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

Chapter 336 The Betrayal of the Kingdom of Aragon
After Zhu Han left, Zhu Yuanzhang returned to work.

As for the matter of adding craftsmen to the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang no longer paid attention to it, but handed everything over to Zhu Han. He believed that Zhu Han could handle it well and allow Daming to gain more benefits.

For Zhu Yuanzhang, rectifying the administration of officials so that officials can follow his orders is the most important thing at this stage.

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Meanwhile, vids.

Dauphiné had been captured by Daming a long time ago, and Wang Baobao had made enough preparations, but he couldn't resist Daming's artillery fire, so he could only flee in a hurry.

As for the news that Wang Baobao planned to unite with the Valois Dynasty and the Kingdom of Aragon to resist Ming Dynasty, there was also... no news.

Timur, who was on the Eastern Front, had also fled to the capital of Byzantium at this time. It wasn't that he didn't want to resist, it was that he couldn't fight.

Sapphire fired three lines at once, and Timur was unable to separate himself. In addition, Ottoman and Hungarian soldiers rushed forward desperately. Who can stand up to this?

Timur was defeated again and again, and the more he lost, the more he fought. In the end, he retreated to Byzantium and joined forces with Wang Baobao. Relying on the height of Byzantium and the artillery specially used for city defense, he tried to stop the Ming army.

If we say that apart from the capital of Byzantium, Wang Baobao, Timur and other ministers are desperately resisting, then those who are still thinking hard about wanting to "continue" the Western Yuan are those who went to the Valois and Aragon dynasties The envoy of the Western Yuan Dynasty.

After receiving Wang Baobao's order, the courtiers of Xiyuan rushed to the two countries immediately, trying to get the two countries to send troops to resist Ming Dynasty through diplomatic relations.

The two teams of envoys from the Valois Dynasty and the Kingdom of Aragon brought very heavy gifts, including a lot of gold, silver and jade, just to persuade them to send troops.

Charles V of the Kingdom of Valois is busy fighting with England, and has no time to take care of the war on the Eastern Front. Moreover, after being reminded by the minister, Charles V knows that the current Ming Dynasty is a powerful empire that has defeated the Mongol Yuan, so Charles V will not take the initiative To provoke Daming, even though the emissary's lips were worn out and his voice was smoky, Charles V didn't agree.

After accepting the gifts from the Mongolian envoys, they directly sent the team of envoys out of the Valois dynasty. The envoys who led the team wanted to say a few more words, but the Valois frontier army directly said: " Hurry up and get out of our country, if you dare to take another step, you will be decapitated."

"..."

This is a typical turning face and denying people!

Seeing the unreasonableness of the Valois frontier army, Meng Yuan's envoy was filled with grief and indignation, but now he has something to ask for, no matter how sad and indignant he was, it was useless, so he had no choice but to return to Xiyuan.

However, when he returned to the Western Yuan Dynasty, he found that his family was almost gone. The envoy team of the Kingdom of Valois became a prisoner of Daming before returning to the capital to report to Wang Baobao.

After capturing this team of envoys, Lan Yu and Zhang Dingbian also learned that Wang Baobao sent envoys to contact the neighboring kingdoms to resist Ming Dynasty. Now the envoys who went to the Valois Dynasty failed and returned, but went to the Kingdom of Aragon There is no news about the team of envoys, so doesn't that mean... the Kingdom of Aragon is planning to stab the Ming army in the back?
Zhou Buxin smiled: "The Kingdom of Aragon... I really don't know how the word death is written."

"He hasn't acted yet, and we don't want to judge rashly, and our main target now is on Wang Baobao, and other things have to be put aside."

Zhang Dingbian is not inclined to act now, and said to Zhou Buxin: "I think Pedro IV's soldiers are a group of robbers who bully the weak and fear the hard, similar to the little devils on Wa Island. Our Ming's army, whether it is the main force or the logistics The soldiers and horses are much stronger than those of the Kingdom of Aragon, so even if there is trouble, it will be fine, besides, if we break up Wang Baobao’s navy, it’s a big deal that we go by sea.”

During the siege of Byzantium, Lan Yu had successfully joined forces with Zhang Dingbian and Zhou Buxin, and they are now working together to besiege the capital. Now Wang Baobao is fully prepared, and the range of the artillery on the city wall is farther than that of Daming... the roar of the artillery fire , It can almost shake three miles away.

Wang Baobao, you have made great progress.

Sapphire can also guess that the artillery did not appear during the attack before, but now the artillery only appears in the capital, which already explains the problem: first, the number of artillery prepared by Wang Baobao is far from enough; Although the artillery has a long range, it is too cumbersome to operate.

Such artillery can only be of some use in defending the city.

However, Sapphire has a way to deal with it, but it will take a little time. Sapphire does not want to have any more twists and turns in attacking Wang Baobao. As Zhang Dingbian said, the Aragon Kingdom is indeed not strong in terms of strength. Worth mentioning, but like a fly...not a threat, but a disgusting one.

"It's good for him to stay obediently. If you want to cut off the flesh from Daming, let Aragorn change the king."

Sapphire didn't want to occupy Aragon, at least not right now. It's too far away from Daming, so he can tie the Kingdom of Aragon with commerce, and then talk about occupation after Daming's population expands enough.

In this case, there are many feasible ways.

If they are disobedient, then change the king. It is not impossible to change this land to another country.

Lan Yu and Zhang Dingbian agreed to attack Wang Baobao first, and make the troops behind be more vigilant. If Pedro IV dares to make trouble, they will make Pedro IV disappear.

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Pedro IV is a great conspirator, but this is only compared to Europe and Africa, but for Daming, he is a bit short-sighted.

When the envoys sent by Wang Baobao appeared on the land of the Kingdom of Aragon, they received great attention from Pedro IV. When the two sides met and the envoys from Xi Yuan explained their intentions, Pedro IV suddenly became suspicious .

Pedro IV thought that Daming was very rich, and if they randomly cut off a piece of meat from them, Aragon would benefit a lot. But at the same time, Pedro IV also thought that Ming was very powerful. , It is easy to get angry.

The Byzantine Kingdom that defeated Holy Rome is not an opponent, and Pedro IV does not think that he is also an opponent of Ming Dynasty.

However, the fat was hanging in front of his eyes, and Pedro IV felt sorry for himself if he didn't take a bite.

How to do?
The envoy who came to persuade Pedro IV saw Pedro IV's hesitation and said to him very seriously: "Great King Pedro IV, you don't have to worry about being retaliated by Ming, you can take all You and your subordinates can also change into our costumes and attack Ming's army, and all the profits will belong to you."

Hearing that someone was willing to take the initiative to stand up and be scapegoated, Pedro IV became even more moved.

Opportunity, good opportunity.

Pedro IV already agreed with the other party's proposal in his heart, but he didn't agree immediately. He just told the other party: "Okay, I have my own discretion in this matter. You stay here first. After I think about it, you Leave again."

Keeping the envoys of Meng Yuan, if he failed in the robbery, if Da Ming was held accountable, he would cut off the heads of this envoy team and apologize to Daming. what is the problem.

The plan is good, but it is not certain whether the plan can be completed.

When Pedro IV decided to do something, he thought too simply. He didn't have a clear judgment on the surrounding situation, but just subconsciously evaluated himself and Daming... If it was as simple as the envoy said , How could the Valois dynasty have no movement at all?

The messenger's mouth is purely deceiving people.

It's a pity that Pedro IV, who was already blinded by profit, never thought of these problems. After sending away the envoys, he had already started to make a plan to attack the Ming army's logistics.

Pedro IV selected three thousand elites, then changed into Meng Yuan's clothes, selected the location of the surprise attack, and then began to wait for the Ming army's transport team to appear.

Different from Pedro IV's waiting, when Da Ming took action, it was basically in a coordinated state. When the front army got the news, the central army and the rear army would make corresponding adjustments. Lan Yu, Zhang Dingbian and the others in the front Received the news that Wang Baobao sent envoys abroad, and learned that he was going to unite with Valois and Aragon to deal with Daming. The news was quickly spread to the rear army and logistics troops. , One-third more soldiers and horses than usual.

The Ming army’s logistical supplies were under great pressure. In order to keep the food and military resources of the soldiers on the front line unaffected, they all delivered materials in three shifts, so that materials could be delivered continuously. There was another aspect The reason: Even if one of the transport teams is attacked by the enemy, the other two transport teams can quickly make up to avoid the shortage of supplies in the former army.

Of course, dividing into three teams can also prevent the enemy's sneak attack. If they know in advance that the enemy will attack the material transportation force, they will quickly reorganize the soldiers of the supply battalion, changing from three transport teams to two, and even more. Good guarantee the safety of transported materials.

What's more, the combat power of Ming's soldiers is not comparable to that of ordinary people. Even if it is just a supply corps, they can also instantly disintegrate the enemy.

This is the confidence of the Ming army to go to sea to fight!
Excellent weapons and equipment, amazing fighting will, and the courage to live to the death in the face of the enemy, there is such an army in the world, who can fight against it?

Pedro IV?
Just a clown.

Zhang Songnian, a native of Huguang, Huguang suffered heavy losses at the end of the Mongol and Yuan Dynasties. In order to consolidate the rule of the Mongol Yuan in Huguang, the rebels from all walks of life in the world fought battles here again and again in order to obtain the fertile land and people in Huguang. The whole Huguang was beaten. It was rotten. Later, the army of the Ming Dynasty occupied Huguang, lived with the people, and quickly gained a foothold in Huguang. Zhang Songnian’s family was affected by the war. He was protected by his brother Zhang Songshan, and now both brothers joined in. In the Ming army, his elder brother Zhang Songshan is now in Yinzhou, and Zhang Songnian is stationed in India with Zhang Dingbian. Now he is serving as a school lieutenant in the army, coordinating food transportation.

When Zhang Songnian learned from the Shangguan that the king of Aragon might rebel, he immediately became happy. Zhang Songnian was not able to go to the front line, which made him feel very regretful. He made reports several times to enter the front line but was not approved. Zhang Songnian was very depressed. He felt that he had been escorting food and grass behind him, so he had no chance to make military achievements.

But the hard work paid off, and the opportunity to make meritorious service finally appeared. When he met Pedro IV, who was not able to use his head, wasn't this a shot at himself?

Pedro IV?
I, Zhang Songnian, thank you and will definitely send you to meet your eight generations of ancestors!

Zhang Songnian couldn't help but be very vigilant when escorting the grain and grass, and even sent scouts to check the opponent's [-]-mile radius, and reported the enemy immediately if he found the enemy.

It was not easy for Zhang Songnian to bump his head against the south wall with difficulty. No matter what, he would not let this opportunity of meritorious deeds slip away from his hands.

Opportunities are reserved for those who wait and endure. Zhang Songnian has waited for so long, isn't it just for this opportunity?
Then, Pedro IV appeared very cooperatively.

He took his carefully selected elite soldiers, disguised as Mongolian Yuan people, and quietly lurked on the route of Daming's transportation of luggage, and he immediately attacked when the transportation team entered their ambush circle.

Zhang Songnian arrived quickly. Pedro IV was a little worried at first, but when he saw that Daming's transport team had only [-] soldiers, Pedro IV immediately regained his spirits.

Three thousand against eight hundred.

I am waiting for work with leisure, and the other party is rushing long distances.

So many things... the advantage is mine!
After simple thinking, Pedro IV thought he would win, but what he didn't know was that his every move was under the surveillance of Daming scouts, and he wanted to ambush others, but he didn't know that he had become a fish on the cutting board .

When the Ming army entered the encirclement circle set by Pedro IV without any precautions, Pedro IV gave an order, and three thousand elites raised their strong bows together and shot towards the transport convoy of Da Ming.

And the [-] Ming troops seemed to have expected it long ago, and hid around the baggage cart one after another, relying on the carriage to raise their shields to guard against the arrow attack.

There is a gap where the shield meets the shield, but the effect is not great. The sword and shield soldiers use the hand shield hanging on the arm to block the gap.

Zhang Songnian also hid behind the shield, looking at the jingling arrows hitting the shield, he couldn't help shaking his head: Pedro IV doesn't know how to fight, the best way to attack the convoy transporting food and supplies is to attack with fire. But Pedro IV didn't do this at all, which has already fallen behind.

A rain of arrows drifted by, and all the arrows were blocked, but Pedro IV did not notice this. After five rounds of arrows were shot, Pedro IV immediately led the elite to fight out, screaming Rush to the Ming army.

"coming!"

What Zhang Songnian waited for was for the other party to appear. He immediately drew out the machete and patted the upper shield on his forearm with the back of the knife: "Brothers, it is not easy for our transportation team to make achievements. It is not easy to encounter a battle. We have to fight this battle well." Beautiful, don't let an enemy go!"

"As ordered!"

"Brothers, kill the enemy!"

Zhang Songnian gave an order, and the shield soldiers beside him also threw their shields on the ground, picked up their spears, and looked at the screaming enemies who rushed up, with very excited killing intent in their eyes.

After being a soldier for so many years, I finally had a chance to fight a battle.

As Zhang Songnian said, they finally had the opportunity to fight, and they were not willing to let go of any of the enemies in front of them!
(End of this chapter)