"72 casualties? Only killed eleven people on the other side, and didn't catch a single live mouth? ”

Only the father and son of the Quan family were left in the big tent, and Quan Xiaoxian naturally had no reservations, and told the real situation of the patrol battle in the past few days, which made Quan Zhinan's brows furrow tightly.

"Abbaji, according to the child's observation, Mingkou's riding skills are uneven, most of them are novices, and you can tell at a glance that they have only been on the horse for a few days," Quan Xiaoxian explained with some surprise, "but their weapons are indeed excellent, especially the kind of short firecracker that is a few feet long, and a person within twenty steps is killed instantly, and he can't even save it...... After setting off the fire, it is a hand crossbow, and it is impossible to shoot when you raise your hand...... Its armor was the most indestructible, and the child had never seen such a pattern. ”

Speaking of which, Izumi Hyo-heon displayed the captured short fire guns, crossbows, and half-body armor one by one, Izumi Tomo looked at them one by one and fell into deep thought, while Izumi Hyo-heon continued, "His tactics are also very cunning...... He never faces the enemy head-on, and always hides in favorable terrain to ambush us...... If we are too few in number, they will use the trick of luring the enemy to lure them into the bait...... The ambush is good to say, the sons and daughters can still get out of trouble after fighting to the death, but the trick of luring the enemy is impossible to prevent, and most of the more than 70 people died here. ”

Seeing his father's frowning brows, Quan Xiaoxian hesitated for a moment, and finally made up his mind, "There is another thing that is extremely strange...... On this patrol, Mingkou seemed to know in advance how many people the sons had dispatched, where they would go from, and where they would gather...... It is to always set up an ambush in the most suitable place three times and twice, which is something that the child cannot understand. ”

"Oh?" Izumi Jinan raised his eyebrows and asked in a deep voice, "You mean, there are eyes and ears of Myeongko in Jeju City?" ”

Quan Xiaoxian shook his head and said, "The arrangements for this patrol are all improvised, and they are not something that can be found out by the ears and eyes......

After speaking, he was silent, and just as Quan Zhinan was about to say something, he saw a personal guard lift the curtain and enter, knelt down on one knee and said, "Marshal Qiyu, the chief instructor of the Liu family's private army is here." ”

"Declare him in!"

"Yes!"

After the guards went out, they quickly brought someone in, needless to say that it was Lee Seung-hwan.

Li Chenghuan heard the announcement read by the officials at the gate of the city that day, and knew that the government was looking for people who knew the details of the Ming Kou in the city, so after a little hesitation, he went back to the camp and confessed to his boss that he was the chief teacher of the Liu family's private army; This immediately attracted the attention of Jeju Governor Yin, and today he was also brought to the camp for consultation - this Mansion Yin didn't expect that before he could recommend him, he would be killed on the spot by Quan Zhinan; Later, during the military discussion, when Quan Zhinan arranged for the investigation to do these things, someone thought of Lee Seung-hwan, so there was this scene just now.

Izumi Zhinan's name Lee Seung-hwan had heard of it, and knew that this veteran had an extremely calm personality and was the most cautious in the use of soldiers, but he was very similar to his temperament.

After reporting to his home, Quan Zhinan asked Li Chenghuan about the entanglement between the Liu family's private army and Mingkou, and asked in great detail, and Li Chenghuan also answered truthfully one by one, neither adding oil and vinegar, nor covering up defeat, in just half an hour, Quan Zhinan had a clear understanding of Mingkou.

"In this way, although Myeongko has sharp firearms, after all, there are only more than a thousand people," Izumi Jinan shook his head and said, "This Jeju Governor Yin dares to lie about the military situation...... Isn't it nonsense that he explained in his compromise, 'coercing tens of thousands of people and eroding the east of the island'? ”

Of course, Lee Seung-hwan didn't know that Jeju Mansion Yin had been killed on the spot, so he had to be sloppy at the moment and said, "Fuzun is not a lie...... As far as the Ministry knows, in addition to the more than 1,000 soldiers, there are still a number of large ships in Namingko, and there are many craftsmen on Niudao...... Tens of thousands may be exaggerated, but there are thousands of people. ”

"Craftsmen and the like, what is the combat power?" Izumi stroked his beard and smiled, looking at Lee Seung-hwan's eyes full of approval - Lee Seung-hwan's honest duty had already left a good impression on him, and now it was better to see him ambush for Jeju Governor Yoon - and asked him casually, "Seung-hwan, in your opinion, how should this battle be fought?" ”

Li Chenghuan felt a little flattered, and after glancing at Quan Zhinan in a panic, he bowed down and said, "The staff is soft-spoken, how dare you discuss the big plan?" ”

Izumi Tomo smiled even more, "If you tell you to say it, you can say it...... You know Ming Kou so well, there will be many places where a certain family will rely on you in the future. ”

Of course, Li Chenghuan tasted what he said, and he knelt down on one knee and said after being excited, "Thanks to the wrong love of the handsome, Chenghuan dares not to shroud the body in horse leather and die of it?" ”

Quan Zhinan smiled and stretched out his hand to help him up, "You can be the head teacher of the Liu family, and the bow horse must be skilled...... Let's go to my son's filial piety camp to help him first, after this battle, a certain family will protect you as a commander! ”

Although Li Chenghuan is not such a very enthusiastic person, Shangguan's appreciation is always happy, so after getting up, he expressed his loyalty again, and after being polite with Quan Xiaoxian, he planned and explained in his heart, "Our army is strong and Ming Kou is weak, so we should attack it with a dignified array...... In the shallow view of the department, after the commander waited for the whole army to gather, he marched step by step, and reached the bottom of the water mountain with the overwhelming momentum of Mount Tai, forcing Mingkou to fight a decisive battle...... Wipe out the Ming Kou foot soldiers with one drum, uproot its strongholds in the mountains and rivers, and the strongholds along its coast will no longer have anything to fear, and they will be wiped out by the commander one by one...... The east of Jeju Island is flat, and the natural barrier of Ushido Island is completely lost, and at that time, the sailors were surrounded on all sides, and they were afraid that the thieves on the island would fly into the sky? …… If the first soldier is used this time, the commander can take all the credit! ”

The more Quan Zhinan listened, the smile on his face grew, and this Li Chenghuan's thinking coincided with him - he was deeply aware of the way of Zhengqi, and when his own side had an absolute advantage, he really didn't need to make dangerous moves; As early as after the scale of the troops to be dispatched in Seoul was determined, he set the tone of "fighting steadily, step by step, and forcing a decisive battle", and even had a rough idea of how to march from Jeju City to Susan, how to choose a place to camp, and how to ensure the smooth flow of logistics.

Now from Lee Seung-hwan, he has a clear understanding of Mingkou's background, which has strengthened his confidence in this strategy; He believed that as long as his army could successfully enter the city of the Yuan Forbidden City, this battle against bandits would basically be over - within the scope of his cognition, no matter how powerful Ming Kou was, there would be more than 1,000 soldiers, and his core could have 5,000 elites, not to mention 800 elite cavalry to help, even if it was more than enough to attack the city.

After praising Li Chenghuan, the three discussed the tactics of cavalry patrols, and made a decision to increase the number of patrol guards on how to prevent Mingkou from ambushing Quan Zhinan - they found that the maximum number of Mingkou rangers was about 300, so as long as each patrol team was not less than 200 people, the ambush would turn into a battle, which was what Quan Xiaoxian wanted to see the most.

As for how Ming Kou was able to know every move of the patrol cavalry well, Li Chenghuan mentioned the suspiciousness of those black spots in the sky, and he took the initiative to ask Ying, ready to go to investigate it all night.

Li Chenghuan didn't know that he led the team out of the camp this time, but what he encountered was something he never expected! (To be continued.) )