Vienna.

After being captured by the Ming army, Vienna, like other places conquered by the Ming army, fell into an endless cycle.

It still continued Zhu Zhan's consistent style, and the treatment of the young woman, such a valuable woman was sent away as a trophy with the supply fleet, and the entire city of Vienna was left with less than 20,000 young men.

This was also because the Ming army needed a certain number of young men to build and repair fortifications, otherwise these young men would also be transported as slaves and sent to the mines of the Sultan of Delhi and the Xiangzhou Prefecture.

I have to say that people's subconscious still has a very big impact on a person, and many of Zhu Zhanyan's behaviors are still affected by the subconscious of his previous life.

For example, mining is a mine.

For a long time, his main minerals are the Iwami Silver Mountain and the Sado Gold Mountain of the Wa Kingdom, which were mined by the imperial court when Emperor Taizong was still alive, and then Emperor Taizong died and died, and Zhu Zhan Yan took over.

Until now, these two minerals of the Wa Kingdom are still being mined, but after King Wu took over the Ming Dynasty, they began to take the line of the imperial court to manage.

In addition to these two minerals, Zhu Zhan also allowed people to explore and mine many minerals, including iron ore and copper ore, and other minerals such as white phosphorus and other large consumption minerals are also among them.

However, whether it is gold and silver minerals or other minerals, Zhu Zhan's arrangement has a characteristic, that is, priority is given to the mining of minerals in Xiangzhou Prefecture, Delhi Sultan and other places, and now it is still exploring the minerals of the old soil of the Timurid Empire.

As for the minerals in the Central Plains, except for those that have already begun to be mined, Zhu Zhanyan did not open any more.

Not a single one!

This is mainly because minerals are non-renewable resources, and Zhu Zhan Yan did not mine the minerals of the Central Plains in line with the idea of leaving a little more for future generations, but chose to start from the outside first.

Therefore, in his subconscious, Xiangzhou Mansion, Nanzhou Mansion and the old land of the Timurid Empire are not the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and he has always treated these places with the idea of exploitation.

Xiangzhou Mansion may be a little better, because the vast majority of Xiangzhou Mansion is now settled by Han Chinese, and a very small number of Siamese, Nanzhang and other remnants have also been assimilated after more than ten years of exposure.

In Europe in the early stage, Zhu Zhanyan also planned to do this, so he still attached great importance to Vienna, which was considered a central place.

But before that, we still have to take Europe.

20,000 slaves built fortifications, the speed is not bad, it is not very fast, but it is not very slow, and in the case of slaves, the soldiers of the Ming army can get a good rest.

But!

This also sends a false signal to the outside world.

In the eyes of Europeans, what Zhu Zhanyan did before was tantamount to a demon crawling out of hell, which can show that the army has completely stopped children crying at night in this land.

In the past, the Ming army basically did not build fortifications, because the Ming army did not fight at home, but outside, which was like the grassland going south, running away after the battle, and did not care whether it would cause devastating damage to these cities.

Only in a few places did the Ming army build fortifications, such as Constantinople and Rome.

But even if it is repaired, the Ming army also lets its own people to repair.

But this time, slaves were used.

This gave the Holy Roman Empire the illusion that the Ming army had transferred most of its soldiers to the battlefields of Eastern Europe, and there were not many people left on the Vienna side.

Vienna's West City Gate.

At the beginning, Qian Yong couldn't stay idle after recovering from his injuries, and went to the middle and lower Danube plains to clean up the remnants, and later temporarily decided to go north to support the Eastern European battlefield.

Therefore, Xing Kun, who was originally assigned by Zhu Zhan to clean up the middle and lower reaches of the Danube, was driven back by Qian Yong and informed Zhu Zhan of the situation.

The final result was that Qian Yong led people north, and Zhu Zhan Yan took people to the border of the Kingdom of Poland, leaving only Xing Kun to guard Vienna, and gave Xing Kun a difficult task.

Hold Vienna.

Xing Kun had never been in charge of such a difficult task before, and the most difficult task he had ever been responsible for was the raid in various European countries before.

Defending a city and a great guerrilla war are two different concepts entirely.

But fortunately, the veteran general he had been following before, Liu Qingwen, the prince of the world's guard for thousands of households, also returned.

"Liu Qianhu." Xing Kun looked at the old leader in front of him, and he had a little confidence in his heart.

"According to the news from His Royal Highness the Prince, it is said that the Holy Roman Empire has transferred troops from Aachen, and the target seems to be Vienna, it seems that the suspicious array laid by His Royal Highness has had an effect."

"If that's the case......" Liu Qingwen looked at Xing Kun when he heard this.

He is not a general directly appointed by Zhu Zhan to guard Vienna, so even if his official position is higher than Xing Kun, he cannot exceed his authority.

Without detailed intelligence, no matter how good a general is, he cannot command a war well.

"Here." Following Liu Qingwen for many years, Xing Kun naturally knew what his old boss was thinking.

A series of secret letters and maps were taken out by Xing Kun and placed in front of Liu Qingwen.

"If that's the case, it should be fine." Liu Qingwen was also relieved after reading those secret letters and other documents, raised his head and looked at Xing Kun with a smile.

"Don't be nervous, since His Royal Highness the Prince has given you this task, it proves that His Highness is optimistic about you."

"It's not that there are no other hundred households in this Vienna city, but His Royal Highness the Prince handed it over to you, which is enough to prove that you are capable."

"Don't worry." As he spoke, Liu Qingwen patted Xing Kun's shoulder, with a smile of encouragement on his face.

"I'll give you a back-up, and you can rest assured and boldly arrange according to your ideas."

Xing Kun also had a smile on his face when he heard this, and at the same time there was a little bit of self-confidence and perseverance.

"Report!"

The voice of the herald sounded, which instantly made Liu Qingwen and Xing Kun turn their heads.

……

Western Carpathians.

It's been two days since he came here, but Zhu Zhanyan doesn't seem to have the slightest desire to do anything, and has been stationed at the foot of the mountain, as if he is simply trying to scare and scare the Kingdom of Poland.

But as long as anyone who is familiar with Zhu Zhan Yan knows, Zhu Zhan Yan will never be untargeted.

Therefore, he will use the strategies of setting up a suspicious array and encircling Wei to save Zhao, but if this is the case, he does not need to bring troops over in person, let alone bring so many soldiers over.

"His Royal Highness ...... the Prince"

After many days of getting along, Qian Zhong relaxed a lot when facing Zhu Zhanyan.

If it was before, he would hold it in his heart no matter what the problem was, unless Zhu Zhanyan asked him, otherwise he would not take the initiative to speak.

But now, his respect for Zhu Zhanyan is not less, but he is no longer afraid.

I have to say that Zhu Zhanyan's reputation is still very scary, as early as more than ten years ago, his name was able to stop children crying at night.

"What's wrong?" Zhu Zhanyan turned his head with a smile and looked at Qian Zhong, who wanted to speak and stopped.

"When are we going to attack?"

Qian Zhong didn't speak, but he still nodded with an embarrassed face.

"You can't do that." Zhu Zhanyan patted Qian Zhong's shoulder with a smile and pulled him to sit down.

"You have to know that whether you are a general or a soldier, obeying orders is the first thing you need to learn, and the second thing you need to learn is not bravery, but patience."

"You should know that war is about the right time, the right place and the right people, and sometimes a suitable weather or the right terrain can make you win without much effort, but it will also bury the victory that has been laid."

"I know there was once such a unit that fought in such a cold place like us, and they lay in ambush in the snow, waiting for the enemy to pass by."

"Unfortunately, the enemy didn't arrive at the time they expected, but they didn't move even a moment, and even ended up frozen into ice sculptures in the ice and snow, and they held their position."

……

Qian Zhong looked at Zhu Zhanyan in a daze, as if he was shocked by what Zhu Zhanyan said, and seemed to have doubts about what Zhu Zhanyan said, but he didn't dare to question it.

Zhu Zhanyan smiled when he saw this, but didn't say anything.

Although this incident is a real thing that happened in history, anyone will be skeptical when it is said in this era.

After all, in this era, deserters are repeated, because the thinking of the state and the nation is not half a star worse than that of later generations.

Therefore, Zhu Zhanyan didn't explain anything to Qian Zhong, just patted him on the shoulder and stood up.

"Attack tonight when the ugly time comes, you be the vanguard."

After speaking, Zhu Zhanyan left on his own, leaving Qian Zhong alone stunned and staying in place.

It's just that what Qian Zhong didn't know was that after Zhu Zhan turned a corner, he whispered a word to Zhu Ling beside him in a place where he couldn't see.

"This kid is on the battlefield for the first time, you should follow along, and transfer a few more princes to guard him, and be optimistic about him."

"It's okay to get a little injured, the eagle wants to take off, these are the things he has to go through, but be careful not to put him in life-threatening injuries."

"Yes!" Zhu Ling bowed his head and said yes.

For his own people, especially the prince's guards, Zhu Zhanyan has always been so good that he has nothing to say.

……

It's night.

Qian Zhong almost pulled his fingers to count the time, was the slightly wide armor on his body the first time he wore it, after all, it was Qian Yong's child, and he had trained kung fu in the battle formation before.

But at that time, there was no such excitement that I couldn't sleep at all.

When he finally got through the ugliness, Qian Zhong did not feel sleepy because he didn't sleep in the first half of the night, but was full of energy, and his eyes were full of anticipation.

When the sound of assembly spread throughout the camp, Qian Zhong was the first to turn over and run towards the outside of the tent.

However, he did not see Zhu Zhanyan.

"That's it." Zhu Ling tied a wooden waist card to Qian Zhong's waist, which was a waist card of 100 households.

"In this battle, you are the second vanguard, commanding a thousand people, and then charging after a volley of rockets."

After speaking, Zhu Ling beckoned Qian Zhong to follow and came to the place on the left side of the Chinese army.

"Here, it is the soldiers you lead, and their lives and deaths are in your hands."

Qian Zhong, who was originally excited, sank his heart suddenly when he heard this.

(End of chapter)