The Qing army was able to bypass the reconnaissance of the Japanese army and successfully appear in the rear of the Japanese army, thanks entirely to the strong reconnaissance ability of the Beijing ship.

Before sending ambush troops, Lin Yuan found the locals and asked if there were any roads in Bauhinia Mountain that could be used by large troops. The locals shook their heads, saying that there is no such road, the roads in the mountains are all small roads, and it is impossible to get around without a day. Lin Yuan carefully observed the aerial map, but found a trail in the mountains, judging from the measured distance, this path was completely suitable for large troops.

So Lin Yuan sent a small force to reconnoitre, the result is, the trail can really go, it turns out that there is a small river, because of the inaccessibility, many locals do not know the road, the cold winter wax moon, this small river is frozen, and it snows on it, so there is an extra trail out.

So a team of 200 men quietly went around the trail to the rear of the Japanese army.

The fleeing Japanese army just hit the muzzle of this ambush force, and the Japanese army, who had no fighting spirit, only wanted to escape back to Jinxian as soon as possible, and did not organize a counterattack, and the Qing soldiers did not chase too much, simply cleaned up the battlefield, picked up the guns and ammunition discarded by the Japanese army, and withdrew to the camp.

When the later Japanese receiving troops received the fleeing Japanese troops, they found that less than one-tenth of the more than 500 people of the outpost had escaped.

Lin Yuan ordered the troops participating in the night operation to return to the city to rest, and the rest of the troops stationed in Jinzhou quickly marched to Jinxian, and the Qing army of more than 2,000 people all went out, and at dawn, set up camp two kilometers away from Jinxian. There are more than 1,500 Japanese troops stationed in Jinxian County, organized into three squadrons, and their combat effectiveness is relatively complete.

Lin Yuan and Wu Yuankai, who had not slept all night, did not care about resting, and immediately convened a meeting of the generals to formulate the next combat action.

Most of the officers of that era had never studied and did not know anything elegant, so Wu Yuankai first said in a rough voice: "Lord Lin, what are we going to do next?" ”

Lin Yuan said: "I plan to surround the Japanese army in Jinxian. ”

Wu Yuankai's eyes widened, and he said in surprise: "What did you say? ”

A staff member said: "Lord Lin, this grandson has a cloud in the art of war, and ten rules are surrounded by ......."

Without waiting for this staff member to finish speaking, Wu Yuankai said angrily: "Don't drag the text, talk about people!" ”

The staff member looked embarrassed and sneered: "Sun Tzu said in the Art of War that we can only surround the enemy when we have ten times the strength of the enemy, and now that we are about the same as the Japanese army, how can we surround them?" ”

Wu Yuankai also said: "That is, although the Japanese outpost camp was defeated, the strength of the Jinxian defenders still exists, how can we surround them?" ”

Lin Yuan said: "The encirclement does not have to be surrounded geographically, we can also surround them psychologically, that is, we want them to believe that they have been surrounded by us!" ”

Wu Yuankai asked: "Lord Lin, I'm a rough person, I haven't read many books, you just say, how can we surround them from that heart?" ”

Lin Yuan said with a smile: "We want to convince them that our troops far surpass them, Lord Wu, have you seen "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"?" There's a troop reduction in there, have you heard of it? ”

Lin Yuan said the content of the hundredth chapter of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Zhuge Kongming's soldiers went out of Qishan, and the later lord Liu Chan listened to Gou An's slander, and announced that Zhuge Kongming would return to Chengdu.

Wu Yuankai hadn't watched "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and he didn't want to lose face in front of his staff, so he had to make a joke and say: "Know the way, know the way." He was afraid that Lin Yuan would continue to mention "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", so he quickly changed the topic and asked, "What if the Japanese army in Jinxian attacks us?" ”

Lin Yuan also said: "I know that the intelligence work of the Japanese army has done a very good job, and they know very well how many defenders there are in Jinzhou City, but yesterday's shelling must have made them wonder if their intelligence work was wrong, and they will definitely make such a judgment, Jinzhou City has come to reinforce troops, and there are quite a few of them, and their combat effectiveness is very strong, and they do not dare to rashly attack us." ”

"This is one, and two, how do the Japanese reconnaissance how many people are in our camp? A very direct method is to calculate the number of stove pits, there will be cooking smoke when we cook, and the Japanese army can judge our number based on this, so we will let him reconnoitre, dig more stove pits, and make more cooking smoke, so that they can believe it. ”

Wu Yuankai thought for a while, seemed to understand, and said: "Even if they think they are surrounded, but we have to beat them. ”

Lin Yuan smiled: "Who said we were going to beat them." ”

Everyone looked at each other, not knowing why Lin Yuan said such a thing, Lin Yuan met everyone's surprised eyes and said: "What we want to fight is their reinforcements, and the closest to Jin County is the garrison of Panjin, with a number of about 3,000 people." ”

Lin Yuan used one of the PLA's trump card tactics, encirclement and reinforcement, this method of operation is to besiege a part of the enemy army, and then strike at the enemy army who came to the rescue.

Lin Yuan said: "This tactic is called 'encirclement and reinforcement', in history, there are many such battles, such as in the 19th ......" He just wanted to cite a few classic examples, and suddenly remembered that these battles had not yet happened, so he had to stop talking.

Wu Yuankai asked: "How can you be sure that the Japanese army in Panjin will definitely come out of the city to rescue?" ”

Lin Yuan didn't answer, but asked with a smile: "Is there a telegram in Jinzhou City?" ”

One of the staff members replied, "Yes." ”

Lin Yuan smiled: "Do you know the way? Your passwords are all in the hands of the Japanese army, and the Japanese will know what you send. ”

Looking at the panic on everyone's faces, Lin Yuan said with a smile: "It is precisely because of this that we have to send a telegram to Ningyuan and Shanhaiguan, and the telegram says that our Jinzhou defenders have all been deployed on the periphery of Jinxian County, and use stratagems to deceive the Japanese troops in Jinxian." In this way, the Japanese army in Panjin will think that our rear air defense is weak, and we will reveal the news of insufficient troops, and hope that the defenders of Ningyuan will support as soon as possible, you say, will the Japanese army in Panjin take the opportunity to attack us, and then take Jinzhou by chance. ”

A staff member said: "Lord Lin has said very well, but there is another question, when will the Japanese army in Panjin come to rescue Jinxian?" ”

Lin Yuan stretched out two fingers and said with a smile: "Two days at most." Look, how far is Ningyuan from Jinzhou? One hundred and fifty miles, most of the defenders of Ningyuan are infantry, and it will take at least two days to come over, and the Japanese will definitely send troops over before our reinforcements arrive. ”

Wu Yuankai asked: "The defenders of Panjin are about 3,000 people, which has surpassed us, and we have to divide our forces to contain the defenders of Jinxian, so even if it is an ambush, we will fight more and less, in this way, will the chances of victory be great?" ”

A staff member also said: "That's right, Lord Lin, not only that, from Panjin to Jinxian, it is all a horse and a flat river, and it is impossible for us to ambush it." ”

Lin Yuan said with a smile: "There is also a distance of one hundred and fifty miles from Panjin to Jinxian, and the Japanese army will definitely step up its march in order to catch up with us. ”

After Lin Yuan finished speaking, he put his finger on the map a little heavier and said, "This is where we ambushed the Japanese army!" ”

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but gasp, and they all wondered: "Can this work!" ”