Chang Yu asked for advice, and resourceful people like Li Muxian bluntly said that there was no other way but to attack by force. Generals like Wu Sangui and Ma Ke who were good at fighting also followed his advice and asked for a fight.
The generals were not willing to follow suit and all stood up to ask for battle. Wang Zamao wanted to follow them, so he looked around and thought, hey, he was not worthy of competing with these people, so he sat down again silently.
However, Chang Yu was not ready to start a war with Bai Wang immediately. During this period, the troops were very fast. Whether it was the soldiers and horses he brought from Nanjing or Wu Sangui, Ma Ke and other troops were either marching in a hurry or fighting. The collapse was too tight and the troops were exhausted. , if it is not relaxed and repaired in time, it will only increase the losses, and when the tired army starts the war, both morale and results will be extremely disastrous.
In addition, he also plans to consume Bai Wang. After all, the officers and soldiers have Tongling City as their base at this time, and the logistics supplies for the troops are guaranteed. But as for Bai Wang, he is far away from Chizhou and has insufficient logistics supplies. Coupled with repeated setbacks, his morale is low. Moreover, the conditions for camping in barren mountains and ridges are difficult. If there is a rainy day, he will collapse without even having to fight.
After listening to Chang Yu's analysis, all the generals nodded in agreement and took three days' rest to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop.
Knowing that there had been no fighting in recent days, the generals were relieved of their pressure, so they started to eat and drink freely. They drank wine and drank wine during the banquet, and it was not until late at night that they dispersed.
It was an overcast night and there was no light. Chang Yu, accompanied by Wu Sangui, went up to the top of the city and gazed to the southeast. He saw only dots of fire on the river bank and even faint flashes of fire on the mountains to the east. It seemed that Bai Wang's blockade was very tight, and there were also hidden fires in the mountains. To prevent officers and soldiers from entering the mountain to attack from the side.
"Bai Wang has nearly 10,000 soldiers, and we have to seize dangerous and important roads. We have no other choice but to attack by force. From what General Wu has seen, what is the victory or defeat with equal forces?"
Wu Sangui glanced aside and saw that Wang Tizhong and others were drunk and did not go to the city: "Although the bandit army is not good at horse fighting, its fighting strength is not bad. If the Nanjing soldiers and horses are put into battle with the same strength... ahem, if the generals join forces, Ma Zongbing and Dongchang's subordinates are at least 70% sure."
"We are only 70% sure whether General Wu will fight with the Third Battalion of Dongchang? Isn't it possible that the white thieves are far more powerful than the intruders?" Li Muchian exclaimed in a low voice beside him.
Wu Sangui glanced at him and said: "This general has never fought against the intruders, so I don't know what his combat power is, but the combat power of Bai Wang's command is indeed strong. If the two armies were to fight head-on in the wild, even without cavalry, this general would still be able to fight." "I'm eighty-nine percent sure, but now that it occupies such a convenient location, seventy percent sure is the limit."
Chang Yu nodded in agreement: "What about using barbarians to control barbarians?"
Wu Sangui knew that he was talking about fighting with the central part of the king's body, and he mused a little: "The king's body has indeed shown bravery in the past few days, but those who participated in the battle in these days are his confidants, but he does not know whether other troops can face the former thieves. He was so ruthless, and the morale of the army was unstable soon after his new surrender... Lord Governor, you should be more careful, if you turn against him during the war, I'm afraid... it will be very bad!"
As expected of a veteran who has been on the battlefield for a long time, he is well aware of all aspects of military affairs. Chang Yue also frowned after hearing what Wu Sangui said: "This matter must be guarded against, but it should not be overly worried."
Early the next morning, after Chang Yu practiced boxing and washed up, the generals got up one after another. It could be seen that they were tired from running around for the past few days. After breakfast, Chang Yu summoned the city officials Fu Shen, while the generals went to appease various ministries and prepare for the war.
At half noon, drizzle fell from the sky. Chang Yu climbed up the city and looked around. The two armies in the south of the city were constantly rubbing against each other. He looked up at the sky and whispered: "It's going to rain heavily." The people around him burst out laughing. If the rain comes, Bai Wang's tribe will Then retreat without fighting!
However, God didn't seem to give him any face. It was still drizzling at noon. Chang Yu secretly cursed and went to the city again after dinner. Several groups of thief troops were rushing around in the south of the city. He was angry and said: "Let's go and see Bai Wang." .
The implication is that he is about to leave the city and go to the front line to conduct reconnaissance. According to common sense, how can a coach be involved in danger? His subordinates should try their best to dissuade him. However, Chang Yu’s subordinates are all restless masters, and they also know what his temperament determines. No one could stop this, and all the generals agreed and invited them to go. Even Wu Sangui was inspired to go with him.
However, the city needed to keep a general in charge, and Wu Sangui was the best candidate without Li Yan. After a dispute, Chang Yu took Tu Yuan with him, and Ma Ke and dozens of guards left the city through the south gate.
A few miles outside the city, the officers and soldiers scouts saw soldiers and horses coming out of the city. Although they did not know who they were, they knew they were not ordinary people when they saw the battle, so they rode forward. Although they did not recognize Chang Yu, they recognized Ma Ke. They all stepped forward to salute and explained the surrounding situation. Carefully: Because the officers and soldiers tightly sealed off the city for five miles, the rebels tried to penetrate the city several times but failed. They faced off with the officers and soldiers scouts five miles away, so there was no need for friction.
Marco waved off the scouts and turned to look at Chang Yu: "Rather than saying that the thieves want to go deep into the nearby city for reconnaissance, it is better to prevent our army's scouts from infiltrating. After all, there is nothing for them to spy below the city."
Chang Yu nodded and looked at the bandit spies who began to gather in the distance, roughly counting hundreds of them. It was obvious that they also found that there was something special about this group of officers and soldiers and came to surround them.
"Mr. Factory Supervisor, shall we continue going south?" Ma Ke smiled and subconsciously touched the handle of the knife at his waist with his right hand. Chang Yu looked at the movements of his hand and laughed: "It's such a cool day, so let's go. "Activity, activity" he said, patting the horse and running away, followed by all the bodyguards like shadows, Ma Ke also followed with pride and whip.
The thieves scouting their horses in the distance had already discovered that this group of officers and soldiers was coming with bad intentions, but they did not feel any fear after seeing that they were no more than a few dozen, so they patted their horses and headed towards them. Seeing that the opponent's charge was not slowing down at a distance of nearly a hundred steps, they knew that they were about to start a fight. So he screamed and was about to yell and fight, when a sudden shower of arrows came over. More than ten bandits rushing at the front were shot off their horses. The rest of the crowd was shocked. Obviously, they did not expect the officers and soldiers to be like this. But there was no time to think too much at this time. In a blink of an eye, the officers and soldiers rushed to the front, and they had no choice but to fight.
Tu Yuan rushed to the front. With a loud roar, he raised his sword and chopped a thief's horse into two pieces. His momentum was so fierce that the thief army was shocked. They had never seen such a fierce person!
Chang Yu and Ma Ke did not participate in the battle, but led more than ten cavalry to bypass the battle group and go straight to the south. After two miles, they saw more than ten cavalry rushing from the west bank of the river to intercept them.
Kuang Ren intercepted them, Chang Yu gave a sharp shout, and Kuang Ren led several of his cavalry to fight against them. Chang Yu and Ma Ke, with only five cavalry, continued to run southward.
After walking for a while, he saw hundreds of thieves coming to intercept him, so Chang Yu slowed down and turned a blind eye to the fierce momentum of the hundreds of thieves, but when he looked around, he couldn't help but frown.
This place is southwest of Tongling, with mountains to the east and the Yangtze River to the west. The distance between the mountains and rivers is only 300 steps. Excluding the river beaches and hills at the foot of the mountains, the road is less than ten steps wide. But at this time, Bai Wang has cut off the road and dug ditches for ten steps. There are even piles of rocks, branches and debris everywhere...
Obviously this is to deal with the cavalry of officers and soldiers!
This trick is exactly the same as when Chang Yu dug a ditch outside Taiyuan City to attack Li Zicheng's army!
Obviously, Wu Sangui's Guan Ning cavalry has put Bai Wang under great pressure. His two tiger generals, Wang Yi'en and Yuan Sanzhong, both suffered heavy losses from the cavalry. He had to guard against them!
In addition, there were also crowds of people on the hills to the east, which showed that Bai Wang had already made all possible preparations. As Li Muxian said, if he wanted to do this, he could only attack hard.
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