Sun Chuanting leaned close to the ear of the superintendent Hong Chengchou, and he whispered about his arrangement, "The bandit 'Cao Cao' gathered nearly 100,000 rabble at the end of last month and came to Tongguan, originally to pick up the big and small Li thieves who went north out of Henan and returned to northern Shaanxi; ”

Hong Chengchou already knew about Sun Chuanting's battle to defeat 'Cao Cao' in the first battle, listening to Sun Chuanting's words, he was already calming down at the moment, just thinking about what kind of profound strategy Sun Baigu used this time, "It seems that the plan is very high, otherwise Sun Chuanting is not a person who does not know how to advance and retreat......

Hong Chengchou knocked lightly on the table, and the family members outside hurriedly entered the house to add tea for them, and then walked out of the door again. Seeing Hong Chengchou's family withdraw, Sun Chuanting talked about his strategy again.

He said to Hong Chengchou, "I have cut off the news inside and outside the Guan, and I expect that Uncle Li Thief's uncle and nephew don't know about this matter, so I dare to go straight to Tongguan regardless of everything." The protégé has sent a fine person to pretend to be a spy who reported the news of the Cao thief, so that this person carried the secret book to meet the thief, only the Yun Cao thief personally commanded the army to the west of Lingbao to respond, and was scheduled to attack Tongguan tomorrow, and asked Li Thief's uncle and nephew to quickly take the opportunity to break through Tongguan and kill Benbei Shaanxi. ”

Seeing Hong Chengchou listening and pondering his own strategy, until he saw Hong Chengchou nodding to himself with a smile, he understood that this was the subtlety of Hong Chengchou, and it seemed that there was no major flaw in his strategy, so he smiled easily, "Thinking about it as a protégé, Uncle Li Thief's nephew must be overjoyed when he sees this secret book, how can he be willing to seek the near and far and turn elsewhere halfway?"

After Sun Chuanting finished speaking, he saw that Hong Chengchou had not spoken, but just pondered, he was afraid that Hong Chengchou would not be very relieved, so he immediately said: "I hope that Master Enshi can rest assured." Even if the Li thief saw through this plan, he led the dead party to turn back halfway and find no way to survive, and it was difficult to escape from the encirclement of the official army; to all the passes in Henan, Huguang, Lantian, and Weinan, the students had already sent heavy troops to block them, and Cao Bianjiao, He Renlong, and others were in hot pursuit.

When Sun Chuanting stopped talking, Hong Chengchou laughed slowly, and he said leisurely: "Brother Tai is really foolproof in such an arrangement, how can the students not be at ease? It's just that although Li Zicheng and Li Guo are thieves who have been defeated repeatedly, they are quite aware of power and plots, and they can get the death power of their subordinates, which is really not comparable to bandits like 'Cao Cao'." You and I are on the front line of the suppression of bandits, but I am afraid that if the puppet is negligent, the traitor escapes, so that the great cause of suppressing the thief falls short, and the worries of the monarch and father are left behind, and the people are left with endless troubles. ”

In the past six months, although Sun Chuanting has won successive victories in the battle against the rebel army, he has never directly fought with the old eighth team of the camp. After listening to Hong Chengchou's words, he rethought his plan in his heart, and he felt that he should be foolproof, but he had to say "yes" cautiously.

Seeing Sun Chuanting so respectful. Hong Chengchou said to him: "The emperor's two edicts and the three urgent letters of the Ministry of War, the teacher has seen them; if this battle makes the thieves get away with the net, it will be difficult for us to concentrate on going to King Qin. Moreover, in order to boost the hearts of the people and encourage morale of the Jingshi, the emperor very much hopes that we can capture the thieves alive and sacrifice them to His Majesty, if we cannot capture the thieves alive or behead them in battle, even if we win a great victory, the emperor will not be very happy. ”

Speaking of this, Hong Chengchou took out a book more than a foot long from the sleeve of his robe, raised his hand and handed it to Sun Chuanting and said, "Look at it, this is a handwritten letter from Yang Ge Lao, which I received on the road yesterday. ”

Sun Chuanting took Yang Sichang's handwritten letter with both hands, he knew that the six Shangshu in the court were also ministers, or concurrently served as the bachelor of the palace, all of them needed to be honored as the cabinet, and Yang Sichang was the first auxiliary scholar, so he was respected as the elder of the cabinet by the court officials.

He opened the book and read it carefully, and saw that the letter stated that Emperor Chongzhen was extremely concerned about the suppression of thieves in Shaanxi, and was eager to capture the thieves and sacrifice them to His Majesty in Beijing, or send the heads of Li Zicheng, Li Guo's uncle and nephew, and Liu Zongmin to Beijing.

Although this letter was written to Hong Chengchou, it also had a lot of praise for him Sun Chuanting. After reading the letter carefully, Sun Chuanting was both excited and felt that he was shouldering a heavy responsibility, and he decided to personally supervise the battle tomorrow, and in any case, he would capture Li Thief's uncle and nephew to comfort the emperor's ardent expectations.

Sun Chuanting's heart stirred, and he shouted, "Teacher!"

He stood up and arched his hand in the direction of the Jingshi and said, "This time to suppress the thieves, the Emperor Wei Ling and the Lord personally supervised the battle, and the three armies will definitely be able to capture the rebels and eliminate this great trouble for the country." ”

After many years of fighting on horses, Sun Chuanting also had an extra mind, often seemingly plain and unremarkable, and would give birth to thunder on the ground, he thought about it and said, "The villages in the Funiu Mountain area have been entrenched by thieves in the past, and many villages have exchanged voices with thieves, but they are enemies with the officers and soldiers of our Celestial Empire. ”

Sun Chuanting saw that Hong Chengchou also had this worry, so he said, "Fortunately, the people near Tongguan are kind-hearted and have the ambition to kill thieves and serve the country. The protégé has ordered the large and small cottages and gentry everywhere, once the thieves are defeated, they must supervise the township Yongzhuang Ding to block the large and small mountain roads layer by layer, so as to intercept them step by step, and lay a net to prevent a thief from escaping. ”

Hong Chengchou deeply agreed with Sun Chuanting's words, and he encouraged Sun Chuanting to continue, "What Brother Baigu said is very true, as a general, he must not only anticipate the enemy's opportunity, but also plan for it, and if he doesn't plan, he will be wasted. ”

Seeing Hong Chengchou looking at himself with satisfaction, Sun Chuanting intervened and said, "The teacher is very worried, and the student is thinking about this policy, so even if the uncle and nephew of Li Thief and other giants are lucky enough not to be captured by the officials and soldiers in front of the battle, it is expected that they will not escape the hands of the villagers, Zhuang Ding, and the people everywhere, so please don't worry too much!"

It was only at this time that Hong Chengchou nodded approvingly, praising Sun Chuanting and saying, "Good, good! If this can be done, the students will be even better!"

He laughed heartily a few times, and asked Sun Chuanting cautiously: "I heard my brother's words just now, and I have sent someone to pretend to be a subordinate of Cao Thief, and sent a secret letter to the thief to lure him to come and break through, which is a very good plan." However, I heard that the 'one tiger' thief is also a careful person, I wonder if I can hide it from him?"

"This is the person sent by the 'Great Heavenly King' Gao Jie, the student has personally observed that this person is quite eloquent, especially since he has been mixed under Cao Cao, and he is very familiar with the situation there, so he will not show flaws. ”

"Oh, have you ever seen this person in person?" Hong Chengchou looked at Sun Chuanting, who had gradually matured, with appreciative eyes.