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Chapter 1299 Information Cocoon Room

In the central army commander's tent of the Yongning Marquis' headquarters...

Sun Shixiang, the military advisor, turned around and looked at Yongning Marquis Zhang Cheng, and said to him, "My Lord, I have a suggestion. Please mobilize the people of Kaifeng to continue digging deep trenches and building high walls outside the camp, so as to show a defensive posture, so that the rebels will think that our army intends to hold out against them for a long time."

Yongning Bo continued, "Sir, do you want to use this to confuse the thief and make him suspicious?"

"That's what it means."

Sun Shixiang stroked his beard and said, "On the one hand, we will strengthen the camp defense and take a defensive posture; on the other hand, we will send a small number of elite cavalry to harass the enemy's food supply and cut off the small groups of enemy soldiers who are trying to steal their food.

In this way, when our scouts appear in Ruzhou, the bandits may mistakenly think that we are really going to attack their lair in Funiu Mountain."

"A trick to confuse the enemy!"

Zhang Guodong's eyes widened as he said, "Strengthen the camp defenses to make the enemy think that our army wants to fight them for a long time. This is the first suspicion. Light cavalry rushes out to disrupt their food supply and prevent them from obtaining food. This is the second suspicion.

In this way, when our elite cavalry appeared in Ruzhou, or even entered the territory of Funiu Mountain, the rebels would not dare to determine where our main force was.

At that time, the bandits will either attack our Xincheng camp with all their might in the hope of defeating our army so that they can go back to support the old camp at Funiushan Mountain, or they will have to split their forces to rescue the old camp at Funiushan Mountain.

Li Fuming also understood: "This way, the bandits will be mobilized and forced to take action."

Wei Zhice also said: "The route to eastern and southern Henan is mainly for harassment, which is easier to deal with. But on the way to western Henan, there are not enough troops and horses, and I am afraid it will be difficult to convince the bandits. But if we send too many troops and horses, it may be disadvantageous to the defense of Xincheng!"

Chen Yongfu stroked his beard and continued, "We only need one battalion of elite cavalry. The main force of the rebels is gathered in Zhuxian Town. There are not many main forces in the old camp in Funiu Mountain. Most of them are the old and weak relatives of the rebels, as well as some newly recruited young and strong men."

"Marshal, our Qinglong Camp invites you to fight!"

Zhang Guangda's eyes were full of expectation: "Marshal, the Qinglong Battalion will never fail in our mission."

Chen Yongfu, who was standing behind him, also spoke up: "My Lord, I have an unwelcome request."

He stepped forward, clasped his fists and continued, "My Lord, Yongfu is the general of Henan. I saw the bandits wreaking havoc in the Central Plains but was powerless to stop them. The bandits surrounded Kaifeng three times and twice relied on you to lead your troops to rescue them. This really makes me, the general of Henan, ashamed.

Today, since I, Chen Yongfu, have brought troops to serve in the army of Lord Bo, I will naturally spare no effort to fight bravely and kill the bandits. Moreover, Yongfu is the commander-in-chief of Henan Province, and all the soldiers under his command are native Henan people, and they are very familiar with the places and routes in western Henan.

Therefore, Yongfu hereby asks Lord Bo for permission to lead the army to western Henan to disrupt the bandits' food supply and raid the bandits' lair in Funiushan!"

Chen Zhong was not to be outdone and stepped out from the crowd, saying, "General, although Chen Zhong has been stationed in northern Henan for a long time with the Yanhe Camp, he has often crossed the river to the south in the past year to eliminate small bandits in western Henan. Moreover, there are many brave warriors from Mangshan in the Yanhe Camp, and they are very familiar with the geographical advantages, local conditions and customs of western Henan.

Marshal, send our Yanhe Battalion to western Henan to give him a big fight! "

Then, Wang Pu, Li Fuming, He Zhenxiong and others came forward to ask for battle. Even Hu Zichen, Zhang Dechang, Cao Shixi and others were eager to fight. Seeing his generals actively asking for battle, Yongning Bo was very satisfied. He raised his mouth slightly and said, "Everyone, please be patient."

He took the stick from Sun Shixiang, pointed at the map and said to everyone: "The main force of our army is gathered around the new city, stretching across the south of Kaifeng. As long as these camps are not broken, the rebels will not dare to cross our positions and attack Kaifeng City from the north.

At present, as long as our army has sufficient supplies of food, artillery shells, and gunpowder, and relies on the trenches and low walls outside the camp, we can completely resist the offensive of the bandit army. Even if we fight for a year or two, these bandits will not be able to reach our camp."

Yongning Bo pointed the stick in his hand at the location of Guide Prefecture on the map and said, "Since Luo Rucai's Caoying bandit army can leave the rebels, they will never come back to help the rebels, and I will not allow him to do so again.

I have sent Liu Jinhai, Liu Yuchi, and Chen De to Guide to recruit Luo Rucai. At the same time, I have ordered Liu Jinhai to spread the news in the eastern and southern areas of Henan, saying that Luo Rucai wants to surrender to the government army and is ready to cooperate with the Xuanda border army to attack Chuangying in order to seek high positions and generous salaries after surrendering.'"

"Will the intruder believe it?" Zhang Guangda asked without thinking.

"Humph."

Yongning Bo snorted in contempt and said, "It doesn't matter whether Li the thief believes it or not. I didn't mean to deceive him. As long as this rumor spreads among the thieves, there will always be some soldiers and leaders who choose to believe it. In this way, they will guard against Luo Rucai's Caoying thieves.

By then, even if Li the thief wants to make peace with Luo Rucai, his leaders and soldiers will certainly oppose it. As long as Luo Rucai no longer joins forces with Li the thief, it will be extremely beneficial to our army. "

Yongning Bo then pointed at a few places on the map and said to everyone, "Mr. Sun's strategy is consistent with what I have in mind. The detachment in eastern and southern Henan can have more than a thousand elite cavalry and more than a thousand infantry.

The duty of this route is to harass the enemy, not to defeat the enemy. The cavalry should be used in the front to launch a surprise attack on small groups of the enemy army that are collecting food. If the number of the enemy is small, then attack them and rob their horses, mules, food and fodder. If the number of the enemy is large, then harass them.

In a word, we must conceal the battlefield and trap the bandits in an information cocoon, without knowing any news from the outside world and losing the basis for judging the battle situation, and at the same time, we must prevent them from getting food and grass supplies from eastern and southern Henan."

"Information cocoon?"

Sun Shixiang stroked his beard suspiciously and asked the question on everyone's mind: "Master, what does this... mean?"

Yongning Bo was so fluency in his words that he blurted out the modern term "information cocoon". However, facing Sun Shixiang's questioning and everyone's expectant expressions, he didn't know how to explain it to them...

However, as the sole commander of tens of thousands of Yongyi troops, Earl Yongning would naturally not show cowardice in front of his generals!

He put down the stick in his hand, walked slowly back to his desk, sat down on the tiger-skin chair, and then said leisurely: "The cocoon room refers to the silkworm cocoon. The silkworm hides its body in the cocoon it weaves, completely isolating it from the outside world. Although it is safe, it can no longer sense the changes in the outside world, just like a cocoon tied to itself.

If we send out two elite cavalry units to completely cover the battlefields in eastern, southern and western Henan, then it will be difficult for the rebels to learn any news outside their camp, unless we intentionally leak it to them and want them to know false news.

For example, the news that Luo Rucai was preparing to join forces with our army to attack the bandits in order to be surrendered smoothly was fake news that we tailored for him. Since the battlefield environment was completely obscured by our elite cavalry, even if the bandits dared not or did not want to believe it, they could not detect any useful information. "

Everyone understood clearly the straightforward explanation and praised Earl Yongning for his quick thinking. He said the term "information cocoon" was really appropriate!