Nanming Engineer

Chapter 123 Analysis
Ma Xintian frowned slightly and said, "Since Zeng Ying will definitely attack again, we must prepare carefully."

Wang Huan stood up, came to the sand table, looked around at everyone and said, "Everyone, come here, let's take a closer look together."

Everyone in the hall hurried over, Wang Huan reached into the sand table with one hand, and pointed out: "The official road in the Black Valley has been blocked, and it is unlikely to unblock it. The amount of earth and rock in that narrow valley is not small. It can't be finished in half a year."

Everyone nodded in agreement: "My lord's words are extremely good."

Wang Huan added: "But Zeng Ying has suffered such a big loss, so he can't just wait to dig mountains. According to what you said, this person has a narrow-minded personality and cannot bear to be wronged. He will definitely launch an army to retaliate as soon as possible. The Black Valley is blocked, which way will he take?”

His finger followed the cinnabar line that represented the Yangtze River on the sand table, walked all the way, and finally settled on the round stone with "Xituo Town" written in small letters, and said in a deep voice: "He has no other choice but water!"

Wang Huan’s sand table uses cinnabar to form rivers and knead earth to form mountains. As for the cities, they use large and small round stones instead. Larger stones represent large cities, and smaller ones are small cities. The town I live in uses the smallest stone, and the words written on it almost require a magnifying glass to see.

Everyone nodded: "Zeng Ying has only one way, there is no other way."

"After suffering such a big loss, Zeng Ying will definitely tear off the last fig leaf. When she becomes angry, she will never take into account the majesty of her stepmother and brazenly attack Tusi City directly from the waterway."

"As a result, the pressure on the mother-in-law's side has increased sharply. Her number of soldiers and horses may be similar to ours, but I don't know how well the two deputy commanders have trained." Wang Huan was a little worried.

Ma Wannian also became anxious, and blurted out: "Then I'll go back to Tusi City immediately and report to my grandmother, so I can make plans early."

Wang Huan gently tapped his fingers on the sand table with a sense of rhythm. This is his signature action when he is thinking. It is a habit he has developed in later generations. It cannot be changed. down.

Knuckles tapped on the wooden table, making a slight "duh" sound, and Wang Huan said slowly while tapping: "Yang Zhan is stuck in the Black Valley, so he has to go back to Chongqing Fucheng News and Zeng Ying to learn about it, and then prepare to leave." The boats on the river regrouped and came along the river, coming and going again and again, and it would take ten or half a month to get it right, so you leave today, and the mother-in-law has about ten days to prepare."

Ma Wannian immediately clasped his fists, bowed to Wang Huan and the people in the hall, confessed his crime, and rushed out, shouting outside the door like his butt was on fire: "Hurry up and give me the fastest horse, I have something to go first!" "

As soon as he left, the atmosphere in the hall became even more depressing. The joy of winning the battle blew away from everyone's hearts like a strong wind, and was replaced by a sad bleakness.

"The next time Zeng Ying comes to attack, he may bring more people than this time. With his personality, if he doesn't burn Shizhu Tusi City to white ground, and demolish Longevity Valley, he will not stop. The Tubaozhai silver mine, and I will not be able to secure my family business over the years." Ma Chongming's face turned pale, and the fat man who regarded money as his ancestor was very frightened by the rumors he heard from his businessman friends, and he naturally thought of what would happen if Zeng Ying What will happen if the army occupies the stone pillar.

Ma Xintian and Xu Tiezhu looked at him contemptuously, Ma Xintian didn't speak, Xu Tiezhu was much more straightforward, he pouted and said: "Then why don't you simply surrender to him, maybe you can keep your property and family wealth."

Ma Chongming was full of thoughts, and subconsciously replied: "No, no, that Zeng is notoriously cruel, and he doesn't show mercy to the rich, unless he surrendered to him at the beginning, and now he surrenders, already..."

After saying a few words, he suddenly came back to his senses, looked at Xu Tiezhu and Wang Huan in panic, and exclaimed: "Ah? What nonsense are you talking about? How could I surrender? I am devoted to Wanshou Valley and Tusi City." , Mr. Wang Mingjian, I, Ma Chongming, and the whole family are in Shizhu, so it is impossible to do the thing of collaborating with the enemy, it is absolutely impossible!"

Xu Tiezhu said with a grin: "It's just a joke, what are you doing in such a panic? Could it be that you have a ghost in your heart?"

Ma Chongming got angry and shouted: "You nonsense! What the hell am I doing? I act openly and aboveboard, and I have a heart for Longevity City. The sun and the moon can learn from each other. If you don't explain it to me today, I will never end with you!"

Wang Huan looked at the quarrel between the two, frowned and said to Xu Tiezhu, "Don't talk nonsense, Tie Zhu. The Matou man has contributed a lot to buying and selling grain and grass for me in the valley. How could he seek refuge with Zeng Ying?"

He glanced at Ma Chongming meaningfully and said solemnly: "Moreover, the horse-headed family's business is all in Shizhu. What will happen if you surrender to Zeng Ying, who specializes in stripping the skins of rich people? When the time comes, you will definitely end up worse than me. It’s still miserable.”

Listening to the sound, Wang Huan's words sounded like persuasion, but they were full of warnings when they fell into Ma Chongming's ears. Na Na said: "Extremely, extremely, Mr. Wang is right."

Just now he was still thinking about how he could keep the Wanguan family property if the stone pillar couldn't stand it, but he was so frightened by Wang Huan, he immediately disappeared.

Wang Huan frightened Ma Chongming, and stopped Xu Tiezhu's further cynicism with his eyes. He knocked on the table and said solemnly: "Since the way to the Black Valley has been cut off, there is no way to threaten my Wanshou Valley from the front. In addition to the mines and In the field, we must train a military horse as soon as possible in case of urgent need."

Ma Xintian just watched Xu Tiezhu and Ma Chongming bickering with cold eyes, and then he said: "What your Excellency said is absolutely true, but military training cannot be achieved in one breath. Even if you follow your army training method, I'm afraid it won't last more than half a year." It is called a soldier who can fight."

The seed of a good general really hits the nail on the head. Wang Huan's military training method is also a three-month recruiting period to practice queue discipline in later generations, and it takes another year to train before he can be called a soldier. He said that it takes half a year to become an army, which is exaggerated. .

"Did Zeng Ying knock down the entire stone pillar in half a year?" Ma Chongming couldn't help it again, and said with a pale face.

"That's not the case. It depends on how many people Zeng Yingken puts in." Wang Huan said with a cold smile.

"Didn't you just say that Zeng Ying's next attack will definitely bring more people than this time?" Ma Chongming said anxiously: "This time it will be 1 people, and next time it may be 2 people or more."

This was what Ma Chongming said just now, and everyone took it for granted. Facing Longevity Valley with only a hundred soldiers, Zeng Ying would invest 1 people and a veteran deputy general to attack Qin Liangyu's army. In Chieftain City, the number of soldiers led decreased instead of increased, which was not in line with his character.

Wang Huan sneered and said calmly: "That's not necessarily true. After all, Zeng Ying faces more than just our enemies. To the west of Chongqing Mansion, Zhang Xianzhong has not moved for a while. Is Daxi Kingdom going to stop like this?"

Ma Xintian was taken aback, and said in surprise: "Since Zeng Ying took the Chongqing and Kuizhou mansions from the hands of the thieves, the two sides have been fighting constantly. However, there has been no major war in the past two months. Both sides are at a stalemate, so Zeng Ying dared to send 1 people attacked my Longevity Valley, but Mr. Wang, since the thief has not moved for so long, how can we say that he will attack Zeng Ying again in the near future?"

Wang Huan said with a smile: "Zhang Xianzhong is a tiger and wolf, with the ambition of a hero. How can he be willing to be taken away by Zeng Ying, who is like a coyote? There is another reason for him not to move."

He pointed to the piece closest to the west on the sand table and said: "The original intention of the founding of the Daxi Kingdom was to dominate the Sichuan, imitate Liu Bei's occupation of Shuzhou during the Three Kingdoms, and conquer the world with Cao Aman. Last year, Li Zicheng conquered the east and west, and saw that He is about to enter Beijing and occupy the capital of the Ming Dynasty, and the country is about to change hands. If Zhang Xianzhong does not quickly find a base to establish a country, I am afraid that he will either be cannibalized and annexed by Li Zicheng in the future, or he will end up wandering around and end up as a bandit."

"That's why Zhang Xianzhong entered Sichuan in a hurry to occupy the CD, but unexpectedly this year the Tatars entered the customs and drove away Li Zicheng, and Azige directly killed him in Huguang. The Dashun regime that once occupied half of the world collapsed. , Zhang Xianzhong's strategy changed, from occupying Shuzhong to the idea of ​​incorporating Li Zicheng's original territory."

"So this year, he has shrunk his troops and hoarded all his strength in western Sichuan. He wants to capture Hanzhong, go out of Ziwu Valley to conquer Guanzhong, and occupy Shaanxi. Fight in separate courts.”

"Unexpectedly, although Li Zicheng died, his subordinates did not collapse. Today's Hanzhong is still firmly in the hands of his subordinate He Zhen. This man is good at fighting and has a good geography. Zhang Xianzhong has suffered a lot under his hands in the past few months. , lost soldiers and lost generals, but they didn't even set foot on the city wall of Hanzhong, so they withdrew in desperation."

"Zhang Xianzhong suffered a loss in the west, so when he returned to CD, he would naturally find someone to vent his anger on him. Zeng Ying, who took advantage of his opportunity to occupy his two residences, was naturally the first person to be beaten up."

"So everyone, compared with Zhang Xianzhong and us, who is the greater threat?"

Wang Huan asked with a smile.

(End of this chapter)