"Mouth...... Pocket array? Di Meng suspected that he had misheard.

What is a pocket array? This is a position that is used at the end of a battle to besiege a stubborn opponent.

There is no fancy thing, it is to spread the army left and right, and surround the opponent like an open pocket. It can also be compared to the appearance of a person when he opens his arms, wanting to take something into his arms, but he also opens the door wide, revealing a flaw.

This kind of formation is not suitable for confrontation with the enemy, but only suitable for encircling the enemy army when the enemy army is absolutely superior and can be defeated at will. But now there are not so many people in the Ming army. Even if the Persians and the poisonous army are counted in terms of military discipline and are slightly able to fight, the number of combatable soldiers in the whole army on their side is not more than 5,000 when they are fully counted.

And how many elite soldiers are there under Ma Heima's control? That's 30,000!

5,000 around 30,000 ...... Isn't Your Highness crazy?

Do you really think you have an army of 100,000 under your command?

Moreover, if they are to be arranged in a pocket array, these 5,000 people must be scattered. Their front is already weak, and if they disperse again......

Di Meng only felt that the task of protecting Zhu Su's safety was a long way to go.

"That's right, Di Meng." didn't notice that Di Meng didn't convey the order, Zhu Suru suddenly remembered something, and turned his head and ordered Di Meng.

"Remember to send those poisonous soldiers and Persian soldiers to dig trenches after setting up the pocket array."

"I taught you when I dealt with the cavalry of the Delhi Sultanate...... You know, how to dig that trench, right? ”

Di Meng was stunned, and then nodded stunned.

"So what are you doing here? Why don't you go soon? Zhu Su said.

Di Meng didn't dare to disobey Zhu Su's will after all, so he gritted his teeth and went down to convey the commander's order. At this time, it is impossible to persuade His Highness to withdraw his troops, and he can only hope that His Highness can create a surprise or miracle again. Most of the poisonous and Persian troops were born slaves, so they couldn't fight hard, and they were asked to dig rocks and ditches, but they were all good hands, and soon, a trench across the eastern front appeared far away in front of Ma Heima's eyes.

"What is Ming Jun doing?" A group of generals of the Timurid Empire were all puzzled, Ma Heima already had a bald head, and at this time he was as confused as a monk. "Are they trying to dig tunnels into my camp so that they can attack us from within?"

No one could answer him, and someone suggested: "Your Highness Ma Heima, why don't we send a team to try to attack this Ming army." ”

"You can also touch the details of these Ming troops......"

Ma Heima hesitated for a long time, and finally decided to wait and see what happened. As long as you keep it, you win, and you don't have to waste such thoughts.

Only let the battalion strengthen its vigilance, send more people to watch at night, and guard against the night attack of the Ming army.

There was nothing unusual about the first night.

However, when he got up the next day, Ma Heima climbed the lookout platform to lookout, but found that there were several more trenches in the Ming army.

The distance between the ditches is equal, and behind each ditch, there are obstacles laid with unknown things, which at first glance look like a regular wave, which is quite pleasing to the eye.

"Your Highness? This? "The generals under Ma Heima's tent are even more confused. Ma Heima was also speechless, but now, there are more and more ditches in the Ming army, and if you don't test it when there was only a ditch yesterday, you can't send troops to test it now.

It looks like I wasn't very smart yesterday.

On the second day, Ma Heima still chose to wait and see.

However, after the third and fourth days, Ma Heima finally couldn't sit still.

I saw that the Ming army outside the city, as if they didn't need to rest, were in full swing every day, and the trenches and earthen walls were dug more and more and more, like a wave that kept moving forward, getting closer and closer to their own camp.

If he didn't move, the trenches of the Ming army would be dug to the feet of his horse Heima.

"His Highness Ma Heima? We? The general who had persuaded him to send troops a few days ago asked tentatively again.

Ma Heima had blue tendons on his forehead, and he couldn't figure out what tricks the Ming army was playing. Could it be that he wants to squeeze his side to death by digging a ditch?

At this moment, someone from the front came to report that the commander of the army, Zhu Su, the king of Zhou, was in a trench at the front, ready to shout to this side.

Ma Heima was slightly stunned, and didn't think about how to deal with it for the time being, and was ready to listen to what the coach on the other side had to say......

"Ahem, ahem......"

"Thirty thousand men of the Timurid Empire in front listen."

"You have been completely surrounded by us. Our front has been pushed in front of you. ”

"Those who knew each other hurriedly tied up Timur's grandson, Ma Heima, and turned against him to remove his armor, and surrendered with courtesy."

"If this is the case, when this king captures and kills the cripple Timur, he will still not lose the position of a marquis to you and other meritorious ministers."

"But if you want to continue to resist stubbornly, this king will not spare him, and he will not show mercy and kill all those who are unwilling to surrender......"

"Again, you've been completely surrounded by us......"

The king of Zhou, Zhu Su, seemed to be a young man, and he stood on the earthen wall behind the front ditch, and a strange-looking thing was placed in front of him, which actually widened his voice so far. Every time he spoke, there was a translator beside him who translated his words into Mongolian, Persian, and poisonous.

Make sure that all the soldiers present can understand and understand......

Zhu Su repeated these words four or five times on the earthen wall before coming down to the earthen wall. Under the earthen wall, Gou'er and several Guozijian martial arts students of the noble family were marrying each other. Seeing him come down, a martial arts student asked:

"Your Highness, can we really scare Ma Heima like this?" He felt a little frightened. The strength is far inferior to the other party, not only dare to strike first, but disperse the forces to surround the opponent.

He also dared to take the initiative to shout, asking them to "defect and surrender." ”

This is equivalent to a child not only daring to tease a strong man, but even jumped up and slapped the strong man heavily.

Even if this strong man had doubts about why this kid was so confident, under such humiliation, would he really swallow his anger and not shoot to kill this kid first?

"Relying on bluff alone, of course, it can't scare these strong generals and elite soldiers of the Timurid Empire." Zhu Su said. "The effect of the trench is only effective when the two armies are at war."

"The reason why we are fighting is that Ma Heima takes the initiative to attack and beat him once, so that he will believe that we are really the 'main force', so as to ask Timur for help."

"Ma Heima has a camp to defend, and he has shrunk his troops. We have already built a trench. Now the comparison is who lost the terrain first, only by provoking Ma Heima to attack, and then relying on the terrain of the trench, plus the advantage of firearms, can he bluff Ma Heima with less victory and more fiercely. ”

(End of chapter)