Daming Greedy Wolf Star

Chapter 403 Smoke bombs

It has been several months since Arip turned around to Zhu Zhanhe.

This kind of thing is not a glorious thing, and the person involved will definitely try his best to hide it, but as the saying goes, there is no impenetrable wall in this world.

No matter what it is, as long as it is done, it is impossible to hide it, the difference is only the time of exposure.

Arip's long-term absence, coupled with the fact that he was still entering the Don River with the Ming army on the east side of the Golden Horde, it is impossible to hide this matter.

As a neighbor and an enemy, the Golden Horde wished that the Eastern Chagatai Khanate would know the news earlier.

To put it closer, telling the East Chagatai Khanate this news can guarantee their own safety, at least not when the East Chagatai Khanate pops up behind them when they are attacked by the Ming army.

Going further, although it is difficult to predict how the Eastern Chagatai Khanate will respond to the news, the possibility of joining forces with the Golden Horde cannot be ruled out.

After all, the Ming army is brazenly poaching the wall... Uh, not really, it was Aripu who switched to the enemy camp openly, and the Eastern Chagatai Khanate might tolerate it due to the strength of the Ming army, but it also made a complete move. Possibility of the opposite decision.

However, the Golden Horde also knew that this idea was a bit too good.

For such a long time, the Golden Horde has been fighting with Xini, Daming and Xini, Wala and Xini, and everyone and Xini, just not wanting to openly stand against Daming.

The reason... Everyone knows that if you face to face with this monster, Da Ming, you will either die or be disabled.

Therefore, even now, the Eastern Chagatai Khanate is still making peace. He provided help to Oirat, but he just didn't come forward to let Oirat and Daming go hard.

Because everyone knows that the Ming Dynasty will go to the north at the beginning of spring, and it will be the emperor's personal expedition.

This is a knot that cannot be untied.

In such a situation, Wala completely disrupted their initial plan of bowing their heads and advising to preserve and develop slowly, so they could only choose to fight.

In this case, Oirat had sent people to ask for help from all those who could help them, but only the Eastern Chagatai Khanate gave them help.

This help is not on the surface, it's just giving them supplies such as weapons, supplies and food behind the scenes. As for people...

Not one!
However, the person who caused the storm was still thousands of miles away in Constantinople.

……

"Do you have a long memory?"

Looking at Mu Bin who was kneeling below, Zhu Zhanhe's tone was serious.

Young and frivolous, this is a problem that many young people, especially successful young people will have. The difference is that some people will wake up soon and pay a relatively small price, while others need a painful price to make them wide awake.

Mu Bin wasn't the former, but he wasn't the latter either.

The young and frivolous Mu Bin, with the help of the Kingdom of Aragon, bypassed Sicily and went straight to Rome, the center of the Holy See, even going into the Tiber River at one point.

But, again, don't take anyone for a fool, if you do, you will find that you are the biggest fool.

Although Sicily was bypassed, Mu Bin ignored the gap in reality.

The fleet he led was only more than thirty ships, and he deliberately did not bring any treasure ship that had become a symbol of the Ming Dynasty in this era, but only brought more than thirty small ships towards Rome.

However, he forgot that not all countries have the shipbuilding capabilities of Ming Dynasty.

Mu Bin thought that as long as he brought only small boats and didn't raise Zhu Zhanhe's handsome flag, he could pretend to be a boat from the Kingdom of Aragon and pass by.

However, how many ships were there when the Holy See and Sicilian coalition forces first attacked King's Castle?He brought thirty ships!

Besides, Mu Bin committed another big taboo.

Before sending troops, he did not study the details of the enemy.

Most of what Zhu Zhanhe knew would not be concealed, at least he was not on guard against Mu Sheng, so Mu Bin knew a lot of things around the Mediterranean Sea.

He knew the relationship between the Holy See and the Holy Roman Empire, he also knew what happened to the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, what happened to the Pope, and he knew which country had the strongest land power and which country had the strongest sea power.

But there is a problem here.

What Mu Bin knew was not everything.

For example, before this, the Ming army had no encounters with the Principality of Genana, so Zhu Zhanhe did not mention the Principality of Genana, and Mu Bin did not know about it.

The maritime power of the Principality of Venice ranks at the forefront in the Mediterranean Sea at this moment, but they became the forefront by driving others down, and the person who was driven out was the Principality of Genoa.

The Principality of Genoa is just to the west of the Papal State.

However, as the saying goes, Xiao He defeated Xiao He, this time Mu Bin was the Kingdom of Aragon, and the Kingdom of Aragon was defeated.

If it wasn't for the sudden appearance of the Kingdom of Aragon, he would not have raised the idea of ​​raiding Rome, but if it hadn't been for the Kingdom of Aragon, he would not have sent Zhu Zhanhe a secret letter to the Kingdom of Aragon before dispatching troops.

It was precisely because of this action that Zhu Zhanhe knew about Mu Bin's actions in advance, which also saved Mu Bin's life.

The raid failed, and twelve of the thirty ships sank in the Mediterranean under the surprise attack of the Principality of Genoa. This failure hit Mu Bin hard.

Even Mu Bin couldn't hold his head up in the face of those soldiers who accompanied him, let alone Zhu Zhanhe.

You know, if it wasn't for Zhu Zhanhe's trust, if it wasn't for Zhu Zhanhe's asking his father Mu Sheng to treat him, if it wasn't for Zhu Zhanhe's laissez-faire...

Not to mention raiding Rome, he is not even qualified to lead troops.

"say!"

Seeing his son shrunk his head like a bastard, Mu Sheng kicked him angrily.

"Hey..." Zhu Zhanhe hurriedly waved his hand to stop Mu Sheng.

"Teach my son to go home and educate him again. I'm not here to talk about family affairs. I let him come here to make him responsible for this wrong decision."

"Yes..." Mu Sheng sighed deeply, bowed and stepped aside.

In fact, sometimes, hitting you is also for your own good, and now Mu Sheng vividly interprets this sentence.

To put it bluntly, this is a bitter trick, trying to make Zhu Zhanhe reduce his punishment by showing Mu Bin's pity.

The Mu family can also be regarded as a family of military generals. After all, starting from King Muying of Qianning, basically everyone went to the battlefield, and everyone had military merits.

Mu Bin's recklessness this time is really likely to ruin his future.

"Look up." Zhu Zhanhe tapped lightly on the table.

Mu Bin, who was underground, trembled when he heard the sound, obviously a little timid, but in the end he slowly raised his head.

"You solve the issue of pensions for the fallen soldiers by yourself. As for how to explain this to the soldiers, you think about it yourself."

"Other than that, go get a hundred army sticks."

"His Royal Highness Xie..."

Mu Bin trembled all over and kowtowed to the ground.

Is Zhu Zhanhe's punishment severe?Not heavy.

If you defy the military order and attack privately, it's okay if you win, but if you lose, you have to bear full responsibility.

Twelve ships and more than [-] soldiers died in the Mediterranean Sea. A failure of this level would not cut off his future path, even cutting him off would not be an exaggeration.

But if it's not serious, it's not really a big deal.

Army sticks are not ordinary punishments. Generally speaking, twenty army sticks are enough to make a strong man dare not go to the ground for three days, fifty army sticks can make this man stay in bed for a month, as for one hundred army sticks...

Normally speaking, there is no difference between a hundred army sticks and direct death, because no matter how strong a person is, he cannot hold a hundred army sticks.

For someone like Mu Bin, let alone one hundred army sticks, eighty army sticks are enough to kill him, more than enough!
However, he is a descendant of King Qianning, the Mu family, and the son of Mu Sheng who Zhu Zhanhe is currently using.

One hundred military sticks would not kill him, and the executioners did not dare to kill him.

"Okay, let's go down and receive the punishment." Zhu Zhanhe waved his hand, somewhat impatiently.

"His Royal Highness Xie..." Mu Sheng bowed to thank him, then dragged his son away.

Seeing the backs of Mu's father and son leaving, Zhu Zhanhe sighed softly.

Mu Bin's recklessness is actually good and bad.

It seems that Mu Bin's recklessness this time has cost the Ming army a huge price. The loss of twelve ships and 2 people is not small, but it is actually not bad.

Those twelve boats were nothing, they were all small boats, although they cost a lot of money to build, but for the current Zhu Zhanhe, they were not so heartbroken.

As for the [-] soldiers, there was nothing to worry about. Most of them were Asan, and there were only a few soldiers from Uzangdu Division.

As for the prince's guards... Don't think about it, Mu Bin doesn't have the right to mobilize the prince's guards.

Asan, Zhu Zhanhe didn't feel distressed at first, and he had long wanted to find a chance to deal with these asan's, so for Zhu Zhanhe, although there were some guards from the Uzang capital, but this The result is still acceptable.

However, Zhu Zhanhe is more concerned about Mu Bin, he has high hopes for Mu Bin, and hopes that he can become one of the pillars of the generals.

As for whether Mu Bin can overcome this hurdle, that depends on himself, and no one else can help.

After the whole incident, the worst news for Zhu Zhanhe may be the impact on the Holy See.

Prior to this, the Ming army was advancing with almost unstoppable momentum. Except for the 5 people who were encircled and suppressed in the guerrilla fight, this time the Ming army was defeated for the second time.

What's more, this war took place on Christmas Day.

Therefore, this so-called victory will definitely bring an incentive beyond imagination to the European white pigs, and will greatly stimulate their potential.

But it's not all bad.

There is a good saying: show the enemy weak.

At the price of a small amount that is acceptable, what you get in return is the enemy's contempt for him and a wrong assessment of his combat power. Zhu Zhanhe thinks this is also a good thing.

But in comparison, he felt that he might have to do something else.

At the very least, Europe right now... seems to have nothing to do.

(End of this chapter)