Chapter seven hundred and thirty-eight Niu Jinxing offers advice
"Don't make excuses for your Uncle He!" Li Zicheng stopped Li Zicheng. There was trouble in his mind. Li Zicheng couldn't help but take off the felt hat on his head and kept rolling it in his hands, "One achievement, see the show, you two talk about it
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"After Luoyang was captured, Kuhaha was given too many things. If Wu Butcher cannot be defeated within a month, the new brothers may disperse." Gao Yigong expressed his opinion from his perspective.
Gao Yigong was Li Zicheng's brother-in-law. He was responsible for the logistics supply of the camp, so he criticized Niu Jinxing for dispersing the food in Luoyang City, so now he made an insinuation about Niu Jinxing.
Niu Jinxing remained calm after hearing this. But Tian Jianxiu on the side seemed to be inspired. He immediately opened his eyes and said: "In that case, why not capture Kaifeng City first? Don't just think about where to run.
ah!"
Li Zicheng and the others immediately ignored Tian Jianxiu's words. Tian Jianxiu was indeed on the run in the war, and he was also good at leading troops. He was a good general who faithfully carried out orders. But if you want him to make suggestions? Let's wait for him in his next life!
In the current situation, it doesn't matter if you break into the camp and capture Kaifeng City. Even if you successfully capture Kaifeng and get the money and food in the city, if you are surrounded by the Ming army, you will still be killed if you break into the camp. If you have money, you can get it back.
There must be a life flower!
At this point, there was another moment of silence in the tent. The current position of the camp was quite delicate. It was impossible for them to cross the Yellow River to the north. Even the boat could not escape without Ling Xun, and the camp would not last until the day when the Yellow River became navigable.
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Heading east into Shandong? The heavy troops deployed by the imperial court in Xuzhou, Caoding in the Grand Canal, the officers and soldiers in Shandong, and the army in the capital camp in Tongzhou are all watching, and the flanks are still threatened by the Runing army who returned to Germany. Even if they break into the camp
Everything went smoothly. There are no mountainous forests in Shandong. There is no place to hide or recuperate. There is no strategic space to maneuver. It is just a deserted area.
And heading back to Shaanxi to the west? They are about to attack Zuo Liangyu's troops head-on. Like the imperial court, these leaders of the peasant army still have a higher regard for Zuo Liangyu's troops who have been fighting with them than the Runing army who has been keeping a low profile.
But Xiangnan? He is about to fight directly with Wu Shigong's Runing army. The people who broke into the camp also know that Wu Butcher of Runing is a very family-oriented person. He doesn't care much about the outside world, but he is willing to fight for his life to protect his hometown.
, the current camp has not integrated its troops well at all, and is nothing compared to the Runing Army. If it were a head-on confrontation, regardless of the number of people in the camp, it might be crushed by the hard rock of the Runing Army.
Therefore, the most feasible path now is to go to Ruzhou as Liu Zongmin said in order to boost morale at the beginning. Pass through Ruzhou and enter Nanyang, join Luo Rucai's troops, and then join forces south to Huguang. Use Xiangyang as the base to lay the camp.
foundation, and use it to conquer the world.
But this brings us back to the old question - should we fight the Runing army that marched to Ruzhou?
Seeing that everyone in the tent was looking deep in thought, Niu Jinxing coughed a few times to attract everyone's attention and said: "King Chuang! Generals! The students have a few words that I don't know are right? I don't know if they should be said appropriately.
speak?"
"Hey!" Li Zicheng said immediately, "Sir is a person like Zhuge Liang, and I just want to listen to his teachings. I am afraid that he will hide his secrets! Hahaha——!"
The other generals in the tent also smiled and nodded, but there was some vague suspicion in their eyes.
Niu Jinxing glanced at the expressions of everyone in the tent with the corners of his eyes, but he still kept a smile and said unhurriedly: "To talk about how to deal with it, you must first know the enemy's situation. The student has lived in Henan for a long time, and he is very interested in General Wu of Runing."
I also know a little bit about it.”
"There are many rumors about Wu Zongbing from the outside world. Many of the rumors are hard to tell whether they are true or not, and students here don't say much about them. But I wonder if King Chuang and the other generals know about this? Wu Zongbing's situation is very strange. Why is there so little about him?
When in contact with outsiders, you don’t even hear about normal official remuneration and what they do are just rumors?”
Niu Jinxing's words suddenly attracted the attention of everyone in the tent. Liu Zongmin also suddenly became interested. He shouted: "Yes! This is very strange. Mr. Niu, please tell me quickly!"
Niu Jinxing smiled and nodded to Liu Zongmin, and then said: "Also, Runing, Guide, and the eastern part of Nanyang where General Wu is located are simply forbidden areas. Outsiders are not allowed to enter without a path, and even those who enter are not allowed to change the route without authorization.
Violators will be charged with serious crimes. So until now, how many troops does Commander Wu have? How is his food and salary supply? How many generals does he have? The distribution of his troops? Not only the people don't know, but even the court doesn't know. But Commander Wu
Why are soldiers like this?"
"Huh?" At this point, even Li Zicheng felt a little strange. So he nodded to Niu Jinxing and asked him to continue.
"The student was ashamed, not doing his job properly, living in the countryside and neglecting the teachings of the sages, but he kept looking at the overall situation of the world. At first, he was puzzled by Wu Zongbing's weirdness, but then something happened that suddenly made the student understand. Rumor has it that two years ago, Wu
When the commander-in-chief received the imperial edict, he was assassinated by the imperial envoy, which almost caused the commander-in-chief Wu to rebel."
"ah?"
"Is this really happening?"
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After hearing this, there was an exclamation in the big tent. The generals who broke into the camp had been in the mountains and forests for many years, and the assassination of Wu Shigong was tried hard to conceal it by the court and the Runing Army, so they did not know that such a thing had happened.
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"It is indeed true!" Niu Jinxing nodded and affirmed, "Although it is also a rumor among the people, there is no smoke without fire. No one would make up such a rumor."
"Oh!" He Yaoqi suddenly realized, "In this case, Mr. Niu's previous words will make sense. After talking for a long time, Butcher Wu is our comrade!"
"Hahaha——!" He Waiqi's words immediately caused a burst of laughter in the big tent.
After the laughter subsided, Niu Jinxing continued: "What General He said is absolutely true, but there are some differences between Wu Zongbing and Chuang Ying. Although both Chuang Wang and Wu Zongbing wanted to overthrow the faint king of the court, but in the open, Chuang Wang was holding a high position.
Righteous Banner, and General Wu is still in the imperial court. And now there is another thing. General Wu does not want to break up with the imperial court right now, so he was ordered to go to Liaodong to fight against the Tatars."
"Then why? Doesn't Butcher Wu know that this is a lose-lose plan for the imperial court?" Tian Jianxiu was confused when he heard this.
"How could you not know?" Niu Jinxing waved his hand and said, "Butcher Wu should not be underestimated. Although he does not know his details, he has risen from a thousand households to a warlord with tens of thousands of soldiers in ten years. His talents must be amazing.
Unparalleled. And the reason why it is like this now is just because people are under the roof and it is a last resort."
"Why is that so?" At this point, Li Zicheng couldn't help but ask.