Yang Sichang laughed loudly and said very kindly: "The Taibao is devoted to the country, and he is indeed the mainstay of the country." Pointing to the villagers and elders on the roadside, Yang Sichang said: "The Taibao is famous all over the world, and these elders are all here to greet the Taibao.
, Taibao followed me to the Ten Mile Pavilion in front to rest, and I took the wind for Taibao."
Li Zhi saw that Yang Sichang was not showing off at all, so he smiled and said, "Then I'll let the governor arrange it."
Yang Sichang smiled and said: "The villagers have prepared pigs and sheep to reward the Taibao's soldiers and horses. The Taibao will let the sergeants set up camp and bury the stove."
Li Zhi nodded and said, "That's great!"
Yang Sichang took Li Zhi and the officers and walked forward for a few minutes and arrived at a small town called Shiliting. There was a gong and drum team to welcome Li Zhi, and the sound of gongs and drums was loud.
Yang Sichang took Li Zhi into a large courtyard, where a banquet had been held in the main hall.
The governors, general soldiers and two local elders on Yang Sichang's side were present on the left, and the regiment commander and battalion commander on Li Zhi's side were present on the right and sat at the banquet. Yang Sichang asked Li Zhi's regiment commander and battalion commander
He and the governor and the general soldiers protested in separate chambers, which was a great courtesy to Li Zhi.
Soon, Yang Sichang's personal guards brought all kinds of wine and food.
At this time, we were in the military, and we should have kept things simple. But the banquet that Yang Sichang entertained Li Zhi was still very sumptuous. There were all kinds of things, such as donkey meat, braised turtle meat, and mostly game from the mountains.
Yang Sichang opened five jars of Jinhua wine and raised his glass to Li Zhi from time to time. He was originally a Jinshi, and his IQ was extremely high. In addition, he was also very good at talking, and he often made witty remarks, which made the atmosphere of the banquet very lively. Li Zhi drank a lot.
He drank less and his face gradually turned red.
Seeing that the atmosphere of the banquet was good, Yang Sichang raised his hands and said to Li Zhi: "The Taibao, the weather is getting colder and colder, and it is really not suitable to use troops. The Taibao might as well station in Xiangyang for a few months, and wait until the next spring to fight against the thieves again!"
Hearing Yang Sichang's words, Li Zhi suddenly woke up from the wine.
This sentence is the key to this banquet. Yang Sichang was so warm and kind to Li Zhi in order to make Li Zhi postpone the use of troops. If Li Zhi came up and killed everyone, all the credit would be Li Zhi's, and the previous defeats
It seems that it is because Yang Sichang and others are too mediocre. If Li Zhi stayed in Xiangyang for half a year and the war situation gradually changed, Yang Sichang and others would not appear to be too incompetent, and the credit goes to Yang Sichang for strategizing.
No matter how Zhang Xianzhong develops and grows in the past six months, no matter whether Li Zhi can defeat Zhang Xianzhong in half a year, the first thing Yang Sichang must ensure is to make himself appear competent. Therefore, he asked Li Zhi to postpone the use of troops.
If Li Zhi was just a general and a guerrilla like in the past, under the pressure of Yang Sichang, the commander of the enemy troops, he would have no choice but to obey orders and follow the army's advance and retreat. Even if he had to be delayed by the commander until several months or half a year before starting
In the war, even if he wanted to give all the credit to Yang Sichang, Li Zhi had no choice but to obey.
But today, Li Zhi is no longer a small role that Yang Sichang can rub against. Li Zhi is the crown prince's Taibao, a first-class left governor, and his official position is no lower than that of Yang Sichang. Moreover, now that the emperor has ordered Li Zhizhi to be transferred to Sichuan, he is believed to be Li Zhi
If Yang Sichang could be defeated, the emperor no longer believed in Yang Sichang.
Now Li Zhi will certainly not miss the opportunity to fight in Xiangyang for Yang Sichang's personal gain.
Li Zhi put down his wine glass and said slowly: "Supervisor Mingjian. I only have four thousand soldiers and horses left to defend the city in Tianjin, so the defense is weak. If Dongnu soldiers and horses break through the barrier this winter, my Fanjiazhuang is in danger of being breached.
The battle against the traitors cannot be delayed for a long time and must be fought quickly."
Yang Sichang laughed loudly and said: "Captain Zuo is joking. Everyone knows that Dong Nu is not good at attacking the city. At that time, Dorgon's 60,000 men besieged Jinan City, which was guarded by thousands of people for several months, but could not capture it. Governor Zuo
His troops and horses are the strongest in the world. Four thousand people guarding Fanjiazhuang are like gold soup and iron buckets. Even if Dongnu is given a year, Dongnu will not be able to defeat him. If there is an alarm in the north, Governor Zuo can calmly return reinforcements. How can there be a quick victory?
explain?"
Li Zhi turned around and said: "My subordinates are all from the north. The winter in Sichuan is not too cold for my soldiers. It is a good opportunity to defeat the enemy. If it is delayed until spring and summer, I am afraid that I will be infected with the southern miasma and get sick."
Yang Sichang thought for a while, put down his wine glass, and said directly: "Does Governor Zuo know the mood of the generals in the army? If Governor Zuo leads his army to defeat the enemy at this time, the generals who have been fighting hard for a year in eastern Sichuan and western Chu will be regarded as such by the world.
Make wine bags and rice bags. Commander Zuo has just arrived. It can be said that no one in the army wants him to perform meritorious service at this time."
"Captain Zuo is dedicated to meritorious service, but he doesn't know that doing meritorious service at this time is an offending thing!"
Hearing Li Zhi's words, the governors and generals sitting on the left looked at Li Zhi. Although these generals were defeated generals, they were still a large group. Yang Sichang now represented the interests of these generals, and his words had already been
It was very straightforward. They really didn't want the newly arrived Li Zhi to use his achievements to impact them.
Li Zhi smiled and said calmly: "I have been promoted from a hundred households to the governor of the left along the way. I have offended as many as a thousand people, if not ten thousand, and I don't care if I offend dozens more people."
Upon hearing Li Zhi's words, the faces of the generals headed by Yuan Jixian, the governor of Xunyang, turned black. Zhang Yingyuan, the commander-in-chief of Baoding, went into fits on the spot.
"Tianjin General Soldier is so loud. Without our help, can you fight against Zhang Xianzhong alone?"
Li Zhi looked at Zhang Yingyuan and remained silent.
Yang Sichang frowned and followed Zhang Yingyuan's words and said:
"Does the Commander-in-Chief Zuo know? Zhang Xianzhong is good at winning over traitors. Wherever the traitors go, traitors volunteer to serve as his eyes and ears. Once our army moves, even though it is thousands of miles away, the traitors can be known day and night."
"If Governor Zuo insists on going his own way, I am afraid that all the armies will not cooperate with Governor Zuo. When the time comes, the general will chase Zhang Xianzhong in the mountains of eastern Sichuan and western Chu. Zhang Xianzhong knows every move of Governor Zuo, and Governor Zuo is as blind as a blind man. How can he do that?"
Defeat the enemy?"
After hearing Yang Sichang's words, Li Zhi took a breath.
Yang Sichang said this tactfully, and was talking about intelligence matters. In fact, he was hinting at Li Zhi. Just as Zhang Yingyuan said, if Li Zhi insists on going to the battlefield immediately to perform meritorious service, none of the other Ming troops will
The ward cooperated with him in fighting.
The generals of the Ming army have been fighting hard for a year with no results. If they help Li Zhi, who was appointed by the emperor, all the credit will go to Li Zhi. Li Zhi's reputation as the strongest army in the world is so famous that even if other Ming armies appear at this time,
Even if Li Zhi is not strong enough, he will still be regarded as the defeated general, and it will be considered that Li Zhi's achievements are all due to Li Zhi.
If Yang Sichang called on the generals to unite sincerely, under the pressure of the governor, some Ming army generals might be willing to fight with Li Zhi. But Yang Sichang was determined to hold Li Zhi back at this time, and the generals listened with their own ears.
When Yang Sichang persuaded Li Zhi, naturally no one would stand up to help Li Zhi make meritorious deeds.
If Li Zhi must defeat Zhang Xianzhong quickly, he will have to face Zhang Xianzhong with his own army.
At this time, Zhang Xianzhong in the 13th year of Chongzhen was no longer the Zhang Xianzhong in the 10th year of Chongzhen. Now Luo Rucai and other bandits were attached to Zhang Xianzhong, and Zhang Xianzhong's army could easily number tens of thousands. Although Li Zhi had 16,000 men, he could not face it alone.
Zhang Xianzhong will still be under a lot of pressure.
In terms of intelligence, there was indeed a problem. Zhang Xianzhong had many eyes and ears, but Li Zhi had limited scout cavalry. If Li Zhi fought against Zhang Xianzhong with a single army, he would be at a huge disadvantage in terms of intelligence.
Hearing the hint in Yang Sichang's words, the faces of Li Zhi's generals changed color and became a little worried.
However, Li Zhi was unwilling to back down.
Putting the wine glass on the table, Li Zhi said calmly: "Although there are thousands of people, I will go alone!" (To be continued.)
