Zhu Su still underestimated the heroes of the world.
After all, Naha's life seemed like a joke: Although he was in a high position in Yuanting since he was born, he had a lot of troops. But its achievements recorded in the history books are really hard to look at.
At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the world was in chaos. A major Yuanting general like Naha was naturally given the task of suppressing the rebel army by the court. In the fifteenth year of Zhizheng, under the order of Yuanting, he sent troops to conquer a rebel army that had just emerged and was still very weak. It's just that the leader of this rebel army is named Zhu and his name is Chongba.
Nahachu, the general of the Yuan army who was of noble birth and had a large number of soldiers, suffered such humiliation and became a prisoner of Zhu Chongba, the leader of the rebel army. Fortunately, Zhu Chongba was not an ordinary leader of the rebel army. He knew very well the principle of developing slowly and did not want to attract Yuanting's attention. Therefore, he spoke kindly to Naha, who was a prisoner, and released him a few days later.
After Naha returned to Yuandadu, he was not implicated because of his experience as a prisoner. Relying on his family's power, he rose through the ranks and became a lieutenant stationed in Liaodong. After taking control of the military power in Liaodong, Naha wanted to show off his military strategy and regain some confidence in himself. But this time, his eyes were set on the restless small border country: Goryeo.
But it is a pity that the opponent he faced this time in Goryeo was named Li Chenggui.
This Li Chenggui, just like his descendants Han Kingdom athletes, did not have martial ethics. Taking advantage of the opportunity to have a friendly meeting with Naha Chu, he ambushed an assassin at the meeting place and shot Naha Chu's lieutenant and mount. If not Naha ran fast enough this time, and he almost became a prisoner again.
And Li Chenggui, who received a wave of experience packages from Naha, was therefore regarded as a famous general by the Goryeo government and the public. Later, Li Chenggui used this reputation to successfully overthrow the Goryeo Dynasty and establish the Lee Dynasty of Joseon. He could barely be regarded as the founding monarch of the country.
Having been defeated one after another at the hands of two founding monarchs who had not yet emerged, from this perspective, Naha's appearance was considered to be a sign of dignity.
After that, although Nahachu continued to dominate Liaodong, under Lao Zhu's "stick and carrot" policy of "stationing troops to intimidate while sending people to surrender", he did not do anything major and soon "abandoned the dark side and turned to the bright side".
Even when he finally surrendered, he made a joke about having his arm chopped off by Chang Mao with a sword because of a disagreement with Lan Yu and Chang Mao at the banquet.
It can be said that Naha appeared in the history books like a clown, being played around by Lao Zhu's empty-handed white wolf, without making any waves.
It is precisely because of this that Zhu Su unconsciously ignored that Naha Chu, at this point in time, was Lao Zhu's number one confidant.
Liaodong was right next to Daming's bed, and with the tiger Naha by his side, Lao Zhu could hardly sleep without resting on his pillow.
And how could the existence that kept Emperor Hongwu awake be just a joke?
"Your Highness, you can see Yongping Mansion!" Di Meng said to Zhu Su while riding his horse.
When Zhu Su heard this, he turned around and saw the tall city wall of Yongping Mansion in the distance, already vaguely visible. However, the countless thick black smoke pillars that kept rising up were even more eye-catching. Some of these smoke pillars are warning signs for help, and some are thick smoke caused by fires; however, no matter which type they are, it shows that Yongping Mansion is in the midst of a war at this time!
"Cavalry! Lots of cavalry!"
Zhu Di, who was holding a monocular telescope, obviously saw more. Zhu Su was startled and snatched the telescope away from Zhu Di's eyes. He squinted one eye on the horse and looked into the tube. The scene in front of him suddenly caught Zhu Di's eye. Su was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat: in the dark military formation, a group of soldiers carrying Ming army flags were hastily forming a defensive formation. In front of them was Naha's army of more than 100,000 men, and behind them were Mongolian horse archers who looked like wolves and tigers.
Surrounded by two groups of troops, this Ming army was like a lonely boat in the sea. They could only bite the bullet and endure the stormy waves coming from all directions!
"Gong Changhou has indeed fallen into the trap... blow the trumpet! Shock those Duoyan cavalry!"
Although Zhu Di and others did not understand why Zhu Su called this group of cavalry the "Three Duoyan Guards", at this time, they also understood what Zhu Su meant. The guards of King Wu around Zhu Su took out the special copper trumpets hanging from their waists, puffed up their cheeks, and blew towards the sky.
"Deep, beep, beep, beep, beep!!"
The sharp sound of the horn suddenly pierced the sky. Through the telescope, Zhu Su saw that the Mongolian cavalry who were constantly pouring arrows at the Ming army had a slight hesitation. Then, they quickly separated half of their troops. They all turned their horses' heads, preparing to intercept Zhu Su's Ming army.
"Your Highness, they are coming!" Chang Mao from the front team shouted loudly. Zhu Su bit his lower lip. The charge horn that had just sounded made him feel in a daze that he seemed to be in another equally passionate era. However, it was a pity that the army under his command still used bows, arrows and spears. These soldiers are far from possessing the tough will of that iron-like army.
Can these people alone really withstand the attack of so many Mongolian cavalry?
"Damn it, after waiting for the response to the sky, no matter what, we must create a modern army first!" Zhu Su thought bitterly in his heart again. Every battle without weapons was like dancing on the tip of a knife. He was really fed up with this feeling of being at a disadvantage and could only use other methods or work hard to make up for the gap between the two sides.
However, now he had no choice but to fight. Seeing the dark line of cavalry in front of him getting closer and closer, Zhu Su reined in his horse and the horseman stood up.
"Arrange yourself in formation! Respond to the enemy!"
This time, he only brought out eight thousand people. Facing the approach of tens of thousands of Mongolian iron hoofs, eight thousand Ming troops responded with a bang. The Dingliao guardsmen holding large shields and spears immediately stood in front and formed several rows of defensive formations under a slope. Wu Wangwei and Cao Yuan's soldiers, who had participated in the training together for a long time, formed several lines on the slope.
"Raise your shield!"
As the Mongolian cavalry general approached, they demonstrated their proud riding and shooting skills. Following bursts of heart-shaking sound of bowstrings, a dark curtain suddenly rose into the sky from the bowstrings of the cavalry.
Immediately afterwards, a rain of death began to fall in the sky. Following the sharp sound of breaking through the sky, sharp arrows poured down like a heavy rain.
Zhu Su had already been prepared for this, so after collecting the remaining equipment of Guantong's defeated army, he equipped all his men with shields. At this time, following the orders from Qianhu and Baihu, all the Ming troops raised their shields almost at the same time. In the eyes of the Mongolian cavalry, it was as if an iron wall suddenly appeared out of thin air above the ground.
"Take, take, take, take..."
After the continuous rain of arrows, the Ming army opened the shields used to cover their bodies. In order to increase the shooting range, the Mongolian cavalry used group projectiles and did not display their specialty of precise burst shooting. But despite this, there were still hundreds of Ming soldiers who were unfortunately killed by arrows that got through the gaps in the shields before they could face the enemy.
"Steady the position! Hold the position! Anyone who dares to move, I will kill him!" Seeing that the front team was wavering, Zhu Di quickly pulled out his sword and shouted loudly. After hearing what he said, the spearmen in the front line who had been making a little noise suddenly became quiet.
Zhu Su, however, only concentrated and held his breath, observing the distance of the incoming cavalry. "Four hundred steps, three hundred and fifty steps, three hundred steps..."
Finally, the cavalrymen approached a distance of two hundred steps. Zhu Su's eyes suddenly shone with light, and he shouted with almost all his strength:
"Firegun, fire!"
(End of chapter)
