Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Bury explosives

Whether it is ancient or modern, wars cost money.

There are many countries that can turn a powerful empire into a country where the people live in poverty.

Of course, there are exceptions. Several maritime powers like the Netherlands, England, Spain, and Portugal have become rich because of going to sea to fight.

The Netherlands, Spain, and England once relied on foreign colonial wars to become the coachman of the sea and the empire on which the sun never sets.

Even the beautiful country of later generations became the biggest beneficiary of the Second World War, and they made a lot of money by selling weapons.

The same is true of the Ming Dynasty under the rule of Zhu Youjian. After several wars, not only did not drag down the Ming Dynasty, but accelerated the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty Wang Chao.

The Central Plains Dynasty once again opened the road to the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

Everyone knows that Ming Dynasty actually died due to lack of money. If it wasn't for the fact that the army couldn't pay the military salary, there would be absolutely no chance for the Eastern captives to take over the Central Plains Dynasty.

When the generals heard Zhu Cihong talk about how the emperor taught him how to deal with the nomads, they all pricked up their ears and listened carefully.

After Zhu Youjian finished speaking, Meng Liang cupped his hands and said:
"Your Highness, what the Holy Majesty means is that if you want to put down the nomads once and for all, you must catch them in the urn or close the door and beat the dog. You must not let them escape. Once you let them escape, the vast prairie will not be able to find them at all."

Meng Liang's words immediately made all the generals present burst out laughing, and Zhang Fugui expressed everyone's thoughts.

"Old Meng! Whether you are talking about the tactics of catching a turtle in a urn or beating a dog behind closed doors, every general here is familiar with it, but it is very difficult for us to do it in reality when facing nomadic cavalry.

In this link, the most important thing is tactics, how can we catch the turtle in the urn or beat the dog behind closed doors. "

Hearing Zhang Fugui's question, Zhu Cihong, Li Yan and others all looked at little Zhuge Mengliang again, wondering how he could close the door and beat the dog.

Zhu Cihong gave Meng Liang an encouraging look and said:

"Meng Liang, if you have something to say, I will adopt it as long as it is reasonable."

"Yes"

Meng Liang gave Zhu Cihong a military salute and continued:
"This is not my Ming territory. The prairie under our feet belongs to the Kazakh Khanate. Even if they don't form a coalition, the Kazakh Khanate will not give up this grassland. They will definitely send a large number of people to defeat our Ming army.

Therefore, in order to eliminate them to the greatest extent, we can dig a large area and bury explosives at a distance of [-] miles, and when the five-nation coalition retreats, ignite the explosives to cut off their retreat..."

Meng Liang explained his own plan in detail, Zhu Cihong nodded in satisfaction, and Li Yan secretly raised his thumb.

The other generals thought Meng Liang's move was good:
"Good boy, you really deserve to be called Little Zhuge!"

Meng Liang waved his hands again and again:

"Don't make fun of Meng Liang, I'm just talking about my own thoughts."

Zhu Cihong smiled slightly, got up and patted Meng Liang's shoulder and said:
"Okay, I also think this idea is good. In order to better implement your plan, I will leave the matter of planting the explosives to you."

Meng Liang was taken aback at the time, he thought that his idea could only be used as a reference for His Highness the Crown Prince, but Zhu Cihong directly followed his plan.

Meng Liang hastily saluted Zhu Cihong:

"Ah... Really follow the general's idea! The general is just making a suggestion!"

Seeing Meng Liang in a daze, Zhu Cihong smiled and said:

"Of course, I also have this idea, we coincidentally, haha..."

"Decree"

Meng Liang immediately received the order, and then turned around and walked out of the tent of the Chinese army. He wanted to take his command to bury the explosives.

After Meng Liang left, Zhu Cihong said to Zhang Fugui and others:

"Zhang Fugui, Huang Dahu, Huang Xiaohu obey orders!"

The three got up immediately:

"Yes, Your Highness, please pass the order!"

"The three of you immediately lead five thousand troops each, and drive out all the herdsmen around the barracks for fifty miles, and those who disobey will be punished on the spot."

"Yes"

The three immediately led the order to walk out of the Chinese army camp.

Since Meng Liang was asked to go to the explosives, Zhu Cihong must keep it a secret, otherwise if the news spread to the coalition forces, who would dare to attack the Ming army camp.

After they gave the order to leave, Zhu Cihong immediately dispatched more than a dozen scouts, asking them to report the situation outside every half an hour, and they must have a panoramic view of every move of the coalition forces.

Seeing that most of the generals were sent out to perform tasks, Li Yan stood up and handed over:
"Your Highness, what is our mission? Please order!"

Zhu Cihong smiled slightly:
"General, you lead the Pingkou army to dig trenches in the barracks at Wuli. There are three trenches in total. The opponent must have musketeers and artillery. Before leaving, my father told me that if the opponent has artillery, I must remember to dig trenches. For the soldiers of the Ming army For safety, don't fight recklessly..."

Li Yan is also a counselor, but this time he couldn't understand what Zhu Cihong said, so he hurriedly asked:

"Your Highness, what is the so-called trench? The general doesn't know how to dig it!"

A trench is an auxiliary tool for combat. When the belligerents are in a confrontation, they dig the ground and form a trench to prevent bullets and shells from attacking from the front.

After Europe entered the era of gunpowder weapons, in addition to regular soldiers fighting in tandem, skirmishers appeared—that is, infantry who did not fight in formation—these soldiers were equivalent to the current scouts or sharp soldiers.

They spy on the enemy, and when fighting they dig a small pit for themselves to avoid shells.

In the process of knight battles evolving into array gun battles, because no one wants to stand and shoot tens of meters away from the enemy, foxholes are commonly used as trenches to protect soldiers.

While the use of trenches protected soldiers on both sides, it may have indirectly led to a greatly extended time for a single battle and increased military expenditure.

In the past, a single battle usually ended in a few days to more than a month. In the First World War, the Battle of Verdun was fought for 10 months, and the Battle of the Somme was fought for more than 4 months.

During the First World War, in order to avoid the situation of machine gun manslaughter caused by soldiers on both sides confronting each other, trenches were invented and put into battle. The use of trenches greatly reduced the infantry casualties of both the Allies and the Entente.

The original trenches were only composed of extremely shallow infantry pits and pitcher slots. Such trenches were formed very quickly, but the suppression of infantry was relatively weak, and they only served as small bunkers.

During World War I and World War II, the complexity of the trenches was also greatly increased, adding sandbags, concrete permanent mechanisms, emplacements, machine gun placement points, water barriers, spurs, barbed wire, and underground weapons warehouses and command posts, and even some trenches were equipped with canteens With underground toilets and toilets.

At the end of World War I, the invention of mortars and tanks greatly reduced the role of trenches.

The trench front equipped with heavy weapons was even lost to a tank, and during World War II, all kinds of reinforced large tanks and armored vehicles, as well as dive bombers, were even more powerless to fight back in trench tactics.

Fortunately, trenches still have a good role in dealing with infantry, but with the invention of various modern high-tech weapons and armor, trench tactics will gradually withdraw from the stage of history.

(End of this chapter)