Yu Tianxing and Zhuge Guanqi had an idea about the future development of the situation. He also saw that Hu Xiaotian only had two ways to go. However, Yu Tianxing was not as secretive as Zhuge Guanqi. Since he was determined to assist Hu Xiaotian,
Naturally, he wanted to express his thoughts frankly.
Hu Xiaotian said: "Tianxing, if you were me, what choice would you make?"
Yu Tianxing said: "Retreating to Wuxing County is undoubtedly a safe strategy, but abandoning Dongliang County will not only give away our hard-won victory, but will also frustrate the confidence of the soldiers that they have worked so hard to generate."
Hu Xiaotian's eyes lit up, and what Yu Tianxing said was also his concern: "So you suggest fighting!"
Yu Tianxing walked slowly to the map: "There are three thousand soldiers in Dongliang County, two thousand Beggars' Gang, and 30,000 Yongjiang navy in Wuxing County. These are all available troops for you. Wuxing County's unique terrain cannot be tolerated.
If Dongliang County is defeated, my lord can retreat to Wuxing County. If you want to keep Wuxing County, you must leave at least 20,000 troops."
Hu Xiaotian nodded: "That means we still have 15,000 troops that we can mobilize."
Yu Tianxing said: "The hearts of people in Dongliang County are floating, and there are many thieves who are looking for opportunities to cause trouble. If we want to ensure the stability of Dongliang City, at least two thousand more people are needed."
Hu Xiaotian said: "If you say that, I don't have many available soldiers in my hands."
Yu Tianxing said: "My lord, I dared to use 5,000 men to fight against Tang Boxi's 30,000 men before. Now that I have 13,000 men in my hand, how can I be afraid of Qin Yangming's 50,000 men?"
Hu Xiaotian smiled and said: "Don't be pretentious and speak your mind."
Yu Tianxing said: "Dongliang County is easy to attack and difficult to defend because of its location. If you want Dongliang County to be impregnable, you must form a solid defense line in the east, west, north and west. He pointed to the map and said: "With the troops currently on hand, my lord,
It should be impossible to take care of such a long defense line, so the only choice is to defend the city. But defending the city is a bad idea. If you want to change from passive to active, you must seize the opportunity. Although Shaoyuan has 50,000 troops garrisoned, its geographical location is not the most important.
One of them is Dongluocang, which has 50,000 troops stationed in Shaoyuan. Twenty thousand of them are in Dongluocang. Dongluocang is one of the seven major granaries in Dayong and is responsible for the supply of the army on the southern line of Dayong. If we can seize Dongluocang
Luocang is like holding the throat of the southeastern part of Dayong, and can also form three points that echo each other with Dongliang County and Wuxing County."
Hu Xiaotian looked at the map. Dongluocang is a part of Shaoyuan. It is located to the east of Shaoyuan, west of the East China Sea, and northwest of Dongliang County. It borders Shaoyuan and Dongliang County. Although Dongluocang is located on the plains, it has an equivalent strategic position.
It is important, so Dayong spares no effort in defense. The city walls are tall and wide, and there are many arrow towers. Compared with Shaoyuan, Dongliang County and other surrounding cities have much stronger defenses, not to mention there are 20,000 garrison troops. Hu Xiaotian shook his head.
Not without worry, he said: "Twenty thousand people are guarding the city, and the city walls are strong. There are towering arrow towers. I'm afraid we won't be able to capture it even with the strength of two cities. I think it will be more difficult to capture Dongluocang than Shaoyuan."
Disaster."
Yu Tianxing said: "Sir, I have studied Shao Yuan's general Qin Yangming's marching and formation style. This person is cautious in doing things and is extremely cautious in battles. He often uses the superiority of troops to win the battle and avoid his own greatest danger.
Casualties, according to Qin Yangming's usual habits, I think he is likely to deploy troops in three directions this time."
Hu Xiaotian said: "Which three ways?"
Yu Tianxing said: "The waterway is naturally Nanyang Water Village. Tang Boxi, the leader of Nanyang Water Village, has died, and everyone in Nanyang Water Village must be grieving. They urgently need a victory to avenge their shame. If they agree to the lord's offer of food in exchange for prisoners, The request is also an expedient measure. I think they are likely to come back as soon as the prisoners are out of danger."
Hu Xiaotian nodded, he had the same idea.
Yu Tianxing said: "Tang Boxi was defeated because he underestimated the enemy and did not join forces with Qin Yangming to attack by land and water. Tang Boxi was defeated too quickly this time, and Qin Yangming did not even have time to send troops. This proves that there is still a conflict between Qin Yangming and Tang Boxi. Although he saved this time With his strength, it is inevitable that he will not be criticized by the Yong court, so Qin Yangming will definitely join forces with Nanyang Shuizhai this time. I estimate that after the prisoners are out of danger, Qin Yangming will definitely press the border with a large army, and there will be two troops to attack Dongliang County from Shaoyuan. Qin Yangming will lead one main line, while the other will most likely send troops from Dongluocang. With Qin Yangming's habit of using troops, if he wants to achieve an overwhelming victory, Shao Yuan will probably only leave 5,000 people to defend and send two troops. Fifteen thousand people, and Dongluocang responded to him from the northeast. Qin Yangming would mobilize 15,000 people from Dongluocang. With the city defense of Dongluocang, 5,000 people were enough to guard the city. In this way, Yong's army formed the northwest , the formation of the three-front attack from the north and northeast." Yu Tianxing's finger drew three tracks on the map.
Hu Xiaotian said: "If I insist on not giving up Dongliang County, then there will be a situation of being surrounded by the third front."
Yu Tianxing nodded and said: "So the only way my lord has left is to send out surprise soldiers."
Hu Xiaotian said: "The Yongjiang Navy in Wuxing County cannot mobilize too much. We only need to ensure the defense strength of 20,000 people. Otherwise, once they find out that Wuxing County is empty, I am afraid that even my escape route will be cut off."
Yu Tianxing said: "My lord, there is no way out."
Hu Xiaotian couldn't help but be startled when he heard his meaningful words, and then laughed again: "That's right, I had no way out in the first place."
Yu Tianxing said: "If you want to defend Wuxing County, you need 20,000 people. If you want Dongliang County to hold on for a longer time, you will need 8,000 people. Therefore, the lord has less than 8,000 men at his disposal, and these 8,000 people must be used to capture it." In Dongluocang, the chance of success is only half."
Hu Xiaotian shook his head and said: "If you are right, Qin Yangming mobilizes troops from Dongluocang to attack us, then a lot of Dongluocang's troops will leave. But if he only mobilizes 10,000 people, then our 8,000 Aren’t people going to have to face a situation where 10,000 people defend the city?”
Yu Tianxing said: "There is also Chang Fanqi in Dongluocang who is known as one of Dayong's ten most powerful generals. His manpower can lift mountains and is quite powerful."
Hu Xiaotian said: "So our chance of success is only 20%."
Yu Tianxing said: "If we seize Dongluo Cang and take away Dongluo Cang's military rations, even if we stick to Dongluo Cang, Dongliang County and Wuxing County will have no worries about food and grass within three years."
Hu Xiaotian's eyes lit up: "It seems that this battle must be fought!"
Yu Tianxing said: "Taking Dongluocang will really hurt them. Even if they get food from elsewhere, they won't be able to organize an attack on us for a while."
Hu Xiaotian said: "How do you plan to attack the city?"
Yu Tianxing said: "My lord needs to delay the exchange of prisoners as much as possible. The deployment of troops needs to be carried out without the other party noticing. The troops can be arranged near Dongluocang in advance. Once Qin Yangming sends troops, the troops will quickly be in Dongluocang. Assemble, although the walls of Dongluocang are thick, they cannot stop the catapults."
Hu Xiaotian nodded and said: "The ten catapults can be broken into parts and transported to the vicinity of Dongluocang for assembly again."
Yu Tianxing said: "We don't need ten, three are enough. We don't really want to destroy the city wall of Dongluocang. The purpose is to make them feel that the wall is in danger. In that case, they will risk going out of the city to destroy the trebuchets."
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Hu Xiaotian said: "Ling the snake out of the hole?"
Yu Tianxing smiled and said: "My lord is right."
Hu Xiaotian asked someone to bring Liu Yuncai in front of him. Today is different from the past. Liu Yuncai has now become a prisoner. After entering, he originally wanted to show a heroic and unyielding appearance, but unfortunately he was kicked in the knee by Xiong Tianba.
With a plop, he fell to his knees on the ground.
Hu Xiaotian said: "Tianba, please don't be rude. Untie General Liu!"
Liu Yuncai thought he heard wrongly, blinked his eyes, and saw Xiong Tianba stepped forward to untie the rope for him. Liu Yuncai thought to himself, Hu Xiaotian really didn't want to kill him? He stood up and said: "If you want to kill, why bother?"
nonsense!"
Hu Xiaotian laughed and motioned to his followers to move a stool for Liu Yuncai: "Sit down!"
Liu Yuncai snorted and raised his head.
Hu Xiaotian winked, and Xiong Tianba stretched out his big hand and grabbed Liu Yuncai's neck like a hawk grabbing a chicken, and roared fiercely: "Mom, you still don't want the face I'm giving you! Isn't it a slap in the face? Third uncle?"
If I ask you to sit down, you have to sit down for me!" I dragged Liu Yuncai and pushed him down on the bench. Although Liu Yuncai resisted in his heart, he couldn't compete with him, so he was forced to sit down by Xiong Tianba.
Hu Xiaotian smiled and said: "Don't get me wrong, General Liu. I don't have any ill intentions towards you. I invite you here this time to send you back."
Liu Yuncai was hesitant and tried to shake off the two black paws Xiong Tianba put on his shoulders with a vigorous shake. Unexpectedly, Xiong Tianba pressed harder, and his collarbone creaked under the pressure of this guy, as if he would be hurt at any moment.
It was cut off, and Liu Yuncai turned pale in pain. He thought to himself, if a good man doesn't suffer the consequences in front of him, how can I end up good if I go against this reckless guy? With this thought, he stopped resisting and whispered: "You are planning to kill me."
General Tang, are you not afraid of the ridicule of the world by capturing my Dayong soldiers, destroying the peace agreement between the two countries, and starting a war between the two countries?"
Hu Xiaotian laughed loudly and said: "General Liu's ability to confuse right and wrong is quite good!" He stood up and walked towards Liu Yuncai. As the distance between the two sides got closer, Liu Yuncai's face showed an expression of fear. Hu Xiaotian said: "Destroy the two countries.
It is you who made the agreement, and it is you who want to capture Dongliang County. Tang Boxi deserves his death! Not to mention the death of Tang Boxi, even if I kill you all, no one in the world will say a word "no!"
The sudden murderous intent in his eyes frightened Liu Yuncai, and he said in a trembling voice: "Aren't you afraid that my Dayong army will arrive and kill you to pieces..."
Hu Xiaotian smiled and patted Liu Yuncai on the shoulder and said: "You have 11,300 lives in my hands. You have eaten a lot of my food and used a lot of my medicines in the past two days. Of course, I will kill you."
It’s a one-and-done solution, but after much thought, I still don’t want to hurt the harmony between us, so I finally decided to give you a way out.” (To be continued...)
