I was pulling trees in Daming, and Lao Zhu begged me to come out of retirement

Chapter 77: Going to the battlefield with a wooden sword

Han Shantong looked at Zhu Chongba and others in shock.
Although he didn't understand, it didn't stop him from being shocked.

He was very tactful and asked:

"I wonder how I can help the Marshal? I will go through fire and water without hesitation!"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded with satisfaction.

Both his son and he are puppets who are very aware of the times.

I sent my son away halfway in the future, but now I can promise his family to become rich.

"Let's go and find a safe place."

After all, there were only 1000 cavalrymen who arrived first.

The main force is still lagging behind.

If Cherifuka could react and gather his troops to attack us,

1 vs. 1000,

Even if he could break out of the encirclement by using his mobility, he would still have to leave many of his brothers behind.

They are elite soldiers, not divine soldiers.

Most of the content in the book Tianyu gave was about training against enemies using hot weapons, as well as some strategic and tactical explanations.

In this era of cold weapons, they were able to rely on long-term training and sophisticated equipment to make the soldiers of Taoyuan Township stronger than the elite of the Yuan Dynasty.
But it's not easy to fight one against ten.

Zhu Yuanzhang would certainly not be so foolish as to think he was invincible and lead his brothers to charge into the battle.

The so-called defeating the majority with the few, defeating the strong with the weak, is nothing more than taking advantage of the right time, place and people, turning the few into the many, the weak into the strong and then crushing them.

If you have fewer soldiers than the enemy and are weaker than them, it will be useless no matter how skilled you are in using the military.

This is what it means that rotten mud cannot be propped up against a wall.

The cavalry of Taoyuan Township is a light cavalry.
Their greatest strengths are the unparalleled mobility they gain from their saddles and their ridiculous crossbow range.

The Yuan cavalry's kite-flying tactics were like a joke in front of their Taoyuan Township cavalry.

Even if there was an open enough battlefield, they could easily kill Cheli Buhua's 2 soldiers like herding sheep.

It’s a pity that there are so many woods nearby that they don’t have much room to perform.

After rescuing the eighth-generation grandson of Song Huizong seen through the telescope, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately led his men back to the temporary camp without stopping.

Saving this guy was at best a spur-of-the-moment decision.

If the Red Turban Army were to revolt under his name in the future, he would be able to hold the emperor hostage and control the other princes.

Justice was a very morale-boosting factor in ancient wars.

The Chinese people have civilization in their bones. They value having a legitimate reason to fight and being a just army.

If it is not just enough, the soldiers will feel guilty when fighting, and their morale will be easily shaken by guilt.

Now, as long as I control Han Shantong,
Then in the next ten years or so, China's largest Red Turban Army Corps will be able to be under his control.

It doesn’t matter whether they obey my orders or not. What matters is that they cannot attack me openly.

There were no words all the way,
Two days passed quickly.

With adequate supplies,

The army of the Farmers’ Assistance Association quickly arrived at the gathering place agreed with Zhu Yuanzhang.

Han Shantong looked at the countless troops in front of him with a look of horror.

Isn’t Taoyuan Township a legend?

When did so many soldiers gather?

In history,

After Han Shantong was killed, Liu Futong moved to many places.

After successively conquering Yingzhou City, occupying Zhugao Town in Gushi County, conquering Luoshan, Zhenyang (Zhengyang), Queshan, rushing through Wuyang and Ye County, and returning to conquer Runing (Ru'nan), Xizhou, and Guangzhou (Huangchuan), the army had barely grown to 6. Now Zhu Yuanzhang's army has 7 to at a glance.

With this army, Zhu Yuanzhang could completely resist the imperial court's crackdown head-on. After all, it was impossible for the imperial court to gather and send a million-strong army at once.

As long as we can withstand the first wave of attacks, we will be able to attract more defectors in the future.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang did not hesitate to send 25 civilians to open the river.
After the army rested for the night,
The next day, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered people to take out food and beef and mutton from the boxes and distribute them to the army.

Han Shantong looked at the soldiers' bowls of steaming beef and mutton with a look of shock on his face.

Even a thief like him had never enjoyed such good food on a normal day.

Many members of the farmers' association were even more enthusiastic when they saw the beef and mutton that Zhu Yuanzhang had "transformed".

For the people,

No matter how much you brag, it is not as good as making them willing to fight for you with a bite of food.

This group of people are poor people who have been forced into a desperate situation and are almost forced to eat their own children.

Compared to exchanging their own children for food, they would rather sacrifice their own lives to earn food for their families.

Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the soldiers to distribute the wooden swords and leather armor that had been prepared in advance to everyone.

Han Shantong looked at the wooden sword, which was like a child's play, with a puzzled look on his face and asked:
"Are you planning to let them go to the battlefield with wooden swords?"

There were many uprisings during this period.
Because the Yuan Dynasty had extremely strict control over ironware, most of the rebels did not have iron weapons, and everyone fought against the Yuan Dynasty with hoes or wooden spears.

The so-called wooden spear is actually a wooden stick with a sharpened head that is used to stab people, while the one with an iron tip is called a spear.

You can imagine what would happen if you used wooden sticks to fight against regular soldiers in armor.

Faced with this kind of dimensionality reduction attack on equipment,

Unless the number ratio reaches an extremely exaggerated level, once a close combat occurs, this group of militia will definitely be defeated by the regular army.

Previously, Han Shantong thought that Zhu Yuanzhang's elite soldiers had great potential.
Now you give them a bunch of toys? This is just asking for death.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang had no intention of explaining to Han Shantong.
He simply raised a wooden sword and shouted at the soldiers feasting below:

"This sword is a magical treasure! It is a treasure blessed by the great god Tianyu! Tomorrow we will use this magical treasure to drive the hateful Tartars out of our Chinese territory!"

Han Shantong looked at Zhu Yuanzhang speechlessly as if he was looking at a fool.

This is a wooden sword.

We are not stupid, so how could we be willing to take this thing to the battlefield? We are fooling the soldiers like this, and we are not afraid of mutiny.

Han Shantong looked at the members of the Farmers' Association with a gloating look on his face.
But he opened his eyes wide in shock and showed disbelief.

The common people did not doubt the "immortal treasure" that Zhu Yuanzhang mentioned. Instead, they all raised their wooden swords with burning eyes and shouted:
"Long live the Lord God! Long live the Messenger of God!"

"Everywhere the sun and moon shine is Han territory! Everywhere the rivers and seas flow, they are all Han subjects! Kill! Kill!"

After repairing the two dams,

This group of people have completely believed in Zhu Yuanzhang's identity as a messenger from heaven.

They had already been brainwashed for a long time, and now after witnessing the miracle, they no longer had any doubts, which meant that the time was still short.

Zhu Yuanzhang felt that if he was given more time, he could trick them into taking the musketeers' attack head-on.

Waited until the next day,

Zhu Yuanzhang led tens of thousands of troops and marched quickly towards the Xiuhe garrison under Chelibuhua without any hesitation.

At this time, Tohri Buka was lying on the bed healing his buttocks.
He was afraid to fight the Xiang army so he took advantage of the killing.

He finally took over a lucrative job of opening a river, but before he could reap any benefits, he got shot in the butt.

This made him feel that he had suffered a great loss, and he viciously thought that he would do whatever it took to squeeze more money and food from these hateful southerners.

And at this moment,
A scout was put into the tent, sweating profusely.

With a horrified look on his face, he reported to Tetsuji Buka in a hurry:
"General! It's bad! People from Taoyuan Township are coming to kill us!"

(End of this chapter)