Daming: From the end of Hongwu

Chapter 295 - Chapter 293

In the next few days, the Yan army has been preparing for the next battle of Dongchang.

Seeing that Zhen Wu's condition was not good, Zhu Di found Zhen Wu on purpose and asked Zhen Wu to stay in Jinan City. After all, Xu Kai in Dongchang was his man, and with Xu Kai as internal support, they must win this battle. There is no need to let Zhen Wu Wu also followed the past adventure.

It would be better to let Zhen Wu rest and recuperate.

Zhen Wu lowered his head and thought for a while, but he didn't try to be brave, and nodded sullenly in agreement with Zhu Di's proposal.

Zhu Di looked at Zhen Wu, who had been unstoppable in the past and always liked to take the initiative. For the first time, he saw that there was a sense of loss and depression hidden in Zhen Wu's expression.

Suddenly, there was a feeling of sadness in his heart, and for a while, some moisture appeared in the sockets of his strong eyes.

Zhu Di raised his head and took a deep breath. The battle of the city gate a few days ago appeared in his mind. At that time, he was in a critical situation. He watched Zhen Wu roaring and slowly swung a tall horse and threw it in front of him. It was the first time I saw Zhen Wu roaring with all his strength, and it was the first time I saw the veins appear on Zhen Wu's face.

All these allowed him to imagine how much physical potential Zhen Wu had aroused when he was worried about him.

How can such an explosion not hurt the body.

But what Zhu Di didn't expect was that Zhen Wu's sudden weakness would have such a big impact on Zhen Wu's state. Zhu Di sighed, stretched out his hand and patted Zhen Wu's shoulder.

"Don't think too much, you will recover slowly." As he said, Zhu Di turned his head and looked to the north longingly. He seemed to see the boundless grassland, and said softly, "I'll wait for you to adjust. , I also believe that you can adjust it, don't forget that our real battlefield is in the grassland, horses stepping on the north of Mobei, and crossing the grassland is the common expectation of our grandfather."

Zhen Wu looked up at Zhu Di.

Zhu Di patted Zhen Wu's shoulder again, and strode away.

When the Yan army was about to set off for Dongchang, the latest arrangement of the imperial court Zhu Yunqi also spread to the Yan army camp. Many generals were a little lucky when they heard that Sheng Yong was in command, and Huai'an soldiers and horses entered Shandong for reinforcements. Fortunately, they did not rush south, otherwise Being held back by Sheng Yong, their ending may not be much better.

Zhu Di was worried that Sheng Yong would attack Jinan while their army was away, leaving Zhen Wu with more than 2 soldiers and horses, and then without delay, he would decisively move his army westward and send troops to Dongchang.

He needs to get rid of Xu Kai before Sheng Yong prepares his army. Otherwise, Sheng Yong, Wu Jie, Pingan and others support Dongchang, and he will probably be trapped in Dongchang and have to fight Sheng Yong again. In the decisive battle, the risk is too high, and if you fail, you may have to spit out all the results of the battle.

This is also inconsistent with the strategy set by Zhu Di and the others. Their strategy is to quickly take down Dongchang, integrate Xu Kai's troops, advance northward to Zhending, and then wipe out the threatening forces remaining behind them in one fell swoop.

At that time, they will face off against Sheng Yong again, even if they lose, they can retreat to Jinan, and Zhending, Dezhou and other places will have no southern army, and they will have a vast rear to support them to stick to Jinan.

Otherwise, Wu Jie's tens of thousands of horsemen are allowed to stay in Zhending, and more than ten thousand cavalrymen are in peace in Dezhou and other places. They can't even guarantee the food supply, so how can they talk about sticking to Jinan City.

Zhen Wu also knew this well, so at the moment Zhu Di led the army to leave, he directly sent countless patrols and scouts out, and the scouts went deep into the Shengyong army in Yanzhou to watch Sheng Yong's every move. move.

He needs to watch Sheng Yong die, and not let Sheng Yong destroy their general policy.

On this day, Jinan City started to rain patteringly since last night. During the daytime, the rain did not stop falling, but became heavier. Bean-sized raindrops were scattered in Jinan City like pouring down, making all the streets uneasy. In a few moments, a large rain beach has accumulated.

At noon, Zhen Wu was sitting by the window, asking the military doctor to change his medicine, while watching the still unrelenting rain outside the window, his brows furrowed deeply.

After a while, Zhen Wu couldn't bear it anymore, he shouted towards the door.

"Cao Xiaoman, how is your Highness doing? Is there any news?"

Cao Xiaoman heard the sound and walked into the house. He was wearing a coir raincoat, and the rain dripped down the ground along the coir raincoat. After a while, the ground under his feet was soaked.

"General You, today's messenger hasn't come back yet, but I just climbed up and looked in the direction of His Highness and the others. There was a cloudy cloud that spread so far that it couldn't see the edge. It is estimated that His Highness and the others must have encountered heavy rain blocking the way."

Zhen Wu's brows furrowed even deeper.

This is not good news.

Although Dongchang is a sure thing, if it is delayed for a long time, something may happen.

Thinking of this, Zhen Wu saw that the military doctor had finished changing the medicine, and couldn't sit still any longer. He got up and planned to go outside. He just got up, and habitually picked up the horse lance that was placed next to him, but just now he picked up the lance. , A stabbing pain hit his arm again.

But at this moment, he was stunned.

Before, it was difficult for him to lift his arm, let alone hold a weapon.

When Cao Xiaoman and the military doctor in the room saw this, they both showed happy expressions on their faces. They, the Youjun people, knew what the gradual improvement of the right general's health meant.

As long as the right general appears on the battlefield, it is no less than a sea-fixing needle.

The military doctor hastily stepped forward to take Ma Li away from Zhen Wu's hand, and said: "Although the general on the right is getting better, it's better not to use force these few days, and the most important thing is to take care of him."

Zhen Wu nodded, he tried to squeeze his fist, although it was still painful, but he obviously felt that the power had started to circulate in his arm, and even nourished the tingling muscles bit by bit, which made Zhen Wu Wu's previous worries were finally relieved.

As long as this strength is still there, it will be great.

So, he smiled.

But at the next moment, his face became serious again: "Xiao Man, put on my coir raincoat and accompany me to the city. Don't let the doggy Sheng Yong steal my city in this kind of doggy weather."

"Yes." Cao Xiaoman happily found a coir raincoat and helped Zhen Wu put it on.

Then, Zhen Wu led a group of people towards the top of the city.

This time, the [-]-man team that Zhen Wu left behind belonged to Zhang Wu and Xue Lu. They guarded two city walls each. The spirit must not be negligent, and after Zhang Wu promised, Zhen Wu then went to Xue Lu's side with peace of mind.

Xue Lu was in charge of cavalry most of the time before, so relatively speaking, Zhen Wu was more worried about Xue Lu defending the city.

After he arrived at Xue Lu's side, under Xue Lu's leadership, he turned around the two city walls that Xue Lu was to guard more carefully until he finished the tour. Zhen Wu saw that there were no omissions, so he gave up.

But when Zhen Wu was about to go back, a fast horse came from outside the city. After the soldiers at the city gate verified their identities, Zhen Wu got into the tower and asked someone to lead them here.

The person who came was a scout sent by Zhen Wu to Yanzhou.

After he came over, Zhen Wu listened to the scout's report while shaking the rain on his body, but the next moment he listened, Zhen Wu said in surprise: "What did you say? Yanzhou has gathered more than 20 troops? "

"Back to the right general, I have seen with my own eyes that there are at least 25 people in the Yanzhou barracks." The scout reported.

Zhen Wu cursed in his heart.

Fuck it.

Why did the court move so fast.

Zhen Wu suddenly asked: "How's the weather in Yanzhou these days? Is there any sign of rain?"

The scout didn't understand what Zhen Wu's question meant, but after thinking about it for a while, he still reported truthfully: "The sun has been shining brightly for the past few days, and there is no sign of rain."

Zhen Wu's face darkened, and he immediately thought about it. If Sheng Yong's troops had been assembled, he would definitely make some moves. Speaking of which, Zhen Wu was not afraid that Sheng Yong would attack Jinan City. He had more than 2 people defending the city. If he could keep it for a month, he was afraid that Sheng Yong would not play his cards according to common sense, directly ignore Jinan City, and lead his troops to support Dongchang instead.

You must know that Zhu Di was blocked by the heavy rain on the road now, so he had to delay time, and after Zhu Di defeated Dongchang, he still needed time to integrate Xu Kai's troops.

If Sheng Yong moved fast enough, he would definitely be able to block Zhu Di in Dongchang, forcing Zhu Di to confront him.

This is not a good time for a duel.

Zhen Wu looked at the scouts with fixed eyes, and said in a deep voice: "You simply rest for a moment, and then return to Yanzhou quickly, you must keep an eye on Sheng Yong, if Sheng Yong makes any moves, you must report immediately, understand? "

Seeing Zhen Wu's solemn expression, the scouts unconsciously paid attention to it.

He said: "General You, I can hold on, I don't need to rest, I can go back to Yanzhou right now."

"Good."

Zhen Wu praised: "Xiao Man, give him credit for a while, and then quickly prepare some food and horses for this little brother, and send him out of the city."

Cao Xiaoman went down in response, and after a while, Cao Xiaoman brought back some food and prepared two rested fast horses for the scouts.

The scouts didn't waste time, after bidding farewell to Zhen Wu, they got on their horses and braved the heavy rain and headed towards Yanzhou Kuai Ma.

Zhen Wu watched the scouts go away, looked at the rain, and his heart sank again. The rain might take a few days to stop completely.

He said silently in his heart, Zhu Di, Zhu Di.

You must move quickly.

……

At this time, in the Yanzhou military camp, Sheng Yong was reviewing a newly added unit and some equipment. He was fascinated by the cannons neatly placed in front of him, as if he was looking at them in his dream. Lovers in general.

"it is good."

Sheng Yong was delighted and couldn't help but praised: "With these cannons, I can see how the Yan army's fine cavalry are still running freely, and they like field battles? If I can go down to ten thousand enemies with one cannon, I can blow up their wives in ten battles."

The lieutenant beside him also had a happy face at this moment, and he smiled and handed Sheng Yong a gun: "General, look at this gun again."

As soon as Sheng Yong took it over and looked it over, a look of surprise appeared on his face: "This is the latest one made by the Ministry of Industry? It looks different from the three-eyed and single-eyed guns I've seen before."

A military craftsman stood up at this moment and said: "Not only is it different, it is a hundred times better than the previous blunderbuss. Didn't the general see that there is no matchlock? This blunderbuss has a mechanism inside, and the projectile can be fired directly by pulling the trigger. "

hiss.

Sheng Yong took a breath and said, "Go, go out and try."

When everyone went outside, a soldier had already set up a target in front of Sheng Yong. After Sheng Yong loaded the gunpowder projectile, took aim, and pulled the trigger, the projectile hit the opposite target with a sound.

Sheng Yong couldn't help being overjoyed and said, "This is an artifact."

As he spoke, he looked towards the expert and said, "Quickly introduce me."

The military craftsman nodded and said: "This blunderbuss is called Zhongwu blunderbuss. It took nearly ten years of research and improvement by the Manufacturing Supervision Bureau to have the current appearance. It took several years of effort to mix the black powder and flint technology alone. And the two don’t always get along well, and there are often cases where sparks can’t ignite the black powder, so far only a few thousand guns have been made, and this time the emperor gave special approval for us to bring them all over.”

Speaking of this, the military craftsman asked with a strange expression: "Does the general know why this gun is called Zhongwu?"

"Why?" Sheng Yong asked.

The military craftsman pointed to the north and said, "It is said that it was researched by Ma Zhenwu of Yong'an County and Master Mu Zhong, so it was named Zhongwu Gun. It seems to be a gift from King Yan to Taizu in the 25th year of Hongwu. , Taizu thought this weapon was extremely powerful, so he transferred Master Mu Zhong back to the capital to study this weapon, and at the same time reprimanded King Yan, not letting King Yan touch this weapon."

"Oh, there's this one more thing?"

The military craftsman nodded.

Sheng Yong laughed out loud, he didn't know what kind of expression Zhu Di would have when he found out that the firecracker he dedicated to the Taizu was now used against him.

And it's such a sharp weapon.

What is this called?
Lift your rock and lick your own feet!
But no matter what, with this blunderbuss, he has a lot more confidence in dealing with Zhu Di's fine cavalry. Today is really a surprise.

At this moment, a soldier ran over in a panic, and he whispered something in Sheng Yong's ear.

Sheng Yong's expression changed.

His lieutenant asked: "General, what happened?"

Sheng Yong said in a deep voice: "Accurate news has come, saying that Zhu Di has moved westward with the intention of attacking Dongchang."

The lieutenant's face also changed.

Sheng Yong said: "Let's go and look at the map first." After speaking, he took the lead in striding towards his tent.

When the two arrived in the big tent, Sheng Yong looked at the map and narrowed his eyes. He pointed at the location of Dongchang City and said, "Zhu Di has a good plan. He wants to get rid of Xu Kai, and then go north to eat the truth." Wu Jie and Ping An are determined, so that no one in Hebei and Shandong can threaten his retreat, and then he can enter Jinan again, relying on Jinan's strong city, he can definitely fight us decisively or confront us for a long time."

While talking, Sheng Yong sighed: "It's a good plan. If Zhu Di succeeds, we won't be able to take back Jinan City."

The deputy general frowned deeply, and asked a question: "No, Xu Kai has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Dongchang. Why does Zhu Di think that he can take down Dongchang, and as long as his army is not in Jinan, we can attack Jinan with all our strength? If you don’t believe that he is willing to leave tens of thousands of troops in Jinan, we can completely compare with him to see who can destroy the city faster, at worst, we will trade Dongchang for Jinan, and we will not lose.”

"You're wrong."

Sheng Yong shook his head and said: "Since Zhu Di has been guarding Beiping, he has been out of the country to fight all the year round. His military ability is extremely strong. He can definitely think of everything you can think of, but he still dares to attack Dongchang. There must be a way we don't know. Break through Dongchang City very quickly, so we absolutely can't do what he wants, if we really let him play a solid rear, we will also fall into a passive situation."

"Then what is the general going to do?"

Sheng Yong said in a deep voice: "Soldiers are dispatched to Dongchang. If the action is fast enough and Dongchang City is not broken, they will attack Xu Kai back and forth. If it is too late, then Zhu Di must be dragged to the decisive battle in Dongchang. We cannot let him take Wu Jie and Pingan defeated each other."

"But in the decisive battle in Dongchang, what if..." The lieutenant general didn't say the following words.

Sheng Yong smiled confidently: "We have added countless artillery and guns, just enough to restrain Zhu Di's cavalry, and the strength of the troops is higher than Zhu Di's. If we dare not fight decisively like this, then we don't have to fight, let alone these days I lead Zhu Di's troops I have read all the dossiers since then, and I am familiar with his combat habits, and I have also discovered one of his fatal weaknesses, so I can guarantee victory in this battle."

Seeing Sheng Yong's confident look, the deputy general was subdued unconsciously. He clasped his fists and said, "Since that's the case, Bei Zhijin obeys the general's order. Please give the general's order."

"Call all the generals and march to Dongchang!" Sheng Yong said in a deep voice.

The lieutenant general took the order.

Sheng Yong looked at the back of the lieutenant general going down, and then turned his eyes to the direction of Dongchang. There seemed to be dark clouds condensing and rolling over there. He knew that within a few days, Dongchang would definitely attract all the attention from all over the country.

This is a big fight.

What Sheng Yong didn't expect or consider so much was that the result of this battle would also directly determine who should lead the Ming Dynasty.

This is not only a big battle, but also a decisive battle that will determine the fate of many people.

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