: A desperate bet

"cavalry?"

Song Xiance and Li Yan were shocked when they heard this. If it were really a cavalry, Wang Pu's reinforcements could have arrived, because neither the Mongols nor the Jiannu could have fought here.

"Look, east!"

A sharp-eyed white lotus thief suddenly screamed in horror.

When everyone looked back quickly, they saw a black line appearing on the horizon in the east, slowly squirming towards this side. What else can it be if it is not a cavalry?

"Damn it!" Li Yan said fiercely, "Wang Pu's reinforcements arrived so quickly."

"Oh." Song Xiance also sighed, "If you fail, you will lose your efforts!"

"Retreat." Li Yan shouted loudly, "The whole army retreated."

"Ah?" Yuan Shizhong was anxious when he heard this, and pointed to the more than 2,000 white lotus bandits outside the camp who were fighting fiercely with the official army, saying, "What should those brothers do?"

"There's nothing." Song Xiance said in a sinister voice, "I can only give up them. If they come back from crossing the river, the cavalry of the government army would have been killed long ago. By then, we will not be able to return to Chuzhou City alive."

"Hey."

Yuan Shizhong sighed in annoyance. There was no way to go now, so he could only escape and count on one.

In fact, before Li Yan and Yuan Shizhong gave orders, tens of thousands of white lotus bandits had already spread their legs and ran away. Fortunately, the north camp in the city was not far from the north gate of Chuzhou. Before the cavalry caught up, most of the white lotus bandits miraculously fled outside the north gate. Unfortunately, because the north gate was too crowded, too many people could not get in at once, so the remaining bandits had to run along the wall towards the west gate.

The White Lotus bandits ran all the way and threw away their armor, and the situation was really embarrassing.

Li Yan's more than a thousand remaining defeated generals were also surrounded by the bandits and were completely destroyed.

However, what puzzled Li Yan and Song Xiance was that the official cavalry did not take advantage of the situation to chase and kill them. Instead, they allowed the White Lotus bandits to flee back to Chuzhou City.

Daying in the north of the city.

Scarface walked quickly to Wang Pu, turned over and said, "I am late to rescue, so please punish the general."

"Get up." Wang Pu rushed forward and helped Scarface up and smiled, "Scarface, you came in time."

"General." Scarface stood up with the flow, pointed to the Bailian bandits who were fleeing in a panic in the distance, and asked. "Why don't you let Bei Yi chase the bandits? Let them escape back to the city, isn't it going to take more trouble?"

"No." Wang Pu said calmly, "You can't kill."

"Can't kill?" Scarface said in confusion, "Why?"

Scarface is a martial artist, and he only has the fighting in his mind. Of course, he doesn't know what Wang Pu thinks.

In Wang Pu's opinion, the tens of thousands of white lotus bandits in Chuzhou City are more like a group of people being forced or to survive. It is more appropriate for the people to rebel because they are forced and helpless. It is easy to kill them, but after they are killed, Chuzhou will become an uninhabited white land.

Wang Puke was unwilling to let Chuzhou become a barren land.

In fact, Chuzhou will become an important puzzle for Wang Pu Jiangnan's strategic layout. Due to the rampant White Lotus Sect, most of the local tyrants and evil gentry in Chuzhou counties died of misfortune, and a large number of farmlands became ownerless land. The Wang family only needs to spend a small amount of silver to buy all these land from the army!

At that time, the Wang family will be able to plant mulberry and cotton in Chuzhou, and then weave it into silk satin, and sell it to the West and all over the country, bringing a steady stream of income to Wang Pu's small treasury! Therefore, Wang Pu cannot kill the White Lotus bandits in Chuzhou City, at least they cannot kill them all. If they are killed, who will be the mulberry farmers and the cotton farmers?

"There is no reason." Wang Pu said in a deep voice, "If you can't kill, you can't kill."

Wang Pu knew what kind of goods Scarface was. It would be useless to know that it would be said more to him.

Scarface didn't say anything, but there was no unhappy expression on his face.

In the afternoon of the same day, Zhao Xin and the follow-up army also arrived and set up a camp at Wuli Bridge outside the east gate of Chuzhou. Wang Pu and Scarface also led their troops to meet with Zhao Xin.

In Chuzhou City, Song Xiance was discussing countermeasures with Li Yan.

The situation was extremely unfavorable to the rebel army. The rebel army in the city seemed to be quite large, with nearly 200,000 troops. But most of them were old, young, women and children. There were only more than 30,000 strong men with real combat effectiveness, while there were at least 50,000 official troops outside the city. These 50,000 were all strong men with strong strength and well-equipped equipment.

Song Xiance pondered for a long time and turned his eyes to Li Yan, with a look of inquisitiveness in his eyes.

Song Xiance was a sorcerer from a martial arts world. He was a typical military advisor with wisdom and wisdom, but he lacked some courage, so whenever he encountered a major decision, he always asked Li Yan for his opinion.

Although Song Xiance did not say it, Li Yan knew what he was going to ask. Is Song Xiance asking him with his eyes whether there is still a need to continue this battle in Chuzhou? Should he escape before the government army surrounded Chuzhou City, or would he confront the government army with the unstable city?

This is indeed a dilemma, and it is the same for Li Yan.

Let's confront the government army. The strength of the two armies is obvious. The final result can only be the defeat of the rebels, because the rebels are fighting alone, and there is no food in the city that cannot last long. However, the official army has the energy to continue to support the support. The longer the war is delayed, the more unfavorable it will be for the rebels. Let's flee, the official army has a large number of cavalry, and loses the cover of the city. The rebels are afraid that they will be defeated faster and more miserable, and they will flee without a single battle. Li Yan felt somewhat unwilling to accept it.

Li Yansi thought about it over and over again, feeling that he could neither persist nor escape, so there was only one way left to go.

"Military advisor." Li Yan met Song Xiance's inquiry eyes and said solemnly, "The last general thinks that he should fight a dignified and head-on battle with the official army."

"A head-on battle?" Song Xiance said in a calm voice, "Tell me your reasons."

Li Yan said: "Our army has only more than 30,000 troops in the real combat, but the official army does not know this. When the decisive battle tomorrow, we can drive all 200,000 people in the city out of the city and set up a formation outside the east gate. At that time, let the strong line in front, the old, young, women and children in the back. We will bluff, and the official army does not know the reality of our army, and think that our army has really 200,000 troops, and we can take the lead before fighting."

"Well." Song Xiance nodded and said in a narrow voice, "This is a way. Although Wang Pu mobilized more than 50,000 government troops this time, the truly combat-capable elites were only more than 10,000 veterans he brought from Datong. The rest should be the garrison troops transferred from each garrison, which is not worth mentioning."

Li Yan and Song Xiance did not know that Wang Pu and Sun Chuanting had already recruited 50,000 new troops, and they thought that the extra local government troops were mobilized from various garrisons.

Li Yan said: "So, we still have a chance to go from 30,000 to 10,000."

Song Xiance said: "But the question is how to protect the two wings and behind us? In the decisive battle tomorrow, if Wang Pu's cavalry detours from the side and back, it will definitely cause riots on the flanks and back formations of our army. Under a chain reaction, it is entirely possible that the entire formation will be destroyed."

A trace of madness flashed through Li Yan's eyes and said in a cold voice: "Then don't protect your wings and behind you."

"What?" Song Xiance said in disbelief, "Don't protect the wings and behind you?"

"Yes, I won't protect you anymore, I can't protect you anyway. Then it's better not to protect you!" Li Yan said in a deep voice, "After the two armies are in a round formation, we will drive everyone forward to attack! Military advisor, think about it, nearly 200,000 people shouted and blocked the killing. How powerful should it be? Wang Pu's Datong elite soldiers may not be affected, but what about the other Jiangnan Guards? Before the official cavalry disrupted our formation, these guards were probably already collapsed! When the guards' troops were in chaos, Wang Pu's Datong elite soldiers would inevitably be affected. As long as Wang Pu's Datong elite soldiers were in chaos, our chance would come!"

Song Xiance looked at Li Yan deeply and said in a low voice: "General Li Yan, your idea is crazy. This is simply a bet of 200,000 troops. If we win the bet, we will of course win everything! But have you ever thought about it? If we lose the bet, we will lose nothing."

Li Yan said calmly: "Military advisor, this is our only chance! And even if you lose the bet, you will not lose more than if you defend Chuzhou."

"Okay." Song Xiance nodded, "This military advisor will ask someone to issue a letter of war, but we must also be prepared to lose. If we lose tomorrow, Chuzhou will not be able to go back. We must immediately turn to Heifengling! Therefore, before going to the battle, it is best to let all your people be dressed in ordinary people's outfits."

Li Yan clasped his fists and said, "The military advisor is extremely worried, and the last general will take the order."

Wuli Bridge, the official army camp.

Wang Puzheng convened several major generals including Zhao Xin, Scarface, Tang Sheng, Huang Degong and other major generals to convene combat meetings. As the army gradually transitions from cold weapons to firearms, the tactics and thinking patterns of the generals in the matching areas must also be adjusted accordingly. What Wang Pu regrets is that he is unable to establish a modern military academy.

If there is a military academies, a large number of middle and lower-level officers and outstanding staff members can be trained for the army.

Now, Wang Pu can only study tactics with Scarface and other big guys. Fortunately, these guys are veterans who have been in the army for a long time. Although they have not received further studies in systematic military academies and have no education, they have developed excellent tactical command capabilities in their years of military careers.

Wang Pu asked someone to put a large sand table in the big tent and simply concealed the terrain of Chuzhou City within a radius of fifty miles.

At this moment, Scarface, Zhao Xin, Tang Sheng, Huang Degong and others were circulating this "fresh thing" and expressing their opinions unscrupulously. Due to their different backgrounds and personalities, the ways of considering problems are naturally different. Therefore, the tactics they proposed are also diverse, but they have their own characteristics.

Zhao Xin's tactics are the most secure. He suggested that he divide his troops to surround Chuzhou and block the thieves' army in the city and prevent them from coming out. Once the food in the city is exhausted, the thieves have to surrender obediently.

Tang Sheng was a warlike person and suggested launching a strong attack on the east gate, first driving the bandits out of the city, and then using the maneuverability of the cavalry to annihilate the fleeing bandits on the spot.

Huang Degong was a general of the navy and suggested that Wang Pu transfer his navy from Qingliuhe to Chuzhou and launch an attack from Shuimen.

Scarface followed Wang Pu for the longest time, and was most familiar with Wang Pu's combat style. He proposed geographic tactics and was closer to Wang Pu's tactical concept. Scarface proposed to lure the thieves out of the city and then annihilate them on the spot.

While several people were having a lot of discussion, Lu Liu suddenly stepped into the tent and replied loudly: "General, the bandits have sent someone."

"Oh?" Wang Pu's expression moved and he shouted, "Bring in."

Lu Liu took the order and soon took a thief into the tent.

The thief took out a letter from his arms, looked at Wang Pu and said coldly: "You must be Wang Pu, right? This is the war letter that my military advisor asked me to hand over!"

"Shu of War?" Wang Pu said in surprise, "You are going to fight our army? When and where?"

"There are all above." After the thief said that, he threw the letter at Wang Pu and shouted in a deep voice, "Take it!"

A thin letter was sent, and the thief threw it at him like a dart, and headed straight for Wang Pu's throat with a cold wind. The woman disguised herself as a man, and the young lady standing on the side grabbed the step forward, and then shouted and took the letter, then turned around and handed it to Wang Pu. Wang Pu opened the letter and read it hurriedly, and laughed: "Okay, please tell Song Xiance and Li Yan that I will definitely accompany you tomorrow at noon!"

"Goodbye."

The thief bowed with his fists, turned around and left.
Chapter completed!