"I have to say that although Shah was defeated at Majedi City before, it was only because he didn't expect us to arrive early and was a little careless. Otherwise, he might not have been defeated." Ban Wan looked at it.
Zhu Gaoxu said as he looked at the Bengalis on the city wall of Dhaka City surrounded by a moat and the Ming army soldiers who were withdrawing from the vicinity of Dhaka City.
Today is the fourth day that they have completely surrounded the city of Dhaka. From the first day when they surrounded the city, the Ming army launched a fierce siege. Countless locals and Ming army soldiers were killed and injured. Even a lot of artillery shells were used, but
They still failed to capture the city of Dhaka, and they did not even attack the city.
The city of Dhaka is too tightly defended. As the largest city in Bangladesh, Dhaka not only has a moat, but the city walls are high and thick. There are also many defensive equipment prepared in the city all year round. In particular, the Shah obtained a weapon that Hu Ji ordered to
After building the artillery, he ordered people to imitate more than ten more. Although several of them were lost outside Majedi City, there are still ten artillery in Dhaka City. This makes the defense of Dhaka City even tighter and more difficult.
was conquered.
The soldiers guarding the city also fought with the Ming army soldiers with high morale. The fact that the Ming army confiscated the wealth of the wealthy Tianfang believers in other cities and distributed it to the poor Tianfang believers had already reached the ears of the Shah. The Shah immediately ordered a blockade
The city of Dhaka strictly prohibited anyone from entering or exiting without his order, and called in the wealthy Tianfang believers in the city to tell them the news. The wealthy Tianfang believers immediately realized that the Ming army was a vicious enemy and an irreconcilable opponent.
They all expressed their support for the Shah to resist the Ming army's invasion. Not only that, they also spread the news to let the Tianfang believers in the city know that every time the Ming army conquered a city, they would plunder all the Tianfang believers' property in the city and then demote them to
Slaves were driven to do the hardest and most tiring work. There have been rumors in Dhaka about the Ming Dynasty's persecution of Tianfang believers. Some people even got confirmation from the servants of Ming Dynasty merchants, so they immediately believed this rumor after hearing it.
, morale immediately rose, and they actively participated in defending the city.
Under such circumstances, it was extremely difficult for the Ming army to attack the city. Countless blood was shed every time they took a step closer to the city, Zhu Xiancai said with emotion.
"This is normal." Cao Xing said: "If the Shah didn't even have this ability, he would have lost his position as sultan long ago." Although it was still late at this time, they had stopped attacking the city today, and Zhu Gaoxu was busy again.
I wanted to talk to Lan Zhen, so I came to the camp in the south.
Zhu Xian was about to say something else when he suddenly heard the guard announcing: "General Lan is here." He quickly stood up and turned around and said: "General Lan."
"General Lan." Cao Xing also saluted.
"King Su, Vice General Cao, are you all here?" Lan Zhen said with a smile, her mood not seeming to be affected by the unsatisfactory siege.
"I have to go back to the West Camp and say goodbye to General Lan before I leave, so I'm waiting here." Zhu Gaoxu also responded with a smile.
"General Lan, how will we attack the city tomorrow? Will it be the same as today?" Cao Xingze asked directly.
"If we don't attack the city like today, how can we attack the city?" Lan Zhen asked in return.
Cao Xing was speechless. Lan Zhen said again: "Cao Xing, although you have been on the battlefield for a long time, you mostly fought with the Mongols in the north. The Mongols are cavalry and will not stick to a certain place. What's more, the Mongols went south for
When you come to plunder, you will stay if you don't know what to do. Therefore, regardless of victory or defeat, battles with the Mongols often end quickly. Although you participated in the battle with Timur in the Battle of Yiwu, although the battle lasted for a long time, the decisive battle
It will end soon. Therefore, you have not experienced this kind of war that involves repeated fighting and protracted for a long time."
"But this situation is normal. If you have fought with those barbarians in the southwest, you will know it. Although the situation of the battle is different from that of attacking a city, it still lasts for a long time. Looking at the dense forest, you have no idea that they are there.
Well, it's hard to find them and it's hard to eliminate them. Although there are not many enemies, it may take months or even years to eliminate them. Especially to eliminate those small tribes without the help of other local tribes.
It is impossible to eliminate them."
"Cao Xing, you have to adapt to this kind of war situation before you can become a famous general." Lan Zhen said finally.
After hearing Lan Zhen's words, Cao Xing fell silent for a moment, seeming to be thinking about his words. Zhu Gaoxu, who was present, also began to think. After a while, Zhu Gaoxu came to his senses first, glanced at Lan Zhen, and thanked: "Thank you, General Lan, for your teaching."
." Then he said to Cao Xing: "Why don't you quickly thank General Lan for his advice?"
"Thank you, General Lan." Cao Xing saluted hurriedly.
"No need to thank you. I can be regarded as a very human minister, and I live with the country. In addition to setting up a great function to stand shoulder to shoulder with the sages, I just hope that the court will always have famous generals who can guard the four sides and defend the court. Let me talk about my experience.
No need to thank you." Lan Zhen said with a smile.
But the reason why he taught Cao Xing was not just for this reason. Since there were many great battles after Yun succeeded to the throne, many soldiers made meritorious deeds, and some of them were knighted or made hereditary commanders, so the court had many new nobles.
These new nobles are not very old, and they all have some abilities. Some of them, such as Zhang Fu, are trusted by His Majesty, which makes the old nobles feel a sense of crisis. There are only so many official positions in the imperial court, and when someone comes up, there will be others.
In order to prevent themselves from being replaced, the old nobles naturally united and supported each other to avoid being squeezed out. Only then did Lan Zhen teach Cao Xing. Of course, the reason he said was not false. He also hoped that Daming could
There have always been famous generals guarding the four directions to protect the imperial court, but it is best for the generals guarding the four directions to come from a noble family.
"General Lan, I'm going back now." Zhu Gaoxu said a few more words to them. Wen, Zhang Fu and others also came to the camp, he said at this time.
"Remember, don't relax your defenses when attacking the city." Lan Zhen added: "There may be people who are still loyal to the Shah leading troops to attack the camp, and the locals in the camp cannot be completely trusted. There may be others.
In any case, we must pay attention to precautions.”
"Yes, General Lan, I remember." Zhu Gaoxu agreed again and left the camp.
He had just left the camp and saw Xu Zengshou walking towards him. The two greeted each other, and Xu Zengshou asked: "Your Highness, how have your two nephews behaved these days?"
"You mean Jing Heng and Jing Huang?" Zhu Gaoxu said kindly: "They both performed well. I even praised them a few times."
"That's good." Xu Zengshou breathed a sigh of relief. Xu Huizu's own eldest son Xu Qin was ineffective, and his younger son was too young. Xu Zengshou's eldest son Xu Jingchang had already been trained, so he focused on training the sons of his second brother Xu Yingxu. It was just right.
Xu Zengshou became Su Fan's left prime minister, so he sent Xu Jingheng and Xu Jinghuang to Nanyang. In the past few years, Su Fan had no wars, and they could only follow Xu Zengshou on paper. Finally, at the end of last year, he sent troops to Bangladesh, and Xu Zengshou brought his two nephews.
Experience them. He had been worried that his two nephews would not perform well on the real battlefield, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Zhu Gaoxu's words.
"But tomorrow they will have to lead troops to attack the city." Zhu Gaoxu added: "The Bengalis are resisting so fiercely. If they lead troops to attack the city, they may be in danger. But what about other thousands of households?"
"No need." Xu Zengshou paused and said. If you don't personally lead troops into battle, how can you know the cruelty of the battlefield? There is always a difference between watching from the sidelines and experiencing it in person. Xu Huizu and he both led thousands of troops to fight against the enemy.
"I will ask them to pay attention to their own safety. Do you want to go and tell them in person?" Zhu Gaoxu said again.
"No need." Xu Zengshou said again.
Zhu Gaoxu was a little surprised by his cruelty, but after thinking about it, he might be afraid. Then he thought in his heart: 'In order to always have generals who are good at fighting, the Xu family is really too harsh on the children of the family. But it is so harsh.
It is easy to produce talented people. I wonder if my children will be able to be like the Xu family when they grow up in the future?'
Zhu Gaoxu was thinking as he headed towards the West Camp. When he arrived at the West Camp, it was already dark and he couldn't make a decision. He didn't think about it anymore. He immediately summoned all the generals to tell them the arrangements for tonight. Finally, he said: "Each camp should pay attention to guard against someone taking advantage of the army."
Attack the camp when attacking the city of Dhaka."
"Will someone attack the camp now?" Zhu Xian asked.
"Perhaps there will be people who are still loyal to the Shah and will lead troops to attack the camp. The locals in the camp cannot be completely trusted." Zhu Gaoxu repeated Lan Zhen's words.
"The locals in the camp must be careful to prevent them from destroying siege equipment or assassinating generals. But I don't think we need to be too careful when attacking the camp." Zhu Xiandao: "Bangladesh is about to be destroyed. How many people can still be loyal to him?"
"No matter what, the soldiers who are left behind in the camp must not slack off." Zhu Gaoxu felt that Zhu Xian's words were reasonable, but Lan Zhen's instructions were naturally even more correct, and he added. Zhu Xian did not refute, but it seemed that he was not very serious.
Pay attention to Zhu Gaoxu's instructions.
Zhu Gaoxu sighed. There is only one city in Bangladesh, Dhaka, that has not yet been captured. It is okay to slack off a little, but if every battle is like this, you will always suffer losses. Zhu Gaoxu wanted to persuade Bangladesh a few more words, but after thinking about it, he
He swallowed his words. 'Let's wait until this battle is over before we talk.'
With this thought in mind, he kept his face straight and gave a few instructions for everyone to disperse. He patrolled the camp again and then fell asleep.
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"Jing Huang, you know, it's time for us to lead the troops to attack the city tomorrow." In the quiet night, such a voice suddenly came from a tent in the west camp.
"Of course I know. King Su will tell you personally, and of course he will tell me personally." A man lying on the bed replied in a tone that was partly impatient and partly embarrassed.
"It's really no big deal. You should be more polite when talking to your brother." The person who spoke earlier was of course Xu Jingheng. He said this, but it could be heard from his tone that he didn't really care about whether he spoke politely to his brother.
He added: "I don't know what it feels like to actually go into battle. I asked Jing Chang, and he said that he was very nervous before going into battle, but when he actually went to the battlefield, he was no longer nervous, or he couldn't feel the nervousness anymore.
, all that is left is to fight with the enemy. When you retreat, you will recall the dangerous and almost fatal situations just now, and you will be afraid. But if you experience it a few more times, you won't care."
"I haven't been to the battle myself. I only asked my uncles and Jingchang. It should be the same as you think." Xu Jinghuang replied.
"Do you think we will die or be seriously injured tomorrow?" Xu Jingheng asked again.
"What are you talking about? I don't want to think about this. The more I think about it, the more scared I get. I won't be able to sleep at night. It's better to go to bed quickly." Xu Jinghuang said.