Traveling through the Ming Dynasty, as soon as you open your eyes, you will die

Chapter 114 The army presses the territory

The news that the gate of Zunhua was closed reached Yutian Xingyuan. While dressing up, Lu Mou said to several army commanders and division commanders: "The enemy has entered the battlefield we reserved, and our official encirclement and annihilation campaign has begun."

Li Yan frowned and suggested: "Your Majesty, don't launch too early. Let Sanhe's Second Division of the Fourth Army wear down the enemy's strength and starve them for a few more days. We will achieve a greater and easier victory."

Lu Mou smiled and shook his head, rejecting Li Yan's reasonable suggestion: "I believe that the Sanhe soldiers who are good at guarding can do it. But what is the use of consuming more Han troops? And the key is that the enemy can solve the problem of hunger. The purpose of attacking Sanhe.

But they found that Sanhe was not easy to capture, and they would jump over the wall in a hurry. Just like the previous invasions, we will circle the city and rush directly towards the capital. On that side, we did not implement the strategy of strengthening the walls and clearing the country. And once they rush to the capital, there are only 20,000 Jinyi guards and a few five-city soldiers and horses guarding there. The Jin Yiwei are not good at fighting in large groups. I did not train them in the Five Cities Military and Horse Division, so they are just scum. Therefore, we cannot let Duo Ze come to the capital city. That's very dangerous.

So, let’s take the initiative. Leave him on our preset battlefield and annihilate them here no matter what the cost. "

Faced with such an analysis, Li Yan actually knew it, but he still wanted to win the greatest victory with the smallest casualties on his side.

But although I love to quarrel with this little guy, do I still have to give him face in front of the generals this time?

"Your idea is wrong." Li Yan retorted resolutely.

"why?"

"Aren't you just afraid that Duoce will go around the city and approach the capital? But I hope you have some military knowledge. In fact, as long as our army shows up and camps far away, Duoce will not dare to let us go. Existing without caring.

At that time, he has only two choices. Either he continues to attack and capture Sanhe to obtain food and supplies, or he turns over and kills us. When the time comes, as long as we fortify our strongholds, fight poorly, consume them, and starve them, we will eventually win without a fight. "

"How long will it take?"

"It's estimated to be ten days, no more than half a month."

"What if they kill horses and eat them?"

"Then, it will take about a month."

"In one month's time, what do you think about the people in the capital who have not received news of our victory? What do the people who have been moved out by us, who are hungry and cold in the refugee camps and are eager to go home, think about it? And we How much does it cost the military for every day wasted?”

Then he stood on tiptoes and patted Li Yan on the shoulder: "My comrade, every war is related to politics. Your overall strategic thinking is not far-sighted enough compared to mine."

Li Yan was speechless, snorted coldly, and shook off his hand that was about to pat his other shoulder, "Have you washed your hands? You can see that there are two pig footprints on my snow-white robe."

Lu Mou chuckled: "I did it on purpose."

At that moment, the First Division of the First Army, the Second Army, the Third Army, and the Fifth Army began to advance eastward, and the First Division of the Fourth Army came from Tongzhou.

The army began to press towards the Sanhe area.

Sanhe, Li Yangeng and the Han army's attack on the city was not as easy as imagined. They encountered a group of well-equipped, strong and strong-willed opponents.

In particular, this army seemed to be specially formed for defense. Facing the attack of Li Yangeng's Han army, the defense was full of tricks. On the contrary, the attacker was caught off guard from time to time.

After one day's attack, it declared bankruptcy again.

Duo Ze and Li Yangeng had dinner in the evening. Not even a stray dog ​​was eaten. There was only a relatively dry bowl of rice left. There was only one bowl. I wanted to eat more, but I didn’t have it yet.

Duoche decided: "In order to solve the problem of military rations, we can no longer fight like this. We bypassed the three rivers and went straight to the capital to obtain supplies along the way."

Li Yangeng could only nod in agreement. In just these few days, the entire army was half hungry and half full, and their physical strength was seriously reduced.

If this continues, the army will run out of food and he will starve to death. "But I have observed that the defenders of Sanhe are extremely strong. Different from the past few times when we came in, I am worried that after we detour, they will take the initiative to attack and cut off my retreat. Therefore, I order you to continue to attack Sanhe here, and we will definitely You have to gnaw this bone. And when I go to the capital area, don’t worry, I will send you the food I get as soon as possible."

Faced with the situation in front of him, Li Yangeng also knew that this was the only way to go.

According to the plan, at dawn the next day, Duo Zai was fully dressed and ready to gather 30,000 soldiers of the Eight Banners to directly attack the capital.

But suddenly, from a distance, in the morning light, a person rolled and crawled over.

Only when he got closer did he see clearly that it was Fan Cheng who was guarding Zunhua. Fan Cheng knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, it's not good. Zunhua has been captured by the Ming army. Zunhua has been lost."

After hearing the news, Duozhi staggered: "What's going on? How did Zunhua lose it? If you don't give me a reasonable explanation, I don't care whose nephew you are, I will kill you."

Fan Chengcheng brought Zunhua to Zunhua, and with the enemy's advance ambush, he told the story of the loss, and finally said sadly: "If I hadn't fought to the death to break out of the encirclement to report a message to the prince, I would have lived and died with Zunhua long ago."

Duo Ze didn't listen to his nonsense, but his heart sank to the bottom. He murmured: "Conspiracy, this is a conspiracy that has been prepared for a long time. The Ming army will let us in first, and then use our army's usual fighting style to clear the country with strong walls, exhaust and starve our army, and then close the door and beat the dogs. We must be completely annihilated. When did the Ming army dare to have such a bold idea?

If we close the door and beat the dog, are we dogs? No, we are wolves, tigers and leopards, the invincible Eight Banners Iron Army. Since I can't go back, I will go to the capital and take away your bastard's nest, and I won't leave. "

Just when he was about to give the order and make a desperate move, the Pegasus, which had been left alone all night, came to report: "Report to the flag master, Prince, that the Ming army is no less than 90,000, coming from Yutian, has crossed the Gu River, and is arrayed behind the river.

Li Yangeng felt a tightness in his lower body at that time, so he quickly did a Wing Chun horse to avoid making a fool of himself.

Duo Ze frowned and glanced sideways at Li Yangeng, who was clamping his crotch: "What? Ninety thousand? What's the real number?"

In this era when the two armies are at war, what they like is a title. One is to increase momentum and embolden oneself; the other is to frighten the enemy, hoping to scare them away and achieve victory without fighting.

Think about the time when Annan, that is, Vietnam rebelled against the Ming Dynasty, and the country's population was less than one million, and they actually claimed to send two million troops to regain their own land where kapok was open.

As a result, Ming Dynasty Emperor Chengzu was also unambiguous. Isn't it just bragging? Who can't do it?

However, Chengzu was still an honest man, and he was a bit conservative. At that time, he sent an army claiming to be 800,000, but in fact it was only 50,000. He defeated the two million Da Annan army and captured their emperor.

According to Duo Ze's idea, this Ming army that suddenly came to attack was said to be ninety thousand, and nine thousand would be good.

He hoped to hear Ye Bushou's report according to his own ideas, which would relieve Li Yangeng's embarrassment and soothe his nerves.

It turned out that Ye Bushou was an honest man, and he swore to report firmly: "According to the repeated confirmations of several of our brothers, it can't be wrong. It's a full 90,000, just a lot more."

He still asked in disbelief: "But the old, weak, women, children and civilians are just a few?"

"All young and strong, strong and strong."

"Isn't the sword, gun, armor, ordnance neat?"

"The armor and weapons are complete, and some soldiers are equipped with a variety of weapons."

Duo Ze was really shocked this time. When did the Ming army have such a large army?

"But since they came with all their strength, let's fight. Let me fight and completely destroy their wealth."

Li Yangeng quickly said: "Your Majesty, our soldiers are still hungry."

Duoche had no choice but to say: "The enemy is approaching, what else can I do? There is only one battle. Even if you are hungry, you have to fight to the death." Then he loudly issued an order: "Come here, blow the rally call, the whole army must assemble into a team, we are fighting." "

(End of this chapter)