"No, there shouldn't be a Ming army brigade here..." Under the Zhenyi stage, Gao Ba Si Timur was still in shock and doubt.
"Could it be an ambush from the Ming Dynasty? But it shouldn't be. The Ming Dynasty really has such a force, so why didn't they come to help us when we attacked Shanhaiguan? Instead, we came to rescue this little beacon..."
Gao Ba Si Timur always felt that something was wrong. In the blink of an eye, the rear army of the Yuan army was mixed up with the front army of the Ming army. Suddenly, the sky was filled with flying sand, and the Ming army's front army was extremely brave. In an instant, it broke through the Semu infantry phalanx of the rear army that had not yet reacted.
"My lord! My lord!" Next to Gao Basi Timur, the Semu general suddenly panicked. "Sir, we have been ambushed by Akito!"
"Sir, retreat quickly! The dogs are here prepared, and if you don't retreat, it will be too late!"
"Ambush?" Gao Ba Si Timur was also a little panicked at this time, but in his heart, he was still unwilling to abandon the Zhenyi Tower, which was about to fall. He still hoped that the number of this Ming army would actually be small. He gritted his teeth and said, "Hold on for a while, then hold on for a while..."
"In a little while, I will be able to capture this beacon..."
"Sir, it's useless to fight them down!" The color-eyed general said with a mournful face: "Look at the smoke and flags, there are too many, there are too many Ming troops!"
"Even if we are defeated, we will still be eaten up by this Ming army!"
"Sir, the morale of the Ming army on the beacon has been greatly boosted! Our people can't hold it anymore!"
"Some people even tried to charge us from the beacon gate..."
Ahead, someone who was supervising the battle team came to report in a hurry.
Gao Basi Timur began to be afraid. Seeing the Ming army charging, they kept turning to greet their companions; behind them, the sky was full of smoke and dust, birds flying in fright; and there was an unusual sudden explosion in the beacon in front...
Everything shows that this is indeed an army with staggering numbers.
"Sir! Look at that flag!" Zhang Yu, the Han general beside him, suddenly widened his eyes.
Gao Basi Timur looked in the direction of Zhang Yu's finger and saw several large flags suddenly flying in succession among the Ming army. On them were "King of Wu of the Ming Dynasty", "King of Qin of the Ming Dynasty", "King of Yan of the Ming Dynasty", "King of Zheng Guogong". "Commander Zhang" and other flags made Gao Ba think of Timur's eyes, which were blinded for a moment.
"Unexpectedly... there are actually three princes of the Ming Dynasty and a duke!" Gao Basi Timur was completely shocked, and his face turned pale with fright at the lineup.
How could such a group of nobles come to Liaodong with only an army of a thousand men?
Guards require more than ten thousand people!
In an instant, Gao Ba Si Timur had already figured out a lot: Zhenyitai, the beacon tower of the Ming army with only a thousand people, must be a bait deliberately released by the Ming army to lure him.
The purpose is to lure the Shanhaiguan defenders out of Xiongguan, then set up an ambush and annihilate them here, and finally take advantage of the situation to recapture Shanhaiguan!
As for how this army sneaked around to its rear without anyone noticing, now is not the time to delve into it: the Han people have always been good at using some despicable tricks, perhaps they used some trick that they couldn't guess at the moment. Not surprising!
"Retreat! Retreat quickly!" He reined in the horse and turned the horse's head. "It doesn't matter if I return this beacon to Ming Gou. The important thing is Shanhaiguan!" With this thought, he pointed at Zhang Yu with his riding crop: "Zhang Yu! Take your people and go to the rear of this general."
"The rest of the people, follow me quickly and return to Shanhaiguan to aid!" After that, he left with his own soldiers.
"...Yes." Zhang Yu was speechless for a moment. Seeing that other generals from all ethnic groups followed with their own soldiers, he could only raise his spear high and said: "Han soldiers are gathering here!"
"Form up! Raise shields! Archers hold down the formation! Don't fight alone!"
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"Brother Chang, Brother Chang, don't chase the poor bandits." Seeing that the troops behind the Yuan army were gradually moving away, Zhu Su quickly galloped to stop Chang Mao. In this battle, he took risks and bluffed, and actually scared away tens of thousands of Yuan soldiers. He chased and killed nearly a hundred Yuan soldiers, captured and picked up dozens of armors, weapons and horses. Although the harvest was not very big, it was still considered a success. Big win.
He also did not expect that the Yuan army besieging Fengsui here would be ten times larger than the defending Ming army. I originally thought that the gap in military strength between the two sides would not be so huge.
Fortunately, the generals of the Yuan army were not intimidated. After they showed a series of terrifying flags, the other general could not bear the psychological pressure and withdrew his troops first.
"What a bastard, that guy after the Yuan army was cut off is so annoying." Chang Mao, who was covered in blood, cursed and slapped off the arrows embedded in the armor leaves: "Bullying us because we don't have horses here, special bows and arrows are aimed at our positions. Say hello. I managed to seize the horse and was shot over by him with an arrow..."
Seeing that Chang Mao was in good spirits and probably not seriously injured, Zhu Su breathed a sigh of relief. He comforted Chang Mao and said, "Brother Chang, there is no need to be angry."
"They were scared to death by us in this battle, and we already took advantage."
"Hey. Your Highness, you are right." Thinking of the situation just now, Chang Mao also laughed out of relief.
A thousand people can chase ten thousand people away, so what else is there to be angry about?
After thinking for a while, he muttered: "That thief has a Han face, but he actually chose to help the tyrants... He really doesn't know what's good and what's good!"
There were also many Han people in the Yuan army, so Zhu Su did not pay attention to Chang Mao's angry words. He saw the dog leading an extremely dirty man with a vigilant face over. Judging from the armor, he was vaguely a fellow Ming army member.
"I don't know which friendly army has generously helped me. I am a member of Qianhu Wuzhou, the capital of Liaodong. I would like to express my gratitude." The man cupped his fists at Zhu Su who was on horseback.
"General Wu, you don't need to be polite." Zhu Su is also a prince after all. He has not learned much about etiquette and manners in dealing with people since he was a child. When he heard this, he raised his right hand slightly, showing nobility. "This king is Zhu Su, King of Wu, with five thousand households. What happened here?"
"Did Shanhaiguan really fall?"
"Wu...King Wu?" Wu Zhou was horrified, as if he didn't hear the second half of Zhu Su's question. When he saw those flags, he actually already had doubts in his heart. After all, in the Ming Dynasty, people with different surnames cannot be crowned kings. Those who hold the title of king are all the heirs of the current emperor. As of now, there is no news about which of his sons has been sent to lead the army in battle.
Therefore, deep in his heart, he had actually guessed that this might be a friendly force deliberately raising a flag to bluff, or a rebel from a certain Yuan army who secretly took over the king's title and saw the benefits, so he took the opportunity to take advantage. .
He never expected that this army would actually be led by the prince of the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, the prince in front of me seems to be a little too young...
This is just a young kid!
(End of chapter)
