Chapter 434: The Bold Zhang Zeng (Fourth Watch)
Even if it was able to wipe out all the Yellow Bandit Army, which was extremely troublesome to Nan Ming, in more than a month, how could such an army be as unbearable as it was said. And if this is the case, it can only prove that the other party has other plans, or that they are simply acting and waiting for others to attack.
It's just that although he thought of these things in his heart, Zou De really didn't mean to refuse to fight. The mercenary is so powerful that it is useless to just rely on what he says. Maybe only if he touches the nail and suffers a loss, can others believe his words.
The so-called eating a trench and growing wisdom is this truth. When Miao Jinlong looked at him, he did not resolutely object, but just said: "King, mercenaries should not be as unbearable as they appear, for fear of fraud." ”
"Fraud? The news said that they only had more than 7,000 people, and General Zhang Zeng's army had 10,000 people, and we had 80,000 horses, so what if there was fraud? Miao Jinlong saw that Zou De's attitude seemed to be quite peaceful, so he tried to convince him.
Zou De just expressed his attitude and said what he thought. Even if others don't believe it, he can't do anything about it, and he doesn't say anything at the moment, a picture that I won't change my opinion, you look at it.
So when facing Miao Jinlong's second inquiry, he naturally didn't speak again.
Even Zou De didn't say anything, and Miao Jinlong thought that his idea of stealing the camp was still very good. After all, if the mercenaries can be captured in a battle, the Gaozhou Mansion that stands in front of him will undoubtedly be broken, and he will be able to make great achievements along the way, and then he can go directly to the Guangzhou Mansion, so as to achieve the goal of controlling and occupying the entire territory of Guangdong.
With an idea in his heart, and no one stood up to oppose it, Miao Jinlong immediately waved his hand and said to the personal soldiers sent by Zhang Zeng: "Tell your general, choose to attack the mercenaries tonight, this king will send troops to support you, and at the same time, he will divide his troops to keep an eye on Gaozhou Mansion, and will not let them have the ability to help after the end." ”
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Yang Chendong was still talking with the eldest lady Hu Yan and the third lady Xue Niang in the camp tent, for him, chatting with his wife in his free time was the greatest mental relaxation.
"Report." The voice of the tiger mang came from outside the tent.
"Come in." Yang Chendong straightened his body, he knew that it was likely that something had changed in the battle situation, otherwise, he would not have come to disturb him at this time.
Yang Chendong guessed well, Hu Mang came to talk about the changes in the Miao army. "Young master, the 10,000 Miao troops who are returning suddenly slowed down their advance, I have calculated with someone, according to their current speed, it is likely that it will be late at night when they reach the side of our military camp."
"Slow down?" Yang Chendong couldn't help but laugh when he heard that this was a sudden change that could also be called a logical change.
On that day, Yang Chendong watched Miao Jun walk by his military camp very arrogantly, and thought that this army was too arrogant, and it was likely that there would be the idea that people would not have enough people to swallow elephants, so he ordered to go down, scouts to keep an eye on, and at the same time make preparations in the military camp.
But all this is just a guess, a feeling, or an inference based on experience. It's not a real fact, but with this information of Hu Mang, it's completely different.
As we all know, once the army outside the camp enters the return journey, the soldiers are like arrows, and the speed will only be fast and not slow. Just like this 10,000 Miao army, the idea of returning to the base camp should be very strong, so their speed should be very fast. Don't say that you should rush back to the base camp before dinner, even if it is late, the speed will be more or less advanced. How could it be suddenly postponed, and it would be possible to come to his barracks in the middle of the night?
If that's the case, wouldn't it be better to have a good night's rest and return to camp early tomorrow morning. Judging from this point alone, the opponent's combat intentions have already been revealed.
"How is the Miao army base camp?" Yang Chendong asked cautiously.
"Back to the young master, monitor the scout reports there, there are no accidents, it seems that everything is normal." Hu Mang replied truthfully.
Is everything normal? Hum! That's the most abnormal, think about it, if it's really the army returning to the camp, does the base camp need to make some preparations, seeing that the enemy is on the side, it is also very reasonable to send troops to meet them. But when they don't do anything, they have already revealed their purpose. After analyzing the battle situation, Yang Chendong made a very positive answer.
Originally, Hu Mang didn't understand why normal was abnormal, but when he heard Yang Chendong's analysis, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, the young master is really the young master, something like this was said when he was teaching strategy before, but why didn't he think of these for the first time?
"Okay, that's the case, if nothing else, the Miao army will definitely come to steal the camp tonight, and the time should not be late at night, it will be a little earlier, hum! If that's the case, then let's make our pockets and wait for them to come, and there is no reason not to eat this fat meat in the mouth. Yang Chendong had a confident smile on his face.
This scene looked at the eyes of Hu Yan and Xue Niang on the side, and the eyes of the two girls were shining with small stars.
What girl doesn't love heroes? Not to mention people like Yang Chendong who have such a family business at a young age, even if they are already wives, this still can't stop the love released in their hearts.
In fact, in these days, Hu Yan and Xue Niangzi have felt something. Why do these elite sergeants of the elite listen to their husbands so much? Although they had also heard the story of Yang Chendong saving the leader of the mercenary, they absolutely did not believe it in their hearts. But if these people are soldiers under Fujun, it seems that it can't be said, how old is Yang Chendong, and where does he have the time to manage and create all this?
In the face of this doubt, Yang Chendong had already noticed it, but he never said it. First, it's not time to say everything, and secondly, I don't want the two girls to worry, it's better to be like this now, let them guess, but be more at ease.
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The 10,000 Miao army, after an order from General Zhang Zeng, began to slow down the pace of return.
Those who can come out to attack the city and seize the land will naturally have good combat power, and their comprehensive strength is also the elite of the 80,000 Miao army. It is precisely because of this that Zhang Zeng conveyed the order one step in advance, that is, he could slow down, and when the time was right, he would directly rush down the mercenary camp of only more than 7,000 people and grab it.
With 10,000 against 7,000, there is no small advantage in troops.
In addition, along the way, they did not encounter any decent resistance, and over time, the arrogance of these soldiers can be imagined. So despite the face of mercenaries, the ignorant are fearless, they have no fear at all. On the contrary, he thinks that it is just a rush to the camp, and it is still in the way of stealing the camp, I am afraid that it will be a charge, and the overall situation can be determined.
As Yang Chendong thought, Zhang Zeng did not choose to rush to camp late at night.
Although it is said that late at night is the time when a person is sleeping deeply, it is also the time when the defense is the weakest. But Zhang Zeng knew better that as long as the mercenary general was not an idiot, he would definitely send someone to secretly observe him, so he would also calculate what time he would arrive next to the opponent's military camp, even if so, how could he be defenseless at all?
But don't be afraid to be prepared, Zhang Zeng originally wanted to play a surprise, I just waited for it to get dark and suddenly rushed to the camp, presumably such a sudden decision would definitely catch these mercenaries off guard.
Zhang Zeng's plan is very good. I don't know that Yang Chendong has already made preparations, and more importantly, he doesn't need to put on a strict defense, relying on the mines placed five hundred meters away from the barracks are already a sure victory.
It is precisely with these big killing weapons that others don't know or know about, that the mercenary barracks are so lazy from the outside, which will make those Miao army scouts who are watching here believe that this is indeed an undefended camp.
Don't say it, with the eyes of these scouts, even if you are tight inside and loose outside, they can see a rough idea, at least when charging, it is always no problem to kill outside your camp first. Naturally, Miao Jun had also heard that the mercenaries had advanced firearms before, but they were not too afraid, they had also seen the firearms of the Ming Dynasty, as long as they could get close and change it to close combat, it must be difficult for any firearms to play their due role. If you get it right, you can grab some firearms, and then you can make a lot of money.
The news from the scouts made Zhang Zeng overjoyed, and at the same time, he was even more determined to prepare for the camp at night. For this reason, he made preparations early in advance, and called all the small leaders who could lead more than 500 people to his face.
"Everyone remember, when rushing in, the speed must be fast and fierce enough, so that the other party has no time to make any preparations. I might as well tell you that there is news that these mercenaries did not get a lot of gold and silver treasures when they destroyed the Yellow Bandit Army, and whoever grabbed the most of these things at that time will naturally get more in the end, understand? ”
Zhang Zeng was afraid that the soldiers below would not have to use all his strength, so he said in an inducing way. But he didn't know at all that rushing fast was actually dying fast, and rushing fiercely was actually dying more.
The small leaders below were relatively uninformed, and they had hardly heard of Yang Chendong's mercenary name. All they know is that there is a lot of treasure beckoning to them, and that's enough. Although it is said that after grabbing it, it must be handed over according to a certain percentage, but the more you rob, won't you keep the more you will keep? Although most of them have not read books, they still have this understanding.
After the pre-war mobilization, the entire Miao army of more than 10,000 people became excited. In their eyes, it seems that the victory is already theirs, the only difference is who can grab more and have more gains.