Daming: From the end of Hongwu

It's only been a few years, and the army that swept the Mongolian cavalry army in the Northern Expedition with foot control seems to be gradually dying out, but Zhen Wu understands a little bit, no matter the proportion of veterans of the Southern Army, or the scenes of major battles they experienced are far more powerful than those of the Southern Army. If it wasn't for them, it seemed understandable to be labeled like this.

Zhen Wu reined in his horse and stopped charging. Zhu Di rode his horse and came to his side at this time. He glanced at the battlefield where the advantage was in his hands, retracted his eyes and smiled, as if he understood Zhen Wu's doubts, and asked, "Do you think the Southern Army A little unbearable?"

Zhen Wu nodded in acknowledgment.

Zhu Di shook his head and said: "Actually, all these years they have been suppressing bandits and fighting Japanese pirates. Even if some soldiers were sent to fight in the north, they were scattered among the guards on the border. The northern army was the main force, so they fought like this No surprise."

"However, this cannot be a reason for us to underestimate them. Do you know why?" Zhu Di asked.

Zhen Wu looked suspiciously.

Zhu Di looked deeply at the battlefield and said: "Because they are Han people, they have been used to playing against Mongols for these years, so they know the patience and adaptability of our Han people. As long as we give them time, maybe the next time we meet them, they will be able to fight against the Mongols." It can explode with exponentially increased combat power than it is now."

As a Han Chinese, Zhen Wu quite agrees with this.

At this time, in the battlefield, under the charge of the Yan army, countless people of the southern army trampled to death, and because they could not retreat to the bridge, they jumped into the water and drowned countless people. Yan Jun cut them into pieces one by one, struggling to die.

Zhen Wu took a glance and made up his mind that the battle would be completely resolved in about an hour, and then he could retreat to Xiong County after cleaning up the battlefield.

I don't know how Zhang Yu and the others are doing, and whether they need support.

Zhu Di probably also thought of this, rode his horse and ran forward, and began to urge all the ministries to speed up the pace.

An hour later.

More than [-] soldiers were killed or wounded in the southern army, and the rest surrendered, and were gathered together by dearmored soldiers. Zhu Di felt a little troubled seeing these surrendered soldiers.

Tan Yuan suggested: "Your Highness, we don't have time to take care of them, and these people don't want to wait for me, so it's better to kill them all."

What he said was full of murderous intent and blood.

Zhen Wu knew that Tan Yuan, who usually looked at charity and harmony, was full of murderousness on the battlefield. He had done killing and surrendering before, but this time was different, he was from a different race before, this time he was his own family after all.

Hearing this, Zhu Di frowned and shook his head directly.

What he has in mind is the world, and it is better to do less of such things as killing and surrendering.

Tan Yuan still planned to say more.

Zhen Wu pressed Tan Yuan's shoulders and stopped Tan Yuan. He guessed that Tan Yuan had some battlefield stress symptoms, otherwise it would be impossible for him to always be unable to restrain his murderous nature on the battlefield, but there are no psychiatrists in this era. Zhen Wu didn't know how to relieve Tan Yuan, so he could only help Tan Yuan control it after encountering such a situation.

After Zhen Wu thought for a while, he said to Zhu Di: "Your Highness, we can't take these people in. If they are sent to Beiping, we need to divide our troops. There is still no benefit for us. If Your Highness is sincere in the past Probation, and then sent them home, as for how many people will appear on the battlefield in the future, I will talk about it later, anyway, Xu Kai has 30 troops, and Geng Bingwen has [-] troops. These people are not bad, let alone us The purpose of this trip has been achieved, and the most urgent task is to return to Xiong County, after all, Xiong County is our fundamental goal tonight."

Zhu Di actually understood that what Zhen Wu said was the best way, but he was a little bit reluctant. There were 4000 soldiers. Xu Kai didn't care about these 4000 people, and Geng Bingwen didn't care, but he needed them urgently.

But he also understands that these soldiers are different from the soldiers and horses around Beiping, and they cannot be used after some reorganization. If he wants to sort out these soldiers to the point where they can be used, he doesn't know how much thought will be spent.

And he doesn't have the time to think about it now.

Zhu Di had no choice but to grit his teeth and give up, and then came to the front of the soldiers, and performed in tears, saying that he was just, to punish the treacherous officials, so that the soldiers would not be deceived, so he would not kill the soldiers , He will also let the soldiers go home. If anyone is forced to fight against him on the battlefield in the future, and hopes that they will turn against him, he will remember the credit of the soldiers.

All war madmen or leaders of military groups, whether ancient or modern, Chinese or foreign, are almost thinkers.

They all have their own views on brainwashing, and they have delved deeply.

Therefore, Zhu Di made such a big talk, and many of those soldiers who didn't know the truth really believed it. Presumably, even if some people will step on the battlefield again in the future, not only will they no longer have the heart to fight to the death, but they will also stand for them. Zhu Di spread the words.

Regardless of whether it works or not, at least these people are definitely not at ease when using it in the court.

Zhu Di observed the expressions of the surrendered soldiers, clapped his hands in satisfaction, and then ordered the release of the ordinary surrendered soldiers. As for Pan Zhong and other captured generals, they would not be let go. They would all be tied up and sent to Peking for custody. Useful.

After releasing the soldiers and packing up the army, Zhen Wu and his group started marching towards Xiong County.

On the way, Zhu Di saw that Zhen Wu's side was a little busy, and he was curious, so he rode his horse and came over.

On Zhen Wu's side, Zhang Wu, Xue Lu and Tan Yuan were all excitedly talking about a weapon around Zhen Wu. This weapon belonged to Pan Zhong, and it was a top-quality horse spear.

After Zhen Wu saw Zhu Di coming, he handed the horse lance to Zhu Di, and said with a smile, "Your Highness, look at this horse lance."

"What's so good about Ma Qian?"

Zhu Di took it by hand, and was a little surprised as soon as he started: "Zhemu's?"

As he said that, Zhu Di took a closer look, from the pole to the front of the lance, and the sharp eight-sided armor-piercing edge on it. Finally, Zhu Di held the tail end of the lance and lifted it lightly with one arm. The entire lance moved forward horizontally. Not shaking at all.

"That's right, it's the best." After Zhu Di finished speaking, he threw the horse lance to Zhen Wu: "You have always wanted to find a satisfied horse lance, and seeing that this handle has touched your heart, then you can use it."

"Thank you, Your Highness." Zhen Wu took it happily.

Speaking of which, many people think that the horse lance is a bit short. In fact, the horse lance can be called a high-quality evolution of the spear. A good horse lance is very expensive to manufacture, and the best quality is even more rare.

First of all, the main material of the horse lance is Zhe wood. One horse lance can make ten strong bows, which is obvious, but this is only the amount of materials.

The manufacturing process of horse lance is more complicated. It usually takes several years to make a good lance, and the success rate is only [-]%.

All kinds of oil immersion, hemp wrapping, kudzu wrapping, varnishing and other processes should not be rushed at any one step.

In the last created horse lance, the sound of metal will be made when the sword is added together, and coupled with the sharp lance edge like a sword, under the blessing of the eight-sided armor-piercing edge, what kind of fish-scale chain mail, Mingguang armor, absolutely all It's a piercing through.

In the Han Dynasty, only the children of the aristocratic family could afford the weapon of the horse lance, and the proper noble weapon was the best choice for cavalry warriors.

It's just that after the Song Dynasty, because there were no horse farms in the Song Dynasty, there were very few cavalry, and the aristocratic families gradually withdrew from the stage of history. After the civil servants and gentry began to lead the army, the horses also slowly declined.

On the contrary, the army has developed more combat methods based on step control and cavalry.

The combat status of the cavalry has also been reduced, especially the heavy cavalry, which has almost been eliminated, but the Mongols have become light cavalry.

Zhen Wu and others fought many battles with the Mongols, and there were a lot of cavalry, so there were also many horses in the army, but they were not high-quality goods. Speaking of which, Xue Lu had always used horses. Wu is picky.

Zhen Wu originally wanted to make a special top-quality horse lance, but when he inquired about the manufacturing process and usage, the special-made thought faded away. If he had that skill, he might as well use a long spear. Anyway, his long spear swept across, and it was not bad for a horse lance. At a certain point, the armor should be pierced, the brain should be broken, and the head should be broken, but now that he sees a ready-made top-quality horse spear, Zhen Wu is too sorry for this luck if he doesn't use it.

Along the way, Zhen Wu patted Ma Qian and couldn't put it down. When they arrived at Xiongxian County, Xiongxian County had already been attacked by Zhang Yu and the others, but there were still some lively street fights in the city.

Zhen Wu was about to try Ma Qian's power, so after asking Zhu Di for orders, he led a team to the alley to support him.

He picks a line, and anyone who is under the sharp edge and is stabbed or picked by him quickly, the armor is broken like paper, and within a moment, he kills the opponent, everyone is terrified.

Zhen Wu was very satisfied looking at Leng Feng, presumably this Leng Feng alone must have cost a lot of money.

As time passed, the battle in Xiong County gradually came to an end.

Zhen Wu led his people to evacuate directly, and let Zhang Yu and the others clean up the battlefield by themselves. When Zhang Yuzhong returned to the county magistrate's office, there was already some light in the distant sky.

That night, they went down to Xiong County and defeated Yang Song and Pan Zhong again. The feat was gratifying, and Yang Song and Pan Zhong were captured alive and were about to be sent to Peiping.

It’s just that Xiongxian’s soldiers and horses were a bit stubborn. After the first battle, almost the entire army was wiped out, and there were not many surrenders. Hearing Zhang Yu’s report, Zhen Wu sighed in his heart, and at the same time lamented that the attack on Xiongxian County last night was tragic. imagine.

Zhu Di looked at his own casualties and remained silent for a long time.

His soldiers are all baby lumps.

a long time.

He just raised his head and looked at the generals. At first he wanted to say a few more words, but seeing that the generals were a little tired, he waved his hand and ordered the generals to go down and rest.

The generals didn't say anything else, they all went down to rest. They were all busy for a while, and fell asleep when they touched the bed. The same was true for Zhen Wu. During the rest time that was finally obtained, he needed to replenish his physical strength as soon as possible.

Wait until the afternoon.

The generals woke up one by one, and Zhu Di informed them to discuss the next move.

After Zhen Wu came over, Zhu Di was still eating, holding a big steamed bun in one hand, and studying the map while eating. Seeing Zhen Wu coming in, he just pointed to the seat and asked Zhen Wu to sit down and wait for others.

After a while, everyone arrived.

As soon as Zhu Di opened his mouth, he surprised everyone.

"Now that Xiong County has fallen, Xu Kai in Hejian dare not move lightly. I want to lead the army straight to Zhending. When Geng Bingwen's foothold is unstable, try to break his 30 army. Otherwise, when Geng Bingwen stabilizes, he will surely march into Baoding , when the time comes, we will still have to face his 30-strong army, since we have to face it no matter what, it is better to take the initiative to attack, at least leaving room for retreat."

"Furthermore, if we break through the 30 people, we will be considered as repelling the imperial court. If we don't break through the 30 people, we will always be in danger of being attacked together."

After Zhu Di finished speaking, he looked up at the generals: "Tell me, what do you think?"

All the generals were lost in thought, discussing matters in the military account, the discussion was to check for omissions and make up for vacancies, and they slapped their heads and said what was right, that was what Zhu Yunqi only did.

Zhen Wu looked at the map and thought, Zhu Di's strategy is correct, Geng Bingwen leads an army of 30, and Zhending is the Chief Secretary of Pingyan.

As long as this place is destroyed, they can go straight to the south of the Yangtze River. Even if they can't be destroyed, if they are lucky enough to destroy their vital strength, they will also have a huge breathing time.

嗏

What about Xu Kai?

Seeing Zhen Wu frowning, Zhu Di said, "Zhen Wu, tell me what you think."

The rest of the generals recovered from deep thought and looked at Zhen Wu.

Zhen Wu organized his language and said: "Geng Bingwen is indeed as His Highness said, it must be fought, and it is best to take the initiative to fight, and it will be of great benefit to us to seize the initiative, but I am a little worried about the humble position. What about Kai? No matter how careful Xu Kai is, after hearing that our army has gone south to Zhending Mansion, don't you dare to attack Xiong County and Zhuozhou with an army of [-]?"

Speaking of this, Zhen Wu looked at Zhu Di and said, "Your Highness, Geng Bingwen has 30 troops. It is better for us to lead troops south as many as possible. However, how much will be left in Xiong County? How much will be left in Zhuozhou? And how can the remaining people be stopped?" Xu Kai's 10 people, if Xu Kai takes Zhuozhou, we will have no way to retreat, and we are afraid that we will be attacked by the north and the south in Baoding Prefecture."

A smile appeared on the corner of Zhu Di's mouth, and he glanced at the generals and asked, "You all have this opinion?"

Almost everyone nodded, and Zhang Yu even said: "His Royal Highness, Xu Kai really has to guard against it. Why don't we take advantage of Geng Bingwen's unstable foothold and go south from Xiong County to Hejian to defeat Xu Kai's [-] troops first? It can solve the danger of siege."

Zhu Di waved his hand, and a self-confidence appeared on his face: "You don't need to waste your strength to defeat Xu Kai. Xu Kai is naturally nothing to worry about if Geng Bingwen is defeated. Moreover, Xu Kai is cowardly and foolish, and he is no match for Yang Songpan." Zhong, so I dare say that he dare not enter Xiong County, you don't have to worry about him leading troops to attack, even if he does attack, with Xu Kai's intelligence, [-] soldiers in Xiong County can stop his army of [-]."

Ok?

Zhen Wu didn't understand where Zhu Di's self-confidence came from. It was not a good plan or plan to put the odds of winning on the opponent's low energy.

However, when Zhen Wu saw Zhu Di's confident expression, a flash of inspiration suddenly appeared in his mind.

In the battle of Jingnan, there were many tricks in it.

This Xu Kai led the soldiers from Shandong and stationed in Hejian from Linqing. Could it be that he was from the Xu faction in Shandong.

No no no.

Xu Kai was transferred to Linqing, Shandong Province when Jianwen had just ascended the throne. Before that, he had been suppressing bandits and quelling chaos in Sichuan, Shaanxi and other places. He and the governor, Qu Neng, were also called Xichuan Shuangbi. They rose to fame under Lan Yu. Yes, how could Lu Timur, who had followed Lan Yuping Luanyue, belong to the Xu family faction in Shandong? !

Zhen Wu frowned deeply, a little confused about this matter, but when Zhen Wu inexplicably thought of Ni Liang and the others, he was suddenly struck by a bolt of lightning in his mind.

He looked at Zhu Di in astonishment.

He found that he was wrong, or dead wrong.

Who said Lan Yu couldn't have people from the Xu family under his command? !

How else to explain it, after the Lanyu family was purged by Zhu Yuanzhang, Xu Kai took the position of commanding the capital in Sichuan, and won the trust of Zhu Yuanzhang, so that he guarded Sichuan.

A general who can get into the command position of the capital, who can have no footsteps!

After thinking about this, some of Zhen Wu's previous doubts disappeared. No wonder Zhu Di was always worried about Geng Bingwen, but turned a blind eye to Xu Kai's [-] soldiers in Hejian. At most, he was worried about Yang Song and Pan Zhonger people.

It was because of this.

Zhen Wu was suddenly curious, who was the spy in Zhu Di's hands, who contacted Xu Kai with such great powers, and was there anyone behind Xu Kai?Is it Xu Huizu or Xu Zengshou who has always been a dude?

However, Zhen Wu's curiosity is only curiosity, and he will not be bold enough to really investigate these things. He is a battlefield warrior, and fighting with Zhu Di to make military exploits is enough for him to stand up, and this is also the foundation of his standing. If he pays attention to some Zhu Di The internal response in the court, on the contrary, is somewhat reckless.

After thinking about this, Zhen Wu got up and said: "Since Your Highness is so sure that Xu Kai will not dare to commit an offense, then the humble position seconded that we should lead the army to the south as soon as possible, and take advantage of the instability to seize the opportunity."

The rest of the generals didn't know whether they thought about it, but what Zhen Wu thought of before, anyway, seeing Zhen Wu's second opinion, and seeing Zhu Di's determination, they all began to second it.

It's just that Zhang Yu's eyes flickered a few times, and he looked at Zhen Wu with interest.

Some things are seen through but not revealed.

Therefore, Zhang Yu also stood up and seconded the proposal.

For a while, the strategy passed the approval of everyone, Zhu Di nodded, and said in a deep voice: "Then it's settled, all the generals will go down and prepare separately, and in the morning of tomorrow, all the cavalry will go first, followed by the infantry, and march to the Zhending Mansion in a hurry .”

"Yes" the generals responded.

After the generals dispersed, Zhu Di got up and went outside the room, looking towards the south.

Geng Bingwen, old man, even if there are 30 troops, so what.

Now is not his time.

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Chapter 263 - 13 troops north and south of the Hutuo River

In the weather in August, the hot feeling has quietly disappeared, especially when the sun sets in the afternoon, the light of the sun becomes softer, coupled with the occasional cool wind, let the generals in armor feel a bit of comfort.

The pace of soldiers has always been relatively fast.

Therefore, even if Zhen Wu and the others broke up their discussions, Tan Yuan and Zhang Wu would still gather beside Zhen Wu, using the time they had returned to the camp to chat while walking.

"Remember to arrange the situation of the wounded properly. If you are slightly injured, you must decide whether to stay with the army according to the situation. Our next step is to march quickly. For those with injuries on their feet, how do you let them go south for hundreds of miles? And if there are any establishments If there is a lack of personnel, just bear it yourself, suppress the establishment, don't always think about supplementing it, wait for some soldiers to come back later, adjust them to make up for it, who can bear it if we keep using our soldiers."

Speaking of this, Zhen Wu remembered something again.

"But speaking of this, I'm angry. A few days ago, the old monk sent a letter to His Highness, wanting to squeeze out some more people from the family of our three guards and put them into the camp for training in case of emergencies. Your Highness Agreed, there is nothing we can do, we can only grit our teeth and squeeze, but if you squeeze, send me an order to go back, no matter Xiaoling Village, Daling Village, as long as it is in the village of our right guard, whoever dares to take Duding Or those under the age of 14 are sent to the camp, and I will beat him to death when I go back.”