Chapter 108: The Book of Decisive Battles
On this day, it was a good day for Zhu Houzhao, he was in the camp and heard the news of the successful sneak attack from the spies of the fast horse.
He was overjoyed, and he summoned all the generals to the Great Tent.
"Mr. Fan, all the enemy's grain and grass materials have been burned, how will we act next?" Zhu Houzhao said.
"We must send people to the enemy army as soon as possible to spread this news and make the enemy's army shake first. Then, we have two options before us. The first is that we will attack the enemy when the food and grass in the enemy's camp are exhausted and the enemy has not withdrawn. Second, when we wait for the enemy to run out of food and grass and the enemy begins to retreat, we will pursue the enemy layer by layer! Of course, there is also a situation where the enemy will withdraw immediately, if that happens, it will be the most difficult for us, but it is estimated that the enemy will not be like this! Mr. Fan said.
"Oh, why wouldn't the enemy act like that?" Zhu Zhaohou asked.
Mr. Fan smiled slightly, "If the enemy's military advisor can plan independently, he will definitely think of withdrawing immediately, and then we will be passive." ”
After a slight pause, Mr. Fan said, "Why, if the enemy withdraws at this moment, the enemy has no losses, it is a fresh army, and they will definitely continue to ambush our pursuers all the way." In that case, we're terrible. But with the character of the Warats, they will definitely not be able to do it, they must be thinking of revenge immediately! ”
"If the grain and grass are exhausted, the war has not yet been fought, the enemy will withdraw, in that case, the enemy's army will be confused, and our pursuit will also have an effect, but the enemy is scattered all the way, and we can't give the enemy great losses, just like when the Ming Dynasty opened the country, we pursued all the way, the enemy ran all the way, and the effect of destroying the enemy was very limited, and when we came back, they came again." Mr. Fan said again.
"Therefore, the best way is to wait for the enemy's food and grass to run out, the army's morale is weakened, we will attack in an all-round way, so that we can achieve the effect of completely annihilating the enemy, and then Mu Lang will definitely flee with a few people in the end, and we will ambush again, and the result will be the most beneficial for us!"
"It's just that if this is the case, the sacrifice will be greater, but if you don't make such a sacrifice, the country will be peaceful in the future, so it's still worth it!"
After Mr. Fan finished speaking, Zhu Zhaohou pondered for a while. "Okay, then the next battle book, ten days later, the decisive battle!" Zhu Houzhao said.
"Okay, it's a good time!" Fan Yu said.
"What do you think?" Zhu Houzhao said.
"Then we will prepare immediately at this moment, including General Wang Meng of the border pass, and we need to do some action! In addition, all preparations for breaking that Heavenly Fire Array must be strengthened! Yang Qianli said.
Zhu Houzhao nodded, he felt more and more that Yang Qianli was young and old. It is estimated that after this battle is over, Yang Qianli's ability to independently lead troops to fight will be greatly strengthened.
The country has good talents! Zhu Houzhao was very pleased. "Come on, draft a war book!" Zhu Zhaohou shouted.
When the knife and pen officer arrived, Zhu Zhaohou said, "I said, you read!" Then send this tactic to the opposing king as soon as possible! ”
"Okay, Your Majesty, please speak!"
"Emperor Daming to the King of Wara, blessings and good health, I haven't seen you for many days, I miss it very much! Houzhao plans to lead the army in the grassland and hunt with the king in the grassland, hoping to see the king's demeanor! Yunyun! “
When Mu Lang got the letter, he sighed.
Now he is really as Fan Yu said, he wants to leave, wants to stay, and is entangled in contradictions. "What does Mr. Wang think?" Mu Lang turned around Wang Lang, he knew that the final decisive moment was coming.
"Judging from our current situation, if we withdraw directly and come back later, we can do it! But since the other party said that if we withdraw from them, they will chase and kill us like a shadow, then we have no choice, we only have a decisive battle, a showdown. ”
"What if I lose?" Mu Lang asked Wang Liang.
"If we lose, we will rush back to the capital as soon as possible and arrange defenses, we will not lose, and the enemy may not be able to break my formation. If you take 10,000 steps back, you will lose, and we can also race horses with them on the grassland just like we used to play with the Mongolian and Ming armies! They won't necessarily be able to catch up with us! "Okay!" Mu Lang said. "Someone, write a reply!"
The clerk quickly stepped forward and finished writing Mu Lang's dictation.
When Zhu Houzhao received Mu Lang's reply, it was already dusk that day, he took the letter, read it carefully, then put it on the table, and walked out of the big tent.
Outside the big tent, the soldiers' training has not yet been harvested, although the twilight is rising, because the day of the decisive battle is approaching, Yang Qianli hopes that they can learn more things. Together with Mr. Fan Yu, he repeatedly explained the characteristics of the Tianhuo Array and how to crack it, carefully explained it to them, and then practiced it according to the established cracking method.
Whether it was Timuxin's Warat army, Xuemei's Miao army, or the Fan monk army from Tibet, they all had clear tasks.
Everyone is waiting for it, because since they have come this far, there is no choice but to achieve the goal and win.
At this time, the will is the most critical, and the will comes from the yearning for the ultimate goal of the war, that is, to defend the homeland and the country.
This was a just war, so the morale of the Ming army was high.
However, the morale of the Warat army had some effect. I don't know who leaked the news, and the grain and grass in the Ugan warehouse were burned to every corner. All the soldiers got it.
They can see it from the recent distribution of provisions. Supplies are being compressed.
They are a little resentful, a feeling of defeat is growing, and this is the worst thing! At this time, Timuxin's subordinates were moving around, and their activities had achieved very good results, and many generals were thinking about their future attitudes, who to support? Many of the soldiers were instructed by Timur to give up resistance at a critical moment and surrender to Timur Xin's side.
This underground war has never stopped. What his impact on the upcoming war will slowly emerge.
When the day before the decisive battle was about to begin, Luo Tian and Wang Xingming led their troops and returned to the camp.
When Zhu Houzhao heard the news of their return, he immediately rushed out of the camp gate to meet them.
He choked up a little when he saw that heroic force.
I saw that the troops in front of me had experienced the hardships of going back and forth to the desert, and had gone through a life-and-death duel with the enemy, and most of their battle robes were torn, but their faces still showed a resolute look! The broken flag still flutters in the wind!
"You are the well-deserved pride of the Ming Dynasty!" Zhu Zhaohou said in the wind, facing everyone, choked up.
"Long live Your Majesty, Your Majesty is mighty, Daming is mighty!" The soldiers shouted.
"Mighty soldiers! Soldiers work hard! Invincible! Zhu Zhaohou shouted loudly at the soldiers.
In the trumpet sound of dusk, these shouts are full of power, as if they can be preserved forever on that day in history, and can be passed on to the eons and still be majestic.