After several days of preparation, on September 13, Tuhai led a 15,000-strong army to Yunnan.

On the second day after Tuhai led his army, the Qing court received the news that Kunming had been lost and most of Yunnan had fallen. Sony, who was in his 60s, fainted in anger after hearing the bad news.

Because of this news, the entire DPRK and China, the originally calm situation was like a stone being thrown into the lake in an instant, producing countless ripples.

The fifth day of the confrontation between Li An's army and Wu Sangui on the Nanpan River.

On this day, the explosives ordered by Ang Lee were sent in batches.

Large quantities of black powder were sent to the army. Among them, there are also various earth explosives, the most representative of which is made from sun-dried dung. In fact, the soil nitrate used in the folk production of black powder is actually diluted with water and poured on the earthen wall, and the nitrogen in the feces and urine is converted into nitrate by using the nitrifying bacteria naturally existing in the soil.

Although the dry manure has not been treated by the earthen wall, it will inevitably come into contact with the soil during the drying process. Therefore, there is also a certain component of nitrate in dry manure. Therefore, after the dry manure is further fried, it can be mixed with carbon powder and sulfur to make black powder.

In use, this type of dung powder can blast rocks, but in three times greater quantities than normally made black powder.

The arrival of all kinds of explosives also indicates that a major war is about to break out.

"Haha, great goodness, Lone remembers a great credit for you." Li An smiled and patted Qi Lei's shoulder and praised.

Qi Lei waved his hand and said humbly: "It's all due to the king's proper arrangement, and the ministers don't dare to take credit." ”

"Supervisor Qi, don't be humble, you are also indispensable. It's a bumpy ride, and you go to rest. After Li An waited for Qi Lei to leave, he immediately ordered his own soldiers to pass Ma Bao, Lei Chaosheng, Jin Tongwu and other general soldiers and deputy general soldiers to the Chinese army's big tent to discuss matters.

A moment later, Jiao Hongcao, the deputy chief soldier of the first town;

Jin Tongwu, the chief soldier of the second town, and Wu Guoan, the deputy chief soldier;

Lei Pilgrim, the chief soldier of the third town, and Qi Sansheng, the deputy chief soldier;

Han Yong, the chief soldier of the fourth town, and Jin Tai, the deputy chief soldier;

The fifth town's chief soldier sword and wood prayer, deputy chief soldier Wang Daoheng.

The sixth town (cavalry town) chief soldier Ma Bao, deputy chief soldier Ma Weixian

Wei Yong, the chief soldier of the seventh town, and Li Gui, the deputy chief soldier.

The eighth town general soldier tower Xince, deputy chief soldier He Tianyun.

The chief soldier of the ninth town, Gao Dejie, and the deputy chief soldier Hu Shundu.

Except for Wu Sanxing, who did not come because of the defense of Kunming City, the rest of the generals gathered in the Chinese army's big tent.

Li An looked at the two generals on the left and right, cleared his throat and said, "Siliang, how is the grain and grass?" "The soldiers and horses have not moved, and the grain and grass go first. As usual, Li An spoke first about the issue of grain and grass.

"There are 306,780 stones of grain and 187564 stones of forage in the original grain depot of Kunming City; Siamese Na vegetable king grain offering 145,670 stones; Our army originally had 64,756 stones of grain and 37,864 stones of forage. The total amount of grain is 517206 stones, and the forage is counted 225428 stones. At present, there is abundant grain and grass in the army, which is enough for our army to eat for half a year. Ma Siliang took the booklet word by word and reported it to the generals present to report the grain and grass in the army.

After hearing this, the generals were full of confidence in winning this battle.

Ang Lee is also very satisfied with this data. He didn't expect Wu Sangui to pile up so much grain and grass in Kunming City, as well as the full help of the King of Siam. Now that there is plenty of food and grass, it is time to attack.

Immediately, the congregation will begin to develop a battle plan.

The generals made suggestions and suggestions on the sand table formulated by Li An's people.

Finally, according to the situation that the Qing army was divided into two large armies, there were two commanders. Ma Bao, Li An, and Jin Tongwu made a decision and decided to "win with the right and the odd".

Here "Zheng" means to fight the enemy with dignity, and "Qi" is to win with the elements of change.

This is similar to the strategy of drawing wages from the bottom of the kettle, that is, instead of confronting the enemy's strong force, we must try to weaken the enemy's "momentum" and decompose the enemy's living force.

"It is better to cut off one finger than to hurt the enemy's ten fingers." Instead of relying on a frontal battle with the enemy, we should destroy the favorable conditions on which the enemy depends, thus creating a superior situation for our own side

Therefore, the key to achieving "victory by surprise" is to contain and mobilize the enemy, induce the Qing army to follow in the footsteps of the Ming army, and disintegrate the strength of the Qing army.

Such a practice will give the Qing army a misunderstanding of taking it by surprise and attacking it unprepared, but in fact it is an extremely ingenious method of dividing the battle.

This time, the battle method is focused on Wu Sangui. One is to avenge the old master Zhu Youlang, and the other is that its strength is inferior to Shang Keg, and it is easy to attack.

"With the right fit, with the odd victory, do the generals have any objections?" Li An looked around at the generals and asked loudly.

"The last general seconded."

"The last general seconded."

In the hall, everyone participated in the specific arrangements for the battle.

Since it has been decided to use the division of arms, there must be two coaches. Although Li An was still injured, he still insisted on leading the troops in person despite the opposition of the generals.

In this way, the coach of the two soldiers and horses is Ang Lee, and the coach of the road is Ma Bao.

When the other coach decided on the candidate, Li Anxin was also hesitant. In the end, let Ma Bao command the troops, or let Jin Tongwu command the troops.

After thinking about it for a long time, he decided to let Ma Bao command the troops. One is that Ma Bao used to be Wu Sangui's old department and knew Wu very well. Second, Ma Bao's new surrender is not long ago, if this battle can be won, his prestige in the army can also be established.

Li Zhao was worried that some people in the army would not be convinced, so he specially arranged for Lei Chaosheng, who had a good relationship with Ma Bao, to serve as a deputy general to assist Ma Bao in better commanding the troops and horses.

"This battle is very important, Monk Wu Sangui is not an idle person, you must not be careless." In the end, Li An was uneasy and instructed the generals.

After the general soldiers of the towns dispersed, Li An sat silently on the chair.

This battle is the biggest battle he will face in this world, and it is also the most dangerous battle.

"What's bothering your lord?" Zhao Yulin, who walked into the main hall, said to Li An, who was seated.

The boss specially instructed Zhao Yulin to enter the mansion directly without reporting, so the housekeeper did not report to Li An, and let him go straight to the outside of the main hall.

Li An woke up suddenly when he heard this, looked up and looked outside, only to see the slanting sunset shining in. Before you know it, the sun is about to set.

Putting away all the chaotic thoughts in his mind and letting out a long breath, Li An slowly got up from his seat, sighed and said, "It's okay, it's just that the big war is coming, and I can't avoid worrying in my heart." Yulin, hurry up and change the medicine. ”

Zhao Yulin saw that King Jin was worried, and he didn't say anything.

Silently stepped forward to check Ang Lee's wound and replace it with new medicine.

Early the next morning.

"Uh......h Woo woo ......" The long sound of the horn kicked off the battle.

On the platform of the general built by bluestone, Li An and a group of general soldiers began to divide the soldiers and horses into two roads.

The strongest 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 6th towns (cavalry towns) were allocated to Mabao. The soldiers and horses of the four towns were under the command of Ma Bao, and he was extremely moved by Li An's trust in him so much. Secretly swore that this battle would live up to the high hopes of King Jin.

Ma Bao's soldiers and horses wanted to attack Guanling, and then capture Zhenfeng, and intercept Wu Sangui and Shang Keg's grain road. So as to lure Wu Sangui and Shang Kexi to divide the army.

The rest of the town was led by Ang Lee. After Wu Shang and the two divided their troops, Li An had to drag Shang Kexi's soldiers and horses to the death. Buy time for Ma Bao to defeat Wu Sangui.