Daming: At the start of the showdown, Lao Zhu was stunned

Chapter 1056 The Guizhou donkey has no skills

"This..." Le Loi was obviously tempted. But he was still a little worried and asked, "If the Nguyen family and the Hu family join forces to deal with us first, how should we deal with it?"

"Haha, they won't join forces." Zhu Su said with a smile. "Hu is determined to usurp the throne of Annan. For him, Ruan is the first-class opponent, not you and other peasants."

"The nobles are used to being rampant, and they don't think you have the cards to threaten their high and mighty positions."

Le Loi looked grim, but still seemed to be thinking about something.

"What's more," Zhu Su continued, "My Great Ming Royal Army has not yet taken action."

"If the Hu family joins forces with the Nguyen family and turns their spearheads against you, my Great Ming army will naturally march south to rectify Annan and attack the Hu family."

"However, our Ming Dynasty is the suzerain state of Annan after all. From the perspective of justice, there is no reason to punish the Annan nobles."

"If the Ming Dynasty takes action, it means that the situation is coming to an end, which naturally means that you will no longer have the opportunity to eliminate the power of the nobles... This king means that I hope you can first weaken the power of the Annan nobles as much as possible by revolting before the Ming Dynasty mobilizes its troops."

"When the Annan nobles are almost weakened, the Ming Dynasty will raise troops to the south to help Annan regain its sovereignty. In this way, by taking advantage of the Hu family's rebellion, you, the poor people of Annan, will also have a chance to breathe and no longer be exploited by the Annan nobles."

Zhu Su finished speaking, took another sip of tea, and then looked at Li Li again. "Why, you don't want to?"

"Your Highness Prince Zhou cares about us, the poor people of Annan. Why would Li Lian not want to do the same?" Li Li came to his senses from his contemplation and said hurriedly.

"This is the only chance for you and the poor people of Annan." Zhu Su said.

"...Can't Annan be incorporated into the Ming Dynasty?" Le Loi looked a little dejected.

"...If the name is not right, the words will not flow." Zhu Su said lightly, using drinking tea to hide the raised corners of his mouth.

"I understand." Le Loi thought for a long time and finally nodded in agreement. When he raised his head, there was no more confusion in his eyes. "This is the only chance for us from the poor family of Annan. We need to thank His Highness for finding such an opportunity for us."

"No need to thank me." Zhu Su said. Then he sighed. "...After all, you and I have the same roots."

"The Chinese people should be united, but... "

No more words.

Le Loi also remained silent for a while, then went down the tower. He knew exactly how powerful the nobles were. To fight against them, there would be countless dangers.

But...if the Ming Dynasty cannot accommodate them, they really only have this one chance.

"Do these Annan people really dare to rise up?" Li Jinglong came to Zhu Su's side at some point and said as he watched Le Loi leave the city wall.

"They will." Zhu Su twirled the teacup in his hand. "They have read some books, but the long-standing superiority of the aristocracy has become a spiritual shackle for them."

"To be exploited forever, or to give it a try? These Annan people can understand the truth. Moreover, we have already paved the way for them. There are many poor Annan families and merchants in this city who have benefited from the glory of the Hu family. These people can directly become the foundation for their uprising."

"What's more, we have the Ming Dynasty secretly supporting us. Chen Sheng and Wu Guang didn't have such good conditions at that time."

"Uncle, aren't you worried that they will become too powerful to be controlled, and once they become powerful, they will think of separatist Annan?" Li Jinglong asked Zhu Su curiously.

"They don't have the qualifications." Zhu Su seemed calm and composed. "Annan doesn't have that kind of background."

"Not to mention that the Hu and Nguyen families have deep foundations, they may not let them sit back and reap the benefits. Even if they really break all the noble families and have the momentum to unify Annan."

"Annan, which is in a state of disrepair, will not be a match for the Ming Dynasty... Besides, Le Loi will not have enough prestige."

"His prestige will all come from the Ming Dynasty..."

Li Jinglong seemed to understand what Zhu Su said mysteriously, so he simply stopped thinking about it and asked, "Fifth Uncle said that we will defeat Hu Cang's army tonight."

"Are you sure?"

"Although Hu Cang has suffered heavy casualties, he still has an army of more than 10,000 people. If we take the initiative to attack, we may not be able to gain any benefit."

"No problem, no problem." Zhu Su seemed more relaxed about this than when he was discussing the matter of Le Loi just now, as if Hu Cang was just a small fry who could be easily destroyed.

"Even you think our army will be at a disadvantage if we leave the city, so Hu Cang never thought that we would leave the city."

"Our army has more than just this bastion, muskets, and artillery."

"However, how to make this Hu family's army preserve its strength and escape back to Shenglong City is more of a headache for me..."

Zhu Su said, "This army is the key to Hu Jinli's fight against Nguyen Duong Fang. Hu Jinli is not a good guy, but Nguyen Duong Fang is not a good guy either."

He didn't want to destroy this army too harshly, which would help Ruan Duofang instead...

……

Late at night, in Hu Cang’s tent.

"Trash! It's all trash!"

In the big tent, the generals were discussing and Hu Cang was jumping up and down as usual. The difference was that the number of generals in the tent had decreased a lot.

In the past few days, Hu's army has come up with many "strange plans", and every time a "strange plan" is made, a group of soldiers will die.

Naturally, the number of generals in the tent became fewer and fewer. Not only that, the generals previously thought that there were only 2,000 Ming troops in the city, and it would be easy to break the city. As long as the city was broken, not only would they achieve great merit, but they would also become famous generals who shocked the world and went down in history because they defeated Zhu Su, the King of Zhou of the Ming Dynasty.

But now... not only has the Ming Dynasty's turtle shell not been broken at all, but a lot of manpower has also been lost on its side.

"Useless, you are all useless! More than ten thousand people attack a small town with a garrison of two thousand people, and you are helpless? Think for me! Think for me quickly! Is there any plan to break the city!" Hu Cang roared like thunder.

The generals had learned their lesson, and remained silent, no matter what Hu Cang said, they just wouldn't respond. They were afraid that His Highness Hu Cang would send them to use a "strange plan", and then they would inexplicably disappear under the command of the Ming people.

"You wait... you wait..." Seeing that these people ignored his anger, Hu Cang felt that his dignity was violated. He was angry and said, "Since you are silent, don't blame me for suppressing you with military orders!"

"Tomorrow, we will forcefully attack Wuqu City. We will not withdraw our troops until the city is taken! I don't believe that more than 10,000 people can't take down this small fortress..."

The faces of the Annan generals changed, and they were about to stand up to persuade them, but suddenly a soldier ran in from outside the door.

"What's the matter?" Hu Cang became even angrier when a soldier broke into an important military area.

"Second, Second Prince..." The soldier's face turned pale, whether because of Hu Cang's anger or for some other reason. He stammered to Hu Cang:
"Your Highness, it seems...it seems someone is attacking the camp!"

(End of this chapter)