Early Ming Dynasty: Turning Clouds and Rains into New Learning Saints

Chapter 126 Go back and die in battle

After a while, Wu Zhen and Lan Yu stood on the general stage and handed over the order to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the two people in front of him. On Wu Zhen's side, he couldn't restrain his happiness. Even if he didn't smile, he could feel it.

As for Lan Yu, his unconvinced look was etched on his face.

Zhu Yuanzhang knew what he was doing, so he simply ordered: "Lan Qing thinks carefully about why he lost? Wu Qing, let's continue to the next game!"

"General, I obey!" Upon hearing this, Wu Zhen responded loudly and immediately stepped back. After getting off the general platform, he left briskly.

Lan Yu was not qualified to stand on the general stage, so she could only get off the general stage and find her place in the general queue.

Cao Zhen, Marquis of Jingchuan, was just a commander at this time and had a good relationship with Lan Yu.Seeing him coming, he smiled and comforted him and said, "It's pretty good to defeat three times the strength of Marquis Jinghai like this!"

After hearing this, Lan Yu glanced at him sideways and ignored him.

Zhang Yi, the Marquis of Heqing, who could only command Qian at this time, comforted Lan Yu and said: "Brother Lan, don't worry. It's unimaginable that King Yan can defeat half of the Marquis of Jinghai's troops!"

"Yes, yes, yes, brother Lan, don't worry!" Zhu Shou, the Marquis of Shunshao, had the same official position as Lan Yu at this time, and was also the governor of Qianshi. He echoed, "Marquis Jinghai has this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to become a feudal official. It is impossible to let him go. !”

Hearing this, Lan Yu finally reacted, turned to look at them, and said in a cold voice: "Did you see that the princes of the state are here, King Yan will surely win. I really wish I could kill a few more, otherwise, If the Marquis of Jinghai defeats the King of Yan, even if there are only ten people left, they will still be granted the title of Duke, and the King of Yan can still win!"

When Zhu Shou heard this, he was immediately surprised and said: "Isn't it possible?"

Not to mention it, listening to what Lan Yu said, it seems that it is really possible.Not only can you make the Duke of the country, but you can also please the emperor!
Zhang Yi heard this, and comforted him: "We all have eyes, we all have eyes, and we can see the people on the stage even more clearly. If Marquis Jinghai dares to do this, I will join him!"

"Yes, if Marquis Jinghai does this, I will also join him!" After Cao Zhen finished speaking, he reminded, "You can also tell His Highness the Crown Prince!"

It's not that Sapphire has no background, she is from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!

Wang Bi, the Marquis of Dingyuan who was standing in front of them, heard what they said. He turned around and shouted in a low voice: "You guys, please be safe. No matter what, no one has too much to do!"

These people are all mentally ill. No matter how powerful Lan Yu is, how can he be more powerful than His Highness King Yan?That is the prince's biological brother, the emperor's biological son!
Forget it about other dynasties, but the current emperor and his family value family ties the most!
Outsiders are related by blood!

They all have a good relationship with Lan Yu.In the original history, he was eventually executed because of the Lan Yu case.

At this time, seeing Wang Bi, the most senior among them, speaking, they all fell silent.

They looked at Lan Yu and saw him standing there angrily, knowing that Lan Yu was still dissatisfied.With Lan Yu's personality, if he really found out that Marquis Jinghai deliberately let King Yan defeat Lan Yu by dozens of people, there might be a riot on the spot.

Thinking this way, they were a little worried.But at this moment, the three-way drum was completed and the next competition began.

On the school field in front of the general stage, both teams were already in place.

Under the spotlight, many people spoke.

"His Royal Highness, King Yan's team is actually mixed with so many types of soldiers, and it's really mixed!" Cao Zhen shook his head and said, "Show off your skills!"

"Yes, everyone knows how powerful multiple arms are. However, there is a way to practice multiple arms. How can it be so easy to practice?" Zhu Shou immediately followed, "One formation for spear soldiers, one formation for sword and shield soldiers, and one formation for bows and arrows." Each formation cooperates with each other. This is multi-arms combat. King Yan, hehe..."

Zhang Yi was also amused: "So, those who have never led a real army are just talking about armies on paper and think they are very powerful. Just watch the results. After a while, the secret will be exposed!"

"..."

Compared with their views, on the general stage, it is a bit different.

Zhu Di led his men up, and as soon as they opened the formation, Xu Da and others' expressions immediately became solemn.

"What kind of formation is this? Look at these long spears and short soldiers, and there are even strange weapons!" Xu Da said with a solemn expression, "The various types of soldiers are mixed, but they are very reasonable, and their strengths and weaknesses complement each other. If you can coordinate well, you can advance and attack. You can retreat and defend, you are very strong!"

Hearing this, Deng Yu also nodded solemnly and agreed: "Yes, how did His Highness King Yan think of the complementarity of these weapons, and even the coordination of specialized weapons? I am really looking forward to it. I don't know what will happen to this formation once the battle begins. Sample?"

"Have you noticed?" Li Wenzhong reminded him: "The long weapons of King Yan are generally longer than the Japanese spears used by Marquis Jinghai. Even the spears of King Yan are longer than those of Marquis Jinghai. Longer!”

"It's true!" Xu Da nodded after hearing this, then turned to look at Zhu Yuanzhang and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, His Highness King Yan has put a lot of effort into preparing for this competition!"

After Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he smiled faintly and said, "You just came back, so I'm afraid you don't know. For this competition, King Yan originally gave a huge reward of [-] yuan, saying that he would use up his family property and his princess's dowry to get the reward." Come up with this money.”

"..." Xu Da was stunned when he heard this.

This son-in-law wants to use all his daughter’s dowry as a reward?
When Deng Yu heard this, he immediately smiled and said to Xu Da: "Wei Guogong has a good son-in-law, he is awesome!"

Xu Da's face darkened when he heard this, is this a compliment or a joke?
Zhu Yuanzhang also laughed, and said to Xu Da: "But this money, in the end it was the son-in-law who took it out..."

Hearing this, Xu Da immediately turned his head and looked over, with a little doubt on his face.

He heard that this prince-in-law was just an orphan from a rural area outside Nanjing. He had just become a prince-in-law. He could afford [-] yuan?

Zhu Yuanzhang obviously knew what he was thinking, so he explained to him: "...the prince-in-law solved the smallpox plague, and I promised him a hereditary title. But he didn't want it, so I asked him [-] yuan to reward King Yan!"

Hearing this, I clicked on the several princes on the stage who had just returned from the border. They were shocked and immediately showed admiration.

This consort is really good, he is so attached to love and justice!

With this in mind, they all turned around to look for the prince-in-law who had been completely ignored by them before.

As a result, when they saw it, they were a little dumbfounded.

I saw that the prince-in-law ran directly to the circle where the fallen soldiers were, and the war hadn't even started yet!

Several people looked at each other, wondering what this meant?
Zhu Yuanzhang was also puzzled, and immediately ordered the eunuch next to him to send the prince consort over.

"kill……"

The two men began to compete.

Zhang Yifan, who was about to watch the show, was called to the general stage.

"What's going on with you?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked a little puzzled.

Several princes were also sizing up the consort.

Although the prince-in-law drew lots for the first time, he had actually already been on the general stage.However, they looked at the Prince Consort far more seriously than this time.

The gazes of the several princes were as real as they were, making Zhang Yifan feel a little uncomfortable.

But at this time, he was answering Zhu Yuanzhang's words: "My son was killed in battle!"

"..." After hearing his words, everyone on the stage was immediately confused by him and died before the battle even started.

Of course, Zhang Yifan would not really use Zhu Di as an excuse. He just explained: "My son assumed that he was not acclimatized and was killed before the war started!"

"..." When everyone on the stage heard this reason, they were convinced on the spot.

He even considered that he was not acclimatized, so he died first!

Zhu Yuanzhang came to his senses and immediately snorted: "You are just afraid of pain!"

Although they were not fighting with real swords and guns, these were elites, and when they competed, they used force.Although his life was not in danger, it was absolutely normal for him to be beaten black and blue.

Zhang Yifan had long discovered that during the previous competition between Lan Yu and Marquis Jinghai, many of the "killed" soldiers were limping when they retreated to the death zone.

You know, these are the elites of the Ming Dynasty's army. They don't really feel any pain, so they won't show it.

At this time, upon hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Zhang Yifan laughed and did not distinguish. "Go back and die in battle. I'll deal with you later!" Zhu Yuanzhang saw this and scolded him angrily.

He knew Zhang Yifan's contribution.Therefore, I don't really mind it, I just feel a bit dumbfounded.

"According to the order!" Zhang Yifan responded quickly after hearing this and left the general station.

Several princes watched him disappear on the general stage. Then you looked at me and I looked at you. For a moment, they were all speechless.

This prince-in-law doesn’t seem like a normal person!
Then, they looked back at the competition venue.

As a result, everyone was shocked when they saw it.

They saw that Wu Zhen's men had surrounded King Yan's five hundred sergeants. However, most of the dead soldiers were "Japanese pirates" wearing black robes.

Looking carefully, they found the key point at once.

I saw King Yan's men, although they were surrounded by Wu Zhen's troops, they were in a group of about ten people. To be precise, they should be in a formation, with long spears and short swords, and they cooperated very well.

The changpai hand standing in front holds a long shield to block the arrows and spears of "Japanese pirates", and the rattan pai hand holds a light rattan shield with a javelin and a waist knife. While using the javelin to kill the enemy in front of him, the changpai hand and the rattan pai The hand also covers the advance of the rear team, and at the same time can engage in close combat with the enemy.

The 'Moso Bamboo' soldier used the branches at the front of the bamboo to assassinate the enemy to cover the advance of the shield player, and at the same time to cover the attack of the spearman behind, which played a very important role.

The four spearmen at the back, two on each side, took care of the shield bearers and bamboo soldiers on the left and right in front.Following up are two soldiers holding "boring palladium" to serve as security, support and other tasks.If the enemy attacks in a roundabout way, the short-handed soldier rushes forward with a short sword to kill the enemy.

Their face-to-face enemy, the "Japanese pirates" pretended by Wu Zhen's subordinates, was killed to the point of losing ground. They didn't know how to deal with it, and they retreated repeatedly.

King Zhu Di of Yan was in the middle of the battle formation, constantly giving orders, and divided his five hundred soldiers into many mandarin duck formations. Taking advantage of the "Japanese pirates" being killed in a hurry, he launched a pursuit without giving the opponent a chance to regroup and fight again.

At first glance, if you didn't know better, you would have thought that King Yan's troops were greater than Marquis Jinghai's, and that King Yan's troops were surrounding Jinghai Hou's troops.

"This……"

There were gasps of air-conditioning on both sides of the stage.

This scene was not only surprising for the civil officials, but also for the discerning Duke and Marquis and other famous founding generals.

Of course, there is one person who is not surprised at all, and that is Zhu Yuanzhang.

After watching Zhu Di's military training, he immediately realized that Zhu Di would definitely win.This was also the reason why he went to war, wanted to make Marquis Jinghai a duke, and ignored the danger on the border and called back all the famous generals guarding the border to watch this competition.

He just wants to show the world that Lao Zhu is not the only one who knows how to fight!
No matter how many military achievements you have made abroad, Lao Zhu's family still has the confidence to suppress you and prevent you from having any different intentions.

In the competition arena, one of the parties involved, Jinghaihou Wu Zhen, was of course anxious.

At the beginning, he did look down upon King Yan's subordinates, but he had absolutely no intention of letting him go.

At least until the winner is decided, or before he is absolutely sure of winning, it is impossible to give in.After all, there is only one chance to get the Duke so easily.

Before the competition started, he also saw the prince-in-law walking to the "killed" area by himself, which made him feel even more relaxed.

If King Yan and his son-in-law thought that there was absolutely no hope of winning the competition, would he have been "killed" before the competition started?
In fact, not only him, but even his subordinates think so.

As a result, being paralyzed and careless, he suddenly encountered King Yan's weird formation, was caught off guard, and suffered such a big defeat.

At this time, it is useless to say anything.

Wu Zhen led his personal guards and had to go into battle in person. Just like Lan Yu before, he expected to withstand this wave of defeat. In any case, he had to stabilize his position first.

It has to be said that Wu Zhen was awarded the title of Marquis of Jinghai for his military merits, and his ability on the battlefield is also absolutely acceptable.

As soon as he personally led the troops into battle, he immediately stabilized the situation of face-to-face defeat without retreating.

However, apart from his side, the other places where they fought were still defeated by King Yan's men, and they couldn't stand at all.

"kill……"

In the competition arena, most of the shouts of killing were from King Yan's men, who were full of momentum.

On the general stage, Xu Da said with a solemn expression: "Did you see that King Yan's men still maintained that strange formation when they were chasing? Or if they were divided into two, they would still have considerable power."

"That's right, King Yan's formation has many changes, it can be large or small. It can form a local advantage of attacking more and attacking less. It has strong protection and sharp attack. It is really powerful!" Li Wenzhong also nodded and agreed.

He was a famous general who founded the Ming Dynasty. When such comments came out, Hu Weiyong, Wang Guangyang and others looked at each other.

They thought that King Yan would definitely not be able to win, but it turned out that not only could he win, but he would also win a great victory. Even a powerful figure like Cao Guogong was praised so highly!

Li Shanchang also looked shocked. After looking at the competition field for a while, he secretly looked at Zhu Yuanzhang.

At this time, he had every reason to suspect that such a powerful formation must have been thought up by Zhu Yuanzhang.Otherwise, besides him, it is impossible for someone else to give King Yan this formation!
Anyway, King Yan himself definitely couldn’t figure it out!

Now, relying on this formation, King Yan will easily win this competition!
What he thought was absolutely correct. At this moment, Wu Zhen's 500 people were killed by His Highness King Yan's 150 soldiers, leaving only more than 450 people. But on King Yan's side, there were only [-] people left. There are still about [-] people.

In other words, His Highness King Yan killed more than 50 Wu Zhen's men at the cost of 300 deaths.If we evaluate it based on the real war, when Wu Zhen's troops were massacred by King Yan's troops at the beginning, their morale collapsed and they were completely defeated.

That is because this is just a competition, so only the last soldier can be killed.

After a while, only Wu Zhen and a few personal guards around him were left struggling.Even if Wu Zhen exerted his full strength and stretched out a few "moo bamboos", that is, wolves, to scratch his face, the war would be completely over.

Wu Zhen was covered in sweat and his hair was wet. He was obviously a little irritable and shouted: "I don't accept it!"

Zhu Di, surrounded by his personal guards, could not suppress his smile, strode over, and asked confidently: "Then let's compete again!"

Before starting the competition, he actually didn't have a lot of confidence.Unexpectedly, he won so easily.

This competition gave him great confidence, so he said this.

Wu Zhen seemed to be stunned when he heard this.Then, he looked around, at the competition field, then at the "killed" area, and finally sighed suddenly and said: "No more competition!"

After finishing speaking, he strode towards the dianjiang platform and went to pay the order.

Zhu Di smiled silently when he saw it.Then, he turned to look at his men, suddenly raised his arms and shouted: "Wan Sheng!"

His subordinates are actually similar to him.Before the competition, I didn't have much confidence, not even as much as Zhu Di.

At this time, the result of the competition could almost be said to be overwhelming, and it definitely exceeded their expectations.

Not to mention the reward of a hundred dollars, just the glory of this victory made them all excited.Upon hearing King Yan's cry, they immediately followed and shouted loudly: "Wan Sheng!"

The soldiers farther away heard the roar and turned to look at King Yan, then raised their arms and shouted: "Wan Sheng, Wan Sheng, Wan Sheng..."

The entire school grounds were filled with deafening shouts of "Wan Sheng".

At this moment, they seemed to be the only protagonists on the school field!
On the general stage and under the general stage, all the civil and military officials silently looked at these sergeants who raised their arms and shouted.

Suddenly, I saw Zhu Di, the King of Yan, striding forward.

Everyone who saw it was envious.After such a great victory, King Yan went to the general stage. It was an absolute show of his face!
However, what they never expected was that the king of Yan did not go to the general platform, but walked to the "killed" area.

What is he going to do?
For a while, many people had doubts.

At this time, it’s time to step up to the general stage!
(End of this chapter)