King Gu sneered and slowly lowered the curtain, but he was looking forward to it, this time in the battle of Texas, will Li Jinglong make military achievements for the emperor?

On 15 April, Li Jinglong led his army out of Dezhou and into the river, where Wu Jie, Marquis of Anlu, waited in Baoding, intending to join Li Jinglong at the Baigou River.

Zhu Di once again stood on the platform of the generals, he already had 300,000 troops under his command, but this time, he planned to obey his son's wishes, and put the veterans who were less than fifteen years old and over fifty years old home.

After such elimination, only 150,000 of the 300,000 troops remained, but the scene in the army was completely new.

"The fourth prince is sympathetic to you, this king is not a ruthless person, all those who leave the army will be able to get a pension, if they refuse to go home and are willing to stay and work, everyone will have a bowl of rice to eat, follow this king to fight, not to send his life, this king wants to earn a good way for everyone to walk!"

"Chitose Wangye!"

The soldiers in front of the school field have not only a lot of pride in their chests, a dignified fighting spirit, but also a warmth that the cold winter wind can't blow away, and it is easy for thousands of troops to get, and thousands of troops are not easy to get, especially at this juncture, when the Yan army is not dominant.

However, they also know that if the prince is not completely sure, he will never disarm, how can there be a reason for disarmament at the juncture of a big war?

At this moment, suddenly a struggling voice came into the ears of everyone in the school field, and a slightly immature voice shouted, "I want to see the prince, I want to find the prince to comment, why do you want me to retire from the army, I just want to fight!" ”

Who else has to fight?

Zhu Gaoxian was stunned, he couldn't help but look in the direction of the source of the sound, and saw a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy being escorted in, after kneeling down in front of his father, the young man leaned his neck, "Lord Wang, I want to go with you on the expedition, and I can help transport the cannons!" ”

Zhu Di was inevitably proud, and looked at his son, as if to say, look, you have to let your father lay off employees, saying who is willing to fight, the weapons and equipment are good enough at the moment, and those old and young people are dismissed, so that they can go back to farming and live, but people have to follow us.

Zhu Gaoxian was a little speechless, he pretended not to see his father's eyes, waved his hand, and asked people to escort this child down, at a young age, what kind of battle will he fight!

"There is still a lack of a cannon in the cannon workshop, hand him over to Ma Sanbao and let him transport the cannon!"

The boy wailed, and all the soldiers burst out laughing.

Zhu Di couldn't help laughing, he took two steps forward, "150,000 troops, leave 50,000 to guard Beiping City, and the rest of the people follow this king to fight against Baigou River!" ”

He sighed, "Li Jinglong's vanguard Ping'an has already led the troops to the Baigou River, I heard that the formation is ready, and is waiting for the king to go and throw himself into the net, and the court also said that the people of Beiping City have been skinned alive by the king, and boiled into human broth to feed the bellies of the soldiers!" ”

Everyone was stunned for a while, touched their stomachs uncomfortably, and looked at the gang leader, could it be that they were really eating the human flesh of the common people?

This is truly speechless!

The sergeant in charge of the catering stepped forward and said in a loud voice, "Lord Wang, they are talking nonsense, what we eat is obviously rice noodles, and the meat food is beef and mutton exchanged with Tatars." ”

Zhu Gaochi was a good trader, some of the sweaters and down jackets that Zhu Gaochi made were sold to the south, bought rice and noodles and came back, and some exchanged cattle and sheep with Tatars.

Zhu Di smiled, "How can this king not know? The army is starting today, let's not let Cao Guogong and An Luhou wait for a long time! ”

Guo Ying stood aside, he was not wearing armor, it was obvious that he did not plan to participate in this battle, and Zhu Di was not a lot of him.

Zhu Di's big hand waved, only to hear the sound of the rumbling tractor, a cannon was loaded on the tractor, drove up to the school field, lined up, followed by the cavalry with submachine guns, followed by the shield soldiers with shields, and the infantry with firearms, the bayonets on the firecrackers were still shining in the cold light under the warm sun of Sanchun.

These are all equipment that the southern army has never seen, Guo Ying couldn't help but pinch a cold sweat for Li Jinglong and others, I don't know if the other party's 600,000 army can withstand the slaughter of the Yan army?

Zhu Di looked at the cannons and guns under his command, his face flushed with excitement, and all the soldiers were also enthusiastic, and everyone was eager to try, not like they were going to participate in a war, but like they were scrambling to harvest people's heads.

"Li Jiujiang, the husband is incompetent, the first battle of Zhengba Village has not suffered enough from my Yan army, this time, you don't have to show mercy to your subordinates, this king and you will build a meritorious cause together!"

"The prince is mighty, the Yan army is mighty!" The mountain roared to the sky, and the white clouds above their heads trembled and dispersed.

After the army drove out of the city, Zhang Yu asked for orders to lead a group of cavalry to go to the Baigou River, intending to wait for work. Zhu Di ordered to go, and when Zhang Yu arrived at the Baigou River, three days later, the vanguard of the Southern Army Du Ping'an led the army to arrive.

On this day, Zhu Di led the troops to cross the Wuma River and camped at Sujiaqiao. Zhu Di's heart was uneasy, Zhu Gaoxian woke up at night and saw his father sitting on the Hu bed with a gun, with a gloomy face.

Zhu Gaoxian knew what his father was worried about, he stood up, walked to his father's side, and sat down next to his father on the Hu bed, "Dad, are you worried that those tractors won't be able to move tomorrow?" ”

The only thing that the Yan army can rely on is firearms, and it rains so heavily, firstly, Zhu Di does not understand gunpowder, and he is worried that when the time comes, after the cannonballs are drenched in the rain, it will not be able to make a sound as before, and secondly, as Zhu Gaoxian said, the tractor cannot move, is it impossible to let the soldiers carry such heavy ammunition by themselves?

If there were no shells, the 300,000 army could still fight with Li Jinglong in the past, but now Zhu Di is a little cowardly.

"Dad, if there were no these cannons, guns and ammunition in the previous battles, how many people can Dad's army have today?"

Zhu Di said, "One hundred and twenty thousand? ”

Those who surrendered, and those who had been killed or wounded, were only that number.

"Yes, there are definitely not 300,000, but how many of the 200,000 miles you are talking about, how many are the old, weak, sick and disabled?" Zhu Gaoxian said, "Dad, all of your commands today are young and middle-aged." Soldiers are not expensive, this is a sentence that my father often says. At present, there are 100,000 young and middle-aged troops, even if you don't have these cannons, you still have submachine guns, firearms, and an army that is recuperating, Dad, you just think these cannons are a burden, what are you afraid of? ”

That's right! Zhu Di is a smart person, he quickly untied the knot in his heart, and he was soon full of pride!

He patted his son on the shoulder, "Good boy, I will comfort your father." Son, you tell your father, are you really not tempted by such a country? ”