As soon as the day breaks, the snowy fields under the sun are particularly dazzling.
Looking from a distance, it seems like countless dazzling white dots are shining in the sight. Just one glance makes the pupils burning and uncomfortable.
An army of nearly 100,000 people was parked in the high mountains of the snowfield. If viewed from the sky, the army seemed to be divided into two, occupying slightly higher terrain on both sides, leaving only a narrow passage in the middle.
This is a typical position that can be advanced and attacked, and retreated and defended. On the position, there are all kinds of spears, bows, arrows, firecrackers and artillery, the infantry is ready, and the cavalry is cruising back and forth.
In the lead, a big flag is flying high, Ying Guogong, Fu!
Fu Youde's Korean garrison and Tieling Guard's troops also arrived.
"Cough! Cough! Cough!"
In the military tent, Fu Youde coughed hard, spitting blood-streaked phlegm into the spittoon. There was no trace of blood on his face, and he didn't have much energy either.
This veteran seemed to be much older, and his originally close-fitting armor seemed a little loose, and he had to rely on someone to help him even walk.
The faces of the generals in the tent were a little ugly. Marshal Fu had been in poor health since the beginning of autumn and fell ill several times. Before the Tatars invaded, he couldn't even get on his horse. Now he drags his sick body all the way to the battlefield.
.On the way here, we experienced another violent storm and snow.
Along the way, Marshal Fu did not ride a horse at all, but sat in a sedan carried by his own soldiers. But even so, his sedan was at the forefront of the army, like a pioneer exploring the road. Remember in one second https://m
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"Damn it!" Fu Youde wiped his mouth with the back of his hand and cursed with a hard smile, "As people get older, they have more problems. Either this hurts or that hurts!" He waved his hand and said, "Continue to talk, just now
Where did you talk about it?"
General Liu Zhen said, "Commander Fu, isn't it wrong for us to stop here and report back? The Tatars are still far away from us? Moreover, they have passed the Huangyugou Great Wall entrance and are now fighting with King Yan's men.
"Hand it over"
Another general, Qian Zhongye, said, "Yes, Commander, even if we have to stop here, I think we should first send vanguard troops, or to explore the true and false status of the Tatars, or to inform the friendly forces."
"Already sent!" Fu Youde smiled faintly, "I have been fighting for a lifetime, why do you need to talk about this?" He said, smiling again, pointing weakly at the map hanging on the wall, "You guys, follow me.
How come you haven’t made any progress after treating me for so many years?”
With that said, he stood up with the support of his own soldiers, pointed at Huangyugou Yiyi and said, "This is a battlefield now, with King Yan's men and horses supporting him. Are we the nearest reinforcements to him?" As he said, he looked at everyone,
"It should be the farthest one. By the time we get here, reinforcements from the capital, Qin, Jin, and other places must have arrived!"
Immediately, his skinny fingers drew a big circle on the map, "Look again, how big a place is this? There are hundreds of thousands of Tatars and nearly 200,000 imperial troops. The total is 300,000. Can you handle it?"
If we people get together again, it looks like we are encircling you, but what is the reality?"
"In fact, it's too bloated!" Fu Youde coughed and continued, "More people are not necessarily useful. The reinforcements from all walks of life are not subordinate to each other, and it is difficult to convey orders. They are all crowded around the Great Wall. By then, no one can do anything.
On the contrary, it makes the Tatars cheaper!”
"They are encircling us in front. Let's keep some distance away. If the Tatars are no match for us, they will naturally run towards us. Only then can we be of use! Besides, let's all join in and ignore the food road behind them?
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"Cough! Cough!" He coughed a few more times and sighed, "You guys, you have been with me for so long, why are you still so stupid!" Then he looked at the generals again, "I can teach you while I'm alive, but if I die,
Who taught you? Ah! You have to use your brain to fight, you know?"
All the generals under his command were silent.
"Send more scouting horses to detect the enemy's movements, and open up two roads to communicate with the friendly forces!" Fu Youde sat down and wiped the sweat from his head, "There are also grain roads that need to be protected. None of the Korean civilians who were recruited are not
What a bastard, keep an eye on them, stock up on firewood in the camp, and prepare plenty of medicine to treat chilblains."
Fu Youde talked nonchalantly, detailing everything.
At this time, a frost-covered soldier from outside strode in, knelt down and said, "Commander, the general encountered a scout from the King of Liao while waiting for inspection!"
"The King of Liao is also nearby?" Fu Youde asked.
The soldier hesitated and then said, "The young men encountered not only the scouts of the King of Liao, but also those who were led by King Chitose of the Liao, who specialized in hunting Tatars. I heard that the commander-in-chief has arrived with his army.
Does the king have to come to see you?"
"The King of Liao is here?" Fu Youde was shocked and stood up weakly, "Quickly, open the middle door, and all the generals will follow me to welcome the King of Liao to his thousandth birthday!"
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King Zhu Zhi of the Liao Dynasty, wearing an ordinary cotton-padded armor of a captain, was standing on horseback outside the tent of Fu Youde's Chinese army.
His young and handsome face did not have the cheerful smile of the past, but was replaced by a chilling coldness. And his eyes were filled with hatred, and hatred was filled with pain.
He looked around the camp of the army, holding on to the reins tightly. He seemed to have thought of something, and his shoulders trembled uncontrollably. These days, with the dignity of a prince, he pretended to be an ordinary soldier, standing on the flanks of the Tatar army.
activities, specifically hunting those Tatar skirmishers.
A rough calculation showed that there were not fifty but twenty Tatars who died in his hands, but the overwhelming anger in his heart was getting stronger and stronger.
"Your Majesty, Fu Youde, may the King of Liao be a thousand years old!" A call made Zhu Zhi wake up.
He quickly jumped off his horse and walked to the fence of the Chinese army. "Why do you need to be polite, Duke Ying? Zhu Zhi is not here to be a prince, but to join forces with you to kill the Tatars." He was stunned as he said this, and quickly
Fu Youde helped him up and looked up and down, "Old Duke, why are you so sick?"
Fu Youde smiled and said, "Fifteenth Master, isn't this the only virtue a man needs when he gets old?" He said, holding Zhu Zhi's hand, "Let's go inside and talk!"
The two of them walked side by side in front, with the other generals behind, and walked into the Chinese army's tent.
Seeing that there were faint blood stains on Zhu Zhi's armor, Fu Youde said, "I know that you have loved martial arts since you were a child and are eager to make meritorious deeds on the battlefield. But I asked you to say something about relying on your elders. You are a prince and a prince, and you have a body of ten thousand gold. Why are you acting like this?
Act? What if you have something bad or fall into the hands of the Tatars?"
"I would rather die than fall into the hands of the Tatars!" Zhu Zhi's eyes turned red instantly, with tears flashing faintly.
He was the real King Sai of the Ming Dynasty. When he became a vassal, he didn’t even have a palace, so he could only build a camp with wood by the Daling River. So much so that Guo Ying, the Marquis of Wuding, followed the old man’s orders and sent the daughter of the Guo family to Guangning to marry.
When it was given to him, there wasn't even a decent new house.
He put all his thoughts into the construction of military guards and castles. After several years of unremitting construction, the desolate fiefdom gained some popularity.
But the sudden attack by the Tatars made everything come to nothing.
"I had more than 30,000 men, but now I only have 8,000!" Zhu Zhi's voice was filled with tears. "The Tatars went to war without declaring it, and crossed the Daling River directly. It's gone, and everything in Liao Fan is gone!"
"The names of the sons, their families, wives and property are all gone. Like me, they are now lonely ghosts who just want to kill the Tatars for revenge!" Zhu Zhi shouted, "Fu Shuai, I am in front of you today.
He is not the prince of the Ming Dynasty, but the fifteenth son of the Zhu family!"
"I have been practicing martial arts since I was a child, and I am pretty good at archery and horsemanship. Please let me serve as a pawn under you to avenge the sons and daughters who died in the battle!"
