I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

History has some striking similarities, but also some differences.

In history, Zheng Zhilong also wanted to surrender and refused to send troops, but in history, Huang Daozhou led the army alone.

But now, Zhu Yujian has chosen to drive himself to the army.

The army walked all the way to the Ao River, and the 25,000 army became more than 23,000.

Among them, there were more than 1,000 soldiers who quietly escaped on the way.

This kind of march is like child's play.

The main reason is that most of their troops are newly recruited recruits with no combat experience and little courage.

They have heard that the Chinese army is like a wolf like a tiger, unstoppable.

If you go to fight with the Chinese army, you will most likely die.

Therefore, some soldiers and junior officers looked for every opportunity to escape.

More importantly, Zhu Yujian had no prestige in the army, so he could not deter the soldiers, nor could he bring hope to the soldiers.

A large part of the morale of soldiers in this era comes from the prestige and record of the commander.

If the commander-in-chief is a man with very good records and frequent victories, the morale of the soldiers will be high.

Because the soldiers have limited information, they cannot judge the overall situation of a war and the comparison of the strengths of the two sides. They can only choose to trust the commander.

The better the commander's record, the stronger the commander's ability.

It is easy to win a war with such a commander, and winning a war means less chance of death and higher rewards.

Conversely, if a commander frequently loses battles, his soldiers will panic.

Because of this kind of commander, there is a high probability that he will leave the soldiers first and run away.

Since Wu Changqing's uprising, he has never failed, and his prestige in the army is very high.

When Wu Changqing went on the expedition, his morale was so high.

On the other hand, Zhu Yujian, he has never commanded the army before, and he has no achievements on the battlefield, and he can't even be regarded as a military general.

The only expedition to Jiangxi, and finally returned home.

Such a person who obviously has no commanding ability, if he follows him to the battlefield, wouldn't that be courting death.

Out of distrust of Zhu Yujian, a large number of soldiers disappeared as they walked.

In this big mountain, it is very convenient to escape.

Knowing that the soldiers had fled, Huang Daozhou jumped angrily.

On the contrary, Zhu Yujian was very calm, as if nothing had happened, and continued to arrange defensive positions according to the plan.

They set up a line of defense along the river, trying to prevent the Hua army from crossing the river.

When setting up the base camp, Huang Daozhou persuaded: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid it's inappropriate to set up the headquarters of the Chinese army too far ahead. It's too dangerous, and it's easy to become the enemy's priority attack target."

"It is arranged here. I want the soldiers to know that I am with them and face danger together to boost the morale of the army."

Zhu Yujian tried to boost morale in this way.

It can't be said that he did this without effect. But compared to the potential downsides, this benefit doesn't seem worth it.

If it is for Huang Daozhou to arrange it, he must have arranged the Chinese army headquarters in a relatively safe position to prevent the commander from being attacked.

If there is chaos in the Chinese army base camp, then the entire army will definitely be in chaos, which is a taboo in the military.

Although Huang Daozhou felt that this was inappropriate, but Zhu Yujian was the emperor after all, and the emperor insisted on doing this, and he had no choice.

When the head coach is someone who doesn't understand the military, being a subordinate is actually quite painful and helpless.

The army was properly arranged, and on the second day, they saw the vanguard of the Chinese army.

The Huajun vanguard saw that the road ahead had been blocked by the Ming army, and did not attack, but began to survey the terrain, scout the enemy's situation, and wait for the arrival of the large troops.

These are all basic skills.

"Hey, look, is that their Chinese military base?"

A scout handed the binoculars to his companions and asked them to analyze and judge together.

It is actually quite simple to judge the headquarters of the Central Army. Under normal circumstances, the most frequent place for personnel in the battalion to enter and exit is the headquarters.

Because all kinds of orders have to be issued from here, all kinds of intelligence information have to be reported to this position, so that the coach inside can analyze and formulate tactics.

It is better to identify the Ming army on the opposite side now, because the location of Zhu Yujian, even the flag is different from other places.

The blue dragon holding a sword on the yellow background is the exclusive flag of the royal family. Common generals cannot use the yellow flag with the main body of the pattern as a dragon.

This flag is a little bit telling others that the emperor is here.

"It seems like, is there something wrong with their coach's brain? This is all within the range of the cannon. Give them a few shots to kill the coach. Isn't this battle over?"

Another scout grumbled.

"Ah...you say, will this be fake and used to confuse us?"

Scout A said.

"Ahhh, what are you, don't I deserve a name as a soldier?"

"Didn't I just forget what your name is?"

Scout A smiled awkwardly. He was a newcomer, and he hadn't had time to remember all the names of his comrades.

"Then why can I remember your bastard's name as Ergouzi, but you can't remember my name as Alin?"

Alin sneered.

"Be serious, get down to business, you haven't answered my question yet."

Ergouzi obviously didn't want to discuss the name.

"It's definitely not fake. It doesn't make any sense other than wasting a few of our shells, and it's easy to make the soldiers below make mistakes in judgment and cause panic."

Allin analyzed.

"So, I found an important piece of information, and I can go back and collect the reward."

Ergouzi is very excited, there are not many opportunities to get additional rewards, and generally they need to make major contributions.

This information can make them unexpectedly kill the local coach, which is very valuable.

"What is 'I', it's us, we discovered this important information."

Alin slapped Ergouzi on the back of his head.

I cursed in my heart, this stinky boy will only enjoy the credit when he first arrived, which is so naive.

He couldn't take this credit alone, and he had to share it with the entire reconnaissance company.

If you don't do this, the soldiers of the reconnaissance company will rush to collect intelligence in places where they are easy to make meritorious deeds, and it is easy to cause conflicts.

"Yes, yes, Allingo is right, it's us."

Ergouzi said with a smile.

There are also classes among soldiers. This Alin is a veteran and a sergeant.

Ergouzi is a new recruit and a corporal.

Afterwards, the two continued to observe in detail, and then returned to the army and provided the discovery to their superiors.

The superiors attached great importance to this information and passed it on to the staff.

Afterwards, the staff of the staff wondered whether they could use this to make a breakthrough.

Forcibly crossing the river, of course, is not a big problem.

But when they have the chance to take it easy, they don't waste that opportunity either.