There was silence in the Chinese military tent. It was obvious that for a while, no one had a good idea.
At this moment, there was a "rustling" sound on the tent.
When Niu Jinxing heard this, he was immediately overjoyed and quickly said to Li Zicheng, "General, it's raining again!"
It was indeed the sound of raindrops. After hearing this, Li Zicheng looked better and said, "It seems that the rainy season has arrived. If it rains continuously, the firearms of the imperial officers and soldiers will be affected to some extent, which is beneficial to our army!"
"This is General Tianshu!" Upon hearing this, Niu Jinxing quickly complimented.
After hearing this, the other leaders were about to follow suit when they suddenly heard Luo Rucai, who was sitting next to Li Zicheng, said in a nonchalant manner, "I don't know who said the rain the day before yesterday was God's help, which caused us to almost be defeated. I don’t know what’s going on?”
Although what he said was true, his tone was so sinister that it made people feel uncomfortable.
After hearing this, Li Guo, a tiger, shouted angrily, "Cao Cao, what do you mean?"
"What's going on?" Luo Rucai's general immediately became furious when he heard this, and shouted, "Did you say it wrong? There is no such thing?"
When Liu Zongmin heard this, he immediately stood up, pressed his broad chest against the standing tiger and said, "What's wrong with you?"
When Luo Rucai's people saw it, they immediately rushed out. Li Zicheng's men were naturally not timid either. The smell of gunpowder immediately filled the military tent.
"That's enough!" Li Zicheng saw this and shouted angrily with a sullen face, "This is a military meeting. When discussing the enemy's situation, if you want to fight, go out and fight!"
He got mad, and these people finally wanted to give him some face, so they went back to the queue.
Li Zicheng gave a heavy "hum", as if to express his dissatisfaction again, and then turned to Luo Rucai and said, "Lao Luo, at this time, I still have to rely on you. I wonder what you have in mind to get rid of this army?"
Among the bandits, there is a saying that Li Zicheng is good at attacking cities, while Luo Rucai is good at field battles. In the original history, it was after the two of them joined forces that they defeated the official army in the Central Plains and finally established the advantage of the bandits.
Later, after Luo Rucai was killed by Li Zicheng, the Dashun Army basically never won the field battle. They were defeated again and again, and finally they were defeated.
At this time, Li Zicheng asked, and Luo Rucai had to give him face, so he accepted his strange explanation and said calmly, "This army is probably the most powerful elite of the imperial court, and they have invested a lot of money. If you want to defeat such elite elites of the imperial court, , it’s definitely not easy. I have a plan to defeat it, but I’m just afraid that you won’t be able to let it go?”
Li Zicheng also admitted what he said. This imperial army had four to five thousand self-made muskets. This had never been seen before. Even ordinary soldiers had leather armor. It was not a waste of money. It's strange.
"Tell me, what's your plan?" Li Zicheng said thoughtfully, "As long as we can defeat this imperial elite, the imperial court will never pose any threat to us again!"
After hearing this, Luo Ru immediately stared at Li Zicheng and replied, "The official army has few cavalry. Use your cavalry to fight with him and wear out their cavalry. In the field, they are just infantry. They are lambs to be slaughtered!"
"This..." Li Zicheng was very hesitant upon hearing this, and finally asked, "Is there no other way?"
Luo Ru just heard it and knew that he would not agree. After all, the cavalry in everyone's hands has been accumulated with great difficulty, and it is the foundation for settling down.
After pondering for a moment, he said calmly, "There is still a way, but it will take some time."
Upon hearing this, Li Zicheng was immediately overjoyed and asked quickly, "It doesn't matter if it takes a while. If you have any good ideas, tell me quickly!"
After hearing this, Luo Ru did not rush to speak, but glanced at the people in the Chinese military tent, especially Liu Zongmin and others, with a hint of disdain, as if to say, look, you are not here to beg me!
After a while, he slowly said, "Didn't Duke Xing Guo claim to love the people like his own children? Then go and catch some old, weak, women and children from the surrounding area. If he dares to kill them, what kind of hypocrisy is there about loving the people like his own children? That's bullshit!" If you don’t dare to kill and the elite follow up, won’t it be done?”
When Li Zicheng heard this, he was a little surprised. He shook his head and said, "You are already a prince, so how can you really be kind to a woman? Moreover, what happened in front of the two armies was only the enemy and ourselves. No one would say anything if we killed him?" "
In fact, he actually has another concern.
It was at this time that he had begun to transform, living up to his ability to do things without any scruples as before. Even the surrounding areas that have been conquered have been sent to manage, and the public opinion offensive of "opening the door to welcome the King of Chuang" is all preparing for his next step to truly dominate the world.
If at this time, he goes back to doing what he did back then, driving those who are obviously old, weak, women and children away as cannon fodder, then the reputation he has worked so hard for before will be completely ruined.
Luo Rucai obviously saw through Li Zicheng's hypocrisy. He just cracked the corner of his mouth, smiled, and said nothing.
Li Zicheng had no choice but to look at his military advisor and asked him, "I wonder if the military advisor has any good ideas?"
In fact, Song Xiance had considered both of the two strategies mentioned by Luo Rucai. However, these two strategies were not good strategies, so he did not mention them.
At this time, Li Zicheng asked him, so he had to think carefully and said, "General, the advantage of our army lies in the large number of soldiers. It is better to encircle them and cut off their supplies. Firearms rely most on supplies. Once there is no gunpowder, it is better to burn fire sticks." Root, the combat effectiveness of the imperial army will be greatly reduced. However, this may take a long time. We have many soldiers, and this food and grass is a problem! "
The reason why it is said that soldiers are more valuable than more elites is that if there are more soldiers, the pressure on logistics will be great. This is the most important reason.
Song Xiance obviously considered it and raised this issue in time.
After Li Zicheng pondered for a moment, he made a decision and said, "Let's follow this method. For food and grass issues, send more cavalry and collect them from the surrounding areas. As long as we defeat this imperial army, everything will be easy!"
After finishing speaking, he looked at Luo Rucai and said, "How about, Lao Luo, you go station in the east?"
When Luo Rucai heard this, he immediately became unhappy. He didn't want to go back and forth, and relatively speaking, the north side was more susceptible to counterattack by the imperial army, so he said dissatisfiedly, "I said, Lao Li, just..."
It was obvious that before he even finished speaking, he could tell that he was unwilling.
So, a loud voice was heard in the Chinese military tent: "Cao Cao, do you dare to disobey the general's order?"
Luo Rucai immediately darkened his face. When he heard the sound, he looked over and saw that Li Zicheng's number one general, Liu Zongmin, a blacksmith, was shouting, and those bull's eyes were still staring at him.
When his lord was scolded, Luo Rucai's men were naturally dissatisfied, and immediately stood up again. Suddenly, there was noisy again in the central military tent.
Luo Rucai stared at Li Zicheng's people, feeling quite unhappy.
It's true that he came to seek refuge with Li Zicheng, but he also saved Li Zicheng back then! These people treated him like a slave, just like Cao Cao. They really didn't take him seriously!
In the Chinese military tent, it finally became quiet after Li Zicheng got angry again.
Afterwards, Li Zicheng tried his best to calm down, smiled and said to Luo Rucai, "Lao Luo, how about I give you more food and grass?"
After hearing this, Luo Ru reluctantly accepted it. To be honest, he didn't want his relationship with Li Zicheng to become too tense.
He didn't want to stay any longer, so he took his men with him and left the central military tent on the pretext of preparing to set off early.
As soon as they left, Niu Jinxing said to Li Zicheng, "General, we are already short of food and grassland, why do we need to allocate more to him?"
"Yes, General!" Liu Zongmin said unconvinced, "Did he come to join us just to be a master? Damn it, if the General hadn't taken him in, he wouldn't be here now."
Although Song Xiance didn't speak, it could be seen from his face that he was not willing to give more food and grass to Cao Cao.
Li Zicheng was also a little irritable, so he waved his hand and said decisively, "This imperial army is a powerful enemy. This is not the time to be careless!"
Then, he began to order his men to mobilize men and horses as soon as possible to collect food and grass in the surrounding areas in preparation for the war.
As for Luo Rucai, after returning to his tent, he immediately got into the crowd of women, as if to divert the resentment he had received.
His men were all dissatisfied and wanted to see him, but he refused. He knew in his heart that as long as he didn't want to break up with Li Zicheng, it would be better to disappear at this time and let his subordinates calm down first.
One day passed, and Luo Rucai's troops did not move. Li Zicheng sent someone over to ask questions, and the answer he got was that he would leave after getting the food and grass.
This made the people on Li Zicheng's side very angry, but Li Zicheng suppressed the idea of looking for trouble for his men. After all, he had promised, so he transferred the food and grass and urged Luo Ru to act quickly.
Luo Ru only heard that Li Zicheng had given him food and grass, and then he ordered to set off and station the army to the east of the imperial court. When he was walking halfway, his quartermaster came to report.
"What?" Luo Rucai was furious when he heard this, "Li Zicheng treats me as a beggar?"
He didn't expect that Li Zicheng would brush him off once. It was said that more food and grass were allocated to him, but in fact it did not increase much at all.
"The general said that they don't have much food and grass. He has to consider the overall situation and has allocated as much as possible!"
The standing tiger next to him heard this and immediately said angrily, "What are you talking about, great general? Whose side are you from?"
"Brother, he proclaims himself a general. Big brother should be one too, otherwise, he will ride on his head!" After hearing this, the others started shouting.
Under Li Zicheng's men, the general kept talking and kept silent, and they were fed up with their arrogance.
Luo Ru just listened and glanced at them, silent.
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