The roar of the artillery made the King of Han and King Zhao break into a cold sweat.
The King of Han said with a horrified look on his face: "This is the sound of mortars from the Shenji Battalion. Is this a head-on battle with the Oara Tatars? When did Zhu Muchen bring the mortars?"
The King of Han, Zhu Gaoxu, stood up and walked out of his military tent. He happened to see the King of Zhao, Zhu Gaosui, coming towards him.
At this time, King Zhao Zhu Gaosui also looked frightened. He pulled King Han and was about to walk outside.
King Zhao and King Han walked out of the camp and realized something was wrong.
"Second brother, according to the Jin Yiwei report, Chu King Zhu Muchen pulled out hundreds of mortars. He is going to rock the sky."
Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Han, looked a little pale. He was stunned for a while before he spoke: "How could he have such courage? Could it be that he has colluded with the people of the Wala Tatars and wants to cooperate inside and outside..."
"Where is the Three Thousand Battalion?"
The two looked at each other, King Zhao's eyes were full of panic, and King Han's eyes were full of fear.
Zhao Wang Zhu Gaosui said anxiously: "How do I know? It is estimated that the Three Thousand Battalion is directly controlled by Zhu Muchen. I am afraid that the entire military camp is now under the control of that madman Zhu Muchen."
Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Han, had a strange look on his face, "Wait a minute, something is wrong, have you seen it? There are only the sound of cannons, but there is no fire, and there is not even a scream."
Zhu Gaoxu walked several steps forward, stopped a soldier on duty, reached out and grabbed the soldier's collar, frowned and asked seriously: "Let me ask you, what is the reason for this gunfire?"
When the soldier saw the King of Han, he immediately responded respectfully, "The King of Chu ordered the soldiers to fire the cannon. The King of Chu told us not to panic. We don't need to worry about the rest, and we didn't dare to ask any more questions."
After hearing this, King Zhu Gaoxu of Han and King Zhu Gaosui of Zhao immediately understood that this was just Zhu Muchen's plan.
The King of Han looked ugly, "You Zhu Muchen, you dare to play tricks on us and use mortars privately. I will definitely take part in the crime of treason against you."
Immediately, they came to Zhu Di's main tent, and other generals had already gathered here. The two of them were actually the last ones to arrive.
Yu Qian's face was full of excitement, and his voice was loud, "King Chu, your plan is really wonderful. You use powerful artillery shells to fire at night, which makes the soldiers of Oara and Tatar panic. It can not only disrupt their formation, but also
It can consume their physical strength.”
"Earlier, I watched from a distance. Those soldiers didn't even want their horses. They just ran away and became a mess. It can be said that they were defeated."
The rest of the ministers also expressed their appreciation for Chu King Zhu Muchen's plan. This plan effectively disrupted the plans of Oara and Tatar, and reversed the previous passive situation of the Ming army.
In this way, the Ming Dynasty's army could be reorganized, which also greatly increased morale.
Even Emperor Zhu Di was not stingy with words of praise and expressed great appreciation for Zhu Muchen's strategy.
Only the King of Han and the King of Zhao looked ugly. It turned out that everyone knew the plan of the King of Chu. As long as they didn't know it, when they heard the sound of the cannon, they thought it was the King of Chu who was planning to rebel.
Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Han, said sternly: "King Chu, what do you mean? You set up such a big scheme, but you concealed it from me and King Zhao. What are your intentions?"
Zhao Wang Zhu Gaosui also looked at Zhu Muchen with a questioning expression.
Zhu Muchen looked indifferent and turned a deaf ear to their questions.
If he had told the King of Han and King Zhao a long time ago, there was no guarantee that the plan would go smoothly. Firstly, Zhu Muchen wanted to retaliate against their previous ridicule to him, and secondly, he wanted to prevent them from causing sabotage.
Seeing Zhu Muchen's nonchalant look, King Zhao became even more angry and joined forces with King Zhao to continue questioning him.
Zhu Muchen pretended to be confused, "What? Don't the King of Han and King Zhao know about my plan? I've obviously sent someone to inform you, Aji, what's going on?"
Aji had already discussed with the King of Chu how to deal with this situation. He took a step forward and reported: "Report to the King of Chu, I follow your order and specially invite the King of Han and the King of Zhao."
"Observe the battle", it may be that the sound of the artillery was too loud at that time, and the guards of the King of Han and King of Zhao did not hear clearly."
Zhu Muchen nodded when he heard this, and then looked at the two princes of Han and Zhao: "The two princes are really sorry. My subordinates did not do things well and made you laugh. Originally, I thought that such important matters should be supervised by the two princes."
"So I specially asked Aji to invite the two princes, but I didn't expect that the princes' guards did not pass the message to the princes. If I had known this, I should have gone to invite the two princes myself."
The King of Han's face was gloomy. He called his guards in and asked in front of Zhu Muchen and Aji.
The guard glanced at Aji and then said: "Tell the King of Han that this man did come to your military tent, but the sound of the cannons was too loud at the time. I didn't hear what he said clearly. When I wanted to ask him in detail, he had already
I turned around and left in a hurry, so I didn't dare to disturb you, Prince."
Zhu Muchen secretly felt lucky that he had arranged for Aji to pretend to summon him in advance. In fact, Aji didn't say anything at all, he just moved his lips silently, giving the guards the illusion that they couldn't hear the gunfire because of the loud noise.
After hearing the guard's answer, the King of Han could only wave his hand helplessly and let him go down.
All the evidence now shows that Zhu Muchen did not deliberately deceive them. If he continues to pursue him, the emperor should be angry.
But what the reality is is unknown.
The emperor's grandson Zhu Zhanji stepped forward to smooth things over, "Since King Chu's plan has been successful, let's not worry about these trivial matters anymore."
The other generals also agreed.
"Yes, yes, the King of Chu did not deliberately fail to inform the King of Han and the King of Zhao. The King of Han must not be angry."
"Yes, King Chu originally wanted to invite King Han and King Zhao to supervise the battle. This shows how much King Chu trusts the two princes."
Even Emperor Zhu Di also said: "This matter is over here. Just don't make any mistakes when conveying the message later. The most important thing now is to discuss what to do next."
Although Han Wang Zhu Gaoxu was not angry, since his emperor father had spoken, he could only obey the order.
He snorted coldly and stopped talking to King Chu.
Zhu Di looked at Zhu Muchen curiously and asked, "King Chu, this strategy is very effective. Do you want to continue it?"
Zhu Muchen replied solemnly, "I'm telling you, your Majesty, the ancients said: "At one go, it will weaken again, and then it will be exhausted." Now we must take advantage of the unstable mood of the Oara and Tatar army to pursue the victory until the time is right.
Take decisive action and deliver a fatal blow to them."
Emperor Zhu Di nodded and issued an order to everyone: "Everyone must cooperate with King Chu and cannot disobey orders. As long as we disrupt the plans of Oara and Tatar, we will be able to seize the opportunity of war."
For several days after that, the Ming Dynasty continued to torture the Oara and Tatar soldiers in various ways.
The Ming Dynasty's own army took turns to rest and reorganize.
At this time, in the military camp, mortars were roaring continuously for days, and the violent noises continued on the grassland, and occasionally a few real mortars were mixed in for bombardment.
Several days of torture left Oara and Tatar in a state of panic and sleepless nights. The mixed mortar attacks forced them to passively withstand the pressure exerted on them by the Ming Dynasty army.
Not only that, the King of Chu also ordered the soldiers to find a few sheep, then tie up those sheep and put them in front of the war drum.
The tied sheep are very frightened and will keep waving their hooves, and the hooves can make a sound when they hit the war drum.
After hearing the war drums of the Ming Dynasty, the Oara and Tatar soldiers became fearful, thinking that the Ming Dynasty's army was about to launch an attack.
Moreover, these sheep will not stop waving their hooves until they are exhausted. Beating the war drum originally was a very physically demanding thing, and even an adult strong man could not hammer the war drum for a long time.
But now that the tied sheep are used, the war drums sound directly from morning to night without any interruption. During this period, if any sheep becomes exhausted, it will be immediately replaced by another strong sheep.
For Oara and Tatar, they have to be vigilant all the time and keep their attention in the best state at all times.
In this way, they are consuming their mental and physical energy.
With the sound of war drums, the Oara and Tatar soldiers did not know whether the Ming Dynasty army was really going to launch an attack, so they could only stay alert and ready to fight at any time.
At this time, in the noble military tents of Oara and Tatar, many nobles were discussing with tired faces.
"The artillery fire of the Ming Dynasty has been going on for several days. Our soldiers have not had a good rest at all, and even their morale has dropped sharply."
"There is also the continuous sound of war drums. Have the people of Ming Dynasty gone crazy? They have been beating for so many days without interruption."
"Could it be that their drummers are all born with divine power and have inexhaustible power?"
Some nobles said: "This cannot continue. Sooner or later, our soldiers will be unable to hold up. Now we must come up with a solution."
At this moment, the roar of artillery fire and the sound of hammering war drums were heard again from outside the military tent.
The nobles in the military tent looked at each other, feeling that they could temporarily relax their vigilance. After all, this situation had been going on for many days, but the Ming Dynasty's army had not yet pursued them.
They continued their discussion in the military tent.
Suddenly, a soldier ran in and knelt on the ground, saying in a trembling voice: "The Ming Dynasty's army has launched an attack. They are coming."
But soon, the sounds of fighting and screams came from outside, and the light of fire could even be vaguely seen.
