Southern Ming, my destiny is too abstract

Chapter 34: My Zhu family is good at fighting 10,000 against 600,000

The civil unrest in Tonggu City was quickly settled.

The rebellious lieutenant general and monks led 3,000 soldiers from inside and outside the city, quickly seized the four city gates, and captured the Toungoo Palace built during the reign of King Min.

The defending commander hastily blasted open a corner of the city wall with a cannon and fled through the gap with dozens of his personal soldiers.

After Princess Binya came forward to appease the princes and nobles in Tonggu City, the monks sent someone to deliver a letter to the Crown Prince of Ming.

After Zhu Cixuan captured Pingmanna, he continued his advance and was forty miles north of Tonggu City.

Send a message to inform Bai Wenxuan who is chasing Hongsha Army on the left bank of Xitang River.

Spare no effort and advance at full speed.

In the evening, we entered the city of Tonggu, the place where the Kingdom of Toungoo was revived.

He arranged for the Sanqing Army to take over the city defense, conferred a title on Princess Binya, and rewarded the Hongsha generals and monks who defected.

A group of people prepared a banquet in the palace.

Zhu Cixuan said, "I once said that the greatest meritorious official in this battle was the Duke of Toungoo. The mages and generals may nominate one."

Hearing the sound, everyone at the banquet became excited.

He first looked at the former deputy general of the defending army.

The deputy general was stunned for a moment and waved his hand to refuse.

He stated that he had no royal blood and was not worthy of the title of duke or king.

Seeing that the chief meritorious official did not want the title, the others did not say much. After some discussion, they recommended an old monk who was too old.

The old monk hesitated for a moment and said, "I have been a monk for forty years, and you have been worshipping the Buddha in the temple for a long time. How can you still be capable of governing the place?"

"Master Lanai is the great-grandson of Mangyingli. Like His Royal Highness, he comes from a noble family. He is also the cousin of Marquis Pimmoe and is quite famous among the people. He should be the Marquis of Toungoo."

Master Lanai postponed for a while and accepted the seal at the request of his aunt Princess Binya.

The guests and hosts enjoy themselves.

Zhu Cixuan left the palace and chose to sleep in the residence of the mayor of Tonggu City.

"Nanming is abstract, the system is abstract, and you Hongsha are also weird."

"Three religions as one?"

"Isn't it? Tao gave birth to one, which became Buddhism. One gave birth to three, and the God of Transformation bestowed upon the three religions of Mulan."

Zhu Cixuan didn't care about the monks' flattery. It was all in vain if he didn't draw the corresponding destiny.

Maybe he will die tomorrow and return to the modern era.

After rushing through the two counties, the exhausted Zhu Cixuan soon fell asleep.

But tonight, it was obvious that he couldn't sleep well.

Not until the second half of the night.

Pan Huang, his clothes disheveled, rushed into the house and shouted:
"Your Highness, this is bad. Tens of thousands of Hongsha troops suddenly appeared outside the city and surrounded Tonggu City."

Zhu Cixuan had already known about Mangbai's siege of Mayi through Ma Bao.

Turn over gently.

"Let Deng Kai lead the troops to guard the city gates, and let Wang Qilong lead the troops to patrol the city and suppress the scoundrels."

"Hongsha soldiers don't have the ability to fight a siege at night. Keep sleeping and conserve your energy."

Zhu Cixuan didn't sleep for long.

Deng Kai rushed into the house again.

"Your Highness, the Mangbai army is too numerous, beyond your original plan."

"Your Highness, please get up immediately. Wang Qilong and I will lead the troops to attack from the east gate. Your Highness, you will lead the imperial guards out of the west gate and cross the river to find Prince Gongchang."

Zhu Cixuan sat up and said in a bad tone:
"Forget what I told you a few days ago."

"Be obedient and follow my orders."

"Guard the city gates. As long as Mangbai hasn't attacked Tonggu City, don't report any more military intelligence."

As the only person who could sleep that night, Zhu Cixuan dressed himself and climbed up the city wall near dawn.

Even though he was prepared.

He was also surprised to see the army spreading to the horizon.

At school, he saw thousands of people gathered on the football field.

But the encampment of more than 100,000 people was like a real dark cloud covering the ancient city.

As far as the eye can see, countless Hongsha soldiers have surrounded the ancient city of Tong, and the surrounding hills are filled with tents.

The neighing of donkeys, horses, cows and elephants was endless, and chevaux de frise surrounded the mountain top, making it look like a town that had sprung up overnight.

At the first light of dawn, a thin mist covered the river, and shadows were constantly visible. There were also many boats sailing on the Xitang River.

Among the stars and the moon, a golden wheel flag with red characters on a black background was located in the central army camp.

Deng Kai, who had spent a night on the city wall, was very nervous:

"Your Highness, since the Hongsha Army has just been deployed and is still in disarray, I, Wang Qilong, and I will lead the Sanqing Army to provide cover for Your Highness."

"With your highness's military prowess, you will definitely be able to break out of the encirclement."

The original plan of the Ming Dynasty court was to lure Mang Bai into launching an active siege.

Relying on the fact that the Ming army's combat power far exceeded that of the Hongsha soldiers, they appointed the prince as their general and killed Mang Bai, deciding the outcome in one battle.

But that was based on the fact that Mangbai only had 50,000 to 60,000 soldiers and horses, or at most 70,000 to 80,000 soldiers and horses.

There are now 100,000 troops. Even if they cut them with swords, they may not be able to kill Mang Bai's central army.

and.

The main force of Bai Wenxuan's 3,000 cavalrymen were still on the other side of the river.

This is not the Siege of Mayi, it is the Siege of Baideng.

Pan Huang, who had not slept all night, had dark circles under his eyes and was holding an arrow with a letter on it.

"Your Highness, there's a letter from Mang Bai."

After taking Tonggu City last night, Zhu Cixuan sent another letter to threaten Mang Bai.

He told them to sign the alliance and submit immediately, otherwise the army would march south and their heads would be hung at the gate of Ava.

"Mang Bai said that if Your Highness opens the gate and surrenders, the Ming army in the city will be spared and Your Highness's body will be buried intact at the top of the mountain."

Zhu Cixuan glanced at Pan Huang.

Because of the noisy army outside the city, his hands were shaking uncontrollably.

Zhu Cixuan pressed Pan Huang's shoulders:

"Pan Qing, what are you afraid of?"

"There are only over 100,000 troops outside the city, but we have over 10,000 soldiers inside the city."

"In the past, in the city of Ava, I, with only 300 soldiers, fought against 10,000 men and conquered the capital of the Toungoo Kingdom."

"Thirty in one battle, now the difference in military strength is only ten times. Do you not believe that I can defeat the strong with the weak?"

Pan Huang opened his mouth but couldn't say anything, and felt like crying but had no tears.

Can this be the same?

Although Pan Huang was not familiar with military affairs, he knew the huge difference between small-scale attacks and large-scale operations.

The night battle of Ava was in chaos, and the Ming army encountered no resistance from any organized army.

Now the army outside the city spreads for ten miles, and it is difficult to escape no matter how hard we fight.

Zhu Cixuan looked at the Hongsha army outside the city starting to build siege equipment and asked slowly:

"Mr. Pan, do you know about the Jingjiang Prince Rebellion during the Longwu period?"

Although fourteen years had passed, Pan Huang also participated in the Yongli daily notes copied by Deng Shilian, Ren Guoxi and others for the prince's recollections.

"Your Highness is referring to the Xiang Emperor proclaiming himself emperor in Fujian Province, the Lu Prince governing Zhejiang Province, and the conflict between the two vassal states."

"Prince of Jingjiang, Zhu Hengjia, used the pretext of defending the emperor to covet the sacred artifact and proclaimed himself regent in Guilin."

Pan Huang pondered for a moment, "Your Highness is saying that Mang Bai, like the Prince of Jingjiang, is reckless and unpopular. Xia Hongsha will raise an army to quell the rebellion, just as Ding Kui, the Duke of Chuyue, did."

Zhu Cixuan shook his head. "Do you know that there are thousands of Ming Dynasty princes? Why is the Prince of Jingjiang treated so specially, enjoying the honorific treatment of a half-prince?"

"I don't know."

"The ancestor who first conferred the title of Prince of Jingjiang was Taizu's elder brother, not the first king."

"Your Highness is referring to the rebellious Taizu's nephew Zhu Wenzheng."

Pan Huang had heard some rumors.

After all, the Duke of Qian’s ancestor Mu Ying was also the adopted son of Emperor Taizu.

Zhu Wenying, Zhu Wenzhong, and Zhu Wenzhen are also considered three brothers.

Zhu Cixuan nodded slightly:
"Not mentioning Zhu Wenzheng's faults, did you know that he once fought against Chen Youliang's 600,000-man army in Hongdu with only 10,000 to 20,000 soldiers for nearly three months?"

"Taizu also once defeated the strong with the weak at Poyang Lake."

"Send a message to Mang Bai and tell him about this."

"One hundred thousand soldiers are too few. Go find another five hundred thousand."

"I have been fighting him in Tonggu City for three months. I don't know if he has enough food or can ignore Li Dingguo's 20,000-strong army."

Pan Huang had no choice but to agree, and after hastily writing the letter, he shot out of the city with the arrow.

"Pan Qing, do you think I can behead Mang Bai in a 100,000-man army like I did when I killed Marquis Yonggui?"

Pan Huang was speechless for a moment.

I just feel that the prince's hysteria is getting worse.

At that time, Marquis Yonggui was surrounded by only tens of thousands of chaotic soldiers and horses.

Mang Bai has an army of 100,000 soldiers stationed in camps.

Not to mention the elephants and cavalry.

The 30,000 Hongsha soldiers blocking the front camp are all pigs. There is no way you, Prince, can break through them.

Unless Your Highness the Crown Prince can really transform into a red cannon.

Mangbai was as unlucky as Nurhaci and was hit by a cannon.

Zhu Cixuan's gaze swept across the noisy Hongsha military camp and fell on Mangbai's golden wheel flag.

"I think I can."

[Burning the City: When you burn the city, the enemy will lose track of you.]

[A True Man: When you kill your father, you have the strength of a true man (Lü Bu's 100 points of strength)]

My Zhu family can not only make 10,000 yuan to fight 600,000 yuan.

He is also famous for the harmonious relationship between uncle and nephew.

(End of this chapter)