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Chapter 112: The ministers arrive at the camp

After leaving Zuo Liangyu's camp, Lin Chunhong was still on the way and received an urgent report from his subordinates. The official arrived at the Jingzhou camp with the imperial edict and ordered Lin Chunhong to return to the camp immediately to receive the order.

Although he had already known the general content of the sacred edict, Lin Chunhong did not dare to slack off and immediately returned to the camp to set up an incense case and knelt down to obey the order. Zhu Youjian first severely rebuked Lin Chunhong for raising troops to attack Deng Yan without authorization, fined him half a year's salary, and ordered him to make meritorious service. Then, Zhu Youjian reviewed the battle at Guanzhuang, praised Lin Chunhong's life-threatening blow, and encouraged him to fight bravely.

After the Zhongguan finished reading in his unique voice, Lin Chunhong leaned to the ground and said in fear and trepidation: "The criminal received the order!"

After saying that, he stood up and said to the Zhongguan: "Thank you for your hard work, Eunuch Chen has been sleeping all the way."

Chen Kui said with a smile: "The emperor is still satisfied with General Lin. I hope that the general will work hard and make new contributions. The emperor will definitely not treat the heroes with utmost care!"

Lin Chunhong estimated that Zhu Youjian was afraid of being a hero, so he specifically told Eunuch Chen about this. It seems that Zhu Youjian is still taking good care of him.

Lin Chunhong bowed and said, "The Lord's painstaking efforts, and the sinners remember them in their hearts. They should fight bravely to fight the enemy to repay the Lord's kindness."

Chen Kui nodded with satisfaction and said, "One thing we have to do when we come to the archer camp this time is to see the effects of plate armor and steel crossbows. The emperor is very concerned about the two powerful weapons."

Lin Chunhong was secretly happy. The more Zhu Youjian paid attention to the plate armor and steel crossbows, the more Zhou Shipu was dependent on himself, or the more the Donglin Party was dependent on him. So, Lin Chunhong was flirting and said to Chen Kui incessantly: "The advantage of steel crossbows is that they have a long range and are easy to aim, and the disadvantage is that they are slower than bows and arrows. There is no need to mention plate armor. It is easier to make than fish scale armor and chain mail, and has excellent protection ability than fish scale armor and chain mail, lighter than fish scale armor, and is more than locks.

The armor was slightly heavier. At the beginning, when he was fighting against the star in Liaozhou, he used steel crossbows to shoot outside 150 steps. The bandits rushed to within 150 steps, and the crossbows were fired at the same time. When the bandits rushed to within 30 steps, they would use tiger squat cannons to bombard them. That was really amazing. The stars were killed so hard that blood flowed into rivers and corpses were accumulated in the fields! As for the plate armor, after each battle, the last general found that the wounds of the wounded soldiers in Jingzhou were basically on their hands, feet and faces. What's the point? The bandits had no choice but to do anything to protect the parts of the plate armor!"

Lin Chunhong was happy to speak, Chen Kui was happy to hear it. The more they talked, the more they became more and more interested, and they even forgot about time.

Lin Chunhong asked, "I wonder how many days will Eunuch Chen stay in the camp this time? The archers in Jingzhou are facing a war. Then let the father-in-law see it!"

Chen Kui danced with his hands and his face turned red and said excitedly: "The Lord ordered our family to stay in Jingzhou Gongbing Camp for a month."

Stay for a month? Although Lin Chunhong had a smile on his face, he was very surprised. It seemed that Zhu Youjian still had doubts about him!

After Chen Kui was properly placed, Lin Chunhong immediately summoned Lu Shiming to discuss with the generals.

Although Lin Chunhong and Lu Shiming did not take Zhu Youjian's doubts seriously, they could not resist the generals' desire to fight and finally formed a consensus, seeking to annihilate Gao Yingxiang's unit to ensure Zhu Youjian's heart.

Lin Chunhong summoned the army and generals to discuss strategies together. In view of Gao Yingxiang's main force seizing the main force to attack Zhangde Mansion, he only sent his general Guo Rupan to lead more than 1,000 elite cavalry to the west of Guankou to tap Caogu and plunder food and grass everywhere. Lin Chunhong planned to eat Guo Rupan in one fell swoop.

One key point of eating Guo Rupan is to be fast, so that Gao Yingxiang's infantry had no time to react. In addition, in order to prevent the fast-moving cavalry main force from turning around and attacking the Jingzhou army with Guo Rupan, Lu Xiangsheng must be put enough pressure on Gao Yingxiang.

In addition, the Jingzhou army was short of troops and needed Zuo Liangyu to protect the food road.

Lu Shiming and the generals looked at each other: "How can we adjust Lu Xiangsheng and Zuo Liangyu?"

"Don't worry, Lu Xiangsheng and Zuo Liangyu must listen to us!" Lin Chunhong was quite confident in Lu Xiangsheng's loyalty and righteousness, and he just reached an agreement with Zuo Liangyu not long ago and said confidently.

Lin Chunhong immediately informed Zuo Liangyu of his plan, hoping that Zuo Liangyu could cooperate with him. Zuo Liangyu received three thousand stones of food and grass, and his military power was restored, and he also got rid of the burden of refugees that everyone disliked. He was proud and agreed to Lin Chunhong's request. At the same time, Lin Chunhong informed his plan to the famous soldiers, Lu Xiangsheng.

The garrison of Lu Xiang Shengtian Xiong Army was 150 miles away from Zhangde Mansion. After hearing that Gao Yingxiang defeated Zuo Liangyu, he immediately led more than 10,000 soldiers to Zhangde Mansion day and night. As soon as he arrived in Neihuang County, he received a notice from Lin Chunhong. Lu Xiang Sheng slapped the case and said, "The court should have unified the power of affairs long ago! Even Zuo Liangyu and Lin Chunhong and his martial artist knew how to fight together, which is a pity that the court did not understand!"

Deputy General Li Chongzhen curled his lips and said, "It shouldn't be the reason for the imperial court?"

Lu Xiangsheng frowned, Yin's eyes were gloomy, and scolded: "Nonsense! Didn't you hear Wen's advice and Wu's battle? The emperor's orders were not good, they were all the blame of the ministers in the temple!"

Li Chongzhen was timid and stopped talking.

Lu Xiangsheng immediately ordered: "Start the march and set up camp in Cuijiaqiao in three days!"

Deputy General Lei Shisheng hurriedly advised: "Sir, are we really going to revolve around Lin Chunhong? Lin Chunhong is a small guerrilla, this is too..."

Lu Xiangsheng laughed and said, "We are not surrounding Lin Chunhong! We are surrounding the right strategy. Lin Chunhong is doing it, which is the most feasible strategy at present..."

At the same time, Zuo Liangyu led his troops south, intending to camp in Honghetun, northwest of Zhangde Prefecture, and block the grain road that Huo Lin Chunhong went south.

Seeing that Zuo Liangyu and Lu Xiangsheng agreed to their plans, Lin Chunhong immediately led his troops to Qugou, west of Zhangde Prefecture.

After the Battle of Guanzhuang, Lin Chunhong was quite confident in the marching ability of the Jingzhou archers. He ordered his subordinates to travel sixty miles a day, and within a day they left Zuo Liangyu's troops far behind. Zuo Liangyu was shocked and out of good intentions, he immediately sent a fast horse to catch up with Lin Chunhong and advised: Jingzhou archers went south to fight. If they marched so quickly, they would become tired soldiers after they arrived in Qugou, and they might be ridden by Gao Yingxiang.

Lin Chunhong expressed his gratitude to Zuo Liangyu for his kindness. At the same time, he informed Zuo Liangyu that Gao Yingxiang's general Guo Rupan led more than a thousand elite cavalry to harvest grain west of Zhangde Mansion, and he prepared to fight quickly, so that Gao Yingxiang had no time to react.

Seeing that Lin Chunhong did not listen to the advice, Zuo Liangyu was afraid that Lin Chunhong would touch Gao Yingxiang's words, and that he was weak and could not resist the thunder attack of the bandits, so he planned to do his best to strengthen the camp in Honghetun. In this way, even if Lin Chunhong was defeated, he could still stand firm and wait for help.

The Jingzhou archers have not tried their best to travel sixty miles a day. In daily training, it is common to travel eighty miles a day. This is due to the good physical fitness of the Jingzhou archers. More importantly, the Jingzhou archers have a large number of cattle, donkeys and mules, which can greatly reduce the burden on the archers.

Lin Chunhong arranged a comfortable carriage for Chen Kui, but was rejected by Chen Kui. Chen Kui actually walked with the archers every day!

Lin Chunhong secretly claimed to be surprised and advised: "My father-in-law, come up and take the bus, it's too tiring."

Chen Kui smiled and said, "Our family has recognized General Lin's kindness. Before leaving the palace, the emperor made our family close to the soldiers and feel honored to be able to walk with the warriors."

Lin Chunhong couldn't help but exclaim: "My father-in-law is physically strong. Such marching intensity is hard for ordinary farmers to bear, let alone the golden branches and jade leaves that are like father-in-law."

Chen Kui said as he walked, "What kind of golden branches and jade leaves! Our family is also a miserable family. After entering the palace, they have been traveling in Liaodong, from Chenyang to Jinzhou, from Jinzhou to Ningyuan, and then to Yuguan, and finally back to the capital... Our family has no other skills, and the ability to run away is the best!"

Chen Kui talked about the failure of the Ming Dynasty in Liaodong in a joking tone, which made Lin Chunhong feel sorry for him.

Lin Chunhong asked: "How many years have my father-in-law been in Liaodong?"

"It took a full six years from the fifth year of the Tianqi period to the fourth year of Chongzhen!"

"So, has my father-in-law been on the battlefield?"

"It's all counted, but every time I'm defeated, fortunately my parents gave us a pair of long legs, which left us with a life of surviving life to this day..."
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