In order to face the Ming army, Luo Zhixue has been fully prepared in recent times.
He had people build solid valley fortifications, and even extended the defense lines to both sides in order to ensure that the enemy would attack by taking a detour. At the same time, he also set up checkpoints in some surrounding areas where the defense lines could not be deployed to monitor and intercept the enemy. A small force.
They also specially cut down all the trees in front of the valley in order to create an open area for the cavalry to fight.
He also did a lot of preparation work in other aspects.
For example, they gathered enough food, arrows and other consumables, and even prepared a batch of spare swords and spears.
Luo Zhixue was well prepared and tried to block the incoming Ming army.
If you can't stop it...
Now that we have plans and preparations for defensive operations, we naturally have preparations to run away if we cannot defeat them.
If he really couldn't bear it, then Luo Zhixue would not wait to die in Songshan, but would directly retreat with his troops and leave, taking Blacksmith Song and other craftsmen with him before leaving.
He has even prepared four retreat routes, some heading west to the Lu family, some returning north, and some even heading directly east, directly to the hinterland of the Ruzhou Plain, or south to the hinterland of the Nanyang Plain.
The last two choices are purely because Luo Zhixue now has hundreds of cavalry. If it comes to a critical moment, for example, when the roads to the north and west are blocked by officers and soldiers, there is no way to continue drilling into the ravine to escape from the officers and soldiers.
He could only abandon the infantry, artillery and even the baggage, and rush out of the mountainous area with only the cavalry.
At that time, as long as they are more flexible and are not blocked by the Ming army's cavalry, they can also pass through the more dangerous areas of Ruzhou or Nanyang Prefecture, and then find the next place to rest.
Luo Zhixue was fully prepared for this battle.
Whether he can beat him or not, he has a corresponding response plan.
While Luo Zhixue was sitting making final preparations, Huang Guangmao also led the army into Songshan and came to the front of the Songshan defense line away from Luo Zhixue's deployment.
Although the sentinels he sent before were intercepted and expelled many times, as he increased the size of the single group of sentinels, he finally got a clear idea of the general situation in Songshan.
There were indeed rebels over there, and there were quite a few of them. Those rebels even built a wooden wall camp directly on Songshan Mountain. It seemed that they wanted to rely on Songshan to carry out a stubborn resistance, so he did not hesitate and came directly with his army to kill them.
Huang Guangmao looked at the Songshan defense line in front and said after a moment: "Don't overestimate your capabilities!"
A sentry officer next to Huang Guangmao also said: "That's right, if these bandits run away when they see us, we may not be able to catch up!"
"However, these thieves actually want to fight us in Songshan. I'm afraid they are too long to live!"
"How can these wooden walls stop us!"
Huang Guangmao ignored his subordinates and directly ordered: "Give me the order. The army will start to camp and rest. Continue to send out sentries to explore both sides to find if there are other paths that can be bypassed. Send additional perimeter security to guard against sneak attacks by the bandits."
Although Huang Guangmao said that the bandits on the opposite side were overestimating their capabilities, he did not take it lightly. Instead, he chose a more cautious approach and continued to send out more sentries to see if there was any ambush, and set up perimeter security to guard against sneak attacks.
They even sent people to find a way around it.
Wouldn't it be great if we could find a bypass, send a team of elites to sneak over, and launch a fierce attack directly on the enemy's back?
After Huang Guangmao gave the order, Wang Jida came over not long after.
At this moment, Wang Jida finally did not come in a sedan, but walked directly dragging his fat body.
"Huang Dusi, the bandit army is right in front of you. It's the time to make great achievements. Why did you stop?"
Wang Jida looked a little dissatisfied: "I see that the bandit army only has one or two hundred people, and they only rely on some wooden walls. Our army has thousands of soldiers. It is easy to capture this bandit. Now they have stopped moving forward. If the bandit army escapes, What to do?"
Huang Guangmao was unhappy when he heard Wang Jida talking!
This bastard doesn't understand anything, but he still likes to point fingers. Every day he either has an opinion here or is dissatisfied there.
In previous pursuits and marches, when Wang Jida gave instructions, Huang Guangmao mostly obeyed him because the influence was limited.
However, the bandit army was right in front of him, and Huang Guangmao was very unhappy that Wang Jida was still gesticulating.
But even though he was unhappy in his heart, he still had to suppress his anger, put on a smile and said: "What the county magistrate said is true. This time I am strong and the enemy is weak, so it will not be a problem to capture this thief."
"It's just that our soldiers are exhausted from running around for more than a month and are in urgent need of a rest. It's certainly possible to win directly by going out to fight, but the casualties among our soldiers will probably not be small."
"In addition, I saw that the Songshan bandit soldiers on the opposite side had built a large barracks with wooden walls, and they were newly built. They probably want to block us here and prevent us from escaping easily."
"Even if they run away, we can catch up in time."
"Don't worry, Mr. Wang, we won't miss anything."
Huang Guangmao said so, but he was not sure whether the rebel soldiers on the opposite side would run away. After all, there were thousands of troops on his side here. It was normal for the rebel soldiers on the opposite side to be scared and run away after seeing this.
But to Huang Guangmao, it didn't matter whether the thieves ran away or not.
If the traitor doesn't run away, he will kill him later.
If the bandits run away, then chase them and then go deep into the hinterland of Funiu Mountain to collect food and grass.
Being able to plunder food without fighting was actually Huang Guangmao's hope. After all, he didn't want his soldiers to be damaged.
However, Wang Jida stared at Huang Guangmao with squinted eyes.
The look in those small eyes has gradually become colder.
Huang Guangmao went into the mountains for food and didn't care much about whether he could kill bandits, but Wang Jida did.
Although Wang Jida and Huang Guangmao first entered Funiu Mountain for food, they also wanted to obtain some heads.
After discovering that there were hundreds of bandits around Funiu Mountain, Wang Jida's attention was already focused on these bandits.
He wants the food, grass and goods in Funiu Mountain, and he wants even more the heads of these bandits!
Therefore, Huang Guangmao has stopped moving forward now, and Wang Jida is very dissatisfied with the behavior of giving the rebels a chance to escape.
According to Wang Jida's idea, there was no need to wait, so he rushed forward to kill him, killed the head in front, and then cut off the head.
With the heads of these hundreds of thieves, plus the hundreds of heads obtained from the previous ambush of the Sky-trading Tiger, and spending money to do some activities, Wang Jida estimated that he could move the lower part of his butt upwards. Move again.
As for the more than a thousand Ming troops who were exhausted after marching continuously, they might suffer serious casualties when they launched a direct attack.
This is none of Wang Jida’s business!
The fact that all the soldiers under Huang Guangmao were dead had nothing to do with him. They were not soldiers under his command, but were subordinate to him. He was not even Huang Guangmao's supervisor...
From the beginning, he only relied on his superior civil servant status to force Huang Guangmao to respect him.
In fact, strictly speaking, the two of them have no subordinate relationship, and they are not even friendly forces.
Because Wang Jida is not a military commander, he does not lead troops, and he does not lead troops, so naturally there can be no friendly troops.
What, you said that he has hundreds of county warriors under his command. These county warriors are the villagers who protect themselves and suppress bandits, and they have nothing to do with him, Wang Jida.
It doesn't matter even if all the hundreds of county braves die. There is no record of these county braves. They are all the villagers he recruited privately in the name of county magistrate, and then let people recruit them in private names. It has nothing to do with him if all the county braves die. .
If it didn't work, he recruited hundreds of county warriors to make up for it. Who knew that hundreds of county warriors died during their march into Funiu Mountain?
Just kidding, how could we have casualties? We are fighting with zero casualties!
If that doesn't work and things get serious, Wang Jida has a trick up his sleeve!
He directly put all the blame for the serious casualties caused by the defeat on Huang Guangmao, and then roped in a few friends of the same year to join in the impeachment campaign. He didn't know whether Huang Guangmao would be questioned or killed by then, but Wang Jida was absolutely fine.
Anyway, for Wang Jida, if he fights now, he won't lose even if he loses badly, but if he wins, he will make a lot of money.
Very stable!
On the contrary, if he didn't fight now and all the thieves on the opposite side ran away, he wouldn't be able to catch a single head.
Therefore, Wang Jida put pressure on Huang Guangmao without hesitation: "It's still early, we can attack the rebels to prevent them from fleeing, or should Huang Dusi just sit back and watch the rebels flee without moving?"
While talking, Wang Jida stared at him with narrowed eyes.
Wang Jida in the back looked like he was hesitating to speak. Although the words were not spoken, both parties knew that there would be nothing good to say.
Huang Guangmao was silent. He knew very well that if he offended this person, he might not be able to get a good deal, and he might even face disaster.
A few seconds or more than ten seconds later, Huang Guangmao still whispered: "What Mr. Wang County said is true. I didn't think carefully before taking the humble position. I will make arrangements now."
He is just a hereditary general from a thousand households, and his position is only a small Dusi. He really can't afford to offend Wang Jida, a civil servant with a Jinshi background. Although he seems to be just a seventh-grade county magistrate, he is a big official. People's political energy is much greater than his, and the two are not on the same level.
Otherwise, why would he be so submissive to Wang Jida along the way, not even able to fight back or scold him, but still have to put on a smile?
I really can’t afford to offend you!
After seeing Huang Guangmao go to arrange the attack, Wang Jida nodded slightly and looked at Huang Guangmao's back with a hint of contempt.
These lowly warriors are all cheap, always thinking about cheating and cheating. If you don't put some pressure on them, they will not know how to share the worries of the emperor and be loyal to the country. I even gave you good words and good words before, but you still dare to Sophistry, I don’t even know how lowly you are without a slap in the face!
Nowadays, chaos abounds, and thieves are everywhere because of the inaction of these lowly warriors.
When Huang Guangmao walked over and started arranging battle arrangements for his subordinates, he cursed in his heart: Bastard, don't let me take this opportunity, or else I will end up with you sooner or later!
