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Chapter 126 Make it a little crooked, don't blow up all the savages to death!

"High priest, it's not good!"

"Soldiers of the tribe, Mingren has been spotted nearby!"

"The bright man is here!"

An elite savage soldier wearing animal skin armor covering his whole body ran into the high priest's residence in a panic and reported the military situation to him.

It is impossible to deceive anyone about the mobilization of an army of nearly ten thousand people.

Even the structure of the Rhona tribe is very primitive.

But the most basic layout of the lookout post is still there.

Moreover, their familiarity with the nearby terrain was much higher than that of Daming's scouts.

When Penke's army approached five or six miles near the Rhona tribe, the sentinels of the Rhona tribe discovered them and quickly reported back.

This surprised the high priest of the tribe.

"What? Less than a day has passed!"

"Ming people don't need food and slaves for war!"

Mingren moved too fast!

Completely exceeded the High Priest's expectations!
In Jianzhou, if there is going to be a fight between the tribes, it will take at least two or three days to prepare before sending troops.

After all, they had to prepare food for the journey, gather enough soldiers, and overhaul their weapons.

Anyway, basically it takes at least two or three days to prepare, which is the fastest situation.

In fact, it is normal to prepare for the war for a week.

That's why the high priest felt that he had time to call in the support of the other two tribes after learning about Penke's subordinates, and everyone resisted Penke together.

After all, Ming's army came from Liaodong, or even farther away.

In the mind of the high priest, Penke's troops definitely needed time to rest and hunt to replenish food before they could attack their Rhona tribe.

In fact, if it is the Ming army that has not entered the industrialization era, it really needs complex and huge logistical support before it can go deep into the state-building operations.

In the past, when a [-]-strong army like Peng Ke went deep into Jianzhou, at least [-] civilians would be needed to provide logistical support.

The reaction time and action cannot be so fast. After the vanguard arrives, it will take at least a few days to ten days of preparation before launching a large-scale offensive.

But it's different now!
These savages have never seen the huge and complex water supply system of Ming Dynasty, nor have they seen the mechanized dispatching ability of the Ming army.

You can only look at the Ming army at your own level, or even twice as high as your own.

It is completely unexpected how fierce this group of Ming troops, who are completely Zentraedi to the Rona tribe, are.

Penke's troops brought enough food and grass for ten days and enough ammunition for a high-intensity war.

It is a rapid response combat force.

When you get to the place, you can go into battle directly.

The logistics are naturally guaranteed by the Liaodong Fleet, so Peng Ke doesn't have to worry about it at all.

Of course, this is what Emperor Hongwu wanted to see.

Separate logistics from combat, thus avoiding the possibility of sudden rebellion by troops fighting abroad.

Once Peng Ke's subordinates have other ideas, the Liaodong Fleet's food and grass will be cut off, and the army will only have enough food for five to ten days, and they will not be able to do anything.

Although, this possibility is very small.

However, the central government has always paid close attention to military power.

Of course, there are benefits too.

After not having to worry about logistics, the action of Penke's unit is really much faster, and it feels like a modern army.

This caught the high priest of the Rhona tribe by surprise.

"It will take at least a day for the warriors of the Hezel and Taye tribes to come back!"

"Even if they come back with reinforcements, we need to hold on for at least one day before we can wait!"

The high priest stood up quickly, ran out of the house quickly, and shouted to the guard outside the door: "Quick, let all the clansmen who can fight in the clan gather!"

The Rhona tribe, because of the arrival of Penke, caused a major earthquake.

Horn bursts.

The young and middle-aged men who were fishing by the river or hunting in the mountains immediately put down their prey after hearing the horn, and ran towards the open space in the center of the tribe.

They were over forty years old, their faces were covered with wrinkles, and the elders of the tribe, who were already old and frail, also took down the bows and arrows hanging in the house, opened the door, walked out, followed the young and middle-aged people, and walked together. The open space in the center of the tribe rushed to it.

The sound of this trumpet represents the mobilization of all troops.

As long as they are tribal men who can afford weapons, they must respond.

Everyone knew that the sounding of the horn meant that an enemy had invaded.

The women and children in the tribe rushed to their own houses one after another, and when they returned to the house, they closed the door tightly.

Maybe this is the only way to give them a sense of security by hiding in a room that is somewhat airtight but still safe.

About five miles away from the Rhona tribe.

Penke led the troops under his command and approached cautiously.

At this time, various emotions such as nervousness, expectation, excitement, and trembling were constantly generated in Penke's mind.

Although he has received five years of advanced military education, everything is just learning on paper.

This is the first time that you really command the army to fight a big battle!
Before he led Jin Yiwei to eliminate martial arts sects, at most he could only be regarded as the armed police's internal counter-terrorism.

This time to suppress the savages was the first time he had truly led an army to fight in person!
Although, the target of the battle is only a savage tribe.

But it was enough to get him excited and excited.

The end of the paper is so shallow that I know that this matter must be carried out.

No matter how serious the art of war on paper is, it is better to truly accept the baptism of war and gain more growth!

Back and forth, scouts kept reporting to Penke the movement of the Rhona tribe ahead.

The scouts also began to show battle damage and disappearance.

This also made Penke a little distressed.

After all, every scout needs a lot of hard work to be cultivated, which is much more difficult than cultivating a leader.

But that's what war is.

The savage warriors of the Rona tribe are not powerless.

Relying on being more familiar with the terrain than the Ming army, they always have a way to sneak attack and kill the lone scouts that are scattered.

The two armies have not yet come into contact with each other, and the losses of open and secret fighting have already begun.

"Report to the general! The savage warriors of the Rona tribe are gathering and preparing for war!"

Another new news came.

This news made Penke not surprised but happy!
One of the things he was most afraid of was that these savages didn't even have the thought of resisting after seeing the Ming army, and they just abandoned the tribal camp and went deep into the mountains.

Although Penke had already divided his troops in advance to block the retreat of the Rhona tribe to the deep mountains.

However, compared to the familiarity with the terrain, the Ming army is no match for the Rhona tribe.

If you really want to run away for them, although the elderly, women and children may not be able to escape, young and middle-aged people should be able to escape most of them.

Just catching a bunch of women and children is not beneficial to Penke, but will drag down the army's actions.

Originally, the Jianzhou savage tribe knew more about the Jianzhou forest than Peng Ke and other troops who came from Shanhaiguan.

Their combat advantage in the forest is very great.

At that time, it would be very troublesome for these savage warriors to run away and hide in the woods to harass Penke's troops every day.

Guerrilla warfare, especially guerrilla warfare that can be carried out based on familiar terrain, is really exhausting.

It is a good thing that the Rhona Tribe has not planned to give up the housekeeping for the first time!

"Explore again, report again!"

After leaving these words, Penke took out a topographic map made of brocade cloth on his horseback and began to look at it.

The place where the Rhona tribe is stationed is a small plain with mountains behind it.

This kind of primitive tribe, rather than finding a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack for a long time, they tend to find a place with plenty of prey and water.

So this place is actually a very suitable battlefield for Penke to attack.

He only needs to cut off the route of the Rhona tribe fleeing into the mountain, and then he can attack calmly.

With 3000 people, Wu Xuanshu has already gone to block the back road.

If it goes well, after an hour, the encirclement will be formed.

Instead, what Penke has to consider now is to wait for an hour, so that the Rhona tribe can't be defeated too quickly, causing them to decisively abandon the tribe's women, children, and elderly people, and retreat into the mountains.

The troops moved on.

The scouts soon reported new news.

The fighters of the Rhona tribe have already assembled and are building a defense line around the tribe under the leadership of the priests. It seems that they are preparing to fight against the city.

Well, if the Rhona tribe is considered a "city".

Upon receiving the news, Penke grinned and almost laughed out loud.

In front of the Ming army, you play "Battle by City"?

Let's not talk about the Narona tribe having no decent city walls at all.

Even if there are high walls and iron walls, it is impossible to stop the cannons of the Ming army!

The Red Army of the Northern Barbarians did not dare to play any city offensive and defensive battles with the Ming army. They all relied on the high mobility of the cavalry to conduct mobile warfare.

For the Rhona tribe, Peng Ke didn't know whether to call them bold or brainless.

"The order!"

"The whole army marches at full speed!"

"Move to the northern plains!"

The Rhona tribe was built on a tributary of the Nalin River.

Where the river flows, a small plain will naturally be washed out.

The plains have always been the most suitable places for cavalry and artillery to fight.

Although Penke didn't bring any cavalry this time, he still had artillery.

Not many, just one artillery household, eighteen five-inch towed artillery, six eight-inch steam self-propelled artillery, plus 24 two-inch mortars and twelve three-inch mortars.

In total, there are just over 50 artillery pieces.

Not much, but it is enough to smash the Rhona tribe into pieces.

Of course, in order to catch more savages, Penke will definitely not do carpet bombing.

But the momentum still needs to be made, otherwise this group of ignorant savages will not be frightened.

"After arriving at the target combat area, immediately build an artillery position and prepare for shelling!"

"First a salvo warning!"

"Give me a little crooked, don't blow up all the savages to death, otherwise where will I meet the labor requirements of the Ministry of Industry!"

　Notice, there is a BUG ahead.

　　It was originally an artillery battalion with eighteen five-inch towed artillery and six eight-inch steam self-propelled artillery.

　　But this is not in line with the establishment system, and there are too few artillery pieces under its jurisdiction.

　　So it was changed to a thousand artillery households, with eighteen five-inch towed artillery and six eight-inch steam self-propelled artillery.

　　As for the artillery establishment of the artillery battalion, I will talk about it later.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)