Ming Dynasty: Evolution from snake to national guardian beast

Chapter 52 A chance to reform

Sure enough, when Zhu Yunwen saw Jiang's memorial, he was immediately shocked.

"Fourth uncle, is fourth uncle going to rebel?"

"How...how could this happen?"

Zhu Yunwen looked surprised, as if he really didn't know that Zhu Di was planning to rebel. Zhu Yuanzhang sighed and said:
  "I've sent someone to take Zhu Di back, and you can handle it. How about it?"

A hint of joy flashed across Zhu Yunwen's face. Just as he was about to agree, he suddenly remembered something and said quickly: "Grandpa Huang, I think it is inappropriate to arrest Fourth Uncle at this time."

"Right now, my fourth uncle is fighting outside with 200,000 troops. If I find out that Grandpa Huang already knows about his rebellion, I'm afraid my fourth uncle will come back and fight to the death.

"How about waiting for Fourth Uncle to come back from the war and kill them all in one fell swoop. This way, everything will be safe."

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard Zhu Yunwen's suggestion, a look of embarrassment appeared on his face, and then he nodded heavily and said, "Then I'll do as you say."

But what the two of them didn't know was that Zhu Di, who was fighting in Liaodong, had an army of 200,000 on the verge of life and death. If there was a slight mistake, the whole army would be annihilated.

Within Liaodong.

After receiving Zhu Di's order, Zhu Neng immediately took 3,000 elite cavalry and set off from Daning, heading straight to the east. Marching day and night, the frontline of the army was already pointing at Haizhou.

After marching for a day and a night, Zhu Neng led his army out of Daze, which was more than 300 miles away, and entered Haizhou.

However, when he came to Haizhou and saw this scene, his eyes almost popped out of his head.

Haizhou, which was once prosperous, is now in war.

A fire broke out on the originally peaceful street. When the fire gradually subsided, only ruins were left.

On the ground, charred corpses were lying in a mess, their faces were beyond recognition, and their faces could not be seen clearly.

There was a burning smell in the air that made people nauseous.

Zhu Neng tried to find survivors, but he found no trace of any living beings in the huge village, not even an animal.

Passing several villages along the way, they all saw scenes like this. Zhu Neng and the Ming Dynasty soldiers behind him were all furious and wished they could kill the Tatar beasts who broke into Haizhou right now. .

Zhu Neng led his army and started heading straight for Haizhou Acropolis.

Judging from the current situation, the villages near Haizhou have been looted.

The only place where there are still enemies is Haizhou Acropolis.

Just when Zhu Neng led his army to Haizhou Acropolis, a Tatar team of 4,000 people suddenly appeared in front of Zhu Neng. This team all appeared in front of him silently.

"Brothers, kill all these sons of bitches!"

Without thinking, Zhu Neng roared, waved his weapon, and took the lead in charging into the Tatar camp.

At this time, Zhu Neng had forgotten the huge gap in numbers between the two teams and the lack of men and horses in his own team. His only thought now was to kill all the beasts in front of him. The Ming army behind him followed Zhu Neng without hesitation and attacked the unprepared Tatar cavalry.

Seeing the Ming Dynasty army attacking fiercely, the leader of the Boot Knights was dumbfounded.

There was only one question in his mind: Why was there suddenly a group of well-equipped cavalry here?
  Unfortunately, before he could think clearly, the Ming army's cavalry was like an arrow that left the string, piercing into the Tatar formation.

The black soil under his feet had turned into a river of blood.

The outcome of this battle has been decided. Although the Ming Dynasty army without a commander traveled a long distance, it was well-equipped and shared the same hatred of the enemy. In addition, the horses were extremely fast, and the Tatars had no power to resist when faced with an enemy that was caught off guard.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the four thousand boots and whip cavalry were beheaded by the furious Ming Dynasty army, and more than a thousand heads were chopped off.

It was only then that the Tatar cavalry woke up from a dream and quickly retreated. Zhu Neng was also chasing after him. He didn't stop until he saw a large number of people on the other side.

At this time, Zhu Neng was only fifty miles away from Haizhou, and could be said to be very close to the Tatar army.

Zhu Neng, who stopped, immediately interrogated the prisoners and inquired about the whereabouts of the Tatar army.

Zhu Neng was horrified. After receiving the news that the Tatar Great Khan Luckber had led an army to attack Shenyang, Zhu Neng was shocked and quickly reported the matter to Zhu Di in the rear.

At this time, Zhu Di was still walking through the swamps of Haizhou.

From Daning to Haizhou, if you want to reach Haizhou in the shortest time, you must pass through Liaoze, the vast swamp area in Liaodong.

Looking at the map, you will find that one section of the original Liaodong Great Wall was sunken to the south, forming a V shape.

The reason is very simple. It is because of the landform here that it is impossible for the Ming Dynasty to build the Great Wall here.

There are many floods underground in Liaoze. Except for the posthouses and piers, there are few people around. There is no smoke around, only swaying reeds.

It can be said that anything but a swamp is a swamp, which is not conducive to building the Great Wall at all.

Fortunately, the weather is still cold, otherwise, even if Zhu Di had an army of 100,000, he would probably be trapped here.

After receiving Zhu Neng's message, Zhu Di called Bai Chu and Zhu Quan and said worriedly: "Master Bai, there is news from the front. Lu Kebo has no intention of escaping. He is heading east towards the Shenyang Guard."

"What should we do now?"

"Should we go directly to Shenyang, or continue to attack the Haizhou Guard?"

After a moment, Bai Chu spoke.

"My lord, I think we should continue to go south to Haizhou to defend."

"The terrain of Shenyang City is dangerous and towering. It will not be easy to capture it."

"If the Tatars really hit Shenyang Wei, his teeth would probably be knocked out."

"We should capture Haizhou as quickly as possible, cut off the retreat of the Tatar Great Khan Lekobo, keep the Tatar army of 100,000 in Liaodong, and kill them all."

"The weather is still very cold now. If Lukber really wants to capture Shenyang, his death will not be far away."

"Lukebo has no intention of returning north now. In my opinion, it is better to ask General Zhang Yu to go east to reinforce Liaohai and Tieling Guards to prevent Lekebo from escaping from the north."

Zhu Di nodded. There was nothing wrong with Zhu Quan and Bai Chu's analysis, but Zhu Di still had some doubts.

Why did these Tatars go to Shenyang to defend it even though they knew they couldn't capture Shenyang? Could it be that they were really crazy or really crazy?

Besides, with their temperament, Tatars have always just grabbed a handful and left. However, this time they went out of their way and actually wanted to cause trouble in Liaodong. It was really abnormal.

Although Zhu Di was worried in his heart, he remained calm on the surface and directly ordered his army to continue marching to Haizhou to join Zhu Neng.

(End of this chapter)