However, is there really such a way to get rid of the attacking city guards while jumping out of the siege of the officers and troops on three sides?

This idea is very good, and it can perfectly solve the current predicament of the rebels, but no matter how you look at it, there is no such way as zài in reality. This is also the reason why Yuan Xingwei only vaguely put forward the general direction of the best policy, but could not think of a specific method.

"I think we can divide the troops, use a small group of rebels and displaced people to break through in other directions, induce the city guards to follow and kill, and the main force will take the opportunity to rush west into Guang'an County."

"No, instead of going west, it's better to go south and enter Daze. If the rebels were fast and hidden, they might be able to catch the local garrison brigade of Daze County by surprise. After tearing through the blockade, they went all the way south, crossed the borders of the empire, and finally flowed into the Qingyue Kingdom, a vassal state of the empire! ”

Xu Shizhong and Dian Yong thought for a while, and then put forward their opinions one after another.

Among them, Dian Yong's mention of yì especially attracted the attention of the generals. Crossing Osawa and not stopping at all, he went directly to the imperial vassal states further south. Wait for the shape of the empire to change, and then wait for the opportunity to kill it back.

Compared to other strategies, this plan still seems difficult, but it is still a little more executable.

Even Yuan Xingwei couldn't help but think about this mention carefully.

Seeing that the thinking of his generals was gradually clear, and it was not useless, Chen Wu couldn't help but nod secretly. Patiently waited until they had completed their initial plan before he slowly spoke and said to everyone: "General Digong's method is a way out, but it is not the best. ”

"Could it be that General Fei still has a way?"

Chen Wu's words made the generals surprised and delighted, and they all looked at it.

Everyone knows that Chen Wu said so. Most of the time they already have a comprehensive plan. He has the prestige of a previous winning streak and a command that almost never makes mistakes. Everyone was full of expectations for Chen Wu's next plan.

"There is no need to divide the troops. There is no need to go in the other three directions, you have all neglected one side. ”

Chen Wu gave them a hint.

Yuan Xingwei shook the gilded folding fan in his hand a few times, reacted the fastest, and said in surprise: "What does the general mean, to the east?" However, the capture of Dongguan Mansion only gave the rebels one more place. This small area is far from enough for the rebels to maneuver around and fight against the city guards! ”

Chen Wu smiled. Cheng Zhu said in his chest: "It's not Dongguan Mansion, but the direction of further east!" ”

Now, all the soldiers understood together.

"Bayan Mountains!"

"What do you mean by the general, fleeing into the Bayan Mountains?"

The Bayan Mountain Range is a north-south Hengduan Mountain Range, stretching for about a thousand miles, and the narrowest part is also a hundred li, and it is the largest and most famous mountain range in the four southeastern counties of the empire. Due to the steep and complex mountain, and many poisonous insects and beasts, it has been an insurmountable barrier since ancient times. It's a zài. The two counties of Taiping and Daze in the west, and Songjiang and Tiannan counties in the east. It was divided into two territories that did not communicate with each other.

For more than 300 years since the founding of the empire, Taiping County and the neighboring Songjiang County have hardly had any direct communication because of the existence of the Bayan Mountains.

"Escaping into the Bayan Mountains can indeed survive for a while, but ......"

Yuan Xingwei was about to refute, but when he saw Chen Wu's expression, he was stunned for a moment, and quickly realized that he didn't understand what the other party really meant.

After thinking about it more deeply, he and Dian Yongcai understood it almost at the same time.

It's not just to escape into the Bayan Mountains to avoid pursuit, which can certainly support for a while longer, but the city guards only have to block outside Dongguan Mansion, and after a long time, the righteous army that sits on the mountain will collapse sooner or later, which is a desperate road that can never be walked out after entering. Chen Wu's real intention was to cross the Bayan Mountains to the east, jump out of the encirclement of the empire in one fell swoop, and enter Songjiang County further east!

But, is this possible?

In the early days of the empire, the governments of Taiping County and Songjiang County on both sides also organized several times in an attempt to explore a road that could be traversed, and then open up the connection between the two counties. But all these efforts ended in failure, and dozens of people were lost in the Bayan Mountains and never came out.

Since then, no one has mentioned it.

"Rest assured, Ben is not dizzy."

Chen Wu confidently said nonsense: "In the adventures of Ben General's grandfather when he was young, he crossed the Bayan Mountains several times and entered Songjiang County, and left a detailed map. Although the map has been damaged due to poor storage, the details will be remembered clearly. ”

Is there such a thing?

The people present, Xu Shizhong and Yuan Xingwei, who joined later, did not know what Chen Wu was, and after a short period of surprise, they were overjoyed. But Dian Yong and Sun Tian, who are also from Changshan Town, are suspicious of this.

In Sun Tian's memory, Chen Wuzu was an honest farmer for generations, when did he cross the Bayan Mountains?

However, my grandfather's generation, after all, didn't know the old yellow calendar from decades ago, and neither Dian Yong nor Sun Tian had been born yet. Seeing that Chen Wu said that the oath was serious, and the matter was serious, Sun Tian felt that Chen Wu should not joke about this.

But even so, after the surprise, everyone still had doubts in their hearts.

For example, Dian Yong once went into the mountains to hunt many times, and when he was in Changshan Town, he ambushed the black turban thief with Chen Wu, which is enough to illustrate this. Because of this, he knew very well that the Bayan Mountains were steep, and there might be trails for hunters to walk alone, but that didn't mean they could be used by armies!

The Taiping army was an army of at least a few thousand people, and there was a huge amount of grain and grass, which was different from a lone hunter.

Can the passage in Chen Wu's mouth be used for large vehicles? Is there enough water along the way?

The climate in the mountains and forests is changeable, and there are many poisonous insects and beasts, can the rebel soldiers get used to it?

Any of these questions is enough to lead the army to annihilation in the Bayan Mountains, and there is no room for the slightest reluctance!

However, Chen Wu gave a very conclusive answer.

"Yes!"

The fact that the governments of Taiping County and Songjiang County were unable to excavate a passage across the Bayan Mountains due to limitations in manpower, risk, technology, etc., does not mean that players in "Empire" are not able to do so. Compared to the aborigines, players have the advantage of resurrection. After realizing the value of the Bayan Mountains, there are large guilds that specially recruit a large number of newcomers to explore the Bayan Mountains endlessly.

After hundreds of trumpets and dead for an unknown number of times, coupled with more advanced jungle survival and exploration skills from the real world, a player organization called the HSBC Chamber of Commerce has successfully carved out a trade path.

That's three years after the game was launched.

Although the trade route through the Bayan Mountains is very winding, it is actually suitable for large vehicles. Using it, the players of the HSBC Chamber of Commerce smuggled the world-famous cotton cloth, raw silk, and tea in Songjiang County, as well as the sea salt from nearby Ninghai County, to Taiping County, avoiding the original countless tax cards along the way, and directly smuggled them to Taiping County, earning unimaginable profits.

This trade route, known as the "HSBC Corridor", became famous half a year later, and everyone knew about the entire server.

But, at least for now, in this world, the HSBC corridor remains a secret that does not exist in the world. The quiet existence in the mountains and mountains, waiting for the world to uncover its true face.

The only one who knows that it exists is Chen Wu of the Taiping Army!

"Is there really such a passage?"

was excited by Chen Wu's affirmative answer, regardless of whether it was Yuan Xingwei, Dian Yong, or other generals, they all fell into an irrepressible excitement. The Imperial Center could not have imagined that the Taiping Army would be able to ignore the blockade of the surrounding borders and pass through the Bayan Mountains, which were recognized as impassable, into Songjiang!

This will be a strategic shift that will be significant!

Compared to Taiping County, which suffered a locust plague three years ago and a drought this year, the situation in Songjiang County is much better.

Songjiang County, which is also one of the five major grain-producing counties, can enjoy the sea breeze and precipitation of the eastern ocean because it is not sheltered by the Bayan Mountains, and it can be said that the wind and rain are smooth every year. The population and economy surpassed Taiping County in an all-round way, and it was the most plastered place in the southeast of the empire, not to mention the world-famous Songjiang cotton cloth. If you can suddenly appear in Songjiang County, take this county down......

With a clear idea and a goal, Chen Wu's civil and military generals immediately began to brainstorm and perfect this plan that would reinvigorate the Taiping army.

With the current strength of the righteous army, crossing Dongguan Mansion and entering the Bayan Mountains, the remaining officers and troops of Dongguan Mansion should not dare to stop it, and everyone is confident in this. As for how to cross the Bayan Mountain, they decided to trust Chen Wu, and this was not a problem at all. The key is that after getting rid of the siege and pursuit of the Imperial Guards, they jumped to Songjiang County.

"How many officers and troops are there in Songjiang County?"

Dian Yong was the first to ask this question, it was good to be able to jump out of the encirclement, but if he accidentally entered a more dangerous encirclement, it would be worth the loss.

Although Taiping County and Songjiang County are close at hand, due to the obstruction of the Bayan Mountains, it gives people a sense of distance. Yuan Xingwei had hardly paid attention to the affairs of Songjiang County before this, racking his brains to recall fragmentary information.

To their surprise, Chen Wu gave the answer directly.

"Three local garrison brigades!"

"Among them, the 1st Garrison Brigade sits in the county town of Dengzhou and has a regular 4,000 light infantry; The 2nd Garrison Brigade, which guarded Daqing Pass in Yuyang Province, was also 4,000 light infantry; The 3rd Garrison Brigade, because its main task is to guard against the Eastern Ocean pirates who occasionally cross the border from Ninghai County on the east side, has high requirements for mobility ability, so it is a mixed brigade with 2,000 light infantry and 2,000 light cavalry, mainly stationed in Osan Province in the east. ”

A total of 12,000 troops!

Compared to the Taiping Righteous Army, there are still a lot, but compared to the 25,000 city guards, at least it is not an invincible level.

Just think about it, you can see that the forces of these three garrison brigades are scattered. Since each had its own garrison, it was almost impossible for them to assemble, which gave the Taiping army the opportunity to break through separately. In addition, the officers and troops of Songjiang County are also second-line garrison troops of a local nature, as long as the rebels can launch an attack by surprise, it will not be a problem to conquer Songjiang! (To be continued.) )