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Chapter 768 Grain Road
In the main hall of Songshan Castle, the governor of Jiliao, Ma Ke, the commander-in-chief of Shanhaiguan, faced Zhang Cheng's interrogation, and his heart turned green with regret.

The whole hall was completely silent, no one spoke a word, no one thought that Zhang Cheng would get really angry, let alone that he would get angry, it was so terrifying, many people were silent like cicadas.

On weekdays, Zhang Cheng always treats people in a friendly manner, which inevitably gives people an illusion and often makes people ignore his other side.

Until this moment, all the people in the hall came to their senses. Now Zhang Cheng is holding the number one army to aid Liao. Also beheaded the captive "Batulu" warrior, and the captive was Zhengbai Banner, Gushan, and Zhenzhun Pagoda.

How can such a person be someone who can lightly twist a tiger's whiskers!
Behind Zhang Cheng, Guo Yingxian and Zhang Guangda also glared at Ma Ke. The majesty of their own general and master should not be offended, and the majesty of the soldiers of the Xuanda Army should not be violated either.

In the eerie silence in the hall, a voice sounded, but it was Datong General Soldier Wang Pu who said, "It's too outrageous!"

He was aggrieved and the more people came out, he continued: "It's really outrageous. When discussing military affairs, everyone should express their own opinions and speak freely. The strategy Zhang Zongbing said is for the safety of our army and the future of our Ming Dynasty. .

Zhang Zongbing was so determined to serve the country with all his might, that he was so harassed and harassed. He suspected that he had ulterior motives, which is really chilling! "

Wang Pu's words stirred up thousands of waves, and all the officials in the hall started to talk about it, and they all felt that Ma Ke was indeed a little out of touch.

Chen Jiugao, the former battalion commander of the Shenji Battalion, also woke up at this time, and he repeatedly said: "Indeed, indeed, this is too outrageous, it is really chilling."

Li Fuming, the general soldier of Shanxi, also frowned, and said: "If there is any objection, general soldier Ma can speak well and offer advice for me to aid the Liao army. How can it be the way of a general to be so vitriolic?"

He has a bold personality, and Ma Ke is such a villain, he can't stand it, not to mention that he has two battalions of infantry that Zhang Cheng lent him, no matter what, he has to speak to Zhang Cheng and declare that he is one. .

At this time, the first voice from above came leisurely: "It's just nonsense. You can speak out here if you have any military strategy for the war. The situation of the war is changing rapidly, so how can you have time to talk nonsense here.

Do you know where this place is?
This is the governor's office, where military plans are discussed, not a Goulan wine house, where you can let yourself drink and get drunk and mess around! "

It was Zhang Ruoqi, the commander-in-chief who suddenly raised his voice and spoke sullenly, but he actually got around Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, in his words.

Zhang Ruoqi didn't seem to want to let Ma Ke go. He sat upright, turned his head with piercing eyes, and continued in a cold and gloomy tone: "If Zongbing Ma has a good strategy, he would like to offer advice to Governor Hong." , You can say it here, so everyone can plan together.

If there is no military strategy suggestion, how can you be greedy for the benefit of the tongue, so reckless, and say such words that chill the hearts of colleagues, isn't it a crime? "

Governor Hong Chengchou was called out twice by Zhang Ruoqi, and at this moment he also frowned, but he was about to speak when he heard Zhang Ruoqi sternly asked: "Mr. Ma, with your behavior, do you still have Hong Duchen in your eyes?"

Governor of Liaodong Qiu Minyang was shocked when he heard the words, and secretly looked at Hong Chengchou with furrowed brows. He was worried that if Zhang Ruoqi continued to quarrel, he might make things worse, but he couldn't say a word to remind the governor, he was secretly anxious in his heart.

Zhang Dou of the Bingbei Dao, Yao Gong, the deputy envoy of the police, Yuan Guodong and others looked at Zhang Cheng with some surprise. It was only now that they knew that Zhang Cheng's temper was so terrifying.

Liu Zhaoji, General Soldier of Eastern Liaodong, stroked his beard on his chin, and said to Ma Ke, "Old Ma, I can't see you talking like that, brother."

Zuo Guangxian, who had a disheveled beard and hair, also said angrily: "That's right, if you have something to say, you can say it well, such a knife and stick are not pleasing to the eyes of a certain family!"

At this moment, Ma Ke's heart seemed to have fallen into an ice cellar, and a chill rose up his back.

He never expected that today, being persecuted by Zhang Cheng in this way, and there are so many people in the main hall, none of them stand up for him or speak up for him, and he would feel like a thousand people pointing fingers at him, which made him very frustrated.

Ma Ke was followed by a lieutenant general from Shanhaiguan, who also felt ashamed because of this, and stood there motionless, so as not to attract others' attention to his existence.

In the end, Ma Ke had no choice but to look to Wu Sangui, Tang Tong and others beside him for help.

Wu Sangui didn't want to get into this muddy water at first, and although he also couldn't get used to Zhang Cheng becoming more and more outstanding, but after all, he and Zhang Cheng had a planned in-depth cooperation on the cigarette issue, so it was always difficult to break the skin.

What's more, he wanted to compete with Zhang Cheng uprightly in the military, instead of using his tongue like Ma Ke.

But when he moved his eyes, he saw the governor Qiu Minyang was giving him a wink, and after knowing it, he hurriedly said solemnly: "Ma Shuai also made a slip of the tongue for a while, so hurry up and apologize to General Zhongchen.

Zongbing Zhang is kind-hearted and magnanimous, it is expected that he will not blame you. "

Tang Tong, the general soldier of Miyun, was also smoothing things over, saying, "Yes, yes, please make amends quickly. General soldier Zhang is magnanimous, and he will never argue with you again. Let's forget about it... just forget it..."

Ma Ke seemed unwilling to hear the words, he looked at Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, who was seated at the top, but seeing Hong Chengchou's expression was very displeased, and said in a deep voice: "Mr. , why hesitate there?"

He took advantage of the opportunity to look at Zhang Ruoqi, the commander of the army, and saw that his face was still full of gloomy and unhappy.

Suddenly, Ma Ke's face was filled with smiles. He raised his hands and slapped his mouth lightly twice on the left and right faces, saying: "Look at my stinky mouth, I really deserve to be spanked."

Afterwards, he bowed again and again to Zhang Cheng, and said with an apologetic smile, "I'm just a straight-faced person who speaks without intention, so don't blame Zhang Zongbing, don't blame him."

Seeing that he can still laugh at this moment, everyone in the hall can't help admiring his thick skin, even Wu Sangui, Tang Tong and others couldn't help turning their eyes away and looking away.

Zhang Chengyuan opened his eyes, stared at him for a while, and then smiled, and said loudly: "Everyone traveled thousands of miles to aid Liaodong to understand the siege of Jinzhou.

What's more, the Tartars are our enemies, and it's too late for the general and Ma Shuai to get close to each other, so how can they blame Ma Shuai?
Everyone is doing it for the imperial court, to understand Jinwei, some disputes are inevitable. "

The two hugged each other and saluted, talking and laughing at Yanyan, as if the incident just now had never happened at all.

Everyone in the hall was relieved to see them like this, the matter is finally over, when Zhang Cheng's anger broke out just now, everyone felt terrified, it was simply too scary!

Hong Chengchou also said to everyone with a serious face: "Let's let this matter go, if there is another time, the governor will definitely not forgive."

Zhang Ruoqi looked and looked at Zhang Cheng meaningfully, the emotions in his eyes were very complicated, and he warned in a stern tone that it is okay to argue during the military discussion, but you must not make false statements, otherwise, if you miss the important military affairs, his The supervising army must write a letter of impeachment.

Ma Ke has become very well-behaved at this time, he nodded his head like a chicken pecking at rice, and said: "Yes... yes, the teachings of Director Hong and Director Zhang will definitely be kept in mind in the end, and will never be forgotten."

Zhang Ruoqi saw that Ma Ke was subdued, but Hong Chengchou was indeed steady, so he didn't bother with him twice, so he didn't go into the matter any further, lest there would be a big trouble and cause the generals to confront each other, which would be bad for the Liaodong war.

He stroked his long beard and laughed, and said loudly: "Okay, okay. It's perfectly normal for colleagues to have some disputes. As long as it's not a dispute between emotions, it's welcome. Now that the military situation is urgent, everyone should go ahead." Let's discuss."

Hong Chengchou didn't bother with this anymore, he coughed first, then looked at Zhang Cheng and asked: "Just now General Zhongchen thought that my division should be a solid front, but how can we prevent the slaves from attacking and help Jinzhou, and also make Jinzhou feel free from worries? Say it."

After all, as the governor of Jiliao, he shouldered the great task of keeping captives in Liaodong, and now the Ming and Qing countries surrounded a city of Jinzhou, gathering hundreds of thousands of the most elite soldiers from the two countries.

A decisive battle is brewing here, a battle that will change the history of the nation!

Although the current Emperor Chongzhen and the Ministry of War repeatedly urged a decisive battle, Hong Chengchou had been dormant since his previous attack was frustrated, waiting for a good opportunity, and only sent a small group of cavalry every day to harass the Qing army.

Just imagine, at that time, there were more than 15 Ming kings fighting against the Qing army with only 7 to [-] horses. Although the conclusion after the war was that it killed the Qing army's captive cavalry heavily, it failed to break through the Qing army's defense line. untie.

After that, the Qing army shrunk the line of defense and guarded the barracks. Hong Chengchou stormed for two consecutive days, but failed, so he switched to the current method, focusing on small groups of raids, supplemented by large groups of raids, but the Qing army did not go out. The battalion pursued, but failed to do so.

However, facing the urging of the imperial military department, especially the Emperor Chongzhen behind Chen Xinjia, the emperor's power was too strong, Hong Chengchou was worried about this, and couldn't sleep at night.

It so happened that Zhang Cheng's point of view today coincided with his wishes, and when he was happy in his heart, the rhythm was disrupted by Ma Ke's sudden ridicule. How could he not be annoyed.

But for the sake of the Liaodong military, he endured it again and again. Even if Zhang Ruoqi took advantage of the topic to play cynicism, he didn't realize it at all, but he didn't want to make any more troubles.

At this time, seeing that the incident subsided, he hurriedly asked questions, for fear of being disturbed by any sudden incident.

Zhang Cheng nodded when he heard the words, and after giving the salute, he said: "The intention of the captives to surround the spot to fight for aid is already very obvious, so there is no need to repeat it.

However, my teacher, how can I be led by the nose by them?
What's more, my king's master has tens of thousands of elite and brave soldiers here, how dare he really go to attack Jinzhou City with all his strength, isn't he afraid that we will be overwhelmed by the whole army when the siege is difficult?

At that time, the captives had been attacking the city for a long time, and they were exhausted and weak. My teacher and the commander-in-chief Zu were attacking from both sides, how could they stick to it? "

Zhang Cheng paused at this point, and then said again: "At present, my teacher should switch from offense to defense. Hundreds of thousands of captives are here, and the daily consumption of food is huge. They will not last long. They will not last ten days. It will come to attack me."

Wu Sangui had already looked at Zhang Cheng with admiration at this moment, and he had been listening carefully, and suddenly asked: "Dare to ask General Zhongchen, my army is gathered here, so I am not afraid of slaves attacking.

But if the slaves have always been treacherous, especially the chieftain Hongtai, who is the most cunning, we must prevent them from dividing their troops to rob our teacher's grain! "

Zhang Cheng clasped his fists and said with a smile: "General Changbo has great insight and excellent knowledge. He is worthy of being a tiger general in the world and a leader in Liaodong!"

Everyone in the hall laughed, and Wu Sangui was a little surprised to be praised so much by Zhang Cheng, and suddenly realized his mentality, he couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

Zhang Cheng continued: "Indeed, the army of slaves and thieves gathered outside Jinzhou City, if you see my master Wang setting up camp around Songshan, unable to speak like a hedgehog, he must find another way.

The weakness of our division is the same as that of the thieves. They both have long food roads. Apart from the difficulty of transporting food, they are also afraid of being intercepted by surprise attacks. The thieves have many cavalry and are good at field battles. It is hard to guard against. "

He also said: "The road to my teacher's grain is divided into two routes: land and sea, and the sea route is relatively safe. It is only a place for storing grain at the mouth of the Xiaoling River for transshipment. We still need to strengthen our troops for protection.

There is another land route, the grain road is long, and it is impossible to fortify everywhere. However, the three fortresses of Xingshan, Gaoqiao, and Tashan must be guaranteed to be safe. There is also Bijiashan, which is an important place for our army to store grain. "

"From the outposts, the captives stationed an army by the Naughty River in Jinxi, with a strength of about [-], and the direction from Naughty River to Xingshan is a flat river, and most of the slave cavalry are paired by one person.

Therefore, we need to send another general to Tashan to protect us, so as to prevent the cavalry from stealing our food road. After all, Bijia Mountain is the lifeblood of our army. "

Hong Chengchou was thoughtful, and after a while, he murmured: "So, what General Zhongchen said is indeed with a unique eye for wisdom, which shows that he is old enough to seek the country. What do the supervisors think?"

Hong Chengchou stopped the discussion of the officers and generals at the right time, and kicked the ball to Zhang Ruoqi, the commander-in-chief. At this moment, Zhang Cheng's analysis of the strategy of the captives to surround the spot and rescue has been thoroughly analyzed by Zhang Cheng, even a fool can understand it.

Zhang Ruoqi knew that at this time the captive chieftain Hong Tai was here personally, and his whole country was coming to the front line of Songjin, especially after hearing what Zhang Cheng said just now, if he insisted on urging the battle, he might make the soldiers feel resentful.

He thought for a while, and said: "Since our army entered Liao Dynasty, we have fought the Tartars many times and won consecutive battles. I have witnessed the bravery of all the soldiers.

However, after the battle, the soldiers were exhausted, according to my supervisor, we can take a break for a few days, so that the soldiers can rest, and after recovering their strength, they can march forward courageously and break the siege of Jinzhou in one fell swoop.

What did Hong Du think? "

Hong Chengchou had no objection to this, and now he decided to stick to the camp and recuperate the soldiers, waiting to observe the actions of the captives, and then decide how to break the siege of Jinzhou.

It's just that who will be sent to guard the grain road of Tashanbao and guard the important grain storage area of ​​Bijiashan, can't decide for a while!

(End of this chapter)