Zhang Jingtian was the leader of Lan Yu's left army back then, and he was also one of the few people who escaped death.
Neither Taizu nor the later Emperor Jianwen stopped tracking this person for a moment.
It's just that during the Yongle period, the emperor was busy dealing with other affairs, and his efforts to continue tracking the Lan Yu case were much reduced.
Suddenly, Xingzhou discovered Zhang Jingtian's whereabouts. The emperor asked himself, did he want to continue to carry out Taizu's wishes and arrest Zhang Jingtian for interrogation, or use him as a breakthrough to rehabilitate Lan Yu?
If the emperor inherits the throne normally, with his talents and abilities, he will definitely give Lan Yu an ordinary role, thus indirectly negating Taizu's actions and enhancing his own image as an emperor.
However, although the Battle of Jingnan was whitewashed by the court in many ways, astute people knew that the emperor's throne came from an unknown source.
The emperor must double praise Taizu and show his filial piety, so that the people of the world think that he should inherit the throne and be in charge of the country.
No matter how cunning Lin Shangli was, he was still in a state of confusion at this moment, unable to grasp what Ming Chengzu was thinking.
"What does the emperor mean?" Lin Shangli asked tentatively while kneeling on the ground.
"In any case, this man is a fugitive from a serious case in the previous dynasty. I must arrest him first." Ming Chengzu was silent for a moment, then suddenly turned around, "Xiao Chen is not here, then notify the Jin Yiwei and go to Xingzhou immediately to take care of this person."
The person was arrested and brought to justice."
Lin Shangli was stunned for a moment, not daring to refute anything, and hurriedly responded: "Yes."
In Ryukyu, inside Gushichuan Castle, Xiao Chen was walking, and his right eyelid twitched inexplicably.
Xiao Chen winked: "What's wrong? Is it smoked by the fireworks all over the city?"
He muttered in his mouth, raised his right hand, and rubbed it vigorously.
After rubbing it, my eyes immediately felt much better and my eyelids stopped twitching.
But as soon as he put down his hand, his eyelids started to twitch again.
"What sign is this? The battle behind Ryukyu will not go smoothly?" Xiao Chen shook his head. He did not believe this evil and continued to walk towards Zhu Gaochi's temporary camp.
In the hall, Zhu Gaochi and others were still pointing around the map.
Seeing Xiao Chen come in, the army leader Wang Zheng hurriedly raised his head: "Is Bu Qi ready to move?"
Xiao Chen nodded: "Got it."
Wang Zheng's face was full of joy: "I knew that if Dongchang took action, there would be no one who would not speak up."
As he spoke, he raised his right hand and punched Xiao Chen lightly on the chest.
When the two armies are facing each other, intelligence is crucial. As the leader of the army, whether you win the battle or not is your own responsibility.
With Xiao Chen's information, this battle will be much easier to fight.
Zhu Gaochi also looked at Xiao Chen with a smile, and said impatiently: "Tell me what the military layout is in Shannan."
Having captured Ryukyu's first city without a single soldier, the morale of the army was high, and Zhu Gaochi was looking forward to the thorny and thorny battle in the next battle.
Xiao Chen walked to the table, raised his right hand, and clicked on the other two cities in the Shannan area.
"These two cities, like Gushigawa Castle, each have a brigade stationed there, which is more than 7,000 people." As he spoke, Xiao Chen's fingers clicked heavily on Shimajiri Osato Castle, which was thirty miles away from Gushigawa Castle.
For a moment.
"This place, like our capital of the Ming Dynasty, is a key city in the Shannan region. Not only does Shannan King Talu live here, but there are also four brigades stationed there, totaling nearly 30,000 people."
"Thirty thousand people? Almost equal to our number? In this case, we should implement the previous strategy and capture the other two cities first, and then go back and deal with Wangtalu of Shannan." Looking at the army coach Zhu Gaochi, Wang Zheng suggested.
The reason why Guzhichuan Castle was captured so smoothly was not only the great contribution of the Ming Dynasty's gunpowder arrows, but also the numerical advantage, which was also an objective reason that cannot be ignored.
If they attack Shimajiri Osato Castle and the two armies confront each other, and the other two cities receive the news and outflank them, the situation will be extremely unfavorable to the Ming army.
Wang Zheng did not want to take the risk of being attacked from both sides and resist Shannan Wang Talu.
"That's feasible." Zhu Gaochi nodded.
Everyone's opinions were unanimous, except that Xiao Chen was not there during the discussion just now.
Zhu Gaochi turned his head and looked at Xiao Chen beside him: "Brother Xiao, what's your opinion? First deal with the small group of enemies, and then besiege Shannan King?"
Xiao Chen stared at the map, looked at it, stretched out his hand, measured the distance between several cities on the map, and raised his head.
"Your Highness, I think it would be more appropriate for us to go straight to Shimajiri Osato Castle."
As soon as these words came out, the army commander Wang Zheng frowned.
He looked at Xiao Chen with a slightly puzzled look: "The opponent has 30,000 people, and our army also has 30,000 people. If we can't take it quickly and the other two cities get the news and come to reinforce, our army will be attacked from both sides, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to deal with it."
"Brother Wang, there is a saying that soldiers need speed. From the time we landed to the complete capture of Guzhichuan City, we were not only fast, but also blocked all the other party's channels for transmitting messages. Judging from the current situation, King Shannan
He didn't even know that Toshikawa Castle had fallen." Xiao Chen clicked on Shimajiri Osato Castle on the map.
He also clicked on the other two cities and continued: "The nearest Shimajiri Ori Castle is still in the dark, so there is no need to talk about the other cities. It is better to use this strategy, first cut off the way for them to transmit information, and then surround them.
Attack the city quickly. Of course, we still need gunpowder arrows to open the way."
Xiao Chen chuckled.
Although the opponent has 30,000 troops, the Ming army has powerful gunpowder arrows. After an attack, how many combat-effective troops will they have left?
"There are 30,000 troops stationed in a city, and it is also the home base of King Talu of Shannan. They should not deploy all their troops inside the city like Guzhichuan City, and there should be a few troops outside the city. If so,
Our encirclement will increase the difficulty a lot. Wouldn't it be more appropriate to destroy the other two cities first and then go back to deal with Talu, the king of Shannan?"
Wang Zheng shook his head, not quite supporting Xiao Chen's suggestion.
He firmly believed that Xiao Chen still lacked experience in such a large-scale battle.
Xiao Chen pointed at the map with his finger again: "We are currently in the southernmost part of the Shannan area, with Shimajiri-Osato Castle in the middle, and the other two cities are in the north. If we want to capture the other two cities, we must start from the Shimajiri-Osato Castle defensive area
Passing by, this is the home base of King Taru of Shannan, and there will be no shortage of spies. It is almost impossible for the army to pass through the defense zone of Shimajiri Osato Castle without anyone noticing."
"Don't be afraid of this." Wang Zhengdao, "By the time they make their deployment, my army has already captured the other two cities."
"I'm not afraid of his deployment, I'm afraid that Shannan King Talu will escape." Xiao Chen laughed.
"Escape? No way. Shannan is his territory, where can he escape?"
"Let the Seventh Battalion go to the coast of our Ming Dynasty to plunder people's materials. Although he is under the banner of thieves and bandits, his heart is empty. Our army of the Ming Dynasty swaggered past him. According to his sneaky style of doing things, he ran away like this
The thing can definitely be done. Although Ryukyu Island is not big, it is still difficult to find someone who is hiding deliberately. What's more, we have to attack Zhongshan King and Beishan King later, so we can go find them if we have time.
He. However, if he took over the Shannan area and allowed the culprit who robbed our people in the Ming Dynasty to escape, this battle might not be perfect."
Xiao Chen said slowly.
"What Xiao Chen said makes sense." Zhu Gaochi, who was standing next to him, also interjected, "The purpose of our expedition to Ryukyu is because of the Japanese pirates. If Shannan King Talu is allowed to escape, the purpose of this battle will not be achieved."
"But, how to solve the defense outside Shimajiri Osato Castle? This will affect the speed of our army's siege." Wang Zheng was still a little worried.
"As I said before, first cut off their channels for transmitting news. You can arrange for the vanguard army to block all the roads around Shimajiri Osato Castle. Then cooperate with Touchang to take down the outer defenses, and the army can just lay siege to the city."
Pioneer officer Tang Xing straightened his waist: "This is no problem."
Wang Zheng thought for a while and nodded: "As long as the army will not be attacked from both sides, this is a feasible strategy. By taking Shimajiri Osato Castle, the battle in the Shannan area is basically over. We can move towards the King of Zhongshan
geographical expansion."
"Okay, let's do it this way." After listening to everyone's analysis, Zhu Gaochi agreed with Xiao Chen's suggestion.
If he really allowed Shannan King Talu to escape, his father would definitely blame himself after returning to Beijing.
"Wang Zheng obeyed the order and led the army to quickly surround Shimajiri Osato Castle and capture Shannan King Talu alive." Zhu Gaochi immediately issued the order.
"Yes." Wang Zheng responded hurriedly.
"Tang Xing, the pioneer officer, and Xiao Chen, the purple-clothed captain, obey the order." Zhu Gaochi said again.
"The general is here, and my subordinates are here." The two men responded hurriedly.
"You two work together to cut off all access roads between Shimajiri Osato Castle and the outside world, and at the same time, seize the city's outer defenses before the army encircles it."
"yes."
An hour later, a team of five to six thousand people quickly poured out of Gushikawa Castle and rushed towards Shimajiri Osato Castle.
And behind them, a huge group of dark people followed closely like a tide.
