Jiang Yuyan repeatedly pondered the details of history: the two important camps in Luchuan were conquered, but they strictly repeated the trajectory of history, and the real turning point of the Battle of Luchuan was here.

In the past, as a modern descendant, when he watched this period of history, the most direct feeling was puzzlement: in the records of the history books, the Ming army conquered the important camp of Luchuan, and the Luchuan army was defeated for thousands of miles, which should have been the end of a great victory, why did the retreat of the Ming army happen next?

And when Jiang Yugang really came here by himself and came to the battlefield in Luchuan, he saw it with his own eyes and experienced it himself, and he felt that he understood something.

He knew that struggling in the reckless mountains and forests, sticking to various key roads and towns, from the top military commander of the side who commanded the commander of this kind of party to the death of the war, down to the Ming army that died countless times for various reasons, was already the end of the crossbow.

It can be said that the retreat of the Ming army is an inevitable thing, but what is the opportunity for retreat? Jiang Yu couldn't help but think about what happened before and after the withdrawal of the army.

After the Ming army broke through the Ghost Cry Mountain and Mangya Mountain, the original leader Si Jifa fled, and Luchuan supported Dai Silu to control the situation, in order to completely defeat Luchuan, the Ming army attacked Jiangtou City controlled by Silu, and then suddenly decided to return.

The battle of Jiangtou City became an unsolved case, no one knew whether this battle was won or lost, and no one even knew whether this battle was fought or not! Thinking of this, Jiang Yugang suddenly felt a stirring spirit behind him - is it possible that the battle of Jiangtoucheng did not happen at all, but the burden of the Ming army had reached the limit and had to be withdrawn to the Jinsha River, which was later east of the Irrawaddy River.

And what is the reason why the burden of the Ming army has reached the limit? Jiang Yu, who was in the outer defense line of Mengyang City, already had a vague answer in his heart - the fall of Mengyang City.

The vast mountains and forests as far as the eye can see, among which there are countless villages, they are not controlled by the Ming army, but they have the traditions of the Luchuan country that have been passed down from generation to generation, and the Luchuan army hidden in the mountains and forests is like a ghost for the Ming army, and has become an enemy that cannot be completely defeated.

Once the Ming army went to Jiangtou City in order to completely defeat Luchuan, far away from Mengyang, and could not support in time, the Luchuan army secretly stationed in various villages converged and attacked, recaptured Mengyang City, controlled all the key roads, and destroyed the logistics and military affairs of the Ming army, which had reached the limit of its burden, it would be the last straw that broke the camel's back.

At that time, to go to the decisive battle with Luchuan in Jiangtou City would be to ignore the lives of 100,000 troops and the future defense of the entire southwest, and the only way left was to withdraw the army.

Jiang Yugang had the urge to write a letter to the battalion to explain the key points and prevent the army from going to Jiangtou City, but then he was discouraged again.

Putting Mengyang City in danger, the commander of the Battle of Luchuan, the military department Shangshu Wang Ji and his staff could not be unclear, but without a decisive battle with Luchuan, the Ming army in the mountains and forests has reached the limit, and when the time comes, it is also a way to retreat, it may be better to send a large army, the troops are under the Jiangtou City, and the Luchuan army will compete with the Luchuan army.

Isn't there any other way? Thinking about it, it's almost incomprehensible. Jiang Yuyan felt a little numb in his scalp.

was subconsciously regurgitating the word "no solution", and suddenly, Jiang Yu remembered the war between the Soviet Union and Germany in World War II, the famous defense of Leningrad - as long as the city of Mengyang is held, the situation can be changed.

Defend Mengyang City, what should you do? Nearly 5,000 people from Qujing, Yuezhou, Luliang and Pingyi, who garrisoned Mengyang City, plus 5,000 non-combat soldiers and 5,000 people with low combat effectiveness, what so many people can't do, can a hundred households really do it now?

There is still almost half a year left before the withdrawal of the army in the summer of 1449, the fourteenth year of the orthodoxy of Ming Yingzong, and this is also the time left for him to change everything.

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After becoming a hundred households, the first thing Jiang Yugang did was to gather everyone for a meeting, and there were more than 30 people under him, which was his initial team, and he would also be his trusted cronies in the future.

In ancient times, pro-soldiers were very important to generals, and at present, these dozens of people in Manggu Mountain are all elites who have been tempered by war, and Jiang Yu is determined to organize them well.

These soldiers in the Ming Dynasty were still very unaccustomed to the modern military democracy of holding meetings, and when they were summoned to the open space in the center of the camp by Jiang Yu, they fidgeted like insects crawling on their bodies.

"Baihu, what are you...... Want to stand up? Seeing this situation, a slippery guy who is usually not very honest in his hands and feet asked Jiang Yugang with a little scared. He was a little worried that Jiang Yu would be used as a target to kill chickens and monkeys.

"It's not Liwei, it's Fengguan." Jiang Yu smiled slightly.

"Official?" The soldier was stunned.

"You kid is really confused, Jiang Xiaoqi is now promoted to 100 households, and the places of the general flag and the small flag are still empty, why don't you hurry up and express your words, let the 100 households give you an official?" Someone teased on the side.

Jiang Yuyan couldn't help frowning slightly when he heard this person speak. It could be heard from this man's words that he was not interested in the small flag and the general flag, and this did represent the thoughts of many soldiers.

At present, they are trapped in unfamiliar mountains and forests, surrounded by unknowns on all sides, and being a petty officer does not play a role in saving their lives, but is more likely to die in battle because of the arrangement of various combat missions. Only Jiang Yugang and Li Xiaoqi were left among the officers in Manggu Mountain before, and this can be seen.

"I called you this time, not to be an official, but to choose for yourself." Jiang Yu cleared his throat to silence the soldiers, and then began to preside over the meeting.

"Pick it yourself?"

"Yes, there are two steps: the first step, those who are willing to be officials stand up, and the second step, others choose the people they recognize, and the person who gets the most choices is an official and can manage people with my consent." Jiang Yugang tried to explain it in a way that was easy to understand.

"And that kind of thing?" There was some excitement in one person's questioning voice.

This made Jiang Yugang feel a little encouragement, and sure enough, the method of election made people who originally thought that they were appointed by Jiang Yugang and had no hope, so they had no interest in serving as an officer.

"That's what it's like, this way of being an official is called an election." Jiang Yugang affirmed: "There are two general flags in this election, and there are nine small flag seats - if Li Xiaoqi is willing to participate in the election of the general flag, then there will be another small flag vacant." ”

"Okay, I'm going to be the flag." The man who had spoken before spoke immediately.

"I'm going to be a flag, too." Someone spoke again.

"I... I can probably be a little flag. A voice that trembled, but sounded determined.

“……”

Seeing that the speeches and discussions were gradually becoming more and more enthusiastic, Jiang Yuyan ordered to prepare a pen and paper early in the morning, and Ah Tian, who was sitting next to him: "Let's start, write down everyone who participated in the election and the official position he wanted." ”

"In addition, in this election, in addition to the general flag and the small flag, there is also an institution that I have created." Jiang Yu looked at the soldiers who did not participate in the first round of the election of the general flag and the small flag: "This organization is called the Ministry of Intelligence, and it has a total of ten intelligence officers, two executive officers, one prime minister, and one assistant director. ”

"Ministry of Intelligence?" Everyone looked at Jiang Yugang in confusion, a name they had never heard of.

"You can think of intelligence officers as spies who spy on military intelligence or spy horses who reconnoiter enemy intelligence," Jiang Yuyan borrowed some concepts from the intelligence department of later generations, and the difference from the traditional intelligence department is that he added the responsibilities of the staff officers and special forces of the army in later generations, and mixed the traditional concepts of supervising the army and the Qincha: "The intelligence officers are dispatched by the executive officer, the executive officer is directly under my command, and the prime minister and the director of the association are responsible for assisting me in managing the intelligence department." ”

"Isn't this intelligence department all tiring work, and I don't want to do it." After hearing this, some people have already begun to complain.

"What if I say that the intelligence officer can command the small flag, and the executive officer can command the general flag?" Jiang Yu added slowly, and then saw everyone's expressions begin to change rapidly.