Lan Tianbao recognized this Jin Yiwei Xiaowei, who was one of the guards around the Duke. Immediately, he knew that there should be news from the Duke.
When the Jinyi Guardsman saw so many people there, and it was obvious that there were some thieves, he didn't say anything at all. He just took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Lan Tianbao who came over.
"Thank you for your hard work, go and have a rest!" After Lan Tianbao took it, he didn't look at it immediately, but patted him on the shoulder and said with concern.
The other people in the Chinese military tent were naturally looking at their situation. After all, it attracted too much attention.
For a moment, everyone forgot the impassioned and indignant actions of the thieves just now.
After Tian Jianxiu saw the Jin Yiwei leaving, he asked curiously: "But what are the orders of the Duke?"
Upon hearing this, He Baisui and others immediately listened with their ears pricked up.
Lan Tianbao did not answer immediately, but examined the letter before opening it and reading it alone.
Everyone is paying attention to him. No matter who it is, they are a little curious about the content of this letter.
Soon, Lan Tianbao finished reading, put the letter away, and then said seriously to Tian Jianxiu: "The Duke has a military order, it's time to fight back against the bandits!"
In the past, he had always stuck to the rogue thieves and did not take the initiative to attack. Even if the bandits attack, the imperial officers and soldiers will retreat instead of fighting.
This method of fighting has been going on for a long time, and some officials and soldiers in the imperial court can't figure it out. They can obviously fight, why not fight in one go?
Hearing this, the people in the Chinese military tent couldn't help but be very excited, they could finally fight!
Tian Jianxiu had been waiting for a long time, and was naturally happy to hear the news. However, he was also a little confused. Logically speaking, for this kind of military operation, the Duke should have given orders to him as the commander.
Lan Tianbao is the supervisor of the army and is in charge of things other than fighting.
Although in terms of status in the military, it is true that the supervisor is higher. But since it was a military order for a war, it was time to let him see it, instead of just receiving it into his arms like before.
Lan Tianbao didn't seem to have any consciousness. After collecting the letter from Duke Xingguo, he turned to He Baisui and others and said: "Originally, we planned to send them to Chengdu. After all, if you stay here, there will be no chance of fighting in the short term. . But maybe He Yilong and the others have been blessed by the spirit in heaven, and they just happened to have an opportunity to fight. Then you can stay and serve in the army!"
When He Baisui and others heard this, they couldn't help but be overjoyed and responded quickly.
"This is great. I vow to take the head of that thief Li Zicheng to avenge my elder brother!"
"I swear to kill the enemy to the death and never take a step back!"
"..."
Listening to their words, Li Guo felt a little uncomfortable, and then sighed.
If possible, he really didn't want to see this scene. He just tried to persuade her, but it was useless, and there was nothing he could do!
Lan Tianbao listened to their statements, smiled and nodded, then looked at Li Guo and said: "There will be a war soon, so I won't keep you here. I will send someone to take you to Chengdu immediately!"
"Then thank you, sir!" After hearing this, Li Guo responded with clasped fists, not very interested.
Therefore, Lan Tianbao arranged for these people in the Chinese military tent to either rest or be sent to Chengdu. Finally, when he saw that they were about to walk out of the central military tent, he loudly ordered a guard in brocade: "Immediately order all generals and supervisors at all levels to come to the central military tent to discuss matters!"
Hearing this, He Baisui and others' mouths curled up slightly, with a little smile on their faces.
As soon as the irrelevant people left, Lan Tianbao's smile immediately disappeared. He took out the letter from Duke Xingguo again, turned to look at Tian Jianxiu and said, "Old Tian, take a look first... I'll read it to you. !”
Tian Jianxiu was a little embarrassed, because he was illiterate and had this problem.
The supervisors in the army usually teach their brothers how to read. It seems that I can't escape. I have to go and listen together.
With this in mind, he asked Lan Tianbao to read it to him.
When Tian Jianxiu heard the beginning, he immediately knew why this letter was for the supervisor and not for him, the coach.
The content of this letter was not about fighting a war at all, but a letter from Duke Xing Guo telling Lan Tianbao that some of the people sent to Chengdu had falsely surrendered.
In fact, this matter is not difficult to check.
When Lan Tian escorted the person over, he naturally reported his suspicions.
After Zhang Mingwei found out, he asked people to collect information on these people, and by the way, he checked the information with people in the army who were originally Li Zicheng's subordinates. It soon became apparent that someone was lying.
There is nothing more to say. What does Jin Yiwei do for food? The results were quickly determined. After further verification, we found that many people were pretending to surrender.
Song Xiance is capable, that's for sure, otherwise, he wouldn't be Li Zicheng's military advisor! However, how capable he must be is actually debatable.
If you are really capable, you will not be overwhelmed by Niu Jinxing, who is the leader of the Chinese people in Li Zicheng's army; if you are really capable, you can see at a glance the disadvantages of Li Zicheng's pursuit of loot after he has captured the capital, and can use his methods to stop it. this matter;
However, Song Xiance could not do this after all.
His ability and knowledge are definitely better than those of ordinary thieves, but they are still far behind those counselors who are famous in history.
In fact, at this time in the late Ming Dynasty, no scholar paid much attention to thieves and thought that they would become popular. It is really difficult for scholars to work for them.
Therefore, there was an obvious flaw in Song Xiance's strategy this time, but he didn't notice it himself. In order to ensure that these people who pretended to surrender would not betray, he chose those thieves with small families.
In the bandit army, if there are young bandits, they are usually old thieves who are well-known among the bandits.
They pretended to surrender because they were worried about their young family and would not betray Li Zicheng. However, accordingly, more people will know them. As for Li Zicheng's subordinates, many of them surrendered to the imperial court during the Battle of Chengdu.
If you check the information about these people with those who were originally in Li Zicheng's army, you will be able to find clues.
Zhang Mingwei has always paid more attention to statistical methods such as tables in the military, or in the way he does things. Therefore, one feature was quickly screened out, that is, the family information of the person who pretended to surrender was concealed.
In this way, the truth will not be difficult to reveal.
Zhang Mingwei also explained in the letter that since Li Zicheng wanted to use this trick to deal with the court's public opinion war, he could use his strategy to defeat him and then give Li Zicheng a big defeat, which would accelerate the morale of the bandit army.
This explanation is also the reason why Lan Tianbao said that there will be a war soon!
As soon as Tian Jianxiu heard the content of the letter, he immediately woke up and said to Lan Tianbao in surprise: "Could it be that they are also here to pretend to surrender during this 100th birthday?"
One obvious characteristic of people who pretend to surrender is that they don't want to let them arrange it, and will put forward their own requirements, such as staying in the army and serving!
Lan Tianbao nodded and said, "If I guess correctly, they are all here for you, Lao Tian!"
When Tian Jianxiu heard this, he nodded with an ugly face and said mockingly: "Li Zicheng must hate me to the core and wants to get rid of me!"
He is very self-aware of this, and he is very cautious when facing the enemy. So much so that it was very difficult for Yuan Zongdi to catch his Ye Bushou.
After hearing this, Lan Tianbao reached out and patted his shoulder, and said with a smile: "To make the thief hate him to the bone, it means that what you do is good for the court and the people! Come, let's go to the back tent to discuss it in detail , how to teach Li Zicheng a big lesson. After making a battle plan, we still have to report it to the Duke."
"Supervisor, please!" After hearing this, Tian Jianxiu's expression returned to normal, and he stretched out his hand to signal Lan Tianbao to leave first.
Lan Tianbao didn't show any pretense, so he went to the back tent first.
As for the generals and supervisors at all levels who came after hearing the military order, they waited in the front tent.
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At Yuan Zongdi's camp, Song Xiance stayed here waiting for news.
To be honest, he gave up his child and sent Li Guo over. With such a huge investment, he still didn't hear a splash or gain anything. He didn't know how to explain it to Li Zicheng!
One day at noon after waiting for three painful days, Yuan Zongdi suddenly ran into his camp excitedly and said to him excitedly: "Military advisor, there is news, there is news!"
Upon hearing this, Song Xiance couldn't help but be overjoyed and quickly confirmed: "Seriously?"
After hearing this, Yuan Zongdi nodded immediately and said with a smile: "Just as the military advisor told me, the signal was indeed received. After two days, go to the place with the sign to pick up the letter!"
When Song Xiance heard this, he immediately laughed and said: "The Jin Yiwei is nothing more than that. The bait given was a little more fragrant, so they fell for it!"
"That's the brilliant strategy of the military advisor!" After hearing this, Yuan Zongdi immediately flattered him, but as soon as the conversation changed, he immediately made a request, "Then there will be a war next, right? This military man The food and grass reserves are limited, would you like the military advisor to help me get some from the general?"
Li Zicheng's side has been fighting since he entered Sichuan. Thanks to the prosperity of Shu, every time they conquered a place, the harvest from looting and subsidies was also very rich.
However, no matter how much money and food there is, it will not be enough for Li Zicheng's troops to continue fighting.
Therefore, since the 16th year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng began to collect money and food, and did not dare to squander it casually.
When Song Xiance heard this, he immediately slapped Yuan Zongdi and said with a smile: "Don't worry, if there is further news in a few days, the general will be overjoyed and the food and grass will definitely be no problem!"
Yuan Zongdi smiled happily after hearing this.
He actually knew in his heart that as long as this battle was fought, even if Tian Jianxiu fled, the imperial army would never accept deserters here like they are doing now. There will always be doubts about whether there is a fake surrender.
In this way, the number of deserters in the army will at least be greatly reduced!
