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Chapter 1341 The unit calls itself the "Mountain Camp"

Xinchengji, inside the camp of the Earl of Yongning, who was in charge of the military affairs of seven towns.

Li Fuming, the general of Shanxi, explained to Chen Yongfu and the others: "The rebels dug a trench that was six feet deep and more than ten feet wide, and the soil they dug out was piled up beside the trench to build two earth walls.

We will charge out suddenly, break through the earth wall, fill in a section of the trench, and then divert the river water back to block the north-south traffic of the bandits. Then, the trench diggers on the north side and the bandits guarding the long trench will all be our food, right? "

Hu Zichen muttered, "If this is the case...if we send too few troops, it will be useless, but if we send too many, we won't be able to retreat in time."

"Commander-in-chief, I think we can also charge at Lijiazhuang. This is the waist of the long trench on the east side. If we attack it in the middle, the enemy will not be able to deal with both the head and the tail. Besides, there is a lot of sand on the Lijiazhuang side, which makes it easy for us to take soil to fill the trench." Wang Pu also put forward his own idea.

Earl Yongning looked at Li Fuming, then at Wang Pu, and did not say anything. Instead, he paced around the big tent, as if he was thinking. No one dared to disturb him for a while.

After a while, Earl Yongning stopped in front of the window, turned around and asked Lin Fangping, "Fangping, you are in charge of military affairs. What do you think of the proposals of Generals Li and Wang?"

"I also feel that we can no longer allow the thieves to continue digging like this."

"Oh."

Yongning Bo heard that he did not agree with the surprise attack on Zhaojiaying and Lijiazhuang, but he could not say it openly, so he changed the subject and asked him, "Where are the two special forces from the east and west now?"

Lin Fangping took two quick steps to the front of the Earl of Yongning and replied, "Commander-in-chief, the main force of Zhang Guangda's detachment has entered the area of ​​Jiaxian and Baofeng. Ji Zhiying's troops have marched westward from Songxian and are threatening Funiushan from the north. Wang Tieren, deputy commander of the Suzaku Camp, and 500 light cavalry have reached Yaoshan Puqi Pass and are threatening Funiushan from the east. Ma Sanzhuang, a thousand-man commander of the light cavalry, led a part of the light cavalry to garrison Xiangcheng. The food route of the bandits in Funiushan has been completely cut off by Zhang Guangda, and they are currently exploring their lair in Funiushan."

When Yongning Earl Zhang Cheng heard this, he moved to the map hanging on the left wall of the tent. He pointed at the map and asked, "How did Guangda's Suzaku Camp encounter the enemy army?"

"According to the news reported by General Zhang, Li Guo of the rebel army has a group of troops stationed in the Xuzhou area. The leader of the group, Ma Chongxi, once led hundreds of cavalry to try to attack Xiangcheng, but they retreated soon after the battle. I don't know why."

"Can you find out which bandits are on Li Guo's side and how many bandits are there?"

"According to General Zhang's report, Li Guo's bandits number about 13,000 to 14,000 soldiers, with bandit generals Zhang Neng, Ma Chongxi, Helan and others accompanying him."

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Zhang Cheng, the Earl of Yongning, was different from other Ming army governors and generals. He paid more attention to the enemy situation than anyone else. His military intelligence department had a large amount of various intelligence...

At present, the Military Intelligence Department under the command of Earl Yongning is divided into four major intelligence groups, namely, bandits, Jiannu, the imperial court, and local areas. Each of them is further divided into smaller groups. For example, the Jiannu group includes Liaodong, Mo Nan, Mo Bei, Mo Xi, Korea and other groups. The imperial court divides officials into groups according to their fellow villagers, classmates, and disciples, and sets up three groups: those who are obedient to me, those who are against me, and those who can be won over. The local areas are divided into groups based on provinces, and they visit local well-known aristocratic families, famous scholars, bandits, heroes, etc. and register them for future use.

For example, on the side of the bandits, there are some famous bandits such as Li Chuang, Xian Ze, Cao Cao, the Five Bandits of Ge Zuo, and Yuan Shizhong, each of them has a group of people who are responsible for collecting, organizing and analyzing the information.

Li Zicheng in particular received special treatment from the Earl of Yongning. Other intelligence groups had only two or three people, but Li Zicheng's group had as many as twelve people, which was not much inferior to that of the Jiannu. It can be said that Li Zicheng's group was the most important in the bandit intelligence group.

As for Zhang Neng, Ma Chongxi and Helan, who were reported by Lin Fangping just now, they were all under the control of the Intelligence Department. Unlike other governors and generals in the imperial court, they only knew some of their titles and could not even call out the real names of the thieves. It was really confusing to see that a well-known thief had several titles in the imperial court.

This kind of situation would never exist in the Yongyi Army. Just like this tiger Li Guo, the Earl of Yongning ordered to create a separate book to record relevant information for him.

………… At this moment, Earl Yongning nodded and said, “Send a letter to Guangda, asking him to cut off the grain route of the rebels and not allow any grain from Funiushan to be transported to Zhuxian Town.”

"Yes, Commander."

"Also tell Guangda to make a bigger move and mobilize all those local villages that have come to take refuge. It doesn't necessarily mean that we have to take down the bandit den in Funiu Mountain, but we must make a big move, the bigger the better!"

"Yes."

Earl Yongning nodded and asked him, "How is Li Jiyu doing?"

Lin Fangping reached out and took a long wooden stick from the side of the map, pointed at the mark on the map, and said, "Shanxi Deputy General Jiang Mingwu is stationed in Tongxu County. Fifteen miles to the south, Li Yan's bandit army of several thousand troops is stationed on the Sha River."

He moved the stick and pointed at Qi County, saying, "Chen De's troop has 500 cavalry stationed in Qi County, which can monitor Cao's camp in Guide Prefecture and also serve as a backup for Tongxu. Li Jiyu has already gone south along the official road and headed straight to Taikang, preparing to recapture Fugou and cut off the enemy's food supply."

"Did Li Jiyu fight against the enemy army?"

"We encountered a group of bandit cavalry in the south of Qi County."

"Who is leading the team and how many people are there?"

"This group calls itself the 'Shanzi Camp', and the bandit leader is 'Shan Ye', who has a cavalry of over 300 horses."

When Earl Yongning heard Lin Fangping say the three words "Shan Ziying", he immediately understood and a barely perceptible smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. However, there were many people around at this time and he didn't want to reveal too much information about "Shan Ye".

At that moment, he asked calmly: "What is the result?"

Lin Fangping had been in the Intelligence Department for a long time, so he naturally knew what Zhang Cheng was thinking. He immediately replied naturally, "Six thieves were injured and one was captured. Eleven of Chen De's troops were injured and two were killed. The captured thief was handed over to Liu Jinhai for night trial that day and is still being held in Qi County."

"Can you get some useful information?"

"Although the person we captured was a minor leader, we only knew that he came to Qi County to investigate the whereabouts of Cao's camp and to find out whether he really surrendered to the commander-in-chief. We knew nothing else."

Lin Fangping then continued, "General Jiyu also encountered a group of bandits on his way to Taikang. There were more than a thousand of them. Both sides suffered some casualties, but the bandits quietly withdrew the next day."

"Another member of the 'Shanziying'?"

"No. General Jiyu encountered the bandits led by Lu Yingbiao."

Sun Shixiang heard this and suddenly interrupted, "General, the bandits from both the east and west routes are like this. If they come into contact with you, they will withdraw immediately. We must be on guard against their tricks!"

Zhang Cheng nodded when he heard this and said to Lin Fangping, "Send a message to the Suzaku and Xuanwu camps. Although the battle situation is urgent, we must not rush in to prevent the bandits from plotting evil."

"Yes, Commander." After receiving the order, Lin Fangping still stood by with his hands hanging down, waiting for the next question from Earl Yongning.