Qiming 1158

Chapter 1368 Zhao Yucheng can't figure it out

In addition to the artillery, the lighter muskets are of course fully usable.

It's just that the humid climate in Lingnan and the famous Huinantian will have some influence on matchstick and gunpowder, and will affect the use of Ming military firearms.

Therefore, when the Ming army went south, the gunpowder and the match rope would be sealed in a dry wooden barrel before use, wrapped with oiled paper, and then opened and handed to the soldiers before use. and so on.

For this battle, the Ming army was fully prepared, taking into account all the things that need to be considered and those that don't need to be considered. Zhao Yucheng is bound to win this battle. He strives to break through Lang Son, threaten Thang Long City, and let Nanyue Li The clan dynasty knew how powerful Daming was.

At the moment, Zhao Yucheng basically already knows the many dangerous places in Lang Son and the importance of the battle for the military, and also knows the military deployment of the South Vietnamese army in this area.

He found that they mostly used the commanding heights in the mountains to set up camps to form a condescending and overwhelming situation.

If the Ming army wants to take Lang Son, they have to take these commanding heights one by one.

In doing so, it will inevitably contain a large number of troops and consume a large amount of military resources. It is more likely to be attacked by the mobile forces of the South Vietnamese army, threatening the Great South Pass.

Once the breakout war was turned into a protracted war, the Ming army would undoubtedly fail.

This was unacceptable to Zhao Yucheng.

Therefore, Zhao Yucheng proposed at the pre-war military meeting that the Shenji Battalion should play an important role, launching an attacking battle with artillery that the South Vietnamese army had never understood, knocking down their commanding heights, and then advancing the army.

Strive for firepower to open the way, use artillery to bombard his mother with artillery, and do not send troops to attack if you can.

"The emergence of firearms is to reduce the actual casualties of the army. You need to know that people are the most precious. If the artillery is broken, it can be recast, and it will not grow up after 18 years of death! Don't begrudge the gunpowder, don't begrudge the firearms. Use as much as you want, understand?"

"understand!"

The commander of the second battalion of Shenji, Liu Shangzhi, stood up and assured Zhao Yucheng that he would definitely focus his firepower to open up the way for the army to advance.

"The commander on the opposite side is named Su Xiancheng. He is an important official of the Li clan. He allows Wenwen and martial arts. He has a lot of military exploits. It is said that there is a good person in Nanyue who is compared with Zhuge Wuhou. This person must not be easy to deal with. This time, the Li clan of Nanyue also tried his best .

Just one month ago, we detected more than 2 troops. Now that the number of troops has been increased, it is expected that the number of troops will not be less than 5. The enemy is outnumbered. This battle is very difficult. I hope you all will Treat it with caution, and never slack off! "

Zhao Yucheng stood up and glanced sternly at the audience.

"The chairman has emphasized many times that we can despise the enemy strategically, but we must pay attention to the enemy tactically. The chairman's intention is very clear, no matter how much we despise the enemy, but when the enemy army appears in front of us, they are our life and death Great Enemy!"

Zhao Yucheng slammed his fist on the table in front of him, and said sternly, "Until the enemy's last army surrenders or is annihilated by our establishment, this battle will not be considered a victory! Before Su Xiancheng bows his head, we have not won the final victory. Victory! Did you hear that?!"

"Here!"

All the officers and instructors stood up and agreed in unison.

After the pre-war mobilization ended, on February 24, Hongwu Ninth Year, Zhao Yucheng's army was ready to attack, and the military's political and industrial departments represented by instructors and clerks also completed the psychological construction of the army's attack.

The fighting state of the Ming army has been adjusted to the best, ready to attack at any time.

However, just before the Ming army was ready to attack, Zhao Yucheng suddenly received military information, saying that a South Vietnamese army of about ten thousand people was approaching the vicinity of Dananguan, and they were also carrying some heavy weapons. I wonder if they came to attack Danan. off.

what?
Zhao Yucheng was stunned for a moment, and in disbelief, he asked the sentry again about the authenticity of this matter, and then got a positive answer.

There is really a South Vietnamese army moving towards the direction of Da Nanguan, which seems to have the intention of taking the initiative to attack.

Zhao Yucheng was very puzzled. After thinking about it, he couldn't figure out why the army did this.

Do they really feel that the Ming army is so weak that they can take the initiative to attack?
Not only Zhao Yucheng felt strange and couldn't figure it out, but the generals and instructors of the Ming army were equally incomprehensible and couldn't figure it out. They really didn't understand why this happened.

Having said that, how long has it been since the Ming army encountered an army that dared to take the initiative to attack them?

It should have been a long time, otherwise they wouldn't feel so uncomfortable.

After a brief period of doubts, Zhao Yucheng asked people to investigate and report again, and then he pondered for a while, but he couldn't figure it out.

They discussed with each other and felt that the only possibility was that the South Vietnamese army was really strong, so they had the confidence to do this.

Of course, this battle was still to be fought, and Zhao Yucheng prepared for this inexplicable battle with a puzzled and cautious attitude.

He decided to send an army against the South Vietnamese army to see if they were as tough and good at fighting as they were.

Zhao Yucheng didn't understand why the South Vietnamese army launched an active attack on them. This was actually a rather Versailles idea.

Because the Ming army is particularly capable of fighting, it has always been the active attacker. After fighting for a long time, they are not used to others taking the initiative to attack themselves.

At least Su Xiancheng couldn't understand this kind of thinking.

In his view, the war between the Ming Kingdom and the Li Dynasty of South Vietnam was actually a battle of equals. Due to factors such as terrain and climate, the South Vietnam side even had a slight advantage.

So isn't it natural for me to hit you?

Zhao Yucheng felt that Nanyue might not have a deep understanding of the Ming army, but at least he knew the record of the Ming army. Knowing that the Ming army swept the Central Plains and Jiangnan, and that they played well in Lingnan, it was incredible to take the initiative to attack.

But in Su Xiancheng's view, so what?
At best, it can only show that the enemies encountered by the Ming army are incompetent, and the luck of the Ming army is good.

When it came to South Vietnam, it was different.

The miasma, the hot and humid climate, and the topography of mountains and mountains, under the blessing of these three advantages, the advantages of South Vietnam should not be too great, and the situation of the Ming army should not be too bad.

In addition, the Ming Kingdom has just pacified Lingnan, and there must be many opponents who are very dissatisfied with them and are about to make a move, so as long as they contact those Lingnan chieftains and local tyrants who have always had some friendship with Nanyue, what the Ming Kingdom will face is terrible. hell.

The weather and epidemics will make the Ming army face a large number of non-combat attritions, and the instability of the rear and the surprise attack from the South Vietnam will threaten their food supply. In this way, no matter how elite the Ming army is, how much can it be used?
Of course I am not your opponent in the Central Plains, but here, my home court, you are not my opponent.

It is not only Su Xiancheng who has this idea, but also the arrogant soldiers under Su Xiancheng's command. Most of them have just returned from the victory with Su Xiancheng. It is when the morale is high, and they have strong feelings for the Ming army. confrontational attitude.

They also did not think that the Ming army could have any advantage in such an environment, so they were angry and even proposed the concept of taking the initiative to attack.

Su Xiancheng is actually a moderate faction. Although he thinks that he has a good chance of winning, because the informant sent to contact the chieftains and local tyrants in Lingnan has not come back to report the news, he decides to continue to wait, and by the way, characterizes the battle as a defensive battle.

Don't take the initiative to attack if you are not sure enough. It is not bad to wait for the Ming army to attack in the Lang Son area.

But they couldn't hold back the desire of the arrogant soldiers to take the initiative.

They felt that the Ming Kingdom looked down on them and despised them, so they should give them a vicious blow to let them know whose territory is here, so it is the best choice to take the initiative to attack. Great South Pass.

When the Great South Pass is conquered, it will be able to expand the territory of South Vietnam to the north, which will not only force the Ming Dynasty to recognize the independence of South Vietnam, but also expand its territory. Isn’t it beautiful?

(End of this chapter)