Along the way, the most dangerous thing was definitely Shao Biao. Not only did Qiu guide Zhu Su and his party in the morning, Hongtian also took a small group of troops to the front to draw a map in advance and check whether there were any troops from Naha, Liaodong.
There are traces of infestations to verify whether there are any deviations in the path taken. January comes from the east, and the rest is usually less than two hours.
But when Zhu Su saw him, Shaobiao was still bright-eyed and energetic. Zhu Su couldn't help but admire him in his heart: the Jin Yiwei in the early Ming Dynasty were indeed the best among the best.
"Dongdong." Although Zhu Di and Zhu Feng were older, Shao Biao also knew that Zhu Su was the actual "leader" of the three brothers' trip, so he came to kneel in front of Zhu Su first. "According to investigation,
There are still no traces of Naha’s army ahead.”
"According to the current itinerary, he should be able to reach Shanhaiguan by the bright moon."
"No, no traces?" Different from the surprised voices of "Finally I got it" from all around, Zhu Di beside Zhu Su frowned with a complicated expression. Zhu Su asked strangely: "Fourth brother, what's wrong?"
"No traces were found, is that bad?"
"No, he is a little strange." Zhu Di gently rubbed his Dongba, which had grown some stubble, and said while thinking: "Logically speaking, if it turns out that the Ming Dynasty's Northern Expedition was defeated, Naha should be wrong.
It would be wrong for him to be so jealous of Ming Dynasty."
"After finally capturing Shanhaiguan in the east, Naha's troops can march straight in from Liaodong to Peiping. Even if his thoughts are not settled, he should deploy heavy troops near Shanhaiguan to guard against him until the Ming Dynasty."
"No matter which of the two situations, it is consistent with common sense that the closer to Shanhaiguan, the more troops Naha should send out. How can there be no reason that not even a trace of Naha's army from the east was found along the way?
?”
Zhu Su was stunned when he heard this, and then he frowned and began to think. There was no adviser like Yao Guangxiao around him to remind him that he had indeed overlooked one suspicious thing: Naha was bound to have more than 200,000 soldiers and horses in the east.
It is impossible to arrange them on the front line of Shanhaiguan. It is impossible to hide them all in the depths of Liaodong.
No matter how desolate Liaodong is, no matter how hidden the route is, and no soldiers or horses are encountered, then one or two civilian hunters who are chopping firewood and hunting in the mountains can always encounter one or two, right?
But is it true... My people have not met even a single person along the way.
It was a scary journey, but there were always no dangers and the weather was calm.
"Could it be..." Zhu Su frowned, thinking of a kind of cocoa.
"Let's see!"
Zhu Su didn't have time to say what was possible. On the other side, Zhu Xi pointed in the direction of the north and shouted. Everyone looked in the direction he pointed and saw several black lines on the top of the mountain in the distance to the north.
The lonely smoke is rising in the sky.
"Wolf smoke!" Chang Mao and Zhang He said in unison.
"What about the Ming army's smoke warning?" Beside Zhu Su, Chang Mao, who was resting on the ground, immediately started walking with a solemn look on his face. "The rising smoke means that there is a large incoming attack from outside. The surrounding area is bright and clear.
Military supplies must come immediately, otherwise we will be in danger of losing our territory!"
"Do you really mean what the Duke said?" Ru Taisu also stood up tremblingly, "Are you sure it's not the smoke set off by his Ming army? An Ke knows that it's not the smoke set off by the Yuan people?"
"It's not Beiyuan." Shao Biao answered Ru Taisu's question. "Looking at where the smoke was burning, it was obviously the beacon of the Great Wall."
"Beiyuan didn't even repair the Great Wall, let alone light up the beacons."
"How about coming from the east?" Everyone looked at Zhu Su. At this time, the question just now had been answered: it was obvious that the army from nearby Naha happened to be mobilized to attack the Ming army, so they were talented people.
Will there be any trace of the Naha headquarters nearby?
If not, this is not the best chance to get out of danger: the enemy is busy fighting and has no time to take care of them, so why not take this opportunity to speed up the march, enter Ji Town in one fell swoop, and escape from the Liao region!
"Lao Wu..." Zhu Di looked at Zhu Su, as if he wanted to remind him of something.
"Fourth brother, he knows." Zhu Su interrupted Zhu Di and closed his eyes to weigh the pros and cons.
After a while, he finally opened his eyes and said, "Everyone, prepare your equipment and prepare to break camp..."
"Do you want to march to Shanhaiguan urgently?" Zhu Xi asked.
"No." Unexpectedly, Zhu Su shook his head. "Shanhaiguan... I won't go there yet."
"They need to change their target. Go to...the place where the smoke was ignited!"
…
There are beacons and Zhenyitai in the north of Shanhaiguan.
"Push the wooden stick, push it!" Qianhu Wuzhou, who was responsible for guarding the beacon, shouted at the top of his voice. Several sergeants shouted and pushed the thick wooden stick eastward from the beacon station and were walking along the ladder.
The Liaodong troops who were climbing suddenly screamed in panic, and the moving wooden tree, including the people and the ladder, crashed to the east of the wall.
However, more Liaodong soldiers rushed over. They carried temporary ladders and launched a steady stream of charges at the Ming army's beacons. Along the way, people kept firing arrows and firearms.
He fell to the ground, but a new set of ladders successfully set up the high wall of Zhenyi Terrace.
"Qianhu! The eastern section of the Great Wall has collapsed! You Yuan Dog has come around!" A messenger rushed to the city wall and shouted at Wu Zhou as he ran.
Wu Zhou was immediately struck by lightning after hearing this letter: "What? The eastern section of the Great Wall collapsed?"
"Isn't the cement mortar used to build the wall dry enough... Grandma's, it was taken advantage of by those Yuan Gou!" While cursing, Mei Xuanyanshi stuck out his head and chopped off a ladder.
"Lao Wu, we can't hold on any longer." A member of the household wiped the blood from his face and said: "There are too many Yuan dogs. They only have a thousand people there, and there are at least ten thousand people who come to attack their beacon.
!”
"Even if the brothers can fight one by one, it still means they have wrong legs! Our beacon is probably the only one left nearby. After a while, Yuan Gou will come around from the east, and they will have to be caught in the middle.
"
"Please don't deny it..."
"Fart!" Wu Zhou directly slapped the face of the hundred households with a big ear scraper. He was very thoughtful and kicked a Yuan army on the east wall. He scolded the hundreds of households: "One of them beats a pair of pigeons.
Isn’t it enough for one person to kill his mother’s five pairs?”
"Let's ask if we won't be nailed there. When the commander comes with the troops, can we attack the high wall at Shanhaiguan directly? How many brothers will have to die?"
"Grandma, if you are a coward, I will withdraw as soon as you ask. Don't forget whether my mother and I died in the legs of Yuan Gou! Anyway, my whole family is in love with those Yuan Gou, so I can kill a few more Yuan Gou. I
Even death is enough!"
"Who are you?" The faces of the hundred households turned red instantly, and with an angry scream, they stabbed a Yuan army member to the east with a spear from the city wall, "The surname is Wu, we are Zhenyitai.
Otherwise, there is a hero like me!"
"Grandma's, his hundred or so kilograms of meat will be delivered there tomorrow!" He spat on the ground and immediately led his men to rush to block the gap in the city wall.
"...Master Commander, I beg you if you don't send more people, the thousand brothers in Zhenyitai will really die there." Although Brother Legdong is still brave, Wu Zhou's heart has begun to twitch.
It hurt. He knew in his heart that this would be the end of his initial persistence, but the Yuan army in the east of the city was still coming in an endless stream.
Just let out that breath, and Zhenyitai will soon fall!