Spring rain is dashing. The rain in the south of the Yangtze River will never make people feel bleak.

As soon as the rain came, Wu Tou Chuwei was full of poetic and picturesque feelings, and the raindrops hit the narrow alleys on the eaves, on the hats, and the bluestone slabs, converging into gurgling water, flowing into the cheerful stream, and the smoke and rain woven between the eaves and hats were immediately filled with the atmosphere of the world.

April 27, Jiulidu.

A small lake in front of it, the wind blows the surface of the lake, the water is scaly, and the thin rain is gently sprinkled on the water.

Yang Ling stood in the rain with his hands in his hands, looking at the willow forest across the lake. A group of officers and soldiers in the forest were marching in the rain, and more than a dozen personal soldiers such as Liu Dabang and mallet stood under the willow tree not far away, their armor was drenched and shiny.

In the willow forest by the lake, the 'An Ji' live fish restaurant stands silently in the smoke and rain, such a village wilderness, most of them are old and dilapidated, the tiles wash out a kind of broken black sink in the rain, the wooden railings are old and almost black, and the wine flags are gently fluttering in the rain, constituting a group of mountains and rivers in the south of the Yangtze River.

Weeping willow huts on the riverside, what materials are made into wind and moon? Only beautiful ears.

Now there is a beautiful woman holding a butter paper umbrella carrying a skirt and dancing from the water pavilion, the graceful figure walking in the misty light rain willow forest, the surrounding scenery suddenly comes alive.

She walked behind Yang Ling, raised her arms to shield him from the wind and rain, and said softly: "My lord, Qiyun ordered a live fish for you, and I warmed the shochu, the rural game is unique, my lord, let's go taste it."

Yang Ling nodded, turned around and walked into the restaurant, the owner of the shop hurriedly served a steaming big grass carp, four plates of lighter country vegetables and a pair of soju, and then stood aside with a smiling face, he had never been such a big official in this small wine shop, and he couldn't help but be a little flattered.

Yang Ling stomped his feet, took off his cloak, Cheng Qiyun took it and hung it on the pillar next to the door, Yang Ling walked to the table and sat down and waved his hand and said: "You also sit, hehe, this official can't help but worry, if this prescription doesn't work, this battle will take at least two years, in that case, there will be too many variables, I hope that the more than 20,000 soldiers and horses I trained by myself will not disappoint me."

Cheng Qiyun smiled and said: "It has been more than 100 years since the Japanese invaded the Haijiang and never been able to solve it. ”

Yang Ling waved his hand, and the boss hurriedly nodded and retreated to the back room, Yang Ling shook his head lightly and said: "I can't wait, the officials who oppose the lifting of the sea ban in the DPRK and China have been holding back and dare not openly oppose me, they are just looking for an opportunity, I can't give them this excuse, the rebellion of the Japanese must be cut through the chaos quickly!"

I want you to summon the four great heroes of the Andong Sea as soon as possible, because our naval division has just been established, and although the combat power is strong, we are not familiar with maritime affairs, and these things on the battlefield are absolutely sloppy. With their help, we can prevent the Japanese from escaping back to the sea and deal with us, so that we can completely annihilate them! ”

"Except for Wang Meiren, the other three Kou have the intention of accepting the imperial court's recruitment?" Yang Ling looked at Cheng Qiyun, Cheng Qiyun rolled up his green sleeves and was pouring him a glass of water and wine.

"Bai Xiaocao of Diaoyu Island mainly does business with the South Sea countries, Western pirates blockaded Malacca, and the land mobilized troops everywhere to pacify the Japanese, Bai Xiaocao is trapped on the island, and nearly 10,000 people under his command are currently sitting on the empty mountain.

Moreover, he is at odds with the two brothers, Snow Cat and Sea Dog, and it is difficult for his power to reach the north, and there are not many paths for him to choose, so I asked him to contact him directly in the name of the imperial court, and Bai Xiaocao has already accepted the summons."

"Over there with the sea dog and the snow cat", Cheng Qiyun frowned slightly, put down the chopsticks and said: "The territory of these two people is close to the book, and the relationship with the Japanese has always been relatively close, according to the news from my insider, they have no intention of helping the Japanese invaders, but they want to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and when the strength of the Japanese invaders is damaged and return to the sea, take the opportunity to subdue them and expand their own territory."

Cheng Qiyun smiled contemptuously: "They are now elated, and they still think that this is a good opportunity for them to be alone in the East China Sea, how can they accept the court's recruitment?" ”

Yang Ling took a sip of soju lightly and muttered: "If you surrender immediately when you see the court's Zhao'an documents, they are not worthy of being called thieves across the world, do you think you want to send a sailor to teach them a lesson?" After beating them up, they will sit down and talk, and they will be willing to consider our opinions."

Cheng Qiyun hesitated for a moment, raised his eyes and said: "My lord, now that the war is urgent, some wealthy businessmen have a wait-and-see intention, and the use is really tight, the shipyard is short of silver, and the manufacturing speed of the warship is greatly affected.

If a team of sailors who are not yet familiar with the sea conditions are sent to fight forcibly against the pirates, even if it is a victory against more than 100 warships of Shanghai dogs and snow cats and 20,000 pirates who have experienced a hundred battles, it will be a disastrous victory. ”

Yang Ling showed a smile in his eyes, coughed lightly, stared at her and said, "The old problem has been made again!" Do you want to sell it to me again? If you have any plans, please tell me, my female military advisor."

Cheng Qiyun smiled and said, "My lord, it is not easy to encompass all the four big men under his command from the point of view of humble duties. Even if they are accepted under various conditions, they will inevitably be arrogant, and at the same time, these pirate-born recruits are not used to being restricted, and there are many bandits who have been recruited and recruited again and again since ancient times, who knows if they will repeat?

Do you remember that Lord Bai proposed three plans to suppress Kou? They are inducement, recruitment, and encirclement and suppression by force. The plan to lure and surrender has been rejected by the adults, but the humble job wants to be flexible, and the two thieves of the unruly Snow Cat and the Sea Dog are actually lured and surrendered in the name of Zhao'an. Of course, even so, we still have to show the prestige of our officers and men in the war against the Japanese and agree to some unreasonable conditions before they can consider the possibility of recruiting peace.

Although they worship brothers, these two self-respecting sea kings are not unwary of their kowtow brothers. As long as the two thieves are suspicious of each other, they can make the two thieves kill each other without damaging the credibility of the court and without a single soldier.

When they were both defeated, the adults came forward to clean up the mess and lead our sailors to victory in one blow, taking advantage of the large area controlled by the fur seals and snow cats. At the same time, it can also deter the two giant thieves Wang Meimei and Bai Xiaocao, so that they dare not have two hearts."

Yang Ling stroked his head and looked at Cheng Qiyun, Cheng Qiyun looked like a bamboo in his chest, looked back at him calmly, Yang Ling suddenly raised his face, sat up straight and said word by word: "Pit man, I can't do it." Promotion, you can't. So you cheat people, I will be promoted, whether the four Kou in the East China Sea can be pacified, everything depends on Cheng Girl."

His words were to learn from a character in a movie, but it happened that the person was also from Zhejiang, Yang Ling stayed in Jiangnan for a few months, and it seemed like a few accents to simply learn a few accents.

Cheng Qiyun rarely saw him joking, and was amused by him for a while, she covered her mouth and smiled: "Then the lowly position wishes the adult to rise step by step, the higher you rise, the lowly backer is hard enough, and it is enjoyable to pit people." However, whether this plan can succeed depends on the adults, and the soldiers of the adults can play with their majesty, so that I can talk to the cat and the dog."

"My soldiers?" Yang Ling's smiling face disappeared, he turned his head to look at the willow forest and blue waves in the misty rain, and sighed softly: I hope they can fight for luck!

In the past ten days, Yang Ling ordered Wu Hanchao to cooperate with Song Xiaoai to train the soldiers, specifically learn the infantry stabbing method of the Zhuang soldiers, and then combined with the weapons and combat characteristics used by the Ming army, modified them and taught them to the Ming army.

The Zhuang soldiers are a team of seven people, among which there is a 'beheading trio' is specialized in cutting off people's heads to receive a reward for silver, the Ming army will naturally not waste soldiers so much, plus the morale and courage of the Ming army are not as good as the Zhuang soldiers, seven people are afraid that it is difficult to defeat the bravery of the Japanese Kou, Yang Ling and Wu Hanchao After some research, they decided to take ten people as a team, combining long and short weapons.

Due to the mountainous and swampy coastal areas of Zhejiang and Fujian, the roads are rugged, and it is not easy for large troops to deploy, and the Japanese are good at setting up ambushes and are good at short-term combat, and at the same time, the Japanese are accustomed to fighting with heavy swords, spears and swords. In view of this characteristic, Yang Ling and Wu Hanchao got a group of Japanese soldiers from the prison, and every time they accompanied the Ming army to fight, they constantly improved the weapons and infantry combat formations of the Ming army's combat squad.

This ten-person infantry combat team, with the strongest and brave person as the captain, should be the first to hold a spear, the left and right two people to hold a long shield, the other to hold a short shield and waist knife, which can not only cover the captain and the rear team, but also participate in the pre-fight at any time.

Then two people hold bamboo guns to cover the shield hand, and at the same time by the shield hand of the cover, the back five people three make spears and two make Pu Dao, the distant attack and close attack take care of each other, and can also be dismantled at any time according to the terrain and the distribution of the opponent's forces into two small formations or three small formations, very flexible and mobile.

The armies of Meng Sihai in Shandong and Jiang Zhou in Sichuan have been trained in this new method of warfare, their soldiers have never fought with the Japanese Kou, and their sharpness is far better than that of the Jiangnan soldiers, and now the war is tight, so the training has achieved a little effect, Yang Ling sent them to the battlefield, and really made these two enemies each other's horns, the Guangxi wolf soldiers are the Chinese army, and the three-way army swept to the southeast.

The armies of other provinces had already arrived one after another, and Yang Ling ordered them to be stationed in Suzhou to receive training in his own new tactics, and took the opportunity to divide the 20,000 Suzhou defenders who had defeated the Japanese and had accepted the new tactics into 20 groups of 1,000 people, and then dispersed his 3,000 Jingwei in groups of 150 people to these 20 groups of officers and soldiers to serve as commanders, and then ordered them to rush to each province to serve as the main leader of the officers and soldiers of the various guard posts to resist the Japanese.

This method is very feasible, because in order to facilitate supply and at the same time easily avoid the main force of the Ming army, most of them fought in units of several hundred people, stirring up fireworks everywhere in half of the south of the Yangtze River. Although the Ming army was outnumbered and overwhelming, its morale was weakened, and it was not their opponent at all, otherwise there were more than 1,000 elite soldiers, which was enough to deal with the small group of Japanese bandits wandering around.

Yang Ling dispersed the 20,000-strong army into six provinces as a team of 1,000 people to serve as the main combat force of the officers and men of the various guard posts, and as long as they won a few battles, they could greatly boost the morale of the whole army, and at the same time, they would train the officers and men in a new infantry combat formation, so that they could quickly change the appearance of the officers and men along the entire coast from point to point.

As long as this method is effective, it is conceivable that the 20 sparks that have been thrown out will quickly turn into a prairie fire and bring about a change in the situation on the entire battlefield. This strategy is no longer just to command a specific battle, but an anti-Japanese strategy formulated by Yang Ling from an overall perspective.

In order to realize this strategic requirement, hundreds of thousands of troops will be deployed across the six provinces under his command, forcing the Japanese to turn into small groups and converge and combine, so that when the Ming army has a quantitative advantage and gradually evolves into a double advantage in quantity and quality, it will take advantage of the geographical advantages and people to force the enemy to fight a decisive battle head-on and annihilate its main force, so as to achieve a decisive battle once and for all.

At the same time, his eyes have jumped out of the mainland where the war is raging, and he has begun to solve the four robberies in the East China Sea, and after preparing for the decisive battle, he can cut off the retreat of the Japanese invaders, so that all the future enemies will be annihilated on the land of the Central Plains.

The first time Yang Ling planned a strategy against the enemy was in the northern war. Under the means of the Ming court's intention to fight one by one, the fire sieve and the Boyan Khan are fighting hard, temporarily forming a strategic balance, and as long as the same ambitious tile spur and Duoyan Sanwei can't help but join this gamble, the short-term balance will be broken immediately, and the Ming can wait to reap the benefits. Even if this war is lost, it will only maintain the current situation, and will not cause worse consequences.

However, the battle against the Japanese in the six southeastern provinces was different, it was the first battle commanded by Yang Ling's reading force. If he succeeds, he will have a great military exploit that no one can erase, and the army of the six provinces that has been trained by his own soldiers and himself will undoubtedly become a staunch supporter of the Yang Ling family in the army.

If it fails, the war may even be led inland, and as the commander of the anti-Japanese war, he has no shirk responsibility, and at that time, in the face of the impeachment of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military, in the face of the ruined rivers and mountains in the south of the Yangtze River, the defeated army, and the people in dire straits, even if the emperor favors him no matter how much he trusts him, can he sit back and watch him create such a situation? Even if he himself, he could not suffer death without asking for sin.

Yang Ling knew very well that the stakes of this war were very important, so he temporarily put aside the affairs of Guangxi and Sichuan, and turned a deaf ear to the information from Beijing that Liu Jin was arrogant and arrogant in the DPRK and China, and devoted all his energy to the war against the Japanese.

However, those who strategize will be handsome, and those who will win thousands of miles will be soldiers!

Whether his "Nirvana" plan can succeed depends on his spark, whether it is a fire phoenix or a grass-bone chicken when it hatches.

Soldiers, defeated like a mountain!

Donghua Shikanosuke carried two knives and ran wildly all the way, and behind him was a continuous line of routs, and once the team was defeated, it was impossible to immediately organize an effective resistance.

His team totaled more than 2,000 people, including the real and fake wives, and was the largest among the several nearby wisps who were harassing everywhere. Toka Kanosuke was originally a tailor shop owner. After his shop was killed in the war, he joined a team of pirates who raided the mainland twice a year, and after a few years he became a pirate leader. Later, after the leader fell ill and died, he became the leader of this band.

This time they crossed the sea, and after arranging their wives and children on an island, they have been taking their own men and horses to plunder the coastal waters, so as to transport the looted materials back to the island at any time.

This said that Donghua Luzhisuke was leading his people to burn and loot in Mozhi Town, suddenly a team of Ming troops appeared, the two armies fought, the Ming army collapsed at a touch, Donghua Luzhisuke saw that the Ming army was only more than 500 people, and thought that the officers and soldiers of the nearby guard post inadvertently appeared here, and immediately commanded the army to chase and kill, wanting to annihilate this Ming army.

Unexpectedly, the Japanese who have always been cunning and cautious and good at fighting ambushes, because the recent war has been too smooth, they don't take the Ming army in their eyes at all, and chased them all the way out of the town, and they were actually ambushed by the Ming army.

When the Ming army surrounded from all directions, Donghua Lunosuke still wanted to counterattack, who expected that this Ming army was Meng Sihai's Shandong soldiers, they and the Sichuan army rushed all the way to the southeast, holding back enough strength to divide the upper and lower levels. The quality and combat effectiveness of this army were already stronger than those of Jiangnan, and in addition, the morale was booming, and there were more soldiers than the Japanese invaders.

Donghua Lunosuke saw that the pursuers were in a hurry, so he divided his troops and fled for his life. There were some Han people in his team who were familiar with the nearby terrain, and they used their knowledge of the terrain to defeat the Ming army on the land of the Ming army, which was originally their specialty, and now they wanted to repeat the old trick, to disperse the Ming army's forces, and then use their own knowledge of the vicinity to copy the path of the two armies to encircle, maybe there is still a chance to turn defeat into victory and annihilate the Ming army.

Unexpectedly, Meng Sihai had a tendon, just stared at him and chased, and didn't care about the other team of widows who escaped, Donghua Lunosuke secretly complained, he led a team of men and horses to escape from two miles, but he ran into the Guangxi wolf soldiers who came south at the same time as Meng Sihai.

After giving a gift of one hundred and ten heads to the wolf soldier's beheading team, Meng Sihai also caught up, and Donghua Lunosuke finally gave up joining up with another group of Japanese robbers, and retreated to the northeast in a panic.

Meng Sihai and Song Xiaoai joined forces to chase after them from behind, and Lu Tianjie saw that the pursuers were getting more and more urgent, and there was a dangerous peak near the sea on the left side of the front, so he led people to retreat up the mountain and guard the mountain.

This hill is surrounded by cliffs on both sides, one side faces the sea, the mountain is higher and more dangerous, and it is an easy place to defend and difficult to attack. Meng Sihai commanded the army to chase to the bottom of the mountain, and the Japanese built a wall with stones, defended it with danger, and stubbornly defended the side of the mountain, and fought fiercely with the Ming army by virtue of its geographical advantages.

Meng Sihai and Song Xiaoai commanded the soldiers to attack for a while, and when they saw that the soldiers suffered serious casualties, they temporarily withdrew their troops and blocked the bottom of the mountain. At this time, the sun is setting in the west, and the sea is reflected in the sun and colorful glow, and the mountain is still illuminated by a ray of sunshine.

Song Xiaoai looked up at the mountain peak and observed for a while, and said: "There is only one side of this mountain that can be climbed, I see that we are guarding under the mountain, trapping them to death, I don't believe they don't eat or drink!" ”

Wu Hanchao shook his head and said, "I'm afraid they won't keep it all the time." I just went around in a circle, and the side near the sea is full of shallow reefs, and I can't cross it on a raft, and besides, our soldiers are not accustomed to water surnames.

If they make vines and trees and come down the mountain while it is dark, and flee along the foot of the mountain to the other side, it will be difficult to stop them from our side, but if they do do so, it will be too late to send a detour to the other side of the mountain."

The female general soldier was arrogant, but she obeyed Xiao Wu's words, and immediately said from love: "Then we will attack the mountain immediately, with our troops, we don't believe that we can't attack this mountain." ”

Meng Sihai immediately said: "No, this mountain is too steep, you see, those Japanese people are building soil, and they are also cutting trees to block the mountain, and if you attack hard, you will kill too many soldiers in vain!" ”

Song Xiaoai glared at him fiercely and reprimanded: "It can't be defended, and it can't be attacked, do you sit back and watch them escape?" If you're afraid of death, I'll attack! ”

Meng Sihai rushed up when he heard this, and Wu Hanchao saw that the two were about to quarrel, so he hurriedly stopped: "Don't quarrel between the two adults, this mountain is indeed dangerous, and there is a lot of momentum for a husband, and a hard attack is not a way." I have a plan, let's hold the bottom of the mountain first, and organize a feint attack on the soldiers, one to attract the attention of the pirates, and the other to make them unable to cut down the vines.

At the same time, please send some soldiers who are good at climbing, and go around the cliff with me, and we will get some ropes from the town, although the cliff is as steep as a mirror, and the general will be confident that he can climb it, and then I will tie the rope, and bring one or two hundred warriors who are good at climbing, and take advantage of the darkness to be condescending, and you can receive the effect of the miracle soldier. At that time, the two adults heard the chaos on the mountain at the bottom of the mountain, and then led the troops to attack the mountain, and they would definitely be able to completely annihilate this group of Japanese robbers. ”

Song Xiaoai said happily: "Hey! It's still General Wu's wisdom, let's do this, and then we will fight up and down, and make a great contribution to the governor! ”

Meng Sihai was stunned when he heard this: "General Wu, the cliff is too steep, even if there is a rope, it is difficult to climb, I see that this cliff is more than 100 zhang high, there are few who can climb it at all."

Song Xiaoai smiled proudly: "Hehe, General Meng, your soldiers can't climb up, but it doesn't mean that my soldiers can't climb up either." General Wu, I will choose 500 men for you, and I will act according to your strategy."

She glanced at Meng Sihai with big black eyes, and said meaningfully: "Destroy this group of widows, this merit belongs to your General Wu, and this official will definitely ask the Governor for your credit!" ”

Meng Sihai snorted, turned his head and rolled his eyes.

(To be continued)