Chapter 138 Thinking
Except for these hundreds of heads, there was no sound outside Baofeng City. I'm afraid Sun Chuanting had already led his troops to leave. Ying Yi thought for a moment and turned around and walked towards Jia County.
Since Baofeng has gone through a big battle, Ruzhou must have been captured by the official army, where is the next battlefield?
There is nothing else except Jia County.
The border between Jia County is Yuzhou in Kaifeng, where there is also the bandits of Yuan Zongdi. The south of Yuzhou is Xiangcheng, so I couldn't say that Ying Yi's troops would be involved this time.
There is a persimmon garden outside Jia County. I don’t know which landlord’s property is the property, but the world is in chaos and this persimmon garden has long been abandoned.
Perhaps the owners of the Persimmon Garden died at the hands of the thief.
The sky became more and more gloomy and the air was very dull. Ying Yi came to the Persimmon Garden and looked at the camp outside the Persimmon Garden through the sparse branches and leaves for a while.
This is the official army's camp.
On the big flag erected at the gate, a big word "Sun" confirmed Ying Yi's previous guess.
Sun Chuanting.
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were two powerful characters with the surname Sun, one was an old minister of several dynasties, Sun Chengzong, the teacher of the Emperor Tianqi, and the other was Sun Chuanting.
Sun Chengzong is dead, and now only one of them is Sun Chuanting.
The camp outside the Persimmon Garden stretches out, and with Ying Yi's eyesight, it is clear that Sun Chuanting's troops are no more than 40,000.
Sun Chuanting was a capable man, and there was no doubt about this - at the beginning of the year, he was released from prison by Emperor Chongzhen and took nothing but Shengming. Only half a year after he arrived in Guanzhong, tens of thousands of soldiers gathered together. There was nothing beyond the reach of people.
Because of his strong personality, Sun Chuanting had several ups and downs. At that time, he was ordered to suppress the thieves and entered Guanzhong alone. He farmed and gathered grain in a short time. After he developed, he almost killed Li Chuang. Now that he has risen again, if he is given some time, he may not be able to replicate the original results.
But unfortunately, Emperor Chongzhen urged him too hard.
This is also impossible.
The Tartars in the north became increasingly rampant, and Ning Jin was lost. Only one Shanhaiguan was left on the side of the Ming Dynasty. The bandits were raging, the Central Plains fell, blocking the north and south, and even the ancestral tomb of Emperor Chongzhen and the Fengyang Imperial Tomb were dug several times.
How can this not make Chongzhen anxious?
It was under such circumstances that Sun Chuanting hurriedly sent troops.
In the camp, Sun Chuanting was discussing tactics with several generals under his command.
"I am the emperor's order and has been in a state of power since I sent troops to Tongguan. However, the land of Henan has thousands of miles and tens of thousands of troops are unsustainable. We must fight and decide quickly." Sun Chuanting was thin and dark, not like a high-ranking official, but like a farmer, but his demeanor was strong and decisive, which was very convincing.
Although Sun Chuanting had a straightforward personality, he did not have any means. This time he resurrected this time, and once he arrived in Guanzhong, he took the military power of the remaining soldiers in Guanzhong. Last year, the governor of the three sides Wang Qiaonian was in charge of Guanzhong. He experienced a big defeat and became panic. In particular, the general He Renlong was the most evil. He was a good man and was called a long-legged general. When he encountered a war, this person often ran the fastest, no worse than Zuo Liangyu.
When Sun Chuanting arrived in Guanzhong, he directly killed He Renlong on the grounds of discussing matters and promoted Gao Jie, thus taking the military power into his hands.
Gao Jie was originally a thief and was Li Chuang's confidant. However, this person committed adultery with Li Chuang's wife, so he kidnapped Li Chuang's wife and surrendered to the government army, so he had a great grudge with Li Chuang. Sun Chuanting then activated Gao Jie.
Sun Chuanting arrived in Guanzhong at the beginning of the year, gathered the remaining soldiers, recruited soldiers, and prepared for the troops. According to his ideas, it would not be possible to send troops until at least next year. However, Emperor Chongzhen repeatedly issued orders to urge him, and Sun Chuanting had no choice but to start the war in a hurry.
Half a month ago, Sun Chuanting left Tongguan. While sending out an edict to all directions, hoping to get the cooperation of friendly troops, he quickly advanced and defeated Li Yangchun, the thief who was left in Luoyang, with lightning speed. He also got a lot of news from Li Yangchun, so he led his troops south to defeat Baofeng first, kill Chen Kexin, the governor appointed by Li Zicheng, and then fought with Tian Jianxiu, who was rushing to come outside Baofeng and won.
Then he chased Tian Jianxiu to Jia County. Because he was struggling, he camped outside the persimmon garden for rest.
Soldiers can rest, but Sun Chuanting cannot.
He summoned Gao Jie, Zuo Yi, Zheng Jiadong, Niu Chenghu and other generals to discuss tactics in the big tent.
"Tian Jianxiu is a thief who is a loser, but there is still a bandit soldier in Yuzhou, and there are also movements in the thief. Kaifeng has sent a letter to report. When the thief heard that his official left Tongguan, he abandoned Kaifeng and led a large army to come." Sun Chuanting said: "I want to wait for the thief to arrive, and then make a concerted effort to fight quickly."
Sun Chuanting's strategy is extremely risky. But the generals and officials under his command are very clear that this is helpless.
If the food and supplies are not good, there is only one way to go.
If there is any delay, when the food and supplies are gone, they will collapse without fighting.
Sun Chuanting was forced to do so. Emperor Chongzhen was too anxious to urge him. He himself wanted to develop for a while, but Sun Chuanting could not do so.
He has repeatedly lost the trust of Emperor Chongzhen. If he disobeys his orders, he will be afraid that he will never have a chance to stand out.
After some discussion, and then setting up a tactic, I just waited.
Ying Yi observed Sun Chuanting's army and retreated silently. Ying Yi had the idea of seeing Sun Chuanting, but he finally suppressed it.
Sun Chuanting was indeed a capable man, and because of this, Ying Yi wanted to see him. But equally, Ying Yi could not see him either.
Because Sun Chuanting was the last pillar of the Ming court.
This pillar must fall!
If Sun Chuanting fails and waits for the thief to break up, Ying Yi will probably be controlled by Sun Chuanting. This does not meet Ying Yi's needs.
Ying Yi did not want to help Ming, but to replace him.
He was afraid that after he saw Sun Chuanting, he couldn't help but help him.
After exiting the Persimmon Garden, Ying Yi looked at the terrain and climbed a mountain east of Jia County.
"Sun Chuanting's army has come to this point, and it seems that Tian Jianxiu suffered a great loss. In this way, the thieves will never dare to ignore him." Ying Yi sat cross-legged on the top of the mountain, looking at the sky, thinking to himself: "Maybe the thieves will lead their troops in person. I will watch here and seize the opportunity to give him some ruthlessness!"
He thought again: "If the thief moves, Zhu Bingkun and Zheng Wu will definitely notice it. How will they deal with it?"
Ying Yi couldn't help but want to see if the generals under his command had the ability to lead the army alone.
"To me, winning a thief or not winning is irrelevant, but Sun Chuanting cannot win. If Sun Chuanting wins, once the siege of Kaifeng is lifted, would I want to get water from a bamboo basket?" What Ying Yi wants most is that Kaifeng is a million households.
Ying Yi can only take on the responsibility of rescuing Kaifeng.
"Sir Sun...I'm sorry..."
Ying Yi never thought of digging a hole for Sun Chuanting because it was unnecessary. In his memory, in his original history, Sun Chuanting won first and then lost. As long as he did not intervene, the winning rate of the thief would still be greater.
Chapter completed!