My Daming New Empire

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Jin Kuo knew that Mao Xun, as a middle-ranking official, most of the time passed orders as the emperor's special envoy, so he didn't know much about the current Ming army.

He said proudly: "Now our Ming soldiers are invincible and invincible!"

Thanks for the bamboo sticks, the lights see people, the mountains are green, I spit you out, thank you for your support

Chapter 30 The Deterrence of Victory

And in Sumatra Island, the war is indeed developing smoothly as Jin Kuo said.

If we talk about past wars, Daming has no advantage over other nations, and even has some disadvantages.

For example, when facing grassland peoples, they are often very passive and can only rely on human lives and abundant resources to support the war.

But it was manufactured from seamless steel pipes and applied to muskets.Moreover, after the development of the flintlock device, the large-scale application of muskets has turned warfare into an asymmetrical one-sided bullying mode.

Whether it was the nomads on the vast grasslands or the alpine peoples in the southwestern mountains, the war that originally required Ming to spend countless manpower and material resources has now become a march-like mopping up.

In the face of muskets, no army can form effective resistance, let alone the Bengkulu who rely on backward weapons.

From the first ten days of April, the Japanese pirate battalion took the lead in launching the harassment war, and by the middle of April, the main fleet of the Ming Dynasty arrived in the sea off Bengkulu, and an all-out war broke out.

In just five days, the resistance movement organized by the Bengkulu tribe was like sunshine in winter snow. Wherever the Ming army went, it quickly disintegrated.

This new mode of warfare not only made the Bengkulu tribe unstoppable, but also terrified the envoys of other tribes and countries.

They found that if they didn't have muskets, they would have the same fate when facing the Ming army.

By April 21, the Ming army had established a complete command system and communication system relying on the capital of Bengkulu as the center, and coordinated all logistics materials in place.

At this time, it is time for the decisive battle.

In fact, it is no longer the moment of decisive battle, because the Bengkulu tribe is actually frightened.Most of the tribe members are surrendering to Daming through various channels, only Wan Mao and his supporters want to escape from Daming's pursuit.

On April 22, the final pursuit officially began. The base camp had been replaced by Zheng He leading thousands of naval soldiers to garrison. Eleven thousand young troops and half of the navy all joined the battlefield.

Thousands of soldiers in the navy drive warships. They are responsible for the blockade of coastal areas, and at the same time undertake the duties of material transfer and logistical assistance.

With their assistance, coupled with the intelligence network formed by hundreds of Habayashi Guard students and soldiers, the [-] young army provided the most complete battlefield support.

The soldiers of the young army don't need to worry about logistics and intelligence at all, and can devote all their energy to chasing and destroying the enemy.

Wan Mao led more than 2 people who were still loyal to him and fled from the capital to the Pengshinan Valley in the northeast. They originally planned to flee north from Julupu.

However, the massacre by the two thousand soldiers of the Japanese pirate battalion in Julupu made all the natives think that it was being guarded by Ming soldiers.

No one dared to face the inhumane Japanese, because facing Ming soldiers, they might still save their lives by surrendering.

But in the face of the Japanese, their men were killed, and their women were also killed after being insulted.Wherever they passed, they cut grass and roots, even the elderly and children.

Although Wan Mao wanted to attack the Japanese camp directly, none of his subordinates supported this action.For them, preserving vitality is the most important thing.

Wan Mao had no choice but to lead his people from the Peng Shinan Valley to the hilly area outside the mountains, trying to escape northward from outside the mountains.

The south has been cut off by Daming, and even they dare not rush into the mountains in the northeast after the heavy rain.

Now there are not just a few people, but dozens of people, but more than 2 ethnic groups, including old and young, women and children.The miasma in the mountainous area is rampant. If you enter the mountainous area after the heavy rain, if you encounter the miasma, the whole family will be wiped out.

It took them three days to detour from the Peng Shinan Valley to the southern foot of Daun Volcano, hoping to go to the Ketawen tribe smoothly through the shelter of the mountains.

But they don't know that the mode of war has not only changed in weapons, but even the mode of war has changed.

The purpose of the [-] Yulin Guard School students entering the battlefield is definitely not just to provide assistance to the Japanese pirate battalion. Their more important task is to establish a complete intelligence network in the entire theater.

In the entire theater, every movement of large forces cannot be concealed from their observation.

Since they moved out of the Peng Shinan Valley, the information had already reached the Japanese pirate camp.

More than 1000 soldiers of the Japanese pirate battalion traveled day and night, and within a distance of less than ten kilometers from meeting them, they completed the transfer of the entire front and successfully arrived in front of them.

Bengkulu people carry old people and children, as well as women and family property.But the Japanese didn't need to bring anything, even the food was prepared for them at the destination. This difference in marching speed caused the Japanese to arrive first, and they had an extra half-day rest time.

The main force of Ming Dynasty was not in a hurry, they pursued slowly, accepting votes from various villages wherever they went, and conducting personnel statistics.

Killing the enemy is not the purpose of war, but establishing an effective ruling structure is here.

When Zhuang Jing led more than 600 Japanese pirates to the north bank of the Las River, he saw that Pang Ying had established a forward position with [-] reinforcements, and he almost cried with excitement.

He knew that he was about to face the most difficult time, and if he wanted to stop Wanmao who had nowhere to go, his more than 1000 people might not be enough to fill in all of them.

He also couldn't figure out what Zhu Zhanji was thinking. He was worried all the way that Zhu Zhanji would sacrifice their pirate camp as a burden.

Now that he saw these two thousand infantry soldiers carrying muskets, he could finally feel relieved.

After all, His Highness still did not give up on him, and still wanted to use him.

Each of those Japanese pirates shared three catties of fried rice, several big pots with smoked meat strips, and broth cooked for them with wild vegetables they found.

They used banana leaves as rice bowls for soup, everyone ate a full meal, and then slept in the woods for a good night's sleep.

But the students of Habayashi Guard School have no time to rest, and the moment when the war is about to come is their busiest moment.

They need to report the latest situation of the enemy to the young army and Japanese pirate battalion in charge of interception at all times.

According to their movements, Da Ming also needs to re-determine the most suitable interception location.

Wan Mao had already realized that he had been abandoned five days ago. Most of his clan members no longer believed in him, and most of the previous promises made to him by everyone were invalidated.

Even the envoy of the Majapahit Kingdom only promised that he would provide him with a way to escape after he escaped from the pursuit of the Ming soldiers.

He led the people who were still loyal to him to rush around, seemingly still majestic, but he knew very well that he had no way out.

"Sudan, the spies found traces of Ming soldiers on the Las River."

Wan Mao was not surprised by this result, he knew very well that he would face the most difficult moment.

He cannot choose his opponent, but he can choose where to fight.

Opening the simple map, he looked at the terrain ahead, and the Las River was like a long dragon, blocking them in front of them.

Most of these are primeval forests that no one can live in, and there are many snakes, insects and ants in the forest.Wan Mao didn't believe that Ming's soldiers could enter this area in large numbers.

They had to rush through this blockade, and choosing a suitable place to cross the river was the most critical.

The Las River is not a big river. Even in the rainy season, the water here is only a dozen meters wide and less than one meter deep.

His eyes hesitated for a long time on the map, and finally pointed to a river fork and said: "We cross the river from here. This river not only blocks our way, but also becomes an obstacle to stop the soldiers of Ming Dynasty from pursuing."

He didn't know that, before they arrived in this area, the soldiers of Ming Dynasty had conducted many war simulations.