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Chapter 147 Conditions

"Son, why did you go? Let me give the white-haired man a black-haired man... How can you bear it! Woo woo..."

"Brother, why are you dying so miserably!"

"My brother!"

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Outside a camp where the rebel army was quelled, there were some corpses placed on the open space, but the remains of some military generals attacked by the Brotherhood. Around the bodies, several military generals, officials lie down or kneel down to cry, crying with sadness and grief. There were also many military generals, officials and scholars around them, with solemn and sad expressions. Here, there were generals, civil servants and counselors leading the rebel army in the rebel army. They were all of them, and they were mostly nobles like princes and marquis.

As military generals, it is normal to die on the battlefield. When they see each other for a long time, they will be open and take it lightly. However, these nobles are not their ancestors who have come from the sea of ​​corpses and blood. They have been living a pampering life for many years. They have not mastered their hearts. It was smooth sailing to destroy the Zoroastrianism before, and they didn't feel that it was difficult to deal with the Brotherhood. Originally, on the battlefield, these generals who have family martial arts, armor, and riding BMWs were not so easy to die. The most common ones were middle and low-level generals and soldiers. They would not care about it, they were just a number. Unexpectedly, they fell into the hands of the Brotherhood. Many of the dead generals were young people from noble families. They were in their great years and were in their great achievements, but they were in the hands of the Brotherhood and died in a bad life.

"The brotherhood of Tiansha is so cruel, it hurts my sons and nephews, I am irreconcilable with you!"

"Kill and kill! I want to kill all the bandits of the Brotherhood!"

"Yes, kill Lingzhou and kill him without leaving anybody!"

"Give the heads of the brotherhood thieves to pay tribute to my son's spirit in heaven!"

"Now we will lead our army to kill the despicable and shameless people of the Brotherhood!"

...

After crying for a while, many people swore swearing and shouting to seek revenge on the Brotherhood. Some generals even immediately wanted to lead their troops to attack.

"Don't be reckless, don't fall into the tricks of the Brotherhood!"

"All the military has its own laws, but you must not fight without authorization!"

"Can my son die in vain?"

"So what if you go? Can you find the place of the Brotherhood?"

"I don't care. I'll take people right now. I'll kill directly to Lingzhou!"

...

Immediately, someone dissuaded the generals and supported them. The two sides quarreled and became a mess, and almost started fighting. With a thunderous shout, "Stop it!"

Everyone was shocked. When they saw the visitor, they all calmed down, bowed and shouted: "Marson!"

The marshal who suppressed the rebellion army was here. The current general of the country, Mu Anlan, was a long-time general in the court. He had great military achievements and was extremely prestigious in the army. He was the commander of the Northern Frontier War. He could easily defeat the Ming army of the Zoroastrian Cult. Mu Anlan was very majestic. In front of him, many generals dared not speak out.

"How can you be so kind!" Mu Anlan scolded with disgust. Everyone dared not refute. He did not say more. He checked the corpses one by one. After seeing them, Mu Anlan's expression became a little serious and said with a little bit of blame: "This time I was careless and underestimated this brotherhood, otherwise these heroes would not die in vain! As a general, dying on the battlefield is common. You should be mourning and follow the changes. Please calm down and send someone back to God for burial."

"The marshal doesn't have to blame himself. Even if we wait, we didn't expect that the brotherhood would send troops to intercept our army. It was our mistake!" The strategist represented by Xu Changqing came out to avenge him.

The others didn't say anything. When it comes to this matter, they couldn't blame a strategist. If you want to be careless, everyone present made this mistake. They defeated the Ming army of Zoroastrianism, and the soldiers and generals who suppressed the rebels were a little arrogant, with a rainbow of momentum, and they realized that the world was invincible. Moreover, everyone knew that the Brotherhood would be shrugged against Lingzhou and rely entirely on the geography of Guancheng and Lingzhou to protect themselves. Naturally, they would not take the Brotherhood into consideration, and felt that as long as the Guancheng was out of the right territory, the Brotherhood would be vulnerable. Even if they learned that the Brotherhood would be vulnerable.

The Ming army was so embarrassed that they were killed by the Brotherhood, and they were all soldiers. They just laughed at the Ming army. After all, the Ming army was a group of defeated soldiers, chasing the Ming army was just like driving sheep. Compared with the upright battle, the strategies used by the advisers and the methods used by the Brotherhood were completely shameless, which made people disdain. The counter-rebellion army sent some elite military soldiers at will, and it was easy to deal with the Brotherhood. However, I never thought that the Brotherhood would attack and kill halfway, causing so many casualties.

"What are the specific casualties?" Mu Anlan asked.

An official in charge of statistics immediately reported it. After hearing this, Mu Anlan couldn't help but be surprised and asked, "Is the brotherhood so powerful?"

Xu Changqing interrupted, "Marson, I have asked below that the army of the Brotherhood is extremely strong, and there are strange beasts to help fight. Those strange beasts use weapons and wear armor, which are hard to match for ordinary people... One man and two cavalry, the soldiers' armor and weapons are extremely exquisite. It is difficult for our soldiers to hurt them. Maybe they all joined Qijin to build them, and they are basically all martial artists... The leader of the Brotherhood also participated in the war, which is particularly powerful..." Mu Anlan had asked about the situation of the fleeing soldiers who were intercepted by the Brotherhood. At this time, he recounted it and added some of his analysis.

When Mu Anlan and others heard this, they couldn't help but twitch the corners of their mouths. The army of the Brotherhood was too extravagant and was piled up with gold. In the army of suppressing rebellions, except for the elite and the personal soldiers of the generals, the rest of the army were shabby. According to general concepts, the behavior of the Brotherhood was extremely family, and the same money could completely lead to hundreds of thousands of troops. Of course, Lingzhou has a small population, and the Brotherhood should not have many soldiers. However, even if the soldiers themselves are of average strength and with those weapons and equipment, it is a first-class strong army, which is not inferior to any strong army in the world. In theory, such an elite soldier can fight head-on and fight in one battle. However, the Brotherhood does not engage in battle head-on, like sneak attacks, and specializes in picking soft persimmons, specifically bullying the few with the strength and fighting the weak with the strength.

This kind of tactic is very disgusting, especially for military generals from orthodox backgrounds. However, it has to be said that such tactics are extremely difficult to deal with. If they are not dealt with properly, the rebels will not be torn to death, at least they will lose a lot, which will affect the morale of the army.

"Do you have any countermeasures?"

When Mu Anlan asked, a military general stood up and said, "Marcenary, General Mo is willing to lead his troops to fight the brotherhood. He must capture the leader of the thief. General Mo is willing to issue a military order!"

"But it's inappropriate. The brothers' cavalry is elusive. Where can you find it?"

"But, how do the brothers know the movements of our army? As soon as our army attacked, the brothers intercepted and killed halfway. It was too fast, as if they were prepared."

"Does our army have traitors?"

"That's absolutely impossible! Even if there is a traitor, how long will it take to send a message?"

Everyone was puzzled. Generally, the messengers often took a long time to deliver messages and respond. Even if the flying pigeons passed on the letter, it would take some time, but everyone couldn't figure it out.

"However, we will send an army as bait, and the other soldiers will be ambushed behind them. Once the battle occurs, they will fight together."

"This plan is very good, you can try it!"

With a rough plan, a group of strategists added some, improved it, and tried to find out whether there were spies in the army. On the next day, the anti-rebel army acted according to the plan, sent a small group of troops as bait, and arranged some troops to ambush them later, ready for rescue at any time.

Afterwards, the counter-rebels were indeed attacked, but they were not bait sent out, but some troops lying behind and preparing for rescue were suddenly attacked, killing and injuring many people. The brotherhood army seemed to know the arrangements and strategies of the counter-rebels, and suddenly came out and killed the counter-rebels off guard. The counter-rebels were caught by stealing chickens but losing rice.

This strategy was ineffective, and the counter-rebels had to give up. However, as the army advanced, they were constantly attacked and killed, and the losses were not large, but they greatly damaged the morale of the army. They had no choice but to send a large number of troops to distribute the troops around the army. As a result, they were still attacked from time to time. Small troops were always attacked. When the large troops arrived, the brotherhood had no shadow. Some of the reconnaissance cavalry sent by the counter-rebels were intercepted. The counter-rebels were almost blind and deaf.

At this time, the generals and officials of the Counter-Rebel Army had experienced the power of the Brotherhood's tactics. Small groups of cavalry are very convenient for movement and hiding in Yuezhou. It is difficult to find them by drilling into the forest. Just like a group of evil wolves, once they find prey, the Brotherhood's cavalry will quickly gather together and carry out attacks. Once they succeed, they will quickly evacuate. Once the counter-rebel army pursues them, they will disperse. If the counter-rebel army is also dispersed, the brothers will have an opportunity to take advantage of the counter-rebel army.

“How would the brothers do it?”

The anti-rebels and others were very confused. The strategists thought for a long time and finally found some clues, but they were still puzzled. Until one day, strategist Lu Qian got a message.

In the military tent, generals and officials who suppressed the rebels gathered together, and Mu Anlan asked: "Mr. Lu, do you mean you know the origin of the Brotherhood's tactics?"

"I still don't understand something, but I already know about it." Lu Qian nodded, with some fatigue on his face. However, he thought about it all night, but he was in great spirits.

"Sir, speak quickly." Mu Anlan was a little anxious, and the rest of them stared at Lu Qian, waiting for his answer.

“The first point is the road.”

"road?"

"It's the road, please look at it..." Lu Qian said as he took out a map, and the lines above were one by one, making people evolve, and he couldn't figure out what it was. Lu Qian didn't keep it a secret, and continued: "This is the road map of Yuezhou, and it's only a small part..."

Lu Qian mentioned it a little, and he was not stupid people present, and he guessed the truth one after another.

The Brotherhood was able to adopt the current tactics. The Brotherhood built the road network in Yuezhou played a great role. The Brotherhood has always been bad. Many people looked down on the Brotherhood. As the first force to rebel, after occupying Lingzhou, they had no ambition and were in a corner. They did not know how to recruit talents and win people's hearts. Instead, they were busy with business all day long, and they liked to plunder, build buildings, build houses and roads. In the past dynasties, they were done by fools. Therefore, many people laughed at the Brotherhood and believed that the Brotherhood could not become a climate.

"Everyone in the world laughs at the Brotherhood for not being enterprising. He only knows how to build houses and roads, but he does not know that the Brotherhood is actually far-sighted and has planned it long ago..."

As Lu Qian's account was revealed, everyone also realized that the road network in Yuezhou was a powerful weapon of the Brotherhood. The Brotherhood knew these roads clearly and relied on the road network to intersperse. The anti-rebel army and the Ming army were not familiar with the outsiders at all. It was like entering a maze. After going back and forth, they naturally suffered a great loss.

Faced with such a road network, everyone had no idea and could only stare at the map.

"But, how did the Brotherhood control the movements of our army?" Mu Anlan asked again.

"I have been puzzled about this matter until yesterday, I received a letter from a friend, saying that there is a giant eagle in the brotherhood, which is extremely spiritual, and can detect movements on the ground for it."

"ah!!!"

Everyone did not expect this to be the case. They were shocked for a moment. After a while, someone suddenly said, "No wonder!" This is not good news for the counter-rebels.

"I'll go and see..." A general with an impulsive personality immediately ran out of the tent and looked into the sky. Others also came out of the tent one after another. Sure enough, they saw an eagle soaring and hovering in the sky.

"This beast!"

An general immediately took the bow and arrow to shoot the eagle. Even if the arrow was accompanied by the qi, it could not fly that high. Where could it hit? It was just venting anger.

"The Brotherhood is indeed a group of beasts, all of whom are with them!" Someone cursed, but no matter how ugly the scolding sounded, it was useless.

Xu Changqing, Lu Qian and other strategists watched the eagle and falcon in the air, hoping to see some clues, but where could they see what? No matter how the brothers let the strange birds investigate military information and how they command the battle, the question is, how to solve this problem? In fact, there are many ways, such as sending some masters to find the location of the giant eagle of the brothers and trying to get rid of it, but this is not something that can be done in a short while. Now that the war is imminent, where will the time come?

Everyone was in a bad mood. No matter whether it was the road or the giant eagle, they could not deal with it, so they could not crack the brotherhood's tactics. Every move fell into the eyes of others. How could this battle be fought?

"We should be glad that we know about this matter at this time. If we are confused, we will not fall into the plot of the Brotherhood." Xu Changqing smiled at this time, and said one of the benefits of this matter, and everyone's expressions cleared a little.

"We cannot delay this battle. The longer we delay, the more unfavorable it will be for us. For the sake of the present, we can only use our strength to defeat the cleverness and drive away the Ming army to attack Lingzhou, and fight quickly!" Lu Qian said.

"Yes, as long as you break through Guancheng and enter Lingzhou, the tricks of the Brotherhood will become rootless duckweed and will be difficult to perform." Xu Changqing added.

"It seems that's the only one."

Mu Anlan of course agreed that originally, it is not appropriate to fight for a long time in the fight against the rebel army. The military expenditure of the rebel army is all over the courts, and it can be said that even the last family is taken out. If the rebel army had not completely defeated the Zoroastrianism and seized a lot of food, supplies, gold, silver and jewelry, it would have been impossible to support the current war.

Therefore, the army to suppress the rebellion was mobilized. Like the Ming army, the entire army contracted and did not give the brotherhood the opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity. The entire army pressed against the Ming army and forced the Ming army to attack Lingzhou.

It was just that the Ming army wanted to speed up the pace of the battle, but there was a problem. In just a few days, the Ming army had occupied the Nanyue City of Yuezhou City. There were no defenders in Nanyue City, but the Ming army did not take any weapon to capture it. Originally, this matter was also in the calculations of the anti-rebel counselors. The purpose was to let the Ming army take a breath, get repaired and replenished, and restore some combat power. Anyway, there was not much food and grass in Nanyue City. If they were to defend themselves, they would be trapped and starved to death.

Now that the suppression of the rebels wants to fight quickly, they have to rely on the Ming army to break through the Guancheng of Lingzhou and consume the strength of the Brotherhood. However, it is impossible to attack Lingzhou immediately. The suppression of the rebels has many secret lines in the Ming army. I know that the Ming army does not want to move, and the current top leaders of the Zoroastrianism also know that the food and grass in Nanyue City cannot last long. However, the Ming army fled for a long time, and was extremely tired from their physical struggles. Finally, there was a place to settle down. Many Ming soldiers were unwilling to move forward.

The rebels had to let those secret activities and instigate the senior leaders of the Ming army to attack Lingzhou earlier. In fact, directly attacking Nanyue City was also a way. However, in that case, the loss of strength between the two sides would be cheaper than the Brotherhood, and the Brotherhood might take advantage of the loopholes.

In addition, I was afraid that there was only one who could wait, waiting for the Ming army to eat up all the food in Nanyue City and had to leave. So, dozens of miles away from Nanyue City, the rebel army set up camp.

The Ming army's peaceful rebels were temporarily put aside and were strictly guarding the enemy. They thought that the brotherhood would find a chance to take advantage of this, but they did not expect that the brotherhood's attack came from heaven.

The food and grass of the Ming army's peaceful rebels were burned almost the same night. The food and grass were the lifeblood of the army. Especially now, the Ming army's peaceful rebels were closely guarding them. However, no matter how strong the guards were, they could not resist attacks from the sky. However, the brothers used the Ice Phoenix Ice Phoenix to throw incendiary bombs on the food and grass of the two armies from the air. However, after all, only the two Ice Phoenix Ice Phoenix and Ice Phoenix brought limited incendiary bombs, and the two armies were also closely guarded and quickly put out the fire, which did not burn much food and grass.

Afterwards, Bingfeng Binghuang continued to launch air strikes, and from time to time dropped some incendiary bombs, bombs, poisonous gas bombs, etc., burning food and grass, burning camps. Although the losses caused can be said to be very small, they can only be beaten and cannot fight back, which made the Ming army's peaceful rebels very distressed.

With the ice phoenix and ice phoenix in the sky, the army of quelling rebels is unwilling to drag it down like this. If it continues like this, the morale of the army will be dispersed and this battle cannot be fought. There is another very important point. The army brought a lot of food and grass, but it is also limited. Now in the hinterland of Yuezhou, the food channel behind is facing attacks from the Brotherhood. The Brotherhood also controls the waterway. It has been dragged for too long. Once the food channel is cut off, the army of quelling rebels will collapse without fighting.

The anti-rebel army sent envoys to Nanyue City and expressed their willingness to surrender the Ming army, but there was one condition, that is, the Ming army would have to capture Lingzhou.
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