"Shangshu Chen, Your Majesty is right. Look, if the two thieves Geng and Shang attacked us from Quanzhou, they must first conquer Quanzhou, otherwise Yang Guodong would pursue him at the right end and form a counter-encirclement. This is one of them. Secondly, Quanzhou is more than 1,500 miles away from Niuding Mountain. Even if the Qing soldiers were fast horses, it would take two or even three days to reach Niuding Mountain. Now Quanzhou is safe and sound. If they wait for them to conquer Quanzhou and then come to Niuding Mountain, they will probably be cold." Chen Jitai said.

"Uncle Chen, we cannot use common sense to use troops this time. After all, the emperor's bait is too fragrant and has few troops. There is no such big killing weapon as grenade. Of course, this is their idea. For the Qing court, this is a great opportunity for success in one battle. Moreover, our army is nearly a thousand miles away from Guilin. In addition, our army is mostly infantry, and the marching speed is very slow. It will take ten days to reach the Daliling area. No one can guarantee what will happen in these ten days. Your Majesty, I have a feeling that the three thieves of Kong, Geng and Shang are very likely to abandon Quanzhou. Guilin ignores it and would rather put themselves in a dangerous situation than attack with all their strength!" Gu Yanwu first refuted Chen Jitai, and then made suggestions to Zhu Youlang.

"Can you? Yuan Yin, what would you do if you were Kong Youde?" Zhu Youlang felt that what he said was reasonable, and his original persistence was a little shaken. So he asked Li Yuanyin.

"Your Majesty, if Confucius is De, I will tempt Your Majesty to rescue Guilin first, which will cause Guilin to be in danger and not break through. What I am afraid of is that the emperor will not rescue him. Secondly, as Lord Gu said, order Geng and Shang to set out from all the states to cut off His Majesty's retreat. I will definitely do this, because it is obvious that this is a risk, but this risk is too worth taking!" Li Yuanyin bowed and said.

"Zhongfu, what about you?"

"Your Majesty, I will also go to a bet. If you win the bet, you will be determined. If you lose the bet, you will also cause severe damage to Your Majesty. Why not gamble?"

Seeing Li Yong say the same thing, Zhu Youlang feels that his original plan may have been omitted.

He stood up and walked to the map to ponder: "If it is really like Gu Yanwu said, Kong Youde is in the west, Geng and still in the east, there is no need to attack, just surrounded our army and wait for me to lose food. If he doesn't attack, mines and grenades will not work. Moreover, if Jiao Lian and Zhang Tongchang heard that I was in danger, they would definitely come to rescue me desperately, so the Qing soldiers would just set up an ambush on the mountain and could easily defeat them. In that case, not only Guilin will be lost, but Wuzhou will not be protected. This is a typical plan of "surrounding the point and attacking aid". It will most likely happen, and it will be ninety-nine."

Thinking of this, Zhu Youlang fell into a cold sweat!

"Damn it, I still underestimated Kong Youde and the others. I always thought that grenades and mines could conquer the world. It was because the previous battles went too smoothly, which made me feel like underestimating the heroes of the world. Now it seems that none of these celebrities are simple characters."

what to do?

In fact, it is easy to deal with. As long as you have troops in your hands, just use the tricks and implement a counter-encirclement of them.

But what about the soldiers? It’s easy to talk about in the east, just let Zhang Tongchang and Cai Renxiong wait for an opportunity to block the exit of Niuting Mountain. On the west, Jiao Lian and Bai Gui were designated to come out to rescue him. But first, they had too few troops, less than 10,000 troops, and second, they were guarding the city for several months, and they were already at the end of their strong crossbows. "The end of their strong crossbows cannot penetrate the white silk", which was impossible to pose a great threat to Kong Youde.

Zhu Youlang pondered for a long time, suddenly thought of something, and his eyes lit up: "I have it, I have a reinforcement!"

Turning around and instructing Li Hong: "Xuanjin Castle, Zhang Tongchang!"

"Abide by the order!" Li Hong turned around and went.

"My dear friends, the plan I made was too underestimated by Kong Youde. Thanks to my dear friends who picked up the missing items, I avoided my mistakes." Zhu Youlang admitted his mistakes frankly.

"Your Majesty is a blessing for the Ming Dynasty and a blessing for the ministers." Lu Daqi hurriedly bowed and praised.

If the emperor always makes mistakes, the ministers will gradually become dissatisfied. Therefore, what the emperor said is right, and at least he should work hard in this regard. In order to maintain his prestige, many emperors basically do not admit their mistakes, but try their best to embarrass the wrongs.

A king who can accept his own faults must be a wise ruler.

"Yes, yes." All the ministers nodded and praised.

Zhu Youlang couldn't help but blush and said to himself: "I'm a little bit tender, this is a lesson. If you don't rush to express your opinion in the future, you must let the ministers say first and pick up the leftovers and fill in the gaps by yourself, so that you can look smart."

After a moment, Jinbao and Zhang Tongchang arrived.

"Duke Wei, you do two things immediately. One is to order people to sew slender cloth bags, and the other is to make fried noodles quickly and put them in the cloth bags. Each soldier can cross his back with two bags."

Zhu Youlang ordered.

"Cooked noodles? Your Majesty, please forgive me for being stupid. What is fried noodles? How to make them?" Jinbao had never heard of it and asked hurriedly.

"It's not that you are stupid. Maybe no one in this world knows fried noodles except me." Zhu Youlang thought to himself.

"Fried noodles are to stir-fry the flour, add a little salt, and then rinse it with hot water and then eat it. It is most suitable for marching and fighting."

"Your Majesty has a wide range of knowledge and I can't wait. This is a blessing for the soldiers." Jinbao said a few words and bowed and retreated.

"Bieshan, the plan has changed now. I'm afraid you will go to war." Zhu Youlang said to Zhang Tongchang.

"That's great, Your Majesty, I have been looking forward to this day for a long time." Zhang Tongchang immediately danced with a smile when he heard this, obviously very happy.

"After I lead the team, you will immediately send someone to contact Cai Renxiong and ask him to send scouts from the front line from Quanzhou to Niudingshan, pay close attention to the movements of Quanzhou Geng and Shang. If Geng, Shang will come from this road to intercept my future road, you and Cai Renxiong will immediately seize Niudingshan and block the intersection. Remember, just block the intersection and prevent Geng from escaping. Don't attack rashly. When to attack, listen to my orders."

"Abide by the order!"

"Yuan Yin, leave some landmines and grenades for other mountains. In addition, in order to facilitate the transmission of messages under the siege of heavy troops, a signal tree can be used. If the tree falls, the enemy soldiers will attack. If the erected one, the entire army will attack."

"When will the signal tree?" Chen Jitai, who was in charge of military intelligence, asked.

"Signal trees are tall trees that send signals. They can send messages between mountains and within the reach of their eyes, or they can hang red cloth, white cloth, etc. on the trees."

"It's amazing! In this way, no matter how fast the enemy cavalry is, it will not be as fast as the tree falls down. Once there is a trend in the whole province, it will be transmitted soon, and it will save manpower. Each signal tree requires only one, two people, just." Chen Jitai clapped his hands and praised.
Chapter completed!