Lan Tianbao recognized the Jinyiwei Captain as one of the guards around the Duke. Suddenly, he knew that it must be that Duke had news.

Seeing so many people, and it was obvious that there were thieves, the captain of the Jinyiwei, he didn't say anything at all. He just took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Lan Tianbao who was facing him.

"Thank you for your hard work, go and have a rest!" After Lan Tianbao took it, he did not look at it immediately, but patted his shoulder and said with concern.

The others in the Central Army's tent naturally looked at their situation, after all, it was too eye-catching.

For a moment, everyone forgot the passion and indignation of the thieves just now.

After seeing the Jinyiwei leaving, Tian Jianxiu asked curiously: "But what are the Duke's instructions?"

When he heard this, He Baisui and others immediately pricked their ears and listened.

Lan Tianbao did not answer immediately, but checked the letter, then opened it and read it alone.

Everyone was following him, no matter who it was, they were a little curious about the content in this letter.

Soon, Lan Tianbao finished reading, put away the letter, and then said to Tian Jianxiu seriously: "The Duke of the State has military orders, and it's time to fight back against the thieves!"

Before, they were always sticking to the thieves and did not take the initiative to attack. Even if the thieves attacked, the imperial government army retreated instead of fighting.

After a long time, the imperial government army has also been unable to understand. It is obvious that it can fight, so why don’t you fight in one breath?

Hearing this, the people in the Central Army's tent couldn't help but be very excited. They could finally fight!

Tian Jianxiu had been waiting for a long time, and he was naturally happy to hear the news. However, he was a little confused. Logically speaking, for such a military action, the Duke should have sent an order to him, the commander.

Lantianbao is the military supervisor and is in charge of matters other than war.

Although in terms of military status, it is indeed a higher military supervisor. But since it is a military order for war, it should be given a look, instead of taking the military order into his arms as before.

Lan Tianbao seemed to be unconscious. After receiving the letter from Duke Xingguo, he turned to He Baisui and others and said, "I originally planned to send them to Chengdu. After all, you stay here and you will not have a chance to fight in the short term. But perhaps it was He Yilong and the others who were in the Heavenly Spirit Blessing, but they happened to have an opportunity to fight. Then you can stay in front of the army and serve!"

When He Baisui and others heard this, they were overjoyed and responded quickly.

"It's so good. I swear to take Li Zicheng's head to avenge my elder brother!"

"I will kill the enemy to death and never take a step back!"

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Listening to their words, Li Guo felt a little unnatural and then sighed.

If possible, he really didn't want to see this scene. He just persuaded him, but it was useless, and he had no choice!

Lan Tianbao listened to their statement, smiled and nodded, then looked at Li Jiao and said, "There will be a war soon, so I won't keep you anymore. I'll send someone to send you to Chengdu immediately!"

"Then I'll be in trouble!" Li Guo responded with fists and was not very interested.

So, Lan Tianbao arranged the people in the central military tent one by one, either going to rest or send them to Chengdu. At the end, when they saw them walking out of the central military tent, he loudly ordered a Jinyiwei to say, "Immediately, order the generals and military supervisors at all levels to come to the central military tent to discuss matters!"

Hearing this, He Baisui and others curled their lips slightly, and there was a smile on their faces.

After the irrelevant person left, Lan Tianbao's smile immediately disappeared. He took out the letter from Duke Xingguo, turned to look at Tian Jianxiu and said, "Old Tian, ​​please take a look first... I'll read it for you!"

Tian Jianxiu was a little embarrassed, and this was the problem that he couldn't read.

The military supervisors usually teach their brothers to read, but it seems that they can't escape, so they have to listen together.

Thinking of this, he asked Lan Tianbao to read it to him.

When Tian Jianxiu heard the beginning, he immediately knew why this letter was for the military supervisor rather than for him, the commander.

The content of this letter was not about fighting back at all, but about Duke Xingguo who wrote to Lan Tianbao that some of the people who sent to Chengdu before were falsely surrendered.

In fact, this matter is not difficult to investigate.

When Lantian sent someone over, he naturally reported his suspicion.

After Zhang Mingwei found out, he asked someone to count the information of these people and check the information through people who were originally under Li Zicheng in the army. Soon he found that someone was lying.

There is nothing to say about this. What the Jinyiwei did for food was quickly reviewed. Then further verification was found that many people were deceiving surrender.

It is certain that Song Xiance has the ability, otherwise he would not be Li Zicheng's military advisor! However, how capable he has is actually worth discussing.

If you really have the ability, you will not be suppressed by Niu Jinxing. Niu Jinxing is the leader of the Chinese literati in Li Zicheng's army. If you really have the ability, you can see at a glance the disadvantages of Li Zicheng's recovery of stolen money and helping the capital after he conquered the capital, and he can use his methods to stop this matter;

However, Song Xiance could not do this in the end.

His ability and insight must be better than ordinary thieves, but he is far inferior to those counselors who have been famous in history.

In fact, at this late Ming Dynasty, no scholars valued thieves and thought they would become a climate. It was really difficult for scholars to serve them.

Therefore, there was a very obvious flaw in the tricks that Song Xiance offered this time, but he did not find them himself. In order to ensure that these people who surrendered would not betray them, he chose those thieves with small families.

In the bandit army, there are small bandits, who are usually old bandits, and they are also famous among bandits.

They did not betray Li Zicheng because they were worried about their small family. However, accordingly, more people knew them. Many of Li Zicheng's subordinates surrendered to the court in the Battle of Chengdu.

If you check the information of these people, you can find clues when you check these people in Li Zicheng's army.

Zhang Mingwei has always attached great importance to statistics such as tables in the army, or in his way of doing things. Therefore, he quickly screened out a feature, that is, the information of family members who defrauded people was concealed.

In this way, the truth will not be difficult to uncover.

Zhang Mingwei also explained in the letter that since Li Zicheng wanted to use this trick to deal with the imperial court's public opinion war, he could use a trick, fight him, and then send Li Zicheng a big defeat, and accelerate the crackdown on the morale of the bandit army.

This explanation is also the reason why Lan Tianbao said that there would 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: "Will He Baisui also come to pretend to surrender?"

People who surrender have an obvious characteristic, that is, they do not want to let their arrangements, and will make their own requests, such as staying in front of the army!

Lan Tianbao nodded after hearing this and said, "If I guessed correctly, they were all for you, Lao Tian!"

When Tian Jianxiu heard this, he nodded with a bit ugly expression and said self-deprecatingly: "Li Zicheng must have hated me to the core, and he wants to get rid of me and then get rid of me!"

He was very self-aware of this, and he was very cautious when facing the enemy. So it was difficult for Yuan Zongdi to capture him at night.

After hearing this, Lan Tianbao reached out and patted his shoulder, and said with a smile: "Make the thief hate him to the core, which means that what you do is good things that are beneficial to the court and the people! Come on, let's discuss in detail how to teach Li Zicheng a big lesson. After making a battle plan, you have to report to the Duke."

"Please supervise!" Tian Jianxiu heard this and returned to his normal expression. He reached out to signal and asked Lan Tianbao to leave first.

Lantianbao was not pretentious, so he left the bill first.

As for the generals and military supervisors at all levels who heard the military order, they waited on the front tent.

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On the side of Yuan Zongdi's camp, Song Xiance stayed here and waited for news.

To be honest, he gave up his child and sent Li Guo over. With such a huge capital, he still couldn't hear any splashes and had no gains. He didn't know how to explain to Li Zicheng!

One day after waiting for three days, Yuan Zongdi suddenly ran into his camp excitedly and said to him excitedly: "Military advisor, news is here, there is news!"

Upon hearing this, Song Xiance couldn't help but be overjoyed and quickly confirmed, "Take it serious?"

After hearing this, Yuan Zongdi nodded immediately and said with a smile: "As the military advisor's instructions, I received the signal. After two days, go to the place with the sign to win the letter!"

When Song Xiance heard this, he immediately laughed and said, "The Jinyiwei is just like this. The bait he gave is a little more fragrant, and they are fooled!"

"That's the military advisor's plan!" Yuan Zongdi immediately flattered him, but after changing the subject, he immediately asked, "Then there should be a war next? The food and grass reserves in the army are limited, so why should the military advisor ask me for some from the general?"

Li Zicheng's side has been fighting since he entered Sichuan. Due to the wealth of Shu, they gained a lot from recovering stolen money and helping their money every time they seized a place.

However, no matter how much money and food is, it is not enough for Li Zicheng's troops to consume all the time in war.

Therefore, since the 16th year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng began to collect money and grain and did not dare to squander it at will.

When Song Xiance heard this, he immediately slapped Yuan Zongdi and said with a smile: "Don't worry, after a few days of further news, if you report it, the general will definitely be happy. There will definitely be no problem with food and grass!"

Yuan Zongdi smiled happily after hearing this.

He actually knew in his heart that as long as this battle was fought well, even if Tian Jianxiu fled, the imperial army would never capture the deserters here like he is now. He would always doubt whether there were any deceiving surrenders.
Chapter completed!