Chapter 106 Hesitation
After Li Zijing finished speaking, he felt a little nervous.
It's not the nervousness of being conspicuous in front of others. After leading the army for a long time, Li Zijing has long lost his former self and can remain calm under the gaze of everyone.
The current tension is due to the tension of hosting a large-scale military meeting for the first time.
After all, the results of this military meeting will directly radiate to the offensive and defensive situation of the entire Huguang Shun and Ming armies. If the judgment is wrong, it will have a major impact on the entire Huguang.
Li Zijing was actually beating the drum in his heart. After all, this was his first time fighting against someone like Gao Doushu who had his name in the history books.
You must know that these people who can leave a mark in the history books may seem light and indifferent, but in fact they are all outstanding people.
Gao Doushu has a separate biography in the history of the Ming Dynasty, which is enough to illustrate this person's ability. Li Zijing was still afraid of fighting against him.
After all, this time is different from fighting Duduo in Tongguan.
In the battle at Tongguan, to be honest, Duduo lost very unfairly. Li Zijing was the time traveler, so he took advantage of the right time and place.
In that battle, Li Zijing not only knew exactly what day Duduo's reinforcements would arrive at Tongguan, but he also knew exactly where Duduo's troops were stationed and roughly how many real troops they had.
Without exception, these men who are like gods in using troops all judged the enemy's situation through various aspects such as the terrain through careful thinking, and then made countermeasures to achieve success in one go.
If you are timid and only choose to stay in the city after hearing the enemy's movements, you will only die slowly.
When Ma Jinzhong first arrived in Jingzhou, he also tried to attack, but Meng Changgeng, the master of Dashun Jingzhou's defense, was very capable. He never got any advantage, so he chose to besiege rather than attack.
When the news came, Ma Jinzhong was furious.
During this period, we plan to implement Liu Tichun's opinions first and make a posture of sticking to Xiangyang.
It was this strict education that led to Li Zijing's habit of thinking about problems from the other person's perspective when encountering problems.
Everyone nodded and went back to make arrangements according to the plan. First, Liu Tichun's more conservative method was used to shrink the surrounding troops and adopt an attitude of sticking to Xiangyang.
After all, fighting is not a child's play. If the judgment is really wrong, all the troops will collapse and Jingzhou Prefecture will fall.
He looked at Li Zijing with firm eyes and said thoughtfully.
But despite panic, Li Zijing also understood a truth after surviving in troubled times for so long, that is, the brave will be starved to death, and the timid will starve to death.
The more times like this, the more important it is to be thoughtful and bold at the same time.
Just talk and scold, you have to do the work that needs to be done.
However, news came back from Wuchang a few days ago that Zuo Liangyu had accepted Gao Doushu's invitation to join forces and issued a military order to him, asking him to cooperate with the Yunyang King Guang'en's troops to capture Jingzhou as soon as possible.
Li Zijing was actually not angry just now, but was thinking about the problem from Liu Tichun's perspective.
Ma Jinzhong, like Wang Guangen, the chief general of the Yunyang Ming Army, was once one of the thirty-six families of the rebel army, named "Hun Shiwan", and was recruited during the Chongzhen period.
The Yunyang battle with Gao Doushu was the first time that Li Zijing coordinated the battle situation and commanded various troops after leaving Li Zicheng.
In the Chinese army tent, Ma Jinzhong stared with big copper bell-like eyes, wearing the Ming army general's standard armor, and his Xuanwu helmet was placed on the table.
Ma Jinzhong's army was about to run out of food, so he asked Wuchang for orders a few days ago, hoping to return to repair and let the soldiers eat and rest for a while before returning to continue the siege.
So Li Zijing in Xiangyang ended up in the same ending as in history, which is a matter of time, and history will not be rewritten.
It is time for the main force of Dashun Army East Road in Zhangde Prefecture to know the news that a new general has arrived in Huguang.
"Securing Xiangyang is the top priority!"
"Of course, after all, King Xiao Chuang is ordered to control the troops and horses on the east route. How to act will be all at the command of King Xiao Chuang."
Ma Jinzhong, who is stationed here, has been having a hard time recently.
Ma Jinzhong cursed a lot, but he had no intention of disobeying the military order. Then he changed the subject and looked at the generals beside him.
Although Li Zijing had an idea, it was because he was inexperienced in commanding troops and horses for the first time, so he was muttering in his heart and his attitude was not firm.
"King Xiaochuang's men have just reached 20,000. Even if they are all sent out, what impact will they have on the battle situation in Jingzhou Prefecture?"
Throughout history, there is no general who has left his name in history. He became famous for his style of running away from others and defending when encountering a battle.
At the same time, a fast horse galloped out from Xiangyang Prefecture, leaped, whipped, and galloped straight to Zhangde Prefecture.
"With General Liu's words, I feel relieved."
Unexpectedly, what was waiting for him was not an order to retreat, but a sharp-tongued military order from Zuo Liangyu, ordering him to seize the Jingzhou Prefecture immediately.
"How to make arrangements depends on gathering intelligence. Jingzhou Prefecture and Xiangyang Prefecture are at loggerheads. Especially now, we need to keep in close contact with the local Meng defense envoys."
Since then, he has been under Zuo Liangyu's command and has achieved many military exploits.
Jingzhou Prefecture.
Hearing Liu Tichun's words, Li Zijing didn't understand what he was thinking.
"Why didn't Zuo Liangyu come with his own troops, but let me attack from both sides? I have been besieging Jingzhou Prefecture for several months, how could I defeat it early?"
Now, in Jingzhou Prefecture, except for the area occupied by Dashun, all other places have been plundered by the Ming army.
On the Tongguan battlefield, Li Zijing, who had the best time and place, was almost overturned by Duduo on more than one occasion.
Don't panic, that's simply impossible.
He knew that Jingzhou could not be conquered, so he did not want to stay here. He asked Zuo Liangyu to retreat for several days.
Ma Jinzhong was very distressed. He was ordered to besiege Jingzhou Prefecture for many months, but due to Meng Changgeng's tight defense of Jingzhou in Dashun, there was no progress.
On the other hand, he also received news last month that Dashun had sent reinforcements from Guanzhong to Xiangyang, so he decided to withdraw to Wuchang.
"If General Bai Wang of Zhangde Mansion is needed for assistance, I will definitely bring him the message. No matter what, my troops and horses on the east road will obey the orders of King Xiaochuang!"
If at that time, Li Zijing had commanded the troops and horses to fight Duduo, Li Zijing knew very well that he was no match for Duduo and would definitely lose.
"I think it's better to shrink the troops directly. No matter what Gao Doushu has in mind, the troops will come to cover up the water and the earth!"
This is also a habit brought by later generations. When Li Zijing was in later generations, his family was very strict in discipline. His parents asked him to respect his teachers and teach him, and he would draw inferences about other cases when asked by the school.
Liu Tichun tended to be conservative in his thinking. After all, he knew the situation of Dashun in the Huguang area and could not tolerate any mistakes.
After Liu Tichun finished speaking, he immediately spoke again without hearing Li Zijing's reply.
Li Zijing stared slightly, but he understood his stubborn way of thinking and keeping the same in response to changes. After all, this is still the method that most people like to adopt.
In troubled times, those who are timid cannot achieve great things.
It's just that since time travel, Li Zijing's originally well-behaved, honest and good-natured boy's character has been changing little by little.
After being persuaded by Liu Tichun, Li Zijing also decided to wait and see.
The whole person looked extremely angry.
It was a bit bold to take the initiative and surprise Ma Jinzhong at this time.
With an army of 30,000 under his command, Wuchang has long since cut off its source of food and supplies, and has been collecting food locally.
Of course, Li Zijing was still hesitating whether to send a partial force to attack Ma Jinzhong's troops in Jingzhou.
Under such circumstances, he narrowly defeated Dodo at the last moment.
"snort!"
Therefore, he specifically ordered Hao Yaoqi to transfer some sentries and cavalry and continue to observe the movements of Yunyang and Xiangyang Prefectures so that he could make changes at any time.
"Tell the brothers to build ladders and shield chariots to prepare for the storming of Jingzhou. Go and ask when Wang Guangen will arrive!"
"At that time, if I fight a bloody battle under Jingzhou City and he is still late, I will definitely fight to Yunyang and skin him!"
Ma Jinzhong's current situation is really embarrassing. He knows that if he attacks Jingzhou alone, he will lose both sides.
But he had to fight this battle because of the reinforcements that Yunyang didn't know if they would come.
Chapter completed!