"I'm so angry." Ming Jun's words left Master Zheng with no way to refute and could only take it out on his own men.
'Master Zheng, the Ming army is powerful and heavily guarded. It’s better to come back first and think about it in the long term. "At this moment, Lord Ruan sent someone over and said.
In fact, Lord Ruan wished that the Ming army would cut Lord Zheng into pieces.
But reason told Lord Ruan that the Ming army went to great lengths not just to eliminate Lord Zheng.
Once the Ming army destroyed Lord Zheng, they would definitely not be a match for the Ming Dynasty relying solely on their own strength.
After he confirmed that this was really the invasion of the Ming army and not Lord Zheng's conspiracy, he agreed to Lord Zheng's request to fight against the Ming Dynasty together.
Otherwise, when the Ming army gains a firm foothold in Lord Zheng's territory, the Ming army will not mind putting the butcher's knife on his head.
In terms of military strength, Annan's army was far from a match for the Ming Dynasty's regular army.
The reason why Annan became a territory within the Ming Dynasty that was not under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty was that, in addition to the Ming army's inability to adapt to Annan's environment, the most important reason was that Ming Dynasty used to look down on Annan's territory.
Now that the Ming army is approaching the city, Lord Ruan doesn't want to believe that the enemy is here for an outing.
. . .
Even if the Ming Dynasty was merciful and bypassed him, he would never allow himself to support his troops and respect himself.
"The Ming Dynasty came all the way, and they definitely wanted to completely turn the Annan region into the Ming Dynasty's land, so we don't take any chances in this battle.
The Ming Dynasty was good at deceiving the people. If it were delayed for a long time and the Ming army stabilized the rear, we would definitely not be the match for the Ming army by then. "Master Zheng said anxiously.
In order to stabilize the source of troops, Master Zheng adopted the "excellent soldiers" and "one-army system" to mobilize soldiers to defend the capital Shenglong and various towns respectively, which was an important cornerstone of the Zheng family.
Now the Ming Dynasty has occupied all the land. If it cannot be taken back as soon as possible, it will definitely endanger its own rule. Moreover, after this battle, regardless of victory or defeat, within ten years, I will only grow insignificantly.
In order to reduce losses as much as possible, Master Zheng only hopes to deal with the other party as soon as possible.
"Although the Ming army came from afar, through observation today, we found that the opponent is not a tired army at all. On the other hand, our army has been fighting for several years and is now exhausted. If we rush to fight, we will definitely lose." Lord Ruan said.
Lord Ruan had long planned to become independent. Although he was now cooperating with Lord Zheng, he wanted the Ming army to weaken the opponent as much as possible. This will make it easier for him to unify Annan later.
"Let's do this, our army will be repaired for one day, and after one day..."
"One day is too short, at least ten days."
"No, ten days is too long, 2 days at most."
"2 days is too short, at least 8 days."
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"Okay, then your army will be repaired for 5 days, and ours will be repaired for 4 days. After we attack on the fourth day, you will continue to attack on the fifth day."
In the end, Lord Zheng reluctantly reached an agreement with Lord Ruan.
Lord Zheng's army launched an attack on the fourth day, and Lord Ruan's army launched an attack on the fifth day.
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'Did the scouts sent out find the food transportation channel of the other party? '
"Found it, but the other party has more people escorting the food and fodder, and they all stop at a fixed camp at night. The brothers who got there are a little confused about the other party."
"Forget about what was expected, how is the situation with General Sun's army?"
"It's basically all cleared up. Now General Sun has asked the Imperial Guard to come over for support."
"Take my token to invite 100 guardsmen to come over, and then mobilize our marksman battalion. When the war starts, we must give the other side a surprise."
"Inform the troops on the front line to remain alert and ready to fight at any time."
"Instruct the logistics to prepare more meat. Those canned braised pork sent by His Majesty will go bad if you don't eat them."
The beheading strategy is a commonly used strategy in war.
However, most of the previous beheadings involved sending elite troops to kill the opponent's commander. Or push down the opponent's cool flag.
But the other general is not a fool. How could he be beheaded by you willingly?
However, after learning, the Ming army had a new unit, the Sharpshooter Battalion.
Their marksmanship is superb, and their weapons are far superior to those of ordinary elites. The main purpose of their existence is to behead frontline officers. and the enemy's exceptionally brave soldiers.
On the battlefield, almost all general orders are delivered through junior officers on the bottom line. Most soldiers will only listen to their commanders.
As long as the opponent's small officers are cut off, the transmission of orders will be seriously affected. The generals at the top will have a significantly reduced control over the soldiers at the bottom. In more serious cases, you may even lose control of the bottom layer.
Whether an army is strong or not, apart from weapons and equipment, the most important thing is to follow orders and prohibitions.
An army that cannot do what is ordered and prohibited, no matter how powerful and good the weapons and equipment are, cannot be considered a truly strong army.
It is conceivable that once a general loses control over the soldiers at the bottom, even an iron-clad army will lose at least 50% of its strength.
Without the bottom-level commander, as long as the opponent is attacked head-on, the opponent's army will be in chaos.
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The reason why people are human is because they have seven emotions and six desires, love, hate, and fear.
The same goes for soldiers. Long-term training can certainly enhance the courage of soldiers.
But there are always only a few true warriors. Most people still have a certain amount of fear in their hearts.
The reason why these people showed bravery was inspired by the people next to them.
Just like in society, there are only a small number of truly good people and truly bad people. Most people are ordinary people.
They have their own conscience and their own morals. But in extreme circumstances, they will break through their own moral bottom line for their own interests.
Just like civil unrest since ancient times, why once it happens, why do those ordinary people who are usually honest become murderous people?
Will those former victims become perpetrators?
In many battles, one side clearly has the advantage at the beginning, but often the situation suddenly turns negative because the camp is attacked and the commander's flag moves?
In many cases, when large armies fight, one part of them collapses, and the entire army collapses in a short period of time.
To put it bluntly, this is because most people are actually ordinary people. Under certain circumstances and under the leadership of different people, they will become different people.
Many times, people are so strange. They are just ordinary people, but they can indeed become warriors because of others.
Even though he is an ordinary person, he can become a devil because of others.
As we all know, chasing and killing the opponent when they collapse can lead to the greatest gain at the least cost.
However, not everyone will collapse, especially in the army, there are always a few true warriors.
In this case, although they may not be able to save the defeat, they will increase the losses of the pursuer.
Therefore, as long as you kill the real warriors of the opponent, you can effectively prevent the enemy from gathering again after chaos, and even take the opportunity to form formations, resist, and reduce your own losses.
