Bang!The armor sounded, and Zhu Gaoxu pressed his hand on the bed and supported his heavy upper body from the quilt.The sound in my dreams still sounded in my ears: selling straw sandals, selling straw sandals...
He opened his eyes and looked at the simple wooden table beside him. Under the burning candle, the tears of candles melted into a ball; with the candle light, the gold embedded in the sheath of the goose feather knife was shining with a metallic luster.
Zhu Gaoxu let out a sigh and shook his heavy head.He didn't know how he dreamed of selling straw sandals instead of paying small loans.But it was fine after waking up from the dream. He was still the prince and wealthy.
He asked outside the oil cloth curtain: When is now?
The person on duty outside the tent replied: Go back to the prince, it’s almost five o’clock.
Zhu Gaoxu stood up, took the goose feather knife and hung it on his belt, and the golden buckle made a crisp sound.
He picked up his helmet and hugged it in his arms, lifted the curtain and bent down and walked out.
There was a slight soreness in his arms and back. He didn't take off his armor last night, so he could only lean on the quilt and cover it with a blanket, and his posture was not very good.
At this time, he saw a tall young man standing next to him with a big brown horse, and was stunned for a moment, have you been waiting here for a long time?
The little one waited for half an hour.After the young man finished speaking, he looked a little nervous, his voice was strange, as if he was memorizing lines. He could afford to do small things; the prince waved his hand and was unable to delay his fingers.
Zhu Gaoxu glanced at him and asked: What's your name?
The young man clasped his fists and said: The youngest is called Zhao Ping.
Zhu Gaoxu pointed southwest and rode over to see what was going on in Li Bin's camp.
Get order!Zhao Ping said.
At this moment, Chen Dachui walked over from behind the tent, watched Zhao Ping's back, and muttered: The horses I rode a few days ago were loose, and the boy heard the sound, so I asked him to take care of the prince's big brown horse.I don't want that guy to even slap his beards and run around...
Forget it.Zhu Gaoxu said casually.He doesn't care about this kind of thing at all, after all, it's nothing wrong for people to climb up.
After a while, Chen Dachui came over with a bucket of cold water and said: Prince, wait, I will ask someone to burn hot water.
Zhu Gaoxu didn't say anything, and straightened up the cold cold water and poured it on his face.
When he washed up, he ate dry food by catching cold boiled water. Zhao Ping came back and said that the soldiers in the forward Li Bin camp were having dinner.
So Zhu Gaoxu ordered his personal soldiers to go to the various Thousand Corps and ordered the entire army to get up and cook.
The army did not trumpet this morning.Zhu Gaoxu had already turned over and took a team of personal troops to patrol around the barracks.
He felt a little trouble breathing in the cold wind.
The war horse's muscles were tight and the heavy sound of horse hooves was full of strength. He liked riding more and more.
Speed and strength make Zhu Gaoxu feel powerful!
Maybe because of his helplessness and weakness, he was so obsessed with everything that imply power.
Without wealth, how could he take Du Qianrui out of his hometown and raise him in his home without any pressure?
Without status, how could he know Miaojin?
If there is no power and power, how could so many people around him be willing to obey his orders?
Zhu Gaoxu galloped on the horse and said in a deep voice: Today I will defeat the official army, and there are thousands of people below one person, just around the corner!
...Zhu Gaoxu led more than 10,000 infantry and cavalry to cross the river one after another, following Li Bin's men from far and near.
At this time, the sky was already white, and the troops did not light the torch. When they marched, they stopped and wrapped their horses' hooves with cloth. Although there were people, horses, and clanging sounds from time to time, these sounds were not far away.
Woof... A dog barking came from a distance.A man in gray and white clothes stood under the eaves and faced this side.
Zhu Gaoxu rode on the horse and turned his head to look in the voice. When he saw Zhao Ping, the personal soldier behind him, was also staring at the person in the distance for a long time.
Zhu Gaoxu said: Ignore it, it is impossible not to act without leaking any news.All we want is tactical suddenness.
Zhao Ping quickly responded with his fists, looking like he was not understanding Zhu Gaoxu's words.
Zhu Gaoxu said another thing: A large number of people gathered together to form a formation, and the deployment and arrangement would take time.If time is rushed and the government is not prepared enough, our advantage will be great.
At this moment, the people in front of the main road suddenly stopped.
Zhu Gaoxu frowned and then patted his horse from the dry fields on the roadside.He rode his horse to the front and saw a team of soldiers cutting down trees and blocking the intersection.
What's going on?Zhu Gaoxu pointed at the soldiers standing at the intersection.
A general clasped his fists and said: We are Li Qianfeng's men.There is a town called Louzi Town in front of this road, with fortifications and official troops defending it.Fearing to alert the enemy, Li Qianfeng sent troops to seal up several roads to Louzi Town, surrounding the entire town!Li Qianfeng had sent someone back to report to the situation of Wang Jun.You guys want to take a detour.
Zhu Gaoxu looked at the thick fog deep in the road, and could not see any town just by looking at it.
He felt anger in his heart and said to himself: I confirmed Li Bin as the forward yesterday morning. Why didn’t that guy find out the terrain and road surface clearly yesterday?
If I knew earlier that there were official troops in Louzi Town, the army should choose another route.Instead of temporarily changing the route like now, this will both delay time and risk exposure!
Zhu Gaoxu forced his anger to suppress his anger, and then he restrained the depression in his chest.He couldn't explain clearly to these middle and low-level generals, and it was useless to get angry!
bypass!Zhu Gaoxu turned around and shouted.
Seeing that the dry fields next to the road were trampled and had already been trampled out, he took the lead in slapping over there.
……
Louzi Town is not big, but earthen walls are built on all sides, and a small river is dug outside the wall.
Luo Baihu, who just arrived here yesterday, was a dark-skinned and wide-faced man. He was a general of the garrison in Zhongdu. He was the one who was in charge of the army.
He had more than 100 soldiers under his command, and in addition to that, there were more than 200 local local township warriors in Louzi Town.
General Luo!An old man in a long robe and square scarf grabbed Luo Baihu's hand and stared at his black face.
The father-in-law's dry hands were trembling. In view of more than a thousand unarmed women and children in Louzi Town, you just pretend that you don't know that Master Yàn is coming, and none of us will say it out!
Luo Baihu said in a deep voice: There are only more than a thousand people in Luezi Town, but the main force of our official army has more than 100,000 people!
The father-in-law said hurriedly: What Master Yàn wants to fight is not Luzi Town. As long as we don’t move, everyone can survive.But if the general fires a cannon, the teacher will be angry and embarrassed, and the Loanzi Town will definitely suffer a catastrophe!The general doesn't want to survive!
A young woman next to her also advised: General Luo, think about his beautiful wife and parents at home, don’t be confused. Going home alive is better than anything else.
Since we are entrusted with the salary of the Ming Dynasty, our responsibilities are!Luo Baihu clasped his fists and said apologetically, "I'm sorry."
The father-in-law suddenly grabbed Luo Baihu, and the woman next to him actually tore off her collar a few times, revealing her skin, then hugged Luo Baihu and shouted, General Luo let go, General Luo can't do this...
Damn it!Luo Baihu swung his fingers and threw the woman to the ground.
At this moment, with two clangs, the sergeant standing at the door was hit twice with a wooden stick on his face, and a group of young and strong men jumped in.
Swish!Luo Baihu immediately pulled out the Yanling sword, took a few steps back and pressed his back against the wall. More than a dozen young and strong men with wooden sticks and spears surrounded him, but no one approached him.
The father-in-law said: Come on!This person actually wanted to insult my husband and daughter-in-law and tied him up!
Unexpectedly, Luo Baihu suddenly rushed forward first, swept over with a knife, and with a clang, the blade made a metal tremolo. A man covered his neck with his hands and vomited blood and fell to his knees.
Luo Baihu waved his knife and slashed again, and a scream immediately in the room, blood splattering everywhere.
A dozen strong men suddenly turned around and ran out the door.
Luo Baihu turned his head and glared at the father-in-law and the woman, and the father-in-law took a step back.
Luo Baihu jumped out of the threshold and ran out of the yard with a blood-dropping knife. A group of men avoided it.A young general outside asked when he saw this: Luo Baihu, what's wrong?
Go and pull out the Hongwu cannon immediately!Luo Baihu shouted, "The whole army is ready for war, prepare for war!"
Luo Baihu ran to the main entrance, and soon he saw a cannon mounted on a large cart being dragged by a horse.A group of soldiers were busy carrying the cannons off the wooden cart, and lifting them up to a place on the inner side of the earth wall to build soil and build up the cannons.
Everyone was busy filling gunpowder and big iron balls again. At this time, many men with sticks, swords and guns rushed over, and there were many people behind them.Countless pairs of eyes stared at the cannon, but no one spoke...
boom!A huge cannon sound made the earth tremble!The tiles on the roof of nearby houses fell down, and a large piece of tiles broke on the ground.The smoke of gunpowder quickly spread from the wall to the surroundings.
Luo Baihu raised his geese and said: Brothers, Louzi Town is our burial place today!Fight to the last person, never survive!
The soldiers widened their eyes and shouted: Never survive!
At this time, the cannon sounded like it was still echoing on Qimei Mountain in the distance, and the lingering sound was not over.Luo Baihu looked at Qimeishan, hoping that the cannon sound would be heard in the official army camp and understood what he meant.
Luo Baihu withdrew his gaze, glanced at the young and strong people, and said: If you don’t want to be enemies with the Yàn Division, our soldiers will rush out of the Louzi Town to set up a decisive battle with the Yàn Division!
At this time, a scholar said: There are walls and rivers in Louzi Town. Please stay and guard the town with the people to jointly defend the enemy!
After hearing this, Luo Baihu said: If so, we still have a glimmer of hope. We will defend this town and wait for the official army to come to help.
The scribe held a thin sword and said, "Please invite General Luo to deploy troops, we are willing to obey the orders."
Luo Baihu nodded and said: It was cold and the Yàn Division came in a hurry without siege equipment. He would not want to jump over the river. The main gate is most likely to be attacked.My soldiers are here to set up defenses.Everyone goes to the three walls to defend, and I will send soldiers to help.
Titicaca... Neat and heavy footsteps have already heard in the distance.
He opened his eyes and looked at the simple wooden table beside him. Under the burning candle, the tears of candles melted into a ball; with the candle light, the gold embedded in the sheath of the goose feather knife was shining with a metallic luster.
Zhu Gaoxu let out a sigh and shook his heavy head.He didn't know how he dreamed of selling straw sandals instead of paying small loans.But it was fine after waking up from the dream. He was still the prince and wealthy.
He asked outside the oil cloth curtain: When is now?
The person on duty outside the tent replied: Go back to the prince, it’s almost five o’clock.
Zhu Gaoxu stood up, took the goose feather knife and hung it on his belt, and the golden buckle made a crisp sound.
He picked up his helmet and hugged it in his arms, lifted the curtain and bent down and walked out.
There was a slight soreness in his arms and back. He didn't take off his armor last night, so he could only lean on the quilt and cover it with a blanket, and his posture was not very good.
At this time, he saw a tall young man standing next to him with a big brown horse, and was stunned for a moment, have you been waiting here for a long time?
The little one waited for half an hour.After the young man finished speaking, he looked a little nervous, his voice was strange, as if he was memorizing lines. He could afford to do small things; the prince waved his hand and was unable to delay his fingers.
Zhu Gaoxu glanced at him and asked: What's your name?
The young man clasped his fists and said: The youngest is called Zhao Ping.
Zhu Gaoxu pointed southwest and rode over to see what was going on in Li Bin's camp.
Get order!Zhao Ping said.
At this moment, Chen Dachui walked over from behind the tent, watched Zhao Ping's back, and muttered: The horses I rode a few days ago were loose, and the boy heard the sound, so I asked him to take care of the prince's big brown horse.I don't want that guy to even slap his beards and run around...
Forget it.Zhu Gaoxu said casually.He doesn't care about this kind of thing at all, after all, it's nothing wrong for people to climb up.
After a while, Chen Dachui came over with a bucket of cold water and said: Prince, wait, I will ask someone to burn hot water.
Zhu Gaoxu didn't say anything, and straightened up the cold cold water and poured it on his face.
When he washed up, he ate dry food by catching cold boiled water. Zhao Ping came back and said that the soldiers in the forward Li Bin camp were having dinner.
So Zhu Gaoxu ordered his personal soldiers to go to the various Thousand Corps and ordered the entire army to get up and cook.
The army did not trumpet this morning.Zhu Gaoxu had already turned over and took a team of personal troops to patrol around the barracks.
He felt a little trouble breathing in the cold wind.
The war horse's muscles were tight and the heavy sound of horse hooves was full of strength. He liked riding more and more.
Speed and strength make Zhu Gaoxu feel powerful!
Maybe because of his helplessness and weakness, he was so obsessed with everything that imply power.
Without wealth, how could he take Du Qianrui out of his hometown and raise him in his home without any pressure?
Without status, how could he know Miaojin?
If there is no power and power, how could so many people around him be willing to obey his orders?
Zhu Gaoxu galloped on the horse and said in a deep voice: Today I will defeat the official army, and there are thousands of people below one person, just around the corner!
...Zhu Gaoxu led more than 10,000 infantry and cavalry to cross the river one after another, following Li Bin's men from far and near.
At this time, the sky was already white, and the troops did not light the torch. When they marched, they stopped and wrapped their horses' hooves with cloth. Although there were people, horses, and clanging sounds from time to time, these sounds were not far away.
Woof... A dog barking came from a distance.A man in gray and white clothes stood under the eaves and faced this side.
Zhu Gaoxu rode on the horse and turned his head to look in the voice. When he saw Zhao Ping, the personal soldier behind him, was also staring at the person in the distance for a long time.
Zhu Gaoxu said: Ignore it, it is impossible not to act without leaking any news.All we want is tactical suddenness.
Zhao Ping quickly responded with his fists, looking like he was not understanding Zhu Gaoxu's words.
Zhu Gaoxu said another thing: A large number of people gathered together to form a formation, and the deployment and arrangement would take time.If time is rushed and the government is not prepared enough, our advantage will be great.
At this moment, the people in front of the main road suddenly stopped.
Zhu Gaoxu frowned and then patted his horse from the dry fields on the roadside.He rode his horse to the front and saw a team of soldiers cutting down trees and blocking the intersection.
What's going on?Zhu Gaoxu pointed at the soldiers standing at the intersection.
A general clasped his fists and said: We are Li Qianfeng's men.There is a town called Louzi Town in front of this road, with fortifications and official troops defending it.Fearing to alert the enemy, Li Qianfeng sent troops to seal up several roads to Louzi Town, surrounding the entire town!Li Qianfeng had sent someone back to report to the situation of Wang Jun.You guys want to take a detour.
Zhu Gaoxu looked at the thick fog deep in the road, and could not see any town just by looking at it.
He felt anger in his heart and said to himself: I confirmed Li Bin as the forward yesterday morning. Why didn’t that guy find out the terrain and road surface clearly yesterday?
If I knew earlier that there were official troops in Louzi Town, the army should choose another route.Instead of temporarily changing the route like now, this will both delay time and risk exposure!
Zhu Gaoxu forced his anger to suppress his anger, and then he restrained the depression in his chest.He couldn't explain clearly to these middle and low-level generals, and it was useless to get angry!
bypass!Zhu Gaoxu turned around and shouted.
Seeing that the dry fields next to the road were trampled and had already been trampled out, he took the lead in slapping over there.
……
Louzi Town is not big, but earthen walls are built on all sides, and a small river is dug outside the wall.
Luo Baihu, who just arrived here yesterday, was a dark-skinned and wide-faced man. He was a general of the garrison in Zhongdu. He was the one who was in charge of the army.
He had more than 100 soldiers under his command, and in addition to that, there were more than 200 local local township warriors in Louzi Town.
General Luo!An old man in a long robe and square scarf grabbed Luo Baihu's hand and stared at his black face.
The father-in-law's dry hands were trembling. In view of more than a thousand unarmed women and children in Louzi Town, you just pretend that you don't know that Master Yàn is coming, and none of us will say it out!
Luo Baihu said in a deep voice: There are only more than a thousand people in Luezi Town, but the main force of our official army has more than 100,000 people!
The father-in-law said hurriedly: What Master Yàn wants to fight is not Luzi Town. As long as we don’t move, everyone can survive.But if the general fires a cannon, the teacher will be angry and embarrassed, and the Loanzi Town will definitely suffer a catastrophe!The general doesn't want to survive!
A young woman next to her also advised: General Luo, think about his beautiful wife and parents at home, don’t be confused. Going home alive is better than anything else.
Since we are entrusted with the salary of the Ming Dynasty, our responsibilities are!Luo Baihu clasped his fists and said apologetically, "I'm sorry."
The father-in-law suddenly grabbed Luo Baihu, and the woman next to him actually tore off her collar a few times, revealing her skin, then hugged Luo Baihu and shouted, General Luo let go, General Luo can't do this...
Damn it!Luo Baihu swung his fingers and threw the woman to the ground.
At this moment, with two clangs, the sergeant standing at the door was hit twice with a wooden stick on his face, and a group of young and strong men jumped in.
Swish!Luo Baihu immediately pulled out the Yanling sword, took a few steps back and pressed his back against the wall. More than a dozen young and strong men with wooden sticks and spears surrounded him, but no one approached him.
The father-in-law said: Come on!This person actually wanted to insult my husband and daughter-in-law and tied him up!
Unexpectedly, Luo Baihu suddenly rushed forward first, swept over with a knife, and with a clang, the blade made a metal tremolo. A man covered his neck with his hands and vomited blood and fell to his knees.
Luo Baihu waved his knife and slashed again, and a scream immediately in the room, blood splattering everywhere.
A dozen strong men suddenly turned around and ran out the door.
Luo Baihu turned his head and glared at the father-in-law and the woman, and the father-in-law took a step back.
Luo Baihu jumped out of the threshold and ran out of the yard with a blood-dropping knife. A group of men avoided it.A young general outside asked when he saw this: Luo Baihu, what's wrong?
Go and pull out the Hongwu cannon immediately!Luo Baihu shouted, "The whole army is ready for war, prepare for war!"
Luo Baihu ran to the main entrance, and soon he saw a cannon mounted on a large cart being dragged by a horse.A group of soldiers were busy carrying the cannons off the wooden cart, and lifting them up to a place on the inner side of the earth wall to build soil and build up the cannons.
Everyone was busy filling gunpowder and big iron balls again. At this time, many men with sticks, swords and guns rushed over, and there were many people behind them.Countless pairs of eyes stared at the cannon, but no one spoke...
boom!A huge cannon sound made the earth tremble!The tiles on the roof of nearby houses fell down, and a large piece of tiles broke on the ground.The smoke of gunpowder quickly spread from the wall to the surroundings.
Luo Baihu raised his geese and said: Brothers, Louzi Town is our burial place today!Fight to the last person, never survive!
The soldiers widened their eyes and shouted: Never survive!
At this time, the cannon sounded like it was still echoing on Qimei Mountain in the distance, and the lingering sound was not over.Luo Baihu looked at Qimeishan, hoping that the cannon sound would be heard in the official army camp and understood what he meant.
Luo Baihu withdrew his gaze, glanced at the young and strong people, and said: If you don’t want to be enemies with the Yàn Division, our soldiers will rush out of the Louzi Town to set up a decisive battle with the Yàn Division!
At this time, a scholar said: There are walls and rivers in Louzi Town. Please stay and guard the town with the people to jointly defend the enemy!
After hearing this, Luo Baihu said: If so, we still have a glimmer of hope. We will defend this town and wait for the official army to come to help.
The scribe held a thin sword and said, "Please invite General Luo to deploy troops, we are willing to obey the orders."
Luo Baihu nodded and said: It was cold and the Yàn Division came in a hurry without siege equipment. He would not want to jump over the river. The main gate is most likely to be attacked.My soldiers are here to set up defenses.Everyone goes to the three walls to defend, and I will send soldiers to help.
Titicaca... Neat and heavy footsteps have already heard in the distance.