Chapter 422: It's Just a Small Defeat!
"The general who was sent by Zheng Kai to break off."
"It's still a heavy task, why don't you kill him?"
"He can speak Chinese and claim that his ancestral home is Fujian. I thought that if I kept him, it might be of some use in the future. Ma Xianglin glanced at Huang Ping, who was expecting Ai Ai, and explained with a smile.
"Yes, General! The little ones are very familiar with this and can show you the way! Huang Ping nodded again and again when he heard this, indicating that he was of great use.
"You're going to be a traitor?"
"But I'm a Akito!?" Huang Ping looked at Mu Tianbo, with a look of course.
Mu Tianbo was speechless at this time, this person is really shameless, he didn't have any psychological burden to betray his country.
But since the decision was made to invade Cochin, it seems really good to have someone to lead the way.
Ma Xianglin and Mu Tianbo glanced at each other, and they both saw the decision in each other's eyes.
"Since you claim to be a Ming person, then I won't kill you for the time being, but whether you can survive or not depends on your next performance."
"Yes, yes! Thank you for the general's grace of not killing! The little one is willing to smear the general's liver and brain! "Huang Pingtou is like a kowtow worm.
"Get up. Don't talk so much, it's up to you whether you can survive or not. ”
Mu Tianbo didn't care about his loyal words, and waved his hand casually to make him stand up.
Next, they sent the wounded back to the territory of Daming. He continued to march along the Tao River in the direction of Thang Long.
And at the foot of a mountain in front of the Ming army, Zheng Kai's army was resting.
Since leaving the battlefield, they have been running non-stop for nearly two hours, and they have not had time to eat lunch.
At this time, the soldiers were tired and hungry, and the frustration of fleeing after losing the battle was already exhausted.
Seeing that the marching speed was getting slower and slower, Zheng Kai had no choice but to order the whole army to stop advancing, and then found this place to rest.
At this time, Zheng Kai no longer had the same spirit as before, and sat silently on the ground munching on the rice balls, looking embarrassed and embarrassed.
The soldiers were not much different from him, one by one dejected, like a group of defeated roosters.
Except for the muffled moans of the wounded soldiers, the entire camp was silent.
No one talks to each other because everyone is not ready to face reality. As the commander of this expedition, Zheng Kai was in a more sad mood at this time like a dead mother.
They had already roughly counted the casualties, and in the battle just now, their casualties amounted to more than six thousand.
What is even more unacceptable is not only the casualties, but the fact that they have lost the courage to fight the Ming army.
What he had to think about was not just the casualties of the soldiers, but what to do next.
Just run away all the way to the dragon?
That's impossible.
If the Ming army rampaged in the hinterland of Jiaozhi and slaughtered wantonly because he only cared about escaping, his own guilt would be great.
Even if the generalissimo is his eldest brother, I am afraid that it is a capital crime that can be avoided and a living crime cannot be escaped, and there is no possibility of leading the army in the future.
After nibbling on the rice balls in his hand, Zheng Kai sighed and stood up and called his own soldiers.
"Summoning the Lord here for deliberation."
Zheng Kai once again carried forward the spirit of indecision and brainstorming. A group of generals who had lost their armor walked over slowly, and Zheng Kai saw that he was angry and angrily reprimanded.
"Look at your rags, what kind of system you have become, it's just a small defeat, and it completely crushes your spirit!?"
The generals looked at each other and looked at Zheng Kai with strange expressions.
After seeing other people's expressions, Zheng Kai remembered the pair of shoes he lost when he fled in embarrassment.
"Ahem~ I called everyone here to discuss what to do next. Don't lose confidence because you lost this battle. As the old saying goes, victory is not arrogant, defeat is not discouraged. We must be more and more courageous in order to face the next crisis! No matter how strong the Ming army's combat effectiveness is, it will fight in a foreign land, and it will definitely not last, as long as we grasp their weaknesses and attack head-on, there will definitely be a way to defeat! ”
As he spoke, Zheng Kai himself began to feel agitated, as if the defeat of the Ming army was just around the corner.
But his passion failed to infect the generals, and they shrank their heads one by one without saying a word. Zheng Kai's face turned cold when he saw this.
"What? But don't believe what I'm saying? ”
"Faith!"
"What the general said is very true!"
"That's right! Kill them sooner or later! ”
Seeing that Zheng Kai was about to be published, a group of guys hurriedly responded.
"But general, the last general dared to ask, what is the weakness of this Ming army?"
A discordant voice rang out suddenly.
Zheng Kai looked at it, and it turned out to be Huang Laosan. I wanted to reprimand two sentences and held back.
"Huang Laosan, why are you in a hurry? Isn't that what you're looking for? Now we have to sum up the combat experience and look for the enemy's weak points! Let's talk about it, and it's okay to be wrong. ”
Zheng Kai waved his hand, with an expression that let everyone speak freely.
As soon as these words came out, everyone fell silent again.
The weakness of the Ming army?
What weaknesses did the Ming army have?
Strong combat effectiveness, strong defense, and sharp firearms, where to find weaknesses?
If you have a weakness, you will be chased around like a dog?
A bunch of guys, you look at me, I look at you, and they are silent.
Zheng Kai was angry.
"What's the matter with you? Usually blow cowhides one by one to bang bangbang, but now they have nothing to fuck and nothing to say? The Ming army may be chasing after me, I think about it, if you can't think of it, you will all die here! ”
"General."
A voice interrupted the silence.
It's Hu Laoer!
The resourceful and trouble-saving Hu Lao Er!
"Hu Lao Er! But have you thought of a way? ”
"General, the combat effectiveness of the Ming army is obvious to all! To be honest, the hope of us winning is really small. But I think we've fallen into a misunderstanding. So why fight them head-on? Since ancient times, there have been many examples of winning with more and stronger with weak. We may not be unable to do it. ”
"Tell me about your solution!" Zheng Kai cheered up.
"As we all know, they are not familiar with this place, and we can use the terrain to dig traps and ambushes. I don't want to annihilate them completely, I just want to be able to restrain the speed of their movement. As soon as the reinforcements waiting for Thang Long arrived, our war elephants rushed and the artillery rang out! What kind of military formation can't break through? What kind of armor is not broken? ”
"Good! Good! ”
Zheng Kai's eyes lit up again! Oh, yes!
They went deep alone, and the soldiers died one less than one, but they were not.
This is fighting in your own home, with a steady stream of soldiers and sufficient supplies, so why do you have to fight them?
It is completely possible to fight a protracted war with them, and when they wait for their supplies to be interrupted, they will naturally retreat without a fight!
"Hu Lao Er, if you can successfully retreat from the enemy this time, I will definitely tell the generalissimo and take credit for your first credit!"
"It is the honor of the last general to be able to share the worries of the general and the generalissimo, how dare you be greedy!"
said this, but there was already a proud smile on his face.
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