Rebirth of Zhu Di's son

Chapter 345 I would rather not have this Helin City
In the second year of Qianxi's reign.

August 26.

clear.

The third quarter of the lunar month.

Desert West, on the battlefield.

Zhu Neng underestimated Arutai's determination to fight to the death.

After the Ming army's gunmen retreated, the Ming army's infantry and cavalry began to engage in close combat with the Tatar cavalry.

Arutai's troops were determined to succeed or die, while Zhu Neng's troops were tasked with defending the defense line and wiping out the Tatar cavalry as much as possible.

In other words, both sides are ready to fight to the last man.

This battle was not only extremely fierce, but also took more than an hour.

In the end, the Ming army won at the cost of 320 six people killed and 430 two seriously injured!

All the Tatar cavalry led by Arutai were wiped out, and no one survived!

He did not wait for his two sons until the last moment when he died in battle.

Arutai overestimated the commanding abilities of Abu Ji'an and Angke Polo, and underestimated the perseverance of Chen Mao and other Ming generals, as well as the power of the Ming army's new artillery and muskets.

Abu realized that the situation was over, and finally led the few remaining [-] Tatar cavalry to surrender to his cousin Mao Sheng, the commander of the Ming army camp.

However, Angke Polo preferred to die rather than surrender, and was eventually surrounded by armored infantry led by Chen Maoqin, and died of exhaustion.

The two thousand cavalry led by him were also completely wiped out by the Ming army.

Before Zhu Gaoxu received the battle report, he had already seen the tragic situation on the battlefield through a telescope.

"We must collect the bones of all the soldiers who died in battle. I will bring them back to the Ming Dynasty and bury them on Yingling Mountain so that they can enjoy the sacrifices of future generations!"

Zhu Gaoxu gave instructions to Yang Rong, the Minister of War, and Li Jinglong, Duke of Cao.

"Your Majesty is merciful!"

Li and Yang quickly bowed.

"Good news!"

A scout jumped off his horse far away, trotted all the way to five steps in front of Zhu Gaoxu's horse, knelt on one knee and loudly reported.

"Say!"

Zhu Gaoxu nodded.

"Your Majesty, Eunuch Qing found the hiding place of Wala Heavy Cavalry half an hour ago, and has now wiped out all Wala Heavy Cavalry!"

The scout reported respectfully.

"Good! Qingyao fought well in this battle!"

Zhu Gaoxu said with bright eyes.

After a pause, he asked with concern: "Can our army's casualties be counted?"

"Back to Your Majesty, Eunuch Qing is leading people to do statistics."

replied the scout.

"Go and convey my will and tell Qingyao that I understand."

Zhu Gaoxu ordered.

"According to the order."

The scout respectfully accepted the order.

An hour and a half later.

It's approaching early noon.

Outside Helin City.

In the main camp of the Ming army.

"Your Majesty, the traitor Tu Huan would rather die than surrender. During the melee, he was killed by our fire cannon."

Yang Hong, covered in blood and pale, walked into the tent, knelt down on one knee and complained.

Tuo Huan also had more than a dozen small artillery pieces under his command, so he dared to recruit Troos soldiers and herdsmen to defend the city together.

However, he underestimated the power of the Ming army's new rifled artillery, and even more underestimated the new Ming army's desire to capture Helin City.

If Helin City was still majestic and strong, the people of the Tuhuan tribe were still united, and the Wala soldiers were still tenacious in fighting, the Ming army might have taken the city in just one hour with the power of their new artillery and muskets. .

"You all fought very well in this battle!" Zhu Gaoxu glanced at Yang Hong, then glanced at the faces of Qingyao, Zhu Neng, Chen Mao, Mao Sheng and others beside him, and said with joy.

"It's all down to His Majesty's planning, I don't dare to take the credit!"

As if they had discussed it in advance, everyone knelt on one knee and saluted.

Zhu Gaoxu stroked his beard and smiled and said: "Okay, all my dear friends, please be safe. I am well aware of your merits. I will discuss your merits and reward them after your master returns to the court!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Everyone saluted again and then stood up.

"Come here, help General Yang and General Chen down to rest."

Zhu Gaoxu saw that Yang Hong's face was not very good and Chen Mao was injured in his left arm, so he immediately gave the order.

Yang Hong and Chen Mao hurriedly saluted and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Zhu Gaoxu watched Yang Hong and Chen Mao leave, then looked at Zhu Neng and said, "Have you cleared out the Oara people who are stubbornly resisting in Lin City?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, Zhu Yong is still in the city handling this matter."

Zhu Neng quickly explained: "Because Helin City was attacked by a large number of artillery fire from our army, many houses in the city collapsed, causing road blockage. Most of the Oara soldiers who were unwilling to surrender were hiding in the lanes of various houses, and some even risked their lives. The dead soldiers attacked our soldiers with kerosene or gunpowder.”

"Confused! How could Zhu Yong be allowed to do such a dangerous thing?"

After Zhu Gaoxu heard this, his face immediately darkened, and he scolded: "He is your only son! If you don't think about yourself, you should also think about your daughter-in-law Wang. You want the child in her belly to die after birth." Father?"

Zhu Neng and other generals at the scene felt a warm current in their hearts after hearing Zhu Gaoxu's reprimand.

At that time, Zhu Gaoxu urged Zhu Di to send Sheng Yong as the general of the army to conquer Annan, because he did not want Zhu Neng to go south and die.

Because of the Annando miasma, Zhu Neng died in history because of the acclimatization.

Sheng Yong is different from Zhu Neng. He has spent several years in Fujian, Guangxi and other places and has long adapted to the southern climate.

At that time, Zhu Di wanted to give Yan Fan's generals the opportunity to perform meritorious service, but after history was changed, the Jingnan Campaign did not break out, so Zhu Neng had just turned 30 in the first year of Yongle.

At that time, Zhu Neng was too young and could not serve as the coach of the Southern Expedition.

Later, he conquered the west and made meritorious service, and was knighted for his military merits.

Zhu Neng, now 56 years old, has only one son, Zhu Yong.

Although Zhu Yong is 35 years old this year, he has not had many children. In the 15 years since his marriage, his wife Wang only gave him four daughters!

Historically, Zhu Yong's eldest son Zhu Yi was born in the second year of Xuande.

Although the general trend of history has been changed by the time traveler Zhu Gaoxu, and the fate of many historical figures has also changed, some things are just so strange and cannot be reversed by human power.

Fortunately, Zhu Gaoxu promulgated the "Order on Marrying Wives and Accepting Concubines" in February of the first year of Qianxi. From the princes down to the common people, anyone who marries his first wife for five years can take concubines, regardless of whether the first wife has given birth to any children, and it is allowed once. Xing Na satisfies the number of concubines stipulated in the imperial edict.

Therefore, in March of the first year of Qianxi, Zhu Yong, as a fourth-grade military attache, took in a partial wife and two concubines.

In December of the same year, his partial wife became pregnant.

It's the end of August in the second year of Qianxi's reign. Counting the days, Zhu Neng's partial wife will give birth next month.

In the eyes of the civil and military personnel in the tent, Zhu Gaoxu obviously paid special attention to Zhu Neng and his son, otherwise it would be impossible for him to say such a thing.

They actually didn't know that the reason why Zhu Gaoxu reacted like this was because he didn't want to see Zhu Neng's son Zhu Yong die in the hands of the Oara people like in history (Tumu Fort Incident).

"Your Majesty personally went to the front line to command the battle, yet he was not afraid of life and death. Although Zhu Yong is the only son of the last general, how could he care about his life?"

Zhu Neng was deeply moved, but his duty as a minister forced him to respond in this way.

"Let me ask you, after the city was breached, how many officers and soldiers died in suicide attacks by Ora soldiers?"

Zhu Gaoxu frowned and asked.

Although Zhu Neng heard the term "suicide attack" for the first time, the literal meaning of the term was easy to understand. He thought for a moment and then answered: "There are 19 people."

"I would rather not have this Helin City than see the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty die under the suicide attack of the Ora soldiers!"

Zhu Gaoxu suddenly stood up and said solemnly.

When he said this, he turned to look at Cao Guogong Li Jinglong and ordered: "Pass on my decree to call Zhu Yong and all the officers and soldiers who entered the city to fight back to camp. The Chinese army will transfer [-] artillery units and [-] infantry units into the city. Enough, five artillery pieces are combined into a group, and then guarded by five infantry pieces, they advance inward from the four city gates! As for how they fight, I don’t care! Tomorrow morning, I want to see Helin City reduced to a piece ruins!"

"According to the order!"

Li Jinglong bowed quickly.

"General, I would like to thank you, His Majesty, for your kindness!"

Zhu Neng knelt down on his knees with great gratitude, bowed to Zhu Gaoxu and said, "Your Majesty's kindness to me will never be forgotten. I kowtow to Your Majesty on behalf of my dog!"

PS: Yesterday I ran all day to arrange for the child to be properly (hospitalized). This morning I took a blood test and the results showed that it was a viral cold. After active treatment, I was fine all day today. Thank you for your understanding!In addition, the Qidian website is under maintenance, so the chapters are not displayed, but I can see the comments everyone posted in the background. Thank you for your wishes!

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