Wang Jiayin's brother-in-law, named Wang Guozhong, was indeed a businessman who traveled south and north.

It's just that when he was purchasing food, arms and other contraband for Wang Jiayin, he was arrested by the Ming army.

Wang Guozhong saw that things were not good, so he shook everything he knew, and it happened that Cao Wenzhao, the deputy commander-in-chief, was passing by and noticed that this kingdom was loyal and strange.

Since then, Wang Guozhong has turned into a nail buried by Cao Wenzhao in Wang Jiayin's camp, and the internal intelligence of the peasant army, whether it is personnel, grain and grass, and marching routes, is all known.

It was precisely because of his vigorous activities that the Ming army could always be behind Wang Jiayin's buttocks, so that he could never get food.

On the other hand, Cao Wenzhao also opened the door for Wang Guozhong, as long as it was what Wang Jiayin wanted, firearms, horses, cloth, and medicines, the amount may be insufficient, but Wang Guozhong can always bring it back.

Wang Guozhong is also a person who is accustomed to seeing the wind and steering the rudder, and when he returned to the old camp, he poured bitter water, and told him that his experience of going out was a life of death, which frightened Wang Jiayin, and only felt that his brother-in-law was doing things for himself honestly.

Of course, Deputy General Cao himself has made a lot of money from these transactions, which does not need to be detailed.

In short, from Wang Guozhong's mouth, Cao Wenzhao knew that Wang Jiayin was going to Taihang Mountain next and enter the Central Plains.

The matter is serious, he asked Wang Guozhong to spend more time in the surrounding prefectures and counties, and he went straight to find Chen Qiyu.

When Chen Qiyu heard Cao Wenzhao's report, he couldn't sit still, so he stood up and paced back and forth in the room.

"Lord Governor, close the Internet, wait any longer, Wang Jiayin and they will slip away from under their noses!"

Chen Qiyu nodded, "It's time to close the net, but the key is how to collect it?" When will I receive it? ”

Cao Wenzhao scratched his head, "The so-called half-crossing attack in the art of war, we can inform the governor of Henan, Mei Zhihuan, to wait for work and prepare in advance in the Weihui Mansion on the other side of Taihang Mountain." ”

"In this way, once the enemy enters the mountain, we will chase after us, and Mei Zhihuan will set up a pocket array in front to intercept it, and we will definitely be able to annihilate most of this peasant army."

Chen Qiyu glanced at Cao Wenzhao.

Militarily speaking, this is really the option with the least losses and the greatest gains.

But from a political point of view, or from the perspective of Chen Qiyu's personal future, the gains outweigh the losses!

Exterminating the thieves in the country was originally his own task, and it was also a meritorious service.

Now you should ask your colleagues from other provinces to help, and if you have merit, you should be shared by others.

If you have one, you can only carry it yourself, after all, the other party is only assisting, not helping to carry the black pot.

Therefore, Chen Qiyu did not plan to communicate with Mei Zhihuan, of course, he would not tell all these plans on the surface.

"There is merit in this plan, but not now."

"Why?" Cao Wenzhao was puzzled.

"Wen Zhao, after all, you are a military general, and you don't know the intentions of the court and the saints. When I was still the governor of the three sides, the military department strictly punished the thieves from leaving Shaanxi on several occasions. ”

"The last time something happened to Fu Fu, the Holy Lord issued a decree to let me make meritorious service for my crimes, which also made it clear that thieves will never be allowed to enter the Central Plains."

Chen Qiyu stroked his long beard, "As you said, it is true that most of the thieves can be cut off, but among them, those who have escaped into the mountains and forests are not so easy to eliminate one by one. If one or two get away with it, go to Henan as a traitor, and be reported by the science and technology officials, you and I are not very good-looking. ”

"I see." Cao Wenzhao immediately understood Chen Qiyu's intention, that is, cross-provincial cooperation is beneficial to the overall situation, but it is not good for his own future.

Cao Wenzhao hurriedly surrendered his hand, "Please also show me, what should I do?" ”

Chen Qiyu already had a draft in his chest, "You can let Wang Guozhong go back first, stabilize Wang Jiayin, and let him slowly go to Zezhou Mansion (southeast of Jindi, west side of Taihang Mountain), so that Benfu can transfer troops from all over the country." ”

Cao Wenzhao scratched his head, "My lord, although Wang Guozhong is quite trustworthy now, I am afraid that he will not be able to control the speed of his march. ”

Chen Qiyu pouted and said, "This is easy, you can let Wang Guozhong let go of the wind and let them take a detour to attack a few unmanned dock forts halfway, and earn a little money and food, as soon as the distance is extended, it will naturally slow down." ”

Cao Wenzhao was suddenly more convinced of Chen Qiyu. "I'm going to persuade a few big families in the neighborhood to get them out of their walls overnight."

"It's just that no matter how slow the other party is, we only have 20,000 soldiers in our hands, how can we intercept them?"

Chen Qiyu said with a smile, "Don't forget, this Yanmen soldier who is also a soldier of Ben Fu also has a lot of guards. ”

Cao Wenzhao was shocked, "Yanmen Pass is an important border defense area, so I don't dare to borrow troops from there." ”

Chen Qiyu nodded, "This is natural, I just said that in Shanxi, the original troops everywhere will be mobilized." ”

"Jining Bingbeidao is also in charge of the Taiyuan generals, guarding the Jinzhong area near Taiyuan, which can make it go south and block the north of Zezhou."

"Hedong Bingbei Road, in charge of Xizhou and Jinshan Pass, I plan to order him to lead the old camp of the generals on the West Road with the Lan Bing Beidao, from west to east, to block the west of Zezhou."

"I personally led the newly built standard battalion of the governor of Shanxi, and together with the Lu'an soldiers, he prepared the road to block the south of Zezhou."

"As for your Liaodong cavalry battalion, you can turn your back to Taihang Mountain, detour to the east of Zezhou, and suddenly strike at it."

"In the case of cavalry pursuit, and then break through into the narrow mountain road, and do not care about each other, it is self-defeating, and the other party will not be so unwise."

"In this way, I don't need to transfer a single soldier from a neighboring province to spread a net on all sides of Zezhou and trap it firmly!"

After listening to Chen Qiyu's arrangement, Cao Wenzhao was extremely impressed.

No wonder this person is the same age as himself, but the official rank is still above himself.

If it weren't for the fork before, I'm afraid it would be possible to enter the cabinet!

hurriedly complimented, "My lord is really Zaifu's talent!" ”

Chen Qiyu laughed, obviously very useful.

"False praise, if you can do it all this time, it is also thanks to Wen Zhao that you are good at discovering talents, and you have Wang Guozhong such a nail that pierced into the other party's flesh."

"If this matter is done, I will definitely praise your merits in the statement, not to mention the promotion to the chief military officer, and strive to make your men also shade a thousand households!"

When Cao Wenzhao heard this, his heart beat wildly, this can be regarded as the greatest reward of the Ming Dynasty for martial arts.

However, he still has self-knowledge, knowing that his achievements in the first battle have not reached this height, and Chen Qiyu is just painting cakes to fool himself.

After thinking about it, he instead asked for credit for Wang Guozhong, "My lord, the last will motivate Wang Guozhong to do things for my Ming Dynasty, and he will also be motivated by promotion." ”

"Coincidentally, this Wang Guozhong is also an official fan, as soon as he heard that there was such a good thing, he sold his brother-in-law without hesitation."

"Oh?" Chen Qiyu became interested: "What kind of official does this person want to be?" ”

"A thousand households of the five products."

Chen Qiyu touched his chin, "It's a little high." ”

"But it's not impossible, if only he could do one more thing for us."