Chapter 302 Cats and Mouses (Part 2)

Li Sen personally led the army to attack Anningyi, Feixing Ferry, the green mountains along the way were winding, the strange rocks were rugged, the water was gurgling under his feet, and the scenery was very beautiful. However, the officers and soldiers were as if they were facing a great enemy and didn't care about enjoying it.

At the front was a rattan soldier, holding a large rattan that was nearly one person tall in both hands, walking forward carefully. There was no road ahead, only a wild grass fell down, like a trampled path, only one person could pass by. If the army had to set up such a formation, it would be vulnerable. When the army could no longer move forward, it could not help but stop moving forward.

Li Sen looked at the surrounding terrain and saw a stream winding out of the mountains. Although the stream was surrounded by weeds and shrubs, it was wider. What was even more rare was that moving in the shallow stream could avoid the endless pits, bamboo nails, lassoes, tripping bamboo guns, thorns and other obstacles in the half-person-high weeds. Those small mechanisms that were difficult to detect and were troubled not only seriously hindered the army's itinerary, but also killed a large number of soldiers.

Li Sen immediately ordered the army to move downward and follow the stream to the source.

This stream is called Crab Creek. The water is only deep and the width can be drawn by a bamboo raft. Although it is winding and twists, there are also huge rocks that are not lost by the water flow from time to time. The army is moving much faster than on the road.

The barbarians were able to set up many traps in the grass, in the barley, under the land, and under the stones, and there was no reason to let this stream leading to the valley. Li Sen did not dare to be careless and still asked the soldiers to be on their guard. In the air, in the airtight grass on both sides, and even underwater streams, for fear that something would suddenly pop out from it.

The two peaks in front stood side by side, shaped like double gates, and the mountains were in a dangerous situation. The top of the mountain was covered with jungles, lush and green, and the cliffs were densely covered with hanging coffins. Li Sen immediately ordered the army to stop. He was about to send some spies to explore the way forward, but he was already in a precaution. Suddenly, the branches in front of him shook the tree heads, and a strange roar sound came out, and the officers and soldiers who were caught off guard all screamed and fell down. Some of them had brains gushed and died in a terrible way.

The soldiers raised their vine shields one after another, but the ones shot in front of them were neither bows nor arrows, but at least the size of a bowl of stones. The rattan cards were smashed into pieces in just a few strokes, and the soldiers could not see any enemy. They shot a blind arrow, and they could not withstand the large rain of stones falling from the sky, so they hid in the grass on both sides.

There were pits, bamboo nails, lassoes, and thorns waiting for objects. The officers and soldiers who blindly broke into the feet and could not see the objects were killed and injured again in a scream. The barbarians had endless trees and stones. They used the trunks as bowstrings and arrows, and destroyed them. No one could defeat them. The Ming army left behind a large number of dead bodies and began to retreat out of the mountain.

The formation was in chaos. Li Sen could not stop it, especially a stone as big as a bowl, flew over to his shoulders. The strong wind blew, and the face hurt. A personal army behind him was smashed into his chest by the stone, his sternum was broken, and he fell to the ground and twitched. Blood was gushing wildly with his mouth and nose. Even a veteran like Li Sen, who was fearless in death, was heartbroken. He had to grit his teeth and ordered the back formation to change to the front formation and fled out of the mountain...

Besides, the troops of the gang general Li Ze were arranged along a short ridge beside the canyon, forming a long snake formation, and circled around Goutou Mountain. The terrain here was dangerously narrow, and the army could only drag a long line to advance slowly. However, on the right side of the short ridge was the canyon, and on the left was the green hillside that was tilted downward. Although the grass and trees were prosperous, they were still high and could still be seen if there were people and horses hidden inside, and they would be caught in an ambush.

The army was getting deeper and deeper, and there were no barbarians. Along the mountain road, the Ming army had dragged into a team of several miles, like a long snake, winding forward. Suddenly, the sound of a heavy bronze drum in the dense forest at the left of the vanguard troops suddenly sounded. The Ming army, who had fought with the barbarians many times, knew that there were barbarians in the forest. Fortunately, they were still far away from each other and were condescending here, so they might not be able to rush up.

The Ming army's shield was on the ground, and the crossbowmen and musketeers were waiting for the battle. The soldiers behind them rushed over and prepared to set up a second line of defense. However, they were shocked to find that the ones running out of the forest were not barbarians, but cows, horses and mules. The animals were all wearing chews, their tails were lit, and rushed up the hillside like crazy chariots.

There were only a few dozen such animals, and the scene was shocking. The cattle and horses ran wildly towards the hillside, and the whole weeds fell in love with them. The scene was spectacular. A sharp-eyed captain screamed loudly: "This is a chain of horses, shoot the arrows quickly! shoot the arrows!"

The tactics of serial horses were originally the first invented by ethnic minorities, and have played a great role in history. The serial horse formation with dozens of cattle and horses was useless, but in such a narrow and difficult place, the role of which is very terrifying is very powerful.

The panicked Ming army began to fire guns and arrows, and the butt was on fire. The animals who were rushing up the mountain were already dead. They only knew how to move forward, but not to escape from left to right. Once they were hit by the musket, the arrows would run even more urgently. Behind them, the barbarian holding bamboo guns were wearing animal skin skirts and howled loudly and chased them up.

In a slight effort, the cattle and horses rushed to the top of the mountain. The cattle and horses were running wildly and could not stop. They didn't even have time to make a silence, but they fell into the deep valley. The ropes of cattle and horses were connected to the ground, and the old vine led countless officers and soldiers to the abyss. The clever soldier rolled on the spot and avoided under the ropes. He stood up in shock and killed the barbarian soldiers wielding bamboo guns.

At the center and tail of the long snake formation, there are dense forests to hide at the slope, and they are also attacked at the same time. Although the barbarians do not understand military tactics, the tactics they have found from the siege and hunting are ruthless and effective. They first let the enemy go deeper, then cut the head and tail, break the abdomen and cut a long snake into several sections, and the head and tail cannot be taken into consideration.

The first strike of the "Serial Horse" has severely damaged the Ming army's spirit. The Ming army cannot figure out what tricks the enemy has and how much strength it has. It cannot help but be humble and cowardly. Thousands of soldiers and horses were defeated in an instant. When the army withdrew from the mountain pass, the ten stops were damaged and three stops were damaged.

Among the three armies, only the troops who were guerrilla general Cui Gui in Mount Yuwang suffered a small loss. He led his army to enter Manniukou with great fanfare. Not far away, the back team turned into the front team and went out again, changing to another Maofeng Dam, which was more difficult to move.

This is a ravine. There are two mountains standing together, and there is a small road in the middle. However, the road is covered with thorns. Although it is difficult for officers and soldiers to move forward, the barbarians must not set up ambush among these thorny bushes, which is relatively safer.

The officers and soldiers walked in the valley for about half an hour, and the back team was still outside the ditch. At this time, they suddenly heard the sound of thunder-like bronze drums on both sides of the rocks. The shouts were shaken by the earth. First, there were stone bullets fired with branches. Although they looked terrifying, there were thorn bushes in the middle. As long as the Ming army lay on the ground, the stones would either fly over the top of their heads or be blocked by the thorn bushes. Except for some officers and soldiers who were not prepared for the initial defense, there were many wounded people.

Then more than a thousand men and women in Duzhang held swords and spears, drove away cattle and horses as the vanguard and came from the front. Jiao Gui saw that the situation was not good. If such a narrow terrain was rushed by cattle and horses, the entire army would be in chaos and could only be slaughtered by people.

He immediately ordered the entire army to retreat. At the same time, he concentrated the musketeers to kill Sanniu and one horse, hindering the barbarians' offensive. Only then did the army escape from the valley, although in a mess, there was not much loss.

The strategy of advancing in one another failed again. The three defeated soldiers met on the way back. The army was dejected and stopped and rushed back to the camp...

As soon as Li Sen returned to the camp, a lieutenant came to report. The imperial envoy Yang Ling personally visited the military camp and asked Li Sen to see him immediately after he came back. Li Ling felt shocked when he heard this, and quickly rushed to the commander's tent.

Since the rebellion suppression, Li Sen has been unstoppable and has never fought such a cowardly battle. Even the almost extremely obscene Tongluo Ridge, he followed Yang Ling's light cavalry to go deeper and return horses and draw nails, and he easily took it down. However, in Dudu Village, he gathered all the elite troops and horses, not only could he make progress, but he was defeated many times, and he was really ashamed of Yang Ling.

Li Sen hurried back to the handsome tent and reported the call: "Sir, Li Sen will come in!"

"Come in quickly," Yang Ling and Feng participated in politics, Su Yuen and the second prince were looking at the sand table, and he heard the voice and said.

This was Li Sen's commander's account, but this time the Chao bandit suppressed the rebellion of Yang Ling to control the commander of the three armies and local commanders. He was the deputy commander. When Yang Ling came, he had to avoid the seat and give in. The power of the commander had to be transferred to Yang Ling, so he did not dare to be careless in his expression.

Li Sen entered the coach's tent, knelt down on one knee, fisted over, and said ashamed: "Sir, I am ashamed of my last general. I have gathered 50,000 troops, but Dudu Village cannot capture it for a long time, so I have to bear the entrustedness of my entrustedness."

Yang Ling said as if nothing had happened: "Victory and defeat are common among military strategists. After fighting for more than a hundred years, the famous generals have sent several tens of thousands of troops. If they all win battles, we won't use them here today."

He walked over and helped Li Sen up and said, "Get up, the terrain of Dudu Village and I have been watching the terrain of Dudu Village for a long time. I really can't see where Dudu Village is almost Bowang Mountain, Tongluo Ridge, and Lingxiao City are. You have been fighting here for more than ten days. Let me introduce the situation. The enemies of the six counties are now just hiding in Dudu Village and Jiusi City. I don't believe it can't be taken away."

Seeing Yang Ling's understatement, Li Sen took over the matter of losing his troops and losing his generals. He was grateful and stood up and asked first: "Look at the tone of his lord, has Lingxiaocheng been taken down?"

Yang Ling smiled and said, "I just got the news that General Song won Lingxiao City by wisely. Now one pair of wings of Jiusi City has been broken. Just wait for Dudu Village to take down Dudu Village. I can feel at ease to let the army march straight into Jiusi City.

The more than 10,000 troops from General Song were not transferred to them. I have ordered them to build forts and checkpoints at the dangerous pass between Jiusi City and Dudu Village to cut off their connections. This Dudu Village will be wiped out by us alone."

Li Sen heard that Lingxiao City, as famous as Dudu Village, had been easily taken down by Song Xiaoai, a woman, and felt even more pressure. He couldn't help but feel fighting spirit suddenly. He walked to the sand table, took a long breath, and said sternly: "Sir Yang, dear masters. Dudu Village is different from Tongluoling, Lingxiao City and other places.

At first glance, this place is not as dangerous as the above. All of the above passes have a pass that is as pass as a pass and cannot be opened by ten thousand men, but there is no Dudu Village. However, the difference between Dudu Village is that although it is called Dudu Village, it is actually not a copycat, but a collection of many copycats that the Duzhang barbarians are quite concentrated.

Dudu Village is divided into Dadu, Erdu and Wudu, which is the main body of Dudu Village. The five peaks are rolling and rolling. There are dangerous peaks, cliffs, canyons, swamps, dense forests, ambush everywhere, and ambush everywhere.

Including the outer periphery of the land, the terrain is also complicated. I originally wanted to cut off the periphery first and shrink inward step by step, but the terrain here is not suitable for encirclement and suppression methods in other places. Please see, there are blue cliffs on this side of Dudu Village, and several unattainable areas on Hongya Guipo Cliffs. Next to it are more than a dozen large and small villages such as Aer Village are used as lips and teeth.

We are close and close to each other. If we try to seize any village first, we will receive assistance from other villages. Even if we grab one, we will not be able to station for a long time under the constant harassment of the barbarian army day and night. If we divide our troops to attack each village at the same time, we just happen to be their plan. Once we enter the continuous mountainous areas, all kinds of dangerous terrain will become weapons of murder. We have fought here for more than ten days, and we will suffer this loss.

Let’s look at this side. There are Gaozhai, Pingzhai, Dongmuba, and Luobaozhai to the east. They are mutually supportive. If the attack occurs, the camps will be linked together. If they divide their troops and attack, they will fall into a jungle battle. Our army has no room for advantage.

To the south is Jiguanling Village, which is also an important pass for Duzhangman. There are also Neiguan Village and Fishing Monkey Village nearby. Especially when the mistakes are made, Monkey Village lives on a dangerous cliff and is unattainable. Once our army attacks the villages, they can easily go down the mountain. Taking advantage of the very familiar characteristics of the mountains, they emerge from various inexplicable places and attack our army, which makes our army unable to take into account both the head and tail. There are enemies attacks everywhere. There are traps everywhere. People often say that plants and trees are all soldiers. It is really plants and trees are all soldiers here."

Yang Ling, Zhu Rangjin and others frowned as they heard it, and their faces became solemn. No wonder this place is the most difficult to conquer. The terrain is emerging here in an endless stream, and the barbarians' villages are scattered, so they are all in charge of the barbarian base camp.

But the more this happens, the more you have to take it down. Otherwise, the other counties and villages will be defeated and will be useless at all. Duzhanman has such a base. Once the imperial army leaves, it will soon be rekindled and occupy the counties again.

Li Sen also became heavier and he pointed to the southeast and said, "This is the Lunbudun. The mountains are rising hundreds of feet, the trees are deep, the stones are built into the city, and the fences are built to defend. The army will even make blood into a pool.

The situation now is that if you want to cut off your wings, you can't do it. At the same time, you will immediately fall into the deep mountains and dense forests. Although there are few barbarian troops, they can roar and fly, even if you use mechanisms or cattle and horses, ordinary houses can be turned into weapons, which is hard to defend against."

After hearing this, Yang Ling and others remained silent. No one had any idea for a moment. After a while, Yang Ling said, "Mr. Li has also suppressed bandits in Shandong and has rich experience in combat formations. If you think of it, what method should you use to capture Dudu Village?"

Li Sen thought for a while, drew a large circle of earth on the sand table, and said, "Set up bunkers, side walls, stationed troops in the garrison, surrounded the place, imprisoned them in it until they were unable to survive and surrender."

Yang Ling's eyes narrowed and said, "How many soldiers and horses do you need? How much time? How much money and food?"

Li Sen couldn't help but feel silent.

Yang Ling shook his head and said, "This place is different from Shandong. The mountains are high and dense. Even if the troops stationed, it is difficult to completely imprison the riots in the mountains. Moreover, if you want to encircle these mountains, you need more than 50,000 troops and horses, and you can't afford the money, grain, and taxes in Shu. As for time..."

Yang Ling smiled wryly and pointed at the sand pan and said, "The village of Duzhang Barbarians is in the mountains, with land and food, birds and beasts, streams and fish and crabs, wild vegetables and dried fruits. If they are surrounded for a long time, Duzhang Barbarians have not collapsed, but the court will be dragged down."

Li Sen's face turned red and he hurriedly said, "The subordinates are ignorant, unrestrained, and randomly refer to other experiences."

Zhu Rangjin looked at the sand table and suddenly said, "When the plains use water, the mountains use fire, the masters wipe out the barbarian villages, and most of them take fire to attack. Then all the barbarian tricks are vulnerable. Why not attack with fire here?"

Yang Ling shook his head and smiled, "Didn't the second prince burn himself when he heard about fire?"

Zhu Rangjin and Lord Feng looked at each other in surprise, not understanding the meaning of it.

Li Sen hurriedly explained: "The Second Prince, Lord Feng, you don't know that the Dudu Village is everywhere, including the Duzhang Barbarians' villages, and the fences are made of wood. However, the villages are too scattered, and the other is inevitably separated by swamps, canyons, and cliffs. So if you set fires from one place, it will not be of any effect at all. If you set fires everywhere..."

He pointed at the sand table with a startled face and said, "There are nearly 10,000 people in the villages in the inner villages. Although they are all dependent on the rebels,... may not be able to kill everyone. Moreover......The Wududu Mountain is connected to the countless mountains around it, setting fires everywhere, and the fire is difficult to control, and it will be burned up. If it spreads here, countless creatures will be devastated and the matter is so great that even the current emperor here dare not make this decision for Xiaoxiaodu."

Only then did Zhu Rangjin and others know the reason and had nothing to say for a while.

Yang Ling frowned for a while, and had no choice but to sigh softly. He said, "Everyone should take a break first, wait until we understand the surrounding situation, and then continue to plan. There is always a way to imagine."

Everyone bowed silently and said goodbye one by one. Li Sen saw that Yang Ling’s eyebrows were in a state of bleakness and had no interest in talking at this time, so he bowed and left.

Yang Ling sat down in the empty handsome tent and suddenly thought: "If Yun'er was here, would she have any good solutions?"

As soon as this thought came up, Yang Ling immediately laughed: "Do you still need to ask? That girl, she did whatever she wanted to achieve her goal. If she were here, she would have burned her own people to suffer heavy losses. As for the consequences..."

Yang Ling sighed: "How can there be any future troubles? If the coach today is Cheng Qiyun, then he will definitely find out in the end that the arsonist is the one who was burned to death. He also knows these methods, but a real man has done something and does not. He always has to be at ease in his actions..."

Yan Gaocai arranged for the newly captured officials of the mountain village and allocated landless farmers to allocate landless fields. He arrived half a day late and rushed to Dazhai at night. At this time, the sky was covered with clouds and no stars were seen. Several soldiers carried him into the military camp with lanterns and torches. Unexpectedly, as soon as Yan Gao entered the camp, he saw a black shadow circling in the dark night. The two met. When they saw that the man was the commander Li Sen. Yan Gaocai hurriedly went up to see the ceremony.

Although he is still a small county magistrate in name, his actual power is far inferior to that of the prefecture. It is only a matter of time before he is appointed as the governor of the various yamen of the Military, Political and Legal Department of Xuzhou. Yang Ling's memorial has been sent to Beijing. There is no such thing as this.

So Li Sen also politely replied to the greeting and chatted. Yan Gaocai asked what happened to the officials today. After thinking about it, he asked, "I don't understand soldiers. The lord said bluntly, should I take Dudu Village, I can only attack quickly, not slow down. If I want to attack quickly, the barbarians occupy the land and the land and reach a large army of 100,000, which cannot be fought against by our army's manpower and weapons. They can only rely on the power of the five elements and the power of heaven and earth?"

Li Sen simply nodded and smiled bitterly: "By the way, if you want to attack urgently, you must ask the Fire De Star Lord for help, but there are tens of thousands of creatures in the mountain. This is really a disaster for the world. If the fire spreads, it will be a disaster for heaven and earth. No one dares to make this idea."

Yan Gaocai glared and said, "If this were not the case, the act of suppressing the rebellion would be the same as in the past. The army dragged for three or four years, and the troops were trapped and horses were exhausted. The surrounding counties had just changed their territory and returned to the current. Once the barbarians came out of the mountain, everything would be restored to their old appearance. After a few years, a big battle will be fought again and again. This repeated cycle?"

Li Sen spread his hands and said, "What are your opinions about Lord Yan?"

Yan Gaocai rolled up his sleeves and said, "Gaojian, no, I'll go see the adults!" After saying that, he asked Yang Ling's residence and walked away with great strides.

Yang Ling was closing his eyes in the tent and was thinking about the tricky things about Dudu Village. Suddenly, the door of the room knocked and a man said, "Sir, Yan Gaocai is looking for a meeting."

"Oh?" Yang Ling opened his eyes, sat up from the chair, and hurriedly said: "Get up quickly."

Yan Gaocai entered the tent and bowed to Yang Ling, "You have met the lord."

"You're welcome, sit down, come, spectator." Yang Ling responded with a smile, waved his hand to let him sit down, and asked, "How is the place to change the land and return to the land?"

Yan Gaocai said: "The six counties of Xuzhou Prefecture, Gao, Gong, Yunlian, Changning, Jiang'an and Naxi are all vigorously changing land and returning to the land. The refugees who have no land in each prefecture come happily and support the imperial court. This move not only solved the hidden dangers of refugee riots in other places. It also provided enough farmers to farm and find employment for farming, which can be said to be beneficial to the court and the people."

"Okay!" Yang Ling cheered happily when he heard this.

Yan Gaocai changed his words and said, "But the officials are afraid that such a good situation will not last long. If the court cannot take over the Dudu Village, it will be difficult to calm the Duzhan Barbarian Rebellion. The army stationed and confronted each other, but the end was just a repeat of the previous mistakes of the officials suppressing bandits, and it was finally left unresolved.

When the barbarians come out of the mountain, they will reoccupy Jiguan Mountain, Lingxiao Peak, Tongluo Ridge, Bowang Mountain and other key passes out to plunder, half of the people and half bandits, so that the people in peace and guard their land will flee to foreign lands. By then, the Duzhan Barbarians will still become a confidant in Sichuan. The people who are wandering around will be extremely disappointed with the court, and the prestige of the court will be ruined. In the future, they will want to change the land and return to the current situation and completely solve the matter of Xuzhou. It is as difficult as ascending to the sky. The Duzhan Barbarians will become a chronic disease."

Yang Ling was silent after hearing this. After a while, she sighed, pinched her eyebrows and said, "I am like a riding on the back of a tiger. I can't move forward or retreat. I'm really embarrassed."

Yan Gaocai said solemnly: "Sir, since Lingxiao has been broken, our army will take advantage of danger. This is when the clown is destroyed in heaven. It is better to take advantage of the momentum of breaking the bamboo and collect the power of destruction early. Think of the barbarian warriors, there are only a few thousand, and our army should be several times more likely. The way to attack the danger must be won by surprise. If you don't fight to death and want to win by time, how much should you spend in the army in a month? This is a trapped plan."

Yang Ling was silent for a long time and said, "If you want to win with a strange victory, only fire attack..."

Yan Gaocai immediately bowed and said, "Sir, I'm very good at it!"

Yang Ling rolled his eyes and bowed his hands. Coconut laughed: "Sir, great talent! Once the fire spreads, it will harm countless creatures in the world. How can you teach me?"

Yan Gaocai's eyes turned and said, "Under the rule of the government, most of the people in the county live in dense forests. In order to prevent fire damage, they must clear the plants and trees within ten feet of the forest. The wildfire is strong and cannot be compared with the stove fire. However, if the open space of thirty feet is cleared, the officers and soldiers will guard it and extinguish the weak Mars at any time. Why do you worry about the spread of the fire?"

Yang Ling was stunned: "Fireproof belt? This method is feasible. Anyway, the fire is not extinguished and smoke is everywhere. The imperial army cannot enter Dudu Village. Let them be firefighters on the periphery for the time being. This job will definitely be competent."
To be continued...