After being questioned by Shen Shuren, Zuo Zixiong and other generals were also confused.

But fortunately, they still have self-knowledge, and they also know that Lord Futai has always been far-sighted and far-sighted, so they did not have the slightest doubt about the instructions of the leaders, and immediately refused to wait for orders to act, and at the same time immediately gathered all the senior generals and held a military meeting.

After all the generals arrived, Shen Shuren almost understood why he had worries and ominous premonitions, so he calmly analyzed it to the generals:

"The land of Yuezhou is indeed located at the choke point, and it is worth fighting for with the main force, but it only has this purely military value. If two feudal towns, or even enemy countries, were at war with each other, it was understandable to hold Yuezhou and block the mouth of Dongting Lake to ensure the safety of the entire Xiaoxiang Valley.

But who is Zhang Xianzhong? His soldiers and horses are just thieves! He fought his way out of the mountains of Xiangxi! What is the use of him putting on this posture of desperately fighting for Yuezhou? Could it be that he already regards all the Xiaoxiang mansions as a bag?

If this is the case, wouldn't he have gone to the south to pick up soft persimmons and pinch them with the main force first, and occupied all the staking land in those state capitals with weak defenses? If I lead the troops, and Yuezhou is fighting like this, I will definitely make preparations with both hands......

That's why I said you, what's the use of fighting the enemy's 'main force' in Yuezhou? Fortunately, we are a guest army, even if the worst happens, and the southern part of Huguang temporarily loses more territory, the imperial court will not be able to convict us of losing our land.

That's it, let's do it first, immediately prepare to divide the troops, first gather the light warships and sailors, prepare to secretly break through the blockade line at the mouth of Dongting Lake tonight, break into the depths of Dongting Lake, and then divide troops to inspect the estuaries of Xiaoxiang Yuanli to see what the erosion in the south has become! ”

was analyzed by the Shen Shuren like this, and the generals were also a little afraid.

Zuo Zixiong, the chief soldier, said worriedly: "But...... Does Zhang Xianzhong have so many troops? Looking at this Baling camp in the past few days, I am afraid that even if there are no 100,000 people, there will definitely be more than 50,000 or 60,000. The last general also observed the size of the enemy army before judging that Zhang Xianzhong's main force was here.

If they divide their troops to the south and the number of them is insufficient, won't they be broken by the defenders in Changsha and other places? Also, our army is now in the case of unknown enemy situation, and it is also divided into troops to search south, if one of them encounters the main force of thieves, will it also be dangerous? ”

Shen Shuren was angry and funny: "Are you sure that there are at least fifty or sixty thousand enemies here?" How can you be sure? ”

Zuo Zixiong and his subordinates Jin Shenghuan and Zhu Wenzhen looked at each other for a few seconds, and confessed: "Look at the scale of the camp, how many tents are watched, and the smoke on the stove, and so on. ”

Shen Shuren shook his head: "I really want to delay time, can't these be faked?" I'm leading the troops, and I'm faking! Also, what do you have to worry about dividing your troops to search south and being bumped into by the enemy's main force? Did I let you ashore?

I'm asking you to pick a fast boat and rely on the waterway. Use your brains to think about it, no matter how numerous the enemy army is, there is a shortcoming that cannot be bypassed, that is, Zhang Xianzhong came over the mountain, and it is impossible to bring a boat from the nest!

He had to cross Dongting Lake, he had to maneuver along the Yuanshui, Lishui, and Xiangjiang rivers, and all the means of water transportation were either cut down to make rafts or captured from various counties along the way! In a water battle, as long as one side's warship is absolutely swift and defensive, it is invincible, and it cannot be defeated and run away when it encounters a strong enemy? ”

These words stopped a few generals again, Shen Shuren sighed, and realized that this could not be blamed on them, they were indeed not very strong in water warfare, Zuo Zixiong was born as a land general, and so were Jin Shenghuan and Zhu Wenzhen.

Zhang Mingzhen and Zheng Chenggong were all famous generals in water warfare, but Zhang Mingzhen and his main subordinates are now in charge of coastal defense in Zhoushan, and they are not subordinate to Shen Shuren. Zheng Chenggong is also serving as the prefect of Jiujiang and is a civil official.

Shen Shuren's generals who can directly take out their hands here are not completely waterless generals, but their level is relatively low - after following Zhang Mingzhen and Zheng Chenggong a few months ago, Shen Lian, who just became a garrison, is a good general of the navy.

He was born in the Shen family and a sailor of sea ships, and he knows water warfare very well, but his level is too low, at least much lower than the above three generals and above, so he was not qualified to lead an army alone.

In addition, Li Yu, the general of the Korean Bird Battalion who surrendered before, actually has a good strength in water warfare, otherwise he would not have been sent out by Kong Youde before. It was only because of the Battle of Beacon Mountain that he took the initiative to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, so it seemed that the battlefield performance was stretched.

After Shen Shuren thought it through, he no longer blamed his army generals for not being all-powerful enough, and ordered straightforwardly: "There is a precedence in hearing the Tao, and there is a specialization in the art industry, you don't understand water warfare, and I don't blame you." Just keep staring at Li Dingguo.

Tonight, I asked Shen Lian and Li Yu to take a battalion of men and horses, select a sturdy fast boat, and then bring all the sons and mothers in the army to steal the South and see if they can make any gains on the surface of Dongting Lake and the mouth of the Xiangjiang River.

A few of you have memorized it for me - I just arrived today, so I shouldn't have spread the word that I've arrived, right? Then keep your mouth shut! If anyone in the army dares to talk about the news that I have arrived, the military law will deal with it - this is good, Zhu Wenzhen! ”

Zhu Wenzhen responded: "The end will be!" ”

Shen Shuren: "The day before yesterday, you annihilated Jiao Guangqi in that battle, you fought well, I will find a way to help you show your merits, and find Wan Yuan Ji from the staff department of the Nanjing Military Department to help you re-forge your resume and background, wash your identity, and officially award you a general again on the grounds of this good news."

In order to make the credit more solid, you will remember for a moment today that after the artillery bombardment of the enemy camp by the Left General Army, the cavalry was organized to charge and kill again, and then he would find the weak point of the enemy camp's bombarded defense and attack, and strive to break through the blockade line and rush to the bottom of Baling City, and then kill back-

You should be familiar with this, right? After you destroyed Jiao Guangqi the day before yesterday, you broke through Bai Wenxuan's blockade like this and got in touch with the defenders of the city, I just want you to do it again. ”

Zhu Wenzhen didn't even think about it: "The last general obeys the order!" But...... What's the use of that? The news that reinforcements have arrived, hasn't it already been sent in? The morale in the city is high now. ”

Shen Shuren smiled gloomily: "Then you will emphasize it again this time, by the way, shoot a few arrows and arrows into it, the content of the letter is nothing more than to let the defenders in the city continue to insist, and tell them that the reason why you have not launched a strong attack on the enemy camp is because the rear army from Wuchang has not yet arrived, and it only takes two or three days, so let them not be discouraged."

When archery, you can shoot a few more arrows, most of them must be shot at the head of the city, and some can be shot crookedly, falling under the city walls and by the moat - of course, don't be too fake, you can't shoot on the outside of the moat! It's the inside of the moat, between the base of the city wall! ”

Zhu Wenzhen and the others smacked the meaning of Lord Futai, and also gasped slightly, realizing that this was part of the deception.

The key is that this deception has no cost, if Li Dingguo is careful and discovers the abnormality of Zhu Wenzhen's attack today, he has to get to the bottom of it, and finally send the dead soldiers to the bottom of the city wall in the middle of the night to pick up these missing arrows tied to the letters, then Li Dingguo can be more at ease and be less vigilant.

And even if this deception is not successful, Li Dingguo doesn't care, or if he is unlucky and can't find these few book arrows that didn't enter the city, Shen Shuren will not have a loss.

Since there is no cost, there is no need to use it in vain.

And this kind of deception has another advantage, that is, if you want to launch a general attack on Li Dingguo's camp in the future, it will be more sudden, so that the psychological preparation of the thieves will be as insufficient as possible.

Back then, Bai played Changping, and he didn't let Zhao Kuo know that Bai Qi had arrived in Changping, and Zhao Kuo thought that the general of the Qin army was still Wang Yi.

Zuo Zixiong's "stubborn battle in the village" two days ago must have left a deep impression on Li Dingguo, and this impression cannot be left in vain. Since I missed Shen Shuren a little bit, I have to make up for it from another angle!

In the world, only he Shenshu takes advantage of others, how can anyone take advantage of his Shenshu people!

……

The Ming army went up and down, and the combat atmosphere soon changed.

The various departments have suddenly become flexible and flexible.

Zhu Wenzhen's "Zhun Guanning Iron Cavalry" also suddenly came out again after the artillery battle that afternoon, and everything was carried out according to plan.

Li Dingguo and Bai Wenxuan on the opposite side did not encounter a strong attack by the official army for two days, and they were originally a little lax. As a result, after part of the camp was blown up by Hongyi artillery, a cavalry suddenly rushed in, and Bai Wenxuan was really caught off guard again.

At least the thief troops in front of the gap in the defense line were sprayed miserably by the musketeers in the face, and at least two or three thousand people were lost - not all casualties, and a considerable part of them were completely scattered, and it is estimated that they will not respond to Zhang Xianzhong as a soldier after escaping.

Li Dingguo was anxious for a while, and the troops on his hand had been eaten away to barely 20,000.

But he was still a many-hearted, and after asking about the details of Bai Wenxuan's abnormal behavior of the enemy army, he suspected that there must be something wrong, and finally sent a small team of dead soldiers to swim quietly across the moat and search under the city when it was about to be completely dark that evening.

Zhu Wenzhen actually deliberately missed dozens of "letter arrows", so they were also picked up by Li Dingguo's ministry in the dark.

If Li Dingguo knew that the current commander of the Ming army had been replaced by Shen Shuren himself, with his awe of Shen Shuren's treacherous name, he would definitely think more about whether there was fraud.

It's a pity that he doesn't even have enough information, the Shen Shuren Army has always been known for its solid secrecy, and Li Dingguo thought that Zuo Zixiong was still in command.

Based on his observation of Zuo Zixiong's IQ in the past few days, of course he would not feel that Zuo Zixiong suddenly opened up to cheat, so he believed that the information on this letter was absolutely true.

It seems that in two days, it will usher in a strong attack by the official army! At that time, he may have to give up the Baling siege camp in advance, and if it drags on for so long, it can be regarded as worthy of the righteous father, and it will buy enough time for the righteous father to expand his territory in the south.

And when he gave up the siege of Baling, of course, he had to send a messenger in advance to warn his father-in-law, so that he should be wary of the sailors of the official army rushing into the hinterland of Dongting Lake, and the waterway supply lines on the lake must be protected at that time.

It's a pity that Li Dingguo's "warning" is destined to be late.

Because there was no such thing as this so-called "two days later", it was only in the second half of the night that day, the Ming army's sailors of about 6,000 men and two battalions selected all the clippers in the army, equipped with portable Franc machines, and thousands of birds, and penetrated Li Dingguo's patrol blockade at the mouth of Dongting Lake in the dark.

More than a dozen rogues were destroyed and killed, and the only thing they could do before they died was to warn the officers and troops of the enemy attack, forcibly break through the narrow waters at the mouth of Dongting Lake, and rush into the hinterland of Dongting Lake.