"Master Inspector, the most important thing is that we must change the current passive situation before Luo Rucai and Li Zicheng join forces!"

Zhu Jie pondered for a moment and replied in a deep voice.

"How to change the passive situation today?"

Sun Chuanting asked in a deep voice, "Li Zicheng is a strong soldier, but it is not the situation of three or five years ago, on the contrary, our elite who have survived a hundred battles have also been lost in the past few years, this battle is not easy to fight......

Zhu Jie nodded and replied, "It's not good to fight, you have to fight!" Before Luo Rucai arrived, hold down Li Zicheng and clean him up fiercely, and hit Li Zicheng hard first, so that even if Luo Rucai arrives, we have room for maneuver. ”

Zhu Jie carefully recalled the Battle of Persimmon Garden, which was a major battle that determined the direction of the last years of the Ming Dynasty, that is, in this battle, Sun Chuanting was defeated, collapsed, and was finally encircled and annihilated in Tongguan.

As an important battle in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Jie naturally studied and analyzed in the Military Academy, and he still has some memories of the current situation.

"Master Overseer, take a look at the map!"

Zhu Jie said in a deep voice.

Sun Chuanting shouted: "Come on, unfold the military map!" ”

The general on the side hurriedly spread a map on the desk, and the whole picture of Henan was presented in front of Zhu Jie's eyes.

Zhu Jie looked at the map quietly and quickly thought about countermeasures.

Suddenly, Zhu Jie put his finger on the position of Tang County and said: "Master Inspector, I once said that we are short of food and grass, and our troops are also insufficient. ”

"What way?"

Zhu Jie said in a deep voice: "My lord, as far as I know, most of the civilian officials of Li Zicheng's puppet regime are now concentrated in Baofeng, and their families are concentrated in Tang County, which is too far away from us and is not easy to deal with......

"You mean to take Baofeng and then replenish grain and grass on the spot?"

Sun Chuanting asked.

"No!"

Zhu Jie shook his head and replied: "Now the hinterland of Henan has been suffering from disasters year after year, and Baofeng is just an inferior state city, with a population of only tens of thousands, and there is not much grain in stock, what we have to do is not to take Baofeng, but to surround Baofeng!" Li Zicheng's main force is in the Xiangcheng area, only two hundred miles away from Baofeng, will definitely rush to the aid of Baofeng as soon as possible, here is the concentration of the civil official system that he has worked so hard to establish, what we can't afford to lose, what we have to do is to surround Baofeng, and then concentrate the main forces, set up an ambush halfway, and catch them off guard! ”

Sun Chuanting nodded and asked: "This is what you said about each break, first hit Li Zicheng hard, and then turn around, dealing with Luo Rucai, it's just that Li Zicheng has strong troops, can we defeat Li Zicheng's main force by setting up an ambush halfway......"

Zhu Jie looked resolute and replied: "Master Inspector, whether it can be done or not, we all have to try, the enemy is outnumbered, if we want to defeat the opponent, then we must take risks, fight steadily, we will be defeated, Li Zicheng can afford it, we can't afford it, you know best, now the court is already poor, and the emperor can't make up the extra military salary now even if he smashes the pot and sells iron......

Sun Chuanting didn't listen to other words, but this sentence was listened to by the court because the court had no money, this is the most fatal, he can't pay the military salary, even if he is awesome, he can only kneel!

"And what are you going to do?"

Zhu Jie sneered: "Master Governor, we are now only two hundred miles away from Baofeng, our whole army is dispatched, the army surrounds Baofeng, Li Zicheng's army will definitely pour out, straight to Baofeng City, in order to be able to solve the danger of Baofeng, from Xiangcheng to Baofeng, after forty miles east of Baofeng City, the main force of the army is moving in the direction of Xiangcheng, absolutely unable to bypass Phoenix Ridge, two Phoenix Ridges before and after, a radius of nearly 100 miles, if you want to bypass Phoenix Ridge, at least two to three more miles, we will set up an ambush on Phoenix Ridge, Here's a hard lesson for Li Zicheng! ”

Sun Chuanting carefully looked at the map, it is true, the official road from Xiangcheng to Baofeng is just the front and back Phoenix Ridge, tightly sandwiched in the middle, he has been here five years ago, the widest place in the valley between the two Phoenix Ridges is only more than 100 zhang, the narrowest place, but thirty or forty zhang, a distance of six or seven miles, is definitely the best place for ambush!

However, how did this Zhu Jie know the position of Li Zicheng's main force? I haven't been searching for news these days, and I haven't been able to find the location of the main force of the thieves!

However, now Sun Chuanting can't think about it so much, and now that the situation is difficult, he can only take a risk!

"Well, tomorrow, the army will move quickly in the direction of Baofeng, and arrive in Baofeng City within five days!"

Sun Chuanting said hatefully, "Someone, the order, the general soldiers of each town, all go to the Shuai tent to discuss matters!" ”

It didn't take long for the general soldiers Gao Jie, Zuo Guangxian, Chen Yongfu, Niu Chenghu, Gao Ruli, Bu Congshan and Sun Zhixiu to all come to the Shuai Tent, a total of seven town troops, seven general soldiers!

"Ladies and gentlemen, now the situation is getting more and more difficult, our grain and grass are burned, and the remaining grain can't last too long, just at this juncture, Luo Rucai is also advancing rapidly from the southwest to the direction of Xiangcheng, at most, it will take half a month and twenty days to reach our area, and then we will face Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai's attack, and the consequences will be unimaginable!"

Sun Chuanting said in a deep voice.

The general soldiers of all the families looked at each other one by one, one Li Zicheng is enough for everyone to be busy, and now there is another Luo Rucai, wouldn't it be even more difficult to deal with?

"General Zhu Jie, the right talent, proposed to besiege Baofeng first, attract the main force of the thieves to help, and then we set up an ambush in the area of Phoenix Ridge to ambush the thieves, and hit the main force of the thieves in one fell swoop, what do you think?"

Sun Chuanting asked.

"This,"

Chen Yongfu was a little hesitant and asked: "My lord, besieging Baofeng and then ambushing the main force of the thieves, the idea is not bad, but we don't even know the location of the main force of the thieves now, setting up an ambush in Phoenix Ridge, isn't that a joke?" What if people don't go to Phoenix Ridge? When the time comes, we will be the ones who will be broken......"

Zhu Jie smiled faintly and replied, "Mr. Chen, what if we already know the location of the main force of the thieves?" Now their location is in Xiangcheng, if Li Zicheng wants to rush to the aid of Baofeng, he must send troops from Xiangcheng, then Phoenix Ridge is the place they must pass through! As long as we are fully prepared, the battle of Phoenix Ridge will definitely be able to inflict heavy losses on the thieves and give our army a chance to breathe! ”

Everyone glanced at each other, the main force of the thieves was in Xiangcheng? How do we not know......

"Ladies and gentlemen, now we have no way out, we have a battle against the water, victory or defeat can be said to be another move, if we are delaying for more than ten days, when the time comes, the grain and grass will be exhausted, Luo Ru will come, we will suffer from the enemy on our backs, then there is really only a dead end, do you all want to sacrifice your life for the country like this, and die on the battlefield?"

Zhu Jie asked with a smile.

"Sacrifice for the country?"

The faces of several general soldiers turned dark, and they joked, who is willing to sacrifice their lives for the country, who will donate, anyway, Lao Tzu didn't live enough!