Daming: I am the most powerful emperor grandson, please abdicate the throne

Chapter 150
  "We need to take down Meng Shou as soon as possible."

"When the news of Mengman's fall spreads out, the Annan people in Luzhou will definitely be vigilant, and they may gather people from the outside villages to resist our attack."

"Only when they gather together and no longer disperse, it will be easier for us to fight."

"Otherwise, it will be difficult to deal with the east and west groups. It will be easy to be surrounded by them and you will not be able to escape."

Zhu Xuan briefly explained the plan he had in mind.

They have the Crouching Tiger Cannon, which can kill enemies in a large area. When the enemies gather, it will be easier to deal with them.

Yan Guan thought for a moment and then asked: "What if we can't defeat Meng Shou?"

"Then we can only come back honestly and defend Zhennanguan. It also proves that we are not professional in fighting. Luzhou and Mengmano can only rely on Lord Cen to fight back."

Zhu Xuan said.

If they can't even defeat the weakest force, Mengmang, there is no need for them to go head-to-head with the strongest force, Luzhou.

Even if you go, you will die.

Mengmang was used by Zhu Xuan to test the waters.

If you can fight, go to Luzhou. If you can't, then come back and guard the pass.

After hearing this, Yan Guan felt that this was feasible. If he picked the weakest to fight, the risk factor would be much lower.

Hou Xian asked again: "Then how do we attack the city?"

None of them had any experience in siege warfare and had no relevant training. According to the intelligence, there were about two thousand people inside Meng Shou, and they only had five thousand.

When going to war, at least one thousand must be left at Zhennanguan.

It is not easy for four thousand people to attack a city defended by two thousand people.

Hearing this question, Zhu Xuan thought about it for a long time, but there was no weapon that could violently attack the city. The Tiger Crouching Cannon could not directly break through the city gate. They did not bring other artillery. The only available method was the most primitive one. A way to climb the tower.

This approach will result in the death of many soldiers.

On the premise that the number of people is small, the losses will be serious, and the city may not be captured.

"We only have to make ladders!"

Yan Guan said.

Zhu Xuan felt that using ladders to attack the city would not be very effective.

Under normal circumstances, the attacking side must have five times more people than the defending side to have a guaranteed chance of victory.

Zhu Xuan and the others are all novices. It will be more difficult for four thousand people to fight against two thousand people.

The ladder siege is more risky.

"Have someone send us our extra gunpowder, and I've thought of a way."

Zhu Xuan said loudly.

People below, hurry up and get busy.

When the gunpowder arrived, he led Hou Xian to find some tools to make explosives to attack the city gate.

the next day.

morning.

Zhu Xuan ordered a deputy general appointed by Cen Rui to lead a thousand soldiers to defend Zhennanguan. He then led more than 4,000 people to leave the pass and rush out.

He was full of confidence when he recovered fiercely and slowly.

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Li Zhen was originally a bandit who was active on the border of the Ming Dynasty. He would occasionally rob some villages on the border of the Ming Dynasty, and of course he would also rob the villages of the Annan people.

He doesn't care about justice or injustice, he only robs for money.

He will rob wherever there is more money.

However, in the past few years, Hu Jiya usurped power, and Li Zhen took advantage of the opportunity and defected to Hu Jiya's rebels. When the usurpation of power was successful, the rebels became regular troops.

Li Zhen also became a young general, able to have his own regular soldiers. Just last year, on behalf of Hu Jiya, he sent troops to invade the Ming Dynasty and captured the city of Mengman. At this time, he returned to his true nature as a bandit and plundered the villages of the Ming Dynasty. There are quite a lot of things that he snatched back!

Li Zhen felt that the peak of his life was coming, and even fantasized about entering the Siming Mansion of the Ming Dynasty and living a happy life. The wealth of the Ming Dynasty was far beyond that of Annan.

Many Annan people want to sneak to Ming Dynasty to make a living. Even if they wash dishes, it is better than in Annan. They will definitely live a better life.

However, the household registration management system of the Ming Dynasty was too strict. They smuggled in without even a humble registration and could not do anything. But if they took down Siming Mansion, it would be different. They could do whatever they wanted in the city.

Most of the villages near Mengman were plundered by them.

Li Zhen led hundreds of soldiers under his command to rob villages in other places. He had just returned after plundering a large amount of food and property, and was about to return to Mengmang.

"General, there is a group of Ming troops approaching us. There seem to be thousands of them."

An Annan soldier ran back anxiously and said.

Hearing this, Li Zhen frowned.

Their spies in Annan had long received news that Yunnan and Guangxi were gathering troops, and the Ming army was preparing to attack again, but they could not detect it when they attacked.

According to speculation, it should be in the near future.

So Li Zhen went to plunder and steal the Ming army's food to resist the Ming army's attack, but he did not expect that the Ming army would come so quickly.

The conflict between Annan and Ming Dynasty has been a common occurrence for a long time.

Under normal circumstances, they would fight if they could, and run away if they couldn't. They didn't feel ashamed. The Ming army didn't dare to go too deep anyway. The most they could do was strengthen the border defense. When the Ming army retreated, they could continue to invade and plunder.

These practices basically become templates.

There were many conflicts, and the Annan people did not take the Ming army seriously. Instead, they could often provoke the powerful Ming Dynasty, which was very embarrassing.

Li Zhen was also prepared to run away if he couldn't fight. When he heard that the Ming army was approaching, he was just a little surprised. He quickly ignored it and said loudly: "Go back to the city first!"

Hundreds of them were far from being a match for thousands of Ming troops. As long as they returned to the city, thousands of Ming troops would not be able to open the city gates they defended.

Regarding defense, Li Zhen is still very confident.

However, this group of people was soon discovered by the Ming army.

The approaching Ming army was the soldiers led by Zhu Xuan. According to the scouts, a group of Annan people who had just plundered and returned were passing by not far ahead, numbering only a few hundred.

"Wang Er, lead two hundred people to catch up!"

Zhu Xuan thought about it again and decided to use those few hundred people to build up his own momentum first.

Wang Er took the order and led his troops to pursue him first.

Zhu Xuan and the others followed soon after.

Those Annan people who came back from plundering needed to bring food, property and other things with them, so their marching speed was not very fast. It didn't take long for them to be overtaken by Wang Er's troops.

"General, the Ming army is coming!"

An Annan soldier said.

Li Zhen looked back and saw that there were only two hundred Ming troops chasing him, but there were more than three hundred of them. They had to take back the things they had robbed. They were destined to be unable to escape. It seemed that they could not avoid fighting this battle.

"Kill them first!"

Li Zhen didn't take these Ming troops seriously.

The small force is not scary, but they are afraid of being entangled by this small force, causing the large force behind to catch up, and no one of them can escape.

Li Zhen felt that he should kill the small force of two hundred people first, and then go back as quickly as possible. The other party only had two hundred people, and they had more than three hundred people. Do they need to be afraid?
  Not at all.

"kill!"

Several Annan soldiers roared angrily, turned around and went to kill Wang Er and the others.

"shot!"

Wang Er said loudly.

(End of this chapter)