At the beginning, Boss Zhu's task to the Guizhou Xuanwei Division was to open the way for the army to accumulate grain.

The so-called opening of the road is not only a literal opening of the road in the mountains and the building of bridges in the water, but also includes the subjugation of the barbarian tribes along the way. The most important of these are Puding, Pu'an, and Luoshan.

These three Tusi are all entrenched on the throat road from Guizhou to Qujing Wumeng Mountain Road, each of which has hundreds of villages, and there is also a city built for them by the Yuan Dynasty.

And unlike Shuidong and Shuixi, which have always been self-contained, these three toasts are all subordinate to the Yunnan Qujing Xuanwei Division of the Yuan Dynasty. After the defeat of the Yuan Dynasty, King Liang got rid of the restrictions of the imperial court and accepted a large number of remnants of the Yuan Dynasty who fled from the southwest of Lingnan, and his power increased instead of decreasing.

Especially after the iron heart confronted the Ming Dynasty to the end, the status of these three barriers in Yunnan Tusi was unprecedentedly important, and Qujing's control over them was greatly strengthened.

So if you want to open the way for the army, you must surrender these three. When there is no possibility of persuasion, it is necessary not only to capture this fortress and fortress, but also to inflict heavy damage on its tribes, subdue its leaders, and make them dare not make trouble, so as to ensure the safety of the logistics channel of the army.

However, Pu'an Village and Luoshan City, like this Puding Fort, are also built in dangerous places, easy to defend and difficult to attack. The army wants to conquer them one by one, not to mention the time and effort, and it will also cause a lot of sacrifices.

The morale of the era of cold weapons is the heaviest, and the level of morale has a great impact on combat effectiveness. Before the decisive battle of the army, it is necessary to recharge and maintain high morale. If there is a setback in the attack on Luoshanpu, the morale will definitely be greatly affected.

Coupled with the fatigue and attrition caused by the long march, the performance must have been greatly reduced in the face of the recuperated Qujing Yuan army.

Therefore, no matter from which point of view, it is the best choice to annihilate the native soldiers of Pu'an and Luoshan outside Puding Fort.

This is the original intention of Zhu Zhen and Mu Ying to decide to finish this battle in Fort Puding.

It's just that I didn't expect that two tables of guests came when I prepared a table of meals, which was a bit difficult......

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"How did the Yuan army come so quickly?" Zhu Zhen was incredulous.

I thought that the reinforcements from Qujing, five hundred miles away, had not set off at this time, but I didn't expect them to arrive.

"There is only one possibility, they have already set off from Qujing." Mu Ying guessed: "I guess I'm worried that Shi'er won't be able to withstand the retaliation of Shuidong and Shuixi, so she came to reinforce her." After all, the location of Püdingburg is too important. ”

Saying that, he smiled and said: "So it seems that we should strike first, if it is a few days later, let the Yuan army enter Puding Fort, this bone will be difficult to gnaw." ”

"Yes, the Mongols don't believe in any ghost moon and ghost door." Zhu Zhen also smiled happily when he heard this: "It can be seen that our luck is still very good." ”

After a pause, he looked at Mu Ying with some concern and said, "It's just that in this way, do we have to adjust our plans?" ”

"No, our table is big enough and there are enough dishes, it's nothing more than adding a few pairs of chopsticks and a few bowls." Mu Ying said confidently: "Originally, the last general was worried that the two divisions of Pu'an Luoshan might not go all out, or retreat after a little setback, and it would be difficult for us to decide in a battle." In the end, we have to storm Pu'an Village and Luoshan City. ”

After a pause, he smiled leisurely and said, "Now that the Tartar army is helping us supervise the battle, there is nothing to worry about." ”

"That's right." Seeing this, Zhu Zhen knew that he was too worried, so he smiled and said, "As long as you, a cook, are not embarrassed." ”

"Don't be embarrassed." Mu Ying's smile was full of excitement, and she seemed to have finally come to an interest. "But it's going to be a bit difficult to annihilate them all, and we'll have to wait for our reinforcements to arrive."

"Good guy, I'm still worried about whether I can hold on here, you're already thinking about annihilating them......" Zhu Zhen couldn't help laughing.

"Your Highness knows once that the advantage of the defending side is too great. At the beginning, Brother Wen Zheng was able to rely on Hongdu City and resist Chen Youliang's 600,000 army with 20,000 troops. If I Mu Ying can't deal with the 50,000 enemy troops, I can find a piece of tofu and kill me as soon as possible. Mu Ying said confidently:

"I'm afraid that when the reinforcements arrive, they will scare the enemy away, and when the time comes, they will hide in Pu'an Village or Luoshan City, and this battle will be difficult to fight. However, Yingchuan Hou must also be able to think of this, and I believe that he will have a way. ”

"Then the king will wait and see." Zhu Zhen smiled and bowed his head. People really want to do what they do best, and as soon as these founding generals returned to the battlefield, they immediately became as if they had changed people, one by one, decisive and wise, and shining brightly.

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The next day, the enemy army arrived at Fort Puding, set up camp two miles west of the fort, and began to build siege equipment.

In fact, it is a ladder and a simple wooden shield. They can't produce anything else. One is that there is no such condition, and the other is that Puding Fort is built on a flat top mountain, and large equipment cannot be used, so the simplest ladder ants can only be used to attack the city.

The Chinese military tent had just been set up, and this time, the commander, the general under the command of Darima, bit the pillar, so he anxiously summoned the leader of the Pu'an Department, Dangxiong, the leader of the Luoshan Department, Mu Nai, and the temporary leader of the Puding Department, Niu Qi, to discuss the matter in the tent.

Can he not be in a hurry? A month earlier, Darima had ordered him to lead an army of 20,000 to take over Fort Putten. Because he is Shier's old friend, and his son is also born to them.

Originally, Darima's abacus sounded, and he was sure that as long as the two of them came forward, they would be able to eat Shi'er to death, and obediently cooperate with the Yuan army to defend the city.

But I never expected that after a grind on the road, I was actually occupied by Shuidong and Shuixi first!

After getting the news, I was anxious, how can I explain to Pingzhang now? Hurry up and drive the native soldiers of the two parts of Pu'an Luo Mountain to come, and you must recapture Puding Fort!

After all the leaders arrived, he went straight to the point and said: "Let your soldiers eat and drink enough, hurry up and rest, and attack the city early tomorrow morning!" ”

"Yes." The leaders should call out and wait for the specific arrangements.

Before he could speak again, he saw a young general come out of the ranks, hugged his fists and said: "Father, tomorrow will attack the city, the child is willing to be the vanguard!" ”

All the leaders couldn't help but look at the little general, and said in their hearts that this was Shier's little cub.

"Quickly retreat, did Ben Shuai let you speak?!" Biting the pillar and scolding, the young general still insisted, but he stopped it with a stern look.

"Look, even Ben Shuai's son knows that he has to fight bravely, and you leaders can't let a child compare." Biting the pillar, he said in a deep voice to the leaders:

"The harm of losing Fort Puding, there is no need to say more, you will not understand the truth of cold lips and teeth, so you must fight bravely tomorrow!"

After a pause, he smiled at the cow beggar and said, "Of course, you Puding Department should be braver." ”

This is the battle to recover Puding Fort, and it is natural for the Puding Department to take the lead, and Niu Qi can only nod and say, "Understood." ”

(End of chapter)