Chapter 280: Deceive the enemy and yourself, and hide the truth from the world!

Chapter 280: Deceive the enemy and yourself, and hide the truth from the world!

Chapter 280: Deceive the enemy and yourself, and hide the truth from the world!
Jinchisi was originally the front line of the Ming Dynasty against Luchuan, and the westernmost part of Yunnan Provincial Administration.

It was established in the 15th year of Hongwu, and Wang Zhen was appointed as the commander.

However, due to Luchuan's desperate intervention,

The process was interrupted and Wang Zhen was captured.

In the 16th year of Hongwu, after the Ming Dynasty won the battle against the enemy in Luchuan,

Li Guan, an old official of the Yuan Dynasty, was appointed to restore Yongchang Prefecture, and the Jinchi Guard was initially established, with left and right 2,000-household units.

In the 18th year of Hongwu, the Jinchiwei Command was established and Li Guan was appointed as the commander of the Jinchiwei.

At first, the soldiers of Jinchiwei came from the defense soldiers of the Yuan Dynasty, foreign chieftains, and a large number of criminal officials and civilians.

The addition of these soldiers made the number of Jinchi Guards far exceed 5,600, and the difficulty of management increased.

Jinchiwei was a marginal area of ​​Yunnan Dusi.
After the defeat of Jingdong in the 18th year of Hongwu,
The Ming court changed its existing strategy towards Luchuan.

The Jinchi Guards were also being eaten away bit by bit, and Luchuan once again pushed the front line to Dali Prefecture.

Although the organization of the Golden Tooth Guards remains,

But the Ming court had actually lost control of the Jinchi Guard.

After leaving Yunlongzhou, the front army scouts headed southwest.

Finally, the Ming Dynasty's 'Golden Tooth Guard' was discovered seven days later.

When Lu Yunyi led his soldiers to Jinchiwei, it was almost midnight.

The bright moon hangs high in the sky, casting down cool moonlight, accompanied by a chill.

In the distance, only a tiny candlelight remained from the Golden Tooth Guards.
The entire outline of the Golden Tooth Guard can be vaguely reflected, which is particularly eye-catching in this dark world.

The place where Lu Yunyi is now is the weed field where Zhang Zhengyi was before.
The air here is filled with a faint smell of blood.

Lu Yunyi also received battle damage,
There are also three outposts of the Golden Tooth Guards here, which are extremely well hidden and have about a hundred people.
But after the news here spread,

The teams surrounding the front army's scout unit kept moving closer and strangled them all.

Because they wanted to conceal their tracks, the outpost here was very close to the Golden Tooth Guards.
The infantry squad could no longer act with the same caution and caution as before, but became somewhat urgent and willing to act at all costs.

The damage was extremely severe, with more than fifty casualties.

Seven members of the exploration team led by Lou Yuhe were killed in the battle, and only two survived.

He was pierced through the body by the bamboo thorn trap at the outpost, suffering serious injuries and was in critical condition.

At this time, after the weeds,

Zhang Zhengyi stared blankly at Lou Yuhe, whose body was covered in blood, his lips trembling slightly.
I wanted to say something, but the words couldn't come out.

On the side, Wang Yushu, an acquaintance who was pierced by a spear, had just died.

He was the only complete member of the team.

This made the joy of his achievement disappear in an instant.
He also seemed to understand why the captain asked him to come back to report the news.

Showing off and making achievements is false, avoiding disaster is true.

"How could this happen? He was fine when I left."

Zhang Zhengyi knelt on the ground, looking at Lou Yuhe who was unconscious on the simple stretcher.

I just felt heartbroken and tears streamed down my cheeks without me noticing.

At this time, Shangguan Qianhong came over and patted him on the shoulder gently:

"Okay, he needs to be transferred to the rear for treatment. Don't delay him."

Qian Hong winked as he spoke.

Lou Yuhe was carried away on a stretcher, blood dripping down the sackcloth of the stretcher.

It was like a knife cutting into Zhang Zhengyi's heart.

"Sir, can he still survive?" Zhang Zhengyi was stunned and slowly stood up.

Qian Hong's face was serious, and he patted Zhang Zhengyi's cheek:

“Be alert, this is a battlefield, a place of life and death, and now is not the time for you to be sad.

They paved the way with their lives, so we cannot waste it.
Pick up your swords, obey orders, and prepare to fight! "

Qian Hong picked up the long knife on the ground and put it in his arms.
Zhang Zhengyi only felt his body was cold, and even the long sword in his arms became extremely cold.

Qian Hong did not comfort him, but went away to arrange for the troops.
Silently, he touched the Jinchiwei's eyes.
If you miss this great opportunity, you will regret it for a long time!

Zhang Zhengyi held the long sword in his hand, his breathing became more and more rapid, and his eyes flashed with sharpness and murderous intent!
In the dark and deep forest, soldiers were densely packed.

Unlike the combination of infantry and cavalry in the previous exploration, this is all cavalry.

All the infantrymen abandoned their backpacks and heavy equipment.

The military supplies and baggage carried by the two thousand spare horses were unloaded and piled deep in the dense forest, under strict guard by more than a hundred firemen.

The scouts of the front army, whether they were horses or soldiers, were all lightly equipped.
It turned into the appearance of a fierce battle on the northern border grassland!

Generals Lu Yunyi and others were at the front of the army, each holding a telescope.

He kept saying what he had observed.

Beside him, there were more than a dozen clerks who were constantly summarizing and recording the information.

After half an hour, Lu Yunyi finally put down the telescope in his hand and breathed a sigh of relief.

A joy that hadn't been seen for a long time appeared on his face.

As the front line of Luchuan's fight against the Ming Dynasty, the Jinchi Guards were well protected.
But a fortress is still a fortress after all. Without the support of city walls, its defense will be much worse.

After observing for nearly half an hour, he had already discovered several flaws.
They are all key nodes of interaction in the outer fence.

Shoot a rocket, put on a hook, and use a warhorse to drag it, and it should be able to complete the breakthrough.
To be on the safe side, Lu Yunyi planned to place more than ten assault teams in the two northeastern directions of the fortress.

As long as one of them succeeds, the vanguard scouts will be able to advance in one fell swoop, attack the camp in the chaos, and recapture the Golden Tooth Guards in one fell swoop.

Taking a deep breath, Lu Yunyi quickly returned.
A simple military tent had been set up not far away, and it was covered with black cloth.

The lights were on inside, and nothing could be seen outside.

Lu Yunyi returned and without any delay, quickly wrote down the battle plan.

[Ming's Operational Plan to Subdue the Golden Tooth Guards]
I. Operational Background and Objectives
The Jinchiwei Fortress is currently occupied by Luchuan.

In order to achieve control over the areas north of Jinchiwei and west of Luhe River and relieve the defense of Yunlongzhou,

The front army scouts decided to attack the Golden Tooth Guards at night.
Using this as a base, they marched northward and wiped out the Youyu tribe and other Luchuan tribes.

The main goal of this operation is to take advantage of the flaws in the enemy's outer fence.
By advancing in multiple directions and attacking the camp in chaos, they recaptured the Golden Tooth Guards in one fell swoop.

2. Enemy Situation Analysis

Enemy defense layout,

The enemy has carefully set up multiple defensive fences on the periphery.

Aims to slow down our attack speed and consume our combat effectiveness.

These fences are made of hardwood and iron bars, nailed into the ground.
The height and thickness are carefully designed to resist conventional attacks.

The omissions are as follows:
Fence connection:
The years-long truce has caused some of the fence joints to become loose or not fully secured.
This provided us with an opportunity to use grappling hooks and explosives to destroy the fence.

Monitoring blind area:

Due to terrain or design reasons, some areas of the enemy fence have surveillance blind spots.
These areas are not easily discovered by enemy patrols, providing covert passages for our advance.

Insufficient lighting:

The lighting conditions in the enemy fence area at night are limited.
This will make it difficult for enemy patrols to detect our movements in the dark.

In response to these loopholes, we will formulate targeted offensive strategies.

III. Our Forces and Equipment
Military strength: 5,000 soldiers in the front army scout unit, divided into more than ten assault teams.

Equipment: stone mines, thunder bombs, rockets, grappling hooks and other assault tools, as well as necessary weapons and equipment.

IV. Operational Plan

Troop deployment in the preparation phase:

Five assault teams were stationed in the two northeast directions of the city, each with about 250 people.

Led by Lu Yunyi, assisted by Liu Heiying and coordinated by Wu Fuliu.

The rest of the troops were to be kept as reserve forces, ready to provide support at any time. Zhang Yu was in charge of the overall planning.
The musketeers were placed in the reserve force, under the overall coordination of Li Jinglong, for subsequent annihilation of the enemy.

Equipment Check:
Ensure that all stone mines, thunder bombs, rockets, hooks and other assault tools are intact and usable, and that weapons and equipment are sufficient.

Intelligence gathering:

Continue to observe enemy dynamics to ensure the accuracy and pertinence of the combat plan.

Signal emission during the advance phase:

Rockets were used as a signal, fired simultaneously from two directions in the northeast, indicating the start of the raid.

Assault: After the rockets are launched, each assault team quickly uses hooks and horses to drag and break through the loopholes in the enemy's outer fence.

Collaborative Operations:

Maintain communication and communication between the advancing teams to ensure coordinated operations and form a joint force.

Disperse the enemy forces during the raid phase:

After the advancing team entered the fortress, they dispersed.

They quickly divided their troops into groups of 200 men, created chaos, and charged and killed continuously.

Attack key points:

After entering the city, the reserve troops will concentrate their superior forces to attack the enemy's command center, weapons depot and other key locations to weaken the enemy's combat effectiveness.

Occupy the Walled City:

In the chaos, we gradually occupied the four directions of the city to ensure that we controlled the entire city.

Subsequent actions to strengthen defense:

After occupying the city, immediately organize troops to consolidate the defense to prevent the enemy from counterattacking and kill as many as possible.

Search and rescue the wounded: Search and rescue our wounded and transfer them to a safe area as soon as possible.

Clean up the battlefield: clean up the battlefield, confiscate enemy weapons, equipment and supplies,
Take no prisoners/crossed out! The prisoners were kept together to eliminate the desire for resistance.

5. Things to note

Break into the city at all costs.

VI. Staffing of each department, “.”

Lu Yunyi wrote very quickly and finished the battle plan in less than a quarter of an hour.

Then he quickly handed it to the clerk beside him and quickly instructed:
"Copy all of it and distribute it in order. Quickly!"

"Yes!"

The military clerk ran away quickly with the battle plan and entered another tent.

There were already more than ten small tables set up inside, and the clerks were already fully prepared with paper and pens in hand.

Outside Lu Yunyi's military tent,

Li Jinglong and others entered the military tent only after seeing the clerk leave.

There were no seats in the military tent, so everyone could only sit on the stools that had just been set up.

Everyone sat down, and Lu Yunyi spoke in a deep voice:
"The battle plan has been completed and will be issued later.

I have already said in advance that this is the most important battle in this Southwest War.
If it succeeds, it will completely change the situation in the southwest, and the entire Dali Prefecture will turn from defense to offense!

I don't know if you can understand what I'm saying.
But it doesn’t matter if you don’t understand. Just follow the battle plan and understand it as you go along.”

After Lu Yunyi finished speaking, he glanced around.

But I found that most people's eyes were filled with incomprehensible confusion.
He couldn't help but sigh and instructed Feng Yunfang beside him:
"Hang up the map."

Soon, the map was put up, and the Jinchiwei and Yunlongzhou Yongping lines were all marked.
Especially along the Lu River, a big black line was drawn!

In this way, everyone began to understand a little.

Lu Yunyi spoke:
"As long as we take down the Golden Tooth Guard, Yunlongzhou Yongping will no longer be the front line.
And the vast territory north of Jinchiwei and east of Luhe River will return to the control of the Ming Dynasty.

At this point, the Ming Dynasty had no choice but to defend Jinchiwei and rely on the geographical advantages of Luhe River.
The original two-front battlefield can be reduced to a single front in the south.
The Ming Dynasty will also shift from passive defense to active defense in strategy, and the chances of winning or losing in battles will increase by at least 30%. "

For a moment, all the generals present widened their eyes with shock in their eyes.

The defense line, which was originally leaky on all sides, seemed to become clear and solid at this moment.

Li Jinglong blinked his eyes, but the confusion in his eyes did not completely disappear. He spoke directly:
"There is also the Yuyu Tribe to the north of the Jinchi Guards. I heard they are very powerful."

Hearing this, the military tent fell into silence.

Lu Yunyi's expression was a little dull, his mouth opened and closed back and forth, not knowing what to say.

Zhang Yu pursed his lips and said in a deep voice:
"Duke Cao, after taking the Golden Tooth Guards,

The strategic space of the Fishing Department will be squeezed out.
All we need to do is to march out of Yunlong Prefecture and attack westwards.
We set out from the Golden Teeth to the north,
The Youyu tribe was faced with the same situation that Dali had been facing before, where they were being attacked from both sides.

If the Yuyu tribe had more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians like Dali, it would still have a chance of survival.
But now there are only ten thousand people, and there is no chance of survival unless they cross the river and escape.

But it doesn’t matter, what we want is the land.”

Li Jinglong understood now, and a flash of realization flashed across his eyes.

Oh~~~
Seeing his sudden realization, some generals in the military tent also realized the importance of this battle.

At this time, the clerk who had completed the transcription came back with more than a dozen battle plans.
Distribute the battle plan to the generals.

Lu Yunyi spoke in a deep voice:
"It is better to fight quickly rather than slowly. Attack in one hour!"

As he spoke, Lu Yunyi's eyes were extremely sharp. He stood up suddenly, his back as straight as a pine tree, and glanced at everyone.

All the generals present stood up suddenly, and a solemn and murderous atmosphere suddenly appeared in the military tent!

Lu Yunyi looked at the messenger on the side and ordered:

"Order someone to return to Yunlong Prefecture immediately and report to Lord Feng that the Golden Tooth Guards are in our hands!"

Many generals present looked at each other in bewilderment, some still in shock.
How come we won when we haven't even started fighting?
A slight smile appeared on Lu Yunyi's lips:
"You will know tomorrow that we have defeated the Golden Teeth Guard.
Therefore, we must attack tonight at all costs, even if all our men are killed, we must defeat the Golden Tooth Guards!"

A thick atmosphere of solemnity began to spread, and the generals couldn't help but breathe rapidly, with determination flashing in their eyes!
"Yes!

The night was as dark as ink, and the dense forest in the northwest was pitch black, so dark that you couldn’t see your hand in front of you!

Only when the breeze blows, the fallen leaves reveal gaps.
The mottled moonlight will gently shine down, illuminating the busy figures of the many soldiers in the front army scout department!
The scouts at the front used oil lamps covered with black cloth to illuminate the area.
This will provide some light while minimizing the chance of being discovered.

In the midst of the busy work, the front army scouts completed all their preparations.
The soldiers handed the letters they had written long ago to the fireman who was guarding the military supplies.
If you die in battle, you can also leave some last words to your family.

This is also strong evidence that they served in the army and died in battle, and can be used to pay pensions.

As time went by, there were more dark figures walking back and forth in the forest northwest of Jinchiwei.

They were soldiers armed with sharp weapons, ready to charge forward.
The huge dark eyes of the warhorse moved back and forth, and the moonlight shone in them.

As if ready to move, the horse's hooves kept digging the ground.

But because the hooves were wrapped in thick linen and cotton, the rustling sounds sounded like an animal passing through the dense forest.

The soldiers above them were wearing black armor, and the red tassels on their foreheads were all dyed black.
Just like a ghost in the dark night quietly watching the world with lights,
They held the long swords tightly in their hands, and a trace of sweat oozed from their palms.
It wasn't that they were afraid, but that they were so excited that they could hardly control themselves!

A few slightly weathered and cracked faces were looming in the darkness.

Their eyes were big and bright, and they all fixed their gazes on a tall figure in the front!

He was their general, the one who led them through life and death and won them great honors.

In this battle, Lu Yunyi acted as a pioneer and was at the front of the team.

He held a telescope in his hand and kept looking at the Golden Tooth Guard in the distance.

He scanned the flat and wide farmland, watching several figures cruising in it.

That was the exploration team headed by Wang Shen, the most elite scouts and spies in the entire front-line scout unit.
Sun Sian, Qin Yuanfang and others were among them.
They were looking for safe paths through the flat farmland and possible ambushes and spies.
In Lu Yunyi's sight, the twenty-odd members of the exploration team slowly retreated.
From the initial cautiousness to the final big strides.

This scene has fully demonstrated the safety of the farmland outside Jinchiwei.

Sure enough, after the exploration team returned,
Wang Shen rushed over quickly. His cheeks were painted as black as charcoal, and the same was true for the exposed skin.

"Sir, we found several secret sentries in the farmland ahead where there should be people.

But now it is all deserted. All the arable land from south to west has long been abandoned, and it is completely safe!"

"Okay! Go down and rest!"

"Yes!"

Wang Shen quickly took the exploration team and left. A look of relief appeared on his face, and he kept wiping the sweat from his forehead with his hands.

Lu Yunyi's eyes became more alert, he looked at the messenger and ordered:
"The plan remains unchanged. We will set off in a quarter of an hour!"

Upon hearing the order, the messenger waved the white flag in his hand continuously to quickly convey the order.

In the dark, white, yellow and orange are the most conspicuous colors, and the latter two are particularly expensive.

Although white is somewhat unlucky, Lu Yunyi still uses it.
At one point, the quartermasters of Dali Prefecture and Yunlong Prefecture were both shocked.

Watching the flags waving, the generals thought of this interesting thing.

The corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up into a smile, and the originally extremely solemn atmosphere eased a little.

As time passed, everyone became nervous again.
His face was filled with uncontrollable desire and excitement.

When the time came, Lu Yunyi drew out the spear from behind him.
With a slight shake in his hand, a silver-white light left an afterimage in the darkness.

He opened his lips slightly and uttered two words softly:

"Advance troops!"

(End of this chapter)