Lin Weiye took a closer look at the coastline on the map, the north of Changyi is Laizhou Bay, the Shandong Peninsula just has a concave corner in this position, Dengzhou and Changyi are both near the sea, and the straight-line distance between the two places is just close to the coastline. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info As Xia Nan said, the Tatars took the land route from Dengzhou back to Beizhili, and before reaching Changyi, the nearest route was to walk along the coastline. Once you have passed Changyi, you will be farther and farther away from the sea if you go north by land, and it will be difficult to catch up on two legs.

He nodded approvingly: "Theoretically feasible, I'll top you." If you can kill a few more Tartars in one battle, then fight! ”

After the Tartars drove the people to attack the city, Lin Weiye had a deeper understanding of the ferocity and cold-bloodedness of the Houjin army, such an anti-human army is contrary to the development of civilization, although he has never advocated the use of violence to counter violence, but he has no objection to killing more Tartars.

Xia Nan asked him: "As soon as Abatai withdraws, there are no other hostile forces in Shandong that are of sufficient weight, and Dengzhou is safe, so I plan to bring the independent regiment with me, will you go?" ”

If he fights with other forces, Lin Weiye may not be interested in going with him, but fighting against the Houjin army, he did not hesitate, nodded and said: "Go, how can I say that I am also the chief soldier of Dengzhou in name, and I am the one who kills the Tartars." However, the independent regiment does not have an artillery battalion, nor is it equipped with 10 pounds of field artillery, so the firepower is not enough! ”

"I arrived first by clipper, and the main force is not much slower, it should arrive in a few days, and there is no need to worry about the firepower." Xia Nan said, "The only thing I am worried about is that the wind and waves at sea will delay the voyage of the fleet, and if Abatai only arrives in Shandong after crossing Changyi, this plan will be meaningless." ”

The next day, Xia Nan returned to Dengzhou City, summoned Sima De and others to conduct a deduction, calculated the possibility of blocking the Tartars, and formulated a detailed battle plan.

Sima De said: "General, all the battle plans we made before were made around lifting the siege of the barracks, and now that we are going to intercept the Tartars by sea, then all the previous plans must be reversed. ”

"It's okay, just do it all over again. The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly and must be constantly adjusted. This is a great opportunity to hone your military aircraft staff office, and famous generals are all fought by fighting, and there are no shortcuts. You have to plan ahead and start moving as soon as the main forces arrive. ”

Sima De said to one of the staff officers: "Liu Heizi, among these staff officers, you are a little older, and you have experience as a sea bandit, you should have a lot of experience in coastal operations, tell me your ideas." ”

This Liu Heizi was a small sea lord on the sea surface of Guangdong back then, entrenched in Tuoni Island and occupied the mountain as the king, and was later taken up by William and Huang Hansheng, and in desperation, he abandoned the dark and surrendered to the Qiong Navy. Because he was born as a scholar, he was considered a rarity among the pirates who were full of a large number of illiterates, and he had a flexible brain, so he was selected by Sima Dexiang, who formed the Military Discipline Staff Office, and became a staff officer after studying at the Bofu Naval Branch.

Liu Heizi was overjoyed, this is a chance to show his face in front of the general, and he must take advantage of it. He quickly straightened out his thoughts, then stood up, pointed to the rudimentary map and said: "According to the brothers of the cavalry battalion, it is about three hundred miles from Dengzhou to Changyi, and the Tartars with baggage and people can't go fast, at most eighty miles a day, so except for one day yesterday, the time left for us is only three days." At the speed of our sea boat, it will take about a day to sail to Changyi without getting off the boat in Dengzhou, and it will take about a day if the wind is downwind, so if we calculate it, our ship will arrive in the evening the day after tomorrow at the latest, otherwise we will miss the best place to block the attack. ”

Sima De nodded: "Good analysis. However, everything must be prepared for the worst, the fleet may not be able to reach Dengzhou the day after tomorrow, so it is necessary to think of delaying the speed of the Tartars' march. ”

Liu Heizi showed embarrassment: "How can you delay?" The Tartars entered Dengzhou all the way from Beizhili, and the road was unimpeded, so who would dare to use the mantis arm as a car on the way back? ”

Xia Nan muttered: "In the territory of the Eastern Three Mansions, my father-in-law's words work, but I can take the waterway to get ahead of the Tartars and send the orders of the governor's yamen to the states and counties." However, as Staff Officer Liu said, no one dared to fight along the way, and it was useless to send orders for fear that they would be issued. ”

The other staff officers also pondered, but none of them could come up with a good solution. In the face of absolute power, any strategy is pale, who made the Ming army so weak that it was vulnerable?

Sima De thought for a while and said, "General, my subordinates have a method, and I don't know if it works. ”

Xia Nan's eyes lit up and encouraged: "Tell me about it." ”

"Actually, my subordinates were also inspired by the general's strong wall. Since all the grain within a radius of 20 miles from Dengzhou can force the Tartars to withdraw, will it be possible to slow down the Tartars' march by grabbing the grain along the way in front of the Tartars? The Tartars have never brought grain and grass with them, they all rely on looting and supplying on the spot, so many of them have horses, plus the captured people, the consumption of people eating horses and chewing every day must be amazing, and if they eat up, they must loot along the way, and there is no food to grab within several miles, so it is necessary to scatter people farther away to find food, so that the speed of the whole army will naturally be slow. ”

"Wonderful!" Xia Nan clapped his hands and applauded, "This idea of drawing inferences from one case is very good." Let's repeat the old trick, play this trick of clearing the wilderness again, follow the straight line from Dengzhou to Changyi, and grab the grain along the way in front of the Tartars. Unless the Tartars can go hungry, they will definitely not be able to reach Changyi in three days. ”

Sima De said: "In this case, it is better to ask Futai for a warrant at once, and send someone to rush to the front of the Tartar by boat to collect grain." ”

Xia Nan reminded: "The matter of collecting grain is a double-edged sword, which makes the Tartars uncomfortable and also causes a lot of losses to the people. We can't mess up the reputation, although there is a warrant from the governor, we must properly make up for the losses of the people. In Dengzhou, we are forcing officials to pay money, and now it involves Laizhou, Qingzhou and other places, and it is too late to go to the local government to make a pledge, let's go out ourselves! As long as you can successfully intercept Abatai's army, it will be worth spending some silver. ”

Sima De agreed: "My subordinates know that they will never smash the signboard of the Qiong Navy for such a little silver." ”

After making the plan, the Military Aircraft Staff Office acted vigorously and resolutely and selected people to take the flying clipper boat to Laizhou and Qingzhou by sea with the governor's warrant. In order to successfully complete the task, the soldiers of the Guards Battalion also followed, so as not to disobey the local government, toast without eating and drinking, and threaten with force if necessary.