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Chapter 206 Don't Confront the Enemy on the Battlefield Chosen by the Enemy

After being questioned by Shen Shuren, Zuo Zixiong and other generals also looked confused.

But fortunately, they still have self-knowledge, and they also know that Master Futai has always been far-sighted and far-sighted, so they did not question the leadership's instructions at all, and immediately arranged for scouts to follow orders, while immediately gathering all senior generals to hold a military meeting.

After all the generals arrived, Shen Shuren almost figured out why he had worries and ominous premonitions, so he calmly analyzed it to the generals:
"The land of Yuezhou is indeed located at the throat, and it is worth fighting for with the main force, but it only has this pure military value. If two feudal towns or even enemy countries are fighting each other, guard Yuezhou and block It is understandable that the mouth of Dongting Lake is to ensure the safety of the entire Xiaoxiang River Basin.

But who is Zhang Xianzhong?His soldiers and horses are just rogues!He fought his way out of the mountains in western Hunan!What's the use of him putting on this posture of desperately fighting for Yuezhou?Could it be that he has already regarded all the Xiaoxiang prefectures as something in his pocket?
If this is the case, shouldn't he use the main force to go to the south to pick up soft persimmons first, and occupy those state capitals with weak defenses first?If it was me who led the troops, and Yuezhou fought like this, I would definitely make two-handed preparations...

So I said you guys, what's the use of fighting the enemy's main force in Yuezhou?Fortunately, we are the guest army. Even if the worst happens and no matter how much territory we temporarily lose in southern Huguang, the imperial court will not be able to convict us of losing our land.

That's all, let's do this first, prepare to divide the troops immediately, first assemble the light warships and sailors, prepare to secretly break through the blockade at the mouth of Dongting Lake tonight, break into the depths of Dongting Lake, and then divide the troops to patrol the mouths of Xiaoxiang, Yuanli and other rivers. What has become of the south! "

After being analyzed by Shen Shuren, all the generals were also a little afraid.

Zuo Zixiong, the commander-in-chief, said worriedly: "But... Zhang Xianzhong has so many troops? Looking at the Baling camp these days, even if there are no one hundred thousand soldiers, there must be more than fifty or sixty thousand. At the end The general also observed the size of the enemy army before deciding that Zhang Xianzhong's main force was here.

If they divide their troops to the south and the number is insufficient, won't they be defeated by the defenders in Changsha and other places?In addition, our army is now divided into southward searches when the enemy's situation is unknown. If one of them encounters the main force of the rogues, will it be in danger? "

Shen Shuren was angry and funny: "Are you sure there are at least [-] to [-] enemies here? How can you be sure?"

Zuo Zixiong, his subordinates Jin Shenghuan, Zhu Wenzhen and others looked at each other for a few seconds, and said frankly: "Look at the size of the camp, the number of camp tents, and the smoke from the stove, and so on."

Shen Shuren shook his head: "I really want to delay time, can't these be faked? I lead the troops and I faked them too! Also, why do you have to worry about dividing your troops to search south and being hit by the enemy's main force? Did I let you go ashore?
I let you choose the Clippers and rely on waterways.Use your brains to think about it, no matter how many enemy troops there are, there is one shortcoming that cannot be overcome, that is, Zhang Xianzhong came over the mountains, it is impossible to bring a boat from his old lair!

He wanted to cross Dongting Lake and maneuver along the Yuanshui and Lishui Xiangjiang Rivers. All water vehicles were either cut down to make rafts or seized from the counties along the way!There are few people in the land battle, and there may be worries about being surrounded by too many people. In the water battle, as long as the warship of one side is absolutely fast and the defense is sharp, it is invincible. Can't you run if you can't repel a strong enemy? "

These words stopped several generals again, Shen Shuren sighed, and realized that they could not be blamed for this, they were indeed not very capable in water warfare, Zuo Zixiong was born as a general in land warfare, so were Jin Shenghuan and Zhu Wenzhen.

Previously, Zhang Mingzhen and Zheng Chenggong were well-known water warfare generals, but Zhang Mingzhen and his main subordinates are now in charge of coastal defense in Zhoushan, not affiliated to Shen Shuren.Zheng Chenggong is serving as the prefect of Jiujiang again, and he is a civil servant.

The generals that Shen Shuren can take out directly here are not completely lacking in water warfare generals, but their ranks are relatively low-after serving Zhang Mingzhen and Zheng Chenggong a few months ago, Shen Lian, who has just become a defensive player, is a good one. Admiral of the Navy,

He was born as a family member of the Shen family and a sailor on a sea ship. He knew water warfare very well, but his rank was too low, at least much lower than the above three general ranks, so he was not qualified to lead an army alone before.

In addition, Li Yu, the general of the North Korean Bird Battalion who surrendered before, is actually good in water warfare, otherwise he would not have been sent out by Kong Youde before.It was only because he took the initiative to abandon the dark and turn to the bright during the Bijiashanhai battle that he appeared to be crotchless on the battlefield.

After Shen Shuren thought it over clearly, he no longer blamed the army generals under him for not being omnipotent, and directly ordered: "There is a priority in learning, and there is a specialization in art. You don't know water warfare, so I don't blame you. Just keep watching Li Dingguo.

Tonight, I will ask Shen Lian and Li Yu to take a battalion each, choose a strong fast boat, and then take all the mother-in-law guns and Flang machines in the army, and sneak down to Vietnam to see if they can wait on the surface of Dongting Lake and the mouth of the Xiangjiang River. Got something everywhere.

You guys remember it for me—I just arrived today, so I probably haven't spread the news that I've arrived yet, right?Then keep tight-lipped!Anyone in the army who dares to talk about the news of my arrival will be dealt with by military law—that's all right, Zhu Wenzhen! "

Zhu Wenzhen shuddered: "The end is here!"

Shen Shuren: "You fought well in the battle to annihilate Jiao Guangqi the day before yesterday. I will find a way to help you show your merits. I will ask Wanji, the staff secretary of the Nanjing Ministry of War, to help you re-forge your resume, hometown, and whitewash your identity. With this good news as a Therefore, you will be formally awarded the general again.

In order to make the credit more solid, you will remember today that after the Zuo Zongbing bombarded the enemy camp, he organized the cavalry to charge again, and then attacked the weak point of the enemy camp's defenses, trying to break through the blockade and rush to the city of Baling , and then kill back——

You should be very familiar with this, right?After you killed Jiao Guangqi the day before yesterday, you broke through the blockade of Bai Wenxuan and got in touch with the defenders at the top of the city. I just want you to do it again. "

Zhu Wenzhen didn't even think about it: "The general obeyed! But... what's the use of this? Isn't the news that the reinforcements have arrived have already been sent in? The morale in the city is now high."

Shen Shuren smiled sinisterly: "Then you can emphasize it again this time, by the way, shoot a few arrows and write in. The content of the letter is nothing more than to let the defenders in the city continue to persist, telling them that the reason why you haven't launched a strong attack on the enemy camp is because The rear army from Wuchang hasn't arrived yet, it will only take two or three days, so don't let them be discouraged.

When archery, you can shoot a few more arrows, most of them will hit the top of the city, and some of them can be shot crookedly, falling under the city wall or beside the moat-of course, don't be too fake, you can't shoot outside the moat!At any rate, it must be between the inner side of the moat and the root of the city wall! "

Zhu Wenzhen and the others smacked at the meaning of Mr. Futai, and also gasped slightly, realizing that this was part of the deception.

The point is that this deception has no cost. If Li Dingguo is overwhelmed and discovers the abnormality of Zhu Wenzhen's attack today, he insists on getting to the bottom of it, and finally sends dead men to the bottom of the city wall in the middle of the night to retrieve these arrows tied with letters. It can make Li Dingguo feel more at ease and less wary.

And even if this deception fails, Li Dingguo lacks the heart and doesn't care, or if he is unlucky and can't find the book arrows that didn't shoot into the city, Shen Shuren will not lose.

Since there is no cost, there is no need to use it for nothing.

And this kind of deception has another advantage, that is, if a general attack on Li Dingguo's camp is to be launched in the future, it will be more sudden, so that the psychological preparation of the thieves will be as insufficient as possible.

When Bai Qi arrived in Changping back then, he did not let Zhao Kuo know that Bai Qi had arrived in Changping. Zhao Kuo thought that the general of the Qin army was still Wang Yan.

Li Dingguo must have been deeply impressed by Zuo Zixiong's "strengthening the stronghold and fighting dumb" two days ago, and this impression should not be left in vain.Since Shen Shuren missed something a little bit, he has to make up for it with interest from another angle!
Shen Shuren has always been the only one in the world who takes advantage of others, how can anyone take advantage of him, Shen Shuren!

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The Ming army went up and down, and the fighting atmosphere quickly changed.

All the ministries have changed from the dignified state of being stubborn and fighting in a daze, to suddenly become flexible and flexible.

The scouts that should be strengthened did not fail to work. Zhu Wenzhen's "Quasi-Guanning Iron Cavalry" suddenly broke out again after the artillery battle that afternoon, and everything was carried out as planned.

Li Dingguo and Bai Wenxuan on the opposite side hadn't encountered a strong attack from the army for two days, so they were a little lax at first.As a result, after part of the camp was blown up by Hongyi cannons, suddenly cavalry rushed in, and Bai Wenxuan was really caught off guard again.

At least the rogue troops facing the gap in the defense line were horribly sprayed by musketeers, and at least two or 3000 people were lost—not all of them were casualties, and a considerable part of them were completely scattered by running away. After escaping, it is estimated that I will not respond to Zhang Xianzhong as a soldier again.

Li Dingguo was in a state of desperation for a while, and the strength of his troops had been eaten away to barely [-].

However, he was careless. After asking Bai Wenxuan about the details of the abnormal behavior of the enemy army, he suspected that there must be something tricky. In the end, when the sky was about to get dark that evening, he sent a small group of dead soldiers to swim quietly. Cross the moat and search under the city.

In fact, Zhu Wenzhen deliberately missed dozens of "faith arrows", so some of them were picked up by Li Dingguo's department in the dark.

If Li Dingguo knew that the current head coach of the Ming army had been replaced by Shen Shuren himself, with his awe of Shen Shuren's treacherous name, he would definitely think more about whether there was fraud.

It's a pity that he doesn't even have enough information. Shen Shuren's army has always been known for its secrecy. Li Dingguo thought that Zuo Zixiong was still in command.

Based on his observation of Zuo Zixiong's IQ in the past few days, he certainly wouldn't feel that Zuo Zixiong had suddenly become a fraud, so he also believed that the information on the letter arrow was absolutely true.

It seems that two days later, we will usher in a strong onslaught by the officers and soldiers!At that time, I may have to give up the Baling siege camp ahead of time. After delaying for so long, I can be regarded as rebellious against my father-in-law, and bought enough time for my father-in-law to expand his territory in the south.

And when he gave up the siege of Baling, of course he had to send a messenger in advance to warn his adoptive father, telling him to beware that the navy of the government army would rush into the hinterland of Dongting Lake, and the water supply line on the lake must be protected at that time.

Unfortunately, Li Dingguo's "warning" was destined to be late.

Because the so-called "two days later" does not exist at all, only in the middle of the night that day, the Ming army with about 6000 people and two battalions of sailors selected all the clippers in the army and loaded them with portable Buddhist guns. Lang Ji and Qianniao musketeers smuggled through Li Dingguo's patrol blockade at the mouth of Dongting Lake.

More than a dozen rogue sentry ships were destroyed and killed. The only thing they could do before they died was to warn the officers and soldiers of the enemy's attack, forcefully broke through the narrow waters at the mouth of Dongting Lake, and rushed into the hinterland of Dongting Lake.

(End of this chapter)