Chang Mao and Di Meng led Zhu Su directly to the commander's tent in the camp. Zhu Su saw a team of more than ten soldiers in the school field, holding various weapons. Among them, the two soldiers holding "bamboos" on both sides are the most eye-catching. The shadows of people, knives and bamboos were stirred up, and the whole school grounds was filled with dust.
"This 'Mandarin Duck Formation' looks like it has been practiced well." Zhu Su said happily.
"It's just that Brother Chang, your personal guard is also wearing heavy armor and practicing the mandarin duck formation in there?"
Zhu Su saw several soldiers in red clothes and black armor in the crowd. He was wearing heavy armor, but he was also holding a big wolf sword, waving it around and shouting. This kind of dress is exactly the personal soldiers of the Duke's Mansion brought by Chang Mao.
"Oh. Although most of our soldiers are cavalry, since they are here, they also need to practice foot combat." Chang Mao said with a smile.
"There is no place for cavalry in Jiangnan. Besides, this mandarin duck formation is a tactics that even Xu Shuai and Cao Guogong (Li Wenzhong) admire. How can we, Lao Chang, not learn from him?"
"As for why you need to wear heavy armor... You can dance like a wolf wearing heavy armor. If you don't have this burden, wouldn't it be even more impressive when you dance?"
"It's no problem for one to defeat ten other bastards! We, the soldiers of the Chang family, can't lose to the guardsmen of Suzhou Prefecture!"
Chang Mao said, a pair of tiger eyes scanning the Suzhou Guards officer next to him. The Suzhou Guard officers seemed to be quite afraid of him and nodded in agreement.
Zhu Su's heart moved slightly, and after thinking about it, he pulled Chang Mao aside. He lowered his voice and said:
"Brother Chang, are you worried about these Suzhou guards?"
"His Fifth Highness is indeed smart." Chang Mao's eyes narrowed and he glanced at Zhu Su appreciatively. He also whispered: "That's right, we Lao Chang just don't trust these bird soldiers under Zhang Shicheng."
Chang Mao turned his head to look at the soldiers of the Suzhou Guard, with distrust shining in his eyes. The Suzhou Guard generals seemed to be aware of this, and they all lowered their heads and did not dare to look directly at them.
"Although Your Highness, Fifth Highness, asked us to train them, who knows if any of these people have a bone in the back of their head?"
"The Crown Prince and his sister (Crown Princess Chang) have repeatedly warned and entrusted your safety to us, and we have to find ways to protect your safety. His Highness wants to use these thousand soldiers, so we will train with all our heart. But We also have to consider the last resort."
"Our personal guards are trained more ruthlessly than these bird soldiers! If these bird soldiers really dare to rebel, with the spear in our hands and these good men, we can protect His Highness and fight his way out! "
"In fact, from our point of view, we shouldn't have taught them the tactics of the Yuanyang Formation!"
Zhu Su couldn't help but be moved when he heard Chang Mao's sincerity. Although the young Duke Zheng was not as steady and strategic as his father, he was as loyal and courageous as ever.
It's just that the overall situation has been missed. No wonder in the future of the original timeline, he would draw a knife and chop Naha after a disagreement at a banquet.
You must know that at that time, if Naha, who held 200,000 soldiers and civilians, did not surrender for a day, the Ming Dynasty would not be able to free his hands to deal with the Beiyuan Royal Court. It took Lao Zhu decades of hard work to successfully shake Nahachu's confidence in Yuanting. Chang Mao's sword almost caused Naha to surrender and rebel again, and almost completely destroyed the imperial government's management of Liaodong for decades.
"Brother Chang." Zhu Su said seriously: "I understand your concern, and I am very grateful."
"It's just...if we show rejection to them, won't they also be alienated from us?"
"When the time comes to really use them... I'm afraid it will be embarrassing to use them."
"But they are Zhang Shicheng's surrender. Even Yang Luna can't trust them..." Chang Mao defended.
"What if we surrender our troops or not? We have millions of soldiers in the Ming Dynasty, and not all of them are my father's old team when he raised troops in the past." Zhu Su analyzed for Chang Mao in a warm voice. "Precisely because they are surrendered troops, it is easier for others to believe them."
"They have betrayed Zhang Shicheng once, do they dare to betray me again? If I were Zhang Shicheng's remnant, I would definitely hate these surrendered troops who betrayed Zhang Shicheng even more, and I would like to kill them all."
"If I, the Ming Dynasty, treat them harshly again, I will force them to rebel."
"Let's talk about the former Marshal Chang. Didn't the soldiers under his command surrender? It was because of Marshal Chang's magnanimity and magnanimity that he convinced these people that they were willing to fight and die for Marshal Chang!"
Hearing Zhu Su mention his late father, Chang Mao couldn't help but look solemn. Originally he was a little unconvinced, but when Zhu Su said it to Chang Yuchun, Chang Mao also felt it was reasonable.
He sounded a little frustrated: "We have a straight heart. Although we also have the intention to be a marshal like our father, we can never be like our father. We can't do these twists and turns to win people's hearts."
"Whatever your Highness wants to do, don't worry about Old Chang. We have no problem."
Judging from his expression, he really listened. Zhu Su then said a few words to Chang Mao, and then the two of them returned to the crowd together. "Just now, I was talking to Duke Chang about the differences between relatives, but I actually ignored all the generals."
"Excuse me for waiting, don't blame me."
"Don't dare! Don't dare!" Several generals were surprised and terrified. With a friendly smile on his face, Zhu Su invited everyone to sit down in the handsome tent. After a while, everyone returned to their seats and sat down.
"I wonder what the generals are called?" Zhu Su asked.
"Back to Your Highness, this villain is Suzhou Wei Qianhu Cao Yuan."
"The villain is like a child from a hundred households."
"The villain is the servant of a hundred households of cattle."
"The villain is a hundred households..."
A Qianhu and several Hundreds reported their names one by one. Zhu Su was not impatient at all. He sat at the top and observed the expressions of these generals. I saw that most of these generals were younger. The leader, Cao Yuan, had a slightly pale complexion and seemed to be always uneasy and cautious.
There were many others like this. They didn't look like generals on the battlefield, but more like ordinary people who were used to being bullied.
"General Cao... participated in the Battle of Pingjiang in the past?" Zhu Su asked.
Qianhu Cao Yuan was stunned for a moment, and then he forced out a self-deprecating smile. "Return to your highness."
"The younger ones did participate in the Battle of Pingjiang. It was the younger ones who were so deceived by lard that they actually followed the anti-king Zhang Shicheng to resist our great soldiers..."
"Hey." Zhu Su quickly interrupted him. "General Cao, stay here. I am not here to humiliate the general or settle old scores."
"I am just curious... It seems that General Cao is not too old. During the Battle of Pingjiang, I am afraid that he was not even old enough to be a weak crown."
"Could it be...that there's something hidden?"
Cao Yuan was stunned, and suddenly raised his head to look at Zhu Su. After realizing that Zhu Su was giving them a chance to win their trust, he trembled slightly.
This prince seems to be different from Yang Lu and Zheng Guogong!
(End of chapter)
