Dominate the Country

There is another Chinese idiom called "Excessive joy leads to sorrow". This idiom is very suitable for the lazy logistics soldiers on the top of the mountain, because when one of the guys got up to urinate, he stepped on someone's leg. Of course, the person who was stepped on retracted his legs, and the person who was stepped on staggered and fell on a gun carriage.

It was just a piece of iron and wooden barrel, not a real cannon's "cannon", how could it support the impact of one person. The "muzzle" drooped down, and the tail of the cannon was raised high. Then, before everyone could react, the dark and metallic "barrel" rolled down from the gun carriage. The straight drop of more than ten feet directly deformed the iron and wooden barrel, and then rolled down the slope, and it couldn't roll until it reached the camp halfway up the mountain.

The whole highland was a big mound of earth, and the maximum angle of the earth slope was less than 30 degrees.

The screams of pain from the top artillery position stopped, but there was a commotion below. "What are the people above doing? My life is precious, I don't want to die under a wooden lump for no reason..." A very bad reprimand has already sounded.

Not to mention the sincere apologies of Qin Xiuguang and others on the top of the mountain, a person on the west tower of Junzhou City opposite the camp opened his eyes wide, staring at the cannon barrel that fell from the top turret with a monocular telescope.

It was already rotten beyond recognition, the iron sheet was twisted, and a few pieces of broken white wood were clearly visible on the muzzle.

"Fake, the rebels' cannon is fake." After seeing everything clearly, the owner of the hands holding the monocular telescope first screamed in shock, and then rushed down the city wall and ran towards the Zhou Mansion in the west of the city where Zhu Bangdao settled.

This man was a captain of the Junguang Camp. When he reported to Zhu Bangdao with confidence that the six cannons on the top of the mountain were fake, Zhu Bangdao's face changed immediately, "Really? Did you see it clearly?" Junzhou and Yunyang Prefecture were in contact with each other by express horses every day. It was afternoon today, and no express horse had rushed to Junzhou. Zhu Bangdao had previously thought that the express horse had run into the hands of the Chen family army's patrol team, which was very likely. But now it seems more likely that the express horse and Yunyang Prefecture City were put into the bag by the Chen family army.

Zhu Bangdao was not a fool. After he had doubts in his mind, the noise and excitement of the Chen family army all night last night became a bluff. This morning, the Chen family army sent people to the city to quarrel, which also became a cover-up.

Because the six five-jin cannons were the best evidence, the Chen family army used fake cannons to scare Junzhou, where did they get the real cannons? Zhu Bangdao could guess without asking, Yunyang Prefecture. As for how to quickly transport the six cannons to Yunyang, there shouldn't be too many ships on the Junzhou River. Even though a large number of ships had been burned or sunk by the Qing soldiers before the Chen family army arrived, there were always a few fish that slipped through the net. Moreover, the Chen family army's fleet had already rushed across the Han River the night before. Although their fleet had been docked on the river surface west of Junzhou City, it seemed that the number had not changed much, but with the strength of the Chen family army, it would not be too easy to requisition a few ships from the surface of the Han River section in Junzhou.

Soon, all the officers and militia leaders above the rank of general in Junzhou City gathered in Zhou Mansion in the west of the city. Zhu Bangdao said this about the report of the thousand-general, and the hall was immediately in chaos. Especially the officers from Yunyang Town, their families, their families are still in Yunyang Mansion. Zhu Bangdao brought two thousand people to reinforce Junzhou, and Yunyang Mansion was very empty.

Junzhou certainly didn't want the troops of Yunyang Town to evacuate Junzhou, but Zhu Bangdao 'noticed' that Chen's army bypassed Junzhou to attack Yunyang Prefecture, so how could Yunyang Town still sit still? Even if the governor of Junzhou knelt down, he couldn't change the hearts of the troops of Yunyang Town to go home. Everyone quickly returned to the camp to reorganize the army, and they were going to leave the city.

Although some people in the meeting raised the question of "Could it be Chen Ni's trick?", they were rejected by the people of Yunyang Town. They couldn't take the risk. As for the danger, at most they should be careful when exploring the road. If they found that the large group of Chen's army was waiting for them on the road, they would run back.

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"What a good place to ambush!" On the top of Yangpo, Chen Ming looked at the surrounding terrain and nodded with great satisfaction. It really didn't take him so much effort, it was indeed a good choice.

Yangpo is located at the junction of Junzhou and Yunyang Prefecture, opposite Laoguanzui. As the name Laoguanzui suggests, the Hanjiang waterway wraps around the "Laoguan" in the north. It is a turn close to a right angle.

There are large tracts of reeds growing near the river on Yangpo, which can be used as a hiding place for the soldiers of the Chen family army. The official road connecting Junzhou and Yunyang Prefecture passes through the foot of this hillside. The road is straight and the easiest to march. And its north is close to the Hanjiang River, so although it is a spacious official road, the actual room for maneuver is very small. As long as Zhu Bangdao leads people to step into this section of the road, the ambush troops behind the mountain will rush out...

Chen Ming is very conceited and thinks that victory is in his grasp.

Marching and fighting cannot be separated from geography, and it is also inseparable from spying on military intelligence. With the help of the secret camp, the geography of this generation is not a problem for Chen Ming. That's why he knew about Yangpo...

And he also ordered people to bluff outside Junzhou City to cover Zhu Bangdao's eyes and ears. Of course, Chen Ming didn’t know that his little plan had not yet been exposed by the remaining troops at night. It was exposed in the afternoon due to a ridiculous mistake.

After more than 2,000 troops entered the designated location, Chen Ming did not waste time and immediately ordered the entire army to disperse into the reeds on the riverbank behind Yangpo in teams and platoons, and ordered them to light fires and lights strictly when spending the night, and not to make any noise. Eat the prepared cold food. It is enough for the team active outside to have scouts, and the rest of the people do not need to move unless Chen Ming thinks it is time to move.

To be honest, Chen Ming can really pull the team to the bottom of Yunyang Prefecture City at this time and attack it. But there are 2,000 Qing soldiers behind him, which makes him a little worried. Now that a series of battles have been fought, Chen Ming's mind is thinking more and more about how to eliminate the living forces of the Qing army, and he doesn't care much about the territory.

He seems to be too influenced by the saying "If you keep people and lose land, both people and land will be saved; if you keep land and lose people, both people and land will be lost."

If Zhu Bangdao really brings troops to chase him tomorrow, Chen Ming is very confident of winning the battle. But if Zhu Bangdao hadn't chased after him, Chen Ming wouldn't have led his men to wait in Yangpo.

A part of the Shaanxi Green Camp led by Wu Dashan has already reached Luoyang. The former Shaanxi Admiral Wang Tenglong has already started a small-scale firefight with Yang Ping and Feng Shaohua's troops guarding Pengpo Town. The Chen family army is about to usher in its second wave of encirclement and suppression.

At this time, the Chen family really doesn't need to take into account the territory. The manpower in Yunyang is what they need most, and it is the most important factor in whether they can survive the next encirclement and suppression frenzy!