Ordinary people choose names randomly, and serious names like his are indeed rare.
"I see there is no one alive in your village. Who did it?" Zhu Han asked immediately.
Upon hearing Zhu Han's inquiry, Lu Zhongheng immediately became angry and his eyes became red.
"It's the Tatars! The Tatar soldiers from Dingyuan City heard that someone in our village was going to join the Haozhou Red Scarf Army, so they came to massacre the village. My father, mother, brother and sister-in-law, oh oh oh, they are all dead!"
Lawrence Lu finally couldn't help crying.
The Meng Yuan garrison in Dingyuan was cruel and greedy. In the name of killing the rebels, they massacred several villages and then used their heads to claim credit and reward.
Naturally, Zhu Han could not just sit idly by and ignore such deep hatred.
"Lu Zhongheng, do you want to take revenge?" Zhu Han asked.
Lawrence Lu wiped away tears and said firmly.
"think!"
Zhu Han nodded and continued: "Since you want to take revenge, then come with us!"
"Who are you?" Lawrence Lu looked alert and confused.
"My brother is Zhu Yuanzhang!" Zhu Han said.
When Lawrence Lu heard this, he immediately jumped up in surprise.
"But Marshal Zhu of the capital of Haozhou, who defeated Haozhou in two days and defeated Tamerlane in Shayuan?" Lu Zhongheng said in surprise.
"Yes, that's right!" Zhu Han smiled and nodded.
It seems that my brother's name is already very famous, and he has a lot of credit for this.
"How about it? We are going to Dingyuan. Can you come with me?" Zhu Han continued to ask.
"Follow!" Lawrence Lu replied without thinking.
Zhu Han took Lu Zhongheng back to the military camp and immediately told his brother Zhu Yuanzhang the situation.
"Although he is young, he is a man, so let him follow you!" Zhu Yuanzhang said to Zhu Han after hearing about Lu Zhongheng.
"Brother, Lu Zhongheng just told me that on the way to Dingyuan, there are two major forces entrenched, neither belonging to our rebel army, nor taking orders from the Meng Yuan Tartars!" Zhu Han said.
Zhu Yuanzhang attached great importance to this information.
They have now left the territory of the Haozhou rebels and will soon enter the territory of the Dingyuan Tartars. All forces must be treated with caution.
"Which two forces?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked immediately.
"One is Zhangjiabao Lvpai Village, with about 3,000 soldiers and horses, and the other is Qin Baotou, Huanzi Qin, with about 800 soldiers and horses!"
Zhu Han said while pointing out their approximate location on the simple map.
"The positions of these two forces are very important, and they happen to be stuck on our marching route!" Zhu Yuanzhang frowned.
The 20,000-strong army was advancing, and there were many mules, horses, and vehicles. They could only march along the main road, and it was impossible to bypass some important checkpoints.
Lupai Village and Huubi Village are both mountain villages located next to the main road. Once they are hostile, they will threaten Zhu Yuanzhang's army.
"Brother, there are many soldiers in these two camps. If we can recruit them, they will be of great use!" Zhu Han said.
Regarding this suggestion, Zhu Yuanzhang also nodded in agreement.
These two groups of soldiers did not obey the orders of the Mongolian and Yuan Tartars, which shows that they still have some ambition and are unwilling to be the lackeys of those Tartars.
"We think so too, but we just don't know how to recruit surrender?" Zhu Yuanzhang thought about the countermeasures.
"Brother, Lupai Village has three thousand soldiers and horses, and the number of people is overwhelming. As long as Lupai Village is surrendered, the broken nose should not be a problem." Zhu Han said with a smile.
"Oh, it seems you have another idea?" Zhu Yuanzhang also smiled.
"Brother, to deal with Lupai Village, let's fight first and then be polite!" Zhu Han said.
"What does this mean?"
Zhu Yuanzhang had heard of "First be courteous and then be a soldier", but he had never heard of "First be a soldier and then be a soldier."
"Lvpaizhai relies on its large number of troops and just wants to sit on the fence and wait and see, neither to the rebels nor to the Tartars. Then we will send troops to destroy their prestige and let them know that the three thousand soldiers and horses are not enough.
, and finally send people to persuade them to surrender, and they will definitely succeed!" Zhu Han said.
There is no common people in the Huaixi area who do not hate the Mongolian Tatars. They all want to join the rebel army in their hearts, but they are just afraid that failure will implicate themselves.
If the rebel forces can scare them, it won't be difficult to get them to follow the rebels.
"Okay, let's do this!" Zhu Yuanzhang immediately agreed.
the next day.
Zhu Yuanzhang personally led the army to march slowly, and sent two hundred cavalry and one thousand Longxing troops to the front, led by Xu Da, to go to Zhangjiabao Lupai Village.
really.
When more than a thousand rebels approached, Zhang Niankun, the leader of Zhangjiabao Donkey Village, immediately became anxious.
If these rebels are allowed to pass by their own territory and run into the territory of the Dingyuan Tartars, the Dingyuan Mongolian Tartars will definitely come to cause trouble for themselves.
Of course, Zhang Niankun could not let Xu Da pass smoothly.
"My sons, the whole army comes out of the stronghold and forms a formation!"
Zhang Niankun stayed behind and led three thousand soldiers and horses in formation across the middle of the avenue.
Xu Da followed Zhu Han's instructions and only said that he was borrowing a way, but did not tell his origin.
Under such circumstances, Zhang Niankun would certainly not be able to let them pass.
"This road is blocked, heroes please come back!"
The soldiers and horses of Donkey Village shouted loudly.
Zhu Han followed Xu Da, knowing that the time was almost up.
He was not afraid of the soldiers and horses of Lvpaizhai blocking the way, but he was afraid that they would be unable to get out.
"Brother Xu, lead the army to charge for a while and let them know how powerful we are. When my brother's army arrives, they will lose their temper."
When Xu Da heard this, he nodded with firm eyes.
"good!"
Immediately, three drums sounded.
Xu Da led his army to quickly launch an attack formation, and the battle was about to break out.
When Nian Kun, the leader of Lvpai Village ahead, saw this, he immediately became angry and happy.
"How can a madman think that he is invincible if he has two hundred horses?"
He never thought that the opponent with more than 1,000 people would dare to attack more than 3,000 people of his own!
I am fighting three against one!
No matter what, I can't lose. I have the advantage, so I'm afraid I'm going to lose my hair.
"Drumming!"
"Fight!"
Zhang Niankun ordered loudly.
Boom, boom, boom!
As bursts of drums resounded across the battlefield, Xu Da led more than a thousand Longxing troops to take the lead in launching the attack.
Zhu Han was watching the battle from the rear and saw that although his Long Xing army was small in number, it was tightly packed and was slowly pressing forward like a heavy hammer.
At the side and rear, two hundred cavalry led by Xu Da were preparing to launch a sudden attack.
Looking at the troops and horses of Lupaizhai on the opposite side who were preparing to fight, although they had a huge advantage in numbers, their formation was in a mess. There was no alternate cover for each other, and there were not enough reserves to deal with emergencies.
suddenly.
Zhu Han felt a strange feeling in his heart.
"Don't make the Donkey Village too painful in this battle! If they die too many people, it will be an enmity. How can they surrender?"