Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 451
Liu Shun was in a hurry to ask for a fight, obviously because he wanted to gain military exploits, otherwise his Zhongwu Town would become the tail of the Five Zhongjun Army.

It is enough to say that he has reached his current position from a rogue.At first, he was very satisfied with himself, but he was afraid of comparison. Originally, he was the only one in Guangdong, but now that there were more loyalty, loyalty, supervising standards, and rebuilding loyalty, he felt a little uncomfortable, and even if he didn't want to Competing to compete, the people under him are not happy.

Wang Yan sat upright in the middle, facing more than a dozen civil and military personnel under his command, he waved his hands to tell Liu Shun not to worry, "I know little about Tong Yangjia, but I know a lot about Li Chengdong. This person is under Xing Xingping's tent." At that time, he was an extremely capable general. After he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, he also made great contributions to the Qing court. If we attack by force, even if we can break through the city, our army will suffer heavy casualties, and in the end we can only fall into Zhang Cunren's plan."

"Then what should we do?" Liu Shun was a little disappointed: "We 4 horses, when we sworn in from Guangjing, our blood was boiling, and we rushed into Fujian with murderous intent. We just ran into Zhangzhou, so why don't we stop fighting?"

Wang Yan shook his head, looked at Wang Shixiu and said, "Shixiu followed me to guard Yangzhou, and your elder brother and Zhang Taifu guarded Yuezhou, what do you think?"

"The king's intention, the general knows, whether it is Yangzhou or Yuezhou, we consume the Qing army with high walls and deep trenches, and then look for opportunities. Now I attack the Qing and defend, and the offensive and defensive positions are changed. We can't suffer from this."

Wang Yan nodded, Liu Shun's background is still too weak, and he needs to practice more on the battlefield to be able to stand alone, otherwise he will not be a handsome talent, but can only be a warrior who charges forward.

Wang Yan nodded, stood up, walked to the sand table, and greeted: "Shixiu's idea is exactly what this pavilion wants. This pavilion cannot do thankless things like storming. You all come and see. "

When everyone heard the words, they all walked to the sand table, and Wang Yan then pointed out: "The law of war, the law of using troops, ten is to surround them, five is to attack them, double is to fight, and the enemy can be divided. Today, the Qing soldiers in Bamin , a total of more than 6 people, which is similar to the strength of this pavilion and Chenggong. However, the Qing army has gathered [-] troops in Zhangzhou, and the remaining Fuzhou, Quanzhou, Anping, Putian, and Yanping have a total of less than [-] troops. Do not use this pavilion In terms of scoring, Zhang Cunren himself dispersed his troops. What does this mean?"

Seeing Wang Yan's gaze sweeping over, all the generals' eyes lit up, "Does the Duke want to drive straight in, directly to the hinterland of Bamin?"

"The city of Zhangzhou is so high and strong that it cannot be defeated in a short time. If a large army attacks here, the casualties will inevitably be huge. If the attack cannot be sustained for a long time, and the reinforcements from the Qing army arrive again, then the pavilion will have to be withdrawn to Guangnan, and it will be a waste of time. And money and food." Wang Yan nodded, pointing to the sand table, "Quanzhou, Putian, Anping, these are all rich and prosperous places, and they are all located along the coast. It’s much easier! As long as one of these cities is laid down, the soldiers’ rewards will come out, and if two cities are taken down, the soldiers’ new clothes and armor will be settled. In addition, Zhang Cunren’s arrangement can also be completely disrupted. And as long as there is chaos in central Fujian, fighter opportunities will slowly emerge."

Wang Yan's attack on Zhangzhou this time, in addition to pulling out Zhangzhou, has another purpose, which is to make money. He realized this as early as when he took down Wuchang.

The generals heard Wang Yan's sonorous and forceful words, with incomparable confidence in their eyes, and a burst of excitement in their hearts, indeed!If a big city like Quanzhou is defeated, everyone will get rich, and everyone's eyes will light up.

Li Guo and the others looked at each other, and couldn't help clasping their fists together and said, "My lord's opinion."

Chen Bangyan, the staff member on the side, also nodded, "Quanzhou, Putian, and Anping are all important cities in Bamin. Zhang Cunren will be flustered in whichever one the Duke fights. He wants to rescue him, but his troops are scattered in various places. The Qing soldiers in each city will be defeated by the Duke one by one, and they can indeed fully grasp the initiative. However, there is one thing that I haven’t figured out yet. How the Duke is going to deal with the Qing soldiers in Zhangzhou. If the army enters the hinterland of central Fujian, Zhangzhou The Qing soldiers are at my back, and I will certainly not remain indifferent. If there are too many soldiers to besiege here, there will be no way to gather strength to defeat the cities in central Fujian. If there are too few, Li Chengdong and Tong Yangjia will not be trapped. If Zhang Cunren and Zhang Cunren cover up and kill, our army will be in danger of being surrounded and wiped out."

Wang Yan patted the edge of the sand table with his palm, and praised: "Mr. Yanye said well."

Seeing Wang Yan's appearance, Chen Bangyan knew that he had a plan, and obviously had a strategy to deal with it. He smiled and cupped his hands and said: "The Duke has a strategy, please express it."

There are [-] Qing troops in Zhangzhou City, even if they want to leave the city now, the [-] Ming troops outside the city may not be able to stop them, everyone can't help but look at Wang Yan's idea.

Wang Yan then said: "The former Taizu adopted Ye Dui's "Locking Law" to break Zhang Shicheng, and the Manchus also used the strategy of locking the city to surround the Daling River and Jinzhou, and the main force came to aid. Today, Tong and Li have fortified the wall and cleared the wilderness. Thirty thousand Qing soldiers were placed in the city, and our army just used the method of locking the city to trap them to death in the city."

When encountering fortified cities and fortresses, pass without attacking, surround without fighting, dig deep trenches, and use the complete fortifications to trap the enemies inside the city.

Strive to build fortifications, set up obstacles, dig deep trenches, build long walls outside the strong city, build a line of defense with antlers, pits, mines, etc., to completely isolate the enemy from inside and outside.

Li Guo and others understood, "The Duke means to turn offense into defense. As long as the fortifications are built, with a small number of infantry for defense, and enough fine cavalry, the Qing army in Zhangzhou can be trapped in the city."

In fact, this method is mostly used by nomads in the north. They break through the wall and go south to plunder. When they encounter some fortified cities with particularly important positions, in order to prevent the troops in the city from blocking their way out, they often lock the city. The main force went deep into the interior to plunder, and they locked the city with a small number of fortifications and a sufficiently strong cavalry, but this time Wang Yan mainly relied on a large number of fortifications.

At this time, Wang Yan looked at the crowd and asked if he still had any opinions. After getting the answer from the crowd, he suddenly swung his iron fist and said forcefully, "In this case, order the army to prepare to lock the city."

On the top of the city, the conversation between Tong and Li has ended. They looked at the Ming army camp below the city, preparing to meet the Ming army's attack, but the Ming army's camp was densely packed, but no Ming army came out. The siege event turned out to be a large number of civilians in the civilian camp behind.

More than 3 Guangnan civilians, pushing wheelbarrows, carrying baskets, and holding shovels, began to dig soil outside the city, while [-] Ming cavalrymen stood aside to cover them.

They were all outside the range of the artillery fire on the city, so they were very safe, and they didn't have to worry about danger, so they dug up the soil with all their strength.

The city was in full swing, but the Qing army on the city, which was preparing to meet the fierce attack of the Ming army, was at a loss. When a general was asked, he could only guess: "Maybe they are preparing to dig earth to fill the river."

Li Chengdong's face turned a little strange. Qing soldiers often drove people to fill rivers. Digging soil is not such a digging method. The military layout was completely disrupted.

"Come here, order the soldiers and horses, and go out with the town."

(Thanks to Qin Songwang, the second death in middle school, Tsundere, and the reward of the battle.)
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