Chang Mao and Di Meng led Zhu Su directly to the commander's tent in the camp. Zhu Su saw that there were more than ten soldiers in the school field, holding various weapons on their legs. Two of them on both sides were holding "bamboo" on their legs.
The soldiers were the most eye-catching. The shadows of human figures, swords and bamboos stirred to the east, and the whole school grounds was filled with dust.
"The 'Mandarin Duck Formation' looks like it has been practiced well." Zhu Su said happily.
"That's right. Brother Chang, why are my personal guards wearing heavy armor and practicing the Mandarin Duck Formation in there?"
Zhu Su saw several soldiers in red clothes and black armor in the crowd. They were wearing heavy armor, but they were also holding big wolf choppers, waving them and shouting. Such clothes were not suitable for the Duke's Mansion brought by Chang Mao.
Personal soldiers.
"Oh. Although most of our soldiers are cavalry, since they are here, they need to practice on foot combat." Chang Mao said with a smile.
"In the area south of the Yangtze River, there is no place for cavalry. Besides, the mandarin duck formation is a tactics that even Xu Shuai and Cao Guogong (Li Wenzhong) admire. How can we, Lao Chang, not learn from him?"
"As for wearing heavy armor for the core... If you can dance like a wolf while wearing heavy armor, if you don't have that burden on your body, wouldn't it be even more exciting when you dance?"
"It's no problem for one to defeat ten other bastards! We, the soldiers of the Chang family, must not lose to the guardsmen of Suzhou Prefecture!"
Chang Mao said, a pair of tiger eyes scanning the Suzhou Guard officers next to him. Those Suzhou Guard officers seemed to be quite afraid of him, and they nodded in agreement.
Zhu Su's heart moved slightly. After thinking about it, he pulled Chang Mao aside. He lowered his voice and said:
"Brother Chang, am I worried about those Suzhou guards?"
"Wudiandong is really smart." Chang Mao's eyes narrowed, and he glanced at Zhu Su appreciatively. He also whispered: "That's right, I, Mr. Chang, don't worry about those bird soldiers on Zhang Shicheng's legs."
Chang Mao turned to look at the officers of the Suzhou Guard, his eyes flashing with distrust. The generals of the Suzhou Guard seemed to be aware of this, and they all lowered their heads and did not dare to look directly at them.
"Although I asked Wu Diandong to train them, who knows if any of those people have a bone in the back of their head?"
"The prince and his sister (Crown Princess Chang) have given many orders to entrust your safety to us, and we have to find ways to protect my safety. The master of the palace wants to use the one thousand soldiers, and I will train them with all my heart."
But we also have to consider the initial escape route."
"Our personal guards have been trained to be even more ruthless than those bird soldiers! If those bird soldiers really dare to rebel, with the spear in our hands, we have many good men, and we can protect the east of the palace and fight a bloody path.
go!"
"Actually, from our point of view, we shouldn't have taught them the tactics of the Yuanyang Formation!"
Hearing Chang Mao's sincerity, Zhu Su couldn't help but be moved. Although the young Zheng Guogong was not as steady and strategic as his father, his loyalty and bravery were no different.
Otherwise, we have missed the overall situation. No wonder that a month later in the original timeline, there would be an incident like drawing a knife and stabbing Naha after a disagreement during the banquet.
I want to know that at that time, if Naha, which held 200,000 soldiers and civilians, did not surrender for a month, the Ming Dynasty would not be able to spare its legs for a month to pay the imperial court of the Northern Yuan Dynasty. It took Lao Zhu decades of hard work to successfully sway
Naha undermined Yuan Ting's confidence. Chang Mao's sword almost caused Naha to surrender and rebel again, and almost completely destroyed the imperial government's decades-long mismanagement of Liaodong.
"Brother Chang." Zhu Su said seriously: "My concern for him is obvious, and I feel very grateful in my heart."
"That's right...if he waits for them to show rejection, won't they also wait for them to show their disloyalty?"
"When it comes time to really use them... I'm afraid it will be embarrassing to use them."
"But they can't Zhang Shicheng surrender. Even Yang Luna believes in them..." Chang Mao defended.
"So what if we don't surrender our troops? Our Ming Dynasty has millions of soldiers, and they are not all our father's old team when he raised the army last month." Zhu Su analyzed for Chang Mao in a warm voice. "Is it because they don't surrender their troops, but it is easier to teach them?
People believe it.”
"They have betrayed Zhang Shicheng once, how dare they betray the Ming Dynasty again? If he is not Zhang Shicheng's remnant, the surrender troops who have betrayed Zhang Shicheng will definitely hate him even more and want to kill him as soon as possible."
"If the Ming Dynasty treats them harshly again, it will force them to rebel."
"Let's talk about Marshal Chang in the past. Didn't the soldiers under his command to the east surrender? Is it because Marshal Chang's magnanimity and broadmindedness convinced those people that they were willing to rush into battle and die for Marshal Chang!
"
Hearing Zhu Su mention his late father, Chang Mao couldn't help but look solemn. He was a little unconvinced at first, but when Zhu Su mentioned what Chang Yuchun said, Chang Mao also felt it was reasonable.
He sounded a little frustrated: "We have a straight heart. Although we also want to be a marshal like our father, we can never be like our father. We can't do those twists and turns to win people's hearts."
"Whatever the Lord wants to do, don't worry about Lao Chang. We have nothing to say."
Look at his expression to see if he really listened. Zhu Su said a few more words to Chang Mao, and then the two of them returned to the crowd together. "Just now, I and Chang Guogong were talking about the feelings between relatives, but it turned out that
Are you neglecting all the generals?"
"I've thanked you for your long wait and please don't ask for blame."
"Don't dare! Don't dare!" Several generals were surprised and extremely frightened. With a friendly smile on his face, Zhu Su called everyone to sit down at the handsome edge. After a while, everyone returned to their seats and left.
"I wonder what the generals are called?" Zhu Su asked.
"Go back to the east of the hall, I am Cao Yuan, the guard of Qianhu in Suzhou."
"The villain is like a child from a hundred households."
"A villain cannot be used by a hundred households of cattle."
"Can a villain have hundreds of households..."
The names of a thousand households and several hundred households were reported one by one. Zhu Su was not impatient at all. He walked at the head and observed the expressions of the generals. He saw that most of the generals were younger, and the leader Cao Yuan had a slight expression on his face.
Hong always seems to be uneasy and cautious.
There are many others like this. They are not like generals who are fighting on the battlefield, but more like ordinary people who are used to being bullied.
"General Cao... participated in the Battle of Pingjiang in the past month?" Zhu Su asked.
Qianhu Cao Yuan was stunned for a moment, and then he forced out a self-deprecating smile. "Go back to the east of the palace."
"Young ones did participate in the Battle of Pingjiang. But you guys were so deceived that you actually followed the anti-king Zhang Shicheng to resist his great soldiers..."
"Hey." Zhu Su quickly interrupted him. "General Cao, stay here. I am here to humiliate the general and settle old scores."
"Are you curious... General Cao is not that old. During the Battle of Pingjiang, I was afraid that he would be very young."
"Could it be...that there's something hidden?"
Cao Yuan was stunned and suddenly raised his head to look at Zhu Su. After realizing that Zhu Su was giving them a chance to win their trust, Cao Yuan trembled slightly.
That prince seems to be different from Yang Lu and the likes of Duke Zheng!