I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

South, Jinhua.

After Xue Guiren returned to Jinhua, he started military operations again.

Although the above reminded them these middle-level generals, said not to carry out large-scale military operations.

However, some of the following generals are eager to make contributions and are still launching small-scale offensives.

Xue Guiren is like this. Relying on the sufficient food and grass in the city, he left half of his troops and then sent 5,000 troops to the south in three routes to attack the city.

Among them, 3,000 people from East Road went straight to Yongkang and Lishui.

A thousand people in the middle, went straight to Songyang.

A thousand people on the west road went straight to Pucheng County and Nanping.

At the same time, Wang Dayong divided his troops into two groups in Ningbo, with 2,000 men and horses along the way, and cooperated with the navy to attack the Zhoushan Islands.

The other way, a total of more than 5,000 people, marched together from land and sea, targeting Taizhou and Wenzhou.

The Longwu court, when Wu Changqing ascended the throne, had already begun to build a defense line.

From east to west, Wenzhou, Lishui, Songyang, and Pucheng constitute their first line of defense.

Sanming, Nanping and Ningde are the second line of defense.

If the second line of defense is lost, then Fuzhou will be in danger.

On the east road, a regiment leader named Lu Wenxuan was in charge of leading the troops.

To reach Yongkang from Jinhua, he had to walk a gorge about twenty miles long, which was very dangerous.

Lu Wenxuan had no choice. Apart from this canyon, the other way was to climb the mountains, and it was a small road, which was even more difficult.

Compared with climbing mountains, Lu Wenxuan would rather walk this canyon, which is easy to be ambushed. At least the terrain in the canyon is flat, which can save a lot of effort and facilitate the transportation of food.

After entering the canyon, Lu Wenxuan kept sending spies.

It's a pity that dozens of spies were scattered into the mountains on both sides of the canyon, just like throwing a piece of sand on the beach, insignificant.

If the enemy army in ambush in the mountains could be found by relying on spies, there would not have been so many troops ambushed in history, and there would not have been so many generals who liked to ambush.

After all, an ambush is all about surprises. If it is discovered in advance, then the ambush is meaningless.

Lu Wenxuan sent those spies, in fact, just to try their luck, and found that the enemy was a big profit, and if they did not find it, they could also have the effect of appeasing the soldiers.

The act of sending spies can send a signal to other soldiers that someone is exploring the way ahead.

It can be reassuring to have someone ahead of you.

"Speed ​​up your progress, you must get out of this canyon within a day."

Lu Wenxuan urged the soldiers.

At this time, a Ming army was already ambushed on the mountains on both sides of the canyon, twelve miles away from them.

"Master Wang, are we really ambushing here? I heard that their army has more than 3,000 people, and we are only 1,500."

A hundred households worried.

Fighting against Dahua's army, you can't beat it when you have the upper hand, let alone if you don't have the upper hand now, how can you fight it?

"Ambush is about winning by surprise, and it has nothing to do with the number of people. Don't worry, there are dense forests here, and they will definitely not find us. At that time, we will be condescending, and while they are lighting the fire and cooking, we will throw the big rocks down, and they will about to panic.

Then we charge further down, and the enemy will be defeated. The above has already said that as long as we hold here for half a year, everyone will be promoted to three levels and their salary will be doubled. "

Wang Qianhu said.

He didn't mean that he didn't want to bring more people here, the point was that he didn't.

He only had so many people in his hands, and he had already brought them all.

In a small and impoverished place like Yongkang, it is very difficult to raise an army of more than 1,000 people. The army needed to squeeze the lives of a large number of people in order to maintain it.

In peacetime, a small county like this would have dozens of yamen at most, and there would be no troops stationed there.

It is not only the Dahua Army that has difficulty in supplying logistics in the mountains, but also the Ming Army.

Therefore, the Ming army placed not many troops on the front line and on each line of defense.

It's not that they can't recruit so many soldiers, but it's because they can't afford it.

More than 1,000 people consume nearly 2,000 catties of food a day.

It is not easy to transport 2,000 catties of grain from Fuzhou to Yongkang. Maybe it was 2,000 catties at the time of departure, but when it was transported to Yongkang, there would be only 1,000 catties left, or less than 1,000.

What's more, there is not much food in Fuzhou.

The most grain-producing places in the world fell into the hands of Wu Changqing at this time.

Hearing that the official was promoted to the third level, the salary was doubled, and the faces of the heads of several hundred households showed a little joy.

The official promotion to the third level was as difficult as before.

But now, it only needs to hold this line of defense for half a year, and the difficulty is greatly reduced.

For this benefit, it's worth fighting for.

At noon, Lu Wenxuan's troops approached the Ming army's ambush site.

"Slow down the speed of advance, eat dry food while advancing, and do not make fire."

Lu Wenxuan ordered.

As soon as this order came out, many soldiers were crying in their hearts.

Dry food is definitely not as delicious as freshly cooked, especially now that the weather is cold, and the originally fragrant butter cakes have become cold and hard, making it difficult to swallow.

But Lu Wenxuan gave an order, and everyone could only execute it.

Every move of the Dahua Army was watched by Da Ming's spies.

Look

When Hua Jun didn't stop lighting the fire to cook, the spy hurried back to report.

Their plan was to launch a surprise attack while the Chinese army was eating. Those soldiers couldn't hold weapons while they were eating.

Moreover, when people are eating, their defensiveness will definitely decrease.

In short, attacking while the enemy is eating is a very good tactic.

The Ming army originally planned this way, but now, the Hua army directly disrupted their plan by not cooking.

After the spies passed the news back, Wang Qianhu frowned.

The plan went unexpectedly, which is not a good thing.

"Why don't we withdraw."

A subordinate advised.

This is a safe approach, but Wang Qianhu is not reconciled.

It takes a lot of trouble to ambush, and no gain will affect morale.

What's more, he didn't want to waste the terrain of this canyon.

Going back to guard that small county, the effect may not be as good as here.

Although it is not possible to launch a sneak attack while the enemy is eating, then just ambush on the road, the effect will not be too bad.

"Bring all the stones here, and we'll be in ambush here. First, use stones and grenades to cause damage and chaos to them, and then rush over to defeat them when they are in chaos."

Wang Qianhu temporarily changed the plan.

Then the soldiers moved.

A large number of stones were brought over, along with a small number of grenades.

In this kind of terrain, the effect of attacking the enemy with a grenade must be very good.

Unfortunately, the Longwu regime has limited production capacity and financial difficulties.

So not many grenades are made, and even less are distributed among the various units.

A team like Wang Qianhu only had a total of 100 grenades.

As for the grenadiers of the Hua Army, there are eight per capita. Soldiers of other arms will also bring one for use when needed.

The national strength of both sides is no longer at the same level.