieyuan stared at Yutu and asked without raising his head.

"Back to my lord. This one...... It's hard to say. If you really want to fight, counting the march, you should be able to ...... for almost a month. However......" changed the style of the past, and this time Sun Jie answered with a lot of words.

Sun Jie's answer made Zhu Xieyuan a little surprised: "Oh? What do you mean by that? ”

"Your Excellency, you know, the kid once fought with General Luo Shen Bijie and Chishui, because of the surprise of the thief, both places were broken with one drum. Pity...... There was no pursuit of victory, and the luxury thief and the thief made a comeback again. General Luo's spies reported that in order to guard against us, the wall of Chishuiwei has been raised a lot after the reconstruction, and a lot of fortifications have been built outside the city, and the same is true in Bijie. The luxury thief lost Yongning, and has been operating Chishui as a nest, and for more than two years, it cannot be said that it has been built into an iron wall, and it is certainly not easy to fight. If it is a strong attack, 20,000 or 30,000 auxiliary soldiers and civilians will be recruited, and the trenches and soil ants will be attached to the attack, after all, it is such a big place, how can it be taken after more than ten or twenty days. However, if you fight like that, you will kill a lot of people...... Well, a lot of people will die. My lord, the kid is by no means reluctant to die, but the kid's soldiers are the best at field warfare, if the thief is killed on the field, of course, he will die well, if he is besieging the city, life and death are all up to luck, and the bricks and stones thrown by a thief woman can take the lives of the elite in the army! It's all for nothing, boy...... I was a little reluctant. Relying on the extraordinary relationship with Zhu Xieyuan, Sun Jie simply told the truth.

"Well, what you said is very reasonable, don't say that you are reluctant to give up your soldiers, and the old man is also reluctant to levy the people. If you fight like this, Ding Zhuang, the auxiliary soldier of the people, will die a lot, right? ”

"Yes, my lord," Sun Jie quickly calculated in his mind, "I'm afraid it will cost seven or eight thousand people even to be killed and wounded, and I'm afraid that the kid will have to catch a battalion or even a battalion and a half of brothers here." ”

"There are more than 2,000 people here at the end of the year, and the end of himself is handed over to Sun Shuai, if you don't have it, talk about it! If you catch the people of Wan'er and eight places, you won't have anything to do. "It's Lao Shun who speaks.

"You can't rely on human lives to fill it, you have to find another way." Zhu Xieyuan shook his head resolutely, "The old man's difference is the governor of Guizhou. When I went to Chengdu first, one was to discuss military affairs with you, and the other was to meet the king of Shu, Chitose. It is impossible to take you all away and levy tens of thousands of people. Besides, in that case, wouldn't the prince be in danger, how could he agree? But, alas, in any case, you have to take down Chishuiwei first and solve the threat of the Yongning thief, so that you can concentrate on dealing with the Shuixi thief. ”

"Boss, Sun Shuai, General Lao, the last general has an idea," Luo Ganxiang suddenly interjected, "But I need to be firmly tied up by the Guizhou side, so that he can't divide the army." Well, that's it. ”

"Tell me about it!" Zhu, Sun and others said in unison.

"Go and fight Usa! Shuixi Jun An Xiaoliang is the most powerful, he is Wusa Tusi. asked An Qijue to be the toast, An Bangyan couldn't do without it, so he had to extravagant Mingsheng. The red water is empty, hit down! Well, that's it. ”

"Great idea!" Sun Jie, who had been with Luo Ganxiang for a long time, had already learned a lot about the Tusi tribe from him, and was the first to understand. He immediately explained to Zhu Xieyuan: "My lord, there are many Tusi tribes involved in the Lu'an Rebellion, and the most powerful of them is Wusa Tusi Xiaoliang, except for the two thieves of Lu'an. An Xiaoliang's eldest wife is An's sister, and his younger wife is called Shebai and gave birth to a son, An Qijue. An Xiaoliang has a very good relationship with An Wei, so he doesn't like An Qijue very much. An's sister was jealous that Shebai gave birth to a son, and always bullied Shebai's mother and son by virtue of An's identity. This time, An Xiaoliang openly rebelled against the front, and Shebai was afraid that An Xiaoliang would be killed if he left the front foot and An Qijue on the back foot, so he took his son and hundreds of dead friends into the mountains, so it can be regarded as not involved in this matter. If the boss can appoint An Qijue as the toast, just because Wusa is empty, and send a part of the army to attack, then An Xiaoliang is willing to lose his lair? It is necessary to return to the rescue. But he is the main force of the Shuixi Army, if we launch an offensive in Guizhou at the same time, so that he can't leave, in order to appease him, An Bangyan can only turn to the close luxury Chongming. As long as the main force of extravagant rebellion leaves Chishui, the empty city will be easy to fight. Moreover, by taking its lair, our army can not only set up an ambush when it returns to the division in a hurry, but also drive its remnants to Shuixi - the thieves are scattered all over the territory to occupy the advantageous territory, and although it is difficult for our four troops to fight, they can rescue each other; If you are driven to one place, let's surround it on all sides and cook a big pot of dumplings! ”

Luo Ganxiang nodded seriously: "Well, that's it!"

Zhu Xieyuan was overjoyed when he heard this. In the past, although Luo Ganxiang's strategy was wonderful, it was difficult to implement: because it was necessary to mobilize the forces of Yunnan, Sichuan, and Guizhou provinces to cooperate with each other; But at the moment, it is not a problem at all - Zhu Xieyuan is the secretary of the military department and the governor of Guizhou, and he is also the governor of the five provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Huguang, and Guangxi, and the military affairs of all provinces are under the control of Lord Zhu alone!

That's it!

They deliberated for a long time, discussing all the details they could think of, and came up with a plan of military action that could be called complete, oh well, a rough plan - in the era of instant communication, any unexpected change required the improvisation of the generals.

"Guodong, you send a few guards to the old man, and the old man will immediately leave for Guizhusi (that is, Guiyang). Then everyone split up and acted according to the plan. ”

"Yes, my lord!" The generals should be booming.

I heard that Zhu Xieyuan is back again, and Yu Chongming has been restless for the past few days. King Lu is actually not very afraid of Governor Zhu, he is afraid of Sun Jie. Sun Jie is like a vicious dog, oh, no, the vicious dog can also fight with his heart, and there is still a glimmer of life if he is bitten and bruised all over his body, then Sun Jie is like a witty tiger - he can't escape, he can't win, and he can't fight! Zhang Heming is here, this tiger is firmly chained to the gate of Chengdu Mansion by a thick iron chain, as long as you don't get dizzy and hit the tiger's mouth by yourself, you can stay at ease, and Zhu Xieyuan's arrival means that the chain that ties the tiger has been loosened, and it is only a matter of time before you pounce and bite yourself. Therefore, Yu Chongming came up with the idea of sneaking up on Zhu Xieyuan - as long as this dog Han official is killed, the new Han official may put the iron chain on Sun Jie again!

If Zhu Xieyuan wants to go from Chengdu to Guizhou to take up his post, he will inevitably take the waterway. After Yanluoshui reaches Luzhou, it turns east into the Dajiang River (Yangtze River), and then drives south from the Hejiang River into Anle Creek and takes Renhuai (now Chishui, not today's Renhuaiha, see below) to Chishui, and enters Guizhou from Banzhou.

So Yu Chongming decided to set up an ambush near Banzhou Xuanwei Siyong Zhenyi (this is today's Renhuai) and killed Zhu Xieyuan in one fell swoop! The reason why this location was chosen was because it was located in the middle reaches of the Chishui River, and the raiding Yongning army could go down the Chishui River like the wind. Moreover, Zhang Fang of Zunyi had been cut into dozens of pieces and buried in Xiongsuo Zexi, where the garrison force was extremely empty, and it was easy for a raiding force of one or two thousand people to sneak in and hide unnoticed.

The Ming Dynasty did not have any sense of secrecy, and even if the itinerary of the Inspector was not posted all over the street, many people still knew about it. After roughly counting the next few days, Hao Yin confidently led more than 2,000 people to set off.

Extravagant Chongming didn't expect that Extravagant Yin came back earlier than expected, and he returned empty-handed-then Zhu Xieyuan didn't have time to form any Fu Biao, but that guy took all the troops of the evil star Sun Jie to Guizhou together! Looking at the endless procession of banners on the official road, as well as the hundreds of large and small boats in the river that shone like a forest of swords and guns, Yu Yin knew at a glance that this old dog's escort and auxiliary soldiers were full of fifteen or six thousand people! Even if it is an ordinary guard, the disparity between the two sides is one to eight, and Yu Yin does not dare to act rashly, not to mention the word "Sun" written on the two-zhang high general military flag! This flag impressed the father and son of the luxury family too deeply, too tragically, even if they saw it in a dream, they would wake up in a cold sweat...... With these 2,000 people to volley? I'm afraid it's not enough for that hungry tiger to stuff his teeth!

After listening to Hao Yin's narration, Yu Chongming breathed a sigh of relief: Fortunately, that evil star left Sichuan Province and ran to Guizhou, and the huge sense of oppression that was suffocating in his heart for a while suddenly disappeared without a trace! At the moment, only Luo Rebel Dog is entrenched in Yongning, and he will only have seven or eight thousand people in his hands, and he will have to leave some in the water brain nest, well, he has five or six thousand people - it seems that the opportunity to kill back the luxury family has arrived!

So, on the one hand, King Hao sent someone to send a letter to An Bangyan, telling him that Sun Jie's evil star had gone to Guizhou, and he must, must, be very vigilant, and he could only rely on geographical advantages to outwit him, and he must not fight head-on; At the same time, he began to plan and prepare to attack Yongning in the north.

However, not long after, the proclamation issued by Zhu Xieyuan, the secretary of the military department, the governor of the five provinces and the governor of Guizhou, in Luzhou not long ago also spread throughout northern Yunnan, southern Sichuan, and western Qianxi:

1. An Qijue is loyal and talented, and he inherited the post of Wusa's Xuanfu envoy, and the official seal and notice were delivered on the same day, and he went to Beijing to face the saint after recovering Wusa Mansion with the imperial army.

Second, the Heavenly Master is, and the first evil must be eliminated. Those who capture and behead the father and son will be exempted from the crime of rebellion, and will be allowed to attack Yongning Xuanfu to make him take the throne.

3. The same is true for those who capture and behead the rebels.

Fourth, to capture and behead other rebellious thieves, assign the recruitment department, the pacification department, and the chief lawsuit, according to the amount of labor, and the difference between respect and inferiority, each in order of merit!

Fifth, those who follow the banner of the thief and realize the leadership of the people who are cared for, the post is demoted to one level, the land is not half of it, and the others are not to blame for the past!

Looking at Zhu Xieyuan's proclamation, Yu Chongming felt a cool breath rushing from the soles of his feet to the top door: if he captured or killed his father and son, he could get the position of Yongning Xuanfu Envoy, and if he led the people to surrender, he could only be demoted by one level to get rid of the crime...... Which of these village leaders is reliable and which one is likely to be tempting?

Zhu Xieyuan, this old dog, is so vicious!

No, we can't sit still, we must fight a big battle, on the one hand, we must frustrate the edge of the old dog, and at the same time, we must call the leaders to have some new blood on their hands, so that we can work together to find a way out!

Hit Yongning! Anyway, the evil star is not there, take down Yongning first, in case the An brothers are defeated, there will be one more way to retreat from Sichuan Province to the north. When it comes to this, only by tossing things big enough to make the Han people annoyed, can there be a chance to negotiate in the end.

That's the only chance of life.