Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Ambush Plan
One hundred taels of golden sand were placed in front of Yuan Chonghuan, and the emperor looked at him, which made a general who led the troops to fight speechless.
"How? Yuan Dudu, old Yuan, don't want gold, as long as you open the golden mouth, I will bring someone to grab it for you. ”
Yuan Chonghuan was not in a very good mood this time.
Originally, I was in high spirits to train soldiers in the morning and evening at the official school, and in the afternoon I played with Man Gui and others on the sand table. Who knew that the emperor secretly sent someone to call him out, and gave himself the identity of the head of the Four Seas Dart Bureau and the chief martial artist of the nursing home, and brought himself to this remote North Korea. If I knew this, I might as well go to Liaodong.
Don't say it, the emperor played quite happily, not only made clothes for everyone in the dart game, but also issued different levels of waist cards. The brand of his head of the head of the head and the guard of the courtyard is yellow and clear, and the emperor said that it is made of gold, which is one level lower than the brand of the emperor's own chief helmsman.
And then there's the change of title.
When he was in Beijing, the emperor still had the politeness he should have, and many times he called himself his cousin, and sometimes he called his name or official position. Who knew that as soon as he came out, His Majesty became unscrupulous and began to give himself a lot of titles.
What Yuan Dudu, what old Yuan or something.
I also secretly complained to the old man Yue Hesheng, the governor of Yansui, who knew that the old man listened to the envy on his face, and he went to the emperor the next day, and he also had a position in the dart bureau.
To Yuan Chonghuan's surprise, the emperor actually took out a handful of yellow and clear waist cards from the carriage. After carefully choosing, he threw the brand of the bookkeeper to Yue Hesheng. Since then, when Lao Yue saw him, he also screamed with a little Yuan.
And then there is like today's thing.
Those samurai from Toei Nagasaki didn't open their eyes, bullied the emperor's head, and killed them. Who knew that the emperor actually let the young men of the Jinyi Guard's secret guard interrogate these people separately. In the end, it was a breath of relief for a Han Chinese translator in Wazhai, Taiwan, and a person who claimed to be the last Heizo of Nagasaki under the rule of Tokugawa Iemitsu.
Through interrogation, it was determined that the purpose of these Dongying samurai was to convince the current king of Joseon that they would be allowed to lease Jinju Island or Julu Island as their own private trading territory after the Tokugawa family implemented a closed-door policy. In order to be able to achieve their goal, their main target this time is Choe Myung-gil, the current leftist politician in North Korea.
It's a lot of fun.
For the first time, Zhu Youzhen knew that East Asia was already so wonderful at this time, how not to make his heart move.
Now that there was such a situation, his horseback ride was naturally canceled the next day, and he had to return to his carriage in the middle of the caravan. When there was still half an hour before noon, the woman in Tsing Yi named Minglan came to call him.
"Young Master Zhu, the one who explored the path in front is back, and Yuan Huyuan and Master are waiting for you in front."
The pathfinders were trained by Dong Chaopu to be a night guard, and after only a few days of entering North Korea, they had already passed their studies and dressed themselves up like hunters in the mountains of North Korea.
"There are about 800 of them, and most of them are good soldiers in the army, and basically they have used knives, and there are some firearms and spears, most of which are in their luggage, and they are not carried with them. There are a total of twenty-five two large cars, and according to the ruts, the things on the cars are not light. It is estimated that it will take about a day and a half to reach Longmen Mountain. ”
As he spoke, the guard casually marked the distance and location of the two sides. It seems that the route of travel of both sides is basically the same, and they are both preparing to cross Yongmunsan Mountain and enter Gyeonggi Province and go straight to Wangjing Hanyang City.
"There are not many places that can be used for ambushes here, and there is basically no possibility to go out of Longmen Mountain, or climb over to the west of Longmen." The Dark Guard clicked on the map.
"The number of government offices and villages is much larger than the Pingshan County we passed through earlier. Moreover, the mountain roads here are much more traveled, and there are hardly any particularly steep places to ambush. ”
Yuan Chonghuan looked at the map in his hand and thought for a while, then said:
"Let's take a look at the ambush site of your choice."
These people have special respect for Zhu Youzhen on weekdays, but when they really start to discuss the matters of the war. Yuan Chonghuan still took over the dominance of the battlefield without hurting His Majesty the Emperor's self-esteem.
There's no way around it.
In terms of experience on the battlefield, whether it is Yuan Chonghuan or Dong Chaopu, including Yansui Governor Yue Hesheng, they are much stronger than him as an emperor. To say that in normal times, these black-clothed soldiers and secret guards must listen to him, but it is difficult to say it on the battlefield, and Zhu Youzhen estimates that it is more likely to listen to Yuan Chonghuan.
Not far from their camp was the ambush spot the guards had found.
A large smooth road next to a hillside that is not very steep. According to Zhu Youzhen's vision of later generations, this is not a precipitous place, and there is no terrain that can be borrowed.
"What's the charter?" It seems that Yuan Chonghuan doesn't think so.
The dark guard replied, "We can basically shoot with a long gun at one hundred and fifty paces now, and we can basically do it nine times out of ten." Our suggestion was to hide behind the dense forest not far away, and give a flurry of gunfire first. It is best to kill three or four of the leading samurai, so that their ranks may quickly collapse. ”
Yue Hesheng shook his head: "Judging from the few people I caught yesterday, they must not be the caravan escorted by the Dart Bureau." Only the kind will run around after the death of the leader. If more than 50% of this team of Dongying people are from the military, according to your observation, if we want to win, we will not suffer less casualties. ”
"The nearest government office and the nearest village are there, you can show me."
The secret guard took out a red and blue pencil, took the position he occupied as the center of the circle, and marked the government mansions and villages he had seen layer by layer. It's all done, basically at the foot of the mountain.
"I am going to have the cavalry stationed behind the hillside, and then the rest of the men will either dig pits or hide in the woods next to the main road. As soon as the car of the Dongying caravan arrived, the firearms and bows and arrows that were lying in ambush on this side of the woods did not need to be too anxious. Fired in batches and sections, striving for accuracy. The archers kill the horses first. Let the other party think that we are the only one who has this way. Through this, the people of Dongying gave up their intention to escape. After the horses were basically broken, the cavalry rushed down the hillside and slashed them. ”
Is it that simple?
According to Yuan Chonghuan's words, if you have to make up your mind to fight, then you can fight, and leave the rest to God.
This rough sentence made Zhu Youzhen wonder a little, was it also a mistake to hand over the most elite troops of the empire to him?