Han ride

Chapter 195
"After the general's analysis, the final general understands how to fight this battle." Sun Yinglong suddenly realized, nodded again and again, and quickly shook his head and said: "General, although we can pull out so many islands, even sweeping these naval forces is not enough. It is possible, but it will definitely attract the idea of ​​Dengzhou, and it may be very difficult for us to land safely."

"Mao Chenglu will definitely set up soldiers and horses on these large and small islands. One or two hundred people on each island is also acceptable. These soldiers and horses are not used for combat, but for warning." Li Xin shook his head and said: "These people Maybe a face-to-face meeting can’t last in a war, but if it’s a tip-off, it’s just a fire.”

"A fire?" Gu Sanmazi was confused.

"The general is talking about Fenghuo?" Zhou Chuyun moved his eyes and said respectfully.

"That's right, it's the beacon fire." Li Xin nodded and said, "It's inconvenient to communicate at sea. The only way to let the surrounding islands know that the enemy has arrived is to use the beacon fire. The beacon fire will not be affected by the weather. If I don't If you guess wrong, there must be beacon fires on these islands. Once our army arrives, the other party will definitely use beacon fires. We only have a total of four or five thousand people. General Sun’s troops are called regular troops. As for Gu San Mazi’s army might not be enough to strike against Mao Chenglu’s troops.” It’s not that Li Xin underestimated Gu Sanmazi, in fact, the Dongjiang Navy was very famous in history, and at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the most powerful The Navy is naturally the Fujian Navy of Zheng Chenggong and his son, but at this time the Fujian Navy has not yet formed, and the most powerful navy at the moment is the Navy of Dongjiang Town.Ever since Mao Wenlong, the Dongjiang navy has shaken the Northeast, constantly harassing Jiannu.Although many things happened in Dongjiang Town later, even Mao Wenlong was killed, but the Dongjiang Navy is elite, this cannot be denied.

"The general doesn't know, but Mao Chenglu is the son of Mao Wenlong, the chief soldier of Phi Island, and his subordinates are all the elite of Phi Island." Sun Yinglong lowered his head and said: "This time they took away the Dongjiang from the thief. The navy divisions are all elite, in fact, there are not many troops under Mr. Huang's command." Sun Yinglong himself also felt a burst of embarrassment and sadness.

It turned out that when Kong Youde rebelled, Chen Shiyou, the deputy general of Lvshun of Dongjiang Town who had good relations with Kong Youde, and Mao Chenglu, the deputy general of Guangludao, also raised troops to respond. The rebels echoed from the north to the south and established a country of their own in Liaodong Wu in one fell swoop.For a while, Huanglong, the commander-in-chief, was left with a single base in Phi Island and a few guerrillas struggling to support them.Needless to say, this was an extremely embarrassing thing.As a dignified general soldier, he was actually emptied out.

"No matter what, this war has to be fought." Li Xin glanced behind him, there were millions of shi of grain and grass there, and these grain and grass were to be provided to Shandong.It doesn't matter whether Shandong is corrupt or not, and Li Xin doesn't care whether Emperor Chongzhen is angry or not, but the people in Shandong are innocent. If Li Xin wants to win the world, he must get the support of the people.In the eyes of orthodox thinking, or in the eyes of those gentry, he was a rebel, and after going through Jiangnan, he became even more rebellious. In this case, Li Xin would not rely on these gentry to seize the world.The people are fundamental.

When recalling the history, Li Xin suddenly discovered a strange problem. At the end of Ming Dynasty, the gentry class became a strange group. They hated Jiannu. Even if Jiannu ruled the world, they still did not cooperate. Later, Emperor Jiannu tied these to participate in the imperial examination; and these gentry did not support the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, whether it was Chongzhen or others. and for Li Zicheng, they looked down on him even more, calling him a pariah, even if Li Zicheng occupied Beijing.Not sure how much they support.After thinking about this issue clearly, Li Xin didn't care about these gentlemen anymore.

If you don't care about the gentry, you care about the people. These grains must be distributed to the people in Shandong.But these food and grass can't always be put on the boat, so a stronghold will be occupied.Li Xin glanced at many islands, and finally landed on Changshan Island. Around Penglai, only Changdao is the largest. Only by occupying Changshan Island can we store so much food and grass. What about Shandao!

"General Sun, you said that Mao Chenglu knew that Liaodong had sent a navy, so what would happen?" Li Xin suddenly looked at Sun Yinglong and said.

"Of course a large army was sent to attack." Sun Yinglong said without thinking.But soon he smiled wryly and said: "Our sneak attack may still be successful, but if the opponent fights with real swords and guns, even if he defeats the opponent, he will not have much strength."

"That's naturally the case. The thing of destroying one thousand enemies and injuring eight hundred is only done as a last resort." Li Xin searched for it on many islands, and finally said with a smile: "Since the sneak attack was unsuccessful , then lure the snake out of the hole. We will slowly eliminate each other."

"I don't know what the general is going to do?" Sun Yinglong's eyes lit up and he asked curiously.

"General Sun is an official naval force of the imperial court, so naturally he cannot be dispatched. Once he is dispatched, Mao Chenglu naturally understands that the general Huanglong soldiers have dispatched troops. However, the imperial troops cannot move, but the pirates can." Li Xin said proudly. He took a look at Gu Sanmazi.

"General, do you want me to take action?" Gu Sanmazi looked at Li Xin in surprise, and finally shook his head, saying: "I, Gu Sanmazi, can only run rampant in the south, and I am afraid it is very difficult for me to deal with the regular navy of the imperial court. Difficult."

"It's impossible for you to deal with Mao Chenglu, and I never thought about asking you to deal with him. Let nearly a thousand people like you deal with him, tsk tsk, meat buns beat dogs." Li Xin looked disdainful.

"What is a meat bun beating a dog?" Gu Sanmazi looked at Zhou Chuyun on the side.

"The meat bun beats the dog, and there is no return." Zhou Chuyun suppressed a full smile, his face flushed red.

"You." Gu Sanmazi blushed impatiently, and said dissatisfiedly: "General, you can't insult people! Tell me! How to fight, if I, Gu Sanmazi, frown, I am not worthy of being a hero."

"Have you seen these islands?" Li Xin walked around among the many islands and said, "If I guess correctly, Mao Chenglu's navy must be on Changshan Island, and it is also on Nanchangshan Island. Shandao is surrounded by North Changshan Island, Yangtuozi Island, Heishan Island, and Zhushan Island. If you want to occupy South Changshan Island, the first thing to do is to unplug the guards on these islands, so that South Changshan Island If you become blind and deaf, you will not be able to see the surrounding situation at all. There will not be many of these guards, at most hundreds, at least dozens of people. If there is a large army, these people will definitely tell Changshan Island, and they will also alarm Mao Chenglu. Only a small number of people, or pirates, will not attract the attention of these people. Even if they pay attention, they will only send a small number of soldiers and horses. We can concentrate our efforts to eliminate these soldiers and horses. As long as this A few times will weaken Mao Chenglu's army to the extreme, and then we will be able to wipe out Mao Chenglu's navy in one fell swoop. This is called boiling frogs in warm water, or cutting flesh with blunt knives."

"The general has a good plan." Sun Yinglong's eyes lit up and he nodded repeatedly.

"General Sun, you send someone to Phi Island to inform Huanglong's commander, and ask him to blockade the entire Dongjiang Town, and set up a fog to cover up the fact that you have led the navy to dispatch with all kinds of signs. It is used to confuse Mao Chenglu." Li Xin looked at Sun Yinglong. Said.

"The general means that Mao Chenglu already knows that the last general has led the navy to come here?" Sun Yinglong's expression changed after hearing this, and he asked nervously.If it is really as Li Xin guessed, it will be bad.When Sun Yinglong sent troops to Shandong, he wanted to take advantage of Mao Chenglu's unprepared situation to destroy Mao Chenglu, but once Mao Chenglu knew that he had gone south, he might set up an ambush to deal with him.One's own soldiers and horses are not enough, and if they are not done well, they will be calculated by the opponent.

"Dongjiang Town was originally built by Mao Wenlong. Although many things happened during this period and Mao Wenlong has died, don't forget that Mao Wenlong's influence will not disappear in a short time. As Mao Wenlong's son, Mao Chenglu, the soldiers around him and You Pidao are inextricably linked, who can guarantee that there is no one inside Pidao to report the news?" Li Xin shook his head and said: "I can conclude that the news of your expedition led by Sun Yinglong has already spread. Maybe Mao Chenglu I have already received the news."

"Then what should we do now?" Sun Yinglong asked nervously.

"Li Daitao is stiff." Li Xin said without even thinking about it: "You get rid of the big ships now. The grain transport ships behind are all gifted by the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River. Most of them are lucky boats, but these lucky boats can only transport grain. , There are no cannons on it. You lead the sailors above to hang the navy battle flag back to Phi Island, and transport [-] shi of grain to the past. As a gift from me to Huang Zongbing, I will keep your gunboats and navy soldiers. In this way, the enemy will soon receive the news that your navy has returned to Phi Island. Mao Chenglu will not care about the rest of the people, and the appearance of pirates is normal."

"Then can you stay here?" Sun Yinglong was not an idiot either. Hearing Li Xin's calculation, his heart lit up, knowing that the possibility of success was relatively high.If I can participate in such a war, I am afraid that the military exploits will be easily captured.

"As long as you can find someone who looks similar to you, just confuse others." Li Xin really didn't want Sun Yinglong to leave!Gu Sanmazi might be able to fight in water, but after all Ye Luzi became a monk, and this Sun Yinglong came from a professional background, so he didn't know how much better than Gu Sanmazi!
(End of this chapter)