"I haven't seen you for many years, and the layman's demeanor is even better than before!"
Seeing Zhang Dingbian leading a group of tough Jianghu people up Yanshan, Zhu Su did not rely on others, but went out of the camp in person, dismounted and greeted them with Jianghu etiquette. Zhang Dingbian admired Zhu Su very much. Seeing him folding his knot, he felt close to him. He laughed and said, "Your Highness is really ridiculous. Although a certain family does not want to obey the old age, it has to admit that it is much inferior to what it used to be." That’s it.”
He sighed, the white beard under his chin twitching slightly.
Zhu Su couldn't help but marvel in his heart. Speaking of it, he was an outstanding figure competing with Lao Zhu and Xu Da in the world. Now Lao Zhu has lived in the deep palace for many years, and Xu Da is also stationed in Hara and Lin, so he does not lead the troops personally. But this old man can still ride his horse to attack the enemy, and his arms are still powerful, which is really rare.
He is worthy of being the best general in the world in the past.
However, Zhang Dingbian's strength is not limited to the courage of this man. If an experienced veteran like him is allowed to charge again, if something goes wrong, it will be a huge loss for China. So Zhu Su said to Zhang Dingbian: "You are incompetent. Lao Jushi personally led the troops and rushed to rescue him."
"It's just... shouldn't the layman be in Keshi City? Why did he come from the south?"
"It's been snowing heavily these days and it's hard to see my fingers... Did the Marquis of Pingliang in the city specifically ask a layman to lead the troops to meet us?"
Zhu Su's tone was quite worried. To be fair, the focus of this battle still lies with Fei Ju and Zhu Di. Only by holding the two positions in Keshi City and the south of the city could they possibly overwhelm Timur's army.
If Fei Ju's flaw was exposed in order to rush for reinforcements and the other troops under Timur's command broke through the city, then everything would be over.
"Hahahaha, don't worry, Your Highness. This person was not sent by the Marquis of Pingliang. It was His Highness King Yan who was worried that Your Highness you were in danger, so the Yang family took the first step." Zhang Dingbian saw Zhu Su's worry at a glance and smiled. He comforted Zhu Sudao.
"His Royal Highness the King of Yan successfully attacked the thieves on the South Road with us the day before yesterday. His Highness the King of Yan personally killed Shaharul, the son of the thieves chieftain..."
"What? Fourth brother has defeated Timur's army on the south road?" Zhu Su was surprised and happy when he heard this news.
Although most of Zhu Di's men were elite Ming troops, their military strength was actually far inferior to Timur's army. Especially in the southern army, Shaharul and Miransha were both Timur's biological sons, and they had a large number of troops. They were also good at military strategy, making it extremely difficult to defeat them.
After Miran Shah's death, Shaharul gathered most of Miran Shah's defeated troops, and the force should be stronger. According to Zhu Su and Zhu Di's plan at the time, after Zhu Di captured the Miransha camp, he should defend the territory and use the "drag" tactic until Timur was unable to succeed and the siege broke out. There was no extravagant expectation that Zhu Di could attack Shahalu again.
What's more, Zhu Di's troops were previously jointly besieged by Timur and Shaharul, and now they should have become exhausted. Moreover, after Timur left, Shaharul would definitely choose to actively defend to hold Zhu Di back. Zhu Su could not imagine how Zhu Di could kill Shaharul under such unfavorable circumstances.
Seemingly seeing Zhu Su's curiosity, Zhang Ding smiled and said: "Indeed, that little turtle Shaharu is not a mediocre general. Even though His Highness King Yan contacted us, he can still defend a large camp like this. Like an iron bucket.”
"But fortunately, a few days ago, heavy snow suddenly fell from the sky..."
Zhu Su listened carefully to what Zhang Dingbian said, and only then did he understand the causes and consequences of Zhu Di's victory over Shaharul.
It turned out that after discovering that Timur had withdrawn his troops, Zhu Di was keenly aware that it was their reserve army that had deceived Timur's main force, so he immediately contacted Fei Ju and Zhang Dingbian in Keshi City and began to attack Shah. Lu Suo's troops launched a joint attack.
However, Shaharul does have two brushes. This person turned from offense to defense and was firmly stuck on the road Zhu Di was rushing to help. No matter Zhu Di and Fei Ju tried all kinds of methods, they still remained unmoved.
In this confrontation between the fourth son of the Ming Empire and the fourth son of the Timur Empire, there was no doubt that Zhu Laosi suffered a small defeat.
However, this unfavorable situation began to reverse when the sky suddenly started to snow a few days ago.
The weather changed, and Zhu Di immediately sensed the opportunity. He discussed with Yao Guangxiao and others for a while, and immediately came up with a strategy to lure Shaharu out of the turtle shell.
In the next few days, the Ming army seemed to find it difficult to attack due to the thick snow, and suspended its endless offensive against Shaharul's troops.
The two armies entered a temporary peaceful stage, as if time on the battlefield had been frozen by the sudden heavy snow. The originally anxious Ming army suddenly stopped fighting, which made Shaharu suspicious.
He suspected that the Ming army was planning something, so he secretly sent people to check the Ming army's camp. However, for several days, nothing unusual was found.
Shaharu was even more suspicious. The unpredictability of Han Chinese military tactics had long been ingrained in the minds of Central Asians like them. It's impossible for these Ming soldiers to just accept their fate because they are afraid of the cold, right? ,
His intuition told him that the Ming army had ceased its activities, and it must be that they wanted to use the heavy snow that blocked the sky and the sun to make some moves.
Therefore, he ignored the storm and expanded the search area of Tanma. After such a search, it was good to find a river in the east, leaving traces of someone passing by...
river? Shaharu frowned deeply. That river was indeed a path that bypassed the blockade of his army... However, the Ming army had no ships here, and although the river was frozen now, the thickness of the ice was far from enough for the army to wade through.
If it's just a small group of people, there's nothing to worry about...
Shaharul's doubts deepened, so he asked Tan Ma to explore again. As a result, for several days, Tan Ma found similar traces near that river.
There were even detective horses stationed there who spotted a small group of Ming troops crossing the river across the ice.
At the same time, some detectives who went to investigate the Ming army's camp discovered that although the Ming army's camp and flags were still there, the cooking smoke was getting less and less every day...
After receiving these two pieces of news, what else does Shaharu not understand? This must be the result of the Ming army constantly arranging small groups of troops to march across the frozen river, and stationing suspicious soldiers in the camp to disrupt the audio and video, trying to break them into pieces and bypass his blockade without anyone noticing...
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"So, Shaharul took the initiative to send troops?" Zhu Su asked with bright eyes.
"Yes." Zhang Ding smiled and nodded. "We had known about the enemy beforehand. We had already known that Shaharul was suspicious. We only got the news about a suspicious troop, so we definitely wouldn't send troops."
"But if he gets two pieces of information at the same time and confirms each other, he will definitely mess up... The tactics of suspecting soldiers and reducing the number of people are simple. But using them at the same time is enough to teach this panicked turtle son to take the initiative Climb out of his turtle shell!”
(End of chapter)
