Father-in-law Zhu Di, I am so happy to marry the disfigured princess
Chapter 223 Zhu Di Shocked!Li Xiao was 22 years old and became the Duke of the state. What about you
Chapter 223 Zhu Di Shocked!Li Xiao was 22 years old and became the Duke of the state. What about you?Art is a blast!
The entire camp suddenly became very quiet.
With the arrival of this military newspaper.
The people in the entire tent were completely silent.
Why did Duke Yongle come from Peiping?
Come here, come, and teach His Highness the Crown Prince how to do things as soon as you come?
Isn't this slapping the prince in the face?
The prince personally supervised the battle, and hadn't left the city for half a month.
And this Li Xiao said to let the prince wait at the south gate tomorrow, and enter the city at this time? ?
Even if you are the prince's son-in-law, you shouldn't be so arrogant!
In the past five years, the crown prince has controlled the government and doubled the tax revenue of the treasury. This achievement has surpassed the kings of all generations in history!
But after Li Xiao returned to Beiping and disappeared, everyone gradually forgot about this man of the year.
Everyone has forgotten how powerful Li Xiao was back then, and how much he was loved by Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di.
"Mr. Yongle, it's just nonsense."
General Xue Lu snorted and said, "How can a major event in the military be such a trifling matter? If the military report is passed on in this way, if the city cannot be opened in time, it will be dealt with by military law!"
General Chen Heng also frowned and said: "Duke Yongle came here without invitation, and he came here from Beiping without even notifying the Ministry of War. Although he is a Duke, he can't be so nonsense. Your Highness, please restrain yourself. good"
General Liu Zhen shook his head: "This Duke Yongle is still too young to know the hardships of the war. If we can break the city easily, why do we still need to fight here for so long?"
Everyone you speak, I speak.
Express doubts about this ridiculous military situation.
And the veteran Gu Chengdao who was once favored by Li Xiao said:
"There is no need for everyone to refute. Duke Yongle was granted the title of duke at the age of 22, which is a title granted by the Holy Majesty. Since the founding of the country, who can obtain such an honor, the Holy Majesty has made a clear judgment. If Duke Yongle has no extraordinary ability, the Holy Majesty will give him the title Grandpa? In my opinion, it’s best to wait at the south gate tomorrow at six o’clock.”
Although he didn't really believe that Li Xiao could break the city, he still helped Li Xiao with a word.
The implication is that it is a title granted by the Holy Majesty. What do you mean, the Holy Majesty is not good at seeing?
In fact, when Li Xiao became the Duke of the state, most people had the idea of envy, jealousy and hatred.
Especially those military generals staying in the court.
After Hongwu founded the country, they had no chance of being knighted.
Recently, Li Xiao was impeached, and everyone gloated over his misfortune.
Xue Lu retorted: "The Holy Majesty made a clear decision. Naturally, the Holy Majesty considered Duke Yongle, but he was not granted a title based on his military merits. He did have extraordinary talents in governance. But in terms of fighting... the generals would not agree. .”
After finishing speaking, he cupped his hands and looked at Zhu Di and said, "Please send a message quickly, General Yongle, to stop the use of troops immediately, so as not to cause great damage. Soldiers are lives, and they cannot be taken away at will. Let them cooperate with our soldiers." In one place, we can attack the city together.”
In fact, he was also kind. Although he didn't know Li Xiao, but Li Xiao was the son-in-law of His Royal Highness, he asked Li Xiao to stop using troops to avoid too much damage.
When the time comes, will His Royal Highness be punished, or not?
The general Liu Zhen nodded and said: "The final general agrees with Xue Lu's opinion. Li Xiao's rash use of troops this time will hurt both the soldiers of Peking and the soldiers of the imperial court. They are all soldiers of Ming Dynasty. It is not easy to raise soldiers, and they must be used wisely Come on, please order the General to recall Duke Yongle and General Gao Sui, and join forces together."
Soon several generals agreed with this opinion.
In fact, they were not aiming at Li Xiao, but were judging based on their actual combat experience.
Seeing this, Gu Cheng couldn't say anything, and he wasn't sure that Li Xiao would be able to break through the city.
There are many mistakes, especially in military operations. If one is not careful, it will cost the lives of thousands of soldiers. No one can make fun of the lives of soldiers.
Wars do involve damage, which is unavoidable. The role of generals is to minimize the damage of soldiers on the premise of victory.
At this moment, Zhu Di had no expression on his face, and he didn't know what he was thinking about.
On the contrary, Gu Tong, Gu Cheng's son, stood up and said, "Everyone has said so much, have you forgotten that with the arrival of Lord Yongle, the fortress will be breached in a day, and if Lord Yongle is incapable and not sure, he will praise you." Under such a sea?"
For this expedition, Zhu Di deliberately brought many generals out to practice and experience, so that they will be useful in the future Northern Expedition, so many young generals are also in the camp.
Gu Tong was also the one who opened the city gate to Li Xiao for the first time back then, and his friendship with Li Xiao is considered good. Although we haven't seen each other for a long time, the friendship is still there.
According to the normal historical line, this Gu Tong had already died in Jing Nan, but because Li Xiao changed the history, many generals survived.
With this remark,
The generals began to discuss in low voices.
Liu Zhendao: "The small camp should have been pulled out. What's so strange about it? Zhu Gaosui's command of the army is not good. If it were me, the camp would have been pulled out long ago. Why wait until now? It's just a small victory, so Duke Yongle felt that It can break the city, but arrogant soldiers and strong generals are taboo for military strategists."
Tan Yuan disagreed and said: "You can't say that. It's been raining recently, and the city is standing on the hillside. It's even more difficult to lift the cannon up. It can't be said that the emperor's grandson Zhu Gaosui is not good at leading the army. It is indeed difficult. .”
Liu Zhen snorted: "That's not a reason. Could it be that without cannons, we can't fight a war? It's just a small camp."
Gu Tong retorted: "Then how do you explain that Zhu Gaosui was unable to attack for a long time, but Yongle immediately defeated the enemy as soon as he came?"
Liu Zhendao: "It's just a fluke. It must have been fine these few days before the cannon was lifted up. Duke Yongle came at the right time, and he just broke through the camp and attacked."
"You..." Gu Tong was so stunned that he couldn't speak.
Liu Zhen smiled and said: "You are still young, don't express your opinions indiscriminately, learn more from your father, if the general didn't specially train you little carrots, you wouldn't even be able to enter this camp."
After the words fell, all the generals laughed.
Gu Tong blushed, speechless.
Tan Yuandao: "There is a saying that there are no seniors in learning, those who are masters come first. Duke Yongle Li Xiao was made a Duke by His Majesty at the age of 22, what about you?? Now he is only [-], does his young age affect his being a Duke? "
The voice fell.
All the people were red-faced and ashamed.
Well, you Tan Yuan, you can really speak, and no one will treat you as a dumb person if you don't speak!
Hearing this, Zhu Di wanted to laugh when he saw the deflated look of the generals, but he held back, and just cocked the corners of his mouth.
In fact, he hadn't seen Li Xiao for so many years, and he just heard that Li Xiao came here, and he also missed him a little bit.
At the same time, thinking in his mind, it seemed that Li Xiao had never uttered big words.
"Okay, everyone, stop arguing, and you will know if you ask."
Zhu Di spoke, and everyone fell silent instantly.
After finishing speaking, Zhu Di looked at the scout and said, "Today, let me tell you quickly how to break the stronghold."
The scout clasped his hands and said: "Back to the general, it was Yong Le Gong who held a small cannon and fired a cannon, directly smashing the camp, and then broke into the camp. Although the camp is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is still a pocket, and there is nowhere to escape. To enter is to catch turtles in the urn, and all Japanese pirates will be wiped out within a day."
The voice fell.
Zhu Di stood up abruptly, and asked in surprise, "What??"
All the generals stood up suddenly, their eyes widened in disbelief.
The second half of the sentence can be ignored, but the first sentence.
A cannon blast shattered the camp directly.
What kind of cannon is this? It's so powerful? ? ?
Others do not know.
But Zhu Di knows!
Li Xiao has fireworks technology, he can develop firearms!
But what Zhu Di didn't expect was that he thought the Holy Majesty asked him to reform, so he didn't have much time to develop firearms.
Unexpectedly, Li Xiao has not been idle all these years, and the research and development of firearms has not been left behind!
His scalp was numb from shock!
Zhu Di said loudly: "Tell me quickly, the appearance, scale, and weight of this cannon!"
In his consciousness, this cannon is so powerful, it must be very heavy.
The other generals also stared at the scout soldier with wide eyes.
This scout soldier had never seen such a scene before, being stared at by the crown prince, stared at by a group of generals, the whole person panicked and faltered.
"Hurry up, you're going to die in a hurry." Gu Cheng urged.
"It's a small cannon, not a cannon."
The scout touched the sweat on his forehead, then compared it with his hands, and explained: "If it's so big, so long, and heavy, my subordinates saw that Yongle Gong picked it up with one hand and carried it on his shoulder."
The voice fell.
The crowd was stunned again.
What is this cannon?
Pick it up with one hand and carry it on your shoulder? ?
General Xue Lu stared and said: "You are right, are you seeing clearly? There is no joke in the army. If you talk nonsense, your head will be chopped off!"
The scout was startled, recalled the scene again, nodded and said: "This subordinate is right, not only the subordinate, but the entire army has seen it."
As he spoke, he gestured again, "It's just such a big cannon, the ammunition fired is straight and smoking, and one shell directly wiped out the camp."
The voice fell.
The entire camp was eerily quiet, and a needle could be heard falling.
hiss! ! !
The generals of the entire camp gasped.
The cannonball carried on the shoulder can have such a huge power in one shot! ! !
If it is true, isn't Daming's army invincible?
"Good! Good!! Hahaha!!"
Others still didn't believe it, but Zhu Di was the first to believe it.
He was almost killed by a tiger back then, but it was Li Xiao who saved him with that small and exquisite firearm, which he played with at that time.
Unexpectedly, five years later, even the cannon has become so small and exquisite.
After that, when marching, there is no need to transport heavy cannons.
It is easy to expand the territory and expand the territory!
"What a virtuous son-in-law alone, if there is such a virtuous son-in-law alone, God will help him!"
Zhu Di was overjoyed, his love was beyond words.
"Congratulations, Your Highness, for having such a good son-in-law."
All the generals bowed their hands in compliment, and at the same time were shocked in their hearts.
Zhu Di narrowed his eyes slightly, patted the table, and ordered:
"All the officers and men obey the order. Tomorrow, we will prepare food at Maoshi, and pull out the camp at Chenshi. At Sishi, the whole army will be on standby at the south gate. When the gate is opened, the whole army will enter the city!"
The generals bowed their hands: "Take the order!"
Cixi City at this time.
Is in dire straits.
The reason why the Japanese pirates were able to grow to such an extent is actually a large part of the reason, which is inseparable from Zhu Yuanzhang.
On the normal historical line, the scale of Japanese pirates from Zhu Yuanzhang's Hongwu period to Zhu Di's period became larger and larger, and there are three main reasons behind it.
First, because North Korea promised to help the Japanese pirates digest the people, goods such as silk and various things looted from China, the Japanese pirates began to change from a survival problem to a commercial problem, and North Korea sold the stolen goods for them.
Second: Zhu Yuanzhang does not seem to know the role of North Korea in it, and Zhu Di only learned about it from the North Korean population in his later years. It can be seen how closed the ancient news is, and it is not easy to find out any news .
The third: That is too much spending, the treasury can't support it. From the seventh year of Hongwu, the exchanges between the Ming Dynasty and Japan's Southern and Northern Dynasties began to become frequent.
Zhu Yuanzhang finally figured out what was going on with the situation in Japan.
He is still polite to Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, but he only asks to govern the country to protect the environment and the people, and the strategy for the Japanese country is still defensive.
These three major reasons led to the increasing power of the Japanese pirates. It was not until the ninth year of Yongle that Zhu Di discovered that the Japanese pirates were too large, so he started to clean up the Japanese pirates.
However, this problem only appeared in Hongwu 30 years in advance after Li Xiao occupied some political power in the Wa country.
As for Cixi City, the reason why the city was destroyed was because of the existence of traitors.
That's right, there are not only Japanese people who are Japanese pirates at sea, in fact, the most powerful group of Japanese pirates are Chinese people.
Chen Youliang defeated Zhu Yuanzhang back then, and Chen Youliang was the best at navy, and he had a large number of naval generals and craftsmen with superb shipbuilding skills under his command.
Some of them were incorporated by Zhu Yuanzhang, which strengthened the strength of the navy of the Ming Dynasty.
But Zhu Yuanzhang did not pay too much attention to it. It was not until the Yongle period, a few years after Zhu Di ascended the throne, that he began to build a real Daming navy.
Until the 13th year of Yongle, the largest fleet in the world was formed at that time. From this point of view, Zhu Di saw farther than Zhu Yuanzhang.
It can be said that the navy of the Ming Dynasty at that time was the most powerful fleet in the entire history of mankind. Every time Zheng He sailed to the West, he would make all nations come to court and serve guests from all over the world, spreading the national prestige of the Ming Dynasty at home and abroad.
The other half of Chen Youliang's subordinates, who were not recruited by Zhu Yuanzhang as artisans and naval generals, went overseas to become Japanese pirates.
Although there was no huge gang of Japanese pirates on the scale of Wang Zhi's later generations.
But the influence is still not small!
It was these Chinese Japanese pirates who designed and captured Cixi City.
In a sense, many Japanese pirates are vassals of this group of people, and I don’t know if they are Japanese pirates. It is more appropriate to say that they are pirates.
They can speak Chinese, understand strategies, and understand the principle that numbers are powerful, and they gathered a large number of Japanese pirates as early as at sea to discuss strategies.
First, a group of Han people were arranged to buy businessmen with money to help them forge their identities, and then sneaked into Cixi City. They were originally Han Chinese and spoke Chinese, so it was not difficult to get in.
Then the big ship approached the sea, and the army pressed in. Before the guard of Cixi City could react, he responded from the inside and outside, and instantly controlled the defender with lightning speed.
Then he took control of the entire county, and immediately closed the city, and sent people to search for the food stockpiles in the guards and the food in the surrounding villages for continuous combat.
It was Zhang Haiyang, the leader of this group of pirates who planned all this.
Although the name is unremarkable, his father's name is more famous.
His father's name is Zhang Dingbian, who used to be a hero under Chen Youliang, a ruthless character who almost single-handedly killed Zhu Yuanzhang with a boat in the Battle of Poyang Lake.
After Chen Youliang's defeat, Zhang Haiyang followed his uncle to the sea to become a Japanese pirate.
After the death of his uncle, he began to use his ability to run rampant at sea. Many Japanese pirates were conquered by him, and he followed behind to make a living. He was a relatively large force among Japanese pirates.
After occupying Cixi City this time, Zhang Haiyang became a bit ambitious.
He knew that it was impossible to defend a city.
Sooner or later, there will be a day when it will be eaten by the Ming army.
Now that he has come to this point, he can only fight all the way.
Hit Nanjing City!
Recover Chen Han and overthrow Ming Dynasty!
uprising!
Throughout the Hongwu period, there were many large and small uprisings.
And Zhang Haiyang also moved this idea, he found that it is really possible to do it.
This is why uprisings continued to occur in feudal society, even the Ming Dynasty was no exception.
Because land is the foundation of productivity, and land is inevitably concentrated in the hands of a small number of people. Although it was not serious during the Hongwu period, it still existed.
You only need to incite the poor, the tenants who have no tiles on the top and no land to stand on, and those slaves, and it can be done! !
So, after entering the city, Zhang Haiyang stopped the massacre.
But in ancient times, people worked their lives, pinned their heads to their waistbands, and prevented the carnival of massacres. Even he couldn't manage the robbers under him.
So taking a step back, he allowed the looting of the wealthy district.
The Japanese pirates began to plunder the money and food in the rich area, and they could live if they gave money and food, but if they refused, they would kill them directly, so not many people died in Cixi City.
As for the slums, Zhang Haiyang has another attitude, donating food under the slogan of robbing the rich and helping the poor, and doing justice for the sky.
That's right, regardless of whether the rebellion was successful or not, almost every rebel army probably played this banner at the beginning.
For example, the sky is dead, and the yellow sky will be established, and the year is Jiazi, and the world will be blessed.
Another example is that the princes and generals have kindness.
Or my disease is uneven, rich and poor, and now it is shared by you.
Another example is Li Zicheng's slogan later: Open the city gate to welcome the Chuang Wang, and the Chuang King will not pay the food when he comes.
In short, although it is not the poor who benefit in the end.
But these slogans are aimed at the poor.
It's easy to get overwhelmed.
Those poor people were not happy in their lives, so they joined when they saw that they had food and drink.
After some operations, Zhang Haiyang really recruited many people to join the army.
Apart from the tenants, there were also many domestic slaves from big families who saw that the city was in disarray, so they ran away one after another and joined Zhang Haiyang's army.
The original [-] Japanese pirates have now suddenly added a new force of [-].
This made Zhang Haiyang a little swollen, and felt why Zhu Yuanzhang was able to expand his team with a dozen people and win the world.
Let him also have this illusion, since Zhu Yuanzhang can do it, why can't I?
Do princes and generals care about each other? ?
However, even so, the people in this city are not having a good time.
Before dawn, the Japanese pirates began to sweep the streets again with samurai swords.
The Japanese pirates divided each team into areas to search for money and food. Just like the Chu River and Han borders, they were not allowed to cross the border to search. At night, they would compare with each other to see who had the most money.
And the Japanese pirates who search for less money will take their anger out on the common people the next day.
After more than ten days of searching, there are not many things that can be searched every day.
Boom!Boom!Boom! !
Several ronin in samurai uniform knocked on the door and shouted: "Open the door, don't open the door, kill them all, leave no one behind!"
Every time the door was knocked, the sound would make the people inside tremble with fear, but they dared not disobey, otherwise they would be killed.
In the past, many wealthy families supported dozens of family servants, but they resisted when they searched. The end was very miserable. The whole family was slaughtered, both young and old, and women were also killed after being bullied.
Now as long as there is a knock on the door, no one dares not to open the door.
With a creak, the door opened.
This is a courtyard with a second entrance, and a 40-year-old middle-aged man came out. Originally, the family had quite a lot of property, but now it has almost been robbed.
"Master, please do me a favor, the family has no money"
The man knelt down and begged, hoping that the Japanese pirates would let them go.
A Han Japanese pirate said: "Today is the last time, I paid the money to survive."
In order to search smoothly, the Japanese pirates will take the initiative to invite Han Japanese pirates to join the team and let him share more money.
"Go away!"
With a bang, the door of the room was kicked open by a Chinese Japanese pirate, who cursed in Chinese: "No money? If you find it today, you will die!"
Immediately afterwards, this group of Japanese pirates broke into the house and searched unscrupulously.
No matter how hard the middle-aged man begged for mercy, it was of no avail.
"Baga, this thief must have hidden money."
"Does Hua girl have any? If you don't have money, Hua girl can do it too."
"Yoxi, the flower girl has been found, hahaha"
These ronin wore wooden clogs and stomped on the ground, looking for and cursing at the same time.
Suddenly, a ronin found a girl in a rice vat, and couldn't help laughing.
"I beg you, please spare my little girl, please!"
The middle-aged man's face changed, and he immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed for mercy.
A few days ago, I gave money every day, so as to avoid suffering, I didn't expect them to break in like this today
Early in the morning, he made all the female relatives of the family hide, some behind the toilet, some under the bed, and some on the house
Unexpectedly, the second daughter hiding in the rice vat was found.
"Father."
That young girl was only about twenty-eight years old and was about to be married. She had delicate features, was well-behaved and sensible. She had never seen such a scene before. She was trembling with fear and at a loss.
"Yo Xi, so soft"
"Women in Jiangnan are beautiful."
"comfortable"
Seven or eight hands of the group of ronin had already reached in and fumbled. The girl's eyes were full of tears and she kept struggling, but she was the opponent of this group of strong ronin.
"I beg you, let the little girl go, I kowtow to you!"
The middle-aged man banged his head, blood stains oozing from his forehead.
His Japanese pirates were not moved at all.
The Han Japanese pirates laughed and said, "Bring out money, everything is easy to talk about. Without money, I can't control these people."
"Father, help me."
The girl could only look at the middle-aged man asking for help, and the tears could not stop flowing.
"I give, I give!! Let me go, my daughter!"
The middle-aged man was so sad that he rushed into the kitchen, removed the rice vat, took out a hoe to dig up the soil, revealed the package inside, took out the cloth bag and handed it over.
The Japanese pirate opened the cloth bag and saw that there were seven or eight taels of gold and five or sixty taels of silver in it.
He immediately beamed with joy, looked at the rogues who were doing their best, and said, "I've given you the money, let this family go."
A rogue said: "Let grandpa be happy first."
"presumptuous!"
The Han Japanese pirate shouted: "Your Highness Zhang said that if you give money and food but don't kill them, are you going to disobey His Highness's military order?"
In fact, how could the Chinese Japanese pirates have such good intentions? He was a murderer before, and he escaped to become a Japanese pirate after committing a crime.
He thinks that this method can squeeze out oil and water.
If you still do this with money and food, you won't be able to squeeze it out next time.
After all, these people are very good at hiding money and food, and they can't be found at all.
"Yoxi, then listen to Your Highness and let her go."
A ronin scratched his crotch and yelled strangely at the girl, scaring her out of his wits, and then walked away embarrassingly.
"Let's go, go to the next one, this method is really easy to use."
The Japanese pirates laughed loudly, strode away with their knives in hand, and walked towards the next house.
After the Japanese pirates left, the middle-aged man rushed over with red eyes, gently closed the door and bolted it.
Then he returned to the kitchen, helped his disheveled daughter up, choked up and said, "I'm sorry, dad didn't protect you well."
"woooooo"
The girl burst into tears and had thoughts of committing suicide.
At this time, the other female relatives of the family also came out one after another.
Everyone sat together and cried.
The middle-aged woman cried: "The head of the family, now that our family has given away the last sum of money, how will we live in the future?"
"We'll talk about the future, how can I bear to see my daughter suffer such a great humiliation." The middle-aged man choked up and said, "Why didn't anyone take care of these gangsters who killed thousands of knives?"
The middle-aged woman choked up and said, "Hey, if they come to search again tomorrow, what shall we give them?"
This statement came out.
The whole family fell into silence.
I gave away the last sum of money today, so what will I give tomorrow.
It's not about the money, the family doesn't even have any food, only a morsel of wheat, and in a few days, they might starve to death.
At this time,
Heart-piercing shouts came from the yard next door.
"I'm really out of money, I'm really out of money, I gave it all to you yesterday, please let us go." A man shouted at the top of his voice.
The middle-aged man could tell that it was the voice of the head of the Zhang family next door.
Immediately afterwards, the screams of the woman being insulted by several people came from over there.
Presumably that family handed over all their money yesterday, and they really had no money.
"I'm fighting with you guys!!"
The Patriarch of the Zhang family next door yelled, and soon, the sound disappeared.
You can imagine what happened even with your eyes closed.
Immediately afterwards, the woman's painful cries could only be heard in the next yard, and after half a quarter of an hour, the sound was faintly heard until it disappeared.
Immediately afterwards, I heard the sound of Japanese pirates rushing out of the door, and went to the next house.
"Beast, beast."
This middle-aged man clenched his fists tightly, his nails embedded in his flesh, and the unmarried youngest daughter of the Zhang family next door was only 13 years old.
"It's over, it's over." The middle-aged woman closed her eyes and cried, "Our family has no money. Tomorrow... I'm afraid it will be the end of Zhang's family."
There is a kind of despair, the despair of waiting for death.
They didn't dare to escape from this room, they would die faster if they went out.
Because staying in the house was only raided by a wave of pirates.
If you go out and run around, there will be Japanese pirates everywhere. Whoever catches them will be their prey. The whole city will fall. Where can they escape?
Even if the outside army attacked the city, they might not survive to that day.
"Bodhisattva bless, Bodhisattva bless, come and save us"
Middle-aged women kept praying to the sky.
"Mother, don't be afraid, there will be a great hero to save us."
The seven-year-old daughter bared her tiger teeth and said, "There is a hero named Guo Jing. When he sees our suffering, he will definitely come to help. He can kill these villains with Eighteen Palms of the Dragon."
The middle-aged woman asked, "Where did you find out?"
The seven-year-old daughter said: "It was written in the newspaper"
After listening, the middle-aged man sighed deeply, and said with a wry smile: "It's all fake, it's made up."
The youngest daughter said: "It's true, it's all true, he will definitely come."
The middle-aged man shook his head helplessly, thinking about how to spend tomorrow.
At this time, there was the sound of a gong beating outside.
There were Japanese and Chinese shouting outside: "General Zhang has an order, everyone quickly return to the city wall to meet the enemy, everyone quickly return to the city wall to meet the enemy! There must be no mistakes!"
The middle-aged man's eyes lit up suddenly, and he pricked up his ears to listen, and soon he heard the sound of countless pirates leaving and walking.
"Could it be."
The middle-aged man's face changed drastically, and he murmured, "Is there really someone who came to save me?"
For a long time, Japanese pirates have been half defending the city and half searching.
Originally, half of the Japanese pirates were still searching the whole city.
Suddenly Zhang Haiyang ordered all the Japanese pirates to defend the city.
The reason was that the news of the fall of the Shanzhai reached Zhang Haiyang's ears. Zhang Haiyang felt that something was wrong and he had to take it seriously.
On the city wall, soldiers were moving bricks, tiles, stones, and wood to the city wall. These were demolished from the houses close to the city wall and transported up.
At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Zhu Wenzheng defended Hongdu City for a hundred days, using this method.
Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang fought back then.
If Zhu Wenzheng hadn't defended Hongdu City, the outcome would have been unpredictable.
As Zhang Dingyuan's son, he has heard such a story countless times, and now he uses it immediately, not to mention it is very useful.
When the Ming army attacked the city, these bricks, tiles and stones were smashed down, and the effect was very significant.
"General Zhang, why are you mobilizing the troops so much?"
A little pirate leader was a little dissatisfied. He had just turned to search today, but he was called to the city wall.
Zhang Haiyang's face turned cold and he didn't speak.
"Shut up and call Your Highness!"
Li Tianer, the general next to Zhang Haiyang, scolded: "His Royal Highness has already been named Dayang King, pay attention to your attitude, and use your honorific title when you see His Highness!"
Now that he has decided to rebel, Zhang Haiyang has already started to build momentum and proclaim himself king.
The army must have the appearance of an army, and there must be a clear distinction between the upper and lower classes, and they cannot be like robbers and have no order as before.
"Your Highness."
The little leader of the Japanese pirates had no choice but to change his words: "Your Highness, why did you suddenly let us defend the city? Didn't the Ming army attack the city the day before yesterday? You should rest for a few days anyway."
"The stronghold of Dalong Mountain has been pulled out, so we have to be careful. The Ming army may make a big move today." Zhang Haiyang said.
"The group of wastes in Dalongshan have broken down the stronghold?" The Japanese pirates said angrily, "Our large number of firearms and gunpowder are still with them. Damn it, they were captured by the Ming army."
Li Tianer snorted and said: "Stop talking nonsense, listen to His Highness's order, and keep you safe. Not only will we be able to occupy this city, but we will go to occupy the next city until we reach Nanjing and win the country!"
This Li Tianer must have been brainwashed by Zhang Haiyang, and he firmly believes in such ideals.
Especially the recent call of [-] new troops made him even more convinced that this plan was feasible.
But the Japanese pirates were confused. Is this Haiyang dreaming? Is this possible? Isn’t it a happy day?
But he still didn't say anything. After all, Zhang Haiyang is the most powerful.
At this time, Zhang Haiyang, who was standing at the south city gate, pointed to the distance and said, "Look, the Ming army really made a big move!!"
In the distance is Zhu Di's assembled army, [-] troops approaching here.
"Okay, great! Sure enough, I guessed it!"
Zhang Haiyang said with a smile: "This Zhu Di is nothing more than that. He mobilized all the troops. Today they are going to attack the city with all their might. If we wipe them all out today, we can completely suppress the morale of the Ming army, and then continue to attack westward."
"well!!"
The little pirate leader's eyes lit up: "Your Highness is really clever. He even made preparations in advance and defeated the prince Zhu Di. That would be a great suppression of the Ming Dynasty."
Not just this little leader.
I saw Zhu Di's whole army coming towards the city wall in black.
The other pirate leaders saw this scene and shouted loudly.
They have long been tired of Zhu Di's intrusion from time to time, never tired of it.
They wished that Zhu Di's whole army would come and defeat the Ming army. They found that dismantling the cannons on the ship and transporting them to the city wall to defend the city would get twice the result with half the effort, but it was very useful.
If they can defeat this annoying Zhu Di, they can leave the city, and according to what King Dayang said, maybe they can really attack Nanjing
Everyone started to gear up and prepare for a big fight.
Zhu Di's army kept advancing, and suddenly stopped three miles outside the city wall.
The stop position was just outside the attack range of the artillery.
"Hey, why did the Ming army suddenly stop?"
"That's right, the Ming army mobilized the masses, why didn't they attack us?"
"Is there some kind of conspiracy?"
The Japanese pirates became very surprised and pointed to the army below.
"Your Highness, what does Zhu Di mean?"
Li Tianer, the general next to Zhang Haiyang, said doubtfully.
"Don't worry, wait and see what happens, we are well prepared, and we are not afraid of Zhu Di."
Zhang Haiyang didn't know what was going on, he frowned and looked at Zhu Di who was riding a horse in the distance.
Just like that, Zhu Di remained motionless, just staring at Zhang Haiyang on the city wall, showing a sneer from time to time.
This made Zhang Haiyang panic.
If Zhu Di attacked the city directly, he would not feel afraid.
But Zhu Di looked at him with such strange eyes, which made him shudder a little and make his heart tremble.
"I heard that Zhu Di used his soldiers like a god. Could it be that there is a conspiracy?"
Zhang Haiyang thought in his heart, constantly thinking about what Zhu Di was going to do.
He must have never imagined that Zhu Di was waiting for the city gate to open.
Ever since, Zhang Haiyang ordered a few cavalry to ride horses and gallop on the city wall to see the situation of the north city wall, west city wall, and south city wall.
Not long after, several scouts came back and reported: "There is no Ming army outside the other city walls."
Zhang Haiyang nodded, feeling even more strange.
What is Zhu Di planning to do?
He knew that Zhu Di was in a hurry to go out this time, and the entire army only had 5 people. In addition, the local guard had only assembled 7 people, so it was impossible to attack the city in all directions.
"That's why Zhu Di wanted to scare me, and asked me to divide my troops to go to other walls and reduce the number of defenders on this wall."
Zhang Haiyang thought about it, and finally came up with such an idea.
So, he said to Li Tianer, his confidant next to him, and said, "Do you think Zhu Di is bluffing me and asking me to divide the troops elsewhere?"
Generally speaking,
When the general can't come up with an idea, it's up to the military division to give advice.
And Japanese pirates are robbers, where are the talents in this field?
This Li Tianer is obviously also a dog-headed military advisor, his eyes lit up, and he said:
"What Your Highness said is very true. This Zhu Di has been staring at us. I'm afraid he just wanted to scare us, making us think that there are strange soldiers on other walls, so we can divide the troops to other places, disperse the defenders at the south gate, and then seize the opportunity to take them down in one fell swoop."
"It makes sense. Could it be that the king's guess is right?"
Zhang Haiyang stroked his mustache, squinted his eyes and thought for a long time, and finally felt that the first impression should be the most accurate.
"Absolutely, this Zhu Di is bluffing me!"
Zhang Haiyang snorted and said: "But he didn't expect that after Zhang Dingbian, this king is comparable to ordinary Japanese pirates. He will definitely not be able to bluff this king. This king still understands the truth that soldiers never tire of deceit!"
Obviously, this piece of Haiyang has some brains, but not much.
He made another wrong decision.
Zhang Haiyang thought: "Since Zhu Di has this idea, I will do the opposite, let's see how he responds!!"
After finishing speaking, he looked at Li Tian'er and said, "Tian'er, go to the other three walls and dispatch half of the defenders to the south wall to see if Zhu Di will attack or not!"
Li Tianer cupped his hands: "Your Highness is wise, and you will win a decisive victory thousands of miles away! Your subordinates will make arrangements now!"
After speaking, Li Tianer went to dispatch troops and generals.
Not long after, the pirates on the other three walls began to come towards the south wall
Zhang Haiyang snorted and looked at Zhu Di in the distance with a disdainful smile.
Little Zhu Di, are you the only one who deserves to play tricks with me?
the other side.
Under the city wall, Zhu Di was waiting patiently, and from time to time he glanced at Zhang Haiyang above, looking for the leader.
Sure enough, he was found.
On the city wall, there was a man wearing a black dragon robe, giving orders all the time.
"Is this about to become king?"
Zhu Di was a little confused, why did this pirate want to be king?
Dare to be king in Ming Dynasty?
This is not going to screw you to death!
"Huh? What is this Zhang Haiyang thinking? Why did he increase his troops again?"
"Isn't he afraid that the king will attack the city gate at other gates?"
"Also... such a narrow city wall, it's useless to recruit so many people, but it can't be used."
Soon, Zhu Di was a little surprised by the actions of the pirates above.
More and more soldiers crowded the narrow city wall.
Obviously, the soldiers on the other walls were also dispatched.
Zhu Di never imagined that he just looked up at Zhang Haiyang on the city wall a few times, which made Zhang Haiyang fearful and made up a lot of strategies in his mind.
Actually, Zhu Di was just waiting for Li Xiao
"General!"
Gu Cheng pointed at the city wall and said with a smile: "The general didn't do anything, just glanced at it, this Haiyang seemed to be scared out of his wits, and transferred all the soldiers from other city gates."
Zhu Di said: "If it wasn't for this person taking advantage of the city and not preparing the siege equipment this time, this king would have eliminated him long ago."
Liu Zhen came to Zhu Di's side on a horse, cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness, do you still have to wait? Do you want to secretly go to Yongle Gong and General Zhu Gaosui and teach them to attack the city? The other city gates are weak at the moment. A good time to attack the city."
In his opinion, neither Zhu Gaosui nor Li Xiao had ever fought a battle, so it would be better to let him take command if he has no experience in siege, and earn some military merits by the way.
Hearing this, Gu Cheng sarcastically said: "Why, yesterday you spoke against Duke Yongle's siege of the city alone, but today you changed your mind? Could it be that you want to share some of the credit?"
"You..." Liu Zhen's face turned pale, and he argued: "It's absolutely nothing, I'm just worried. The last general has many years of experience in attacking cities."
"Okay, stop talking nonsense."
Zhu Di waved his hand and interrupted, "Just wait patiently, and trust your son-in-law alone. This time, the number of defenders at each city gate will be reduced, and it will be easier for him to attack the city. , do not let the people inside suffer.”
"Yes."
Liu Zhen had no choice but to bow his hands in embarrassment.
Time passed bit by bit.
At the beginning of the hour,
The east side of the other side of Cixi City.
Li Xiao's army finally made a move.
"Strange, how did they divide their troops?"
Zhu Gaoxu, who noticed the situation from a distance, was surprised: "Wouldn't it be faster to die like this?"
Li Xiao laughed and said, "Is there any difference if there are more soldiers than few?"
Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui silently gave Li Xiao a thumbs up.
This beep is too pretentious, this beep should be pretended by you.
Li Xiao took the quarrel between himself and Zhu Gaosui, and a total of [-] soldiers came to the city.
"Give it up, it's my turn to play."
After saying that, Li Xiao jumped off the horse and walked out, took out the RPG, and put it on his shoulder.
Aim at the city gate and pull the trigger.
"Art is an explosion"
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The entire camp suddenly became very quiet.
With the arrival of this military newspaper.
The people in the entire tent were completely silent.
Why did Duke Yongle come from Peiping?
Come here, come, and teach His Highness the Crown Prince how to do things as soon as you come?
Isn't this slapping the prince in the face?
The prince personally supervised the battle, and hadn't left the city for half a month.
And this Li Xiao said to let the prince wait at the south gate tomorrow, and enter the city at this time? ?
Even if you are the prince's son-in-law, you shouldn't be so arrogant!
In the past five years, the crown prince has controlled the government and doubled the tax revenue of the treasury. This achievement has surpassed the kings of all generations in history!
But after Li Xiao returned to Beiping and disappeared, everyone gradually forgot about this man of the year.
Everyone has forgotten how powerful Li Xiao was back then, and how much he was loved by Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di.
"Mr. Yongle, it's just nonsense."
General Xue Lu snorted and said, "How can a major event in the military be such a trifling matter? If the military report is passed on in this way, if the city cannot be opened in time, it will be dealt with by military law!"
General Chen Heng also frowned and said: "Duke Yongle came here without invitation, and he came here from Beiping without even notifying the Ministry of War. Although he is a Duke, he can't be so nonsense. Your Highness, please restrain yourself. good"
General Liu Zhen shook his head: "This Duke Yongle is still too young to know the hardships of the war. If we can break the city easily, why do we still need to fight here for so long?"
Everyone you speak, I speak.
Express doubts about this ridiculous military situation.
And the veteran Gu Chengdao who was once favored by Li Xiao said:
"There is no need for everyone to refute. Duke Yongle was granted the title of duke at the age of 22, which is a title granted by the Holy Majesty. Since the founding of the country, who can obtain such an honor, the Holy Majesty has made a clear judgment. If Duke Yongle has no extraordinary ability, the Holy Majesty will give him the title Grandpa? In my opinion, it’s best to wait at the south gate tomorrow at six o’clock.”
Although he didn't really believe that Li Xiao could break the city, he still helped Li Xiao with a word.
The implication is that it is a title granted by the Holy Majesty. What do you mean, the Holy Majesty is not good at seeing?
In fact, when Li Xiao became the Duke of the state, most people had the idea of envy, jealousy and hatred.
Especially those military generals staying in the court.
After Hongwu founded the country, they had no chance of being knighted.
Recently, Li Xiao was impeached, and everyone gloated over his misfortune.
Xue Lu retorted: "The Holy Majesty made a clear decision. Naturally, the Holy Majesty considered Duke Yongle, but he was not granted a title based on his military merits. He did have extraordinary talents in governance. But in terms of fighting... the generals would not agree. .”
After finishing speaking, he cupped his hands and looked at Zhu Di and said, "Please send a message quickly, General Yongle, to stop the use of troops immediately, so as not to cause great damage. Soldiers are lives, and they cannot be taken away at will. Let them cooperate with our soldiers." In one place, we can attack the city together.”
In fact, he was also kind. Although he didn't know Li Xiao, but Li Xiao was the son-in-law of His Royal Highness, he asked Li Xiao to stop using troops to avoid too much damage.
When the time comes, will His Royal Highness be punished, or not?
The general Liu Zhen nodded and said: "The final general agrees with Xue Lu's opinion. Li Xiao's rash use of troops this time will hurt both the soldiers of Peking and the soldiers of the imperial court. They are all soldiers of Ming Dynasty. It is not easy to raise soldiers, and they must be used wisely Come on, please order the General to recall Duke Yongle and General Gao Sui, and join forces together."
Soon several generals agreed with this opinion.
In fact, they were not aiming at Li Xiao, but were judging based on their actual combat experience.
Seeing this, Gu Cheng couldn't say anything, and he wasn't sure that Li Xiao would be able to break through the city.
There are many mistakes, especially in military operations. If one is not careful, it will cost the lives of thousands of soldiers. No one can make fun of the lives of soldiers.
Wars do involve damage, which is unavoidable. The role of generals is to minimize the damage of soldiers on the premise of victory.
At this moment, Zhu Di had no expression on his face, and he didn't know what he was thinking about.
On the contrary, Gu Tong, Gu Cheng's son, stood up and said, "Everyone has said so much, have you forgotten that with the arrival of Lord Yongle, the fortress will be breached in a day, and if Lord Yongle is incapable and not sure, he will praise you." Under such a sea?"
For this expedition, Zhu Di deliberately brought many generals out to practice and experience, so that they will be useful in the future Northern Expedition, so many young generals are also in the camp.
Gu Tong was also the one who opened the city gate to Li Xiao for the first time back then, and his friendship with Li Xiao is considered good. Although we haven't seen each other for a long time, the friendship is still there.
According to the normal historical line, this Gu Tong had already died in Jing Nan, but because Li Xiao changed the history, many generals survived.
With this remark,
The generals began to discuss in low voices.
Liu Zhendao: "The small camp should have been pulled out. What's so strange about it? Zhu Gaosui's command of the army is not good. If it were me, the camp would have been pulled out long ago. Why wait until now? It's just a small victory, so Duke Yongle felt that It can break the city, but arrogant soldiers and strong generals are taboo for military strategists."
Tan Yuan disagreed and said: "You can't say that. It's been raining recently, and the city is standing on the hillside. It's even more difficult to lift the cannon up. It can't be said that the emperor's grandson Zhu Gaosui is not good at leading the army. It is indeed difficult. .”
Liu Zhen snorted: "That's not a reason. Could it be that without cannons, we can't fight a war? It's just a small camp."
Gu Tong retorted: "Then how do you explain that Zhu Gaosui was unable to attack for a long time, but Yongle immediately defeated the enemy as soon as he came?"
Liu Zhendao: "It's just a fluke. It must have been fine these few days before the cannon was lifted up. Duke Yongle came at the right time, and he just broke through the camp and attacked."
"You..." Gu Tong was so stunned that he couldn't speak.
Liu Zhen smiled and said: "You are still young, don't express your opinions indiscriminately, learn more from your father, if the general didn't specially train you little carrots, you wouldn't even be able to enter this camp."
After the words fell, all the generals laughed.
Gu Tong blushed, speechless.
Tan Yuandao: "There is a saying that there are no seniors in learning, those who are masters come first. Duke Yongle Li Xiao was made a Duke by His Majesty at the age of 22, what about you?? Now he is only [-], does his young age affect his being a Duke? "
The voice fell.
All the people were red-faced and ashamed.
Well, you Tan Yuan, you can really speak, and no one will treat you as a dumb person if you don't speak!
Hearing this, Zhu Di wanted to laugh when he saw the deflated look of the generals, but he held back, and just cocked the corners of his mouth.
In fact, he hadn't seen Li Xiao for so many years, and he just heard that Li Xiao came here, and he also missed him a little bit.
At the same time, thinking in his mind, it seemed that Li Xiao had never uttered big words.
"Okay, everyone, stop arguing, and you will know if you ask."
Zhu Di spoke, and everyone fell silent instantly.
After finishing speaking, Zhu Di looked at the scout and said, "Today, let me tell you quickly how to break the stronghold."
The scout clasped his hands and said: "Back to the general, it was Yong Le Gong who held a small cannon and fired a cannon, directly smashing the camp, and then broke into the camp. Although the camp is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is still a pocket, and there is nowhere to escape. To enter is to catch turtles in the urn, and all Japanese pirates will be wiped out within a day."
The voice fell.
Zhu Di stood up abruptly, and asked in surprise, "What??"
All the generals stood up suddenly, their eyes widened in disbelief.
The second half of the sentence can be ignored, but the first sentence.
A cannon blast shattered the camp directly.
What kind of cannon is this? It's so powerful? ? ?
Others do not know.
But Zhu Di knows!
Li Xiao has fireworks technology, he can develop firearms!
But what Zhu Di didn't expect was that he thought the Holy Majesty asked him to reform, so he didn't have much time to develop firearms.
Unexpectedly, Li Xiao has not been idle all these years, and the research and development of firearms has not been left behind!
His scalp was numb from shock!
Zhu Di said loudly: "Tell me quickly, the appearance, scale, and weight of this cannon!"
In his consciousness, this cannon is so powerful, it must be very heavy.
The other generals also stared at the scout soldier with wide eyes.
This scout soldier had never seen such a scene before, being stared at by the crown prince, stared at by a group of generals, the whole person panicked and faltered.
"Hurry up, you're going to die in a hurry." Gu Cheng urged.
"It's a small cannon, not a cannon."
The scout touched the sweat on his forehead, then compared it with his hands, and explained: "If it's so big, so long, and heavy, my subordinates saw that Yongle Gong picked it up with one hand and carried it on his shoulder."
The voice fell.
The crowd was stunned again.
What is this cannon?
Pick it up with one hand and carry it on your shoulder? ?
General Xue Lu stared and said: "You are right, are you seeing clearly? There is no joke in the army. If you talk nonsense, your head will be chopped off!"
The scout was startled, recalled the scene again, nodded and said: "This subordinate is right, not only the subordinate, but the entire army has seen it."
As he spoke, he gestured again, "It's just such a big cannon, the ammunition fired is straight and smoking, and one shell directly wiped out the camp."
The voice fell.
The entire camp was eerily quiet, and a needle could be heard falling.
hiss! ! !
The generals of the entire camp gasped.
The cannonball carried on the shoulder can have such a huge power in one shot! ! !
If it is true, isn't Daming's army invincible?
"Good! Good!! Hahaha!!"
Others still didn't believe it, but Zhu Di was the first to believe it.
He was almost killed by a tiger back then, but it was Li Xiao who saved him with that small and exquisite firearm, which he played with at that time.
Unexpectedly, five years later, even the cannon has become so small and exquisite.
After that, when marching, there is no need to transport heavy cannons.
It is easy to expand the territory and expand the territory!
"What a virtuous son-in-law alone, if there is such a virtuous son-in-law alone, God will help him!"
Zhu Di was overjoyed, his love was beyond words.
"Congratulations, Your Highness, for having such a good son-in-law."
All the generals bowed their hands in compliment, and at the same time were shocked in their hearts.
Zhu Di narrowed his eyes slightly, patted the table, and ordered:
"All the officers and men obey the order. Tomorrow, we will prepare food at Maoshi, and pull out the camp at Chenshi. At Sishi, the whole army will be on standby at the south gate. When the gate is opened, the whole army will enter the city!"
The generals bowed their hands: "Take the order!"
Cixi City at this time.
Is in dire straits.
The reason why the Japanese pirates were able to grow to such an extent is actually a large part of the reason, which is inseparable from Zhu Yuanzhang.
On the normal historical line, the scale of Japanese pirates from Zhu Yuanzhang's Hongwu period to Zhu Di's period became larger and larger, and there are three main reasons behind it.
First, because North Korea promised to help the Japanese pirates digest the people, goods such as silk and various things looted from China, the Japanese pirates began to change from a survival problem to a commercial problem, and North Korea sold the stolen goods for them.
Second: Zhu Yuanzhang does not seem to know the role of North Korea in it, and Zhu Di only learned about it from the North Korean population in his later years. It can be seen how closed the ancient news is, and it is not easy to find out any news .
The third: That is too much spending, the treasury can't support it. From the seventh year of Hongwu, the exchanges between the Ming Dynasty and Japan's Southern and Northern Dynasties began to become frequent.
Zhu Yuanzhang finally figured out what was going on with the situation in Japan.
He is still polite to Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, but he only asks to govern the country to protect the environment and the people, and the strategy for the Japanese country is still defensive.
These three major reasons led to the increasing power of the Japanese pirates. It was not until the ninth year of Yongle that Zhu Di discovered that the Japanese pirates were too large, so he started to clean up the Japanese pirates.
However, this problem only appeared in Hongwu 30 years in advance after Li Xiao occupied some political power in the Wa country.
As for Cixi City, the reason why the city was destroyed was because of the existence of traitors.
That's right, there are not only Japanese people who are Japanese pirates at sea, in fact, the most powerful group of Japanese pirates are Chinese people.
Chen Youliang defeated Zhu Yuanzhang back then, and Chen Youliang was the best at navy, and he had a large number of naval generals and craftsmen with superb shipbuilding skills under his command.
Some of them were incorporated by Zhu Yuanzhang, which strengthened the strength of the navy of the Ming Dynasty.
But Zhu Yuanzhang did not pay too much attention to it. It was not until the Yongle period, a few years after Zhu Di ascended the throne, that he began to build a real Daming navy.
Until the 13th year of Yongle, the largest fleet in the world was formed at that time. From this point of view, Zhu Di saw farther than Zhu Yuanzhang.
It can be said that the navy of the Ming Dynasty at that time was the most powerful fleet in the entire history of mankind. Every time Zheng He sailed to the West, he would make all nations come to court and serve guests from all over the world, spreading the national prestige of the Ming Dynasty at home and abroad.
The other half of Chen Youliang's subordinates, who were not recruited by Zhu Yuanzhang as artisans and naval generals, went overseas to become Japanese pirates.
Although there was no huge gang of Japanese pirates on the scale of Wang Zhi's later generations.
But the influence is still not small!
It was these Chinese Japanese pirates who designed and captured Cixi City.
In a sense, many Japanese pirates are vassals of this group of people, and I don’t know if they are Japanese pirates. It is more appropriate to say that they are pirates.
They can speak Chinese, understand strategies, and understand the principle that numbers are powerful, and they gathered a large number of Japanese pirates as early as at sea to discuss strategies.
First, a group of Han people were arranged to buy businessmen with money to help them forge their identities, and then sneaked into Cixi City. They were originally Han Chinese and spoke Chinese, so it was not difficult to get in.
Then the big ship approached the sea, and the army pressed in. Before the guard of Cixi City could react, he responded from the inside and outside, and instantly controlled the defender with lightning speed.
Then he took control of the entire county, and immediately closed the city, and sent people to search for the food stockpiles in the guards and the food in the surrounding villages for continuous combat.
It was Zhang Haiyang, the leader of this group of pirates who planned all this.
Although the name is unremarkable, his father's name is more famous.
His father's name is Zhang Dingbian, who used to be a hero under Chen Youliang, a ruthless character who almost single-handedly killed Zhu Yuanzhang with a boat in the Battle of Poyang Lake.
After Chen Youliang's defeat, Zhang Haiyang followed his uncle to the sea to become a Japanese pirate.
After the death of his uncle, he began to use his ability to run rampant at sea. Many Japanese pirates were conquered by him, and he followed behind to make a living. He was a relatively large force among Japanese pirates.
After occupying Cixi City this time, Zhang Haiyang became a bit ambitious.
He knew that it was impossible to defend a city.
Sooner or later, there will be a day when it will be eaten by the Ming army.
Now that he has come to this point, he can only fight all the way.
Hit Nanjing City!
Recover Chen Han and overthrow Ming Dynasty!
uprising!
Throughout the Hongwu period, there were many large and small uprisings.
And Zhang Haiyang also moved this idea, he found that it is really possible to do it.
This is why uprisings continued to occur in feudal society, even the Ming Dynasty was no exception.
Because land is the foundation of productivity, and land is inevitably concentrated in the hands of a small number of people. Although it was not serious during the Hongwu period, it still existed.
You only need to incite the poor, the tenants who have no tiles on the top and no land to stand on, and those slaves, and it can be done! !
So, after entering the city, Zhang Haiyang stopped the massacre.
But in ancient times, people worked their lives, pinned their heads to their waistbands, and prevented the carnival of massacres. Even he couldn't manage the robbers under him.
So taking a step back, he allowed the looting of the wealthy district.
The Japanese pirates began to plunder the money and food in the rich area, and they could live if they gave money and food, but if they refused, they would kill them directly, so not many people died in Cixi City.
As for the slums, Zhang Haiyang has another attitude, donating food under the slogan of robbing the rich and helping the poor, and doing justice for the sky.
That's right, regardless of whether the rebellion was successful or not, almost every rebel army probably played this banner at the beginning.
For example, the sky is dead, and the yellow sky will be established, and the year is Jiazi, and the world will be blessed.
Another example is that the princes and generals have kindness.
Or my disease is uneven, rich and poor, and now it is shared by you.
Another example is Li Zicheng's slogan later: Open the city gate to welcome the Chuang Wang, and the Chuang King will not pay the food when he comes.
In short, although it is not the poor who benefit in the end.
But these slogans are aimed at the poor.
It's easy to get overwhelmed.
Those poor people were not happy in their lives, so they joined when they saw that they had food and drink.
After some operations, Zhang Haiyang really recruited many people to join the army.
Apart from the tenants, there were also many domestic slaves from big families who saw that the city was in disarray, so they ran away one after another and joined Zhang Haiyang's army.
The original [-] Japanese pirates have now suddenly added a new force of [-].
This made Zhang Haiyang a little swollen, and felt why Zhu Yuanzhang was able to expand his team with a dozen people and win the world.
Let him also have this illusion, since Zhu Yuanzhang can do it, why can't I?
Do princes and generals care about each other? ?
However, even so, the people in this city are not having a good time.
Before dawn, the Japanese pirates began to sweep the streets again with samurai swords.
The Japanese pirates divided each team into areas to search for money and food. Just like the Chu River and Han borders, they were not allowed to cross the border to search. At night, they would compare with each other to see who had the most money.
And the Japanese pirates who search for less money will take their anger out on the common people the next day.
After more than ten days of searching, there are not many things that can be searched every day.
Boom!Boom!Boom! !
Several ronin in samurai uniform knocked on the door and shouted: "Open the door, don't open the door, kill them all, leave no one behind!"
Every time the door was knocked, the sound would make the people inside tremble with fear, but they dared not disobey, otherwise they would be killed.
In the past, many wealthy families supported dozens of family servants, but they resisted when they searched. The end was very miserable. The whole family was slaughtered, both young and old, and women were also killed after being bullied.
Now as long as there is a knock on the door, no one dares not to open the door.
With a creak, the door opened.
This is a courtyard with a second entrance, and a 40-year-old middle-aged man came out. Originally, the family had quite a lot of property, but now it has almost been robbed.
"Master, please do me a favor, the family has no money"
The man knelt down and begged, hoping that the Japanese pirates would let them go.
A Han Japanese pirate said: "Today is the last time, I paid the money to survive."
In order to search smoothly, the Japanese pirates will take the initiative to invite Han Japanese pirates to join the team and let him share more money.
"Go away!"
With a bang, the door of the room was kicked open by a Chinese Japanese pirate, who cursed in Chinese: "No money? If you find it today, you will die!"
Immediately afterwards, this group of Japanese pirates broke into the house and searched unscrupulously.
No matter how hard the middle-aged man begged for mercy, it was of no avail.
"Baga, this thief must have hidden money."
"Does Hua girl have any? If you don't have money, Hua girl can do it too."
"Yoxi, the flower girl has been found, hahaha"
These ronin wore wooden clogs and stomped on the ground, looking for and cursing at the same time.
Suddenly, a ronin found a girl in a rice vat, and couldn't help laughing.
"I beg you, please spare my little girl, please!"
The middle-aged man's face changed, and he immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed for mercy.
A few days ago, I gave money every day, so as to avoid suffering, I didn't expect them to break in like this today
Early in the morning, he made all the female relatives of the family hide, some behind the toilet, some under the bed, and some on the house
Unexpectedly, the second daughter hiding in the rice vat was found.
"Father."
That young girl was only about twenty-eight years old and was about to be married. She had delicate features, was well-behaved and sensible. She had never seen such a scene before. She was trembling with fear and at a loss.
"Yo Xi, so soft"
"Women in Jiangnan are beautiful."
"comfortable"
Seven or eight hands of the group of ronin had already reached in and fumbled. The girl's eyes were full of tears and she kept struggling, but she was the opponent of this group of strong ronin.
"I beg you, let the little girl go, I kowtow to you!"
The middle-aged man banged his head, blood stains oozing from his forehead.
His Japanese pirates were not moved at all.
The Han Japanese pirates laughed and said, "Bring out money, everything is easy to talk about. Without money, I can't control these people."
"Father, help me."
The girl could only look at the middle-aged man asking for help, and the tears could not stop flowing.
"I give, I give!! Let me go, my daughter!"
The middle-aged man was so sad that he rushed into the kitchen, removed the rice vat, took out a hoe to dig up the soil, revealed the package inside, took out the cloth bag and handed it over.
The Japanese pirate opened the cloth bag and saw that there were seven or eight taels of gold and five or sixty taels of silver in it.
He immediately beamed with joy, looked at the rogues who were doing their best, and said, "I've given you the money, let this family go."
A rogue said: "Let grandpa be happy first."
"presumptuous!"
The Han Japanese pirate shouted: "Your Highness Zhang said that if you give money and food but don't kill them, are you going to disobey His Highness's military order?"
In fact, how could the Chinese Japanese pirates have such good intentions? He was a murderer before, and he escaped to become a Japanese pirate after committing a crime.
He thinks that this method can squeeze out oil and water.
If you still do this with money and food, you won't be able to squeeze it out next time.
After all, these people are very good at hiding money and food, and they can't be found at all.
"Yoxi, then listen to Your Highness and let her go."
A ronin scratched his crotch and yelled strangely at the girl, scaring her out of his wits, and then walked away embarrassingly.
"Let's go, go to the next one, this method is really easy to use."
The Japanese pirates laughed loudly, strode away with their knives in hand, and walked towards the next house.
After the Japanese pirates left, the middle-aged man rushed over with red eyes, gently closed the door and bolted it.
Then he returned to the kitchen, helped his disheveled daughter up, choked up and said, "I'm sorry, dad didn't protect you well."
"woooooo"
The girl burst into tears and had thoughts of committing suicide.
At this time, the other female relatives of the family also came out one after another.
Everyone sat together and cried.
The middle-aged woman cried: "The head of the family, now that our family has given away the last sum of money, how will we live in the future?"
"We'll talk about the future, how can I bear to see my daughter suffer such a great humiliation." The middle-aged man choked up and said, "Why didn't anyone take care of these gangsters who killed thousands of knives?"
The middle-aged woman choked up and said, "Hey, if they come to search again tomorrow, what shall we give them?"
This statement came out.
The whole family fell into silence.
I gave away the last sum of money today, so what will I give tomorrow.
It's not about the money, the family doesn't even have any food, only a morsel of wheat, and in a few days, they might starve to death.
At this time,
Heart-piercing shouts came from the yard next door.
"I'm really out of money, I'm really out of money, I gave it all to you yesterday, please let us go." A man shouted at the top of his voice.
The middle-aged man could tell that it was the voice of the head of the Zhang family next door.
Immediately afterwards, the screams of the woman being insulted by several people came from over there.
Presumably that family handed over all their money yesterday, and they really had no money.
"I'm fighting with you guys!!"
The Patriarch of the Zhang family next door yelled, and soon, the sound disappeared.
You can imagine what happened even with your eyes closed.
Immediately afterwards, the woman's painful cries could only be heard in the next yard, and after half a quarter of an hour, the sound was faintly heard until it disappeared.
Immediately afterwards, I heard the sound of Japanese pirates rushing out of the door, and went to the next house.
"Beast, beast."
This middle-aged man clenched his fists tightly, his nails embedded in his flesh, and the unmarried youngest daughter of the Zhang family next door was only 13 years old.
"It's over, it's over." The middle-aged woman closed her eyes and cried, "Our family has no money. Tomorrow... I'm afraid it will be the end of Zhang's family."
There is a kind of despair, the despair of waiting for death.
They didn't dare to escape from this room, they would die faster if they went out.
Because staying in the house was only raided by a wave of pirates.
If you go out and run around, there will be Japanese pirates everywhere. Whoever catches them will be their prey. The whole city will fall. Where can they escape?
Even if the outside army attacked the city, they might not survive to that day.
"Bodhisattva bless, Bodhisattva bless, come and save us"
Middle-aged women kept praying to the sky.
"Mother, don't be afraid, there will be a great hero to save us."
The seven-year-old daughter bared her tiger teeth and said, "There is a hero named Guo Jing. When he sees our suffering, he will definitely come to help. He can kill these villains with Eighteen Palms of the Dragon."
The middle-aged woman asked, "Where did you find out?"
The seven-year-old daughter said: "It was written in the newspaper"
After listening, the middle-aged man sighed deeply, and said with a wry smile: "It's all fake, it's made up."
The youngest daughter said: "It's true, it's all true, he will definitely come."
The middle-aged man shook his head helplessly, thinking about how to spend tomorrow.
At this time, there was the sound of a gong beating outside.
There were Japanese and Chinese shouting outside: "General Zhang has an order, everyone quickly return to the city wall to meet the enemy, everyone quickly return to the city wall to meet the enemy! There must be no mistakes!"
The middle-aged man's eyes lit up suddenly, and he pricked up his ears to listen, and soon he heard the sound of countless pirates leaving and walking.
"Could it be."
The middle-aged man's face changed drastically, and he murmured, "Is there really someone who came to save me?"
For a long time, Japanese pirates have been half defending the city and half searching.
Originally, half of the Japanese pirates were still searching the whole city.
Suddenly Zhang Haiyang ordered all the Japanese pirates to defend the city.
The reason was that the news of the fall of the Shanzhai reached Zhang Haiyang's ears. Zhang Haiyang felt that something was wrong and he had to take it seriously.
On the city wall, soldiers were moving bricks, tiles, stones, and wood to the city wall. These were demolished from the houses close to the city wall and transported up.
At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Zhu Wenzheng defended Hongdu City for a hundred days, using this method.
Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang fought back then.
If Zhu Wenzheng hadn't defended Hongdu City, the outcome would have been unpredictable.
As Zhang Dingyuan's son, he has heard such a story countless times, and now he uses it immediately, not to mention it is very useful.
When the Ming army attacked the city, these bricks, tiles and stones were smashed down, and the effect was very significant.
"General Zhang, why are you mobilizing the troops so much?"
A little pirate leader was a little dissatisfied. He had just turned to search today, but he was called to the city wall.
Zhang Haiyang's face turned cold and he didn't speak.
"Shut up and call Your Highness!"
Li Tianer, the general next to Zhang Haiyang, scolded: "His Royal Highness has already been named Dayang King, pay attention to your attitude, and use your honorific title when you see His Highness!"
Now that he has decided to rebel, Zhang Haiyang has already started to build momentum and proclaim himself king.
The army must have the appearance of an army, and there must be a clear distinction between the upper and lower classes, and they cannot be like robbers and have no order as before.
"Your Highness."
The little leader of the Japanese pirates had no choice but to change his words: "Your Highness, why did you suddenly let us defend the city? Didn't the Ming army attack the city the day before yesterday? You should rest for a few days anyway."
"The stronghold of Dalong Mountain has been pulled out, so we have to be careful. The Ming army may make a big move today." Zhang Haiyang said.
"The group of wastes in Dalongshan have broken down the stronghold?" The Japanese pirates said angrily, "Our large number of firearms and gunpowder are still with them. Damn it, they were captured by the Ming army."
Li Tianer snorted and said: "Stop talking nonsense, listen to His Highness's order, and keep you safe. Not only will we be able to occupy this city, but we will go to occupy the next city until we reach Nanjing and win the country!"
This Li Tianer must have been brainwashed by Zhang Haiyang, and he firmly believes in such ideals.
Especially the recent call of [-] new troops made him even more convinced that this plan was feasible.
But the Japanese pirates were confused. Is this Haiyang dreaming? Is this possible? Isn’t it a happy day?
But he still didn't say anything. After all, Zhang Haiyang is the most powerful.
At this time, Zhang Haiyang, who was standing at the south city gate, pointed to the distance and said, "Look, the Ming army really made a big move!!"
In the distance is Zhu Di's assembled army, [-] troops approaching here.
"Okay, great! Sure enough, I guessed it!"
Zhang Haiyang said with a smile: "This Zhu Di is nothing more than that. He mobilized all the troops. Today they are going to attack the city with all their might. If we wipe them all out today, we can completely suppress the morale of the Ming army, and then continue to attack westward."
"well!!"
The little pirate leader's eyes lit up: "Your Highness is really clever. He even made preparations in advance and defeated the prince Zhu Di. That would be a great suppression of the Ming Dynasty."
Not just this little leader.
I saw Zhu Di's whole army coming towards the city wall in black.
The other pirate leaders saw this scene and shouted loudly.
They have long been tired of Zhu Di's intrusion from time to time, never tired of it.
They wished that Zhu Di's whole army would come and defeat the Ming army. They found that dismantling the cannons on the ship and transporting them to the city wall to defend the city would get twice the result with half the effort, but it was very useful.
If they can defeat this annoying Zhu Di, they can leave the city, and according to what King Dayang said, maybe they can really attack Nanjing
Everyone started to gear up and prepare for a big fight.
Zhu Di's army kept advancing, and suddenly stopped three miles outside the city wall.
The stop position was just outside the attack range of the artillery.
"Hey, why did the Ming army suddenly stop?"
"That's right, the Ming army mobilized the masses, why didn't they attack us?"
"Is there some kind of conspiracy?"
The Japanese pirates became very surprised and pointed to the army below.
"Your Highness, what does Zhu Di mean?"
Li Tianer, the general next to Zhang Haiyang, said doubtfully.
"Don't worry, wait and see what happens, we are well prepared, and we are not afraid of Zhu Di."
Zhang Haiyang didn't know what was going on, he frowned and looked at Zhu Di who was riding a horse in the distance.
Just like that, Zhu Di remained motionless, just staring at Zhang Haiyang on the city wall, showing a sneer from time to time.
This made Zhang Haiyang panic.
If Zhu Di attacked the city directly, he would not feel afraid.
But Zhu Di looked at him with such strange eyes, which made him shudder a little and make his heart tremble.
"I heard that Zhu Di used his soldiers like a god. Could it be that there is a conspiracy?"
Zhang Haiyang thought in his heart, constantly thinking about what Zhu Di was going to do.
He must have never imagined that Zhu Di was waiting for the city gate to open.
Ever since, Zhang Haiyang ordered a few cavalry to ride horses and gallop on the city wall to see the situation of the north city wall, west city wall, and south city wall.
Not long after, several scouts came back and reported: "There is no Ming army outside the other city walls."
Zhang Haiyang nodded, feeling even more strange.
What is Zhu Di planning to do?
He knew that Zhu Di was in a hurry to go out this time, and the entire army only had 5 people. In addition, the local guard had only assembled 7 people, so it was impossible to attack the city in all directions.
"That's why Zhu Di wanted to scare me, and asked me to divide my troops to go to other walls and reduce the number of defenders on this wall."
Zhang Haiyang thought about it, and finally came up with such an idea.
So, he said to Li Tianer, his confidant next to him, and said, "Do you think Zhu Di is bluffing me and asking me to divide the troops elsewhere?"
Generally speaking,
When the general can't come up with an idea, it's up to the military division to give advice.
And Japanese pirates are robbers, where are the talents in this field?
This Li Tianer is obviously also a dog-headed military advisor, his eyes lit up, and he said:
"What Your Highness said is very true. This Zhu Di has been staring at us. I'm afraid he just wanted to scare us, making us think that there are strange soldiers on other walls, so we can divide the troops to other places, disperse the defenders at the south gate, and then seize the opportunity to take them down in one fell swoop."
"It makes sense. Could it be that the king's guess is right?"
Zhang Haiyang stroked his mustache, squinted his eyes and thought for a long time, and finally felt that the first impression should be the most accurate.
"Absolutely, this Zhu Di is bluffing me!"
Zhang Haiyang snorted and said: "But he didn't expect that after Zhang Dingbian, this king is comparable to ordinary Japanese pirates. He will definitely not be able to bluff this king. This king still understands the truth that soldiers never tire of deceit!"
Obviously, this piece of Haiyang has some brains, but not much.
He made another wrong decision.
Zhang Haiyang thought: "Since Zhu Di has this idea, I will do the opposite, let's see how he responds!!"
After finishing speaking, he looked at Li Tian'er and said, "Tian'er, go to the other three walls and dispatch half of the defenders to the south wall to see if Zhu Di will attack or not!"
Li Tianer cupped his hands: "Your Highness is wise, and you will win a decisive victory thousands of miles away! Your subordinates will make arrangements now!"
After speaking, Li Tianer went to dispatch troops and generals.
Not long after, the pirates on the other three walls began to come towards the south wall
Zhang Haiyang snorted and looked at Zhu Di in the distance with a disdainful smile.
Little Zhu Di, are you the only one who deserves to play tricks with me?
the other side.
Under the city wall, Zhu Di was waiting patiently, and from time to time he glanced at Zhang Haiyang above, looking for the leader.
Sure enough, he was found.
On the city wall, there was a man wearing a black dragon robe, giving orders all the time.
"Is this about to become king?"
Zhu Di was a little confused, why did this pirate want to be king?
Dare to be king in Ming Dynasty?
This is not going to screw you to death!
"Huh? What is this Zhang Haiyang thinking? Why did he increase his troops again?"
"Isn't he afraid that the king will attack the city gate at other gates?"
"Also... such a narrow city wall, it's useless to recruit so many people, but it can't be used."
Soon, Zhu Di was a little surprised by the actions of the pirates above.
More and more soldiers crowded the narrow city wall.
Obviously, the soldiers on the other walls were also dispatched.
Zhu Di never imagined that he just looked up at Zhang Haiyang on the city wall a few times, which made Zhang Haiyang fearful and made up a lot of strategies in his mind.
Actually, Zhu Di was just waiting for Li Xiao
"General!"
Gu Cheng pointed at the city wall and said with a smile: "The general didn't do anything, just glanced at it, this Haiyang seemed to be scared out of his wits, and transferred all the soldiers from other city gates."
Zhu Di said: "If it wasn't for this person taking advantage of the city and not preparing the siege equipment this time, this king would have eliminated him long ago."
Liu Zhen came to Zhu Di's side on a horse, cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness, do you still have to wait? Do you want to secretly go to Yongle Gong and General Zhu Gaosui and teach them to attack the city? The other city gates are weak at the moment. A good time to attack the city."
In his opinion, neither Zhu Gaosui nor Li Xiao had ever fought a battle, so it would be better to let him take command if he has no experience in siege, and earn some military merits by the way.
Hearing this, Gu Cheng sarcastically said: "Why, yesterday you spoke against Duke Yongle's siege of the city alone, but today you changed your mind? Could it be that you want to share some of the credit?"
"You..." Liu Zhen's face turned pale, and he argued: "It's absolutely nothing, I'm just worried. The last general has many years of experience in attacking cities."
"Okay, stop talking nonsense."
Zhu Di waved his hand and interrupted, "Just wait patiently, and trust your son-in-law alone. This time, the number of defenders at each city gate will be reduced, and it will be easier for him to attack the city. , do not let the people inside suffer.”
"Yes."
Liu Zhen had no choice but to bow his hands in embarrassment.
Time passed bit by bit.
At the beginning of the hour,
The east side of the other side of Cixi City.
Li Xiao's army finally made a move.
"Strange, how did they divide their troops?"
Zhu Gaoxu, who noticed the situation from a distance, was surprised: "Wouldn't it be faster to die like this?"
Li Xiao laughed and said, "Is there any difference if there are more soldiers than few?"
Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui silently gave Li Xiao a thumbs up.
This beep is too pretentious, this beep should be pretended by you.
Li Xiao took the quarrel between himself and Zhu Gaosui, and a total of [-] soldiers came to the city.
"Give it up, it's my turn to play."
After saying that, Li Xiao jumped off the horse and walked out, took out the RPG, and put it on his shoulder.
Aim at the city gate and pull the trigger.
"Art is an explosion"
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