In the large tent of the Chinese army, Mu Chun, the former general of the conquest, looked at the map with a worried expression.
He was dressed similarly to Lan Yu, both wearing light chain mail and leather armor, except that he had a dark goggles on his chest.
"Mark the blue jade, I have seen the handsome man!"
"Zhu Gaoxu has met the commander-in-chief!"
Muchun raised his head, with a smile on his bronze face, "Old Marquis, are you deliberately scorning me?"
"You are a handsome man, and you are called a general. There is a distinction between high and low in the army!" Lan Yu said seriously.
Muchun smiled and asked someone to bring stools for the two of them.
When Lan Yu and Zhu Gaoxu first came under his command, he was lying if he said they were not awkward. Not to mention Lan Yu, he was someone his father would tolerate even three points. They were the ones who defeated Yunnan in the first place. Not to mention Zhu Gaochi
, the emperor's grandson, the king of the county, can he really be used as a leading soldier?
But after they became his subordinates, the two men, one old and the other young, really showed no pretense and rushed to do all the hard work.
"How is the military situation?" Muchun asked.
Lan Yu said nothing and gave the opportunity to Zhu Gaoxu.
The latter replied, "Back to Marshal, Biao Xi and Lan Marshal went five hundred miles ahead and found nothing. Those barbarians were trying to clear the country with strong walls. All the villages were burned down, the wells were blocked, and the roads were piled with rocks. There were a few.
They were in the most important place, and they deliberately caused the mountain to collapse and block the way of my army."
"We have an army of tens of thousands of tigers and wolves, but they can't handle it head-on, so they can only use these low-level tactics!" Mu Chun nodded, "These barbarians have been doing this for these years. They know that our logistics are difficult, so they drag us and secretly carry out guerrilla attacks.
!" He said and sighed, "Hey, it's so miserable!"
Indeed, in the face of these barbarians, even if the Ming army had famous generals and tiger and wolf warriors, they still felt like tigers catching mosquitoes and were unable to do anything.
In addition to the elusive barbarians, the enemies the Ming army had to face also included bad weather, difficult roads, and traps everywhere.
Fortunately it is winter, otherwise there would still be bugs and poisonous snakes...
Every time I fought with those barbarians, the proportion of soldiers who suffered non-battle losses was as high as 20%.
"Old Marquis, now the army has all assembled, what do you think?" Mu Chun asked thoughtfully.
Lan Yu still didn't speak, but looked at Zhu Gaoxu.
The latter said, "Commander Mu, I think that since the mountain road ahead is difficult and the mountains are clear and the mountains are clear, those barbarians must be watching in secret. Besides, we are foreign kings, so we can keep our every move under their noses."
"So I believe that it is not appropriate for the whole army to march directly at this time. Otherwise, the target will be too big and the enemy will be able to easily detect our true and false positions!"
"At this point, we might as well bluff and act as if we are going to attack with the whole army. Then we can select elite vanguards and carry out a surprise attack, which may be effective!"
"Oh?" Mu Chun smiled, "What kind of surprise attack?"
Zhu Gaoxu looked at Lan Yu, who nodded to encourage him.
He then stood up, walked to the map and said, "Commander Mu, look, this is Gaolianggong Mountain. The terrain is steep and pathless, making it difficult for the army to climb over. But if you choose a pioneer who dares to die, after climbing over this mountain,
You can go straight to Nandian (southwest of Tengchong)."
Muchun thought about it, "If there is no guide, there is no way to climb this mountain."
"The barbarians think so too, so they must not take precautions. Our troops are marching in danger, just like divine soldiers descending from the sky. The barbarians cannot figure out our true strength, and they will definitely be in chaos without fighting!" Zhu Gaoxu said sternly, "Commander Mu, Biao.
I am willing to be a pioneer..."
"No!" Muchun shook his head, "You are the grandson of the emperor, if something happens..."
"The bid is first for the general Zhu Gaoxu of the Ming Dynasty, and then for the grandson of the emperor of the Ming Dynasty!" Zhu Gaoxu said hurriedly, "Fighting for the country is my duty and my responsibility!" As he said this, he cupped his fists and saluted, as if asking for a tassel.
Mutually.
"Do you dare to issue a military order?" Mu Chun said with narrowed eyes.
"If it doesn't work, Gao Xu raises his head and comes to see you!" Zhu Gaoxu said proudly.
"Okay, the future life is awesome!" Mu Chun laughed, and then immediately said solemnly, "Lanyu, Zhu Gaoxu listens to the order!"
"The general is here!" The two stood up at the same time.
"You two are former generals, commanding five thousand soldiers as the vanguard of the army!" Muchun looked at the two of them and continued to ask seriously, "What do you want?"
Lan Yu said, "Give more archers. If Fuzhai is good at attacking forts, I'll mark them down!"
"Okay! Is there anything else?" Mu Chun said.
Lan Yu shook her head and smiled slightly.
Muchun looked at Zhu Gaoxu again, "Military law is ruthless. If you delay the army's fighting opportunity, you know the consequences!"
Zhu Gaoxu clasped his fists silently, his face firm.
~~
In the military tent, Zhu Gaoxu retreated first, and Muchun Lanyu sat opposite him.
There was a pot of wine on the table, and a wild boar leg was roasting on a charcoal grill.
Lan Yu cut the meat with a knife and stuffed it into her mouth, "Damn, wild boar doesn't taste good. There's no oil or water, and the meat is hard!"
Mu Chun smiled and filled a glass of wine for him.
Then, he looked at the outside of the account and said, "That kid, you trained him well!"
"Him?" Lan Yu knew he was talking about Zhu Gaoxu and sneered, "Not even close!"
"This age is already very rare!" Mu Chun sighed, hesitating to speak, "Old Marquis, he is the son of Yan Fan. If you teach with such care, are you not afraid of the future...?"
"His father doesn't dare to explode the thorns, but he dares?" Lan Yu smiled contemptuously, and then said seriously, "What a good seedling! I just taught him that he is a good seedling. It would be a pity to delay it." After that, he said again,
"The greatest blessing for an old guy like me is to see our Chaowu people have successors. Just because I don't like his father, I can't stop teaching him. I, Lan Yu, can't do such a stingy thing!"
"However, I am just teaching you. How far he can go in the future depends on him. It is much more difficult for a soldier to become a talented person than for a scholar!"
Muchun took a sip of wine and said, "Actually, you don't have to be a pioneer..."
"I have been a pioneer in my life since I picked up a knife!" Lan Yu ate the pork leg with big mouthfuls.
Muchun sighed and said nothing.
After a while, Lan Yu asked again, "How is the morale of the army?"
"Not so good!" Mu Chun smiled bitterly, "The soldiers were not happy to be fighting during the Chinese New Year. Besides, the guards used this time were not as belligerent as the border troops and the Beijing camp."
"Has the reward gone?" Lan Yu asked.
"It's been sent out early!" Mu Chun also took a bite of the meat, "I just sent 300,000 silver dollars in cash. Not a penny was left. It was all handed over to the hands of the sons. I also gave the order to let them enjoy this battle.
, whatever they rob is theirs, I won’t take any of it!”
"Oh, what can we grab from this poor place?" Lan Yu laughed, "It's not good if the morale is not high, otherwise this battle will be difficult to fight."
"Do you have any tips?" Muchun poured wine and said with a smile.
Lan Yu thought about it and whispered, "There are quite a few single men in the army!"
"Yeah!" Muchun said with a smile, "Seven out of ten are bachelors, haha!"
"Then tell them that after winning the battle, you will get a wife!" Lan Yu smiled evilly.
Muchun was stunned, "This is no joke. Where can I find a woman for them?"
"Stupid!" Lan Yu laughed and scolded, "Aren't barbarian women also women? When the time comes, the barbarian women will be captured, and the army will not keep accounts, just..."
Muchun's eyes widened, "tens of thousands of people..."
"You are stupid, you don't know how to rob if you don't have prisoners?" Lan Yu ate a pig leg, "Send an army to rob barbarian women everywhere. As long as the soldier is a woman, who cares about him?
Ugly handsome?”
Muchun took a sip of wine and looked at the smiling Lan Yu.
He suddenly felt that although he joined the army at a young age and killed countless people, he was still too kind compared to the veteran killers of the previous generation.
~~
After Lan Yu had eaten and drank enough, she walked out of the Chinese army's tent.
In his tent, the generals who were the vanguard had been waiting for a long time.
Seeing him appear, they let out a roar, and with their armors rubbing against each other, the generals stood up and saluted silently.
"Send the order!" Lan Yu stood at the door of the tent, holding the knife on his waist, "Prepare four days of dry food, and bring more axes and saws for ropes. Start eating now, and gather me after three drums. Anyone who doesn't come will be killed!"
"Here!" Everyone responded loudly.
"Tell the sons again, I am Lan Yu, the same Lan Yu who chased the Tatar emperor across the sea and finally killed his mother-in-law!" Lan Yu looked around again and said sternly, "Tell the sons, follow me.