Chapter 262 The Fire of Stars

The spring rain is drizzling. The rain in the south of the Yangtze River will never make people feel desolate.

As soon as the rain came, Wu's head and Chu's tail were filled with poetry and painting. Raindrops hit the eaves, on the hats, and in the narrow alleys of bluestone slabs, gathered into gurgling water and flowed into cheerful streams. The misty rain woven between the eaves and the hats immediately filled the air of the world.

April 27th, Jiuli Ferry.

There is a small lake in front of you. The wind blows the lake surface, the waves and the fine raindrops gently sprinkle on the water surface.

Yang Ling stood in the rain with his hands behind his back, looking at the willow forest opposite the lake. Teams of officers and soldiers in the forest were marching in the rain. Liu Dabangcui and more than ten personal soldiers stood under the willow tree not far away, and their armor was wet and shiny.

The "Anji" live fish restaurant in the willow forest by the lake stands silently in the mist and rain. Most of the wild villages in such rivers are ancient and dilapidated. The tiles wash out a kind of broken black in the rain. The wooden railings are as old as black. The wine banners gently sway in the rain, forming a landscape, wind and rain map of the south of the Yangtze River.

The weeping willow hut by the river, what kind of food is the romance? Only the beauty can hear it.

Now a beauty holding a butter paper umbrella walked gracefully from the water pavilion with her skirt. Her graceful figure walked in the foggy light rain forest, and the surrounding scenery suddenly came to life.

She walked behind Yang Ling, raised her arm to cover the wind and rain, and said softly: "Sir, Qiyun ordered a live fish for you, and the hot wine is hot. The rural game is unique. Let's go and taste it."

Yang Ling nodded, turned around and walked into the restaurant. The owner of the shop hurriedly served a steaming big grass carp, four plates of lighter rural vegetables and a spoon of soju wine, and then stood aside with a smile. His small restaurant had never had such a big official, so he was a little flattered.

Yang Ling stomped his feet and took off the cloak. Cheng Qiyun took it and hung it on the pillar next to the door. Yang Ling walked to the table and sat down and waved his hands, "You sit too, haha, I can't help but worry. If this prescription doesn't work, the battle to combat the Japanese will take at least two years, so there will be too many variables. I hope the more than 20,000 soldiers I trained by myself will not disappoint me."

Cheng Qiyun smiled and said, "The Japanese pirates have been plaguing the sea front for more than a hundred years. They can never be solved. If you can suppress the Japanese pirates within two years, it will be a waste of time. Why should you be so anxious?"

Yang Ling waved his hand, and the boss nodded and retreated to the inner room. Yang Ling then shook his head gently and said, "I can't wait. The officials in the court opposed the lifting of the sea ban have been enduring and dared not to publicly oppose me, just looking for opportunities. I can't give them this excuse. The Japanese pirates must cut the mess quickly!

I want you to summon the four major pirates of the East China Sea as soon as possible because our navy has just been established. Although our combat power is strong, we are not familiar with maritime affairs. These things on the battlefield are absolutely unscathing. The four major pirates of the East China Sea understand the terrain of more than a thousand islands in the sea and the undercurrents and reefs under the water. With their help, we can stop the Japanese pirates from fleeing back to the sea to deal with us, and thus completely annihilate them!"

"Apart from Wang Meiren, can the other three major enemies have the intention to accept the court's revenge?" Yang Ling looked at Cheng Qiyun. Cheng Qiyun rolled up her green sleeves and was filling him with a glass of water and wine.

"The Bai Xiaocao on the Diaoyu Island mainly does business with the countries in the South China Sea. Western pirates blocked Malacca and mobilized troops everywhere on land to combat the Japanese. Bai Xiaocao was trapped in the island, and nearly 10,000 people under his command are currently sitting in vain.

Moreover, he and Xuemao and Haigouzi were incompatible, and it was difficult for him to reach the north, so there were not many roads for him to choose from. So I asked him to contact him directly in the name of the court, and Bai Xiaocao had the intention to accept the summons."

"Sea Dog Zi and Snow Cat..." Cheng Qiyun frowned slightly, put down her chopsticks and said, "The territory of these two people is close to Japan and has always been close to Japanese pirates. According to the news from my inside line, they have no intention of helping Japanese pirates. However, they want to sit in the mountains and watch the tiger fight. When the Japanese pirates are damaged and retreat to the sea, they will take the opportunity to conquer them and expand their territory."

Cheng Qiyun smiled contemptuously and said, "They are so happy now that they think this is a good opportunity for them to fly alone in the East China Sea, so how can they accept the court's enlistment?"

Yang Ling took a sip of soy wine and pondered: "If you see the court's amnesty documents, you will surrender immediately. They are not worthy of being a thief who is everywhere. Do you think you should send a navy to teach them a lesson? If you beat them up, then sit down and talk, then they will consider our opinions carefully."

Cheng Qiyun hesitated for a moment and raised her eyes and said, "Sir, the war is urgent now, and some wealthy businessmen are waiting and watching. In addition, the cost of the shipyard is really tight, and the silver price of the shipyard is insufficient, and the manufacturing speed of the warships is greatly affected. Moreover, the warships must be equipped with cannons and other weapons. The cost of a cannon is between thousands of taels. It is difficult for us to gather a powerful fleet before hastily.

The combat power of the four major pirates in the East China Sea is definitely not comparable to that of Japanese pirates. If a navy team that is not familiar with the sea situation is still unfamiliar with the pirates, it will be a terrible victory against more than 100 warships of Shanghai Gouzi and Xuemao and 20,000 pirates who have experienced hundreds of battles, even if they win, it will definitely be a terrible victory. How can the coast be blocked and the Japanese pirates who fled back to the sea be wiped out?"

Yang Ling showed a smile in his eyes, coughed lightly, stared at her and said, "I've committed an old problem again! I want to keep it from me again? If you have any plan, you might as well tell me, my female military advisor."

Cheng Qiyun smiled and said, "My lord, it is not easy to recruit all the four major bandits under his command with a humble attitude. Even if he promised them to contain them, he would definitely be arrogant. At the same time, these pirates from the background are used to being restrained. Since ancient times, they have been rebelled and rebelled, and have been summoned again and again. Who knows if they will recur?

Do you still remember Lord Bai’s three strategies to suppress the enemy? They were to lure surrender, recruitment and encirclement by force. The plan to lure surrender has been rejected by Lord, but I wanted to make some changes to the rebellious snow cat and sea dog, and to use the realization of lure surrender to the two thieves who were rebellious. Of course, even so, we still have to show the prestige of the officers and soldiers in the battle to suppress the Japanese, and promise some unreasonable conditions to make them consider the possibility of recruitment.

Although they were brothers, these two sea kings who were respectful to their own kowtows were wary of their own brothers. As long as they made clever tricks to make the thieves suspicious of each other, they could make the thieves kill each other without damaging the credibility of the court and not sending out soldiers or soldiers.

When both of them are in trouble, the adults will come forward to clean up the mess and lead our navy to win in one go, and get a large area of ​​sea areas controlled by the sea dog and the snow cat. At the same time, it can also deter two giant thieves Wang Meiren and Bai Xiaocao, making them afraid to have two hearts."

Yang Ling stroked his forehead and looked at Cheng Qiyun. Cheng Qiyun looked back at him calmly. Yang Ling suddenly raised her face on the floor and sat up straight and said word by word: "I can't cheat people, I can't. You can't. So... If you cheat people, I will be promoted. Whether the four enemies in the East China Sea can pacify them, everything will depend on Cheng Girl."

His words were learned from a movie. Coincidentally, that person was from Zhejiang. Yang Ling stayed in Jiangnan for several months, and it seemed to be similar if he simply learned a few accents.

Cheng Qiyun rarely saw him joking. She was amused by him for a moment, and she covered her mouth and smiled: "I wish you a step-by-step success. The higher you are, the harder you are in your position, and the more you are, the more you are, the more satisfying you are to cheat. However,... Whether this plan of Beizhi can succeed depends on the adults. Only when the adults can do their best can I continue to talk to that cat and dog."

"My soldier?" Yang Ling's smile disappeared. He turned his head and looked at Liu Lin Bibo in the misty rain, and sighed softly: I hope they can do it!

Over the past ten days, Yang Ling ordered Wu Hanchao to cooperate with Song Xiaoai to train troops, and specialize in learning the infantry attack and stabbing methods of Zhuang family soldiers. Then, combined with the weapons and combat characteristics used by the Ming army, it was modified and taught to the Ming army.

The Zhuang family soldiers were seven, and there was also a "beheaded trio" who specialized in cutting people's heads and receiving silver rewards from the heads. Naturally, the Ming army would not waste soldiers like this. In addition, the morale of the Ming army was not as brave as the Zhuang family soldiers. The seven people might not be able to compete with the bravery of the Japanese pirates. After some research, Yang Ling and Wu Hanchao decided to combine ten people with long and short weapons.

Because there are many mountainous monuments and swamps along the coastal areas of Zhejiang and Fujian, the roads are rough and disgusting, and the large troops are not easy to unfold. The Japanese pirates are good at setting ambush and are good at close contact. At the same time, Japanese pirates are used to using heavy swords, spears and Japanese swords to fight. Yangling and Wu Hanchao took advantage of this feature and created a team of Japanese pirates from the prison, accompanying the Ming army to fight every day, and constantly improving the weapons equipment and infantry formations of the Ming army combat team.

This kind of ten-person infantry team, with the strongest and bravest one as the captain, should first hold a long spear, one with a long shield, the other with a short shield and a waist knife, which can not only cover the captain and the back team, but also participate in the battle at any time.

The other two people use bamboo guns to cover the shield player, and at the same time they are covered by the shield player. The five people behind them use long spears and two use simple swords to monitor each other from a distance and near attacks. They can also dismantle the large array into two small arrays or three small arrays at any time according to the terrain and the distribution of the opponent's troops, which is very flexible and maneuverable.

The troops of Meng Sihai, Shandong and Jiangzhou, Sichuan, were trained by this new tactic. Their soldiers had never fought with Japanese pirates and were far more aggressive than those of the Jiangnan soldiers. Now the war is in full swing, so the training has achieved some results, Yang Ling sent them to the battlefield, and it really made these two enemies support each other. The wolf soldiers in Guangxi were the central army, and the three armies swept across the southeast.

The troops of other provinces and regions had arrived one after another. Yangling ordered them to station in Suzhou to receive their new tactics training, and took the opportunity to divide the 20,000 Suzhou defenders who had defeated the Japanese pirates and had accepted the new tactics into twenty groups. Then they dispersed their 3,000 Jingweis into one group and served as commanders. Then they ordered them to rush to various provinces to serve as the main force of the officers and soldiers in various garrisons to fight against the Japanese.

This method is very feasible, because in order to facilitate supply, the Japanese pirates were easy to avoid the main force of the Ming army. Most of them fought independently with hundreds of people, causing fireworks everywhere in half of the south of the Yangtze River. Although the Ming army was crowded with people, their morale was dispersed and their morale was no match for them at all. Otherwise, there would be more than a thousand elite soldiers, enough to deal with small groups of Japanese bandits wandering everywhere.

Yang Ling dispersed the 20,000 troops into six provinces with a team of thousands of people as the main force of the officers and soldiers of each branch guard. As long as they win a few battles, they can greatly boost the morale of the entire army. At the same time, they trained the officers and soldiers in a new infantry battle formation, so that they could quickly change the appearance of the entire coastal officers and soldiers with the point and lead the whole.

As long as this method works, you can imagine that the twenty sparks released will quickly turn into a prairie fire, driving the entire battlefield situation to change. This strategy is no longer just to command a specific battle. It is the anti-Japanese strategy formulated by Yang Ling across the board.

To achieve this strategic requirement, hundreds of thousands of troops would scatter across the six provinces under the dispatch of other places, forcing the Japanese pirates to turn small groups into convergence and combination. Therefore, when the Ming army had the advantage of quantity and gradually evolved into the advantages of quantity and quality, it would use the advantage of geographical advantages and people to force the enemy to fight head-on and annihilate its main force, thus making a solution once and for all.

Whether this strategic requirement can achieve its goal depends on whether the tens of thousands of troops he had trained can become the backbone of the Ming army in the anti-Japanese war. At the same time, his eyes have already jumped out of the war on the mainland, and began to solve the four pirates in the East China Sea. After the decisive battle, he can cut off the retreat path of the Japanese pirates, so that the invading enemies will be wiped out on the Central Plains.

Yang Ling's first plan for the enemy strategy was in the war in the north. With the Ming court's intention to fight and support each other, Huosie and Boyan Khan were preparing for the troops. A strategic balance was temporarily formed, and as long as the three guards of Watsai and Duoyan could not hold back and join the gambling game, the short-term balance situation would be broken immediately, and the Ming Dynasty could wait to reap profits. Even if this battle failed, it would only maintain the current situation and would not cause any worse consequences.

But the war against Japanese devils in the six southeastern provinces was different. It was the first battle under Yangling's independent command. If he succeeded, he would have a great military merit that no one could erase. Through his personal soldiers and the army of the six provinces that had been trained by himself, he would undoubtedly become a firm supporter of Yangling in the army.

If the war fails, the war may even be led inland. As the commander of the Japanese war, he has no responsibility to be shirked. At that time, facing the impeachment of civil and military officials in the court, facing the ruined country and defeated army in Jiangnan, and the people in dire straits, no matter how much the emperor favors him, can he sit back and see such a situation caused by him? Even if he himself cannot help but suffer death.

Yang Ling knew very well that this war was of great importance. So he temporarily put aside the matters in Guangxi and Sichuan, and ignored the information that Liu Jin was becoming increasingly arrogant and arrogant in the court and formed a tyrannical power, and devoted all his energy to the war against the Japanese.

However, those who plan the strategy will be the generals, and those who win thousands of miles will win!

Whether his "Nirvana" plan can be successful depends on his sparks. Whether it is a fire phoenix or a grass bone chicken hatched out.

Soldier...

Defeated like a mountain!

Donghua Kanosuke ran wildly with two swords. Behind him were the defeated soldiers. Once the team was defeated, it would be impossible to organize effective resistance immediately.

His team had more than 2,000 people, including real Japanese and fake Japanese. It was the largest number of Japanese pirates nearby. Donghua Shinosuke was originally a tailor shop owner. After the small shop in his place died in the war, he joined a Japanese pirate team and plundered the mainland two seasons a year. A few years later, he became a pirate leader. Later, after the leader died of illness, he became the leader of this Japanese pirate.

This time they came across the sea and arranged their wives and children on an island, and they kept plundering the near sea with their own troops so that they could transport the plundering materials back to the island at any time. The nearby Ming army could not even defeat the Japanese pirate team of hundreds of people, and they were defeated several times in battle with them, which further encouraged their arrogance.

On this day, Donghua Luyesuke was leading his men to burn, kill and loot in Mozhi Town. Suddenly, a team of Ming troops appeared. The two armies fought and the Ming army was about to collapse. When Donghua Luyesuke saw that there were only more than 500 Ming troops, he thought that the officers and soldiers of the nearby garrison appeared here by accident. He immediately commanded the army to chase and kill them, hoping to wipe out the Ming army.

Unexpectedly, he has always been cunning and cautious, and is good at fighting Japanese pirates on ambush. Because the war has gone too smoothly recently, he does not take the Ming army seriously at all. He chased out of the town and was actually ambushed by the Ming army.

When the Ming army surrounded from all directions, Lu Nosuke Donghua wanted to fight back. Unexpectedly, this Ming army was the Shandong soldiers in Meng Sihai. They and the Sichuan Army rushed to the southeast, holding their strength to distinguish the top and bottom. The quality and combat power of this army were stronger than that of Jiangnan. In addition, they were strong in morale and had more soldiers than Japanese pirates. They were prepared to fight but not prepared. Although the Japanese pirates were brave, they still returned in great defeat.

Seeing that the pursuit of the troops was very anxious, Lu Zhisuke from Donghua divided his troops to escape. There were some Han people in his team who were familiar with the nearby terrain. They used their understanding of the terrain to defeat the Ming army. They were their expertise in land, but now they wanted to use the same trick again, disperse the Ming army's forces, and then use their knowledge of the nearby to capture the small paths and encircle the two armies. Maybe they still have a chance to turn defeat into victory and annihilate the Ming army.

Unexpectedly, Meng Sihai was just a stinger and stared at him, not caring about the other Japanese pirates who were escaping. Donghua Lu Zhijie complained secretly. He led a team of people and had just escaped for two miles, but he encountered the Guangxi wolf soldiers who came south together with Meng Sihai.

This time, I was so cruel that after giving the beheading group a hundred heads to the wolf soldiers, Meng Sihai also chased after him. Donghua Shinosuke finally gave up joining another Japanese pirate and retreated to the northeast in panic.

Meng Sihai and Song Xiaoai joined forces to chase after him. Seeing that the pursuit was getting more and more urgent, there was a dangerous peak near the sea on the left side of the front, he led people to retreat up the mountain and guarded the mountain.

The top of this mountain is surrounded by cliffs, one facing the sea, the mountain is high and it is more dangerous. It is a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Meng Sihai commanded the army to chase the mountain, and the Japanese pirates built walls with stones, defended the mountainous land to the death, and fought fiercely with the Ming army with the advantage of the territoriality.

Meng Sihai and Song Xiaoai commanded the soldiers to attack for a while. Seeing that the soldiers were seriously injured and killed, they temporarily stopped the troops and blocked the foot of the mountain. At this time, the sun set. The sea was bright red by the sunlight and colorful clouds, and the mountain was still shining with a ray of sunlight.

Song Xiaoai looked up at the mountain and observed for a while, and said, "There is only one side of this mountain that can be climbed. I see that we are guarding the foot of the mountain and trapping them to death. If we don't believe that they will not eat or drink!"

Wu Hanchao shook his head and said, "I'm afraid they won't keep guarding. I just walked around, and the side facing the sea was full of shallow reefs, and I couldn't cross it even if I took a raft. Besides, our soldiers are not familiar with water.

If they tie vines and trees as ropes, take advantage of the darkness to go down the mountain and flee along the foot of the mountain to the other side. It is difficult to stop us from this side, but if they really want to do this, it is too late to send someone to the other side of the mountain now."

The female general was arrogant, but she obeyed Xiao Wu and immediately said with love: "Then we will attack the mountain immediately. With our troops, we will not be able to capture this mountain."

Meng Sihai immediately said, "No, this mountain is too steep. Look, those Japanese are building up soil and blocking trees and blocking mountains. If they attack hard, they will die too many soldiers in vain!"

Song Xiaoai glared at him fiercely and scolded: "It's not possible to defend or attack. Should I sit there and watch them escape? If you are afraid of death, then I'll attack!"

When Meng Sihai heard the qi rushing upwards, Wu Hanchao saw that the two of them were about to quarrel, so he hurriedly stopped him and said, "Don't argue, sir, this mountain is indeed dangerous. It's a big move, and a strong attack is not a solution. I have a plan. Let's guard the foot of the mountain first and organize soldiers to attack. One way to attract the attention of the Japanese pirates, and the other way to prevent them from freeing up to cut down vines.

At the same time, please ask the two adults to pick up some soldiers who are good at climbing and follow me to the cliff. We will get some ropes from the town. Although the cliff is as steep as a mirror, I will still be able to climb up. At that time, I tie the ropes and bring one or two hundred warriors who are good at climbing. When it gets dark, I can get the effect of the surprise soldiers. At that time, the two adults hear the chaos on the mountain at the foot of the mountain and lead the troops to attack the mountain, and they will definitely wipe out the Japanese pirates."

Song Xiaoaixi said: "Hey! General Wu is still smarter, so let's do it. Then we will attack each other and make a great contribution to the Governor!"

Meng Sihai was shocked when he heard this: "General Wu, the cliff is too steep, and even with ropes, it is difficult to climb. I see... I see that there are not many cliffs that are more than a hundred feet high that can be climbed up."

Song Xiaoai smiled proudly and said, "Hehe, General Meng Gan, your soldiers cannot climb up, but it does not mean that my soldiers cannot climb up either. General Wu, I will select 500 people for you and act according to your plan."

She glanced at Meng Sihai with her black eyes and said meaningfully: "If you destroy this group of Japanese pirates, this is your general Wu. I will definitely ask you for the merits from the Governor!"
Chapter completed!