It has been a strategy since ancient times, but it will never go out of style, because the enemy does not know whether you are true or not, and you must deal with it carefully.

Under the banner of Wang Kefan, the volunteers of Ningzhou launched a feint attack in the direction of Xingguo Prefecture, once again threatening the supply line of the Yangtze River, even if Geng Zhongming suspected that there was fraud in it, he could not ignore it, and would inevitably mobilize troops to gather in Xingguo Prefecture, and the main force of the Chu army could calmly leave Mufu Mountain, jump out of the encirclement of the Qing army, and kick Geng Zhongming in the ass by the way.

This plan is simple and practical, and it is the best way to do it at the moment, but the risk taken by the Ningzhou volunteers is a bit big.

In the Chu army system, the combat effectiveness of the Ningzhou volunteers is not the first-to-last, but also the second-to-last, and Zhang Jiayu's Dongguan battalion is basically on the same level, the Dongguan battalion has been strictly training in accordance with various regulations during this time, and the Ningzhou volunteers are even inferior to them, the only one that is stronger than the Dongguan battalion is that they have fought a few battles with Jin Shenghuan's Jiangxi Green Battalion, and they have certain actual combat experience in the Qing army.

But the Eight Banners are not a green battalion, Jin Shenghuan has a lot of miscellaneous troops, Geng Zhongming's Tianyou soldiers are all real elites, and the Ningzhou volunteers can't even beat the Jiangxi Green Battalion, of course, they are not the opponents of the Tianyou soldiers, let them attack Xingguozhou - even if it is just a feint, they will have to take a big risk.

A feint attack is also an attack, if you want to do enough tricks, you must come up with some capital, after the troops are deployed, they may not be able to withdraw in time when they want to retreat, in case they are entangled by the Tianyou soldiers, the Ningzhou volunteers will definitely suffer heavy losses, and even have the possibility of annihilation of the whole army, Xiong Lichun has the heart to refuse this task, but he does not dare to disobey Wang Kefan's order.

So he had to bargain and put forward conditions.

The volunteers in Ningzhou used to beat the side drums, but this time they want to go into battle with real knives and guns, Wang Kefan will definitely not be able to draw a big cake again, and he has to give some real benefits.

"To say kill the Tartars. The soldiers of Ningzhou are not a bad breed, and the soldiers dare to fight hard with Geng Zhongming, but the equipment in the army is insufficient, especially the lack of armor, bows and arrows, gunpowder and wounds, and it is inevitable to suffer losses when fighting with the Tartars, for fear of delaying the major events of the military gate......"

Ningzhou is located in a remote geographical area, located in the mountainous area of northwest Jiangxi, when the Gongyi battalion made a big disturbance in Jiangxi, all kinds of captured materials were given to other volunteers. The Ningzhou volunteers barely caught anything, so Xiong Lichun's army lacked armaments. After he occupied Ningzhou, he built some swords, guns and weapons by himself, but the armor was expensive, and the bow and arrow system was complicated. Ningzhou volunteers are the most lacking, but Wang Kefan has just captured a large number. made Xiong Lichun drool.

Except for armor bows and arrows. Xiong Lichun also wanted gunpowder and wound medicine.

The volunteers in Ningzhou also had some guns, but they didn't have enough gunpowder lead, so they could only be used as decorations, but the Chu army had the backing of repairing weapons, and the gunpowder and lead were very sufficient, Xiong Lichun unceremoniously proposed. 500 pounds of gunpowder and 20,000 pieces of lead.

What moved him the most was the wounded medicine of the Chu army, and there were many wounded soldiers in the Chu army in the Battle of Huangzhou. The severity of the injuries shocked Xiong Lichun, thinking that they would definitely die, but after being sent to the field hospital, many wounded soldiers miraculously survived, which surprised Xiong Lichun.

Wounded veterans are the most valuable wealth, the mortality rate of the wounded soldiers of the Chu army is low, beyond Xiong Lichun's ability to understand, he deliberately went to the field hospital to see several times, but did not see any way, and finally attributed this qiē to the special wound medicine, today I got the opportunity, and asked Wang Kefan together.

"Your appetite is too big, you have to cut it down." Wang Kefan smiled, Xiong Lichun opened his mouth widely, of course he wanted to stop his waist and slash a knife: "500 sets of armor, 1,000 knives and guns, 200 catties of gunpowder, 10,000 leads, and a number of wounds, what do you think?" ”

The Chu army nourishes the war with war, and has the backing of the repair of weapons, even if it does not bargain with Xiong Lichun, it can come up with enough things, but the Ningzhou volunteers are only responsible for feints, and there is no need to give too many rewards.

"Thank you, Junmen!" Xiong Lichun was very satisfied, he was originally asking for a sky-high price, it was normal for Wang Kefan to repay the money on the spot, as long as he was careful when he feinted to attack Xingguozhou, these weapons and materials would be earned in vain, and he could equip an elite army of thousands of people.

"What's the difficulty? Let's talk about it together and see how it can be solved. Wang Kefan asked.

"Well, there's nothing else...... Xiong Lichun secretly slandered, in addition to weapons and equipment, of course he was short of silver and food, but knowing that Wang Kefan would not give it, he simply didn't mention it.

"Is there really none? Think again? Wang Kefan was unexpectedly considerate.

"Well, can you send some instructors to help me train?" Xiong Lichun has seen with his own eyes these days that the combat effectiveness of the Chu army is far stronger than that of the Ningzhou volunteers, and he is envious of it, so he has the intention of imitating and learning.

"This is simple, there are a lot of wounded soldiers in our army, pick a hundred people to stay in Ningzhou for half a year, and help you train your troops." Wang Kefan thought about it for a while, and then said: "But their level is too low, some things still can't be taught, if you really want to train into a strong army, you have to temper the Ningzhou soldiers well, so let's go back, I will send a few more people to help you reorganize the team, lest the soldiers are not like soldiers and bandits, and they can't fight a real tough battle." ”

"Thank you for your kindness!" Xiong Lichun had a smile on his face, but his mouth was faintly bitter, and he regretted it for a while, he didn't say a word, he had to send someone to monitor it, but he couldn't think of a way to shirk it.

"When this battle is over, I will send you a prison army, don't worry, this is not a constraint, the Ningzhou volunteers still have the final say." Wang Kefan said with a smile: "By the way, I will blow you the wind, in about two or three months, Fan Yuanxiang will be reassigned to another position, and I am afraid that the magistrate of Ningzhou will have to change to a new person......"

The amount of information was too large, Xiong Lichun didn't have time to think about it one by one, but he kept nodding his head and saying yes.

Even the officers have sent several, and it is natural to send another prison soldier, Xiong Lichun is confident that he can put this prison army in the air, and he doesn't care too much. Comparatively speaking, he was more interested in who would take over the magistrate of Ningzhou, who held the local administrative power, and did have a certain degree of restraint on him.

"It should be a new member of Enke this time, I heard that Guangzhou has released the list, and more than 190 jinshi have been selected, and the imperial court is thriving." Wang Kefan said: "Of the more than 190 jinshi, more than 100 people have to be released, and the new magistrate of Ningzhou has its own belonging. ”

When Emperor Longwu was employing people, Enke's standards were relaxed a lot this time, and the number of Jinshi selected greatly exceeded the usual level, but the Yangtze River area belonged to the war zone, and who would take over the county magistrate of Ningzhou, the court officials said that it didn't count, and Wang Kefan had to nod his head.

The two talked again, Xiong Lichun said goodbye and left, and after he went out, Fang Zhengzheng bowed his hand to Wang Kefan.

"This person has a slippery character, even if he sends troops to rejuvenate the state, he will inevitably shirk and slack, it is good to be able to make seven points with great strength, why should the military treat him too much?"

"It's just a matter of using seven points of strength. Geng Zhongming is not Zhuge Kongming, even if Xiong Lichun only goes to put on a show, he doesn't dare to joke about the Yangtze River route, otherwise the war in Hubei is tight, hundreds of thousands of Qing troops have been spread out, and the grain road will be cut off. ”

Wang Kefan paused for a moment, and then continued: "Xiong Lichun, I have given him a chance, I hope he will not go the wrong way." As for those ordnance and armor, I didn't give it to Xiong Lichun alone, but to a few thousand Ningzhou volunteers, who are also part of our Chu army, and they can't favor one over the other, otherwise the soldiers will inevitably be resentful and be provoked by small people......"

The Chu army rested in Ningzhou for two days, and then stepped into the mountains, marched in the northwest direction, crossed Taiping Mountain, Jiugong Mountain, and approached the upper reaches of the Xiushui River, the Chu army came to the junction of Chongyang and Tongcheng, and according to the scout's report, the Qing army's outpost had been discovered.

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Baishi Village is located at the southern foot of Chongyang, on the west side of Mufu Mountain.

It was originally a Yaojia village, and later the Huguang wars were frequent, and the Yao people moved south to Guangxi in order to escape the war, and Baishizhai became an abandoned cottage. The stockade that had been built for hundreds of years was very strong, and the Qing army chose this place, and the garrison of 200 soldiers stuck the mountain pass of Mufu Mountain.

This Qing army is Tong Yanghe under the Wuzhen Chao Ha soldiers, Le Ke Dehun sent 5,000 men and horses to occupy Chongyang, and then went south to attack Tongcheng, Chu army Wang Sheng's department has more than 1,000 defenders in Tongcheng, the Qing army of 5,000 men and horses have gone out, Chongyang area will be handed over to the follow-up Wuzhen Chao Ha soldiers.

According to Tong Yanghe's order, the Qing army in Baishizhai should closely monitor the Mufu Mountain, and prepare a beacon tower in the middle of the mountain, once the Chu army comes out of the mountain from here, it will immediately light the beacon fire, and send fast horses to inform Chongyang and Puqi that there are more than 2,000 Wuzhen Chaoha soldiers and green battalion soldiers in Chongyang City, and there are 5,000 men and horses in Puqi fifty miles away, and they can support Chongyang at any time, as long as they can drag the Chu army for two or three days, and several armies can press them together, they can be wiped out in Chongyang.

But in the eyes of ordinary Qing officers and soldiers, Tong Yanghe was a little overly cautious, the Chu army was still in Ruichang, Jiangxi ten days ago, and tens of thousands of horses had just entered Mufu Mountain, how could they suddenly fly to Chongyang? Everyone ran to this poor ravine to suffer the living crime, and it was simply because Shangguan's head was hot, and when he opened his mouth, his subordinates suffered a lot.

Wu Zhenchao Ha soldiers are all born in Baoyi slaves, more than ten years ago they couldn't even eat enough, and then the master soared, they also followed the chicken dog to ascend to heaven, the living treatment was greatly improved, full of food, warm clothing, and even began to accumulate private property, although it was still a slave status, but desperately bullied ordinary Han people, even more brutal than the Manchurians.

After entering the customs, the Wuzhen Chaoha soldiers changed their guns and guns, and soon they were replaced with sophisticated weapons, but their fighting will did not improve, and they were far from the real Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banners, although they used firearms the same, their combat effectiveness was much worse than that of the Tianyou soldiers.

After arriving at Baishi Village, they were like a holiday and wild trip, hastily built a beacon tower, sent a few soldiers to take turns to sentry, and the others hunted and barbecued, drank and had fun, and lived a very chic life. (To be continued......)