Night had fallen, but the lobby of Guiyang Bingbei Road was still brightly lit, and Wang Lanping couldn't wait to prove whether his idea was feasible.

The candle flame flickered, reflecting the serious and solemn faces, the battle of Lushui was very important, and Wang Lanping was very concerned.

He excitedly said to the generals: "Everyone, Luzhou is easy to defend and difficult to attack, which has been obvious to all, but no matter how strong the fortress is, it cannot guarantee that there will be no loopholes, this is the weakest point of the Luzhou fortress."

Everyone followed his fingers and locked their eyes on the Luzhou map on the desk, only to see that the fingertips of the King of Han were a few simple ripples, everyone knows, this represents the Yangtze River, the rolling river that surrounds the three sides of Luzhou City, see it clearly, but if you want to say that the river is the weak point, is it a little sick and rushed to the doctor's brain fever, who doesn't know that the Yangtze River has always been an insurmountable moat.

Wang Lanping had already guessed everyone's disbelief, and he said: "Yes, I know, the Yangtze River is the barrier to defend Luzhou, everyone thinks so, the defenders in Luzhou City think so, and the commander of the Western Army stationed in the city, Zhang Hualong, must also think so, anyone can guess that only a madman will attack from the waterway."

The generals looked at each other, Zhao Zhishang had fought with Zhang Hualong, he knew that if he wanted to attack from the waterway, he would undoubtedly commit suicide, no matter how many people could not succeed, even if he could transfer the Zhenjiang water division in a short time, even if he could get close to the city of Luzhou, but how to go up the cliffs on three sides around the city, there was no place to climb.

Zhao Zhishang swallowed his saliva and said puzzledly: "King Han, you don't really plan to march by water, do you?" ”

Wang Lanping was serious, nodded affirmatively, and said, "Then do you have any other methods?" ”

The generals looked at each other for a while, and it was obvious that no, even if there was a moment, they couldn't think of it.

Cao Dingjiao's head was sweating, and he muttered: "King Han, can you not repeat the mistakes of Changle Pass, the army has entered the river, but you don't want to fight on foot, you can't withdraw if you want to, as long as there is one negligence, it is likely to cause the whole army to be annihilated."

Wang Lanping laughed, slapped the table and said: "When this king traveled in Zhongnan Mountain in the past, he met a retired soldier, and more than half of what I learned was taught by him. Second, treacherous; Third, gambling also', the most important of which is precisely betting, Lao Tzu bet today that Zhang Hualong could not have expected me to attack from the waterway"

Everyone saw how sure he said, although he was puzzled, but he also knew that it should be impossible for King Han to be careless after experiencing the tragedy of Changle Pass, so he didn't speak, waiting for his detailed decomposition.

Wang Lanping was full of confidence, threw his helmet aside, pointed to the map again, and said: "Generals, you see, the three water villages of the Western Army all stand around the Shenjian Mountain, and they seem to rely on each other, but in fact, the actual situation is that no matter which water village we attack first, if other water villages want to come to the rescue, he must bypass the most spire of the Shenjian Mountain, this is this, this circumambulation is more than 30 miles of waterway, if you ignore the wind direction, this distance takes about half an hour."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, oh, it turned out that the King of Han didn't want to attack Luzhou City first, that's okay, fortunately, the water village is a new establishment of the Western Army, the defense is relatively weak, and the troops are not much, each village is about sixty or seventy warships, in fact, it is a warship, that is an exaggeration, the Ming army and the Western army in Luzhou were just confrontations before, and they never planned to take the initiative to attack, and the other party did not fight over God has eyes, so Zhang Xianzhong did not take the Ming army entrenched in Bijiewei seriously at all, and did not set up the costly and time-consuming sailor, It wasn't until he heard that the Western Expeditionary Army of the Ming Court came from Huizhou that Zhang Xianzhong realized that Wang Lanping's target might be Luzhou, so he strengthened the garrison and built a defense line based on Luzhou as the main body.

The navy is also improvised to put together, the real warships account for less than one-tenth, and the rest are newly recruited civilian ships, even small boats, first take the water village to hold the larger.

It's a pity that Wang Lanping can't even collect civilian boats in his hands, so he can't row a bath to get water.

Just when everyone was puzzled, who knew that King Han spoke amazingly, took out the unfinished embroidered surface of Xiangling, and threw it on the map.

"If you want to break Luzhou, you must first take the water village, and you must take the water village, this is the way"

Everyone was stunned, and instantly felt that the brain was not enough, the silk embroidery of the round arch was just three people and a boat, a river and several peaks, this kind of embroidery can be embroidered by a little bit of female red girl's house, which can still be linked to the battlefield?

Just when everyone focused on the embroidery, Wang Lanping smiled very strangely and said: "Don't look at it, it has nothing to do with the embroidery on it."

When the generals heard this, they took back their stretched necks, and their faces were full of doubts, no one could guess what the hell King Han had planned, hoping that it would not be a momentary slap on the head.

**

During this time, officials at all levels in Yunnan and Guizhou came to pay homage to Wang Lanping, and no one asked them to come, but they did not show their loyalty to the current situation.

Among them, the biggest one is the Mu family who has guarded Yunnan's 'country of colorful clouds' for generations, the former prince of Qianguo, and now the little Mu Wang, this is a prince-level king with a different surname, and the whole Ming Dynasty except for the Han King Wang Lanping is also the most noble identity of this little Mu King Mu Tianbo.

Wang Lanping attaches so much importance to the Mu family, that is, because he is not surnamed Zhu, and more importantly, after the Mu family is the founding hero of the Ming Dynasty, hundreds of years of famous families, even this kind of person has to rely on the blessings of the Han King to survive, let me ask if there is anyone in the world who dares not to take refuge?

Yunnan is located in the southwest border, the control of the imperial court has always been very weak, and the Mu family has been here for more than 200 years, although there is no grace to the people, but there is no big mistake, the local people support more, if Wang Lanping also kills the Mu family, I am afraid that it will be unfavorable to the local stability, he does not expect Yunnan, a province with few people to live together, to have any help to his own policy, but he also does not want to hinder himself, these reasons, Mu Tianbo picked up a small life, Yunnan is also free from the devastation of war, one stone.

With King Mu entering Guiyang and the King of Han brazenly meeting, it seems that a layer of window paper has been pierced invisibly, that is, the pro-noble and the generals with heavy troops can no longer ignore the ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty, and stand together in the limelight, seemingly a very inconspicuous move, but it has the same effect as Song Dali's trampling on the imperial power in Nanjing, what the ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty, bullshit, Lao Tzu wants to step on it, step on the mud, so that the people of the whole world have lost the last trace of pity and sympathy for this already weakened and sluggish Ming Dynasty.

King Mu didn't stay much in Guiyang, he came this time in addition to shooting Wang Lanping's sycophant money, but also brought 100,000 stone grain and 500,000 military expenses, Yunnan is a province that has not suffered from military disasters, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, this bit of silver grain is not easy to obtain, Wang Lanping is very happy to accept all the orders, and personally accompanied Mu Tianbo to review his army, in fact, it is to scare him with a mighty and majestic army, in Yunnan to me honestly, dare to have a little disloyalty, you can step on your Mu Wangfu into the soil in a moment.

King Mu is honest, the battle of Changle Pass made him see clearly, on the battlefield, he is not qualified to fight against the King of Han at present, if he wants to keep the Mu family's century-old foundation from falling, he has to swallow his anger, who calls the Zhu family The emperor can't keep the courtiers, how can the courtiers keep the emperor.

Mu Tianbo took the prince's honorific position to lead the important position of the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, as a cronie of the Han King can get such a heavy responsibility, Mu Tianbo can only sigh, what more can the husband ask for, and then returned to Yunnan in a hurry, eager to build a meritorious archway for the King of Han along the way.

Similarly, not every official who comes to pat himself has such good luck, Jin Yiwei has been in the wind again this year, and it can be said that it is pervasive in the officialdom, all the officials who are dissatisfied with the King of Han are able to do it, wipe them all to the end, go home and coax their grandsons, all the officials who are loyal to the King of Han, even if they are a little lacking in ability, they will all be promoted, because at this time the spare officials around Wang Lanping have been exhausted, so they have to compare the two to take the one that is beneficial to themselves, and then slowly replace it in the future, Don't ask how much these people can help themselves, the biggest advantage is to listen to the greetings, and don't make trouble for Lao Tzu at critical moments.

The army stayed in Guiyang for eighteen days, and finally started again, and the 80,000 army marched like Luzhou in turn, camping along the river for twenty miles.

And in these days, Wang Lanping not only appeased Yungui's officials, but also did some other things, such as Xiangling's embroidered secret.

**

The day has just cleared, Wang Lanping led the generals to stand on the bank of the rolling river, the river wind shouted, it was the middle of September, the northwest wind was blowing almost all day long, to talk about the water war, the day was on Wang Lanping's side, with the soldiers of the court to suppress the rebellion and occupy the people, the western army was only geographically advantageous, the war must win the three elements, Wang Lanping accounted for the second, the chance of victory is still very great.

Looking from afar, the faint color of Luzhou City can only see a vague outline in the center of the river, and the scenery on the opposite bank is also submerged by the churning river from time to time, only when the wind recedes a little can you see a few black spots floating in the center of the river, Zhao Zhishang said that it was the reconnaissance ship of the Western Army.

Wang Lanping, who is accustomed to fighting on horses, is also surprised by such a behemoth as the Yangtze River, looking at those few black spots, it seems that they were swallowed by waves in an instant, and after a while, they came out of nowhere, let alone fighting, it is not easy to stand firm.

The two sides of the strait are seven or eight miles apart.

Wang Lanping pointed to the opposite side with a horse whip and said: "Luzhou City, the name is well deserved, the tiger is far from the dragon plate, the majestic view of the river, enough to underestimate all opponents, this king remembers that in the eleventh year of Chongzhen traveled to this time there is no such courage, a few years not seen, impressive, General Zhao, who built the new defense of Luzhou City"

Zhao Zhishang shook his head and said: "The pseudo-king of the north of the West Dingbei, Ai Nengqi, I heard that the Jianmen Pass in western Sichuan was also built by him, this person is known for his good defense in the Western Army, and this Putrajaya Fortress is also a good hand."

Wang Lanping nodded approvingly: "Well, capable people, if there is no external force, I am afraid that this Zhang Xianzhong will pass on the position to him."

Zhao Zhishang thought for a while, and muttered: "I don't think so."

"Oh?"

"King Han, not everyone in this world is as versatile as King Han, although Ai Nengqi has a high reputation in the Western Army and has heavy military achievements, but unfortunately, the means of resourcefulness and officialdom are far less than his righteous brother Sun Kewang, he seems to have self-knowledge, he can stick to it and never take the initiative to attack, fight in a dumb battle, Azig in Shunqing can be regarded as really understood, as if the two sides are comparing to see who dies first"

"Ah, haha, interesting," Wang Lanping laughed.

Just when all the generals were laughing loudly, Wang Lanping suddenly changed his face and shouted: "Order, attack immediately after the wind stops for a while, beat the main camp, and touch the opponent's reality first."

"Order"

Speaking of an attack, in fact, it is more than 20 sloops no more than five feet long, adding some guards around the hull, and sending some archers and firearms, which can be regarded as a serious warship.

In addition to this, there are thirty bamboo rafts, Guiyang Mansion has a lot of this thing, it is readily available, and it can be regarded as a warship, as for the combat effectiveness, it is about equal to zero, this is a cannon fodder that goes up to the thunder, and I don't plan that they can come back alive, although it is cruel, but I have to do this, the vanguard always has to be on the line, and the bamboo raft is just for bluffing, it is really because the civilian ships are gone.

The people shouted a trumpet that Wang Lanping did not understand, and carried thirty bamboo rafts into the river, and twenty warships also assembled on the shore to form a long snake formation.

Don't look at the small bamboo raft, lay a wooden plank, add a small sail, stand on four people plus a war drum the size of a grinding plate, it is also stable, and then connect it with a rope, I believe that there will be a different scenery at that time.

In the blink of an eye, it was evening, and the river was sparkling and golden, and every time night fell, the wind on the river became smaller.

The battle flag waved at the heights, the 'sailor' of the Han King galloped away, and the war drums on the bamboo raft rumbled, and the northwest wind could only be transmitted into the city of Luzhou.

Wang Lanping and the generals climbed the heights and looked, he looked at this rather shabby 'water master', and said to the people around him: "Tell them, don't get too close"

The flag soldiers waved colorful flags again and again, saying that righteousness does not manage money, and mercy does not lead the soldiers, but no matter which general does not really regard human life as nothing.

With the Han Wang's sailors advancing step by step, the head of Luzhou City was also boiling, Zhang Hualong heard the sound of war drums and climbed the city, raised his eyes and looked into the distance, almost didn't laugh him to death, dare to love the famous Ming Dynasty Han King will not fight, isn't this a child playing at home, just these few broken ships dare to take Luzhou City directly, it is too bad to give Zhang someone face.

The first few torches in Luzhou City waved again and again, only to see the gate of the water village on the left side of the Western Army wide open, and more than 30 warships rushed out and shot straight towards the Han King sailors.

The surface of the river is different from the land, at a glance, you can see it within four or five miles, but the sky is a little dark, you can't see it really, and even the sound of war drums is gradually inaudible.

The Han king's sailors took the cliffs under Luzhou City, and they didn't care about the Western army and sailors who killed from the left, as if they were going up to die.

Suddenly, a rumbling sound sounded, even Wang Lanping could clearly see that the cannon on the city wall of Luzhou was fired, the water column on the river surface rose, the huge waves rolled, and the front cabin of the two Han King Sailor warships walking at the forefront was instantly full of holes, and I don't know how many shells were hit, with the splashing of sawdust, the front cabin was quickly filled with water, and in a blink of an eye, it was plunged into the water, and more than ten soldiers on the ship did not even have a chance to escape.

The command boat of the Han King's sailors was at the rear, and several command flags flew over, and the sailors quickly turned around and escaped from this ghost gate.

The Western Army sailors behind the butt kept following until they came into range of the artillery on this side and did not retreat back.

"Attack again!" Wang Lanping ordered again.

The sailors who had just arrived on the shore immediately turned the bow of the ship, and this time they went straight to the right water village of the Western Army.

"Collect the troops and return to the camp, and fight again tomorrow" Wang Lanping pulled out his horse and left, but there was a touch of joy on his face. (To be continued.) )