Songshan, Zhuxian Town, and Jiaxian County, these famous wars in recent years are examples of wars that have been repeatedly mentioned in military training classes. Most of the Ming army officers present have been taking cultural courses for about half a year and are quite familiar with the battle process.

"Like the Battle of Songshan, our navy will suddenly evacuate at night, and then each team will raise a fire to leave the camp. Suddenly, Li Guoying's courage may not be as great as Hong Tai, and he will most likely not dare to pursue it immediately. But sooner or later he will feel something is wrong. When he finds that the ship and my banner are gone after dawn, he will understand. At this time, his scout will also report to him that our army withdrawing from the camp has no banner to guide and the organization has collapsed."

Deng Ming believed that Li Guoying would launch a full army to pursue him at this latest. If the Ming army could restore order before the Qing army arrived, it would win a favorable opportunity for encounters.

"We cannot tell the soldiers now, but sooner or later they will know our military plan. We will inevitably fall behind during the retreat. Every soldier must understand that our victory and the life and death of the entire army depend on the success or failure of the lure of the enemy. They must keep it as secret as possible. If they take the initiative to reveal our military plan to the Qing army after being captured, it is equivalent to murdering his comrades."

It would be of great benefit to inform the entire army of military plans, so that soldiers would not really think that Deng Ming had fled, causing the morale of the army to be dispersed. But this would also bring huge risks to the Ming army of plans to leak.

The two evils are the least, Deng Ming decided to inform the soldiers of his true intentions before the war. Now what he said is also a warning to the officers here: "You guys here, I know that you all have friends and subordinates who are absolutely trustworthy, but before I order the entire army to inform the entire army, no one can disclose the plan. Any leakage will increase the danger of our army's failure. As I said just now, that is to murder all the soldiers of our army."

After reporting all the plans, Deng Ming gave the officers some time to think about it, and then began to ask them questions. One specific question after another was raised. If Deng Ming had already considered it, he would come up with the answers to share with everyone; if Deng Ming had not thought it out yet, let the whole person discuss it together.

Someone asked a new question: "What should I do with the prisoners in Guizhou?"

No one believes that the prisoners in Guizhou can keep secrets like the volunteers in Zhoushan.

"This is why I said that the plan cannot be disclosed for the time being." Deng Ming replied.

But this answer obviously cannot satisfy the subordinates, and sooner or later the prisoners will know it.

"Yes, when our army began to retreat, these Guizhou people would definitely hear some news. Even if the soldiers kept their mouths tightly - this was impossible, they could see some abnormalities. If they reported to the Qing army, it would inevitably arouse Li Guoying's vigilance." Deng Ming was not unpredictable about this doubt. In fact, his guards had raised this question: "As the saying goes, dead people have the strictest mouths. If I cheated all the Guizhou people, I would not worry about them leaking their secrets."

Some Zhejiang officers were already changing this idea, but after Deng Ming pointed it out, these people did not speak out.

"Fortunately there is another way, which is to let the navy transport all the 10,000 Guizhou people away. Although our navy cannot transport all the troops, ten thousand people can still be squeezed out." Deng Ming said to the officers present: "Instead of saying that these Guizhou people are prisoners, I would rather regard them as people kidnapped by the Qing army. At least we are still soldiers now. Sometimes, soldiers need to cut off the rear for the people and stay and live and die with their fellow comrades. In this way, they can enjoy their salary with peace of mind after they have been discharged from the army."

"If this is the case," another officer said, "Wouldn't it be strange if Li Guoying found that the people of Guizhou had not fled back and surrendered to him? Under normal circumstances, we would definitely not send the people of Guizhou away by boat."

"If he could think about one day calmly, just like when he was in Chongqing, he might be suspicious, but I think he shouldn't have such a long time to think about it this time; and even if he was suspicious, would he not chase our defeated army for the sake of the Guizhou people who did not pay attention to it at all? He has stolen such great strength, isn't it just for this time?"

After formulating a timetable to get familiar with the road terrain in batches, Deng Ming announced the end of the meeting.

After returning to his central army tent, he immediately took a pen to write a challenge book for Li Guoying. Yuan Zongdi once vividly described the embarrassment of Li Guoying and others when they were chased. In Yuan Zongdi's view, trying to challenge the enemy in vain was a sign of collapse.

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After discovering that the Ming army had stopped, Li Guoying immediately ordered the Qing army to stop and confront the Ming army several miles apart.

"The thief has begun to lose control." Li Guoying, who thought he was experienced, made a judgment: "Haha, this Deng Ming is really young. I thought he could hold on for a while, but he couldn't continue the march so early.

In the past, whenever Li Guoying felt that the soldiers began to be anxious, he would reluctantly stop and camp on the spot to calm his morale. However, this kind of work was very hard, and morale would still fall quickly after the marching was restored.

When Li Guoying heard that the army sent a challenge letter, he was shocked first, and then he was overjoyed. If he had not maintained the majesty of the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi in front of his subordinates, Li Guoying almost laughed out loud.

Despite this, when the envoy of the Ming army handed over the challenge book, Li Guoying couldn't help but smile. After reading the book of war twice, Li Guoying raised his head with a full face and looked at the envoy waiting for a reply below.

"I don't know how Governor Li will answer Admiral Deng." Seeing Li Guoying raise his head, the Ming army envoy asked anxiously.

"Well, I am unwell these two days. After I recover, I will lead the troops out of the camp and be with Admiral Deng for a while." After Li Guoying finished speaking, he ordered the envoys of the Ming army to be sent out.

The next day, Deng Ming sent another envoy to send a letter of war. Li Guoying was slightly surprised when he heard about it: "Is he so anxious?"

Li Guoying repeated yesterday's excuse and sent the envoy and Zhan Shu out of the camp. As a result, Deng Ming seemed even more impatient and sent a team of men to the camp to curse in the afternoon.

At first, the Ming army cursed in a more implicit manner, implying that Li Guoying did not dare to respond, and then he clearly pointed out that Li Guoying was a coward, and finally he went on filthy words together. Hearing the Ming army's scolding became more and more unpleasant, Li Guoying ordered the gongs and drums to overturn the Ming army's voice, and at the same time asked the scouts to speed up monitoring the movements of the Ming army.

The Ming army insulted the Governor outside the camp, but the insulted person and his more than 25,000 subordinates were very happy. Although they did not know the specific situation in the Ming army camp, the more anxious the Ming army was, the worse their situation was. After word of mouth between officers and soldiers, all the Qing army quickly understood this truth.

So the Qing army pricked up their ears and tried their best to find the enemy's insults from the sound of gongs and drums.

"Listen, they are still scolding the Governor." A soldier said with a happy face: "They have been scolding for the whole day."

"Yes, haha, they scolded them so badly." Several other Qing soldiers also patted their thighs and said with a smile. The more unpleasant the Ming army outside the camp cursed at the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, the more they loved listening to them, and they all were happy from the bottom of their hearts: "It seems that we will receive the reward soon, and then go back to Chongqing."

The high morale made Li Guoying very excited. In his opinion, Deng Ming was simply helping him. When the next day the Ming army sent another envoy to deliver the war letter, Li Guoying's childlike intent suddenly arose and ordered the envoys not to be allowed to enter the camp. At the same time, each camp was asked to create a wooden sign that was ten feet tall, with the words "free of war" written on it, and one was placed at the entrance of each camp.

Seeing that everything in the storytelling appeared in the army, everyone laughed and hanged the battle-free sign on the camp gate. The angered Ming army sent a large number of soldiers to the Qing army camp to curse, and the Qing soldiers guarding the walls all looked at the Ming army with mocking eyes. Even the slow-minded person could see that Deng Ming was about to be defeated. As long as the Qing army was firm and did not fight, they could sit and see that the Ming army was defeated by themselves.

One day, the people sent by Deng Ming not only sent a letter of war, but also gave him a gift. Seeing that the Qing army would not let them enter the camp, he put the things in front of the camp gate and left on his own.

The soldiers guarding the camp sent the gift to the central army tent. Li Guoying and the generals Kaifeng inspected and found that it turned out to be a woman's dress.

"Haha, haha." Although it was before everyone, Li Guoying could no longer bear it and laughed to the sky: "Deng Ming's son is really useless. He lost his morale in just a few days."

Li Guoying used to play Zhuge Liang in Chongqing, and now he played Sima Yi in Wuzhangyuan. Deng Ming is so interesting. Is there any more considerate opponent in the world that is more enjoyable? Li Guoying looked at the dress in the box and said to everyone funny: "It's a pity that I am a court official, and every move is related to the court's integrity. Otherwise, I really wanted to accept Deng Ming's gift and let the soldiers of the three armies see my heart and mind."

There was a rush of flattery around him, and Li Guoying ordered the clothes to be picked onto the flagpole and told them to the battalions.

In the past few days, spies have reported that there have been in and out of the Ming army's barracks, but no large group of people have left. Li Guoying knew that the main force of the Ming army had not completely collapsed, but after seeing the skirt that Deng Ming sent, he believed that this day was close to him.

"Your Honor!"

At the darkest moment before dawn, the sleeping governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi was suddenly awakened by the guards: "There are chaos in the thief camp."

"What kind of chaos?" Li Guoying jumped up when she heard this, and in a blink of an eye she was completely sleepy.

Before he could reach the camp wall, Li Guoying heard a chaotic noise. After climbing to the watchtower, he saw the guards on the camp wall pointing at the defense line of the Ming army camp. As he looked, there were lights of light from torches everywhere.

There are countless lights, as if there are as many as 10,000 or 20,000. When Li Guoying, who had been in the army for many years, he saw that there was nothing in the rules. Thousands of enemies were scattered, ranging from more than ten people, and from a few, rushing to the west.
Chapter completed!