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Zhu Yuanzhang took Ma Xiaotian, Miao Mei and seven hundred thieves and hurried to the junction of Baishui and Chengcheng. Since ancient times, between two county towns or two prefectures, or "two territories", there have always been some things that mark the surname as a divide.

For example, rivers, lakes, mountains...... Topography such as these will cut off human activities, and without these things, it is often difficult to cut off from another piece of territory.

Baishui and Chengcheng can not escape this stereotype, between these two counties, there is a small mountainous area, Zheng Yanfu uprising, it was in this mountainous area in the "Dongzi Cliff" to occupy the mountain as the king, and later was destroyed by officers and soldiers. Since then, the mountainous area has been relatively peaceful, and no thief dares to come here to squat.

Bounded by this mountainous area, the farmland and villages on both sides of the mountain belong to Baishui and Chengcheng.

Zhu Yuanzhang led his troops towards this mountainous area, only to see the mountainous area, and before he could enter it, a long-hidden scout jumped out of the roadside: "Brother Zhu...... Second Brother Wang and Brother Leng Feng have been waiting in the nearby village for a long time, please come with me. ”

The scout led the way, Zhu Yuanzhang and others followed all the way behind, and soon came to a small village, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes lit up, isn't this village the "Nanyao Village" where he followed Zheng Yanfu in the middle of the night? This village is Zheng Yanfu's hometown and the core combat force of Zheng Yanfu's rebel army. After Zheng Yanfu rebelled and left his relatives, the brothers who were willing to follow him and never abandon him were all poor people from Nanyao Village.

Because almost all the young and strong people in Nanyao Village participated in Zheng Yanfu's uprising, and most of them died in the encirclement and suppression of officers and soldiers, so the village was in a state of serious lack of labor in the next few years, coupled with the impact of the great drought, the village has become very depressed, the villagers died, walked, and the remaining people in the village have only eight families left, and the families are all old and weak women, almost all of whom rely on begging for food to survive. The other houses are all vacant and unattended.

So Wang Er and Yang Hong chose this village to garrison, those empty dwellings are just suitable for the army to hide inside, if the thieves do not have these houses to hide, but camp in the field, it is too easy to be discovered by the scouts of the officers and soldiers.

The eight remaining families in the village had already received a consolation sum and were sent to the city, where only a few thieves disguised as villagers were active, and they sat under the eaves with blank eyes like ordinary peasants, and did not do anything decent.

Zhu Yuanzhang walked into the village, and Yang Hong and Wang Er greeted him: "Brother Zhu, we chose to ambush here, scouts were scattered on the official road, and when the officers and soldiers passed by, they went out and caught them off guard from the side and behind." ”

"Hmm!" Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said, "Have the scouts of the officers and soldiers been here?" ”

"Been here...... Killed several. Yang Hong laughed hesitantly: "The seven or eight villages near here have all been replaced by our people, and when the officers and soldiers scouts entered the village to inquire about the situation, they suddenly attacked, and they have ambushed and killed more than a dozen officers and soldiers. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned: "In that case, you are still ambushing here?" The scouts of the officers and soldiers were killed here, and they would be very careful when they marched to this vicinity, so that they could not be ambushed, and those who thought that the ambush had succeeded would be counterattacked by the other side by taking advantage of the whole time. ”

Indeed, this is a very simple truth, the scouts sent by the Ming Ming are killed in large numbers in this vicinity, who would get into the ambush circle like a fool? Isn't that sick? If Wang Er couldn't think of this kind of thing, it was understandable, but Zhu Yuanzhang didn't believe that Yang Hong couldn't think of it.

Yang Hong smiled bitterly and said, "Brother Zhu, I also know that it is not easy to ambush...... As a matter of fact...... It's not easy to ambush the army that scattered scouts, and I can't think of a better way to do it, so I can only choose to attack here. ”

"Well, scout nets are inherently troublesome!" Zhu Yuanzhang nodded: "Since ancient times, there have been very few good generals who have been able to avoid the opponent's scout net and surprise attack the enemy army...... Therefore, since ancient times, wars have been dominated by upright battles. Occasional success in a surprise attack will go down in history. ”

"But if you don't surprise attack, you can't do it!" Yang Hong was anxious: "If you fight in an upright manner, it will be too easy to let go of the other party's general...... Even if we win, Wu Fu's bastard will run away. ”

This is also a truth, in the era of cold weapons, there are no planes, and there are no cars, as long as the losing side spreads its legs and runs, the winning side has no way to take others, and it can't catch up! Therefore, it is very difficult to completely annihilate the opponent in the era of cold weapons, and it is often necessary to use surprise attacks or encirclement to catch the enemy general.

"I can understand your vengeance!" Zhu Yuanzhang's voice turned stern: "But ...... It is taboo to put the army in such a dangerous situation to fight just to avenge personal revenge, and you remember it clearly for me. ”

"Uh......" Yang Hong lowered his head.

"Okay, don't be depressed, although it is impossible to ambush here, but it is completely possible to ambush in another place." Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly laughed.

"Where?" Yang Hong was immediately overjoyed.

"Over the mountainous area at the junction of the two counties, let's go to Baishui to ambush." Zhu Yuanzhang smiled: "People are such things, it is easy to be confused by some illusions, we ambushed and killed more than a dozen scouts in a row in the village of Chengcheng, so what will that guy Wu Fu think?" ”

"He will think that it is possible for the enemy to be in the vicinity of these villages...... That's why we said we can't ambush here. Yang Hong said seriously: "Why does Bugling Zhu ask that?" Isn't that what I just said? ”

"That's right! I'm just deepening that impression. Zhu Yuanzhang smiled: "Next is the second question, if the enemy has already guessed that we will ambush him here, then what will he do on the way here?" ”

Everyone was at a loss, only Yang Hong reacted the fastest, and after he paused for a while, he suddenly slapped his thigh: "I understand, if the other party thinks that we will ambush here, then they will lose their guard on the way here." All of their plans are geared towards what to do if they are ambushed 'here', and they don't think about what they will do if they are ambushed elsewhere. ”

"That's right!" Zhu Yuanzhang smiled: "If you know that the enemy is 1,000 miles away from you, you will not enter a state of combat readiness when you walk 500 miles, this is human nature, and no one can escape this way of thinking." Of course...... A truly powerful general, no matter how far away the enemy is, no matter whether the surrounding security is or not, will do a good job of scout netting in order to deal with all kinds of unexpected situations. But I don't think Wu Fu is a famous general, not that smart! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang's hand pointed to the mountainous area separating Chengcheng and Baishui: "Over this mountain, let's go to Baishui to ambush Wu Fu!" For us, white water is soft ground, and marching and fighting there can only take advantage of us, and there is no reason to suffer. ”

"Isn't it okay to be ambushed in the mountains?" Wang Er asked curiously.

"In such a place where it is easy to lay down in the mountains, the officers and soldiers must be cautious when passing through, so it is better to run to Baishui, so that the officers and soldiers can completely exceed the unexpected." Zhu Yuanzhang immediately ordered: "Flying Mountain Tiger, Big Red Wolf, the two of you each lead a hundred soldiers, running back and forth between the nearby villages, deliberately looking for an opportunity to let the scouts of the officers and soldiers see you...... At the same time, the scouts who pretend to be villagers in the nearby villages should not be withdrawn, and the scouts who continue to assassinate officers and soldiers...... Give them the illusion that we are going to ambush here. ”

"Yes! Be! "The Flying Mountain Tiger and the Big Red Wolf have been following Miao Mei before, helping Miao Mei in the situation of their deputies, and this is the first time that Zhu Yuanzhang has assigned them to complete the task, and they are both very excited.

Zhu Yuanzhang took Ma Xiaotian, Wang Er, Miao Mei, Yang Hong, and Poodle...... Almost all the important chieftains, leading fifteen hundred men, intended to enter the White Water.

There were many scouts of officers and soldiers on the official road between Chengcheng and Baishui, and it was impossible for an army of 1,500 people to swagger into Baishui without being discovered. But Zhu Yuanzhang and most of the soldiers from Baishui knew that there was a place to bypass the mountains and penetrate Baishui.

That place is Ma Xiaotian's hometown, Xigu Village!

Although the line separating Chengcheng from Baishui is mostly mountainous, it is different only in Xigu Village, which is introduced in Chapter 5 of this book, and Baishui Xigu Village is connected to Chengcheng Ren Village, and there is only one pond at the junction of the two villages. But in the seventh year of the Apocalypse, the pond dried up, which led to a group fight in Xigu Village and Ren Village, and it was from that incident that Zhu Yuanzhang began to emerge from a small cattle herding baby.

The army from Baishui can be said to know the roads around here well, and everyone easily found the two ancient villages of Ren Village and Xigu Village.

Returning to his hometown, it is embarrassing that the two villages in the eye look very decadent, because the pond between the two villages has dried up, and the people in the village have long been unable to live. All the villagers of Xigu Village followed Zhu Yuanzhang to Huanglong Cottage, but as for the people in Ren Village, they didn't know where they went...... Maybe they've fallen in some unknown place!

All the houses in the village were empty, with the occasional tattered furniture that had fallen to the ground, cobwebs everywhere, and lifeless dead trees drooping their heads. Ma Xiaotian walked a few steps in the village, and suddenly burst into tears...... In addition to him, Zhu Yuanzhang's guard and several soldiers were also from this poorest village, and they couldn't help wiping a handful of tears.

"Zhu Bugs...... Wait until we take the white water...... I want to rebuild this village, will I? Ma Xiaotian said seriously.

"Done!" Zhu Yuanzhang said without hesitation: "Not only to rebuild this village, but also to rebuild the whole world!" ”