Compared with the south, where most places belong to the plain area, Kuling Pass is indeed a rare area that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the continuous hillside forms a natural barrier, and the pass is stationed with heavy troops, which can play a role in hitting ten with one blow.

Kuling Pass is only about 100 miles away from Guangdezhou City, relying on this barrier, it can protect the state city very well, but for many years, Guangdezhou in the territory of Nanzhili, does not have much status, has not aroused enough attention from above, so it is considered a natural barrier of Kuling Pass, no one cares, on the contrary, the people of Guangdezhou believe that this face-facing hillside blocks the trade of trade, making them travel more inconvenient.

Qin Sande and Zhu Youxiang did not forget this, they laid down 10,000 soldiers in Kuling Pass to guard Guangdezhou, and the remaining 40,000 soldiers were stationed not far from Guangdezhou City.

In the eyes of Qin Sande and Zhu Youxiang, Guangdezhou is the most unlikely place to be attacked, and the reason is also very sufficient, Guangdezhou's territory is not large, it is not a rich area, and there is a barrier of Kuling Pass, compared with Huizhou Mansion and Ningguo Mansion, even if it is lost, it is unlikely to have a great impact.

It's just that Qin Sande and Zhu Youxiang didn't dare to ignore that Guangdezhou is close to Yingtianfu and is also the closest place to Yingtianfu, in case Su Tiancheng's idea is to attack Nanjing directly, it is not a strange decision to choose to attack Guangdezhou first.

Qin Sande and Zhu Youxiang would never have thought that the reason why Su Tiancheng attacked Guangdezhou first was to cut off the more than 200,000 troops under their command, so that the army could not take care of the end and make the most adequate preparations for the next annihilation war.

If you really understand Su Tiancheng's opportunity. Qin Sande and Zhu Youxiang will definitely turn pale and tremble, how much courage is needed to make such a decision.

The situation in Kuling Pass has long been investigated by the scouts.

During the half-day rest in Anji Prefecture, Su Tiancheng carefully looked at the map of Kuling Pass again, in fact, this so-called Kuling Pass. With the Guanning Jin defense line in Liaodong, does not belong to a level, the Guanning Jin defense line mainly relies on several important towns such as Dalinghe City, Jinzhou City, Ningyuan City and Shanhaiguan, this kind of town that is built, the role of defense is far stronger than the natural barrier, so the Jin Tatar was once unusually brave, but in the face of the Guanning Jin defense line, it is also helpless.

Kuling Pass has not been taken seriously, perhaps because it is in the territory of Guangdezhou. However, in peacetime, it is impossible to be taken seriously here, it is located in the interior, there is no need to strengthen defense, and the status of Nanzhili is not the same.

To Su Tiancheng's relief, Qin Sande and Zhu Youxiang both made a fatal mistake, they thought that Kuling Pass was very steep, and only a small number of sergeants were arranged. was able to resist the invasion of the army, so they did not urge the sergeants to build as many fortifications as possible in Kuling Pass. In order to stop the attack of the army, it is a pity that this fatal mistake has no chance to be sealed.

The distribution of 10,000 soldiers of the Ming army is also very uneven, and it can even be regarded as blind, with nearly 8,000 people stationed in the main pass of Kuling Pass, and more than two people in the remaining two. Scattered around Kuling Pass, if they really encounter a fight, more than 2,000 people will be equivalent to cannon fodder, and there will not be many opportunities to escape.

The time given by Su Tiancheng to take the Kuling Pass was half a day.

On the surface. Su Tiancheng seemed too confident, or arrogant, but after careful analysis, it can be found that Su Tiancheng is seeking truth from facts, and the battle to win Kuling Pass is definitely not a battle to attack the city, this is also one of the battles in the wild, but the way of fighting is different, for the Jiangning battalion with an artillery advantage, just using artillery can give the Ming army guarding Kuling Pass great damage, and even make the opponent have little chance to fight back. After the artillery attack, the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion took advantage of the situation to rush forward and could take Kuling Pass as quickly as possible.

Su Tiancheng and the others analyzed this possibility, and believed that the mode of battle must be such a way.

This time, it was Li Dingguo who was in charge of the main attack.

Li Dingguo undertook the task of leading the vanguard troops alone for the first time, and he was very excited and excited, and this was the first battle of the attack on Nanzhili, so he must fight well and play a good role as a model for the next battle.

The vanguard unit responsible for the offensive was 5,000 soldiers under Li Dingguo, and among these 5,000 soldiers, there were also 1,000 new soldiers, all of whom were Liu Zeqing's former subordinates.

Li Dingguo led the leading troops, walking in the front, and with them, there was also the artillery battalion, in order not to delay time, Li Dingguo even ordered the soldiers to help the artillery battalion speed up the pace of the march and transport artillery equipment.

After so many years in the Jiangning Battalion and becoming the commander of the guard, Li Dingguo has long understood the importance of artillery, and he also admires Su Tiancheng's wisdom very much, so much so that he believes that as long as he fights with Su Tiancheng, no matter how bad the situation is, he can achieve the final victory, and Su Tiancheng will become the emperor, it will be a matter of time. As for the former father-in-law Zhang Xianzhong, except for the occasional appearance in his mind, what he recalls is the bits and pieces of life, and he doesn't have much impression of the others.

Li Dingguo was also distressed, thinking that he had almost forgotten his father-in-law, whether he was disloyal and unfilial, but when chatting with Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi, Liu Wenxiu, who was a little older, severely reprimanded Li Dingguo, saying that some of the actions of his father-in-law back then seemed to be completely wrong now, such as how much damage was caused by reckless killing, look at the current Jiangning camp, look at what His Royal Highness King De did, where can it be compared, just like His Royal Highness King De has such a benevolent psychology and tolerant heart of the saint, Where else in this world, if you still want to rebel against your father, and compare His Royal Highness King De with your father-in-law, it will be a sin.

Less than 20 miles into Guangdezhou, it is the location of Kuling Pass.

Li Dingguo hurried to Su Tiancheng's side on horseback.

Su Tiancheng, Lu Xiangsheng, Qu Qingze and others were looking at the map spread out on the ground. Seeing Li Dingguo coming, Su Tiancheng spoke directly.

"Li Dingguo, after taking Kuling Pass, what actions are you going to lead the army to?"

Thinking that Su Tiancheng was going to ask how to attack Kuling Pass, Li Dingguo also quickly prepared along the way, it was nothing more than a sign of determination, how to attack was a matter that had been determined a long time ago, but he didn't expect Su Tiancheng to suddenly ask this question, which caught him off guard, and he hesitated for a few seconds before speaking.

"All subordinates obey His Highness's arrangement."

"Li Dingguo, how to attack Kuling Pass, I don't want to say it, the deployment has been implemented a long time ago, and I came to you to discuss how to attack Kuling Pass, nor did I ask you to show your determination, I just wanted to remind you that Kuling Pass is the barrier of Guangdezhou, once there is danger in Kuling Pass, Guangdezhou City, which is a hundred miles away, will definitely take action, so in this battle, we must consider the existence of another possibility."

"Now I have made the following adjustments, the number of soldiers attacking Kuling Pass has increased to 20,000, all of them are elite cavalry of the Jiangning battalion, each of them is equipped with two horses, and it is still under your command, after taking Kuling Pass, you don't clean up the battlefield, don't care about the surrendered Ming army, and don't worry about the artillery battalion, take the leading soldiers of the head team, and go straight to Guangdezhou City at the fastest speed, the Ming army is stationed outside the state city, as long as your speed is fast enough, you can bite them, so that they can't all enter the state city, As long as you can bite the Ming army, you will have achieved the greatest victory in the attack on Guangdezhou. ”

Li Dingguo's face turned red all of a sudden, and his blood surged up, he never imagined that he would actually command 20,000 people to fight, which was completely different from the scale set earlier, and all of them were cavalry battles, and the speed was very fast, from Kuling Pass to Guangdezhou City, the elite cavalry of the Jiangning battalion, each with two horses, could rush to the outside of Guangdezhou City in more than an hour at most, so that the Ming army stationed outside Guangdezhou City was caught off guard.

"Your Highness, your subordinates will definitely complete the task and bite the Ming army outside Guangde City."

"Very good, but you also have to remember that you can't force it, this is a temporarily added task after Lord Lu, Lord Qu and I discussed, and it is difficult to complete it, even if it can't be completed, the army quickly rushed to Guangdezhou City, and it is also a victory."

When the proud Li Dingguo was about to return to the location of the vanguard, Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi found him.

There was a look of envy in the eyes of the two, Liu Wenxiu was the eldest among the brothers, he looked at Li Dingguo, and spoke very seriously.

"Dingguo, your responsibility is important, don't live up to Your Highness's expectations, we are waiting for your good news later."

Li Dingguo didn't say anything, and hugged his fists to salute Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi.

On the way back, Li Dingguo found that the army had begun to move, and a steady stream of cavalry wanted to march ahead, these were the sergeants he was about to command.

Li Dingguo, who gradually calmed down, began to think about the tactical arrangement, the rules of the Jiangning battalion are very clear, Su Tiancheng and others will only arrange the overall arrangement of the operation, how the battle will be carried out, that is the commander's business, but the final task must be completed, and it is precisely because of this habit that Li Dingguo has an idea in his mind, he wants to be surprised, and only in this way can it be possible to complete the task assigned by Su Tiancheng.

Thinking of the battle that was about to begin, Li Dingguo couldn't suppress his excitement, and headed towards the vanguard garrison with a gust of wind, the offensive was about to begin, and there was not much time left for him to deploy, and if he wanted to implement his ideas, he must let the officers at all levels know that when the time comes, he will carry out the order to the letter. (To be continued......)