Chapter 31 Section five

It is said that it is a meal, but in fact, it is still a bowl of soup.There are very few vegetables in Langyue Province, and Bi Wei, the support army, even brought some. Vegetables don't last long, so I made fresh ones into soup and shared them with everyone.Although Lang Yuesheng didn't cook the rice very well, the vegetable soup was enough. After the dried meat was cooked in it, it had a sweet taste. Cheng Diwen drank a big bowl, and for the first time, he didn't feel that The pie was unpalatable.He said with emotion: "It turns out that the noodle cake in vegetable soup tastes okay."

"After you've been starving for three days, even a bit of mud will taste delicious." Zheng Sichu smiled slightly, dipped a piece of noodle cake into the vegetable soup, and chewed it carefully.Cheng Diwen put the empty bowl on the table and said, "By the way, Si Chu, have you come up with a plan to defeat the enemy?" "Go ahead. What are you thinking?" Cheng Diwen said: "I just copied a few sentences according to the art of war, and I can't write anything. It's nothing more than luring the enemy to attack, and then annihilating them with ambush, and then rushing in with the pursuit of soldiers with lightning speed, taking advantage of the enemy's position Break through the Tianlu Pass during the chaos."

Zheng Sichu nodded and said: "That's right, the way of using troops is originally here, and my thinking is not much different from yours. But what kind of tricks are you using to lure the enemy?" Cheng Diwen said with a bitter face: "If I can figure it out, then I will be a general, and I won't be a marching staff officer." Seeing Zheng Sichu smiling slightly, his heart moved, and he shouted: "Do you have an idea? " Zheng Sichu still smiled and said: "It's almost there. This trick is not afraid that the bandits will not take the bait." "What is it?"

"Twelve tricks." The so-called twelve tricks are a short paragraph in an unknown military book "Seven Essentials of the March", which is said to have been written by a military sage of the previous dynasty.In fact, the author said in the military book that this short paragraph belongs to the ancient military book, and he is just picking up the wisdom of others.In fact, there is nothing strange about the twelve tricks. It is nothing more than a well-known truth that everyone can show that they can’t, use it to show it’s not necessary, use it to show it’s far away, and show it’s far away to show it’s near. "Seven Essentials of the March" is also one of the military school's military textbooks. Cheng Diwen is very familiar with it, but he has never paid much attention to it. Unexpectedly, Zheng Sichu designed it based on this.He was very curious in his heart, and said, "What the hell is it?"

Zheng Sichu sat at the table, picked up a pen, dipped it in the ink, and said, "You can read it after I finish writing." Zheng Sichu didn't write much, only four sheets of paper.When Zheng Sichu finished writing one sheet, Cheng Diwen rushed over to read it, and after finishing the four sheets, he gasped and said, "Si Chu, your plan is too convoluted, bandit army!" Will it count?" "If it's someone else, I'm afraid they won't be caught. But the bandit army has been fighting with us for many years, and they know our details very well, but they can't help him not being caught, haha." After finishing speaking, Zheng Sichu pointed his finger at the light Guang wiped his upper lip, pretending to wipe his beard, which was Gan Zhongli's habitual action when he was talking.

Cheng Diwen was still a little apprehensive, not knowing whether Zheng Sichu's idea would succeed or not.When it got dark, I handed in the plan, and each of the dozen or so staff members piled it up in a pile. I don't know whose plan Bi Wei will adopt. As soon as they came back, there was a rush of hoofbeats outside the tent, and someone shouted: "Staff Zheng, is Staff Zheng Sichu there?" Zheng Sichu walked out of the tent and said loudly, "I'm here, what can I do?" It was a Chinese soldier.He rode up to Zheng Sichu, jumped off his horse and saluted, "General Bi and General Fang urgently summoned Staff Officer Zheng to discuss something."

Cheng Diwen was surprised again, but not too surprised.Zheng Sichu turned his head to Cheng Diwen with a smug smile, and said, "Diwen, I'm leaving first." Then, he wiped his lips with his finger again. He followed the messenger to the Chinese army. The tent of the Chinese army was brightly lit, and Bi Wei and Fang Ruoshui were talking inside.The messenger said: "Advisor Zheng Sichu has arrived." Fang Ruoshui raised his head and said, "Quick, invite him in." Zheng Sichu walked in, knelt down and saluted, "General Fang, General Bi, the last general Zheng Sichu has met."

Bi Wei still held a piece of paper in his hand, which was exactly the plan written by Zheng Sichu.Hearing Zheng Sichu's voice, he stood up and said, "Officer Zheng, please stand up and sit down." Zheng Sichu sat on the side, still expressionless, neither angry nor happy.Bi Wei looked at the paper in his hand, and said: "Officer Zheng, General Fang and I have read this plan, and I think yours is the most feasible among a dozen plans." Before he finished speaking, Fang Ruoshui Impatient, he said: "That's right, you still thought of this kind of strategy. Wu Deying suffered a big loss under the airship, and he will definitely take the bait."

Zheng Sichu's eyes lit up, and Fang Ruoshui was surprised to hear the name Wudeying again.The teacher and Fang Ruoshui have both seen the old empire, what else do they know? Bi Wei also seemed to notice that Fang Ruoshui was a little slip-of-speak, and said, "Officer Zheng, how long have you thought about this plan?" Zheng Sichu said: "It didn't take long. General Bi just thought of it when you mentioned flying boats." Fang Ruoshui sighed: "Officer Zheng, you really are a genius, haha." Zheng Sichu's father is the Secretary of State. do not shoot.

Bi Wei sat down and said, "It's no wonder that although the plan is unexpected, the follow-up is unavoidably careless and somewhat wishful thinking. What if the bandit army is not as smart as you think and doesn't act according to your ideas?" Zheng Sichu was startled, he hadn't expected this.In his mind, this strategic enemy would definitely get in, so he only wrote down his own thoughts, without considering various situations.Fang Ruoshui smoothed things over and said, "Officer Zheng made this plan hastily, and it's natural that there are some carelessness. This will naturally need to be discussed again to make it complete."

Bi Wei sighed and said: "Cao Wendao is not an incompetent person. He has been able to operate in Langyue Province for many years, and his strength has increased compared to before. place, I am afraid that I will also be defeated." Fang Ruoshui's face was flushed, and he shouted: "General Bi, what do you mean by the word 'also'?" He failed in the previous storm and lost 3,000 soldiers, but he still failed because of the attack, so it cannot be said that he was defeated. Bi Wei said: "General Fang, please don't be overwhelmed. I just want to say that you must not be careless in anticipating the enemy. The best strategy is to use troops cautiously." Fang Ruoshui was still a little annoyed, but his face calmed down somehow.He took a deep breath and said, "General Bi, in your opinion, how should we deal with it?" Bi Wei said: "Officer Zheng's plan is ingenious. As long as we add some contingency measures on this basis, it will be very feasible. General Fang, please invite all the staff under your account to discuss it again?" Bi Wei probably also felt that his previous tone inevitably offended Fang Ruoshui, but now he spoke much calmer.Fang Ruoshui said: "Okay, let them come here immediately." Zheng Sichu suddenly said: "By the way, two generals, please reduce the number of people patrolling at night by half from today." Fang Ruoshui was stunned, and said: "Why? Wouldn't it be easy for us to leak our details?" Because the bandits refused to guard the Tianlu Pass, knowing the situation of the Republican Army, they must also send out reprimands to reduce the number of patrols by half , the possibility of being spying out the inside story is also increased by half. Bi Wei smiled and said, "That's right, it's just to let them know our details." He glanced at Zheng Sichu, and there was a hint of approval in his eyes.Both of them are resourceful people, Zheng Sichu only said one thing, Bi Wei already understood, Fang Ruoshui was about to fall short.Fang Ruoshui was startled again, and immediately smiled and said, "Not bad, not bad." I don't know if I really knew it or pretended to know it. "Is there any change in the enemy army?" Cao Wendao finished his oil tea, wiped his beard, and asked the returning spy. "The enemy army has only been practicing for the past two days. It seems that the new soldiers cannot adapt to the local environment. It's just that they are collecting the hides of cattle and sheep, and they don't know what to do." Collect the skins of cattle and sheep?Cao Wendao was startled.The leather of cattle and sheep is mostly used to make soft armor shields. Could it be that Bi Wei will only make these things when he is here?Of course not.What is the use of that? His mind suddenly lit up, he stood up abruptly, and said, "Are they cooking something extremely smelly?" The spy said in a daze, "Yes, I saw soldiers cooking there. It's dark. I don't know what it is." Cao Wendao murmured, "We need to use the airship again." The Wude Camp was victorious in all battles at the beginning, but it also experienced two major defeats, one of which was because of the airship. That time it was almost annihilated. Yu people.The flying machine is already a wonderful weapon of war, and the airship of the Republican Army is even more amazing.It seems that the Republican Army took out this last move because they could not break through the Tianlu Pass. If it is an airship attack, how to deal with it?