Chapter Two Hundred
When Fang Xie fought, Mr. Zhang's coalition camp was filled with wailing sounds.
The soldiers looked at the army camp near before them, with a look of fear in their eyes.
The tired soldiers snuggled up to each other to keep warm by the bonfire. The bonfires burning with raging flames seemed to be unable to drive away the chills on them.
The artillery projectiles and grenades that flew over the Japanese mountain, and when they exploded, they would never forget the scene of scattered iron pieces tearing their bodies apart.
For them, the Battle of Junshan was nothing but a nightmare.
Some arrogant people who used to regard life as grass also pale their faces, carefully holding weapons in their arms and putting their heads on their shoulders, as if this could make themselves warmer and safer.
The officer who came down looked at the empty military camp with a blank look on his face. The military camp that was not enough suddenly became open-minded.
The brothers who sing triumphant songs every day to steal the wealth of the rich, and those brothers who see other people's white and tender women, are gone like crazy.
Fighting makes people suffer, regardless of good or evil.
In this battle, the coalition forces lost nearly 35,000 troops, and at least 20,000 of them were infantrymen. It is conceivable how huge the coalition forces consumed in this battle.
But Mr. Zhang's depression at this time was not because of these.
Just a bandit, Mr. Zhang would not care about their lives or death. If a person dies, he will just attack him. These people take weapons as wolves, and put down weapons as sheep. No matter how chaotic the world is, they have experienced them, but are there really fewer people?
Mr. Zhang really cares about the record.
If you have a record, everything will be useless.
As soon as the wounded Zhang Xiulin returned to the camp, before he could bandage it, the old man from the Zhang family ordered Zhang Xiulin to be taken into the commander's tent.
Mr. Zhang sat on the handsome tent with a deep face.
A young woman was whipped to death by him just now because she said the wrong thing. He didn't say anything, and no one even dared to come and restrain the body. Zhang
Xiulin held a luminous cup in his hand, poured a glass of wine in, drank a sip, his eyes slightly closed, and he didn't even look at Zhang Xiulin.
For a moment, the big tent was silent.
Some people felt a very strong sense of urgency, and they were very worried about the roar of this young master who gave them endless extravagant life the next moment.
But what disappointed everyone was that after Mr. Zhang lost his composure and killed someone, his expression became more and more indifferent and could not see anything unusual.
Zhang Xiulin is a young handsome young man from the Zhang family. He is particularly arrogant. At this time, he will not shirk responsibility at all, but will take the initiative to go out and say calmly: "Young Master, all the blame for this battle is on me, please punish me."
Chen Lu's performance also surprised everyone. He walked out of the queue and clasped his fists and said in a deep voice: "Today's defeat was all caused by force Zhang Xiulin to withdraw his troops. Because the last general made a judgment based on the situation at that time, if he continued to fight, he would not be able to conquer the Junshan Fortress, and it would only add unnecessary casualties... Instead of exhausting all his brothers, it would be better to leave some seeds and fight again."
The young master admired Chen Lu's courage, but could not forgive his ignorance."
Let's fight again?" Mr. Zhang suddenly grinned. If there was another way, would this young master even kill those soldiers in vain?
Just when he was despising Chen Lu, he saw Chen Lu clasped his fists and whispered: "If the young master can wait, he will have a plan and try it out. If it goes well, the Junshan can be poked, and the young master may even become famous in southern China. But if it doesn't go well, you may not even have the remaining strength to attack Junshan."
…” Mr. Zhang opened his mouth and looked at Chen Lu’s serious face and couldn’t speak for a moment.
"What are your plans?" Mr. Zhang asked Chen Ludao, the general of the Chen family under his command in surprise.
Chen Lu said in a low voice: "Young Master, you must know the general trend of the world better than me, but you just don't think so much about it yourself.
At present, Dayuan is in turmoil and heroes are rising, and they are slogans to expel Dayuan.
However, they each have their own ulterior motives and fight against each other for the purpose of seeking more territory and population.
Although Zhu Yuanzhang, Yingtian, is now a huge momentum, he is indeed the only one among the heroes who are in the four battles and the one with the most difficult situation.
Previously, Zhu Yuanzhang's expedition to the west was the Battle of Longwan, defeating Chen Youliang, and defeating his army. Yingtian's army took advantage of the situation to expedition to the west, defeating Jiangzhou, and entering Xiaogushan to fight in Wuchang.
For a moment, Zhu Yuanzhang's power spread to southern China.
Why did the situation take a sharp turn and Zhu Yuanzhang ignored Jiangzhou?"
The young master did not interrupt Chen Lu, but nodded and signaled him to continue.
Chen Lu said with a slight slight : "That is the heroes in the world. You can't see Zhu Yuanzhang becoming bigger and stronger . Zhang Shicheng's troops advanced to Changxing, Yangzhou, Zhenjiang, and broke through the three lines, and more than 100,000 troops took the stance to directly destroy Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu
Although Yuanzhang's troops were strong, they could not take into account both the beginning and the end.
Now Zhu Yuanzhang urgently mobilized Chang Yuchun's army and Xu Da's army to support the Changxing siege, preparing to threaten Yangzhou from the flanks and find an opportunity to fight Zhang Shicheng.
But this is also when Yingtian, his old nest, was the most scarce. Speaking of this, the young master understands what he is planning?"
"..." Mr. Zhang frowned when he heard this and asked with some displeasure: "Are you saying that the army attacked Yingtian?"
That's right." Chen Lu replied in a deep voice. Zhang
The young master looked at Chen Lu in disappointment, shook his head and said, "If it were Zhu Zhen, after you drive the troops deep into the hinterland of Wu, you just need to cut off your way back so that the army's food and grass transportation will not continue. At that time, if you have troops but no food, what can you do to Yingtian? Don't forget that Yingtian is Zhu Yuanzhang's nest in the end, and the city has abundant resources. Even if there is no soldier or soldier, as long as you urgently recruit the people in the city, you can hold on for a while. How many days can you attack when the food road is cut off?"
These words rejected Chen Lu's suggestion.
However, Chen Lu did not give up, looked around everyone present and said loudly: "What everyone is worried about is land, but what one refers to is water."
Waterway?" Mr. Zhang was stunned when he heard this, as if he had remembered something.
At this time, Chen Lu explained in a deep voice: "Zhu Yuanzhang's old nest, Yingtian, has a well-connected waterway... In other words, our army can enter Hongze Lake, cross Sanhe, pass Gaoyou Lake, and then go upstream to the Yangtze River, and then go directly to Yingtian.
At that time, Yingtian was fighting with the Yangzhou army. When we entered the Yangtze River and advanced west, we could threaten Yingtian, and we could advance eastward, and we could reach Yangzhou, forming a left-right attack with Zhang Shicheng's army.
And our army is in the river and above the ship, how can we say that we have cut off our food route?"
…” Mr. Zhang was moved by this and immediately stood up from his seat, paced back and forth in the tent, and kept muttering the word "boat" in his mouth.
However, infantry warfare is actually not the strongest of their coalition forces, and even the coalition forces have almost no mountain soldiers. But on the other hand, when it comes to boats and water battles, the major tribes in Sizhou are not worth the military mountains. You should know that the military mountains are strong in the army, but the navy is really good.
Not to mention Zhu Zhen, even Zhu Yuanzhang's navy did not have any big ships.
"There are many large ships in Jiangnan Sea Trade..." Mr. Zhang murmured to himself."
Do you borrow a boat from the great tribes in Sizhou?"
Mr. Zhang was walking back and forth in the tent, thinking about the feasibility of Chen Lu's strategy.
It is undeniable that if Chang Yuchun's army was still in Yingtian, then even if the warships of the coalition forces were facing Yingtian, it would not be enough to shake Yingtian.
But now, Chang Yuchun's army has already left Yingtian, which has caused Yingtian to defend against the air. At this time, it is indeed a good way to order a warship to go upstream and attack Yingtian directly.
『But...』 OK
As if he had thought of something, Mr. Zhang turned to Chen Lu and asked, "With a team of warships alone, are you sure to make Ying Tian surrender?" Chen
Lu Wenyan shook his head and said, "Young Master, Mo Jiang does not really intend to attack Yingtian. Mo Jiang just wants Zhu Yuanzhang and Yingtian to feel threatened..."
Tune the tiger away from the mountain?"
"I'm afraid that Zhu Zhen won't come out!" Everyone said worriedly.
Who said I want to transfer Zhu Zhen, this tiger?" Chen Lu looked at the unsightly powerful men with contempt and continued: "If you really have the military force of Junshan, it will not be enough to get out of Junshan. Even if Zhu Yuanzhang is confused, he will not use Junshan."
Mr. Zhang thought for a moment, and suddenly realized, "Do you want to force Zhu Wenzheng to go south to support Zhu Yuanzhang?"
"Young Master is wise." Chen Lu praised the lord Xiaoxiao and then said solemnly: "If Zhu Wenzheng's army can be forced to return to the rescue, even if the military mountain in front of him is as solid as a god, it will be useless. Why should the young master attack the mountain? At that time, the army will only need a large army to surround the mountain. If the military mountain is not attacked, it will be destroyed by itself without attacking it."
"Well." Mr. Zhang nodded with deep understanding.
Zhen was in charge of Junshan, and he was so fearless in the face of danger, one of the key reasons was that Zhu Wenzheng, who had tens of thousands of troops, could support him at any time and take on any enemy troops besieging Junshan with him.
If Zhu Wenzheng goes south, Zhu Zhen’s Junshan Fortress will become an isolated army.
In Mr. Zhang's view, if Chen Lu's clever plan could force Zhu Wenzheng's army to return to defense in Yingtian, what would be the use of Zhu Zhen's military mountain fortress?
As long as Zhu Wenzheng left, he could mobilize all the forces in Sizhou to attack Junshan calmly."
OK! OK! OK..."
To shout three good words in a row to express the joy in your heart, Mr. Zhang suddenly thought of something and frowned and said, "But... what if Zhu Wenzheng's army does not return to defend Yingtian?"
Hearing this, Chen Lu said confidently: "Young Master, Yingtian's army was involved by Shi Ma Yisun's old subordinates, Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng, and there were no extra soldiers under his command to defend Yingtian. If Zhu Wenzheng did not go south to rescue Yingtian, then we would likely become a link that involved the entire situation and put Yingtian in a desperate situation."
There is no guarantee that Zhu Yuanzhang will really order Zhu Wenzheng to return to the rescue." Mr. Zhang seemed a little hesitant.
In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang really chose to let Zhu Wenzheng return to defense, so the situation of Mr. Zhang may not improve much.
Finally, Chen Haiping made a wedding dress.
Once Zhu Wenzheng withdrew from Sizhou and other places, a large number of vacuum areas will inevitably appear. Chen Haiping will definitely take the opportunity to consolidate his strength and connect Sizhou, Xuyi and other places. Will Chen Haiping, who has strong strength, be willing to do it at his own mercy?
In other words, although the suggestions made by Chen Lu can improve the situation of the coalition forces, they are not of great benefit to Mr. Zhang, and can even completely change Chen Haiping's situation."
Forget it, if your master wants to gain a foothold in Jiangnan, Dadu’s support is indispensable."
Chapter completed!