When Zhu Su said this, everyone present who was still waiting for him to make a decision were surprised.
Is His Royal Highness the King of Zhou trying to scare Timur and Shaharu back again?
It is true that the reason why Timur and Shaharu turned their attention to His Highness King Yan was because they were sure that His Highness King Yan was leading the main force of the Ming army. If they discover that there is someone else in the main force of the Ming army at this time, they will definitely hesitate, and the pressure on His Highness King Yan will be greatly reduced.
As long as His Royal Highness King Yan can establish a firm foothold, the momentum of the horns will be achieved and the overall situation will be stable.
But... how do you think His Highness King Zhou's words mean that we are going to disguise ourselves as the main force to attract Timur's attention?
Most of the people who are here now are wounded, sick and disabled soldiers. At worst, they are the Persian troops who were forcibly recruited and are no different from the grass on the wall. Such men and horses can be used as a side drum for His Royal Highness King Yan's main force, but if they are used to fight against the enemy, they will collapse at the first touch.
If we attack rashly, we may not even be able to guarantee the safety of His Royal Highness King Zhou...
"Your Highness, this is not allowed." Someone immediately came forward to dissuade him. "With the troops we have, the icing on the cake is barely enough. How can we pretend to be the main force? If Timur's army is really attracted, how can the safety of His Highness be guaranteed?"
"Your Highness, this plan is too dangerous. If you make a mistake, something unspeakable may happen. Your Highness is currently involved in many important affairs of the Ming Dynasty. How can you be a mere Timurid country without caring about yourself?"
"Your Highness, why rush it? Let's figure it out slowly..."
All of a sudden, there were endless voices of admonishment.
Zhu Su has already made up his mind. He raised his palm and pressed it down, suppressing everyone's voices of persuasion, and then said: "I understand what you mean."
"But you must know that Timur is not a kind person in this country. If he is allowed to become powerful, he will spy on Hami, Northern Xinjiang and even the Ming Dynasty in the future."
"My Ming Dynasty's Western Route Army aims to open up the Western Regions and connect the ancient Han Silk Road. Timur's empire is not peaceful, so how can we connect the Silk Road?"
"Slowly figure it out... This time Timur thought he could fight a decisive battle with us, and mobilized the entire country's army to fight against us. If we miss this time, Timur will be broken into pieces in the future and continue to harass our western frontier of the Ming Dynasty. Then When will peace be achieved?"
Everyone was silent. Zhu Su glanced at it and said deliberately: "You persuaded me to withdraw the troops. Could it be that you were afraid of Timur and planned to flee the enemy? You left your fourth brother and Pingliang Marquis' Paoze brothers here to protect yourselves." His life?"
The national sentiment in the Ming Dynasty has reached its peak in recent years. When these words were spoken, they were undoubtedly a slap in the face of these arrogant soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. These people immediately became excited, holding their necks and arguing that they were by no means afraid of these Western Regions. Barbarians.
"Then follow me and kill the enemy!" Zhu Su stood up. "They are just Western barbarians, how can they be the opponents of Ming warriors like us? Do you think you are not the main force?"
"I will tell you."
"Wherever I stand, there is the main force of my Ming Dynasty!"
After Zhu Su made his bold statement, he immediately issued a military order. The army did not need to reinforce Zhu Di, but turned back and headed east.
They have to do what the main force of the Ming army should do: take advantage of the moment when the "suspicious soldier" Zhu Di's troops attract Timur's attention, attack Timur's Eastern Front Army, and "finalize" the victory of this battle.
Intrigued by him, the generals no longer dared to speak out at the slander of "fear of death". They all worked hard and prepared to prove their courage on the battlefield.
At worst, we can just wait until something goes wrong, and then fight to the death to rescue His Royal Highness the King of Zhou back to the Ming Dynasty.
Before the defeat, we must not lose the face of the descendants of China in front of Xiyi.
So a few days later, Zhu Su led most of the troops from the Shendu surrender army and the Persian surrender army to the front of Timur's army east of Keshi City.
The commander of the Eastern Front was named Ma Heima, who was Tamerlane's eldest grandson. When the eldest grandson heard that another Ming army had appeared on the eastern front, he was completely surprised. He racked his brains and couldn't figure out where this Ming army came from.
Doesn't it mean that the main force of the Ming army has been determined to be in the south? Why did another Ming army appear in the east?
"How many people are there in this Ming army?" Ma Heima asked in shock and doubt.
"I don't know...this Ming army sent countless people around to kill our army's detective horses. Our detective horses couldn't get close to them easily...but judging from the flags they carried."
"I'm afraid there are as many as one hundred thousand!"
"One hundred thousand!" Ma Heima gasped in fright. There are so many people? With all their strength, they only have two to three hundred thousand soldiers!
Moreover, the eastern front he was responsible for only had 30,000 people. If he faced an army of 100,000, he would probably be defeated.
"How many Ming troops are there? I want to know the exact information!" Ma Heima grabbed the scout who reported the news, his face full of doubt and disbelief. Although he knew that the Ming Dynasty was very powerful, sending 100,000 people here to support... was really unimaginable.
"Look...if you look at the flag, I'm afraid it's more than 100,000..." The scout who was grabbed by the collar was full of fear and stammered everything he saw. "Those flags include Ming people, Persian people, and poisonous people..."
"There are Persians and poisonous people?" Ma Heima immediately believed it. If the Shendu people and Persians were recruited, it would indeed be possible to gather an army of one hundred thousand. But a hundred thousand Persians and poisonous people were enough to make his scalp numb, not to mention that if he wanted to drive so many surrender troops, he would probably have to have 20,000 to 30,000 Ming troops.
"... gather the troops and try to defend first." Ma Heima ordered. His grandfather was destroying King Yan of the Ming Dynasty. If it was within his power, he did not want his grandfather to ask for help. This only demonstrates his incompetence.
As long as he can defend himself until his grandfather annihilates the King of Yan, reinforcements will naturally come to help him.
What's more, what's in front of you may not really be the main force of the Ming Dynasty...
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"Your Highness, Ma Heima has begun to strengthen the camp." Someone reported to Zhu Su.
"Yes." Zhu Su nodded. Behind him were a forest of flags and enough smoke to cover the sky. Such a terrifying momentum is enough to scare everyone away from this army, but if you look closer, you will find that many of these densely packed flags are improvised by cutting a wooden pole and wearing a robe. .
The choking smoke was also caused by the fact that each war horse was dragging a piece of wood behind it.
"...Your Highness, can such a simple tactic of suspecting soldiers really scare Ma Heima?" Di Meng was a little worried. Although relying on these small means, the army is now powerful enough.
But after all, it was just superficial. The generals of the Timur Empire were not weak. If they really fought, they would naturally find clues.
As Zhu Su's personal guard captain, he was naturally worried about how to keep His Highness out of trouble if the war failed...
"It doesn't matter if it's simple, as long as it's easy to use. Zhang Fei used this simple strategy to scare away Prime Minister Cao, who had been in battle for a long time." Zhu Su said. He looked very confident in his eyes. Of course, he is now the commander-in-chief of the three armed forces, so it will be impossible if he is not confident.
"As for whether we can scare Ma Heima, we can't. Let's just continue to scare him."
"After the order was passed, the army spread out and formed a formation, using pocket formations for siege, to surround Ma Heima..."
(End of chapter)
