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Chapter 1303 Conquer Kaifeng and command the world

"Grand Marshal, our army has several times more troops than Xuan's army, why can't we use the same trick again?"

In the tent of King Chuang, Liu Fangliang continued, "Since our scouts are not as good as Xuan's army, we can divide them into several teams, each with more than a thousand people, or even two thousand cavalry to form a team.

Then deploy cavalry to guard the perimeter, and drive the soldiers and hungry civilians to dig trenches. Use the excavated soil to build walls behind the trenches, completely encircle Xuan Da’s army in the north, cut off their food supply, and starve them to death!"

"Marshal, I think it's feasible." Yuan Zongde interrupted to express his agreement.

However, there were also objections. Li Guo put forward his own opinion: "The Xuanda army camp is dozens of miles away, and its cavalry is quite active. I am afraid it will be difficult to dig trenches and build walls."

"It's not easy, but we have to do it!"

Liu Zongmin immediately denied his words: "When we dealt with Zuo Ping and Ding Qirui in Shuipoji before, didn't we also dig trenches around them to block the roads, so that we could kill them by surprise when they were escaping.

Now, Kaifeng City is right in front of us. We must take it down no matter what. Not to mention the tens of thousands of Xuan troops blocking our way, even if the king of heaven comes, it will be useless.”

After hearing what Liu Zongmin said, Yuan Zongdi also said, "Yes, Marshal, we have besieged Kaifeng twice. As the saying goes, 'Once, twice, but not three times'. If we fail to take Kaifeng this time, we will lose face.

How can you command the heroes to fight for the Ming Dynasty?"

What he said was a little bit exaggerated, but his words were true and facts spoke louder than words. Kaifeng City was destined to be captured, and this had become the most important consensus among the generals of the rebel army.

Niu Jinxing glanced at King Chuang's face and continued, "Kaifeng City was besieged twice and was almost conquered by us each time. Now it is like a frightened bird. The army is exhausted, the people are exhausted, and money and food are scarce. As long as my army approaches the city, we will be able to conquer it within three months."

He first gave everyone a reassurance, and then continued, "Besides, since Ding Qirui and Zuo Liangyu were defeated at Shuipoji, it will be difficult for the court to mobilize a large number of troops to rescue Kaifeng for at least ten months. Therefore, the Xuanda Army blocking our army to the north will be our only strong enemy in Henan in the next one or two years."

Niu Jinxing's next words were the key points he wanted to say: "The current Kaifeng City is to our army like the peaches in the Peach Garden to Sun Wukong. It is already within our reach.

It is precisely because of this that we must be cautious and prudent in this battle. However, as long as we defeat the tens of thousands of government troops blocking our way, Kaifeng will surely fall...

At that time, the Grand Marshal led his army to conquer the entire Henan Province, commanded the heroes of the world, took Guanzhong in the west, entered Qi and Lu in the east, attacked Huguang in the south, reorganized the army, and it was just a matter of time before he went north to capture the capital of the Ming Dynasty!"

Otherwise, how come Niu Jinxing's status in King Chuang and his army was far beyond the reach of Song Xiance, Li Yan and others?

With just a few words, he made clear the current situation and central task, and also painted a big picture for the generals of the Chuang Army in the headquarters' tent - as long as they defeated the Yongyi Army, they could conquer the entire Ming Dynasty!

This is the achievement of following the dragon in the founding of the country. If this big pie is really realized, everyone present today will be the duke, marquis, and earl of the time, and there is a great hope that they will become the hereditary iron-hat lords.

That would truly be recorded in the history books, be remembered by future generations, bring honor to the family, and bring blessings to future generations!

"We have to fight to the death to defeat the Xuan army on the other side." "That's right, for the great marshal's eternal achievements, it's worth sacrificing my big head!"

"We have three of us fighting against one of them. There's still time for us to rest. Let's... defeat Xuan's army and capture Kaifeng City in the morning..."

When Li Zicheng, the King of Rebellion, saw that Niu Jinxing had completely ignited the morale of his generals with just a few words, he could not help but nodded to Niu Jinxing with great satisfaction.

At this time, Gao Yigong, the general of the Chuang army and the brother-in-law of the Chuang King, asked, "Mr. Niu, do you have any good ideas for defeating the enemy?"

Niu Jinxing gently waved the palm-leaf fan in his hand and said with a smile: "I am not as good as Jiexuan and you in fighting the enemy; but as for decision-making, we also have the military advisor and Linquan, so it is natural for us to make decisions and defeat the enemy."

A master is a master. He not only performed well himself, but also passed a hot potato to others easily!

Song Xiance turned his head to look at Li Yan, only to see that he was also peeking at him. The two smiled at each other and shook their heads secretly, feeling helpless in their hearts.

"Grand Marshal, I think that although General Mingyuan's method is not a first-rate strategy, it is not something that cannot be tried."

Song Xiance spoke first and continued, "However, although we are not ready to capture Xianggong Temple right now, we cannot relax our vigilance and let them think that there is an opportunity. I think we should still maintain a certain offensive against the government troops of Xianggong Temple so that they will think that our army will launch a general attack at any time.

As for digging trenches to encircle Xuan's army, with our army's superiority in manpower, it is not a problem at all. We will deploy cavalry on the periphery for security, and infantry on the inside to supervise the famine victims while they dig trenches, and we can also respond to the cavalry on the periphery at any time, so that the government troops cannot stop us from digging trenches."

"Military advisor, the government army camp covers too much area. Where should we start digging?" Tian Jianxiu asked with a serious expression.

"Dig at the same time on the east and west wings, 20 miles away from the enemy!"

"Are we... too far away from the enemy?"

"If we are too close to the enemy, the government troops will attack quickly, and our army will not have enough time to react, which is actually beneficial to the enemy but not to us; on the contrary, if we are too far away from the enemy, it will consume too much and it will be difficult for our army to guard, which is also beneficial to the enemy but not to us."

Song Xiance shook his head and continued, "As for the distance of twenty miles, it consumes limited manpower for our army and is still within our tolerance. However, if the government troops attack, the light cavalry will not take half an hour, but our army has elite cavalry outside and infantry array inside, so they will definitely return without success.

If the government troops' infantry and cavalry attack in large numbers, it will take half a day to mobilize and form a battle array, and this will give our army time to react, dispatch troops in time, and form a battle array to wait, and we will definitely not let the government troops take advantage.

Unless the government troops can drag their cannons here, cannons are heavy and difficult to move, and they need to choose a suitable place to build a platform before they can be used. If that is the case, they will definitely not be able to do it without a day or two. "

After listening to Song Xiance's words, all the generals nodded and expressed their agreement...

Only Tian Jianxiu raised an objection: "Military Advisor, if the Xuan army concentrates its elite cavalry and launches a surprise attack, how should we respond?"