Seeing Shi Zhen pondering and keeping silent, Zheng Tu, who had been keeping an eye on his dealings in the past few days, laughed and said:
"Mr. Shi, our pirate ship is not as dilapidated as you thought! Why are you hesitating? You have always foreseen that the grandsons of Liu Shizhong and Cai Yuanyou are as timid as mice, but they are also headstrong and will not listen to a word of good advice.
, when Xiao Shengjun and Xuanwu Army are completely defeated in their hands, and the Red Husband cavalry have all reached Bianjing City, how can these grandsons, together with that thief Cai Qing, be able to shirk the blame?"
Seeing Xu Huai and others staring at him with blazing eyes, Shi Zhen still hesitated.
He has been cautious all his life and is used to hiding his edge but not knowing the details of the people in Tongbai Mountain. How can he know whether this step will lead to a pit of fire or a sea of suffering?
Shi Zhen pondered for a long time, then he clasped his hands and said: "It is said that a useless scholar is a scholar, but Shi Zhen is a scholar. The so-called knowledge of military affairs and a little bit of knowledge are all just words. But what does Xu Junhou have?
Driven for the sake of the country, Shi Zhen would not dare to spare his own life!"
Zhu Zhi, who was always slower than others, was still thinking about it at this time, recalling many of what Xu Huai had just said, and asked with some uncertainty: "Shi Zhen and I are just ninth-grade junior officials in the Ministry of War. We were in the capital before."
There are many generals in the hall, but few of them look at us. This is Xiao Shengjun. The Xuanwu Army fell into the trap of Chi Hu at the foot of Datong City and was killed. They will pay attention to our greetings.
, gather towards the Western Mountains?"
Zhu Zhi was not very smart and could not see through many things. However, because of this and the fact that he did not have deep feelings or recognition for the people in Tongbai Mountain, Xu Huai did not dare to reveal the detailed plan to him in advance.
Xu Huai was afraid that knowing this too early would only double his misunderstanding that they had ulterior motives - although Zhu Zhi didn't care about it.
However, at this time, Shi Zhen, a person who had not been involved with Tongbai Mountain before, predicted that a disaster was coming, and Xu Huai believed that Zhu Zhi would not have too many random thoughts.
Of course, many things still require Zhu Zhi and Shi Zhen to take more active actions to achieve better results.
Xu Huai said: "In the first northern expedition to Yan, before the Tianxiong army was defeated in Datong, did Zhu Langjun and the 200 soldiers of the imperial envoy have ever been looked at by people like Ge Huaicong? Xiao Shengjun,
The Xuanwu Army was defeated, and Liu Shizhong's capital office and Cai Yuanyou's Xuanfu Envoy were all present. Of course, there was nothing to do with you and Mr. Shi, but by then all the people in these two yamen were lying on their backs and were missing, even Liu Shizhong.
, both Cai Yuanyou and Cai Yuanyou were killed or captured by the Red Husbands, and no orders were issued. You and Mr. Shi issued orders on behalf of the Ministry of War, but there was no response to those defeated generals who were hiding in the mountains and in panic.
It is a bright light that points the way. Liu Shizhong, Cai Yuanyou and the Chihu people agreed to attack Datong from the north and south in ten days. No matter how stupid Liu Shizhong, Cai Yuanyou and the others were, they could not be defenseless against the Chihu people. I speculate that in Chihu
Even if the Hu people want to turn against each other, they will do so only after they attack Datong City, so you still have time to reiterate in front of the generals that the Chi Hu people cannot be trusted, and also promote Shuozhou..."
"You said Xiao Sheng, if Xuanwu's second army is defeated, Cao Shixiong will definitely surrender to the enemy. By then, won't Shuozhou become an isolated city surrounded by red soldiers?" Zhu Zhi asked, "Who would be stupid enough to get into the death cage?
?If you want to escape, you have to go to Changchun Mountain, Luliang Mountain, or Guanlui Mountain!"
"The defeated troops will choose Changchun Mountain, Luliang Mountain, Guanluan Mountain and other places to drill. Even if they have to endure hunger, the Chihu people really have nothing to do with them for the time being - that's why you and Mr. Shi need to do more work. And Shuo The state is not an isolated city at this time. Most of the Xishan area west of Shuozhou and Guangwu, north of Piantou Village and east of the Yellow River is already under our control. At least there is no problem in going from Shuozhou to Fuzhou! These can all be explained clearly now," Xu Huai said.
"Let's make it clear that after the defeated troops gather in Shuozhou, the vast majority of people will demand to pass through Xishan, Fuzhou, and return to Jingyuan, Huanqing, Qinfeng and other places. I'm afraid that Xu Junhou will not be able to dissuade him, right?" Shi Zhen said at this time Interjected a sentence and asked.
"No matter how much I say at this time, I can't dispel all your doubts, sir." Xu Huai said with a calm smile.
Zhu Zhi saw that Xu Huai did not answer Shi Zhen's question directly, but Shi Zhen looked like he had the answer, so he couldn't help but ask: "What kind of riddle are you playing?"
"Xu Junhou calls himself Chushan Yaksha Fox. Shi Zhen also heard various rumors in Bianjing, but maybe someone secretly found out too much, or maybe Xu Junhou didn't let others know his true face from the beginning, so Shuozhou soldiers and horses will end up As an outsider, it’s difficult for Shi Zhen to understand what the situation is, so he couldn’t help but ask a few more questions." Shi Zhen said.
"..." Zhu Zhi scratched his head. Shi Zhen seemed to have explained a lot, but he still sounded confused.
"Hey, Mr. Shao Lang, we Guan Junhou are playing riddles with Mr. Shi, and you want to follow Junhou. Have you ever suffered a loss?" Zheng Tu sat down next to Zhu Zhi and asked.
At this time, there was a commotion in the yard, but it was Wang Jun, Fan Zongqi and others who walked into the yard covered in dust.
Wang Ju and Fan Yong stood up anxiously, called them into the living room, and asked, "Have you all sent people to Shuozhou?"
When Fan Zongqi saw Shi Zhen and Zhu Zhi here, he felt a little confused, but when his father asked without hesitation, he directly replied: "I saw the two heads of Su and Liu of Zhufeng Hall in Shuozhou, and they said... We were in Shuozhou when we were young, so we had to go back and forth and go directly to Wuchi Village to stay! We were afraid that something would happen here, so we hurried back from Shuozhou."
It would be feasible once and for all to directly send Fan Wang's family of more than 30 people in Taiyuan back to Tongbai Mountain. However, it is a thousand and sixty-seven miles away from Taiyuan to Tongbai Mountain. The journey is long, and we don't know when the final crisis will be. It will break out suddenly, and once too many elite personnel are arranged to escort along the way, it is very likely that we will not be able to get back in time.
Don't look at the fact that there are four to five thousand soldiers in Tongbai Mountain in Shuozhou, but most of them are illiterate and their life experience from birth to the present has mainly been farming, banditry and exile. Therefore, Tongbai Mountain Soldiers can serve as a small team. Soldiers and horses who disguise themselves and carry out independent operations can be said to be elite.
The elites in Xu Huai's hands are still too limited, and a considerable part of them have been assigned to Zhufengtang's caravan, and Yueyu Tower is also building an intelligence collection team. At this juncture, how can he dare to disperse the elite manpower outside?
However, they arranged for people to follow Wang Jun and Fan Zongqi to Taiyuan, and sent more than 30 children from the Fenshui River Valley southwest of Taiyuan City to the west across the Luliang Mountains, passing through Fuzhou and then turning into the Xishan Mountains. Although it was still five or six hundred miles away, road, but the distance is much shorter.
What's more important is that after escorting more than 30 families and children to Shuozhou or Xishan, the escort manpower is immediately freed up to participate in subsequent tasks.
Wang Jun and Fan Zongqi had asked their superiors to take leave before leaving Yingzhou. Even if Fan Yong, Wang Ju and Wang Xian were covering up in Yingzhou, if they disappeared for a long time and did not return, unnecessary suspicion might be aroused.
At this time, Wang Jun and Fan Zongqi sent people to assist Xu Huai and escorted the family to Xishan to relieve this worry. Next, Xu Huai would ask Zheng Tu, Fan Yong, Fan Zongqi and Wang Jun to lead a team of people to follow Zhu Zhi.
By Shi Zhen's side, he helped them contact Xiao Sheng and Xuan Wu generals.
Liu Jun, the commander of the Ministry of War, rushed to Datong to persuade him to surrender but was shot dead. Except for Shi Zhen who made excuses to stay in Yingzhou, most of the officials and soldiers from the Ministry of War accompanied him. The people in Datong were also in heavy pain. Even Zhu Zhi took personal care of him
The two generals who were living in the house also failed to escape.
After returning to Yingzhou, Zhu Zhi temporarily borrowed Fan Yong, Wang Ju, Wang Xian, Fan Zongqi, Wang Jun and others from the Capital Deployment Department, which was normal.
In the past few days, Xu Huai, Lu Xiong, and Zhu Zhi all advanced and retreated together to show that the Tongbai Mountain soldiers had returned to the king's command. He was worried that Zhu Zhi would not be safe when he crossed the river with his troops to Datong, so he sent more armed guards to accompany him. Who could
That's not what they said.
In fact, as long as Liu Shizhong and Cai Yuanyou don't know the true identities of Wang Ju and Fan Yong, then Wang Ju and Fan Yong will directly join the Wang family. Liu Shizhong and Cai Yuanyou will only feel secretly resentful and think about finding opportunities in the future.
Clean it up, how can you turn your face at this time?
Therefore, Xu Huai no longer had any worries at this time and just took Wang Ju and Wang Xian with him.
Although they agreed with the Chihu people to attack Datong City from the north and south, Liu Shizhong and Cai Yuanyou did not say anything about Shuozhou. They only asked the direction of Shuozhou to assist in monitoring the enemy troops stationed in Jincheng and Huairen. But when it came to monitoring and warning,
This range is broad.
Xu Huaizhen wants to lead hundreds of cavalry and appear on the west flank of Datong to ask for coordinated operations. Liu Shizhong and Cai Yuanyou may not pay attention to him, but can they forcefully drive him away?
And Xu Huai must have dispatched cavalry from Shuozhou and personally led him across the Hui River to the vicinity of Datong to get a closer look at the situation.
He was not delusional about turning the tide, nor was he hoping to see the desperate faces of Xiao Sheng, Liu Shizhong, and Cai Yuanyou when the Xuanwu Army was defeated. He needed to look for opportunities earlier and contact the Chihu people, or tentatively
Engage in battle.
Prior to this, except for the dozen suspicious characters who showed their talents in the battle of Houerwu, no one in Tongbai Mountain had ever come into contact with the real Red Guard Cavalry, let alone had a confrontation.
Xu Huai believed that the sooner he came into contact with the Red Husbands, the sooner they had a confrontation with them, and the sooner they suffered losses, the better it would be for the people of Tongbai Mountain and the soldiers of Tongbai Mountain.
