"Mr. Huang, General Zhu, you have fought well. I am worthy of my high regard for you. Zhennai, I walked through the camp all night with the snow. The sacred flag was frozen and the horse was silent. Looking at the red fire company camp in the distance, I knew that the vanguard had arrived.
city."
About half an hour later, as the sky gradually became brighter, Shen Shuren personally took Jin Shenghuan and other generals to rush to Chen County. He saw that the city had been captured. Several of the thieves' leaders had been killed, and the rest should be punished.
Those who should be sent to hard labor should be sent to hard labor.
Those who were kidnapped were released directly, or if there was no place to go, the immigrants were taken away to the south.
The situation was so good, of course Shen Shuren couldn't help but praise the performance and praise it, saying that he would definitely give credit to the two of them.
Huang Degong was also very helpful. They praised each other in business together: "Your Excellency is still well-organized and decisive in decision-making. The general is just executing orders, how dare you take the first credit? - Your Excellency is really good at poetry. He is worthy of being a second-ranked Jinshi."
There is also a reputation for being a remonstrance in the world! But it didn’t snow last night. Could it be that you want to highlight the harshness of the fighting environment?"
Chen Shuren smiled slightly: "This is not a poem written by me. It is written by people from the Tang Dynasty about Li Suxue's night attack on Caizhou and the capture of Wu Yuanji in the Huaixi feudal town. However, this situation is very similar to the Battle of Chacai in Huangzong Town.
In the Tang Dynasty, the county was abolished and converted into a state, and in the Sui Dynasty, Runan County was changed to Caizhou. We guarded Shangcai, and Ruyang was part of Caizhou at that time. This surprise attack on Chen County is comparable to Li Pushe."
When Huang Degong heard this, he scratched his head in embarrassment. It turned out that he had made a mistake because of his lack of education. He thought to himself: From now on, it is better not to praise your poems indiscriminately. Even if you want to praise them, we will not be the first to show off. Wait.
Other educated colleagues praised it first, and then we started to make noises.
After talking about the situation, Shen Shuren immediately began to ask about the details of the battle: "Now that Chen County has been liberated, how many bandits have been annihilated? What are the losses of our army?"
Huang Degong proudly clapped his chest and greeted: "We made a surprise attack, but we killed more than a thousand people and stabilized the whole city. The rest were surrendered. Our army's casualties were less than a hundred, and most of them were minor injuries, or they fell off their horses."
The fall resulted in internal injuries and fractures.
It is unthinkable that we can capture a city with only about thirty people killed in battle. There are four to five thousand prisoners taken in, and there are still one or two thousand who have escaped, and we are too lazy to pursue them."
Chen Shuren nodded and touched his long-growing beard: "I am very satisfied with these casualties. Killing the enemy and capturing the enemy can be called a complete victory. However, so many people suddenly escaped during the siege, which was a little difficult.
manage."
Huang Degong was stunned. He didn't expect Master Futai to be so easy to talk to. When talking about the number of fleeing enemies, he actually changed from normal and became extremely strict. He couldn't help but find it difficult to understand.
Huang Degong said pertinently: "Sir, there is nothing we can do about it. Although it seems that the enemy can only escape through the city gate during the siege, we attacked by surprise and only deceived one gate. After entering the city and causing chaos, the other three
The door is still controlled by thieves.
In this case, if they know they are outmatched, they will definitely open the door and flee, which cannot be stopped. If the four gates are surrounded in advance, the news will be leaked, making it impossible for a sneak attack, and it will also cause the defenders to jump over the wall and fight to the death."
Chen Shuren waved his hand to signal the other party to calm down: "I don't blame you, nor do I regret that we captured so few prisoners. The number of prisoners is not important. In these days, are you afraid that there will be no more? I am worried that there are too many deserters.
, will expose the movements of our army too quickly, and attract Li Zicheng's army earlier.
The men and horses that have set off from Ruyang now have one or two days to get here. The reinforcements and grain transport fleets scheduled for the Yingchuan waterway will be slower. After all, communication cannot be maintained in real time, and the chance of delay will only be greater. We
It was a lone force that carried out a surprise attack. The longer it is kept secret after it is obtained, the more complete the follow-up preparations will be.
In addition, the benefits of confidentiality can be used offensively or defensively. Defensively allows us more time to gather troops. If we attack, we may also take advantage of the fact that other bandits from other tribes do not know that our army dares to attack alone and attack the surrounding lone bandits.
The thief troops will annihilate some more——
Nowadays, because there are too many escaped soldiers, it is no longer possible to keep it secret for too long, so the time difference advantage of defending can no longer be expanded. Li Zicheng in Yancheng will definitely know that Chen County has been lost within a day, and as long as he works hard, at most
I can definitely bring the main force there one day.
We can only think about how to take advantage of this information gap and use our brains to continue to attack and expand the results. I am only cautious in my life. I rarely take risks. Of course, I must wipe out this suddenness and squeeze out all the value."
When Huang Degong heard this, he was amazed. Even Zhu Wenzhen next to him was the same. Mr. Futai was really far-sighted. He had just taken three steps at a time. He had just captured Chen County and was already thinking about how to use the time difference of this information to maximize his profits.
How cheap.
But the two of them had never thought about this direction at all, and they couldn't come up with an idea for a while, so they had to accept the advice with an open mind: "I wonder if you, sir, can take advantage of it now? I have never thought about it. Just now
I just think about how to win Chen County first."
Chen Shuren thought for a while and said after careful consideration: "There is not much hope. I can only say that if there are jujubes but no jujubes, let's try it. If you really can't catch the empty flaw, you can just accept it when you see a good situation -
Didn't we pretend to be Yuan Zongdi who was going to Guide Mansion to raise food, and then we opened the gate of Chen County? Then we will just keep doing it. If there are still cavalry brothers who have spare strength, we will continue to expand eastward as soon as possible today.
Results.
They pretended to be Li Jiyu's defeated troops in Chen County and said that the army suddenly went eastward and had a field battle with the intruders between Chen and Cai. Li Jiyu's troops were the first to bear the brunt and were defeated. The remaining troops fled eastward to meet General Yuan.
.
If there are really Yuan Zongdi's people, he should be fooled immediately. If he can steal the county seat, he can steal the county seat. If he can't steal the county seat, then he can kill some people in the field and defeat some miscellaneous troops. We only have one day at most to expand the results. We must do it tonight or tomorrow morning.
When they came back, the soldiers had not slept and their bodies could not bear it.
We can just use this little time to weaken the Chuang army's wings, so that once Li Zicheng moves over to come to us for a decisive battle, his strength will be weakened a little more before the decisive battle."
After Huang Degong and Zhu Wenzhen heard this, they looked at each other and saw eagerness and eagerness in each other's eyes. They gritted their teeth and asked for orders:
"Then please give the order, Mr. Futai! Brothers, we have to stay up at night for several days. It's not a big deal if we don't sleep for a day and a night. We can fight for another whole day, and we can increase the results as much as we can. Get a good sleep at night.
Sleep and turn back the days and nights."
Huang Degong said it very easily, as casually as if he was talking about "jet lag".
Chen Shuren stopped pressing, and just nodded: "Even if you can hold on, your horse power is weak, don't rush too fast, stop when you are good, the art of war is endless, and those who seek profit can stick to the general, we have already
You have achieved great success by attacking hundreds of miles, and if you continue to fight, you will gain profits by running two hundred miles a day and a night."
Huang Degong patted his chest and said, "It's okay! Even though we, old Huang, don't study, we have heard people say that Cao Cao chased Liu Bei from Changbanpo. His Qingqi rode three hundred miles a day and a night from Xiangyang to Dangyang. He also beat Liu Bei."
A big defeat?
We can survive two hundred miles a day and a night! At worst, all the soldiers will take off their armor and only bring weapons and firecrackers! Only two days of rations!"
Huang Degong didn't even think about it, so he chose the method of "light cavalry" to save horsepower and grab time. As for not wearing armor, it was no big deal. Anyway, he was going to fight in a sports battle, steal a vote, and he didn't plan to fight a tough battle.
.
Chen Shuren explained a few more words, and then told Huang Degong and Zhu Wenzhen to be careful. He led the main force of infantry to station in Chen County, restore order, strengthen the city defense, and prepare to be on guard against possible counterattacks by the intruders within a day or two.
…
The words were divided into two parts. At the same time that Shen Shuren suddenly attacked Chen County, Li Zicheng was still in Yancheng, drinking in depression.
Yancheng is slightly farther from Chen County than Shangcai is from Chen County. These three places are distributed in an inverted shape. Yancheng is in the northwest, Chen County is in the northeast, Shangcai is in the middle and south, and Yancheng and
Between Chen County, there is the Toulu Canal, an ancient canal waterway that connects Ruying.
Therefore, the question that Li Zicheng has been depressed about these days is not "how to fight Chen Shuren" at all.
Instead, he was worried that Shen Shuren was like a turtle, huddled in Shangcai County and unable to get out. However, Shen Shuren's ability to defend the city seemed to be far superior to that of Kaifeng's commander-in-chief Chen Yongfu, which really made Li Zicheng lose his appetite.
This is why Li Zichen himself recently returned from the army camp outside Shangcai City to station in Yancheng. He really doesn't want to be exposed to the wind and rain outside Shangcai City anymore. The key is that there is no gain in getting wet.
, you will only suffer in vain.
However, the daily military discussions must continue, otherwise people's hearts will be uneasy.
Early that morning, after asking about the military situation as usual, Li Zicheng looked listless again, so he dismissed the generals and asked them to go about their own military affairs.
Military advisor Song Xiance was good at observing people's emotions, so he stayed. In the past few days, he also figured out what King Chuang was worried about.
In order to maintain his position, Song Xiance could not relax in making suggestions, so he was worried about his ministers and humiliated him. He worked hard day and night, and lost many hairs. Last night, he finally came up with an idea. Regardless of whether it would work or not, he came here.
Reported to Li Zicheng.
Li Zicheng was used to seeing Song Xiance left alone. Knowing that this was the military advisor who had some weird ideas, he poured a large bowl of wine for Song Xiance himself as a corporal and said, "Can the military advisor teach me?"
Song Xiance took it carefully and took a symbolic sip. He did not dare to complain that the king was vulgar and even served wine instead of tea when talking about military aircraft.
After finishing the drink, he put down the wine bowl and said, "Your Majesty, let me ask the students to guess what worries you. Could it be that you are worried about Chenshu people clinging to Shangcai and Ruyang and stalemate with our army to consume food?"
Li Zicheng was also impatient: "Everyone can see this, why are you still talking nonsense? Let's get to the point. Is there a way to solve it?"
Song Xiance was robbed, which was a bit embarrassing, but he also knew that the king was in a bad mood, and that he had failed to sell the results. Not only did he not win extra respect, but he was disliked.
He also quickly changed his words with a smile on his face: "It's because the students weren't happy enough. We did come up with a clever plan last night."
Li Zicheng: "Say it quickly!"
Song Xiance: "Our army is already running out of food, so we have to re-distribute some of our troops and go to Guide Mansion to get food. Although Yuan Zongdi and others do not have too many soldiers and horses, they are lightly equipped and do not carry siege weapons. In a short time,
It is also impossible to conquer Shangqiu County.
But after all, the momentum of our army is fierce. It is impossible for the government and the army to know that our army will not attack the city randomly. As long as the news is spread to scare the government and the government, the government can definitely believe that our army will change its target and capture the entire Guide Mansion as soon as possible.
border, and even attacked Bozhou and Xuzhou again."
Li Zicheng listened and just kept silent. Up to this point, he had not heard any brilliance in Song Xiance's plan.
Isn't that just the "fleeing wherever there is food" that has lasted for more than ten years? But if they really fled too far, their forces were scattered, and the Chenshu people really went north to seek a decisive battle, wouldn't they have given the Chenshu people a lot of opportunities?
Chance to defeat?
Thinking of this, Li Zicheng couldn't help but said angrily: "What's so clever about this? Chen Shuren doesn't dare to go to war now because our army has gathered a large number of troops. Even if some of them are separated, the troops left here will still be several times his.
At least five times more.
But if the movement is really too wide, and the heads and tails of the ministries are not allowed to look at each other, Shen Shuren may change his previous timidity... Hey, what does the military counselor mean, could it be that we pretend to send more troops to attack the city and seize the territory, but in fact we are not
Not much? Just deceiving Shen Shuren?"
Song Xiance smiled proudly. Sure enough, the king's brain is still not as good as his. If it is so easy to see through, how can he be a military advisor in the future?
However, the King's face still needs to be given, so Song Xiance praised it first without any psychological burden: "The King is indeed very insightful. The students and the King have the same views, but there are still more improvements in the details.
Your Majesty, please think that deceptions such as falsely deploying troops and spreading news cannot be deceived by Chen Shuren. Especially after the scout battles have been fought these days, students have observed that the army cavalry has a very sensitive short-barreled musket.
,
It is very convenient to use on horseback. It is not as big and bulky as the three-eyed gun. It cannot be reloaded on horseback. The new horseback gun of the army can be loaded as soon as it is fired.
With such a sharp weapon, the official army has always had an advantage in scouting and intercepting. If our army's movements are faked, how can we deceive people? Therefore, if we want to mobilize Chenshu people, we must really mobilize our troops. We don't need to have too many troops, but
You have to think of a good excuse."
When Song Xiance said this, Li Zicheng completely regained his confidence in this military advisor who had performed poorly recently. He couldn't help but look forward to asking: "What excuse?"
Song Xiance took a deep breath and enjoyed the feeling of being asked for advice again. Then he calmly reported the answer: "Your Majesty, you still remember that two months ago, when our army was short of food, we moved north to cross the Yellow River.
, kidnap Huaiqing and Weihui area?
At that time, the main intention was to hunt down King Sifu and King Lu and others who had taken refuge with him. However, when Weihui City was destroyed, we realized that these guys were already frightened and ran away secretly incognito.
At least more than a month and a half have passed now, more than fifty days. Even if it takes more than ten days to travel, you should have heard where King Lu and King Fu escaped to.
But now it is not known that King Lu has gone to the capital or Nanjing, and there is no news even from Fengyang, the central capital. Therefore, they probably did not escape far, at least they did not dare to go to the three capitals. They probably thought that
The war was in turmoil and it was not safe to travel far away, so after escaping from Wei Hui, I found a place nearby to stay anonymous and avoid the limelight.
Our army can definitely spread the word and say that the traces of King Lu and King Fu were found in Guide Prefecture in Shangqiu County, so the king personally ordered to send additional reinforcements to Yuan Zongdi in order to kill him again under the nose of Shen Shuren.
The two vassal kings who are closest to Chongzhen!
If this is true, please think about it, Your Majesty. Originally, Henan was defeated and the vassal king was killed. It can be said that it had nothing to do with the Chenshu people, but now the Chenshu people are nearby in Shangcai and have been stalemate with us for half a month. There is a vassal king.
He was killed at most two to three hundred miles away from him, but he just sat back and watched the success or failure. Why shouldn't Chongzhen chop off his head?"
Li Zicheng was overjoyed when he heard this, but after thinking about it carefully he felt a little stiff: "But how did the military advisor know that King Lu and King Fu had fled to Shangqiu?"
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Song Xiance had an expression of hatred for steel, but luckily he stopped it immediately and explained patiently: "Your Majesty, think about it again, we don't need King Lu and King Fu to be in Shangqiu. As long as King Lu and King Fu don't show up, no one can prove that they are there."
Well, then the rumors we spread are true!
Do King Lu and King Fu still dare to come out and show up in public and say that what we said is wrong? Doesn’t that mean they are actively seeking death and seducing us to come and destroy them! And this kind of thing, as long as no one shows up to refute it and prove it to be false, Shen
The tree people can’t believe it!”
Li Zicheng's IQ is not low. He just didn't react for a moment. After sorting out his thoughts, he suddenly realized: Proving this kind of thing is always more difficult than falsifying it, and if the parties involved do not dare to come forward to falsify it, they will always have to settle for it.
Believe it or not, believe it or not.
"What a clever plan by the military advisor! Send me the order! Just follow it! We must seduce Shen Shuren to leave Shangcai County within a few days and take the initiative to go to Guide, so that he can be forced to fight in the field by our army! Let's see how he can still stay here.