It is true that Ming troops waded across the river every day, but those people were the same group from beginning to end. Just crossing the river during the day and sneaking back at night, and so on.
As for cooking smoke... that's even simpler. It's nothing more than reducing the cooking stove by one or two every day. In the Ming Dynasty, even a three-year-old child could understand one or two of the wisdom of our ancestor Sun Bin thousands of years ago.
The tactics of doubting soldiers and reducing the number of soldiers can be said to be commonplace in the history of military strategists in China for thousands of years, and they are extremely basic strategies.
But sometimes, when dealing with difficult and suspicious opponents, simple methods can often have unexpected results.
What's more, these strategies that are considered old-fashioned in China may not necessarily be extremely clever and unpredictable in the eyes of Central Asians like Shaharul.
After all, in Central Asia and Europe at this time, the generals who were determined to attack the rear baggage in a roundabout way could be regarded as using extremely clever war strategies...
"Shaharu, the little turtle, thought that our camp was empty, so he immediately decided to lead a division to attack the camp under the cover of heavy snow. Unfortunately, his kick hit the iron plate. Not only did we have no troops, He is empty, but he has been recharging his energy for several days, and has been waiting for him in this camp for a long time..." Zhang Dingbian smiled happily. The people around him also laughed happily and looked proudly when they thought of the hearty battle.
On Zhu Su's side, everyone was stunned. Needless to say, what happened next was that he discovered that the Ming army had been prepared for a long time. Shaharul panicked and was in chaos. King Yan, who built the city with bravery, came to the battle formation in person. The morale of the whole army was like a rainbow, and he was killed in one fell swoop. Kill Shaharul in front of the battle.
Since Shaharul died, the thieves were naturally defeated. Then Zhu Di was worried about Zhu Su's battle situation and entrusted Zhang Dingbian and these people with strong horsemanship skills to come and see the situation first.
Zhu Su said: "Shaharu can be regarded as a hero of the generation. It's a pity that he met the fourth brother..." His tone was quite gloating. The likes of Shaharul, Miransha, Ma Heima and others can be regarded as the next generation of Timur's empire, but they were all lost in the confrontation with the Ming army. I think it was enough for Timur to vomit several liters of blood. .
"It was God's will... Timur took advantage of the heavy snow and suddenly used force to break through the king's trench formation. But he did not expect that because of the same heavy snow, his son also died of the king's fourth brother. In hand."
"Trench formation?" Zhang Dingbian became interested and asked Zhu Su about their situation in the past few days.
After listening to Zhu Su's detailed explanation of the events of the past few days, Zhang Dingbian suddenly realized: "It turns out that His Highness actually used this trench formation to defeat the East Route bandit army, forcing the Timur bandit chief to have no choice but to Come to the rescue.”
"This trench formation... is really unique. If someone were to break it, they might not be able to find a way to break it." Zhang Dingbian thought hard for a long time before saying to Zhu Su. In his words, there was no clue about the method of the trench formation. Don't hesitate to praise. "If there were more muskets, I'm afraid that no one in the world would be able to survive in front of this trench."
Zhu Su nodded. This was the most widely used mature tactic by modern armies during World War I. It was naturally impossible for armies in the cold weapon era to crack it. If he had more well-trained fire gun soldiers, or if he had been prepared for the heavy snow, he would not be able to let Timur get away with it.
"It's just that Timur, the thief chief, does have some abilities." Facing a powerful opponent, Zhang Dingbian did not hesitate to praise him. "It seems that if we want to defeat him in one fell swoop, it won't be as easy as originally expected."
"Oh?" Di Meng, Cao Tai and other generals beside Zhu Su were a little surprised. Di Meng and Zhang Dingbian had met several times and were considered good friends. Hearing this, he asked, "Has the layman already figured out how to defeat the thieves?"
The original plan of His Highness the Fifth Prince and His Highness King Yan was just to hold Timur back and wait for him to retreat on his own. Even when they had the advantage of the trench, they could not directly challenge Timur's army, so they really did not expect any way to defeat the powerful army under the thief chieftain.
"It was difficult in the beginning. But now, both Miransha and Shaharu have been defeated. If we can use the army to attack with all our strength, we might not be able to teach this thief chief to behead... Oh, by the way, didn't His Highness the Fifth Prince also capture Ma Heima? Headquarters?" Zhang Dingbian laughed. "As long as this thief chief has not been able to summon reinforcements, we will not be able to win in one fell swoop if we gather the strength of our three armies!"
The generals were stunned for a moment, and then it suddenly dawned on them: Yes, many small victories have been accumulated, and if the Ming army today were gathered together, they would already be superior to Timur in terms of military strength.
Although because this place is the hinterland of Timur's empire, it is very possible that Timur can send more troops and horses from various places... But at least in a short period of time, the offensive and defensive momentum has become easier.
"This is just an outpost. In a while, His Highness King Yan and the army of Pingliang Marquis will also come here to join up." Zhang Ding said. "When the time comes, I will be able to show off with this thief chieftain."
Sure enough, as Zhang Dingbian said, a few days later, the Ming army under Zhu Di and Fei Ju came here to join him. For a while, the Ming army's flags were like clouds and their morale was like a rainbow.
On the other hand, Timur's side, Xu had received the news that his beloved son Shaharul was defeated by Zhu Di and died, so he did not attack Yanshan again for several days. Even the black banner in front of the formation, which was originally flamboyant, drooped and looked a little listless.
"Since we have a chance of winning, we should naturally finish our work in one battle and completely kill the thieves chief!" On the rock mountain, the general of the Ming army was holding a military meeting on whether to fully attack Timur's army. At the military meeting, Fei Ju seemed particularly excited. He was spitting and eager to send out troops immediately and swallow Timur directly into his belly.
He came here to perform meritorious service. Now he is far away from the mainland of Ming Dynasty, but he still has not accomplished any great feat. Apart from capturing the Thirsty Stone City, he spent the rest of the day in this city being suppressed by the army of Timur Empire. How can you not feel sad and angry when you fight?
It's not easy to travel all this way and stay in such a shabby place for so long. When we go back to discuss military merit, we must at least change the title of Marquis of Pingliang to Duke of Liang...
According to General Xu Da's rule, even if he became the Duke of the country, Fei Ju had to make a few more outstanding contributions before he could remove the word "Guo", directly grant him the title of Duke, and be granted the title of vassal in the outer border... Now he is already Time waits for us not to wait for our forty years. If we fail to make any contribution this time, when will the old Fei family be replaced by a prince?
This world is both big and small... Who knows that one day all the land in this world will be wiped out by powerful Chinese generals like His Highness the Fourth and His Highness the Fifth?
"When I came here, I had already discussed it with Monk Yao. Since I have the opportunity, I should naturally finish my work in one battle." Zhu Di also said. He nodded to Zhu Su, then stood up and expressed his opinion.
"Although our army is very exhausted after the expedition, but in terms of his condition, Timur's condition is not much better than that of our Ming soldiers."
"Monk Yao and this king summarized the five victories of our Ming Dynasty and the five defeats of Timur's empire... These five victories and five defeats are enough to prove that the current situation has been tilted towards our Ming Dynasty."
"Monk Yao, please tell me." Zhu Su said filial piety to Yao Guang.
(End of chapter)
