Daming: At the start of the showdown, Lao Zhu was stunned

Chapter 341 Taking the opportunity to ship by sea
Zhu Su's idea is to go to Jizhen to find the Ming army in Jizhen before Naha reacts.If Nahachu is still focused on breaking Jizhen, then assist the Ming army in Jizhen to fight against Nahachu; if Nahachu leads his army back to retake Shanhaiguan, then his own people will leave first to avoid the embarrassment of the enemy.

However, Shanhaiguan, which was finally taken down, cannot be easily handed over.It is still necessary for one person to leave a partial division here to defend, so as to cut off Naha's escape route.This candidate is undoubtedly the most suitable for Ye Wang. After all, Shanhaiguan was originally his defense area. Now that Xiongguan has been recaptured, he naturally does not want to abandon it easily.

"Commander Ye really doesn't want to keep more troops?" Zhu Su said. "There are only 3000 people. If the defenders of Jinshan really send people to attack, how can you defend it?"

"Your Highness Fifth, there is no need to worry." Ye Wang smiled boldly: "I decided that Liaowei had been entangled with Naha for a long time here in Liaodong, and was just broken up accidentally before, how could he not have the slightest background?"

"This time, when we regain Shanhaiguan, we only need to fly the flag of our Ming army, and our soldiers from Liaowei will naturally gather here. Besides, if we quickly regain Shanhaiguan, how can we prevent the many grasshoppers in Liaodong from being terrified? I think when they get the news, they will change course again and send someone to help me fix Liaowei."

Ye Wang was talking about the various small warlords scattered all over Liaodong.In the past, when the Great Ming Dynasty conquered the capital of the Yuan Dynasty in the north, many generals of the Yuan army were afraid of the Bingfeng of the Ming Dynasty and ran to Liaodong to escape.Some of these people defected to Nahachu, the Yuan army force entrenched in Liaodong, while the other part wanted to have both sides, and set up a wall in Liaodong, supporting their own self-respect.

Previously, Naha sent a sudden thunder strike, and the Dingliao guards collapsed immediately. These grasshoppers decisively joined Naha's command, which made the situation easier. In a flash, Naha appeared to directly occupy the entire Liaodong.At this time, the Dingliao Guard is on the rise again, and Naha's main force is not in Liaodong. Some of these grassroots forces will show their favor to the Dingliao Guard again and provide help to Ye Wang who intends to reorganize the Dingliao Guard.

"Since this is the case, I wish Commander Ye every victory in every battle. I hope that one day, you and I can win on the golden mountain." Zhu Su said with a smile.Ye Wang also clasped his fists with a smile. After the two groups of people said goodbye, the Shanhaiguan Gate was closed and opened. Zhu Su and his entourage led more than 2 people, and brought more than [-] Yuan army prisoners, out of the pass and came towards Ji Town.

It was already very difficult for Ye Wang to guard Xiongguan with 3000 people, so naturally he could not be allowed to take on the arduous task of guarding the captives and getting food for the captives.

Ji Town is an important town of the imperial court, which was under the rule of the Northern Yuan Dynasty in the past, and it is also the key center of the country.Although the north is withered now, there should still be a bit of prosperity here.But Zhu Su and others traveled all the way, and the people were mostly in rags and hurried.When they saw the army, their complexion changed drastically and they left.After finally inviting an old man back, he shrank when seeing Zhu Su and others, for fear that he would be swallowed alive by Zhu Su and others.

"Old man, don't be afraid, we are the Ming army." Zhu Su got off his horse and helped the old man up. "It's near here, it should be Changli County, right? Why are there so many people wandering around like you and others?"

"Great man...you don't know something about the noble man." The old man heard that Zhu Su himself said that it was Daming's army, and saw that the person who was questioning him was a little noble man with bright eyes and bright teeth, kind eyebrows and kind eyes. The fear in his heart finally disappeared, and he opened his mouth. He explained: "A month ago, Tartars came from Shanhaiguan and wiped out Changli County where we were waiting. I escaped death by hiding in the mountains before they came."

"But now there is no one to eat, so I can only wander around begging for food!"

Changli County was ransacked.This was unexpected but reasonable.Zhu Su and the people behind him looked at each other, knowing that it must be a good thing done by the main force of the Naha Station.After thinking for a while, he asked the old man again: "The Tartars washed Changli, so where did the Ming officers and soldiers in Ji Town go?"

"The officers and soldiers didn't stop the Tartars, so they all went to Yongping Mansion in the north. Now on Yongping's side, the Tartars are still surrounding the mansion." The old man said.

Zhu Su gave the old man a bag of grain as a thank you gift, and the old man left with gratitude.Zhu Di came to Zhu Su's side: "Fifth brother, do you want to save Yongping immediately, or?"

"There's no rush. The refugees in Ji Town are everywhere, so it can be seen that Naha's going out everywhere is very harmful." Zhu Su said. "He plundered the surrounding towns, and it is very likely that he has obtained enough food and grass through such means. In this case, whether the Shanhaiguan back road has been cut off is not so critical to him."

"Now that Shanhaiguan has been captured, he must be even more unwilling to retreat after he has heard the news. But it has been more than a month since he captured Shanhaiguan, and I, Ming, must be mobilizing troops to Jizhen. If we withdraw If he is too late, his family will be in danger of being destroyed in an instant, and now it is a tasteless thing for him to gnaw on Yongping Mansion. If he eats it, he will not be able to gnaw it. It would be a pity to discard it."

"Under such a situation, if we went rashly, maybe Naha would directly choose to surround the spot to fight for aid, and turned his guns to deal with us first."

Zhu Di nodded. He was also worried about this, so he wanted to remind him.But now his fifth younger brother thought of this level himself, so he didn't say anything more.

"Then where should I go?" Ru Taisu asked, looking at the old man's leaving back.

"Find a place to settle down first, and gather nearby troops who want to rescue Yongping Mansion." Zhu Su said. "Now Naha is more anxious than us. He came to fight the grass valley, but now he is stuck in the quagmire."

"We can wait until we have raised enough troops to confront him before going to meet him."

"But the problem of food and grass, how to solve it?" Zhu Xi asked.

"I already have an answer to this question...General Zhang!" Zhu Su said, and Zhang He, who was carrying two swords on his back, immediately stepped out of the crowd: "The last general is here, what orders does the Fifth Highness have?"

"According to what you said before, you take your people and hurry to Qian'an to raise ships in the name of our brothers. But it's not to protect the way of retreat, but you need to go to sea from there to transport military supplies by sea from Suzhou .Can you successfully open up this shipping grain route?" Zhu Su asked Zhang He.

"The last general takes orders! If you can't do this, please behead me!" Zhang He clasped his fists confidently when he said that he was going to go to sea.

"Don't be in a shipwreck." Zhu Su winked at him.

Zhang He also smiled: "Even if you are in distress, the last general will be able to transport the food ashore to His Highness first." What he said was categorical. Indeed, even in the desperate situation before, Zhang He still commanded the fleet to successfully transport the group of people. sent to safety on the coast.

The loss of grain roads at sea is much less than that on land. If sea grain roads can be opened up, then the situation in Liaodong will not be passive because of the burning of a mere [-] shi of military grain.It's better to be late than early, not to mention that if this matter is successful, it will also allow Lao Zhu and the ministers in the court to see the benefits of shipping more intuitively... Zhu Su thought to himself.

(End of this chapter)