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Chapter 253 Mr. Song deserves to have conspired against Jiang Gan and outwitted Guo Tu
Li Zicheng decided to use Song Xiance's timing to lure the enemy into battle. Two hours had passed since Chen county was attacked and captured.

It's just that the two places are more than a hundred miles apart, so the news could not be transmitted within two hours, and Li Zicheng's order was fully carried out.

Anyway, it's just some operations in the field of intelligence scouts, plus some rumors and deception. It doesn't take much manpower and resources. As long as Song Xiance is authorized, all arrangements can be made in half a day.

And to take a step back, this was just an idle move, even if it didn't succeed, or if it was unnecessary, it would be a waste of resources, and Li Zicheng would have no other losses.

Ever since, in the evening of that day, all the scouts sent out to spread rumors left Yancheng in a hurry.A few more hours later, around midnight that night, a few Li Ji who had escaped from Chen County rushed to Yancheng to report to the remnants of cavalry.

After all, Li Jiyu's subordinates suffered a sudden defeat and fled on their own. Before leaving the city, Li Jiyu was not told to report to King Chuang.

Moreover, these people are not professional scouts, and the ones who directly pledge their allegiance are only small thieves like Li Jiyu. It was only then that I remembered that I should go to Yancheng to report an emergency, to see if I could exchange some rewards for hard work. Thanks to various factors, I arrived so late.

As for the guards in Yancheng, they didn't dare to believe it at first, and they didn't dare to open the city gate in the middle of the night, so they could only hang people up with a hanging basket for questioning. , dragged on until Maoshi, and then took him to Song Xiance first,

Then Song Xiance took the messenger to report to the Yuancheng County Government where Li Zicheng stayed.They didn't dare to disturb Li Zicheng's rest too much. Anyway, everyone knew that this kind of military situation was not bad for an hour and a half.

When Li Zicheng fell asleep, he was not at ease. When he heard some movement outside, he woke up vigilantly and was about to get angry.

At this time, Song Xiance had realized that his plan yesterday was superfluous, so before entering the door, he concocted a tone and expression that was very suitable for diverting attention:
"Your Majesty! Chen County's military situation! The officers and soldiers suddenly attacked Chen County. The city was lost yesterday morning. Li Jiyu's life and death are unknown. Most of his troops should have been wiped out."

Li Zicheng had just woken up, his blood pressure was unstable, and he was dizzy. Although he was strong and strong, he took a long time to stand up straight, and his eyes widened for a while:

"What? Chen county is just lost like this? Li Jiyu's wine bag and rice bag are indeed the foundation of bandits, and the mud can't stick to the wall! How can he be so lax about being stolen by the officers and soldiers? Is it the soldiers of Officer Shen Gou? Why didn't our scouts find out! How did the Shen dog officer deceive us by marching!"

Song Xiance was also very helpless and didn't dare to fabricate, so he had to choose part of the explanation he had just asked clearly: "I don't know if Officer Shen Gou personally dispatched it, or it may be that other officers and troops controlled by him took risks alone. Li Jiyu returned the defeated troops , Said that among the enemy generals there is the banner of Huang Degong."

Li Zicheng calmed down for a while and woke up, then stroked his beard and said to himself: "Huang Chuangzi? If it was him, it is very likely that he would do such a thing. This thief is not afraid of death. This king is very afraid.

In this way, Chen County's official army may not be considered large and powerful, or it may even be just a sneak attack partial division?Song Junjun, what do you think, should we use all the troops in Yancheng to immediately rescue Chen County? "

Because Song Xiance knew the news in advance, he had already thought of countermeasures before entering the door, so he answered this question without hesitation:

"My lord! The students think that it is not appropriate for the whole army to press on for the time being. Now that the enemy's situation is unclear, they don't know how many officers and troops there are in Chen County.

Secondly, Chen County is not a battleground for top military strategists, but a county where the front line is still in charge, although it also controls two water and land routes.But our army's previous analysis did not worry about Shen Shuren attacking Chen County, because the western end of the Qulu Canal had to pass through Yancheng.

Huang Degong went to Chen County because he gave up the advantage of the waterway. He only relied on two legs, and at most relied on cavalry marching alone, without food roads. Of course, that was just our original estimate. Now that he dared to do the opposite In short, students have to wonder if they are better prepared.

But even so, better preparations are nothing more than relying on two grain roads, the second being the road from Shou County in Huainan to Chen County via Yingchuan.

This student did not advise the king to beware before, but he just read the official information from the government: Ma Shiying, the magistrate of Fengyang, especially his confidant Ruan Dacheng, has enmity with Shen Shuren. If you make a stumbling block, you will never cooperate with raising food and raising boats.

And the grain road from Xinyang down the river to Shouxian County, and then to Yingchuan, adds up to a thousand miles of detours, which Shen Shuren may not be able to afford.

Even if we can afford it, given Chongzhen's idiot emperor's temperament of reusing speech officials, there will definitely be a bunch of speech officials who will help us to impeach Shen dog officials, waste the country's money, and take the opportunity to embezzle and enrich private pockets.

And so far, our eyes and ears in the court have not found out that there is an official who impeached Shen Shuren like this, which means that he really did not blackmail the government along the way and force them to provide food for civilians and ships to cooperate with the battle..."

Li Zicheng was in a bad mood, and he was a little angry to get up. Hearing Song Xiance's coy speech, it seemed that he didn't want to take responsibility for his previous remarks, and he was also a little annoyed. Seeing that he was still talking nonsense, he interrupted rudely:

"What nonsense! You just say whether we should press down on Chen County with all our troops and that's it!"

Song Xiance was robbed, and he was at a loss for words for a while.

He didn't mean to be ambiguous on purpose, but this person was born as a fortune teller, and which fortune teller didn't say enough to give himself room to make amends in the future?

But at this moment, he was in a hurry, so he had no choice but to take the risk and said a few words of confidence: "Students do not suggest that the whole army of the king should press down! Since there is no official in the court to impeach Shen Shuren for disturbing the place, looting and embezzling Fengyang, then Shen Shu Mostly, the dog officer was pretending to attack Chen County, and even took it down, pretending that he had already prepared the second grain road!
If the whole army of our army presses up and the side of Yancheng is empty, once there is a mistake, it will really open up the food channel for Shen Gouguan!Yancheng has heavy troops to ensure that Chen County will be like a withered vine hanging behind the enemy's rear, and it will be difficult to revive it!

Of course, Chen County has to be rescued, whether there is a chance to force the enemy to fight in the field, or to force the enemy to divide his troops, or to be surrounded and sent for reinforcements, no matter which of these two situations, our army must not give up!
Therefore, about two-thirds of the troops should be allocated to ensure that there is absolutely more than enough left behind in Yancheng for self-protection.If you still think it's not enough, you can go to Ye County to withdraw people, and don't even think about grabbing Zuo Liangyu's side. "

Song Xiance's final thought was to divide the troops. He was not worried that he would not be able to concentrate his troops and would be defeated by Shen Shuren one by one.

Because the overall scale advantage of the Chuang army is still very obvious, in comparison, Shen Shuren is easy to be defeated after dividing the army, at least Song Xiance thinks so.

Li Zicheng knew this well in his heart, he just wanted to find out who the officers and soldiers were, and which side was the main force and which side was feigning action. Since Song Xiance helped him judge, he decisively executed it.

The two made a general inventory and calculated. First, divide [-] troops, and then go to Chen County to rescue them one by one. If the opportunity is not good, they will besiege the city.

Apart from 10 people, the remaining Yancheng garrison will continue to defend the city, ensuring that the water and food roads from Shangcai to Chen County will continue to be cut off, and then wait and see if there is any emptiness in Shangcai.

Song Xiance is also like Guo Tu in history, when he heard that Cao Cao intercepted Wuchao, he advised Yuan Shao that "Guandu must be empty, and you can take the opportunity to send Zhang He Gaolan to attack Guandu camp", and he also persuaded Li Zicheng to consider dividing his troops against Shangcai County. Make another probing attack.

The reason, of course, is exactly the same as Guo Tu's advice to Yuan Shao in history: Shen Shuren divided his troops and went to Chen County. No matter how many people went there, Shangcai would be empty.If Shen Shuren takes the risk and neglects to guard the house, Shang Cai can take it directly, then it will be profitable!
Li Zicheng felt that there was some truth to it, so he adopted it as a leisurely move.The only difference is that he didn't have too much expectation for this step, unlike Yuan Shao who almost put all his treasures on Zhang He Gao Lan.

To be honest, Song Xiance finally came up with such a strategy, and he is definitely not mentally handicapped.After all, he is a storyteller, and he deserves praise for being able to do better than a professional counselor like Guo Tu.

In addition, Song Xiance relies too much on intelligence in his calculations, and he also likes to analyze the details of intelligence. This is also an occupational disease and path dependence that he has developed for many years in fortune telling.

Fortune tellers survive by paying attention to details and grabbing as many clues as possible.

As for the strategic IQ other than intelligence gathering, Song Xiance can only be said to be slightly stronger than ordinary civil servants, but it is by no means the best in the world.

Such a person, staring at the money and food information and impeachment evidence sent by the court's eyeliner every day, made judgments, but met Shen Shuren, a strange person who "became an official with money for the sake of the Ming Dynasty",

From the beginning to the end, the local government did not allow a grain of grain, a civilian husband, or a grain transport ship, nor forced Ma Shiying to cooperate with him.

Such a selfless and good official, even if Song Xiance can send money to lure people into the water and infiltrate the Chongzhen court into a sieve, there will still be intelligence misjudgments.

And the other good officials of the Ming Dynasty couldn't do this, but Shen Shuren was the only one who could do it. To put it bluntly, it was nothing, it was nothing more than a word of money.

The Shen family who rides horses has too much money to ride horses.

Therefore, Shen Shuren can pay for the food, sailors, ships, and the combat expenses of a large army with his own money, without anyone noticing.

Song Xiance's misjudgment and being deceived on this point, in the final analysis, was limited by poverty and imagination.

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After Li Zicheng's decision-making, he has sufficient action power. Li Zicheng directly left the situation of Yancheng and Shangcai to his general and nominal brother-in-law Gao Yigong to take care of it. (Gao Yigong is the younger brother of Li Zicheng's original wife, Xing, who found his new wife Gao in name)
Then he himself led Liu Fangliang, Tian Jianxiu, and the [-] army, and immediately divided into three teams, set off in stages, and headed for Chen County.

He made such an arrangement because Liu Fangliang and Tian Jianxiu both suffered losses when attacking Shangcai City before, and if they stayed here, it would be easy to lose momentum.

Yuan Zongdi opposed the storming of Shangcai from the very beginning, and did not deal with Song Xiance, but after the siege failed, he was sent out to pay for food and was not in Yancheng.

With the absence of several top generals, Li Zicheng could only do cronyism.

Before leaving, he repeatedly told Gao Yigong several times, telling him not to force it, and be cautious, and try it at Cai to see if it is empty.

Although Gao Yigong was still young and energetic, he listened to advice and complied with his brother-in-law's orders one by one, and then Li Zicheng set out on the road.

As soon as Li Zicheng left, Gao Yigong also began counting troops, checking the remaining siege equipment, and other preparations. It took two days to return to Shangcai City and organize a tentative attack.

In Shangcai City, there are no more direct relatives of Shen Shuren, nor any of Huang Degong's troops.Even Ruyang County, behind Shangcai County, has lost Zuo Zixiong's tribe.

When Gao Yigong arrived, Shangcai County had been completely taken over by Liu Guoneng's army from Xinyang Prefecture. Liu Guoneng himself had been entrusted by Shen Shuren two days ago to personally rush forward to deploy defenses in the Shangcai area.

Shen Shuren made this arrangement because Liu Guoneng had guarded Xinyang Mansion for three years and had a good foundation in the local area. Let him guard his base area, and his combat effectiveness would naturally increase, and he didn't have to worry about the stability of the soldiers' morale.

Most of these soldiers were Liu Guoneng who fled to the local area and newly expanded the army after being ordered by the imperial court. They are all from the local area.

Liu Guoneng once again preached that the intruders would come to massacre, grab food and eat people. The soldiers naturally had high morale and wanted to keep their hometown from being slaughtered.

Liu Guoneng carried the line, Huang Degong and Zuo Zixiong attacked, Shen Shuren's arrangement couldn't be more perfect.

Before Gao Yigong started to attack, he even made people yell and insult Shen Shuren, and let Shen Shuren come out to answer. This trick was obviously taught by Song Xiance before Li Zicheng left. Shen Shuren showed his face so that he could confirm whether the main force of the army was in Shangcai or Chen county.

However, the officers and soldiers obviously did not intend to conceal this information. After Gao Yigong scolded, Liu Guoneng appeared in person immediately, leading a group of scolding soldiers at the top of the city to scold each other.

"Gao Yigong? What kind of trash are you? You just gave your sister to an eunuch as a wife in exchange for wealth. You are worse than the godson of a dog eunuch. Li Zicheng actually let you lead the army. It's because of his soldiers. It's been too long."

"Do you dare to insult Shen Futai, bastard? But save yourself, Shen Futai is not here, you can't let Shen Futai hear a word if you scold to death. Now in Shangcai City, your grandfather and I, Liu Guoneng, can say it." Calculate!
Ah bah, it's bad enough to be your grandfather, so let's be my uncle, and I will treat Li Zicheng as my nephew. If he were my son, I would beat him to death to disgrace the family. "

After all, Gao Yigong was still young and energetic, so he was insulted by Liu Guoneng in such a way, and even scolded Li Zicheng's [-]th generation ancestors, and arrogantly exposed that Shen Shuren was really not there, you guys have fallen into the trap long ago.

He finally couldn't hold back his anger, and immediately ordered the whole army to attack Shangcai regardless of the cost.

In Shangcai City, it is true that there were no dozens of sharp and flexible Francois machine guns when defending the city last time, and the side-firing firepower aimed at the root of the bastion wall was weakened by at least half.

However, Shen Shuren left all the Hongyi cannons behind. Although the loading speed of this thing was many times slower, it was absolutely powerful.

In addition, Gao Yigong was full of anger and felt that there seemed to be hope, and he could get this credit by jumping hard, so he couldn't eat or spit out, and was consumed for several days. Finally, he fully recognized the situation. Thousands of people were directly killed in battle, and more minor and serious injuries and sick people were paid, and they returned in defeat.

This level is simply a lot of rubbish than Zhang Yun Gaolan's fight at Guandu. The only thing to be thankful for Chuangjun is that Yancheng was not taken back by Liu Guoneng anyway.

However, it is inevitable that the tens of thousands of defenders in Yancheng will lose [-] to [-] active forces and will no longer be able to support other battlefields in a short period of time.

Shangcai County, under Shen Shuren's strategizing before, was like a magnet, which attracted the Chuangjun to bleed blood, and successfully did it twice.

Now it is another tactic to lure the enemy, three times, three times four, weakened by the hand of Gao Yigong, it can only be said that Chuangjun has reached the blood mold of eight lifetimes.

(End of this chapter)