"Where exactly did Yuan Zongdi hit?"
Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang frowning and saying nothing, Liu Wenbing asked the soldier again.
When the soldier asked, he hesitated and said: "It is said that the attack reached Linfen this morning. Now maybe..."
"Linfen?"
Hearing this, Liu Wenbing looked at the soldier angrily and said, "Didn't you say yesterday that Yuan Zongdi was confronting Zuo Mengeng in Mianchi? How come you arrived in Linfen so quickly?"
After he finished speaking, he saw the soldier's confused face, suppressed his anger and asked, "Do you know how many troops are in the vanguard and who is leading them?"
The soldier said with some embarrassment: "The opponent marched very quickly, and they did not display the banner of a general. In addition..."
As he spoke, seeing Liu Wenbing's face getting even more angry, he hurriedly stopped his excuses and said: "The other party is mainly cavalry, with a number of about 10,000."
"Ten thousand people?"
Liu Wenbing could no longer suppress the anger in his heart at this moment, and shouted loudly: "Li Yukui and Liu Qian have nearly 20,000 people, and Han Lin also has a musketeer team of 3,000 people."
"Moreover, we have deployed our defenses before and have a city to rely on. How could we let the opponent advance more than 300 miles in less than a day?"
Seeing Liu Wenbing's anger, the soldier was so frightened that he trembled slightly and did not dare to speak again.
At this time, Li Sanbao hurriedly walked in again and whispered a few words in Zhu Yuanzhang's ear.
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, signaled Liu Wenbing to let the soldier out, and then said in a deep voice: "Dong An Guo, don't worry too much, the enemy may not be Yuan Zongdi."
Liu Wenbing was stunned for a moment, and said strangely: "It's not Yuan Zongdi, could it be Shaanxi's rebellion..."
Before he finished speaking, he shook his head again and again and said: "It's impossible. If the rebels in Shaanxi want to support Thief Li, they won't set out from Henan..."
"Your Majesty, is this the third-party force that you said I was responsible for?"
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "According to the news from Zhang Dabiao, this possibility is extremely high."
"Because Yuan Zongdi suddenly launched an attack on Zuo Menggeng at nightfall last night, but Zuo Liangyu's mysterious elite did not appear. As a result, Zuo Menggeng was defeated and fled towards Wuchang."
"Then around midnight, a cavalry force of nearly ten thousand people attacked your troops near Yuncheng, and captured Yuncheng soon after."
"Because Li Yukui and others under your command placed their main force in Yuncheng, after Yuncheng fell, they had no time to organize a defense in a short period of time, and then they were beaten all the way to Linfen."
"But now Fu Shan has deployed defenses in the Huoshan area, and the remnants of Li Yukui and others have also gathered towards Huoshan. I believe they can prevent the opponent from going north for the time being."
Liu Wenbing was shocked when he saw that Zhu Yuanzhang had just arrived here and understood the battle situation better than he, the coach.
Then he thought that Zhu Yuanzhang always knew the enemy beforehand and had no plans left, but he didn't even understand the situation just now, so he thought he was right and tried to persuade Zhu Yuanzhang.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel ashamed.
However, Liu Wenbing is also a responsible person. After calming down, he respectfully knelt down and apologized: "Your Majesty, I was confused and almost missed your Majesty's important event. Please punish me for my oversight!"
When Zhu Yuanzhang saw Liu Wenbing admitting his mistake, he finally let go of his worries, and secretly said he was lucky.
It turns out that the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang was able to get the news so quickly this time was not because of his advance planning, but because of luck.
Because after he discovered the anomaly in Quyang, he wanted to send people to investigate, but the distance was too far and there was no time.
Unexpectedly, he happened to receive a secret letter from Jin Yiwei from Gong Yonggu at this time. In the letter, Wu Mengming told him that after Jin Xuan led his troops to force the defenders of Pi Island back, they split into two groups.
The group, led by Zhang Huangyan and Zheng Sen, ambushed on the sea route that the Jurchens and Pidao must pass, preparing to take the opportunity to sneak attack the Jurchen navy.
The other group was led by Jin Xuan, who had already sent troops to North Korea and North Korea. After Li Zhu got the news, he not only immediately released Li Guozhen and others from the prison and placed them in the prince's mansion, but also sent a letter to Dorgon overnight asking for help.
In addition, Wu Mengming also reported to him the reconstruction situation of Jiangnan Jinyiwei, and attached the contact points in Shanxi, Hunan and other places.
After reading the secret letter, Zhu Yuanzhang was a little worried about Jin Xuan's division of troops, but he was beyond his reach at the moment and had to suppress his worries.
Then he carefully checked the new contact points and found that several contact points happened to be between Mianchi and Taiyuan, and he was very happy.
So Zhu Yuanzhang immediately asked Zhang Dabiao to take more than thirty Huben soldiers to investigate the news, while he took the remaining people to Taiyuan.
Originally, he was worried that the collection and transmission of information would be slow due to the initial establishment of the contact point, but he did not expect that Zhang Dabiao would deliver the information in such a timely manner.
At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang saw Liu Wenbing's slump and knew that his confidence was frustrated. He shook his head, helped him up and said, "Although you made a mistake in this matter, the fault is not yours. The main reason is that your soldiers are not strong enough."
"But having said that, you assigned these soldiers. Their fault is also your responsibility. And we have told you many times that when marching and fighting, the information must be timely and accurate."
"Look at this time, someone is about to fight at your doorstep, but you don't even know who the other party is. How can you win this battle?"
Hearing this, Liu Wenbing blushed and said, "I was confused this time. Because Zuo Menggeng had blocked Yuan Zong on the 45th day, I thought there would be no problem in the short term."
"I sent all the spies to Shaanxi and prepared to instigate them to fight among themselves, but I didn't expect that Zuo Menggeng also had internal problems..."
After Zhu Yuanzhang heard Liu Wenbing's story, he understood why he was so confident before.
It turned out that Liu Wenbing wanted to use the same method he used to deal with the Jurchens to deal with the rebels, and did not plan to fight on two fronts.
In fact, Liu Wenbing's plan might indeed have succeeded if the person behind Zuo Liangyu hadn't made a clever move.
It's just that there are never ifs in the world, and Liu Wenbing did miss something, so defeat is natural.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang knew that he could no longer undermine Liu Wenbing's confidence at this moment, so he gently advised: "Dong An Guo, your plan is indeed feasible, but there is a problem with the information. Just pay attention to this in the future."
"The other thing is that people must be appointed based on their merit. We remember that one of your previous personal guards was quite good. Why did you change him again?"
"Look at that person just now. He didn't even understand the basic situation and reported to you in a panic. How can such a person be hired?"
When Liu Wenbing heard this, he said with some embarrassment: "Your Majesty, I did not replace the new recruits, but because the new recruits lacked training, I asked Liu Yi and others to train the new recruits."
"As for the man just now... because he is Wang Huang's nephew, I saw that he was a bit clever and thought that there would be nothing serious for the time being, so I asked him to take over for two days. Unexpectedly..."
Liu Wenbing said and couldn't help but sigh.
Although Liu Wenbing had not finished speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang could also hear Liu Wenbing's helplessness.
Thinking that Liu Wenbing only brought 3,000 people out of Beijing, and now he can gather 40,000 to 50,000 people, there must be a lot of hardship and helplessness, and I can't help but feel a little sad.
So Zhu Yuanzhang patted Liu Wenbing on the shoulder again and said: "Dong An Guo, we know your difficulties, so we sent your troops northward and left Zuo Liangyu to attack Taiyuan."
"In this way, we can not only consume the strength of the rebels, but also accumulate strength in the north. When the time is right, we can move our troops south and conquer the lost territory in one fell swoop!"
When Liu Wenbing heard this, he immediately felt a surge of pride in his heart, and said with excitement: "Your Majesty, I have accepted the decree, so I can..."
But before he finished speaking, he stopped again and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang worriedly.
