The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 381
Liu Lin, Zhao Yanhu, and Xu Wan discussed how to fight the Ming army.

According to a safe way of fighting, surround the Ming army and let the Ming army have no food, and the Ming army will naturally retreat.

But Li Zhen wanted them to display the national prestige of North Korea, and they could not be overwhelmed by a general soldier of Pidao. This forced them to take the initiative to seek a decisive battle with the Ming army.

In fact, in history, this group of North Korean generals really couldn't fight wars.

They usually have two ways of fighting, either sticking to the city and not going out, waiting for the enemy to attack, or rushing out rashly, looking for the enemy to fight.

They rarely use tactics such as ambush and siege to fight skillfully with the enemy.

In the original history, they also took the initiative to find the Hou Jin army for a decisive battle, and they were defeated in the first battle. The so-called famous general Liu Lin also died in the battle.

North Korea has many mountains and complex terrain, which is very suitable for ambush and siege.

As a result, the three North Korean leaders discussed for a long time, and decided to take the initiative to find the Ming army for a decisive battle.

Because they have many soldiers.

On April 9th, the sentry cavalry of North Korea found the main force of the Ming army on Xinling Mountain.

Liu Lin's first thought was that the Ming army is waiting for us to attack.

To attack or not to attack?
The three quickly reached an agreement, of course attacking.

I heard that the Ming army only has more than 1 people, and we have [-] soldiers and horses, so we are afraid of shit.

It would be fine if the Ming army defended the city, but now they are only on the mountain, so of course there is no need to be afraid.

In the afternoon of the same day, the [-] cavalry of the Korean vanguard rushed to the foot of Xinling Mountain. They did not find the sentry cavalry of the Ming army. They walked around Xinling Mountain and quickly found the main attack position, on the west side of Xinling Mountain.

The west side is the direction to retreat to Huashui Wharf. They decided to station the camp here to block the retreat route of the Ming army.

On the morning of the 9th, the main force of North Korea reached Xinling Shanxi, blocking the return of the Ming army. The battalion was more than ten miles away, with hundreds of artillery pieces, and the momentum was huge.
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Ding Yi stood on the top of the mountain, looked down the mountain with a telescope, and then slowly said: "We have expanded our army too fast in the past two years, and there are a lot of recruits."

"So only by fighting non-stop can recruits grow into veterans."

"In today's world, the Hou Jin army is the strongest, followed by the Ming army."

"We can't bring new recruits to fight the golden soldiers as soon as we come up, because once we lose, we will lose morale."

"So, we can only fight Japan and North Korea first, let the soldiers experience the baptism of fire and rain, grow rapidly, and use big victories to improve morale and experience."

All the generals nodded.

This is the best way to train your troops. There is nothing better than training your troops by winning battles.

Xu Erxian thought for a while, then suddenly asked: "My lord, will the North Koreans come to attack?"

All the generals looked at Ding Yi.

Everyone is now afraid that the North Koreans will not attack, so they start digging pits at the foot of the mountain to besiege or something, and block their way back to Huashui Wharf. (In fact, the North Koreans don’t know the tactic of digging holes at all. Ding Yi’s troops often do this, so once they see being surrounded by people, they are always afraid that others will do the same.)
Ding Yi thought for a while, and said slowly in a very convincing tone: "This man Li Zhen actually doesn't want to fight with us."

"But North Korea has many ministers who are leading the battle. In addition, we attacked Ganghwa Island and robbed him of food. He couldn't get off, so we can only fight with us."

"Since you don't want to fight, of course it's better to fight quickly."

Ding Yi asked again: "Have you seen the terrain around here clearly?"

"I've been watching it for two days. I read it every day and keep it in my mind." Xu Erxian said with a smile.

Shen Shixu, Xiang Huailai and the others seldom spoke, they just smiled.

He Xiaoche, Xiao Yongqiu and the others also smirked.

Ding Yi raised the binoculars again: "Everyone, let's see how the North Korean army is deployed."

The generals soon learned to look.

The main force of North Korea has just arrived and is setting up camp.

Soon, they saw clearly.

The whole army is divided into four groups, and the one with the largest number (Xu Wanbu [-]) is facing the west side of Xinling Mountain.

The other is on the north side of Xinling Mountain, and the other is on the south side of Xinling. These two groups are infantry, each with more than 1 soldiers.

There is also a group of [-] cavalry on the east side of Xinling Mountain, and they are patrolling around without camping.

"The North Korean general is okay." Shen Shikui looked at it.

Almost the entire Xinling Mountain was surrounded, there were people in all directions, and the cavalry was looking around.

"They probably don't know about Zhang Jing's cavalry." Xiao Yongqiu said.

"I'm afraid of being found by them." Someone whispered.

Ding Yi nodded. We have cavalry crossing the river. There will always be Korean people who will see it. The North Korean general must know.

This time they want to cooperate with North Korea. If they can’t see the people, they will kill them. They can only arrest them.

But right now it's meaningless for everyone to speculate on the mountain, and they can't help Zhang Jing. Ding Yi ordered the sergeants to continue to rest and prepare for the attack.

Ding Yi took Shen Shikui to Xiang Huai to look around.

There are soldiers and horses everywhere on the mountain, and most of the pits have been dug, and there are wooden boards on them (actually, they are all directly cut trees, just set them up like this, and then cover them with sandbags.)
It looks simple, and the anti-gun and anti-bow effects are not too good.

Ding Yi also specially found a tunnel to enter, and found that the tunnel was about forty centimeters wide and one meter deep, with a shooting hole between every two trees.

Many sergeants were bored and sat inside, chatting.

Seeing Ding Yi come in, they all wanted to get up, but it was too short to stand up, so it looked awkward.

"Don't stand, don't stand, just sit." Ding Yi looked around: "Whose soldier is this?"

"My lord, it's mine." Behind Qian Zong He Xiaodao.

"He Xiaoche, your blunderbuss is very accurate, but the hole you dug is not good, forty centimeters, isn't it crowded? Isn't our standard sixty to eighty?" Ding Yi turned around and asked.

"Damn it." He Xiaoche blushed and scolded, "These bastard recruits are being lazy."

"Is it about the recruits?" Ding Yi asked.

"I was wrong." He Xiaoche immediately wept.

All the sergeants bowed their heads one after another, it is true that everyone is being lazy.

"In such a crowded pit, if someone gets injured or falls down, believe it or not they can block the passage?" Ding Yi asked.

The heads of the soldiers lowered.

"Dig again immediately." He Xiao said.

"Dig your fart now, and remember it later." Ding Yi said with a straight face, "He Xiaoche's salary has been fully deducted this month."

Swipe, He Xiaoche blushed and felt ashamed for a while, it was his fault, he was Mr. Qian, and he didn't teach well.

Ding Yi quickly came out of the tunnel again, and when he walked to the other side, he saw someone shooting guns on the side of the mountain.

Bang, bang, there is a row of trees in front, and a dozen soldiers are fighting against the tree.

There are a few veterans on the side, as if they are teaching them.

Ding Yi walked over: "Which one is it?"

Shen Shikui blushed: "The 23rd Battalion--" The 23rd Battalion was his subordinate, and he thought it was a bit embarrassing for these soldiers to fight badly.

"Master Ding from the 23rd Battalion and 6th Bureau." Standing straight at the main station, he was a little afraid to look at Ding Yi.

"Zhou Zhiliang, right?" Ding Yi took a few glances and called out his name.

Zhou Zhiliang was overjoyed: "It's me." Unexpectedly, Ding Yi could still remember his name.

"You are a veteran in the Battle of Jinzhou, and you have also been to the training team. I gave you the knife in your waist." Ding Yi said.

Zhou Zhiliang shook his head shyly, with a look of embarrassment.

"Soldier training is good, come on." Ding Yi finally said.

"Thank you, Master Ding, thank you, Master Ding." Zhou Zhiliang said excitedly, holding the Japanese sword on his waist with his name on it, which was given by Ding Yi himself.

Ding Yi turned around and walked a few steps before returning, pointing to the knife on his waist: "This knife looks good, but it's not practical. Don't take it with you when you fight in the future."

"No." Zhou Zhiliang quickly put it away.

(End of this chapter)