The First Corrupt Official of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 222: Zhu Yuanzhang’s identity was revealed, just to seize the commander-in-chief, Mr. Ye, Wang Baobaoci did not control the troops!

Just when the sunshine of the hour covered this land that has been fought over by military strategists for thousands of years, the army of the Northern Yuan Dynasty lined up outside the east and west gates of Yanmen Pass.

Six miles away from the central gate of Yanmen Pass, within the headquarters of the main army of the Northern Yuan Dynasty,

The two messengers coming from the east and west knelt down on one knee and placed their right fists on their left chests: "The army on the east route has been assembled. Please give me your command!"

"The army on the west route has been assembled. Please give me your command, your Majesty!"

In front of Wang Baobao, who was sitting on the commander's seat, there was also a fairly sophisticated sand table.

Although his spies did not obtain military information about Yanmen Pass, the architectural layout of Yanmen Pass and the general layout of the county seat were information that could not be hidden at all.

It can also be said that there is no need for spies at all, and the information can be obtained by asking Beiyuan Business Travel to help.

Therefore, the hardware layout on this sandbox is still quite accurate, but there are no relevant troop deployment signs, as well as landmark signs for confidential locations such as granaries, gunpowder depots, and arsenals.

Wang Baobao also tried every means to obtain this information, but all his efforts were in vain.

It was precisely because of Ye Qing's sophisticated anti-espionage methods that he never dared to look down on this young magistrate.

In order to deepen his understanding of Ye Qing and to win over Ye Qing, he wasted so many days, sending envoys and writing letters to persuade him to surrender.

But Ye Qing's unruly and unreasonable behavior made him not only unable to understand the situation more deeply, but also became even more confused.

Wang Baobao saw that the layout of the building was accurate, but there was no other sign except the location of the county government. He immediately knew that he had lost the battle before the war started!
Thinking of this, he looked at the messengers from the east and west armies who were waiting for his order, as well as Naierbuhua and other handsome generals.

The words "If a general loses an order, his army will be destroyed and killed", the words kept flashing in his mind.

If possible, he really wanted to think carefully for a while before ordering.

But he also knew that it was now too late to fight. He had to capture Yanmen Pass before Xu Da's imperial army arrived!

Time waits for no one, and he can't afford to delay!
Just for a moment, he suddenly felt strong pressure!

Xu Da, who is coming, is putting pressure on him, these eagerly awaited Bei Yuan'erlang is putting pressure on him, Ye Qing, who cannot be judged by common sense, is putting pressure on him, and he himself is also putting pressure on him!

All these pressures came together, and he became extremely serious in an instant.

"I have been fighting for most of my life, and I have never felt so depressed."

"Even during Xu Da's Northern Expedition in the 27th year of Zhizheng, when we withdrew from the Great Wall, I didn't feel so depressed."

"Today, you are so cautious just because you are attacking a gate commanded by a 20-year-old kid. It's really unbelievable."

Thinking of this, Wang Baobao immediately used his defeat of Xu Da last year as a hint.

Finally, a huge psychological change took place in him!
"Pass this commander's military order,"

"The two armies from the east and west, five thousand cavalry and charge in a flat formation, five thousand melee infantry and five thousand siege infantry, push the siege baggage into range and open fire immediately!"

"The rest of the infantry, cavalry and baggage are on standby!"

After the messengers from the east and west armies received the order, they immediately returned to the camp to deliver the order.

At the same time, his sand table operators also began to place corresponding models according to Wang Baobao's military orders and mark them with small flags.

At this moment, Wang Baobao said to Nai'er Buhua: "Send flag soldiers from our headquarters to occupy the high points and extend to the east and west armies."

"Tell them to stop running back and forth, and as soon as their vanguard baggage fires, they will report back with semaphores."

"At that time, I will issue the next military order."

After Nai'er Buhua took the order and left, Wang Baobao looked at the models of the Beiyuan Army Camp on the east and west roads corresponding to the east and west gates.

In the middle of the military camp on the east road, there was a paper flag with the message "Tatar, only a catty".

As the name suggests, it means that the Eastern Route Army is mainly composed of the Tatar tribe and its vassal tribes such as Chahar, Tumut, Horqin, Ordos, and Asu.

The leading generals of the East Route Army were direct descendants of Genghis Khan, and the so-called other generals were the leaders sent by the tribes.

In his opinion, Wang Baobao, the former Golden Family was quite good. Not only did they know how to be enterprising, they also knew about technological innovation.

They introduced the technology from the Western Regions and combined it with the technology from the Central Plains to create the "Huihui Artillery" (a small trebuchet that was more advanced than the large trebuchets of the Song Dynasty) to attack Xiangyang!
Not only that, they also created the most advanced firearm at the time, the 'Zhankou Bronze Gun', in the third year of Yuan Zhishun (1332).

It can be said that the bronze gun with a mouth is the predecessor of the Hongwu cannon now equipped by the Ming Dynasty. By the middle and late Yuan Dynasty, this kind of fire gun, which can be called cannon, and small fire gun have begun to equip the army.

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the world was in chaos, and fire guns were widely used in actual combat. After seeing its huge lethality, various rebel armies rushed to learn from it, including Zhu Yuanzhang's Ming army.

Later, when the Ming Dynasty destroyed the Yuan Dynasty, they obtained a large number of firearms and many craftsmen and technicians from them.

As a result, the Ming Dynasty also had its own firearms bureau!

Today, the Ming court began to vigorously develop firearms, but they have returned to the era of tribal hegemony.

As for the Golden Family, it is no longer the Golden Family it used to be!
Rather than saying that the man named Bo'er Jijin who sits in Hara and Lin is the Emperor of Beiyuan, it is better to say that he is just a 'chief'!
Wang Baobao knew that the reason why he could unite the various tribes of Beiyuan again was only because Yanmen County was rich enough and the temptation was big enough.

Another thing is that he has a record of defeating Xu Da last year, which means he is a bit 'strike while the iron is hot'.

But fundamentally, apart from the 12-strong middle army, which was his direct lineage, the eastern and western armies were composed of many tribes.

In other words, they all have their own selfish motives.

In fact, Wang Baobao also has his own selfish motives, and he also has his own purpose in dividing his troops like this.

If after he comes here, he thinks that the middle gate is so big, then his direct troops will seize the first victory again.

But if he thought there was an ambush at the middle gate, he would ask the troops from the east and west gates to throw stones at the east and west gates to ask for directions.

Successfully breaking into the pass means that Wang Baobao is a good commander, but if he suffers a big loss, his own strength will be preserved!

As far as today's first battle is concerned, for Wang Baobao, it is either a big profit or a harmless small loss!
Of course, they are all prairie men, so he still hopes to make a lot of money!
Thinking of this,

Wang Baobao looked at the opposite side of the sand table again, which is where the county government office of Yanmen County is located in Yanmen Pass.

"Master Ye, it's your turn to take action!"

"My east and west armies are only six miles away from your east and west gates of Yanmen Pass. They can rush over in a cup of tea. The infantry is a little slower, but it won't take half an hour."

"Should your cannon hit my cavalry or my infantry?" "Even if you kill half of them, half of them will still be alive under your city wall!"

"At that time, will you attack the enemies below the city, or will you attack my advancing siege army carrying baggage?"

"In my opinion, you must rush first and then slow down, and attack the enemies who attack the city and climb the walls first."

"When you finish defeating them, my return cannon and my bronze blunderbuss will be able to hit your city wall!"

"And my siege ladder truck and my log door-ramming truck are not far from your city gate!"

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Thinking of this, Wang Baobao's sharp eyes like falcons immediately turned cold. Just look at his eyes at this moment and you can immediately think of the four words "kindness does not control soldiers"!

Yes,

He never thought that he could break through the east and west gates with [-] cavalry and [-] infantry fighting respectively.

The real purpose of these 2 people is to attract firepower, to buy time for the siege and baggage troops to advance, and to gain a relatively safe environment for advancement.

As long as his siege supplies can be pushed forward smoothly, as long as the huge rocks fired by the Huihui artillery can be successfully hit on the Yanmenguan city wall, those [-] soldiers and horses will not lose even if they die!
Because as soon as the siege troops start bombarding the city wall, he will issue an order to launch a general attack on the east and west gates!
It must be done after his siege and baggage troops opened fire.
Otherwise, the more people go, the more people will die under the opponent's firearms!

When the opponent's city defense and firearms are complete, rashly using the human sea tactic is the last resort!
But if it comes to a last resort, he will also be forced to use this last resort!
But it is obvious that the initiative in the war lies with him!
As long as Xu Da didn't come, the initiative in the war would always be with him, so there was no need for him to resort to desperate measures from the beginning!
"Hoohoo!"

At this moment, the dull sound of the horn, which was enough to make the heart tremble, came from the east and west.

This is Bei Yuan's battle call, equivalent to the war drum of the Central Plains Dynasty!

Without waiting for the messenger to report back, Wang Baobao knew that this was the East and West armies and had already begun to carry out his military orders.

The sand table operators here also began to place models after hearing the horn sound that symbolized going out for battle.

Wang Baobao looked at the sand table model and his thoughts went directly to the corresponding battlefield.

In front of the army camp on the east road,

Under the command of Beiyuan East Road General Boljijin Battle, five thousand cavalry formed a flat formation based on the width of the east gate city wall and began to advance towards the east gate city wall.

After the cavalry set off, five thousand infantry equally distributed followed.

Finally, the [-] baggage siege troops, in units of a thousand men, led by Qian Hu, advanced horizontally with five batches of siege baggage.

At the same time, the sound of their horns also reached the ears of the defenders at the east gate of Yanmen Pass.

The great movement of the fifteen thousand troops marching was also seen by the observers at the east gate of Yanmen Pass.

On the third floor corridor at the east gate of Yanmen Pass,

Next to the sharp-eyed observer were Zhu Yuanzhang and Mao Xiang.

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were as bright as a flashlight: "We will clear the way on foot and on horseback, and push forward with our baggage. This is a strategy that requires us to fight at both ends."

"Concentrating firepower on infantry and cavalry buys time for their baggage troops to advance and creates a safe advancement environment."

Mao Xiang nodded and said: "Although Wang Baobao didn't know about the existence of the new Hongwu cannon, he knew that their copper blunderbuss had a lower range than the court's Hongwu cannon, so he used this method of attack."

"The tactics of the east and west gates are the same. They sacrificed 2 people just to allow the siege equipment to advance successfully. How willing they are!"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "If you give up these 2 people, you can kill fewer and more people. He is kind enough not to control soldiers and loves soldiers like sons. He has them both."

"It is a pity that this strange man cannot be allowed to surrender!"

Mao Xiang just leaned closer and whispered: "After your Ye Daqi has completely defeated him, you won't think it's a pity."

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately frowned.

Yes,

Even if Ye Qing has no military skills, he can still be said to be a 'wizard in governing the world'. If he can still defeat Wang Baobao, he must be a 'Ye Qing wizard'!
With such a talented man in both civil and military affairs, why does he care so much about Wang Baobao!
He must immediately revoke the title of 'The Wonderful Man in the World' and throw Wang Baobao out of his thoughts.

But when he thought of Ye Qing's amazing eloquence, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but bite his back teeth.

At this moment, Mao Xiang frowned and added: "But this is not easy to fight!"

"Even if we know his intention, which is to use the lives of the [-] infantry and cavalry army to pave the way for the baggage troops, we still have to fight against the [-] infantry and cavalry army."

"If we only focus on the baggage troops, it won't take long for the [-] cavalry to rush to the bottom of the city wall."

"But if we concentrate our firepower on the [-] infantry and cavalry, the baggage troops will be within their shooting range."

“We have to find a way to get the best of both worlds!”

As soon as he finished speaking, Mao Xiang looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, the former Marshal Zhu, beside him with expectant eyes.

Zhu Yuanzhang just frowned slightly and said: "There is definitely no way to get the best of both worlds, but we can also find a way to prevent their infantry and cavalry troops from rushing up, and to prevent their baggage troops from advancing smoothly."

"It's just that a lot of people are going to die on our side!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately looked in the direction of the county seat where the combat command room was located.

Zhu Yuanzhang knew that the military information outside the East and West Gates should have been conveyed to Ye Qing through flag language.

He was waiting for the military order from Ye Qing, but he didn't think Ye Qing would have a better solution than him!
After all, ginger is still old and spicy!
As long as Ye Qing's method is not enough to get the best of both worlds, he will find the commander-in-chief of the East Gate Defense, that is, General Chen, the commander of the Yangming Fort Guards, and become a real general for once!

As long as General Chen is persuaded, he will surely be able to quickly convince the commander-in-chief of the Ximen Defense through semaphores.

In Zhu Yuanzhang's opinion, as long as his method is better than Ye Qing's, no matter how much money Ye Qing spends on them, they will still listen to him, Zhu Yuanzhang.

After all, a good method can save a lot of people from dying.

Besides, he, Ye Qing, was not a general at all, nor could he be considered a commander before going into battle.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang was even ready to expose his identity! .
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