My Daming New Empire

Zhu Zhanji looked around and said in a low voice: "But grandson thinks that this is killing one thousand enemies and injuring eight hundred. If we can't deal a fatal blow to the opponent, our strategic goal will not be achieved, and the gain outweighs the loss."

Zhu Di shook his head and said, "I don't know. However, the people of the Yuan Dynasty lived after water and grass, and everyone was good at riding and shooting. If they really turned around and ran away, our Ming army would not be able to catch up."

"The grandson thought that he could attack Helin and force the Oirats to fight us."

"The army is running out of food and grass!"

Nearly a million troops marched thousands of miles. In this era when horse-drawn people pushed and transported by wooden carts, the logistics supply was indeed stretched.

If the Ming army did not dare to divide its troops, it would not be able to catch up with the Oirats. If they divided their troops, they might be defeated one by one.

At this moment, Zhu Zhanji wished that everyone in the Ming army held a musket in their hands. At that time, no matter how good the Oalaman's riding skills were, no matter how sharp the scimitar was, they were not to be feared.

He didn't know that this battle would be a rare positional battle between the Ming army and the various tribes of the Northern Yuan Dynasty.I don't know, this is Daming's most brilliant victory against Beiyuan.

Because of this war, all ethnic groups in the Northern Yuan Dynasty no longer dared to confront Daming head-on. Zhu Di's subsequent Northern Expeditions, whether it was Tatar or Wala, had always been playing guerrilla warfare with Daming.

Zhu Zhanji knelt down on one knee and said: "The grandson is not talented, and he is willing to share the worries and solve the problems for the grandpa. I hope the grandpa will allow the grandson to play!"

Zhu Di laughed and said, "It's a good thing not to be afraid of fighting, but at this moment, there are hundreds of generals in the army, so there's no need for you to fight in person!"

Zhu Zhanji added: "If Grandpa Huang goes to battle in person, my grandson is willing to be Grandpa Huang's right-hand man."

He remembered seeing it somewhere, saying that what Zhu Di, a war maniac, likes most is to go to battle in person, and to fight in person during the Northern Expedition.

The last time he won the Northern Expedition without going to battle himself, he chased Benya all the way to Beihai, but he didn't catch him either.

This time, maybe Zhu Di will go into battle in person, so he has to ask for the battle first.Otherwise, it is impossible for him, the emperor's grandson, to have the chance to go to the battlefield.

Zhu Di laughed and said, "Yes!"

Although worried about Zhu Zhanji's safety, he didn't think Zhu Zhanji, who was in the central army and protected by hundreds of guards, would be hurt.

And his grandson likes to go to the battlefield as much as himself, which makes him very happy.

He doesn't need Zhu Zhanji to be a brave general, but wants Zhu Zhanji to have sufficient wisdom to be able to see clearly the root cause behind the war.

And this point, Zhu Zhanji did better than he thought.

Hundreds of thousands of troops were stationed on the edge of the river beach more than ten miles wide. When you looked up, you couldn't see the edge at a glance. All the tents set up by the troops were in sight.

The weather was already hot, and the Oirats rode in groups of two, carrying corpses in rags, and discarded them on the outskirts of the camp.

These corpses are children who died of smallpox of the Wala people. They used these corpses, and then infected the old, weak, sick and disabled with smallpox, and used them specifically to deal with the army of the Ming Dynasty.

Smallpox is an extremely common and deadly disease in this era, and there is no cure for it.This is also the cruelest biochemical warfare of this era.

However, the threat of these corpses to the Han people is not as dangerous as the Oirats. In terms of human genes and medical measures, the Han people are stronger than the Oirats.

But no one dared to be negligent. Often when the Wala people left their corpses, the soldiers of Ming Dynasty would send out auxiliary troops to dig holes on the spot to bury the corpses.

The guards on the outside stood ready, but in the inner ring by the river, the gang leaders still set up tens of thousands of cauldrons and started cooking.

Now that the two armies have been in contact, the war is imminent, and the food is much better. At least everyone is fed, so that no one will be starved to death.

When the sun was fully up, the breakfast for the Ming army was ready.

Seeing that the Ming army was waiting for work, the Wala right army launched a tentative attack, and both sides left dozens of corpses.

The dead soldiers of the Ming army were rescued and returned, while the bodies of the Wala people were stripped naked by Daming and hung high on the specially erected wooden poles.

Seeing that the Oirats could not take advantage, they went around to the upper reaches of the army and left dozens of sick and dead bodies in the river, trying to destroy the water source of Daming.

However, the Ming army had already prepared for it. When they set up camp, they had already dug hundreds of reservoirs on the river beach.At this time, the army did not draw water directly from the river for cooking and drinking, but relied on water filtered from the reservoir.

In the afternoon of the sixth day of the lunar new year, Liu Jiang, the governor who had already killed Sanhekou, got the information from the base camp. Knowing that the Oirat army had appeared in Hulan, he suddenly lost temperature and began to return to the east.

At this time, the Wala people had to act, because if the Ming army were to attack on both sides, their total army of only 3 people would not be enough for the Ming army to make dumplings.

On Daming's side, the scouts only found out that Mahamu led a dozen of his sons and subordinates, led about 15 to [-] cavalry, and [-] horses to fight.

Because one person has three horses or even four horses, it is difficult to determine the specific number of Oirats, but it is certain that it is not less than 3, but it will not exceed 5.

With just such a small number of people, if they were to face each other head-on in a closed environment, it would only be enough to give the Ming army a hard time.

But they are more mobile and the grasslands are vast, so they have the right time and place.It is not an easy task for the Ming army to win a big victory.

Wala had to fight, and both sides knew this well.

What's more, today's Wala has no sense of fear towards Ming Dynasty. They advocate personal force, and they agree that the Han people can only bully them by relying on their numbers.

In the camp of the Chinese army, more than a dozen torches brightly illuminate the large tent of nearly [-] square meters.

Dozens of generals gathered around a simple sand table, expressing their opinions, using their rich experience to perfect various plans for the upcoming war.

At this time, Zhu Zhanji really understood that it was not an easy task to be a general in ancient times. Everyone here knows astronomy and geography from the top, and the customs from the bottom. Personalized management experience.

Without any real material, it is impossible to stand out in this era.

Moreover, this kind of expressing one's own opinion is not about one person's opinion, but around the plan of the battle, and everyone is perfecting it.

This is very much the role of the general staff of later generations.

At this time, even Zhu Di will not be arbitrary, because in this battle, there are tens of thousands of soldiers dispatched, and it is impossible for one person to fully control the maximum combat effectiveness of each combat group. .

This time Daming dispatched hundreds of military guards, each military guard dispatched time, the tasks they undertake, and how to coordinate in case of any accidents on the battlefield, all these require the coordination of all military guards.

Otherwise, it would be a joke if the soldiers didn't know what they were going to do when the war broke out.

Although the current war mode is very backward, there is also a complete set of rules belonging to this era.

Zhu Zhanji's future combat experience is not applicable in this era at all, and he is not familiar with the war mode of this era.So he didn't have any complacency, but kept observing carefully, learning the tactical essentials of this era from their arrangements.

"Report, Young Army, Habayashi Zuowei Scout Battalion sent back news."

Zheng Heng, the commander-in-chief of the Chinese army, raised his head, looked at Zhu Di, and then at Zhu Zhanji. "read!"

"About 3 Oala army reserve troops gathered at the southern foot of Mount Hang'ai and Lin, and divided into two armies, one south and one north marching eastward. At the same time, a large number of Oala herdsmen's transfer sites were also identified. Today, about 20 herdsmen are hiding in Hang'ai Mountain. , about 80 herdsmen moved to the Sereng River Basin in Lingbei Province on the south side of Beihai to graze. Another 40 herdsmen were scattered in the west of Beihai, and the rest fled westward to Yilibali and other areas. The southern part of Wala There are less than [-] old, weak, sick and disabled, waiting to die here. Helin also has less than [-] cavalry, stationed in the Orkhon Valley."

The main task of the scout battalion of Youjun and Habayashi Zuowei this time is to find out the distribution of personnel in Oara, and if they want to pursue them, they must have a clear direction.

So after they entered the grassland, they headed north and west all the way, and only sent back two messages through the army's communication network.

Everyone in the big tent looked at Zhu Zhanji in surprise. It was not difficult for the scout battalion to send back information, but if they want to find out these situations, their scope of activities has far exceeded the sphere of influence of the army this time.

Zhu Di and the others never thought that Zhu Zhanji would send people so far!

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