At noon on the sixth day of the lunar month, all 50,000 people from Guantong Legong arrived in the north of Changli County. Flags were flying across the city. Like black clouds pressing down on the city, the 50,000-strong army looked across the river from the Ming army on the city wall. On the other side of Changli County, things were orderly.
According to Zhu Su's order, the militiamen gathered more than 15,000 people.
"I didn't expect so many people to join the army enthusiastically. It seems that the people here have been suffering for a long time." Ru Taisu said with emotion while stroking his long beard while looking at the densely packed militiamen at the city tower.
"If those new soldiers lack equipment and training, they will not be of much use after all." Zhu Xi said. Although he was surprised that so many militiamen could be recruited in a short period of time, Zhu Xi had also learned that he was red during the journey.
Fighting a war is not as simple as relying on the number of people. He looked at Zhu Su with some worry: "Lao Wu, there are 50,000 people outside the city, can it really be defended?"
"What's wrong?" Zhu Su and Zhu Di walked by the wrong way to the city tower. Zhu Su quickly stretched out his legs to pour a bowl of tea for Zhu Chong: "The art of war says that ten is to encircle, and five is to attack. Counting the ten thousand for new signs,
There are still nearly 30,000 remaining militiamen. It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter."
After saying that, he turned to look at Ru Taisu and said: "Old Rutou, the county really needs me to take charge of the overall situation. I'll go back to the county government first."
"That's wrong. Remember to place those prisoners properly in the city so as not to allow the enemy forces outside the city to take advantage of them."
Looking at Zhu Su's posture, Ru Taisu knew that several palace masters were seeking to boost military morale in the tower. He was a little worried at first, but Zhu Su's analysis also gave him some confidence. Thinking about it, he didn't understand.
Military affairs are indeed not as good as appeasing the people in the city, so he arched his legs and said: "Old minister Minghong, please put your own safety first."
"If not...if not, nothing can be done, the east of the palace can leave the old minister to guard the city alone, and the east of the palace will retreat with his own people..." Ru Taisu thought for a while, and then said to Zhu Su.
"Hahahaha. Lao Rutou, why should I be so worried?"
"He thinks that the Yuan army outside the city has 50,000 pieces of grass and must be marched here. The men will defeat it for me. But what's the danger?" Zhu Su laughed deliberately.
The sergeants beside him, who were originally a little panicked, suddenly became suspicious when they heard what he said. Wu Diandong was so confident, could it be that the Yuan troops outside the city were really vulnerable?
"Three east men, the enemy has begun to cross the river!" said General Cao Yuan, who was standing by.
Everyone immediately turned their attention to the Yuan army outside the city, and saw that the Yuan army did not set up a camp. After a short rest, they got up directly and began to forcefully cross the river.
"Ha, you are so arrogant." Zhu Su sneered and stood up.
"Gentlemen, it seems that General Yuan, who met us by mistake, didn't take us seriously." He deliberately looked around at the surrounding generals, and sure enough, he saw the Yuan army crossing the river to attack the city without setting up camp. The eyes of a group of Ming generals were filled with confusion.
They all became kind.
If they attack the city directly without setting up a camp, do they think that the Ming army in Changli City is so weak that they can just retreat without success?
"Grandma, the east of the palace, give him a cavalry team, Old Chang, and take him by surprise while he is halfway across the river..." Chang Mao, who had looked solemn before, was furious now, holding a big iron spear and charging at him.
Zhu Su asked for a battle. The other generals were also filled with righteous indignation and knelt down one after another to ask for Kaicheng to fight.
"Isn't it necessary to go to Kaicheng to fight?" Seeing that his troops were ready, Zhu Su smiled and walked back to the east to take a sip of tea. "Since they want to attack the city, let them attack it."
"I originally had a plan to retreat the enemy, but now it seems that using a plan to defeat the Yuan army is worse than simply attacking their offensive eastward on the city wall."
"In that battle, I will be making jade and watching. If I can't wait for those Yuan troops to make mistakes, how about I make another move?"
Hearing what Zhu Su said deliberately, the blood of a group of Ming generals immediately started to pour out. Chang Mao shouted: "What do you mean by Dian Dong's words? Are you saying that they are not as good as those Yuan dogs?"
"Grandma, he always took the military honors in that battle by himself, how could he always rely on his master's clever ideas? If he had earned enough military honors earlier, he would have saved himself. There will always be people saying that he did not live up to his reputation as a prince!"
When the rest of the people heard that Dian Dong had a clever plan, they immediately felt like they had received a reassurance. Since Ding Dong's temperament was also coming, they thought: "It's the same with a head on his shoulders. Could it be that a mere fifty thousand yuan army?"
It's terrible, isn't he? That time, he relied on him to guard the 50,000 people from the east, and the palace master thought that they would be able to eat food!
In the blink of an eye, the vanguard of the Yuan army had crossed the river, and a group of generals immediately took their positions and went to defend themselves. Zhu Di looked at Zhu Su who looked indifferent and whispered: "Fifth brother, what do I really have?
A clever plan to defeat the enemy?"
"What do you think, Fourth Brother?" Zhu Su raised his head and blinked at Zhu Di.
Zhu Di suddenly became red. His fifth brother said that, but it only gave the soldiers of the East a layer of confidence.
It doesn't matter whether he is drinking tea in the tower on purpose, or whether he has a clever plan to defeat the enemy, it is just a way of boosting morale. The purpose is to defend the wave of attacks from Guantong.
Seeing that the city tower had begun to rain arrows, Zhu Xi asked: "Lao Wu, there are 50,000 people on the wrong side after all, but there are only 10,000 on the other side. If the enemy attacks continuously for months, what can we do?"
"Oh, an army of 50,000 can be wasted in one month. How much rations can Guantong carry with him to support his continuous attack?" Zhu Su said. "From his point of view, they have three to five months.
Food is already the limit."
"There will definitely be a fierce battle in March and May. They must hold on to the county seat. Wait and see if the scouts run out of food...then the situation will turn around."
There was a flash of light in Zhu Su's eyes. Not only Guan Tong, but also Naha Chu, who had been moving to the east of Yongping City for a long time, was bound to run out of ammunition and food. If you want to waste it by mistake, the one who can't afford it will be the first.
, absolutely wrong will not deny the Ming army.
"The enemy troops have arrived in the east of the city." Zhu Di said.
Amidst the sound of war drums that directly hit people's hearts, countless Yuan troops rushed to the east of Changli City holding simple ladders. The simple ladders were casually placed on the city wall, and then countless Yuan troops clung to them like ants.
Now, one after another, they are climbing towards the city wall.
The most costly siege method: ant attack!
However, the momentum of the Yuan army was unusually fierce. Even though most of the ladders were cut and smashed by the Ming army, and from time to time, the screams of Yuan soldiers being pushed east from the high ladders could be heard from the east of the city wall, but
However, there were still many soldiers of the Yuan army who rushed to the city wall along the ladders and killed Zhu Su and others at the place where the king's flag was erected.
"The Prime Minister has an order: Anyone who kills the Ming Dynasty prince will be rewarded with thousands of cattle and sheep, and ten thousand households will be sealed!" Yuan soldiers, with red eyes and arrogant looks, charged towards Zhu Su and others who were drinking tea.
"Thousands of households who rewarded me with a bird!" Chang Mao did not expect that the Yuan army's attack would be so crazy. He stabbed a Yuan army soldier who had just climbed on the city wall directly to the east with an iron spear, and then said loudly: "
Brothers, don’t embarrass me! Send all those Yuan Gou eastwards for him!”
"If the palace masters hadn't been injured by those yuan dogs, how could they have the dignity to meet the prince and his master!"