Listening to Gu Sansi's explanation, Ye Mingsheng naturally understood everything else...
Zhen Sanshan's idea was simply to take advantage of the situation when Feng Erlunzi, Li Mang, and Sun Dahai were blocking Ji Qiwei in Sumugou. He led people from behind to explode Ji Qiwei's anus, attacking Ji Qiwei from both sides!
Ji Qiwei's own logistics supplies are about to run out. If he is attacked from two sides, even if the entire army is not wiped out, he will probably suffer heavy losses. If the 30,000 people who dispatched the troops can escape back, it is usually considered very good!
After carefully observing the terrain on the sand table, Ye Mingsheng silently calculated it in his mind, frowned and said:
"Based on the current position and speed of the three bandit leaders, Ji Qiwei might reach Sumugou ahead of them!"
"Behind Sumugou is an unobstructed plain. Without the geographical advantage, it would be difficult for the three bandit leaders to stop Ji Qiwei!"
Gu Sansi also saw this and comforted Ye Mingsheng and said:
"Zhen Sanshan will understand this. It's going to be dark soon. He should send some troops to attack Ji Qiwei's camp under the cover of night, slow down the progress of Ji Qiwei's troops, and buy time for Sun Dahai and the others!"
Ye Mingsheng reluctantly nodded when he heard this. To be honest, he didn't care who would win between Ji Qiwei and Zhen Sanshan. He really didn't care at all!
What he needs is for Ji Qiwei and Zhen Sanshan to fight. The worse the fight, the better. Only in this way can he, who is far inferior to these two men, benefit from the back...
Now if Ji Qiwei arrives in Sumugou first, then this means that Zhensanshan's plan to attack from both sides will go bankrupt. Without the chance to severely damage Ji Qiwei's department, Zhensanshan will most likely let Ji Qiwei leave.
But for Ye Mingsheng, the opportunity he had been waiting for completely came to nothing!
He only has 10,000 troops to attack Posuo Mansion, so if Ji Qiwei and Zhen Sanshan don't both suffer losses, it will be difficult for him to take control of Posuo Mansion!
"How is the contact with Jiang Chong going?" Ye Mingsheng asked Ye Dong, who was standing aside:
Because in the plan, the biggest advantage of Jiang Chong's five thousand troops was that suddenly, once Baihu Mountain was put on guard, it would be difficult for Jiang Chong to do anything. Therefore, Ye Mingsheng also paid great attention to the contact with Jiang Chong this time. confidential.
After careful consideration, Ye Mingsheng selected a few eloquent people from his own soldiers and went to Yanjiang County to contact Jiang Chong with his own handwritten letters to Jiang Chong.
The main reason why we choose from our own soldiers is that they are loyal enough to Ye Mingsheng and are willing to die for Ye Mingsheng. They also have poisonous fangs in their mouths. Once they are discovered and captured, they will You can bite your fangs to kill yourself to preserve information.
After hearing Ye Mingsheng's inquiry, Ye Dong reported:
"They sent back a letter saying that Jiang Chong has agreed to our plan and is willing to obey the young master's instructions, but he left our people with him saying that it is convenient for contact..."
Ye Mingsheng nodded slightly when he heard the words, and the solemnity in his expression was relieved.
Now that things have developed to this point, no matter whether Zhen Sanshan and Ji Qiwei fight to the death, he has already planned to send troops to the Whining Mansion!
He only had 10,000 troops. Ye Mingsheng did not believe that Zhensanshan would treat him like Ji Qiwei, who had an army of 30,000, abandoning the outlying towns and hiding in Baihu Mountain.
As long as Zhensan Mountain does not shrink from Baihu Mountain, and with the cooperation of Jiang Chong's new force, the military disadvantage between Ye Mingsheng and Zhensan Mountain will be greatly reduced.
Moreover, Jiang Chong had 2,000 cavalry, and Ye Mingsheng also had a battalion of 2,500 cavalry. Together, there were nearly 5,000 cavalry. If the 5,000 cavalry were used, even tens of thousands of infantry would not be able to stop them.
When the time comes, even if he puts up a frontal fight with Zhen Sanshan, a local snake, Ye Mingsheng is confident that he can fight Zhen Sanshan head-on with the cavalry and firearms in his hands!
But this is the worst way. If possible, Ye Mingsheng still hopes that Zhen Sanshan and Ji Qiwei will fight to the death. After both sides suffer, he, Ye, will go out to pick peaches again...
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Early the next morning, in the Shenmenling military camp, looking at the mess and corpses on the ground in front of him, the anger in Ji Qiwei's heart was burning.
He who specially waited for the people from Zhensanshan to attack the camp, actually waited for the people from Zhensanshan!
However, it is a pity that unlike Ji Qiwei's imagination of the night attack by the Zhensanshan brigade, this time Zhensanshan only sent a small force of more than a hundred people...
However, just a few hundred people turned the camp of his tens of thousands of troops upside down and left them without peace!
If he hadn't specifically emphasized the need to strengthen vigilance and his troops responded promptly, the entire military camp might have been turned into a sea of flames by now.
But even so, hundreds of soldiers were still burned alive in their sleep. After a night of tossing, the already low morale of the Liaoyang army was undoubtedly even more exhausted physically and mentally.
At this moment, Fan Ke, who joined the army, led a few soldiers and escorted a capable man with a scar face and a dissatisfied expression in black uniforms in front of Ji Qiwei.
"General, Commander Ma has captured a man alive!"
Ji Qiwei frowned when he heard this and asked with some dissatisfaction:
"Is this the only one who will be caught alive?"
Fan Ke nodded awkwardly, introduced to Ji Qiwei and said:
"Sir, these people look like they are all soldiers raised by Zhensanshan. They are all brave and unafraid of death. They all carry huozhezi and kerosene on their bodies...
"Although this is such a live capture, Commander Ma said that Scarface seems to be a leader. The bandits have been trying their best to protect him since they were surrounded."
Listening to Fan Ke's explanation, Ji Qiwei felt extremely irritable, and his eyes shifted to the scarred face.
When the dog officer in front of him looked at him, the scar-faced man was not willing to be outdone. He glared back at Ji Qiwei fiercely. Seeing this, the soldier who was escorting him quickly cursed:
"Bold and crazy, how dare you act so arrogantly even when death is imminent!"
As they spoke, they tried to push Scarface to his knees on the ground. Scarface struggled a few times but was still helpless and knelt on the ground.
Seeing that the scar-faced man was still so arrogant at this stage, Ji Qiwei stretched out his hand, and the soldier beside him respectfully handed a length of whip to Ji Qiwei's hand.
After receiving the whip, Ji Qiwei didn't talk nonsense to Scarface, he just slapped Scarface who was kneeling on the ground.
This whip was really cruel. Every time it hit the scarred face, the skin was torn open and blood flowed. At first, the scarred face was also a cruel person, and he tried hard not to scream.
But as the wounds on his body became more and more painful, scarred face gradually couldn't hold on anymore and let out painful wails.
Listening to Scarface's painful cry, Ji Qiwei became even more excited. The whip hit him faster and harder, and Scarface fainted before long.
Seeing this, Fan Ke hesitated for a moment, then tried to dissuade him:
"General, let's dig something out of this kid's mouth and then kill him."
Ji Qiwei didn't even look back when he heard this, and said bitterly:
"This kid is a tough guy. If you don't break his bones, how are you going to get the words out of his mouth?"
"Come! Come and give me a bucket of cold water to wake him up!"
Under Ji Qiwei's order, the soldiers immediately took a bucket of cold water and poured it on Scarface's body. The cold water was poured on Scarface's body, and Scarface, who had fainted, slowly came to life.
The scarred face who woke up looked at Ji Qiwei with very fierce and resentful eyes, but in the depths of his eyes, for the first time, there was a little fear.
Seeing him like this, Ji Qiwei sneered and ordered again:
"Bring me some salt!"
After hearing what Ji Qiwei said, the fear in Scarface's eyes became even stronger, and he pretended to be fierce and cursed:
"I, the dog official, fucked your own mother! You eggless thing, do you dare to kill your father and me?"
Although Ji Qiwei was irritated by Scarface's provocation, he did not fall for it and said with a sneer:
"Don't worry, I won't let you die now. You are lucky to be able to learn from your Grandpa Ji's methods!"
After Ji Qiwei finished speaking, the soldier on the side also took a bowl of salt and smeared it on Scarface's body according to Ji Qiwei's request.
His scarred face was already covered in blood after being whipped by Ji Qiwei's whip. With so much salt on the wound, he was screaming in pain. The flesh on his face was also twisted in pain, and he looked as if he was worse than dead... ········
Scarface's miserable appearance made even the soldiers who were used to seeing death feel a little frightened. Under the stimulation of salt, Scarface didn't last long before he passed out again.
After being poured cold water on him again, Scarface, who was extremely weak, finally couldn't hold on any longer and begged Ji Qiwei for mercy:
"Please kill me quickly!"
Looking at the scarred face lying limply on the ground begging, Ji Qiwei finally felt the disappointment in his heart, and a smile appeared on his rough face, and he said proudly:
"Tell me everything you know, and I'll give you a good time!"
Hearing what Ji Qiwei said, Scarface begged again:
"If I tell you, Zhensanshan will kill my whole family!"
Seeing that Scarface still refused to give in, Ji Qiwei snorted, picked up the whip, and whipped Scarface hard again. The physical pain from more than a dozen whips made Scarface's mental defense completely collapse and he whispered. said:
"The mission given to us by the Third Master is to prevent you from crossing Sumugou last night. The 20,000 horses arranged by the Third Master are now heading towards Sumugou!"
Upon hearing the news, Ji Qiwei immediately realized the seriousness of the matter, his expression immediately changed and he asked fiercely:
"Are you telling the truth? Where did the 20,000 troops from Zhensan Mountain come from? Aren't his main forces still on Baihu Mountain?"
"The third master has recruited 20,000 horses from Sun Dahai, Feng Erlunzi, and Li Mang to assist in the battle..." Scarface continued:
Ji Qiwei, who found that his retreat was cut off by Zhensan Mountain, did not hesitate at all. He quickly gave an anxious order to the surrounding soldiers:
"The whole army immediately broke out of camp and moved quickly towards Sumugou. They must reach Sumugou before noon!"
Under Ji Qiwei's desperate urging, more than 20,000 Liaoyang troops marched all the way and finally arrived at Sumugou at a quarter past noon.
However, what made Ji Qiwei extremely angry was that more than 20,000 bandits had already arrived at Sumugou before them, and had already seized the favorable terrain and even built several trenches as defensive fortifications.
Although Ji Qiwei has a bad temper and is brave and foolhardy, he has been an old martial artist for more than ten years. He still knows basic common sense. Looking at the bandits in Sumugou, he knows that Zhensanshan wants to attack from both sides. , wiped out tens of thousands of his troops under Sumugou...
There are old forests on both sides of Sumugou, and if the more than 20,000 people there are already short of food and medicine, if they have to bypass Sumugou and enter the old forests, even if they don't reach the mountain, they will starve to death. Even if he came out of the old forest, he would not be able to go back and explain to Song Wenhui if there was not even a tenth man left in the army. He could only commit suicide to repay the kindness of the king.
So after careful consideration, Ji Qiwei gave up the plan of taking a detour and directly issued the order to attack by force. The best way for now is to kill the three mountains before Zhen Sanshan is reached and the two-sided attack has not yet been completely formed. , killed more than 20,000 bandits in Sumugou and fought their way out!
Ji Qiwei had a good idea, but unfortunately, the Liaoyang army under his command was not the 30,000-strong army that had just entered Posuo Mansion, with well-equipped soldiers and high morale.
Despite Ji Qiwei's desperate command and even leading the troops himself to attack the enemy's formation, they had already lost the battle. They attacked for two hours and suffered thousands of casualties. However, the Liaoyang army was still unable to take a step beyond the enemy.
Just when Ji Qiwei was furious, a piece of news appeared that made him even more desperate.
The general of Baihu Mountain urged Lu Zhan'ao, and Shuixiang Han Song also brought 20,000 Baihu Mountain bandits. They had already crossed Shenmen Ridge and were heading towards Sumugou... ····
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In the Xiangshuiyuan military camp.
Ye Mingsheng summoned all the generals to the Chinese army camp, and began to assign combat tasks in front of the sand table:
"Today is March 23rd. Ji Qiwei's troops have been attacked from two sides in Sumugou. Under this situation of being attacked from both sides and running out of ammunition and food, he will not be able to survive the day after tomorrow at the latest, which is March 20th. Five days!”
"Our unit will move into Posuo Mansion tonight. We must arrive at Qilipu on March 24th, annihilate the more than 3,000 bandits there, and swallow up Ji Qiwei's grain transport team! Everyone must move quickly. There can be no sloppiness in the slightest, and be sure not to let any news leak out!"
