Three days later, Zheng Ke finally arrived.

In just over ten days, Hai Duong gathered 70,000 or 80,000 horses. Among them, the main elite 30,000 people brought back by Zheng Ke from the border, all of them are veterans who have been on the battlefield for a long time.

After receiving the emergency report from Tokyo, Zheng Ke didn't say a word, and hurriedly returned with more than 60,000 main forces, leaving only 10,000 people to stay in Haiyang.

The army traveled day and night, more than 100 miles by land, except for the trouble of crossing the river, it was all plains, and arrived in Tokyo in the evening of the third day, Zheng Ke ordered the army to camp in the south of the city, and entered the city overnight with his own soldiers to meet Zheng Nahu.

Although Zheng Ke is only in his early forties, he is already two sideburns, with a scar on his black and red square face, thick and neat eyebrows, and a pair of eyes that are very bright. He is not tall but very strong, with thick fingers, and his hands are covered with hard calluses.

"What is the general's best strategy to break the enemy?" Zheng Nahu saw that Zheng Ke finally came, and he felt a lot more at ease, at least on the surface, he was quite calm.

"Lord, my subordinates think that this Ming army is probably not that simple." Zheng Ke replied respectfully, still holding the essay in his hand.

"That's right, they only beat more than 10,000 elites of Li Fu with just a few hundred people, and they are full of evil spirits." Zheng Nahu said with a frown.

"There is such a big warship, even if it was the treasure ship of the Three Treasure Princes back then, it may not be so big, right?" Zheng Ke said cautiously and slowly, "Could it be that these people are really from the West?" ”

"That's right, tomorrow you'll see what they're dressed up for." Zheng Nahu was uneasy and muttered.

"Lord, I heard that this Ming firearm is really powerful, and it is extremely difficult to deal with. However, the soldiers came to the city but did not take the city, judging from the letter...... I'm afraid it's not easy to deal with. Whether it is war or peace, I hope that the lord will think about it carefully. Zheng Ke is not a reckless man, he knows that hard work is a last resort, and if he loses again, the consequences will be very serious.

"The old man thinks the same thing, but he is determined to fight." Zheng Nahu stretched out his hand and pointed in the direction of the palace, "Besides, surrender without a fight, people's hearts are unstable." ”

Zheng Ke is a confidant, so he naturally understands.

"Lord, if you don't fight, if you fight...... The subordinates thought it was best to attack from three sides to make it difficult to take care of the end before they could defeat this thief......"

"How do you get caught on three sides?" Zheng Nahu's eyes flashed.

"The Ming army is few and lonely, and they are most afraid of being besieged from all sides. It is a pity that our army does not have a strong naval army, and it is difficult to break through the enemy ships on the river, so his subordinates thought that they could use more small boats to cross the West Lake to harass them; Our main force took advantage of the night to make a detour to the north, camped on the north shore of the West Lake, and attacked from the north after dawn; The other group accompanied the defenders of the imperial city out of the city and attacked from the south at the same time, so as to have a chance to break the enemy in one fell swoop and drive them down the Red River. Zheng Ke groaned and said his battle plan.

This is the most powerful tactic Zheng Ke can think of, and he won't do the painless refueling tactics.

In fact, when he received the emergency report, Zheng Ke also thought about the strategy of encircling Wei and saving Zhao, that is, the army stormed the coastal defense, and the enemy would be saved. But after all, the imperial city was more important, and he didn't dare to make decisions on his own, so he had to follow the order and lead the army back to help.

"That's very good, then it's all up to the general. If he can defeat the enemy in one fell swoop, the general will be of great merit. Zheng Nahu rekindled a glimmer of hope in his heart.

"The subordinates are determined to smear the liver and brain of the lord to repay the kindness." Zheng Ke looked straight and answered.

Zheng Ke said goodbye, Zheng Nahu was sent out of the inner courtyard, hesitated again and again but still ordered: "If things don't work, you can see the opportunity to act." ”

The meaning is very clear, it really doesn't work, you just need to come back. As long as Zheng Ke is a general, Zheng Nahu is not afraid of other forces in the court, even if he loses to the Ming army, he can't lose to the thieves.

It is better to give to a foreigner than a house slave! It seems that the rulers everywhere are the same.

Zheng Ke was awe-inspiring when he heard this, and hurriedly said goodbye and returned to the camp.

After Zheng Ke returned to the camp, he immediately ordered 10,000 people to enter the city, and ordered more than 5,000 people to find a boat overnight and gather on the west bank of the West Lake; The main force of more than 40,000 people bypassed the West Lake overnight, entered the north shore of the West Lake and camped on the north side of the Ming army camp until dawn.

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They were plotting over there, but they weren't idle here, and as soon as Zheng Ke's army arrived, they already knew about it.

In the north of the city, in the old port camp camp, there was a sudden shower in the afternoon, which subsided a lot of heat, and it was much cooler when the rain stopped in the evening.

Under the light of several torches, Lin Xiao was holding a military meeting in his headquarters tent, mainly attended by his comrades in the special combat team, plus Sun Lei and Lu Hua, who were observing.

Judging from the latest report of the scouts, the Annanites will not compromise if they do not fight.

Let's fight!

Lin Xiao didn't want to waste time, the faster Zheng Ke moved, the more he wanted, if he didn't break Zheng Ke's army, he wouldn't be able to get money and food, and the return date would continue to be delayed.

The operational deployment is very simple, and that is to defend and counterattack.

Lin Xiao ordered Ding Shuai to lead the first company to defend the north gate of the camp, and Li Hanzhi and Duan Zhenghong were stationed in the machine gun nest to assist in the defense; Liu Xulei led the second company to defend the south gate of the camp, and Xia Bomin was stationed in the machine gun nest to assist in the defense; The two platoons of the Third Company and the company's cooking squad were temporarily on mobile alert along the east bank of the West Lake outside the camp to reinforce the north and south sides at any time.

Eighteen soldiers armed with carbines from the reconnaissance squad and machine gun squad of the third company, as well as six young seamen who strongly wanted to go ashore to participate in the battle, were all on standby with Lin Xiao as a reserve directly under him.

Xu Tianshi and Zhang Chenfeng, two snipers, moved freely in the south and north, focusing on attacking the leaders of the Vietnamese army.

Lin Xiao ordered the "unicorn" to lie across the river downstream of the camp to guard the water surface in the direction of the imperial city; Xiao Kaifeng led a squadron of sailors to cruise on the Red River in six inland troop carriers, mainly guarding the upstream water.

In addition, in addition to leading the team to deploy defense, Ding Shuai also had another important task, that is, to plant explosives on the side of the forest road about five miles outside the north gate of the camp overnight. It was not black powder, but the TNT explosives that Li Tao found, and the detonator wires and everything else were ready-made.

This time, Lin Xiao secretly brought two secret weapons, both of which were sealed in a large wooden box, and even Xiao Kaifeng didn't know about it. One of them is the TNT explosive pack, which I don't have much, mainly because I feel sorry for the detonator, which is a consumable that cannot be made for the time being, so use a little less. If it weren't for the fact that the Vietnamese army came too much this time, Lin Xiao would still be reluctant to use it, he was going to use it all on the Qing army.

Ding Shuai is a Miao warrior from Guangxi, in addition to being agile and good at reconnaissance and tracking, he also has a stunt, which is to lay tricks, and he is the top mine-laying expert in the team.

"Finally, a few words," in the end, Lin Xiao straightened his face and said in a deep voice: "First, the defense line of each company should be based on more sandbags, no matter how many sides the Vietnamese army attacked, the first and second companies were staring at the face and resolutely defending, and the third company was at my command at any time; Second, once the offensive front of the Vietnamese army is shaken, it must immediately counterattack, quickly intersperse, and capture more prisoners; Third, snipers should pay attention to keeping an eye on the enemy's artillery, beat more small leaders who lead the charge, and keep the big leaders alive as much as possible. ”

"Do you get it?" Lin Xiao shouted fiercely.

"Understood!" The crowd replied in unison.

"Then get out of here, do it now."

Everyone roared and left, and only Lin Xiao, Lu Hua and Sun Lei were left in the tent.