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Chapter 683

Although, after Zhang Cheng came to Liaodong, he kept some distance from Zhang Ruoqi on the surface and did not have a close relationship with Zhang Ruoqi, but he also had a lot of contact, and naturally he had to talk about the Liaodong war during this period.

Although Zhang Ruoqi adhered to the will of his own soldier Chen Xinjia in Liaodong, insisted on a quick battle, and urged the army in every possible way, but he also hoped that once he defeated the slaves, he would return to Beijing with limited efforts in order to make progress.

He also didn't want to lose the Liaodong War in his heart. Seeing that Hong Chengchou's troops on the back road were indeed a bit weak, he couldn't help thinking of Zhang Cheng's words that if the grain road was cut off, the army's morale would collapse, and the Liao affairs would collapse immediately.

After all, he wanted to win, but he didn't even want to lose!

Because of this, he questioned the governor of Jiliao Hong Chengchou's arrangements for the rear grain road at this time, and asked questions.

Hong Chengchou suddenly felt displeased, he had been in the position of supervisor for a long time, since the time of suppressing bandits in the Northwest, he had scolded Fang Qiu, and he had always been very confident in his strategy.

Even when he was the governor of Jiliao, he fought against slaves more than once. Jinzhou was besieged for many years, and he led troops to rescue several times. Most of them were safe and sound, which strengthened his confidence in himself.

In his opinion, today's arrangements in Xingshan and other places are enough, but Zhang Ruoqi still doubts himself in front of everyone?

"Hmph. You know what a fart!"

Although he looked down on Zhang Ruoqi very much in his heart, on the surface Hong Chengchou was still as gentle as before. He patiently explained: "The brocade defense is quite strong and it is not easy to shake. Today, slaves and thieves are even more powerful. When you gather troops together At the same time, defend and fight at the same time, and then you can succeed in defending.

The garrison assigned to Xingshan today is enough to guard the forts on Xingshan. The distance between pines and apricots is not far away.

If you divide your troops everywhere, don't you hear about the "Sarhu Change"? "

Zhang Ruoqi was dumbfounded for a moment, he didn't know much about military affairs, he just had the reputation of being a soldier, especially he didn't know much about the terrain and battle situation in Liaodong, how could he say anything about Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao?

However, at present, my goal of urging Hong Chengchou to march quickly has been achieved, and Hong Chengchou has indeed arranged many generals and a large number of defenders in Xingshan and other places, so why do I need to say more!
Zhang Ruoqi was speechless, but Zhang Dou, who was in charge of the army, said hesitantly: "Minister, do you want to arrange more guards in Xingshan and other places? I think that the number of guards inside and outside Xingshan Castle Still a little weak."

Just now Chen Jiugao was the first to express doubts, but after all, he is a guest army who came to help, and because he is a general of the Beijing camp, he has many friends with honorable officials in the court, Hong Chengchou must not be angry.

Later, Zhang Ruoqi questioned him again, but because he was the emperor's military supervisor, that was his duty, although it was inconvenient for him to get angry, his words had already left him speechless.

Just when he was complacent, he never thought that Zhang Dou, who was preparing for the army, suddenly rushed out. In an instant, Hong Chengchou couldn't bear it anymore, and all his anger spewed out.

He sternly charged Zhang Dou and asked: "My 12-year-old supervisor, does he know if his troops are weak? You are a scholar, what do you know? Do you still need you to teach me?"

At this moment, the fire in Hong Chengchou's heart was all vented on the officials under his post. After he served as the governor of Jiliao, he had great prestige in Liaodong, and he was usually gentle with others. Dao Zhangdou turned pale with shock.

He stammered a little and said: "Du... Du Chen... calm down... under my duty, under my duty..."

Hong Chengchou's anger still persisted, and he continued to shout at him: "It's pure talk and empty words, and it doesn't understand the practice at all. What use does the governor want you to do? Get out!"

Zhang Dou was frightened out of his wits by his scolding. He quickly got up and knelt down on the ground, kowtowing repeatedly. There was a sound of "dong dong", and a big blood bag immediately swelled up on his forehead, dripping with blood, which made people startled .

All the officials and generals in the hall were frightened by Hong Chengchou's appearance for a moment, even Chen Jiugao, who was used to carefree in daily life, was silent and dared not speak.

Although Zhang Cheng was sitting in the chair well-behaved, just like everyone else, he secretly laughed at Hong Chengchou, as the governor of Jiliao, he could only point fingers at Sang and scold Huai, and use Zhang Dou to make an example of others.

Sure enough, Zhang Ruoqi's face was very ugly. Hong Chengchou's method of killing chickens and acting like monkeys was clearly aimed at Zhang Dou, but he was indeed targeting him in secret. He kept calling Zhang Dou a scholar, so why not scold him Zhang Ruoqi?

"Cough cough..."

Zhang Cheng saw that today's military conference was full of gunpowder, and the scene was a little awkward. He coughed hurriedly and said, "Duke Hong, Zhang Bingxian is also worried about the Liaodong military, and he accidentally made a mistake. Please don't be too demanding. .”

Zhang Cheng took the lead, and all the officials and generals in the hall also opened their mouths to plead for Zhang Dou, the soldier.

"Humph!"

Hong Chengchou wasn't targeting him at all, seeing that all the officials and generals were pleading for him at this moment, he snorted and said to Zhang Dou: "Since Zhang Zongbing and all the officials pleaded for you, I will forgive you today. Be cautious!"

Zhang Dou got up from the ground and bowed again and again: "Yes, yes, I have remembered everything under my post."

He raised his hand and wiped his forehead, it was bright red, and his hands were covered with blood. Before he sat down, he didn't forget to take a look at Zhang Cheng's side to express his gratitude.

Seeing him like this, all the officials in the hall felt a sense of sadness.

Only Ma Shaoyu, a newcomer to the army, continued to sit upright as before, as if everything in front of him had nothing to do with him.

Although Ma Shaoyu was ordered by the emperor and privately instructed by his own soldier Chen Xinjia, he came to join the army, so that he could join forces with the supervisor Zhang Ruoqi to contain Hong Chengchou and urge him to quickly march into Songjin.

But seeing Zhang Ruoqi deflated in front of Hong Chengchou, governor of Jiliao at this moment, he felt a little joy in his heart, as if he was happy to see Zhang Ruoqi embarrassed.

Seeing that the atmosphere in the lobby had returned to normal, Zhang Cheng said with a smile: "Minister, the general will have something to say, I don't know if I should say it or not!"

Hong Chengchou just played the trick of killing chickens to scare monkeys, now he needs to be gentle, and said softly: "Zhang Zongbing is a leader in Xuanda. He has made great achievements many times since he was in charge of the army. If you have any opinions on the Liaodong military, don't worry about it. You can speak freely."

Zhang Cheng thanked him with his fists clasped, straightened his clothes, and then said with a smile: "The slave bandits stationed their troops in Yizhou and surrounded Jinzhou. It's been a year now, and their troops are exhausted, so they will rotate their troops every three months.

Therefore, most of the slave soldiers were no longer as brave as they were before, and they all prayed for the time to change their shifts, especially the soldiers and horses from the Mongolian and Korean vassals conquered by the slaves.

Our army can take advantage of this opportunity to quickly occupy various dangerous passes with infantry, and then rush up with fine cavalry. If the slaves go out to fight, they will be defeated to lure the enemy, and join forces to encircle the slaves.

If the slaves and thieves do not come out, they will force them to Jinzhou with a car battalion, and attack together with Zu Shuai inside and outside, in order to break through a passage, transport grain and grass into the city, and boost the morale of the Jinzhou city guards. "

He saw that everyone in the hall had no objection to this, and even the governor Hong Chengchou nodded frequently, and then continued: "It's just that my army of the king's division is on top. Fight from the heart, but there are so many troops and horses, and the transfer of food and grass is also a big difficulty.

Therefore, the safety of grain and road is the most important thing to me, and it is the lifeblood of the whole teacher, so it is absolutely necessary to guard against! "

(End of this chapter)