Xia Nan said confidently: "Don't worry, Mr. Charles, this war will end soon, and the army of the imperial court is not our opponent." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

If Xia Nan was not very sure before, the outstanding performance of Huang and Yang proved that with advanced weapons and tactics, it was enough to easily defeat an army that was still at the level of the Middle Ages. What's more, the scale of the opponent's troops has been figured out through raids and harassment battles, but there are only about three or four thousand people, and a hundred people can make them disgraced. Sometimes, the number of people does not represent the real combat effectiveness.

Sima De smiled and said: "My subordinates congratulate the lord in advance - after this battle, the Qiongzhou Mansion no longer has the strength to fight with us, and the lord's grand plan for hegemony is just around the corner." ”

Xia Nan was also a little proud, he smiled and shook his index finger: "Gain a firm foothold in Qiongzhou, it is not a grand plan to dominate, and it is not too late for us to get out of Qiongzhou Mansion and get involved in the inland of the Central Plains." ”

He thought for a while and asked Sima De: "Mr. Sima, there are some things that can be prepared for a rainy day. After defeating the official army, how do we deal with the relationship with the government? ”

"It depends on what the lord thinks. If you are unwilling to accept Zhao'an, you can follow the example of Liu Xuande of the Three Kingdoms, base yourself on Lingao, consolidate your strength, and annex the surrounding states and counties in the future until you take all the Qiongzhou Mansions......"

Xia Nan shook his head, "This is a blatant rebellion, the imperial court will not sit idly by, it will definitely mobilize the elite of the two Guangxi to encircle and suppress, even if we can win, maybe we will mobilize more troops, we will never be at peace, and we will not be able to develop with peace of mind." ”

"Then you can choose to recruit An, and it is possible that you will be incorporated into the battalion of Guangdong and sent to fight......

"Isn't that Song Jiang? The heroes of Liangshan were sent to suppress Fang La, and the imperial court fought with the idea of killing people with knives and driving away wolves. Can you follow the example of Zheng Yiguan, a coastal defense guerrilla, and listen to the tune or not the propaganda? ”

Sima De became serious: "The subordinates think the same as the lord. It's a pity that we don't have the strength of him at the moment. I can only act at the opportunity......"

Xia Nan didn't have a better idea, so he had to say: "Then let's fight back the officers and soldiers." ”

On the 14th day of July in the fourth year of Chongzhen, the folk custom is the Ghost Festival, and it is the day to open the ghost door. The officers and guards confronted each other thirty miles from the village of Ma Yuan in Lingao County.

This place was chosen by the escort team, the terrain is flat, the surroundings are open, and the movements of the officers and soldiers can be seen in full view, and if you make tactical actions such as dividing troops or outflanking, you can't hide from the escort. The most critical point is that the place where the escort is located is a little higher than the surrounding area, which is a slope, which can increase the range of the artillery, and secondly, it forms a condescending situation, and the officers and troops become a back attack, which is more beneficial to the escort.

Xia Nan, Lin Weiye, Sima De and others stood on the slope, looking at the lineup of the officers and soldiers from afar. When standing still, the officers and soldiers still looked quite imposing, and they could see that the soldiers in the front row were all brightly colored mandarin duck fat jackets, which were much neater than the clothes of the people in the escort team.

Perhaps it was the results of the raid that greatly enhanced his self-confidence, Xia Nan was in a more relaxed mood, he pointed to the officers and soldiers and said: "Lao Lin, after this battle, do we consider getting a uniform set of clothes for the team, you see that although the clothes and armor of the officers and soldiers are fancy, at least they are neat and unified, and they are still a little imposing." ”

Lin Weiye nodded: "Uniform clothing can enhance the sense of teamwork and create a sense of belonging to soldiers, so it's time to get a set." ”

He leaned into Xia Nan's ear and asked in a low voice, "Do you want to be modern, or modern?" The British were famous for their 18th-century Red Shirts, so why not come directly to Nazi Germany? ”

Xia Nan didn't know much about the Red Shirts, but when he mentioned the Nazis, the straight black uniforms of the SS immediately came to mind, and the temptation was quite great. Although Xia Nan admired the simplicity and handsomeness of the Germanic style of German military uniforms during World War II, Hitler and the Nazis represented evil, and Xia Nan did not want to be associated with the Nazis.

He shook his head: "Forget about the Nazi uniform, what kind of routine is the Red Shirts?" ”

Lin Weiye explained: "The Red Shirts are the uniforms of the British Army from the 17th to the 19th centuries, because the whole body is flaming red and looks like a lobster from a distance, so it is also called the Lobster Soldiers. In the 18th century, the Red Shirts were very strong, and they conquered the territory of the British Empire. ”

Xia Nan thought for a while: "Why are you copying foreign countries?" The mandarin duck jackets of the Ming army in front of me are okay, so let's improve and streamline them. But I don't have time to discuss it in detail now, so let's talk about it after the war. ”

At this time, Sima De said to Xia Nan suspiciously: "Lord, now that the hour has passed, it is said that the officers and soldiers should make some moves, so consumed, wait until the time has passed and then fight, one or two hours may not be able to finish the battle, if it is past noon, don't they eat and fight hungry?" ”

Xia Nan silently converted, the time is 9 o'clock to 11 o'clock in the morning, if the battle starts at this point, two or three hours will not be able to end the battle, noon will pass, that is to say, from 11 o'clock to 1 o'clock this time period, both the enemy and us have to eat, hungry to fight, the morale of both sides will drop.

Sima De continued: "According to the practice of the official army to fight, it is generally fought at the hour and at the end of the hour, and the officers and soldiers have always stood still, which is probably a bit strange. ”

As soon as he said this, Xia Nan also felt that something was wrong, and he couldn't say what was wrong. He called Huang Hansheng and Yang Youji and asked, "Look at the officers and soldiers, what's wrong?" ”

The two of them looked at each other carefully, and after watching a full cup of tea, Huang Hansheng said: "Master, it seems that something is wrong." When we first met the officers and soldiers, we estimated that they numbered between 3,000 and 4,000. Although there were repeated attacks, the number of dead and wounded was not large, and the number of people who were scattered and straddled was at most about three or four hundred. But looking at it now, it seems that it is less than 3,000! ”

Yang Youji nodded and affirmed his statement: "Although we can't tell how many people there are in the official army now, it is indeed a lot less than when we first met. ”

The number of people has been inexplicably drastically reduced, and it is not caused by combat attrition, but the most likely thing is that.

"Divide the troops!"

Xia Nan and Sima De shouted this sentence in unison.

It shouldn't be, Xia Nan asked puzzledly: "Mr. Sima, the officers and soldiers have already agreed to fight head-on, aren't they falling for our plan?" ”

Sima De frowned: "There is another possibility, the officers and soldiers have seen through our plan, and now they are planning to drag us here, and then send all the way to raid our nest!" ”