There is only one word to describe the hotness of Jiaozhi Road in June.
Even the air was burned by the scorching sun like a huge billow. Driven by the breeze, it swept towards people in a visible way, mixed with the raging heat wave, making people sweat, like rain. p>
The entire Daluo City has completely turned into a battlefield.
To the west of Daluo City, there were five thousand soldiers and horses commanded by Zhu Quan, King Ning of the Ming Dynasty and the leader of the vanguard camp of the Southern Expedition Army. They set up camp ten miles away from Daluo City.
In the north of the city, there is a huge military camp with more than 30,000 Ming troops. It is opposite the Red River outside Daluo City, with the river bank as the camp wall. The 30,000 Ming troops are making rice under the command of the founding father Chang Sheng. The four gates of Daluo City are tightly closed, and no one can enter or exit all day long.
On the two-and-a-half-foot-high city wall, countless officers and soldiers were on guard day and night to guard against the main force of the Ming army on the other side of the Red River crossing the river to attack the city.
In order to prevent the Ming army from taking advantage of it, Daluo City turned a blind eye to the five thousand Ming army in the west of the city.
At this time, the crops in the entire Jiaozhi Road field were mature.
However, Daluo City clearly occupies Daluo City and has nominal ownership rights to the land outside the city, but no one dares to go out of the city to harvest food.
Unable to harvest grain.
The Ming army prepared for battle again and sat alone on the other side of the Red River.
Therefore, Chen Yuandan, now the highest military authority in Daluo City, issued an order that almost everyone wanted to oppose.
Burning the fields outside the city prevented the Ming army from supplying food and grass.
Almost everyone wants to object, but because the Ming army is on the side, no one is willing to let the Ming army eat to full stomach.
After several days of ignition.
The entire outside of Daluo City turned into a scorched earth.
Countless amounts of ripe grain were burned by fire while still growing in the fields.
However, what is surprising is that neither Zhu Quan in the west of Daluo City nor Chang Sheng on the other side of the Red River took any action to put out the fire.
Even if the brave Chen Yuandan's troops crossed the Red River and burned all the crops dozens of miles away from the Chinese army's camp, not a single Ming army came forward to stop them.
"Chen Yuandan was very cautious and kept all the fields within thirty miles."
Outside the Ming Army camp on the north bank of the Red River, on a high ground, the commander-in-chief of the Southern Expedition Army and a group of generals gathered here.
The deputy general in the army looked at the crops being harvested by the officers and soldiers within thirty miles of the camp, and said lightly with a smile on his face.
Now in front of the battle, Chang Sheng is wearing a full set of armor, and even the visor can be lowered from the helmet.
He looked back at the officers and soldiers, the walls of Daluo City with numerous battle flags, and snorted coldly.
"Chen Yuandan is very steady. He wants to drag us to death."
Snap!
As he spoke, a soft sound came from the crowd.
The deputy general turned his head and looked over, only to see a general with his wrist exposed. There was already a smashed mosquito stuck on the palm of his hand. The bright red blood dyed the palm of his hand red. The wrist was bitten by the mosquito at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The area became red and swollen.
Then, the lieutenant general's face gradually darkened: "Food and grass are not the issue we need to worry about most. Whether it is Lang Son City, Taiyuan City or Xuanhua City, they can supply our army with the latest food this year. Only the mosquitoes here...
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As he spoke, the lieutenant seemed to feel that the mosquito that the general had just swatted to death had bitten him, and his body under the armor could not help but twist.
Chang Sheng's face was very calm, and he just asked in a deep voice: "How are the soldiers in the camp doing now?"
The lieutenant general stopped the itching feeling in his head that he was bitten by mosquitoes on Cochin Road, and whispered: "In the past two days, nearly a hundred soldiers have developed reactions due to mosquito bites. They have been sent to Lang Son City.
, and left it to the doctors of Tai Hospital for treatment and relief."
The mosquitoes on Jiaozhi Road seem to be unstoppable.
Even though the camp was burning mosquito-repellent medicine prepared by the Imperial Hospital every moment of every day, the mosquitoes seemed to be indestructible and pervasive.
Even a well-defended camp can be penetrated by these little things.
Chang Sheng nodded, already quite satisfied with the current number.
You must know that they had gone south from Zhennan Pass and captured Langshan Pass before officially entering the scope of Jiaozhi Road. Although there was a warning from the Taiyuan Hospital, on the first night, in just one night, there were no less than a thousand soldiers.
The officers and soldiers of the Lieutenant General School developed various symptoms due to mosquito bites.
Itching all over the body is the mildest symptom.
In severe cases, vomiting will not stop.
Even among the Nan soldiers transferred from Guangdong Province, many people suffered from these conditions.
If the people from Taiyuan Hospital had not gotten angry in front of Chang Sheng and strengthened the requirements and regulations on mosquito prevention and control in the military, Chang Sheng felt that he could have taken his people and hid in Lang Son City and waited until winter to meet Chen Yuandan.
Let the war begin.
Seeing that the general was thinking about things, the deputy general whispered: "Actually... Daluo City is not considered a dangerous city. Our army..."
This question is a long-standing doubt that has troubled the deputy general's mind, especially as the army is stationed outside Daluo City for a longer time, the trouble becomes more intense.
Chang Sheng raised his head and glanced at the deputy general, then looked at the generals in front of him who also looked puzzled, and smiled silently.
He put his leather-gloved hands on his back and turned to look at Daluo City across the Red River.
"It will take several days for the military supervision department in the direction of Qinghua City to arrive at Daluo City."
The deputy general thought for a while and whispered: "His Royal Highness has already led his troops through Ninghua Mansion, and they will arrive at Daluo City in the day after tomorrow at most."
Chang Sheng nodded, with a smile on his face: "The day after tomorrow will be the day when our army attacks the city. At that time, the Supervisory Military Department will be ordered to take the lead in attacking the city, and Zhu Quan, the leader of the forward battalion, will attack Daluo City on the flanks."
The deputy general was stunned for a moment. He didn't understand the general's military orders in the military formation.
But soon, thinking about it from the perspective of the Ming Dynasty, he instantly understood.
The faces of the surrounding generals also showed a look of awakening, and then everyone's expressions were different, with expectations and disapproval, and everyone had their own thoughts.
The deputy general thought for a while, changed his title, and whispered: "When the Supervisory Army Headquarters attacks the city, our troops will begin to cross the river. When the Supervisory Army Department attacks the city wall, our troops will launch an attack with the north of Daluo City."<
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"Your army has made great progress, and there is nothing wrong with this strategy. I will follow your advice and attack the city in the future."
Chang Sheng spoke silently, but his palm pointed in the direction of Daluo City in front, grabbing the void...
When it was spread out, a mosquito with broken wings and an exploded abdomen slowly slipped into the air as Chang Sheng tilted his palm, drifting and falling to the ground.
By the time Chang Sheng took a step forward, the mosquito had been completely crushed into the soil.
Lieutenant General Chang looked at the back of the general returning to the camp, and looked at the heavily guarded Daluo City on the other side of the Red River, but there was no way out, and he couldn't help but groaned twice.
Then he waved to the generals here and followed the general back to the camp to light a fire to drive away the mosquitoes.
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"Speaking of which, your second uncle treats you really well."
After passing through Ninghua Prefecture, Sima Zhu Gaochi of Taisun's Department of the Southern Expedition Army, who had entered the state capital where Daluo City is located, was covered with a thin gauze net and muttered to Zhu Yunxi, who was driving his horse in front. p>
Since the army left Qinghua City, everyone in the army was dressed like Zhu Gaochi at the moment.
All the clothes are covered with a layer of gauze, and all the hands, feet, mouth and nose are protected inside.
Zhu Yunxi was no exception. When he heard Zhu Gaochi's voice, he turned the gauze above his neck to look at Zhu Gaochi.
"Originally I didn't think so, but the general has stopped moving since he arrived outside Daluo City. After thinking about it, I can only think of this reason."
As he spoke, Zhu Yunxi couldn't help but smile and shake his head. It was obvious that he could understand Chang Sheng's approach, but after all, he felt it was somewhat unnecessary.
Zhu Gaochi saw Zhu Yunxi's thoughts and said with a smile: "That's good. Taisun's troops attack first and get up the city wall. That's it.
The first achievement in capturing the city. The reward for your merit is indeed of no use to you, but the honor of the first achievement is of great benefit to you."
Zhu Yunxi smiled and was noncommittal.
The second uncle, who is now the general coach of the Southern Expedition, understands what he is thinking.
In fact, regardless of whether we want to encircle Daluo City and annihilate Chen Yuandan's troops in one fell swoop, the situation in Jiaozhi Road has already been doomed.
Even if Chen Yuandan fought to the death in Daluo City and his men were defeated and fled south, they would still be blocked outside Qinghua City. If those soldiers were defeated and fled to the west, Ning Wang Zhu Quan would also be there.
Even if the defeated troops can escape Zhu Quan's blockade, what is there to the west of Jiaozhi Road?
In places with high mountains and lofty mountains, life will not be easy for those people.
But Chang Sheng, who had already led his army to the outside of Daluo City, did not adopt the strategy of attacking the city immediately. Instead, he quietly waited outside Daluo City, waiting for Zhu Yunxi to go.
Zhu Yunxi knew very well what his second uncle was thinking and what he was expecting.
In the Ming Dynasty, after Emperor Hongwu, the emperor's grandson's personal commander attacked the city and captured it.
The person who made the first contribution was the grandson of the Ming Dynasty Emperor.
This honor is what Chang Sheng wants to give himself.
The grandson of the imperial prince with outstanding military exploits and the courage to seize the city showed that he would not be a foolish and benevolent king, both internally and externally in the Ming Dynasty, and would not suppress the military.
And Zhu Yunxi, who has outstanding military achievements, will be more confident when facing the ministers in the court.
Moreover, within at least three generations of the Ming Dynasty, the status of the military will not be suppressed just because the country is peaceful.
Rather than saying that this is the glory that Chang Sheng wants to get, it is better to say that this is something that the Ming military wants to achieve by itself...
Zhu Gaochi smiled, took a deep look at Zhu Yunxi, and said tentatively: "The general is really willing to do it. If you want to win the first victory, you have to personally lead the troops to attack the city, and even scale the city wall."
Zhu Yunxi said silently: "This is what it should be, otherwise it would not be complete."
Zhu Gaochi calmed down and said in a low voice: "The general is also determined that as long as he doesn't move, you must take over this matter."
After finishing speaking, Zhu Gaochi stared at Zhu Yunxi without moving an inch.
Asking this sentence actually means that Zhu Gaochi clearly stated the essence of encircling Daluo City and Chang Sheng wanted Zhu Yunxi to win the first victory.
He, Chang Sheng, was forcing Zhu Yunxi to get his first credit.
It is to use the progress of the Jiaozhi Road military strategy to force Zhu Yunxi to do this.
Zhu Yunxi's eyes were silent and he said softly: "Why did the Seventeenth Uncle take a detour to the west, and then turn to the west of Daluo City but failed to do so? It was just the general's intention. If there is a crisis in our troops in Daluo City, the Seventeenth Uncle's forward battalion of the Five
Thousands of men and horses will rush up and send us to the city wall of Daluo City."
Zhu Gaochi opened his mouth, then shook his head silently, showing a hint of regret: "Actually, it's a pity that Chen Yuandan knew that Annan was helpless, but he still led a group of soldiers and civilians to defend Daluo City."
"He is begging for death and begging me, the Ming Dynasty, to forgive Daluo City."
Zhu Gaochi's eyes flashed and he looked at Zhu Yunxi who said this: "He is asking for death."
Zhu Yunxi nodded: "Daluo City is now a game, a stage waiting for me to break the game."
Zhu Gaochi's face was in a trance and he was deep in thought.
Zhu Yunxi looked back at Xiaopang, smiled, and then turned to look around.
Chen Yuandan did a very thorough job. After entering the Daluo City from Ninghua Mansion, all the fields were turned into scorched earth, and the snow-white popcorn lay quietly among the layers of ashes.
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Zhu Yunxi looked towards the direction of the invisible Daluo City.
Come to think of it, when Chen Yuandan, an old minister from Annan, ordered the burning of the crop fields outside the city, he must have been filled with grief.
A complex enemy that cannot be called an enemy.
Zhu Gaochi, who had thought about it for a long time, had a gloomy look on his face, and whispered: "Chen Yuandan wants to use himself to fight in exchange for Ming's forgiveness for the soldiers and civilians in Daluo City."
Zhu Yunxi nodded: "That's it, but it's not just that."
Zhu Gaochi, who had already thought about it clearly, nodded and continued: "He will also bear the crime of subjugating the country for Chen Hao."
Zhu Yunxi sighed: "Chen Yuandan is actually Chen Chaozhongliang."
Zhu Gaochi nodded in agreement: "He will not escape or surrender. He will wait for you like a general so that he can cooperate with the general to accomplish his goal.
Burning the fields in Daluo City is more to bear the infamy of destroying food and make the people of Daluo City dislike him, so as to give me the opportunity to relieve the people in the Ming Dynasty.
With the civil and military officials in Daluo City who had never been able to go south to hold on to the city and fight to the death, the foundation of the Chen Dynasty was completely lost, and Chen Hao and Li Jili in the south no longer had the possibility of secretly causing rebellion.
He was responsible for both the good and the bad."
At the end, Zhu Gaochi couldn't help but sigh.
Zhu Yunxi did not speak, but was thinking about more things, wondering if Chen Yuandan had other ideas...
Zhu Gaochi paused for a moment, and then said: "So, the city wall we attack will be the most intense battle, and it is also the opponent who most hopes to kill us Ming people."
Zhu Yunxi took a deep breath: "Chen Yuandan wants to send all the people in Daluo City who are unwilling to submit to the Ming Dynasty to us."
This is not something that ordinary people can do.
Zhu Gaochi's eyes flickered, with respect on his face: "Chen Yuandan should not die in Daluo City."
Zhu Yunxi was noncommittal: "After the siege, let Brother Bing not worry about other things, just look for Chen Yuandan in Daluo City. I want to see this person."
Zhu Gaochi nodded: "I also want to meet him."
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"I finally saw Daluo City!"
Two days later, all three thousand soldiers of Taisun's forward battalion, led by Qin Shizi Zhu Shangbing, finally arrived ten miles south of Daluo City on horseback.
A distance of ten miles is not considered that far on a plain like this outside Daluo City.
Zhu Shangbing, who was riding on horseback, could even see clearly the officers and soldiers on the city wall who heard the arrival of the Ming army and appeared in confusion.
A heat wave surged between the two parties like a solid wave.
Zhu Shangbing drank two mouthfuls of water from the gauze net, looked at Daluo City with a defiant gaze, and waved his riding whip: "Go, report back to Taisun, our troops have arrived at Daluo City, and there is no movement in the enemy's garrison. Send people across the river to Daluo City.
The general reported to the Central Military Department that Taisun's troops have arrived in the south of Daluo City."
"All the forward battalions dismounted, took out mosquito repellents, lit them in the surrounding areas, and waited for the army to bring them."
On the battlefield, Zhu Shangbing, who had three thousand subordinates under his command, finally put away his usual escapade, acting calmly and commanding in a measured manner.
The forward battalion quickly mobilized following Zhu Shangbing's military order.
The two teams of cavalry ran in different directions.
The rest of the people dismounted, tied their horses together, and then took off a package of herbs prepared by the Imperial Hospital to repel mosquitoes.
Groups of officers and soldiers took herbs and began to spread them into the fields that had long been reduced to ashes.
Not long after, the officers and soldiers of Chen Yuandan's army standing on Daluo City saw that the Ming army that had just arrived outside the city had ignited thick smoke.
When Zhu Yunxi and his army arrived ten miles outside Daluo City.
The vanguard battalion is ready to set up camp.
After inspecting it, Zhu Yunxi got off his horse and walked to the forefront of the camp with his legs slightly spread.
Through the telescope, there are five general flags on the south wall of Daluo City.
"Think about it, these five people are the stubborn people who are unwilling to surrender given to us by Chen Yuandan." Zhu Gaochi also held a telescope in his hand, looking at the situation on the city wall, and said softly.
Zhu Yunxi said: "Order the whole army to bury the pots and make rice. At sunrise tomorrow, the Ming Dynasty General Zhengnan needs to enter Daluo City."
Zhu Gaochi put down the telescope in his hand and conveyed the military order to bury pots and make rice to his subordinates.
Then he
Turning to look at Zhu Yunxi: "Attacking the city tonight?"
"The general has been waiting for so long, and Chen Yuandan has been waiting for so long. Now that I'm here, don't let them wait any longer."
Zhu Gaochi has lost much interest in this war since he understood the thoughts of Chen Yuandan in Daluo City.
At this moment, Zhu Gaochi looked extremely calm, as if the siege battle a few hours later was just a trivial matter.
"I just can't understand why Chen Yuandan is unwilling to surrender."
Before Zhu Yunxi could speak, Zhu Gaochi continued: "Even if we leave people who intend to rebel because of this, we will transfer Chen Qiong here and let him continue what he did in Qinghua City in Daluo City.
Just do it once."
Zhu Yunxi glanced at Zhu Gaochi and felt that this guy was actually the most evil-hearted.
Then he looked left and right, and suddenly said: "Where is Brother Bing?"
Zhu Gaochi opened his eyes and looked around, then pointed to the west: "Brother Bing is taking people to Uncle Seventeen."
"Go get the artillery?" Zhu Yunxi asked.
Zhu Gaochi nodded: "These things have always been reserved for the general. We only have siege equipment here this time, not a single artillery piece. We will suppress the city wall when we attack the city."
Zhu Yunxi nodded, waved his arms, and took a breath.
"Sleep, wake me up when dinner is ready."
"No one can sleep tonight.".
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