Villager of Daming

Chapter 1185: A Capable Person in the Chain Scheme

Xu Da and Zhao Yao had no command at all. At their level, they were useless in fighting the current small battle. They had a group of capable and battle-hardened generals under their command.

Liu Sheng doesn't know how to fight a war at all, even though his father is the Minister of War. He still can't do it even if his father comes, because the Minister of War is a civilian position.

When Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to attack someone, he didn't need anyone else's advice, because he was the best fighter.

A group of officials in Gaizhou County stayed there honestly. They knew that the best help they could get was to not cause trouble. They only had a few yamen runners under them.

The four princes' eyes sparkled, and they looked eager to fight. Finally, the battle was about to begin! They were so excited. The scouts said there were more than 5,000 people.

Obviously, he encountered the main force of the remaining forces of the Northern Yuan Dynasty. Whether he killed them or captured them as prisoners, he could gain some merit for himself and get praise from his parents when he returned, even though he did not command them.

The people in Xiaqiu Village were busy listening to reports and taking out a large notebook, two feet square, from their luggage.

There were grids on the notebook, and they used pencils to write words and numbers on it, and the area they were responsible for on the entire battlefield was planned out.

Some people are responsible for personally commanding the generals and conveying orders, while others are responsible for coordinating the personnel data of their own side.

The sniper who was good at shooting with a sniper rifle climbed a tree and found a high place to set up his gun. The one on the hot air balloon was the shooter with an assault rifle. The sniper rifle was useless up there because the balloon was shaking.

The four guards of the royal palace first found their positions. They were not only in the combat department, but also in the support department, even though they might not be needed.

The ones who actually participated in the battle were Xu Da's army, and they were still using flintlock rifles that loaded paper shell bullets from the rear!

A temporary platform was built and everyone stayed there. The head of the village frowned and stood beside Hanhan, muttering, "Their weapons are not good. Shouldn't we use our assault rifles to support them? What if there are casualties?"

"Hand, throw, bang, bury, swish, boom..."

Zhu Wentian set up two heavy machine guns and did not plan to send the palace guards to provide support. Currently, the palace guards did not each have an assault rifle. Some of them used water-jet rifles, and some had pistols.

There are only more than a hundred submachine guns. Submachine guns are better than assault rifles for killing people at close range at critical moments and are more stable.

"Just relying on grenades and explosive packs? The distance a grenade can be thrown is not as far as a bow and arrow.

What's more, in the forest, there are trees to block our view and bullets cannot penetrate the trunks. If the enemy charges desperately, are we going to fight with bayonets?

How about sending a few small mortars over? They are far away, so we can practice with living people?"

The village head was still worried. He had never experienced war and always wanted his side to have no casualties or even injuries.

What would the soldiers think if they were not allowed to use good weapons and casualties occurred?
Xu Da didn't know why Zhu Yichang was always mumbling around Hanhan, so he shook his head and spoke to comfort him.

"Don't worry, village head. The army commanded by Wang Baobao can't defeat our team, let alone others.

The enemies we encounter now have never seen the power of new weapons, and leather armor and shields cannot stop bullets.

Later we tried it ourselves and found that there is a way to block bullets, by mixing cotton with water, or by sandwiching wet sand between linen.

Wooden shields are thicker and are also effective against lead bullets, but it's useless to just keep trying to block them. Let's..."

He began to explain to everyone how the team was arranged, the scouts were sent out, and the troops did not go that far.

The rear troops should shrink, the two wings should not move, the front troops should defend in layers, not take the initiative to attack, and wait and see what the enemy wants to do. At present, some small teams will rush forward, kill the enemy after finding them, capture them alive, and interrogate them, so as to know what to do next.

The entire team formed a defense line of fifty meters. When the enemy charged, the front line opened fire but could not stop the enemy from charging forward. The enemy was not afraid of death, even though their comrades around them fell one after another.

When the people in the front line saw that the enemy was getting closer, they quickly ran back as fast as they could, while listening for any movement.

As soon as they heard the bugle call for them to lie down, they immediately lay down, and a hail of bullets from behind would hit the enemy who was rushing desperately over their heads.

The attacking party has to run a long distance and consume a lot of physical energy. As the number of casualties increases, their morale collapses.

Wang Baobao was so powerful that after a loud bang, the elite troops of the Northern Yuan Dynasty were defeated. That was the team defending the most critical position.

How can the attacker bear the psychological pressure? Why keep charging when you see people around you falling down and wailing?

It’s not like the central army is surrounded and has nowhere to retreat.

"So there won't be any casualties?" Lao Wu always asks some ridiculous questions about things like this. Fortunately, Ling'er was not there, as she had gone to give orders elsewhere.

"There's nothing we can do about people falling to their deaths or getting injured. Something will always go wrong for someone else."

Zhu Chong responded to his brother's question. When he was in Helin, there were non-combat casualties. There were hundreds of thousands of people. It was normal for one or two people to die every day!

He felt distressed at first, but later he got used to it and couldn't stop it from happening again. Someone would fall down for no apparent reason and it would be too late to rescue them.

There are also those who break the ice to fish, catch a cold, take all the necessary medicines, use all the necessary methods, but still die.

This includes people who are already ill and whose pulses cannot be diagnosed by the imperial physicians, and who suddenly die. There is no guarantee that there won’t be one person dying in the harem every month.

Xiaqiu Village has tried very hard, but many times people die in their sleep and are not discovered until the next morning, and it is too late.

The fifth son, Zhu Su, nodded, "Indeed! The maids in our house have sprained their ankles! Some accidentally cut their legs and refused to get stitches, fearing that they would leave a centipede-like scar. They used a lot of good medicine from Xiaqiu Village, but it was a waste of money!"

"Report, there was a battle ahead, and someone was captured alive. They are the Northern Yuan army. They want to attack Tu Yajie's people after they have transferred some of the men from the Ajiahan United Tribe."

The person in charge of delivering the message ran over and told the telegraph operator the information he had just received: it was the Northern Yuan people, but they were not trying to ambush their own troops.

Those people wanted to take a detour from here. Tu Yajie's own men did not move, but the other people in the tribe, like Luheji, were tricked by Duoluopi, the remnant of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, to attack other small tribes.

As the teams leave one after another, there will be fewer people left, making it easier to fight.

"What a good plan! It looks like there's an expert here too! How did you exchange herbs before? Raising rabbits, right? Humph!"

Zhu Di was quick to react and figured out many things in an instant. Although he was young, he was very smart!
Xu Da nodded: "The families of those who have escaped are also there! Once Tu Yajie is captured or killed, the entire tribe will fall into the hands of the Northern Yuan. If those who have escaped go back, what else can they do except to surrender to the Northern Yuan?"

"Are there any other teams participating?" The village head looked at the communicator. There were a lot of people on the Beiyuan side, only 5,000 people? Not a siege or something?

The communicator shook his head: "There is no news on this matter. Perhaps the people who were arrested don't know."

"They have discovered us, someone is rushing over..." Another communicator came running to report, and the real battle began.

(End of this chapter)