Daming: At the start of the showdown, Lao Zhu was stunned

Chapter 976

The posture of the Ming army is indeed strange.

Over the years, the Ming army's equipment has made a qualitative leap due to the introduction of fire guns, new steelmaking techniques, and new armor. In addition, the Ming army was already elite, and the people in the country were full of martial virtues. They were invincible everywhere and rarely showed any fear.

Not to mention that these "rebels on the grassland" were a thorn in the side of the Ming Dynasty's grassland management and must be eliminated as soon as possible. If Chang Mao did not eliminate these "rebels" in one go, wouldn't he be worried that these people would directly escape to the grassland and become a major threat to the Ming Dynasty?
Aluta was quite puzzled by this.

Coincidentally, Chang Mao in the Ming army was thinking the same thing at this time. He was very nervous and rubbed his hands and said, "God bless you, earth bless you, please don't scare these Tartar thieves away."

"If we scare them away, it will be hard to deal with. This grassland is very vast. If they escape, we will not be able to avenge Wang Yi."

Beside him, Zhu Xiongying was also worried, but he still tried to comfort him: "Don't worry, uncle. Fifth uncle said in the letter in the brocade box that the Tatars have evil intentions."

"If we don't win, it's fine, but if we win a small victory, we will definitely be lucky and rely on the wide road ahead to expand the victory. We will not retreat easily."

"Besides, the military force we mobilized this time is almost equal to that of the Tatars... With equal forces, Alutai would not have such little courage. He would not retreat."

The reason why they set up camp here was exactly as Zhu Su said in the brocade box, that is, to form a confrontation with the Tatars first, to win a small victory, not to covet a big victory, to use a small victory to disrupt their morale, to proceed steadily, and then to take it step by step.

As the saying goes, if you don't kill the snake, there will be trouble later. Alutai's troops, with their backs on the grassland, are a venomous snake that is extremely difficult to catch. Even if they win a great victory for a while, as long as their leaders are not killed, they will definitely emerge from somewhere in the grassland and endanger the Ming Dynasty again.

This is also the reason why the Central Plains dynasty could not completely destroy the grassland forces even when it was at its peak: the grassland is so vast that even a million-strong army would be just a drop in the ocean.

It is not easy to completely clear the grassland.

For this reason, Zhu Su predicted that the Tatars would be confident that they could escape into the grasslands at any time, so unless they were badly defeated, they would not think of escaping without a fight.

"However, we still need the Tatars to take the initiative to attack us."

"We have built our camp so well, do the Tatars really dare to easily provoke us?" Fang Xiaoru said worriedly beside Zhu Xiongying.

It was no wonder that he was worried. The truth was that the Ming army camp before him was too "luxurious".

Yes, it is "luxury". Extraordinary "luxury".

Although they had 10,000 soldiers, the number of laborers they brought was almost the same as the soldiers, also 10,000. These laborers were basically captured from the Tatars when the bait tactics won last time. Now the Ming army detained these people to build camps. 10,000 people worked together to collect stones and wood everywhere, and the whole camp was in full swing.

Moreover, everything about this camp is enough to make people breathtaking.

Not to mention the trench tactics that the Ming Dynasty had recently invented for firearms warfare. There were four trenches dug around the camp, and the camp was surrounded by the trenches. Not to mention the sturdiness of the camp. On the periphery of the camp, long spears were fixed diagonally on the ground, densely packed. And further up, the wooden walls of the military camp were actually embedded with blades facing outwards.

The existence of these ghost things makes the entire camp look like a hedgehog when viewed from a distance.

I have no idea where to start!

These things were all the "junk copper and rotten iron" that were obtained when cleaning up the battlefield during the recent victory over the Tatars. The weapons of the Ming Dynasty had long been updated, and the weapons used by the Tatars were really no different from the junk copper and rotten iron in the eyes of the current Ming army. If they were not tempered, they would be almost useless.

Unfortunately, the blacksmiths in the army did not have the leisure to temper these scraps, so this time they simply brought all the scraps with them to build the camp.

The antlers and chevaux de frise made of weapons may not be very useful, but they are enough to cause enough psychological deterrence to the Tatars. In addition, the dense trenches around them made it difficult for the Ming army to attack, but it was definitely easy to defend and difficult to attack. It is very likely that the Tatars were frightened and dared not attack, so Fang Xiaoru asked this question.

Xie Jin had his own thoughts on this point. He said, "This place is, after all, under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty."

"Although the Tatars won one battle, in the overall situation, the Ming Dynasty still has the upper hand."

"If time goes on, Liaodong, Xujia, Beiping, and Datong may all send troops to join us in encircling us. It is the Tatars who are anxious, not us."

"If he doesn't retreat, he will definitely wait for an opportunity to attack us...even if it's just to test the waters."

"Even if they don't come, they will definitely be anxious... and His Royal Highness King Zhou's strategy is to attack their hearts. As long as they are anxious, we will have won half the battle."

"So whether they come or not, the victory is entirely mine. Xizhi, don't worry."

"All we need is to ensure that we remain invincible."

Zhu Xiongying nodded and said, "I hope Uncle Wu's plan will work."

"If we can eradicate the Tatars and achieve such military merit, when we return to Yingtian, we will have lived up to the trust of our father and grandfather."

At this time, Alutai and Azashili, along with several of their confidants, were looking around the Ming army camp. Seeing the extremely strict arrangement of the Ming army, the two of them really took a breath of cold air.

"This... this Ming army, could it be that they want to build a city here? This formation is even more powerful than a city! After all, a city only has one moat!"

"This... Using weapons to build a camp, how extravagant! In this forest of swords and spears, do the Ming army intend to move?"

"What a despicable defense..."

The two were amazed, and Aluta also clearly understood a fact: the Ming army did not want to take the initiative to attack them at all.

If we want to take the initiative, we can't build such a perverted camp...

"Grandmaster, what should we do next?" Alutai's confidant asked rather helplessly. If the Ming army was unwilling to attack, the ambush they had set up would be useless.

"What does the King of Liao think?" Aluta passed the question to Azhashili.

"Is there any need to ask? Even if the Ming army has built a tortoise shell, I will definitely open this tortoise shell of the Ming army!" Azhashiri said viciously.

(End of this chapter)