"Quickly pass Gu's military order, release the exploration horses for twenty miles, and explore the left and right sides!" Zhu was silent for a moment, and then suddenly ordered.
"Yes, Your Highness." Pu Bing agreed and immediately went to deliver the order. But everyone else's faces showed shock. Sheng Yong said: "Your Highness suspects that the enemy has sent troops to surround our army?"
Zhu ignored them and just waited for Pu Bing's reply. Not long after, a Pu Bing came galloping from the right side of the army, rushed to Zhu's carriage and said: "Your Highness, we have discovered enemy troops on the right. I don't know how many men and horses there are."
Along with his report, shouts of killing also came from the right side of the army.
"Your Highness, the enemy troops have been spotted on the left side of the army. It is difficult to determine the number of troops." Another group of soldiers came from the left and reported to Zhu Zuo.
"What's going on?" A guard said with a pale face: "How come there are so many people suddenly fighting with our army?"
Zhu did not care why so many people came to beat him, and ordered: "Go quickly and tell Mu Ang the situation on the left and right, and let him plan whether to fight or retreat."
He also ordered: "Wang Lie, Zhang You, you immediately break out of the encirclement and report this matter to General Lan and report back to Guwahati." As he spoke, Zhu roughly wrote down the matter in the simplest language, without exaggerating or exaggerating.
There was no understatement, it was written completely according to the current situation. After writing, I gave it to the two guards.
"Yes, Your Highness." The two of them agreed and rode away separately.
"Your Highness, you sent someone to deliver a message to General Lan. Do you think the enemy wants to encircle and annihilate our army? And you think our army is no match for the enemy?" After the two guards ran away on horseback, someone reacted and asked,
And his face was paler than that of the person just now.
Zhu put away the paper and pen, leaned on the carriage to catch his breath, and was about to explain when he heard Sheng Yong say: "If you just want to defend Babna City, the enemy only needs to send troops in front to block it, and there is no need for troops to surround it on three sides.
Since the enemy has sent troops to surround our army on three sides, it is to encircle and annihilate our army. According to General Lan's letter, although the generals in charge of the coalition forces of the North Indian countries are bold in their troops, they will never dare to use 20,000 to 30,000 troops.
To encircle and annihilate our army of 60,000 soldiers, there are at least more soldiers and horses than our army. The enemy must be well prepared for this battle, but our army is unprepared for this, and the chance of victory is not great. Although defeat may not be certain, those who use the troops must
In order to worry about victory, you must first consider defeat, and you must consider what will happen if you lose the battle. It is very appropriate for Your Highness to send someone to inform General Lan."
"What General Sheng said is true." Zhu said: "The enemy knew that our army was going south to attack Babna City, and they also roughly knew the number of our troops. Yet they dared to launch an encirclement and annihilation campaign. The commander of the army must be very confident.
.In this case, our army should prepare for the worst!"
"The worst plan..." After saying these five words, the speaker fell silent. He knew what the worst plan was: the entire army was surrounded by enemy forces and was about to be completely annihilated.
"That's the worst plan! I don't want to fall into the worst situation, but if this happens, our army will be surrounded and annihilated by the enemy, but General Lan will still use his troops according to the previous arrangement, and he will probably have to suffer a big blow.
Loss! So we must tell General Lan this news!" Zhu said.
"Don't fall into the worst-case scenario!" someone whispered.
"Then, it depends on how many troops the enemy has and whether it can really set off their ambitions." Zhu heard the man's muttering and said again.
No one said anything for a while. After a while, Mu Ang sent someone to tell Zhu that the enemy troops fighting head-on were very powerful and numerous. His soldiers had fought bloody battles for a long time and still failed to repel the enemy troops; that was all, left and right.
The enemy troops on both sides were also very good at fighting, and they had more soldiers and horses than them, and they were already unable to hold up. Mu Ang decided to retreat back and find a place that was conducive to defense.
Of course, Zhu would not object to Mu Ang's order. He knew the disadvantages of ordering multiple orders. He had already handed over the command to Mu Ang, so he would not interfere. Besides, he also felt that it was right to retreat for the time being.
After reporting back, Mu Ang immediately led his troops to fight and retreat, and finally separated from the enemy just before dark. But what he didn't expect was that for the next three days, he would have to lead his soldiers to retreat until there was no way to retreat.
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"General, the Ming army has been completely surrounded." A soldier wearing a messenger uniform saluted another man wearing fine armor and gray hair.
"Well, I understand, please step back." The gray-haired general nodded in agreement and asked him to step back.
After the messenger left, the people standing next to the gray-haired general spoke in a happy tone. "The Ming army has been completely surrounded and cannot escape. This is really great." "Yes."
Ah, our army can completely annihilate this Ming army. Even if a few soldiers can escape, they will be completely dispersed, which can be called a total annihilation. This, this is unimaginable!"
"Who says otherwise! I checked the records of the Ming army. Small battles involving thousands of people are not included, nor are the huge disparities in military strength. Starting from the thirteenth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, that is, thirty-three years ago, the Ming army's
In the battle involving tens of thousands of people, we were at best invincible and never defeated. The previous battle in Dhaka City was not fully successful, so it is hard to say that we won, not to mention that our army had twice their number of soldiers and horses; nine years
In the previous Battle of Hami, the Ming army defeated hundreds of thousands of troops led by Timur. But now such an invincible army is surrounded by our army and is about to be completely annihilated. Even if many of them cannot
It can be regarded as a genuine Ming army, but it can also be said that it is an earth-shattering feat!"
"General Salha's command is still very good." Someone praised the gray-haired general: "The general's command is really amazing. Not only did he have the upper hand from the beginning, but he also pressed forward step by step, forcing the Ming army to follow the instructions.
General Salha intends to retreat until he retreats into despair. I have never admired anyone as much as I admire you, General."
"It's all God's blessing." Salha just said lightly.
The place where they were at this time was a small hillside, about ten feet high. The hillside was surrounded by the camps of the troops they led. Looking north from the hillside, south of a river, there was a brightly lit area.
camp. Although it was already dark and could not see clearly, Salha knew that there were several large flags set up at the entrance of the camp, one of which was the sun and moon flag of the Ming Dynasty.
Four days have passed since the day when the Ming army was surrounded on three sides. Salha successfully forced the Ming army to retreat by relying on the carefully selected terrain and many more troops than his opponents that day. But he failed
Instead of pressing forward with the entire army to defeat the Ming army in one fell swoop, he allowed the Ming army to retreat. But he had already calculated where the Ming army would retreat. Once he took this step back, he could only continue to retreat until he reached Ade.
On the south bank of Laihe River, one side is surrounded by the river, and three sides are surrounded by the river, with no retreat.
"General Salha, I have another question to ask the general. General, when you led us to send troops, you did not know that King Min of the Ming Dynasty was going to lead troops to attack Babna City. Why can you conclude that he will definitely lead troops to go south?
"After many people praised me, one person asked.
"Harun, do you know why King Min of the Ming Dynasty suddenly led his troops to attack Babna City?" Salha asked in return.
Harun shook his head. Salha was not surprised by this and continued: "This is because some Buddhists near Pabna City fled to Sirajganj and told him that Pabna City was very empty and the garrisoned
There are very few soldiers and horses."
"These Buddhists actually eat the inside out!" Harun, who had fair skin, gritted his teeth and cursed the dark-skinned Indian Buddhists: "I knew these Buddhists were unreliable and were worse than Brahmans, but they dared to leak the secrets of our army to the Ming army.
!When you return to Pabna City, kill all the Buddhists in the city!"
But he heard something that shocked him very much. "I instructed them to leak this to the Ming army," Salha said.
"General Salha, you want to use this to lure the Ming army to attack Babna City? But you are so sure that Zhu will definitely want to go south?" Harun is not stupid, and Salha will never treason.
, I guessed his purpose at once. But even if Zhu knew about this situation, he might not necessarily attack Babna City, right? Especially this time, deploying so many soldiers and horses would take a huge risk. If he failed
The loss would be too great to achieve the goal. Even Salha should not dare to take such a big risk and bet that the Ming army would definitely go south.
"This is based on the understanding of the generals of the Ming army." Salha explained: "When fighting with anyone, you must first understand this person. Although Zhu is also a vassal king and has fought many battles, because he has no
His reputation for having fought big battles that attracted many people's attention was not as good as that of Shang Bing in Central Asia. He also felt that his ability was no less than that of Shang Bing, and he always wanted to fight a big victory. And he was also very courageous. Such a person
After knowing that the city of Babna is empty, why wouldn’t you want to go south and attack?”
"Moreover, at this time in Bengal, our army's total strength is at a disadvantage, and Lan Zhen is pressing forward step by step from the east and south. He now commands 50,000 to 60,000 troops, thinking that even if the attack on Pabna City fails,
There won’t be much loss. Our army can’t mobilize enough soldiers to defeat him, and we don’t have to worry about the consequences. So he will definitely attack Babna City.”
"Have you been studying the vassals or generals of the Ming Dynasty?" Harlan was stunned for a moment and asked.
"Yes. When I lived in my hometown, I often asked people to find books about the battle experiences of various generals of the Ming Army to study their command styles. Fortunately, the Ming Army attached great importance to the study of battle cases, and the battle experiences of all generals were recorded.
Come down. Although you can't buy books recording war cases in ordinary bookstores, these books are not very secretive. You can find the servant of the martial arts hall and secretly bribe him with a little money to buy them," Salha said.
"Have you long expected to fight against the Ming army again?"
"No, I didn't have such an idea at the time, it was just out of habit."