stop?
Yang Rong looked at Yang Pu in surprise. Now that the army is moving quickly, what they want is to shorten the combat time. You actually proposed to stop?
"Why?"
Yang Rong knew that Yang Pu was not a pedantic and confused person, so he couldn't help but ask.
Yang Pu drew on the map with his finger and said: "After Jiling Pass, there is a plain area. It has a large population and dense water network. It is also the most heavily defended place by Hu and his son. It will definitely drive the people. Fight with each other and defend Duobang and Shenglong City at all costs."
"That's right."
Yang Rong nodded.
Although Ailiu Pass and Jiling Pass are important, they are mountain pass cities after all. The number of troops that can be stationed is limited, only thirty or forty thousand at most. If there are more, there will be no need to fight if the people are crowded.
Annan used these gates as a peripheral defense line with the intention of delaying and killing the Ming army to the maximum extent. However, this was not the place for the decisive battle. The real battlefields for the decisive battle were set up in Duobang and Thanglong City. In order to protect them, Hu Jima would definitely He mobilized a large number of soldiers and civilians to help him defend the city.
Yang Pu became serious and said: "So, I propose to stop after taking Jiling Pass to win over the people of Annan and let them know that the Ming Dynasty sent troops not to kill the people, but to defeat Hu Jiya."
Yang Rong thought for a moment and asked, "You mean to publish a campaign against Hu Jiya?"
Yang Pu nodded heavily: "There are millions of people in Annan. If we take the initiative to fight and publicize so that they understand the purpose of the Ming Dynasty's troops, they will not help Hu Ji Yao do evil. Furthermore, in order to fight against the Ming Dynasty, Hu Ji Yao did this Over the past two years, they have continued to levy and collect wealth by all means, and forced most of the men to serve as soldiers. People's hearts have long been no longer on Hu Jiyou's side. We only need a little time to expand the propaganda momentum, which will be conducive to subsequent operations."
Yang Rong understood Yang Pu's plan. His perspective when thinking about the Annan issue was very special. He was not defeating and killing the enemy with force and on the battlefield, but standing outside the battlefield and thinking about the support of the people.
He who wins the hearts of the people wins the world!
The Ming Dynasty conquered Annan. If the people of Annan did not know why, they would probably think that the Ming Dynasty was invading and destroying their country. Forced to survive, they might fight to the end with Hu Ji Yao to fight against the Ming army.
But if we disintegrate them ideologically, strive for their understanding, and appease the people, we can weaken Hu Jishen's underlying power to the greatest extent and cut off his foundation and lifeline.
Yang Rong weighed it up and said cautiously: "I can't make up my mind on this matter. It still needs Tie Shangshu, Zhang Dashuai, General Han and others to make a decision."
Yang Pu also knew that the matter was difficult to handle. After all, time was limited and he could not afford to waste it.
Zhang Fu, Han Guan, and Tie Xuan all fell silent after hearing Yang Pu's proposal.
Stopping would be detrimental to the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty whose morale was high. Everyone knew that the momentum would be lost again and again, and it would be exhausted. Everyone should take advantage of the high morale in combat to attack the enemy's vital points until the final victory is achieved.
Once the pause lasts for a long time, the morale that was finally built up will be exhausted.
But people's hearts must be won. Only 300,000 people came, and it was impossible to fight against the five million people in Annan. Hu Jiyao and his son were in power at this time. They had the rights and the army, and they could continue to draw strength from the people!
If you want to fundamentally defeat the Hu family, the people of Annan must understand the Ming Dynasty's intentions. Not to mention supporting the Ming Dynasty, they must at least keep a distance from Hu Ji Ya.
Zhang Fu frowned and said to Yang Pu: "It seems that Hu Hui's propaganda has a profound influence on you. Do you think you can really win over the people of Annan through propaganda?"
Yang Pu said solemnly: "I have asked the prisoners of war. They were all forced to join the army by the government. They don't have much fighting spirit. Even the sergeants are like this. I can't think of the people. If we put more effort into propaganda, they may be able to compete with a hundred thousand soldiers." !”
Tie Xuan looked at Zhang Fu, helped Yang Pu and said: "When Shanxi immigrated, the role played by Jianwen News cannot be underestimated. Now we need to win over the people here, and I think it is okay to stop for a while."
Zhang Fu stared at Yang Pu and asked a key question: "How many days do you need?"
Yang Pu said seriously: "Five days."
Zhang Fu calculated the date, shook his head and said, "I can only give you three days. Mu Sheng's army must have already moved in. We must arrive in Sandai Prefecture within the agreed time to join forces with him."
Yang Pu agreed.
Han Guan asked: "How do you plan to publicize it? This is the army. Although there are many craftsmen, there is not a lot of paper waiting for you to print. The freshly cut wood is not suitable for engraving."
Yang Pu smiled and said confidently: "It is enough to have craftsmen."
Among the troops, craftsmen are naturally indispensable.
Considering that Annan has many rivers and mountains, most of the craftsmen accompanying the army were shipbuilding carpenters and siege carpenters. Yang Pu asked Zhang Fu for 500 carpenters, just for one thing, to chop wood and chip wood...
The battle at Jiling Pass was similar to that at Ailiu Pass. There really isn’t much to say. The Annan defenders only lost hundreds of people and then withdrew from Jiling Pass. This made Zhang Fu a little confused and made Han Guan and other soldiers suspicious. A kind of understanding:
Annan Bing is rubbish.
After capturing Jiling Pass, the soldiers moved forward, gradually occupying Liangjiang Prefecture, and stopped at the boundary between Langjiang Prefecture and Beijiang. Because they occupied a plain area, subsequent armies continued to enter Annan territory.
At the same time, Mu Sheng sent troops from Yunnan and went south along the Taojiang River, conquering the Mengmeng Pass, Huayai Pass and other checkpoints along the way, and was constantly approaching the Sandai Prefecture.
Multi-state city.
Hu Jiya and Hu Hancang's expressions were gloomy. News of the defeat on the front line had come, and Ailiu Pass and Jiling Pass had also been lost. This meant that the outer defense line had been completely defeated. The only hope now was Duobang City!
Hu Jiya summoned General Fan Yuangui, Zhengang Army General Zhu Bingzhong, Third Auxiliary Army General Chen Yuanxuan and other generals. He said solemnly: "Duobang City is the most important magic weapon for us to fight against the Ming army and completely defeat the opponent. It is also the contribution of all of you." The land must not be lost!”
Fan Yuangui immediately swore: "We are willing to live or die together with this city!"
"We are willing to live and die with this city!"
Everyone shouted in unison.
Seeing that everyone was so powerful, Hu Jiya felt relieved and said: "You are all ministers of the Yu Kingdom. When the Ming army retreats one day, you will enjoy glory and wealth! Now the Ming army is about to arrive at Duobang City. Do you have any strategy to defeat the enemy?"
Chen Yuanxuan walked out with a loud voice: "We should form an array by the river, attack it halfway across, and completely block it in the Jiangbei area!"
Zhu Bingzhong objected: "Now that the Ming army is sharp, we should avoid its edge and rely on the strength of the city to delay the Ming army. When the Ming army's divisions and veterans are exhausted, that's when we turn from defense to attack!"
Hu Jiya listened to everyone's words and compliments from time to time. Finally, he looked at Fan Yuangui and asked, "What do you think?"
Fan Yuangui was Hu Jiya's general and the general in charge of many cities. His opinion was the most important. In other words, everyone could express their opinion, but only Fan Yuangui and Hu Jiya made the decision.
"Stick to your guns!"
Fan Yuangui bit out four words.
Hu Jiya laughed loudly, stood up and said: "The best thing is to stick to it, that's right! Don't think that if you stick to it, you will be aggrieved and lose your credit. Everyone, what we want is to completely defeat the Ming army. As long as it is beneficial to us, then go ahead Do it. Duobang City is strong and unbreakable. As long as you hold on to the city, the Ming army will definitely not be able to break it!"
"They have so many soldiers coming, how long can the food supplies last? As long as we delay them for a few months, the Ming army will naturally lose their energy. By the time the effort is in vain, they can only look at the city and sigh, and then turn back. To At that time, we can go out of the city to pursue and drive the Ming army out of Annan!"
Fan Yuangui nodded solemnly, yes, we can only stick to it.
Judging from the intelligence brought by the sergeants from Ailiuguan and Jilinguan who escaped, the Ming army moved very quickly, attacked fiercely, and had new firearms with extraordinary power. In this case, the best countermeasure is Fight a war of attrition.
No matter how powerful the Ming army is, they are still humans after all, and they need to eat. Hundreds of thousands of people consume huge rations every day. Once the supplies cannot keep up, they have no choice but to leave.
It is impossible to cross Duobang City and attack other places.
Hu Jiya said to Fan Yuangui and others: "I came here this time and brought fifty divine machine cannons and a large number of cannon stones. As long as you stick to it and use the divine machine cannons and firecrackers, you can completely defend this place. In order to grow stronger The momentum can intimidate the Ming army, and all the surrounding people can be moved into the city. Once the troops are insufficient, the people can be rushed to the city wall to defend it!"
Fan Yuangui and others solemnly agreed.
In order to win, no matter what the means, the life and death of the people does not matter. The most important thing at the moment is your own life and death.
Hu Jiya took Hu Hancang and others and left. Duobang City would become a battlefield. As the supreme emperor of the Yu Kingdom, Hu Jiya was not suitable to stay here. The nonsense of coexisting with the city should be left to his subordinates.
Fan Yuangui arrived at Duobang City in high spirits.
Dozens of sergeants carried the divine machine gun up the city wall and placed it behind the crenellations.
With these fifty divine machine cannons, plus the three hundred divine machine cannons deployed before, Fan Yuangui was full of confidence. As long as the Ming army dared to come, they could be buried outside the city!
With so many magical cannons, such a strong city, such morale of the sergeants, and many dangerous places, even if the Ming army commanded a million troops, they could not break into the city.
So what if the Ming army climbed back ten thousand steps and climbed into the city?
The city has its own secret military force, a military force that even Ming people would tremble when they see it!
Although the strategy adopted by Duobang City is to hold on, the troops of Duobang City are not completely deployed in the city. There are a total of 400,000 troops, of which there are nearly 80,000, and they may as well be along the river.
In order to prevent the Ming army from crossing the river to attack Duobang City, Hu and his son ordered all ships to be arranged on the south bank, and camps were set up along the river bank, with crossbars and fences, a layer of defense, directly connected to the gate of Duobang City.
South bank of Taojiang River.
Chen Hua was patrolling the riverside with more than ten people. One mile behind him was the tall and majestic Multi-Bang City.
At present, the Ming army has arrived outside Beijiang. If they take a few steps, they will reach Duobang City. It seems that sooner or later, this place will become a front line.
The Ming army is terrifying.
Ailiu Pass and Jiling Pass were not defended by tens of thousands of people, and the two important city passes did not allow the Ming army to stay for two days. This made Chen Hua somewhat worried about his fate.
"Look, there's something in the river."
shouted a sergeant.
Chen Hua quickly looked around and saw wooden planks floating in the Tao River. He quickly ordered people to fish out the wooden planks. He saw that the wooden planks were one foot square and had words engraved on them. However, Chen Hua did not know the words and neither did the sergeant. Character.
"Call Ruan Hu over!"
Chen Hua ordered.
Ruan Hu was a teacher. He used to teach children in a private school and lived a carefree life. However, who wanted to usurp the country by the Hu family? The Chen family was later massacred and a large-scale conscription was launched. .
Fifty-eight-year-old Ruan Hu said goodbye to a promising career as a teacher and became a soldier. However, he was getting older and had only played with brushes all his life. He rarely touched swords and guns. When he heard that the Ming army was powerful, he After a series of battles and a series of victories, he suffered from diarrhea one after another due to stress, and now he can only lie down in the village to rest.
Ruan Hu was very reluctant and was carried to the riverside. He glanced at the words on the wooden board, his face changed and he said: "This, this, I can't read, I can't read..."
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