Chapter 263

Nanyang city.

Looking at the war reports in his study, Qin Huan was anxious and angry.

He didn't expect that Qin Meng and Niu Jinxing would do such a foolish thing, give up Sirius mountain, and now attack Sirius mountain again.

He couldn't understand the terrain of that generation. It can be said that Sirius mountain is more important than Baokang. Therefore, when he left, he specially asked Qin Meng to occupy Sirius mountain first after crossing the river, cut off the connection between Gucheng and Xiangyang, and ensure the smooth flow with Heishi town.

Who ever thought that people are not as good as heaven. Last time Qian bin made a smart fool of Hong Chengchou, and now Niu Jinxing made a smart fool of him.

Are all the literati in the late Ming Dynasty really like Ma Su?

After Sirius mountain was occupied by the Ming army, he didn't have to think about it. He knew that the strength of Blackstone town alone could not stop the Ming army. In the end, most of them had to retreat to the stronghold.

Once forced into the stronghold, this nail will not work. Similarly, it is meaningless for the two towns to be blocked between Gucheng and Xiangyang.

His original plan was to take Gucheng, the third town took a path to Heishi Town, meet with the sixth Town, capture Nanzhang County, and then attack Xiangyang from the south.

After all, Blackstone town has a large number of food, grass, materials and firearms. The army only needs to climb over the mountain with weapons.

The fourth town goes down the river and joins the second town. It attacks Xiangyang from the north and blocks the waterway. If you use both soft and hard methods, the morale of the defenders in the city will collapse.

However, the current situation is somewhat embarrassing. The fourth town and the third town are blocked near Gucheng. Nanzhang and Xiangyang cannot go.

There are only two options, either send troops to attack Baokang by detour, or cross the river to Fancheng again, and then attack Xiangyang from the front with the fourth town.

But if we divide our troops to take a detour to attack Baokang, we will not only fight another unjust war, but also completely separate the three towns, which is a big taboo of military experts.

But if we cross the river to Fancheng and then attack Xiangyang, we will face the embarrassing situation of whether to take out one town or both towns.

If the two towns are removed, the 20000 Ming troops in Sirius mountain can wholeheartedly fight against Xiangyang City and threaten the flanks of the river crossing army at any time. In addition, Yang Sichang has enough troops and horses. If you want to attack Xiangyang City from the front, you may have to pay a heavy price.

If only one town is transferred and the other town stays in place, forming a situation of attacking the 20000 Ming army, there will be too few soldiers and horses crossing the river.

It's impossible for the two towns to cross the river. They must leave some garrisons in Fancheng. After crossing the river, more than 20000 troops have to attack Xiangyang and attack the 20000 Ming troops in Sirius mountain. It's unreliable to think about it.

For a moment, Qin Huan paced back and forth in his study. He also had a headache. Finally, he locked his eyes on Sirius mountain and hit it with a fist.

He decided to eat the 20000 Ming troops first and then attack Xiangyang City with all his strength.

However, if you want to eat the 20000 Ming army, you obviously have to take a great risk with your current strength.

After weighing the pros and cons, Qin Huan planned to send the last town in his hand to Fancheng to ensure that everything was safe.

Let the second town cross the river immediately and camp outside Xiangyang City. The fourth town takes a boat down the river and cuts off the retreat of the twenty thousand Ming army first.

no way out.

If the fifth town is not transferred to Fancheng, in case Yang Sichang sends troops to attack Fancheng, the second and fourth towns crossing the river will be dangerous. After all, Yang Sichang has enough troops in his hands.

The only worry is that the four towns are going south, which will lead to the emptiness of Nanyang. Sun chuanting and Lu Xiangsheng may take the opportunity to sneak an attack.

However, Qin Huan was relieved to think about it.

First of all, Lao sun certainly did not dare to bypass Ruzhou. The army directly attacked Nanyang and could only sneak attack with some elite soldiers.

Although Lu Xiangsheng can press the army directly, he has only 30000 elite border troops in his hands, and the rest 70000 are recruits. Cao Bianjiao's 10000 cavalry is enough to make it difficult for them to move. He knew this very well when he was on the North Bank of Junzhou.

So just be prepared for Lao sun's sneak attack with elite soldiers.

Then Qin Huan began to deploy.

Qin Wu immediately led the fifth town south to Fancheng, and ordered the fourth town to go down the river and cut off the back road of the 20000 Ming army in Sirius mountain.

Then let Xiaocui lead two thousand women's barracks to be stationed in the north of Nanyang City, and send an old soldier who is raising pigs to the towns north of Nanyang and south of Nanzhao, who is responsible for leading the village and town militia to form a stronghold to protect themselves and support each other.

"Qin Yi, after I leave, Nanyang city will be handed over to you. I will send 1000 troops and horses to you from nearby counties, plus the craftsmen and young people of the logistics department, as well as teenagers. Are you sure if the Ming army comes to attack Nanyang?"

"Don't worry, king. Even if I don't transfer troops from all counties, I can hold it with those craftsmen, young and young people."

Qin Yi patted his chest. There were 200000 young singles, 20000 teenagers and tens of thousands of craftsmen near Nanyang. These people had a very high sense of belonging to the Chinese army. As long as there were guys in their hands who were no worse than the Ming army and guarded the city, if they couldn't defend it, he might as well find a piece of tofu and kill them.

"Well, however, there are so many people in Nanyang city. I will let them spread to nearby counties and towns."

Qin Huan nodded and then asked: "also, keep an eye on the gentry in the city at all times. If you find anything unusual, you can kill them first and then play. Wait a minute, I'll confiscate all the weapons of their guard yard."

In fact, Qin Huan was not worried that Nanyang would be broken, because so many young people and young people were not vegetarian.

In particular, 20000 young people, regardless of their age, are extremely loyal to the Chinese army. They also carry out military training every day, which can definitely play a great role at the critical moment. Therefore, he is worried that the Ming army will destroy towns and villages outside the city.

He doesn't think sun chuanting and Lu Xiangsheng are loyal ministers or good people.

The lives of ordinary people these days are really like ants in their eyes.

What they care about is the inheritance of the Han people. Although the rivers and mountains of the Ming Dynasty include all the Han people, the life and death of a small number of people is irrelevant.

So he called Xiaocui and Cao Bianjiao in again.

Qin Huan also frowned when he looked at them. Although they had an affair and had nothing to do with elegance, generally speaking, one of them had 10000 cavalry and the other had 2000 female soldiers. It was better not to get together.

However, this is not the time to take care of this.

"Bian Jiao, I heard that your little wife Princess is pregnant?"

"Yes, your majesty. I just found out that I was pregnant a while ago."

"Well, congratulations. Take these supplements back later!"

Qin Huan smiled and pointed to a pile of ginseng bird's nests on the table, but said in his heart, it's good to be pregnant, otherwise I'm really worried.

"Thank you, king!" Cao Bianjiao didn't know what king Qin was thinking, so he hurriedly hugged boxing.

Qin Huan then restrained his expression and said, "your task this time is to stop Lu Xiangsheng's army. I have only one request. They are not allowed to step into Nanyang and fight with them. Can you do it?"

"Don't worry, your majesty. For those mobs, I promise to let them see the cavalry like ghosts."

"Good! You know more about cavalry tactics than I do, so I won't say more. "

Cao Bianjiao and Qin Huan were at ease. What he didn't trust was Xiaocui, a beautiful female soldier commander who liked to steal wild men.

"Xiaocui, do you know what your task is?"

"Well... Prevent the officials from sneaking into Nanyang. Then they will be horns with the defenders in the city, so that the other party can't attack the city wholeheartedly." Xiaocui thought for a moment before answering.

"Not exactly. We have to support nearby villages and towns at any time to monitor every move near Nanyang."

Qin Huan added, and then told her to go down.