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Chapter 211 Be strict with yourself and treat others leniently

Of course, Shen Shuren's questions were quickly answered.

Even if Zuo Zixiong and the others didn't ask at first, they would torture him as soon as they got the order, no matter what torture method was used.

"My lord, I asked clearly: the messenger said there were several, maybe five, and Zhang Xianzhong was afraid of being intercepted and killed by us, in case Li Dingguo couldn't be delivered, so he sent a few more groups.

Now we have captured two and killed one, and there should be others who slipped through the net and contacted Li Dingguo.As for why they didn't arrive until now, they couldn't say clearly, they only said that Zhang Xianzhong sent them out last night.

In the end, the general estimated that Zhang Xianzhong didn't know the overall battle situation at the beginning, so he didn't dare to act rashly?Or is Zhang Xianzhong hesitating? "

Shen Shuren listened calmly, and raised his hand resolutely when he heard the last few sentences: "Okay, just repeat the part of the confession, and don't mix the part of 'your estimate' with the confession in the future."

As a modern person, or a person who often dealt with strategies and spells in his previous life, Shen Shuren is very clear:
Evidence is evidence, and inferences are inferences.When talking about evidence, including inferences will affect the judgment.

It's not that if you don't listen to both, you'll be clear, and it's not that you should act arbitrarily.Instead, the thinking work at each stage should be clearly separated and handled separately with different brain circuit states.

Shen Shuren closed his eyes and thought for a while, then murmured to himself in a low voice: "It seems that Li Dingguo may have received the news of the retreat late... That's why he resisted so resolutely, thinking that he was helping his adoptive father to withstand the north, buying time to get Going down to Changsha..."

It's actually quite normal for Shen Shuren to think this way, because Shen Shuren also didn't open his eyes——

There is a very important piece of information that people with open eyes already knew, but Shen Shuren still doesn't know, that is "Changsha has fallen".

That's right, don't doubt it, it is really impossible for Shen Shuren to know this.Because the navy battalions Shen Lian and Li Yu he sent out to attack the enemy's supply line didn't know this either.They only knew that the bandits had at least reached Linxiang County, and were even besieging Changsha, but they didn't know that the city of Changsha had been lost.

They just intercepted a reinforcement sent by Liu Wenxiu to Zhang Xianzhong, and the bandit soldiers who were captured in the reinforcements also didn't know the situation on the front line.When Liu Wenxiu sent them, the order they received was still "support the king in attacking Changsha".

The entire battlefield across Dongting Lake has a time difference of one to three days between each part.
Shen Lian and the others did not capture even one "soldier who had rushed to Zhang Xianzhong's side to support", but only captured "soldiers who were on their way to Zhang Xianzhong's side". Logically speaking, this would be the result, and it was completely fine.

The information that Shen Shuren knows but Li Dingguo does not know is poor, so it can help Shen Shuren use his tricks.The poor information that Li Dingguo knew but Shen Shuren did not know could of course help Li Dingguo use his tricks—this is not an IQ problem of the party being tricked, but purely insufficient information.

Shen Shuren thought over and over again, and finally just raised a small question:

"I still feel something is wrong... Why was Zhang Xianzhong's messenger captured? He never thought that sending letters by cavalry over land is not safe enough? Why didn't he use a boat to send letters along the reeds on the shore of Dongting Lake? That's not it. Unknowingly?"

However, this question did not make the subordinates feel wise. Zuo Zixiong and others were criticized these days, but they did not dare to point it out, they just looked at each other in blank dismay.

In the end, it was Gu Yanwu, Shen Shuren's writing staff, who couldn't stand it anymore, and casually reminded in a low voice:

"Although the students don't know about soldiers, they also know how to send letters on horseback. They can travel hundreds of miles a day, and they can send letters by small boats. It's safe, but from Linxiang to Baling... I'm afraid it will take several days."

Shen Shuren was stunned for a moment, and also realized that he was a little dazed. Indeed, Zhang Xianzhong also had to consider the time and speed issues. How could he use a small boat to deliver letters from the reeds for safety.

Shen Shuren rubbed his temples in a self-deprecating manner: "Forget it...Maybe I always feel that Li Dingguo is not Yi Yi's generation, and I am a little suspicious. From this point of view, it is really possible that Li Dingguo received the news late, so he did not retreat.

But now that he has received the news, he will definitely find a way to retreat as soon as possible. Once the news is passed on and known to the entire army, the soldiers will definitely have no fighting spirit. Can win a big victory at a small price!
Pass down the order to let the soldiers rest in batches tonight, some will be on guard in the first half of the night, and some will be on guard in the second half of the night.As long as there is a change in the enemy's camp, half of the troops will be used to attack immediately-you don't need too many people in night battles, let alone robbing camps, and more than 1 people are enough to recharge your batteries. "

Shen Shuren's words did not feel inappropriate to the people below.Because the number of troops that can be effectively dispatched in night battles is small, if there are too many, it is easy to cause confusion, and even trample on each other.

The total strength of the Shen family's army in Yuezhou now exceeds 3. Excluding the casualties of the past few days and the 6000 soldiers taken away by Shen Lian and Li Yu, there are at least [-] to [-] left.

Half of them are on standby at any time, so there are 1 people, which is definitely enough for a real pursuit battle.

The rest of the troops can also get up after the friendly troops stick to the bandits, get up and put in order, and then join the battlefield as a new force at dawn, the effect will only be better.

In the end, Shen Shuren didn't forget to send someone to take care of Zhu Wenzhen who had already circled back, asking him to be more alert and be careful of Li Dingguo's breakout.But Shen Shuren didn't take care of it too carefully, because he couldn't tell more tactical details, and the situation on the front line could only be adjusted by the generals themselves.

Zhu Wenzhen didn't dare to neglect, and kept his troops on patrol in the first half of the night. He was afraid that the single troops would be attacked in the dark, so he assembled the troops and dispatched them in groups of at least three to five hundred riders to avoid being stolen.

However, he tossed and tossed until midnight, and did not see any movement of Li Dingguo retreating, which made him a little nervous.

People are not made of iron, and the cavalry unit did not rest during the day today. Although they did not participate in the bloody fight, they were always awake and alert, and their energy consumption was also considerable.

After staying until the end of the third watch, Zhu Wenzhen felt that the soldiers were really dying, so he sent someone back to report that Li Dingguo hadn't moved.It's just that the lights in the camp are brightly lit, and patrolling soldiers can be seen from a distance as usual.

Shen Shuren was already drowsy at first, and he was a little angry when he was woken up, but he soon woke up and realized that he was on the front line with the army, so he suppressed his unhappiness and listened to the report of his subordinates.

"It's past midnight and you haven't made a move yet? Are you planning to retreat? Or do you know that some of the messengers Zhang Xianzhong sent to him have been captured by us, so we are afraid that the retreat plan will be leaked and we will be prepared to intercept it? This is a temporary change. Plan and continue to conceal the critical situation in the rear?
Li Dingguo should know that our army has elite cavalry. If we don't withdraw, it will only be an hour before dawn. How far can he escape with the infantry as the main force?Wouldn't it be more miserable to be chased and killed by our army?It seems that he is really going to play with me tonight? "

Shen Shuren couldn't give better advice, but let Zhu Wenzhen continue to observe, and at the same time pay attention to let the cavalry conserve their strength, and they may find new situations after dawn and continue to hunt and kill.

As for how to do it, he didn't say anything. Zhu Wenzhen had to make his own choice to solve the dilemma of "the horse should run, but the horse should not eat grass".

Anyway, when the big leaders can't think of a detailed solution, they just give one direction directly, let the people below lose their hair, and realize "both... and... and...".

At the same time, Shen Shuren once again adjusted the order to Zuo Zixiong, telling him to be ready to rob the camp no matter what, and attack if there is any abnormality in the enemy camp. If there is no opportunity to take advantage of it, use Hongyi The artillery bombarded the battalion to frighten people and hit morale, and then attacked in an all-round way.

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Both Zhu Wenzhen and Zuo Zixiong could only adapt to the situation, and the time soon came to more than halfway through the fourth watch.Seeing that there was less than one more time to go, the sky was about to be completely bright, and Li Dingguo's camp was still brightly lit, and it looked heavily guarded from a distance.

This is definitely not a trick of "hanging the spine of a sheep". There are real human patrols patrolling, which can be seen under the fire, so it is definitely not an empty camp.

Seeing that Zuo Zixiong had never been able to catch the opportunity to rob the camp, he had no choice but to take a gamble and attack again.

He mobilized more than a dozen Hongyi cannons, aimed at the brightest direction of the fire, and fired a volley indiscriminately, and then asked the general Jin Shenghuan to lead the new force to the camp immediately.

The two sides immediately started fighting, and there was chaos in front of the camp.The bandit party didn't collapse immediately at the beginning, and there were even resting soldiers who got up and lined up as soon as they heard the sound of the guns, even if they were in a daze, they still dared to meet them.

After the thieves were attracted to the front, Zhu Wenzhen's cavalry after the Ming army detoured to the side soon also launched. Because some people were exhausted, they had been patrolling in the first half of the night, so Zhu Wenzhen only took out a thousand cavalry.

Fortunately, the range of the Hongyi cannon was enough to cover the camp. The fortifications around the camp were bombarded with gaps everywhere, and the cavalry who circled behind could find a gap to rush in.

As the fighting gradually deepened, the fatigue of the rogue side was quickly exposed. Many rogue officers began to ask for help from the Chinese army because they could not stand the front line. At this time, many middle-level rogue officers below the brigade, Only to find that General Li could not be found at all.

This became the last straw that completely crushed the thief's army.Lieutenant Pan Shirong was clumsy and unable to control the situation at all. In shock, he suddenly discovered that Li Dingguo had changed his retreat plan and actually sold him out.

In less than half an hour, the thieves in the camp were completely wiped out. In fact, they only killed the first few thousand people, and then they collapsed and surrendered directly. It is also very troublesome for the officers and soldiers to capture them back.

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At the same time, Li Dingguo had brought [-] Laoying brothers and [-] oarsmen known as Laoying's elite rowers, assembled all the light boats in the bandit army, and left all the large and slow boats that were difficult to hide in the camp , retreated and ran away.

They left the camp just at the fourth watch and when the officers and soldiers were exhausted on patrol. They took advantage of the mentality of "it will be dawn in a few more hours" and when the officers and soldiers were impatient and their energy was declining, they left the camp. Get out of camp in the dark.

After walking twenty miles in the reeds on the shore of the lake, Li Dingguo estimated that he had passed Zhu Wenzhen's search and blockade circle, and it was almost dawn before Li Dingguo let the soldiers abandon their boats and land, and immediately ran south with light clothes. Those with horses rode, those without horses threw off their armor and marched hastily.

As for the oarsmen composed of two thousand newly attached army men, they were also abandoned by Li Dingguo.Of course, Li Dingguo did not let them die directly, but only said that they were allowed to pretend to be civilians and escape on their own, and they could surrender if they were caught by the officers and soldiers.

On the surface of Dongting Lake, the officers and soldiers actually organized patrols. Shen Shuren was not careless, but because the elite Clippers sailors were taken away by Shen Lian, the remaining patrol boats must not be very fast, and in the middle of the night In the dark, Li Dingguo only took a part of the people away, and he could only take a small boat to go to the reeds, and the slow boats could stay in the camp, so it would be difficult for the patrol boats of the tree sinkers to be found.

After all, Li Dingguo used about 1 Huguang local recruits in the battalion, plus [-] oarsmen, as bargaining chips for the strong men to break their wrists, and threw them directly to the officers and soldiers in exchange for the sneaking away of the old battalion brothers.

The generals of Zhang Xianzhong's line actually knew in their hearts: the new attached army can catch young men anytime and anywhere with money, and the old brothers who have come from Shaanxi and Henan for more than five years are the most important thing to keep.

Ten days ago, when Li Dingguo first arrived in Baling, he had a total force of over [-] troops. Jiao Guangqi lost thousands of troops, and several thousand more in subsequent battalion battles. Before tonight, the original bandit army was only Twenty thousand.

Li Dingguo cut his wrists with a single hand, and directly reduced the breakout force to only 7000 people.In other words, within ten days, he had at least [-] soldiers and horses, which were thrown to the Shen family army to wipe them out.

On the other side, Shen Shuren, after Zuo Zixiong broke through the enemy camp and completely controlled the situation, rushed to the thief camp to inspect and understand the situation.

Both Zuo Zixiong and Zhu Wenzhen looked tired, but their expressions were very excited. When they saw Shen Shuren, they expressed their sincere gratitude:
"Master Futai is really a fortune teller! Seizing the opportunity when the morale of the bandits is the lowest, we wiped out [-] enemies tonight! The casualties of our army are extremely small!"

Shen Shuren waved his hands anxiously: "This is not what I want to hear! Where is Li Dingguo? Have you caught him!"

Zuo Zixiong: "The captives were tortured just now, and Li Dingguo disappeared. It seems that he abandoned the main force and broke through ahead of time. After questioning the various ministries, it should be that the brothers in the old camp in Henan, Shaanxi, were all run away by him.

However, at least our army won a complete victory, annihilating more than half of the enemies, and only a small part escaped. The key is that our army suffered very few casualties. "

Shen Shuren slammed his fist on the table: "This Li Dingguo is ruthless enough. He used more than half of his people to make a game. No wonder the lights in the camp were brightly lit and patrols kept coming and going all night. Didn't know he ran away?

It's a waste of money!Let the official think hard and use his brain, and in the end he just easily wiped out more than 1 new attached troops!I was going to kill Li Dingguo!What is the value of these more than 1 soldiers and horses!He's just a young man who can be caught with money!

Zhu Wenzhen, hurry up and lead the cavalry to catch up and see if you can get more gains, but if the enemy army is formed and turns back to fight to the death, don't be impulsive. Li Dingguo has a good command of troops, and he may have the strength of his troops several times.It's fine if it sticks, let our army pursue it, if it can't stick it's fine. "

Zhu Wenzhen got the order, so he had no choice but to continue to chase exhaustedly.

And the generals in the tent looked at Shen Shuren with complicated and admiring eyes:

Master Futai's pursuit is high!It is already very good to be able to wipe out more than 1 Li Dingguo's troops at one time with only a few hundred casualties!As for other generals and officials, I couldn't help but go to the Ministry of War, the elders, and the emperor to ask for credit and reward, and brag about it.

A mere Li Dingguo is just one of Zhang Xianzhong's godsons, so if he runs away, he will run away!It's still a big win!

"My lord Futai is really a genius, and he has such high demands on himself. We really dare not even think about it."

Zhu Wenzhen's pursuit lasted two or three hours, including the time on the way back and forth.At about the end of Chen's hour, Zhu Wenzhen's cavalry troops were completely exhausted.

In addition, some sporadic resistance was encountered on the way, and the main force of the enemy's escape was not found for a long time, and was misled by those chaotic soldiers and delayed the time.So at the beginning of noon, Zhu Wenzhen came back exhausted.

Zuo Zixiong came out of the camp to respond, and found that he had only chopped off hundreds of bandit heads and captured more than a thousand prisoners. After careful questioning, they were all rowers for Li Dingguo's old camp.These people were already exhausted, so they couldn't run fast, and they were caught by Zhu Wenzhen first, which also misled Zhu Wenzhen in the direction of pursuit.

After the situation was finally reported to Shen Shuren, Shen Shuren also sighed wearily:

"All the generals should be rewarded for fighting hard. You have fought very well. Those who participated in the two-day battle will be rewarded with five taels per person. Those who are slightly injured will be rewarded twice, and those who are seriously injured will be rewarded twice.

Report your achievements in killing the enemy and report them quickly, and I will send them to the Ministry of War first.As for the loss of the enemy in the end, it's because I didn't know what happened and made a wrong plan, and it has nothing to do with you. "

Zuo Zixiong, Jin Shenghuan, and Zhu Wenzhen were all grateful when they heard the words, and the original uneasy emotions were swept away.

Master Futai clearly distinguishes between rewards and punishments!His high demands are only high demands on himself!He didn't ask his subordinates to do those unimaginable and impossible feats!
This is called being strict with oneself and being lenient to others!Rewards and punishments are clearly defined, and faith is guaranteed!

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PS: Two days before the National Day, there are relatives from other places who want to receive them, and they are all merged together with a change of about [-] words.Three began to return to normal.No need to wait this afternoon.

You can see that I have a relatively large number of words in each update recently, at least 26 words a day last week, and 27/[-] daily updates of [-] words, so be it.By the way, I also sort out my thoughts and see how to drive Zhang Xianzhong away in the future.

In addition, I want to emphasize a few words. Many book lovers are looking forward to capturing Li Dingguo alive this time. I just want to say: If you want to see me write down Li Dingguo to death, then I will adjust the outline later, and I can catch Li Dingguo and send him to the capital in a few days. .

That way I can save trouble, and I don't need to portray the process of the intensification of the conflict between Zhang Xianzhong and Li Dingguo step by step, and I don't need to have too many human dramas.

However, it is absolutely impossible to capture Li Dingguo now and persuade him to surrender.Now these people are all identities who have committed serious crimes. It is now the 15th year of Chongzhen, not Nanming.

In the Southern Ming Dynasty, the majesty of the imperial court was swept away, and a living person who was willing to fight against the Qing Dynasty could use it and give him a title.

When Chongzhen was alive, Li Dingguo was responsible for participating in the killing of King Xiang and King Gui. Unless he killed Zhang Xianzhong and voted, he could become an official.If he himself surrendered after being surrounded, it would be good if he was not cut alive like Ainengqi.

Therefore, this book needs to talk about a certain amount of officialdom logic and court decency, not the kind of systematic text that regards court orthodoxy as nothing.Everyone, don't post posts like "Li Dingguo doesn't need to make meritorious service, as long as he surrenders, he can be reused by Shen Shuren", this is impossible, at least not before Chongzhen's death.

(End of this chapter)