The next day, Yang Sichang suddenly sent someone to invite Liu Yan to the big tent of the Chinese army, after Liu Yan came, he saw that only Yang Sichang himself was in the big tent of the Chinese army, and the rest of the generals were nowhere to be seen, and he also had some doubts in his heart: What kind of moth is Yang Sichang going to play?

Liu Yan clenched his fists and said: "I've seen the superintendent, but I don't know what the superintendent has summoned the last general to come, what is the so-called matter?" ”

Yang Sichang said with a smile: "General Liu will sit down first, let's talk slowly if we have something." Come on, watch the tea! ”

Liu Yan sat down, a guard brought a cup of hot tea, Liu Yan took a sip, it turned out to be a dragon well, and he was very surprised. At present, the money and food of all departments are a little unavailable, and this Yang Sichang can still entertain his subordinates with Longjing tea, which is really a luxury!

Then Liu Yan put down the teacup, looked at Yang Sichang and asked, "If the superintendent has something to say, please speak directly." ”

Yang Sichang also took a sip of tea, and then said with a smile: "Hehe, this governor once asked General Liu about the strategy of breaking the enemy, and at that time, General Liu and this governor can be said to have a good heart, and this governor is very happy in his heart. ”

Then Yang Sichang immediately changed his words and said: "It's just that when the governor is planning carefully, there are still some places worth scrutinizing, so I want General Liu to take a closer look." ”

Liu Yan sneered in his heart, this Yang Sichang still can't get rid of the temperament of party struggle, and he already has a strategy to break the enemy, but he still has to arrange a way back for himself.

Liu Yan knows very well that after he puts forward his views today, once there is a setback in the war, Yang Sichang may pull himself out to talk about it, or even use it as a scapegoat.

At this time, Liu Yan looked at Yang Sichang, only to see that Yang Sichang's face was gray and blue, and there was a rapid breath between his breaths, although his eyes were still bright, but there was a trace of sloppiness, which showed that Yang Sichang's condition was not under control, but aggravated.

Historically, Yang Sichang died of illness in Hunan after defeating Zhang Xianzhong's subordinates, and judging from the current situation, Liu Yan's estimation of the course of history will not deviate too much: Yang Sichang has died soon!

So Liu Yan was ready to gamble, betting that Yang Sichang would not survive this year, and also betting that Zhang Xianzhong would lose this battle! No matter what the situation is, Liu Yan can be regarded as winning the bet, not only can he reap the merits, but he can also get out of the battlefield here as soon as possible.

So Liu Yan said: "I don't know what the inspector wants to refer to with the last general?" ”

Yang Sichang said: "This governor is ready to use internal tactics to break the enemy, but there is no suitable candidate now, I wonder if General Liu has any suggestions?" ”

Liu Yan said with a smile: "The superintendent said that he was joking, the last general has just arrived at Agate Mountain, and he is not very clear about the battle situation. ”

"Huh,"

Yang Sichang said with a smile: "There are no outsiders here today, only you and me, we are not guilty, how about it?" ”

Liu Yan pretended to be contemplative, and after a while, he said, "If the Inspector said so, the last general would have thought of someone. ”

"Who?"

Yang Sichang hurriedly asked, "Who is General Liu thinking of as a candidate?" ”

Liu Yan said: "The last general knows that the superintendent has also thought of a candidate, but he can't make up his mind. Why don't you write down the person you think of in the palm of your hand, and then stretch out your hand to show it at the same time to see if you have a good heart. ”

Yang Sichang laughed and said, "Okay! General Liu's words integrate my intentions. ”

Yang Sichang immediately took two brushes, and then wrote a person's name in the palm of his hand with Liu Yan.

After the two of them finished writing, Liu Yan said with a smile: "The superintendent has been decided? ”

"Well, it's settled!"

"Then please stretch out your hand with the last general."

After speaking, Liu Yan and Yang Sichang stretched out their left hands at the same time, and the two slowly opened their palms, only to see the same name written on their hands: Liu Guoneng!

"Haha!"

Yang Sichang laughed loudly, and his laughter was incomparably loud: "This governor knows that General Liu is today's fierce general, and he will definitely investigate the battlefield situation in many ways, and he will definitely think of one place with this governor, and it is really the same as what the hero sees!" ”

Liu Yan also smiled, in fact, this candidate is not difficult to guess.

In the early years, there was a great drought in Shaanxi, and the people were struggling to make a living, Liu Guoneng and Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others rose up together to attack the state and break the government, which was quite famous.

Liu Guoneng led his troops to run rampant in the north and south, and became famous in a long battle with the Ming army of various departments, and he was considered to be the number one in the platoon among the thieves, and he was also a fierce general among the thieves.

Then Prime Minister Xiong Wencan was ordered to suppress the thieves, because of his prestige, the army of thieves was very afraid, once they met Xiong Wencan's department, they fled elsewhere. Then the thieves saw Xiong Wencan's surrender order, and there were quite a few people who wanted to be reformed.

In the army of thieves, Liu Guoneng has always had conflicts with Zhang Xianzhong, and often worries that he will be annexed by Zhang Xianzhong. Immediately afterwards, Liu Guoneng was defeated by Zuo Liangyu and led the army, so he simply surrendered Xiong Wencan in Suizhou in the first month of the eleventh year of Chongzhen, and was named a garrison by the imperial court.

However, as Zhang Xianzhong rebelled again, the situation in Huguang and Henan deteriorated sharply, and the imperial court soldiers and horses were defeated in successive battles, and Liu Guoneng was also moved by the messenger sent by Zhang Xianzhong, so he led his troops and horses to rebel again and took refuge in Zhang Xianzhong, and Zhang Xianzhong accepted it regardless of his previous suspicions.

Yang Sichang said with a smile: "According to the intelligence of all parties, Liu Guoneng is in the Agate Mountain at this time, if he can act as an internal response, then our army will win this battle!" ”

Liu Yan clenched his fists and said: "The superintendent is wise, but this matter must be handled strictly, and it is best to have a competent person to contact Liu Guoneng." In addition, the information sent by Liu Guoneng should also be strictly scrutinized by the supervisor to prevent Liu Guoneng from sending false information to confuse the public. ”

"Well, it's nature."

The two discussed for a while, and Liu Yan said goodbye and left.

After returning to the New Army camp, Liu Yan first dealt with some daily military affairs, and then fell into deep thought.

Today's conversation with Yang Sichang made Liu Yan realize that intelligence is very important to the army, but the new army does not have a special intelligence agency, and the various departments still rely on the source of battlefield intelligence at night.

Although the new army is very effective in not collecting at night, the source of information is too narrow, and it relies too much on the enemy's prisoners, the uncertainty of searching for information is too great, and it is very easy for the enemy army to use its strength to turn the tide of the war with false information.

"It seems necessary to plan a special intelligence system!"

Liu Yan sat alone in the big tent of the Chinese army, staring at the map hanging on the side, and thought: "At present, the new army has more and more troops, and the scale of the war I am facing is getting bigger and bigger, and the dependence on intelligence is growing rapidly. ”

Liu Yan thought about it for a long time, but now that the war is urgent, the matter of preparing for the establishment of an intelligence agency will have to wait until after the triumphant return.

"After you go back, you can pay attention to the right talents, either recruit or cultivate, and you must promote a few intelligence talents as soon as possible."

At the same time, Yang Sichang was also staying in the big tent of the Chinese army and planning, at this time he was writing a handwritten letter, sprinkled thousands of words, sealed it with fire paint after writing, and then called a few elites to collect it at night and handed the letter to them.

"This letter is very important, you must call it to General Liu Guoneng, people are in the letter, there must be no mistake!"

"Yes!"

After a few people left without accepting the night, the tension in Yang Sichang's heart did not decrease at all, and he didn't know if Liu Guoneng would receive his letter, and whether the news sent back in the future would be true, everything was unknown.

Until three days later.

During these three days, the various units of the Ming army only besieged Agate Mountain, and did not mobilize troops and horses to attack the mountain. Agate Mountain and a radius of dozens of miles are calm, but what ordinary people don't know is that in this seemingly calm atmosphere, there are hidden stormy waves.

At dawn on the fourth day, the Ming army began to search frantically around Agate Mountain, and any pedestrians who passed through Agate Mountain had to be strictly interrogated by Ming army scouts.

At the same time, the Ming army did not collect at night and began to search for the periphery, and one after another teams of Ming troops galloped everywhere without collecting their horses at night, almost completely covering the Agate Mountain for dozens of miles.

Liu Yan also received Yang Sichang's order, so he brought the commander Xu Ming to him and said: "Yang Sichang has received the news from the internal response, and he must be looking for the secret grain channel of Zhang Xianzhong's department." ”

Xu Ming said in surprise: "The army of thieves is besieged on Agate Mountain, they still have a grain road?" ”

"Whether it is Zhang Xianzhong, Ge Liyan, Guo Tianxing and others, they are all bandits who have been rampant in the northwest and southwest for many years, they all have extraordinary skills, and they must not underestimate the world's figures!"

Liu Yan said: "Although the three major roads of the eastern, western, and southern roads in the Agate Mountain besieged by the army of thieves have been blocked by various departments, how big is the Agate Mountain? There are hundreds of miles in a circle below, and there are countless mountain roads of all sizes during this period, but most of them are impassable through the army. ”

"But these sheep intestine mountain roads can transmit news, can transport money and food supplies, no matter how strict the blockade of our army is, we can only sigh."

Xu Ming said: "My subordinates understand that the thief Zhang Xianzhong transported money and grain through these paths, and his grain transportation team also went up the mountain from these places, but our army has not yet found it. ”

"That's right!"

Liu Yan said: "But I should have guessed the general direction, you took the soldiers of the cavalry battalion to the north of Agate Mountain to inspect, and that should be the scope of activity of the thief army's grain transportation team." ”

"But there's no road up the mountain to the north."

"Yes, it is precisely because of this that it will be ignored by all departments of our army!"

Xu Ming immediately understood, and hurriedly went to mobilize soldiers and horses.

"I hope Xu Ming can get the news sooner!"

The battle of Agate Mountain is also quite famous in history, and Yang Sichang won the battle with the help of the news provided by Neiying, and Liying and Waihe took Agate Mountain and won the battle.

At this time, although Liu Yan joined, the wheel of history did not deviate too far, and Yang Sichang still put the hope of winning on Neiying.

"It's just that this time Yang Sichang put his hope on the mixed generals to earn the army, I don't know if the news that Liu Guo can provide will allow Yang Sichang to earn this grain transportation team!"

Some people died, but not completely......