Chapter 338: Take the initiative to expose and lure the enemy deeper
"The road is so rugged and steep that it is flanked by high ravines that it would be useless to send a large army to wait here. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info”
Talking to people like Kang Deshi, Abatai was a little depressed, and even with him, a rough man, he couldn't help but want to flee quickly, but the army can't do without him, and the living map of Shanxi Daizhou can play a great role.
"Uzaku Acton, can the scouts be rewarded?"
Since I don't want to pay attention to him, I naturally have to find something to do, Abatai led the front army to have four cattle records in the blue flag, one cattle record in the white flag, and five cattle records in the Mongolian left banner, a total of ten cattle records and more than 2,000 elites, and 500 Nikan soldiers were taken to escort the army's food, grass and armor.
Behind him, there are ten Manchurian Niulu and ten Niulu of the Mongolian Right Banner, led by Yue Tuo, facing each other five miles apart, this is a military contempt for the army of the Southern Barbarians, you must know that the main force of the whole five thousand people actually followed directly behind the forward,
But this is also a matter of no way, who let this rugged path simply can't show more troops, ordinary trails, can accommodate two people and two horses, but in some places, even horses are difficult, if this is changed to the Ming army to take this road, then it has to bomb the camp, but who let the Jurchens, since ancient times, is a people who hunt in the jungle and fish in the river.
This basically did not hinder them, whether it was Abatai or Yueto, they strictly ordered the horses and armor to be gathered in one place, hoarded on carts, guarded by Nikan and Mongol soldiers, and then lightly armed Jurchen Tartars, carrying bows and crossbows, armed with weapons, marched between the jungle gaps.
Except for the white flag at the front, a Niu Lu is fully armed to explore the way, the rest of the soldiers and horses are lightly armed, not to mention that Abatai underestimates the Ming army, just this boundary, even if there is an ambush, that is, the end of life, not to mention the first ten miles in front of the army, the hundred or so scouts scattered are enough to make all the ambushes hide.
As early as April and May, Zheng Renbao received a strange order from Li Jing, telling him to dig a tunnel here first, bury sealed fire oil and gunpowder, cover it with weeds, soil and stones, and dozens of steps away from the passage.
Soak the fire oil with special hemp rope for dozens of days, thread the needle and thread after drying, take the links everywhere, just ignite the fire, and by the way, it will also cause violent explosions and fires in this mountain forest, not to mention the two exits near Dai County and near Shanyin, the road has long been renovated once, and I don't know how many strange things have been buried.
If the sky is not beautiful and a natural fire breaks out in this mountain forest, then I am afraid that this time the Jurchen soldiers will not choose to take this road, because the huge sealed fire oil and gunpowder buried in the ground have already blown up the road into potholes.
But history has no ifs, when the Jurchens chose this path and stepped in without hesitation, half of their lives had already stepped into the grave, and the remaining half had to depend on the beggar army.
"Now, it's up to us!"
The cavalry town was mobilized to several main battalion heads in the northwest of Dai County, basically in place, according to Liang Sijiu's preparations before the battle, each battalion was stationed and hidden, and it was not allowed to be the main force of the first wave of attacks, and the main force besieging the Jurchens would be handed over to the infantry to act!
After all, whether the whole army is ambushing and stationary, or luring the enemy to go deeper, there should be an explanation, Li Jing sat in Dai County, and when he heard that the Tartar soldiers had entered the trail and would arrive in only two days, he couldn't sit still, so he took someone here to personally command.
Xialong Valley, is the preset battlefield for this selection of operations, the main force of the seven battalions of the cavalry town, four of which are arranged here, and one serves as a reserve, and the remaining thirteen infantry battalions, almost all of which are centered on this point, scattered and hidden, as the first plain battlefield where the Tartar soldiers came out of the secret road, the beggar army has opened its big pockets, waiting for them to come.
"My lord, the Tartar soldiers are forward, send hundreds of people to search the net, although our ambush has not yet been exposed, but there are so many soldiers and horses in the valley ambush, it is bound to be discovered, the Tartar soldiers and horses of six or seven thousand people, pull back and forth for a full ten miles, even if it is a means in advance, it is not enough to kill and injure so many Tartars."
Ning You is now the governor of the first army, and the general of the Jiazhen army, but in essence, his qualifications are nothing in the entire army, and this time it is his turn to be promoted to the governor, completely relying on the advantageous position of teaching the town, and in the same way, he has also held back his strength, and is ready to make war achievements in this war, so that others have nothing to say.
"The Tartar soldiers are reluctant to cavalry, and the foot combat is completely based on bravery, to put it bluntly, it is brainless, this march is tantamount to self-defeat, I buried the oil on both sides, and it will inevitably cause a fire at that time, and burn the jungle trees, which is to block their escape to the jungle, and if they lose this ability, they will have nothing to fear."
Li Jing said confidently, the Jurchens are good at hunting and roaming the jungle more, if the ambush war becomes a pursuit war, then the Tartar soldiers who have the advantage in the jungle can even bring huge casualties to the beggar army, which is unacceptable!
"As for scouts? If we send the main force to intercept and kill, we will inevitably tell them that there is already an ambush of a large army stationed here, and the Jurchen Tartars will definitely withdraw their troops immediately, but we have to do the opposite, their scouts, don't they want to inspect whether there is an ambush ahead? Then let them find out! ”
Chen Da was stunned, let them find out? Didn't that scare them away?
"My lord? What does this mean? ”
He was really stunned, he had never encountered such a battle plan.
"Let's call this please enter the urn!"
Li Jing laughed, and then beckoned the generals to him, "What the Tartar soldiers are afraid of, let's let them find out, of course, it is not to expose the position of the main force of our army, but you say, this kind of secret passage, even the Tartars know it, why don't we know?" ”
"On the occasion of the coming of the Great War, the Tartars took thousands of elite soldiers to sneak attack on this road, we have an ordinary team of 100 people to patrol, pretending to encounter by chance, just fight a few scouts, and then give a quick warning, you say, once the Tartars are exposed, what will they do?"
He left enough time for the generals below to react, and Ning You blurted out without thinking,
"If you lead the army for me, you will definitely withdraw immediately,"
Seeing that Li Jing nodded approvingly, and looked at him with encouraging eyes, he continued,
"Since ancient times, Zhengqi complements each other, can be successful, where the use of soldiers is upright, to oppress people, but a hundred battles can not be defeated, the Tartar soldiers out of the surprise army to take the trail, then it is bound to be a new worry, scruples, at this moment to see our army patrol the mountains, and early warning report, then all kinds of reinforcements, starry night to help, surprise attack its unpreparedness is no longer possible, then it is bound to quickly retreat, in order to fight again."
After Ning You said this, he saw that Li Jing neither said good nor bad, which made him unable to speak for a while.
"Do you have any other ideas?"
Li Jing made a gesture and motioned for Ning You to sit down first, but he gave him a sentence in his heart, Ning You is a person, make good use of power to suppress people, train people with Confucian righteousness, and use soldiers to be plain, but the victory is safe, but there is no big victory or defeat in leading the army, and there is no big defeat for the old Cheng, but now he is still a little immature, once he grows up, the pillar of the country, it is not impossible.
"My lord? Our thoughts are all in line with the Governor of Ningdu. ”
Even most of the generals, including Liang Sijiu, couldn't think of taking the initiative to expose their intentions, didn't this clearly tell the Jurchens that they had been discovered?
But among the people present, only Chen Da frowned and said nothing, Li Jing asked curiously,
"What do you say, just come through the channel, this is a military discussion, and everyone expresses their opinions."
Chen Da thought for a while before he said with a bitter face, "Lord, if I lead the army, first, I don't know the details of the enemy's army, and second, I say that my army is elite, dare to ask the generals, if we lead 7,000 elite soldiers and take the small road to attack the Ming army's military households, if there is no warning, how about it?" ”
This is a typical empathy, and he considers more aspects, which can be regarded as jumping out of a fixed circle, and suddenly attracted Li Jing's approving eyes.
"Yes."
All of you present are not fools, but before, no one knew it, with inherent thinking, you think, although your own soldiers and horses, although they are not the top elite, but when they go into battle, who doesn't rush to be the first? occupies an absolute advantage again, thinking about the Jurchens, being calculated step by step, if you know this, you can't turn around and run immediately?
But hearing Chen Da's wake-up words, Ning You was the first to react, and secretly said that he was still Meng Lang, and he hadn't thought too much, so he spit out a word softly, which was enough to prove that he agreed half of it at the moment, but the remaining half still needed to think carefully for a while.
"The Jurchens are from the greatest, showing me that the Han people have no elite soldiers, if you don't think that you are one as ten, if I am the commander of the army, the enemy in front of me has not gathered, then it is bound to fight to the death, occupy a favorable position, where each breaks the enemy who comes to help, and then goes south in one fell swoop, my position is in Dai County, capture me, then the army collapses, has not captured me, you can also detour to the Yanmen Pass, two sides of the attack, then lead the main force into the pass, invincible,"
Li Jing explained a few words, and then said,
"Anyone who belongs to such an arrogant person, there will be no one in their eyes, just find my patrol officers and soldiers, they will not think so, just rush forward, care about the soldiers and horses to guide the depth, then the army will be killed, the back road will only fire cannons, cut off its retreat, ignite the gunpowder, will completely annihilate this Tartar army here, what do the armies think?!"
"Obey the orders of the lord!"
After saying this, all the generals present were full of heart, this! Win too! (To be continued.) )