In the study room of the Dian Palace.

Zhu Zhen paced back and forth in front of the large map, repeatedly scrutinizing the latest strategy proposed by Mu Ying.

After a long time, he finally spoke: "This king thinks about it, I feel that your judgment is correct, if I am Si Lunfa, I heard that the imperial court is going to mobilize a large army to destroy me, and Bacheng will also concentrate all his strength first and do his vote!" ”

"Yes!" Mu Ying nodded and said, "Si Lunfa must win a victory on our heads in order to really make a name for himself and unite his unstable regime, so he must give it a go while he still has an advantage." Once the army is in place, he will never have another chance. ”

"Hmm." Zhu Zhen nodded, closed his eyes slightly and said, "There are a few questions." ”

"Lord Wang, excuse me." Mu Ying stood behind him and said respectfully.

"One is that according to your method, that Si Lunfa is likely to do it in advance. Since this is the case, then he should be completely noble, not only before the army in the interior is in place, but also before the troops of our Yunnan garrisons complete the whole training, so as to ensure that the disparity between the enemy and our forces is the greatest, and the chance of victory is also the greatest! ”

"What the prince said is right, Si Lunfa will not wait for us to train the army well and completely restore its combat effectiveness." Mu Ying nodded solemnly and said:

"And looking at the previous two internal invasions, Silunfa knows our troop deployment very well...... Last time, they retreated as soon as the general sent troops, and this time they directly hit Feng Cheng in an ambush, which shows that their intelligence work is very effective, and they are his eyes and ears everywhere in Kunming City! ”

"That's for sure." Although Zhu Zhen does not have a brocade guard in his hand, Shu Laibao and his brothers from the former beggar gang know that their roots are in the prince, and they are willing to come to Yunnan with him.

Zhu Zhen placed this group of former filthy clothes and brocade guards in Kunming City, and they did the same work.

In the past year, Shulaibao and others have caught many natives who peep into the palace and spy on the military, but they are like rats in the granary, and they can't finish catching them at all.

Of course, this is quite normal for newly developed areas......

"Therefore, the last general estimates that with Na Si Lunfa's understanding of our army, it is indeed very likely that he will attack before our army completes its training!" Mu Ying's judgment was consistent with Zhu Zhen's.

"Then you don't have many troops in your hands." Zhu Zhen frowned and said: "It's only 30,000 people when it's full, or do you just wait for the training to be finished, and directly pull the guard army up?" ”

"No, the last general will bring 30,000 elite soldiers." Mu Ying said lightly:

"There are too many soldiers with you, what should I do if Si Lunfa is scared and doesn't dare to fight with us? But if I had known that I only had 30,000 reinforcements, he would have fought me hard. ”

"Of course, he can bring out 300,000 troops, and against 30,000, the advantage is too great." Zhu Zhen worried: "But you only have 30,000 troops, isn't it a little less?" ”

"Not a few." Mu Ying calmly analyzed:

"According to intelligence, there is no distinction between the military and the people in the Luchuan regime, and if the people gather, they will be the army, and if they are scattered, they will be the people. In case of battle, one for every three or five people will go out of the army, and the strong one will be selected as the main army, and it will be called 'Xira'. Xira held troops to resist the enemy, and the rest of the people were offered. Therefore, the army marched 50,000 or 60,000, and the number of fighters was less than 20,000. ”

"So although all the people in Luchuan are soldiers and can mobilize 300,000 troops, the real soldiers are only 100,000. Excluding the defenders in Jingdong, the combat troops under Si Lunfa were only 80,000. After a pause, he said categorically:

"30,000 Ming troops against 80,000 native soldiers, the advantage is mine!"

It's like saying that snow is white and coal is black......

"Okay...... "Who let Mu Ying say this, Zhu Zhen had no choice but to believe it.

"What are your odds?" He asked Mu Ying again.

"At the end, there will be seventy percent certainty that Silunfa will take the bait. As long as Si Lun is hooked, I have ten percent ...... Oh no, it's better to be rigorous, and there is a ninety percent chance that you can beat it in one fell swoop! Mu Ying replied rigorously.

"Then the odds are not low." Zhu Zhen couldn't help but be amused, and then said with a straight face:

"It's just that in this way, it will conflict with the strategy set by my father, who wants us to hold back the enemy army, wait for the arrival of 200,000 troops, and finish the battle. And you want to take the opportunity to lure the snakes out of the hole and fight them in advance! Not to mention the opposite of each other, it's pretty much the same. ”

"Because only by fighting a decisive battle in advance can there be a chance of a decisive battle!" Mu Ying's expression was grim.

In the Ming Dynasty, Boss Zhu was a god-like existence.

He dared to question his decision-making, and the pressure was so great that even the emperor's godson couldn't withstand it.

But it is precisely because he is full of sincerity to his father-in-law that no matter how much pressure he has, he has to say it......

"If we just wait for the army to be in place, Silunfa will definitely escape...... What awaits our army at that time will be an unsolvable dilemma! ”

Saying that, he raised his head, looked at Zhu Zhen with clear eyes, and said: "Hundreds of thousands of troops are on an expedition, and they must not withdraw their troops here, and in the end they have no choice but to plunge into the boundless tropical jungle, and the consequences are unimaginable......"

"Understood." Zhu Zhen nodded, sighed lightly, and said: "But if you follow your opinion, once the war goes badly, or even loses the battle, the responsibility will be great." ”

"The last general is willing to make a military order, and all the consequences will be borne by me!" Mu Ying clenched her fists and said.

"That's what I said. From the first day, this king said, you just have to let go and do it, how much you can do and how much you can do! With the credit, it is the people, and I will bear the responsibility of poking the basket. Zhu Zhen shook his head, patted his strong shoulder, and said:

"This king's broad-shouldered and thick-backed is the most suitable for carrying the pot."

"Thank you, Lord Wang......" Mu Ying was moved, don't don't.

"Then we're on the same page." Zhu Zhen nodded with a smile and said:

"But it's a big matter, and it's not for you and me to decide. In this way, the king urgently went back to the capital and made it clear to the old man face to face. Besides, we have to report our results, otherwise my father really thinks that we are patronizing the girls here. ”

"What?" Mu Ying was stunned.

"Nothing." Zhu Zhen realized that he had slipped his mouth, so he covered up the past without a trace:

"I haven't seen each other for more than a year, and I have to go back to strengthen the relationship between father and son."

"Then there is Lord Lao." Mu Ying said respectfully:

"Then before the prince returns, or has a new will, the last general will first arrange it according to this strategy."

"Hmm." Zhu Zhen nodded and agreed: "Anyway, no matter your plan or your father's plan, you must first hold Dingyuan City." If this Dingyuan City is lost, we won't even be able to cross the Lancang River......"

"Yes, after the Jingdong Mansion is lost, we are on the left bank of the Lancang River, and there is only the last stronghold of Dingyuan City, which is too important." Mu Ying thought deeply and said:

"This is not only a place that we must defend, but also a place where the Luchuan army must capture, so we must send elite soldiers and strong generals to garrison it, and there is absolutely no room for mistakes, otherwise everything will be over!"

(End of chapter)