Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang

Chapter 603 Why Are You Shouting So Loudly? You Still Feel So Proud!

Dieshigan is just an earthen city, and it might not even have the qualifications to be a county seat in Daming.

However, in the vast Western Regions, this is already the most prosperous city within a thousand miles.

Sapphire led the army to attack here, and it was logical to occupy Dieshigan City.

But when he arrived at the city, the people in the city had already moved away, leaving only ruins and ruins that hadn't been completely burnt.

Lan Yu ordered people to renovate the city, and dug a moat around the periphery according to the rules of Ming Dynasty, and led the Syr Darya River to pour in.

In fact, this place is not far from Samarkand, the Timurid Empire, only a few hundred miles away.

However, just these few hundred miles, like a natural moat, completely blocked him on the other side of the Syr Darya River.

Now it is the rainy season again, and Sapphire is enduring the hot and dry weather, as well as the itchy eczema on her body.

"Grab a few locals and ask, when will this ghostly weather be the end!"

Chang Sheng sighed when he heard the words.

"I've asked about it a long time ago. The locals said that this is the first time they have met them, and they said that this is God's retribution for our Daming, and His Majesty Sultan's blessing for them!"

"fart!"

"Even if the gods bless us, they will also bless our Daming. When will it be their turn for the shit Sultan!"

When Lan Yu was complaining, Fu Youde hurried into the big tent wearing linoleum.

"Lanyu, we can't waste it anymore. We must either retreat and return to Suiye City to rest, or divide our troops to attack the Golden Horde Khanate first. In short, we have to do something."

"Otherwise, we're fine, and the soldiers we brought can't stand it anymore..."

Lan Yu hurriedly asked after hearing the words.

"But the soldiers complained?"

Hearing this, Fu Youde shook his head and said.

"It's not a complaint, it's just that the solitary army has gone a little far, and the soldiers' homesickness..."

"Lao Lan, you have to think about this matter. Don't think that everyone is like the group of adopted children you raised. You can fight wherever you want!"

"There are quite a few Mengyuan people and Chagatai people in our army. If they make a fuss, our army's morale will be unstable!"

When Lan Yu heard Fu Youde say this, she couldn't help but sighed.

"Ugh!"

"If there is a big victory, these wolf cubs can slaughter the city and capture some spoils, and the morale of the army will definitely be boosted!"

"Massacre?"

Fu Youde's eyelids twitched when he heard this. Few of the generals who slaughtered the city in history ended well.

The Mongols have slaughtered many cities, but the Mongols have only been in the country for 100 years. It seems that there is nothing worth talking about, right?

"Old Lan, think about it, the massacre of the city is no small matter, it might ruin your reputation!"

Sapphire just said that she had a dry addiction, so she dared to give such an order lightly.

"Shut up!"

"It's not enough for us to brag!"

"But Timur, an old thing, is too shady. He wants to keep us trapped here!"

Fu Youde smiled disdainfully upon hearing this.

"What you said is so unreasonable. If you were Timur, you would be even better than him!"

Sapphire smiled and said.

"That's right, if we were Timur, we would not only take away all the people, but also cut down and burnt the trees along the road, and wouldn't even leave us any taller grass, hahaha!"

When the two were chatting and laughing, Feng Sheng also ran in wet all over.

"Hehe, today's crowd is pretty neat!"

"Are you trying to drink secretly without sending anyone to inform us!"

When Lan Yu heard the words, she looked depressedly at Feng Sheng, the drunkard.

"What do you think?"

"Old Fu and I are almost dying of worry, who has the time to drink!"

Feng Sheng heard the words and said with a smile.

"It's just right, it's raining outside now, we can't make it if we want to hurry, why don't we drink a few jars of wine to relieve our hunger, and sleep well at night, hahaha!"

Sapphire was a little moved when she heard this, but considering that she was away with troops, drinking alcohol seemed bad, so she hesitated.

However, just as he was hesitating, a soldier suddenly ran over and whispered something to Chang Sheng.

Although Lan Yu handed over the power of the expeditionary force to Chang Sheng, it didn't mean he didn't care about anything, at least this behavior of whispering in front of him made him 1 unacceptable.

"Speak louder!"

"Is there anything we and the two dukes can't listen to!"

Chang Sheng said in embarrassment when he heard the words.

"General Lan, just now the empress dowager... His majesty called and told us to stay where we are and not to act rashly..."

"what?"

When Chang Sheng said this, not only Lan Yu was taken aback, but Feng Sheng and Fu Youde were also very surprised.

However, Fu Youde's reaction was half a beat faster than those two, and a hint of bewilderment soon appeared on his face, and he even somewhat understood Chang Sheng's approach.

After being stunned for a while, Lan Yu also understood that someone must have told Zhu Yunxi what happened here, otherwise how could Zhu Yunxi give such an order!
When he saw the embarrassment on Chang Sheng's face, he understood even more, maybe this bastard even told Zhu Yunxi about his illness.

"Why are you talking so fast, the old man shouldn't let you take charge of the military camp!"

After Lan Yu finished talking about Chang Sheng, she looked at Fu Youde complainingly.

"Old Fu, you too. Originally, I wanted you to take care of it, but you old boy pushed back and forth, saying that it's a big deal, old and frail..."

"Let's see now, the young man really doesn't worry about it!"

"Old Lan, I think Chang Sheng did the right thing. We're going abroad, so we should ask His Majesty for advice on everything."

"Although His Majesty is your grand-nephew, we must have the righteousness of a monarch and a minister, right?"

Sapphire shook her head angrily when she heard the words.

"Humph!"

"What do you know!"

"Our nephew and grandson are the most benevolent, wishing they could fight without dying!"

"However, how can anyone not die in a war?"

"Which famous general in history was not piled up by human life?"

After Lan Yu finished teasing Fu Youde, she couldn't help but look at Chang Sheng who was drooping his head.

"Chang Sheng, don't pretend to be dead, hurry up and tell me what else His Majesty said?"

Chang Sheng murmured when he heard the words.

"Your Majesty also said... and told us to wait for him, he wants to..."

As soon as Chang Sheng said this, everyone in the big tent became nervous.

"what did he say?"

"Your Majesty said that he would go to the front line in person..."

"what!"

Several people in the big tent immediately fry the pot.

"Are you kidding me, how can a new king set off immediately after taking the throne!"

"Hurry up and send electricity to His Majesty, so that he must sit in the capital and never come to the front line!"

Fu Youde also persuaded with a serious face.

"This matter is no small matter. The emperor's grandson has just ascended the throne, and it is at a time when his foothold is not stable. Although the emperor is in charge, there are still accidents, so he must stay in the capital, stay in the palace..."

Faced with everyone's urging, Chang Sheng said with a face full of regret.

"Sorry……"

"Your Majesty said that he has arrived in Guihua City..."

"what!"

When the veterans in the big tent heard this, they wailed again, and then pressed Chang Sheng to the ground and beat him up.

"Beat you trash!"

"Brother Chang Yuchun, why did you give birth to such a bastard!"

In fact, it was Zhu Yunxie that several people wanted to scold the most, but who made Zhu Yunxie so honorable was His Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty who had just enthroned.Even if they were lent a few guts, they would not dare to insult the current emperor, and could only cast their resentment on Chang Sheng.

Chang Sheng also understood this truth, not only didn't complain about being wronged, he didn't even complain about the pain, and let a few veterans deal with him.

It's just that the veterans are not young anymore, even if they hit him with all their might, it's just to tickle him.

"Several old generals, don't bother to beat me up, but hurry up and think of a way!"

Sapphire said angrily.

"no way!"

"Unless we quickly win a battle for His Majesty, and let His Majesty know that even if he doesn't come, we can fight a good battle!"

After saying this, Lan Yu walked out of the big tent, looked up at the rainy sky, and prayed that the rain would stop soon.

I don't know if God heard his call, or the rain finally came to an end. The rain became much lighter that afternoon, leaving only the pattering raindrops still drifting with the wind.

Sapphire was ecstatic when she saw this, and hurriedly ordered the soldiers to light a fire and cook.

In fact, it is only one aspect that roads are difficult to travel in rainy weather. The most uncomfortable thing is that there is no dry firewood for cooking in the world.

They did bring some fierce fire oil with them, but this thing is used for attacking and defending the city, so how dare they use it for cooking.

Therefore, they have been eating cold food for the past ten days.

Fortunately, when they set off in Suiye City, they brought enough naan bread, otherwise they would have to eat raw rice in this terrible weather.

It was getting late, Sapphire patrolled the camp with a bonfire full of campfires, listening to the complaints of every soldier.

"This damn weather, the clothes on our body have never been dried, and the leg sockets and creaking sockets have been covered to rot!"

"Hi!"

"Isn't this what you asked for?"

"We told you on the first day, quickly take off your clothes and don't sleep in wet clothes, but who told you not to listen!"

The little soldier retorted disdainfully when he heard the words.

"Take off naked like you, a bird full of barracks?"

"Walking a bird is better than a rotten bird, hehehe!"

When several soldiers were chatting, they suddenly saw Lan Yu walking towards her with her white hair staring at her. She quickly stood up from the ground and gave a military salute.

"I have seen the General!"

Sapphire waved to them, and then took advantage of the opportunity to sit beside them.When he saw several people hurriedly putting on their undried pants and shoes, he hurriedly interrupted them.

"Not urgent!"

"Dry your clothes and shoes before wearing them!"

Although a few people were a little shy when they heard this, they still obeyed Sapphire's words and hung their clothes on the shelf beside the fire again.

"How has the past half month been?"

"Back to the general, I'm having a good...so...so uncomfortable..."

Lan Yu couldn't help laughing when she heard this, and lightly kicked the crotch of the nearby veteran.

"Don't act like we don't know, you old bastard walks birds every day!"

"It's not bad to say that others are uncomfortable, but you, an old man who has been with us for more than ten years, can suffer?"

The old soldier laughed when he heard the words, and looked at the soldiers proudly while laughing, showing off that he had an unusual relationship with the general.

Sapphire noticed that several recruits were shy, and immediately changed the topic and asked.

"Where are you guys from?"

"Back to the big general, the small one is from Wuzhen..."

"The small one is from Yiwu..."

"The small one belongs to Datong..."

Sapphire nodded upon hearing this.

"You have worked hard!"

"Be patient, it will be fine tomorrow when the sun clears. Then we will have a good rest for two days, and then we will blow up Timur's egg yolk, hahaha!"

"Blast Timur!"

"Catch Timur alive as a gift to His Majesty the Emperor!"

Sapphire saw that everyone on this side was encouraged by her, and immediately moved to the next place, with the same words, the same routine, and the same result.

Sapphire spent one night, not only clearing up the grievances of the soldiers at the bottom, but also reinvigorating their fighting spirit!

The next few days were indeed sunny, and the barracks was full of joy and confidence in the upcoming victory.

When the Lanyu camp was full of ambitions to catch Timur and present Zhu Yunxi as a gift, Samarkand, hundreds of miles away, was undergoing a great migration.

Timur didn't have much confidence in defending Samarkand, so he moved the scholars and people in the city to other cities in advance, planning to fight a protracted war with Ming.

However, he did not completely abandon Samarkand. After removing the excess population, Samarkand was the largest in the empire in terms of the amount of food stored and the soldiers guarding the city.

If this city can't stand it, it is God's destiny to let this city fall!

Timur left Samarkand to his third son Mishalan, and he took his eldest grandson and other officials to Mashhad, intending to establish a wartime capital there.

At the same time, Timur could no longer care about the enmity with the Golden Horde, and sent three waves of envoys to the Golden Horde in succession, intending to form an alliance with the Golden Horde to jointly resist the invasion of Ming Dynasty.

It's just that the attitude of the Golden Horde was unclear, neither agreeing nor opposing the alliance, which made Timur quite a headache.

Timur had no choice but to send Haohai Dayu, hoping that this wise man on the grassland could persuade the Golden Horde to fight against Ming with him.

Only in this way, Haohai Dayu reunited with his son Mahamu, and it is hard to say whether he can serve the Timur Empire in the future.

But he doesn't care about these things now, he just hopes to solve Daming's trouble as soon as possible!

After Timur led a group of officials to evacuate from Samarkand, Mishalan officially took over the command of Samarkand and all the troops from Samarkand to the Syr Darya.

Although Mishalan is a prince, he is lame and Timur's least favorite son.

If it were someone else, receiving such an order would definitely break the pot.

However, instead of having any resentment, Mishalan seriously thought about how to keep Samarkand.

While he sent people to build defenses along the road, he also sent people to discuss with Lan Yu about withdrawing troops.

Unlike Timur's decisive battle to the end, Misharan only wanted to make Ming retreat.

As for the price to pay, he never considered it at all.

Anyway, no matter who the empire will be passed on to in the future, it will not be passed on to a cripple...

After a few days of clearing, Lan Yu immediately took people on the road. Although they encountered harassment from the enemy army from time to time on the road, they were still invincible along the way by virtue of Daming's superior firepower.

It's just that the speed of advancement is a bit slow. After all, we have to build roads and hurry on the road at the same time.

But when half a month passed, they still came to the city of Samarkand.

Sapphire looked at the majestic city walls of Samarkand, and for the first time felt fearful of difficulties.

Could the cannons he brought really be able to lay down such a strong city?

Can such a strong city really be defeated?
"The battalion commander of the artillery battalion came to answer!"

"Please show me the general!"

"Let me ask you, can our cannon break through the opposite city wall?"

The commander of the artillery battalion replied without hesitation.

"cannot!"

"cannot?"

When Lan Yu heard this, she was so angry that she scolded her mother on the spot.

"Why are you shouting so loudly? You still feel quite proud!"

"Reporting to the general, although we can't break the city wall, we can set up the cannons and shoot directly into the city!"

"Cannons are not only used to attack the city, but also a sharp weapon used to destroy the defense facilities in the city!"

"As long as we press down on the enemy's walls and fight so that no one dares to stand on the top of the walls, isn't this a battle we can fight as we want?"

Lan Yu burst into laughter when she heard the words, and happily patted the shoulder of the commander of the artillery battalion.

"Good boy, what you say makes sense!"

"Thank you for the great general's praise, but I don't dare to take credit for the little ones. This is what the emperor's grandson taught us..."

"There is this paragraph in the artillery training subjects compiled by the emperor's grandson, and the small ones are just retelling the truth!"

"Oh?"

When Lan Yu heard this, he fell into deep thought. He suddenly understood why Zhu Yunxi was in a hurry to come to the front line.

Now that Daming is equipped with all firearms, it seems that no one except him really understands...

(End of this chapter)