It stands to reason that the general who commanded the army was found, and the soldiers also cultivated for a few days.

The next step should be to lead the army north and attack Gaizhou.

However, Yang Chengying did not mean this at all, and continued to pursue the strategy of recuperation, except for sending sentinels to probe intelligence and vigilance, there was no major action.

This made Fang Zhenru, who was concerned about the safety ahead, so anxious.

Seeing the urging warrants from the Jinglu Yamen and the huge amount of materials consumed by the army every day, this made Fang Zhenru have an idea.

Yang Cheng shouldn't be a self-respecting soldier and want to learn from the late Tang Dynasty, right?

No way! We must urge Yang Chengying to hurry up and enter the army.

However, this time Fang Zhenru learned to be obedient. He didn't face Yang Chengying directly, but found someone to urge him together.

This person is none other than Mao Yuanyi.

Mao Yuanyi is very talented in equipment and tactics, but he is not good at conspiracy.

After listening to Fang Zhenru's words, he also felt that Yang Chengying should send troops as soon as possible.

So, together with Fang Zhenru, he found Yang Chengying, who was inspecting the barracks.

At this moment, goose feathers and heavy snow fell from the sky.

The sky and the earth were snow-white.

The soldiers of the Ming army, especially the soldiers who escaped from Liaoyang, were all wearing tattered uniforms at this time, and they were shivering with cold shivering one by one around the charcoal basin.

Yang Chengying saw it and felt distressed.

However, Liaodong has a complete harvest this year, and wants to import a batch of cotton cloth from the south of the Yangtze River to make winter clothes for them, and the price is surprisingly high.

Therefore, Yang Chengying specially instructed Qi Dazhuang, who was in the rear, to get more carbon, and he was willing to pay double the salary.

Relying on this, the soldiers will not freeze to death.

"General, can you take a step to speak?" Mao Yuanyi asked.

"What's going on?" Yang Chengying said, walking towards a position away from the military tent.

After the three of them stopped, Fang Zhenru glanced at Mao Yuanyi.

Mao Yuanyi swallowed nervously and said, "General, our army neither trains nor goes north to attack Gaizhou. Doing senseless consumption here, isn't it too indifferent to take the warrant of the Jinglu Yamen in your eyes! ”

Yang Chengying smiled slightly.

Unexpectedly, this laugh aroused Fang Zhenru's dissatisfaction.

Fang Zhenru said solemnly: "Yang Chengying, don't go too far. I am the Liaodong Governor appointed by the imperial court, holding the royal flag, if you dare to do anything wrong, don't blame me for being unkind! ”

Hearing this, Yang Chengying's face sank suddenly: "If you are nonsense again, I will withdraw the army now." ”

"You dare?"

"See if I dare!"

Mao Yuanyi was afraid that the two of them would quarrel, and knew that Yang Chengying was a master who didn't eat hard and soft, so he hurriedly stopped between the two and persuaded Fang Zhenru to calm his anger.

Fang Zhenru was really afraid that Yang Chengying would bring the army back, so he had to stop.

Mao Yuanyi hurriedly turned his head and asked Yang Chengying: "I know that the general's heart is towards the imperial court, and what he said just now is all angry words. Presumably, there is another good plan for being stationed here. ”

As he spoke, he also gave Yang Chengying a look, hoping that he would give the bottom and make the big guy feel at ease.

Yang Chengying didn't want to make the relationship between the two sides too stiff, so he got off the donkey: "It's a matter of confidentiality, I didn't want to say it." Since you are so interested, I will tell you. But one thing to remember, don't tell anyone what you're saying today. ”

"Don't worry." After Mao Yuanyi finished speaking, he looked at the corner of Fang Zhenru's clothes.

Fang Zhenru was still angry, but nodded reluctantly.

Yang Chengying drew his sword out of the sheath, first drew a downward vertical line on the ground, then drew two circles in the upper left corner of the vertical line, drew a square box in the lower right corner of the vertical line, and drew a triangle below the box.

Mao Yuanyi and Fang Zhenru were confused, and looked up at Yang Chengying in unison.

"This vertical line is the Sancha River. According to intelligence, the army of the Nu chieftains has captured Xining Fort and is heading towards Xiping Fort. ”

Yang Cheng pointed to a circle near the vertical line with the tip of his sword, and then swiped to the left, pointing to the leftmost circle.

It turns out that these two circles refer to Xining Fort and Xiping Fort respectively.

So...... The box refers to Gaizhou, and the triangle represents our army.

They were thinking.

Yang Chengying analyzed: "If our army attacks Gaizhou at this time, there are no more than two results, one is to win a complete victory and take Gaizhou." ”

"But the army of the slave chieftains is too close. If they learn of the defeat, they don't hesitate to turn their guns and attack us without fear that the back road will be cut off. ”

"Our army has just taken Gaizhou, and before we have time to rest, we were met by the army of slave chiefs, what is the result? It can well be imagined. ”

"Without the containment of our army, the slave chieftain can still turn back to fight Xipingbao. At that point, Quang Ninh was in danger. ”

Hearing this analysis, Fang Zhenru and Mao Yuanyi glanced at each other, both a little confused.

They only thought about rushing to the rescue, but they didn't expect this layer.

"What if the attack on Gaizhou fails?" Yang Chengying continued to analyze, "It is very likely that the Nu Chief will quickly transfer a group of troops and horses to converge with Mang Gurtai to go south. When the time comes, we won't even have a foothold. ”

Mao Yuanyi vaguely heard what Yang Chengying meant.

"What does the general mean......" Mao Yuanyi pointed to the circle on the far left, "When the army of the Nu chieftains attacks Xiping Fort and the main force is far away from Gaizhou, then send troops to attack Gaizhou." ”

"That's right! Take Gaizhou, and then lead the army to attack, drive the remnants of Jianyu defeated to cross the Sancha River, and report to the slave chieftain. It thought that the back road was cut off, and had to lead the army to retreat. ”

Yang Chengying analyzed, "Even if we can't take Gaizhou, we can retreat calmly." Hold on to your vitality and look for opportunities. ”

Mao Yuanyi listened to it and nodded frequently: "This is indeed a well-thought-out strategy, and the general is really far-sighted." ”

Of course, these words were said to Fang Zhenru.

Fang Zhenru had to admit at this time that Yang Chengying did have two brushes.

The two got the answers they wanted and left satisfied.

Yang Chengying was also about to return to the account, but suddenly saw Ning Wan standing not far behind him.

Ning Wan, I saw Yang Chengying looking at himself and walked over.

"What do you want to say, sir?" Yang Chengying asked.

"The general is really clever." I gave a thumbs up.

Yang Chengying frowned: "You can't be too smart. ”

"Huh...... The general's strategy is easy to fool these Ming scholars, but it is of little use to me, a villain who loves gambling. ”

"You know again!"

"A little bit of it. The other side of the general's strategy is to use the money and grain given by the imperial court to dig up the foot of the Ming army under Zu Tianshou. After this battle, Zu Tianshou had no soldiers except for his family. ”

"Hahaha...... Not only that, but none of the Zu brothers would want to escape. ”

"The general is really wise. It's just that...... There is something unknown to the subordinates, and please tell the general. ”

"Sir, excuse me."

"Mang Gurtai didn't dare to go out of the city, he should have received a death order and must defend the city. So...... What can the general do to get him out of the city? ”

"Come here, I'll tell you."

Yang Chengying said a few words in my ear after Ning finished.

After listening to me, I was overjoyed: "This is really a poisonous plan!" But...... Useful. ”