Chapter 60 New Wuding Prefecture
Faced with arrows falling like rain, the Ming army faithfully carried out Fu Youde's military orders and died bravely. Of course, the Ming army's orders were as heavy as a mountain, and those who violated them would be severely punished.
But Fu Youde knew that his military orders were wrong and wanted to change them to make amends, but at this time he could do nothing. No one gave him orders, and the Ming army could only keep running on the road to death.
The road leading to the central army's camp had become a dead zone, but people still continued to rush forward.
Seeing the piles of Ming army corpses, Fu Youde, Zhu Di and others were furious, but they could do nothing. Everyone was living a miserable life under the rain of arrows that would never stop!
Fortunately, the rain of arrows lasted only for a cup of tea, and no more arrows fell from the Ming army camp. But even so, the Ming army remained cautious because no one could guarantee whether the Songming army would make a comeback.
It was not until half an hour had passed and the Ming army scouts were scattered and running around the camp that anyone dared to show up and move around in the Ming army camp.
But no matter who it was, like Fu Youde who was used to seeing mountains of corpses and seas of blood, or the brave soldiers on the battlefield who had experienced countless life-and-death battles, they all felt a chill after seeing everything in their own military camp.
Looking at the entire Ming army camp, there were broken limbs everywhere. There was basically no complete body to be seen. Even the wounded were rarely intact.
The sight of the wounded at this moment was even more shocking, because not one of them was not howling miserably. The most crucial thing was that there were tens of thousands of wounded.
The screams of so many people one after another made the surviving Ming soldiers in the entire camp even more terrified, and some even suffered a mental breakdown.
There was not a single tent in the camp that was not burning with flames, making it impossible for the wounded to receive effective treatment. This scene deeply stimulated the spirit of every Ming army soldier present, especially Fu Youde.
Such a tragic scene. Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, even after the failure of the second Northern Expedition, it had never encountered such a nightmarish experience.
Fu Youde never expected that he would be the first person after Xu Da to bring a disastrous defeat to the Ming army!
Originally, Fu Youde thought that since Chang Yuchun died early and Xu Da had the taint of failure in the Northern Expedition, he would be the number one in the future Ming army and become a truly invincible general.
But who would have thought that in this wild land of Yunnan and Dian, a mere city said to have been built by refugees would suffer such a devastating defeat!
Looking at the corpses all over the ground, Fu Youde didn't know what to say. For the first time, he regretted not listening to others' advice.
If he had withdrawn his troops immediately after hearing Fei Ju's description of his strength, then this scene would never have happened. However, there is no medicine for regret in this world, and as the head coach, he cannot escape the blame for the current defeat!
"General Fu, let's evacuate overnight and return to Qujing." Zhu Di came behind Fu Youde at some point, looked at the tragic scene in front of him, and advised with a sigh.
To be honest, Zhu Di didn't want to say this, but what else could he do?
The morale of the Ming army had already suffered setbacks under the city of Songming. Now, they had been successfully attacked at night and suffered heavy losses. Morale had dropped to freezing point. If the enemy attacked again and caused a tragic explosion in the camp, it would be too late to regret it then!
"Marshal, let's retreat. After we have rested, we will come back and flatten Songming City!"
Zhu Su, Mu Ying, Fei Ju and others also stepped forward to persuade Fu Youde. Fu Youde almost gritted his teeth, but he knew that he had no choice but to retreat.
The soldiers just reported that most of the military rations were burned and all the military equipment was burned. Even if I insist on staying here, what's the point?
Fu Youde sighed to the sky and said, "Never mind, I will go back and write a letter to apologize. Whoever wants to do this to the Marshal can do it!"
"Disband the camp and withdraw the troops!"
With Fu Youde's order, the Ming army soldiers felt relieved and fled back to Qujing in a hurry overnight.
In Wuding Prefecture, Zhu Chong saw the outline of a city that was even bigger than Songming City appear before his eyes, and he felt an indescribable sense of accomplishment.
At this time, Wuding Prefecture was more than twice the size of Songming City. However, because Wuding Prefecture had fallen into disrepair and Zhu Chong did not have enough manpower, the entire city was still in its infancy and even the city walls were not fully built.
Zhu Chong brought only 300,000 troops to Wuding Prefecture this time. Even if more than 10,000 people joined every day, it would take a long time to build a complete version of the new Wuding Prefecture.
However, Zhu Chong was not in a hurry. Since he had decided to build a city that was more than twice the size of Songming City, he naturally took his time.
Wuding Prefecture is a truly wild and desolate place, a real lawless place. Of course, he has to polish it carefully so that Wuding Prefecture can become his real base for making a fortune in the future.
But at this moment, a military report from Songming City made Zhu Chong's face gloomy.
Zhu Yuanzhang really sent troops to attack Songming City, which was within Zhu Chong's expectations, but he did not expect Zhu Yuanzhang to mobilize such a large number of troops.
Zhu Chong had long known that Mu Ying would not give up after suffering a loss in Songming City. In addition, the incident of the diplomatic envoy sent by Zhu would make it clear to Zhu that once he knew Songming City's attitude towards the Ming Dynasty, he would definitely send troops to attack.
However, Zhu Chong did not expect that the person sent by Old Zhu was Fu Youde, and he also sent Xiao Si and Xiao Wu, and brought an army of 500,000 at the same time.
After seeing the relevant introduction in the military newspaper, Zhu Chong felt a little panicked. After all, Songming City was now his real home base. He had spent so much effort to build up this territory. If Fu Youde really captured it, it would definitely be a serious blow to Zhu Chong.
However, Zhu Chong did not intend to send troops back to provide support immediately. Instead, he ordered to speed up the repair of Wuding Prefecture.
Because Zhu Chong understood that if Songming City, where Yuchi Gong, Zhao Shizhen and others were stationed, was really captured by the Ming army, it would be useless no matter how many people he sent back.
Professionals do professional things, and Zhu Chong is very clear about his strengths and weaknesses.
With famous generals in charge, new weapons beyond this era to defend the city, and so many brave generals to help, if Yuchi Gong still couldn't defend Songming City, then even if Zhu Chong went there himself, he might not be able to hold it.
What's more, this is just the beginning. If he can't even keep stable, then he might as well not develop in the future. Isn't it enough to just live an honest life in Songming City?
Zhu Chong had good ideas, but he was still a little uneasy inside. Fortunately, he received the latest military report two days later.
Yuchi Gong inflicted heavy damage on the Ming army at the foot of Songming City and attacked the Ming army camp at night. The Ming army was defeated and fled back to Qujing.
Upon seeing this news, Zhu Chong immediately felt relieved and devoted himself to the construction of Wuding Prefecture.
A month later, a new Wuding Prefecture covering an area of more than 200 square kilometers and with facilities superior to those of Songming City in all aspects was finally completed.
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