Seeing that Li Dingguo was frowning, and was thinking hard about a good way to break the enemy, Lin Bian stepped forward and said: "Please rest assured, our Wang Junmen knows that the prince lacks troops here, and has drawn five thousand elites from the army that surrounded Yawa City to help the prince!" Reinforcements have already boarded the ship and are on their way, arriving in a few days. ”

"With General Wang's 5,000 elites, our army is like a tiger with wings!" Li Dingguo was overjoyed, but then he felt a little worried, "But you only have a total of 16,000 land divisions, and you have taken away 5,000 men and horses from the elite of Yawa City, and the remaining 11,000 men and horses are enough to encircle Yawa City?" ”

Lin Bian replied: "Please rest assured!" We have recruited 50,000 or 60,000 Akha recruits, of which 5,000 are usable veterans, so that we still have 16,000 land divisions, plus 5,000 sailors, 10,000 naval auxiliaries and 20,000 people recruited by the Nanyang Company, which is enough to surround the city of Awa like an iron bucket! In a few months, the new recruits of the Aka people will be trained, and our main force will be able to be transferred to reinforce the prince! ”

"Good! That's great! With 35,000 men and horses, we can stop Wu Sangui! Li Dingguo stroked his beard and smiled.

Under the city of Yawa, the Burmese did not know that the Nanyang Ming army had been reduced by more than 5,000 men, and had been replaced by 5,000 Akha soldiers. These soldiers were all veterans of the original Bago king, and their dynasty was destroyed by the Taungoo dynasty, and these Akha soldiers became slaves of the country. Now that Wang Xinyu helped them restore the country, these veterans signed up for the Ming army, and they were a group of veterans who could go to the battlefield without any further training, so Wang Xinyu freed up 5,000 new troops to support Li Dingguo.

Li Dingguo said: "We only have 30,000 people, Bai Wenxuan has already taken 5,000 cavalry, and the 10,000 infantry sent by this king are also on the way, preparing to go to the Red River Valley to block the Qing army." At present, we only have 15,000 men left, and the enemy is attacking in two directions, how do you think we should break the enemy? ”

There was a lot of discussion in the big tent, and Zhao Desheng said: "We should give up the Xibo River." Transfer all your troops to the Red River Valley and go all out to deal with Wu Sangui! ”

"No!" Gao Wengui retorted, "The area around Bamo is our foundation, not only do we rely on this place for our food supply, but the supplies sent by General Wang are also concentrated here!" The enemy's intentions are obvious, and the Northern Road Tartars are aimed at our roots! We should put Wu Sangui's army over, transfer Bai Wenxuan back, and deal with the enemy on the northern road together. As for Wu Sangui's army, even if it reaches Yawa City, I believe that General Wang's Nanyang Army will definitely be able to block it! ”

Li Sixing said: "No! It's too dangerous to let Wu Sangui go! The Burmese still have hundreds of thousands of troops! Once they join forces with Wu Sangui, I'm afraid the Nanyang Army won't be able to resist! Once the Nanyang Army can't stop the Wu thief, His Majesty the Emperor will be in danger! ”

Li Dingguo only had more than 30,000 people in his hands. In addition, the 5,000 Nanyang troops who were rushing on the road were less than 40,000 people, and it was not an easy task to deal with the three-way enemy.

Seeing that the generals in the camp were talking about each other, Li Dingguo first signaled everyone to be quiet. Just when everyone thought that Li Dingguo was going to say something good to break the enemy, they only heard Li Dingguo tell the story of Tian Ji horse racing.

Tian Ji horse racing, Tian Ji and Qi Wei Wang's horses are divided into upper, middle and lower three grades, every time the horse races, Tian Ji loses to Qi Wei Wang. Later, Sun Bin gave Tian Ji an idea: the inferior horse is the superior horse of King Qi Wei. The superior horse against the medium horse, and the medium horse against the inferior horse, the result is that Tian Ji won 2 to 1.

Gao Wengui and the others suddenly realized: "It turns out that what the prince said, this Wu Sangui's three-way army. It is also divided into upper, middle and lower classes! With Wu Sangui's main force as the superior horse; Zhao Liangdong's north road is a medium horse; Wang Jinbao's partial teacher is an inferior horse! We'll be good to go! We also divided our troops into three routes, Mu Guogong's native soldiers were inferior horses, so let him deal with Wu Sangui; We also recalled Bai Wenxuan, plus the Nanyang Army. These are medium horses, and we use them to deal with Wang Jinbao; And our main force is the superior horse, to deal with Zhao Liangdong on the North Road! So we win 2-1! ”

Li Dingguo shook his head with a smile and said, "No!" Fighting a war is different from a horse race. We can't do it! We can't let an army die in vain! If our army loses a large army in vain, even if we win on the two sides in the north according to what you say, we will still lose to Wu Sangui's main force in the end! In the current situation, Bai Wenxuan's 5,000 men and horses plus the 10,000 infantry we transferred over, there is no problem in using the terrain to drag Wu Sangui! The king believes in them, and it won't be a problem to drag it out for months! This is how we use the medium horse to take advantage of the favorable conditions and drag the opponent's top horse! ”

Saying that, Li Dingguo walked to the map again, gestured to the map and said: "In Mubang, we should use a small number of troops to use the terrain to entangle the enemy army of the stronger Zhao Liangdong, so that we will use inferior horses, use the terrain to drag the opponent's medium horses, and then we will concentrate our forces and eat the weakest Wang Jinbao with the fastest speed, this is how we use the superior horses to defeat the inferior horses in one fell swoop!" Then we joined up with Mubang's army on the northern route and defeated Zhao Liangdong in one fell swoop! In the end, our three-way army joined forces and attacked Wu Sangui together. At this time, although Wu Sangui had a large number of troops, he was delayed by us in the mountains for several months, and he was already demoralized and tired. ”

After listening to Li Dingguo's words, everyone was enlightened, and they understood.

"The prince (handsome) is really smart! With such a good strategy, our army will definitely be able to defeat Wu Sangui! The crowd applauded.

Lin Bian arched his hand and said: "No wonder our Wang Junmen often praises the prince of Jin, saying that the prince is both civil and military and uses soldiers like a god. ”

Li Dingguo stroked his beard with a smile and said: "Speaking of which, Wang Junmen has the greatest credit!" If it weren't for the food sent by Wang Junmen, our army would have been unable to fight with Wu thieves again! If it weren't for the elite of Wang Junmen's night, how could our army know everything about the thieves' military situation? If you can defeat Wu Sangui in this battle, it will all depend on Wang Junmen's help! ”

Then Li Dingguo arranged: "Li Sixing! ”

"The child is here!"

"You personally led 5,000 men and horses to Mubang and joined General Bai Hui! You two junior generals must work together to occupy the hill and hold off the enemy! Remember, you can't just hold on, no matter how provocative the thief is, you can't go to war at will! ”

"No!" Li Sixing retreated.

Li Dingguo turned his head again: "Zhao Desheng, Zhang Guoyou!" ”

"The last general!"

"You two take a thousand men, and stay here with the auxiliary soldiers! Be sure to ensure the safety of food and grass! When the 5,000 elites of Wang Junmen arrive, the two of you will immediately lead your troops to Mubang and cooperate with the two little generals! ”

"No!" The two of them clasped their fists and retreated.

Li Dingguo named Gao Wengui again: "Gao Wengui! ”

"The last general!"

"Together with this king, you will lead the main force of 10,000 horses and horses to Ruilijiang together! When you get there, the prince will lead 8,000 men to assist General Ma in garrisoning, and you will take 2,000 men and horses to take a small road from behind the Tartars and surround them! Now you go and prepare! ”

"No!" Gao Wengui stepped back.

Li Dingguo's army divided into two routes, set off from the Xibo River, and rushed to the destination.

Walking on the road, Li Dingguo smiled and said to Lin Bian: "This Wu Sangui divides his troops into three roads, and Wang Jinbao is the bait of Wu thieves!" He wants us to bite the hook, attract our attention, and ensure that Zhao Liangdong attacks our base camp in a roundabout way, which is a good wishful thinking! This king is going to swallow his bait today, and then drag his fisherman Zhao Liangdong into the water together! Then let's go back and beat Wu Sangui again! ”

"The prince is really like a god with soldiers!" Lin Bian exclaimed.

Li Dingguo said to Gao Wengui again: "When I get there, it will be dark tomorrow." You lead 2,000 men and horses to march fifteen miles by night, detour back to the back of the Tartars, and immediately build an earthen city to block the Tartars' retreat! When you build the earth city, you will send out a beacon smoke signal, and when this king sees the signal, he will personally lead the main force to attack! ”

In the valley by the Ruili River, the Qing army was storming Ma Jiugong's camp.

The Qing army attacking head-on was like a tide, and climbed up the hillside one after another, and when they reached the halfway point of the mountain, they were constantly beaten down the hillside by rolling logs and stones. Behind the Qing army in the green camp, the random arrows shot by the Eight Banners also caused the Ming army in the camp to suffer a lot of losses. The stones smashed on the mountain also caused the Eight Banners Army to suffer certain losses. At one point, the Qing army attacked only twenty steps away from the Ming army's camp, but it seemed to be blocked by an invisible wall, and it could not advance a single step.

Wang Jinbao personally led 1,500 soldiers to make a detour from the back mountain.

But Ma Jiugong had already taken precautions, and left a few soldiers to guard the back mountain. Finding the Qing army climbing the cliff, the soldiers who stayed behind the mountain immediately issued a beacon smoke signal.

"The Tartars are coming up from the back mountain!" Ma Jiugong roared and called a general, "Liu Changgen, you immediately lead five hundred people and go to the back mountain to block the Tartars for me!" ”

"No!" Liu Changgen was ordered to take 500 people to the back mountain.

As soon as the Ming army arrived at the back mountain, they saw that the remaining soldiers were pushing down the big stones one by one to smash the Qing army who were climbing the mountain.

Wang Jinbao led the most elite soldiers to climb up from the cliff behind. Who knew that there were several Ming soldiers guarding the mountain. The Qing army had just climbed halfway through the climb when several large rocks fell on the mountain. Only a few screams were heard, and several stout soldiers were smashed by stones, screaming and falling off the unfathomable cliff.

After all, these soldiers are elite soldiers who are good at mountain warfare, and when the others see the stones falling on the mountain, they immediately use their climbing skills, using stones and trees to protect themselves on the steep cliff faces, and nimbly jump back and forth, dodging the falling stones, and at the same time strive to climb to the top of the mountain.

"Hurry up! There are not many thieves! Wang Jinbao yelled.

At this moment, the 500 Ming army led by Liu Changgen arrived in time, and suddenly the stones falling on the mountain were much denser, and the Qing soldiers were constantly hit by stones, screaming and falling off the cliff. Immediately after that, the arrows on the mountain shot down again, killing many Qing soldiers who were jumping back and forth on the cliffs in beautiful postures.

Just when a few Qing soldiers were about to climb up, someone on the mountain poured hot gold juice, which burned the Qing soldiers and fell from the cliff. (To be continued.) )