Chapter 1057 The final battle - if you want to make a plan
Then when the rainy night comes, all the fierce dogs are sent out to harass, so that the sentries of the Ming army cannot deal with the fierce dogs many times more than those in the previous few days, and they are quickly eliminated. However, at the same time, the Ming army in the camp will think that today
As usual, the defense level will not be raised in the evening. Then the elite main force will be gathered, with Salha as the vanguard. After the sentries are basically eliminated, troops will be launched to attack, defeating the Ming military guard in one fell swoop and breaking into the Chinese army camp.
This plan is very simple, but also very practical. Of course, there is an element of luck that goes so smoothly. Timur randomly picked a guard station as a breakthrough point. This guard station happened to be the Xifan guard station that had taken refuge in the Ming Dynasty. Facing
Salha was defeated instantly when he led his troops to attack, and immediately began to flee. Only then could Salha complete the task assigned by Timur so quickly.
"Haha," Timur smiled, but then he said with a straight face: "Breaking into the Ming army's Chinese army camp is only the first stage of this battle. Whether it can defeat the Ming army in one fell swoop will depend on
Let’s see how it goes after that.”
"Jesbu, I'm still a little worried. Go and take a look for yourself. If anyone doesn't follow my plan, correct it immediately."
"Yes, Great Khan." Yesbu agreed and walked into the central camp of the Ming army.
"Great Khan, isn't the second stage of this battle to attack the place where the Khitan emperor is, to capture or kill him?" the big mullah asked with some confusion. He did not directly participate in this battle. A few days ago,
I was too busy making ordnance to care about it, so I didn't know part of the battle plan.
"Haha." Timur smiled again, but did not answer any more.
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"General Xu, General Song, according to the information we have received, the Xilu invaded the Chinese army camp from the east. We still don't know whether the several guard posts to the east of the Banner Guard have been completely wiped out or are fighting with the Xilu
, but the Xilu's vanguard army had already reached the vicinity of the Banner Guard camp. According to the report from Commander Banner Guard Sang, the Xilu wanted to bypass the Banner Guard camp, but found that there was no such way, and immediately launched an attack on the Banner Guard.
, has been repulsed!" A soldier bowed and said to Xu Huizu and Song Sheng.
"Please step back." Xu Huizu ordered softly. The man bowed again and bowed to step back.
"It seems that tonight the Xilu are going to attack the Chinese army and attack His Majesty's location! Thank God, His Majesty went to Zhang Fu's right army camp today." Song Sheng said, half scared and half thankful.
"Yes, although Xilu's move is simple, if it is really successful, we will definitely die. Fortunately, your majesty has gone to the right army camp, so there is no need to worry." Xu Huizu also said somewhat happily.
As early as when Yunxi decided to come to the Western Regions and Feige sent a letter to tell them, he had already concluded that Yunxi's coming would boost the morale of the army, but at the same time it would also become one of the weaknesses of the army.
In the entire Western Expedition army, everyone can be sacrificed at critical moments: if Song Sheng dies, Yang Feng can take over the command, and if Xu Huizu dies, Shang Bing, Ji Xi or Song Sheng can take over the command, although it will affect the command efficiency of the army for a while.
, but it will not lead to defeat, let alone the collapse of the entire army; but there is only one person who must not be sacrificed, that is the Ming Emperor Zhu Yunxi.
Even if the whole army is wiped out in the war with the Xilu, as long as Yunxi can return alive, it will not be considered a complete failure; but if something happens to the emperor, even if the Xilu are completely wiped out, this battle will be a failure for all the generals who participated in the battle.
Lost.
Therefore, when Yunxi is in danger, even if the probability of something really happening is only one in a thousand or even one in ten thousand, no one dares to take it lightly and can only do their best to rescue His Majesty the Emperor.
Historically, this move was used repeatedly by the Manchu and Qing Dynasties in the late Ming Dynasty. During the Chongzhen period, Huang Taiji entered the customs several times from Xuanfu and other places in the northwest of Beijing. Each time after entering the customs, as long as they forced into Beijing, the Ming troops from various places would
He would risk his life to rescue, even though the Manchu and Qing troops actually did not have the ability to capture Beijing at that time. Huang Taiji could then lead the Manchu and Qing cavalry to attack other unprepared places.
This view later developed and it became that if you did not actively rescue, you would be suspected of having problems. The reason why Yuan Chonghuan was considered to have colluded with Huang Taiji, so that later everyone in the city was said to be "killable", was also related to his inactivity in rescuing Beijing.
Certain relationship.
Therefore, Xu Huizu did not agree with Yunxi's coming from the beginning. But after he thought about it, he also thought of Yunxi's worries: after leading the army to defeat the Western captives in this battle, his achievements were as great as those of the founding heroes, and those who had outstanding achievements shocked the lord.
Suspicion. This is not a good thing for him.
After Yunxi arrived, people would habitually think that His Majesty the Emperor personally commanded it. His contribution would be much smaller, but he would not have to worry about his great achievements shocking the master, which was better for him. Therefore, he did not say anything.
be opposed to.
Xu Huizu and Song Sheng rejoiced for a while and began to think about how to deal with it in the future.
"Since Timur wants to harass His Majesty, he must send an elite main force. If we can wipe them all out, it can be said that the overall situation of this battle has been decided."
"Wei Guogong, the flag-bearer guard and other superior guards should be ordered to attack to contain the Western captives. Then he ordered all the guards who were rushing to rescue them to detour to the east, and then ordered the left, front and rear army camps to send troops to assist and help break up the troops entering the camp.
The Xilu soldiers retreated and gathered them in the camp to annihilate them." Song Sheng said.
Xu Huizu was looking at the map and thinking about Song Sheng's suggestion. He felt that there was nothing wrong with it. He was about to nod in agreement when suddenly an idea flashed through his mind. But when he wanted to grasp this idea, he couldn't remember it.
‘Could it be that there are some omissions in Song Sheng’s suggestion?’ He thought to himself.
Xu Huizu then chatted with Song Sheng for a few more words. He didn't notice any omissions, but he always felt something was wrong.
But there was a war going on at this time, and with every extra minute of delay, Xilu realized that something was more likely to go wrong. He didn't have much time to think carefully, so he thought about it again and couldn't figure out the problem, so he asked the soldiers to come in and pass the order everywhere.
After issuing these orders, Song Sheng said with a smile: "Once the main force of the Xilu is annihilated, this battle will be won. Maybe the remaining Xilu army will collapse, and our army can chase them to the north without any effort.
Annihilate all the troops of the Western Lu, and even follow the defeated troops of the Western Lu all the way to their country."
"That's not necessarily true. But if Timur can be captured or killed, the Western captives will definitely collapse." Xu Huizu also said with a smile.
"Then try to capture Timur alive."
"If you want to capture him alive, you have to lead a night attack in person. Timur is already over seventy this year, and he may not be able to withstand the heavy rain tonight; not to mention that he is the commander-in-chief of the Xilu
, the whole army is tied together, and it will definitely not stand under a dangerous wall, and the protection will be very tight. Unless the Xilu army is defeated, it will be very difficult to capture and kill him." Xu Huizu said again.
But after he said this, something suddenly moved in his heart: 'Timur's guard is very tight, and His Majesty's guard is equally tight. It is impossible for Timur to not know it. Is he really so confident that he can defeat His Majesty's guard?'
