Chapter Forty-Six: Leading by Lead

"Strategies and stratagems are used in a particular environment, and there is no such difference in numbers, and now the opposing enemy has less than 5,000 soldiers, many of whom are non-combatants. The number of our two allied forces is three times that of the enemy, and I don't think we need any strategy, and if we can't win the battle between the three and one, it will be in vain. Shang Zhen smiled.

Lu Bing shook his head: "It's better to plan carefully, although it is basically a sure victory now, but we also have to minimize the casualty rate, this is the real victory, I know a Mr. Wang Shouren, he advocates so." Therefore, I will continue to act according to the original plan, and I will also send some men and horses to assist His Highness in the war between Yaeyama Island and Yonaguni Island to relieve the pressure on your country. ”

After some deliberation, it was decided that the Ryukyus Kingdom would march towards the encirclement that night, and the Ryukyu Kingdom would naturally not have to delay anything longer when it had been preparing for a long time, and Lu Bing's fleet would not have to be delayed if it was anchored in the sea. The combined fleet arrived at the periphery of the encirclement at dawn the next day, and Lu Bing's fleet was in the rear, because some of the ships were too big, and the ships of the Ryukyu Kingdom were too small, so they were afraid that the big ships would pass by and accidentally smash those small ships, so they had been very cautious to dodge.

Lu Bing ordered Yu Dayou and Li Du to assist the Ryukyu King, while he took his men and horses to Iriomote Island with Qi Jingtong and Tang Kekuan. Lu Bing's sentinel ship and the Haicang ship and the Cangshan ship brought troops to the east side of Iriomote Island, and successfully replaced the Ryukyu Army, which was blocking and defending on land. The Ryukyu army went by boat to support their king, and this place was completely left to the Ming army.

As mentioned before, Lu Bing has another purpose. Lu Bing is not stupid, he is not really a grand duke who selflessly helps the king of the Ryukyus. It is natural to be able to sit and reap the benefits of fishing, but compared to zero loss, he needs a real battle to hone his soldiers, even if there are some casualties, it is worth it, because Lu Bing has more grand plans to do next, and at the same time, this battle has to achieve another purpose. This one is still pressed down, and I will show it later.

The war on Iriomote Island was completed very neatly, and Lu Bing ordered the ship to anchor on the west side of the island, and the guns were all aimed at the land west of Iriomote Island, and then began a frantic bombardment. The iron ball fell on the island like no money, killing and injuring countless enemy troops, and there was a lack of dodging on the island, and this group of thieves did not expect the attack of the Ming army, and there was no fortification to build shells, and they were suddenly beaten in a mess. There is a strange scene on the island, the west side of the island is crying dad and shouting mother's stump and broken arm, and the east side of the island is quiet and terrible, and there are only the wheezing sounds of the Ming warriors and the sound of the horses snorting excitedly.

The thieves on the island were in great distress, and after a short panic, they immediately organized themselves and headed towards the eastern side of the island, where they thought there were defenders of the Ryukyu Kingdom, and the two sides had fought several times before, and the Ryukyu army was small in number, but only relied on fortifications and proper preparation to kill and wound the enemy again and again.

At this moment, the thieves no longer care about this, and there may still be a chance to fight to the death with the Ryukyu army, and they should be able to win, but they need to pay a painful price. If you still stay on the west side of Iriomote Island, I am afraid that you will be smashed into a pulp by a big iron ball like rain, and you will become a shrunken turtle and die without knowing whether it is white or not.

But they were wrong, and what was waiting for them to the east of the island was not the Ryukyu Army, but the Iron Army of the Ming Dynasty. Listening to Qi Jingtong's order, ten thousand arrows were fired in unison, and the fire guns rang out in unison, and then the cavalry attacked and stabbed to kill, and after a round, the thieves were wiped out, either injured and fell to the ground or were driven into the sea alive, and were killed by the sentry ship and the soldiers on the Cangshan boat. This battle took less than an hour, and most of the enemy troops were annihilated, and the rest were captured, and there was jubilation inside and outside Iriomote Island, but Lu Bing frowned slightly, this battle was too smooth.

This is not to say that the enemy has any tricks that he thinks of as a snake, but Lu Bing originally thought that the Ming army would be subjected to desperate resistance, but he didn't expect that the gap between the strength and weapons of the two sides was too big, and he ended up with such an easy victory. Lu Bing came to the captive, found a Han man and asked, "Is Sato among your gang?" ”

"We are not General Sato's subordinates, please spare me." The man kowtowed repeatedly.

Lu Bing snorted coldly and said, "Then do you know where Sato is?" ”

"I said it, but the adults will spare me."

"Don't say it, I'll ask others, come on, drag it down"

"Adult, adult, small said, small said, General Sato is on Yonaguni Island, not on Iriomote Island."

Lu Bing nodded and ordered all of them to board the ship and rush back to Yonaguni Island, and then ordered the execution of all prisoners of war, all the prisoners of war kowtowed and begged for mercy, but Lu Bing scolded: "Mother, you soft bones, you are a man in vain, when the people you have plundered begged you, have you ever been soft?" ”

Qi Jingtong rushed over at this time, and shouted from afar: "Wenfu, Wenfu, don't be like this." ”

"Brother Shixian, don't say anything about not killing prisoners, saying nothing like that, you have watched too many blockbusters of the Anti-Japanese War, and you are so hated that the roots of your teeth itch and you are killed." Lu Bing said.

Qi Jingtong shook his head: "Wenfu, look at your impatience, you wait for me to finish," Qi Jingtong whispered a few words in Lu Bing's ear, Lu Bing listened and turned his anger into a small one, but that smile was not much evil.

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Besides, Yonaguni Island is fighting hard at the moment. After the successful capture of Yaeyama Island, Yonaguni encountered unprecedented resistance, because this is the place where the anti-thief leader lives, so the most elite troops and the strongest fortifications are hidden on the island. Therefore, after a few simple rounds of artillery fire, the casualties were not very large, except for the destruction of some huge palaces and residential buildings on the island.

Yu Dayou ordered a landing attack to engage the enemy in hand-to-hand combat. As a result, the Ming army rushed ahead of the Ryukyu army and engaged the enemy. Looking at the tragic struggle between the two sides, looking at the soldiers on both sides who fought to the death, a trace of tears appeared in the eyes of the Ryukyu King Shang Zhen, the Heavenly Empire is the Celestial Empire, and the Ming army that came to help the war became the main force in this war, and the people of their own country did not shed blood and let the Ming army suffer casualties, where is this to be careless. So, Shang Zhen also hurriedly ordered to board the ship to fight, but even so, it was blocked by Yu Dayou's flat formation, and the Ryukyu army could not get close to the enemy at all, and was "protected" by the Ming army in the rear.

Li Xiang watched the battle on another lucky ship, looking at it indifferently, there was no joy, anger or sorrow on his face, and there was no expression at all. And several former thieves next to him gritted their teeth and their fists were about to clench, and one of them said: "Big brother, go and tell Yu Dayou about it, how can you be so stupid, don't let others get on yourself." ”

"That's it, big brother, you see how many of our brothers have died."

"Big brother, this group of grandsons play with us, and they said that they shouldn't be cannon fodder, but they still let us go to the death, and if we go on like this, we will run out, leave some soldiers in our hands, big brother, if we continue to fight like this, everyone will be gone, and people will not take us to play."

"Shut up the fuck!" Li Xiang turned around and roared, looking at those thieves, Li Xiang sighed and said, "I can rest assured that I play like this." ”

Everyone was puzzled, Li Xiang explained: "How many people do we have, nearly 5,000 people, how many people are under Lu Bing, 6,000 people, this difference is not big, in case we turn against it, so this is Lu Bing's strategy to consume us, if he receives all the courtesies according to the order, I have to wonder if he will unload the mill and kill the donkey in the future, go back to the capital and slaughter us, and swallow all our troops." Of course, it is possible to do this now, but according to my analysis of Lu Bing's character, he belongs to the kind of person who either doesn't want it, or gets it all, and he will believe in his words and deeds, and he is a man who talks about faith and righteousness. Therefore, now he is doing this to show that he will not unload the mill and kill the donkey, but still wants our soldiers and horses, and will let us be in charge of the soldiers and horses of his headquarters. But he didn't worry about us, so he weakened our strength. ”

The leaders nodded, and Li Xiang said again: "Secondly, even if Lu Bing gets the Holy Favor again, even if there is so much money from unknown sources for him to squander, I think most of the money will still be spent on the emperor." Lu Bing's personal guards cost a lot, and if he raised our gang, I don't think he can afford it, or he doesn't want to bear it. ”

"Then it's good to dismiss us, why let the brothers die for this?" One asked.

Li Xiang shook his head, and there was a very special meaning: "Lu Bing has always attached importance to commitments, if he is like this, what is the integrity, not to mention that he really wants to lead our soldiers and horses." It's just that you see that our group of people is uneven, and Lu Bing will not support those old, weak, sick and disabled even if he wants to. As I said, he will do what he says, and when the time comes, it will definitely be contrary to what he said at the beginning, and it will cause disgust among his subordinates, so it is better to let them die in the war, and the rest will be able to fight well, be physically strong, or be lucky. So this is Lu Bing's plan, but I want to see how this guy ends, let's discuss it and understand this truth, the soldiers under him don't understand. They knew that Lu Bing was letting them fill the pit and send them to death, can they listen to Lu Bing's orders when the time comes, Lu Bing still has to rely on us, if he can turn things around and convince the soldiers, then it will be really powerful. ”

After Li Xiang finished speaking, he no longer wanted to see his brothers go to death, and turned around to go back to the warehouse, when suddenly a leader shouted: "Big brother, look, it seems to be Lu Bing's handsome flag." ”

Li Xiang ran to the railing, looked intently, and saw dozens of small boats rowing towards Yonaguni Island, Lu Bing was wearing battle armor, holding a tiger's head sword in one hand, and holding a strange thing similar to a fire gun tied together in the other, and ran towards the shore to bear the brunt. And all the generals behind him, including Qi Jingtong, followed closely, and then there were the pro-soldier guards. Li Xiang Ha Lu Ha Da Lang smiled: "Damn, Lu Bing is really desperate, I heard that this kid is disabled, he can't use martial arts, and he can still kill the enemy so first, Ha Lu Ha ”

Lu Bing brandished the treasure knife and shot those thieves with an imitation revolver, luck and his whole body, although the knife moves he used were not as exquisite as before, but they were also very powerful at killing one person in ten steps, but it looked more like ordinary people, not as against the sky as before. The move of the Thirteen Deadly Swords put great pressure on the body, and now Lu Bing did not exert his greatest skill, but he did not dare to use the move, for fear that the wound that had just grown would collapse because of the domineering Thirteen Deadly Swords.

Lu Bing's actions made those obedient soldiers see in their eyes and remember in their hearts, it turned out that he was not cannon fodder to fill the pit, look, the high commander fought side by side with us, and he did not have superior martial arts, even if his moves were more exquisite than ordinary people, but they were also full of dangers on the battlefield. The soldiers were suddenly inspired, and as Lu Bing fought bravely to kill the enemy, the originally anxious battle situation gradually tilted in the direction of the Ming army.

Li Xiang saw it in his eyes, and naturally understood in his heart that this was Lu Bing's explanation to all the soldiers, and he couldn't help but sigh: "Smart, smart, Lao Tzu is convinced." ”

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