Chapter 103 Soldiers' tricks
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The north wind was howling, and the sunny day was in the Sanshan Pavilion and Qingyun Peak Gathering Hall, everyone gathered, but the atmosphere was very solemn. Liang Hong frowned and sat on his head without saying a word.
For five days, the official army did not make any major moves. Although Wei Ying's two battalions of Shenji Battalions were approaching the heart of Sanshan Pavilion and the banks of Sanshan River, it was also a deep wall and high village, making a comprehensive defense and a long-term stand. The people on his side launched two night attacks, but in the end they all returned without success. Not only did they return without success, they also killed and injured more than 200 brothers. The losses were huge, which shows that the enemy was very vigilant and did not give him the chance to attack at all.
At the same time, the 20,000 troops under Yang Shen were scattered into dozens of groups around the Sanshan Pavilion to fight guerrillas. They were elusive and came and went without a trace. They ran away after the battle, and did not go deeper. They really gave Liang Hong a headache to death.
Of course, the enemy's harassment and attack are secondary. The biggest problem they face now is that the food on the mountain is almost exhausted. Wang Shouren came here to report that the amount of food was only less than five days left. After five days, if the official army cannot be defeated, I am afraid that they will collapse without fighting.
The situation is grim and it is time to survive and die. What should we do? Liang Hong is at a loss. Judging from the current situation, it is obvious that Yang Shen changed his offensive strategy and was ready to waste him to death.
Yang Shen’s move is not poisonous. Yes, the Sanshan Pavilion has a huge range and the terrain of the mountains and forests is complex. Thousands of bandits are hiding in it. It is not easy to quickly destroy it. However, if it is a gambler, especially in this cold winter, it is afraid that the bandits will surrender in a few days, right?
This Yang Shen was indeed not an ordinary person. He could see the key to the problem so quickly. At this moment, Liang Hong was stumped. Not only him, but also everyone on the mountain were basically stumped. Everyone was at a loss when facing such a situation.
"Brother, I think that for the sake of this, our best strategy is to find a way to rob the food and grass of the official army." At this time, Wang Shouren stood up and said, "Brother, do you still remember that Yang Shen is now the governor of Shanxi, Henan and Ningxia. His food and grass must come from these three places. Needless to say, Shanxi has a severe drought this year, and there is no more surplus grain. Even some food and grass are not enough to supply his 30,000 troops. Ningxia is far away from the border and has always been a bitter, cold and barren land. Plus,
The road is difficult to walk, and if we want to transport food and grass from there, it is not possible to remove the near fire. Therefore, according to my speculation, the government army is very likely to transport food and grass from Henan. Henan has been a place of abundant resources since ancient times, and it is no problem to supply food and grass from 30,000 troops. Therefore, if we want to rob the food and grass of the government army, we must first find out the food and grass of the government army. I have sent people out to investigate a few days ago. Unfortunately, the government army attacked from all sides, and the people sent by me were unable to come back..."
Wang Shouren said it in the end, and obviously he was a little bit embarrassed.
Liang Hong did not blame him. He just leaned over and looked carefully at the topographic map. Then he said to Wang Shouren: "If you want to transport the grain from Henan to Weizhou, you must first pass through Taiyuan and then go north. The fastest way to get from Taiyuan to Weizhou is to bypass Wutai Mountain, pass through Yuanping, Daixian, and Fanzhi, then arrive at Lingqiu, and then from Lingqiu to Weizhou. Therefore, if nothing unexpected happens, it is behind them that we want to rob their grain, but it is not easy to deal with. Not to mention that we don't even have the ability to rush out of the mountain. We just say that we are lucky to circumvent the back of the government army and rob the grain, but it is difficult to transport it back. Therefore, this method is really difficult to achieve."
"Yes, what my brother said is, I took it for granted," Wang Shouren shook his head helplessly and sighed.
"I can't rob the big ones, can't I even rob the small ones?" At this time, Lan Fenghuang said, "Don't forget, Wei Ying brought the Shenji Camp, but he was already stationed by the Sanshan River. His six thousand people also need to eat and drink. The official army naturally wants to transport grain for him. Then we will rob the grain, wouldn't it be enough?"
Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but lit up their eyes and nodded at the same time.
However, when Liang Hong heard this, he frowned and shook his head and said, "You must be cautious in this matter. If you are not sure, you must not act rashly."
"What does this mean by brother?" Wang Shouren asked curiously when he heard Liang Hong's words.
"I'll tell you a story," Liang Hong looked at everyone and said, "In ancient times, there was a man who saw a peach tree on the side of the road and found that it was full of peaches, so he wanted to pick the peaches to eat, but his companions stopped him and told him not to pick them. Why do you think this is?"
"A gentleman should be upright. Even if it is a peach on the roadside, it should not be picked. Picking is a steal." Lin Pingzhi recalled the time when he had just fled home. He had encountered a peach forest, but he would rather be hungry than steal peaches, because his parents told him that people should not indulge themselves, even in small matters, because many evil people accumulate from doing some small things, and finally become a big villain. As the saying goes, steal peaches when they are young and steal cows when they grow up. Therefore, Lin Pingzhi has extremely strict requirements on himself in his heart. In this regard, he is indeed a gentleman.
But Liang Hong scoffed at this statement: "What kind of gentleman? If I were hungry, let alone peaches, I had eaten all the human flesh, so why don't I care about morality or immorality?"
When everyone heard his words, they burst into laughter, thinking that this guy was indeed such a character.
"Why is that?" Lin Pingzhi said in confusion.
"Because, that person's companion told him, he said, "You think, this peach tree grows on the side of the road, but there are so many peaches on it now, why do you think it is? Why do you think it is?" Liang Hong looked at everyone and then continued, "That person said that there is only one possibility in this situation, that is, the peach must be bitter. After eating it, others felt it was not delicious, so they did not continue to pick it, otherwise they would have been picked long ago, so how could it be left until now? Do you think so?"
After Liang Hong finished speaking, he looked at everyone quietly. Everyone nodded without realizing it, and they agreed, but they were puzzled by what Liang Hong said had to do with what they were discussing now?
Seeing everyone confused, Liang Hong said to everyone: "For us, the food and grass that Yang Shen transported to Wei Ying is actually the peaches on the roadside. It looks Yide, but it is definitely not a good result. Everyone thinks that Yang Shen is not a fool. Don't he know that we are going to rob his food and grass? Besides, isn't he going to starve us to death? So at this moment, if Yang Shen really brought food and grass to Wei Ying, things would never be that simple. Besides, because Wei Ying's army was bombed all the way with cannons, the roads connected to the outside of the mountain are relatively flat and spacious, which is not conducive to our ambush operation. And the other party escorted the food and grass, there will definitely be no small number of people who escort the food and grass, so it is impossible for us to pull out the teeth from the tiger's mouth. Even if the tooth is successfully extracted, it must be the enemy who deliberately threw it out and let us hold the scorpion tail."
As soon as Liang Hong said this, everyone finally understood it. They nodded without realizing it, and at the same time they were secretly trembling in their hearts, glad that they did not have the idea of making the food and supplies.
"So if we say this, are we just sitting in the city of sleepy sorrow?" At this time, Wang Wensu spoke.
Hearing this, Liang Hong laughed and said, "Sun Tzu's art of war is full of tricks. It is obvious that Wei Ying also needs food and grass. Yang Shen really wants to transport food and grass to him. The key question is, which time is true, this is a very important question. If we can figure out the other party's path and make sure that the other party has indeed transported food and grass in, this transaction is worth doing."
"Who can tell this clearly? We are not the roundworms in Yang Shen's belly. How do you know what he is thinking?" Wang Mazi said helplessly.
"No, people's way of thinking has certain rules to follow, not completely unpredictable. For example, Yang Shen, if I was not wrong, the food and grass he transported for the first three times must be fake, and the food and grass he transported for the fourth time must be true. Why? Because he wants to completely dispel our idea of robbing food and grass, he must use all fake food and grass for the first three times. In this way, if we robbed food and grass, we will not only return without success, but also likely to suffer a great loss. After taking such a loss three times in a row, I ask you, will you go again for the fourth time?" Liang Hong smiled slightly, then nodded and said, "It is obvious that as long as we are not fools, we will definitely not dare to go again. But, we have to do the opposite. I will go again for the fourth time!"
"Brother, this plan is very good, but I'm still taking a little risk. I think this matter should be carefully prepared first," Wang Shouren looked at Liang Hong and said.
"This is natural," Liang Hong nodded and said, "The brothers have rested almost all these days. I happened to be itchy, so let's give Yang Shen another big gift."
Liang Hong narrowed his eyes slightly as he spoke, and there was a hint of coldness in his expression.
"Xiao Yu'er, don't worry, dad will definitely avenge you. If dad doesn't overthrow the Ming court and kill Zhu Houzhao with his own hands, he will not be a human being!"
Liang Hong clenched his fists unknowingly, and at this moment, suddenly, a commander rushed in and knelt down and said loudly: "Report to all the leaders, the big thing is wrong, and the traces of the official army are found in the back mountain!"
"What?!" Hearing this, everyone sitting there stood up suddenly.
The government army has seized our retreat? Where are they? How many people are there?
For a moment, the crowd was shocked, and Liang Hong was also shocked and was a little panicked.
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Chapter completed!