Back to Daming to be a genius

Chapter 298
(PS: Chinese New Year is coming soon, so ask for a few less monthly tickets for the dog.)
"Luo Rucai sent an envoy to send you a box of gold, silver and jewels. He wanted to turn you against you, but you turned him against him?"

Sending away Luo Rucai, who had promised to return to the Ming army, the envoy shot down the sky. Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng, and two eunuchs who were eager to perform meritorious service rushed to Baoji City with a box of gold and silver jewels regardless of the night. —As for why the two boxes of jewelry that the thieves bribed Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong turned into one box, the upper beam of Mr. Zhang is not straight, so how can you expect the lower beam to not be crooked?Unexpectedly, after hearing the military situation reported by Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, the governor of Shaanxi, Hong Chengchou, not only was not overjoyed, but looked at Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong full of doubts, and asked in a very distrustful tone: "Really? That What do you call the thief who shoots the sky, since he is Luo Rucai's absolute confidant, how could it be so easy for you to instigate rebellion?"

"Master Hong, Shooting the Sky is indeed Luo Rucai's confidant." Li Zicheng, who was eager to show off in the Ming army, had no time to argue with Hong Chengchou, and patiently explained: "Originally, if you want to instigate him so much, you can't Not so much, but it just so happens that this Shetatian stole one of Luo Rucai's wives. If I get out about this, Luo Rucai will have to kill Shetatian! Shetatian has no way out, and Yang Father-in-law and Eunuch Gao also agreed that as long as Shetatian surrendered to our Daming, they would definitely recommend Shetatian in front of Mr. Lead the army of the direct line to stab the army of thieves in the back, and help us smash the thieves!"

"Also, Shetatian also provided an important military information." Zhang Xianzhong added: "Gao Yingxiang and Luo Rucai and the thieves have already agreed that tomorrow the troops will break out in two ways, one way will take the frontal official road out of Yimen Town, and the other way Out of God Shahe—this move is very vicious. Our army has a small number of troops. If we don’t prepare in advance and divide our troops to block the battle, it will inevitably cause chaos and create opportunities for the thieves. But if we don’t block it, some of us will The thieves can not only escape, but they may also put a knife in our flank and cause chaos to us."

"Break through the encirclement on the Shahe Trail?" Hong Chengchou frowned into a word of Chuan - this was the situation that Hong Chengchou was most worried about. When he walked to the map and sand table to carefully observe the terrain, Hong Chengchou's other deputy, Ma Ke, said unconvinced: "Impossible? Although there are roads in the Shensha River, they are all remote trails, which are not conducive to the marching of the brigade. The thieves drag the old and the young along this road. If you don't have a whole day, I'm afraid you can't get out of the Qinling Mountains?"

"We've never been afraid of walking the mountain roads, and our marching speed in the mountains is much faster than yours." Zhang Xianzhong retorted subconsciously, but as soon as the words came out, he remembered that we were no longer an army of thieves.But fortunately, Hong Chengchou didn't care about Zhang Xianzhong's slip of the tongue, instead he scolded Ma Ke: "Don't talk nonsense if you don't know how to use your brain! In one day, the old and young family members of the rebels can't get out of the Shensha River, but their It only takes two or three hours for the elite main force to walk out of this road. Now the goal of the rebels is to defeat our army and break through. They use the main force to contain us, and then send a surprise army out of Shenshahe to contain our forces or surprise us Flanking, this is the right way of a military strategist, and the possibility of the thieves using this move is huge!"

Ma Ke stepped back, and Li Zicheng couldn't wait to say: "Master Hong, where is the cavalry of General Mangui now? If his army can reach the south of Longshan Mountain tomorrow, then our pressure will be much less. As long as you send a small army to stop and divert the path along the Shensha River, and persist until General Mangui's cavalry arrives at the battlefield, there will be absolutely no problem."

"Don't count on General Mangui." Hong Chengchou shook his head, picked up a battle report and said with a wry smile: "The news from Zishi, the bandits Shen Yiyuan, Brother Shen Yikui, Du San and Yang Laochai gathered seven [-] hungry people launched a fierce attack on the city of Gongchang Prefecture, echoing the main force of the rebels we surrounded from the side, and the hungry people in Gongchang Prefecture responded. Xin, General Mangui, who was preparing to reinforce the Baoji battlefield, was in a dilemma. He was also worried that Brother Shen Yiyuan would lead the army to the west, and Gao Yingxiang and Luo Rucai would attack General Mangui's army. Destroyer God Brother Yiyuan, so he wrote to me specially, let us take more care of him."

"That's troublesome, Brother Shen Yiyuan came at the right time." Zhang Xianzhong scratched his head and said.Hong Chengchou shook his head and said: "Zhang Butang arranged General Mangui's army in Tianshui, in addition to preventing the rebels from advancing westward with all their strength, and also preventing the rebel army in Gongchang from responding to the main force of Gao Yingxiang and Luo Rucai's rebellion. , shouldering two responsibilities, we shouldn't have expected General Man Gui to provide reinforcements in time."

"Lord Hong, we still have hope." Li Zicheng said resolutely: "Since we already know that Gao Yingxiang and Luo Ru are going to split up to break through, we can make preparations in advance and send an army to the Shensha River trail ahead of time. In the narrow section of the road, use the favorable terrain to stop the bandits from leaving the valley. The main force is still blocking the main force of the bandits by the Weishui River. In addition, we will be able to win the battle tomorrow, as long as we persist until the main force of Marshal Wu arrives in Baoji On the battlefield, we are sure."

Li Zicheng's words are of course very reasonable, but Hong Chengchou dare not take it lightly-dividing troops to block the attack is not a joke. At present, the biggest weakness of the Ming army on the Baoji battlefield is the lack of troops. The Ming army blocked the attack. On the open battlefield, it was a dream come true for the [-] troops in Hong Chengchou's hands to surround the [-] rebels.Even so, Hong Chengchou was still deeply troubled by the lack of troops, so how dare he risk dividing his troops casually? ——What's more, the proposal of dividing troops to block the attack was proposed by Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, who had surrendered to the Ming army for more than ten days?Under hesitation, Hong Chengchou could only tell the truth, "General Li, your words are very reasonable, and your strategy should be effective, but it is too dangerous, do you understand what I mean?"

"Master Hong, you still don't believe us?" Li Zicheng's heart sank, and he asked Hong Chengchou in disappointment.Hong Chengchou shook his head again, and said in a deep voice: "It's not that I don't believe you, it's just that it's too dangerous! Our strength is already insufficient, and we have to divide our forces under such circumstances. If we are not careful, we may be defeated by thieves one by one. , not only can’t complete the blocking task assigned by Zhang Butang, but it is also very likely to be eaten by the thieves in turn! —— Such a big danger, I believe that even if Zhang Butang and I exchange positions, I dare not make such a decision casually.”

"Hong Zhongcheng, even if you don't trust General Zhang and General Li, you should trust the servants, right?" Fortunately, the two eunuchs Yang Ge and Gao Huan stepped forward again, and Yang Ge said sincerely: "Hong Zhongcheng General Li and General Zhang met with Luo Rucai's envoy, She Tatian, and took out the important situation of the rebellion and division of troops from the thief's mouth. We saw it with our own eyes. It’s because the four of us joined forces to instigate the rebellion. It’s not long before General Li and General Zhang return to Daming, you don’t have to believe their words, but you should believe ours, right?”

"That's right." Gao Huan echoed, "It's impossible for us rootless people to betray the imperial court and join the rebels, right? Although the servants don't understand military affairs, they dare to vouch for their heads. General Zhang and General Li are absolutely I didn't tell you a lie."

"That's right, the two rebels Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng may tell lies, but these two eunuchs and supervisors will never tell lies to me." Hong Chengchou's heart moved, and after careful consideration for a long time, Hong Chengchou asked carefully: "The two A general, and two father-in-laws, how did you make an agreement with the traitor She Tatian?"

"That's what we said." Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong knew that Hong Chengchou had been tempted. Overjoyed, Zhang Xianzhong hurriedly explained: "In order to guard against tomorrow's battlefield, Luo Rucai sent Shetatian as a forward, and there is no chance to sneak attack Luo Rucai from behind. And Gao Yingxiang's main force, I gave She Tatian an idea, let him go back and say that we have agreed to defect on the battlefield, to lure the thieves to take it lightly, and let him pretend that he injured his arm because Lu Hei walked the mountain road , so that he can't fight on the battlefield, Luo Rucai must arrange for him to lead the troops behind to cover. In this way, when we arrive on the battlefield tomorrow, the main force of the rebels will definitely attack the front of your army with all our strength, creating a sneak attack opportunity for our army, and then shoot Tiaotian took the opportunity to attack in the rear, and led his direct army to set fire to kill people and burn the food and grass that the rebels had looted from Xi'an City. Li Zicheng's army and I rushed to kill the rebels. Crash, we win."

Hong Chengchou stared at the sand table for a long time without saying a word. It took a long time for a stick of incense before Hong Chengchou slapped his palm on the sand table and said in a deep voice, "That's it! Ambush, stop the bandits and raiders! Other armies, join me on the frontal battlefield to meet the enemy!"

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Almost at the same moment, just when Hong Chengchou had just made a decision to trust Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, She Tatian and his party of ten or so people also escaped the scouts of the Ming army and returned to the city that had been destroyed by the rogue army. To the north of Dasan Pass, Gao Yingxiang and Luo Rucai, who were sitting around the bonfire, were also waiting impatiently.As soon as they met, Luo Rucai couldn't wait to ask: "How is it? How did the two traitors, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, answer you? Huh? What happened to your hand?"

"It's too dark. I accidentally fell off my horse on the road and dislocated it. Fortunately, it's not serious." Shooting his right hand hanging in front of his chest at dawn, he explained casually and said with a lot of smiles: "Congratulations Cao Tianwang, congratulations Da Chuang Wang, Mr. Fan predicted that after the two traitors Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong surrendered to the puppy officer, they did not get any good retribution. Zhang Haogu and the puppy officer dismantled their team and reorganized it. They arranged many eyeliners to spy on them secretly, and planned to push them to the front line, intending to use up their army by killing people with knives, and none of the dog officials under the little dog officer gave them a good look and made them suffer. Enough is enough. So I just finished talking about what Tian Wang and Chuang Wang wanted, and they immediately agreed."

"Really? Then when are they going to do it?" Luo Rucai, Gao Yingxiang and other bandits asked ecstatically.She Tatian nodded quickly, and said with a smile: "How dare I lie to Da Chuang Wang and Cao Tianwang? Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong have already said it, please rest assured that Chuang Wang and Tian Wang will come to the battlefield tomorrow, as long as they have a chance, they will immediately I will bring my old brothers back to the water, stab the dog officials from the back, vent their anger on them, and make atonement to the King of Heaven and King Chuang!"

"God help me too!" Luo Rucai cheered loudly.Gao Yingxiang smiled and said repeatedly: "Okay, okay, okay! This time, we are sure to break through! Quick, send someone to the south of Dashan Pass to send a letter to Wang Ziyong and Wu Yangui, telling them that we have absolutely Make sure to break out from the north, if they don't want to die, there is still time to go north with us now."

"I got the order." The soldiers around Gao Yingxiang happily agreed, and quickly took the order and left.She Tatian flashed his arm to Luo Rucai again, and said embarrassingly, "Heavenly King, I'm really sorry, the general injured his arm a little bit, I'm afraid I won't be able to be a striker to kill the enemy for you tomorrow."

"It's okay. Tomorrow, you can stay behind to escort food and grass and protect my family." Luo Rucai didn't think too much about it under joy, and said, "As for going to battle to kill the enemy, tomorrow my army will be led by Dongshan Tigers. Mr. Fan, What do you think...?" At this point, when Luo Rucai was about to discuss tomorrow's marching plan with Fan Wencheng, whom he trusted, he was a little surprised to find that Fan Wencheng had disappeared, and Luo Rucai couldn't help asking in doubt: "Mr. Fan What? He seemed to be sitting here just now, and ran there in the blink of an eye?"

"It seems to have gone to the north." A little thief replied.When Luo Rucai was about to send someone to invite him, Fan Wencheng had already led a few entourages with torches and let them go. Luo Rucai smiled and said, "Mr. Fan, where have you been? Everything was expected, little dog." The official really was using two traitors, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, after the two traitors found out that they had been duped, they went over to talk about it, and they promised to come back."

"Really? This is a great thing." Fan Wencheng smiled and walked up to She Tatian. She Tatian thought that Luo Rucai, a dog-headed military strategist, wanted to question him carefully, and was about to salute, but Fan Wencheng suddenly punched him. He was hanging on his right shoulder in front of his chest with a cloth strip, he was stunned, and then he realized that he quickly pretended to cry out in pain.Fan Wencheng laughed and said, "What are you pretending to do? If your right shoulder is really dislocated, would you be screaming so slowly?" Fan Wencheng waved to his entourage and shouted, "Take it!" Fan Wencheng Several traitor relatives brought from Liaodong swarmed up, and immediately pressed the unprepared She Tatian to the ground.

"Mr. Fan, what do you mean?" Suddenly, Gao Yingxiang, Luo Rucai and other big and small thieves screamed.Fan Wencheng replied with a sly smile: "Don't blame Cao Tianwang. For the sake of caution, I followed Shetatian to the barbarian camp. I quietly arranged an eyeliner. Just now I saw Shetatian's right hand hanging on his chest, and I heard it again. He said that he accidentally fell off his horse and dislocated it, so he hurried over to ask. If you don’t ask, you don’t know, but if you ask, you will be shocked——This shot falls to the sky, whether it’s on the way to the barbarian barracks or back to Dasanguan On the way, I have been doing well without falling off any war horses!"

"What? Why did Shetatian cheat?" Gao Yingxiang and Luo Rucai exclaimed at the same time.She Tatian was quick-witted, struggled and shouted: "Heavenly King, Mr. Fan, the little one deserves to die, the little one is afraid of going to the battlefield, so he pretended to be injured, please forgive me!"

"Bang!" Fan Wencheng kicked She Tatian in the face, and said with a smirk, "What are you pretending to do? You think I asked Cao Tianwang to send you to be this emissary, and I really asked you to recruit two traitors, Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng, who were instigating the surrender. Zhang Haogu’s little mad dog is worse than a ghost, now he is also in charge of Shaanxi and Gansu, and he is in charge of suppressing the rebellion for the barbarian court. Just to show their faces? Isn’t that little mad dog Zhang Haogu afraid that no one will dare to surrender to him in the future?”

"What?" Luo Rucai, Gao Yingxiang and other bandits became more and more confused the more they heard.Fan Wencheng explained with a smile: "King Chuang, King Cao, don't be angry. In fact, before I sent She Tatian to surrender, I already knew that recruiting the two traitors Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong would not work! The reason is very simple. Zhang Haogu's little mad dog is a despicable and shameless person who is very good at alienating the enemy. As early as in Jimen, he set up a surrender model of the Tatar Alashan tribe. Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng The traitors were the first group of people who surrendered after he became the governor of the five barbarian provinces. In order to drive us apart and reduce the resistance of his suppression of the rebellion, how could it be impossible for him to treat the two traitors Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong kindly? Surrendering to him will lead to a better life role model?"

"Is... is this possible?" Luo Rucai stammered and asked.Fan Wencheng smiled wickedly and replied: "How is it possible? Didn't King Cao notice it? Today Manzi's regular army is stationed at the front line of Yimen Town, and the troops of the two traitors Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong are stationed at the relatively safe Qingjiang River Estuary—— In fact, as early as when the scouts reported the situation, I already understood that the two traitors, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, would no longer be able to come back."

"Then why did you ask us to send people to recruit them?" Gao Yingxiang asked in surprise.Fan Wencheng smiled and replied: "Of course I went to set a trap for the barbarian Hong Chengchou. In the past, Shetatian could not be successful in recruiting. In order to show loyalty to the little mad dog, the two traitors, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, must hand over Shetatian to the barbarian Hong Chengchou." After Hong Chengchou's barbarian interrogated, the news that we will break out in two ways tomorrow will naturally be confessed by Shetatian, which will help us plan and arrange tomorrow's breakout operation. But what makes me overjoyed is that Shetatian, a traitor, not only did not Detained by Hong Chengchou's barbarian, and then released, and still pretending to be wounded - I immediately understood that the barbarian wanted to play tricks."

"This... this... this." Luo Rucai, Gao Yingxiang and the other thieves became more and more dumbfounded the more they heard it.Fan Wencheng grinned and said, "King Cao, don't blame me for being the general who hurt you. In fact, this Shetatian has already done something that I'm sorry for you behind the scenes, so I deliberately suggested that you let Shetatian be this general." Messenger, I am going to use the hands of the barbarian army to get rid of this traitor for you."

"What did he do to apologize to me behind his back?" Luo Rucai came to his senses and asked quickly.Fan Wencheng didn't answer, but turned to Shetatian, and asked with a smirk: "Shetatian, you have two choices now, one is that I will tell Cao Tianwang the scandal you have done, and ask Cao Tianwang to take care of you. The other is You tell the barbarian army how you surrendered, and what agreement you made with the barbarian army, and honestly explain it, then I can not only keep it secret for you, but also help you to ask Cao Tianwang for a favor, don't pursue it any further about you."

"I'll say, I'll say anything." She Tatetian screamed in complete despair, "Mr. Fan has a clever plan, and he is right. Those two traitors, Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng, are indeed ready to give their lives to the puppy officer. Yes, they want me to..."

After finally waiting for She Tatian to finish the story and the agreed plan, the thieves present were already cursing angrily, and some of them who were particularly impulsive simply drew out their knives, ready to hack She Tatian to death on the spot.Fan Wencheng stopped the thieves, and smiled at Gao Yingxiang and Luo Rucai who were full of anger: "King Chuang, King Cao, don't be angry, this shooting down the sky is of great use. Since the barbarian army wants to use their tricks to hit us hard, Then I will give them a plan, and even if they can't kill all the barbarians under Hong Chengchou, they must kill more than half of him!"

"Why do you just plan and plan again?" Gao Yingxiang and Luo Rucai asked happily together.Fan Wencheng did not disclose his plan publicly this time, but leaned into the ears of Gao Yingxiang and Luo Rucai, and said in a low voice: "My plan is divided into three steps. The first step is to send a small army. Raise the flag and enter the Shenshahe alley, restrain the Manzi's army ambushing on the Shenshahe alley, so that they dare not move, and weaken the few troops of the Manzi. The second step is to leave the main force from Yimen Town and go directly to the north, resulting in the Taking the opportunity to arrange an army to ambush on the mountains on both sides of the road. The third step is to set a fake fire behind our army when we fight the barbarians, so that the barbarians think that the shooting has already started and launch a full-scale counterattack to flank us. , and then we retreated back to Dasan Pass to lure the main force of Hong Chengchou's barbarians into our encirclement......."

(End of this chapter)