golden scales

Liu Zongmin wanted to fight Ruzhou a long time ago.

He never thought about the problem of overpowering the master.From the initial rebellion following Li Zicheng's murder of officials, to the later Shibaqi of Shangluo.Along the way, he firmly believes that Li Zicheng is a hero who values ​​friendship.However, Niu Jinxing insisted in the tent that not to attack Ruzhou would be more helpful to the front line, which made him decide to take the risky move and encircle rather than attack.

As a surprise army, it is a big taboo to stop troops under the city. If the enemy is weak and can be bullied, it is not a big problem.In case the enemy has reinforcements, it is inevitable to fall into a passive position.This is also the reason why he wants to send out a battalion of troops to suppress Ru Yang, so as not to be attacked by the enemy.

"If it's really the son of the Zhu family in the city, I'm afraid Zuo Liangyu will really send troops." Liu Zongmin said worriedly.

"That's why I say siege and not attack." Niu Jinxing laughed and said, "As long as we don't attack by force, Zuo Liangyu will not be in a hurry. The only one who is in a hurry is Sun Chuanting. He is the governor of the three sides, the commander in chief of this attack, He was the only one who carried the accident."

Liu Zongmin was still convinced of Niu Jinxing, and said: "I'm afraid that Jin soldiers will also come. Even if Luoyang is captured, it will take some effort to manage it."

Niu Jinxing smiled, and said: "We don't need to worry about the business, the marshal still wants to learn from Song Jiang to recruit security. But we have to win the battle first."

Liu Zongmin turned his head and didn't look at him, snorted coldly, and said: "It's reasonable to win the battle first. As for recruiting security or not, the marshal must have his own calculations." Liu Zongmin didn't like Niu Jinxing's comparison of marshal to Song Jiang, especially It was rumors in the camp that Li Zicheng killed Cao Cao and Luo Rucai because of Luo Ru's refusal to recruit. This kind of argument undoubtedly made him very angry.

——Song Jiang's hypocrisy, even Li Kui, who was loyal to him, was able to poison him to death, how can he be compared with the marshal!

The more Liu Zongmin thought about it, the angrier he became, and he said: "Thinking about how many letters Huang Hu wrote to persuade the marshal to take expedient measures when the eighteen of us hid in the deep mountains and old forests. What do you think the marshal said? The marshal said: Let's kill officials and rebel I have no choice but to be called a thief by Zhu Chao, but I must not be that easy-going villain! Now that we are powerful, Zuo Liangyu doesn't dare to provoke us easily, how can there be any reason to recruit security?"

"One moment and another," Niu Jinxing said with a smile, "At that time, all eighteen of you were of the same mind, and you relied on the word 'loyalty'. How many villains around the marshal are advocating to recruit security to be an official? You and the marshal , even if they are not monarchs and ministers, they are still good friends, but they don't speak, and let the marshal be bewitched by those villains in vain."

Liu Zongmin knew that Niu Jinxing was trying to win him over.The 22 generals of the fifth battalion are all generals with heavy troops in their hands, and Tian Jianxiu and himself are the leaders.No matter what those people want to do, they have to get the support of the generals who lead the troops.This is why Niu Jinxing came to find an alliance and lure himself to express his opinion.

"It doesn't matter whether I become emperor or become king, I just want to fight." Liu Zongmin said: "The decision is up to the marshal, and it's up to you strategists to think about how to do it. But I want to make one thing clear: Mr. Niu, you Don't ruin the marshal's affairs for your own selfishness."

Niu Jinxing said with a gloomy face: "General Liu's words are too unreasonable. The military order given to you by the Marshal that day was to let you take down Ruzhou City. If I hadn't come, wouldn't you have already attacked the city by now? You might have already sat down. I asked the Zhu family to pour wine for you in the high hall! If I have selfish intentions, just keep silent and do as you please, and let the marshal pull the little prince's dragon tendon, who will be able to confuse the marshal in the future? "

Liu Zongmin's heart trembled, and he thought to himself: Sure enough, the most poisonous people are the scholars. If you really want to arrest Prince Zhu in the future, you have to be careful of Niu Jinxing who will kill you first and then play.

Niu Jinxing softened his tone, and said: "At present, the only thing we can do is to defeat Qin Bing, and we have the final say on whether to fight or not. Niu has a fair heart, but he is regarded as a villain by the general. I really can't be reconciled."

Liu Zongmin laughed: "Sir, I misunderstood me. Zong Min is a rough man, and he has full respect for him in his heart, but he utters reckless words. Don't take offense, sir! Don't take offense! "

Niu Jinxing pursed his lips slightly, and said: "It's good that the general understands that a certain family has put in so much effort. The marshal is obviously in a different state and has the status of an emperor. The general can also create a family of hundreds of generations of princes. Why give it away for nothing because of the short-sightedness of some villains?"

"Fight this battle well first." Liu Zongmin said with a smile, "We should see the outcome in Jia County."

"Gu Jun'en persuaded the Marshal to abandon Jia County, whether it is life or death, it will be in these three to five days." When Niu Jinxing talked about Gu Jun'en, he was inevitably a little lonely.Now that Gu Junen is in the limelight, Li Zicheng obeys his advice, which is why Niu Jinxing found an excuse to avoid the edge of the "enemy".

In fact, it was to avoid Li Zicheng, so as not to be asked about the military policy. .

Niu Jinxing thinks that his political strategy and tricks are not weaker than others, even Gu Junen is not as good as himself.However, the strategy of the military array is not his strong point. If he shows his timidity, it will really destroy the image he has painstakingly cultivated for many years.

——The marshal has fought for more than ten years, and he never discussed with the advisers about the military formation.Now it is probably because of the sweetness of asking, and I like to ask about strategies more and more.This can also be regarded as his credit to Gu Junen...

Niu Jinxing thought in his heart, and the corners of his mouth could not help but float slightly.

Liu Zongmin didn't know what Niu Jinxing was thinking, but felt that his eyes were cold and cold, coupled with his sneer, it was really chilling.If it wasn't for the sake of helping each other in the same boat, I really wish I could drive this scholar out of the tent.

"Report to the general!" Tang Ma shouted outside the tent: "General Lu urgently needs to report to the army!"

Liu Zongmin's heart tightened for no reason: "Come in and say."

Tang Ma entered the big tent, and his voice was not as loud as before: "General, the North Camp is broken!"

"It's broken!" Liu Zongmin jumped up, his eyes widened: "How did it break! How many people are on the other side!"

"There are about five hundred officers and soldiers." Tang Ma said honestly.

Liu Zongmin slapped the table hard: "I left Lu Luzi with so many horses, but I was destroyed by five hundred officers and soldiers! What about others! Why don't you come to see me!"

"General Lu's whereabouts are unknown..." Tang Ma's voice became deeper and deeper: "Some people say that General Lu was captured, while others said that he was killed... Now there is a lot of chaos, and no definite news can be found."

Liu Zongmin gritted his back molars: "If he really died, it would be better for him!"

"Let's send someone to gather the scattered soldiers first." Niu Jinxing sighed softly: "It's probably because they underestimate the enemy and are greedy for merit."

"The gathered routs are useless." Liu Zongmin said angrily, "Tomorrow will attack the city! Otherwise, we will all have to confess here!"

Niu Jinxing stretched out his hand to stop him and said, "The ancients said that they surrounded the spots to fight for aid, why don't the generals use it?"

"Where do we get the soldiers to go out to help?" Liu Zongmin's mind flashed several "no" reasons.Not only is the military force not enough to withdraw from the siege to fight for aid, but the turmoil in the army's morale is beyond the understanding of this scholar.

——They are all angry soldiers who are just full of hostility, pulling them from south to north, saying they are going to attack the city but then withdrawing the reinforcements... Do you think you are a neighbor's silly boy walking around?

Liu Zongmin thought to himself.

"It can be used as a trick to suspect soldiers!" Niu Jinxing proudly said, suddenly felt that rough people are not as good at fighting as scholars.

"Siege the city tomorrow!" Liu Zongmin announced, and at the same time glanced at Niu Jinxing: If you don't understand anything, you will join forces randomly.

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"Light the torches, beat the drums, the whole army don't care about the ambush soldiers, and set up camp five miles away from Liu Thief's camp!" She An rode on the horse and issued an order loudly.He is not an impassioned person, but because he won the battle, he was still scolded by his boss, which made him very... ashamed.

It is indeed shame, not grievance.

Because Xiao Mo's words made sense, She An didn't even have room to defend herself.The most important one: It is clear that the decision at the military council was to let She An act as the vanguard, to test the combat effectiveness of the intruders, and why it turned into a decisive battle.Although the surprise soldiers sent out did play a key role, they should not have been dispatched in the first place, so that the vanguard main force lacked frontal forces.

Xiao Mo personally led Ruyang's defenders into the battle, and this stabilized the result of the battle, otherwise, even if the intruder's defenders were defeated, She An would definitely not be able to continue to advance.

As for the fact that the pre-detection was not true, causing a bureau's troops to attack a wooden village with heavy losses, this is already a small flaw in this command error.This small flaw made She An even more annoyed: I found out afterwards that it was a place where a grain merchant in Ruyang secretly stockpiled grain. From the outside, it looked like an earthen village, but inside it was fully fortified. Guards were hired all the year round, and there was a gate. The French machine bought from the south with a lot of money guards it.

The purpose of building this stockade is to prevent bandits from bandits, and officials to guard against officials.Unexpectedly, as soon as the intruder came, the grain merchant gave the stockade to the intruder as if offering a treasure.

As for the civilian husband who fired the cannon, he didn't find any tricks under torture.He simply hated the officials, so he ate crotons in the meals of the soldiers guarding the artillery.The guards ate the food he sent every day, and they were not on guard, so they asked him to take a look at it.As a result, he took advantage of the gap between the guards to leave, and randomly put gunpowder to blow up the cannon.Although he didn't succeed, it caused the enemy camp to be on guard, and even thought of pinching a soft persimmon.

These two incidents made She An feel quite turbulent.He considered himself an officer and soldier of Ming Dynasty, but why was he treated like a bandit by the people of Ming Dynasty?

The only thing to be thankful for is that the thief general Lu Xin was captured in this battle.This person is a mighty general under the bandit. This time he sent troops with Liu Zongmin, and he has a good understanding of Liu Bandit's fiction and reality.Although he is known as a mighty general, there is nothing mighty about him. As soon as he was captured, he bowed his head and begged for mercy, saying everything.

According to the confession obtained from Lu Xin, there were too many thieves, and a battle in formation was by no means a match for officers and soldiers.After an afternoon of casualty statistics, the battle damage ratio was one to four.These included Zhen Fei Ube being caught off guard and the casualties of the raid team.

From this point of view, even if Liu Zongmin wanted to fight recklessly, he didn't have that much capital.

This is also the reason why Xiao Mo ordered She An to march overnight with great fanfare.If Liu Zongmin dared to fight, the officers and soldiers would naturally not be afraid of him.If he didn't dare to fight, this trick could also make him retreat from Baofeng and find trouble with Sun Chuanting - the crown prince himself is in Ruyang, which really makes people feel like he is being wary. (To be continued.)