At this time, Wu Shigong was preparing this mine strategy in his own mansion. Fortunately, it was the Ming Dynasty at this time, there was no phone and E-mail, and the message was delivered very slowly, and after Wu Shigong got the news, more than a month had passed, and it had already arrived in October of the fourth year of Chongzhen.

We'll talk about that later. And now Wu Shigong is gathering the military attaches around him to formulate a military jihua to seize the mining area.

Because there was no attention to Nanyang Mansion before, and the establishment of the Shanchuan Division was short, Wu Shigong did not have a detailed map of the mining area here. However, with Xue Zhinong's efforts, he still came up with a simple map. And this simple map has also helped Wu Shigong a lot now.

In the eyes of the military attachés present, they saw the key point of this battle at a glance. That is, in the mountainous area where the mining area is located, there is a village called Dahuai Village.

This Dahuai village is located in a valley in the center of this mountainous area, which basically blocks the passage of this mountainous area. If the village is occupied, then the miners will not be able to gather easily, nor can they easily move back and forth in the mountains.

What's more precious is that if this Dahuai Village is occupied, then half of the iron ore and all the saltpeter mines will be exposed on Wu Shigong's side. As long as a force was sent to garrison Dahuai Village, Wu Shigong's army could safely sweep the mining areas on his side and pinch them all in his own hands.

Because Wu Shigong's military operation lasted only one month, if he planned for the worst, as long as he took possession of half of the iron ore and all the saltpeter mines, then this military operation would be a reluctant success. And the other half of the iron ore can be slowly occupied later.

However, if you want to go to Dahuai Village, you have to go through half of the mountainous area, and you have to take a mountain road, so if you are a large army, the speed of the march will definitely not be fast.

And this time, Wu Shigong's operational idea of seizing Dahuai Village was to be fast and hidden. Because it is absolutely impossible to let those rebellious miners gather too many people in the key stronghold of Dahuai Village. Otherwise, you risk getting into a protracted battle with the miners who are causing trouble.

But this mountainous area is inhabited by miners and their families, and Wu Shigong's army is fighting on the outside line. Therefore, for the sake of speed and concealment, only a small force can be sent over.

Moreover, this small army cannot be cavalry, because after seizing Dahuai Village, this small army will have to be stationed in Dahuai Village to resist the possible counterattack of those rebellious miners for at least a day, waiting for the arrival of the main force of the Runing battalion.

Therefore, Wu Shigong finally decided to draw five hundred people from the infantry 1,000 people of the mobile regiment directly under him and ride a cart to carry out this military operation. Luckily, those mountain roads also had to transport iron ore out of the mining area, so the mountain roads were still passable for carts.

As for the total strength of the troops this time, Zuihou Wu Shigong decided to dispatch all the 1,000-man infantry troops, and then dispatch the 400-man troops from various places to gather and train here at Wu Shigong. And two hundred-man detachments of cavalry. Because in the mountains, the role of cavalry was not very great.

In addition, four three-pounder guns of the artillery corps acted with the troops as fire support. So, the total strength is more than 1,650 people.

As for the arrangements for the various forces, this is how they are determined. As the forward, the five-hundred-man team will be led by He Fei and Shumo as the deputy leader.

Because He Fei had also begged Wu Shigong a few times, and after he returned to the pro-soldier team, his training performance was also very good, so this time Wu Shigong also gave He Fei and those who returned to the pro-soldier team with He Fei a chance to make up for their merits in this battle.

And the main role of Shumo is that after the vanguard occupies Dahuai Village, Shumo will preside over the defense of Dahuai Village until the arrival of the main force behind him.

To be honest, Wu Shigong is still a little uneasy about Shumo's natural timidity. But Shumo is indeed the most defensive military attache under Wu Shigong. Besides, if Shumo has been messing around with Wu Shigong, then he will basically be abolished.

However, if Shumo dies or escapes this time because he can't complete the task, Wu Shigong will definitely not be soft because Shumo used to be his scholar. Since it is waste, there is no need to keep it.

And the vanguard was followed by the cavalry of the two hundreds, and their main task was that if the vanguard did not capture Dahuai Village as scheduled, they would strengthen the vanguard Liliang and must capture Dahuai Village. And if the vanguard captures Dahuai Village, the cavalry will also strengthen the defense of Dahuai Village.

As the commander of this military operation, Zhou Xun will lead the remaining nine hundred-man teams and artillery teams to set off later. As for the candidate for deputy commander, Wu Shigong sent someone to rush to Guide Dewei and transferred Yu Ji.

Regarding the use of Yu Ji, Wu Shigong also has the same idea as Shumo. Of course, if Yu Ji refuses to be transferred, Wu Shigong will also remove him from his group.

Of course, there is also a purpose by the way, after Yu Ji is transferred this time, he will not return to Dewei in a short period of time, and he and some military attachés who return to Dewei will stay in Wu Shigong's personal army after this military operation and receive complete military attache training.

And under the command of Dewei, Wu Shigong transferred Qian Qi over. In this way, Wu Shigong was also able to strengthen his control over Gui Dewei.

It can be seen from this that Wu Shigong sent two military attaches of an experimental nature this time, as well as most of the recruits who had no combat experience, so Wu Shigong was still very confident in the success of this military operation.

However, just in case, Wu Shigong will also prepare his own personal army and the rest of the cavalry, ready to go to Nanyang Mansion to support the battle at any time.

And because the preparations for sending troops are basically in the Runing battalion, the secrecy of the dispatch can still be guaranteed. However, in order to prevent accidents, Wu Shigong put Li Lu and Wan Wendong, as well as their entourage under house arrest in the Runing camp, just in case they talked nonsense and revealed the news after they returned.

And these days, Wu Shigong has also been preparing for the dispatch of troops, so he seems to be very busy. The day before the army, Wu Shigong saw that he was almost busy, so he returned to the inner house early, and after dinner, he went to the embroidered bamboo room to rest.

Wu Shigong and Xiuzhu's twin sons were rolling and crawling on the bed in the bedroom, and Wu Shigong teased them for a while before letting the nurse carry the twins to sleep.

When he was widening Wu Shigong's clothes, Xiuzhu cautiously asked Wu Shigong: "Young master, I heard that this time the army was dispatched, is the slave's cousin also going?" ”

Wu Shigong was suddenly sensitized by Xiuzhu's question, and he immediately asked with a tiger face: "What?" Shumo, this kid has come to you? ”

"Not really, but the slave's cousin wiped her tears a few times from Mrs. Xin and the slave." Xiuzhu was very unhappy when she saw Wu Shigong, and her voice became quieter and quieter.

"You women don't care about men's affairs." Wu Shigong heard that it was not Shumo who came directly to find him, and his face was a little better. However, Wu Shigong still suspected that Shumo's mother-in-law's actions were also what Shumo meant, so his voice was still very stern.

"The slave knows." Xiuzhu, who was reprimanded by Wu Shigong, lowered his head, and his eyes were a little red.

Wu Shigong looked at this maid who had grown up with him since he was a child, and his heart softened a little, so he continued: "Where does this man's future come from if he doesn't work hard?" ”

"Besides, you've been with me since you were a child, and you know what the situation is like with the children in the mansion. Speaking of which, whether their lives are good or not depends on the background of those children's parents. ”

"If the book and ink are spelled out this time, not only will he have a haode future, but also have such a cousin in the future, and the life of the two sons will be much better. Alas! There will be a day when I close my eyes. ”

After listening to Wu Shigong's words, Xiuzhu hurriedly covered Wu Shigong's mouth with his little hand and said, "Phew! Bah! Bah! Without restraint! Young master, you are still young, don't say such unlucky things. ”

Wu Shigong also laughed and hugged the embroidered bamboo in his arms.