Daming: Brother, there is no future for monks, let's rebel

Chapter 227 Xu Da destroys Han

"Zhang Jiu, is there any rich family around here?"

The person who led the way was ranked ninth in the Zhang family, so Xu Da called him Zhang Jiu.

"Marshal, the villain knows that there is a Wu's manor in front of him. It is from the Guanghan family. There are thousands of servants in the family, and the money and food are piled up like a mountain." Zhang Jiu said.

"Thousands of servants?"

When Xu Da heard this, he was immediately satisfied.

If they can defeat this local tyrant, they will not be short of food this time.

"Marshal, the Wu clan has long been loyal to Chen Bandit. Many members of the family are officials and generals of Chen Bandit. Now that Chen Youliang is leading troops to fight, many of Wu's children will follow him."

"You mean, there aren't many soldiers in the Wu Family Manor now?" Xu Da heard it immediately.

Obtaining the food and grass reserves of the powerful Wu family in Guanghan, Xu Da can use these food and grass to recruit nearby refugees, and then attack Guanghan City together.

Since Chen Youliang entered Sichuan, the refugees from all over the country have been made difficult by the war.

Xu Da's original plan was to spread his banner widely after entering the hinterland of Sichuan, recruit nearby refugees to strengthen his momentum, first attack Guanghan, cut off the connection between Chengdu and the outside world, and then go straight to Chengdu.

"The commander-in-chief is right. Wu's family soldiers only have at most 2000 people, and the rest are old and weak women and children, so there is nothing to worry about." Zhang Jiu said, patting his chest.

The Wu family in Guanghan has always had a feud with the Zhang family. Since Chen Youliang took over Sichuan, the conflict between the two families has become more and more serious.

"Okay, immediately lead the way!"

Xu Da said without hesitation.

Now that he has ventured deep into a dangerous situation, he naturally stopped looking forward and backward, and simply took down this powerful family directly to supplement and strengthen his own strength.

Only in this way can the hope of capturing Chengdu be a little bit bigger.

"Don't worry, Commander, the villain will lead the way!"

Zhang Jiu immediately responded happily.

Xu Da then gave instructions to the left and right generals.

"All of you go back to your headquarters, raise all the flags, and let the people in Sichuan know that the master of the Ming Dynasty has entered Sichuan!"

After hearing the words, several generals agreed in unison.

Xu Da then gave orders to the accompanying generals such as Hua Yun and Wu Liang.

"Spread out all your cavalry, and cut off the roads leading to the outside as much as possible, so that Chen Youliang cannot let Chen Youliang know that we are coming."

"Anyone who goes out from Guanghan will be arrested and guarded first, and they will be killed for disobedience!"

After Hua Yun and the others got the order, they immediately carried it out.

Now the whole Sichuan is very empty, and these cavalry are enough to be invincible.

"As long as we can win Chengdu and pacify Sichuan, Daming's strongest military exploits will belong to me."

Xu Da looked at Yingtian's direction with a serious face, and said silently in his heart.

As the flags of each army were raised again, tens of thousands of cavalry marched forward with unstoppable momentum.

It was Guang soldiers who first discovered these enemies emerging from the mountains and forests.

"Who are those people?"

A small group of patrolling Guanghan soldiers were puzzled by the large number of flags that suddenly appeared in front of them.

"Maybe it was a victory in the previous battle?"

A soldier craned his neck and said.

He saw colorful flags in the distance, but his illiteracy made him wonder which team it was.

I just feel that the march ahead is fast, and it doesn't seem like the defeated soldiers are retreating.

"What is the victory in this direction?"

Another person immediately said that it was not reliable.

"It may also be that the battle was won in the west. I heard that the emperor has gone there!"

The little leader of the team said.

"Let's take a look first, it must be our own people anyway."

Several people think it makes sense.

This is the hinterland of Sichuan, and apart from the army of the Han Dynasty, it is impossible for other troops to appear.

A group of people walked quickly towards the front.

They hadn't gone far when they saw a group of cavalry running out of the team with banners and banners in front of them.

These cavalry seemed to be coming for them.

"Hey, that's not right."

Seeing this, the soldiers couldn't help muttering in their hearts, and a bad premonition came to their hearts.

In almost a moment, those cavalry urged their horses to rush forward at high speed.

Judging from this posture, it seems that they are about to surround them.

"No, hurry up!"

The little boss panicked, shouted, and immediately turned around and ran back.

At this time, the rapid sound of horseshoes had already reached everyone's ears, followed by a sharp whistling sound.

"what!"

"what!"

Several screams sounded from around, and feathered arrows shot over, and two Chen Han soldiers fell down screaming.

"Forgive me, forgive me!"

Seeing this, the remaining soldiers knew that they couldn't run away. They all gathered together and hugged each other, begging for mercy to the surrounding cavalry.

"Who are you!"

A cavalryman riding a black horse asked ferociously.

Seeing this, the little leader of Chen Han's soldiers replied immediately.

"We are the soldiers of Guanghan Wu Zhifu!"

"Prefect Wu?"

The cavalryman looked puzzled, as if he had never heard of any magistrate.

When several Guanghan soldiers saw this, they all felt panicked.

These cavalrymen who killed their two companions all spoke with an accent in the northwest area, and they must not be from Sichuan!

They all vaguely guessed that these cavalry must be enemies!

At this moment, another group of cavalry rushed over.

The leader was wearing shiny armor, and he looked like a general with a high official position.

"Marshal, these are all soldiers of the Guanghan prefect!"

When Xu Da heard this, he was overjoyed immediately.

What a coincidence.

"I am Xu Da, the Great General of the Ming Dynasty. I am ordered by the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty to attack the Chen bandits in Chengdu. Are you willing to serve the court?!"

When the Guanghan soldiers heard this sentence, they were all dumbfounded.

They never expected that this large group of troops turned out to be soldiers of Daming.

They all come from the mountain road!

Aren't the northern gates of the mountain road guarded by soldiers and horses from the Han Dynasty?

How could so many Ming troops have been killed in Guanghan without any news?

but.

These things are no longer their concern.

What these soldiers want most is to survive.

"Yes, yes!" said the leader of the Guanghan soldiers.

"Yes, yes, we are all willing to serve!"

"We are all willing to serve the Ming court!"

Xu Da saw that these small fish and shrimps were quite interesting, so he gave the order straightforwardly.

"Well, I will give you a chance to make meritorious deeds!"

"You lead the way ahead, first help me trick the gate of Wu's Manor, collect some food and grass, and then open the gate of Guanghan City!"

Xu Da already knew from Zhang Jiu that the Wu Family Manor was sturdy and huge, with two gates alone, it could be said to be a real big manor.

If there is no internal response or surprise attack, I'm afraid it will take some effort.

Led by these surrendered soldiers, they soon arrived at Wu's Manor.

The servants of Wu's manor were obviously very familiar with these soldiers.

Then, a cloud piercing arrow sounded.

The main force of the Ming army hiding in the woods far away took down the Wu family manor with ease and obtained a large amount of food and grass.

Afterwards, Xu Da came up with a trick to open the warehouse and release the grain.

A large amount of food quickly attracted many poor people from the surrounding areas to join the ranks of the Ming army.

These poor people do not have enough to eat on weekdays.

Now seeing a large amount of food, they rushed over one after another.

Xu Da led the Ming army to march forward, and many people held farm tools in the back to intimidate the enemy with bluff.

This trick really worked.

When Xu Da led the army to arrive at the foot of Guanghan City, the defenders of Guanghan City were already scared out of their wits. The Ming army only launched a tentative attack and took Guanghan City easily.

Immediately, Xu Da ordered people to carry all the supplies in Guanghan County, and played another game of opening warehouses to release grain.

Collect all the young and strong people in the whole city.

In just half a day, Xu Da had more than 5000 recruits under his command.

Less than two days.

Xu Da's army increased from less than 3 to more than [-].

Xu Da knew that it was not too late, he had to go to the city of Chengdu as soon as possible, otherwise the Han army around Chengdu would definitely gather in Chengdu after getting the news.

At that time, Xu Da's [-] soldiers might not be enough.

In order to motivate his soldiers, especially those local soldiers from Sichuan who had just been recruited, Xu Da not only opened a warehouse to release food, but also took out all the gold and silver treasures in Guanghan City and rewarded them to the soldiers.

Inspired by food and gold and silver, the morale of these soldiers was high.

Xu Da led this army to attack Chengdu in a murderous manner.

But now Chengdu is just an empty shell, and most of the troops were taken away by Chen Youliang to attack Tubo.

In the huge Chengdu, only Chen Youliang's son, Chen Li, the crown prince of Chen Han, commanded [-] soldiers and horses to garrison.

Chen Li, who is still young, is no match for Xu Da.

Under Xu Da's fierce onslaught, Chen Li couldn't stop Xu Da's edge at all.

In less than a day, Xu Da captured Chengdu!
And at this time, let alone Chen Youliang, who was far away in Yunnan, did not know that Chengdu had fallen.
Even the other state capitals near Chengdu did not know that the Ming army had captured Chengdu!

Daming, Hongwu six years, spring.

Jiangnan in late spring is so beautiful!
A picture book depicting Ying Tianfu's appearance is in Zhu Han's hands right now.

Holding the painting book in his hand, Zhu Han carefully looked at the scene on it.

I couldn't help but feel very happy.

He is not only happy with Yingtian's new appearance in the picture book, but also because of this picture book.

The picture book is not the usual freehand brushwork in ink and wash, but drawn with charcoal pens.

Vivid sketch drawings.

Although it is still very immature in some details, it basically has the appearance of sketches of later generations.

"Not bad!"

Zhu Han praised twice.

"Did you draw this picture book?"

Zhu Han asked a woman next to him.

"His Royal Highness, these paintings are all drawn by my concubine!"

Hearing Zhu Han's question, Zhou Zhiruo immediately replied.

"Haha, amazing! Zhiruo, you can be regarded as the originator of a new school of painting!"

Zhu Han took Zhou Zhiruo back to the seat of the grand master's chair.

As Zhu Han's concubine, Zhou Zhiruo was born in a merchant family in the south of the Yangtze River. She is not only proficient in poetry, but also very talented in painting.

Therefore, after Zhou Zhiruo entered the palace, Zhu Han quickly discovered her talent.

Zhu Han gave her the sketching technique of drawing with charcoal.

Zhou Zhiruo, who is an ordinary genius, understood it very quickly at that time.

During Zhu Han's expedition, Zhou Zhiruo made great progress in sketching skills.

Now that the result is in hand, it has greatly exceeded Zhu Han's expectations.

"I just followed His Highness's instructions and scribbled randomly. I can't be regarded as the originator."

Zhou Zhiruo was half in Zhu Han's arms, and said coquettishly.

"Haha, I just taught you a few times casually. You are the one who really understands it, and you are naturally the originator of this painting school."

While Zhu Han was talking, he exerted some strength on his hands.

Zhou Zhiruo noticed Zhu Han's salty hands, and her pretty face immediately flushed.

In the palace in broad daylight, she was too shy to die.

Zhou Zhiruo quickly changed the subject.

"Your Majesty, drawing and painting is just a minor skill, just for fun, not worthy of His Highness's praise."

"This is not an unlearned skill."

Zhu Han smiled lightly, and then continued.

"These drawings are extremely precise. They not only reproduce the scenery, but also draw the terroir of a place on paper."

"With such detailed pictures, it is possible to know what seeing is believing from thousands of miles away."

Zhou Zhiruo was still a little puzzled when she heard the words.

"Then what's the use of it?"

"What's the use? It's very useful!"

"Your Highness, can you tell me?" Zhou Zhiruo, a young schoolmaster, is full of curiosity.

"Not only can you draw mountains and rivers, but you can also draw local products, and you can also draw shadows and graphics for people."

Zhu Han kept talking about the benefits.

Finally, Zhou Zhiruo finally understood.

The painting skills I have mastered are secondary to painting landscape architecture.

According to Zhu Han's intention, the most important thing is to draw the mountains and rivers of the Ming Dynasty.

"Nowadays, the Ming Dynasty is fighting in all directions, and various terrains, mountains and rivers are the most important thing!"

Zhu Han has seen the mountains and rivers maps that were "collected" by the Song and Yuan courts before.

For the situation in the Central Plains, these freehand maps are somewhat useful.

Once in the remote place ruled by Jimi, it is completely blank, and there is no reliable map at all.

There is no map data left at all for the places where the battles were fought.

"As long as you have this kind of detailed map, it's like having a clairvoyance, and you can plan your march and formation in advance."

Zhu Han said again.

These elementary sketches in Zhou Zhiruo's hands have already used detailed scales.

As long as a little improvement is made, military maps can be made one by one.

Coupled with the iconic sketch scenery, the accuracy of the orientation can be fully achieved.

Later in the late Qing Dynasty, a large number of European, American, Japanese and Russian travelers and explorers went deep into the interior of China one by one. They were called expeditions and investigations. In fact, they were all for military drawing.

And the result is one basket after another.

In the late Qing Dynasty, the people dispatched by the Japanese pirates were even more extreme. As small as a river or a temple, they would be drawn on the Japanese pirate map.

When the Japanese pirates invaded in an all-round way, some of the national troops who went out of the province to fight the war did not even have a better understanding of the local terrain than the Japanese pirates.

"Zhiruo, I have one more thing that I want to leave to you to handle yourself," Zhu Han said.

"Your Highness, just give orders." Zhou Zhiruo replied.

Zhu Han then ordered someone to bring up a wooden box.

Zhou Zhiruo became curious.

Although the wooden box is not big, it seems quite heavy.

The two strong bodyguards worked together to lift it up with great difficulty.

Zhu Han dragged Zhou Zhiruo to the side of the box.

He opened the box.

I saw that the box was full of gold and silver!
A whole chest of gold and silver.

Only then did Zhou Zhiruo understand.

No wonder the two guards were struggling so much just now.

The gold and silver in this box must weigh more than 200 catties.

"Your Highness, what are these gold and silver?"

She soon discovered the difference between the gold and silver in this chest.

The gold and silver in it are not ordinary gold or silver ingots, nor are they special shapes of gold wares.

It's gold and silver coins one by one.

(End of this chapter)