Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 296
Seeing the detailed location and direction of travel of officers, soldiers and bandits marked on the map, everyone was shocked. At the same time, they knew that Li Jing must have a secret plan for the encirclement and suppression of bandits.

Seeing everyone's expressions, Li Jing shook his head and said with a smile: "This was marked more than a month ago, and it has changed a lot from the current situation. And look here, there is still a gap that has not been filled by the officers and soldiers."

Xiao Wu heard this, and clicked on a location on the map, meaning to tell everyone that the gap Li Jing mentioned is here.

The location of Little Five Points is the junction of Shanxi and Henan, specifically the junction of the line from Jincheng to Pingyangfu and Henan.

Seeing that everyone understood, Li Jing continued to laugh and said, "This gap was left by Hong Chengchou to brother Wen Zhao. Judging from this posture, Hong Chengchou is going to do his best to deal with the bandits in one fell swoop."

Shaking his head, Li Jing smiled and said, "Do you know what talking on paper is? What we do now is talking on paper. Brother Wen Zhao, tell me what's wrong here."

Cao Wenzhao nodded, looked at the map for a while, and suddenly smiled: "From the map, the officers and soldiers have completely surrounded the rogues, but in fact this is not the case at all. Because the map is small, the actual area is huge The map drawn by the commander-in-chief covers more than half of Henan, and the various departments of the government and army have only blocked the main roads leading from Henan to the provinces. If the rogues really want to rush out, they may not take these roads."

Seeing everyone nodded slightly, Cao Wenzhao continued: "Moreover, the hinterland of Henan is flat, and the rogues can flee in any direction in this area. Therefore, it is not easy for the officers and soldiers to really encircle the rogues. Only rely on the Yellow River in the north to block them, and then Use the strong cities in various places to divide the rogues, and finally eat them gradually."

Hearing this, Li Jing smiled and continued: "Hong Chengchou will not be ignorant of this, so his biggest reliance is you and the cavalry in your hands. He wants to use the powerful maneuverability of the cavalry to fight this battle in the hinterland of Henan. Annihilation battle."

Shaking his head, Li Jing turned his head and looked at the map and said slowly: "Look at the area in the middle, the rogues are running towards Luoyang now. Why do the rogues gather together? In fact, this is the inertial thinking of people. They think When everyone gathers together, their strength will be stronger. They want to rely on the advantage of a large number of people to fight a decisive battle with the official army.

It's just that the rogues don't understand for the time being that they seem to have a large number of people, but the number of people is actually their biggest weakness.

Since the various ministries are not subordinate to each other and there is no unified command, if they gather together to fight a big battle, they will definitely suffer a big loss.This is why Liu Koukong has an army of 30, but when they get together, they are repeatedly defeated in front of the official army.

In the current situation, if the rogues don't think of another way, they will eventually do what Hong Chengchou wishes.

But not all the leaders of the bandits are incompetent, so they can't fail to see this.

So what will the bandits do?If it were me, what would I do? "

Li Jing turned his gaze to look at everyone: "If it were me, I would break the whole into parts and separate the parts.

The weakness of the rogues is that there are many people but no unified command, but the advantage is also that there are many people.

As long as the various parts are dispersed and attacked in all directions, the officers and soldiers will inevitably be exhausted. "

At this time, Chen Dahu suddenly asked: "I don't understand, when the bandits get together, they always lose the battle, so why do they always make do together?"

Li Jing smiled after hearing this, looked at Cao Wenzhao and said, "Brother Wenzhao, tell Dahu why the rogues did this."

Cao Wenzhao was overjoyed when he heard the words. He knew that Li Jing asked him to explain to Chen Dahu that he wanted him to show his abilities in front of Li Jing's direct descendants.

Clasping fists at Chen Dahu, Cao Wenzhao said: "Brother Dahu, it is actually reasonable for the rogues to do this. Because when they were scattered, the officers and soldiers were also scattered to encircle and suppress. The official army, in the past, the various departments of the official army were wiped out by them with superior forces not many times.

In fact, Governor Hong used this to gather the rogues together, and Chen Qiyu also took advantage of this.

The commander-in-chief just said that the biggest shortcoming of the rogues is that they do not have a unified command.When the rogues gather together, the officers and soldiers immediately gather together. Since there is no unified command, the rogues are no longer the opponents of the officers and soldiers. "

After hearing this, Chen Dahu pondered for a while, then gave Cao Wenzhao a thumbs-up, and praised: "Marshal Cao is brilliant!"

Cao Wenzhao waved his hands and smiled: "What's so clever about this? My brothers and I are part of the army that encircled and suppressed the rogues. I don't know how many battles and how many groups of rogues we have fought and eliminated over the years. His tricks are naturally clear."

After a pause, Cao Wenzhao continued: "Actually, in a war, the separation and reunification of each army needs to be based on the changes in the battlefield situation, and cannot be static. As a general, you must know when to divide and when to reunite.

Now is the time for the bandits to divide. Before the officers and soldiers can squeeze them together, divide up quickly, and then attack everywhere.As the commander-in-chief said just now, the advantage of the rogues is actually the large number of people, and there are dozens of leaders playing the banner.With so many rogues suddenly separated, the officers and soldiers from all walks of life would not attack at will without Hong Chengchou's order, and before Hong Chengchou could distinguish who these rogues were and where they were going, he would definitely not order the various ministries to attack randomly. Attack, this is the opportunity for the rogues. "

Li Jingwen said with a smile: "Brother Wen Zhao is right, this is the shortcoming of the officers and soldiers. When the officers and soldiers fight, the generals below have no autonomy, and they are not allowed to attack at will without the command of the commander, so they often lose their opportunities."

With a wave of his hand, Li Jing stopped everyone's flattery, and continued: "Now let's analyze how the rogues will deal with the current situation. The rogues have feigned surrender twice. The so-called incident is only three times, and twice is enough (Wang Pu was arrested Buy once, Chexiangxia was besieged once), come again, that is to treat the officers and soldiers as fools. Moreover, Hong Chengchou killed decisively, and surrendering to him is courting death. Therefore, I conclude that the only way for the rogues to break through the encirclement is to divide their troops, then they How will the troops be divided?"

Pointing to the map, Li Jing said: "You can't run in one direction to break through the encirclement. That would lose the meaning of dividing the troops. If you want to break through the net of the government and the army, you have to run in all directions, to Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Hubei." , Anhui (South Zhili) to run in these places, so that the strength of the official army will be transferred.

However, Shaanxi is Hong Chengchou's base camp, and Shanxi is Brother Wenzhao's territory. Going to these two places is tantamount to fighting against Hong Chengchou and Brother Wenzhao.

On the other hand, Anhui (South Zhili) and Hubei have fewer officers and troops, and they have been out of battle for a long time, and their combat effectiveness is far inferior to that of the various officers and troops currently encircling and suppressing bandits. These two places are relatively safer.

The rogues did not have a unified command, so how did they solve this problem when they divided their troops? "

Shaking his head, Li Jing couldn't think of how the rogues could solve this problem.

But there is one thing Li Jing knows very well, that is, the rogues must have solved this problem, otherwise, there would be no Li Zicheng who later broke through Beijing, and there would be no Zhang Xianzhong who became king of Sichuan.

Li Jing thought about it for a long time but couldn't figure out what method the rogues used, and finally shook his head helplessly, and smiled bitterly at Cao Wenzhao: "I can't think of any method they will use, but there is no doubt that the rogues will divide their troops. .”

After a pause, Li Jing continued: "This time the emperor let Brother Wenzhao participate in the encirclement and suppression of the bandits, which had a great impact on our strategic layout. But I don't think our strategic goal can be changed, and we can't influence our strategy in order to eliminate the bandits." Strategic layout.

But there are too many rogues, whether it is for the future or for the common people everywhere, they cannot be allowed to act recklessly after all.Especially that Zhang Xianzhong, he was too ruthless to kill, and it would be a disaster to keep him.

Brother Wenzhao, I want you to lead [-] cavalry to participate in this siege. Just remember one thing, no matter how the rogues run away, you will keep an eye on Zhang Xianzhong and beat me to death, even if the other rogues run away. You have to destroy Zhang Xianzhong and take Zhang Xianzhong's head. I will remember you for the first time.

As for Datong, let Bianjiao take full command, continue to implement our strategy, and wipe out all the Mongolian ministries. "

Cao Wenzhao pondered for a while and said, "Commander, I don't think it's appropriate to let Bianjiao be the commander. It's better to let Hutou or Dingguo take command and Bianjiao to assist."

Li Jing shook his head and said: "No! It's okay to kill the enemy with the tiger's head in battle. He doesn't have the ability to coordinate the overall situation. Dingguo is still young, and he can't bear the burden. Let Bianjiao command, and besides, you can't live without Helper, let Dingguo follow you to participate in the encirclement and suppression of Zhang Xianzhong, and let him learn from you. This kid will be able to stand alone after a few more years of training. And Ma Ke, let's attack from all directions and wipe out the Donglu in one fell swoop."

Cao Wenzhao was overjoyed, stood up and clasped his fists to Li Jing and said, "Thank you, Commander! Wenzhao will definitely fulfill his mission!"

Li Jing waved his hand to signal Cao Wenzhao to take his seat.

Seeing Gao Qi, Chen Dahu, Zhuzi and others look envious, Li Jing smiled and said: "Don't worry, you guys will fight some battles, you must know that our Daming is not just an enemy of Donglu, There are also the Mongols in Mobei, the Annan kingdoms in the south, and the Wa kingdom in the east that has repeatedly provoked my Ming Dynasty.

Those who need cavalry to deal with will be handed over to Brother Wen Zhao, and those who need infantry to deal with it will be handed over to Brother Gao and all the brothers here.

In the future, I will also train sailors. All foreign countries that dare to challenge my Ming Dynasty will be dealt with as a whole. Anyone who violates our prestige will be punished no matter how far away!Therefore, brothers, do not slack off. "

When everyone heard this, their spirits were lifted immediately, and they all clasped their fists together and said, "I would like to follow the commander's instruction!"

Li Jing waved his hand and looked at Yang Liufeng and Fang Fang: "This time we are fighting on both sides, you two must pay close attention to the logistics support work, especially when fighting the Mongols in the north, all supplies must keep up. Don't fight brothers No ammunition, no food."

Looking at the two of them, Li Jingshen said, "If this happens, I won't spare you two."

(End of this chapter)