Let's turn the clock a little back to the night when Wu Lao Han Jian personally reached the details of the peace treaty with Kabula. After personally sending off the depressed Kabula, although Wu Laohan, who had been arguing for a long time, was very tired, his spirit was still very strong, and he walked back to the previous secret negotiation venue, and Lu Fatzi, who should have been punished by Wu Laohan to Jijia Mountain for lifelong hard labor, did not know that he had come out of that corner, and joined forces with Fang Guangchen, who also appeared here mysteriously, and was immersed in the peace treaty signed by Wu Laohan and Kabula, studying and pondering, looking for loopholes.

"Say hello to the prince." Seeing that Wu Laohan led Hu Guozhu and Wang Shirong back, Lu Fatzi and Fang Guangchen hurriedly got up and saluted, and Fang Guangchen said with concern: "Lord Wang, it's the second watch, why don't you go back to the room to rest?" Please be careful, if there is anything, you can discuss it again tomorrow. ”

"No, no, no." Wu Laohan waved his hand again and again, and laughed: "The old man is in such a happy mood, how can he sleep well?" Kangxi Mazi, that little bastard, finally fell in love with the old man's way, as long as his main force goes south, hehe, the Yangtze River is dangerous, and he will no longer be able to stop the old man's footsteps! The son who avenges the old man's beloved son is said to be waiting! ”

"Lord Wang, please be cautious." Wang Shirong reminded politely: "Our army is invincible in land warfare, but the naval division is too weak, even if the main force of Mangou goes south, as long as the naval division is still there, our army will attack head-on, and there is still no ten percent chance of victory." Therefore, students think that it is better to outwit the Yangtze River defense line. ”

"That's why the old man came back here." Wu Laohan laughed and sat back in the middle of the main seat, stretched out his legs, and said with a smile: "The old man called Yifeng and Xianyan back, so that you can work together to come up with a good way for the old man to outwit the Yangtze River, so that the old man can win the greatest victory at the lowest cost." ”

"Grandfather, my son-in-law learned some massage techniques from Dr. Zhu, please let my grandson-in-law relieve my grandfather's fatigue." Lu Fatzi was also thick-skinned to the point of no return, and actually took the initiative to kneel under Wu Laohan's knees, stretched out his fat hand to massage and hammer Wu Laohan's legs, and completely ignored the disdainful eyes of Hu Guozhu, Wang Shirong, Fang Guangchen and others.

"This is what the maid does, so can you use it?" Wu Lao Han laughed happily, but he didn't resolutely refuse, just patted Lu Fatzi's fat head and smiled: "Yifeng, this king can have today, you have made great contributions, you can rest assured, your uncle is in the world, you are a little wronged by the juniors, and you are under the throne, when they are old and leave with the old man, you are the first and auxiliary prime minister of this prince's grandson, the hereditary prison king!" ”“

"Thank you grandfather for wrong love, grandson-in-law must do his best, and then die." Fat Lu hurriedly agreed, and he was loyal and honest with a fat face. At the end, Lu Fatzi said even more flatteringly: "But the grandson-in-law still has to have the courage to correct his grandfather, grandfather and uncle, as well as Mr. Xianyan and Mr. Liangchen, must live a long life and be healthy forever, and the grandson-in-law is absolutely not blessed to serve the next generation of his grandfather - the son or grandson of the grandson-in-law may still have this blessing." ”

"Hahaha." Don't say that Wu Laohan was annihilated, even Hu Guozhu and Fang Guangchen and others couldn't help laughing. Wu Laohan patted the fat head of the fat man Lu again, and said with a smile: "No wonder others call you an oiled fat loach, oily is a good thing - excessive oiliness, that is a bad intentions." Okay, don't mess around, let's talk about it, what are your opinions, you say it first. ”

Wu Laohan Zhan named himself and let him say it first, Lu Fatzi was embarrassed to always wait for others to finish talking first before jumping out to express his insights as before, but while pushing Wu Laohan's legs, he said respectfully: "Grandfather, grandson-in-law is foolish, judging from the current situation of the Mites Dog Imperial Court, it is really not possible to use the permanent peace agreement to play tactical tricks. There are two reasons, one is that Mangou has no spare strength to arrange an ambush and severely damage our army's army crossing the river; The second is that Mangou can no longer afford the consequences of angering our army again, even if the Huguang battlefield has the Yangtze River to defend, the Jiangxi garrison can't escape the terrifying revenge of our army, and the Mangou Emperor doesn't have the courage now. ”

"Therefore, the grandson-in-law believes that the Mangou and our army signed a permanent peace agreement with each other this time, at least eighty percent of it may be sincere! Within half a month, Mangou will inevitably draw troops from Huguang and rush to Fujian and Zhejiang to rescue the emergency! ”

"The son-in-law agrees with that." Hu Guozhu echoed and said: "And the son-in-law thinks that even if the Mangou Emperor wants to appease Geng Jingzhong, it will not have much impact on us, Geng Jingzhong is now proud of the spring breeze on the battlefield in Zhejiang, even if the Mangou Emperor swallows his anger to appease him, it will only make Geng Jingzhong's appetite bigger and bigger, once the opportunity comes, it is an ironclad thing to raise troops again, and it can also contain a large number of Mangou troops for us and consume a lot of Mangou national strength." ”

"Well, this king thinks so too." Wu Laohan nodded again and again, and said with a very proud smile: "This king uses the method taught by Yifeng, assuming that he is the Emperor of Mangou, and he is also racking his brains, and I think that Emperor Mangou wants to make a ghost in the matter of the peace agreement at this time, that is, to ask Huazi to carry a bowl into the toilet - looking for death!" So let's not talk about this article, let's talk about how to launch a river-crossing offensive, right? ”

"Lord Wang, please forgive the students for their disrespectful words, I am afraid that it is not as easy as imagined to cross the river and break the defense, and it is really difficult for the students to be optimistic." Wang Shirong's words are still so ugly, "Because the prince and Mangou agreed that only 10,000 troops will be stationed on the Wuchang battlefield, and only 13,000 troops will be stationed on the Yuezhou battlefield, and the Songzi garrison will retreat a hundred miles to the south, which means that if we want to launch a battle to cross the river, we need a large number of army mobilizations, but it is absolutely impossible for large-scale army movements to escape the eyes of the dogs and scouts. ”

"The prince is in a hurry, and the old man has a plan to secretly mobilize the army." Fang Guangchen took over the conversation and suggested: "The prince can break our infantry into pieces, pretend to be ordinary people or ordinary businessmen and rush to the predetermined battlefield, and the fastest cavalry will set off within the agreed time limit and suddenly assemble at the predetermined battlefield, which can also have a surprise effect." ”

"Mr. Xianyan is too optimistic." Wang Shirong shook his head and said in a deep voice: "Although this plan is feasible, the effect will definitely not be too great, at most it can only secretly gather three or four thousand infantry, and if it is too much, it is also impossible to hide it from the eyes of the enemy." ”

"I agree with that." Lu Fatzi didn't help his relatives again, and said for Wang Shirong, who had always been at odds with him: "Biyuan and Wuchang have just experienced the war, and business travel is scarce in the past, and it is difficult for the merchant people who enter and exit a pass every day to exceed 1,000, and it has suddenly increased several times, and it is indeed difficult to hide from the eyes of the enemy. ”

"Although Mr. Maoya's students are confused, this time they are finally smart." Wang Shirong nodded, and added: "Moreover, our cavalry suddenly dispatched, if we want to reach the predetermined battlefield before Mangou reacts, then the breakthrough of our Yangtze River defense line can only be at the Luoshan Ferry in the west of Linxiang." Otherwise, if the breakthrough of the Yangtze River defense line continues to be set at Hanyang, then no matter how suddenly our cavalry is dispatched, and the road from Changsha to Wuchang is more than 800 miles, no matter how much horsepower is spared, it will take at least four days or more, and the Luoshan garrison full of dogs only needs one day to go down the river and send the news to Hanyang, so that we will be in vain. ”

"Didn't the old man say that he would continue to set the breakthrough of the Yangtze River defense line in Hanyang?" Fang Guangchen was not to be outdone, and calculated with his fingers: "We have 13,000 troops in Yuezhou, secretly mobilize 4,000 infantry to rush to Yuezhou, and then suddenly dispatch tens of thousands of cavalry, then we can quickly assemble 27,000 troops in Yuezhou, which is used to attack Luoshan, which is only garrisoned by 5,000 Mangou troops, and the certainty is already very large." ”

"Mr. Xianyan, wait." Fat Lu opened his mouth and interrupted: "Mr. Xianyan, can we think of a plan to suddenly raid the Luoshan Ferry, can't Mangou expect us to have such a plan?" After the adjustment of our troop deployment, if Mangou also makes adjustments and deploys the main army to Luoshan, then what should we do? ”

Fang Guangchen was stunned, only to find that he had only calculated the changes in the plan of his own army, but he had forgotten to calculate that the enemy might also make troop adjustments as the situation changed. At this time, Hu Guozhu also echoed: "Yifeng is reasonable, if I am Tuhai Mangou, then after the adjustment of the main force of our army, I will definitely transfer the main force to Luoshan to garrison, not only to prevent our army's surprise attack, but also to free up excess forces to closely monitor the movement of our army's troops, if necessary, it only takes less than a day to rush down the river to Hanyang for reinforcements." ”

A few dog-headed military advisors, you and I said a word, refuting each other and pointing out that the other party had miscalculations that were not considered, Wu Lao Hanjian listened, and his old face slowly lengthened, and he found that he had not considered it just now, and made too much concession to Mangou, resulting in even if he deceived the enemy's main force, it also made the self-army lose the opportunity to suddenly start a preemptive strike. After thinking for a while, Wu Lao Han hesitated: "In this way, we can only wait for the main force of Mangou to go south and go away, and then launch a frontal attack?" ”

"Don't worry, the student has a plan, and he will definitely break the enemy in one fell swoop." Wang Shirong laughed, and Yin Yin said: "Lord Wang, if after the adjustment of our army's garrison, the Mangou army really moves the main force to Luoshan, then we can play a game of transferring the tiger from the mountain." Divide the army into two teams, the navy and cavalry suddenly went north to Wuchang, and the full dog in order to prevent Hanyang from losing, must go north to Hanyang to rescue. The second team of our army took the opportunity to use civilian boats and boats to storm the Luoshan ferry, which was full of dogs to defend the emptiness, and was sure to successfully cross the river in one fell swoop. ”

"Wonderful, that's a good idea." Wu Laohan's eyes lit up.

"Wait." Fat Lu hurriedly interrupted and hurriedly said: "Mr. Liangchen, don't care, in fact, when you and your grandfather were still negotiating just now, I had already calculated this move to divert the tiger from the mountain in the back hall, and found that there was a loophole, which would inevitably lead to the failure of our plan to divert the tiger from the mountain." ”

"The loophole?" Wang Shirong stretched his handsome face.

"Jingzhou is full of dogs!" Lu Fatzi replied very simply, "If I were Tuhai, in order to prevent any incident, I would definitely order Mangou Labu and Shang Shan, who were stationed in Jingzhou, to send an army to Chuyang as a preparation." At that time, even if our army moves the tiger away from the mountain, Mangou will be able to take advantage of the fast and labor-saving transportation of troops by the upstream waterway to temporarily wait and see for a day to ensure that Luoshan is not lost, and at the same time order the garrison of Chuyang to rush south and rush to Luoshan to fill the gap in the defensive line, and the main naval division will calmly go down the river to reinforce Hanyang, which can also ensure that the two ferries are foolproof -- after all, no matter how fast our army is on land, whether it is infantry or cavalry, it is impossible to complete the 600-mile road from Yuezhou to Wuchang in two days. ”

"It's possible." Wu Laohan nodded, and his old face was stretched longer.

"Will the full dog take this into account?" Wang Shirong said unhappily: "You just knew about our army's plan to transfer the tiger away from the mountain, so you took precautions and considered this arrangement, Mangou's side, is it possible to be so thoughtful as you?" ”

"If the full dog takes it into account, then what do we do? Is it too late to adjust the plan temporarily? Lu Fatzi asked a word, and Wang Shirong was speechless. After a pause, Fat Lu said solemnly: "And Mr. Liangchen, you have forgotten a very important point, our plan to cross the river this time is definitely not to break through the defense line of the Yangtze River in Mangou, but also to annihilate or severely damage the Yangtze River Sailor in Mangou!" Otherwise, as long as the Yangtze River Naval Division full of dogs still exists, even if we successfully cross the river, the army that crossed the river may become a lone army. ”

"Although Yifeng's words are a little greedy, they are not unreasonable." Hu Guozhu muttered: "If our backup supply is cut off by the Mangou Water Division, our army crossing the river is indeed only a lone army, not only is it difficult to make great achievements, but there is also the danger of annihilation. But our warships are only forty percent of the Mangou Sailors, not even half, and they have just been formed, and they don't have much experience in water warfare, so the only way to severely damage or annihilate the Mangou Sailors is to rely on our land artillery support. ”

"So, is it just a frontal assault?" Wu Lao Han frowned and said: "Choosing Luoshan or Hanyang, where we have built a fort, as a breakthrough point to attack head-on, the losses are greater, as long as we annihilate or severely damage the Mangou Water Division in the water battle, it will be easy to break through the Yangtze River defense line." ”

"My father-in-law is right, and it seems that this is the only way to go." Hu Guozhu echoed: "We can't be greedy, we can induce the full dog to divide the army, we already have a chance of winning, it's better than not having the slightest certainty before." ”

"I'm afraid that our sailor will also lose it." Fang Guangchen said worriedly: "If our sailors have suffered big losses, I'm afraid that our plan to break through the defense line of the Mangou Yangtze River will fail." ”

"It's okay." Wu Laohan was shocked, and sneered: "The old man is fighting for the water division to wipe out the whole army, as long as he can pull the back of the full dog water division, the old man will not lose." Mom, the full dog army runs on the river in a boat, saving time and effort, and if you don't kill the full dog sailor, the old man will have a hard time trying to fight Jiangxi. ”

Everyone was silent, and they all understood that Wu Laohan was fearless, even if the Yangtze River defense line could not be broken, there were other ways to go. Hu Guozhu comforted: "Father-in-law doesn't have to overestimate Mangou so much, our sailor is indeed weaker than Mangou Sailor, but our weapons are stronger than Mangou. ”

Wu Laohan Zhan nodded, but he was quite disappointed in his heart - if he could break through the Yangtze River defense line, Wu Jun could not only go down the river and directly take the richest place in the world of Lianghuai, but also directly take the capital or go north to Shaanxi and Gansu, and connect with Wang Fuchen, the strategic choice is far greater than the capture of Shaanxi and Gansu or the capture of Jiangxi, but the shortcomings of the naval division are limited, even if Wu Laohan is full of ambitions, there is no way to stare dryly.

"Huh." At this time, Lu Fatzi, who had been hammering Wu Laohan's legs, suddenly laughed and said with a smile: "Grandfather, uncle, why are you talking and talking, you even have the plan to give up breaking through the defense line of the Yangtze River in the Qing Dynasty?" In the opinion of Sun Zi, it is not difficult to break through the Yangtze River defense line, and it is not difficult to annihilate the Mangou Sailor Division. Grandson-in-law has a plan, which can not only break through the defense line of the Mangou Yangtze River, but also severely damage the Mangou Yangtze River Sailor! ”

"Then you said it earlier." Wu Laohan was a little dissatisfied and knocked on the fat head of the fat man, "You must wait until everyone else is disappointed, they are helpless, you come out again to turn the tide, otherwise it won't show your tricks, right?" Say it quickly, Lao Tzu will know that you have a lot of ghost ideas. ”

"Grandfather forgives sins, grandson-in-law didn't mean to show off, it's just that there are a few key links that have not been considered and perfected before, so I didn't rush to say it." Lu Fatzi pleaded guilty and explained: "But after listening to the opinions of Mr. Liangchen, Mr. Xianyan and his uncle, my grandson-in-law got some inspiration, and those key links were finally figured out. ”

"Then you say it quickly? What strategy? Wu Laohan sat up straight, and listened attentively, Hu Guozhu, Fang Guangchen and Wang Shirong also pricked up their ears and listened carefully to Lu Fatzi's new bad idea.

"Grandson-in-law's move, it's still a sound attack." Lu Fatzi said in a deep voice: "Ming attacked Luoshan, contained and took the opportunity to annihilate the Mangou Sailors, attacked Hanyang, and used Hanyang as a breakthrough to smash the Yangtze River defense line of Mangou in one fell swoop." ”

"How?" Hu Guozhu asked.

"The first step, withdraw troops, but not weapons." Lu Fatzi counted his fat fingers, "Starting tomorrow, our army can withdraw according to the peace treaty and induce Mangou to divide his troops from the Huguang battlefield, but the most critical new firearms will not be taken away, and they will continue to stay in Wuchang City and Yuezhou City for backup." ”

"The second step is to use Mr. Xianyan's tactic of breaking the whole into parts, and let the three thousand infantry secretly sneak into Yuezhou City to assemble so that they can be used."

"The third step, stay until the afternoon of October 16, the main force of our army will cook at noon, and send troops at Shenshi, and be sure to arrive at the Luoshan battlefield in Yuezhou before dawn on October 18, and be caught off guard by killing all dogs! At the same time, it put on a posture of comprehensively attacking the Luoshan Ferry, and entangled the main force and reserves of Mangou in Luoshan, creating an opportunity for the Wuchang army to attack Hanyang! ”

"At the same time as the fourth and third steps, our army sent a first army north in advance, concealed the scouts of the dogs, and arrived in Wuchang to listen to it."

"The fifth step, on the night of October 17, because the next day is the exchange of prisoners of war and military salaries, grain and grass, that night Mangou will inevitably be unguarded, our army Wuchang army can take the opportunity to sneak attack the Hanyang Ferry, which is full of dogs, and take the lead in launching the battle of crossing the river, and the success is great. However, our army launched an attack at night, and with the distance from Hanyang to Luoshan, it was absolutely impossible for Mangou to deliver the news to Luoshan before dawn on October 18, regardless of land or water. ”

"The sixth step, in the early morning of October 18, our army's naval army and army dispatched at the same time to launch a strong attack on the Mangou naval division stationed in Luoshan, and under the cover of the riverbank battery, a decisive battle with the Mangou naval division! During the decisive battle, the messenger of Mangou Hanyang arrived in Luoshan, and the main force of Mangou not only had to reinforce Hanyang as soon as possible, but also faced the strong attack of the main force of our army. In this way, wouldn't our army capture Hanyang again, and take the opportunity to severely damage the Mangou Shui Division? ”

finally listened to Lu Fatzi's talk, Wu Lao Hanjian, Hu Guozhu and others were already deep in thought, carefully calculating every link of Lu Fatzi's tricks. And Wang Shi Rongyun thought very quickly, and immediately pointed out two fatal loopholes, "Wait, your plan is easy to say, but impossible to do!" First, on what basis do you conclude that on the night of October 17, the Hanyang garrison full of dogs was empty? Second, the six hundred miles from Yuezhou to Wuchang, how did you hide the eyes of the dog scouts and meticulous work, and let our army go north? ”

"The first question is simple." Lu Fatzi spread his hands and replied: "After Huguang Mangou divides his troops to the south, the main force of the Mangou garrison left behind will inevitably move westward and camp in Luoshan, which can not only play the role of monitoring our army, but also prevent the main force of our army from attacking the nearest Luoshan ferry, so that night, the Mangou army in Hanyang was not only negligent in taking precautions, but also definitely empty of troops!" ”

"Kind of makes sense." Wang Shirong nodded, and then asked, "What about the second?" How do you let our army hide from the eyes of the dogs, and let the dogs go north to Wuchang without being on guard? Don't tell me that you only plan to fight the battle of crossing the river with the 10,000 troops left behind in Wuchang, right? ”

"If it is only the army left behind in Wuchang, that strength will definitely not be enough." Lu Fatzi laughed, "But Mr. Liangchen seems to have forgotten that in the next few days, we will have an army of nearly 20,000 to go north to Wuchang, legal and reasonable, swaggering north to Wuchang, even if the dog finds out, it will not be vigilant, let alone leave a heavy defense." ”

"And such an army?" Wang Shirong was completely confused by Lu Fatzi, and said suspiciously: "You can go north with a swagger, but you won't let the dog be vigilant, there are still ...... in the world." ”

"Huh?" Speaking of this, Wang Shirong suddenly came to his senses, and he also stared at Lu Fatzi speechless.

"I see!" Hu Guozhu jumped up, "I know, there is such an army, which can swagger north without arousing the alarm of the dogs!" ”

"I get it, too." Fang Guangchen also came to his senses and applauded loudly.

"Ah, how did the old man forget about them?" Wu Laohan screamed in surprise, and suddenly understood where the core of Lu Fatzi's trick and black heart were.

"How?" Fat Lu asked with a smile: "Grandfather, uncle, Mr. Xianyan, Mr. Liangchen, you say, can this army hide from the eyes of dogs?" ”

Wu Laohan, Hu Guozhu, Fang Guangchen and Wang Shirong glanced at each other, and suddenly made a rude gesture to Lu Fatzi together, and scolded in unison: "You dead fat man is so poisonous!" Such a poisonous plan can even be figured out! ”

(To be continued)