Traveling through the Ming Dynasty, as soon as you open your eyes, you will die

Chapter 31 Li Guo’s decision

Wuxiang. The cleaned battlefield was once again covered with corpses, and the Chuangzi flag was still scattered everywhere.

But fortunately, Li Guo only made two tentative attacks before giving up. There were not many casualties on both sides, so it was not tragic.

Breaking into the army camp, Li Guo was very confused.

During the day, he tentatively attacked Wuxiang. As a result, he found that Wuxiang was not a small army but a large number of defenders. It was definitely not something that could be captured in a short time.

What really shocked him was that the two thousand men and horses sent out to collect grain in the morning were ambushed by an unknown number of officers and soldiers. Only three teams returned after completing their mission, and all the others were wiped out, resulting in a direct loss of 1,700 people.

The brothers who came back told them that each of the officers and soldiers who ambushed them had thousands of people with sharp weapons and tough fighting styles.

Wu Ruyi frowned after hearing this: "According to this calculation, even if the opponent has twenty teams like this, there will be 20,000 troops. Their purpose is to encircle and suppress our lone grain team. , strangle our food supplies."

Li Guo nodded: "In today's battle, there seem to be no less than ten thousand soldiers in Wuxiang City. And they are not like the soldiers in other parts of the Ming Dynasty. They are all old, weak, sick and skinny. Their energy is very good. , and he looked good. At first glance, he looked like a soldier with plenty of money and food. I was surprised, how could Chongzhen, who was at the end of his rope, get so much money and food to support his soldiers. I didn't see him continuing to beat the people to their bones as before, and I didn't see the people boiling with resentment. ah."

"Recently, the Jin Yiwei seems to have changed. According to the report of the spies who have just escaped, the Jin Yiwei has changed its commander, and the real power is in the hands of King Ding. He has carried out some forced debt collection and paid enough money and food to the Jin Yiwei and the Forbidden Army. Look. Come on, this little Prince Ding is not simple."

"Since this little Prince Ding is so great, I must seize this opportunity to catch him. Eliminate the possibility of him making Ming Dynasty struggle to the death."

Wu Ruyi shook his head: "This is not a good idea."

"How to say?"

"First, we attacked Wuxiang today and found that they had strong troops and were difficult to break through for a while. And our food and grass were cut off by them in this way. Our food and grass cannot last long. Another point is that this army is at least There are 2 officers and soldiers, who knows where around us.

Once they suddenly gather to launch an attack when we are unable to attack the city and the division veterans are exhausted, we will be passive. "

"Then what do you think we should do?" Li Guo still respected the old man Chuangjun very much.

"While we still have two days of food, return to Henan. Report the situation here to King Chuang, and then continue to recruit troops in Henan to expand the team. We will then turn back and fight back. Then we will go straight to Beijing."

"I came here in such a hurry and went back in such a hurry. I am not willing to accept it."

Wu Ruyi thought for a moment: "If the young general is unwilling, then I have a solution."

"General Wu, what can we do?"

Wu Ruyi said: "Leave the old camp behind and continue to besiege Wuxiang. Our cavalry will attack Beijing directly."

Li Guo was shocked: "General Wu, when I proposed that Li Yan besiege Wuxiang, and with his support, we rushed straight to Beijing, didn't you strongly oppose it? Why did you suddenly propose this again today?"

Wu Ruyi said with a smile: "One moment, another moment. At that time, we did not agree to attack Beijing directly. Even if we went there, we would not be able to break the city. On the contrary, it would be a risky way to go deep alone. Don't expect us to encounter danger under the walls of Beijing. Li Yanhui will lead his army to rescue us."

Li Guo couldn't help but blush. If Li Yan was annihilated and he just sat back and watched, then if he was surrounded, Li Yan must have the same thoughts.

"But now I propose to attack Beijing directly, not to actually attack Beijing, but to lure the enemy to show up and annihilate them all to relieve our worries. Then we will attack Wuxiang with all our strength and capture the little King Ding."

Li Guo heard this and couldn't help but clapped his hands and applauded: "General Wu, this is a great idea."

The two men estimated that the number of enemies hidden in the surroundings was approximately 20,000. Although it is reported that the 20,000 Ming troops are very capable, judging from the two men's more than ten years of experience in fighting against the Ming army, what if the Ming army has combat effectiveness? Facing the hundreds of battle cavalry around him, they are just like chickens and dogs. As long as they are annihilated, I will be able to attack Wuxiang with peace of mind.

The two of them planned overnight and made careful decisions, believing that the plan would definitely succeed.

The next day, the Jin Yiwei Pegasus who monitored the enemy camp reported: "Report to King Ding. Li Guo is leading the main cavalry and is moving slowly towards Beijing."

"What? Li Guo led the cavalry to attack Beijing?" Lu Mou was shocked. Li Guo was really bold, and he even entered the company with light cavalry.

"Come here, notify everywhere, the army has gathered, prepare to stop Li Guo." The order was given. Seeing Li Yan sneer calmly, Lu Mou suddenly felt something was wrong: "What are you sneering at?"

"you guess."

This sentence almost choked Lu Mou: "When are you still playing guessing games?"

"If you can guess it, it means you still have some ability. I might consider really assisting you. If you can't guess it, I'm sorry. Either you kill me or you let me go."

Lu Mou stamped his feet: "Okay, then I'll take a guess."

Then he turned around with his hands behind his back, but after taking only two steps, he suddenly realized: "Li Guo only has eight thousand cavalry, and he is walking slowly. Li Guo is not really going to kill Beijing City, he is trying to lure me out." "

Li Yan clapped his hands: "Your Majesty is indeed smart, you guessed it right."

"Then please bow to me quickly. I'll be waiting for you."

"When did I say that I would surrender to you? I meant that I could consider it. Now, how do you plan to deal with Li Guo's fishing method?"

"You still want to test me, okay, then I'll tell you. Now that I know Li Guo's purpose, I can deal with it calmly."

"How to deal with it?"

"I'll gather my troops and wait here."

"Wait for what?"

"Wait until Li Guo's cavalry is far away from Wuxiang, then I will lead the main force to raid his old camp."

"Why not surround Li Guo?"

"Because he is a cavalryman, I am not sure that I can surround and annihilate his 8,000 cavalrymen with 30,000 men. Because although I have a large number of people, my soldiers have not yet experienced facing cavalry, or in other words, they have not faced cavalry yet. courage."

Li Yan clapped his hands: "At such a young age, he is so calm and thoughtful. He will definitely do great things in the future, okay." Then the conversation changed: "But if Li Guo sees that you don't take the bait, he will also worry that you will attack him." What should you do if you don’t stay away from the old camp?”

Lu Mou smiled: "What's the matter? Then things are back to the starting point. Let's just waste it and see which one of us consumes the other, because in this war, I have the initiative."

Li Yan nodded: "You're right."

(End of this chapter)