Li Dingguo stared at the map for a long time, and his eyes gradually became brighter. Li Chaosheng had been paying attention to Li Dingguo's expression. When he saw the change in Li Dingguo's eyes, Li Chaosheng knew that Li Dingguo must have seen something. Thinking of this, Li Chaosheng smiled.

Hehehe said: "Dingguo, do you see anything? Tell everyone quickly."

Li Chaosheng encouraged Li Dingguo with a smile. For an arrogant person like Li Dingguo, you must not suppress him or antagonize him. Otherwise, he will feel conflicted and will not give you advice sincerely. But if you

Use encouragement to give him a sense of accomplishment, and he will do his best to do things for you.

To use the country dialect, Li Dingguo is a donkey who is obedient. For this kind of person, you can't fight with him. If you just go along with him, he will listen to you in everything.

As soon as Li Chaosheng said this, the rest of the people also looked at Li Dingguo. Li Chaomeng even said cheerfully: "Dingguo, if you find anything, please tell us immediately. You are trying to irritate us."

After hearing this, Li Dingguo said: "Actually, I am just a guess. Look, this middle area is mostly grassland and Gobi. The only place with water source is crossing the Huai River here. I think if we want to build a transfer station, we must be stationed here.

An army is guarding it, and the first condition for the army to be stationed is to be close to a water source, so crossing the Huaihe River is the only source of water. I think if we want to find this transfer station, we can start from crossing the Huaihe River."

"We can send cavalry to search along the Huaihe River. In this way, our scope of contraction will be directly reduced to the Huaihe River Basin, which will make it much easier to find."

After hearing this, everyone nodded in unison. Yes, the water source is indeed the most important thing when setting up camp. If you want to stay for a long time, you can't stay too far from the water source. Lantian's army did not take this into consideration. This has something to do with the nature of Lantian's army. Lantian

The army is mainly defensive, so they usually have a city as a supply base wherever they go, so they ignore some common sense field conditions.

For example, the first condition for camping in the wild is to be close to water sources, but the Lantian soldiers did not think of this. I have to say that this is the gap.

This is also the reason why Li Chaosheng insisted on looking for Li Dingguo, because Li Dingguo was a bandit and his way of thinking about problems was fundamentally different from Lan Tian's, and these differences could just make up for Lan Tian's shortcomings in the battle.

Li Chaosheng was very satisfied with Li Dingguo's performance today. Originally, the generals criticized Li Dingguo, a foreign general who was not of Lantian origin, for being able to assume the important position of regimental commander as soon as he came to Lantian. However, after Li Dingguo's performance today, everyone was dissatisfied with Li Dingguo's performance.

There is more recognition.

With the help of Li Dingguo, the Lantian Military Conference quickly formulated a plan for this operation. The plan was very detailed. The main force of this operation was the Li Chaohu Division stationed in Guihua City and the Wang Guixiang Cavalry Brigade.

The plan is divided into two steps. As the main force, Li Chaohu Division will first go to Xifengkou to feint attack to attract the attention of the Tatars. Then Wang Guixiang's brigade will search for the Tatar transfer station down the Huaihe River Basin as quickly as possible. As long as they find it,

After arriving at the transfer station, they immediately destroyed the transfer station, thereby achieving the purpose of dispersing the pressure on the local army of the Ming Dynasty and forcing the Tatar army that entered the Ming Dynasty to withdraw.

The strategic goal was obvious and the battle plan was perfect. After everyone completed the battle plan, Li Chaosheng suggested that everyone have a meal together, drink some wine, and get acquainted with their new colleague Li Dingguo.

Li Dingguo originally wasn't interested in drinking wine, but when everyone recommended him so much, he couldn't help but refute everyone's reputation, so he started drinking.

Li Dingguo's drinking capacity is very good, but he met Li Chaomeng, who has a better drinking capacity. Li Chaomeng's drinking is really like drinking water, but he is not drunk. I have to say that this guy's body is very abnormal.

A drinking party quickly brought the relationship between several people closer, and after drinking, the serious estrangement between generals in Lantian was resolved.

The ones who drank the most during the drinking party were Li Chaomeng and Li Dingguo. The one who drank the least was not Li Chaosheng but Li Chaolong. This big brother was very self-disciplined. Even when everyone was getting drunk, he was not greedy and always stayed sober.

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Li Chaosheng drank a lot. After returning home, Princess Changyu looked at the drunk Li Chaosheng and complained: "What are you doing drinking so much? Too much alcohol is harmful to your health."

After hearing this, Li Chaosheng smiled and said: "Daughter-in-law, you don't know, I am happy today. This Li Dingguo really has a lot of skills. He helped me solve a big problem with this action."

After hearing this, Princess Changyu blushed a little. She didn't know why Li Chaosheng liked to call him his wife instead of the popular lady in the Ming Dynasty. Every time he heard Li Chaosheng call him his wife, Princess Changyu had a feeling.

What a wonderful feeling.

"Okay, stop being pretty, take off your clothes and go to bed."

Princess Changyu said to Li Chaosheng with a smile. Li Chaosheng fell asleep after hearing this. In his sleep, Li Chaosheng dreamed that he led people into Liaodong's lair and captured Huang Taiji alive.

After sobering up the next day, Li Chaosheng stretched himself. Princess Changyu had already woken up. At this time, he took a bowl of ginseng soup and said, "Drink some soup. You can't drink like this in the future."

Li Chaosheng nodded when he heard this and said: "Yes, my head still hurts a little, but it's worth getting a good general."

After hearing this, Princess Changyu said: "Does Li Dingguo make you so happy? There are not a few people in Lantian who can fight. Not all of our Li family brothers, as well as Shi Dalei, can lead a large army in battle.

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Li Chaosheng shook his head after hearing this and said: "We in Lantian have always focused on development. Although my cousin Li Chaolong leads the Lantian First Division, the main task of the First Division is to defend Lantian and does not have the ability to conduct expeditions."

"Second cousin Li Chaohu is okay, but he is better at defending the city than attacking. As for Dezhen and Shi Dalei, they are similar. Since they joined the army, they have fought defensive battles and rarely offensive ones. This sudden change

, will definitely bring huge casualties, and our goal in Lantian is to win the war at the minimum cost. The life of everyone in Lantian is precious. I will not use any innocent life to exchange for my supreme rights.

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After listening to Li Chaosheng's words, Princess Changyu smiled and said: "My husband is indeed the most benevolent monarch in the world. My husband, you will definitely be the emperor in the future, and you will be a good emperor who will be remembered in history."

Li Chaosheng laughed after hearing this and said, "That's not enough. What your husband will do in the future is to be an emperor for eternity."

If ordinary people said this, they would definitely be regarded as bragging, but when Li Chaosheng said this, Princess Changyu's eyes became bright. She believed it, and she thought her husband should be like this.

In the early morning, Li Chaosheng returned to his office, rubbed his slightly sore head, looked at Gu Zi and said, "Has yesterday's battle plan been sent to Guihua City?"

Gu Zi said: "Not yet."

Li Chaosheng said: "Well, you go and discuss the battle plan with the people in the military headquarters, and then send it to Li Chaohu with the telegram from our headquarters."

"yes."

Gu Zi said, followed by Li Chaosheng and asked: "By the way, has Li Dingguo sobered up?"

"When I woke up, I saw him and Brother Mengzi practicing martial arts in the yard this morning."

After hearing this, Li Chaosheng said: "That's good, call me Li Dingguo."

"yes."

Gu Zi went out and quickly called Li Dingguo in. As soon as Li Dingguo came in, he looked at Li Chaosheng and said, "Your Majesty."

Li Chaosheng looked at Li Dingguo and said, "I've asked you to train troops these days. How are you doing?"

After hearing this, Li Dingguo said: "The soldiers in Daogouyu Camp are all good soldiers. Wang Jiadong and Lao Huihui and I selected a thousand cavalry for training. They are already looking good. It's just my first time on the battlefield. I haven't seen them yet.

If you can fight and see blood, that would be even better."

After hearing this, Li Chaosheng laughed and said, "Oh, do you need a chance to train troops?"

Li Dingguo nodded, and Li Chaosheng smiled and said: "Okay, in this case I can't live up to your expectations. You can take your cavalry to participate in this raid on the Tatar logistics."

"Ah, really!"

After hearing this, Li Dingguo stood up excitedly. He originally thought that it was unlikely that a new general like him would be reused. Even if he was to be reused, he would have to wait for a while. But could he participate in the war so soon?

You must know how many people are watching this war. Li Chaolong and Shi Dalei are looking forward to it. They wish they could fly to the battlefield to fight with the Tatars right now. And the soldiers under their command are even more eager to see it through. Don't think that this war is simple.

War, you must know that war represents promotion and wealth in a deeper level.

You must know that if an army does not participate in the war, its chances of promotion and wealth are very small. If it participates in the war, as long as it has military merit, it will be able to obtain captured and distributed property and be promoted in official position.

Therefore, the general will die in battle and stay at home as a security guard.

Li Dingguo thought that the earliest war waiting for him was to attack Gansu, but he did not expect that he would also be involved in the battle against the Tatars. Thinking of this, Li Dingguo was still a little excited.

Li Chaosheng said: "Okay, you go back and prepare for a while. By the way, in addition to conventional weapons, your army's military factory has also developed a batch of new weapons this time, called phosphorus fire bombs. You can bring a hundred rounds and try them.

Test your power."

"Phosphorus bombs?"

Li Dingguo looked at Li Chaosheng in confusion. This was the first time he heard this name. Li Chaosheng nodded and said: "A very terrifying weapon."

Li Dingguo nodded and said, "Okay, let's give it a try."

Li Dingguo agreed, and Li Chaosheng's eyes became dark. Weapons such as phosphorus fire bombs appeared on the battlefield. This was definitely the most terrifying nightmare for the Tatars.

Phosphorus fire bombs are a by-product of the research on mercury fulminate. When the military factory was studying mercury fulminate, they accidentally created phosphorus. The biggest characteristic of this substance is that it has a low burning point and cannot be extinguished with water. Therefore, it has been

As soon as it was produced, it was called an eternal flame by the military factory.

The group of destructive maniacs in the military factory saw the strategic value of this thing almost immediately, and immediately began to invest in research and development. Finally, before mercury fulminate was developed, they first put phosphorus and fire into the battlefield.

As for the power of phosphorus fire, Li Chaosheng had seen it once. As long as it was stuck to this kind of thing, it would never stop until the thing was burned.

Therefore, Li Chaosheng himself felt that he should proceed with caution when putting this kind of weapon into the battlefield. This is absolutely anti-humanitarian.

However, Li Chaosheng supported the use of this weapon against the Tatars. After all, the Tatars were not considered human beings, right? Using phosphorus fire bombs against them was about the same as using mushroom bombs against Japan, which was both just and just.

Therefore, Li Chaosheng sent Li Dingguo to take charge of this matter.

Of course, Li Dingguo will definitely not know now. The first thing he was sent this time was to train troops, and the second was to experiment with the phosphorus fire bomb.

The next day, at the Daogou Valley camp, Li Dingguo prepared his troops and horses and stood on the podium to lecture the soldiers.

"Brothers, although we have not been in contact for a long time, I know that you are all very good soldiers and good men. Unfortunately, we have never had a chance to show off and can only serve as reserve soldiers. But now the opportunity has come, the Tatars invaded

Our land in the Central Plains is causing harm to the people. The emperor is incompetent and cannot protect the people. Our county minister cares about the world, so he decided to let me take you out to kill the Tatars."

"This is a precious opportunity. Li Chaolong and Shi Dalei of the regular army are very greedy, but we still fought for the opportunity for our First Cavalry Regiment. So what I didn't say is that it depends on the dragon or the tiger. Brothers, just follow

I'll go out and kill the enemy, kill!"

Li Dingguo raised the machete in his hand. After hearing this, the soldiers in the audience were all excited. They raised their weapons and shouted angrily: "Kill, kill, kill!"

Looking at the howling soldiers who were provoked by Li Dingguo, Li Chaosheng couldn't help but nodded: "Sure enough, one soldier is like a raging army, and a general is like a raging den. Only a general like this can bring out howling soldiers.

Li Chaosheng was thinking, and at this moment, a carriage was slowly coming here not far away. The carriage was tightly packed, and there were twelve escorts wearing special military uniforms standing next to them. These officers had a line embroidered on their chests.

Small print: Second Department of Scientific Research, Lantian Military Factory.

Li Dingguo also saw this group of people looking at Wang Jiadong beside him and saying, "Who is it?"

Wang Jiadong said: "The scientific researchers from the military factory are responsible for escorting us the phosphorus bombs."

"What is this phosphorus fire bomb? It's so grand?"
To be continued...