The "Ming general" whom Ulugh Bo killed was naturally not the main force of the Ming Dynasty under Zhu Su, but the Shendu Army led by Cao Tai.
Compared with the Persian army who surrendered after being defeated by Zhu Di, the morale of the poisonous people who believed deeply in religion was still slightly higher. In order to have enough troops to attack Ma Heima's headquarters, Zhu Su could not allocate too many troops to Cao Tai, but he allocated all the ten thousand Shendu troops to the rear army envoy responsible for containing Timur. , in contrast, there are hundreds of grenades and firearms.
It may be impossible for the Shendu people to fight in close combat with the warriors of the Timur Empire, but if they just fire some cold guns and pull thunder from a distance, these people can still do it.
However, the Shendu people were still no more skilled than the Ming army in using firearms, so Ulugh Bo personally led his men to touch them and beheaded a Shendu general who was leading the team.
"General, Timur's army has begun to move."
"I saw it."
Cao Tai, who took on a major role for the first time, stayed up all night, always paying attention to the movements of Timur's army. However, early the next morning, he saw Timur's army breaking out of camp and advancing. At this time, heavy snow was still flying, and in the snow and fog with extremely low visibility, several heavy infantry phalanxes of Timur slowly penetrated the snow curtain, giving Cao Tai a strong sense of oppression.
"Did the Thief Chief lose his mind and throw himself into three phalanxes at once today?" Tang Li, son of Tang He, looked at the three "turtle shells" trudging forward in the snow with a solemn expression on his face. frowned. Most of those left behind to take charge of the war are students from the Imperial Academy of Military Arts, and most of them are generals and tigers of noble families. They have always been exposed to the situation, so they can naturally see that the momentum of Timur's army today is quite different. "And they're advancing a little faster."
"I'm afraid you've already guessed that His Highness has abandoned camp?"
Cao Tai was startled and looked at Timur's army in the snow with some horror. Although His Highness had told him to be extremely careful when dealing with Timur, he never believed that Timur could see through His Highness's intentions in just one night.
"No matter what, we need to set up a position to block these barbarian forces." Cao Tai said. "No matter what, we must buy time for His Highness to defeat Ma Heima, otherwise, everything will be over."
Over there, Tang Li also nodded. The Ming army conquered the world and was invincible. As the sons of generals, they naturally could not lose the majesty of their fathers.
The news was quickly sent to Zhu Su. When Zhu Su saw that Timur had begun to march forcefully, his heart sank slightly. He nodded to the soldier who passed the order and said, "I understand."
The soldier who delivered the order had his head and shoulders covered with snow. His duty had been fulfilled and he should have resigned, but he hesitated for a while, and then said to Zhu Su:
"Your Highness, there is no need to worry. Please rest assured. We, General Cao, General Tang, etc. will definitely block the army of thieves and buy time for Your Highness..."
Zhu Su glanced at him briefly, shook his head and said, "No need, tell Cao Tai and Tang Li and tell them to do their best."
"Don't worry about me, let them be useful. I will defeat Ma Heima within tonight."
The soldier's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he looked at Zhu Su like a god. Then he saluted him and returned to his life.
"...His Highness said that we can break the horse and black hemp tonight. Is there any good strategy?" After the soldier walked away, Di Meng stepped forward and asked Zhu Su with some worry.
It's not that he doesn't believe in Zhu Su... but that the Ming army has been attacking Ma Heima at the foot of this mountain for a day.
However, the reality is that... no progress has been made.
After all, the Ming army was still smaller in number. At first, everyone thought that they would use the cover of wind and snow to attack Ma Heima at the fastest speed by taking advantage of the surprise attack.
However, after arriving here, I realized that the frightened Ma Heima was really too steady.
It's just a rocky mountain, but Ma Heima has a sentry every three steps and a post every ten steps, making the defense of this earthen mountain completely impenetrable.
There is nothing nomadic about it.
Moreover, success is determined by wind and snow, and failure is determined by wind and snow. Although the cover of wind and snow allowed the Ming army to appear in front of Ma Heima with lightning speed, the thick snow also made it difficult for the Ming army to climb. It became extremely difficult, and the effectiveness of firearms was greatly reduced.
After a bloody battle, the Ming army failed to directly defeat Ma Heima.
What's even more unfavorable is that Ma Heima has already reacted from the initial panic of being raided and began to organize some counterattacks in an orderly manner. Zhu Su's army was essentially a baggage army. What Ma Heima was afraid of was the Ming army that left him helpless in the trenches.
But now that the Ming army has emerged from the trench, Ma Heima's courage has recovered to 70% to 80%.
"Your Highness, if we continue to fight like this, I'm afraid Ma Heima will soon discover the true strength of our army." Gou'er said with worry. "Our army only has five thousand elites, but Ma Heima's troops actually did not suffer much losses before. Now they have probably no less than ten thousand capable soldiers..."
"Ma Heima is not a mediocre general. Our army is weak. I think he has already noticed it."
"This king knows." Zhu Su said.
"...What we want is for them to notice."
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"Your Highness Ma Heima, the sentinel we sent down the mountain is back!" On the rock mountain, a general from the Timur Empire came to Ma Heima's tent full of surprise.
"Oh? Hurry, call him in!" Ma Heima, who was full of doubts on his face, stood up quickly and called the sentry warrior who dared to die. "How realistic is the Ming army? How many people did King Zhou bring to attack the mountain?"
"Very few! My distinguished highness, the Ming army's military strength is very weak!" The sentry looked out of breath, but his face looked very excited. "We checked the Ming army's camp. There were only a dozen tents in the camp, and most of them were Persians with low morale."
"Most of the people in the camp looked dejected and shivering because of the cold. We desperately captured a Persian, and he told us that these Ming people were forced to flee here by the Sultan's army. The King of Zhou of the Ming Dynasty forced They protect themselves and break out from here..."
"Is your information accurate?" Ma Heima was still suspicious. "Could it be that the Ming army deliberately let you see it?"
"My noble highness, this is absolutely impossible!" The Mongolian sentry immediately swore. "In order to stay away from the Ming army's camp, our team killed three warriors... If the Ming army wanted to deceive us, he would definitely not pursue us like this!"
Ma Heima nodded, agreeing with the detective's statement. A general next to him immediately said: "Your Highness Ma Heima, we were deceived by Akira before!"
"They don't have that many people at all. They are deliberately bluffing, digging so many trenches, and using the trenches to deceive us that they have an army of 100,000..."
"Now that the Sudan has exposed the illusion they created, they were unable to face the Sudan's edge, so they cowardly fled to our place... We should take the initiative to go down the mountain and use the blood of these people to wash away our previous shame!"
(End of chapter)
