Zhu Shuang transmigrated into the body of the second son of the Old Zhu family in the Great Ming Dynasty. Right from the start, he was expelled from the capital for stealing something from Xu Miaoy...
Thinking of this, King Liang immediately modified the military order and personally led his 50,000 troops to continue attacking Songming City, under the pretext of protecting the safety of the royal court.
Then, his left prime minister Dade was still the commander-in-chief, leading an allied force of 80,000 troops, divided into two routes, to attack Qujing and other Ming Dynasty cities from a roundabout way.
But just as King Liang was making his plan and sending his troops to attack various places, an imperial decree came from the Ming court far away in Yingtian Prefecture: General Lan Yu, lead an army of 300,000 to attack the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty; Marquis Mu Ying of Xiping, lead an army of 200,000 to attack King Liang of Yunnan!
The news quickly spread throughout the world and everyone was shocked. No one had expected that Zhu Yuanzhang was so bold as to dare to open up two battlefields at the same time. This was definitely the first time since the founding of the Ming Dynasty!
Of course, any discerning person could see that Zhu Yuanzhang was determined to make a desperate move in order to resolve the issue once and for all, to resist the harassment of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, and at the same time to pacify Yunnan and Yunnan and unify the southern part of the Ming Dynasty.
Because everyone knows that the Northern Expedition has limited deterrent effect on the small Northern Yuan Dynasty. From the time Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne to the present, including Lan Yu's expedition this time, four large-scale expeditions have been launched against the small Northern Yuan Dynasty, but none of them could severely damage the Northern Yuan Mongols.
On the contrary, the small Northern Yuan Dynasty became more and more courageous and fought back and forth with the Ming Dynasty. The King of Liang in Yunnan and Yunnan in the south would often stab Zhu Yuanzhang in the back when the small Northern Yuan Dynasty and Zhu Yuanzhang were fighting fiercely, making it difficult for Zhu Yuanzhang to deal with both ends.
So this time Zhu Yuanzhang decided to go all out. He planned to launch a shocking battle, either to clear the Mongolian desert or to pacify the Yunnan and Yunnan regions. Anyway, both armies were his old base, and the generals he sent out were all famous generals of the time.
However, it took a long time for this news to reach the north and Yunnan.
At this time in Yunnan and Dian, King Liang did not know that Zhu Yuanzhang had already developed murderous intentions towards his Yunnan and Dian areas. He was still immersed in excitement and led his 50,000 elite troops to attack Songming City in a mighty force.
In King Liang's opinion, even if Zhu Chong was given a month, it would be impossible to completely repair the burned and damaged Songming City.
This is the understanding of people in today's era. After a city suffers a devastating blow, it will take at least a year or two to fully repair it.
But when King Liang led his army to Songming City and saw the city that almost reached the clouds, King Liang felt his head buzzing. He was unwilling to believe it for a while and even thought that he might have taken the wrong path and ran to another city.
"What on earth is this place? Why is there a city here?" King Liang roared at the top of his lungs. He did not bring any siege equipment with him this time.
Or perhaps he had never thought about fighting a siege at all. In his mind, Songming City was an undefended city, waiting for him to lead his troops to ravage it.
However, facing the fortified city before him, King Liang felt a surge of anger in his heart and wanted to kill the scout who was leading the way.
The scout centurion was a soldier under Darima who had survived the disaster in Songming City and escaped back. After a month of re-teaming, he was promoted to a centurion of a scout battalion on the frontline.
When the centurion heard King Liang's roar, he felt a little dazed. When he came forward and saw the towering city of Songming, he looked back at King Liang with a puzzled look on his face.
"Your Majesty, this is Songming City. Our target this time, please tell me whether we should launch an attack?"
Damn it… King Liang really wanted to curse. This high city, is it really Songming City? How can he attack it? Let his elite cavalry ram a hole in the thick city wall, and then let the army charge in?
"Who told me that the main wall of Songming City was destroyed and it is now an undefended city? Was it you who said that?"
King Liang was filled with anger and could only stare at the centurion in front of him. He vaguely remembered that it was this guy who swore to him that the main city wall of Songming was burned to ashes and could not be restored within a month.
There's no way to recover from this! What the hell is this? You dare to lie to your king? You're simply courting death!
"No, my king, the city wall was indeed burned to pieces before. I don't know what happened!"
When the centurion heard the King of Liang's tone was not right, he looked carefully at the wall of Songming City and suddenly realized what was going on. He quickly explained and begged for mercy.
But it was too late. King Liang flew into a rage. "You lied about military intelligence and disrupted the morale of the army. Do you want all my troops to die here? Drag them away and chop them off!"
Someone came up immediately, pulled the centurion off his horse, pressed him to the ground, and started chopping him with a knife. With a flash of the sharp knife, a big head rolled to the ground.
After seeing the blood, King Liang's irritable mood finally improved a lot, but when he saw the Songming City in front of him, which was more than ten meters high, he felt nothing but anger and helplessness.
I originally thought that I could lead the army to Songming and enjoy myself, but I didn't expect that I would face such a strong city!
If he had known this would happen earlier, he would definitely have let the left prime minister Dade lead the troops to attack Songming, while he himself would have led his troops to attack other cities.
Compared with other Ming Dynasty cities, Songming City is much stronger. Using cavalry to attack such a high city is simply seeking death.
The people that King Liang brought with him today were all his own tribesmen, the team he relied on for survival in Yunnan. However, if he retreated like this, it would definitely be a huge blow to his prestige in the tribe.
If he had known this would happen, he would not be afraid of the trouble and would have brought more large siege equipment. Now, with only some simple and light siege weapons, attacking would only lead to death. King Liang suddenly felt a little at a loss.
At this time, on the city wall, Zhu Chong, surrounded by Li Xiuning, Yu Jin and others, stood in the Victory Tower, gazing at the Mongolian cavalry outside the city, and remained silent for a long time.
When Zhu Chong saw that it was Prince Liang who came in person, he was shocked at first. But when the spies reported that Prince Liang only brought cavalry, almost no siege infantry and large siege weapons, Zhu Chong was puzzled but relieved at the same time.
Without siege weapons, it would be a pipe dream to rely solely on cavalry to capture the 15-meter-high Songming City.
But looking at the tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry outside the city, Zhu Chong always felt that he should do something, so he looked at the generals behind him.
"Everyone, tell me, with our army's current strength, are we confident we can fight the Mongolian cavalry outside the city?"
Upon hearing Zhu Chong's question, Lin Shu and Changsun Shunde remained silent. Yu Jin frowned, looked seriously at the cavalry army outside the city, opened his mouth several times, but in the end did not utter a word.
However, after hearing what Zhu Chong said, Li Xiuning's eyes flashed, and he almost blurted out: "Our army is now ready to fight the cavalry outside the city!"
As soon as the words came out, everyone in the audience was shocked!