Zhu Ao nodded at her, and didn't bother to let her get flat, and strode away. Lan Youcheng knelt for a long time, until the back of the prince completely disappeared from her sight, and then she stood up with the support of the palace maid, and her face was always filled with a happy smile.

At the same time, in the Suzhou Acropolis in Jiuquan, the Ming soldiers guarding the city repelled a wave of enemy attacks.

"Gao Wazi, this is the first time the thieves have attacked." A middle-aged veteran asked angrily.

"It's the eighth time." The young man named Gao Wazi took a bite of the dry food in his hand, and then took another sip of water before saying unhurriedly.

This was Gao Wazi's first battle, and he was very scared at first, but after eight enemy charges, he had gone from a rookie to an experienced veteran.

Not far from the two of them, Geng Bingwen in military uniform, he hadn't closed his eyes all night, which made him a little unbearable as he got older, and there was a slight trace of exhaustion and dust on his usually resolute face.

Next to Geng Bingwen stood a middle-aged man with a big waist and a full beard, this middle-aged man was named Zhao Yong, who was also a high-ranking official who was a commanding envoy, and was Geng Bingwen's confidant.

Zhao Yong looked at the crowd under the city wall, and finally realized what it meant to "be destroyed by black clouds", and said to Geng Bingwen with a worried face: "My lord, when will the reinforcements arrive?" Is it because of that incident that the king of Su remembers your hatred and refuses to send reinforcements? ”

Geng Bingwen glanced at his beloved general, looked old, and said with great confidence: "No." I know King Su's personality very well, he is a person with great ambitions, and he will not delay state affairs because of this personal grudge. Besides, this Suzhou Acropolis is his land, and he doesn't want us to feel distressed. If I'm right, reinforcements will arrive by tonight at the latest. ”

Zhao Yong didn't seem to be satisfied with this result, spit on the ground, and said impatiently: "Night? Look at the airtight enemy army below, can we hold out until the night? ”

Geng Bingwen stroked his beard, looked into the distance, his eyes were also full of worry, although he repelled the enemy's eight attacks, but anyone could see that the enemy's attack did not do his best, long-term war experience told him that the enemy is definitely not a bodhisattva's heart, and he intends to let him go, he must be holding back some big evil, and he is ready to pit Geng Bingwen at a certain time.

Geng Bingwen also has a strong skepticism about whether his subordinates can hold out until the night, but he is the main general and the backbone of the whole army.

Geng Bingwen laughed, put on a very relaxed expression, and said, "Zhao Yong, you still have a short time following General Ben." I think that when General Ben was alone in guarding Changxing, Zhang Shicheng's troops were much more fierce than this. "Geng Bingwen is the world's first good general, the soldiers all know his specialty, with him, the whole army has a confidence in their hearts, which is also an important reason why they can hold on for so long.

At this moment, a guard beside Geng Bingwen suddenly pointed his finger forward and said with a panicked expression: "Look, general! ”

Geng Bingwen covered his forehead with his hand and squinted his eyes to look ahead, and the enemy army began to attack again. Zhao Yong, who was beside him, also realized the seriousness of the matter, and the enemy army, due to its large numbers, had been using wheel tactics and attacked eight times alternately. They can take turns to rest, but the soldiers of the Suzhou Acropolis have not rested for a day and a night, and they are all supported by one breath.

Zhao Yong immediately pulled out his sword, pointed ahead and shouted, "Quick! Meet the enemy! The officers and men immediately began to work like clockwork. According to the military system formulated by Lao Zhu, the biggest official here is Geng Bingwen, the commander, followed by Zhao Yong, the commander, who is in charge of a guard, that is, 5,600 people, but his guard is not yet a member, only more than 3,000 people.

Below the commander is a thousand households, in charge of 1,120 people, below a thousand households are 100 households, in charge of 112 people, under a hundred households is the general flag, in charge of 50 people, and under the general flag is a small banner, in charge of 10 people.

This was the most basic establishment of the Ming army. The horn of the siren sounded over Jiuquan, and the already exhausted Ming army had to once again regain its spirits, climb the city walls, take out all kinds of weapons, and prepare to meet the enemy army.

"Smack!" There was a whip on the ground, and it erupted from a hollow enemy platform. "Hurry up! What are you rubbing! The thieves are coming! A general flag shouted. He was in charge of guarding this hollow enemy platform, and his brothers had been fighting for a day and a night, and they were extremely tired, and some of them were really unable to bear it, and even if they heard the siren, they still lazily lay on the ground and slept.

How can this work! Originally, there were few people on his side, and there were still people who dared to be lazy. The soldiers are all hot-tempered, and this general flag has no nonsense, he goes up with a whip and scolds: "Fuck! What to sleep on? If you sleep again, the head will be taken off by the thief! ”

When the lazy soldiers saw that the commander was furious, they immediately rubbed their sleepy eyes, got up one after another, and took up arms to meet the enemy.

An officer must not only be brave, but also be able to urge his soldiers to fight to the death, otherwise what is the use of fighting alone? From this point of view, this general flag is a qualified officer.

After the general flag bombarded all the soldiers under him, he returned to his command position, looked out from a hole, obediently, came up so quickly?

Most of the thieves in the Western Domain were Mongolian nobles, and after the fall of the Yuan Dynasty, they had no support, some stood on their own, and some went to hug other people's thighs. This wave of people was actually the Guanxi Seven Guards who later attached themselves to the Ming army, with Hamiwei and Shazhou (Dunhuang) Wei being the most powerful.

However, the Kansai Qiwei and the Jianzhou Wei of Liaodong, only obeyed the Ming Dynasty on the surface, but in fact it was an independent small kingdom, and the Ming Dynasty had limited control over them.

These foreign leaders are always afraid of power and not virtuous, or Liu Bang said well: "If you are not of my race, your heart will be different." ”

In the impression of many people, the Mongols fought by relying on cavalry to rush wildly, which is very wrong, no matter how powerful the cavalry is, it will not be able to climb the city wall. And the cavalry is not omnipotent, and the infantry is not helpless when it encounters the cavalry. Lao Zhu's troops are also mainly infantry, didn't they drive away the Yuan army? Yue Fei also relied on the infantry to break the cavalry of the Golden Vulture in Zhuxian Town.