Chapter 250: The Great War is Coming
The reconnaissance between the scout cavalry was very fierce.︾︾︾ said,...o The Ming army was really advancing towards Tieling, it seemed to be majestic. If Jiannu came out without warning at this time, the Ming army would definitely be in chaos. As for whether they can gain a foothold, it is a later story.&1t;/p>
What Sun Chengzong and others should try to avoid is such a situation, so the scouts are to find out where the main force of Jiannu is located, so that the Ming army has enough time to respond to the attack of Jiannu. In addition, before sending troops, they made strict plans on the route of advance.&1t;/p>
"The main force of Jiannu will usually hide to the east of the official road to Tieling, which is a hilly area. If Jiannu wants to counterattack when we march into Tieling, he must hide the main force in the east hilly area so that we can launch a surprise attack on our army. So we don't follow this official road. We walk from the west, and it is a smooth road. Although there is no official road, there is enough time to warn." Sun Chuanting drew an advance route on the map. This route is about marching from the west, about 30 miles from the hilly area east of Chenyang to Tieling's official road.&1t;/p>
"Just take this route." Sun Chengzong agreed to this route of army advance. He and Sun Chuanting knew very well that as long as you don't make mistakes at this time, Jiannu would not find any opportunity.&1t;/p>
What is urgent now is not the officers and soldiers of each town, but the wild boar skin.&1t;/p>
After all, the strategic initiative is now in the hands of the Ming army. Once the Ming army advances to Tieling, the living space of Jiannu will be compressed to areas that have not been opened by the Han people. At that time, with the productivity of Jiannu, the wild boar skin will not be able to maintain its current size of troops.&1t;/p>
It is precisely because of this that the one who is anxious is the wild boar skin.&1t;/p>
The wild boar skin has to be beaten, and even if it doesn’t fight, it has to be beaten. It has been run to the corner by the Ming army. If it fights, it may also restore the decline. If it doesn’t fight, it will face serious internal conflicts. So if the wild boar skin is smart enough, it will definitely make every effort.&1t;/p>
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The vast army of the Ming army marched on the broad field with wide views and had no access to the pipeline. At the same time, the Ming army scouts also placed the main reconnaissance direction on the edge of the hills on the east side. In other directions, the scouts were also released for twenty miles.&1t;/p>
The Ming army scouts were basically equipped with telescopes, which were 20 miles away in other directions, and could detect a long distance. Once the wild boar skin raided the Ming army from other directions, the Ming army had enough time to arrange troops.&1t;/p>
On the east side, there is a buffer distance of 30 miles. In addition, the Ming army scouts investigated on the edge of the hills, the possibility of the main force of wild boar skin successfully raided.&1t;/p>
After the scout was released, as expected, he had a lot of encounters with the Jiannu scout on the edge of the hilly on the east side. Although he did not detect the specific location of the Jiannu main force, he could basically judge that the Jiannu main force was hiding in the hilly area on the east side, like a poisonous snake, ready to launch a lightning raid on the Ming army at any time.&1t;/p>
The main force of about 100,000 troops led by the Wild Boar Skin is indeed hidden in the hilly area on the east side. This is all the troops that Wild Boar Skin can mobilize.&1t;/p>
Although he gave up the Liaohe Plain, the wild boar skin still gained another advantage. That is, the number of troops that can be gathered has increased. If he had not voluntarily given up the territory of the Liaohe Plain, the wild boar skin had to be guarded against too many directions. He could not shrink his troops at all, nor could he gather these 100,000 troops.&1t;/p>
As long as he can defeat the attack of the Ming army this time, his Great Jin Kingdom will be able to achieve a large counterattack, sweep the Liaohe Plain again, and even attack the Ming army's Liaohe defense line and the Prince River defense line, putting the Great Jin Kingdom in a strategic initiative again.&1t;/p>
Thinking of this, the wild boar skin is very excited.&1t;/p>
Facing these Ming troops advancing towards Tieling, he seemed to have returned to the Battle of Sarhu. The Jiannu soldiers and generals who followed the wild boar skin were all full of admiration and blind worship for the thoughtful wild boar skin.&1t;/p>
"The Khan started his seven pairs of armor, and Sarhu defeated the Ming army with an army of 20,000 with more than 100,000. This time, the Ming Dynasty's troops were only 200,000, while we had 100,000 troops. Can't we see who lost and who won?"&1t;/p>
"Just follow this big sweat, you can win."&1t;/p>
Some people are constantly instilling such ideas in Jiannu soldiers, making the morale of Jiannu soldiers extremely high before the war comes.&1t;/p>
Everyone is waiting for the order from the boar skin.&1t;/p>
The wild boar skin was waiting, he had been waiting for more than an hour. Finally, the Jiannu scout who broke through the blockade of the Ming army scouts and ran back in blood.&1t;/p>
"King the Khan, the Ming army did not march along the official road, but stepped out a road from nearly thirty miles west of the official road. The marching of these Ming army was very dense, with a distance of about ten miles from front to back." The scout quickly reported.&1t;/p>
After hearing the scout report, the wild boar skin became tense immediately.&1t;/p>
This was obviously a report that made him feel very regretful and disappointed. The Ming army did not marching near the hills stupidly.&1t;/p>
Wild Boar Skin decided to fight back, hoping that the Ming army commander would make some brainless decisions and let him seize the opportunity. But such hope was obviously ruthless and the Ming army commander did not make a low-level mistake for him to grasp.&1t;/p>
Of course, if you fail, you will have another plan.&1t;/p>
"The blue flag is inlaid with the order." The wild boar's skin was sunk into the water and shouted loudly.&1t;/p>
"Ah." Amin immediately stepped out of the line, half kneeling on the ground to wait for the order. The wild boar skin ordered loudly: "The blue flag immediately attacked the Ming army's rear army. If you are defeated but not win, you will try to mobilize the Ming army, just like holding the nose of a livestock."&1t;/p>
"Yes." Amin received the order and immediately turned around and went to fight.&1t;/p>
The cavalry of the Inlaid Blue Flag was soon dispatched, and the iron hooves trampled on the ground, making a rumbling sound. At this time, the Inlaid Blue Flag had replenished its troops, and Niulu increased to 35, with more than 10,000 troops.&1t;/p>
Seeing that the wild boar skin was in ambushes, he simply took the initiative to attack, hoping to attract the Ming army to pursue by deceiving defeat, and thus mobilize the Ming army.&1t;/p>
Once the Ming army runs everywhere to chase the Lan Lan Banner, it will inevitably reveal flaws. At that time, just find one of the points as a breakthrough point and you can defeat the Ming army.&1t;/p>
Such a deception and luring the enemy, the wild boar skin made it very smooth. When conquering Chenyang, it was the way to lure the enemy to attract the Ming army in the city, which provided a foundation for the later conquering Chenyang.&1t;/p>
As soon as the blue flag inlaid was moved, the wild boar skin ordered the additional scouts to cover the main force to advance westward, so as not to let the Ming army notice. If the wild boar skin wants to be beaten, it naturally has to get closer to the Ming army. Otherwise, even if the Ming army is mobilized, it will be difficult to seize any opportunity.&1t;/p>
The only good news is that the Ming army scouts cannot form a crushing advantage in combat effectiveness. As long as the wild boar skin is sent, the Ming army scouts can still be blocked from a certain distance.&1t;/p>
Scout operations are obviously different from large-scale cavalry combat. The Ming cavalry's set of cavalry is of no use for scout operations. The battle between scouts is more important in martial arts, riding skills, and equipment.&1t;/p>
The Ming army scouts were indeed the elite in the army. They were slightly inferior to Jiannu in terms of cavalry, but there was not much difference. The Ming army also had cavalry with good cavalry. The Ming army scouts had certain advantages in equipment over Jiannu scouts, and they also had the advantage in martial arts, because the Ming army scouts were basically of high-quality martial arts.&1t;/p>
However, one of the weaknesses of the Ming army scouts is that they are long-range attacks. The Ming army scouts' cavalry and shooting abilities are uneven, and some scouts have good volleys, and most of them are bad. Because the Ming army cavalry used to use the three-eyed gun, and the range was relatively close.&1t;/p>
During the attacks between the scouts of both sides, the Ming army scouts generally had the advantage. Although Jiannu could ride and shoot, the bows and arrows that were riding and shooting at the same time were relatively poor. In addition, the bows and arrows used by Jiannu were not good, and the range was a bit slack. In addition, the Ming army scouts were equipped with steel armor, Jiannu's riding and shooting did not pose too much threat to Ming army scouts.&1t;/p>
The Ming army's advantage was even more obvious when attacking at close range. Only by attacking under the horse's back could the Ming army scouts have a crushing advantage. However, the Ming army dismounted in the field of the horse was much less mobility and the threat to the Jiannu scouts was not too great.&1t;/p>
The encounters between the scouts of both sides exploded very frequently. The Ming army scouts relied on their advantages in equipment and martial arts, with their cavalry and long-range advantages in Jiannu scouts. Both sides were trying to stop the other party from detecting the movements of their main players and trying to detect the movements of the other party's main players.&1t;/p>
The blue flag rushed out of the hilly areas and entered the wide field. Then, under the guidance of the scouts, launched an attack on the rear army of the Ming army.&1t;/p>
Not long after, the Ming army scouts showed traces of the Inlaid Blue Flag. At this time, the rear troops of the Ming army were still twenty-three miles away from the Inlaid Blue Flag.&1t;/p>
When the Ming army scout returned the information, the Inlaid Blue Flag was fifteen miles away from the rear troops of the Ming army.&1t;/p>
The rear troops of the Ming army immediately stopped marching and set up formations on the open field, and were solemnly waiting for the invasive blue flag. (To be continued...)&1t;/>&1t;/p>
Chapter completed!