Reborn after the apocalypse, stocked up on supplies but still afraid of not having a goddess?

Ye Zheng was not in a hurry and stood in front of the map waiting for their reply.

Zhao Lianming held his temper for a while, but finally couldn't hold it in anymore.

He shook his shiny brain and pouted his lips and said, "I think the position of commander-in-chief is stressful and has heavy responsibilities, so I'll take it up with reluctance.

Don't worry, everyone. I will never treat you unfairly.

I plan to let Brother Ye be the Chief of Staff of our joint army, and Brother Yang will be the vanguard general!

Brother Ye is in charge of making plans, and Brother Yang will be the first to fight in the battle. Is this a reasonable arrangement?

Am I suitable to be the commander-in-chief?"

After saying this, Zhao Lianming seemed very satisfied with his arrangement. He laughed so hard that his eight back teeth were exposed.

Yang Nianzhen crossed his arms and looked up at Zhao Lianming. "One moment you are the Chief of the General Staff, and the next moment you are the General. Is this ancient or modern? You must have listened to a lot of storytelling in the past, right?"

Zhao Lianming still smiled proudly, "Of course, when I had nothing to do before, I liked to listen to storytelling."

Hearing what Zhao Lianming said, Yao Dazhuang, who was usually serious, burst out laughing.

Zhao Lianming looked at Yao Dazhuang suspiciously, "What are you laughing at?"

Yao Dazhuang rolled his eyes, "I'm laughing at you, you're an idiot! He's laughing at you for not knowing anything, having no culture at all, you just listened to storytelling for a few days and learned some random things, and you're still playing with it here, and you're so proud of it."

"you……"

Zhao Lianming stood up suddenly and stared at Yao Dazhuang with an unfriendly look on his face.

Yao Dazhuang slowly pulled out the dagger from his waist and began to scrape the mud from between his nails without even raising his eyelids.

"You...you're right. I, Old Zhao, am not very educated."

Sitting back in his chair, Zhao Lianming continued, "But I have a lot of people! I have 50,000 people, more than the two of you combined.

Shouldn't I be the commander-in-chief?"

Yang Nianzhen tapped his fingers on the table and said slowly, "General Zhao, don't mention your 50,000 people, they are just a mob.

If I hadn't discovered the traces of the Cao family, you would have been killed by me now!"

Zhao Lianming was enraged again, "Yang Nianzhen, you're scolding the cook after having a full meal? You wanted to make peace with me at that time! Aren't you just attracted by my 50,000 people?

Without my 50,000 men, how can you fight against the Cao family? "

Yang Nianzhen slammed the table and said, "If I could find 50,000 pigs nearby, I would not cooperate with you!"

"Who are you calling a pig?"

Zhao Lianming was so angry that he stood up again.

Yao Dazhuang chuckled again.

Zhao Lianming glanced at Yao Dazhuang, opened his mouth but didn't dare to speak.

Yao Dazhuang seemed to be in a good mood at the moment. He took the initiative to answer before he asked, "Actually, he didn't call you a pig. What he meant was that you are worse than a pig!"

Looking at the dagger flashing with cold light in Yao Dazhuang's hand, Zhao Lianming suppressed his anger and sat back in his chair.

"You can say whatever you want. I won't argue with you like an old woman. Anyway, I have to be the commander-in-chief! Just tell me whether you agree or not!"

"Hey! Aren't you a shrew and a scoundrel? And you're still calling others old women?"

Yang Nianzhen looked at the big bald guy with disdain on his face. He felt a little regretful now. Perhaps joining forces with this stupid bald guy would not bring him any hope, and might even lead to his demise sooner.

"Yang Nianzhen, stop being so sarcastic! Isn't your equipment awesome? Do you know how to use those tanks and cannons?

Just trying to scare people!

If you have the guts, let's fight. I can't kill you!"

"Just do it, I'm not fucking afraid of you!"

Seeing that the two were about to fight to the death, Ye Zheng had to speak.

Ye Zheng was very curious about how these two had discussed the cooperation. How come they had reached an agreement so easily before, but now it fell apart so suddenly?

"Alright, alright, stop arguing. If you keep arguing and a fight breaks out, won't that benefit the Cao family?"

Yang Nianzhen and Zhao Lianming glared at each other before stopping their quarrel.

Ye Zheng continued, "What I mean by the commander-in-chief is actually just a temporary coordination. After we get rid of the Cao family, we can still do our own things. If anyone of you is not convinced, you can just pull him out and do it.

Don’t we have a common enemy, the Cao family, now?

None of us can defeat the Cao family alone. Don't you know this? Otherwise, why would you sit here and talk?"

Zhao Lianming thought about it for a while and seemed to think it made sense.

"In that case, it doesn't matter who the commander-in-chief is. I admit that I don't have the ability. Whoever you want can do it."

Yang Nianzhen raised his eyes and looked at Ye Zheng. "After all, the Cao family is a regular army. I definitely can't beat them. This task can only be handed over to you, brother Yang. I heard that you are also from the army. Are you sure?"

Ye Zheng smiled slightly, "I am sure I have it. But you have to obey orders.

The Cao family has at least 100,000 people. If you want to wipe them out, the loss of tens of thousands of people is inevitable.

If you are reluctant to give up the people in your hands and try to be clever and cunning, in the end no one of us will be left, and the entire Southeast Province will still belong to the Cao family.

If you all do as I say, it won't be difficult to defeat the Cao family."

Zhao Lianming stood up with his bald head shaking, "Ye Zheng, you don't want to take this opportunity to consume our strength, do you?

By then, the two of us will be crippled, and the Cao family will be wiped out. Wouldn't you be the only one in charge of Southeast Province?"

Yang Nianzhen also echoed: "If that's the case, then I might as well be the commander-in-chief!"

Ye Zheng put his hands on the table and looked at them. "Are you two out of your mind? The Cao family has more than 100,000 people. If we defeat the Cao family, we will have to capture tens of thousands of prisoners. Then you can recruit as many troops as you want.

If you are not worried about the chaos caused by taking too many prisoners, you can double the force without any problem. It all depends on whether you are brave enough to do so!"

Yang Nianzhen thought about it and found that what Ye Zheng said did make sense. Anyway, the soldiers under his command were replenished along the way. They could not be called his trusted followers. They all fought to make a living.

Zhao Lianming also figured it out. The quality of the 50,000 men under his command was not very good to begin with. If he could capture some regular troops, they might be even stronger than before.

"Okay! In that case, Brother Ye will be the commander-in-chief!"

"I agree."

Ye Zheng picked up the pen and walked to the map, "In that case, let's start preparing to fight the Cao family.

It has now been confirmed that the Cao family is in the Shuangyaguan area. Now that we have found them, it will not be difficult to defeat them.

In two days, you will reorganize the troops. One division has 10,000 people. Zhao Lianming, you will reorganize your men into five divisions.

Yang Nianzhen, you do the same, reorganize your people into two divisions.

Reorganize the team within two days and send out all of them the day after tomorrow.

Zhao Lianming, before the evening of the day after tomorrow, you must lead the team to Xiaoxiaoying on the north side of Shuangyaguan.

Yang Nianzhen, lead the team to Liushutun on the west side of Shuangya Pass.

I have set up my command post in Kanzi Town between Xiaoxiaoying and Liushutun. When you arrive, come find me at the command post."

After making the arrangements, Ye Zheng did not delay with them any longer and went straight back to the Yanlong Army camp.

Guo Dong asked with some concern: "Are these two people reliable? They don't seem to be very capable."

Ye Zheng smiled slightly, "We certainly can't rely on them completely, but they can be of some use. I have already made it clear to them that if anyone dares to play tricks, the result will be that everyone will die together.

If they behave themselves, we will give them a chance to live.

If they don't obey, get rid of them all.

Sooner or later, we have to deal with them.”

Guo Dong nodded, "I feel relieved when you say that."

In one day, Ye Zheng brought all the Flame Dragon Army to Kanzi Town. After resting for a night, he released 5,000 people the next day.

They all sneaked into the mountains near Shuangyaguan, and formed groups of three or five people to conduct a dragnet search of the mountains.

The Cao family must have arranged a lot of secret sentries near Shuangya Pass. As long as they are all found out, the people hiding in the base will definitely panic.

Now that the secret sentry was taken down, they would naturally worry that the exit of the base would be found.

The Cao family’s secret base must be quite large and must be inside that mountain. If the exit is blocked, it would be difficult for these people to get out.

Therefore, as soon as the Cao family finds out that the secret sentry is gone, they will definitely take action. Once they take action, the rest will be easy to handle, and we can just act accordingly.

In the blink of an eye, another day passed, and the reconnaissance team sent out brought back news that all the Cao family's secret sentries near Shuangya Pass had been eliminated, but the entrance to the base was not found.

Ye Zheng was very satisfied. It would be best if the entrance was found, but it would not matter if not. The overall situation had been decided, and he could just wait for Yang Nianzhen and Zhao Lianming to bring the team and start.

Yang Nianzhen and Zhao Lianming were a little more proactive than expected. They had originally agreed to meet in Kanzi Town in the evening of the third day, but they arrived at noon.

After bringing the people to the command post, Ye Zheng spread out the map.

Zhao Lianming asked, "I have brought the person to the designated location. Brother Ye, tell me what to do next?"

Yang Nianzhen nodded, "I have brought all the people, weapons and ammunition. This time we must annihilate the Cao family in one fell swoop."

Ye Zheng marked five points on the map. "Zhao Lianming, deploy all your five divisions to these locations, one division per location. As long as you see someone from the Cao family, fight them with all your might!

Once you’ve beaten them back, chase them as hard as you can until you can’t catch up with them anymore.”

Zhao Lianming touched his big bald head and said, "Okay! Uh...what if I can't win?"

This question stunned Ye Zheng.

After thinking for a few seconds, Ye Zheng said, "We won't be defeated. We will use maximum firepower from the beginning. The Cao family will not want to fight to the bitter end.

Show your momentum. Even if you can't defeat them, you have to scare them.

Absolutely no retreat!

As long as we retreat, the Cao family's troops will break out of the encirclement, and it will be difficult for us to encircle and annihilate them."

"Row!"

Ye Zheng turned around and said to Yang Nianzhen: "You take the troops to these two locations, one division at each location, with 10,000 troops.

Seeing that the Cao family's breakout troops were fighting desperately, we must show their momentum and make them feel that they are facing a main force with very strong combat effectiveness. "

Yang Nianzhen nodded confidently, "My firepower is absolutely no problem. As long as there aren't too many people, stopping them will be no problem."

Ye Zheng continued, "This is just the first step. As long as we prevent Cao's troops from breaking through, we will be halfway to success.

The next step is the most critical, you must listen carefully.

The Cao family should not break out in multiple directions at the same time at the beginning. Under normal circumstances, they would send out one or two vanguard troops to break out in different directions.

If we stop the vanguard, the Cao family will change the direction of their breakout and their military strength will be increased.

So at this time we must quickly recruit the team that encountered Cao's army to other places.

Got it? "

Yang Nianzhen pondered for a while and then said, "What you mean is, for example, if I encounter Cao's army breaking out in Xiaolizhuang and block them from going back, I want to transfer the troops in Xiaolizhuang to Majiatun where another division of mine is stationed?"

"Right! Don't transfer all of them over. Leave two thousand in case the Cao family doesn't play by the rules.

Cao's army was blocked from breaking out at Xiaoli Village, and they felt that our firepower was very strong, so they would definitely find another direction to break out, and the chances of encountering a larger-scale Cao's army at Majiatun would increase. "

"Okay! So what do you do?"

Ye Zheng drew a big circle on the Shuangyaguan mountain group, "My people are inside the Shuangyaguan mountain, and have already eliminated all their scouts.

Next they will send out scouts, and I will continue to defeat them.

This way they won't be able to figure out where our ambush is.

No matter which direction he breaks out, he will be blocked by heavy troops. After a few rounds of fighting, they will naturally fall into despair.

Then, we can annihilate them!"

Zhao Lianming looked at the map, shook his head and pondered for a while before saying, "What if they break out of the same place twice and our original garrison has been transferred away and we can't stop them?"

Ye Zheng smiled slightly, "I have arranged more than 5,000 scouts in this area, so we can keep track of their movements at any time. I still have 8,000 people in my hands, and we will provide mobile support when the time comes.

As long as you follow my orders, you will definitely be able to stop them!"

"Okay! Then let's make arrangements right away."

Zhao Lianming and Yang Nianzhen stood up to leave but were stopped by Ye Zheng.

"You can't leave. You must stay here. Bring all your messengers here and have them pass on all the instructions."

Zhao Lianming looked at Ye Zheng suspiciously, "You don't want to detain us, do you?"

There was also a hint of vigilance in Yang Nianzhen's eyes.

"No! That's not what I meant. The opportunity to fight is fleeting, and we can't lose even a second. So we must maintain efficient command. If you're not here and the instructions are delivered slowly, we'll all be finished."

"All right!"

Yang Nianzhen and Zhao Lianming returned to their seats together and ordered their subordinates to call all the messengers.

It took another two hours for Ye Zheng to train the dozens of messengers, and the network to encircle and annihilate Cao's army was officially launched.

Ye Zheng, Zhao Lianming and Yang Nianzhen sat around their desks, waiting for news from the front line.

In the evening, there was finally movement.

A messenger brought news that nearly 20,000 Cao's troops broke through Dayao Village where Zhao Lianming's Second Division was stationed, but they did not fight to the end. As soon as the two sides exchanged fire, Cao's troops began to retreat.

At the same time, Majiatun, where Yang Nianzhen's men were stationed, also encountered Cao's army and was also defeated at the first blow.

The development of the battle situation was almost according to Ye Zheng's script, which made Ye Zheng feel much more at ease.

"Quick, pass the order down, divide the troops in Dayao Village and Majiatun into three parts, one part will stay where they are, and the other two parts will support the friendly forces on both wings."