"For the current plan, we have to seal the city gate to resist the enemy." Ru Taisu looked at the smoke in the distance and sighed worriedly.
"Fortunately, we are fully prepared. We only need to guard the city wall for a few days. Reinforcements will arrive and the Japanese bandits will be wiped out in one fell swoop."
"I hope that in these days, the Japanese thieves and that Zhang thieves can commit less murderous crimes..."
Zhu Su curled his lips, hoping that the thieves would show mercy, it would be better to hope for meteorites to fall from the sky and kill them all... Unfortunately, he was just a time traveler and could not use the son of face's large meteorite technique.
"Let's light up the smoke in the city." Zhu Su thought for a while and still felt what should be done. "Those people who haven't had time to leave in the future know that the bandits are coming, and in a hurry, they may rush towards the city."
"If we bump into a thief outside the city, there will inevitably be a massacre. If you see the smoke, you can also give a warning."
"That's very appropriate." Ru Taisu glanced at Zhu Su, twisted his beard and nodded. "I hope they can understand the deeper meaning and avoid the mountains, so they can be safer..."
"Where are those thieves?" Zhu Su asked.
"Back to Your Highness, a fast horse has just arrived to report that it has reached thirty miles east of the city."
"Tsk, that's pretty fast."
"Let's go up to the city wall."
"Go and see what this rabble is like!"
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At noon on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Zhu Su, Zhu Di, Wei Guan and others, who were sitting on the east wall of Suzhou, saw in the telescope the coalition forces of more than ten thousand Japanese bandits and the remnants of the Zhang family coming in the distance with billowing smoke. .
"This is really..." I have to say that even though this group of people had different armors and looked chaotic and unorganized, Zhu Su was still shocked by the large formation of more than 10,000 people. In this life, has he ever seen such a huge scene with an overwhelming force of ten thousand people approaching?
"It doesn't look like much." Zhu Xi leaned in front of the telescope and took a look. He was a little older and had seen his father commanding thousands of troops before he ascended the throne. Compared with the elites of the Ming army who were uniformly armed and armed, these thieves in different colors were indeed a bit unattractive.
"Second brother, don't underestimate these people." Zhu Di took the telescope and looked up and down at the Zhang-Japanese coalition opposite. "Although their clothes and armor are messy, they are quite organized when they move. They are not ordinary bandits."
"It's just that those at the front, holding the Tianzi flag...why are they so short? And why are their hair...all bald?"
Zhu Di grew up in Yingtian. Although he heard about the Japanese, he had never seen the Japanese. After Zhu Su explained it to him, he seemed to understand something: "Oh! So that's it!"
"The world is so big, it's really strange. There are still people who are born short and bald... tsk tsk."
"It's pretty easy to recognize!"
There was pity in the eyes of the Japanese people looking at them outside the city.
Zhu Su was speechless for a moment. That's a kind of hairstyle. He's not born bald.
I opened my mouth to explain, but after thinking about it I decided to stop.
If you misunderstand, just misunderstand it. It has nothing to do with me and it’s harmless anyway.
Talking about the Japanese and Zhang coalition forces, they arrived at the east gate of Suzhou Prefecture: outside the "sealed gate". From a distance, I saw the flags fluttering in the city and the city gates being closed. The thieves seemed to have expected it. They showed no signs of annoyance or surprise. Instead, they were logging and building camps step by step, as if they were going to fight steadily.
"If I had known, I would have burned all the trees outside the city, and these thieves would have been frozen to death!" Zhu Xi said bitterly as he watched them separate into teams to cut down the trees.
"Time is running out after all." Zhu Su shook his head. If you want to burn the trees outside the city, you must move all the people living nearby into the city.
The people haven't migrated yet, so how can they have time to build a strong wall and clear the wilderness?
"Can we take advantage of the fact that the thieves have not yet gained a firm foothold and launch a surprise attack out of the city?" Ru Taisu suggested.
"No!" Before Zhu Su could object, Zhu Di had already asserted.
"Although the thieves sent people to cut down the wood, the group of Japanese wearing armor never moved."
"They are also guarding us! If we really open the city gate, the Japanese will definitely come up to us, and then the thieves who are hunting from all sides will also swarm up..."
"To leave the city at this time is to give up the advantage of fortifying the city in vain."
Ru Taisu glanced at Zhu Di with some surprise. He heard that the Fourth Highness was uneducated and incompetent in the main hall, and he repeatedly angered His Majesty. He also suffered many blows from the bosses in the palace. This time, he was extremely naughty, and he was very stubborn. His Highness the Second Highness sneaked out of the capital in a mischievous manner.
In my heart, I already regarded the Fourth Highness as a dandy, and I was determined to impeach him after this matter was over.
But at this moment, it seems that His Highness the Fourth Prince seems to have no interest in military affairs...
Quite unique of his own?
"They seem... determined to win..."
But Zhu Su saw something else. As bandits and bandits, they were still in the Ming Dynasty, but they were still not impatient.
They even cut down trees to build camps, pretending to be fighting a protracted war.
You must know that when you are in enemy territory, the first key to follow is "quick". It is best to change places after shooting. The most taboo is to stay somewhere for a long time to give the opponent time to mobilize elites to surround you. .
In the old days of the Han Dynasty, Huo Qubing used 800 cavalry to gallop across the desert to fight for the title of feudal lord. He set a record that all Chinese generals looked up to, and it was because of this word "fast".
If Huo Qubing had been cutting down trees and building strongholds in such a slow manner when he was attacking a certain Xiongnu tribe, then even with his champion Hou Zhiyong, he would have been annihilated by the Huns many times!
The rebel army of more than 10,000 people looked crowded, but the Suzhou Fucheng, with its high upper city and deep pool, was obviously not enough. It should be noted that the way to attack a city is to encircle five out of ten and attack it. There are also ten thousand Suzhou Guards in the city. Even though the commander of the Suzhou Guards, Yang Lu, is a straw bag, with the same force, his own side also occupies the city. No matter how stupid the thieves are, You don’t think that you can capture Suzhou with a frontal attack, do you?
"Moreover, this group of people came straight to Suzhou. They did not hesitate on the way, nor did they scatter and plunder like ordinary Japanese pirates..." Zhu Su clapped the folding fan in his hand.
"Such a clear goal cannot be simply due to arrogance. There must be other means to quickly seize the city... What is it..."
I originally thought this was just a small battle, but now it seems that these thieves have other sources of support... Could there be reinforcements?
Just as he was thinking about it, he saw the bandit's army split up, and a man and several attendants came out of the crowd and walked towards the city.
When they arrived at a place that was just a stone's throw away, they stopped. An attendant unfolded a small horse trap, and the man sat on the horse horse with a golden sword. Another attendant rushed to the city: "I wonder if His Highness King Wu of the Ming Dynasty is here?"
"My second son, Zhang Li, has something to talk to His Highness!"
(End of chapter)
