Villager of Daming

Chapter 1231: Troop Mobilization Encounters Dilemma

"Kill!" "Get down, get down quickly!" "Yes, get down to avoid the bullets." "The Ming army is coming!" "There are countless Ming soldiers!"

The shouts and calls were mixed together, and Nahachu's army seemed very panicked, as if they suddenly opened their eyes and found someone shoving them in the face.

The battle started when the hot air balloon took off. The Ming army calculated the time and the hot air balloons took off into the sky together.

When Nahachu's soldiers saw something suddenly appear in the sky, they recalled what the herdsmen who had been to the Ming Dynasty's city of Helin had said. They were confused at first, wondering how this thing could have floated over their heads, and then they realized that there were Ming troops there.

The person who first discovered it shouted, "Oh no! The Ming army is attacking!"

Nahachu's army was preparing breakfast, two meals a day, after all, the landlords had no surplus food!

They had to travel a long distance, so they dared not get too close to the areas controlled by the Ming Dynasty. The main reason was that if they wanted to get close, they would have to decide who to send to the front line.

No one was willing to do so, fearing a sudden attack from the Ming army, which had superior weapons.

In order to guard against the Ming army, the troops led by him were stationed at the front. Should he send scouts?
Send out scouts. The Ming army has telescopes and guns that can shoot very far. Send out your own scouts and let the Ming army scouts discover the enemy before they see them.

By then, the Ming army's scouts will be lying in ambush and waiting. When our own scouts come within their shooting range, they will be fired upon. How many scouts can we send to fill the gap?
Without sending out scouts, the enemy's scouts gradually approached, and our own patrolling sentries and standing guards were named one by one.

No, absolutely not. We must go backwards. At least there must be a Jurchen tribe in front of us.

Therefore, Nahachu's army rushed over in a hurry. The distance was long and the time was long, and the soldiers were exhausted.

They had already caught up with the previous rain, and now they had caught up with another one.

Now they were suddenly attacked again, and they were hungry! As the surrounding hot air balloons rose, everyone who saw them shouted loudly, afraid!
The camps on the hills became chaotic, and the young general's scolding kept emerging among the mixed sounds.

They just shouted to lie down, but the governor said that as long as they lay down, the enemy's weapons would not be so effective.

The enemy's special muskets have limited bullets and gunpowder, so it is impossible for them to keep shooting from a distance. If the enemy doesn't come over, just lie down. When the enemy gets close, stand up and fight with them desperately, as the enemy can't open fire.

Sporadic gunshots rang out intermittently. The excellent sniper in the Ming army approached a certain distance and aimed at people and shot them.

The others continued to follow the instructions from the hot air balloon and made arrangements based on the enemy's troop assembly and deployment.

On a certain hilltop of the enemy, if most of the people are moving in one direction, if they are moving outward, then reinforcements will be dispatched from the team behind their own side; if they are moving inward, then naturally the army will press forward to reduce the enemy's space for activities.

The Ming army was in no hurry to attack, let alone charge. They needed to wait and see what happened in the enemy camp.

Nahachu went to bed late last night because he needed to read military books. Like Wang Baobao, he was good at using strategies and tactics in battles.

Historically, he harassed and attacked the Ming Dynasty's troop stations, causing great trouble to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang deployed troops and generals to guard the garrisons while fighting with Nahachu.

When the garrisons were established one by one, people were sent to transport a large amount of supplies to Liaodong. It took two years to complete this task, and together with the previous ones, it took a total of fifteen years.

Finally, Feng Sheng led an army of 200,000 and an equal number of civilians to gradually clip Nahachu's wings and force him to surrender.

Nahachu is a man who understands strategy and tactics, and he never forgets to learn.

Unfortunately, he learned the military books written by previous people, but he could not learn the current technology of the Ming Dynasty, which could not be countered by military tactics.

When the power is great enough, skills are useless. To achieve the desired effect with just a little effort, you must at least have the strength of just a little.

Nahachu had been studying how to defend and counterattack against muskets. He thought that the muskets of the Ming army would be useless if they got close to his back, and his army could use swords, spears, and shields to deal with them. But he didn't know that the Ming army's muskets could be equipped with bayonets, and bayonet fighting required coordination, as the straight line between two points was the shortest and the stabbing speed was fast.

The key is that the two sides have different diets. The people of Nahachu cannot eat meat every day. They also eat barley, rice, wheat, sorghum...

This time, the troops were sent with a lot of good things, including cheese, meat floss, and dried meat.

But what's the point of eating it for just a few days? You need to eat it for a long time, and your body is built up bit by bit.

Nahachu couldn’t care less about so many things, he was just... a little sleepy!

He was sleeping soundly, so he would wake up later to see what news the scouts who had gone out could bring back.

The sudden gunshots and shouts that echoed in the valley forced him to wake up.

He actually wanted to wash his face first. He drank alcohol yesterday and had a headache. How come the Ming Dynasty army suddenly appeared under his nose?

"Governor, the Ming army is everywhere. They have launched hot air balloons. Hot air balloons can be seen everywhere where the news can be transmitted."

The messenger came to report the news. They had no telegraph, so they could only convey simple information through flag signals and bugles. Then someone came on horseback through a road that had been prepared in advance and reported the news.

As for the beacon smoke, it can only convey information about enemy attack, but we don't know what it means specifically.

Nahachu narrowed his eyes and said, "Send an order..."

Orders were passed down one after another, and soon people came out of the small tent connected to the big tent.

Nahachu's wife lives in this small tent. No matter what others think, Nahachu always takes the woman with him when he goes to war.

It would be better to arrange for his sister to live with his wife so that they can talk at any time. Otherwise, how can he cope with having multiple women?
Few people know that my younger sister Gege Haji is Donulaji, so we must give outsiders the feeling that a master can be invisible, just like in the Ming Dynasty.

"It seems that we have been discovered by the Ming army a long time ago. Yesterday's heavy rain got in the way."

As soon as Gegehaji came over, she started talking about the situation. It was obvious that she had heard the news from others.

A little analysis will tell you how they were surrounded by the Ming army. The two sides had an unequal ability to obtain information.

If it hadn't rained heavily, the scouts could have run farther away, and maybe someone would have come back alive to report.

“It is said that they only had about 40,000 people, including craftsmen and palace maids.

It would be easy to break out... No, we can't break out now, and we have to do it at night.

Their hot air balloons floating in the sky will see our deployment, and with their telescopes and flag signals, our deployment will be unavoidable."

Nahachu felt the pressure, a huge one.

We agreed that everyone should fight on flat ground, and being on the mountain would just allow us to see more of the situation.

As a result, now I am on the mountain, and the enemy’s balloons are flying higher. That telescope is so powerful!

As long as you move, the large force will rush in a certain direction, and the enemy will definitely chase and block you from behind.

(End of this chapter)