Villager of Daming

Chapter 1255: The strategy for dealing with the enemy

"They are Qiqili's people. Qiqili was in the grassland before. There was a Boyan force between us. Boyan went to Helin, and Qiqili is there..."

Nahachu looked at the map and talked about the distribution of power. He didn't know that history had been changed by someone.

Historically, he controlled the Liaodong Peninsula until 1787, thirteen years later, when it surrendered to the Ming Dynasty.

When we surrendered, a lot of princes and dukes surrendered with us. Now there are not so many dukes and officials.

He looked like he was reminiscing when he spoke, but he was actually scared.

An army is chasing the enemy in a distant place and can tell this side their specific location at any time while chasing.

It includes marching routes and the number of enemies discovered, mountains, grasslands, rivers, etc.

Obviously the current team of princes knew it, and Zhu Yuanzhang, who was far away in the imperial city of Yingtianfu, knew it too.

This means that troops can be sent from the rear to pursue and intercept at any time, and the baggage can be arranged along possible routes.

What's more, their weapons are pretty good. They have flying hot air balloons, which allow them to look down at the enemy and our formations. When the wind is good, they fly with explosive packs towards the enemy's center. If the center does not move, it will be bombarded. If the center moves, the formation will change accordingly.

Fly a few more hot air balloons, and the enemy will have too much energy just to turn around, let alone fight!
"There are actually more than 30,000 people in Qiqili's place. We don't know the exact number, and he won't tell us. So we won't go over there. We'll just stay here.

No matter how many people we have chasing, we must not let Qiqili ambush us. When the cavalry is charging, will the gun be useful?

It’s only a few hundred steps away, and we’ll be there in the blink of an eye. Now that we’ve used up all our bullets, we’ll definitely not let this opportunity slip away.”

Nahachu gave a general description of the other force and expressed concern about whether the palace guards who were chasing the enemy could withstand it.

Xu Da raised his eyebrows slightly, and Zhao Yao, the councillor next to him, said, "The palace guards have five riders each, five hundred people. The encirclement is useless to them. They can't be stopped. They have too many bullets."

"Five hundred people are enough." Gegehaji agreed: "Whoever blocks the front will be shot down. Whoever blocks will be killed. The distance difference between bows and arrows is too big.

Unless you dig a ditch in advance to block it, it is best to choose a place with a river.

Estimate the location of the five hundred men crossing the river, or use your own men to take that line.

Dig on the other side to make a semicircle, then secretly send someone to the other side of the river to wait.

As soon as the five hundred men crossed the river on horseback, the people who had been hiding immediately went around behind them, piling up earth mounds and digging trenches.

It would be better if the water upstream could be blocked. When the water is released upstream, the gullies in front will block it and the water in the back will not be able to escape.

There are few options for 500 people to deal with the situation. If they want to walk in the river, they will be washed away by the water."

"Sister is really awesome!" Zhu Ying gave a thumbs up. According to Gege Haji, they could indeed stop 500 people.

"Sister Ying, you are too kind. I have been thinking about how to fight all day long... so that our army will not suffer any loss when fighting the enemy, and I have thought of the situation that I least want to face."

Gege Haji almost let it slip that she was always studying how to defend against Ming army weapons.

For example, crawling on the ground is now called crawling, as well as digging trenches and piling sandbags.

By defending in this way, at least we won’t be defeated by one hit, as the number of bullets is limited.

We were high up on the mountain, with rocks and water sources, and we had enough food, so we held on and waited for help.

The other reinforcements dug trenches as they advanced, using their numbers to stack up, the kind where one hundred thousand men fought against ten thousand.

Once the distance is close, use the horse's charging speed to rush forward, and engage in hand-to-hand combat after some people die.

Unfortunately, the performance was ruined by a heavy rain. It was not my fault, but God’s will!

"But the result is still good. At least... uh... right! We have to be more careful. The enemy will think of a way if they suffer too much."

Gegehaji accidentally said what was in his heart, and the result was good. In order to live a stable life in the future, it would be better for me to stay here... That's impossible!
"Rest first. Slow down the march tomorrow and take a short break. Send half of the palace's troops to reinforce.

If we all want to surround 500 people, we need to mobilize all our manpower. If they gather together, it will be easier for us to defeat them.

Every heavy rain that falls will cover up all previous traces.

At the same time, as long as we find new traces, we can find their people, because the grass grows too fast.

Send someone else when the time comes. In winter when it snows, a disbanded team will be the hardest hit."

Xu Da would send out 3,000 guards, and he would also send his own troops, so the rest of the manpower would be enough.

It turned out that the guards numbered eight thousand men, some of whom had fled elsewhere, and some of them were chasing after Qiqili’s men.

They will not stay in the winter and will go back to celebrate the New Year. We will send someone else then. I think Yingtian Prefecture has trained a group of soldiers who are familiar with the new weapons.

"I'm asking a question that shouldn't be asked. Are we going to follow them before the New Year? We have more people.

There are new people sent to take over this place. Are they as strong as our current team?
Once General Xu's troops retreat, if the number of people coming is a little less, something will happen... Hmm!"

Gegehaji reacted quickly. When the team retreated, her team promised to leave with them. There was no way she could stay here.

In her opinion, the current team is the most powerful. They are Xu Da's people and people from the four princes' palaces, as well as good craftsmen and imperial doctors.

Even the palace maids, eunuchs, and officials in the royal palace were better than others.

The surrounding teams are simply invincible. They can beat anyone they want and none of their subordinates can match them.

Ling'er glanced at Gege Haji and said, "We will guard the Imperial City when we return. The troops guarding the Imperial City have left, and the troops of the Crown Prince's Mansion need to train.

A few days ago, a telegram came from the imperial city that large ships were being launched one after another, enough to transport all of us.

Let's stay temporarily on the south side of Qinhuai River, where there is Shijiu Lake.

The grain harvested from mechanized farming areas in the Dongting Lake region will be transported along the Yangtze River to Yingtian Prefecture, or directly into the Huangchi River from Wuhu.

That place is good and safe. It’s where our Xiaqiao Village is and it’s well developed.

The villages in Xuancheng County can provide food for tens of thousands of people. In addition, other counties in Ningguo Prefecture and Taiping Prefecture also grow a lot of grain.

It seems that the Ming Dynasty is no longer short of food. On both sides of the canal, in Henan, Hebei, Shandong and other places, every household has surplus food. "

Gegehaji listened patiently and looked carefully at Ling'er's expression, and found that she was very calm, as if she was talking about something very normal.

If you add up all the people who have been divided out from your side, the number will be a lot.

If you add them all up, there are 200,000 soldiers, and they include their families.

There are 200,000 women and men in his own nest, plus the army. If the army and their families from other places are included, it would be easy to get 600,000 or 700,000.

Why has the Ming Dynasty changed so much in recent years? Using ships to transport? What about the Jurchens?

What is mechanization? What happened to Dongting Lake?
“What did the people from Qiqili send to reply to them?”

Nahachu detained the person who brought the news and would not let his own people go back, so he sent someone else to go back.

For fear of letting the cat out of the bag, some of the people around him went back, and the people sent by Qiqili were waiting for a reply!

"Tell him not to be afraid. We have won the battle and have severely defeated the Ming army."

Lao Wu came up with the idea and defeated the Ming army. These four words can be interpreted in any way.

(End of this chapter)