Zhang He took his people to Qian'an to collect ships, while Zhu Su turned to the direction of Yong'an Prefecture, intending to station directly in Changli County. Along the way, Zhu Su and his party did not hide their traces. Instead, they directly displayed their flags in order to attract the attention of the surrounding Ming troops. Sure enough, when approaching a mountain range called "Jieling", a Ming army came to Zhu Su.
"Are there His Highness the King of Qin, His Highness the King of Yan, and His Highness the King of Wu ahead? General Wang Zonglong, deputy commander of the Zunhua Guard, please meet with His Highness!" A general dismounted and stood by the road, respectfully facing Zhu who was holding the royal flag. Su Yixing saluted.
Zhu Su and his two brothers looked at each other, and then the three of them rode in front of the team to meet General Wang. When Wang Zonglong saw Zhu Su and his entourage, his expression was extremely surprised, and he quickly knelt down and saluted: "General, I have seen the three highnesses! By God, the three highnesses are safe and sound!"
"Do you know us?" Zhu Ping asked curiously.
"The last general was originally a personal guard of Duke Cao. When he was in Beijing, he had the honor to meet three His Highnesses with the Duke." Wang Zonglong smiled cordially.
It turned out to be a confidant of Brother Baoer Li Wenzhong, and Zhu Su and his party were also overjoyed. After some conversation, it was discovered that the three of them had disappeared at sea, causing some waves in Beijing. It's just because there are frequent wars now and they know that they are protected by thousands of soldiers, so they don't take any action for the time being.
"Unexpectedly, the three His Highnesses are here." Wang Zonglong said in surprise.
"There are frequent wars? Could it be that besides Naha, there are other people who come to tease my Ming Dynasty's tiger beard?" Zhu Su keenly captured the information in Wang Zonglong's words.
"Yes." Wang Zonglong nodded. "In addition to Naha's brazen invasion of the northeast, in the northwest, the Northern Yuan Dynasty also invaded Qingyang, Bao'an, Huining and other places. The northern frontier of our Ming Dynasty is now full of smoke." Wang Zonglong said.
"Bei Yuan..." Zhu Su's expression became solemn. In fact, this is reasonable. When the Ming Dynasty's Northern Expedition failed last year, the civil and military officials in the DPRK were worried that the Northern Yuan Dynasty would take the opportunity to go south. Although due to the decisive command of Li Wenzhong, Xu Da and others, the Northern Expedition army did not suffer much damage, which caused Bei Yuan to resort to rat weapons and not dare to take advantage of the situation to attack the Ming Dynasty.
But the Ming Dynasty also lost the ability to destroy Yuanting in one fell swoop because of that failed Northern Expedition. In this case, Yuanting will definitely try to counterattack and regain the lost land of the Central Plains.
"How is the war in Ji Town now?" Zhu Di asked.
"It's no serious problem for now. Naha left his headquarters and was unable to attack Yongping for a long time. Now he has changed his mind. He besieged Yongping City instead of attacking it, and instead attacked the Ming army who came to assist." The guy really wanted to encircle the point and fight for reinforcements. , Zhu Su and others looked at each other. "At first, I tried to keep him in check and lost some soldiers. Later, the Marquis of Gongchang who was hoarding in Jianchang saw that he could not defeat Yongping, so he directly set up camp far away to fight with him. ”
Guo Xing, the Marquis of Gongchang, was one of the twenty-four generals of Huaixi in the Ming Dynasty. In the fifth year of Hongwu's reign, he followed the order of Lao Zhu and joined the town of Peiping together with the Marquis of Yingchuan, Fu Youde, and the Marquis of Yongjia, Zhu Liangzu. Zhu Su vaguely remembered that "Jianchang" in Wang Zonglong's mouth was located to the west of Yongping Mansion, but it was thousands of miles away from Peiping. He couldn't help but curiously asked: "Isn't Gongchang the Marquis in Peiping? Why did he end up in Jianchang? ?Is the situation already so critical?”
"When Naha left Shanhaiguan, Jizhen was in urgent need, so Lord Gongchang led a partial force from Peiping to take charge of the overall situation first." Wang Zonglong explained with a smile. "The situation is not that critical, it just needs to be delayed for some time. After all, according to the news from the capital, the general is already on the way with his troops at this time."
General Xu Da! Zhu Su, Zhu Di and others couldn't help but look at each other, unable to hide the surprise in their eyes. If Xu Da was in charge, what would a mere 200,000 troops from Naha mean?
These are the white jade pillars that support the sky and the purple golden beams that support the sea in the Ming Dynasty!
After asking about the situation, Zhu Su and others placed the army outside Changli County, while he and others, accompanied by Wang Zonglong, entered Changli County. I saw that the walls of this county town were in ruins and there were few people around. Occasionally there are passers-by whose faces are full of sadness and withered.
Although he had heard that this place had been looted by Nahachu before, but now that he saw it with his own eyes, Zhu Su's heart couldn't help but sink.
He even saw a few gangsters dare to bully a weak woman on the side of the road in broad daylight.
"That's unreasonable!" Not only did Zhu Su's blood pressure soar, but some people in the group even ran out in anger, "In broad daylight, you did such beastly things, you are not afraid of the government!" Ru Taisu ran to where he was. scolded in front of the famous gangster.
"Government? How long has the county master gone to the west? How can there be any government in Changli County?" These gangsters looked at the furious old man and actually pulled out the sharp knife from his waist: "Old man, I advise you not to do it. Please mind your own business..."
Seeing that they actually dared to draw their swords and threaten them, Zhu Su couldn't help but look cold. The dog next to him had already shot out an arrow, and it hit the gangster's hand that was drawing the sword. Ignoring the exclamations and screams of the gangsters, Zhu Su ordered: "Di Meng, go and let the army enter the city to take over this place."
"I originally wanted not to disturb the people, but I didn't expect that this place is almost outside the realm of our Ming Dynasty." Zhu Su turned his head coldly and looked at Wang Zonglong, who was beside him. A city?"
"Your Highness, please forgive me." Wang Zonglong said. "After all, Naha has more than 100,000 troops out of his headquarters. It's not easy for us to contain them. If we divide our troops to garrison these cities, I'm afraid they will be attacked by Naha."
"Moreover, Naha sent people to plunder everywhere with the intention of consuming our army's food and fodder and tempting our army to divide our troops. If our army spends energy stationed in these cities, wouldn't it be just what Naha had planned?"
Zhu Su was silent. What Wang Zonglong said was not unreasonable.
Seeing that Zhu Su sent troops into the city and even went directly to the county government, Wang Zonglong, who originally thought that Zhu Su was just passing through, immediately advised: "Is it possible that His Highness wants to be stationed here?"
"I'll say it bluntly, but this is not a safe place. If His Highness insists on staying here, Naha's troops will arrive very soon."
"Why don't you go to the Jianchang camp with the last general, and meet with the Marquis of Gongchang before making the next step? What do you think, Your Highness?"
"Marquis Gongchang will defend Jianchang camp, so I will defend Changli County." Zhu Su didn't take Wang Zonglong's words seriously. "Since Guo Xing does not want to take care of these ordinary people, I will protect the people."
"It happens that we are at odds with his Jianchang camp. It would be a surprise if we could use our brother's name to lure Naha out to attack. What does General Wang think?"
(End of chapter)
