Chapter 2 Total Rest

Xiao Tianjian only received Lu Xiangsheng's handwritten letter to him in Dengzhou in early October. After opening Lu Xiangsheng's letter, he sat alone in the big account and did not speak for a long time. After a long time, he carefully put away Lu Xiangsheng's letter, and then ordered his subordinates to temporarily Stop the offensive against the surrounding areas.

On the day Xiao Tianjian received Lu Xiangsheng's letter, he handed over the guarding of Dengzhou to Liu Yaoben, so that he could sit in Nanyang. He only needed to stabilize the area under their actual control at present, and could not use troops against Xiangyang without authorization, and he himself led Situ Liang's cavalry battalion immediately stopped and rushed. Back to Luoyang City.

When Xiao Tianjian returned to Luoyang City, Luo Rucai, Li Shuanzhu, Liu Bao, Luo Li, Niu Jinxing, Li Jinde, Li Xin and others who received his orders in advance have also rushed back to Luoyang City, waiting for Xiao Tianjian's return.

These people don't quite understand why Xiao Tianjian chose to order the suspension of military operations at this time, because in their opinion, they have just finished the autumn harvest now. Both the morale of the soldiers and the preparation of grain are in a pretty good state, and the officers and soldiers in the Central Plains have lost their strength. It is they who are running horses and expanding their enclosures. It's a good time for the earth.

And they have now agreed to reach an opinion that both the southeast compartments have begun to exert their efforts, concentrating the troops of the two groups, attacking Xiangyang to the south, looking for opportunities to break into the territory of Huguang. In the future, they will gradually take down the big granary of Huguang first, so that they can no longer worry about the problem of food supply in the future. Moreover, Huguang is relatively denser than Henan. While obtaining a stable food supply, it can also obtain more military sources.

On the other hand, facing the east, with a large army, the two Huai and one area are gradually controlled. In this way, in addition to obtaining a large number of financial resources, the salt industry of Lianghuai is also controlled. For the finance of the Xing Tianjun, it can make Xing Tianjun obtain inexhaustible financial resources, and more importantly, it can be completely cut off. The contact between the north and the south of the Ming Dynasty will cut off the northern capital of the Ming Dynasty to obtain the support of money and grain from the south. In this way, the Ming Dynasty will soon collapse and replace it with the Xing Tianjun.

If the use of troops in both aspects is successful, regardless of whether the Ming army in the north collapses or not, Xing Tianjun can take the strategic initiative. To the north, they can attack Hebei and Shandong and take Shanxi, and then conquer Beijing, or south, they can attack Nanjing, the capital of Daming, from two directions, which can also be destroyed. Destroy the Ming Dynasty.

So at present, in this case, Xing Tianjun can be said to have a great possibility of success, but he didn't expect that Xiao Tianjian suddenly stopped, making this class of literature and martial arts a little confused, but for Niu Jinxing, Li Xin, Li Jinde and other counselors, he more or less guessed a little.

After Xiao Tianjian returned to Luoyang City, he didn't even have time to go back to his inner house to see Fan Yutong, so he immediately summoned these civil servants and generals under his command at the governor's office in Luoyang City.

Xiao Tianjian had a dusty face and a cold look on his face. He sat in the big chair behind the handsome case and glanced at the class of Wenwu under his command. After a slight pause, he waved his hand so that everyone did not have to be polite and said, "Do you know that Jiannu broke through the barrier and went south again some time ago?"

Luo Li's big mouth immediately answered careless, "Of course I know! During this period, in the area of Weihui Mansion, it has been found that a large number of refugees from the north have begun to pour south into our jurisdiction! Poor these people in the north, when they fled here one by one, they were almost starving to death. It is said that many people were starved to death on the way to the south!"

And Li Xin also nodded and said, "Luo Dutong is right. Recently, a large number of people around Beijing and even some rich households have begun to go south and pour into our control area. Along the way, they basically can't receive the relief from the government in the place they passed through, and many people starve to death on the way!

According to these refugees who fled to the south, the army of the Jiannu entered the army was very strong. After breaking through the customs, the soldiers entered the capital, Shandong and Jinbei, which were burned and plundered everywhere. The opportunities around the capital were ruined by them into a white land. Jiannu killed the old, weak and young people, and took the young men and strong men and women as their slaves and escorted them back to the customs. As their robe slave, whatever can be robbed, and whatever can't be taken away is burned with fire, which has broken dozens of states and counties in the north.

It is rumored that the refugees in Beijing this time, a group of high-ranking officials led by Yang Sichang, the cabinet minister, secretly seemed to want to compromise with Jiannu, and seemed to intend to make peace with Jiannu! After Lu Xiangsheng was ordered to defend, he led his troops to fight fiercely with the Jiannu army around the capital division many times and recovered some states and counties. However, because of Lu Xiangsheng's main battle, he was at peace with Yang Sichang and the director Gao Qiqian. Gao Qiqian controlled a large number of officers and soldiers. He stayed outside the capital and refused to send troops to fight with Jiannu. At present, only Lu Xiangsheng led him. Some of the Xuanda soldiers are fighting in the area of Beijing! The marshal came back to summon me this time. Is it because of this?

Xiao Tianjian nodded, but did not answer Li Xin's question head-on. Instead, Luo Li continued to scold: "Speaking of which, the current emperor of the Ming Dynasty is really a loser. He has so many officers and soldiers in the north, but he can't defend the city, so that the Eastern Trappler can come in and harm our people of the Ming Dynasty. Those officials are even more useless. Jiannu didn't dare to fight when he came. He just wanted to cede the land and compensate Jiannu. What's the use of them! On the contrary, only this person surnamed Lu is a good official. He is much better than many Ming generals who are willing to lead troops to fight against Jiannu for Daming! My surname is Luo. I don't have a chance. If I have a chance, I must buy him a drink!"

Luo Rucai was in a much better mood during this period. Although his old department was annexed by Xiao Tianjian, after he was under the command of Xiao Tianjian, Xiao Tianjian did not treat him too lightly, nor did he offer him as a clay bodhisattva, but gave him the right to give him the opportunity to lead the soldiers of the Xingtian Army. There were not too many restrictions. He controlled his freedom, so he worked very hard in the eastern part of Yu during this period. Originally, he thought that if Xiao Tianjian personally presided over the army to the south, he should be the main soldier this time. If he could lead his troops into the two Huai, it must be a great achievement. In the future, Xiao Tianjian will sit in the world, and he will be the first merit. I can't miss his glory and wealth.

Therefore, Luo Rucai has been rubbing his hands during this period, and even changed a lot of bad habits in the past. A large number of wives and children have been left in Luoyang. In the army, they do not drink and have fun in the bad rules of Xing Tianjun. Instead, he personally go down to urge the soldiers to train soldiers every day, and think about the next action plan.

But suddenly Xiao Tianjian ordered him to immediately put down the matter at hand and rush back to Luoyang for discussion, which made him quite confused and even a little unhappy. He felt that Xiao Tianjian was kicked by the donkey when he was fighting in the southern governor during this period. Why did he give up so well? When is the time to order a temporary break?

So he said to Xiao Tianjian, "Marshal! What are you waiting for me to do? At present, they have entered the bandit, which just delayed a large number of officers and soldiers who can't go south to deal with us. With our means, how can the officers and soldiers in Nanzhili be our opponents? It's a good time for us to take the opportunity to attack the two huai. Why did we suddenly order a break at this time?

Xiao Tianjian looked at Luo Rucai. Luo Rucai was actually a very smart person and had a strategic vision. This time, he and Li Shuanzhu led the division to attack Yudong, and their performance was also quite good. Moreover, after they controlled a large area of Yudong, Luo Rucai even put forward the idea of sending troops to the two Huai before Niu Jinxing and Li Jinde. In this regard, Luo Ru is quite far-sighted, so Xiao Tianjian also rest assured to let go of him and let him lead the army.

However, after listening to Luo Rucai's words, Xiao Tianjian was quite dishungrateful. He shook his head and said, "Deputy Marshal Luo, don't be impatient. I will explain why later!"

Mr. Niu, is there enough grain on hand at the time?

Niu Jinxing immediately replied, "I would like to report to the marshal. At present, our autumn harvest in western Henan has just ended, and we have harvested a large number of sweet potatoes, wheat, beans and corn. Although the states and counties occupied some time ago in central Henan did not catch up with the spring sowing, they still rushed to sow a large number of buckwheat and soybeans in summer. Although the output is not large, It has also alleviated the famine problem in the central part of Henan. As for the east of Henan, Vice Commander Luo got a lot of grain when he took down the Guide Mansion. In addition to taking out part of the relief for the hungry, there are also considerable reserves. Although the food problem is not enough at present, it is enough to maintain the army!"

Xiao Tianjian nodded and asked Niu Jinxing to retreat, and then asked Jiang Qin behind him, "Jiang Qin! How is the situation of Zhang Xianzhong in Gucheng and the Fifth Camp of Gezuo?

Jiang Qin immediately replied, "The humble position has sent people to Gucheng County many times recently, contacted the Eighth King, and advised him to take advantage of the situation to take advantage of the situation and cooperate with us to go south. However, the Eight King did not seem to have the intention to turn to the commander-in-in-chief. He just wanted to stand in the area of Gucheng. He did not want to cooperate or join the general. He did not respond to our proposal at all. Discuss!

However, Zhang Xianzhong did not really turn to the court as an eagle dog. It is said that the government has repeatedly transferred him to lead his troops to deal with the general, but he was absolutely rejected by him. Moreover, he returned to his humble position, saying that he is short of food, and he is temporarily unable to recover and has no intention to be the enemy of the court, let alone being the enemy of us. It seems that the Eighth Congress Wang still wants to see the limelight again!

As for the Fifth Battalion of the Left of the Revolution, the recent situation is not very good. The court ordered Zhu Dadian, Shi Kefa and others to advance and suppress them. In Nanjing and Jiangbei, they have mobilized a lot of officers and soldiers to deal with them. At present, their activities are limited, and they have lost more with the officers and soldiers. At present, they have sent people to contact inferior positions. They also expressed their willingness to accept the dispatch of the commander-in-chief to send troops to Jiangbei as soon as possible to help them!"

After listening to this, Li Shuanzhu immediately said, "The general, the Fifth Battalion of Gezuo has also contacted the last general many times. He wants to ask the last general to move eastward and join them to deal with the officers and soldiers in Jiangbei together, and they have made it clear that they are willing to listen to our transfer. At present, Runing Mansion It can be conquered by the humble position at any time. If the general orders the eastward at this time, the last general and the deputy commander can pull out their troops to advance eastward. This is a good time for us to march into Jiangbei and Huai!"

Even Li Jinde nodded repeatedly. Obviously, he agreed with Luo Rucai and Li Shuanzhu's opinions, but he just didn't say it.

Here in Xiao Tianjian, because he has always disliked too many rules, and he is often willing to listen to the opinions of his subordinates when discussing matters, so he speaks very freely. After Xiao Tianjian spoke, everyone expressed their opinions one after another. They all feel that the Taran is now holding back a lot of energy of the court, which makes the court The best time for Ting has no time to look south. At this time, we should seize this opportunity to use the two lines of troops, and strive to take advantage of this opportunity to seize more territory and interests and strengthen the Xing Tianjun.

Xiao Tianjian has never made a statement. He listened to them express their own opinions, but their faces became much darker and darker. It was not until everyone saw that Xiao Tianjian was in a very bad mood today that they closed their mouths one after another. The lobby was quiet. Finally, the people even breathed a lot lighter, making The lobby began to become silent, and the atmosphere in the whole lobby became very depressing. Even the guards outside the lobby door felt that the atmosphere in the lobby seemed to be something wrong today, so they worked harder to straighten up.

Xiao Tianjian suppressed his anger, closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He slowly opened his eyes. His eyes swept over the faces of everyone below like electricity. His sharp eyes seemed to stare into their hearts, which made everyone's hearts suddenly tighten, and involuntarily lowered his head to avoid Xiao Tianjian's eyes.