Li Dingguo had made up his mind, and the army quickly took action. Even Yu Youhan, an idle man without any mission, could clearly feel that something big was about to happen next. In response, he quickly exercised his freedom in the army.

Others have long been accustomed to the power of action. Moreover, now that one of them counts, the whole army is so busy that they have no time to care about him?

In the camp in front of us, all kinds of baggage brought by the army were brought in half an hour ago. Before they could be stored in categories, the right minister of the Ministry of War named Gong Ming was seen hurriedly bringing a large group of staff and documents.

rushed over. Some of them were counting supplies and registering, some were directing the auxiliary soldiers to reload the baggage that had been unloaded from the cart, and some were busy registering while loading the carts.

The baggage was sent to other camps.

It was already very busy here, and he was not a man without discernment. He quickly got up and left. The moment he walked out of the camp, two carts, one behind the other, drove away outside under the pull of strong mules.

One of the carts contained bundles of arrows wrapped in oil paper, while the other cart contained barrels covered with oilcloth. Yu Youhan knew that those barrels should contain gunpowder.

After leaving this camp, the guards of several surrounding camps were strictly guarded. Only the messengers and the documents escorting the carts and the auxiliary soldiers could pass under inspection.

He walked around three or four camps, but he didn't see any of his acquaintances. When he arrived at the camp of Huairen Marquis Wu Zisheng, he saw that the Marquis simply stood in the middle of the camp, staring at the people below.

When people do things, there is no need for him to go in and find Wang Dana to ask clearly.

Following the direction of the most gunpowder, Yu Youhan arrived at the firearms camp. However, Gao En was not in the camp at the moment. The officer on duty knew that he was sent by Chen Kai, and also knew that he and Gao En were very close because of Chen Kai's relationship.

He was familiar with it, so he said a few words and told him that Gao En should still be with King Jin and had not returned, so he continued to be busy counting gunpowder and entering the camp.

Speaking of which, the firearms camp originally had dozens of large cannons, among which the dozen or so red cannons with the largest caliber were all given to Li Dingguo by Chen Kai. But Gao En said that the move was too hasty.

Those big things were too bulky, which would slow down the army, and fearing that they would fall into the hands of the Qing army, Li Dingguo ordered them to be sunk into the Dian Lake outside Kunming. Artillery was not food or anything like that.

The army can't extort red barbarian cannons from ordinary people. Besides, these things are not warehouses. They are things that the army uses on a daily basis. Even if they are destroyed, it is not disobedience.

Now the firearms camp is full of squatting cannons, Franco machine guns and so on that can keep up with the march, but these things are not the most valued now. He heard Gao En say that he has been busy building a country recently.

, and train grenadiers. Maybe Gao En was discussing with Li Dingguo the use of this extraordinary force at this time. Just now.

After leaving the Firearms Camp, Yu Youhan went straight to the Olive Post Station. There was the command center of the army and the residence of Jin King Li Dingguo. At this moment, only the messengers could be seen coming and going, almost leveling the threshold of the inn. Again

Going inside, it is inconvenient for him to enter - although he has the right to move freely, carrying such a long Miao knife on his body is too eye-catching, and going inside, it is about military aircraft, and he is not the only one from other countries.

The messengers of the Ming Army in the system are qualified to reach the common people.

After taking a quick glance, Yu Youhan hurriedly left the place, but within a few steps he saw the Ming army collecting pots and pans from house to house and organizing people who could cook to work in the camp.

Following this group of people, he came to the camp where the military rations were stored. The head of Li Dingguo's staff, Zuo Shilang, Jin Weixin, was sitting here, staring at the staff, clerks, auxiliary soldiers and civilian men carrying food and making fires for cooking. The entire camp was occupied.

The steaming water made it foggy and wet, but the third-rank official didn't care. It seemed that if he hadn't cared about the demeanor of a court official, he would have rolled up his sleeves to help.

"Jin Sima..."

"Oh, it's Mr. Yu."

When he raised his head and saw that it was Yu Youhan, the trace of impatience that had just appeared on Jin Weixin's face faded away again. He knew that Chen Kai had written a secret letter to Li Dingguo, and he also knew that Chen Kai had asked Li Dingguo for the money in the army.

He had the right to move freely with this person, but he didn’t know what Chen Kai’s intentions were. What’s more, what made him a little annoyed was that Chen Kai was really not a friend enough. He only asked this man to bring some gifts, but even he hid it from him.

, if he hadn't known that even Li Dingguo didn't know anything about it, he would have deliberately written a letter to Chen Kai to talk about it.

"Jin Sima, this is..." Fu

Hearing this, Jin Weixin quickly glanced around and whispered to Yu Youhan: "It's better that you don't know the details of this matter. I can only tell you that there is going to be a war soon."

There was going to be a war soon, and all the camps were very busy. Even a blind man could know that. However, Jin Weixin did not stop Yu Youhan from "wandering" in the camp. He just walked around and found that the auxiliary soldiers and

The peasants were busy making dry food, and the latter felt his heart beating faster.

"Oh my God, His Highness Prince Jin actually wants to ambush the Tatars!"

He was once in Liu Jing's army. Although it was just a rebel army, he still knew some basic common sense. If the army intends to ambush the enemy, it must keep it secret and prepare dry food. Without spy satellites, the enemy can only be known by detecting horses.

The approximate time of arrival, and the enemy's scouting horses will also be scouting ahead, so the preparations for setting up an ambush must not be mentioned in advance. The soldiers must also enter the ambush point and prepare before the enemy's scouting horses arrive.

From the moment you enter the ambush point, you cannot move, let alone light a fire to make food, and the soldiers cannot fight hungry, so you can only prepare dry food and water in advance and let the soldiers take them to the ambush point to eat, drink and relieve themselves.

It's all there.

This knowledge did allow him to see some of the inside story, but it was not enough to shock him. What really made him unbelievable was that Chen Kai insisted in the brochure that Li Ding would seek an opportunity to ambush the Qing army, and if

If he understood correctly, the time of the ambush was exactly the moment when problems were most likely to go wrong!

With an uneasy mood, Yu Youhan fell asleep very late. The next morning, he got up as early as usual, but for the first time, he didn't even bother to practice his sword, so he started walking around. Nai He walked around all morning.

, but still found nothing. In the afternoon, after lunch, the army set off one after another, following the original road and turning back in the direction of Gaoligong Mountain.

Li Dingguo has already arrived at Mopan Mountain with his officers, which is exactly where Yu Youhan climbed up earlier to look into the distance. The view here is excellent and can cover a large area around it. Moreover, there are several terraces on the way up the mountain where many soldiers can be gathered.

, the vegetation above can also provide them with enough shade.

The top of the mountain will be his command post for the entire battle, while the mesa and surrounding hillsides can provide hiding places for his pro-reunion army. In addition, the three ambush points are divided into first ambush and second ambush.

, Sanfu, are also lined up from east to west, with a certain distance between them.

In this way, as long as the main force of the Qing army enters the ambush circle, they will attack in one or three ambushes to block the Qing army's forward and retreat routes. They will attack in two ambush and cut off the Qing army. He will personally control the army to provide stamina for the army and eat them one by one.

The Qing army was cut apart. To this end, he set up three fences on the mountain trail, one to mark the location, and the other to allow the Qing army to further confirm that the Ming army passed through this mountain road. In addition, he also forged

Details such as the footprints from here to the time of leaving the mountain were recorded to avoid detection by the Qing army.

The troops setting up ambushes are arriving one after another. According to the report of Tan Ma, the Qing army should arrive tomorrow, but the Qing army's Tan Ma should pass here early tomorrow morning. Therefore, the Ming army must prepare in advance, even if they have to stay in the mountains.

He didn't hesitate to do anything last night either.

This is the price that must be paid for victory. Once the Qing army enters the encirclement, looking at the narrow mountain road at the foot of the mountain, the Qing army will inevitably form a long snake shape when passing through, just like the Ming army the day before yesterday.

The infantry cannot fight without formation, and the cavalry cannot run at all on such a battlefield. It is better to dismount and fight on foot. At that time, with the advantage of being condescending and sudden attacks, as well as the southwestern soldiers being better at mountain warfare than the Qing army, the Qing army will definitely

Undoubted defeat!

"This is called foolproof!"

Generally speaking, the Ming army's military strength in the vast southwest area is not weak at all, but the problem is that Li Dingguo currently has very few in his hands.

Chen Kai rewrote the Battle of Xinhui, which also allowed Li Dingguo to have twice as many troops as in history. Although it was an ambush in the mountains, in order to allow enough Qing troops to enter the urn, the three ambushes interval

And the coverage area is very large, these troops can also be accommodated. In this regard, Li Dingguo naturally wants to maximize his advantages. As for the storage of the Olive Po Camp, it is enough to leave a thousand people to maintain order.

The most important thing is to defeat the Qing army.

There is actually nothing we can do about it. What was brought out from Kunming and what was taken from the warehouses of prefectures and counties along the way is now not much left. Although fighting will lead to a surge in food and grass consumption, even if this war is not fought,

After a while, food and grass will be insufficient, and the army will inevitably have to eat separately. At that time, it will be more difficult to organize a battle that can turn the tide of the war.

What's even more fatal is that due to Yongli's "mercy", the Qing army had the material basis to station in Yunnan for a long time. With those warehouses, they could continuously launch encirclement and suppression campaigns against the Ming army. If the Ming army could not attack at once

If they broke the backbone of this country-destroying army, completely reversed the balance of power between the two sides, and recaptured Yunnan and Guizhou, then the Qing army could completely wear out the Ming army bit by bit through Kunming's warehouses and continuous blood transfusions in the interior.

Even if the Ming army defeated the Qing army, it would be useless as long as the balance of power could not be reversed at once. This large army would inevitably fall into a situation of lack of food, so it would eat scattered. If it eats scattered, it would be difficult to organize a battle, and it would be difficult to organize a battle.

If a battle is organized, it will be difficult to regain the lost territory and obtain enough food and grass, and the army will continue to be in a situation of being short of food and being continuously encroached by the Qing army.

This vicious cycle was called Chongzhen's dead end in later generations - that is, if you want to wipe out the bandits, you have to increase taxes and train troops. The increase in taxes leads to an increase in the number of people going bankrupt and joining the bandits, making the bandits stronger day by day, and the more they want to wipe out the bandits.

As the rogue bandits grow stronger, they must collect more taxes to train and raise their troops, and then they will fall into a vicious cycle of more and more money and food being collected, and the rogue bandits will become stronger and stronger until they kill themselves at the southeastern branch of Meishan Mountain.

Li Dingguo didn't know what Chongzhen's death was. He regarded himself as a loyal minister, especially a loyal minister who was "transferred" from a rogue bandit. Naturally, he did not dare to disobey the Holy Order. Even though he knew very well Yongli's decision not to destroy Kunming's grain and grass.

How stupid it is, he must resolutely implement it. Because even if it is foolish and loyal, it is still loyal. He cannot let others think that the rogue nature has resurfaced. Otherwise, even if the food and grass are burned, he will lose other Ming Dynasties other than the Jin Dynasty.

The trust and support of the army, gentry and common people!

However, he has been in the army since he was a teenager and has independently commanded the army for more than ten years. He is more aware of what kind of dilemma he will face. If the problem cannot be solved at once, then the Ming army is likely to be wiped out.

Jun died in Yunnan just now.

"So, you only have one chance, so you must kill him with one blow!"

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