Be the emperor from the postman

Chapter 876 Various News (Two in One)

Wang Kexing took the commander's order and summoned a group of artillery captains to pass on the commander's order.

Tell them to break up into parts and train well.

Once the trenches have been dug, the artillery will immediately disperse and occupy points separately.

At that time, each team will send three inspectors to act together with the artillery team to confirm the effect of the shelling.

Everyone felt excited after hearing Wang Kexing's words.

The Marshal attaches great importance to artillery.

When they bombarded Tongguan earlier, they didn't have many chances to make a move because of the terrain.

Now the city of Xi'an is big enough, and the four directions are enough for them to choose a spot.

At that time, it will not only depend on which artillery team has good skills, but also a little bit of luck.

He Jinzhao was sitting under the shade of a tree to enjoy the cool, looking at the rather majestic city of Xi'an.

It is quite different from the appearance of his memory.

"My lord, do we want to secretly send people to fill up the moat, further causing great psychological pressure on the defenders in the city, so as to facilitate the artillery's operation?"

Ji Gui paused and said, "Of course, the artillery has to bombard them for three days first, so that they don't dare to show their heads easily, so as to reduce the loss."

He Jinzhao thought about whether he should try a siphon to suck out the river water, but he gave up after thinking about it.

It is really not easy to siphon eight waters around Chang'an. It is better to cut off a certain section of the moat during the dry season.

He Jinzhao just nodded, thinking about capturing a strong city.

If the inside does not surrender, there is still food, and it can last for a while no matter what.

There is no rush to conquer Xi'an, as long as there is news from Wu Dading that Dasan Pass will be controlled to the front line of Baoji.

The situation of closing the door and beating the dog has become a reality.

The whole of Shaanxi is tossing about with hammer bandits.

He Jinzhao intends to replicate Taiyuan's battle example, so he put the city of Xi'an here and put it under siege, to see how long the people in the city can last!
The rest are digested and absorbed as soon as possible.

"Master, there is news."

Niu Youcai trotted over, not only bringing a warm body, but also carrying a stack of paperwork aside.

By the way, he brought all the short cases, and laid them out for He Jinchao so that he could watch them.

He Jinzhao asked Niu Youcai to go aside to rest, while he picked up a military newspaper and read it.

It was the news from Zhang Fuzhen, who had already fought with Hong Chengchou.

The officers and soldiers have become exhausted from running back and forth, and they have been defeated three times in their tentative attacks.

Hong Chengchou refrained from military operations for the time being, and began to persuade Zhang Fuzhen from his personal friendship that he should give full play to the spirit of being in Cao Ying and focusing on the Han Dynasty, and work for Ming Dynasty, but Zhang Fuzhen verbally refused.

Zhang Fuzhen said that Hong Chengchou must be dispatching troops, and he is not a person who gives up easily.

Writing letters back and forth at this point is nothing more than a stopgap measure to let my guard down.

He Jinzhao didn't doubt Zhang Fuzhen's words, he didn't have the ability to collude with Hong Chengchou to rebel.

All the captains below have to chop off his head first!
They know what kind of life they are living now, and many people will find it difficult to accept it when they return to Daming to be a dog for others.

Zhang Fuzhen mentioned again in the document that the harvest in Jinnan this year is finally better than previous years.

Although there are still signs of severe drought, under the organization of the peasant association, vigorously build water conservancy to ensure irrigation.

Finally, he asked He Jinzhao if he had any further plans that needed his cooperation, and whether he could mobilize some people from Shanxi to Henan.

Passively guarding the border will always lose the upper hand.

When He Jinzhao learned that Jinnan and other places were safe for the time being, he picked up a pen and wrote back to him,

Tell him to act according to the camera, temporarily supervising the affairs of Jinnan, he should seize the opportunity, and there is no need to ask for instructions everywhere.

Things in Shaanxi are progressing smoothly, as long as you bring back news from Wu Dading, you will be able to meet success.

Now He Jinzhao is not worried about the Mongols outside the Great Wall at all, Tian Khan's name is all made out of it.

Even if the jade seal in his hand was fake, no one dared to refute it.

Lin Danhan didn't live very well in Qinghai. Even though he was allied with others, it was almost useless to come back from the counterattack.

After He Jinzhao finished writing, he read it carefully twice, then took his own gold seal to seal it, and put it aside.

Thinking of Lin Danhan, he wrote another letter and sent someone to the grassland, telling him to go to Ningxia, Gansu and other places to circle the border.

Then try to wander around the Western Regions as much as possible, it is best to find some topographic maps and the like.

It's not just about sleeping with Meiji from the Western Regions, but also wanting to eat red grapes.

After He Jinzhao finished writing, he stamped it and put it aside to dry.

The second letter was a message from Qiu Zhitao. First, Xu Dingchen, governor of Shanxi, added several hundred soldiers, and the number exceeded three thousand.

These soldiers seem to have some combat effectiveness, and they are wearing heavy armor.

As for Xu Dingchen, he still had no intention of sending troops out of Yanmen Pass, even though he was mobilized by Hong Chengchou to make him make a tentative attack.

But Xu Dingchen pretended not to receive it.

He managed to accumulate such a strong family background, and he would not send troops unless Wu Guojun, uncle of Jingliao, came to join him in attacking Shanxi.

Otherwise, you will definitely not be arrogant and send troops alone, lest the entire army be wiped out.

Qiu Zhitao reported on the external affairs, and then on the internal affairs.

Shanxi's summer harvest is better than last year's.

Whether it is a granary or a common people's home, there is new grain income.

The only thing is that there is no rain this year, and many people hope that the commander-in-chief can bombard the Dragon Lord again.

He Jinzhao put down the brush in his hand and scratched his head, just bombarding this kind of thing, the next time it rains is luck, can we still have such luck the second time?

What's more, things like rain are not in the hands of the Dragon King, he is just a clay sculpture.

It's really useless to vent your anger on him.

"Ji Gui, read this letter, how do you reply?"

He Jinzhao handed Qiu Zhitao's letter to Ji Gui, and asked him, who is good at face-to-face, to use metaphysics to solve metaphysics.

He Jinzhao opened the envelope again. It was the news from Tang Tong, who had been promoted to General of the Great Ming Guerrilla.

The defeat of the officers and soldiers is getting worse and worse, people like Zuo Liangyu are wise to protect themselves.

Cao Wenzhao was killed by Gao Yingxiang and others!
He Jinchao subconsciously raised his head and glanced around, only to find that Cao Bianjiao was not by his side.

"Marshal, are you looking for me?" Niu Youcai yelled not far away.

He Jinchao waved, "Call me Cao Bianjiao."

"Yes." Niu Youcai asked his brother to come over.

Tang Tong finally said that the thieves in the Central Plains could not be wiped out by the imperial court.

Now he can only go north with Hong Chengchou. He heard that he is going to attack Shanxi, and he hopes that Marshal He will make preparations early.

Tang Tong's letter was delivered relatively late, mainly because he contacted alone, and there was no decent response.

He Jinchao put the letter aside and prepared to hand it over to Cao Bianjiao.

It had to be told to him anyway.

Wang Chengyin, the general of Yansui, was straightforward. Hong Chengchou was going to fight Shanxi, so you had to prepare early. In addition, if there is a battle, Marshal He should not really fight.

Let's just act, so as not to flood the Dragon King Temple.

He Jinzhao raised his eyebrows slightly, and left Zhang Fuzhen to deal with Hong Chengchou in southern Shanxi.

When Mrs. Guo, Liu Daojiang and others mutinied to vote, Zhang Fuzhen was so frightened by Wang Chengyin that he jumped into the Yellow River.

Then the soldiers under Zhang Fuzhen's command mutinied inexplicably and came to defect to the hammer bandits.

Even though Wang Chengyin was not responsible for this rather dramatic incident, he was not involved in it.

Zhang Fuzhen's entire team, including himself, may not be able to throw the hammer.

For this matter, Zhang Fuzhen often threatened to beat Wang Chengyin, not for anything else, but to vent his anger.

I obviously didn't want to commit suicide by jumping into the Yellow River, but in the end, I couldn't clean up if I really jumped into the Yellow River.

He Jinchao took the letter to Zhang Fuzhen again, filled in a few sentences, and specifically asked him not to beat Wang Chengyin too hard.

It is the best choice for the Hammer Bandit to keep someone like him to harm Daming, and to pass the song secretly with us.

Immediately afterwards came the news sent by Wang Peng, the deputy general of Ji Town. He followed Wu Guojun to fight in various parts of the Central Plains and almost never lost.

Chuang Wang Gao Yingxiang has been beaten by Prime Minister Lu Xiangsheng and is about to be destroyed!
Seeing this, He Jinzhao raised his eyebrows slightly.

When everyone met earlier, Big Brother Gao was the most powerful, and there were almost ten thousand elite cavalry alone!

And didn't Tang Tong say earlier that he had already slaughtered Cao Wenzhao, how could he lose so quickly?

It was not until Wang Peng's detailed retelling that He Jinchao found out that Cao Wenzhao and others followed Hong Chengchou and were beaten to death, and even the chief soldier was captured.

But as Hong and Lu divided their responsibilities, Lu Xiangsheng showed great power and won consecutive battles, destroying Brother Gao's hometown in one fell swoop.

He Jinzhao let out a long breath, Lu Xiangsheng is capable after all.

Or maybe Gao Yingxiang was a little drifting, and didn't strictly implement the tactical phalanx that was formulated at the beginning.

Perhaps after killing Cao Wenzhao, he thought that no one in the Ming court army could threaten him.

That's why I have repeatedly chosen to go head-to-head with the officers and soldiers. After losing, I always think about turning over instead of summing up myself.

He Jinzhao put down the letter in his hand. Could it be that Gao Yingxiang has been in rebellion for so long and hasn't found a dog-headed military advisor to help him?
He Jinzhao thought about it carefully, probably not.

He doesn't seem to trust scholars very much, and he doesn't have the habit of looking for consultants, and he mostly acts on his own.

He's not as badass as Li Zicheng, and he's good at learning from his peers.

"My lord?"

Ji Gui saw that He Jinzhao's face was quite solemn, could it be that bad news came?
After all, many insurgents in the Central Plains even killed Cao Wenzhao, a brave and skilled fighter, and the more they fought, the more brave they became, and even the officers and soldiers could not resist.

When Ji Gui took the letter in He Jinzhao's hand and scanned it quickly, he was a little surprised for a moment.

He had just won the battle, and even Hong Chengchou couldn't take revenge on him, so in just half a month, Lu Xiangsheng forced him to a dead end.

"This this."

Ji Gui said this two times in a row, and then became speechless.

The Ming court said that the rogues were rootless grasshoppers after all, and they couldn't withstand any big storms.

Gao Yingxiang lost all his core confidants, what strength does he have to order the gang of thieves?
Relying on a resounding reputation alone, without a handy and sharp knife handle, I'm afraid it's hard to convince people.

"Does my lord want to help him?"

He Jinzhao knew Gao Yingxiang's ending, he left Ziwu Valley and was arrested by Sun Chuanting.

After all, the Ziwu Valley road is too famous.

As a fan of the Three Kingdoms, He Jinzhao felt that it was a pity that Wei Yan proposed it but failed to implement it. Who wouldn’t want to take the risk of a small effort to make a big difference?
But later people tried Wei Yan's strategy.

First, Cao Zhen, the general of Cao Wei, encountered continuous heavy rain when he walked Ziwu Valley. The plank road along the way was destroyed by floods, and the road was steep. The Wei army suffered heavy losses.

This military operation cannot reflect the miraculous effect of Meridian Valley.

Then Huan Wen's subordinates in the Eastern Jin Dynasty went to Ziwu Valley and were defeated by the former Qin Prime Minister at the mouth of the valley, which indirectly led to Huan Wen's Northern Expedition returning without success.

The worst thing was Gao Yingxiang at the end of Ming Dynasty. He walked out of Ziwu Valley, and was captured by Sun Chuanting who was ambushing him, and sent to the capital to be hacked to pieces.

And Wang Yaowu also wanted to go to Ziwu Valley to "rescue the king of Qin", but he couldn't find the water source, so he withdrew again.

It can be said that all previous marches on this road have not ended well.

The worst one is Gao Yingxiang, it's hard for people not to remember.

"My lord, do you want to send someone to meet King Gao Chuang?" Ji Gui asked again.

According to the news in the letter, Gao Yingxiang probably entered Hanzhong again, and then ran to Shaanxi.

"Let's talk about it when he comes."

Now that He Jinzhao had placed Sun Chuanting in Datong Mansion as the county magistrate, he had no time to capture Gao Yingxiang.

Gao Yingxiang chose to come out of Ziwu Valley this time, and there would be no Ming army ambushing him in Taniguchi.

"Be careful when meeting Lu Xiangsheng in the future, this scholar is not easy to deal with."

He Jinzhao paused and said, "I hope you don't let him be the governor of Xuanda, or we will feel uncomfortable."

"Why did my lord say such a thing?"

"Da Ming has too few firefighting captains." He Jinzhao stood up and fanned himself:

"The Qing army will still plunder the Great Ming capital if it seizes the customs again. Wu Guojun is stationed in Jizhen and it is estimated that it will not be replaced, and Lu Xiangsheng will not be sent there in Liaodong.

It can not only protect the capital, but also resist the Qing army, and can also fight against foreign bandits, which is the area of ​​Xuanda Hebei. "

Ji Gui squeezed his beard and smiled:
"My lord, there is no need to worry. We only need to experience Shaanxi, and then go south to Sichuan or Huguang and other places. We will not fight Lu Xiangsheng for a short time."

"Of course I know." He Jinzhao continued walking:

"I was just thinking about whether there is a way to let Lu Xiangsheng stay in the Central Plains to suppress bandits, and transfer Hong Chengchou to Xuanda to be the governor.

Anyway, Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides, will not succeed. "

Ji Gui didn't say a word, we Hammer bandits are not familiar with the court elders who appoint officials, so they won't do what we want.

Especially Chongzhen, maybe he will think of some way to do it!
He Jinzhao already knew a lot about the news from all over the Central Plains through his own channels.

To be honest, after he occupied Tongguan, he not only isolated the officers and soldiers, but also isolated other rogues.

Many thieves couldn't stand He Jinchao's strict military discipline, so there were not many leaders who really made friends with him.

The younger brothers who followed him on the eve of the eve have also been gradually absorbed in the past two years, and those who are not suitable for fighting will be sent back to farm for a living.

"Now Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, Lao Huihui and others are probably the strongest."

He Jinzhao fanned his fan and said with a smile: "I sincerely hope that they won't be overwhelmed by Brother Gao's temporary failure and become more and more fearful."

Of course Ji Gui understood the meaning of his lord's words. Only when they became stronger could they have more time to deal with the officers and soldiers.

In this way, after the own side has digested Shaanxi, the officers and soldiers do not have much energy to encircle and suppress.

"Master, what did you call me for?"

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(End of this chapter)