Five miles outside Haozhou City, camps are scattered in a patchwork manner, vaguely connected by formations. Inside the camps, one or two flying cavalry shuttle from time to time, running to various places, giving orders and delivering messages. On the outermost side, every fifty meters,
There was a small building more than three meters high, with archers inside, serving as a sentry tower. It was surrounded by an infantry detachment of about a hundred people, armed with shields and swords and spears. From time to time, three or five people were sent in turn to cooperate with the cavalry, going back and forth within the jurisdiction.
Patrol.
If you look forward from these guard towers, you can see piles of bonfires rising on the colorful and scarred stone walls. Pairs of red scarf sergeants, wearing dirty and smelly single clothes, are surrounding them, shaking.
Susy, but holding the weapon tightly in his palm, he glanced in the direction of the Yuan army camp in front of him from time to time. Several rebel generals who were injured all over their bodies,
Leading a team of murderous sergeants, they climbed onto the north tower and walked slowly from east to west. Wherever they passed, the red-turbaned sergeants stood up straight. The young soldier walking in the middle had messy hair.
The copper whiskers rolled up from the already slightly raised chin, which looked a little funny at first, but upon closer inspection, it actually added a bit of murderous aura.
This general, wearing a brown robe, a sword at his waist, and a pair of yellow Arhat cloth shoes commonly used by temple monks, walked steadily to a boy soldier of twelve or thirteen years old, patted his shoulder hard, and asked in a buzzing voice.
He asked, "Can you bear the weight of your body and bones?" The child soldier puffed out his chest and replied in a slightly high-pitched voice, "General Zhu, can you bear it?" The man who was called
The young general who served as General Zhu was none other than Zhu Yuanzhang, Wuxu’s fellow disciple in Hualien Miaofa Sect, Rujing. Zhu Yuanzhang looked at this childish-looking little boy, nodded, looked around, and said loudly, "
Damn you, these ruthless Yuan soldiers have taken advantage of winter and injured many of our brothers in the past few months! Now, the marshals have moved all the furniture from the marshal's mansion to the top of the city.
He chopped it up and made a fire to keep warm. He kept it warm for twelve hours a day and burned a big hole for this thief!" Then a clever soldier shouted, "General Zhu, please don't worry.
, I have survived for several months, and now it looks like spring has begun, and the brothers are still afraid of birds. Let’s raise the fire higher and burn it more vigorously. When the time comes, the beasts will come up and kill one by one.
If two come up, let's give them a mandarin duck barbecue!" Suddenly, there was a burst of laughter on the tower. Zhu Yuanzhang also laughed with the soldiers around him, and clasped his fists around, "Although the moon is bright tonight, you can see clearly below.
"Chu, brothers, you must arrange your manpower and take turns on duty, don't be careless." The surrounding red scarf soldiers also clasped their fists and responded one after another.
Zhu Yuanzhang then turned around and said to several generals, "Tonight, it seems that the Yuan army will not attack at night. However, I still ask you to go to the east, west, and south to inspect and give instructions. I will still stay in the North Tower overnight tonight." Those few
The general responded casually, then took a few soldiers and left from the north tower.
Zhu Yuanzhang led a group of people around the North Tower twice and stood at the main entrance of Haozhou. He pressed his sword with one hand and slapped the cold wall with the other. He pursed his lips and stared at the miles ahead.
After a while, when there was no one around, he asked in a low voice, "Into the sea, has Fatty Wang done the trick?" A young man behind him clasped his fists and replied, "Already done.
In spring, he took several brothers and found twenty sets of armor, several swords, and thirty kilograms of fine salt from the secret passage underground of his house. They were now secretly hidden in an abandoned bookstore warehouse, along with several
A trustworthy old brother is watching over you day and night." Zhu Yuanzhang turned around and squinted his eyes, "Is the owner of the book club still in the city?" Jiang Ruhai was stunned for a moment and replied, "The owner of the book club is old.
He had long since fled the city with his family, and now there is still an old servant who is losing his teeth and living in the woodshed behind the book club." Zhu Yuanzhang turned around, looked into the distance again, and said, "Those who want to do great things must not do it.
You have the kindness of a woman. I think back then, you and I felt pity and let the grocery store owner go. However, he tipped off the information and attracted dozens of Yuan Gou to encircle and suppress us. How many people did you and I have?
The body and head are missing. A few days ago, Na Jialu used a trick to withdraw the Yuan army from the south. If I hadn't asked for a commander-in-chief and risked the rebellion of the rebel brothers, I would have had dozens of heads chopped off on the spot.
, I'm afraid that the city of Haozhou has been lost, and you and I will be like bereaved dogs, running here and there without a foothold!" These words, spoken in the cold night, made Jiang Ruhai sweat-soaked, and he kept saying yes.
It turned out that Jia Lu, the imperial censor who had previously supervised the river construction at the outlet of the Yellow River, was ordered by Yuan Xiang Tuotuo to lead his army to Haozhou a few months ago. At the beginning, he ordered tens of thousands of troops to march around Haozhou City.
surrounded and attacked in turns. After no results, they adopted the strategy of surrounding three and leaving one, and spent the day in full view of the rebels.
Next, the Yuan troops at the south gate were withdrawn. The seven marshals in Haozhou City, Guo Zixing, Sun Deya, Peng Da, Zhao Junyong, etc., each had their own subordinates. Although after some discussion, Zhu Yuanzhang was elected as the general to defend the city and dispatched them in a unified manner.
In fact, when assigning tasks, each has its own subordinate, which can be said to be "one brand, two teams."
The person guarding the south gate was Sun Deya's subordinate Tang Baitian. After Fang Yuan's army withdrew for a few days, he saw that the Yuan army only gathered the main force to attack the north tower, while the remaining troops attacked the east and west sides. Then Tang Baitian said,
"This is a plan to surround three people. We will take advantage of the plan and take the opportunity to go out of the city to find some things for the winter." The whole team was about to leave the city. Fortunately, Zhu Yuanzhang learned the news in time and led the team around him to fight.
The marshals raised their flags and killed dozens of people with a thunderous force. Only then did they suppress their position and ordered the troops to exit the city. After that, the people who followed them also dispersed. Tang Baitian was afraid of Zhu Yuanzhang's power for a while.
He led his team back, but sued Sun Deya and other marshals, accusing him of taking arbitrary power and killing innocent people indiscriminately. The marshals kept arguing for several days.
Fortunately, Tang Baitian waited for two days, couldn't help it, and led a group of sergeants under his command to find out in the dark. Unexpectedly, there were soldiers and horses waiting in advance. After a cover-up and killing, most of the thousands of soldiers were killed.
Fang retreated back to the city in embarrassment. It turned out that Jia Lu secretly contacted some nearby squire regiments and deployed some ordnance.
Guard ten miles to the south, waiting for the Red Turban Army to leave the city and throw themselves into a trap. When the news came, Guo Zixing, Zhu Yuanzhang and others relieved the siege. The marshals then reiterated Zhu Yuanzhang's authority as the general to defend the city, and agreed that regardless of the Yuan army's
When attacking the city in any direction, the rebel armies in other places will obey the orders of the general who defends the city. However, if there is any delay, they will be killed with all their strength.
Zhu Yuanzhang secretly sent his sergeants to confiscate all the wooden furniture from the big households in the city and sent it to each camp. He declared that the marshals took out the furniture in the mansion and burned fires for the sergeants to avoid the cold. He also ordered the peripheral members of the White Lotus Sect who were not in the army to
Spying around, but there is that private person
Those who hid food, quilts, etc. were locked up on the spot at their place of residence, tortured, and sent to the city tower upon learning. They also led Jiang Ruhai, Jiang Yuchun and others to patrol the main gate tower and other places day and night, taking the lead.
Killing the enemy. In this way, the morale of the army gradually calmed down, and the Yuan army outside the city was at a stalemate.
But in the camp of the Yuan army outside the city, there was a high-lying place with densely covered flags and swords. Guarded by layers of armored guards, there was a tent that looked like a hill. There were bright lights in it, and there was a tent.
An old Han man with a sickly face sat in front of a large table filled with calligraphy and seals. He leaned back on the soft leather cushion, took a few breaths, glanced at the generals under the tent, and asked lightly
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Do you have any objections?" A general from the lower left who was six feet tall with a round face and a broad mouth came out and said with his fists in his hands, "Master Jia, I thought that our army would besiege Haozhou for several months, and the city would contain grain, grass and weapons.
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It will definitely be exhausted. If we don't wait a few more days, when the rebels in the city are fighting among themselves and fighting for supplies, we will work hard to attack the city." As soon as these words came out, some generals in the tent nodded one after another, and they were moved.
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Jia Lu looked at the middle-aged general who spoke out, paused, and said, "Timur, our army has besieged Haozhou for several months, attacked the city many times, and was blocked one after another, but why?" The man named Tiemur
Mu'er's general blushed with shame and replied calmly, "The rebels are all desperadoes and will be difficult to conquer at the moment." Just as Jia Lu was about to speak, his face suddenly turned red.
The doctor stepped forward and stroked Jia Lu's back with his palm. After a while, Jia Lu coughed several times, spit out a mouthful of sputum, took a sip of milk tea, and then put his hands on the table and glared.
, said, "Your ancestors have all been favored by the emperor. As they hold official positions in the army, they should be brave enough to kill the enemy and reimburse the court. Are you still afraid of a group of rabble with thin clothes and wooden sticks?"
The generals below secretly cursed, "These White Lotus sect gangsters deliberately started a rebellion and occupied Haozhou City. They all used real swords and guns. Where are they still the helpless countrymen of the past?" However,
But I don’t dare to speak openly about these words.
I bumped into Mr. Jia Lu. After all, it was due to timidity in their respective arrangements. During the training, they rode around on horseback, and they looked decent. When they were about to attack the city, many people were frightened before they even climbed to the top of the tower.
The two legs quarreled, and he fell down from the ladder, and his liver and brain were all bruised.
When Jia Lu saw the generals bowing their heads in silence and inspecting each other, Jia Lu snorted, picked up a letter from the desk, raised it, and said, "Don't think you can attack the city and defeat the enemy with the help of those squire regiments! I don't think this is the case."
I came here just because I have a good relationship with some local elders nearby.
Friendships, long-term trust, and friendship are based on reason and affection. People can't put aside their feelings, so they have just led the country soldiers who guard their homes and courtyards to come to support them. Now is the beginning of spring, and these country soldiers are all thinking about returning home.
The family is plowing the fields and planting rice seedlings in preparation for the coming year. Has a letter arrived now?"
All the generals in the tent, like ants on a hot pot, clapped their hands one after another and said, "Commander, these five thousand country soldiers are familiar with the terrain and people's conditions here. They are really a weapon to contain the enemy and achieve surprise victory. We must not give it away like this."
He's leaving." "It's absolutely impossible!" "How can we fight this battle if we retreat from the battlefield?"
Seeing that the time had come, Jia Lu ignored the commotion of the generals, stood up, clapped his hands on the table, and said loudly, "I have replied to his letter and agreed to gather at the north gate of Haozhou tomorrow evening to attack the city at night! Stick!
Tu Gu, you lead the army's cavalry sentries and archers to annihilate all enemy sentries outside the city starting tonight. Timu
Son, from tomorrow we will collect and count all the catapults in the army. Then tomorrow night, after the repairs are completed, more large stones and firearms will be prepared, and a team of sergeants will be sent to secretly assemble them in the woods on the north and east side of the city. The rest of the troops will take turns to rest tomorrow.
When I arrive, I will listen to my command and conquer Haozhou City in one fell swoop!"
All the officers and men clasped their fists, shouted, and received their orders with a bang.
As the saying goes
With a sword on his waist and a heart of iron, the mountain monk was also powerful in those days.
The enemy's lights can be seen from a high position, and the city walls are photographed in the dark night.