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

Chapter 634 Zhu Di’s Courage

After Yao Guangxiao's explanation, we found out that although Hami King Wu Nasili regarded wealth as life, he still had several ministers who were loyal to him.The courtier named Hama was one of them.Hama believed in the "Tianfang Sect". After Yao Guangxiao became an official in Wunasili with Buddhism, Hama often regarded Yao Guangxiao as a thorn in his side and was always hostile.Although Yao Guangxiao was granted the title of Imperial Master, Hama was able to control Wu Na Shi Li to protect him and Qie Xue, and he was Wu Na Shi Li's confidant.

If Wala hadn't attacked, Wunasili would have needed Hama to protect him, and the task of city defense would not have fallen to Yao Guangxiao.

"Monk, do you want to use my hands to launch a coup in Hami by keeping me here?" Zhu Di asked. "But the relationship between Nahama and Wu Nasili has been instigated by you today. There will definitely be discord between the two from now on. There will be no benefit in forcing me to stay here, right?"

"Hama is loyal to Wu Na Shili. Even if Wu Na Shili has doubts, I'm afraid Hama will not abandon his master easily." Yao Guang said filially. "His Royal Highness is always considered a rare force here. Otherwise, with the meager ability of this poor monk, I am afraid that he will not be able to take down Hami City for the Ming Dynasty for another ten years."

"Besides, the next offensive at Wala will be urgent, and we still need to rely on His Highness's might. Let's not talk about whether Hami can be annexed for now. If Hami falls into the hands of Yesudier, our Ming Hexi gate will be opened wide. This is the so-called major event."

"Not bad." Zhu Di nodded. Compared with the Hexi Portal of the Ming Dynasty, the political battles in Hami's tiny land are nothing more than a disease of mustard moss.

In any case, Hami cannot fall into the hands of Yesuder and Timur Khanate.

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On the fifth day of October, seeing that there was no reply to the letter of surrender submitted to the city, and winter was approaching, Yesudier outside the city finally decided to attack the city.The Wala people blew their horns and gathered in the east of the city.At this time, Zhu Di finally saw clearly the full force of the Wala people who came to Hami City. He saw the mighty Mongolian cavalry, and the horse and foot armies seemed to be able to cover the sky and the sun.The smoke and dust stretched for more than ten miles and still continued. Occasionally, Mongolian cavalry would roar past the city, bend their bows and draw arrows, and shoot the defenders on the city to death in a show of force. A burst of noise would erupt from the Mongolian formation outside the city. The roar of joy seemed to overthrow the entire city of Hami.

With such a momentum, there must be at least more than [-] people, and they may be the most powerful soldiers under Yesu Die'er's command.

"Your Highness, it is still dangerous to be trapped in an isolated city. We are all cavalry, why should we imprison ourselves in the city wall." Seeing that the military strength under Yesu Die'er was far greater than expected, Zhang Yu couldn't help but look solemn on his face.After the "Mighty King" Wunasli came to the city wall and took a look, he was so frightened that he was carried back to the palace in the city. Even Yao Guangxiao, who had always been calm and light-hearted, now showed a solemn look on his face.He has begun to think about whether it is no longer possible to obtain Hami from within.What if, in order to protect a Hami, a famous prince of the Ming Dynasty was trapped inside.

This is definitely not worth the loss for Daming.

"Your Highness, what General Zhang said is true." Yao Guangxiao said to Zhu Di. "There are too many enemy troops. This is the fault of this poor monk. It would be unwise for Your Highness's son of millions of gold to be trapped here for a Hami. How about the poor monk open the west gate for Your Highness? The Wala army to the west has not yet completed the encirclement. Your Highness can Lead the army to break out of the city defense, and then wait for an opportunity to return via Suzhou..."

Zhu Di did not answer, but continued to use the lookout to carefully watch the Oara army outside the city.After a long time, he put down the telescope and turned to Yao Guangxiao and Zhang Yu: "You guys tell me."

"If I, the king, can directly annihilate all of Naye Sudie'er here...then our Ming Dynasty's northern border will be free of troubles?"

"Your Highness?" Zhang Yu was stunned. He never expected that Zhu Di would actually plan to annihilate the Mongolian army in the city.

The more Zhu Di talked, the more excited he became. "In the past, the biggest difficulty in fighting on the grassland was that the cavalry came and went like the wind. Even if we spent countless amounts of food and fodder and searched for months, it was difficult to find traces of the enemy's main force." The army is blatantly placed in front of my eyes... The biggest difficulty in overcoming the grassland country has been overcome. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!"

"If we are annihilated here too quickly, the grassland will never recover from this. There will no longer be trouble in Northern Xinjiang. Now that Northern Xinjiang is peaceful, the millions of elite soldiers stationed on the nine sides will naturally be able to turn to the west... As long as we If the Ming Dynasty can free itself from the Nine Borders, does it still need to worry about the Timurid Empire opening up the Hexi Corridor?"

"But Your Highness, those are more than [-] people, not more than [-] cattle and sheep... Even if they are livestock, so many animals stretch their necks for me to chop, and it will take several days and nights to chop. How can there be such a thing? So easy to annihilate them all?"

"Moreover, most of the Mongolian people are cavalry. They come and go like the wind. When they see that the situation is not good, they will naturally scatter and retreat... I will bluntly say that this is extremely difficult to do, not to mention that the city of Hami is not very tall. It only talks about how to defend it." Yu, it is a difficult problem..." Zhang Yu said.

Zhu Di didn't answer, but just touched the city wall at hand, knowing in his heart that Zhang Yu's worries were justified.The Mongols have never been fond of building cities, and the Hami city at their feet is a legacy left behind when the Han and Tang Dynasties expanded here.At that time, it took China a lot of manpower and material resources to build such a big city, but now it seems that the city wall has long been dilapidated and weathered, and can only be regarded as barely usable.

A seemingly smooth inscription on the city brick caught Zhu Di's attention. He carefully identified it and could only vaguely make out a few words:
"Tang... Tianbao... was stationed in... Yiwu... retreated from Tubo... this... Yiwu military commander... Fang... is engraved."

The Western Region has been in ruins for hundreds of years, but only the mottled scratches on the bricks of this city still exude a bit of the majesty of the Han family.

"When the martyrs stationed in Huchen and expanded the territory, they never encountered difficulties." Zhu Di said.I have already made up my mind. "It doesn't take long to defend the city. We only need to defend it until winter."

"When winter comes, we may not be able to find an opportunity to annihilate this Wala army!"

The cowhide war drum was beaten, and the sound of killing soared into the sky as if it was overwhelming.Yao Guangxiao was commanding the Hami garrison on the city, but he couldn't help but flash across his mind the frightening perseverance on Zhu Di's face just now.I originally thought that among His Majesty's several princes, only His Highness the Crown Prince has a benevolent character, and His Royal Highness the Fifth has a wisdom as deep as the sea and unfathomable, while the other brothers are just average, at most slightly better than ordinary disciples.

This Fourth Highness has a reputation for being naughty, but his reputation is not obvious.The previous attack and kill of the Beiyuan Emperor from thousands of miles away was already impressive.

Unexpectedly, when I saw him today, his demeanor and demeanor were no weaker than those of the Crown Prince and the Fifth Highness.

In terms of the spirit of this decision alone, it is even worse than that of the Fifth Highness.

"The great Ming Dynasty has given birth to wise kings." Yao Guangxiao was slightly surprised.

He even vaguely realized that as far as he was concerned, the decisive and decisive Fourth Highness was more suitable than the Fifth Highness to entrust him with his "Dragon Slaying Technique" skills.

(End of this chapter)