Chapter 832 The reunion of the monarch and his ministers
The rainstorms in the grassland are always rapid. After the heavy rain washes away, the sky is clear and the air is clear, and I feel relaxed and happy.
The three vassal kings Zhu Di, Zhu Fang, and Zhu Fan escaped from death and looked at each other. They were not happy at all. Even if they captured Wang Baobao, they were still very angry!
Lan, you came too late!
"I want to impeach Lan Yu." Zhu Fan snorted angrily.
Zhu Di rolled his eyelids and said helplessly: "He is the eldest brother's uncle-in-law. Aren't you afraid of my eldest sister-in-law's anger?"
"Get angry when you're angry! He came too slowly!" Zhu Fan said rudely.
Zhu Feng also said: "Yes, if he is a little later, we will all become dead ghosts. Father will make the decision for us! Fourth child, will you submit a letter with us?"
Zhu Di held his head and said helplessly: "Second brother, third brother, I, I just can't figure it out now... We have obviously been preparing for so long, and we have discussed it over and over again, and prepared so well, why did it end up like this in the end?
Son, being besieged, lacking drinking water, almost dying of thirst... What on earth is going on?"
Zhu Xi and Zhu Fan also looked at each other, what's going on?
Or are we too good at it?
Or maybe Wang Baobao is too strong?
Why did the fight end like this, without any joy of victory... When the three brothers were feeling miserable, someone suddenly laughed and said: "Not bad, you also know how to reflect, do you want me to discuss it with you guys?"
The voice was that of Lan Yu. Zhu Xi and Zhu Fan's faces darkened instantly, and Zhu Di could only smile dryly.
Lan Yu didn't take it seriously and sat down, "I have been a teacher in martial arts, let me say it first... The goal this time is to eliminate Wang Baobao's forces in one fell swoop and completely wipe out Beiyuan... This is what your Majesty and the Grand Master are doing together.
It has been decided that they have arranged a three-pronged attack, divided into encirclements. Feng Guosheng will cut off the retreat of the Yuan army. I will directly send troops to join Lin and destroy the lair. The three of you are responsible for luring the enemy, right?"
Zhu Di nodded, "Yes, that's true."
Lan Yu continued: "In other words, for this battle, there is no problem from the Grand Master formulating the strategy, to His Majesty's decree, to the arrangement of the three parties and the decision to send troops, right?"
Zhu Fan suddenly said: "General Lan, why did you come so late? Are you right?"
Lan Yu waved her hand, "Prince Jin, please don't get angry in a hurry. Let me ask you, why didn't you prepare enough water sources and why did you set up a stronghold in this desperate area? Yuan Ting has clearly given up, why are you still coming?"
Continuous questioning made Zhu Fan speechless for a moment.
Zhu Qing said: "When we set out, livestock suddenly became infected with the plague. A large number of cattle and horses died, and even camels lost a lot. We couldn't carry too much water. Moreover, there was a problem with our scouts.
He discovered the well, but who knew that the well here didn’t have much water, and it only lasted two days, and it was all gone!”
Lan Yu said again: "Very good, the water incident is over, then let me ask you again, why did you lose consecutive battles against Wang Baobao? I remember that the army selected veteran generals for you, why did they not work?"
When mentioning this, Zhu Fan was first anxious, "What kind of veteran general in the army? That Zhang Cundao is simply a bad thing! Let him act as a forward. Instead of reaching Helin, he led us to the Tula River. His forward was attacked by the Yuan army.
It was me who saved him from the sneak attack!"
Zhu Di followed: "Indeed, I also supervised the troops to rescue the third brother, but because of this, we separated from the second brother, Wang Baobao punched us, we were confused, luring the enemy turned into retreat, and we lost a lot of baggage.
Including food, grass, and firearms! If it weren’t for the experience of my second brother and my third brother, we wouldn’t have been able to stabilize the camp, and we would have been defeated by the Yuan army.”
Lan Yu nodded again, "Very good. Now that you've finished talking about the mistakes you made, let's talk about me!"
Zhu Di was stunned, "Are you also at fault?"
Lan Yu couldn't help but exclaimed: "I'm not a god? How could I be right! Let's put it this way, I sent Ye Bushou to clear the way, and when I passed the Yuan army's camp in Heilin, I encountered a large group of Yuan army!"
"What?" Zhu Di was shocked, "Then, you fought them?"
"No!" Lan Yu said: "According to my judgment, they are the soldiers and horses of the kings of the East Road of the Yuan Dynasty. According to common sense, they should herd their horses near Beihai, but they went south in large numbers, which is very puzzling."
"Why is that?" Zhu Di asked.
Lan Yu said: "I don't know. There are two possibilities. One is that the climate in the north is cold and they have to go south in advance. The other possibility is that Wang Baobao asked them to go south to help in the war!"
A well-arranged battle suddenly turned up with tens of thousands of people, and unexpected changes occurred. Zhu Ping and Zhu Fan both looked at Lan Yu, "How did you make the decision?"
"I bet Wang Baobao couldn't command them. In order to avoid conflicts, I took the initiative to go around, which wasted about two and a half days." After Lan Yu finished speaking, he looked at the three people, "What do you think, how big do you think I am?
crime?"
Several people gathered together to review the entire battle process, and gradually stopped talking.
What is the key to determining the success or failure of a large-scale battle?
Sapphire has been analyzed.
Zhang Ximeng and Zhu Yuanzhang, as decision-makers, have very clear strategies.
Subsequently, Zhongshu Province, Peiping, and Shanxi and other places were also fully prepared, with adequate supplies of food, grass, and weapons, and they had no problems.
Then several leading generals, also according to the predetermined plan, dispatched their troops and surrounded them in three ways, each playing their own role.
So far, it can be said that we have tried our best.
But then things started to get weird... There was an outbreak of plague on the Three Kings side. Before the war, a large number of livestock, mules and horses were infected with the disease, which greatly reduced the transportation capacity.
They could only bring as much food as possible and replenish drinking water on the road... Then the soldiers who scouted the water source also made mistakes and misjudged the supply capacity of the wells.
As for Lan Yu, he also encountered trouble and had to take a detour, which wasted time.
Just imagine, if Lan Yu did not take a detour and attacked the eastern kings, he might defeat these people, but would the defeated army notify Wang Baobao in advance, causing the entire plan to fail?
It's hard to say, at least Lan Yu doesn't dare to gamble.
So, after all, what is the problem?
No one is right, or everyone is wrong?
"Actually, the reason is very simple. The battlefield is too big!"
"The battlefield is too big?" Zhu Di asked curiously?
Lan Yu nodded, "Yes, there are three armies, nearly two hundred thousand people, thousands of miles of battlefield, and they are sent out separately. After we set off, it was difficult to contact each other, and we didn't know what situation each other encountered. It was imagined before the war.
Cooperation is impossible to achieve at all. In fact, if we were not lucky this time, we would have fought on our own, being defeated along the way, defeated on three sides, and there would be no possibility of victory!"
The three kings were shocked, what?
After being beaten into such a horrible state, is it considered a good performance?
People named Lan don't talk nonsense, do they?
They couldn't help but think about it again and again to see what was going on!
In fact, this Northern Expedition is very close to the three-pronged Northern Expedition in the Hongwu Five Years in history. At that time, Xu Da led the central army, Li Wenzhong commanded the east route army, and the west route was handed over to Feng Guosheng. Each route had 50,000 soldiers and horses, divided into separate attacks, and the target was
It’s also He Lin.
In history, three armies and generals gathered together, Tang He and Lan Yu, all went out with the army.
The lineup is luxurious and even better than this time.
Xu Da first defeated Wang Baobao one after another, and the army advanced smoothly, but as a result, the army was forced to go deep alone.
They were also short of food and water, and were in a very difficult situation. Then they were defeated by Wang Baobao and He Zongzhe in a battle. Wang Baobao then moved his troops eastward. Seeing that the situation was not good, Li Wenzhong had no choice but to create a suspicious formation and lead his troops to retreat. Although the losses were not big,
But nothing was gained.
In contrast, the soldiers and horses of the West Route, which had the most fruitful results, captured many prisoners, but they also made a suffocating operation, which was to abandon the land west of Jiayuguan, which is the famous Feng Sheng abandoned land.
Looking back at the Northern Expedition, on the Ming army side, Xu Da, Lan Yu, Tang He, Feng Sheng, Fu Youde, Li Wenzhong... all of them are famous generals, and they can be called shining stars.
Then three armies were launched, and Xu Da, the strongest, suffered a disastrous defeat. It can be said to be the biggest military failure in his life.
Li Wenzhong barely managed to survive, which greatly damaged the majesty of the famous general.
As for Feng Sheng, he was a side force. Although he won, his abandonment of the land had a very bad impact... Their results were not even as good as the Northern Expedition.
Looking at it this way, although the three kings were embarrassed, they held on and were not defeated. Zhu Di even captured Wang Baobao.
As for Lan Yu, although it was a little late, he finally killed He Lin, cut off Wang Baobao's escape route, and successfully eliminated all the forces in Beiyuan in one battle.
In any case, it is not a failure!
Again, what is the problem?
Who was wrong?
"The fault is that the Ming Dynasty in front of us does not have the capital to mobilize thousands of miles!" Lan Yu concluded.
Zhu Di immediately said: "If we don't arrange it like this, Wang Baobao will run away!"
Lan Yu also said: "So this is our good luck! It's God blessing the Ming Dynasty!"
Lan Yu said unceremoniously: "I will give a detailed summary of this battle and submit it to Grand Master Zhang. I strongly suggest that future battles should be focused on elite troops rushing in with less than 30,000 troops. If a single team wins, the results will be expanded.
If you lose, recharge your batteries. Hundreds of thousands of people attack in multiple directions. It looks magnificent and all aspects are taken care of. In fact, it is too big and too small. It often ruins the overall situation because of a little negligence! With the current ability of the Ming Dynasty, it cannot be defeated.
This kind of battle!"
Lan Yu's summary was the final word. The three kings thought about it again and again, and nodded vigorously to express their agreement with Lan Yu's point of view.
Lan Yu looked at them and found that the three kings were dejected and their spirits were waning. He suddenly couldn't help but laugh.
"Keep your heads up! Cheer up! We didn't lose! We won! And it was a big win! Wang Baobao was caught by us, and Beiyuan is completely finished!"
Lan Yu suddenly yelled, reminding the three young people.
Indeed, no matter what, we won.
Moreover, the entire Lingbei Province belongs to the Ming Dynasty. All the way to Beihai, the huge territory and endless pastures belong to the Ming Dynasty!
We won, and we won heartily!
Report victory to His Majesty quickly!
Zhu Di also reminded: "Remember, you must take good care of Wang Baobao and send him to reunite with Tiguo so that they, the king and his ministers, can renew their relationship!"
(End of chapter)
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