Nanming Engineer

Chapter 163 Set Bait

Ma Long shook his head and grinned, the furrows and wrinkles on his face piled up together, like the bark of an old tree full of vicissitudes: "That's great, the end general followed Qin Zongbing to resist Zhang Xianzhong a few years ago. At that time, Huguang soldiers were outside Kuimen, allowing us to ask for help in every possible way, but did not send a single soldier. After the bandits shrank to Hanzhong, they flocked to Sichuan to pick up cheap, and forcibly occupied prefectures and counties. They were called Daming officers and soldiers. The princes on one side are very hateful."

Chen Xiang said: "That's right, they are jealous of our silver mines and send troops to attack them. They don't look like they are officers and soldiers of the imperial court. They are clearly bandits."

Wang Huan raised his eyebrows and snorted: "Since ancient times, soldiers in troubled times have been like bandits, but today's officers and soldiers are more terrifying than bandits. Therefore, our Kuizhou army went out from the stone pillars and entered Sichuan to eliminate harm for the people and for the court." Suppressing bandits is morally defensible, and there is nothing wrong with it if the court asks about it in the future!"

Ma Long and Chen Xiang said in unison: "Exactly!"

"But the battle should be fought, but how to fight it needs to be carefully considered." Wang Huan said solemnly: "They have many soldiers and generals, but we have fewer people and fewer troops, so we must take them by surprise. The best strategy is to catch them by surprise."

Ma Long and Chen looked at each other, and they both saw a daze in each other's eyes. When it comes to fighting Ma Long, he is not timid, and when it comes to lurking Chen Xiang, he is not vague. I don't know what to do, but it doesn't matter, experience tells them that if they have difficulties, they can find Wang Huan, and this adult will definitely solve their problems.

"Ask your Majesty, I will go through fire and water without hesitation!" The two of them clasped their fists together and said in unison.

At this time, Zu Bian led a group of people to drag the Fran machine gun and climbed up the city wall. He saw this scene at a glance, and immediately rushed over without asking what he was talking about, and stood together with Ma Long and Chen Xiang. With a sound.

The three surrounded Wang Huan, looking at him eagerly.

Wang Huan stared, feeling a little sad in his heart, why do I have some reckless men and counselors who only know how to use knives and sticks?What about the strategist who is full of tricks in the blink of an eye?Can't find the year and month?He searched in his mind, and he really didn't think that there were famous military advisers and wise generals in Nanming. Hong Chengchou, Sun Chengzong and others had either defected to the Qing Dynasty or had died. Except for these people, there were no mentions in the history books.

Li Guo counts as one, but he can't be recruited at this time, Zhang Xianzhong's adopted sons can also be counted, but they are farther apart.

That's all, let's rely on ourselves, Wang Huan suddenly missed Ma Xintian very much, although the taciturn Ma Xintian is reticent, but he is very logical, he knows how to use his brain when doing things, unlike these few who know how to shout "I will follow the orders of the adults" !", and then looked at himself.

Touching the broken bricks on the stone city wall, Wang Huan thought about it and said slowly: "There are fewer people and more people are counted. Terrain is very important. In the two battles we fought before, we all chose favorable terrain in advance and took advantage of it. Otherwise, In terms of Yang Zhan and Tan Wen's combat experience alone, anyone would beat me by a few blocks, and the number of soldiers was several times that of mine. We were bound to lose in both battles, but in the end we won, and now This battle..."

Zu Bian spoke quickly, and immediately said with a sinister smile in excitement: "Are we going to set up a trap and an ambush too?"

"No!" Wang Huan flatly denied, "This can't happen again."

The three of them were stunned, with a look of surprise on their faces.

Wang Huan shook his head and said, "One thing is one thing and two things are two things. Any strategy won't work if you get old. No matter how stupid Zeng Ying is, he won't fall into the same trap three times. I expect Zeng Ying's army to roll in. We will inevitably send countless scouts and scouts, and we will be more careful in narrow places, even though we have planted the illusion that the army has not moved in Chongqing City, we may not be able to hide it from those who are interested."

Zu Bian closed his mouth and remained silent for a while. Seeing that the other two people around him were silent, he couldn't help feeling anxious, and shouted: "My lord, what should we do then? Could it be that we just stay on the mountain and wait for him to come?"

Wang Huan smiled slightly: "Analysed from common sense, we should arrange it like this. There are only a few thousand people. Even if we set up an ambush, it is difficult to take down an army of tens of thousands. Anyone who is in our position should think so. .”

Ma Long frowned, and said: "My lord, if you do this, I'm afraid..."

Without waiting for him to finish, Wang Huan interrupted him with a wave of his hand: "Yes, if you do this, the worst result is that we will be broken into the city by him, and we will all die here; the best result is to confront Zeng Ying and fight him. The food and grass are not enough, and the soldiers are not enough to fight him, but for us, it is not a good thing."

"The longer the war between us and Zeng Ying drags on, the happier one person will be. Guess who it is?" Wang Huan looked at the three of them.

Chen Xiang reacted quickly, and after thinking about it, he hurriedly called out: "Zhang Xianzhong!"

Wang Huan nodded: "Yes! The situation in Chengdu seems to be critical, but it is just on the surface. With Zhang Xianzhong's ability and military power, he can put out the rebellion of the landlords and gentry in a matter of seconds. In less than a month, he will be able to stabilize his feet and free up his hands. Let’s clean up Eastern Sichuan, at that time, neither Zeng Ying nor us will be able to resist.”

"So there is only one way out." Wang Huansurong asserted: "We must kill Zeng Ying in a short time, destroy the forces in Eastern Chuandong that are against us, and completely control Eastern Chuandong in our hands. The thieves have to deal with each other, and there is only a slight chance of winning. Otherwise, we will not even have the possibility of returning the stone pillar."

The three of them were even more confused, and they even forgot to look at each other with confused eyes. They just looked at Wang Huan in a daze, and finally Chen Xiang asked: "Then, my lord, since we are going to fight Zeng Ying, we are still guarding on this mountain." what to do?"

"There is nothing else, it's just a bait." Wang Huan said: "I want to firmly attract Zeng Ying's attention to Diaoyu City, and use this city to consume his soldiers, his lead ammunition and gunpowder, his fighting spirit, The energy and spirit of everyone in his army killed him in the defense like a meat grinder, and in the end, he cooperated with the inside and outside, and when his mind and spirit were all damaged, he was wiped out in one fell swoop!"

"But first of all, as Ma Long said, we must first fight an upright battle to destroy his prestige and arouse his anger, so that Zeng Ying can't sleep without watching us die in this Diaoyu City. Only then will we siege and attack the city with all our hearts, and we will never stop dying. At the same time, we must also let our soldiers know that apart from laying traps for ambushes, the Kuizhou soldiers are also invincible when deployed in the right formation."

Zu Bian and the other three were fascinated by what they heard, especially Zu Bian and Ma Long, who were almost passionate about their brains, but ordinary warriors, there is no one who does not yearn for the face-to-face battle between the army on the battlefield, the point of the needle against the wheat, and the dignified military battle. That's what a real man did. When they thought of the scene where thousands of troops were slashing their swords and falling into battle, the two of them couldn't help trembling slightly.

So the two were full of excitement, and they clasped their hands together and shouted: "Follow your lord's order!"

(End of this chapter)