In the evening, in the western suburbs of Hanjing, Ziyang Hubei.

The Guo family courtyard was crowded with excitement, and most of the visitors were wearing official uniforms, brocade clothes and robes, waiting in the Guo family hall with a nervous look.

"The Lord Shangshu didn't know what he was thinking, and he actually persuaded the emperor to stay in Hanjing. When a fierce battle comes, our industry will be affected by the fish!"

"Who said no? I hope Emperor Chongzhen and Zuo Liangyu will go as far as possible, so as not to seek our wealth every now and then!"

"If it really doesn't work, let's write a letter together to make Shangshu Guo give up his thoughts of guarding the city. He Zhu Youjian will move wherever he likes!"

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"Dad, these officials have been waiting for most of the day. Have you not seen them?"

In the study, Guo Chen played with the jade in his hand and looked at Guo Shixun casually.

"not see."

Guo Shixun didn't raise his head and continued to read Zuo Zhuan in his hand.

"Dad, why do you want to persuade Chongzhen to stay in the capital today? What does Zhu Youjian have to do with our Guo family? You are afraid that you also want to imitate the foolish loyalty of the ancients? Let them leave them cleanly, wouldn't it be nice to leave Hanjing to us!"

"My Chen'er, when will you use your brain more?" Guo Shixun held a ruler and gently tapped the desk. "The Yangtze River passes through the city, and Hanjing has no danger to defend. Once the Huang Degong army arrives, we should cooperate inside and outside. At that time, Hanjing is at your fingertips! Is it better to capture Chongzhen alive and completely wipe out the remnants of the Western Ming Dynasty than to let them defend Changsha and make a comeback at any time?"

After hearing his father's explanation, Guo Chen suddenly realized and slapped his legs, "It turns out that my father not only wants to annex Huguang, but also wants to capture all the evils of Zhu Ming in one go. It's really a clever plan! In this way, Zhu Youjian and Zuo Liangyu have no hope of turning around! Just can Chongzhen stay in Hanjing because of his father's words?"

"Chongzhen is a man who wants to be extremely face. If he hadn't been like this, he would never have hanged himself in Jingshan and refused to move the capital to Nanjing. He did not want to bear the eternal infamy of the Qidu and fleeing."

Guo Shixun smiled coldly, his eyes full of sinister expression, as if the poisonous snake lying dormant in the grass in summer nights was ready to launch a fatal blow at any time.

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The scouts sent by Zhao Xunchang came back in one day, bringing the latest battle situation on the front line.

Except for the 10,000 soldiers who stayed in Anqing, the remaining 90,000 people were in the Huoshan area.

Huang Degong's goal was very obvious, which was to trap Xie Liang to death, so he set up a large camp in the southeast, southwest and northwest of Huoshan, cutting off all the retreat routes of the Western Ming army.

Xie Liang's remnants brought not much food and grass, and at this moment he was facing the dangerous dilemma of shortage of food and water. The soldiers began to descend in groups of people to surrender, and the army collapsed for only one or two days.

"In other words, the food and grass of the Eastern Army are all in Anqing City?"

After a day of conditioning, Yu Wan's body was already moving. She was sitting in the broken room and listening to the battle report on the front line. Also listening to Zhao Xuchang, Xu Hu and Zheng Yixue were also listening to the three of them.

"As the villain saw with his own eyes, hundreds of grain transport trucks were wandering between Huoshan and Anqing, and the protection was extremely tight, with no less than six or seven grain transport teams!"

The scout said, drinking water in a gurgling manner and gasping for breath.

"You go down first."

Zhao Xunchang waved to the scout, and then said to Yu Wan after he left the door, "General Yu, what are your good strategies to defeat the enemy?"

Before Yu Wan answered, Xu Hu interrupted, "That's more important than that, of course, it was the battle of Cao Cao's Guandu, burning food and grass!"

"Brother Xu is easy to say." Zheng Yixue couldn't help but smile, "At that time, Yuan Shao's grain protection army in Wuchao was only 10,000, and Cao Mengde personally led 5,000 elite troops to successfully attack. The ratio of the number of people on both sides was 2 to 1; and now there are more than 6,000 enemy troops, and we are only less than 300 people, and the ratio of the number of people was 20 to 1, so the chance of victory was too slim."

"What should I do?"

Xu Hu looked at Yu Wan dejectedly. Regarding his brain, Yu Wan is indeed the best among everyone here.

Feeling the eyes of everyone Qi Ji, Yu Wan just smiled faintly, "Actually, the situation is not as bad as we have seen. Although the Eastern Army is so powerful and moving forward, they dare not attack Hanjing rashly before destroying Xie Liang's remnant troops. Do you know why this is?"

Xu Hu and Zhao Xuchang looked at each other with a very tacit expression, but Zheng Yixue smiled knowingly, "That's because they always have worries. Anqing is in a dangerous terrain, surrounded by mountains on three sides, and one side is water. The Yangtze River passes through the city. Both sides are mountainous areas, with only seventy or eighty miles of narrow passages. Once Anqing is taken back by us, they will cut off their retreat and will be defeated without fighting."

Unexpectedly, Zheng Yixue was not only talented and beautiful, but also had a lot of research on military affairs. Yu Wan couldn't help but nodded with satisfaction.

"As Yixue said, as long as we can capture Anqing, we can reverse the entire battle situation in an instant. The Anqing defenders are no less than 10,000, so naturally we cannot rely on hundreds of us alone, so I want to bring reinforcements."

"Where to find a reinforcement?"

The topic has returned to its original starting point. Everyone knows that there are many people and things are easy to do, but now they are weak and isolated, so where can we find so many people?

"Isn't the barbarians deep in the Dabie Mountains the farthest? I want to see the barbarian king and convince him to send troops!"

"What? Go to the barbarians to bring reinforcements!"

Not only Zhao and Xu, but even Zheng Yixue looked at Yu Wan with shock. He quickly stretched out his jade hand and touched his forehead. After confirming that the latter did not have a fever, he said, "The barbarians and I, Han people, have never been incompatible. You even burned more than 10,000 of them a few days ago. Do you still expect them to help? What's more, your serious injury has not healed!"

Xu Hu even rejected it repeatedly, "Brother Yu, the barbarians hate you so much. Once you go, you will be a sheep that falls into the tiger's mouth. The other person will eat it, and they will not leave any more. If I really don't, don't we go back to the water. Anyway, you have done your best to Chongzhen. Not only did you save his life, but you also escorted him all the way to Nanjing. Now even his son has been rescued. But how did he treat you? He gave you a broken doctor who is not painful. Bah! You are ungrateful and you are destroying the bridge!"

Although these words were a little too extreme, they did express everyone's voice. Yu Wan's contributions can no longer be repaid by a doctor in the Ministry of War. The Zhu family was too harsh and affectionate to this reborn parent.

"Huzi, don't say such things again in the future."

Yu Wan glanced at him with a frown, "Even if it is not for the emperor, I must explore this muddy water for the sake of the princess! Even for the poor people of Hanjing and my ideals and ambitions!"

Seeing that he was determined, everyone knew that he could not persuade him, so they sighed, "Then why do you plan to speak to the Barbarian King? How do they think they would fight after they agreed to send troops?"

Speaking of this, Yu Wan touched the back of her head, smiled and said, "I haven't thought about it yet. But Hu Zi, go and prepare your clothes first, let's set off tonight!"

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