Chapter 353: Feint to the East and Attack the West, Dali Settles the Border

Chapter 353: Feint to the East and Attack the West, Dali Settles the Border

Chapter 353: Feint to the East and Attack the West, Dali Settles the Border

The sun rises as usual, and the air is fresher than usual in the morning.
At this moment, there was more gun smoke in the Luchuan camp.
A thin layer of green smoke covered the sky above most of the camp.
This is not the smoke from cooking fires.
Rather, it was the impact caused by the soldiers of the front army's scout unit who set fire and attacked many times in the camp that stretched for twenty miles.

After learning that the military camp in front of them was the coalition forces, it was not so important to find out where the soldiers came from.
Thanks to the inspiration from the Burmese Ministry, it becomes particularly important to explore the distribution of camps in various countries.

The southern countries are not monolithic.
Now they have become friends because they have a common enemy and are temporarily brought together.

Conflicts between countries are not resolved but hidden.

If we can take advantage of these contradictions, or take advantage of the extremely low military literacy of the soldiers, perhaps unexpected results can be achieved.

After Lu Yunyi's many attempts last night,

At this moment, he had already determined the locations of the camps of various countries.
And preliminarily explored the combat effectiveness and military qualities of soldiers from various countries.

Without a doubt, the most elite troops were the Luchuan troops.

Located in the northern part of the camp, facing the river,
The next are the Annan and Siamese soldiers, whose fighting power may not be as good as that of the Ming elite.
But compared to Laos, Myanmar and Chenla, it is much stronger.

At least when riots occur, people still retain the most basic common sense and do not rush in and add insult to injury.

As for the soldiers from Laos and Zhenla, they were few in number.
But in the Luchuan camp, they were like locusts, unable to distinguish between friend and foe.

Lu Yunyi secretly regretted this when he was doing his post-war summary.
If they had known of this situation earlier, the Burmese soldiers should have been kept and allowed to cause destruction in the army.

The Luchuan camp in front of us is like a big pot of eight-treasure porridge, with everything in it, including rat droppings.

While thinking, the soldiers led by Lu Yunyi returned to the garrison from the north.

This move was to make the Luchuan military camp believe that they were hiding in the north, in Dali.

The news of the return of the attacking soldiers quickly spread in the camp.

Many soldiers walked out of the military tent and looked at their rather "embarrassed" colleagues with envy.

Especially when I saw that their faces were dark, but the excitement in their eyes could not be hidden no matter what,

Everyone knows that this battle was a great victory.

But when they saw the few people tied up at the back, their expressions became serious and their lips were tightly pursed.

Needless to say, these are people who violated military law.

As for what they violated, they would not ask or inquire, they would just assume that they died in the battle.

The person in charge of military law in the Front Army Scouting Division is the Military Disciplinary Officer, not the Military Disciplinary Officer Lu Tianyu.

Instead, he is another young man who is low-key, rarely shows up in public, and doesn't like to talk.

His name was Zou Jing and he was from Qingzhou.

He was a little thin, and the armor on his body looked empty. His face was extremely pale and he had no expression except calmness.

He walked over slowly with his subordinates and completed the handover in a calm and uneventful manner.

He took his people away without causing any commotion.

But whenever the group of ten of them walked by, the scene would become quiet.

The soldiers would also pretend to lower their heads and pretend not to look at them.

But when they pass by, they immediately raise their heads.
Staring at those figures gradually disappearing from sight.

Lu Yunyi hurried towards the central army tent, taking off his head armor.
He kept giving orders all the way, speaking very fast.
"Order all soldiers to wash, eat and rest quickly, and all combat officers to submit combat reports quickly.
The clerk makes a summary, finds out the shortcomings, and proposes ways to improve. "

"Once completed, it will be handed over to Black Hawk for review, and then to the remaining officers for review in turn."

"In addition, gather another 2,000 troops with the same configuration and be on standby at any time."

"We drew the map of the camp last night. Tell Wang Shen to draw it quickly. We need it in the afternoon. A rough one is fine."

"The muskets we brought yesterday must be maintained first. The military camp is next to the river and there is a lot of moisture. I don't want to see any explosions."

"Tell Xu Zengshou that we should start experimenting with the bamboo tube filling method that we prepared a few days ago.
First, distribute gunpowder to 100 men, and send them out with the army to test the effect."

"As for Lu Tianyu, tell him to promote military discipline from now on.
From this moment on, I do not want to see anyone who acts on his own initiative, disobeys military orders, or even hopes for the best."

"Finally, the military achievements of each unit should be quickly counted, summarized, and publicized in the army."

Lu Yunyi stood at the entrance of the military tent and thought about it.

Finding that there was nothing urgently needed to be replenished, he lifted the curtain and prepared to enter.

But he suddenly stopped, turned around to look at Feng Yunfang, and continued:

"One more thing. Order Sun Sian to make a forecast of the combat power of the Siamese and Annan armies based on yesterday's military report."

"Send out all the exploration teams under Qin Yuanfang.
Not only must we meet the enemy around us, but we must also cross the river and go deep into Chuxiong, and we must make arrangements at several important transportation routes."

Just as Lu Yunyi was about to go in, he turned back:

"Send someone to the southernmost part of the Luchuan camp to observe the replacement of the Burmese army camp and the frequency of food and grass transportation."

This time, Lu Yunyi finally entered the military tent.

Feng Yunfang did not move, still waiting there with a pen and paper.

Less than three breaths later, Lu Yunyi poked his head out and waved towards Feng Yunfang.
When he got closer, Lu Yunyi whispered:
"Go ask Zou Jing whether the soldiers who violated military discipline yesterday can be treated as having died in battle normally."

Feng Yunfang's expression suddenly became strange, and his voice became more volatile:
"Okay."

This time, Lu Yunyi's figure completely disappeared in the military tent.

The many generals waiting in the military tent finally breathed a sigh of relief when they saw him come in.

Before anyone could say anything, Lu Yunyi waved his hand and said quickly:
"In wartime, we don't need to use such polite words. Have you made a battle plan?"

"it is done."

Clerk Yao Tongchen quickly squeezed through the crowd and handed over a document.

Lu Yunyi nodded slightly and turned to look at Wu Fuliu:

"Tell them about last night's battle."

"Yes!"

Wu Fuliu, who was standing nearby, hurried forward and began to fiddle with the huge sand table.

The garrisons of soldiers from various countries were managed on it.

Lu Yunyi walked to the table, picked up the teacup beside it, and drank from it while holding up the document and looking at it with one eye.

The voices of Wu Fuliu, Xu Zengshou and Guo Quan echoed alternately in the military camp.
The atmosphere seemed a little heavy, although the current situation seemed very good and the two attacks were victorious.

But no matter what, the front army scouts were too few.

Anyone would get tired, not to mention that there are as many as 130,000 people in the enemy camp!

Even if there are 130,000 pigs, it will take a long time to kill them one by one.

What’s more, the Luchuan camp has a good geographical location and a large number of people.

Two quarters of an hour later, the voices in the military tent were no longer just the voices of the generals going out to battle.
Everyone started talking at once, making it particularly noisy.

At this moment, Lu Yunyi also put aside the battle plan and began to write furiously to make supplements.

The most important point is to be more cautious in fighting against the enemy.
Although the enemy is a coalition army, they have a large number of people, and the front scouts can win countless times.

But if you lose once, there is no recovery.
On the contrary, the enemy can lose countless times.

The current battle plan is superficial and lacks attention and a lot of key information.

Once it is completed, it can be used in combat.

As the tip of the brush fell, Lu Yunyi began to bite the brush in his hand.

At this moment, he felt that the responsibilities of the front army scout department had not been fully divided.

The powers of the Operations Department and the General Staff Department overlapped.
On the one hand, this will cause many generals to run around in a hurry, and on the other hand, it will lead to many biased choices.
It was because the generals were unable to suppress the soldiers' desire to make achievements.
Therefore, the decisions made are often like people walking on the edge of a knife or horses walking on a silk thread.

Lu Yunyi shook his head and quickly shook off the thoughts in his mind.

Changes in the military system do not happen overnight, let alone during wartime.

Taking a deep breath, Lu Yunyi handed the battle plan to Yao Tongchen and said:

"Quickly copy it down and send it out."

"Yes."

More than a dozen clerks suddenly began to write rapidly.

Lu Yunyi stood up and walked to the sand table. The quarrel continued, but everyone consciously lowered their voices.

Lu Yunyi looked at the sand table that had been rearranged and tidied, frowning slightly.
Slowly, the quarreling stopped, and all the generals looked over.
Noticing the gaze, Lu Yunyi spoke in a deep voice:
"Although the enemy is outnumbered, we still have a chance of victory.
We must take advantage of their inability to form a united force, defeat them one by one, weaken them, and cause their morale to collapse."

At this time, the clerk handed over a number of battle plans.

Lu Yunyi waved his hand.
"Sit down. Now we need to think about the battle and the battle plan for the afternoon.
This time the battle is in daytime, which will be more challenging.

But, everything that happens must be good for me,
Fighting during the day, if successful, can also weaken the enemy's morale to the greatest extent.

In the next few days, we will fight day and night.

Whether it is personnel deployment, food and fodder storage, or weapon repair and maintenance, they are all top priorities."

"Now, let's begin."

The atmosphere in the military tent suddenly froze, and the blood-stained armor still emitted a foul stench.

But no one cared about this.

In the Luchuan camp, a new round of quarrels went on as scheduled, and even started earlier than expected.

The roar of the Burmese army drum can be heard in the huge military tent.

I regret coming here, I regret fighting with these mobs, I regret being next to Lao Si.

After he regretted it, he started to curse.

He scolded the Laos for adding insult to injury and the Siamese for being unworthy of being reused, but the Ming people saw through his true intentions.

He scolded the Annamites for not managing their war horses, scolded the Zhenla people for competing with the Laotians for position, and finally he was afraid that the Luchuan Army was making slow progress.

In short, during the first half hour of the meeting, the sound of Zhao Dong's drum never stopped.
The people in the military tent initially raised some objections, but eventually fell silent.

The Laotian army had a total of 3,000 soldiers and 4,000 civilians.
Most of the soldiers died in the hands of the Ming army.
As for the civilians, most of them died at the hands of the Laotian officials and Zhenla soldiers who took advantage of their misfortunes.

The wealth in the military camp was also looted.

Despite the repeated persuasion of Zhenla Hanijun and Laos Simosuoyun, the treasure was not returned at all.

It seems like he doesn't want money, but rather his life.

Perhaps Zhao Dong was disheartened.

The military tent gradually became quieter until it became dead silent.

At this time, Dai Wang, who was sitting at the top, sighed softly and spoke in a deep voice:
"Generals, the soldiers have found out where those soldiers came from. They came from Dali in the north.

We only need to take extra precautions in the north and guard against sudden attacks by enemy cavalry to prevent tragedy from happening.

Even if we operate properly, we can ambush the Ming army and win a great victory."

"When the king left, he only told you and me to guard the east bank of the Du River.
If we inflict heavy losses on the Dali cavalry,

The king will certainly be very happy, and you will also have a share of the credit after the war."

"That's enough. Stop talking. How long are you going to keep talking like this?
We have so many soldiers. If we want to gain military merit, why don't we go directly north to capture Dali?
What kind of hero are you waiting here for? Are you a coward?" Zhao Dong drummed urgently.

The generals present had a look of helplessness in their eyes. They naturally thought that
This was a bad idea that the Burmese company had suffered heavy losses, and they wanted to make them suffer heavy losses as well.

But soon, the Siamese commander Aju Miao frowned slightly.
Suddenly I felt that this might be a good idea to attack instead of defend, and I couldn't help but look thoughtful.

The same thing happened to Annan's commander, Li Jiahao, who was not far away.

At present, in the 22nd year of Hongwu, in the south of the Ming Dynasty, except for Luchuan,

Only Annan and Siam were able to dominate and rule their own territories.
The two generals on this trip were also experienced warriors and thought this method was excellent.

Dai Wang, who was sitting at the top, saw their expressions and thought something was wrong.

His military duty is to keep everyone here.
Make it difficult for the Ming people, so that they can't attack the elite troops of Luchuan from the rear.

If we take the initiative to attack the city now, the Ming Kingdom will not need to worry about it and will just treat them all as enemies.

If they lose, the entire Luchuan Army’s rear will be completely lost.

Dai Wang's eyes flickered, and he spoke in a deep voice:
"Please rest assured, generals. The king has made rapid progress in Chuxiong.
What we have planned can be implemented immediately.

Please be patient and don't be anxious.

We should first think about how to kill all the attacking cavalry and thus weaken Dali.

This will be of great use both in the subsequent wars and in your future division of credit."

Without waiting for anyone to speak, Dai Wang continued:

"How about this, the subsequent defense of the north will be coordinated and managed by Luchuan.
Would you like to cooperate with the cavalry led by General Ajumiao and General Hanijun?
Cavalry is used.
If we keep them in the camp, it would be a waste of resources.

We must not give the Ming army the opportunity to defeat them one by one.
The Ming army is small, we are large, as long as we unite as one,
It would be easy to strangle the Ming army, so why bother arguing here?

Do we have to wait until we suffer heavy losses before we can unite?"

Dai Wang's voice was cold and his tone was very serious.
Although the generals present had their own ulterior motives, they also knew that what he said was absolutely right.

The Ming people's attack last night not only caused heavy losses to the Burmese army, but also scared them all.

The Ming army seems to be too strong.

We cannot allow this to continue.

Zhenla Hanijun nodded slightly:
"General Daiwang is right. The next battle will be led by General Daiwang himself. If you have any instructions, I, Hanijun, will never shirk them."

Zhenla is a small country, and these words,
Hanijun also found it particularly easy to say, but the target was changed from Ming people to Luchuan people.

Aju Miao also spoke reluctantly:
"General Daiwang, if you have any instructions, please tell us. We Siamese soldiers will also do our best."

Seeing that they all spoke, Annan Li Jiahao smiled and said:
"That's right. Facing a powerful enemy, we must unite and attack together!"

As he said this, he changed the subject and looked up at Dai Wang, who was sitting above him, and asked:
"May I ask General Daiwang when will the Silunfa ruler launch his offensive?

We have been trapped here for a long time and cannot even move around. "

Dai Wang at the head smiled:
"Please rest assured, General Li. The king and the elite troops of Luchuan are on their way quickly.
This time we must catch the Ming Dynasty off guard!"

Three days later, the vast Luchuan army shuttled through the land of Chuxiong.
When you see water, wade through it; when you see a forest, open the forest!
The huge elephant soldiers were divided into two parts.
The twenty elephant soldiers in the lead trampled the road flat, and when they came across a large tree that crossed the road, they gently pushed it up, breaking its roots.
Two thousand infantrymen followed behind, clearing the road.

Si Lunfa was at the front, in the elephant army. He stood there, looking into the distance.

Although there was an extremely dense jungle ahead, it seemed that there was no end and no edge in sight,
But he still had a gleaming gaze.

He knew that the destination was ahead!
Finally, an elephant moved the last dead tree that was blocking the forest.

Walking out of the jungle, the scene in front of you suddenly becomes clear!
The surrounding mountains are stacked up like a bowl lying flat on the ground, with slopes all around.

But below is a plain that looks narrow but is actually extremely wide!
Such plains are rare in Yunnan. On this plain,
There is a fortified city standing in the center, surrounded by flat farmland!

Si Lunfa looked at the city ahead and a smile appeared on his stern face.

Dali, Dingbian.

(End of this chapter)