Chapter 388 Plan and Move

Chapter 38 (aneven more chapter)

In the afternoon, Song Nan summoned the generals again to discuss in the big tent. Although the generals had time to think about the strategy of attacking the city, many methods were unreliable.

Cao Sugong, the avant-garde commander of Tianjin, suggested: "Big governor, let's simply bypass Gongzhou, and the army go directly to the south, first annihilate the thief soldiers on the north bank of the Yellow River seeking to occupy Feiyundu, and then go back to deal with the enemies of Gongzhou. There are many strong cities to go south. The fortifications in Jining and Pei counties are weak and can be taken in one fell swoop."

The generals have said that this is a good way to go south to annihilate Liu Liu's main thieves, or cut off the connection between Yang Hu and Liu Liu Liu in Gongzhou, so as to avoid Liu Liu leading his army back to help when the siege of the city is in full swing.

Song Nan mercilessly rejected this proposal, because if he abandons Go south to destroy the thieves led by Liu Liu, he is sure to force Liu Liu to fight a decisive battle with himself, but Yang Hu in Guzhou will definitely abandon the city and flee north; most of the soldiers and horses in the north will go south with his army, leaving only a small number of them to maintain peace and participate in the reconstruction. If Yang Hu's army is ruined again, the states and counties that are being rebuilt will suffer again. Even if he returns to the army to annihilate Yang Hu, the gains outweigh the losses.

After Song Nan said this, the generals were speechless. As leading generals, they considered from the perspective of how to defeat the enemy without considering whether the people would suffer secondary suffering. That was not what the generals who led the army to war considered; they also did not understand Song Nan's concerns.

Song Nan doesn't want to explain too much to them. I'm afraid that the reason why the military officers of the Ming Dynasty are not popular is also related to their military merits and unscrupulous means. The impression given to the people by the border town generals is that if they can kill an enemy army, even ten people will not hesitate to die or injure, because the head of the Tarot is the merit, and the people The life is worthless.

"Big Governor, this doesn't work, and that doesn't work either. Shall we camp here and watch? Let's not call the officers and soldiers, just call the turtle soldiers.

Peng Zhong, the commander of Tianjin Zuowei, has a bad temper. When Xu Yande led the army, he quarreled with Xu Yande several times because he was dissatisfied with Xu Yande's incompetence, and was almost cut off by Xu Yande. Now Song Nan looks hesitant again, and a nameless fire can't be suppressed. He stares at him and has a bad tone.

Wang Yong shouted angrily, "Peng Zhong, are you talking to the governor? Unbridled!"

Peng Zhong rolled his eyes and said, "I'm telling the truth. I've never seen such a war. The number of troops is twice as many as others. Unexpectedly, the camp does not move. Can stare at the thief soldiers surrender? It's a joke."

Wang Yong stepped forward and grabbed Peng Zhong's neck collar. Peng Zhong did not show weakness. Even if he wanted to counter it, Song Nan shouted harshly, "Stop it."

The two stopped, and Song Nan frowned and said, "General Peng, you need to use your brain to fight. What's the use of bravery alone? I ordered to attack Gongzhou, and after taking down Gongzhou, the army was more than half dead and injured. Is that also called victory? The greatest victory with the smallest loss is a qualified general. The soldiers and horses of the court are not pigs, dogs, cattle and sheep. They are all given out a lot of silver. How can they die in vain?

Peng Zhong said, "I'm not afraid of death."

Song Nan said, "Isn't it great not to be afraid of death? Unnecessary sacrifices are stupid.

Peng Zhong blocked his neck and said, "Is it smart for us to do it here?"

Song Nan laughed angrily and said, "Who said we were going to watch? Isn't this governor discussing a strategy to attack the city? Everyone couldn't come up with a good way, so the governor talked about my method.

Peng Zhong was stunned and said, "It turns out that you have already had a plan to attack the city. You are willing to be the vanguard and be the first to set foot on the city of Gongzhou."

Song Nan shook his head helplessly. Although Peng Zhong was reckless, he was also cute and eager to break the city. It was estimated that Xu Yande was bullied by the thief soldiers when he was the governor of the East Road, and a sense of anger in his heart was hard to disappear.

Cao Sugong, who is also one of the commanders of Tianjin Sanwei, shouted, "Peng Zhong, if you don't retreat, you have had enough trouble. The governor is opening up to you. How can you be so fooled at the military account meeting?"

Peng Zhong and Cao Sugong have a good relationship. They are both the commanders of Tianjin Sanwei, and their relationship is as close as brothers. They also know that Cao Sugong's scolding is to step down for himself. They quickly apologized and retreated.

When everyone heard that Song Nan had a plan in his heart, they all looked at Song Nan eagerly. Song Nan coughed and said, "Guys, the army has met many people who have escaped from thefts along the way. When we recovered Dongchang Mansion, it was almost effort. The thief soldiers did not fight and handed over Dongchang Mansion. Have you considered the reason?"

The generals looked at each other and thought to themselves: There is no need to ask, there are only more than 2,000 thieves in Dongchang Mansion. Tens of thousands of my army crushed them. Can they not abandon the city and escape?

However, since Song Nan had this question, the answer must not be so simple. While frowned and thinking about it, they saw Lu Wan, who was short, arch his hand and said, "Big Governor, according to the subordinates, the heart of the thief soldiers has been confused. The thief soldiers are wrapped around the people from the thief. The people are unwilling from the bottom of their hearts. The reason why the thief soldiers quickly grew is that The people dare not disoze, secondly, secondly..."

Lu Wan stated a little and stopped. Song Nan looked at him with a smile and said, "Say it directly. What's there to hesitate about?"

Lu Wan gritted his teeth and said, "Second, the law of sitting in Shi Wulian promulgated by the imperial court was untimely, forcing the people to obey the thief. Along the way, we captured thousands of escaped thief soldiers. They were ordinary people, and they believed that this must be related to the decree of the court to terminate Shiwulian sitting. If the court does not blame the past, who is willing to follow the thief? Naturally, he ran away as a chance.

Song Nan nodded with a smile and said, "Lord Lu is indeed a member of the military department. He saw the key points at a glance."

Lu Wan arched his hand and said, "The governor has been rewarded, and the governor is as wise as a torch. The governor asked the court to terminate the law of sitting in Shiwulian. I'm afraid he also wants to shake the morale of the thief's army and let the people who have no choice but to live."

Song Nan smiled and said, "It seems to have worked, but I think that in the city under the occupation of the thief soldiers, the imperial edict of the court must be conveyed. Many helpless people do not know that the court has pardoned their crimes of thieves. Should we publicize them?"

Lu Wan's eyes lit up and said with a tall finger: "A wonderful plan, a wonderful plan, disintegrate the fighting spirit first, then attack the city, and get twice the result with half the effort."

More than half of the generals in the account didn't understand what the two were talking about, so they fought a war, which has nothing to do with what bird laws the court issued or repealed?

Listen to Song Nan say, "Lord Lu, since you know what I'm thinking, I'll leave this matter to you. You can use bows and arrows to shoot leaflets into the city, or you can order people to shout and tell. In short, you must let everyone in the city of Gongzhou know."

Lu Wan arched his hand and said, "Follow the order of the governor." After saying that, he hurriedly withdrew from the big account and arranged it.

Peng Zhong finally couldn't help asking, "Captain, is this your strategy to attack the city? Will the thief go out of the city to surrender?

Song Nan laughed and said, "General Peng is impatient. This method is a move to shake the heart of the army. Naturally, it takes a powerful means to break through Gongzhou. Next is the point."

Everyone was made into a mess by Song Nan and asked for details.

Song Nan did not sell the barrier. He ordered his guard to carry out a long case and put it in the middle of the tent. On it, he used sand and stone to build a topographic map around Gozhou. He left his seat and came to the front of the sand table with a bamboo pole and said, "Guys, where is the city defense of Gozhou City strong? Who can talk to me?"

Xu Tai said, "Do you need to say that? The city defense is strong, the moat is wide, and there are many thieves in the city.

Song Nan said, "That's right. According to you, the gate on that side is the most difficult to capture?"

Xu Tai said, "Naturally, it is the east gate. Surawase flows along the city wall. Gongzhou takes Surat as the eastern moat, and then leads Surai around the other three gates. The east gate is the mainstream of Surami, more than ten feet wide, and it is impossible to attack the gate at all."

Song Nan said, "Analysis is right. In this layout, the East Gate actually only needs to arrange a small number of people. There is no need to worry about the officers and soldiers reaching under the wall, because there is no way to build a mainstream channel beyond Surat under the cover of arrows, so the East Gate is the southernmost place to attack, which is why the four thieves. It is because the East Gate guards the city with the least number of people.

Hou Dabiao said, "Is it difficult for adults to know the difficulties? This... this is not a good way."

Song Nan laughed, laughed, and waved his hand, "Bring it up."

Wang Yong shouted: "Bring it up."

The curtain of the big tent was lifted, and a gray-haired old man came in, followed by a *-year-old child with timid eyes pulling the old man's clothes.

The generals were full of suspicion and didn't know what Song Nan was doing, but they saw Song Nan come forward and arched his hand and said, "My father-in-law, it's polite. I'm afraid I'm going to bother you this time."

The old man was about to kneel down to salute. Song Nan quickly grabbed him and took him to the sand table.

"Gentlemen, let me introduce to you that this father-in-law is an old mason in Niujia Village in the west of the city. Which little brother is his grandson, Xiaohu?" Song Nan smiled.

The generals rolled their eyes. What's the matter with the governor? In the current war, there is still time to bring an old man and a drooping boy to the big account to tease the boredom.

"Xu Tai just said that the East Gate is the most difficult to attack, and I agree with this; if you attack other gates, you may only need 801 million casualties, but attacking the East Gate will cost at least twice as many casualties, and no one is stupid enough to attack the East Gate. But everything is not absolute. There is a saying that the extreme must be reversed, and the more dangerous it is, the more unexpected it is. When we camped this morning, Wang Yong and I walked around and met Uncle Niu in Niujiazhuang in the west. After talking, we knew the mystery of it. This time it is God's will.