At that time, Zhang Dingbian led a boat to break in, but Zhu Yuanzhang's army was unable to resist. Even Lao Zhu was so frightened by Zhang Dingbian's bravery that he moved his boat to avoid it and prepared to retreat.
You must know that the three armies were in the middle of a battle at that time. If we saw the Chinese army's flagship wavering, we don't know how much turmoil it would cause in the morale of the military. Lao Zhu didn't even care about the consequences at that time, which shows how critical the situation was at that time.
However, I don’t know if the rudder turned too sharply. Lao Zhu’s car happened to be stranded in the water and could not move.
Seeing that Zhang Dingbian was about to rush into the flagship and turn the tide with his personal bravery, Chang Yuchun, who saw Zhang Dingbian's bravery from a distance, shot an arrow and wounded Zhang Dingbian's arm, forcing him to Zhang Dingbian had no choice but to retreat.
Later, Chen Youliang was defeated, and Zhang Dingbian helped protect Chen Youliang's son Chen Li; Chen Li was defeated again, so Zhang Dingbian led the young Chen Li to surrender to the Ming Dynasty, while he hid in the world, not caring about fame and fortune.
"Unparalleled in bravery, he can come and go freely among millions of troops..." Yao Guangxiao sighed with emotion. "In the past, there were still millions of people who could defeat this person. But today, millions of people have died, and Zhang Dingbian is indeed invincible in the world."
"But there is still one question." Zhu Su touched his chin. "If it is really Zhang Dingbian, why is he here?"
According to historical records, after Zhang Dingbian surrendered with Chen Li, he was never seen again in historical records. Then he should have seriously given up on reviving Chen Han and concentrated on hiding in the mountains and forests. But why did he get involved with Zhang Lijun?
What's the purpose?
"Your Highness may have forgotten that there is another person..." Yao Guangxiao reminded.
In fact, he didn't need to say anything. Zhu Su himself had already woken up. He suddenly said: "Monk! What you said is..."
"Chen Hui?"
"There is no other reason other than this." Yao Guangxiao nodded while twisting his beard. "I think it was because we had been waiting for the city to be closed for several days and Zhang Dingbian was unable to get in. We were also worried about the safety of Chen Hui, Chen Youliang's successor, so we infiltrated into Zhang Li's army."
"I want to take advantage of Zhang Li's opportunity to deceive the city and enter the city to rescue Chen Hui."
Zhu Su tapped his fingers on the table a few times. Indeed, this is the only explanation that is most reasonable now. "So, Zhang Dingbian didn't mean to be an enemy of the Ming Dynasty, he just wanted to enter the city..."
"Right." He suddenly remembered something. "Monk, when is Chen Hui's execution date?"
"It's tomorrow." Yao Guangxiao also thought about this problem. He suddenly stood up and said: "Your Highness, this poor monk requests Your Highness to call the Taicang Guards to temporarily protect the government office."
"Zhang Dingbian is extremely brave and resourceful. If he had the intention, I am afraid that His Highness and His Highness King Qin's mere thousand-plus royal guards would not be able to protect the government office and His Highness!"
"Good." Zhu Su also stood up and agreed. "It's okay for Zhang Dingbian to save Chen Hui. I'm afraid that this person will break the ban with force and take advantage of the emptiness in the city to release the prisoners in the prison, causing turmoil!"
Zhu Su has read Water Margin. Whenever those heroes want to rob a prison and save people, they must "open the prison and release the prisoners." This can disrupt the situation and fish in troubled waters. This prevents the officers and soldiers from focusing on arresting a certain person.
What's more, now that the people in the city have returned to their hometowns, most of the Suzhou Guard soldiers are patrolling in teams of hundreds outside the city in order to guard against the remnants of the Zhang family and Japanese pirates.
Public security in the city mostly relied on the militia mobilized by Yao Guangxiao. Taicang's large army of guards are still repairing outside Panmen, while Zhu Su and Zhu Xi's Wang Wei are responsible for guarding the dungeon and government offices...
If Zhang Dingbian is allowed to cause chaos in the city, Suzhou City will definitely suffer extremely heavy losses.
Moreover, Yao Guangxiao was also worried that Zhang Dingbian was an enemy rather than a friend, taking advantage of the fact that the defense of the three highnesses was empty...
However, Yao Guangxiao and Zhu Su's awakening came too slowly. Before the two of them had time to step out of the hall to summon the Taicang guards, they saw a Wu Wangwei staggering over:
"Your Highness! The matter is urgent!"
"Someone broke into the dungeon and kidnapped the prisoners. Now they are fighting fiercely with Guard Di and Guard Shao in Pishi Street!"
"What?" Zhu Su's face turned dark.
…
When Zhu Su ignored the dissuasion of Yao Guangxiao and the Wu Wangwei and rushed to the Pishi Street that had been burned to rubble, what he saw was several knights surrounded by hundreds of Wangwei. Among them were several knights. There's that giant man.
King Wu's guards were organized into a group of more than ten people, holding shields, spears, wolves, etc., and supported them from the front and back. They divided into groups to attack together, forming a mandarin duck formation. Dragging the giant man in the middle, Di Meng dragged an arm that was hanging weakly, gritting his teeth and commanding from the front, while Qin Wangwei, Shao Xuan and others were supporting him from the side.
Zhu Su saw that this group of people were all dressed in civilian clothes. The giant man held the rein in his left hand and brandished a single sword in his right hand. The petite figure riding behind him, who could it be if it wasn't Chen Hui?
Zhang Dingbian charged left and right with a knife, still extremely brave. But the scene has already fallen into a stalemate: firstly, because Zhang Dingbian’s strange and unprecedented formation is really difficult to deal with; secondly, the weapons in his hands are not used to it; thirdly, the horses that were captured only after arriving in the city are just rogue horses. When I rushed here, my horsepower was gradually declining, and I was carrying a tow bottle behind me...
When I was thinking about countermeasures, I suddenly heard a young man shouting loudly: "Zhang Dingbian!"
The giant man subconsciously looked in the direction of the sound and saw a young man in a python robe in the distance looking at him with a half-smile.
It was also at this time that a sound of breaking through the air suddenly came from a completely different direction. Before the giant man had time to think, the weapon in his hand had reflexively moved towards the sound of breaking through the air. There was only a "dang" sound, and a cold arrow hit the surface of the single sword. The giant man felt his jaws tremble after the hit.
Looking closely, there happened to be a man holding a giant bow in the distance to his right...
"……whispering sound!"
Over there, Zhu Su was really disappointed.
Sure enough, letting the dog shoot cold arrows to "snipe" is ineffective against this level of battlefield warriors. I shouted loudly to attract this person's attention, but even with my dog's shooting skills, I couldn't succeed.
This also shocked Zhu Su secretly: What a fast reflex arc!
I don’t know how powerful Chang Yuchun Chang Shiwan’s archery skills are. To be able to shoot such monsters with cold arrows...
Knowing that his identity had been exposed, Zhang Dingbian simply stopped hiding his identity. After cutting open a wolf spear that was stabbing him, he said loudly: "King Wu of the Ming Dynasty, we only think that you are a young hero, but you actually do such an unethical thing?"
"It's not a hero to shoot cold arrows, but is it a hero to disguise himself and enter the city to rob a prison?" Zhu Su said tit for tat. "I am young and don't know any martial virtues. But I do know one thing: if friends come, I will have them with fine wines and delicacies."
"But if the thieves who sneak around, collude with the bandits, and oppose my Ming army come, the only thing I can use to greet them will be deadly swords and sharp arrows!"
(End of chapter)
