The entire camp suddenly became very quiet.
With the arrival of this military report.
The entire camp was silenced.
Why did Duke Yongle come from Peiping?
You come here as soon as you come, and you have to teach His Highness the Crown Prince how to do things as soon as you come?
Isn't this a slap in the prince's face?
The prince personally supervised the battle and did not go to the city for half a month.
And this Li Xiao said that the prince should wait at the south gate tomorrow, has he entered the city yet? ?
Even if you are the prince's son-in-law, you shouldn't be so arrogant!
In the past five years, the prince has taken control of the government and doubled the tax revenue of the treasury. Such achievements have surpassed those of kings in history!
And as Li Xiao returned to Peiping and disappeared, everyone gradually forgot about this influential figure back then.
Everyone has forgotten how powerful Li Xiao was back then and how much he was favored by Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di.
"Mr. Yongle, this is just nonsense."
General Xue Lu snorted and said: "How can a major event in the army be such a child's play and deliver military reports like this? If the city cannot be opened in time, it will be punished under military law!"
General Chen Heng also frowned and said: "Mr. Yongle came here uninvited and without even notifying the Ministry of War. He came here from Peiping without permission. Although you are the Duke of the country, you can't act like this. Your Highness, the Crown Prince, should be restrained." good"
General Liu Zhen shook his head: "This Lord Yongle is still too young. He doesn't know how difficult the war is. If we can easily break the city, how long will we have to fight here for so long?"
You say something to everyone, and I say something.
Express doubts about this absurd military situation.
And veteran Gu Chengdao, who had been favored by Li Xiaoen:
"There is no need for everyone to refute this. Duke Yongle was granted the title of Duke at the age of twenty-two. It was a title personally conferred by the Holy One. Since the founding of the country, who has been able to obtain such an honor? The Holy One has made a clear judgment. If Duke Yongle does not have extraordinary abilities, the Holy One will give it to him at will. Is he a duke? In my opinion, just wait at the south gate tomorrow."
Although he didn't really believe that Li Xiao could break the city, he still said something for Li Xiao.
The implication is that it is a title conferred by the Holy One. Do you mean that the Holy One has poor discernment?
In fact, when Li Xiao was granted the title of Duke, most people were envious and jealous.
Especially the generals who stayed in the imperial court.
After the founding of the Hongwu Kingdom, they no longer had the opportunity to be knighted.
And recently Li Xiao was impeached, and everyone was gloating about his misfortune.
Xue Lu retorted: "The Holy One has made a clear decision. The Duke of Yongle naturally has His Majesty's considerations in mind. However, Duke Yongle was not awarded a title based on his military merits. He does have extraordinary talents in governance. But in terms of fighting, the general disagrees. .”
After saying that, he raised his hands and looked at Zhu Di and said: "Please send a message to the general quickly and ask Yongle Gong to stop using troops immediately to avoid causing great damage. Soldiers are also lives and cannot be killed at will. Let them join our soldiers." One place, just work together to attack the city."
In fact, he also had good intentions. Although he did not know Li Xiao, Li Xiao was the son-in-law of His Royal Highness, and asked Li Xiao to stop using troops to avoid too much damage.
When the time comes, will His Highness be punished or not?
General Liu Zhen nodded and said: "The final general agrees with Xue Lu's opinion. Li Xiao's rash use of troops this time has damaged both Peiping's soldiers and the imperial court's soldiers. They are all soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. It is not easy to raise soldiers, so they must be used on the edge." Please order the general to recall Duke Yongle and General Gao Sui and unite the troops together."
Soon several generals agreed with this opinion.
In fact, they were not targeting Li Xiao, but making judgments based on the facts and their combat experience.
Seeing this, Gu Cheng couldn't say anything. He was not sure that Li Xiao could break the city.
There are many mistakes, especially in military operations. One careless move can cost the lives of thousands of soldiers. No one can joke with the lives of soldiers.
War does involve damage, which is unavoidable. The role of a general is to minimize the damage to soldiers while achieving victory.
At this time, Zhu Di had no expression on his face and didn't know what he was thinking.
On the contrary, Gu Cheng's son Gu Tong stood up and said: "Everyone has said so much, have you forgotten that with the arrival of Lord Yongle, the stronghold was broken down in one day? If Lord Yongle had not had the ability and confidence, he would have boasted. Going down to such a seaport?"
During this expedition, Zhu Di specially brought many generals out to practice and practice in order to be useful in the future Northern Expedition, so many young generals were also in the camp.
Gu Tong was the first person to open the city gate for Li Xiao back then. He and Li Xiao had a good friendship. Although they hadn't seen each other for a long time, the friendship was still there.
According to the normal historical line, this Gu Tong had long since died in the Jingnan disaster, but because Li Xiao changed history, many generals survived.
As soon as this statement came out,
The generals began to discuss quietly.
Liu Zhen said: "The small camp should have been removed. What's so surprising? Zhu Gaosui's command of the army was not good. If it were me, he would have removed the camp long ago. Why wait until now? It was just a small victory that made Duke Yongle feel that You can destroy the city, but arrogant soldiers and strong generals are a taboo for military strategists."
Tan Yuan disagreed and said: "You can't say that. It's been raining recently, and the walled city is standing on the mountainside. It's very difficult to lift the cannon up. It can't be said that Emperor Zhu Gaosui's command of the army is unfavorable. It is indeed a bit difficult. .”
Liu Zhen snorted: "This is not a reason. Without cannons, we can't fight the 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 Duke Yongle defeated the enemy as soon as he came?"
Liu Zhen said: "It's just a fluke. It must have been sunny in the past few days, so we brought the cannon up. Duke Yongle came at the right time, just in time to blast through the camp and attack."
"You" Gu Tong was stunned and speechless.
Liu Zhen smiled and said: "You are still young. Don't express your opinions randomly on everything. Learn from your father. If the general hadn't specially trained you little carrots, you wouldn't be able to enter this camp."
After the words fell, all the generals laughed.
Gu Tong's face turned red and he was speechless.
Tan Yuan said: "As the saying goes, there is no age in learning, and those who are masters come first. Li Xiao, the Duke of Yongle, was made a Duke by His Majesty at the age of twenty-two. What about you?? Now he is only twenty-seven, and his young age affects him from being granted the title of Duke. What?"
The words fell.
Everyone was blushing and ashamed.
You Tan Yuan, you really know how to speak. If you don’t speak, no one will treat you as a mute!
Hearing this, Zhu Di saw the flabbergasted look of the generals and wanted to laugh, but he held it back and just tilted his mouth.
In fact, after not seeing Li Xiao for so many years, he just heard that Li Xiao was here, and he missed him a little.
At the same time, he thought in his mind that it seemed that Li Xiao had never spoken big words.
"Okay, don't argue anymore, just ask and you will know."
When Zhu Di spoke, everyone fell silent instantly.
After speaking, Zhu Di looked at the scout and said, "Tell me quickly how to break the stronghold today."
The scout cupped his hands and said: "Back to the general, it was Duke Yongle who held a small cannon and fired one shot, directly smashing the camp to pieces, and then attacked the camp. Although the camp is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is also a pocket with nowhere to escape. . Entering is like catching turtles in an urn, and all Japanese pirates will be wiped out within one day."
The words fell.
Zhu Di stood up suddenly and said 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.
One shot was fired, directly smashing the camp to pieces.
What kind of cannon is this? Is it so powerful? ? ?
Others don't 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 Father asked him to reform, so he didn't have much time to develop firearms.
Unexpectedly, Li Xiao has not been idle these years, and the research and development of firearms has not fallen behind!
His whole body was so shocked that his scalp was numb!
Zhu Di said loudly: "Tell me quickly, the appearance, size and weight of this cannon!"
In his mind, this cannon was so powerful that it must be very heavy.
The other generals also stared at the scout with wide eyes.
This scout had never seen such a scene before. He was stared at by the prince and a group of generals. He was panicking and hesitating.
"Speak quickly, you are worried to death." Gu Cheng urged.
"It's a small cannon, not a big cannon."
The scout touched the sweat on his forehead, then compared it with his hands, and explained: "It's so big, so long, and heavy. My subordinate saw that Lord Yongle picked it up with one hand and carried it on his shoulders."
The words fell.
Everyone was confused again.
What the hell is this a cannon?
Pick it up with one hand and put it on your shoulder? ?
General Xue Lu glared and said, "You're right, can you see clearly? There are no jokes in the army. If you talk nonsense, I'll chop your head off!"
The scout was frightened. He recalled the scene again and nodded: "My subordinates are right. Not only my subordinates, but also all the soldiers saw it."
As he spoke, he gestured again, "With such a big cannon, the ammunition shot out was straight and smoking. One shell directly destroyed the camp."
The words fell.
The entire camp was eerily quiet, and you could hear a pin drop.
hiss! ! !
The generals in the entire camp took a deep breath.
The cannonball carried on the shoulder can have such huge power in one shot! ! !
If it were true, wouldn't the Ming army be invincible?
"Okay! Okay!! 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 that he had played with at the time.
Unexpectedly, five years later, even cannons have become so small and exquisite.
Then when marching, there would be no need to transport heavy artillery.
Expanding territory is a piece of cake!
"What a virtuous son-in-law! I wish I had such a virtuous son-in-law, but God will help me!"
Zhu Di was overjoyed and his love was beyond words.
"Congratulations, Your Highness, on having such a wonderful son-in-law."
The generals raised their hands and complimented, while their hearts were shocked.
Zhu Di narrowed his eyes slightly, patted the table and ordered:
"All the officers and men listen to the order, prepare food at Mao tomorrow, break camp at midnight, and the whole army will be waiting at the south gate at Sishi. When the gate opens, the whole army will enter the city!"
The generals handed over their hands and said, "I will take my orders!"
Cixi City at this time.
We are in dire straits.
In fact, a large part of the reason why the Japanese pirates were able to grow to this extent is that they have an inseparable relationship with Zhu Yuanzhang.
According to the normal historical line, the scale of Japanese pirates became larger and larger from Zhu Yuanzhang's Hongwu period to Zhu Di's period, and there were 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 plundered from China, the Japanese pirates began to change from a survival issue to a commercial issue, and North Korea sold the stolen goods for them.
Second: Zhu Yuanzhang did not seem to know the role of North Korea in it. Zhu Di only learned about it from North Koreans in his later years. It can be seen how little information there was in ancient times, and it was not possible to find out any information immediately. .
Third: It cost too much and the national treasury could not support it. Starting from the seventh year of Hongwu, the Ming Dynasty began to have frequent exchanges with Japan's Southern and Northern Dynasties.
Zhu Yuanzhang finally figured out what was going on in the Japanese country.
He was quite polite to Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, but he only required that the country should be governed to protect the environment and the people, and his strategy against Japan was still mainly defense.
These three major reasons led to the increasing power of Japanese pirates. It was not until the ninth year of Yongle that Zhu Di discovered that the Japanese pirates were too large and began to clean up the Japanese pirates.
However, this problem only appeared in advance in Hongwu thirty years after Li Xiao occupied some political power in the Japanese country.
As for Cixi City, the reason why the city was destroyed was entirely because of the presence of traitors.
That's right, it's not just the Japanese who are Japanese pirates at sea. In fact, the most powerful group of Japanese pirates are the Chinese.
When Chen Youliang defeated Zhu Yuanzhang, Chen Youliang was the best at naval warfare. He had a large number of naval generals and craftsmen with superb shipbuilding skills under his command.
Some of them were recruited by Zhu Yuanzhang, which enhanced the strength of the Ming Dynasty navy.
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 Ming Navy.
It was not until the thirteenth year of Yongle that he established the largest fleet in the world at that time. From this point of view, Zhu Di saw further 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. Whenever Zheng He went to the Western Ocean, he would attract all nations to come to court and conquer 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 craftsmen and naval generals, went overseas to become Japanese pirates.
Although there was no huge Japanese pirate gang on the scale of Wang Zhi in later generations.
But the influence is still considerable!
It was these Chinese Japanese pirates who planned to capture Cixi City.
In a sense, many Japanese pirates are vassals of this group of people. I don't know if they are considered Japanese pirates. It is more appropriate to say they are pirates.
They can speak Chinese, understand strategies, and know that there is strength in numbers. They have gathered a large number of Japanese pirates at sea to discuss strategies.
First, a group of Han people were arranged to buy businessmen with money to help them fake their identities, and then secretly entered Cixi City. They were Han people and spoke Chinese, so it was not difficult to sneak in.
Then the ship docked and the army pressed in. Before the Cixi City defenders could react, they responded internally and externally, and instantly controlled the defenders with lightning speed.
Then he took control of the entire county, and then immediately closed the city and sent people to search the grain stores in the guard station and the grain in the surrounding villages for continued fighting.
The leader of this group of Japanese pirates who planned all this was Zhang Haiyang.
Although his name is unremarkable, his father's name is more famous.
His father's name is Zhang Dingbian. He was once a powerful soldier under the hero Chen Youliang. In the Battle of Poyang Lake, he almost killed Zhu Yuanzhang with his boat.
After Chen Youliang's defeat, Zhang Haiyang followed his uncle to the sea and became a Japanese pirate.
After his uncle's death, he began to exert his abilities and became tyrannical at sea. Many Japanese pirates were subdued by him and followed him to make a living. He was a relatively large force among the Japanese pirates.
After occupying Cixi City this time, Zhang Haiyang became a little ambitious.
He knew that it was impossible to defend a city.
Sooner or later, one day he will be eaten by the Ming army.
Now that we have reached this point, we can only fight all the way.
Hit Nanjing City!
Recover Chen Han and overthrow Ming Dynasty!
uprising!
Throughout the Hongwu period, there were many uprisings, large and small.
And Zhang Haiyang also had this idea, and he found that it was really possible.
This is why uprisings continued to occur in feudal society, even in the Ming Dynasty.
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.
All you need to do is instigate the poor, the tenants with no land, and the slaves, and you can do it! !
Therefore, after entering the city, Zhang Haiyang stopped the massacre.
But in ancient times, the job of working hard for people and keeping their heads in their waistbands, and not allowing for a carnival of massacres, even he couldn't manage the bandits under his command.
So he took a step back and allowed the looting of wealthy areas.
The Japanese pirates began to plunder money and food from the wealthy areas. They could live by giving money and food, but if they refused, they would kill them directly. Therefore, not many people died in Cixi City.
As for the slums, Zhang Haiyang had a different attitude, giving away food under the slogan of robbing the rich and giving to the poor, and doing justice to God.
That's right, regardless of whether the rebellion is successful or not, almost every rebel army will probably use this banner at the beginning.
For example, if the sky is dead, the yellow sky should be established, and if the age is Jiazi, the world will be prosperous.
Another example is that the princes and generals have a certain kind of relationship.
Perhaps my illness, wealth, and poverty are uneven, but now I will balance them out for you.
Another example is Li Zicheng's later slogan: Open the city gate to welcome King Chuang, but King Chuang will not accept food when he comes.
In short, it is not the poor who benefit in the end.
But these slogans are directed at the poor.
It's easy to get people over your head.
Those poor people were originally unhappy in life, so they joined in as soon as they saw that they had food and drink.
After some operations, Zhang Haiyang actually recruited many people to join the army.
In addition to tenants, there were also many slaves from large families who saw the chaos in the city and ran away one after another to join Zhang Haiyang's army.
The number of Japanese pirates that originally numbered 30,000 was now increased to 10,000.
This made Zhang Haiyang a little inflated, and he felt why Zhu Yuanzhang was able to grow his team and win the world with only a dozen people.
This gave him the illusion that since Zhu Yuanzhang can do it, why can't I?
Do princes and generals like Xiang Ning have the guts? ?
However, even so, the people in this city are not having an easy time.
Before dawn, the Japanese pirates started to sweep the streets again with samurai swords.
Each team of Japanese pirates divided an area to search for money and food. Just like the Chu-He-Han boundary, they were not allowed to cross the border to search. At night, they would compete with each other to see who could collect more money.
The Japanese pirates who plundered a small amount of money would vent their anger on the people the next day.
After more than ten days of searching, not much can be found every day.
Boom! Boom! Boom! !
Several ronin in samurai uniforms banged on the door and shouted: "Open the door. If you don't open the door, kill them all. No one will be spared!"
Every time the door was knocked, the sound would frighten the people inside, but they did not dare to disobey, otherwise they would be killed.
In the past, many wealthy families supported dozens of servants at home. When they resisted during the raid, the consequences were very miserable. The whole family was slaughtered, young and old, and even the women were killed after being insulted.
Now as long as you knock on the door, no one dares not to open the door.
With a creak, the door opened.
This is the second entrance of a family. A middle-aged man in his forties came out. Originally, the family had quite a bit of property, but now almost all of it has been robbed.
"Uncle, okay, my family has no money anymore."
The man knelt down and begged, hoping that the Japanese pirates would let them go.
A Han Japanese pirate said: "For the last time today, I paid money to survive."
In order to make their raids smooth, the Japanese pirates would take the initiative to invite Han Japanese pirates to join the team and let him share more money.
"Get away!"
With a bang, the door was kicked open by a Han Japanese pirate, who cursed in Chinese: "No money? If we find out today, you will be dead!"
Immediately afterwards, this group of Japanese pirates broke into the home and searched recklessly.
No matter how hard the middle-aged man begged for mercy, it was to no avail.
"Baga, this thief must have hidden money."
"Do you have a flower girl? If you don't have money, a flower girl can do it."
"Yo Xi, the flower girl has been found, hahaha"
These ronin were wearing wooden clogs, stamping on the ground, searching and cursing.
Suddenly a ronin found a girl in a rice vat and couldn't help laughing.
"Please, please spare my little girl, please!"
The middle-aged man's expression changed, and he immediately knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing to beg for mercy.
In the past few days, I gave money every day to avoid trouble. I didn't expect that they would break in like this today.
Early in the morning, he asked all the women at home to hide. Some hid behind the toilet, some hid under the bed, and some hid on the roof of the house.
Unexpectedly, the second daughter hiding in the rice vat was found.
"Father."
The young girl was no more than 28 years old and was about to get married. She was pretty, 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"
"The women from Jiangnan are just beautiful."
"comfortable"
Seven or eight hands of the group of ronin had already reached in and groped around. The girl's eyes were filled with tears and she kept struggling, but she was no match for these strong ronin.
"Please, please let me go, I will kowtow to you!"
The middle-aged man banged his head, and there were blood stains on his forehead.
His Japanese pirates were completely unmoved.
The Han Japanese pirate said with a smile: "If you give me money, everything will be easy. Without money, I can't control these people."
"Father, save me."
The girl could only look at the middle-aged man for help, and tears could not stop flowing.
"I give, I give!! Release my daughter!"
The middle-aged man was so sad that he rushed into the kitchen, removed the rice vat, took out a hoe and dug up the soil, revealing the package inside, and 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 six taels of silver inside.
He immediately beamed with joy, looked at the ronin who were holding hands and said, "I'll give you the money and let this family go."
A ronin said: "Let grandpa be happy first."
"presumptuous!"
The Han Japanese pirate shouted: "His Royal Highness Zhang said that if you give me money and food, you will not be killed. Are you going to disobey His Highness's military order?"
In fact, how could a Han Japanese pirate be so kind? He was a murderer before, and he escaped and became a Japanese pirate.
He felt that this method could still squeeze out money and water.
If you keep doing this despite giving money and food, you won’t be able to squeeze it out next time.
After all, these common people are very good at hiding money and food, and they can't be found at all.
"Yo Xi, then just listen to His Highness and let her go."
A ronin scratched his crotch and screamed strangely at the girl, scaring her out of her wits before walking away.
"Let's go to the next store. This method is really useful."
The Japanese pirates laughed loudly, strode away with their knives, and headed towards the next house.
After the Japanese pirates left, the middle-aged man rushed over with red eyes, gently closed the door and locked the door bolt.
Then he returned to the kitchen, helped his disheveled daughter up, and choked with sobs: "I'm sorry, dad didn't protect you."
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuu"
The girl couldn't stop crying and had thoughts of committing suicide.
At this time, other women in the family also came out one after another.
Everyone sat together and cried.
The middle-aged woman cried: "Head of the family, now that the last money of our family has been given away, how will we live in the future?"
"We'll talk about the future later. How can I bear to watch my daughter suffer such humiliation." The middle-aged man choked and said, "Why is no one dealing with these gangs of murderers?"
The middle-aged woman choked and said, "Hey, if they come to search again tomorrow, what will we give them?"
As soon as this statement came out.
The whole family fell into silence.
The last sum of money has been given away today, so what can I give tomorrow?
It’s not just about money. The family doesn’t even have food. They only have a small mouthful of wheat. In a few days, they may all starve to death.
At this time,
Heart-rending 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 lungs.
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 a woman being insulted by several people came from over there.
It seems that the family handed over all their money yesterday, so they really have no money.
"I will fight with you!!"
The head of the Zhang family next door heard shouting, and soon the sound disappeared.
Even with my eyes closed, I can imagine what happened.
Immediately afterwards, the woman's cry of pain could only be heard in the yard next door. Half a quarter of an hour later, 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 and dug his nails into his flesh. The unmarried daughter of the Zhang family next door was only thirteen years old.
"It's over, it's over." The middle-aged woman closed her eyes and cried: "Our family has no money anymore. I'm afraid it will be the fate of the Zhang family tomorrow."
There is a kind of despair, the despair of waiting for death.
They don't dare to escape from this room, as they will die faster if they go out.
Because I stayed in the house only to be raided by a wave of Japanese pirates.
If you go out and run around, there will be Japanese pirates everywhere. Whoever is caught will be their prey. The whole city has fallen, where can you escape?
The army outside is attacking the city. Even if it is defeated, they may not be able to survive until that day.
"Bodhisattva bless, Bodhisattva bless, please come and save us."
Middle-aged women kept praying to the sky.
"Mom, don't be afraid, there will be heroes coming to save us."
The seven-year-old daughter showed her tiger fangs and said: "There is a hero named Guo Jing. If he sees us suffering here, he will definitely come to help. He can kill these bad guys with the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms."
The middle-aged woman asked: "Where did you find out?"
The seven-year-old daughter said: "It's written in the newspaper."
After listening, the middle-aged man sighed deeply and said with a bitter smile: "Those are all fake and 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, the sound of gongs was heard outside.
There were people shouting outside in Japanese and Chinese: "General Zhang has an order. Everyone should quickly return to the city wall to meet the enemy. Everyone should quickly return to the city wall to meet the enemy! There must be no mistake!"
The middle-aged man's eyes suddenly lit up and he pricked up his ears to listen. Soon he heard the sounds of countless Japanese pirates leaving and moving around.
"Could it be."
The middle-aged man's face changed drastically, and he murmured: "Is someone really here to save me?"
For a long time, the Japanese pirates have been half defending the city and half plundering it.
Originally half of the Japanese pirates were still searching the whole city.
Suddenly Zhang Haiyang ordered all Japanese pirates to defend the city.
The reason was that news of the fall of the mountain village reached Zhang Haiyang's ears. Zhang Haiyang felt that something was wrong and had to take it seriously.
On the city wall, soldiers were carrying bricks, stones, and wood up the city wall. These were brought up after demolishing the houses near the city wall.
At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Zhu Wenzheng defended Hongdu City for a hundred days and used this method.
At that time, Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang fought.
If Zhu Wenzheng hadn't defended Hongdu City, the outcome would have been unpredictable.
As Zhang Dingyuan's son, he had heard this story countless times, and now he immediately used it, not to mention it was quite useful.
When the Ming Dynasty army attacked the city, these bricks and stones were smashed down. Once they were smashed, they were broken into pieces. The effect was very significant.
"General Zhang, why are you so mobilized?"
A small Japanese pirate leader was a little dissatisfied. He had just had his turn to search today, and he was called to the city wall.
Zhang Haiyang's face turned cold and he did not speak.
"Shut up and call your highness!"
Li Tianer, the general next to Zhang Haiyang, scolded: "His Highness has been named King of Dayang. Pay attention to your attitude. When you see His Highness, you must use your honorific title!"
Now that he has decided to revolt, Zhang Haiyang has begun to build momentum and proclaim himself king.
The army must look like an army, with a clear distinction between upper and lower classes, and cannot be like bandits and lack of order as before.
"Your Highness."
The young leader of the Japanese pirates had no choice but to change his words: "Your Highness, why did you suddenly ask us to defend the city? Didn't the Ming army attack the city just the day before yesterday? They must rest for a few days anyway."
"The stronghold in Dalong Mountain has been uprooted, so we have to be careful. The Ming army may make big moves today." Zhang Haiyang said.
"Did those rubbish from Dalong Mountain break the stronghold?" the Japanese pirates said angrily: "A large number of our firearms and gunpowder are still with them. Damn it, aren't they captured by the Ming army?"
Li Tianer snorted and said: "Stop talking nonsense, listen to His Highness's orders and keep you safe. Not only can we occupy this city, but we will also occupy the next city until we reach Nanjing and seize the country!"
Li Tianer must have been brainwashed by Zhang Haiyang and firmly believed in such an ideal.
Especially the recent gathering of 10,000 new troops made him even more convinced that this plan was feasible.
The Japanese pirates were confused after hearing this. Is this Haiyang dreaming? Is this really possible? Isn't it a happy day?
But he still didn't say anything. After all, Zhang Haiyang was the most powerful.
At this time, Zhang Haiyang, who was standing at the south city gate, pointed into the distance and said: "Look, the Ming army really made a big move!!"
In the distance, there is the army assembled by Zhu Di. Sixty thousand troops are approaching here.
"Okay, great! I guessed it right!"
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 desperately. 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 leader of the Japanese pirates' eyes lit up: "Your Highness is really clever and clever. He also made preparations in advance and defeated the Crown Prince Zhu Di. This was a huge suppression of the Ming Dynasty."
It's not just this little leader.
Seeing Zhu Di's entire army approaching the city wall in darkness.
The other Japanese pirate leaders saw this scene and shouted.
They had long been tired of Zhu Di's intrusion from time to time.
They wished that Zhu Di would achieve military success and defeat the Ming army. They found that dismantling the artillery on the ship and transporting it to the city wall to defend the city would get twice the result with half the effort, which would be very useful.
If they can defeat this annoying Zhu Di, they can leave the city. According to what King Dayang said, they might actually be able to attack Nanjing.
Everyone began to gear up and prepare for a big fight.
Zhu Di's army kept advancing, and suddenly stopped three miles away outside the city wall.
The stopping position was just outside the attack range of the artillery.
"Hey, why did the Ming army suddenly stop?"
"That's right. Why didn't the Ming army attack us if they mobilized a large number of troops?"
"Is there some conspiracy?"
The Japanese pirates became very surprised and pointed at the army below.
"Your Highness, what does Zhu Di mean?"
The general next to Zhang Haiyang, Li Tianer, said doubtfully.
"Don't be anxious, just wait and see what happens. We are fully prepared and are not afraid of Zhu Di."
Zhang Haiyang didn't know what was going on, and frowned at Zhu Di who was riding a horse in the distance.
In this way, 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 a strange look, which made him shudder and feel uncomfortable.
"I heard that Zhu Di was like a god in his military skills. Is there a conspiracy?"
Zhang Haiyang was thinking in his heart and kept thinking about what Zhu Di was going to do.
He certainly didn't expect that Zhu Di was waiting for the city gate to open.
So, Zhang Haiyang ordered a few cavalrymen to ride horses and gallop on the city wall to see the conditions of the north, west, and south walls.
Not long after, several scouts came back and reported: "There are no Ming troops 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 for this expedition. The entire army only had 50,000 people. In addition, the local guard station only gathered 70,000 people, so it was impossible to attack the city in all directions.
"So Zhu Di wants to scare me and ask me to divide my troops to go to other city walls to reduce the number of defenders on this wall."
Zhang Haiyang thought about it and finally came up with this idea.
So, he spoke to his confidant Li Tianer next to him and said, "Do you think Zhu Di is bluffing me and asking me to divide my troops elsewhere?"
Generally speaking,
When the general can't come up with an idea, it's time for the military adviser to give him advice.
And Japanese pirates are in the banditry industry. 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 absolutely true. Zhu Di has been staring at us. I'm afraid he just wants to scare us, making us think that there are surprise troops on other city walls. We can divide our troops elsewhere, disperse the defenders of the south city gate, and then take the opportunity to capture them in one fell swoop."
"It makes sense. Could it be that my guess is right?"
Zhang Haiyang touched his mustache, squinted his eyes and thought for a long time, and finally felt that the first feeling should be the most accurate.
"Absolutely, Zhu Di is bluffing me!"
Zhang Haiyang snorted and said: "But he didn't expect that this king is after Zhang Dingbian. How can he be comparable to ordinary Japanese pirates? He will never be able to bluff me. I still understand the truth that a soldier never tires of deception!"
Obviously, this Haiyang has some brains, but not much.
He made another bad decision.
Zhang Haiyang thought: "Since Zhu Di has this idea, I will do the opposite and see how he responds!!"
After speaking, he looked at Li Tianer and said: "Tianer, go to the other three city walls and send half of the defenders to the south wall to see if Zhu Di attacks or not!"
Li Tianer held up his hands and said: "Your Highness is wise and can strategize quickly to win a victory thousands of miles away! My subordinates will make arrangements now!"
After speaking, Li Tianer went to mobilize his troops and generals.
Not long after, the Japanese pirates on the other three walls began to move towards the south wall.
Zhang Haiyang hummed and smiled, looking at Zhu Di in the distance with a disdainful smile.
Little Zhu Di, are you worthy of playing tricks with me?
The other side.
Under the city wall, Zhu Di was waiting patiently, and occasionally glanced at Zhang Haiyang above, looking for who was the leader.
Sure enough, he found it.
On top of the city wall, there was a man wearing a black dragon robe and giving orders.
"Are you going to become king?"
Zhu Di was a little confused. Why did this Japanese pirate want to become king?
Dare to become king in the Ming Dynasty?
This is going to kill you!
"Eh? What is Zhang Haiyang thinking? Why did he add more troops?"
"Isn't he afraid that the king will attack the city gate from other gates?"
"Also, for such a narrow city wall, it is useless to send so many people here, but they will not be able to use it."
Soon, Zhu Di was a little strange about the behavior of the Japanese pirates above.
The narrow city wall was crowded with more and more soldiers.
Apparently, soldiers from other city walls were also mobilized.
Zhu Di would never have imagined that just by looking up at Zhang Haiyang on the city wall a few times, Zhang Haiyang would be so afraid that he would think up many strategies.
In fact, 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. He just glanced at it a few times. Haiyang seemed to be frightened out of his wits and mobilized all the soldiers from other city gates."
Zhu Di said: "If this man had not taken advantage of the city and had not prepared siege equipment this time, I would have killed him long ago."
Liu Zhen rode a horse to Zhu Di's side, cupped his hands and said: "Your Highness, do you still want to wait? How about I secretly go to Duke Yongle and General Zhu Gaosui to teach them how to attack the city. The other city gates are weakly defended at the moment. A good time to attack the city.”
In his opinion, neither Zhu Gaosui nor Li Xiao had ever fought in a battle. They had no experience in attacking cities, so it was better to let him take command and gain some military glory by the way.
Hearing this, Gu Cheng said sarcastically: "Why, yesterday you spoke out against Duke Yongle's attack on the city alone, and today you changed your mind? Maybe you want to take away a share of the credit."
"You..." Liu Zhen's face turned pale and he quibbled: "This is absolutely not the case, I'm just worried. The general has many years of experience in attacking cities."
"Okay, stop talking nonsense."
Zhu Di waved his hand to interrupt, "Just wait patiently. Gu believes in his son-in-law. This time, there are fewer defenders at each city gate, and it will be easier for him to attack the city. If that fails, it will not be too late to rush for reinforcements. In short, today, we must capture Cixi City in one fell swoop." , we cannot let the people inside suffer."
"yes."
Liu Zhen had no choice but to hand it over.
Time passes bit by bit.
At the beginning of Chen hour,
East on the other side of Cixi City.
Li Xiao's army finally moved.
"Strange, how did they divide the soldiers?"
Zhu Gaoyu, who found the situation from a distance, said in surprise: "Isn't this faster?"
Li Xiahaha smiled: "There are more soldiers, is there a difference?"
Zhu Gaoyu and Zhu Gaoxuan silently gave Li Xiao a thumbs up.
This beep is nothing to say, this beep should be pretended.
Li Xiao took himself and Zhu Gaozhen's wrong, and a total of 11,000 soldiers came to the city.
"Let's make me, it's time for me."
When he fell, Li Xiao jumped out of the horse and walked out, took out RPG, and resisted on his shoulders.
Met the trigger at the gate of the city.
"Art is an explosion"
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