Beyond the city is a wilderness, and not far away is a river, which has swelled because of the heavy rain in recent days.

This river became the border between the two armies.

The Siamese had thought of demolishing the stone bridge over the river, but it was too late, because it was close to the royal capital, and the stone bridge was extremely strong, and even if it was to be demolished, it would not be possible to do it in a day or two.

Therefore, Zhaolu Qunying dispatched a battalion of men and horses to wait here, originally wanting to intercept the Ming army here, but after thinking about it, this battalion of men and horses withdrew back.

The reason for this is that this king of Zhaolu Qunying is also proficient in the art of war, and the two armies face each other along the river, and the opponent's artillery is sharp, and if it is bombarded on the other side of the river, it is extremely unfavorable for the Siamese army.

Therefore, he deliberately ordered people to retreat two miles and eyed the Ming army, just to wait for the Ming army to cross the river.

If the Ming army crossed the river, they immediately swarmed up and intercepted them halfway through the river, so that they could not care about each other, and defeated them in one fell swoop.

This tactic is quite popular, and it is indeed effective.

Therefore, more than 10,000 Siamese troops, distributed around the stone bridge, were fiercely armed, waiting for this final blow.

Zhaolu Qunying has calmed down, whether this calmness is shown to people or not, even if he is already nervous in his heart, even terrified, after all, he still has a bit of the temperament of a leader, he wears gold armor, personally rides a war elephant, and leads two hundred elephant soldiers to wait patiently here, this elephant soldier is his killer weapon.

The Ming army on the opposite side, almost every move, is under the eyes of Zhaolu Qunying, their number is actually not much, and they are full of calculations. It's only about 5,000, and of course Zhaolu doesn't dare to underestimate it. In fact, he still doesn't understand, five thousand lone soldiers. Why did he march more than 300 miles in ten days, this obviously contradicted his cognition, and also contradicted the cognition of the military and civilians of Ayutthaya.

When the Ming army landed in Rayong, Zhaolu Qunying had ordered the news to be blocked, and the reason why the news was blocked was nothing more than to calm people's hearts, he thought. I had enough time to prepare and drive this lone army into the sea. Outcome...... This makes people's hearts shake, for ordinary soldiers and civilians. A Ming army came out of nowhere, and it came to the city of Dacheng at once, although the government has repeatedly publicized that this is a lone army from the sea. But not many people believed. Everyone is not stupid, can there be so many military horses at sea? It is said that it takes ten days to reach the city of Ayutthaya by sea, even ordinary people who do not need to carry any baggage, let alone an army.

But many people are convinced that this army of horses came from Zhenla, if it is from Zhenla. There are 100,000 elite soldiers in Siam there, how did the Ming army come? So rumors arose. It is said that in Zhenla, the 100,000 elite soldiers of Siam were annihilated, and the Ming army was already overwhelmed, and the troops arrived in Dacheng.

This kind of rumor is the most terrifying, even Zhaolu Qunying is anxious and angry, because both the military and civilians in the city and outside the city are convinced of this, so the 100,000 Siamese elite soldiers are not the opponent of the Ming army, so will the more than 10,000 old and weak in this capital be the opponent of the Ming army?

What's even more terrifying is that many of the military horses of Zhenla are relatives in the city, so the city is full of mourning, and many people are psychologically prepared for the death of their sons and brothers.

Yes, if you didn't insist on going your own way, you had to go against the Ming, how could you let the Ming army start a war against Siam, if it weren't for you, how could they die?

This kind of dissatisfaction comes from the military and civilians, and there are also a considerable number of nobles.

On the one hand, these people are planning for their own lives, the strength of the Ming Dynasty, they have once again been confirmed, once Siam is defeated, it is time to reckoning. Moreover, now, the king's popular will is lost, even if he barely keeps the big city, what will be like in the future is unpredictable, many ambitious people, and even some aristocratic forces that were suppressed by Zhaolu Qunying in the past, take advantage of the emptiness of the city, and are already a little sharpening their knives.

And Zhaolu Qunying can certainly see this qiē, which is also the reason why he is anxious for a decisive battle, the Ming army is a lone army, naturally hoping for a quick victory, and he is also eager to fight a quick battle now, in order to immediately solve this external trouble, and return to the capital as soon as possible to suppress those ambitious rebels.

Zhaolu Qunying was eager for the Ming army to attack, extremely eager, and his eyes were always on the south, waiting for the decisive battle to come.

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The battle situation was already very clear, and immediately after a small rest of the Ming army on the riverside, scouts sent the Siamese army deployed along the river to the temporary Chinese army camp.

Hao Fenglou held his chin and vetoed all possibilities, and then began to listen to the suggestions of the staff officers.

Most of these staff officers are veterans, or military attaches who have been wounded and retired, and the vast majority of them are missing arms and legs, and although they no longer practice, they are studying tactics every day and reading books, and they have read everything, from the Four Books and the Five Classics, to many miscellaneous studies, and even many ancient art of war. Culture, coupled with their experience in the army, makes them not like those Zhao Kuo's generation, who only know how to talk on paper.

After dozens of staff officers carefully discussed, the last plan was sent to Hao Fenglou.

The chief of staff is a man in his thirties, a one-eyed dragon, his eye was hit by a stray bullet, and he finally picked up a life, and the most angry thing about this guy is that he didn't get the enemy's knife, but he doesn't know which one the fuck was killed. His own people's harm, but no matter what, he was a blessing in disguise, after retiring, he was immediately arranged to enter the lecture hall for further study, because of his excellent talent, he quickly put forward many tactics that fit with the god guard, and even tried his hand in the defense of Beijing, because of some of his combat tactics, and achieved great results, therefore, this person was favored by Hao Fenglou and promoted to chief of staff in one fell swoop.

Although he only manages 70 or 80 staff officers, these staff officers not only draw up drills and battle plans, but more importantly, they have the right to supervise; those staff officers, who wander around the battalion every day, can directly impeach the officers and men who go down to the commanding officers and down to the ordinary soldiers for violating the rules, and they even have the right to directly punish the officers and men below 100 households.

The chief of staff is called Liu Xingxing, and because of this name, Hao Fenglou has complained in his heart many times, and now this one-eyed general he relies on, the plan he came up with at this time is making people cry and laugh.

The enemy's purpose is to cross the river and attack, since this is the case, then the plan will be calculated, and directly let a battalion of men and horses cross the river and fight a decisive battle with the Siamese army at the bridgehead.

And then...... Gone!

Liu Xingxing saw Hao Fenglou's suspicions, in fact, this so-called strategy, there is no difference between having and not having it, but Liu Xingxing still has a hearty words: "My lord, the strength of our army is far above the Siamese, but the other side has a large number of people, to disintegrate them, no longer protracted and fierce battles, what is wanted, is to use an elite to directly defeat them from the front, and completely hit their sharpness, this is a sharp knife, straight into their hearts, time drags on, it is not good for us, only in this way can we make a decision." ”

"And the Jinyi guard has collected a lot of news from the city, and many people in the city are ready to move, but now they are also waiting, if at this time, we take the most direct means, even if we are at a disadvantage, we can come to a great victory, then the Siamese people will definitely have civil strife."

Hao Fenglou looked at the two commanders, the two commanders didn't have any opinions, in fact, what they cared about was whether Lang Shanwei or Shenjiwei sent people to make this sharp knife.

Shen Jiwei's military exploits are brilliant, naturally needless to say, in their eyes, Lao Tzu is the first in the world, and everyone else, when they see Lao Tzu, they have to be three points shorter, who is not on Lao Tzu?

Lang Shan Wei is just like a sentence in later generations, called my big knife has long been hungry and thirsty, and I have been aggrieved for so long, and I have no record of getting it, but Lang Shan Wei is actually better at attacking fortifications than Shen Ji Wei, and they think that they are not under Shen Ji Wei, so they have long held their breath and want to make some achievements in this battle.

Hao Fenglou looked at Zeng Guodong, the commander of Lang Shanwei, Zeng Guodong immediately understood, without saying a word, he fell to the ground, and swore an oath: "My lord, Lang Shanwei can take on the heavy responsibility of this battle, and the guards have already sharpened their knives Huo Huo, just waiting for the adults to give an order, the whole guard up and down, dare not to die, and are willing to die generously and serve the adults." ”

Hao Fenglou stood up and said, "There is no need to die, if you even have to fight these Siamese people, you have to die or live, what is the use of this official raising you?" Defeat the Siamese elite for Lao Tzu, and kill them without even knowing their parents. ”

So everyone laughed, Zeng Guodong was holding his breath now, just waiting to vent, nodded heavily, and went to settle down.

This He Jian couldn't help but slander on the side: "Although Lang Shanwei has also gone through the battle formation, he has never been alone, my lord, the god is ...... guard."

Liu Xingxing, the chief of staff on the side, knew Hao Fenglou's thoughts, and interrupted him with a smile: "Commander He, it is because they are not in charge alone, so they are allowed to take charge alone, what are these Siamese people now, in the future, the adults will be of great use to Lang Shan Wei, if even the Siamese people are ugly, then what is the use, this is called training, soldiers, they are all ...... fighting" (to be continued......)