After Zhu Yuanzhang left Wanghuaimen, he inspected Zhenhaimen and Zhanmengmen. Seeing that the rebel offensives in the two places were far inferior to Wanghuaimen, he knew that the focus of the party's defense should be Wanghuaimen.
Of course, there is another place, which is the Dai Zongmen where there has been no movement.
When Zhu Yuanzhang drove his horse to Daizongmen, night had already enveloped the earth. Except for a few unknown stars twinkling in the sky, there were only some bonfires swaying outside the city, illuminating the area about two miles outside the city.
More than a hundred meters away from the city wall, there were some fences placed haphazardly, and some thirty to forty bulging cloth bags were scattered among them, swaying left and right in the south wind.
Zhu Yuanzhang glanced into the distance, then looked back at the hundreds of soldiers patrolling the city, and couldn't help but feel a little confused.
Because he had previously reminded Chen Mingyu not to underestimate Dai Zongmen.
And judging from Chen Mingyu's previous performance, he should be a man with a strategy, and it is impossible not to see the rebels' plan.
Thinking of this, he walked towards the second level city gate again.
It turns out that although Daizongmen does not have an urn, it has two gates, a two-story building, and an attached small building to commemorate Zhuge Wuhou of the Han Dynasty.
"who?"
Just as Zhu Yuanzhang passed a section of low wall, one of the eighteen riders gave a sharp shout, and then flew towards the darkness under the wall.
"stop!"
"Zheng!"
The moment the man flew down, there was a cry of surprise and the sound of swords clashing.
Zhu Yuanzhang rushed over after hearing the sound, and saw an old man about fifty years old in training clothes standing between his personal guards and a group of soldiers.
"Who are you?"
Seeing that there were only five or six hundred people behind the old man, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but frown and asked.
The old man looked Zhu Yuanzhang over, then knelt down and saluted, saying, "My minister Jiang Yin teaches Feng Houdun to kowtow to your majesty!"
As soon as Feng Houdun said this, the soldiers behind him were stunned and saluted one after another.
After Zhu Yuanzhang signaled them to stand up, he asked again: "You are Chen Mingyu's colleague. Did he ask you to lead these people to guard Dai Zongmen?"
Hearing this, Feng Houdun bowed and said, "Because there are few soldiers in Linyi and there are no rebels attacking Dai Zongmen yet, Mr. Chen asked his subordinates to lead five hundred people to defend here first."
"If there are rebels attacking the city, send a message to Mr. Chen, and he will lead his troops to come."
Zhu Yuanzhang originally thought that there were other soldiers and horses hiding in the dark. When he heard this, he couldn't help frowning and said: "Although the four gates of Linyi are not far apart, if they wait until the rebels attack the city and then send a message to come, I'm afraid it will be too late. ?」
Feng Houdun shook his head and said, "It's too late, because Mr. Chen..."
"call out!"
Before Feng Houdun finished speaking, a loud arrow suddenly sounded in the night sky.
"Enemy attack!"
At this time, a shout came from the city wall.
Hearing this, Feng Houdun waved his hand to the one hundred crossbowmen behind him and said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Your Majesty, this is dangerous, please stay away for now!"
When Zhu Yuanzhang saw that Feng Houdun was calm in the face of danger, he felt a little appreciative and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, we also want to see how you fight back the enemy!"
After he said that, he turned and walked towards the city wall.
Seeing this, Feng Houdun gave a few instructions to a general behind him, and hurriedly walked onto the city wall.
"Your Majesty, the rebels are coming fiercely, please stay away for now!"
Feng Houdun saw Zhu Yuanzhang standing at the entrance of the crenel and stepped forward to persuade him.
Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said: "We see that you only have more than two hundred soldiers, so you won't let the rebels get close, right?"
Feng Houdun was stunned when he heard this, and then said with a look of admiration: "Your Majesty is wise, but wars are ever-changing, so it is always good to be careful. Your Majesty, please stay away for now!"
Zhu Yuanzhang said with some displeasure: "We said..."
"Your Majesty, you have a body of ten thousand gold, how can you put yourself in such danger? Please stay away for now!"
Feng Houdun did not wait for Zhu Yuanzhang to finish speaking, and loudly advised him again.
"How dare you stop His Majesty? Maybe you don't want to live anymore?"
! "
At this time, one of the eighteen knights with his long sword half exposed shouted sternly at Feng Houdun.
Feng Houdun glanced at the man and said with an upright expression: "As His Majesty's personal guard, you cannot fulfill your duties. Instead, you threaten me for no reason. Even if I want to kill you, you should be killed for violating the law!"
After he finished speaking, he stopped looking at the man and said respectfully to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Your Majesty, please stay away for now!"
Zhu Yuanzhang was a little dissatisfied before, but now he saw that although Feng Houdun was a bit stubborn, his words and deeds were within the etiquette, and he was not angry but happy.
After he signaled his bodyguard to put away his sword, he took a few steps back and said, "Feng Qing, what do you think of us here?"
Feng Houdun first glanced at the city, then looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and said, "Since your majesty wants to watch the battle, please take three steps back. This way, even if an arrow is fired, your majesty will not be hurt!"
Seeing Feng Houdun's meticulousness and persistence, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but think of Song Na.
He smiled, took three steps back and said, "Feng Qing, is it okay now?"
Feng Houdun bowed respectfully and said, "Your Majesty, forgive me!"
After that, he walked slowly towards the crenel and looked into the distance.
After a while, a rapid sound of horse hooves came from the distance.
"ignition!"
As soon as Feng Houdun's voice fell, two soldiers holding torches quickly stepped forward and lit two lines of fire on the city wall. Then two rows of crossbowmen stepped forward quickly, ignited their sharp arrows, and prepared their bows for use.
It's just that the directions of the two rows of crossbowmen are different. The first row of crossbowmen holds the bow downward, while the second row holds the bow upward.
"The first column is ready—let it go!"
When the rebel cavalry was still about a mile away from the city wall, Feng Houdun ordered.
"call!"
"call!"
"call!"
...
Dozens of rockets immediately shot toward the fence, and then burning lines of fire appeared on the ground.
Zhu Yuanzhang saw the lines of fire quickly burning towards the cloth bag. He recalled that Huang Nilu once told about a poisonous gas carried in a cloth bag, and said with some surprise: "Wuli Wu!"
When Feng Houdun heard the sound, his body trembled slightly, and he shouted loudly: "Get ready for the second line!"
At this moment, the rebels were about 700 meters away from the city gate.
The cloth bags in the fence have emitted streams of black mist, blowing in the south wind and drifting into the distance.
Zhu Yuanzhang saw that although the black fog was a little thin, it had slowly formed into haze, so he knew it was Wuli fog.
"put!"
Just when Zhu Yuanzhang was deep in thought, Feng Houdun's voice sounded again.
"boom!"
"boom!"
"boom!"
...
As the rocket landed, there was an explosion in front of the city gate.
Although the gunpowder did not injure many rebels, it succeeded in frightening the rebels' horses.
Hundreds of war horses let out a long neigh, then ran around in a chaotic mess.
"ah!"
"Be careful, there's a trap!"
"Help!"
At this time, the cavalry at the front fell into a ravine and screamed in surprise!
"Put it away again!"
Feng Houdun looked at the chaotic cavalry under the city and shouted in a deep voice.
As his voice fell, dozens of rockets immediately flew out, and another burst of explosions came from the city.
"First row, follow up shot!"
Just as Zhu Yuanzhang was observing the reaction of the rebels after being hit by Wuliwu, Feng Houdun's voice sounded again.
After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang took a closer look and found that there were still three or four bags in the fence that had not been lit. He appreciated Feng Houdun even more in his heart.
"Come on!"
"kill--"
At this time, an infantry group of about 5,000 people rushed forward with shouts.
However, when they broke into Wuliwu, many people immediately started coughing and the formation began to become chaotic.
As the Wuli fog became thicker and thicker, more and more people among the rebels were coughing, and some were even fighting each other. They collapsed without a fight.
