Chapter 398: If you can’t beat me, then sneak attack
"Your Highness, reinforcements from the imperial court are here!"
"good!"
King Ning was overjoyed when he heard this and asked quickly: "Where is it?"
"Camp outside the city."
King Ning was even more happy and set up camp outside the city, indicating that there were many people coming.
The emperor is still very interesting, and he is really helpful when something happens!
"How many people came?"
"About...more than a hundred?"
"What?"
Prince Ning thought he heard wrongly and asked again: "How many people did you say came?"
"Over one hundred……"
"impossible!"
King Ning said angrily: "The imperial court is so aggressive that it mobilizes a hundred people? Are these one hundred people fighting in the front line?"
"Back to Your Highness, I asked the younger one, and the imperial court sent these people, and there are no more."
Now, it’s impossible to deal with Prince Ning.
He had thought that the imperial court could ignore his request for help. After all, Uzang had been granted to him. If the imperial court sent out troops to conquer again, who would be the one to capture it?
However, it doesn’t matter if you don’t send anyone. Now only a hundred people have come, so what’s going on?
Isn't it just to disgust people?
The more Prince Ning thought about it, the angrier he became. His eldest nephew was simply bullying others!
"Where is Master Yu now?"
"Back to Your Highness, you have already gone to the camp outside the city."
"Let's go and have a look too!"
"Your Highness, would you like to... bring something as a reward?"
Prince Ning wanted to say that he would take some with him, but he hesitated for a long time, and finally said: "Go and prepare some cattle, sheep, fruits and vegetables!"
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A camp has been set up in an open space outside the city.
The place was chosen by Bei Lin and Mei Chun because this team is very special. Strictly speaking, they are not soldiers charging into battle, but students from the Kongming Lantern Research Institute.
In the eyes of outsiders, this is not a combat force at all.
Only they themselves know that the next battle will completely subvert the world's understanding.
The place where you camp should not be too close to the front line, otherwise, if you are attacked by the enemy, the consequences will be disastrous.
King Ning's troops and horses were stored in Yazhou City, so Bei Lin and Mei Chun chose to go outside Chengdu City.
You can enter and exit here, and it's close to the railway line, so it's very convenient to buy supplies.
The order Yu Qian received was to fully cooperate with Beilin, but he was very confused about this.
Beilin is from the Academy of Sciences, responsible for the research and development of various weapons and new gadgets. These things are very powerful in war. However, let an equipment research and development team be the main force, and she has the troops and horses, but she is just cooperating?
This arrangement really doesn't make sense...
He didn't understand very much, so he went to Beilin, and after chatting, he talked about the battle situation in Uzang, especially the difficulties encountered during the battle.
The battle situation here is basically similar to what the emperor said. The main reason is that the Ming army considered the battle losses and believed that a strong attack was not cost-effective.
It's like a landowner with a rich family and a poor man living next door who sheds tears when the poor mouse comes.
The landowner said, the house you live in belongs to me. I lent it to your family to live in. Now I want to take it back.
Of course Qiongsu was unwilling, so the two sides clashed.
There are 10,000 ways for a wealthy landlord to keep himself poor, but he needs to consider the cost.
Today's Ming Dynasty is just that old landlord. As long as it invests enough soldiers, horses, money and food, it will be no problem to capture Uzang.
However, considering the price to be paid and what can be gained by capturing Uzang, it is really not worth it.
Wang Sangdu, the interpreter of Uzang, also saw the scruples of the Ming court and vividly interpreted the old saying that bare feet are not afraid of wearing shoes.
It is almost equivalent to standing on the top of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and shouting to the Ming army below -
Come and beat me, come and beat me!
Yu Qian was also very hesitant. Let’s fight. The price is too high, not big. I can’t swallow this breath...
However, when he heard about this tactic, he immediately looked shocked.
If a small sky lantern can work, then all problems will be solved!
King Ning arrived in a hurry. The two parties greeted each other and immediately got down to business.
Beilin then gave a general description of the emperor's decree and the tactics of the Academy of Sciences.
After hearing this, Prince Ning looked very surprised.
Such tactics were unheard of before and were simply unbelievable.
Can a small sky lantern determine the outcome of the battle?
You know, I have been fighting on the front line for almost a year, spending countless money and food, but I still can't get rid of this hard nut.
Guns and artillery are powerful, but... expensive!
One cannon shell cost fifty taels of silver, and one bullet cost almost two taels of silver. Every time the two sides fought, Prince Ning felt pain in his body.
That’s all free money!
What's even more annoying is that due to the special terrain of Wusuzang, even if you capture a position, it is extremely difficult to defend it.
Ammunition supplies were sent from Chengdu to the mountains, and the journey was very difficult.
The ammunition sent with great pains and pains from the rear was exhausted in an instant with just a small-scale battle at the front.
If they did not rely on firearms, although the Ming army had high combat literacy, they would still not have an advantage when fighting in the hypoxic environment of the plateau.
King Chanhua took full advantage of the terrain and engaged in guerrilla warfare with the Ming army.
If you hit me with artillery, I will run away.
When you set up camp, I will attack you secretly!
You have enough ammunition, I'm still running.
When you run out of ammunition, I'll come again!
This happened three times, until Prince Ning collapsed.
As a last resort, we had to temporarily withdraw our troops to Yazhou Prefecture and wait for the court's support before making any plans.
Support has arrived now, but...
I want troops, ammunition, and supplies, not the Kongming Lantern!
"How can this thing be controlled when it flies into the sky?"
Bei Lin replied: "Your Highness, as long as the weather is suitable and the wind speed, wind direction and other factors are mastered, it can be completed after calculation."
Prince Ning still doesn't believe it. He has spent countless money and food on his side, but he still has nothing to do. The total of your sky lanterns is not as good as the consumption of one of my artillery. What effect can they have?
"You mean, this thing can fly over the enemy and drop bombs?"
"exactly!"
Seeing the disgust on Prince Ning's face, Bei Lin could only explain: "Although the technology is not yet mature enough and the hit rate has not reached expectations, as long as the number is large enough, the lethality is still very impressive."
Prince Ning hesitated for a long time, looked at Yu Qian, and asked: "Yu Shangshu, what do you think?"
Yu Qian nodded and said, "I think it's feasible!"
"Is it really possible?"
"At least...it's worth a try."
Prince Ning felt even more unsure. The longer the war dragged on, the more detrimental it would be to him.
He really wanted to solve the problem quickly instead of wasting time here with the Academy of Sciences.
Just the daily food and drink for tens of thousands of people on the front line is astonishing enough.
However, they have an imperial edict in their hands...
Now there is no other way but to give it a try.
"Tell me, how should I cooperate?"
Beilin said: "Your Highness only needs to line up the front lines, assume an offensive posture, and then just wait."