Niu Jinxing quickly saluted Li Zicheng and replied: "Outsiders are all afraid of General Wu's fierceness, but in reality, he is no longer as brave as before, and that's why he was forced by the imperial court to go to Liaodong."
"Is this true?" A smile immediately appeared on Li Guo's face, and he quickly asked, "How did Mr. Niu know this?"
"All generals are knowledgeable about soldiers, so do you know how many soldiers can be raised in Guide and Runing alone?" Niu Jinxing asked with a smile.
Everyone in the tent set their sights on Gao Yigong, who was the authority in terms of logistics supply. After thinking about it for a while, Gao Yigong replied: "It's only 40,000 or 50,000!"
Niu Jinxing nodded in agreement and said: "That's exactly the number. Runing, if you return to virtue, you will have a certain number of acres of land. In a good year, the food and salary can only support an army of fifty thousand at most, not to mention the continuous natural disasters."
In the period of agricultural society, the amount of grain produced in a place can be used to estimate the number of soldiers, such as the "stone high" number mentioned by Japanese daimyo. Niu Jinxing is a person who is good at this. But Niu Jinxing and those who broke into the camp
None of the generals knew that Wu Shigong's financial resources came from vigorously developing industry and commerce and financing a large amount of money through the financial industry to buy food and support the army. Therefore, the true number of Runing's army far exceeded their estimates.
"General Wu had already fought a fierce battle with the Tatars in Hejian. Although he won a great victory, the Tatars still retreated safely to Liaodong. The students thought that this victory was very strange. Maybe the court was bragging to calm the people. Even if you take a step back, it was
In a situation where both sides suffer losses, General Wu's losses must be tens of thousands. In this way, even if General Wu returns to Runing to replenish his troops, the courage of his soldiers will be far worse than before."
"Now General Wu is rushing to Liaodong with his elite troops. In Runing, how many troops are left behind in Guide? It can support 30,000 ears. And in Runing, south of Guide there are the Eight Kings and the Fifth Battalion of Gezuo.
Rebels, do you think Runing's army dares to attack the camp in a decisive battle?"
"That's right! We were a little frightened by Butcher Wu. Mr. Niu! Do you mean to start a war with Butcher Wu?" Li Guo asked. After hearing that the strength of the Runing army was not strong, the generals who broke into the camp were a little worried.
Gearing up, because after getting through Runing and Guide, there will be more room for activities in breaking into the camp.
"No!" Niu Jinxing smiled a little mysteriously and continued, "Before talking about this, let me tell you why General Wu sent troops to Ruzhou?"
Seeing the people in the tent staring at him with dazzling eyes, Niu Jinxing's desire for expression became even stronger: "Now it is known to both the enemy and us that Ruzhou is an important place for military strategists, and it is to cut off the road to join the camp and Cao Cao.
, then why does General Wu send troops to Ruzhou again? Does he want to fight the Chuangying and Cao Cao armies in Ruzhou? Isn't he afraid that the Eight Kings and the Fifth Battalion of Gezuo will take advantage of the opportunity to invade Runing from the south and return to Ruzhou?
Virtue?"
"This is against the common sense of military officers, and there must be fraud in it. The students believe that General Wu is a partial division in Ruzhou, and his attack on the camp is a feint."
"Wow!" The tent suddenly became noisy. Li Zicheng couldn't help but put his felt hat on his head again. He leaned forward and asked, "Sir, do you have any evidence?"
"Before entering the account, the students asked the people who returned from Ruzhou, and they all said the same thing. But there is something suspicious. None of the returning troops have fought with General Wu. Why is this? They are all afraid of General Wu's past.
It's just a matter of power. But how many officers and soldiers are there in Ruzhou? I don't even know how many." Niu Jinxing certainly wouldn't talk nonsense. He had verified his judgment before entering the account, so he seemed confident now.
"Send someone down quickly and ask Mr. Niu again what he said." Of course Li Zicheng needed to ask again. Such important information cannot be taken too seriously.
Watching Li Guo take the order to leave the tent, Niu Jinxing continued: "Students also estimated that there must be another army of General Wu in Runing, Guide. They will also enter Kaifeng Mansion." This is completely Niu's words.
Jin Xing's judgment was made. Because of what he said just now, Li Zicheng and the others also believed it.
"It turns out that he was attacking in the east and attacking in the west!" Tian Jianxiu said.
"No!" Niu Jinxing's answer once again surprised everyone in the tent, "This route is also a feint attack. Both routes are false troops."
"Ah? Then where is Butcher Wu's main force?" Tian Jianxiu asked again.
"There is no main force!" Niu Jinxing replied affirmatively, "The reason why General Wu is acting like this is because he is bluffing and wants to send the camp to the west to fight to the death with Zuo Liangyu's army."
"Oh!" The people in the tent suddenly understood what Niu Jinxing said, and He Yaoqi couldn't help but ask, "Isn't Butcher Wu afraid that we will see through?"
Niu Jinxing smiled, stroked his long beard, and replied: "So what if I see through it? If it is not good to break into the camp, General Wu can turn from false to real, just defeat me to break into the camp; if I break into the camp to attack Runing, return to Germany, General Wu will
The soldiers can also retreat to the garrison and use the city defense to prevent the intruders from entering the camp. This is the so-called step-by-step calculation."
"Then there's no way we can break this situation?" He Yaoqi asked again.
"That's bad!" Niu Jinxing smiled and shook his head, saying, "General He didn't hear clearly. No matter how false and true General Wu is, he will never take the initiative to attack me and break into the camp."
"Then why?" Liu Zongmin also joined in the question.
"Student, I would like to ask one more question: Do you want to compete for the title of Chuangwang?" Niu Jinxing asked with a smile.
Li Zicheng quickly waved his hands modestly and said: "We are raising the flag of righteousness just to let the people of the world live a good life and overthrow this dog court. I have not thought much about my own." Although Li Zicheng answered like this, the people in the tent were not satisfied with it.
His true thoughts are clear to his heart.
So Niu Jinxing went on to say: "Then Mr. Wu has had evil intentions for a long time. But there is only one dragon robe, and two people cannot wear it. Now if they are fighting to the death with Mr. Wu, who will get the advantage?
?Eight Kings?Cao Cao?Or that dog court?"
Niu Jinxing's words caused a silence in the tent. At this time, both Chuangying and Runing's army would lose the qualification to compete for the world. Li Zicheng also understood a little after hearing this. Now Chuangying is afraid of a decisive battle, and Ru Ning's army is afraid of a decisive battle.
Ning's Wu Shigong was still afraid of a decisive battle, so the situation was not as bad as imagined.
"Mr. Niu! Just say something refreshing! What should we do?" At this time, Liu Zongmin asked questions for Li Zicheng again.
"Assemble the whole army and leave for Ruzhou! As long as we avoid Ruzhou City, General Wu will never break into the camp and fight with us." Niu Jinxing affirmed again.
It should not be said that although the basis of Niu Jinxing's analysis was somewhat biased due to the lack of intelligence and the inability to understand Xue Yongli's mentality. However, Niu Jinxing's analysis of the two-way feint attack was quite correct, and he also correctly analyzed that the Runing Army did not want to fight with Chuangying now.
decisive battle.
But when Niu Jinxing told the analysis results, the big tent was silent again. It was not that he didn't trust Niu Jinxing's analysis, but that he rashly pinned his hope of breaking into the camp on the Runing Army's passive avoidance of the battle. This was too much.
It was a bit of a risk. If Niu Jinxing's analysis was wrong, Chuangying would immediately have a decisive battle with the main force of the Runing Army in Ruzhou. Such a decisive battle was something Chuangying tried its best to avoid, so Li Zicheng and the generals did not dare to rush forward.
made this determination.
But at this moment, Li Zicheng's captain suddenly broke into the tent. As soon as he entered the tent, he shouted loudly: "Chuang King! Chuang King! It's bad! We found a man seven or eighty miles south of us.
Support Butcher Wu’s army.”
"Wow!" The tent was noisy again, and everyone took a breath of air. They looked at Niu Jinxing with deep admiration in their eyes, because what Niu Jinxing just said was so amazing.
"Stop yelling!" Li Zicheng immediately stopped, "Tiehu! Have you found out clearly? How many people are there in Butcher Wu's army?"
"Forty to fifty thousand!" the soldier captain named Tie Hu immediately replied.
But this answer made the people in the tent suspicious again. With so many soldiers and horses, could it be that the Runing Army sent out the main force? Their judgment on Niu Jinxing was shaken again.
But Niu Jinxing still calmly stroked his long beard and said with a smile: "King Chuang! Can we send spies closer to investigate and see how many strong soldiers he has? If the student is not wrong, it is just a plan to raise many flags and raise dust.
Use imaginary numbers to threaten us into breaking into the camp!"
Li Zicheng suddenly understood. He basically accepted Niu Jinxing's statement. It turned out that the Runing Army was playing a trick of pretending to be real. So he immediately ordered: "Tiehu! Send more spies to get a closer look.
Once the whole army is concentrated, as long as the spies report that what Mr. Niu said is correct, we will go to Ruzhou."
"promise!"
Where did the Runing army that caused the sudden panic in the camp come from? It turned out to be Yao Liang, and Fu Sheng and the others adopted their own old plan.
After Yao Liang, Fu Sheng and others roughly integrated Chen Zhongzhi's tribe, their entire army had more than 5,000 people. Thirty miles to their right and rear, there was an escort of more than 2,000 Shumo soldiers and horses. So this army
The army set off on the road to Kaifeng City.
But this expedition is a bit scary. They have to break through the encirclement of hundreds of thousands of campers and enter Kaifeng City. This is scary to think about. Although the combat effectiveness of the Runing Army is strong, they can be killed by too many ants.
Xiang. Not to mention the morale of the newly recruited Chen Zhongzhi's troops was unstable.
So Fu Sheng and others decided to pull up the tiger skin to hold up the banner after making a plan. They used the banner of the Runing Army to recruit refugees and bandits along the way, so as to create a posture with a large number of people.
And this recruitment is a bit out of control. In these days, refugees and bandits don't care who they go to, they just go to whoever provides them with food. It's like food is their first priority.
As a result, the number of people increased. Yao Liang, Fu Sheng and the others did not care about the old, the weak, the sick, and those with families. In this way, they gradually gathered more than 40,000 people. However, among these people,
, there are only seven or eight thousand strong men who can really fight. Yao Liang, Fu Sheng and the others organized these strong men into auxiliary troops, and placed the others at the back of the team, waiting until they were about to enter Kaifeng City.
Shumo brought those old and weak women and children back to Germany. In this way, the spies who broke into the camp made a mistake in their judgment. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!