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Chapter 241 Just act in your true colors
Before a war that is destined to last, it is always very important to appease the generals participating in the battle, and let them firmly believe that the commander will not rush forward and risk their lives and the lives of the soldiers at will, so that they are willing to trust the commander's orders and prohibitions.

During the Battle of Songjin, Hong Chengchou had a considerable problem, that is, he did not do a good job in appeasing and unifying his thoughts.

So much so that the eight generals were suspicious of each other, everyone felt that the supervisor might lose ground, and everyone might become cannon fodder to be abandoned at a critical moment of life and death, and only then did Wang Pu and his like "abandon the friendly army and flee first".

Although Wang Pu and others deserved to die, they were indeed beheaded by Chongzhen in the end.But Hong Chengchou's problem must not be ignored just because Wang Pu is guilty.

Humans have brains, not NPCs in games.What's the use of a person who reads sages' books and only talks about loyalty to the emperor, patriotism, and defense of the homeland when he is at a critical juncture?You must take a multi-pronged approach to show that you respect the lives of soldiers.

Of course, it is easy to say big words, but it is difficult to put them into practice.

At the reception banquet, Shen Shuren made a promise to Liu Guoneng and Huang Degong that he would plan to disperse Li Zicheng's troops and wait for an opportunity to advance. He would never act rashly when Li Zicheng's troops were concentrated.

Being able to do this will certainly make Liu Guoneng and Huang Degong more confident in him, and he will obey his words in the future. Unfortunately, Liu Guoneng and Huang Degong wanted to break their heads, and they didn't expect how Shen Futai would fulfill it.

Shen Shuren himself should be the only one in the audience who knows the direction of the overall situation.

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After the welcome banquet, when he returned home that night, Shen Shuren immediately summoned Wanji, who had just joined him recently.

That is, Wanji, the doctor of the Ministry of War in Nanjing, who was formerly the supervisor of Yang Sichang's army.

After Yang Sichang died of illness a few days ago, Wan Ji also wore mourning for the first seven days, which was considered to be a teacher's ceremony, and then put the state affairs first, and took refuge in Shen Shuren.

Everyone is working for the imperial court. Shen Shuren inherited Yang Sichang's legacy of suppressing thieves in Huguang and other places and his pro-army, and of course he also inherited some of his staff.

When Shen Shuren was employing people, he even picked and picked people, and eliminated those who were superfluous and unreliable in terms of confidentiality, or at least transferred to unimportant positions on a regular basis.

Wan Ji can be kept and reused by him, because this person has some ability to do confidential work, and can ensure that the sieve-like information leaked by Yang Sichang before has nothing to do with Wan Ji.

Wanji has been verified by the facts, and he is definitely not Li Zicheng or Zhang Xianzhong's traitor, that's why Shen Shuren will use him.

After using it for a few days, Shen Shuren also discovered that Wanji had made some achievements in the enemy's intelligence work.

In particular, although Yang Sichang was incapable of hiding Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong as traitors, his ability to fight in the nest of Ming civil officials was not bad.
Therefore, when Yang Sichang was alive, there must have been traitors around Zuo Liangyu and Sun Chuanting, and they were used to guard against their own people.Naturally, these eyeliner systems now belong to Shen Shuren along with Wanji's refuge.

Shen Shuren has recently wanted to share the pressure of the enemy army, and these insiders can just be used as waste.A few days ago, he had already told Wanji what to do.

At this moment, in the dead of night, Wanji came to Futai's study and reported carefully.Shen Shuren opened his mouth and asked:

"How about the things you explained last time? Nanyang Mansion next door, has Zuo Liangyu had any contact with Li Zicheng recently? I don't believe that with his personality, he would be so honest at such a juncture that he would do nothing and just guard Nanyang silently." government."

Hearing this, Wan Wanji felt a little more awe in his heart, and replied in a sincere and convincing manner: "Your Excellency is really good at predicting things, after the last time Your Excellency gave orders, the next official has already asked Ge Lao to keep a close eye on Zuo Liangyu's eyeliner.

After staring at him for a few days, I found out that Zuo Liangyu actually took the initiative to send someone to deliver a letter to Li Zicheng.However, there was no way to find out what Zuo Liangyu wrote in the letter, and Yang Ge's eyeliner left by Zuo Liangyu's side was not enough. "

Shen Shuren had been waiting for this day for a while, and recently he asked Wanji every day after work, so it can't be said that he was lucky.

All luck can only be grasped by those who are prepared. If you are unlucky, just wait a little longer.The premise is that you understand human nature enough, understand your opponent, and know that certain things will happen sooner or later.

Hearing this, Shen Shuren waved his hands calmly and calmly: "The content is not important, just make sure that Zuo Liangyu has contacted Li Zicheng. You don't need to worry about the contents of the letter, you can guess it casually, and you must follow the instructions." Well related.

Since our army gathered in Ruyang and Shangcai in the north, Li Zicheng has also sent more and more troops to Yancheng to gather, and Ye County next to it will more or less share some of it.The soldiers and horses in Yancheng can prevent the officers and soldiers of Xinyang Prefecture from going north, and the soldiers and horses in Ye County can prevent the officials and troops of Nanyang Prefecture from going north.

Zuo Liangyu saw that there were also signs of increasing troops in Ye County, would he be worried whether Li Zicheng would continue to use him?At this juncture, how can we not rush to make a deal with Li Zi, expressing the meaning of non-aggression? "

When Wanji first found out that Zuo Liangyu had indeed sent a letter to Li Zicheng during the day, he thought about it for a long time, and now he almost figured it out, and realized that Zuo Liangyu had the possibility of doing so.

However, when he heard that Shen Shuren could tell the truth without thinking about it, he still admired Shen Shuren's sensitivity, and the other party was a Shangguan, so of course he wanted to express his sincerity:

"Your Excellency is really clever! It's so logical that I figured it out in an instant."

Shen Shuren waved his hand: "It's nothing, it's not difficult to understand, the key is to deal with it. In this case, can you estimate that if Li Zicheng writes back to Zuo Liangyu, he will be able to return to Nanyang County someday?"

Wanji is engaged in intelligence and knows the speed of information transmission very well. After thinking about it for a while, he said: "Our people can transmit the news from Nanyang to Ruyang at most one day faster than sending it to Kaifeng. So at most three After four days, someone from Kaifeng will definitely return to Nanyang to reply."

Shen Shuren nodded, one day's distance was short, and the round trip took two days.So I have to respond immediately and send people to Nanyang to do things. The fastest is two days faster than Li Zicheng's reply. It really can't be delayed.

Shen Shuren pondered for a while, then called his confidant butler Shen Fu, and asked him to find Gu Yanwu, the clerical staff.

Wanji looked at him in a bewildered manner, unable to figure out why he was looking for Gu Yanwu.

Although Shen Shuren's confidantes, apart from those brought out by his Shen family, are only Gu Yanwu, an old friend, but Gu Yanwu is a traditional literati at all, what can he do at this time?

After a while, Gu Yanwu arrived carelessly.

He was by Shen Shuren's side, doing writing work every day, and occasionally taking charge of the commanding heights of propaganda. The two parties had cooperated for more than two years, and the relationship was always relatively loose. Shen Shuren also always maintained a bit of courtesy as a friend.

Seeing Gu Yanwu's chicness, Wan Wanji felt a little envious in his heart.

And Shen Shuren also ordered unceremoniously: "Brother Gu, help me write a letter to Zuo Liangyu, the main idea is to hope that for Daming's sake, he will support when our army attacks Yancheng, and at the same time Attack Ye County and force Li Zi to form an army, so as to relieve the pressure on our army.

Although he was implicated by Elder Yang Ge's decision-making, after all, there are still [-] veterans, and everyone is serving the court, so we shouldn't forget the previous suspicions. "

When Gu Yanwu first arrived, he was stunned when he heard this.He had never been an official before, he was idle by nature and outspoken, so he didn't care about Wanji's presence, and questioned him back:

"Brother, are you kidding me? Zuo Liangyu is in the same situation as you, how can a letter persuade you to come back? Even outsiders like me have heard of it. Last year, because of Li...that Li girl, you let me Zuo Liangyu is very embarrassing, this kind of villain will definitely hold grudges for a long time."

Shen Shuren sternly said: "If you are told to write, you can write. Even if it is invalid, you are going on my behalf, how dare Zuo Liangyu kill you? Then he will really bear the name of a traitor who betrayed the court. Know the severity.

As for him refusing to follow through after he wrote it, and even refusing to make a gesture of support, that was his business, at least Zuo Liangyu, and His Majesty would have an explanation at that time. "

Gu Yanwu thought about it, and mistakenly thought that Shen Shuren's idea was to fight in the nest. This move was not really to make Zuo Liangyu send troops, but to disgust Zuo Liangyu at the level of political struggle in the officialdom.
In the future, we will further attack Zuo Liangyu's living space in the court and reduce the number of civil servants in the court who support Zuo Liangyu.

Since that's all it is, Gu Yanwu thinks it's okay for him to help write a letter, or even act as a messenger.With Shen Shuren's monthly salary of 2000 taels, this work still needs to be done.

Moreover, as long as Zuo Liangyu still bears the status of a Ming general, he will never dare to do anything to the envoy, and there is absolutely no danger in this trip.

After Gu Yanwu thought about his words, he took the order and went to start writing immediately.Before leaving, Shen Shuren told him to show it to him after writing it, and then send it away tomorrow.

Watching Gu Yanwu leave, Wanji was in a complicated mood, and asked tentatively in a low voice: "My lord doesn't really just want to squeeze Zuo Liangyu, does he? If it's to divide Li Zicheng's army, relying on Mr. Ting Lin's writing style, I'm afraid it will be difficult Success, this is not something that can be moved by words.

The so-called Yan Wang was benevolent and righteous, but Xu died, and Zigong argued wisely, but Lu cut down.The people of Qi attacked Lu, and the people of Lu relied on Zigong as the boundary. The people of Lu relied on Zigong, but in exchange for the people of Qi, "Zi's words are not undisputed, but the land I want is not what Si said."What's the use of intellectual debate in the face of current interests.

If you have to do this kind of thing, it is better to let Xiaguan... Although Xiaguan has not made meritorious service to prove himself, it is just that he did not have the opportunity before. Today, as long as the lord gives this opportunity, he will stand out like a cone in his pocket. "

Shen Shuren smiled indifferently with Zhizhu in his hands: "You can't do this. What I want is not for Zuo Liangyu to send troops, but for the messenger I sent to delay for a few days when they arrive at Zuo Liangyu's place. It happened to be bumped into by the person Li Zicheng also sent to answer the letter, and that was enough.

All I want is for Li Zicheng to know the existence of my messenger and to know that Zuo Liangyu and I are also communicating.Even if Zuo Liangyu wants to deny or justify later, it doesn't matter.

And if you appear, Zuo Liangyu will be alert, and will realize that 'my courier and Li Zicheng's courier arrived almost at the same time, it's not a coincidence, but because I also have eyes and ears by his side'.Only if you don't show up and send an unreliable pure Confucian to go, Zuo Liangyu won't be so wary, let alone pass this worry on to Li Zicheng to defend himself. "

Wanji was stunned, and he still didn't fully understand the twists and turns. It took a while to realize the subtlety, but he still felt that it was not very reliable.

Shen Shuren's thinking is of course very human, but it is also based on a foundation, that is, Li Zicheng must be an extremely suspicious person.

But is Li Zicheng really so suspicious?On Zuo Liangyu's side, he couldn't see anything tricky, so he would be more suspicious?
But these are not what Wanji should worry about, at least he knows that Shen Shuren doesn't use him this time, it's not that he doesn't pay attention to him, but just hopes that someone who looks more innocent on the surface will lower the opponent's vigilance and associations.

I want to make further contributions, and there will be opportunities in the future.

That night, Gu Yanwu stayed up late to finish writing the letter to Zuo Liangyu, and showed it to Shen Shuren directly.

After Shen Shuren read it, he also had to praise that the writing was really good, it looked as if Shen Shuren was really trying his best to win Zuo Liangyu over.

In Gu Yanwu's letter, he quoted many details of Shen Shuren's deeds, emphasizing that he is "different from other civil officials of the Ming Dynasty who look down on generals, so bold people like Liu Guoneng and Huang Degong worked very hard for Shen Futai. The death of a confidant is more heartfelt and sincere than when he worked for Yang Sichang, Hong Chengchou, and Sun Chuanting.

Therefore, although General Zuo had a small misunderstanding with Futai at first, it is not an unresolvable enmity, and time will naturally wash away and dilute those trivial matters of robbing women.As long as General Zuo cooperates sincerely, he will surely be able to rise rapidly with Shen Futai. Zuo Zixiong is an example.

In addition, my family Futai also knows that you, General Zuo, avoided war many times before, and it was not because you were disloyal to the imperial court, but because you just wanted to preserve your strength, and this kind of preservation of strength cannot be regarded as "supporting soldiers and supporting bandits for self-respect", it is more of a Wu Chen's affection for Pao Ze cannot be casually sent to death by his subordinates.

Coincidentally, my family's Futai is similar to General Zuo in this aspect, and he never sells his teammates' sacrifice robes.He has always cherished the troops under his command, which is definitely much better than Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng who sell their teammates.

General Zuo, as long as he changes his family and joins my family in Futai, he will surely have long-term prosperity, and a man should not look at immediate gains.A person like Li Zicheng, who is eunuch and extinct, is now relying on his lack of sons to win over so many ambitious people, who are temporarily fighting for a goal with different intentions.

But in the future, if things get a little better, the thieves no longer need to fight together to survive, and then there will be suspicion and killing each other.So even if Li Zicheng promises you a higher benefit now, he will get back his money with the profit in the end..."

Originally, Shen Shuren just asked Gu Yanwu to do useless work, but he didn't expect that the useless work was done so realistically, it took his brains.If this thing is delivered to Zuo Liangyu, maybe Zuo Liangyu will feel that Shen Shuren is really trying to win him over - although a hero like Zuo Liangyu is destined not to be won over successfully.

"Very good, send this letter early tomorrow morning, and I will select the guards and escort Brother Gu to Nanyang."

Shen Shuren immediately made a decision and sent Gu Yanwu away the next day.

(End of this chapter)