Chapter 47 Disadvantage

"Prince!" Everyone bowed in unison.

"Excuse me, everyone, sit down." Seeing this lineup, Night Breeze knew it was a big deal.

Everyone sat down together, and Xu Maogong spoke first, "Prince, it's time for us to do something."

"Sir, do you want to take the initiative to attack?" Night Breeze was stunned. The enemy army was still on the way, and making a move meant preparing to attack halfway.

There was nothing wrong with this, but now that the enemy is strong and we are weak, and with the help of the city wall, he can still fight. He really didn't think about taking the initiative to attack.

Xue Rengui said: "The upper soldiers wipe out the enemy on the road, the middle soldiers decisively fight in the field, and the lower soldiers are trapped in the city. It is the best policy to take the initiative to attack and seize the initiative."

"I don't think there is anything wrong with the first two sentences of this set of arguments, but there is something wrong with the last sentence." Night Breeze said.

"Where is the problem?" Xue Rengui was puzzled. This is a theory summed up from countless actual battles. How could there be a problem?

"This statement is correct in most cases. The Baguan we are in now does not belong to the category of the city, but a single-sided checkpoint, so there is no problem of being besieged. Therefore, there is something wrong with any statement. " Night Breeze said.

Seeing that Night Breeze had no idea of ​​taking the initiative to attack, everyone couldn't help but look at Li Shimin.

"Sir, please take a look at this." Li Shimin handed a piece of flying pigeon letter to Night Breeze.

A few days ago, Li Shimin passed on the situation of Baguan, presumably it was a reply letter.

Night Breeze took it, with Li Yuan's own handwriting on it.

"Yu Wenhua and many ministers jointly framed Yan County King Luo Yi and his son as rebellious. Because our country was attacked by enemies, His Majesty has no intention to investigate thoroughly. To be on the safe side, temporarily order Yuwen Chengdu to take over the Yanshan Army and send troops to support Baguan. Prince be careful."

Seeing this, Ye Feng slapped the table, "What a Ye Guang, you actually want me to die in Baguan!"

It goes without saying that Ye Guang ordered Ye Guang to do this. This guy is ruthless enough.

Zi Wencheng is handsome, he doesn't have to think about reinforcements anymore, not only he doesn't have to think about it, but he also has to prevent enemies from the front and back, and then become the Red Flame Army in the Langya list.

"Prince, the current situation is very unfavorable to us. If we want to save ourselves, the only way is to take the initiative. Not only must we win before Yuwen Chengdu comes, but we must also preserve enough strength to prevent him from taking the opportunity to attack us." Xu Mao justice.

Night Breeze's eyes flickered, "That's the only way!"

"Then let's study it carefully. The conspiracy against Liu Bowen will be discovered 90% of the time, so we can only use the conspiracy that he knows and can't do anything about." Xu Maogong took out a map and pointed at Baguan and Leshan. He said in between: "During the nearly four-day journey between our two armies, there are many mountains and rivers. We can make good use of these terrains and create some situations that must be stepped on as long as the Ming army wants to attack us."

Everyone talked about midnight and made a series of battle plans. When they were resting, Chu Liuxiang and Sikong Zaixing went out of the city overnight.

Early the next morning, Night Breeze arrived at the Baguan army's barracks.

Seeing Night Breeze, Chen Zhong hurriedly got down from the military tent, "Prince, what's the matter for coming so early?"

"I'm here to talk to you about the war." Night Breeze went straight to the point.

"Fighting?" Chen Zhong was puzzled, "The spies said that the enemy is still more than three days away."

"I want to take the initiative." Night Breeze said.

thump.

It's no wonder that Chen Zhong was not calm, this was what Night Breeze hadn't planned before.

"The prince is not joking, is he?" Chen Zhong confirmed, thinking it was wrong, he dare not speak to the prince, "No, I am..."

Night Breeze waved his hand and said, "I know what you want to say, but the current situation is that we have to attack, don't ask me why."

"What does the crown prince want the general to do?" Chen Zhong was not a man of coddling.

"Give me the 7,000 Baguan cavalry in your hand, plus 32,000 infantry, and gather outside the city. You will continue to use the rest to maintain and strengthen the city defense." Ye Feng said.

"Okay!" Chen Zhong didn't say much, and passed on the order.

Afterwards, Night Breeze came to the barracks of the Inner City Army again, and asked for 8,000 horses from the cavalry, and gave them to his own soldiers, the disciples of the Quanzhen sect, and the disciples of the Xueshan sect who had just returned not long ago.

At the same time, a thousand master generals were also brought along, including Bai Zizai who was left because of Bai Axiu's relationship, and Baili Quxie who was left because of Wang Chongyang's relationship.

When the number was complete, the large team of nearly 50,000 people set out on the road with only five days' rations.

Such a team marched in a hurry for one day, which was almost two days for the Ming army. When they were stationed that night, Chu Liuxiang came back.

He and Sikong Zhaixing went out overnight to investigate the specific military situation. As the leader of the Tianluonet, the organization has not yet grown up, so the two of them can only go to battle in person.

When Chu Liuxiang came back, she was also extremely tired, and she drank two full bowls of water to feel better.

"What did you find out?" Night Breeze waited until then to ask.

"According to the speed of our army, the enemy is about half a day away from us. The geographical conditions ahead are suitable for some manipulation." Chu Liuxiang said.

Knowing that Chu Liuxiang had returned, everyone gathered around Ye Feng's tent.

As for the terrain from Baguan to Leshan, it can be seen on the map. What everyone needs to know is which way the Ming army will take.

Now that she has the news that Chu Liuxiang brought back, she won't be blinded.

Under the eyes of everyone, Chu Liuxiang pointed to a mountain and river 50 kilometers away from the army, and said: "According to the marching route of the Ming army and our marching speed, we will set off early tomorrow morning, and the three-hour march may be here with them." meet."

Looking at where Chu Liuxiang pointed, Night Breeze began to observe carefully.

It is called Lijiao Mountain, which stretches for more than ten kilometers. There is a canyon in the middle. The mountains on both sides are steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Below the road is a river. The source of the river is not far from Yefeng and his place, and it was built into a dam. , used to irrigate the fields.

Waiting for everyone to see the situation clearly, Chu Liuxiang said: "We can rush overnight to ambush between these two mountains in advance. With the advantage of the mountain, when the enemy's main force enters the canyon, we can annihilate them in one fell swoop!"

Xu Maogong smiled, "This kind of tactics is fine against ordinary people, but it is a problem against generals with a little experience, let alone Liu Bowen."

If this is done, the good thing is that they will be discovered in advance to scare the snakes. If it is not good, it will be set on fire. Lijiao Mountain is densely forested, and now it is almost summer again, and the trees are dry. The explanation is here.

When Chu Liuxiang was said in this way, and thinking about it again, he couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat, because he knew that Xu Maogong's words were not alarmist.

Li Shimin also looked at it, and said: "The source of the river channel in this canyon is the Lijiao Dam less than three kilometers away from us. Maybe we can annihilate them in this canyon by releasing the water."

Xu Maogong shook his head again, "Liu Bowen is a good planner, and he is cautious enough to use his troops. It is impossible for him not to know about the Lijiao Dam. If he wants to pass through here, he will definitely let the cavalry investigate first."

Night Breeze also said: "Let's not think about these common tactics, let's think about something that Liu Bowen knows and can't crack."

Everyone still looked at the towering Lijiao Mountains on both sides, neither this nor that, and thinking of an opponent like Liu Bowen gave him a headache.

Wang Chongyang said angrily: "The good terrain of Lijiao Mountain is useless, why not just blow it up from the middle, so that Liu Bowen can't get through."

Li Shimin said: "It's okay to blow up the mountain, but they can't get here. At most, they have to take a detour. It looks like it will delay their marching speed, but it can't bring them losses, that is, they will arrive at Baguan later."

But if there is no loss, their late arrival at Baguan will be harmful to us, because we will have less time to deal with Ziwencheng after the war.

"Our goal is to consume as many of them as possible, and it's best to wipe them out. If we can't achieve this goal, it's better to do nothing and let them reach Baguan as soon as possible. We can use the advantage of the city wall to confront them head-on."

What Li Shimin said was absolutely right, but Night Breeze waved his hand, stopping Li Shimin from continuing, "It might be possible to blow up the mountain."

Everyone looked at Night Breeze in puzzlement, only to see that Night Breeze had put his finger on the highest point in the middle of Lijiao Mountain. "We can adopt cutting tactics and eat the enemy's vanguard."