Villager of Daming

Chapter 1233: Chasing to the End

“The smoke attack is actually not that scary. They ran away because they are familiar with us and know that we have good weapons and hot air balloons.

They were attacked suddenly again, and there was no time to mobilize the army for defense. It was an encirclement.

The results of guarding the mountain when you are caught off guard are even worse.

They can't see outside the encirclement. Our people can move back and forth on the periphery, but they can only hold their ground.

We can only stabilize the morale of the army when we enter the confrontation stage, and we..."

Xu Da kept his eyes fixed on the simple map, and seemed to be very impressed with this way of drawing maps.

He didn't say the rest, but everyone understood that we couldn't give the other party a chance to be stable.

This was also what we had considered before, and we were planning to send a hot air balloon to fly from the upwind direction to the central military tent to put pressure on the enemy.

In addition to Nahachu's tent, hot air balloons were also sent to blow up the tents of other generals and the big chess pieces.

The enemy troops on the ground cannot hit the hot air balloons above their heads, as the hot air balloons can drop grenades and explosive packs from the sky.

Although the number of hot air balloons is limited, it takes a long time to find a hot air balloon that has fallen to the ground, is hanging on a tree, or is floating in a river after it is released.

However, one round of bombing was enough to cause Nahachu's military morale to collapse. As soon as the battle started, the commander was scared and ran everywhere. Who would command the battle?

Especially the people of the Northern Yuan Dynasty knew the current situation of the Ming army. They were ambushed and surrounded. How could they fight the war?

"It looks like we're going to have to fight a chase. Nahachu is too fast to run. If we don't catch him, things will be delayed."

Zhao Yao frowned. He actually hoped that Nahachu would keep his troops in place and guard the hilltops, foothills and valleys.

Only when the enemy does not move can we mobilize our troops.

Once the enemy runs away, it’s over, chase him!
Eighty thousand enemies! It would be difficult to find Nahachu in such a large group. What if he changed his clothes and followed a small group of people? How could we find him if the others pretended to be him?

"Then chase him all the way to his lair and see how fast he can run."

Xu Da looked unconcerned and said, "Since we met him today, we can't let him get away easily. We don't have much time.

The people of Xiaqiu Village should go back and do other things. The sooner the problem of Northern Yuan’s influence here is resolved, the sooner they can feel at ease.

We will chase them all the way and send a telegram to them, asking them to find a way to reunite with us and bring more dry food.

Ask the two tribal alliances to borrow money, and our people will deliver the food later.

If we really need to track down Nahachu's lair, we can take advantage of his embarrassed state and get rid of the rest of the people in one fell swoop.

The troops he deployed elsewhere saw no other way out except to surrender.”

Zhu Wentian listened on the side and secretly approved. That's right, Nahachu's subordinates were the most likely to rebel and surrender, and this was the case in history.

Nahachu was so stubborn that all other Northern Yuan forces surrendered one after another, but he was the only one who insisted on leading his troops to fight.

In the end, Zhu Yuanzhang did not kill him, but recruited him to surrender and help fight the war, so that more people would die.

In order to fight him, the Ming Dynasty spent a lot of manpower and material resources. During the final preparations for the main attack, 1.5 million shi of grain were mobilized from all over the Ming Dynasty.

One and a half million shi were transported to the local area, and the loss during transportation was even greater.

At that time, the Ming Dynasty was not what it is today. At least several consecutive large-scale droughts and locust plagues caused the Ming Dynasty to suffer heavy losses.

Also, Xu Da failed to defeat Wang Baobao, and the Ming Dynasty was forced to build more Great Walls, which consumed a lot of grain and steel. So the Baochao collapsed, leaving the later emperors with a mess that was not easy to deal with.

This time is different, there are still five or six months before the Chinese New Year! It is enough to clean up the forces of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, and the remaining Jurchens, the Xihai Jurchens are close, so it is not difficult.

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"We have broken out. There is no one blocking us. Hurry up. There is a small flat area ahead. We can gather there. Go there. Don't stay on the mountain. We can't be surrounded again."

While fleeing, Nahachu heard the sounds of drums and trumpets echoing in the mountains and knew the Ming army's plan. It was bad!

Based on his memory of the trip here, he knew there was a plain in front of him on the left, a plain washed out by a river.

There is also a river there, a small river that is more than 40 meters wide. Judging from the riverbed, it used to be very wide, at least more than 200 meters. I don’t know how it became smaller.

The team began to pass orders from person to person, not worrying about what was happening behind them. They left some people behind to cover their retreat. It didn't matter whether those people surrendered or fought to the death.

When surrendering to the Ming army, we must also be on guard to see if it is real. What if it is a false surrender?
The person chasing must first gather the people who are left behind before continuing the pursuit.

Now that we have broken out, there is no need to continue setting fire. We can charge forward as we haven't encountered any encirclement by the Ming army ahead.

Go to the plain, with the river at your back. At least you won't be surrounded. Let's fight a desperate battle for the time being!

Nahachu's team was in a mess, and they had no cigarettes. It was impossible for them to find firewood to set off cigarettes while running.

He didn't want to go up the mountain again for fear of getting trapped.

He didn't dig a well in the mountains, as there was no good place to get water. He occupied a valley with a stream, and used water for cooking. But it was too small and easy to be hit.

How did Ma Su die? He occupied those mountains as a temporary base and should have left today. Who would have thought that he would suddenly encounter the Ming army?

That river is good, forty meters wide. We will stay there first, and then find a way to cross the river and confront the Ming army on this side.

Nahachu's team began to rush towards that side in a disorderly manner, and those who received the order would also shout to the people around them.

Of course, there are also people who deliberately hide, surrender, and break out in different directions. Who knows what everyone is thinking!
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"You really let him out. Is there a river over there?"

When Nahachu had not yet completely broken out of the encirclement, the people of the Ming Dynasty discovered the plains and rivers. It was already noon.

The four princes and important figures in the big tent were studying tactics and sending messages back by telegram. As soon as Nahachu's large group of troops came out, they ran desperately in one direction.

There were people shooting on both sides of the road, forcing them not to disperse too much, but at the same time they didn't want to cause too many casualties. They were all capable of working and didn't want to be paid.

As they chased and ran, the people in front saw the river, and some of them had already swam across to the other side, faster than Nahachu's troops.

There is a hot air balloon. People hold on to the balloon and release the rope. Sandbags are unloaded on the balloon. The rope is pulled over and people hold on to the rope and swim.

There are not many of them, only about 300 people, waiting for the next order and re-equipping the hot air balloon with heavy sandbags.

The news was sent via telegram, and more than 300 people ate compressed biscuits with river water.

The people in the big tent just learned about the existence of the river, and also understood what Nahachu was going to do.

"It will be easy if there is a river. He wants to fight to the death? Then we can cross the river by ourselves and solve the range problem. Brother Hanhan, give me more chopped green onions."

After hearing the news, Zhu Di looked at Brother Hanhan making pancakes for him and asked him to put more chopped green onions.

(End of this chapter)