First Minister of Ming Dynasty

Anyway, first lend you Hezhou City to live temporarily, and wait for our soldiers and horses to arrive, and then collect interest!

In the past few days, Zhu's troops from various ministries arrived one after another.

Daheng Miao led 5000 people from Sizhou, Chen De and Gu Shi led soldiers from Haozhou, Geng Zaicheng from Liuhe, Feng Guosheng from Zhenzhou, Zhou Dexing from Dingyuan...

Except for Tang He and Feng Guoyong who guarded Yangzhou, and Zhang Ximeng who crossed the river, Zhu Yuanzhang gathered almost all his forces.

All things added up, the total force exceeded [-]!

It doesn't matter, behind the [-] Zhu's army, there are more than [-] civilian husbands, Dingyuan, Chuzhou, especially Hezhou. Protect the home.

During this period of time, Zhu Yuanzhang went all out, concentrated his strength, and prepared for a decisive battle.

The Yuan army guarding Hezhou City gained nothing and suffered heavy losses.

Under the ebb and flow, the trend of decisive battle gradually formed.

At this time, Ma Shi also came to the front of the army with a big belly.

Calculated according to the time, in one or two months, the child will be born.

"Sister, you just cultivate yourself honestly, what are you doing here?" Zhu Yuanzhang said with a dark face, "Are you still worried?"

Supporting his waist with one hand, Ma sat down slowly, with a smile on his face, "There is nothing to worry about! My husband is a hero who stands up to heaven and earth, and it is not a problem to deal with Yuan Tartars. It's just that we are husband and wife. I can’t wait, it’s my fault, if you blame it, blame it, I don’t want to change it anyway.”

Zhu Yuanzhang was dumbfounded, how could he not know what his wife wanted?

Still the same sentence, there is nothing foolproof, especially on the battlefield, even if he concentrates all his strength, there are only more than 5 people, and the militia cannot be officially counted in the military strength.

Opposite him is still an army of more than 9 yuan, and behind him is the Yangtze River Navy.

It's really hard to say who has the advantage!

It was at this juncture that Li Wenzhong came and sent news about Jiangnan, and Zhu Yuanzhang was naturally elated.Mrs. Ma also came to see Li Wenzhong, took his nephew and talked a lot.

"You kid is getting more and more promising, Mr. Zhang is really a talent!"

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed loudly, "Sister, you don't have to worry. When our son is born, let Mr. Zhang work harder. Let's fight for him and let Mr. Zhang teach him how to rule the country. This child is guaranteed to be successful... Hahaha! "

Lao Zhu laughed loudly, and Ma's face flushed slightly, "There are still younger generations, how can we forget about it? You should think about it, how can we wipe out the 10 yuan army!"

Chapter 156 A Hundred Times Repayment

Faced with his wife's reminder, Zhu Yuanzhang has a plan in mind. In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang has already figured out the details of these generals of the Yuan army after fighting against the opponent these days.

If you want to say that they are trash, that's not necessarily true, but if you want to say how clever they are, it's not necessarily true.

All in all, in Lao Zhu's opinion, it is quite satisfactory!

In fact, facing the siege of Zhu's army on all sides, the Yuan army did not fail to take advantage. They once dispatched 3 troops to capture Jilong Mountain.

It was the time when Chang Yuchun missed the opportunity to fight, Lao Zhu was so angry that he kicked Chang Yuchun to Zhang Ximeng, making him commit crimes and meritorious deeds.

Jilong Mountain is located in the north of Hezhou City, and the terrain is dangerous. The Yuan army stationed troops here, and then captured Lingyang Pass to the north.

In this way, the defense of the Yuan army became a line.

Originally, the Yuan army wanted to use Lingyang Pass as a basis to continue to fight northward, directly attack Quanjiao County, and enter Chuzhou. In this way, they would lose an arm of Zhu's army, and Hezhou would be in their pocket.

Even if Zhu Jiajun cannot be completely defeated, he can still occupy an absolute advantage.

But the problem is that the Yuan army only captured Lingyang Pass, and could not move forward. Then there was news that Tongling had fallen, which made people panic. Many Yuan troops planned to return to Jiangnan immediately. Can not give up.

Some people even suggested that since the Red Thief crossed the river, the rear must be empty, and it was a great opportunity to send surprise troops to raid the Chuzhou bandit's lair... Such a genius strategy, of course, was rejected without a doubt.

If you want to die, just say it quickly, let alone how many Zhu's army is, the militias all over the place have already made the Yuan army exhausted, and looking for death is not the way to find it.

The Yuan army quarreled endlessly and it was difficult to make a decision, but Zhu Yuanzhang discovered the opportunity and was ready to strike first.

"The Yuan army stationed 2 cavalry at Lingyang Pass, which can be called elite, and stationed another [-] at Jilong Mountain, commanding a commanding position and occupying a favorable location. The remaining main forces were all placed in Hezhou City."

In front of Zhu Yuanzhang and the generals, the Yuan army spread out at three points, forming a snake shape.

Lingyang Pass is the head of a snake, with fangs and venomous thorns hidden, and has the strongest attack power. Jilong Mountain is the neck, flexible and mobile, taking care of all directions.And Hezhou is a winding snake body, with heavy soldiers and horses, easy to defend but difficult to attack.

"From the perspective of this layout alone, it is not easy to solve this Yuan army. The key point is where to attack..." Zhu Yuanzhang looked at his generals and said with a smile: "You all talk, speak freely, what do you want to do?" manage?"

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay. If Zhang Ximeng was here, he must have made a decision with Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhang Ximeng is like an adhesive, which is a lubricant... But he is not around, no one is in the middle, and if you have any opinions, you have to face Zhu Yuanzhang directly, and the pressure is not small.

People like Miao Daheng, Fei Ju, and Tang Shengzong didn't dare to speak up.

However, Tang He was not there, not even Feng Guoyong.

Xu Da was the only one who could speak.

"Boss, can I attack Jiming Mountain first?"

"why?"

"That's what I think. Jiming Mountain has the best terrain. If it can be taken down, it will cut off the retreat of the Yuan army at Lingyangguan, and can look down on Hezhou. The Tartars can only be at our mercy. This is also the road here. The snake's seven inches!"

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled, "That's right, but we just want to ask you, what if the Hezhou Tartars escaped if we attacked Jiming Mountain first?"

Xu Da was startled suddenly, he smelled something different from Lao Zhu's words: "Master, do you really want to wipe out these Yuan Tartars?"

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled faintly, "They crossed the river so easily, if we let them go, it's not our way of hospitality!"

Everyone was shocked now.

Judging from the comparison of military strength, it is God's blessing that Zhu's army can defeat the Yuan army, let alone think about anything else.

Zhu Yuanzhang not only wanted to defeat the Yuan army, but also wanted to wipe them all out in one fell swoop. Where did he have such a big appetite?

But everyone understands that there are thousands of people in the family and only one person in charge. Now that Zhu Yuanzhang has made a decision, they will go all out except obey, and there is no room for bargaining.

Xu Da was shocked. In fact, he had thought about it too, but he was not brave enough to say it out. Now that Zhu Yuanzhang said this, he immediately understood.

"Superior, do you mean attack and state?"

"Yes!" Zhu Yuanzhang laughed and said, "The Yuan Tartars may not take us seriously because of the large number of troops in Hezhou. As long as they can take Hezhou as quickly as possible, the other two Yuan armies will collapse without fighting!"

Lao Zhu wanted to take the head of the general in the ten thousand horse army, and he was specifically looking for hard faults to start with.

The question is will this work?

"Boss, how fast is this fastest? If we can't do it, wouldn't it be the enemy?" Xu Da bravely asked.

Old Zhu pondered: "Let's think about it, it can't be more than two days!"

"Impossible!" Xu Da waved his hands hastily, "Superior, although the city of Hezhou is not big, but the Yuan army has a lot of troops, it is definitely not something that can be taken in a day or two."

Old Zhu smiled unabated, and suddenly said: "Then what if there are four hundred return guns?"

"Returning cannons?" Xu Da was taken aback, "When did we have so many return cannons?"

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled, "Don't forget Mr. Jia. He has been designing a new return gun since last year, trying to have a longer range and greater power. Three months ago, it was finally finalized, and then he mobilized materials from various places and requisitioned it. Skilled craftsmen, let’s make it together. In the whole Chuzhou, 8000 people were requisitioned. The big guys worked day and night, and finally made a batch of return guns.”

Zhu Yuanzhang was very moved. Speaking of it, he didn't do anything, but he just divided the fields equally.

The rewards given to him by the common people made Lao Zhu unexpected.

Take the manufacture of the return cannon this time as an example, the people of Chuzhou rushed to donate wood.

Some people brought the beams for the house to be built at home, and the old man brought the coffin boards.

The soldiers refused to accept it, and the old man refused to accept it, crying in anxiety.

It doesn't matter if there is a coffin, just dig a hole and bury it, but once Zhu's army is defeated.Let the Yuan Tartars come back, and they will die without a place to bury them.

The common people saw clearly, and it was because of their support that Jia Lu was able to successfully supervise the production of the first batch of [-] trebuchets.

Moreover, unlike the previous trebuchets, Jia Lu made a batch of big killers that could throw explosives.

This is not a big deal, Jia Lu even made use of the excess wood to make a five-seat Lv bus.

That's right, it was used by Jia Lu to attack Haozhou, and now Zhu's army is also equipped with it!

Fei Ju, who had participated in the defense battle of Haozhou, stood up in surprise when he heard this.

What?How long has it been?

Why does Feng Shui take turns, looking back, Yuan Jun is actually myself!

However, Fei Ju hesitated a bit; "My lord, when we were in Haozhou, Mr. Jia's tricks were useless!"

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help laughing, "No matter how good something is, someone needs to use it! At that time, the Yuan army was fighting against each other. Although there were many people, they were a bunch of mobs, and there were even wastes like Qili Buhua. Now the siege of the city It's not the Yuan army, and it's not us who are defending the city...Let's ask the big guys, do you have the confidence to win Hezhou?"

"Have!"

Everyone suddenly agreed that at this time, whoever loves him will be the grandson.

Zhu Yuanzhang made a decisive arrangement. He first sent Hua Yun to lead the cavalry to Lingyang Pass as soon as possible, and combined with the militia, no matter what, the Yuan army at Lingyang Pass must be held back and they should not be allowed to go south.

Then he named Hu Dahai, "You are most familiar with the terrain of Jilongshan. We will give you 3000 people, plus [-] militiamen, can you stop the Tartars from Jilongshan?"

"Yes! Yes!" Hu Dahai patted his chest and said, "Please don't worry, my superior, even if we risk our lives, we will nail the Tartars to Jilong Mountain!"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and smiled happily.

Hu Dahai is not only a mighty general, but also absolutely obeys orders, and he will be his right-hand man in a short time.

However, Lao Zhu trusted Xu Da the most, and the main task of attacking Hezhou fell on Xu Da.

But at this moment, suddenly Peng Zaozhu sent a letter, and the letter passed through Miao Daheng and handed it to Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Superior, there is a group of local soldiers in Xuyi. The leader is Deng Youde. His father and brother were both righteous men who fought against the Yuan Dynasty. They died in battle. Deng Youde led his subordinates at the age of 16. He started every battle and was very popular. Now he has nearly [-] subordinates. Right now, Zhang Shicheng is occupying Huaidong, and we are guarding Huaixi. Soldiers like Deng Youde don't have much place to settle down, so Deng Youde decided to take refuge with the superior, and please take him in."

Zhu Yuanzhang was slightly taken aback. Now, he actually looks down on the armed forces in these places.Zhu Yuanzhang is more inclined to rely on his own ability to train soldiers honestly and truly cultivate usable confidants.

And once he has free time, he will even take action to clean up these messy places.

In the territory under Zhu Yuanzhang's rule, there can only be one Zhu family army!

This army can only obey one person, and that is him Zhu Yuanzhang!

This is an iron law that cannot be questioned.

It's just that Lao Zhu hasn't had time to implement it... this Deng who came here at this time can be regarded as a good boy.

"In that case, let's accept it, but tell him that military discipline must be strictly observed, and no violations are allowed. After the war, we will arrange it ourselves."

Miao Daheng agreed, and in this way, Zhu Yuanzhang had another new force.

This year, Deng Youde was very burly and handsome. This name may not be familiar to the big guys, but his other name may be a little more famous-his name is Deng Yu!

The strong soldiers, Zhu Yuanzhang is ready, and the mighty soldiers and horses are heading towards Hezhou. In the team of Zhu's army, there are civilian husbands pushing tall return guns forward, one after another, which makes people Overwhelmed.

Seeing this scene, the elders of Zhu's army, especially the old red scarf who participated in the battle of Haozhou, almost cried.Back then they were tortured by these people, and many brothers were beaten to death.

Now they are even equipped with return cannons, which can return ten times the bullying they suffered in the past!

The big guy gritted his teeth and geared up, but he didn't know that on the carriage behind, there was a more terrifying Lügong carriage in bulk, and at the end, it was the gunpowder bomb that Jia Lu painstakingly developed.

Ten times is not enough, a hundred times is enough!

Chapter 157 Equipment Rolling

From the perspective of a bystander, you might think that it was the Red Scarf Army defending the city, while the Yuan Army launched the attack.The reason for such a judgment is because the whole situation has been reversed.

Zhu Yuanzhang adopted the strategy of Jia Lu in the past. He separated the [-] gun carriages into two groups on the left and right. The targets were all Hezhou City not far away.

Outside the cannon carriage, Zhu Yuanzhang arranged for the elite cavalry of the Wu brothers to cover carefully, and mobilized the elite of Xu Da's troops to prepare behind to prevent the Yuan army from suddenly rushing out and destroying the cannon carriage.

All these preparations are just like Jia Lu back in the day.

As for the Yuan army in the city, they didn't even come out, just like the Red Scarf Army at that time.

When Tujian and Tuzhuma heard that the red thief was going to attack Hezhou with a return cannon, they really wanted to laugh.Who doesn't know that Yuan Ting's return artillery is so powerful, it was with this hand that it blasted away all the strong cities in the Southern Song Dynasty and created a great Yuan Dynasty.

"The red thieves should not compete with us, they should not compete with guns, they are seeking their own death!" Bald Jian said firmly.

He was a little more meticulous than him in stumbling the horse, "The following people reported that the red thief's artillery array is 250 steps away from the city wall, and the return cannon can only hit [-] steps at the farthest. Could it be that the red thief has found some secret? "

Bald Jian laughed loudly, "What's the secret? The 250-step return cannon can fire 150-jin stone bullets. The red thief wants to hit far, but it is nothing more than reducing the weight of the projectile. We have the protection of Jiancheng, so we don't have to be afraid at all. The bullets are too small, so they are useless, these red thieves are just a group of farmers. The mud on their feet has not been washed, and it is really overwhelming to compare with the skilled craftsmen of Dayuan!"

"Let's have a drink here and wait for the news of their failure!"

Bald Jian raised his wine glass, and before he drank it into his stomach, he heard a roar!

Like a thunderclap!

what happened?