After the rendezvous, Guo Ying hurriedly came to see General Zhengnan.
This is the first time Fu Youde and Guo Ying have met since they received the emperor's order to march south.
"The general pays homage to the commander-in-chief!" As soon as he saw Fu Youde, Guo Yingna bowed his head and said, "The commander-in-chief actually led his troops to help in person. We are really grateful!"
"Hahaha! Brother Guo Xian, please get up quickly. You and I are brothers who treat each other with sincerity, why do we need to say these polite words?" Fu Youde helped Guo Ying up affectionately.
Although Guo Ying is still the governor now, Fu Youde dare not underestimate him. Because his brother is Guo Xing, the Marquis of Gongchang, his sister is Boss Zhu's Concubine Guo Ning, and his nephew is Boss Zhu's tenth son, King Lu.
Moreover, Guo Ying herself followed Boss Zhu at the age of eighteen and served as a soldier in front of the tent for many years. She was deeply trusted by Zhu Yuanzhang and was very good at leading troops in battles. She was a rising star as famous as Mu Ying and Lan Yu.
After the greetings, Guo Ying learned that the army had conquered Qujing and occupied Kunming. He couldn't help but feel ashamed and said: "The general is holding back the commander in chief."
"Hey, dear brother, what you said is wrong. You led the Northern Route Army to appear and disappear along the Jinsha River. Not only did you attract the 50,000 Yuan Army, but also the 30,000 soldiers and horses of Wu Sa Mang's tribe, firmly attracted them to Wu Sa and prevented them from letting them go.
Going south to support Qujing is a great achievement." Fu Youde shook his head and laughed: "Your mission is to provide support, so it's not good to steal the spotlight, isn't it?"
"The commander is really good at comforting people." Guo Ying said with a smile, "But it's really uncomfortable for us to watch a show while someone like this is singing."
He has almost accumulated merits, and he is just one short of a great achievement to be able to become a marquis. He can't help the marquis, but he has to have real military exploits.
"Don't worry, annihilating Wusha's Yuan army is more than enough to grant you the title of marquis." Fu Youde said with a happy smile. Thanks to his contribution to pacifying Yunnan, it is certain that he will be crowned a duke. Now of course he has to consider it for his brothers.
"Shibu took the initiative to withdraw into the vast mountains. He clearly wanted to lure the enemy deep into the mountains. We must not be fooled!" Guo Ying's biggest characteristic is caution, otherwise Boss Zhu would not have handed over the Northern Route Army to him.
Although he was eager to make a contribution, he still advised the coach to be cautious.
"This place is full of mountains and ridges, steep streams and deep forests. The narrow pass can only accommodate one person and one rider. Going up is like climbing to the sky, and going down is like entering a well. If you are not careful, you will lose everything."
"What I said makes sense, then we won't be fooled by him." Fu Youde said solemnly: "Anyway, they are the ones who are anxious now, not us."
"Yes. Now that King Liang is dead and Kunming is settled, the remaining Yuan armies can only fight on their own. Wu Sa's Yuan army is already a lonely army and no one will care about them. Shibao Mountain is occupied by the commander.
In the end, they didn't even have a way out, so they hid in the mountains and had no choice but to wait for death." Guo Ying nodded.
"So we have to put on a posture of fighting a protracted war and see how they respond." Fu Youde then smiled and said: "Send an order to the entire army to build a city in Usa, we won't leave!"
"This is a wonderful move!" Guo Ying praised: "If the general is real, there is no other way but to take the initiative to attack, and we have to attack as soon as possible, otherwise when the Ming army builds the city, what will happen?"
"That's right, this is called Jiang Taigong fishing - whoever wants to take the bait will take the bait!" Fu Youde said with a smile. When the battle comes to this level, it has already been fought as it is. That kind of hearty feeling of doing whatever you want is not something you often get.
Can feel it.
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So one hundred thousand troops turned into construction workers and began to level the land and lay the foundation in Wuligang of Uzzah, and then piled earth on the wall foundation and tamped it.
Usually, the soil is as soft as loose sand. It cannot be directly used as a city wall. The soil must be moistened with water. After the block is built, the soil is compacted with a tamper to obtain a strong rammed earth city wall.
However, the red soil in Yunnan has high viscosity and is in the shape of compact blocks, which greatly reduces the workload of ramming the soil. With the concerted efforts of 100,000 troops, a city took shape within a few days.
Fu Youde even had wealthy manpower to start felling wood and burning bricks in preparation for laying bricks on the earthen city wall.
This made Shibu so anxious that he would climb the mountain every day and look at Wuligang. Watching the city rising from the ground little by little, he couldn't help but feel anxious.
He decided that he could no longer sit still and wait for death, so he summoned the Wumengmang tribe and other local chiefs to discuss with them, what if he waited for the Ming army to build the city? Wusadu would always belong to the Ming Dynasty.
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The local chiefs also believed this. They did not want the government to build a city in Usa, which would make their life difficult, so they hit it off and decided to attack the city of Usa under construction together. Before it was completed, they pulled out the
This thorn in the side is a thorn in the flesh!
On the eighth day of the first lunar month of the fifteenth year of Hongwu, the Yuan army united with various chieftain armies, and a total of more than 100,000 troops came out to surround Wuligang, with the intention of trapping these "unruly" Ming troops.
However, what they are doing is purely "grasshopper teasing chickens - they are overestimating their own capabilities".
After discovering that they were "surrounded" by the Yuan army, the soldiers of the Ming army were not surprised but overjoyed. They threw away their masonry knives, wiped the mud off their bodies, put on their own armor, picked up their swords, guns and crossbows, and relied on the favorable terrain to prepare for the attack.
The generals surrounded Fu Youde and actively sought battle. It was difficult for the Marquis of Xiping and the Marquis of Yongchang to be absent, but it was their turn to show their faces.
Fu Youde then ordered the entire army: "Those who are determined to fight must advance without retreating!"
Everyone can be a pioneer, strive to be the first, and move forward bravely!
The generals suddenly received their orders and returned to their positions, leading their troops to rely on the unfinished city wall to resist the overwhelming Yuan army.
Wuligang, where Wusha City is located, is originally a mountainous area, which is not conducive to the expansion of the Yuan army. Although there are hundreds of thousands of people, only ten or twenty thousand people can be put into the attack at a time, so they can completely surround the hill.
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When the Yuan army stepped on the red soil that could touch their ankles and finally approached the city wall, the Ming army used prepared stones, logs, and even bricks to smash at the Yuan army.
The Yuan army was immediately beaten to the point of howling like ghosts and wolves, and suffered heavy losses as soon as they came up.
However, relying on the large number of people, they continued to climb up the unfinished city wall, hoping to climb up and fight with the Ming army. However, Fu Youde had already ordered the defenders to prepare poles.
Only in the hands of the Ming army can this kind of city-defending weapon exert its full power. It is completely different from the crop-handling style of the Guizhou native soldiers.
I saw the soldiers of the Ming army holding poles in both hands, constantly pushing and chopping along the city wall. Every blow would not miss. At least one Yuan army screamed and fell down, and knocked down his companion below. The cross blade in front of the forked pole was
Like a razor, it can clear a wall with every blow. It doesn't give the Yuan army any chance to take advantage of it.
Shibu was anxiously urging the Yuan army behind him to rush up when he suddenly saw a locust-like rain of arrows rising from behind the Ming army's city wall.
The rain of arrows flew high over the low wall and landed within a few feet to a dozen feet outside the city wall. In an instant, a large number of Yuan troops fell to the ground after being hit by arrows.
The arrows rained continuously, one after another, all landing in the same area, which deterred the Yuan army behind them from setting foot in this restricted area of life.
In the dense formation of the Yuan army, a large open space suddenly appeared...
