Crowned the New Han Dynasty

Chapter 94: Well, I had expected this
After listening to the report, Zhu Shou suddenly felt that this description had a familiar sense of sight, as if he had seen this routine somewhere, and then he was surprised.

"Isn't this... what the military strategy describes!"

After being surprised, Zhu Shou felt his face was burning, but he had to suppress his surprise. After asking a few more questions, he sent away the soldier who reported the news. Then he summoned his generals and met in the tent. Without any time to say anything, he started. Make arrangements for pursuit.

But this time, by the time all the soldiers and horses were gathered, the rebel army had already escaped from the encirclement.

"It's really evil. This group of thieves broke out just a short time ago, and they were able to get away from the pursuit. It's really unlucky!" Zhu Shou spat.

A side general came up and asked: "General, what should we do now? Should we report to Marquis Dongping, or should we continue to search and pursue?"

"What a shame!" Zhu Shou got angry when he heard this, "If you can't accomplish such a thing, what does Marquis Dongping think of me? What do you think of me? Hurry up and arrange manpower to chase me. How many more soldiers can Wang Mi have? Horse? As long as we catch him, we can annihilate him!"

Once the fire was over, Zhu Shou rode back to the camp to hold a new round of pre-war meetings.

Marching and fighting is not about fighting with thousands of people, nor is it that the general orders a pursuit and can start immediately. Unless preparations are made in advance, it will take a while just to implement this order.

When the troops and horses move, money is spent like water.

Moreover, when there is a major change, the soldiers in the army do not know what is going on, so the more urgent the matter, the less likely it is to act hastily from top to bottom.

However, if preparations are made in advance, these things will not happen now.

Back in the tent, Zhu Shou frowned. He thought of the words mentioned in the military strategy and felt like he was holding his breath.

The military strategy begins by saying that the general can be alienated because he has the intention of changing the general. He immediately hit Zhu Shou's little idea and made him feel angry and embarrassed. In addition, he looked down on the suggestion of the noble family. , immediately threw it aside.

"How long has it been? Has the bandit army escaped? If others know about this, where will I, Zhu Shou, put my face? No, we must annihilate Wang Mi and his gang! Is it possible that I personally lead the troops? He is not as good as a general who talks about metaphysics? However, there are merits in what the family said..."

The more he thought about it, the more Zhu Shou felt that one was bigger than the other. He was worried about the consequences of Wang Mi's escape, and his feelings about the military strategy became more and more ambivalent. He felt like he didn't know how to deal with it and where to start. His brows became more and more wrinkled. Tight, the whole person exudes an aura that does not allow strangers to approach, making people look intimidated.

When all the staff saw him, they didn't dare to come over to touch him. Only his confidant Zheng Guan could speak out at this time.

"General, there is no need to worry. If the thieves break through at this time, and they can succeed, it means that they have been prepared, and they must have prepared a retreat route. Maybe, as the military strategy said, they have set up spies along the route in advance. , in this case..."

Before Zheng Guan finished speaking his words of comfort, Zhu Shou stood up from his seat, looked at everyone and said: "Now that the bandit army is out of trouble, you should quickly come up with a plan for me. You must hurry up and get rid of the situation before it worsens." Wang Mi and his gang of bandits must be completely wiped out, otherwise, how will I explain to the superiors!"

As soon as these words were said, many staff immediately took action.

After all, they were professional staff officers. A group of people gathered around Chen Hou's map of the universe and pointed at it, and they quickly came up with many plans, including different routes for the rebel army to move north, west, east, and south.

"If we can't unify, which direction is more likely?" After listening to the analysis of several staff, Zhu Shou thought of Chen Zhi's military strategy judgment again, and felt dissatisfied in his heart. He felt that he had a lot of staff, so why not A son of aristocratic family?

He had wronged the staff in front of him. Because these staff were in different positions than Chen Zhi, they had different ways of dealing with the situation.

You must know that this staff is just a staff officer, and the one who really wants to make the decision is the guard general Zhu Shou. Therefore, for the sake of safety, it is undoubtedly the safest to come up with several different plans and let the general make the decision. Likewise, This can also reduce the responsibilities of the staff, and if something happens afterwards, there is room for maneuver.

The position of aide, in addition to providing strategies for the general, also needs to keep his position and wait for opportunities to go further. It belongs to the category of workplace skills, which is naturally different from Chen Zhi and his colleagues.

However, Zhu Shou would never have thought of this. He just felt that a group of staff were worse than a family member far away in Pengcheng, and he couldn't help but lose his temper.

After listening, he stood up, came to the edge of the sand table, pointed to several terrains on it, and asked, "Do you think this bandit army will go north?"

But before the words could be finished, a voice came from outside the tent——

"Report! Traces of the bandits were found!"

"Did you find any traces?"

When everyone in the tent heard this, they all became energetic.

"Come in and talk!" Zhu Shou returned to his seat and sat down. With a wave of his hand, he asked people to come in quickly. "Did you find the bandits? Where are they?"

"The news sent by mail from the northwest of Donghai County said that a small group of thieves was discovered. It is speculated that they are the king's men, but they have no further contact..." The messenger said and presented the military conditions. He quickly retreated.Many staff members immediately gathered around. After taking a few glances, they all nodded and said, "We are going south. The rebel army is really courageous. General... eh? General, what's wrong with you?"

The staff said a few words, and suddenly noticed that Zhu Shou's expression was a little strange, as if he had some... indescribable feeling, like a toothache.

Suddenly, they remembered what the general said just now -

"Will this bandit army go north?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the military situation came up. No wonder Zhu Shouhui had this expression.

Even Zheng Guan had to ask cautiously: "This...general, do you want to formulate a strategy for the rebel army going south?" Compared with others, he knew more clearly that the reason why Zhu Shou had such an expression was not only It's because of that sentence, and more importantly, because of that military strategy.

"Of course it will be formulated!"

After all, Zhu Shou was the one in charge of the army. He quickly returned to normal and arranged for people to go over to investigate. Then he took a group of staff and summoned two generals to discuss it.

But everyone talked for a long time, all talking, but with no result, which made Zhu Shou more and more impatient.

In fact, there were similar situations in the past. It was not a troubled time after all. The situation in the army was different from that in the war. With the imperial court as the backing, the mentality was also different. Zhu Shou also had a background. Most of the time, he only needed to make a decision, but today because of his inner There is already a military strategy, and the sentences in it are well-organized. In contrast, it seems that the staff in front of them are too noisy and can't grasp the point!
"enough!"

Suddenly, Zhu Shou burst out loud, causing everyone in the discussion to tremble and stop their movements.

Zhu Shou glanced at everyone and made a point: "The bandit army broke through the siege and went south. It is obvious that there are many officers and soldiers in the north and west. They want to move south. They will plunder a lot along the way to replenish the soldiers, money and food lost during the siege. In this case, stop talking about those useless things and think about how to figure out the movements of the rebel army and prevent them from flowing to Jianghuai!"

As soon as he said these words, many staff members and generals were immediately surprised, and the eyes they looked at Zhu Shou changed obviously.

Their general is not a scheming person, at best he can make decisions. He usually comes up with plans from below and lets him make the final decision. But today, he was uncharacteristically speaking. When everyone thought about it carefully, they found that it was very advisable. Everywhere, the attitude becomes respectful.

The subtle change in the atmosphere was immediately caught by Zhu Shou. Noticing the awe in everyone's eyes, he felt a move in his heart and coughed lightly: "This... Actually, the situation has been very clear since the rebel army broke through. The goal is probably to go south. Just now, I mentioned going north to see your reaction..."

While speaking, Zhu Shou noticed that Guan Zheng's eyelids were twitching, and he couldn't help but blush, but he did not stop talking: "Well, we cannot rule out the possibility that the bandits are trying to cross the Huaihe River. This..."

He tried his best to recall the content of Chen Zhi's military strategy, but unfortunately, he only briefly skimmed it before, so he couldn't remember much, and it was difficult to continue after a few words. Come on, come up with a countermeasure quickly, it’s not a trivial matter if the troops, horses and food are moved.”

With that said, he turned around with an excuse, came to the corner of the camp, grabbed his own soldier, and said eagerly: "Hurry, bring me that military strategy." He already knew the benefits of that military strategy.

The soldier was stunned and said: "General, didn't you ask me to throw it away just now? I'm just fooling around and I don't know where it was blown."

"Thrown it away?" Zhu Shou was stunned, "Did you really throw it away? What do you do for food!"

The private soldier wondered how he could blame me for this matter, but he also knew that he could not contradict the superior officer, so he could only lower his head and admit his mistake, and said with an aggrieved face: "This subordinate is guilty, and I will take it back now."

"It's really thrown away." Zhu Shou's face was a little confused. Thinking of what happened just now, his heart suddenly started to churn. Doesn't this show that he, the leading general, is ignorant?

"What I meant was for you to put it away. Forget it, just get it over first."

When things got to this point, all the staff also paid attention to this place, and they almost guessed the reason.

I bet the general has an expert behind him.

"Ahem," Zhu Shou coughed again and said with a sullen face, "The general had already anticipated that the thieves might have the idea of ​​breaking out, so he wrote a military strategy and used it as a reference. Unexpectedly, he actually let I guessed it right, I will bring this strategy to you later for everyone to participate."

Just make it up!

Zheng Guan and others who were familiar with this general all shook their heads helplessly. Everyone had heard and seen the movement just now. No one knew what he was thinking and didn't reveal it.

　Thanks to "Yu Jia Ao 0813", "Zhang Xiaobai Yaya", "Li Xiaoxianxian", "mnkhfhks", "Dian Lips to Purple Blood" and "I don't want nicknames"!

　　
　
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