Chapter 41: The secret cannot be leaked
Laifeng Mountain is a volcano, and hot springs are its inherent characteristics. Even in later generations, it is one of the highlights of tourism. Zhu Yongxing smiled and shook his head gently and said: "We won't go today. Let's go down the mountain. There are still many things to do."
It’s finally finalized!”
Mengzhu smiled and nodded, and walked slowly down the mountain beside Zhu Yongxing. As she walked, she described the benefits of hot springs with endless meaning, and felt sorry that Zhu Yongxing could not experience them.
Zhu Yongxing listened with a smile, and occasionally added a few words to keep Mengzhu's interest going. When Mengzhu's narration came to an end, Zhu Yongxing carefully considered his words and asked: "Your tribe has gathered, will you treat me?"
If you don't want to go, you are still dissatisfied with using your people to fight the war?"
Mengzhu hesitated for a moment, then said truthfully: "A few village elders did have criticisms, but they were suppressed by my father and the great witch. They are short-sighted and do not understand that helping His Highness is helping the Mengshan Ke tribe. If not
Your Highness's imperial edict, without the support of the Ming army, there will be no peace even if Gaoping is captured. How can the Annan Zheng family be willing to stop? Furthermore, the Qing army is your Highness's enemy, and also the enemy of the Mengshan Ke clan. If we don't fight today, we will not be able to do it in the future.
I can’t hide even if I’m afraid.”
"It's good if you can think of it this way." Zhu Yongxing breathed a sigh of relief, paused for a moment, and said: "I will issue an edict to appoint the Siwei clan leader as the commander-in-chief of Annan. With this title, I can also stabilize the relationship among your clan.
Xin. Well, speaking of it, I was negligent and failed to think of this matter in advance."
"Thank you, Your Highness." Mengzhu smiled happily and said, "Your Highness is not a cold-blooded person, nor is he a person who crosses rivers and burns bridges. I, my father and the great witch all believe in this. In fact, even the village leaders who led the troops admired it very much.
Your Highness, I am willing to fight for Your Highness."
"Really?" Zhu Yongxing was a little skeptical, but now it is very important to get the full help of the Mengshan Ke tribe. These natural jungle warriors are indispensable in harassment and attacks, and cannot be replaced by the current Ming army.
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"Really." Mengzhu blinked her big eyes with extraordinarily long eyelashes and said seriously: "Your Highness prayed to heaven and obtained the wonderful method of healing diseases and injuries. The people of our clan also benefited from this. Who still doubts that Your Highness is not an envoy of God?"
Unexpectedly, the influence of pretending to be gods and ghosts would be so great. Zhu Yongxing felt deeply about the characteristics of the times, and thought that maybe he could repeat the same tricks at critical moments in the future. Of course, there is no such thing as a stone buryer, stuffing strips of cloth in the belly of a fish, and imitating ghosts in the middle of the night.
Zhu Yongxing no longer disdains tricks that are low-level and not up to the next level.
The group had just returned to Tengchong City, and before they had time to take a rest, Yicheng hurried over and told Zhu Yongxing the good news.
"Dig it through? Okay, great." When Zhu Yongxing heard the good news, he immediately jumped up from his chair. The clouds in the sky dispersed. The final obstacle to the implementation of his military plan was lifted, and the combat operation was finally completed.
You can start proceeding according to his ideas.
"Your Highness, I'm afraid it will take more than ten days to complete the project." Yicheng suppressed his joy and warned cautiously.
After more than ten days, Zhu Yongxing rubbed his chin and thought about it. He felt that he should have enough time, so he smiled and praised: "Although I have not rewarded you, I will keep all your recent achievements in my heart. When this battle is won, first of all
The credit should go to Zheng Changshi."
For Yicheng, Zhu Yongxing was grateful from the bottom of his heart. Without the help of him and the Zheng clan, it would be difficult for Zhu Yongxing to quickly gather some urgently needed talents, and it would also be difficult to stabilize the morale of the gathered Ming army so quickly. Maggot Treatment and
Although Qingsong solved the urgent need, without the medicinal materials transported by the Zheng family, as well as the Panax notoginseng, Santai safflower, broken rice firewood and other Chinese herbal medicines that some caravan workers collected from the mountains and jungles, the injuries of the Ming army could not have been cured so quickly.
Cured. Without the dozens of miners urgently recruited by the Zheng clan, Zhu Yongxing's tactical ideas would all come to nothing.
"Your Highness, you are so complimentary. Your subordinates are only doing their duty and doing trivial things. How dare you take the lead?" Yicheng shied away humbly.
"I know in my heart that this song belongs to the long history." Zhu Yongxing repeated firmly, waved his hand to interrupt Yi Cheng's refusal again, and said in a deep voice: "This matter must not be known to outsiders until it is used.
Then inform the leading general."
"Don't worry, Your Highness, my subordinates have already made arrangements and there will never be any leakage." Yicheng looked solemn and bowed to assure Zhu Yongxing.
"I feel at ease with your work." Zhu Yongxing praised him again, then he sat down in the chair and gave a stern order: "Please come to discuss the matter immediately. The Qing army is about to attack. We have to step up our actions. Wait.
Wait, let's discuss it first, and you will try to explain the reasons to the generals during the discussion."
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"Yongchang garrison Zhang Yong is a famous general in the Qing army. He is both wise and brave, and his troops are also very elite——" Dingshuo General Wu Sansheng paused, feeling that he was a little afraid of the enemy and timid, so he quickly changed his mind and said, "If our army relies on
If you fortify the city and defend it, the enemy will come from afar. If you don't attack it, it will be difficult to last. If you abandon the city and fight, it is a bit hasty. I hope your highness will be careful."
Zheng Yanbei glanced at Zhu Yongxing, got his signal, and said: "A famous general must be cautious in using his troops. If he follows the rules, our army will not have enough troops to gain an advantage. We will defend the city and be passive. If there are no reinforcements from outside, we will only wait for the Qing Dynasty.
If the army retreats, it is tantamount to sitting back and waiting for death."
Gao Guanggui, the Marquis of Guangchang, pondered for a moment and said: "If Tengchong City is handed over to the Qing army, the Qing army will have a fortress, use it as a base to store grain and grass, and then they can advance and retreat freely. Wouldn't it be more difficult for our army to win?"
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"Although Tengchong City is strong, Your Highness has found a way to break the city. It will be easy to capture it." Zheng Yanbei confidently pointed to the map and said: "The Qing army in Yongchang does not number more than 10,000, and the number that can be dispatched is only 8,000. There are passes along the way.
Camps must also be set up to guard the important roads to prevent our army from cutting off their food routes. The number of Qing troops who can reach Tengchong should not exceed six thousand. If Tengchong is abandoned, a part of their army will be contained, and in the end only the remaining Qing troops will be able to fight our army decisively.
With four thousand people, our army should have a chance of victory."
"I wonder if your highness can tell me how to capture Tengchong?" Although Wu Zisheng, the Marquis of Huairen, had expected a battle, he had doubts about the statement that capturing Tengchong was easy, so he asked tentatively.
Zheng Yanbei looked at Zhu Yongxing again, saw him pondering for a moment and shook his head slightly, and then said: "The secret of heaven must not be leaked. All generals should trust that His Highness is capable of this, and do your best to help."
These words were a bit serious, and no one was willing to express doubts about Zhu Yongxing. Even though they had doubts in their hearts, they had no choice but to obey the order sternly at this time.
Chapter completed!