Laifengshan is a volcano, and hot springs are its inherent characteristics, and even in later generations, it is one of the highlights of tourism. Zhu Yongxing shook his head lightly with a smile and said, "I won't go today, let's go down the mountain, there are still many things to be determined later!" ”

Mengzhu nodded with a smile, and walked slowly down the mountain with Zhu Yongxing, describing the benefits of the hot spring as he walked, and deeply regretted that Zhu Yongxing could not experience it.

Zhu Yongxing listened with a smile and occasionally interjected a few sentences, so that Mengzhu's interest continued. After Mengzhu's narration came to an end, Zhu Yongxing thought about his words and asked, "Your clansmen have all gathered, will you be dissatisfied with me not going to fight and using your clansmen to fight?" ”

Mengzhu hesitated for a moment, but still said truthfully: "There are a few village elders who do have criticism, but they have been suppressed by my father and the great witch. They are short-sighted and do not understand the truth that helping His Highness is helping the Mengshan Ke tribe. If there is no seal from His Royal Highness, without the help of the Ming army, even if Gaoping is defeated, there will be no peace, so how can the Zheng clan of Annan be willing to rest? Moreover, the Qing army is the enemy of His Royal Highness, and it is also the enemy of the Mengshan Ke tribe, if you don't fight today, you will not be able to hide in the future. ”

"It would be nice to think like that." Zhu Yongxing breathed a sigh of relief, paused for a moment, and said: "I will issue an edict that Patriarch Feng Siwei is the commander of Annan, and with this name, he can also calm the hearts of all people in your clan." Well, I was negligent in thinking about it earlier. ”

"Thank you, Your Highness." Mengzhu smiled happily and said: "Your Highness is not a cold person, let alone a person who crosses the river and demolishes the bridge, I, my father and Dawu are convinced of this." In fact, even several village owners who led the troops admired His Highness very much and were willing to fight for His Highness. ”

"Really?" Zhu Yongxing was a little skeptical, but now it was very important to get the full help of the Mengshan Gram tribe, these natural jungle warriors were indispensable in harassing and attacking, and they could not be replaced by the current Ming army.

"Really." Mengzhu blinked her big eyelashes, and said seriously: "Your Highness prays to heaven to get the magic method of healing the sick and wounds, and the people of my clan also benefit from it, who still doubts that Your Highness is not a divine envoy?" ”

I didn't expect the impact of pretending to be a ghost to be so great, Zhu Yongxing sighed in his heart about the characteristics of the times, and felt that maybe he could repeat the old trick at a critical time in the future. Of course, Zhu Yongxing has disdained such low-level and non-level tricks as burying stones, stuffing cloth strips in the belly of fish, and learning ghosts in the middle of the night.

The group had just returned to Tengchong City, and before they could take a break, Yi Cheng hurried over and told Zhu Yongxing a good news.

"Got through? Okay, great. When Zhu Yongxing heard the good news, he immediately jumped up from his chair, the clouds in the sky had dispersed, the most obstacleous obstacle to the implementation of his military plan had been lifted, and the combat operation could finally begin according to his ideas.

"Your Highness, I'm afraid it will take more than ten days to complete the project at the very least." Yi Cheng forcibly suppressed the joy and cautiously reminded.

For more than ten days, Zhu Yongxing touched his chin and thought about it, and felt that there should be time in time, so he smiled and praised: "Although I have not been rewarded, I can keep in mind your recent achievements, and when I win this battle, the first credit should be Zheng Changshi." ”

For Yi Cheng, Zhu Yongxing is grateful in his heart, without the help of him and the Zheng clan, it would be difficult for Zhu Yongxing to quickly gather some urgently needed talents, and it would be difficult to stabilize the military spirit of the Ming army gathered so quickly. Maggot therapy and Qingsong certainly solved the urgent need, but without the medicinal materials transported by the Zheng family, as well as some Chinese herbs such as notoginseng, Santai safflower, and broken rice firewood that some caravans had painstakingly collected from the mountains and jungles, how could the injuries and illnesses of the Ming army be cured so quickly. Without the dozens of miners urgently recruited by the Zheng clan, Zhu Yongxing's tactical ideas would have all failed.

"Your Highness has praised it falsely, your subordinates are just doing their duty, and they are doing trivial things, how dare they take the lead?" Yi Cheng humbly shirked.

"I know in my heart that this merit is unique to the long history." Zhu Yongxing repeated resolutely, and waved his hand to interrupt Yi Cheng's rebuke, and said in a deep voice: "Don't know about this matter with outsiders, and tell the leading generals when it's used." ”

"Your Highness, rest assured, your subordinates have already arranged it, and they will never leak the slightest rumor." Yi Cheng's expression was solemn, and he bowed to Zhu Yongxing to reassure.

"I'm very relieved that you're doing things." Zhu Yongxing praised it again, then sat down in the chair with a golden sword, and ordered awe-inspiringly: "Please come to discuss the matter immediately, the Qing army's attack is imminent, and we must step up our actions." Wait, let's discuss it first, and try to explain the reasons to the generals when we discuss the matter. ”

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"Yongchang General Daniel Zhang, a famous general of the Qing army, has both wisdom and bravery, and his troops are also very elite-" General Wu Sansheng of Dingshuo paused, feeling that he was a little afraid of the enemy and timid, and hurriedly said: "If our army relies on the fortified city to defend, the enemy comes from afar, and if it is not taken, it will be difficult to last." Abandoning the city and fighting, whether it is a bit hasty or not, I hope His Highness will be cautious. ”

Yi Cheng glanced at Zhu Yongxing, got his signal, and said: "Famous generals must be cautious in using troops, if they follow the rules, our army will not have enough troops, and it will be difficult to take advantage." If there are no reinforcements outside, just waiting for the Qing army to retreat, it is tantamount to sitting on guard and waiting to be killed. ”

Gao Guanggui, Marquis of Guangchang, pondered for a while and said: "If Tengchong City is surrendered to the Qing army, the Qing army will have a fortress, and use it as a base to accumulate grain and grass, so that it can advance and retreat freely, and it will be more difficult for our army to win." ”

"Although Tengchong City is strong, His Highness has already obtained the method of breaking the city, and it is easy to attack it." Yi Cheng pointed to the map very confidently and said: "The Qing army in Yongchang is not more than 10,000, and the maximum number of people who can be dispatched is only 8,000. Abandoning Tengchong, then another part of its army was contained, and only 4,000 people were left who could fight a decisive battle with our army, and our army should have a chance of winning. ”

"I wonder if His Highness can tell me about the method of attacking Tengchong?" Although Wu Zisheng, the Marquis of Huairen, had expected that there would be a battle, he had doubts about the easy remark of attacking Tengchong, and tentatively asked.

Yi Cheng looked at Zhu Yongxing again, and when he saw that he groaned and shook his head slightly, he said: "The secret of heaven must not be revealed, and the generals should trust His Highness to do this, and do their best to help." ”

This is a bit heavy, and no one is willing to doubt Zhu Yongxing openly, although there are doubts in his heart, he has no choice but to obey the order at this time.

Although Zhu Yongxing was a little too cautious and cautious, he refused to inform him of the trump card in advance, but the stakes in this battle were very important, and once the secret was leaked, the consequences would be unimaginable. Therefore, he had no choice but to prevaricate on the grounds that the heavens could not be revealed.