Nanming Engineer

Chapter 394
"The Mongols have one man and two horses, and they can come and go freely. If you want to eat them, you can't fight them head-on. These Mongolian Tartars are the most cunning. Seeing that we are crowded, they turn around and leave. They will never stay for a while." Li Tingyu shook his head and said, feeling that it would be very difficult.

Ma Xintian deeply felt the same, and he said in a slow voice, cherishing words like gold: "Since this is the case, it is better to set up an ambush."

Li Dingguo agreed: "Yes, set up a cover, wait for him to sneak in, and then close the door and beat the dogs, so that they can't get out after they come in."

"It's not that easy. The cavalry is good at maneuvering. If something goes wrong, we can easily withdraw. We have a lot of infantry, and we can't catch up if we can't surround them. I'm afraid we will eat some of them, and the rest will run away. This is not a good idea. Set up." Li Tingyu worriedly touched his beard, the best way to deal with cavalry is to use cavalry to control cavalry, and use more ferocious cavalry to restrain enemy cavalry, but no matter whether Ding Guodong's Gansu Town or Wang Huan's Kuizhou cavalry, the same as his own Compared with the Mongolian cavalry who grew up on horseback, they are still much inferior in terms of riding skills and horse skills.

The soldiers around were resting on the ground, chatting and laughing softly, eating dry food and drinking boiled water, very comfortable.But their superiors gathered together, thinking hard, frowning about how to wipe out this group of Qing soldiers who left Taiyuan.

Wang Huan listened to everyone's discussion, and also felt that it was difficult to find an idea. It was really difficult to completely defeat an elite cavalry in a field battle, but if this enemy army was not wiped out, the rebel army would besiege Taiyuan in the future, but there would be such a force on the periphery. Power is harassing, and it is hard to say whether those militias that have not been baptized by blood and fire will collapse and fight timidly.

Once these people can't trap Taiyuan, the Kuizhou army will fall into the dilemma of being attacked from front to back in the future, and encircling the point to fight for reinforcements will become a foolish act of setting up a cage.

"No matter what, these thousands of people must be wiped out!" Wang Huansurong said decisively: "Otherwise there will be endless troubles, this is the premise, otherwise the matter of besieging Taiyuan will not be mentioned."

Li Tingyu raised his head and said worriedly: "The reason is this, but what should we do?"

Zu Bian interjected: "That's right, these Mongols rely on their horses to run around, they are like thieves, one county town after another, we don't know where they will go next, and we can't catch them. , I can’t even chase after him, two legs are faster than four legs, what should I do?”

Hit Grass Valley?Grass-hunting valleys in one county after another?
Wang Huan's eyes suddenly lit up, and Zu Bian's words suddenly lit up a lightbulb in his head and exploded.

He happily patted his ancestor on the shoulder, and said with a big smile, "That's right! The Mongols are greedy for money and profit, and their plundering nature is stronger than their ability to fight. Why don't we take advantage of it?"

Seeing him laughing, everyone around was confused and looked at him in confusion. Han Zhaoxuan, Yu Yin and other leaders of the rebel army standing outside were even more startled, not knowing why.

Only Li Dingguo, his eyes were shining, and the bottom of his pupils flickered, as if he had an epiphany, he smiled with Wang Huan.

"Does Dingguo care? Let's hear it!" Wang Huan looked at him and said with a smile.

Li Dingguo knew that this was to show his face and establish his prestige. He deeply bowed his hands to Wang Huan and responded in agreement. Then he raised his head and slowly said to the people who were staring at him: "Everyone, what the Marquis means is, Since the Mongols like to plunder, we let them plunder. If they avoid fighting, we will not confront them. There are many counties in Taiyuan Prefecture, so what’s the harm in robbing them of another one? As long as we can trap them in the city, it will be easy to deal with them. A lot."

Those who were thoughtful, understood immediately after hearing it, and nodded incessantly as if they had suddenly realized it, while those who were dull looked around anxiously, and were embarrassed to ask, in order to appear stupid than others.

Fortunately, Wang Huan resolved their confusion in time, and he continued, "That's right, what General Li said is just the second to eat up this group of cavalry, let's not chase them, let them go into the jar by themselves, and catch a turtle in a urn." , wouldn’t it be fun? Haha!”

At this moment, everyone understood that this was to use the city as a temptation to allow the Mongols to plunder, and then gather troops outside to besiege and consume the cavalry who are good at maneuvering to death in the city.

Wang Huan turned his head to look at Han Zhaoxuan and others who were standing outside, and said with a smile: "This method can only be implemented with the cooperation and assistance of all of you."

Han Zhaoxuan and the others shook their bodies and felt that although they stood outside the generals of the Kuizhou army, they were as honored as if they were Wang Huan's cronies. They clasped their fists quickly and said, "But according to the orders of the Marquis, we will wait for nothing!"

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On the vast land of Taiyuan Basin, a long team of long dragons covered by billowing dust is slowly marching along the official road. If you look closely, this team is very strange. Walking in front are thousands of cavalry with bows and knives. , These cavalrymen were dressed in leather armor and leather helmets. They were fierce and brave, and they looked like well-trained and excellent knights.

And what followed them like tails was a stream of people, stumbling like sheep, tied up with long ropes and led into a string. They were both men and women. They all looked sad and sluggish. They stumbled and were scolded by the cavalry who passed by from time to time with leather whips. Whipping, he reluctantly followed the horse.

Ku Luke and Darhan were all smiling, and they galloped in the middle of the team. The smug smiles on their faces showed that they had gained a lot from this trip.

"Hahaha! How about it? Am I right?" Kuruk chatted and laughed wildly, his rough voice like the howling of wolves running past on the grassland: "Follow the nobles of Jianzhou to fight life and death. , the military merits obtained in exchange for human heads are not as good as going alone like this, the harvest is enough to enjoy several years of happiness!"

"Right, right!" Darhan responded in a loud voice, his words filled with the satisfaction of releasing his desire: "Brother, you are thoughtful, if you came out earlier, we would have sent it!"

"It's not too late, there are still many counties near Taiyuan, enough for us to loot!" Kuruk's voice was full of joy: "We only robbed two, and there are many waiting for us!"

Darhan benefited, his smiling eyes became even more slender, matching them like a slit on his broad face: "Listen to you, where shall we go next?"

"Eh? Let me take a look." Kuruk took out a picture from the sheepskin bag on his waist, and looked at it carefully: "It's time to go to Taigu County. This county is close to us, so it's more convenient."

Darhan poked his head over, glanced at the picture, and reminded: "Are there many rebels nearby? Where are those Shaanxi Ming soldiers now? Don't run into them, we are not afraid, but we lost these Slave property is a pity."

Kuruk smiled calmly, with a treacherous expression on his face, and said: "There is no need to worry, my warriors have been sent out for fifty miles these days, and the Ming army is still in the Jiaocheng area, this Taigu County There are no large groups of rebels nearby, and our strength is sufficient to deal with it."

(End of this chapter)