Chapter 66: The Book of War

At the beginning of the war between Burma and Mengyang, Yang Yinglong, who was anxious to enter the war, was suspicious that he sent to find Liu Xian's servant to be ordered to flee because he could not get the order.

During the night, he regretted saying to the samurai, 'Don't come back if you can't get the order.'

He was in too much of a hurry, and the battle situation in Mengyang far exceeded his expectations of war.

The vanguard army of Mang Yinglong was less than 10,000 people, and the road was difficult to walk, and it entered the Mengyang territory in the way of dividing the troops, and it was very arrogant.

Sigu of the Mengyang Xuanwei Division had already prepared, and repelled it with an ambush on Gasa, a traffic artery with dangerous terrain in the south of Mengyang, and Sigu also sent people to ride a Yunnan horse to report to Yang Yinglong.

Praise him for the good use of the sword and armor he gifted.

Yang Yinglong is quite happy, Sigu is bold and has high skills, and it is not bad to have such a friend.

But he underestimated Sigu's guts.

After only a few days, Shen Hu turned off the oven, and Yang Yinglong, who was listening to the maidservant's singing, saw another rider from Mengyang.

"Tell me where the enemy has retreated."

Xiao Tusi said lightly, and continued to sprinkle Nanyang spices and Northwest green and white refined salt on the meaty grill.

At the end, he raised his finger stained with salt grains and gave orders to the servant: "Take Meng Yangtu." ”

The reason why Yang Yinglong is easy is because of his judgment of the battle situation.

However, after the defeat of Mang Yinglong's vanguard army, although it was a small setback, it would not lead the army to retreat, and they would definitely withdraw from Meng Yang to wait for the follow-up troops.

Now Sigu has sent someone to report that there should be traces of the enemy.

"The enemy has retreated to camp north of the lower Ava River."

The messenger was a rare clever young man around Sigu, who was also a small leader of his subordinates, and said after saluting: "The leader will lead the three thousand most elite Meng Yang soldiers to withdraw to the forty-mile river valley northwest of Shenhu Pass, and the people of Meng Yang will also ask the general to take proper care." ”

In the lower reaches of the Ava River, which retreated for at least thirty miles, just as the servant sent the picture scroll, Yang Yinglong raised his hand to find it on the map after turning the barbecue, and suddenly stopped his hand movements, raised his head and said: "What is he doing with the elite retreating to the northwest of Shenhu Pass?" ”

This, this logic is not right!

Judging from the map, Shenhu Pass is forty miles northwest of the Pass, and at least seventy miles to the lower reaches of the Ava River, Sigu retreats here, so what else is there to fight, "Isn't this handing over the entire Mengyang to Mang Yinglong?" ”

The messenger rider neither dared to nod nor shake his head, and saluted again: "The leader said that the next time Mang Yinglong's army attacks, Meng Yang's soldiers will be unable to resist 10,000 people, so simply let the Burmese army come to rob Meng Yang." ”

"The chief sent seven of our most valiant chieftains, led by General Malulachan, and eleven thousand troops from the south bank of the Ava River to the lower reaches."

On the south bank of the Ava River, part of it has entered the boundary of Longchuan.

This is a big circle, Yang Yinglong frowned, tried his best to guess Sigu's purpose, and finally guessed a somewhat crazy idea, stared at the round eyes and asked, "He wants to outflank Mang Yinglong?" How many Mang Yinglong army are there? ”

Although Mang Yinglong claims to have mobilized 100,000 troops, he claims to be claimed, and the actual mobilization of troops and the claim are two different things most of the time.

"The vanguard came to attack the Manmo Tusi Sizhe, Mang Yinglong and Yue Feng and Han Ba and other Tusi alliances, with nearly 200,000 troops."

Yang Yinglong was so frightened that he hurriedly ate a bite of barbecue, and for the first time he saw someone who claimed to have fewer troops than the actual troops.

"200,000, Sigu wants to use 14,000 soldiers to surround these 200,000?"

Yang Yinglong was not in the mood to tell jokes, rubbed his hands and slowly exhaled, not because the barbecue was delicious, but because Mang Yinglong's troops were very strong.

He always thought that Yang's Banzhou was the first Xuanwei Division in the world, and he didn't look down on the Burmese Xuanwei Division at all, nor did he look down on Mang Yinglong, especially Chen Mu's attention to Mang Yinglong.

Why don't you see your brother-in-law paying so much attention to herself?

Banzhou has half of Guizhou's land, 2,000 miles from north to south, and nearly a million people.

But even if he pulls everyone, he can make up seventy or eighty thousand soldiers.

If the army is exhausted, it may be possible to pull another 70,000 or 80,000, but even if you make sufficient preparations in advance, you will fall apart in less than two years.

The Burmese Propaganda Division has not yet been in Banzhou, and it has gathered the surrounding Tusi and gathered such a huge number of troops, to be honest...... He is now a little biased towards the proposition of Wang Ning, the governor of Yunnan, what is he doing with such a thing.

Anyway, there is a dangerous position there, Tengchong is on the front line, and it is impossible for Mang Yinglong to defeat the Ming army.

"Surrounding them, the leader said, Mang Yinglong's troops are very heavy, and he can't put 200,000 troops into Mengyang, otherwise the food and grass will be scarce, and the nest will not be guaranteed, he can only use 30,000 troops to attack Mengyang, and when Mengyang has no soldiers, he will definitely plunder."

"He divides the troops, and the army that the leader is ambushed behind can concentrate his forces to cut off his grain and break his retreat, and after his morale collapses, he will be attacked back and forth, and he will be broken one by one, and the leader will say that this is called Cao Mengde Yanzhou Battle Lu Bu, which is the great wisdom and courage in the ancient military books!"

Cao Mengde, Yanzhou, Zhan Lu Bu?

Yang Yinglong sat on the rattan chair, his body leaned back slightly, and his expression was extremely surprised, "You, what kind of military book is the leader of your family reading?" ”

The young man who delivered the message was very proud when he mentioned the military book, but he couldn't call his name, and after thinking hard, he said with some embarrassment: "Three, what is the meaning of three, I don't know." ”

Yang Yinglong couldn't answer, so he rubbed his face for a while, got up and patted the young man who gave the order: "That's the book of soldiers today, called the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, learn Chinese well, go to Banzhou to find me in the future, and send you a copy." ”

"Go back, tell Sigu, if you can't fight, you will withdraw to Chengguan, I will take care of my wife and children, they have set up a reed knot between the two levels, Cao Cao wins, he can also win!"

After that, Yang Yinglong didn't care about the messenger rider, raised his head and shook his sleeves, looked up and laughed and boarded the city pass.

I don't know if it's because the book is called an ancient war book is funny, or if it's because of the extremely bold strategy of Sigu that makes him happy.

"Come on, send riders again, if you don't come back, you will send ten horses, and if you don't come back, you will send a hundred horses!" Go to Annan, meet with Liu Dudu for me, and inform him of the battle situation in Mengyang, the reckless thief army has reached 200,000 people, and you must get the order back! ”

The alliance of Mang Yinglong's various tribes is not yet solid, and this is the best time for the imperial court to send troops, not to mention what the imperial court thinks, it doesn't matter to Yang Yinglong, he cares more about himself, and he cares more about Banzhou.

With such an enemy growing in Burma, from now on, he Banzhou does not want to do business at home in peace and stability, but is afraid that he will have to provide Yunnan with military service and rice every year.

He neither wanted to pay for grain and rice, nor did he want to give Yunnan years of military service.

There is only one way, join this war and kill him.

"Liu Dudu's army will not go too far when it goes south, and it will not reach Thang Long now, you guys go and come back quickly!"

But, guess what?

Liu Xian is really in Thang Long!