"Your Majesty, the Zheng Navy has arrived and is currently engaged in a fierce battle with Kong Youde. I believe they will be defeated soon!"
Just when Zhu Yuanzhang was observing the situation under the city, a dead tiger warrior came to report with excitement.
Although Zhu Yuanzhang had guessed that Zheng's navy would come, now that he heard the report, he completely let go of his worries, and at the same time his dissatisfaction with Zheng became stronger.
However, he also knew that not only could he not punish Zheng now, but he would instead reward him.
Of course, this reward must be lower than the corresponding military merit.
Because he believed that besides him, some thoughtful people should also see Zheng's plot, but ordinary soldiers and people could not see through this.
In the eyes of ordinary people, they would only think that Zheng's timely arrival saved the battle.
Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang must reward Zheng, otherwise he will chill the hearts of everyone.
But it can't be too much, otherwise it will make people who are interested look down on him. If it works together again, it will definitely not be a blessing for the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, he must have a good sense of proportion, otherwise it will be very easy to bury hidden dangers.
In fact, the best way to deal with this kind of thing is to include an implicit warning in the reward.
It's just that the Ming Dynasty Navy is currently weak and needs to rely on the Zheng family in the short term. In addition, he has previously deprived Zheng Hongkui of his title.
If they are still warned after they have accomplished meritorious deeds, the Zheng family members will definitely feel uneasy and it will easily backfire.
For the current plan, we can only continue to divide and weaken their power while stabilizing the Zheng family.
If this plan succeeds, it will save him a lot of trouble.
Otherwise, he would have to wait until the Ming Dynasty Navy was rebuilt before he could solve the hidden dangers of the Zheng Navy.
After Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts changed, he pretended to be happy and said: "Okay, Zhu Chenggong is worthy of being the person we gave him this surname. He is indeed loyal and brave!"
"You asked Zhang Dabiao to send a message to Zhu Chenggong, saying that he arrived in time. We are very happy and ask him to keep up his efforts and make sure to severely injure Kong Youde and others!"
"In addition, Zhang Dabiao is ordered to guard the city tightly. No one can be allowed into the city without our will!"
The dead soldier Huben was stunned and said with some hesitation: "Your Majesty, I did not see the red flag on the sea. The commander of the Zheng Navy seems to be General Zheng Hongkui."
Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but frowned when he heard this.
Because if Zhu Chenggong leads the army, he can also credit the opponent with all his military exploits.
But now it was Zheng Hongkui who came, and he had already made it known to everyone before he even logged in. He clearly wanted to use this to claim credit and force him to restore his title.
When Zhu Yuanzhang thought of this, he couldn't help but feel a surge of anger in his heart.
However, he did not show it, but said calmly: "Okay, then let Zheng Hongkui kill the enemy alive. After he succeeds, we will reward him well!"
After the dead warrior Huben bowed in agreement, he left in a hurry.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the retreating figure of the tiger warrior and thought for a while, then turned his attention to the more than a thousand people who had just appeared, looking for the leader.
But he looked for a while and couldn't find the leader, and he was a little confused.
At this time, the cannon fire from the east became more fierce, and the cheers came one after another.
The Jurchen soldiers and horses below the city seemed to be affected by the war situation to the east, and their momentum gradually weakened, with fewer and fewer people daring to enter the city.
When Duduo saw this, he was furious.
While commanding the personal guards to attack Wang Fuzhi, he also urged the soldiers to charge.
But outside the city were mostly soldiers of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, and they were already dissatisfied with Duduo for using them as cannon fodder.
Now that the situation has reversed, he is naturally unwilling to die.
However, due to Duduo's attack, they had to move forward, but they refused to enter the city easily.
Duduo had always looked down on the Eight Han Banners, but now that he saw them obeying the Han Banners, he became even more angry. He was about to step forward to reprimand him, but was stopped by Azig who was standing aside.
After Azig whispered to Duduo, Duduo no longer urged the soldiers to charge, but directed the soldiers to besiege Wang Fuzhi and others.
Upon seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang knew that Duduo was preparing to retreat, so he immediately
He said to the messenger next to him: "Immediately send the order for the two thousand elites in the city to come quickly!"
When the messenger heard this, he hurriedly waved flags and sent messages.
After a while, a cavalry of three hundred people rushed into the barbican city.
With the addition of this new force, the already weak Jurchen cavalry immediately showed signs of defeat.
In particular, some soldiers of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, seeing that the situation was not right, fled with their heads in hand.
Duduo outside the city originally wanted to retreat slowly and reduce losses as much as possible, but he did not expect that more than 20 strong men suddenly rushed out from the one thousand people who were besieged and headed straight for him and Azig.
Fortunately, Azig's men and a dozen personal guards stepped forward to stop them in time, and with the assistance of other personal guards, this wave of offensive was contained.
However, after this incident, Duduo had no fighting spirit. Later, when he saw a large number of Han Eight Banners pouring out of Wengcheng, he felt that the defeat was certain. He did not care about covering up at the moment. After ordering two Jia La to preside over the battle, he and Azig took the lead. Evacuate.
The soldiers outside the city had no fighting spirit. Seeing Duduo and Azige retreating, they also fled in all directions.
After Wang Fuzhi and Yang Qi broke through the siege, they were about to take the opportunity to pursue them. Seeing that Duduo and others had gone far away, and seeing that the fighting in the city was quite fierce, they went towards Wengcheng to kill them.
The thousand cavalrymen who fought alongside Wang Fuzhi just now did not take action immediately after repelling the Jurchen soldiers. Instead, after a short wait, six to seven hundred people chased Duduo, and the remaining people were in a group. Under the leadership of the middle-aged man, they came towards the city to kill.
Seeing that the man had just revealed his identity as the leader, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but think more highly of this cavalry.
He looked at the middle-aged man carefully and found that there was no memory in his mind. After frowning slightly, he looked into the city again.
At this moment, the city gate has been guarded by Ming soldiers, and there are still more than a thousand Jurchen cavalry in the urn city making a death struggle.
It is said that those Jurchen cavalry were also very brave. Although they knew there was no hope of breaking through, they still fought back hard.
Fortunately, the Ming soldiers had the advantage at this moment, and the power of the firearms was maximized, so not long after, more than 300 Jurchen cavalry fell.
When Zhu Yuanzhang saw this, he completely let go of his worries.
Because according to his previous observations, when the enemy is evenly matched, an average of two or three infantry can kill a Jurchen cavalry.
Although there are elements of the bravery of the Jurchen cavalry, it is more due to the Ming soldiers' lack of teamwork ability and improper use of weapons.
However, judging from the current situation, the Ming infantry has gradually mastered the method of fighting the Jurchen cavalry. I believe that with further training, this gap will be narrowed again.
"Wu Guogui!"
While Zhu Yuanzhang was observing the battle situation, he suddenly saw Wu Guogui's figure.
He was overjoyed when he saw this and hurriedly sent an order to capture Wu Guogui alive.
In less than a cup of tea, the battle in Wengcheng was over.
The three Jia La, Wu Guogui and Jurchen, were also escorted towards the city by Wang Fuzhi and the middle-aged man.
When Zhu Yuanzhang saw the middle-aged man coming with Wang Husband, and Wu Guogui's angry look on him, he was slightly startled, and then a name came out.
Because he had doubts in his heart, he couldn't help but look at the middle-aged man a few more times.
When the middle-aged man saw Zhu Yuanzhang's gaze, a flash of hesitation flashed across his face, and then he quickly stepped forward.
When Wang Euzhi, who was traveling with him, saw this, his expression changed slightly and he hurriedly chased after him.
But before Wang Euzhi could catch up, the middle-aged man stopped and looked hesitantly at the dead tiger soldier beside Zhu Yuanzhang.
When Zhu Yuanzhang saw the middle-aged man's behavior, he felt more convinced and looked at him with a smile.
