"Brother is wise!"
Duan Liang raised his hands to Duan Bao and praised him.
"That's right, your eldest brother and I have been fighting for half my life. I may not be as good as Xiao Han in terms of intrigues, but my strategic awareness is not comparable to that of the young generals of the Ming Dynasty."
"Instruct the whole army to hurry up and hurry up. We won't rest tonight and will celebrate the victory directly in Chengdu city all night long."
"It's really exciting. I wonder what the expressions of He Wenhui, Mu Ying, and Xiao Han will be like when we appear at the gates of Chengdu?"
"After tonight, the surname Duan will be in Shuzhong, and no one can protect him!"
Duan Bao smiled and spoke.
Mingliang front line.
"Your Majesty, the Ming army keeps putting corpses in the water sources. The water sources in the mountains and forests are polluted. No one dares to drink it. Now our logistics is under great pressure."
Liang Jun's core camp was in Dazhai, and his generals reported to Polo Timur.
"Prime Minister, tell me, what should I do in this situation?"
Polo Timur ignored that general, but turned his attention to Zhenxi Timur.
Tamerlane:…
No, it’s already this time, why are you still role-playing here?
"Your Majesty, regarding the situation here, I have three strategies: upper, middle and lower."
Zhenxi Timur bowed his hands to Polo Timur.
"oh?"
"The Prime Minister is worthy of being the wise sage of the world. Tell me quickly."
Polo Timur's eyes lit up.
"The best policy is to make progress while maintaining stability."
"Time will always be our most reliable ally in Daliang. It slowly withdraws from the mountains and forests, destroys the rear routes, and defends important passes to create difficulties for the Ming army."
Zhenxi Timur pointed to several passages on the sand table.
"No, although this plan is stable, destroying the road will affect our ability to advance into Guizhou, attack the Central Plains, and dominate the world! Tell me your best strategy."
Polo Timur shook his head decisively. Are you kidding? He still wants to be Liang Taizu. How can he be willing to do so when he has cut off the road?
"Zhongce, it is difficult for us to supply in these mountains and forests, but the same is true for the Ming army's supplies. When the Ming Dynasty only invested 5,000 elites in the mountains and forests, we can let the mountains in the rear overwhelm us, increase the carrying capacity, and merge at the same time For the troops in Shanlin, increase the number of troops on each outgoing trip to one hundred."
"And move the Eighty Village and the mountains and forests close to the Ming Army. In this way, we can block the entrances and exits to prevent the Ming Army's logistics from coming in, and then poison the water sources with the Ming Army."
"In this way, the people of the Ming Army in the mountains and forests have become trapped in a cocoon of their own. They poison the water, and we do the same, directly leaving the mountains and forests without water. In this way, the Ming Army in the mountains will be trapped alive."
"In this way, whether Na Muying chooses to abandon the five thousand Ming army or come to rescue, we have room for maneuver."
"If we do this, we will have to bear a lot of pressure, and it will raise the internal pressure of our beam to the limit. It is a gamble with the Ming Dynasty and the fate of the country."
Zhenxi Timur explained his strategy.
"This is a good idea. Let's talk about the next strategy. If it doesn't work, then I will choose the strategy."
Polo Timur nodded, seeming quite satisfied with Zhenxi Timur's strategy.
"The next step is to make a simple decision. Go directly out of the mountains and forests to fight the Ming army head-on."
"The first battle is the decisive battle, and the outcome will be decided in one battle!"
Zhenxi Timur spread his hands.
Polo Timur:…
"It's really a bad idea. I won't have to make up the numbers next time. It's bad luck."
Polo Timur shook his head slightly, quite dissatisfied. After all, the grass on his grave was still green the last time he shouted the slogan "The first battle is the decisive battle, the first battle will determine the outcome!"
"Pass on my military order, implement the central strategy, select eighty villages, and lock their way into the mountains in the direction close to the Ming Kingdom, so that Mu Ying and Xiao Han know who is the master of this mountain forest."
Polo Timur waved his hand and ordered.
Daming military camp.
Liang Jun's actions were quickly noticed by Daming. For a while, the logistics couldn't get in, and Mu Ying couldn't help but look extremely ugly.
"Fengxue, our logistics troops have not gone in for two days. If this continues, our forest exploration combat troops in the mountains and forests may not be able to hold on."
Mu Ying said anxiously to Xiao Han, after all, what is lacking here is water. You can survive seven days without eating, but you will die in three days without drinking water.
"Oh? Are the counselors around Prince Liang pretty good? I thought they wouldn't think of this move."
Xiao Han stood up and shook his head slightly, calmly.
"Fengxue, how on earth are we going to save the soldiers in the mountains? If this continues, they will really be trapped inside. According to the news, Liang Jun has moved 80,000 people from the Eighth Village near us. It's not easy to deal with. .”
The corners of Mu Ying's mouth twitched slightly.
Brother, it’s time now, let’s stop being so close, okay?
"Um."
"The time is indeed almost here, let brothers prepare and prepare to enter the mountains and forests in large numbers."
Xiao Han looked at the sky and nodded with his back to the Ming generals.
"ah?"
"Fengxue, is it really too late to attack those Liangjun camps at this time?"
Mu Ying was slightly startled, a little confused.
"Who said we were going to attack those camps?"
"We are going to collect their bodies."
Xiao Han laughed and pointed to the forest not far away.
Mu Ying, Zhu Wenzheng, and Lan Yu walked behind Xiao Han and looked toward the forest. At this time, they saw lights in the forest, as if someone had lit a bonfire inside.
Liang Jun’s Dazhai?
So blatant?
Are you really planning to resist them all and not hide at all?
Mu Ying, Zhu Wenzheng and Lan Yu were all a little surprised.
Equally surprised was Polo Timur, who was the core commander of Dazhai.
"Who are you? The people of the Ming army directly chose to light fires and boil water in the mountains and forests. You captured no less than a hundred people that night?"
Polo Timur looked at his generals in surprise.
"Yes, Your Majesty, the Ming army was obviously thirsty and had no choice but to light a fire in the jungle in order to drink water."
The general nodded, quite happy. He had achieved so many military exploits that night.
"Ming Jun, what kind of fire did you use? It's so obvious. Didn't you try to hide it at all? Moreover, they are all so close to each other, for fear that we won't notice?"
Zhenxi Timur looked at the fires everywhere outside Dazhai and couldn't help but ask questions.
"When I returned to the military division, I saw that the Ming army used kerosene, spirits and coal produced in the Ming Dynasty. Among the armaments sent by their logistics, everyone seemed to have brought some of these things."
"Dig a hole, put crushed coal in it and pour some kerosene or spirits on it. It can burn for half a day. If we want to extinguish it, we have to fill it with soil."
The general doesn't know why, so he tells the truth.
"What!"
"They actually have kerosene, liquor, and coal! And everyone has it!"
Zhenxi Timur was shocked. You must know that the productivity of this era is not very high, and the output of kerosene and high-quality coal is not high. If each of these five thousand people brings them, the inventory in Shuzhong will be much less.
"Any questions?"
Polo Timur also asked in surprise.
"Quick! Your Majesty, please find a way to evacuate everyone. The Ming Army, the Ming Army is preparing to set fire to the mountain!"
Zhenxi Timur shouted.
He had never thought that Xiao Han would set fire to the mountains before, because in southern Xinjiang, there is not much rain. Even if it has not entered the rainy season, the humidity in the mountains and forests is not too low.
Setting fire to a place like this is not easy. It is no exaggeration to say that it is even a technical job.
However, although water and fire are incompatible, if there is enough fuel, there is still a chance to burn it. Just now, Timur saw the density of the fire, and then he discovered to his horror that the Ming Dynasty did not make fire just to boil water, but that it could actually burn water. A forest fire started.
Although with the humidity here in southern Xinjiang, even if it started to burn, even if it was forcibly ignited with kerosene, spirits and coal for 5,000 people, it would not burn a few mountains.
However, it is precisely because of the high humidity that a large amount of incomplete combustion will produce a large amount of toxic smoke, which will cover dozens of miles around.
The Ming Dynasty only has five thousand people in the mountains and forests, but all of them are here. If it really burns for a while and the poisonous smoke drifts over, if the Ming Dynasty takes the opportunity to kill at this time, it will be impossible to fly.
After listening to Zhenxi Timur's words, Polo Timur, who was a little slow to react, finally reacted at this moment. His expression changed involuntarily, and he began to arrange for his subordinates to prepare to evacuate.
Outside the mountains and forests, Mu Ying, Lan Yu, Zhu Wenzheng and Xiao Han led the Ming army in formation.
I saw that the mountaintop that was previously dotted with fire gradually became brighter, and the mountain fire started!
"Are you... planning to burn the mountain!?"
"But... with the humidity in the southern Xinjiang mountains, I'm afraid not many hills can be burned. Are you planning to smoke those Liang Jun to death?"
Mu Ying opened her eyes slightly.
"Of course."
"In order to encircle our five thousand jungle combat troops, Liang Jun has been continuously shrinking their scope of activities for the past two days. They have all gathered in a radius of several miles, and the poisonous smoke from a few hills is probably covering dozens of miles. If they can disperse, they should be in a hurry and preparing to escape by now."
Xiao Han chuckled, with amusement in his eyes.
"But... in this case, our people... alas!"
Mu Ying frowned slightly and let out a sigh.
"There is nothing we can do about it. In a war, no one is immortal. In the last batch of materials given to them, in addition to adding kerosene, spirits and coal, I also gave them a batch of charcoal powder masks. As long as they run away Hurry up, and you still have some chance of survival."
Xiao Han shook his head slightly.
The so-called toner mask means that Xiao Han asked a tailor to sew two layers of cloth together with charcoal powder in the middle, and then made it look like a mask.
Although it is not the kind of special activated carbon that can be used to make gas masks in later generations, the adsorption capacity is much lower, but it can still play some role. After all, even charcoal is loose and porous and has certain adsorption properties.
To some extent, those who can absorb some poisonous smoke will at least be better than those Liang Jun who have no protection.
"All the troops, kill!"
Mu Ying raised her big gun high, stood on her horse and spoke coldly, and killed in the direction of the fire in the forest.
The Liang Jun of the Hundred Village on the other side of the Ming Dynasty's forest combat troops were okay. They kept running to the rear of Liang Jun, but the Eighty Village on the Daming side was unlucky.
It was already uncomfortable to choke on the thick smoke. Although I didn't smoke much so I wasn't poisoned, my condition could be said to be very bad.
Just as this group of people held their breath and ran wildly, after running out, on the way back, Daming's shouting of killing could be heard faintly.
It can be said that there is no way out in the mountains and rivers, and there is another disaster after the willows are broken and the flowers are broken.
"Kill! Don't let Nanman escape!"
"Kill! Let them see the power of tomorrow!"
…
Amid the shouts of killing, illuminated by distant firelight, the sharp light of the sword steals the chill and cuts, intertwined with the heat of the firelight, making people feel extremely desperate.
Nanshu Ancient Road.
Duan Bao finally reached the end with his main force.
"Shu, I, Duan Bao, are here! Welcome your king!"
Looking at the sudden enlightenment ahead, Duan Bao couldn't help but look up to the sky and scream. After all, he has a place in this vast world.
Whoosh whoosh!
Boom!
Boom boom boom!
Before he finished speaking, the sound of sharp arrows piercing the air, the sound of wood and rocks rolling down, and the sound of cannons firing almost sounded from both sides at the same time, directly hitting the Duan family army below.
For a moment, arrows were like rain, cannonballs, cannonballs, rolling wood and thunderstones were like hailstones, crackling down on the head, and cannonballs were like meteors, commanding and majestic!
In this vast world, there is indeed a place for Duan Bao, but it is just a "eating banquet".
"Duan Bao!"
"The young gentleman has long expected that you would be smart enough to take this inaccessible, rugged and difficult ancient road. He has been waiting here for a long time!"
"It's better not to revive your country of Dali. Return it to ashes and submit to the Ming Dynasty!"
On the mountain ridge, He Wenhui stood up with his sword drawn, looking up to the sky and shouting angrily.
"Ashes to ashes!"
"Oil to earth!"
"Submit to the Ming Dynasty!!"
…
After He Wenhui finished speaking, the Ming soldiers beside him immediately started shouting. As they shouted, groups of Ming soldiers rushed down and launched an attack on the Duan family army that had been cut into unknown segments below.
"Brother, we, we are ambushed!"
Duan Liang turned pale and said to Duan Bao.
"I know! I'm not blind!"
Duan Bao's face was dark, and his heart was in chaos. He thought it was the hand of a god who suddenly attacked Chengdu, but he never thought that everything was as expected by Xiao Han.
It was a hard and hard journey, like a clown, crawling in the dark on the rugged ancient road, just to get straight to Chengdu?
As a result, Cheng Si, who was thinking about it day and night, didn't see it. As soon as he stood up, he was directly hit by the head.
"Xiao Han, Xiao Fengxue, can you really predict everything? Are you a god?"
Duan Bao looked at his completely chaotic army and couldn't help but let out a long sigh.
He lost, he lost completely. It turned out that all the strategies and plans that he was proud of were as childish and ridiculous in the eyes of others, right?
Boom boom boom!
Amidst the fierce noise, the more than 100,000-strong Liang Army was surrounded and killed by the 20,000 Ming Army transferred from Hanzhong.
Poof! Poof!
He Wenhui defeated the rebel army and appeared in front of brothers Duan Liang and Duan Bao.
"Butler, the situation is over, don't you still know how to repent?"
"Stop your troops and surrender, and turn back to shore."
He Wenhui looked at brothers Duan Bao and Duan Liang and spoke coldly.
"hehe."
"General He, Duan participated in supporting the Xia Kingdom, and then attacked Shuzhong. I am afraid that he has completely stood against the Ming Dynasty. Even if I turn around now, will there really be any 'shore' behind me?"
Duan Bao smiled bitterly and asked, does he really have a chance to look back?
"The mission given to the general by the young gentleman is not to kill you. If you surrender now, you can go back to Jinling to be tried. As for how to judge you, that is a matter for His Majesty and His Royal Highness. The only promise He can make is that after being completely rejected by Your Majesty and His Majesty, Before His Highness the Crown Prince’s trial, I, Ming Dynasty, will provide living conditions for your brothers and you will not suffer too much.”
"But now, if you don't cooperate, He has the right to kill you all right now!"
He Wenhui raised his weapon and spoke coldly.
Of course, he is not someone with great compassion, but, for a figure like Duan Bao, capturing him alive is more rewarding than killing him, otherwise He Wenhui would not give up these words.
Of course, there is another point. The efficiency of the next plan and whether Duan Bao cooperates will also make a big difference.
"hehe."
"I surrender…"
"I wonder, what kind of living conditions can General He give us?"
Duan Bao smiled bitterly and said, with the rumbling sound of cannons, his grand ambitions had been completely shattered. Now he just wants to be comfortable day by day.
"Then it depends on the level of cooperation of the butler."
"If the butler is willing to cooperate with my Ming Dynasty plan, then it is not impossible for me to give you two brothers good food and wine during this period."
He Wenhui spoke calmly, his eyes cold.
"good!"
Duan Bao nodded directly without any hesitation.
All the power he can mobilize is here. It is no exaggeration to say that the main power of the chieftains in Dali's old land who are willing to support him has been mobilized.
The remaining chieftains may not rebel on the spot, but they certainly will not fight for him. Since they are not one of their own, Duan Bao's betrayal naturally does not carry any psychological burden.
Mingliang battlefield.
The fire in the mountain forest burned all night and burned more than a dozen mountains bare.
The confused Liang Jun abandoned his armor overnight and retreated crazily. He retreated for twenty miles before being stabilized in front of Polo Timur.
Looking at his embarrassed subordinates and the disgraced generals, Polo Timur counted his remaining troops and found that there were only 120,000 left.
The original 180,000 troops had lost 60,000 in this battle in the mountains and forests, which made Polo Timur feel so heartbroken that he almost suffocated.
"Prime Minister, we'd better use the best strategy."
Polo Timur looked at Zhenxi Timur and forced out a smile that was uglier than crying.
After a period of self-struggle, Polo Timur made this decision with difficulty.
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid this won't work. We...are no longer qualified to use the best strategy directly."
"At least, we have to use the worst strategy first to hold back the Ming army for half a month, and then we can use the best strategy to waste time with the Ming army."
Zhenxi Timur smiled helplessly and cupped his hands towards Polo Timur.
He also felt bitter in his heart. If he had known this, he should have recommended Boluo Timur to use the best strategy.
(End of chapter)
