Du Jian filled a bowl of hot soup with his own hands and handed it to Xiong Yunjie: "My judgment is basically this. Since Sun Chuanshu can bury vicious firearms in an affiliated city, he can do the same in other places. The affiliated city in the west and The main city of Changzhou is a trap waiting for us."
"Then he doesn't want Changzhou City anymore?" Xiong Yunjie took the soup bowl and asked, "What good will it do to him to destroy the entire city?"
Duan Jun hummed from the side: "Brother Xiong, you should ask, what harm will it do to Sun Chuanshu if we don't destroy Changzhou City?"
Du Jian nodded: "That's right. He can't hold Changzhou anyway, so he might just act like a bachelor and break up the gang, and no one will get anything."
"This is absolutely crazy!" Xiong Yunjie muttered: "We are not Turks, let alone Japanese bandits. We are all from the Holy Tang Dynasty. Is it necessary to do such a cruel thing? In order to prevent the Zhenjiang Army from regaining Changzhou, the entire city was destroyed In my opinion, Sun Chuanshu is not so crazy. The explosion in the afternoon may have been a coincidence, or it was just a method he used to scare us. "
Duan Jun shook his head: "Brother Xiong, I don't think it's that simple. The timing of the fire and explosion in the attached city seemed very strange. It happened to be that just when your Third Banner occupied it, the whole world collapsed. Brother Du and I both think that, Sun Chuanshu deliberately let the Fifth Army succeed, and then carried out crazy destruction. And this situation will most likely happen in another attached city."
Du Jian continued: "That's why I asked you to withdraw first and switch to the second army to monitor the rebels. It is not advisable to act rashly until the situation is clear."
Xiong Yunjie nodded slightly: "Okay, I'll listen to you and just observe it. What should we do next?"
Du Jian pointed to the Changzhou sand table and said: "I have sent people from the Pegasus Scout Battalion to investigate. I believe that we will soon be able to find out the situation in Changzhou and the attached city. At the same time, I also thought of a strategy. That is to target Changzhou to death. , and harass the rear.”
Xiong Yunjie immediately became energetic after hearing this. He put down his soup bowl and went to the sand table: "You mean, let Xiao Duan and the others take action?"
"Yes," Du Jian smiled: "Look, the military forts and annexes in the northeastern part of Changzhou have been destroyed by your Fifth Army. If the Second Army also comes forward and cooperates with the Fifth Army, the division will be divided. Changzhou City is blocked on three sides: east, west and north, so Sun Chuanshu has only one road left to go to the south, and the south is originally his supply line to and from Suzhou. I consider letting a small section of the Ninth Army dispatch half of the troops to arrive in Wujin How about cruising along the front line of Huishan, raiding and intercepting the rebels' baggage and food supplies?"
Xiong Yunjie looked at the sand table and thought: "It's good, but... Changzhou is the supply camp of the rebels. It has a large amount of food, grass and baggage, so it shouldn't be afraid of us cutting off the supply line."
Duan Jun explained on the side: "Our purpose is not just to attack the rebels' food routes, but to give the enemy a feeling that the Xinjiang Army can not only block their retreat at any time, but also move its troops south. , attack Suzhou."
"I understand," Xiong Yunjie nodded slightly: "Brother Du wants to create pressure on that bastard Sun Chuanshu outside the battlefield."
"Haha, that's what I mean!" Du Jian patted Xiong Yunjie on the shoulder: "I want to make Li Zhang and Lao Jianhua unable to sit still, and send people to scold Sun Chuanshu every day."
Xiong Yunjie also smiled, and then asked: "You just said that you would send half of the Ninth Army to go around the rear of Changzhou to cause trouble, but what about the other half? Is there any other use?"
Du Jian glanced at Duan Jun and smacked his lips: "Look, I just said that Xiong Yunjie is not easy to fool. I immediately heard the key point."
Duan Jun smiled and nodded, and introduced to Xiong Yunjie: "Sun Chuanshu is by no means an incompetent person. On the contrary, he is an experienced general and has even taught in the martial arts hall. He can be regarded as half of Daduhu and Xu Shuai." Teacher. Therefore, he must understand the most important thing about defending a city."
Du Jian continued: "When I was guarding the Metasequoia with the Great Protector, I never saw the Protector sending troops outside to support the defenders. Therefore, I think Sun Chuanshu would do the same thing. So, if you are Old Sun , what will you do?"
Xiong Yunjie stared at the sand table and thought: "At the beginning, Sun Chuanshu had to defend the fortress with all his strength, so he would never dare to easily divide his troops to harass us. He would most likely have to rely on rebels from other directions to come for help. However, Ye Rongcheng's main force The First Army and the Sixth Army have been beaten to death, and they can't get out for a while, and Sun Chuanshu has just repelled our offensive. He should have the spare strength and the courage to come out to cause trouble. It would be me in his place. First choice should be Luo Xi."
"Haha, heroes see the same thing!" Du Jian said loudly: "There is our grain and grass camp in Luoxi Town. If Lao Sun can really successfully attack here, we will have to retreat to Danyang."
Duan Jun continued: "Brother Du wants me to have two banners with a total of 17,000 cavalry to ambush in the dense forest area east of the Desheng River. If Sun Chuanshu's people come to attack the Luoxi transport camp, we will Break out from the hiding place, first seize the two wooden bridges on the Desheng River, cut off the enemy's retreat, and then launch an all-out charge to completely eliminate the invading enemy!"
Xiong Yunjie thought for a moment and agreed: "Well, I think it is feasible. Apply pressure on three sides, leaving one side for him to enter and exit freely. At the same time, our light cavalry is constantly harassing people further behind. In this case, the rebels must There will be some action. As long as they rush to attack Luo Xi, there will be no return. Brother Du, when are you going to start a new deployment? "
Du Jian responded: "I'm considering letting your Fifth Army take a short rest. The Second Army will arrive near the west and north front lines tomorrow. You will arrive near the east of Changzhou City tomorrow night or early the day after tomorrow. The front line is wide enough for Sun Chuanshu to come and make small moves. ”
Duan Jun continued: "My troops will set off tonight, divided into two groups, going all the way south to Wujin Huishan area, all the way west, and ambush near Luoxi Town."
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"General Sun, do you really not choose to attack Luoxi Town? That is where the Xinjiang Army stores food and grass."
Sun Chuanshu smiled faintly, pointed outside the city and said: "My original plan was to burn the remaining annexed city and the main city of Changzhou to the ground, dragging those northwest barbarians to die together. However, the other party was obviously not that kind. He is a reckless man who only knows how to be brave and fierce, but he is a cautious and good general."
He turned around, with a cunning light in his eyes: "How could a person like this not guard against a sneak attack on his large baggage camp? If I stick to the rules, I will only end up falling into the trap set by the opponent in vain! "
"Then where is the general going to attack?"
Sun Chuanshu was not in a hurry to answer this question. He turned around and continued to look at the fields outside the city under the night sky. Far away, there were tents stretching out for miles. The lights in the camps were like bright stars in the sky, and the edges could not be seen at a glance.
"I heard from spies that the main generals of the enemy army on the opposite side are not Li Jiangyao and Xu Youchang, right?" Sun Chuanshu asked calmly.
"That's right. The person responsible for commanding the attack on Changzhou this time is Du Jian of the Zhenjiang Second Army."
"Du Jian," Sun Chuanshu said with a sneer, holding his hands behind his back: "This man once ambushed Bao Yuchun's 60,000 light-armor navy troops in Fenghuang Mountain in the north of the Yangtze River. He became famous in one battle and must be a brave and strategic general. However, he would guard against a sneak attack on his food and supplies, but he would never have guessed that I would have the guts to directly raid his camp!"
The deputy general was stunned when he heard this: "Are you planning to attack the Zhenjiang Army camp?"
Sun Chuanshu smiled: "Why not?"
"The Zhenjiang Army is not a weak force of new recruits, but an elite force that has fought hundreds of battles. Even if it is not on high alert and is successfully attacked by us at first, the opponent can quickly organize and launch a counterattack. With our military strength, I’m afraid it’s difficult to…”
"Who said I was going to take over his camp all at once?" Sun Chuanshu said, "I have only one purpose, which is to make them furious and pursue them."
The lieutenant suddenly realized: "You mean, first lure the snake out of the hole, and then set up an ambush halfway?"
Sun Chuanshu nodded slightly: "Move out all the remaining firearms in the city and bury them quietly on the only way back to the city. Once the enemy pursues them there, they will all be ignited and detonated. After the opponent falls into chaos, we will send another surprise force. Fight back and severely injure the Xinjiang Army!"
After saying that, he let out a deep sigh: "I still say what I said before. I don't want to protect Changzhou City under my feet. I just hope to kill more eagles and dogs from the court to satisfy the hatred in my heart!"
Sun Chuanshu's crazy idea can be described as ruthless and decisive.
His strategy never considered what or how to defend Changzhou, but simply aimed at killing and injuring the Xinjiang Army. Therefore, it seemed that he did not care about the cost and did not care about the gains and losses of defense.
To be honest, using a weak force to surprise the enemy's main camp is a desperate military gamble, and there are many such precedents in history. However, only a few lucky people achieved great victory through such risky actions, and they also left all kinds of bluffing immortal legends and God of War stories to future generations.
But sadly, for the vast majority of less lucky gamblers, their ultimate fate can only be to fall on the ruthless gambling table.
As the saying goes, hitting an egg with a stone is too much.
What makes Sun Chuanshu different is that his plan was not to succeed in attacking the camp, but to fail. The real killing move was a firearms ambush that was only staged when the opponent pursued angrily.
He had already expected that if Du Jian and others chose to temporarily withdraw their troops after the explosion in the East Auxiliary City, they would probably adjust their subsequent siege strategy, and they would also strengthen the defense and vigilance of the baggage camp. In turn, a sneak attack on the opponent's main camp can, to a large extent, anger the already aggrieved Xinjiang Army and lure them into an ambush trap.
Once the firearm detonates, it doesn't matter how many of your own troops are sacrificed. The key is that it can kill a large number of Xinjiang troops. Only in this way will Du Jian continue to attack Changzhou City in anger, and eventually more Zhenjiang troops will be blown into the sky.
This was the happiest way for Sun Chuanshu to retaliate against the imperial court.
