"Zhang Yu?" Looking up and down at the ordinary-looking man in front of him, Zhu Laowu looked surprised.
"You are actually in the army watching children?"
"Uh... Strictly speaking, the last general was in Hong Boyan Timur's army. The last general was one of the prisoners released by His Highness from the city." Zhang Yu felt uncomfortable with Zhu Su's eyes, and even I once wondered if there was something inappropriate about my dress. He took a sneak look at his whole body, and found that apart from the blood stains all over his body, there wasn't anything that shouldn't be exposed, so he felt a little relieved.
"It was Zhang Yu who led the crowd to revolt in the camp last night, and we had the opportunity to defeat the Yuan army." Zhu Di highly praised Zhang Yu, and the admiration in his eyes when he looked at Zhang Yu was barely concealed. "Such brave and resourceful generals were abandoned by the Yuan army. They really deserved defeat."
"His Royal Highness, King Yan, is ridiculous." Even though Zhu Di praised Zhang Yu like this, Zhang Yu still maintained his humility. "It's all thanks to His Highness King Wu for awakening our conscience and allowing us to see clearly what the Yuan people did, so that we can make up our minds not to continue to help the evildoers."
Zhu Su did not answer, but continued to look at Zhang Yu. Zhu Di finally realized something was wrong, tugged on Zhu Su's sleeve and pulled him aside: "Fifth brother, could it be that you have known this Zhang Yu before?"
Zhu Su rolled his eyes. Zhang Yu, how could you not know him? The future famous general of Jingnan, the King of Hejian in the Ming Dynasty, risked his own life during Jingnan to save Zhu Di from the army. His son Zhang Fu even assumed the title of Duke of England. He spent his whole life fighting in the north and south, and made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty. It's a pity that he was not saved in the late festival, and was tricked and killed by Zhu Qizhen, the Ming Dynasty God of War, in the battle of Tumubao.
The Zhang family is a loyal family, and together with the Xu family, it can be called the top noble generals in the Ming Dynasty. If he had known that Zhang Yu was among the prisoners at that time, Zhu Su might not have let the prisoners go. How could Guantong and the 50,000-yuan army compare with Zhang Yu and Zhang Fu, the two future famous generals of the Ming Dynasty?
Fortunately, with Zhang Yu's mediation in the prisoner camp and Zhu Di's prompt decision, they were able to capture this Yuan army so easily.
Zhu Su looked at Zhu Di and Zhang Yu, who looked confused in the distance, and said something wrong in his heart. Then he told Zhu Di: "This jade is one of the greatest contributors to your "Jingnan" in history. Fourth brother, do you think I know it?"
"Ah?" Zhu Laosi was dumbfounded. This piece of jade was actually his subordinate in the original history? He was overjoyed and dumbfounded at the same time. If this was the case, he might not be able to take Zhang Yu under his command.
Otherwise, if my old man sees it and finds that he is collecting these "old ministers who are in trouble" according to the historical trajectory, he will be extremely vigilant?
Maybe, he might even directly order Zhang Yu to be beheaded.
Looking at Zhu Di who was a little frustrated, Zhu Su patted him on the shoulder sympathetically: "Fourth brother, don't be too disappointed. This man is indeed a general, but you shouldn't take the initiative to ask for Zhang Yu from your father."
"Zhang Yu is a Yuan general. The most appropriate placement for him is to merge into the guard station near Yandi. Maybe in the future, he will be under your command?"
Among the princes, except for the prince and the married King of Qin Zhu Xi, the others have not yet been equipped with personal guards. Because Zhu Su had lived alone in the imperial village outside the city, he made an exception and was assigned personal guards first. Moreover, according to the Ming system, the names "Qin Wangwei" and "Wu Wangwei" are actually only temporary titles.
The armed forces under the leadership of the Ming vassal king should be the garrison army within his fiefdom. Such as Zhu Su's "Wu Wangwei". Historically, when Zhu Su changed the title of King Zhou to Kaifeng, his personal guards Di Meng and others would take advantage of the situation and directly take charge of the Kaifeng Guards, and no longer be called "Wangwei".
If Zhang Yu happens to be assigned to the "Yanshan Left Guard" or "Yanshan Right Guard", then it is very likely that he will still be under Zhu Di's command in the future.
"...Yeah." Zhu Di nodded. He and Zhang Yu hit it off instantly, and he really hoped to have a useful general like Zhang Yu under his command in the future. But Lao Wu’s opinion is not unreasonable. At this moment, Zhu Di only felt that because he sat on the throne in the original history, he was now trembling and restrained, which was really aggrieved.
"Everything must be blamed on that good nephew Zhu Yunwen." Zhu Di thought angrily.
"By the way, I heard that Zhang Dingbian also participated in this battle? Where are the others?" Zhu Su thought of something and asked Zhu Di.
"Jushi Zhang and Brother Chang led their men to hunt down the remaining soldiers of the Yuan army," Zhu Di said. "By the way, he said that while he was wandering outside the customs, he heard some urgent news and wanted to come and tell you."
"Urgent news?" Zhu Laowu frowned. The territory inside the customs has been turned into a mess by Nahachu. Is there something big going on outside the customs?
Over the past few days, he has actually been analyzing why the current historical progress has deviated, why Nahachu went against history and moved into the city, and he has already figured out some thoughts.
It was precisely because he revealed the future and allowed Daming to know the virtual and real relationship in Yunnan in advance that Lao Zhu made up his mind to raid Yunnan. Originally, Nahachu and the King of Yunnan Liang were in the south and north, jointly threatening the rule of the Ming Dynasty in the pass. It was only because of the cold lips and teeth that Nahachu came out like this to contain the Ming forces for the Yunnan King of Yuanliang.
However, Naha's strength in Liaodong alone could not stop the Ming Dynasty from attacking Yunnan. Even though Naha Chu captured Shanhaiguan and isolated Dingliao Guard from Shanhaiguan, there were still more than 100,000 Ming troops in Jizhen preparing for the border. I am afraid no one would think that Naha Chu could sweep the north. At most, it would be another heavy blow to the Ming Dynasty in the north.
Sure enough, when Naha sent tens of thousands of troops out of Shanhaiguan, they were blocked by Yongping Mansion, one of the nine important towns in the Ming Dynasty.
What Naha saw correctly was that it was at this time that the Ming Dynasty was already unable to succeed. However, not only the Ming Dynasty, but also the Northern Yuan Dynasty did not have enough foundation to launch a southern expedition. Although Bei Yuan won the Battle of Lingbei, Xu Da, Li Wenzhong and others were worthy of being famous generals in the world. Even if they defeated Bei Yuan, they could only barely win and were unable to launch a major war for the time being.
As "the most capable soldier since ancient times, there is no one better than Li Shimin, followed by Zhu Yuanzhang", Lao Zhu precisely saw this gap, and just sent Mu Ying, Deng Yu and others to attack the enemy. With the foresight of the seriousness, Yunnan became as ventilated as a sieve. After all, Lao Zhu has now fallen into a kind of urgency that "time does not wait for us". By conquering Yunnan, on the one hand, we can obtain the giant trees needed for shipbuilding and obtain the "god seeds" earlier; on the other hand, we can open up the road to send troops to Annan, waiting for an opportunity to capture this city closest to the Ming Dynasty before the Little Ice Age comes. God-given granary.
It can be said that the current situation in the north is still within the acceptable range of Lao Zhu. Even because of Zhu Su and Zhu Di's activeness, the situation should be three points better than Lao Zhu originally expected.
But what if there is a problem outside the customs? For example, what if Yuanting did not recuperate as Lao Zhu expected, but instead used all his remaining strength to fight against the Ming Dynasty?
"Where are the others? What kind of urgent news is this?" Thinking of this, Zhu Su couldn't help but change his expression.
(End of chapter)
