Chapter 201 Wudang Mountain Battle 3
Zhao Xiaofei said to Princess Kunxing, Zhu Mianzhu, "Wanshan and Zhou Shuai must come with us! We're going to explore the vast sea of stars and conquer the world together! It would be difficult for us to do it without them! Let's go! Let's go and see how the soldiers deal with these rebels! The emperor will probably want to see too, so we have to keep an eye on him. If we lose even a hair, those people in Nanjing will eat us all!"
At this time, Zhu Cijiong was on the mountain watching the battle between the Kenan Army and the Chuang Army! Zhu Cijiong jumped up and down and shouted, "Good! Good fight! If my father had such powerful soldiers, he would have wiped you all out long ago! Fight for me!"
As Zhu Cijiong was speaking, the palace maids, eunuchs and Jinyiwei around him stood there silently without saying a word. This was not easy to respond to. The Kenan Army was the prince's army, and the money was all given by the prince. Last time, they asked the court to pay back the money! They said that the country could not let a prince like him support the army, otherwise the army would become a private army. The country would no longer be a country! But what did those ministers say? No money! This country belongs not only to the emperor, but also to you ministers. The country will pay you back when it has money. The combat effectiveness of the Kenan Army was built up by money. What the emperor sees is just the appearance, okay? Look at those Ming soldiers next to you, they have drooped heads, and their faces are pale from hunger. They are your army.
But no one dared to spoil the emperor's fun until Zhao Xiaofei arrived. The palace maids, eunuchs, and Jinyiwei finally breathed a sigh of relief. This time, someone answered the question for us.
"Brother-in-law! How come the Kenan Army is so powerful? I think one soldier can deal with seven or eight bandits!" Zhu Cijiong said excitedly.
"The armor is different! The food is different! The training is different!" Zhao Xiaofei said it simply.
Zhu Cixiong scratched his head and said, "I understand! Our army is well-fed, exercises every day, and has very light armor. That's why we can defeat them!"
"Yes! Let's watch here! It won't take long for the Kenan Army to deal with these people. Look! Our hot air balloon is taking off!" Zhao Xiaofei pointed to the hot air balloon in the distance that was slowly rising.
This time, the hot air balloon Zhao Xiaofei brought was much larger than before. It was like several balloons combined into a single aerial warship, manned by a hundred soldiers, including an observer, a helmsman, and several propeller operators. This allowed for mid-air U-turns. One observer, armed with a telescope, watched from high above as the rebels charged towards their camp.
They used the captured red-coated cannons to launch a fierce attack on the village gate, thinking that this would defeat the Ming army. Haha! When they realized something was wrong, they looked up at the sky. Many people were so frightened that they forgot about the attack. They were all running around in fear or kneeling on the ground and kowtowing.
They saw five black dragons flying in the sky, slowly approaching their heads. Then, when they were close to them, they began to lay eggs. One by one, black objects fell from the sky, and then burst into flames.
A soldier of the rebel army screamed in fear: "The dragon is coming to eat us! The dragon is breathing fire to burn us and eat us!" This soldier had a very vivid imagination. Do you think this dragon likes to eat skewers?
Li Hao, Niu Wancai, and Lu Yingbiao had confidently attacked Wudang Mountain. A barrage of artillery fire followed. The Ming troops barely dared to raise their heads, some fleeing in disarray. They seemed to have rediscovered the feeling of the days when King Chuang led them on their campaigns. The various garrison troops were like a flock of sheep, scattered and scattered.
As soon as the artillery fire ceased, the entire army pressed forward to attack the Ming positions. However, just as the Chuang army reached the gates of the Ming army, the Kenan army finally emerged. They charged into the Chuang army's ranks, catching them unawares with ease. The Kenan army was well-equipped and well-trained; there was no way the Chuang army could withstand them. They were trained entirely using modern methods, fed better than any contemporary army, and trained with the utmost intensity.
The front of the Chuang Army was blocked, and Zhao Xiaofei's hot air balloon bomber began to bomb the rear of the Chuang Army.
"Damn it! What the hell is that? Where did this bastard named Zhao invite the black dragon?" Li Hao cursed.
"Stop talking nonsense. Let's lead the army to break out quickly! The Zhao guy wants to catch us all in one fell swoop! We have to conserve our strength!" Lu Yingbiao said.
Niu Wancai said at this time: "Break out first and head towards Xi'an! We don't want Jingxiang anymore!"
The other two nodded in agreement, and the three of them led their troops to break out towards Xi'an. Zhao Xiaofei wouldn't let them escape so easily. The hot air balloons began to ruthlessly bombard the rebel army, countless bombs raining down on the ground. The rebel army was in chaos, suffering countless casualties. If the hot air balloons hadn't been difficult to control and a sudden strong wind hadn't blown up, Niu Wancai, Li Hao, and Lu Yingbiao would have had no chance of escaping.
After the three of them ran out of the range of the hot air balloon and ran for a while, they turned back to sort out their troops and found that the 50,000 troops they had when they first came out were now less than 10,000. Many people had either been killed in the explosion, were separated, or even captured and surrendered to the Ming army.
The three of them couldn't find a place to cry. They had come out full of confidence, thinking it was an opportunity, but now it seemed like a trap. Zhao Xiaofei and Princess Kunxing were waiting for them to dive in! Filled with regret, they could only continue their escape westward.
Li Zichu took Hong Feiyan to a higher place to show her how the Ming Dynasty dealt with the rebels, and to let her know that she was overestimating her own capabilities. She still wanted help? She wanted to cooperate with the outside forces? Li Zichu said, "Look! This is the rabble you found! You thought you could wipe out my prince's army in one go? What a joke!"
Hong Feiyan had never seen such a battlefield before, and it was so shocking. It made her wonder what the point of learning martial arts was. Facing such a killing machine, no matter how high your martial arts skills were, you would be overwhelmed by this army.
Li Zichu had asked Hong Feiyan to come out and see how the Kenan Army fought because he wanted her to know the consequences of opposing the imperial court and the prince. This would discourage her from rebelling and, at the same time, allow him to properly train the newly formed female guards of the Imperial Uniform Guard in martial arts. After all, Hong Feiyan was quite skilled, with everything from light kung fu to concealed weapons.
The new female guards were Zhao Xiaofei's idea. Some tasks weren't suitable for men, so they needed to be trained. Reconnaissance, assassination, sowing discord—these were all the work of these female guards! As for seduction, Zhao Xiaofei wouldn't let these Han Chinese women do it. He specifically contacted Zheng Zhilong and bought a large number of local women from Japan, all in their teens. He had them carefully trained by the Nanjing Jiaofangsi, so that after a few years, they would be ready for use.
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