At this time, Wu Shigong was preparing this mine guide in his mansion. Fortunately, it was the Ming Dynasty at this time, and there were no telephones or emails, so the news was transmitted very slowly. By the time Wu Shigong got the news, it had already
More than a month later, it was already October of the fourth year of Chongzhen.
Let’s talk about what happens next. But now Wu Shigong is gathering the military attachés around him to formulate a military plan to seize the mining area.
Because there was not much attention to Nanyang Prefecture in the past, and the Shanchuan Division was established only a short time ago, Wu Shigong did not have a detailed map of the mining area. However, with Xue Zhinong's efforts, he still produced a simple map. And this one
The simple map has also helped Wu Shigong a lot now.
In the eyes of the military attachés present, they could see the key point of this battle at a glance. It was a village called Dahuai Village in the mountainous area with a mining area.
The Dahuai Village is located in a valley in the center of the mountainous area, basically blocking the access to the mountainous area. If this village is occupied, the miners will not be able to gather easily, nor can they easily move in the mountainous area.
Move back and forth.
What's more valuable is that if Dahuai Village is occupied, half of the iron ore and all the saltpeter mines will be exposed on Wu Shigong's side. As long as an army is stationed in Dahuai Village, Wu Shigong's army can
You can safely raid the mining areas on your side and hold these mining areas in your own hands.
Because Wu Shigong's military operation lasted only one month, so if we prepare for the worst, as long as we occupy half of the iron ore and all the saltpeter ore, then this military operation will be considered a success. And the other half of the iron ore will be barely successful.
The mine can be occupied slowly in the future.
But to go to Dahuai Village, you have to pass through half of the mountainous area and take a mountain road, so if it is a large army, the marching speed will definitely not be fast.
Wu Shigong's idea of the battle to seize Dahuai Village this time is to be quick and covert. Because the rebellious miners must not be allowed to gather too many people in the key stronghold of Dahuai Village. Otherwise, they may get into trouble with the rebellious miners.
into a protracted battle.
However, miners and their families live in this mountainous area, and Wu Shigong's army is fighting on the outside. Therefore, in order to be fast and concealed, they can only send a small force there.
And this small force cannot be cavalry, because after seizing Dahuai Village, this small force will still have to be stationed in Dahuai Village to resist the possible counterattack of the rebellious miners for at least one day, until the main force of the Runing Battalion arrives.
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Therefore, Wu Shigong finally decided to allocate five hundred-man troops from the thousand-man infantry team of the mobile corps directly under his jurisdiction, and ride on carts to carry out this military operation. Fortunately, those mountain roads also have to transport iron ore out of the mining area.
, so that mountain road can still pass large vehicles.
As for the total strength of the troops dispatched this time, Wu Shigong finally decided to dispatch all the thousand-man troops of the infantry, and then dispatch the four hundred-man troops from various local troops gathered at Wu Shigong for training. There are also two hundred-man troops of the cavalry. Because in the mountainous area
, the role of cavalry is not very large.
In addition, as fire support, there are four three-pound artillery pieces from the artillery team operating with the troops. Therefore, the total strength is more than 1,650 people.
As for the arrangement of each army, it is determined as follows. The five centurions as the vanguard will be led by He Fei and Shu Mo will be the deputy commander.
Because He Fei had asked Wu Shi Gong several times, and after he returned to the Guards, his training performance was also very good, so this time Wu Shi Gong gave He Fei and those who returned to the Guards with He Fei An opportunity for them to make up for their mistakes in this battle.
The main role of Shumo is that after the vanguard captures Dahuai Village, Shumo will take charge of the defense in Dahuai Village until the main force behind him arrives.
To be honest, Wu Shigong is still a little worried about Shu Mo's natural timidity. However, Shu Mo is indeed the best defensive military officer under Wu Shigong. Besides, if Shu Mo keeps hanging around Wu Shigong, then he is also It's basically gone.
However, if Shu Mo dies or escapes because he cannot complete the task this time, Wu Shigong will never be lenient because Shu Mo was once his book boy. Since he is a waste, there is no need to retain him.
Following the vanguard are two centurions of cavalry. Their main task is that if the vanguard fails to capture Dahuai Village as scheduled, they will strengthen the vanguard and must capture Dahuai Village. And if the vanguard does not capture Dahuai Village as scheduled, they will strengthen the vanguard. If Dahuai Village is captured, the cavalry will also strengthen Dahuai Village's defense.
As the commander of this military operation, Zhou Xun will lead the remaining nine hundred troops and artillery teams to set off later. As for the deputy commander, Wu Shigong sent someone to rush to Guidewei and transferred Yu Ji over. .
Regarding the use of Yu Ji, Wu Shigong also had the same idea as Shu Mo. Of course, if Yu Ji refused to be transferred, Wu Shigong would also remove him from his group.
Of course, there is also a side purpose. After Yu Ji's transfer this time, he will not return to the German Guard in a short time. He and some of the military attachés from the German Guard will stay with Wu Shigong's personal soldiers after this military operation. In the team, receive complete military attache training.
As for the commander of Guidewei, Wu Shigong transferred Qian Qi. In this way, Wu Shigong could also strengthen his control over Guidewei.
It can be seen from this that Wu Shigong sent two experimental military attaches this time, as well as most of the recruits who had no combat experience, so Wu Shigong was very confident in the success of this military operation.
However, as a precaution, Wu Shigong would also prepare his own troops and the remaining cavalry, ready to go to Nanyang Mansion to support the battle at any time.
Since the preparations for dispatching troops were basically done in the main camp of Runing Camp, the confidentiality of dispatching troops could still be guaranteed. However, as a precaution, Wu Shigong placed Li Lu, Wan Wendong, and their entourage under house arrest. In the main camp of Runing Camp, we are prepared to prevent them from talking nonsense and leaking information after they return.
These days, Wu Shigong has been preparing for the dispatch of troops, so he seems to be extremely busy. The day before the dispatch of troops, Wu Shigong saw that he was almost busy, so he returned to the inner house early. After dinner, he went to Xiuzhu's room. Take a break.
The two twin sons of Wu Shigong and Xiuzhu were rolling and crawling on the bed in the bedroom. Wu Shigong played with them for a long time before letting the wet nurse hold the twins and go to sleep.
While undressing Wu Shigong, Xiuzhu asked Wu Shigong carefully: "Master, I heard that this time the troops are sent out, will my cousin also go?"
Wu Shigong suddenly became sensitive to Xiuzhu's question. He immediately asked with a tigerish face: "What? Has this boy Shu Mo come to see you?"
"That's not true, but my cousin-in-law wiped her tears several times with Mrs. Xin and this slave." Xiuzhu was very unhappy when she saw Wu Shigong, and her voice became softer and softer.
"You women, don't worry about men's affairs." Wu Shigong's face improved when he heard that Shu Mo didn't come directly. However, Wu Shigong still suspected that Shu Mo's wife's behavior was also what Shu Mo had indicated, so the voice of her voice
Still very strict.
"My slave knows." Xiuzhu, who was scolded by Wu Shigong, lowered his head and his eye circles were a little red.
Wu Shigong looked at the maid he had grown up with, and his heart softened a little, so he continued: "Where will this man's future come from if he doesn't work hard?"
"Besides, you have been with me since you were a child, and you also know what the situation of the children in the mansion is like. After all, whether their lives are good or not depends on the background of those children's parents' families.
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"If Shu Mo works out this time, not only will he have a good future, but also his two sons will have a much better life with such a cousin in the future. Alas! I always close my eyes.
One day.”
After listening to Wu Shigong's words, Xiuzhu quickly covered Wu Shigong's mouth with her small hands and said: "Bah! Bah! Bah! There are no taboos! Master, you are still young, don't say such unlucky words."
Wu Shigong also laughed and held Xiuzhu in his arms.
