Chapter 018: The Great War is Coming
The history of Madu is not very good, but he still knows some about the famous Battle of Hongdu and the Battle of Poyang Lake at the end of the Yuan Dynasty. Although it is not famous at home and abroad, there are still shocks in ancient and modern times.
In particular, the defense of Hongdu was a miracle with 20,000 against 600,000, although 600,000 had more water, but it was definitely not less than 400,000.
But Mado had no interest in witnessing miracles, especially the miracles of war, and he was born into a military family and went to military school to understand the cruelty of war better than the average person.
That's right, Hong Du was saved, but it was 20,000 against 400,000, and it took three months to fight for victory, and you can imagine the blood and cruelty with your toes.
No one can guarantee that there will be no accidents, especially after the appearance of his little butterfly, the sorrowful young man in front of him is his own little wings, the original trajectory of history, this guy should be in Zhenjiang. Oh yes, history has changed!
Although he had been in Hongdu for more than half a month, he never expected to rush to this point in time. I knew that I should have followed Ma Dajia to Yingtian, and I blamed Zhang Wuliu for what the stupid guy said he saw the "flying chicken", of course, he was also wrong, and believing in the words of the second goods was the biggest mistake in his life.
Zhu Wenying glanced at Ma Du and teased: "It's still a high-ranking child, when I heard the 600,000 army, my face turned white with fright." It would be good if all 600,000 troops came to attack Hongdu, so that they would not fight Yingtian. I should have followed my mother to respond to heaven in the first place, so I could help a little. ”
In the end, it is Ma Dajia's most beloved godson, no wonder he was sad to vomit blood when he heard the news of Ma Dajia's death.
Ma Du smiled, "As you wish, Chen Youliang's 600,000 troops will come to Hongdu." ”
Zhu Wenying laughed, "As long as 50,000 people can surround Hongdu to death, Chen Youliang is stupid, don't attack the empty Yingtian, come to fight Hongdu?" He suddenly lowered his voice, "I hope he will really come, and I won't talk to you anymore, I'll go to the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion to see if there is anyone who can help." ”
"You're right, I also think Chen Youliang's brain is in water. Oops, my medicine, Zhu Wenying's medicine! Ma Du chased out of the yard, where is there still Zhu Wenying's shadow.
Zhang Wuliu came out of the gatehouse, "Little sir, are you sick?" Whatever medicine you want, the small one will be bought for you, as long as the errand money of three pennies. But he stretched out his four fingers and shook his head in front of Madu's eyes.
The guy who doesn't even know the number really can't blame him for not being able to figure out the difference between "airplane" and "flying chicken". Naturally, he still had to find a reliable one to do things, so he took two ingots of silver and gave them to Lao Liu, asking him to buy more firewood, rice, oil, salt, and vegetables that were easy to preserve.
"Is the little gentleman going to war?" Lao Liu asked vigilantly.
Madu nodded and whispered, "If you have time, dig a small cellar under the stove, which can accommodate four people, plus some food and water." ”
The victory of 20,000 against 400,000 is a historical inevitability, and there are also many lucks. Madu expects the Battle of Hongdu to repeat itself according to the trajectory of history, but he must also be prepared for the unexpected.
Ma Du, Lao Liu, and Zhang Wuliu were all soldiers, and they had no intention of dying in the city. It's just that I don't know if a bloody man like Zhu Wenying will survive and drill the bottom of the pot with himself.
"Under the stove? High! Lao Liu stretched out his thumb, nodded knowingly, and went out with the silver.
When he returned to the house, Madu took out his pistol, took out ten empty cartridges, pried open the folded seal with a dagger, poured out all the gunpowder inside, wrapped it in clean rice paper and put it aside.
I wrapped a layer of water-soaked linen cloth with chopsticks, wiped the inner walls of the bullet casings one by one, and wrapped them in linen. He and Zhang Wuliu went to a blacksmith shop to smooth out the folds on the bullet casing, and asked the blacksmith to make the lead block into the shape of a bullet, which could be stuffed into the bullet casing.
Madu returned to the small courtyard to reload the gunpowder, because it was an empty cartridge, the gunpowder was insufficient, and he dismantled ten empty cartridges, and finally only loaded six bullets.
Putting the bullet back into the magazine and feeding it into the gun, Ma Du was sure that with this, he would be able to save his life in the upcoming war.
Six bullets are enough, and if six bullets are not handled well, ten or twenty are useless.
Lao Liu bought a lot of daily necessities, piled up a hill in the small yard, Zhang Liu and the others each hugged a bag of rice and moved it to the house with a smile, but the smile was very obscene, so that Ma Du almost thought that the bag was filled with a red yellow flower girl.
In the evening, Zhu Wenying came, patted Ma Du's shoulder excitedly and said, "I really let you guess, Chen Youliang's 600,000 troops all entered the mouth of the lake and came towards Hongdu, haha...... 600,000 are coming! Come with me, the Metropolitan wants to see you!" "Regardless of the three-seven-twenty-one, he pulled Ma Du and went out.
Zhang Wuliu scratched his head and asked Liu Chujiu beside him, "Isn't Lord Duwei's brain also not good, why is he so happy when others come to beat us?" How many people are 600,000? ”
He counted with his fingers and felt that it was not enough, and then looked at Liu Chujiu, "Old Liu, why don't you speak?" ”
At this moment, Liu Chujiu was dumbfounded, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he said tremblingly, "600,000 people!" Hehe......"
This time, Zhu Wenying took Ma Du from the main gate into the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw a group of generals and scribes coming out of the council hall, all of them with hurried steps and serious expressions, and some of them saw Zhu Wenying and said hello and left in a hurry.
Zhu Wenying also responded with a smile, it seems that this guy is quite familiar, and he is not less involved in the army, and he is the only one who can laugh in Hongdu City at this moment.
In the huge hall, there are two people here at this moment, Zhu Wenzheng is sitting behind the handsome desk, holding a lid and caressing the tea bowl, with a solemn expression and I don't know what I am thinking.
Deng Yu sat on the lower hand, crossed Erlang's legs, and held the tea bowl in his hand, which was much more relaxed than Zhu Wenzheng.
"Governor, I've called you." Zhu Wenying threw Ma Du in the middle, and he unceremoniously found a chair and sat down to drink tea.
Zhu Wenzheng walked down the handsome case, politely invited Ma Du to sit down, sat down on the side, and asked straight to the point: "How did Mr. know that Chen Youliang's 600,000 people would come to attack Hongdu." ”
"Guess!" Ma Du blurted out, and when he saw the strange faces of the three people in the hall, he realized that these words were very insincere, since you are willing to listen to nonsense, Lao Tzu will make it up.
Chen Youliang seems to be fierce, but in fact, he is fierce and suspicious by nature, and I heard that he was defeated by Wu Guogong in Longwan near Yingtian...... (Note 1)"
Zhu Wenying couldn't wait to ask: "That was a few years ago, what does it have to do with this time, oh, you go on." Seeing that Zhu Wenzheng was glaring at him, he had to shut up stupidly.
Ma Du smiled and stretched out a finger, "One, the lesson of the defeat of Longwan is too heavy, and it has a shadow in his heart...... is to have a knot in his heart, thinking that Ying Tian is an ominous place for him. ”
"Since you have a heart knot, you should untie it, and it is ...... to fight the genius Good! I won't interject anymore. Zhu Wenying waved his hand and continued to drink tea.
"So he is very inward-looking, a person who ties everyone to a warship and dumps the country to attack at every turn, how dare you think he is." Ma Du smiled and asked, "Do you really want him to fight Yingtian?" ”
"I don't want to!" Zhu Wenying shook her head, "What about two?" ”
"Second, it is still the shadow left by the Battle of Longwan. At that time, the envoy of Wu Guo deceived Chen Youliang and lured him to the narrow and blocked river, and blocked it with a stone bridge. Chen Youliang can't do it even if he has a huge ship, but it's different on this wide Poyang Lake, his 'crashing off the mountain' and 'plugging the broken river' (Note 2) are useful, and he wants to fight with Wu Guogong here. ”
Deng Yu put down the tea bowl and asked: "So Chen Youliang's purpose is not only to take Hongdu, but to lure the Duke of the Kingdom to Poyang Lake for a decisive battle?" ”
"Of course, otherwise why would he attack the country."
Zhu Wenying slapped the table, "Chen Youliang wants to attack my shortcomings with his own strengths, which is so sinister." What else? ”
Look at what this says makes no sense, isn't that how war works? No matter how sinister Chen Youliang is, he didn't die in the hands of your godfather, and his brains are unreasonable.
"If there is anything, it is because of his character, a person like him who killed Shangguan and killed the monarch (Note 3), it is impossible to understand why Wu Guogong took a huge risk to rush to Anfeng's aid, maybe he thought that there was a huge conspiracy waiting for him in Yingtian."
Bang Bang Bang ...... Zhu Wenzheng clapped his hands suddenly, "Mr. Xiao is really hidden, and the whip of analysis penetrates into every word!" Deng Yu and Zhu Wenying on the side were also nodding secretly.
"It's over, it's just a guess."
Zhu Wenzheng's voice suddenly became gloomy, "It seems that Mr. Xiao knows Chen Youliang very well?" “
(It's not about Fengyue, I didn't expect to see you here, I'm very happy and ashamed!) )
Note 1 In the Battle of Longwan, Chen Youliang was beaten by Zhu Yuanzhang near Yingtian, and the details can be Baidu.
Note 2 Chen Youliang's boat was so large that it was exaggerated as the Saiduan River crashing into the Broken Mountain.
Note 3 Chen Youliang is a typical Erwuzai, who first killed his boss Ni Wenjun, and later hammered Xu Shouhui to death in Quarry Rock, called the emperor, and the country name Han. In comparison, the current Lao Zhu can really be called an honest and honest person.