Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang

Chapter 596 Aunt Thirteen, Where Did You Put the Ginseng?

After Timur lost [-] cavalry, the battlefield fell into a rare calm.

Timur's cavalry hesitated to advance, and Sapphire's vanguard did not take advantage of the victory to pursue them. The two sides formed a strange tacit understanding.

At this time, Timur is at war between heaven and man, thinking about how to end this war decently.

Because the sudden appearance of fast-loading firecrackers on the battlefield has completely disrupted his rhythm.

According to the previous loss rate of 1 people, his remaining [-] cavalry are not enough for the opponent to fight for half an hour, right?

But if you don't fight, wouldn't it be embarrassing?
While Timur was hesitating, Lan Yu sat on the high platform of the Central Army, looking at the opposite side with a calm demeanor, but kept gesturing to his subordinates in private, telling them to hurry up and quickly dry the water in the conventional firecrackers.

Because he was afraid that Timur would suddenly react, or suddenly go crazy and launch a full-scale attack, and then all his 5 people would be here.

After half an hour, Timur spoke quietly.

"Hao Hai Da Yu, what do you think should be done now?"

"Your Majesty Sultan, it is impossible to advance and retreat now."

When Timur heard this, he showed approval.

"Yes!"

"If I had known that Daming was so powerful, I wouldn't have gone to war myself."

What Timur regrets most now is the imperial conquest. If he hadn't come in person, no matter how many defeats he suffered on the front line, there would be room for recovery.

At the very least, his reputation as His Majesty Sultan will not be damaged.

However, now that he is on the battlefield in person, let alone a defeat, even a disgraceful victory will not do.

"Your Majesty Sudan, even if we are defeated in this battle, we must see the limits of Ming Dynasty and seize a few of these new firearms for imitation, otherwise we will only suffer even greater defeats on the battlefield in the future!"

"Whether we win or lose this time is not important, what is important is to see clearly the true strength of Ming Dynasty and accumulate experience for future wars!"

Timur's eyes lit up when he heard Hao Haidayu's words, not only gave him admiring glances, but also felt a little grateful for his thoughtfulness.

"Hao Haida is right!"

"Whether you win or lose this battle is not important anymore, the important thing is to accumulate experience for future battles!"

"Order the vanguard cavalry to attack the enemy from both wings!"

"If you order the Chinese army to attack head-on, you can't give the Ming army any respite!"

"In addition, the entire army is ordered, whoever captures the Ming sergeant alive will be promoted to three ranks, and whoever captures the new Ming firearm will be rewarded with a thousand gold!"

As Timur's military order was issued, Timur's army went completely crazy.

This time the reward has tripled, who wouldn't be crazy to change it?

The vanguard army, who had just been terrified by Daming's new firecrackers, was also red-eyed at this time, screaming and charging towards the sides of the Ming army.

Lan Yu saw the other party rushing towards him overwhelmingly, even though he had experienced many battles, he couldn't help showing a solemn expression on his face.

"The whole army is ready!"

"Victory is a battle, life and death are a battle!"

"Change formation!"

With the issuance of the Sapphire Army Order, the [-] West Expeditionary Army quickly changed formations under the command of officers at all levels.

The shield hand squatted forward, inserted the shield into the ground forcefully, connected all the shields with hooks, and supported and fixed them with the poles that come with the shields. In an instant, a shield wall was formed outside the army formation.

After the shield wall was formed, the gunners who had loaded the gunpowder came forward collectively and put the guns on the shield wall for aiming.

When the first wave of Timurid cavalry rushed within range, they calmly pulled the trigger and accurately hit the projectiles on the galloping horses.

As for the people on the horse, they didn't even bother to look.How big is the goal of the horse, as long as the horse is killed or disabled, will the people on the horse still be a threat?
After firing a gun, the soldiers quickly withdrew from the front, and the soldiers who had already loaded the gunpowder went up to the top, and then the soldiers who had withdrawn ran to the rear to reload.

A group of five soldiers, each responsible for guarding a shield.

Normally, five soldiers should take turns to shoot forward, but Daming’s firecrackers all use fixed gunpowder, and the reloading speed is much faster. happens sometimes.

But at this time, no one cares about whether the process is right or not. Enemies are overwhelming, and you can just pack the gunpowder and let it go without thinking.

If you look down from a high altitude, Da Ming's military formation is like a small boat floating in the torrent, as if there is a risk of capsizing at any time.

However, this small boat is extremely tenacious. Whenever it capsizes, it will struggle to turn around and stabilize itself again.

After the opponent's crazy attack, Sapphire stopped pretending to be aggressive on the high platform, but hid in a circle of shields and carefully watched the battlefield situation, adjusting her formation according to the opponent's attack rhythm.

In fact, there is nothing to adjust the general formation, but when the opponent storms a certain direction, he secretly mobilizes some Chinese soldiers to assist in the defense.

While Sapphire was peeping from behind his shield, Timur was far more daring.

After all, he is several miles away from Sapphire Central Army, even if the opponent has a sharpshooter, it is impossible to hit him.

However, watching his carefully selected warriors fall to the ground one after another, Timur's heart is still bleeding.

But what made him even more depressed was that his side had already paid more than 3 people, and Daming's side was still able to handle it with ease, and the firepower did not decrease at all!

There is only one thing that makes him feel relieved, that is, the range of Daming's firearms does not seem to be as far as it was in the beginning, and now it is only about two hundred steps.

When Timur was hesitating, Hao Haida wanted to speak eagerly.

"Your Majesty Sultan, this level of strength will not be able to break through the Ming army formation. It is a waste of soldiers' lives!"

"If you want to break through the Ming army formation, you have to bet the last 5 people!"

"Bet on it?"

How can Timur not hesitate, the remaining 5 people are the imperial guards, all of whom are composed of the people of the imperial capital and the children of the nobles.

Once he loses too much, his throne may not be guaranteed!
"Your Majesty Sultan!"

"You have to make a decision quickly, otherwise we will really become a refueling tactic!"

"Ugh!"

Timur hesitated a little, and issued a new military order ruthlessly.

As soon as his military order came out, fifty thousand imperial guards were dispatched and charged towards the Ming army formation.

Sapphire hid behind the shield, watching Timur's army rushing towards their own army without fear of casualties, her face was full of disbelief.

If his army suffered such a big loss, it is estimated that the supervisory team would not be able to kill it. How did Timur make his soldiers forget their lives?

"Bad boys!"

"The real test is coming, everyone needs to be quicker in their hands and feet. If you play slowly, you may be dumped by the other party!"

"General, gunpowder is available, but the firecrackers are too hot after firing for a long time..."

Sapphire scolded angrily upon hearing this.

"Behind us is the river, order the soldiers to get some water from the river, and it will be over!"

"General, we didn't bring anything to hold water!"

"are you a pig!"

"Helmet, which rice bowl can't hold water!"

"It's really impossible to take off your clothes and soak them in water, can't you also cool down the firecracker!"

"Oh oh oh..."

Hearing this, Li Yan hurriedly took the soldiers to the river to fill the water to cool down the firecrackers, and then white smoke rose from the blue jade army.

As Timur put the last [-] cavalry on, the army formation on Sapphire's side felt unprecedented pressure.

The two wings are a little bit better, and the frontal battlefield is almost defeated by a new cavalry to make up for it.

Seeing the cavalry on the opposite side getting closer and closer, the soldiers in the Blue Jade Army were a little panicked.In some cases, the charge was wrong and the lead was forgotten.In some cases, the cooling time in water was too long, causing the firecrackers to be completely soaked.

Lan Yu also saw that the forward was a little bit overwhelmed, and hurriedly transferred soldiers from other places to stand on top.

But his speed was still a step too late. As Timur's heavy armored cavalry rushed up against the rain of bullets, the center forward of the Blue Jade Army was instantly torn open.

Just when the Ming army at the gap thought that they were about to encounter a massacre, they were surprised to find that the opponent ignored them at all, but kept picking up the weapons they dropped on the ground.

The barrels of some weapons became hot because they were fired for too long, and these people didn't care, they picked them up and put them under their armpits and ran away.

Sapphire was also stunned by the scene in front of her. The opponent managed to tear open a hole, shouldn't she hurry to expand the results of the battle, why are she so busy picking up those rags on the ground?

Firecrackers have a service life. It is estimated that after this war, all the firecrackers in the army will have to be replaced, otherwise they will explode in a battle of this level.

Sapphire didn't feel sorry for Huobao, seeing that the opponent didn't intend to expand the results of the battle, she hurriedly mobilized soldiers to plug the gap.

Timur's soldiers didn't bother, and ran away after capturing a batch of firecrackers.

Although some of the slow runners were given guns by Sapphire's soldiers, many of them ran back carrying firecrackers.

Timur, who was standing on a high place, saw this situation and secretly scolded the front-line commander as an idiot, while ordering Ming Jin to withdraw his troops.

Although the commander neglected his duty and didn't rush up quickly while tearing the opening, at least he had accomplished the strategic goal, tested the limits of the Ming army, and successfully seized a large number of firecrackers from the Ming army.

After Mingjin withdrew his troops, Timur suddenly discovered that many "dead" soldiers on the ground miraculously came back to life, and ran back with the large army.

Lan Yu was also shocked by this scene, he just praised the other party for not being afraid of life and death, dare to say that many people deliberately pretended to be dead on the way because of it!

No wonder he felt that the marksmanship of the soldiers under him today was too precise, so he ran into a group of actors?
Timur's soldiers were not stupid either. After seeing the first batch of people rushing forward being beaten into sieves, they lowered their bodies and fell to the ground at the same time as their horses fell.

Therefore, the one-hour battle seems to have knocked down many people, but the number of people who were actually shot was far less than it seemed.

Timur was also pissed off by the soldiers under him, but he was just angry, and had no intention of blaming them, and was even faintly happy for their wit.

After all, as long as people are alive, they can form combat power after going back to rectify!

On the one hand, he also discovered a weakness of the Ming army, that is, it can only fight standing enemies. If the soldiers lie down...

Timur's mind was spinning rapidly, and he felt that he should change his mind the next time he fought again, such as sneak attacking at night, or dig a trench and fight along the trench?
Lan Yu secretly breathed a sigh of relief seeing Timur retreating. If the opponent continued to fight hard, her side might really collapse.

However, fighting against [-] cavalry with [-] infantry, not only did not lose the wind, but also won a big victory. Maybe Zhu Butcher can return his Liang Guogong back?

After a brief rest between the two armies, Timur immediately led his troops to retreat.Lan Yu didn't send troops to chase, but ordered the soldiers to set up camp on the spot, planning to take a good rest.

Although there were not many casualties on my own side in this war, the firearms were seriously damaged and the consumption of gunpowder was also very large. We had to wait until the large troops arrived before we could spare any further action.

Timur didn't retreat very far, and stationed in a town dozens of miles away from Suiye City, and then sent a messenger to continue the spat with Lan Yu.

It is nothing more than that I am right, you should not hit me, you should withdraw your troops as long as you talk about morality.

Sapphire also held on tightly, unless Timur sent Prince Chagatai and Meng Yuan Mahamu back, he would not withdraw his troops.

Then Timur put forward some other conditions, such as demarcating land and acknowledging the legal rule of Ming Dynasty over the Mongolian Yuan and Chagatai areas, so as to quell the war and the like.

Seeing that the other party proposed such a condition, Lan Yu didn't dare to be presumptuous this time, and quickly sent someone to send a telegram to ask Zhu Yunxi for his opinion.

However, when the telegram was sent back to Ming Dynasty Nanjing through one transfer station, it seemed to sink into the sea without stirring up any waves.

There is no other reason, but because Zhu Yunxi is now fully focused on Lao Zhu, and has no mind to pay attention to the battlefields of the Western Regions.

Zhu Yunxi sat on the head of Lao Zhu's bed, watching Lao Zhu's expression faded, his breath getting weaker and weaker, his heart ached to the point of suffocation.

Although he knew the time of Lao Zhu's death a long time ago, when this day actually came, it was still unbearable for him.

This is his first relative in this world, and it is also the relative who treats him best and trusts him the most.

The old man gave himself all his love, and also gave himself his most cherished empire.

But I couldn't even keep him for one more day...

"Grandfather, hold on!"

"In three more days, you will break the shackles of fate, you can... you can..."

Lao Zhu, who was lying on the bed, twitched his eyelids when he heard this. He really wanted to fight against God, but he had no strength left in his body.

Zhang Sloppy was originally a master of Qihuang, and he sighed secretly when he saw Lao Zhu in this state.

"Your Highness, manpower is sometimes poor, please be sorry..."

"No!"

Zhu Yunxi roared hysterically.

"The fates of my second and third uncles have all changed. I don't believe I can't change the fate of Grandpa Huang!"

The reason why Zhu Yunxi tried his best to toss Zhu Xi is actually an attempt, that is, to drive him overseas, change his existing destiny, and try to escape his useless way of death.

Judging from Zhu Yu's current state, Zhu Yunxi succeeded. Not only did he successfully complete Zhu's new life, but it also saved him from a doomed assassination.

"Really Zhang, help me, as long as my grandpa can live for three days, three days will do..."

"If it's only three days, Pindao really has a way..."

"only……"

"Just what?"

"It's just that there is a lack of a strange medicine. This thing has not been valued by the doctors of the past dynasties. But when Pindao traveled outside the customs in his early years, he was fortunate enough to witness that when an old man was dying in the Jurchen tribe, the local people used a kind of herbal medicine that looked like a human. It lives on."

Zhu Yunxi immediately felt relieved when he heard this.

"You mean ginseng?"

"Ginseng?"

"Pindao really doesn't know what this thing is called. I only know that this thing has overbearing medicinal properties and is even masculine. It should be beneficial to your majesty's body."

Zhu Yunxi ordered several carts of ginseng with Zhu Zhi long before he became a feudal clan, and had prepared this item in the palace a few years ago.

"Come on!"

"Go to Tai Hospital and fetch dozens of ginseng!"

Not long after, the Taiyuan Hospital ran over with a sad face and handed over dozens of jet-black things.

"Your Highness, this ginseng may not be of much use. I dare not give it to Your Majesty. Please express it clearly..."

Seeing this scene, Zhu Yunxi almost lost his breath.

"How did you do it, how did you keep this thing like this!"

"Your Highness, doctors have no record of using this product before, and our hospital does not know how to mix and prepare this product, so..."

When Zhu Yunxi heard this, he wanted to kill someone.

"Damn you!"

"If Grandpa Huang really has something good or bad, you can accompany him to the underground to serve him!"

"Come here, send a telegram to King Liao as soon as possible, ordering him to prepare a few cars and wait for the ginseng to be delivered to the pier immediately..."

Just as Zhu Yunxi was eagerly ordering, Xu Miaoqing, who was accompanying and serving, said something weakly.

"His Royal Highness, the concubine brought some ginseng when she came to Beijing, I wonder if I can offer it to His Majesty..."

"what?"

"You brought it?"

Zhu Yunxi grabbed Xu Miaoqing's hand and asked eagerly.

"Aunt Thirteen, where did you put the ginseng?"

"Just... on the carriage outside the palace..."

"I thought that my father is old and can take ginseng to nourish his body, so..."

Zhu Yunxi didn't have time to listen to her explanation, so he left him and ran out quickly.

"Where are you going, Your Highness!"

"I'm going to fetch ginseng from Aunt Thirteen's carriage!"

(End of this chapter)