Chapter 49: The Battle of Yangzhou (Fourth Update)
Hearing Gao Cheng and Zhu Sheng's words, many masters of the Ming Sect were a little relieved, while Lan Yu, Hu Dahai, and Feng Sheng, who were famous in the future, were excited, and they couldn't wait to fight with the Meng Yuan army immediately and overthrow Meng Yuan.
Of course, this is not because these masters of Mingjiao are afraid in their hearts and dare not fight with the Yuan soldiers, but they have been in the rivers and lakes all their lives or half of their lives, and the most contact is to fight in the rivers and lakes and compete for territory.
If you say it well, they are heroes, but if you don't say it well, they are the same as the green skin nature of violating the ban with force and burning each other. Seeing the military camps stretching for more than ten miles, as well as the Mengyuan army on the other side that seemed to cover the sky, they subconsciously felt a sense of emptiness.
Suddenly came into contact with a field that did not belong to him at all, no matter how high the martial arts of Ren Yang Xiao and Yin Tianzheng were, they had no confidence in their hearts.
Gao Cheng glanced at Chang Yuchun and said, "Chang Yuchun, you are the commander in this battle, I hope you don't let me down!"
In the original history, Chang Yuchun was a famous general second only to Xu Da, and he was extremely proficient in water battles, foot battles, and cavalry battles, among which the quarrying battles, Longwan battles, and Poyang Lake battles were all victorious.
The individual strength of this world is stronger than the original timeline, but the ability to lead the army is still the same. Gao Cheng believes that Chang Yuchun will never live up to his expectations.
Chang Yuchun immediately knelt down and said: "The last general will definitely not disappoint the king, this battle will be won!"
Gao Cheng nodded, looked over him, and saw a team of people and horses under the general's platform! This team of people and horses is about 5,000 people, and the general who leads the troops is a strange man with extraordinary bearing, this person is Zhu Yuanzhang, the altar master of the Haozhou branch of the Ming Sect, and beside him, they are Xu Da and Tang He.
"It's a pity that Xu Da and Tang He are also generals, among which Xu Da is the best candidate for the commander of the three armies, but the two have already followed Zhu Yuanzhang, with the mental skills of this Ming Taizu, I am afraid that the two of them have already followed with all their hearts, and they can't dig the foot of the wall if they want to!"
Gao Cheng sighed in his heart. It is undoubtedly a great loss to have talents and not be able to use them.
"Zhu Yuanzhang's heart is unparalleled, wise and martial, if I don't appear, he is the future Hongwu Emperor, drive out the Tartars and restore the Central Plains, since ancient times, there is no more than this!"
It's a pity that in this world, in order to disrupt the original timeline and awaken the world consciousness, Gao Cheng can only choose to complete Zhu Yuanzhang's future achievements first.
At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang served under him, and if he killed the general for no reason, the hearts of the people would inevitably be scattered. So Gao Cheng didn't kill the hidden dragon's mind in advance. As long as the other party is not given a suitable environment, even if it is a true dragon in the future, it must be slowly raised in shallow water.
At this time, a sergeant walked quickly to the bottom of the general platform, knelt down and reported: "Your Majesty, the enemy army sent someone to deliver a war letter!"
Chang Yuchun immediately went down, brought the war book in the soldier's hand, and carefully checked it, and then forwarded it to Gao Cheng.
Gao Cheng shook slightly, glanced at ten lines, read the battle book, and then showed a smile on his face. said: "The Mengyuan army wants to compete with our army before the big war, hehe, this is to rely on the many masters under his command, and want to hit our morale before the big war!
When Zhu Sheng heard this, he hurriedly stood up and arched his hand and said: "The king is wise, this is just a trick of the Tartars, the army to conquer and seize the world, pay attention to the dignity and integrity, and the means of the rivers and lakes are absolutely not advisable! Our army already has a chance to win this battle, why bother with the provocation of the Tartars!"
He knew that Gao Cheng was the leader of the Ming Sect and a master in the rivers and lakes, but he was afraid that King Wu and a group of his subordinates would really fight a duel with the Tartars, and it would be dangerous to encounter an ambush at that time.
Since Sun Ce was assassinated during the Three Kingdoms, all princes and emperors have been heavily defended every time they travel, and Gao Cheng is at this time concerned about the safety of millions of soldiers and civilians in the south of the Yangtze River, and he must not travel easily.
Gao Cheng said with a smile: "What Mr. said is right! But since the Tartars have issued a war letter, if we don't respond, won't we let them down? Chang Yuchun, King Yin Ye, and Hu Dahai listen to the order!"
The three people who were shouted hurriedly walked out and knelt down.
The smile on Gao Cheng's face disappeared, and he said in a deep voice: "I will give you 50,000 sailors, and then let the 2,000 elites of the Flame Banner obey your command!
Chang Yuchun received the order from Gongsheng, and then took the tiger talisman from Gao Cheng......
Seeing the three of them turn to leave, Gao Cheng smiled and said to Zhu Sheng: "Back then, Fu Jian threw a whip here to cut off the stream, intending to destroy the Eastern Jin Dynasty and unify the universe, and I don't know if the 500,000 army of Mengyuan can be compared to Fu Jian's millions?"
Zhu Sheng's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said with a smile: "Fu Jian's millions of people are invincible to the 50,000 elite soldiers of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and our army has 250,000 elites, and Meng Yuan claims to be 500,000 troops, but in fact it is only about 300,000, and the difference between the enemy and our army is not far behind!
Gao Cheng laughed, turned his head to look at Beigu Mountain in the distance, at this time the mountains and grasses were lush, and when the time came to defeat the Mengyuan army, I didn't know if it could make the other party have the illusion that the grass and trees were all soldiers.
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Gao Cheng asked Chang Yuchun to lead the army, not that he could sit in the camp and wait for the military report, he himself had to board the warship and personally press Chang Yuchun and others.
He, the king of Wu, personally boarded the ship and sat in the town, and the morale and courage of his soldiers will definitely be able to rise by three points. Sometimes just a small advantage can set the stage for victory.
Knock knock knock!
The war drums on the big ship were like thunder, and King Yin Ye took the elite of the Heavenly Eagle Sect, and Hu Dahai took another warship, divided into left and right wings, and acted as a suspicious soldier with great fanfare.
And Chang Yuchun took two thousand elite fire flags, personally took nine large ships and dozens of small boats, and directly killed the flagship of the commander of the Mengyuan Naval Division.
"The traitor sailor is here!
"The Ming army is coming! Hurry up and let them rush over!"
The Mengyuan Navy also had dozens of big ships, and there were countless small ships in the water village, but they didn't expect that the main force of the Ming army had just come to Zhenjiang, so they took the initiative to attack, and they were a little flustered.
"What's the panic! Catch up with me! The number of thieves' ships is far inferior to mine, there are only 50,000 sailors, and we have 100,000! If we are outnumbered, we will definitely win!"
Meng Yuan's naval commander Kang Maocai heard the signal and immediately came out to command. kept scolding in his mouth, and quickly stabilized the overall situation.
At this time, the commander of the Mengyuan Naval Army, the barbarian Hague, came to the main ship. When I came to the high platform, I saw more than a dozen large ships divided into two wings, and there were only nine large ships in the middle along with dozens of small boats, so I laughed and slapped my right hand on the railing. He said with a smile: "The thief actually distributed the main force on the two wings and used the small boat as the vanguard! This is the heaven that made me make meritorious service!"