Chapter 631: Gear Up and Get Ready
Whether to defend Kuandian with Yang Zhan's 1,000 officers and soldiers, or take the initiative to attack and kill Zhang Jiao and Zhou Yu, this is a difficult choice in front of Li Mi.
Li Mi has made many choices, some successful and some regretful.
Life is always full of choices, and if you are wrong, you will go in the opposite direction, and if you are right, it will be smooth sailing.
Li Mi always considers various objective influences when making decisions, and this time it is the same.
Objectively speaking, if you stick to Kuandian, it is very likely that the whole army will be annihilated, and Kuandian may not be able to keep it, and staying is just a fight for righteousness.
But if they take the initiative to attack, in fact, the situation is not much better, not to mention that they can't deceive Nuer Hachi, and if they can blend into the tribal army, even if they can blend in, they will die for life.
Li Mi knew this very well, and Zhao Sima and Zuo Di also knew that no matter what choice they made, it was not a wise move, so everyone was silent.
Although they don't want to admit it, they have to say that along the way, they have long been accustomed to letting Li Mi take ideas.
And just when everyone was silent, a mausoleum keeper finally stood up.
The mausoleum keepers couldn't speak, and as the leader of the mausoleum guards, the big Korean brother just looked at Li Mi, and then patted the knife on his waist.
His meaning is very clear, everyone is for revenge, both horizontal and vertical are death, rather than defending Kuandian, it is better to take the initiative to attack, even if you can't kill Zhang Jiao Zhou Yu, you can ambush Nuer Hachi in advance, maybe a surprise attack and assassination, but also let him feel the determination and resoluteness of the defenders, maybe he can give up attacking Kuandian.
Li Mi is not a person who sits idly by, he believes that only by moving can he have vitality and a way to live.
So he said to the crowd: "We have to go out, but we don't have to pretend to be refugees, since we can't get in, we have to find another way." ”
Li Mi walked outside the camp and drew on the snow with a scabbard.
"The reason why Kuan Dian is important is because his geographical location is extremely special, just like the waist of a gourd, this side is Changbai Mountain, and that side is the Qianshan Mountain Range, Kuan Dian lives in it, choking the most cramped throat."
Li Mi explained while painting, these are all things he asked Li Rumei and Yang Zhan, this is also his habit, everywhere he goes, he first understands and familiarizes himself with the environment.
"Kuandian is nine mountains, half water and half fields, there are only a few roads, and the rest is either mountains or water, since we can't blend into Nuer Hachi's team head-on, we can only trek through mountains and rivers and copy his back road!"
"Once they launch an offensive against Kuandian, they will never think that there are strange soldiers in the rear, let's attack from behind, not only can we wait for the opportunity to take revenge, but we can also relieve the siege of Kuandian!"
Li Mi's strategy is correct, although it is a suicide raid plan, but I have to say that the lives of the big guys have been brought into full play.
The meaning of this suicidal raid is not limited to raiding tens of thousands of tribal troops with two or three hundred troops, in this kind of windy and snowy weather, wanting to trek through mountains and rivers is a suicidal adventure in itself!
Under the weather conditions of the big smoke and cannons raging in the world, people can't stay outdoors, and they can't stay long, so they still want to trek through mountains and rivers, copy the enemy's back road, and hide and wait for the opportunity to move, and it is conceivable how big the risk is.
I'm afraid that before Nuer Hachi launches a strong attack on Kuandian, Li Mi and his brothers will freeze to death between the mountains and rivers!
However, since Li Mi made this decision, he naturally had his considerations, and seeing that everyone did not have too many objections, he greeted everyone.
"Since you don't have anything to say, let's go back and get ready, and leave as soon as possible, or the tribal scouts will detect our whereabouts, and it will be in vain."
When everyone heard this, they were not verbose, their hearts were a little heavy, but their eyes shone with a little excitement and excitement.
After everyone left, Li Mi said to Zhen Mi and Zhang Huangting: "I'm afraid that this time it will be more auspicious, I asked you to go back to report the news earlier, if you don't leave, I'm afraid that you won't leave now, right?" ”
Zhen Mi and Zhang Huangting looked at each other and smiled, this is the answer.
Li Mi gently hugged them and muttered to himself, "Don't worry, I won't let you have anything to do......"
The reason why Li Mi can think this way is because he is not blindly impulsive, because he still firmly believes in his heart that whether this is broken and then established, it still has great vitality, at least it is stronger than sticking to Kuandian.
It is even more because he has a way to deal with this extremely cold weather, or he has a way to deal with the tribal army of Nuer Hachi.
And his magic weapon for victory is what our army used in those difficult years, chili!
In this kind of weather, chili soup and spirits can help keep out the cold, and Li Mi has seen chili peppers as early as his time in Japan.
The origin of chili pepper is not China, Sichuan pepper is, chili pepper was introduced to Japan in the 20th year of Wanli, as for when it was introduced to China, there is no specific record.
At this time, the pepper is not called pepper, but called pepper, because it was introduced into Japan for only six or seven years, during which there was the Renchen Rebellion, and the aid to Korea to resist the Japanese made the maritime trade temporarily suspended, and the pepper should not have been introduced into the interior of the Ming Dynasty.
But at that time, the war had experienced winter, and the Japanese slaves had discovered that the pepper could keep out the cold and would inevitably bring it to North Korea, and Liaodong bordered North Korea, and this kind of good thing to keep out the cold was also transmitted to Liaodong, after all, it was an extremely cold place.
Earlier, when Li Mi and his brothers arrived at Kuandian, Yang Zhan had people boil chili soup and ginger soup to keep them warm, and boasted to Li Mi that this was a strange thing from the red-haired ghost.
In addition to chili soup and spirits, Li Mi also needed to prepare something, so he didn't hesitate, and soon found Yang Zhan and Li Rumei and told him his plan.
The combat effectiveness of Li Mi's strange army, Yang Zhan and Li Rumei have both seen it, if it can really be as Li Mi imagined, trekking through mountains and rivers, raiding around the back, and beating Nuer Hachi by surprise, whether they can kill Zhang Jiao and Zhou Yu is still unknown.
But it will definitely be able to give the tribal army a surprise attack, and maybe it will be able to relieve the siege of Kuandian, which is indeed stronger than staying in Kuandian.
With Yang Zhan's strong support, Li Mi will be easy to do.
"General, in addition to peppers and spirits, I also need three hundred pairs of sharkskin water, this thing is very good at keeping out the cold, with water, I will not be afraid to march in the snow."
"Water?" Yang Zhan had participated in the War of Aid Korea and the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, and had also been in contact with sailors, so he was no stranger to relying on water, but he didn't expect Li Mi to rely on water to keep out the cold.
This is also the experience that Li Mi learned from the seven sons of the water lion, at that time, the black shark and the sinking fish and others, weren't they just this kind of tight-fitting shark skin water support, so they were not afraid of the cold?
Shark skin is dense and transparent, and can maintain body temperature very well, which is more intimate and warm than thermal underwear.
After so many years of operation, the six forts of Kuandian are also very rich, not to mention the wealth of the defenders, but also more than rich, water depends on this kind of thing, beckoning the craftsmen and women in the fort city, and they can soon sew it out.
At present, the mobilization of the border people, there is money to pay, is a powerful contribution, the merchants who stay here can not be left alone, these merchants carry a large number of goods, because of the weather, has not yet been shipped, Yang Zhan only needs a very low price, can collect materials, after all, the war is in front, the depreciation of goods is inevitable, the officers and soldiers are not forced to levy it is already good.
Although Yang Zhan had some incomprehensible gestures, Li Mi knew that he would definitely do it, after all, Li Mi was a suicidal raid, this was a heroic and fearless act, and he had no reason not to support it.
"Yes, three hundred pairs of water, let's hurry up and make it, after all, Nuer Hachi's Eight Banners Army is not far away......"
Yang Zhan immediately nodded and said to Li Mi: "Is there anything else you need?" Let's talk about it, and I'll let people do it. ”
Li Mi had already thought about this problem, and immediately said to Yang Zhan: "In this weather, muskets can't be used, artillery can be used to defend the city, and other firearms are estimated to be useless, I want to take some firearms, I think it's no problem, right?" ”
"Firearms? What kind of firearms do you want? Yang Zhan was also puzzled, Li Mi was unreasonable, and he couldn't speculate, so he could only try to be satisfied.
"I remember when I came back from North Korea, the new camp of Shenji left a lot of new fire dragons out of the water here, and I couldn't use it horizontally and vertically, so let me take it away."
The fire dragon out of the water is a pioneering feat of Daming firearms, which can be said to be the world's earliest prototype.
This dragon can be used by sailors to attack enemy ships, usually in the form of bamboo or wooden tubes*, with a dragon head at the front and an arrow.
When the dragon comes out of the water, it can glide on the water, and after hitting the enemy ship, the arrow will pierce the hull of the ship, detonating the * in the bamboo tube, forming an explosion and blowing the enemy ship away!
Li Mi created a new battalion of divine machines, using *, the power is incomparable, Chen Ling and others were able to wreak havoc on the Yellow Sea, beating the Japanese slave ships to the point that there was not half a plank left, relying on this kind of firearm!
The reason why Li Mi asked the fire dragon to come out of the water was not because he wanted to fight Nuer Hachi on the water, but because the snow was knee-deep at this time, as long as a skateboard was installed on the fire dragon, the fire dragon could slide on the snow, just like on the water!
Although Nuer Hachi has the help of Zhang Jiao and Zhou Yu, Zhou Yu's value comes from the intelligence of the Ming military defense, about the development of firearms and the like, I am afraid that they do not have enough time to do it.
At this time, the Eight Banners Army mainly relied on cavalry shooting, but in this kind of weather, the cavalry could not charge into battle at all, and their firearms were even more backward.
Therefore, if Li Mi can really use this fire dragon to get out of the water, once the superstitious tribal army is blown up, wouldn't it be like seeing the power of the sky, and it is needless to say that he will be deterred by them!
As for how to carry it, this is not a problem, in such cold weather, it is necessary to maintain a state of movement, so that the qi and blood are lively, otherwise it will soon be frozen.
Whether it is the Thirty-Nine Ghost Soldier Pill or the Tomb Guard, they are all people who have died a few times, needless to say, they bear hardships and stand hard work, carrying these fire dragons to march, although the burden is a little bigger, but they can still bear it.
Yang Zhan may be able to know that the pepper and the water are used to keep out the cold, but the fire dragon out of the water is a naval battle firearm, and Li Mi wants to move it, which makes him puzzled.
Kuandian Liubao Town is the Yalu River, these fire dragons out of the water were originally used to prevent possible boat battles in the future, but now they are useless, although they don't know why in their hearts, but Yang Zhan has a request for Li Mi.
It is also said that the fire dragon is out of the water, as long as the crisis of Kuandian Liubao can be solved, what a price, Yang Zhan is still willing to pay.
Although he has had the dirty behavior of ignoring the overall situation, on the other hand, if he wants to ignore the overall situation, he must at least have the ability to see the overall situation.
There is no doubt about the significance of the fortress of Kuandian Six Forts, even if Yang Zhan was demoted, but now he is still the identity of a general, you must know that those who used to guard the Six Forts were all at the level of deputy chief soldiers, and it is conceivable how important this important town is.
He really didn't want the Six Castles to be destroyed in his own hands, and now that the reinforcements would arrive, all the hopes could only be placed on Li Mi's body!