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

Chapter 233
Chang Mao and Di Meng led Zhu Su to the commander's tent in the camp.Zhu Su saw that the soldiers in the school field consisted of a team of more than ten people, holding various weapons.Among them, the two soldiers holding "bamboo" on both sides are the most eye-catching.Under the agitation of the shadows of figures, knives and bamboos, the entire school grounds were filled with sand and dust.

"This 'Mandarin Duck Formation' seems to have been well practiced." Zhu Su said happily.

"It's just that Brother Chang, your family's personal guards are also wearing heavy armor, and they practiced mandarin duck formation among them?"

Zhu Su saw several soldiers in red clothes and black armor in the crowd.He was wearing heavy armor, but he was also holding a big wolf whisk, waving and shouting endlessly.This kind of attire is exactly the soldiers of the Duke's Mansion brought by Chang Mao.

"Oh. Although most of our soldiers are cavalry, since we're here, we need to practice infantry." Chang Mao laughed.

"In the Jiangnan area, there is no room for cavalry. Besides, this mandarin duck formation is a method of warfare that even Xu Shuai and Cao Guogong (Li Wenzhong) respect. How can we not learn from him?"

"As for why you wear heavy armor... you can dance like a wolf while wearing heavy armor. If you don't have this burden, wouldn't you dance like a tiger?"

"It's no problem for one to beat ten other bastards! The soldiers of our old Chang's family can't lose to the guards of the Suzhou government!"

Chang Mao said, a pair of tiger eyes swept over the Suzhou Guard officer next to him.The officers of the Suzhou Guards seemed to be quite afraid of him, and they nodded in agreement.

Zhu Su's heart moved slightly, he thought for a while, and pulled Chang Mao aside.He lowered his voice and said:
"Brother Chang, are you worried about these Suzhou guards?"

"Your Highness Fifth is really smart." Chang Mao's eyes narrowed, and he glanced at Zhu Su appreciatively.He also whispered: "That's right, we are always worried about these bird soldiers under Zhang Shicheng."

Chang Mao turned his head to look at the soldiers of the Suzhou Guard, with distrust shining in his eyes.Those generals of the Suzhou Guard seemed to be aware of it, and they all lowered their heads, not daring to look directly at them.

"Although the Fifth Highness asked us to practice them, who knows, among these people, is there any one with a rebellious bone in the back of the head?"

"The crown prince and sister (Chang's concubine Chang's) have been exhorting and entrusting us with your safety, and we have to find ways to keep your safety. Your Highness wants to use this thousand soldiers, and we will train with all our heart. But We also have to consider the final solution.”

"Our personal guards are more ruthless than these bird soldiers! If these bird soldiers really dare to rebel, with this spear in our palm and these good men, they are enough to protect His Highness and fight a bloody way! "

"Actually, from our point of view, we shouldn't have taught them the tactics of the mandarin duck formation!"

Hearing Chang Mao's sincerity, Zhu Su couldn't help being moved.Although the young Zheng Guogong was not as prudent and resourceful as his father, his loyalty and bravery were the same.

It's just that the overall situation is lost. No wonder in the future of the original timeline, there will be something like a disagreement at the banquet, and they will draw a knife and slash Naha.

You must know that at that time, if Naha, who had 20 soldiers and civilians in his hands, did not surrender for a day, Daming would not be able to free up his hands to deal with the Northern Yuan Dynasty.It took Lao Zhu decades of hard work to successfully shake Nahachu's confidence in Yuan Ting.And Chang Mao's knife almost caused Naha to surrender and rebel, and almost completely destroyed the imperial court's management of Liaodong for decades.

"Brother Chang." Zhu Su said seriously: "I understand your concern, and I am very grateful."

"It's just... if we show repulsion to them, wouldn't they also be alienated from us?"

"When it's time to really use them... I'm afraid it's too embarrassing to use them."

"But they are Zhang Shicheng's descendants. Even Yang Lu can't trust them..." Chang Mao argued.

"Surrender the army, so what? Our Ming Dynasty has millions of soldiers, and not all of them are the old team when the father raised the army in the past." Zhu Su analyzed for Chang Mao in a gentle voice. "Precisely because they are surrendered troops, it is easier to teach people to believe."

"They have already betrayed Zhang Shicheng once, do they dare to betray me, Daming again? If I am the remnant of Zhang Shicheng, I will definitely hate these soldiers who betrayed Zhang Shicheng even more, and I wish I could kill them soon."

"If I, Da Ming, treat them harshly again, I will force them to rebel."

"Speaking of Marshal Chang in the past, didn't the soldiers under his command surrender? It is because of Marshal Chang's magnanimity and heart that he convinced these people that they were willing to go to the battle to die for Marshal Chang!"

Hearing Zhu Su mention his deceased father, Chang Mao couldn't help but look solemn.Originally, he was still a little unconvinced, but Zhu Su said it based on Chang Yuchun, and Chang Mao also felt reasonable.

His tone was a little frustrated: "We are straight-hearted, although we also want to be a marshal like our father. But we still can't be like our father. We can't do these devious things to buy people's hearts."

"What your Highness wants to do, you don't have to worry about Lao Chang. We have nothing to say."

Looking at his expression, he really listened.Zhu Su said a few more words to Chang Mao, and then the two returned to the crowd together. "Just now, this king and Chang Guogong talked about the relationship between relatives, but they ignored all the generals."

"Thank you for waiting for a long time, don't blame me."

"Don't dare! Don't dare!" Several generals were surprised and terrified.With a friendly smile on his face, Zhu Su greeted everyone to take their seats in the handsome tent.After a while, everyone returned to their seats and sat down.

"I don't know how to call the generals?" Zhu Su asked.

"Returning to Your Highness, the villain is Cao Yuan from Suzhou Wei Qianhu."

"The villain is five children from a hundred households."

"The villain is used by a hundred households."

"The villain is a hundred households..."

A thousand households and a few hundred households reported their names one by one, Zhu Su did not show any impatience, and sat on the head to observe the expressions of these generals.I saw that most of these generals were younger, and Cao Yuan, the leader, looked slightly pale, and seemed to be always worried, with a cautious look.

The same goes for many others, not like generals fighting on the battlefield, but more like civilians who are used to being bullied.

"General Cao... participated in the Battle of Pingjiang in the past?" Zhu Su asked.

Qianhu Cao Yuan was taken aback for a moment, and then forced out a flattering smile with some self-mockery. "Back to Your Highness."

"The little ones did participate in the Battle of Pingjiang. It was the little ones who were deceived by the lard, and actually followed the anti-king Zhang Shicheng to resist my big tomorrow soldiers..."

"Hey." Zhu Su quickly interrupted him. "Stay here, General Cao. But this king is not here to humiliate the general and settle old scores."

"I'm just curious... General Cao's age is not that old. During the Battle of Pingjiang, I'm afraid he was not as young as the weak champion."

"Could it be... is there something hidden?"

Cao Yuan was taken aback, and suddenly raised his head to look at Zhu Su. After realizing that Zhu Su was giving them a chance to win their trust, he trembled slightly.

This prince seems to be different from Yang Lu and Zheng Guogong and others!
(End of this chapter)