Along the way, the most dangerous thing is definitely the shabby mark. Not only did they have to guide Zhu Su and his party at night, but they also took a small group of troops to the front during the day to draw a map in advance to detect whether there were traces of the troops from Naha, Liaodong, and to verify whether the path they were following had any deviations. At the end of the day, I often have less than two hours of rest.
But when Zhu Su saw him, Shaobiao was still bright-eyed and energetic. This made Zhu Su couldn't help but admire him in his heart: the Jin Yiwei in the early Ming Dynasty were indeed the best among the best.
"Your Highness." Although Zhu Di and Zhu Feng were older, Shao Biao also knew that Zhu Su was the de facto "leader" of the three brothers' trip, so he knelt down on one knee in front of Zhu Su first. "According to investigation, there are still no traces of Naha's army ahead."
"According to the current itinerary, we should be able to reach Shanhaiguan by tomorrow."
"Still no trace?" Different from the surprised voices from all around that "it's finally here", Zhu Di beside Zhu Su frowned with a complicated expression. Zhu Su asked strangely: "Fourth brother, what's wrong?"
"No traces were found, isn't that bad?"
"No, I'm just a little weird." Zhu Di gently rubbed his chin, which had grown a little stubble, and said while thinking: "Logically speaking, now that our Ming Dynasty's Northern Expedition has been defeated, Naha should be eyeing my Ming Dynasty. That’s right.”
"After finally capturing Shanhaiguan, Naha's troops can march straight in from Liaodong to Peiping. Even if his idea is to stay in a corner, he should deploy heavy troops near Shanhaiguan to guard against our Ming Dynasty."
"No matter which of the two situations it is, it is logical that the closer to Shanhaiguan, the more troops Naha should send out. How is it possible that along the way, not even a trace of Naha's army has been found? "
Zhu Su was stunned for a moment, then frowned and started thinking. There was no adviser like Yao Guangxiao around to remind him that he had indeed overlooked something suspicious: Naha's more than 200,000 troops must be deployed on the front line of Shanhaiguan. It is impossible for all of them to be nestled deep in Liaodong.
No matter how desolate Liaodong is, no matter how secluded my group is, and no soldiers or horses are encountered, then there will always be one or two hunters who go up the mountain to chop wood and hunt, right?
But the fact is... people like me have not met even a single person along the way.
It was a scary journey, but there were always no dangers and the weather was calm.
"Could it be..." Zhu Su frowned and thought of a possibility.
"Look!"
Before Zhu Su could express the possibility, over there, Zhu Ping pointed in the north direction and shouted. Everyone looked in the direction he pointed, and saw several black smoke rising straight into the sky on the top of the mountain in the distance.
"Wolf smoke!" Chang Mao and Zhang He said in unison.
"This is a warning from our Ming army!" Beside Zhu Su, Chang Mao, who was sitting on the ground to rest, immediately sat up with a solemn look on his face. "The rising plumes of smoke indicate that there is a large-scale attack from outside. The surrounding Ming army needs to come to the rescue immediately, otherwise it will be in danger of losing its territory!"
"Do you really mean what the Duke said?" Ru Taisu also stood up tremblingly, "Are you sure that this is the smoke set off by our Ming army? Can An know that this is not the smoke of the Yuan people?"
"It can't be Bei Yuan." Shao Biao answered Ru Taisu's question. "Looking at where the smoke was igniting, it was obviously the beacons of the Great Wall."
"Beiyuan didn't even repair the Great Wall, let alone light up the beacons."
"What's next?" Everyone looked at Zhu Su. At this time, the question just now had been answered: it was obvious that the troops from the nearby Naha army had been mobilized to attack the Ming army, so these people would not have found any trace of the Naha army nearby.
If this is the case, this is the best opportunity to escape from danger: the enemy is too busy fighting to take care of them, so why not take this opportunity to speed up the march, enter Ji Town in one fell swoop, and escape from Liao Land!
"Lao Wu..." Zhu Di looked at Zhu Su, as if he wanted to remind him of something.
"Fourth brother, I know." Zhu Su interrupted Zhu Di, closed his eyes and weighed the pros and cons.
After a while, he finally opened his eyes and said, "Everyone, prepare your equipment and prepare to break camp..."
"Are we going to march to Shanhaiguan in a hurry?" Zhu Xi asked.
"No." Unexpectedly, Zhu Su shook his head. "Shanhaiguan... I won't go there yet."
"We need to change our target. Go to... where the smoke started!"
…
There is a beacon in the north of Shanhaiguan and Zhenyitai.
"Push the wooden stick, push it!" On top of the beacon, Qianhu Wuzhou, who was responsible for guarding the beacon, shouted at the top of his voice. Several sergeants shouted and pushed the thick wooden stick from the beacon, and were going up the ladder. The few Liaodong soldiers who climbed up suddenly screamed in panic, and were crushed directly to the bottom of the wall by the rolling logs, including the people and the ladder.
However, more Liaodong soldiers rushed forward. They carried temporary ladders and launched a steady stream of charges against the Ming army's beacons here. Along the way, people were constantly being knocked to the ground by bows, arrows and firearms. However, a new set of ladders were still successfully placed on the high wall of Zhenyi Terrace.
"Qianhu! The eastern section of the Great Wall has collapsed! You Yuan Dog has come around!" A messenger rushed up the city wall and shouted to Wu Zhou as he ran.
Wu Zhou was immediately struck by lightning after hearing this letter: "What? The eastern section of the Great Wall collapsed?"
"Isn't the cement mortar used to build the wall dry yet... Grandma, you gave these idiots an advantage!" While cursing, he stuck out his head and cut off a ladder despite the arrows.
"Lao Wu, we can't hold on anymore." A hundred households wiped the blood on his face: "There are too many yuan dogs here. We only have a thousand people here, and there are at least ten thousand people who come to attack our beacon. !”
"Even if the brothers can fight against each other one by one, they are no match for them! We are probably the only ones left nearby. Yuan Gou will come around from the east after a while, and we will have to be caught in the middle."
"How about we withdraw..."
"Fart!" Wu Zhou directly slapped the hundred households in the face with a big ear scraper. While still thinking, he kicked a Yuan army off the city wall. He cursed at the hundred households: "One pair is not enough for one person. Isn’t it enough to kill his mother with five pairs?”
"If we don't die here and wait for the commander to bring the troops, will we attack the high wall at Shanhaiguan directly? How many brothers will have to die?"
"Grandma, you are a coward. You can retreat if you want. Don't forget that your mother and I both died in the hands of Yuan Gou! Anyway, my family is sworn in with these Yuan Gou. If I can kill a few more Yuan Gou, I will This is enough for you to die!"
"Who is a coward!" The face of the hundred households turned red instantly, and with an angry scream, he stabbed a Yuan army soldier off the city wall with a spear, "The surname is Wu, our Zhenyitai, isn't it?" You are the only hero!"
"Grandma, I'll deliver these hundreds of kilograms of meat here today!" He spat on the ground and immediately led his men to rush to block the gap in the city wall.
"...Master Commander, if you don't send someone here, my Qianqian brothers from Zhenyitai will really die here." Although his brothers are still brave, Wu Zhou's heart has begun to ache. He knew in his heart that this was just his last insistence, but the Yuan army under the city was still coming in an endless stream.
As long as you let out this breath, Zhenyitai will fall immediately!
(End of chapter)
