Ming Dynasty Strategy Notes [Transmigration Book]

Mu Sheng said he would try it, and immediately sent someone to bring a firecracker, and brought Xia Ziling to the open place outside the account.

The operation of the fire blunderbuss in the early Ming Dynasty was complicated, requiring one hand to support the blunderbuss body, and the other hand to hold the fire pleat to ignite, and then aim and shoot.This requires a clear eye and a calm mind, and a very fast reaction. Therefore, many beginner soldiers need the cooperation of two people, and one person cannot complete the launch.

Fortunately, Xia Ziling was very interested in firecrackers, and found one to study as soon as he arrived in the army. He was used to using guns when he was a policeman, and he was very experienced in aiming and consciousness control.So now when operating, pointing to where to shoot, loading gunpowder and shooting speed are faster than skilled firecrackers.

Seeing Xia Ziling's performance, Mu Sheng was very happy. It seems that he has indeed put in a lot of hard work on weekdays.

"Okay, tomorrow I will report to the commander-in-chief to select the capable firecrackers from the right army and train with you. You must practice the formation within five days."

"Yes, I will obey the order."

Mu Sheng's work efficiency was very high. After reporting to Mu Ying the next day, he selected two hundred skilled firecrackers from the right army and assigned them to Xia Ziling.Xia Ziling divided them into groups of 50 people and divided them into four rows for training.

These soldiers are used to using firecrackers all the year round, and the new tactics are actually not complicated, it just needs to be directly and seamlessly connected to the target soldiers to cause continuous blows.In order to prevent the Central Plains soldiers who have never seen elephants from panicking and losing their aim when they see elephants, Xia Ziling also asked people to draw several huge portraits of elephants and place them in front of the battle as targets, and asked some soldiers to Ambush while shooting, imitating the call of an elephant.

Such a training scene may seem comical at first glance, but it turned out to be really effective.

Although Mu Sheng gave Xia Ziling five days, Xia Ziling knew that the longer the delay, the worse it would be for the Ming army.Therefore, we stepped up our efforts, and in only three days, the firecrackers were trained.

Therefore, the day before the battle, the generals gathered again in Fu Youde's account to discuss the attack plan.Because Xia Ziling was in charge of leading the newly formed Fireball Battalion, he was allowed to follow Mu Sheng's side by special permission, and the audience will discuss matters.

It was Xia Ziling's first time to participate in such a meeting of high-ranking generals in the army, and he was inevitably a little curious, so he secretly sized up the generals.Sitting on the right seat is Fu Youde, who is nearly fifty years old. He looks benevolent and kind-eyed, but his eyes are shrewd with shrewdness. At first glance, he is a general who is capable of military planning, calm and calm. This general who has never been defeated in history has always He was one of the people Xia Ziling admired.Sitting on Fu Youde's right is Mu Ying. Like his two sons, all three of them are heroic generals.

On the left side of Fu Youde was Zhu Chun, and Xia Ziling was the first to see the king of Shu dressed in military uniform.Zhu Chun was not wearing a helmet at the moment, and his black hair tied with a belt hung down on the silver armor, and there were a few wisps of lazy elegance in his majesty.Sitting with so many brave generals who have been on the battlefield at such a young age, they don't look inferior, but instead have an aura of power without anger.Xia Ziling couldn't help feeling in his heart, could this be the natural royal air?

"Tomorrow our army will fight the Yuan army to the death. Although there is a firecracker battalion to restrain the elephant soldiers," Fu Youde looked at Mu Sheng at this point, and incidentally gave Xia Ziling, who was standing behind Mu Sheng, an appreciative look, which made him feel Quite useful, "However, the strategy of attacking the city needs to be carefully discussed with the generals."

Mu Ying was the first to express her position: "Now our army has a secret method to restrain the elephant soldiers. I suggest that we still follow the tactical arrangement of focusing on one discipline the day before yesterday."

Regarding the effect of Mu Ying's newly trained Firebolt Battalion, the other generals were a little worried. They relied so heavily on the Firebolt Battalion.However, although everyone present had some doubts, Mu Ying's status in the army was very high, and once he said this, no one else dared to speak.

After a long silence, it was Fu Youde who said, "Although the firecrackers are good at restraining the elephant soldiers, the city gate is very small. I'm afraid the elephants will block the door and stampede on it in surprise, and they still won't be able to get in."

Hearing that Fu Youde expressed everyone's doubts, all the generals breathed a sigh of relief.In fact, Mu Ying's proposal was somewhat selfish.If they stormed one gate, and both the Fire Gun Battalion and the vanguard were from the right army, then the Mu family's exploits in conquering Puding belonged to the Mu family.

The world of the Ming Dynasty has been established, and the scope of military generals is not as good as before. Although the three generals who went out this time are all marquises, they are different.Fu Youde was promoted to marquis through exhausting military exploits, while Lan Yu and Mu Ying, although they are both immortal brave generals, did not make many achievements in the process of calming the world because they were still young. The former relied on his brother-in-law Chang Yuchun, the latter The latter was promoted to marquis by his adoptive father Zhu Yuanzhang.

In this battle of pacifying Yunnan, both of them tried their best to prove themselves, not to mention the duke above the marquis, who didn't want to take all the credit, and rewards for meritorious deeds after the war may go a step further.Therefore, at this moment, Muying can be said to be somewhat eager for quick success.

Mu Ying immediately asked for orders: "General, I am willing to lead the right army with [-] people to capture Puding City to the death."

Fu Youde didn't doubt Muying's ability. Now that the Huobao Battalion has restrained the elephant soldiers, with the right army of [-], it is only a matter of time before Puding is attacked by force.But now the remnant Yuan forces in the north are eyeing them covetously. If the loss in the southern expedition is too large this time, the imperial court may not have the strength to gather an army in five or ten years to sweep away Mobei.For the pacification of Yunnan, Emperor Hongwu originally pursued the principle of not fighting without fighting. At the beginning, he also proposed the condition that he was willing to maintain the status of King Zaravalmi Liang in order to unify him. Therefore, the loss in this battle was too great. The emperor or himself is unwilling to see it.

Fu Youde replied unhurriedly to Muying's plea: "Wenying, with your ability, you can attack one by force, but I am afraid that the right army will suffer too much. Pretend to attack the other three gates, and cooperate with you?"

Wen Ying is Mu Ying's nickname, and Fu Youde's tone is tactful. This suggestion is actually very good, but Mu Ying doesn't appreciate it, saying: "Currently there are only 200 people in the Fire Gun Battalion. If the Yuan army uses elephant soldiers to deal with our army, I'm afraid the Fire Gun Battalion lacks skills, and the casualties will be even greater."

Fu Youde pondered for a moment, then said: "Wenying's words are also reasonable, what do you think, generals?"

When the coach asked, all the generals present began to express their opinions one after another.Although everyone had some scruples at first, military generals are not as extravagant as civil servants. Since the two generals disagreed on offensive strategies, everyone began to stand in line.

Taking advantage of the chaos in the scene, Xia Ziling tugged at the corner of Mu Sheng's clothes, and whispered in Mu Sheng's ear, "General, elephants used to live in the hot climate in southern Yunnan. The image must have been borrowed from elsewhere."

"Oh? What does that matter?"

"Puding belongs to the border of Guizhou, and now it is approaching winter, the weather is getting colder, and the elephants will not be able to adapt to the climate here. I observed it that day, and the few elephants guarding the city were dull-eyed, and they seemed to be in a state of depression. not too good."

"Yeah." Mu Sheng nodded, seeming to be somewhat interested in Xia Ziling's next words.

"Since it was borrowed for emergency, I don't think there are many elephants in the city, and I looked at the inside of Puding City from the city wall that day. Except for the city gate, I didn't see any other elephants on the street. There should be no place to hide such huge monsters in the buildings. Therefore, the general thinks that we don't need to fight the enemy at one gate, but attack the two opposite gates. Although the enemy's elephant soldiers are powerful, their numbers are difficult. Guard two gates, when the time comes to contain the elephant soldiers in one gate, the other gate can easily form a breakthrough."

"Besides, if we attack one gate by force, even if we restrain the elephant soldiers, our army can break through regardless of the cost. After the elephant is provoked, it will run around in the city, which may hurt the people in the city. Therefore, the general thinks that it is not only inappropriate to attack one gate by force, but completely I can't."

"En." Mu Sheng responded lightly. In fact, his idea coincided with Xia Ziling's, but his father wanted to make the first contribution, so he couldn't object to it face to face.

The generals discussed for a long time, and those who supported Mu Ying were evenly matched with those who supported Fu Youde, so Fu Youde turned to seek Zhu Chun's opinion.

The king of Shu turned his eyes slightly, scanned all the generals present, and then his eyes fell on Mu Sheng in the corner, with his thin lips raised, he asked with a smile: "Mu Sheng, what do you think?"

The scene of the two biting their ears just now did not escape the eyes of King Shu.

"The final general proposes to divide the troops to attack the north and south gates, forming a pincer attack." Mu Sheng said without looking sideways, deliberately not looking at his father's angry face.Xia Ziling's judgment on the number and situation of the elephant soldiers in the city came from his own estimation, and it would be criticized if he said it in such a public discussion, so it is better not to say it.But Mu Sheng had no reason to believe in his judgment, so he chose to stand on the opposite side of his father.

Zhu Chun looked away, looked directly at Fu Youde and said, "General, this king also agrees to send troops to attack the city."

Although Zhu Chun is not a general, his position as an army supervisor cannot be ignored.Now, the three decisive figures have become two to one, and Mu Ying will not accept it. Fu Youde finally ordered that Mu Ying will lead the troops to attack the south gate tomorrow, and he will personally lead the Chinese army to attack the north gate.