Zhu Di, a man, followed Chang Yuchun to fight in war when he was young. When he was middle-aged, he competed for the world with his brothers and nephews. When he was old, he wanted to leave his heroic reputation for future generations.

Everyone says that he knows his body best, and so does Zhu Di.

He knew that he didn't have much time, and if he couldn't beat Langjuxu Mountain this time, he would never have the next chance.

When Jianwen reduced his vassals, in order to paralyze Emperor Jianwen, Zhu Di once pretended to be crazy and stupid in the pigpen. His experience during that period greatly affected his personality.

His personality is stubborn, and once he decides to do it, he must do it to the end.

After almost a month of transportation preparations, before the first snowfall, the Ming army finally crossed the Onon River and headed towards the Three Gorges.

The Three Gorges mouth is a narrow passage between two high mountains.

The mountains on both sides are visually measured to be at least 1,000 meters above sea level, and the mountain is extremely steep.

When Wang Xiao, who was riding a horse, saw the terrain here, he immediately smiled helplessly.

Xu Bin next to him asked curiously, "Why is the grandson laughing?"

"I thought of shangganling."

Xu Bin thought about it carefully, but he didn't remember which book he had seen the place name Shang Ganling in "Where is this?"

"Nothing, I'm talking nonsense."

It is meaningless to directly hit the valley. People occupy the peaks on both sides, and they can kill everyone who dares to enter the valley by just stones.

Even if you don’t throw stones and send people to defend the fort in the valley, it is still a terrain that can’t be opened by a man.

If you want to capture this place, you must capture the peaks on both sides.

But there were dense figures on the peaks on both sides swaying, and at least tens of thousands of people were guarding the mountain. It was impossible to attack from the bottom of the mountain.

The Ming army's tactics for fighting wars were simple, and it could even be said to be rigid.

Because they fight in a war, they push and crush their opponents with their strong strength.

Therefore, according to historical records, large-scale battles were always 200,000, 300,000, and 500,000 troops. During the Tumu Fort Incident, even 700,000 troops were used.

These numbers must be full of moisture, and if you add a vacancies, it is actually a little more than half. But even so, this scale is already completely crushing.

After the battle started, the Ming army attacked the mountain under the cover of muskets and cannons.

The right time, place and people correspond to meteorological changes, geographical environment and morale respectively.

In these three aspects, the Ming army was at a disadvantage.

It was rainy season before, and as the temperature dropped, it was about to snow heavily in winter.

The mountain at Sanxiakou is steep, and you can attack from bottom to top. Just climbing the mountain can make people tired, not to mention the flying rain of arrows and stones on the mountain.

In the past, when the Mongols couldn't win, they would ask for peace and say that we should be brothers. But this time Zhu Di was determined to fight to Langjuxu Mountain, but he had already fought to his home. The Mongols who were forced into a desperate situation could only fight to the death.

Zhu Gaosui, the King of Zhao who was in charge of information secrets, said that any male in the Oirat and the Tatar tribe who were taller than the wheels had been on the battlefield. This was the real comprehensive mobilization.

In such an all-round unfavorable situation, the Ming army reaped round after round of failures.

In half a month, the Ming army launched countless attacks on the Three Gorgeskou. The heavy losses could no longer be counted.

The corpses of the Ming army were paved from the bottom of the mountain to the halfway up the hillside. Many wounded people could not retreat. The wailing sounds at night resounded throughout the four fields, greatly damaging the morale of the Ming army.

It is conservatively estimated that the Ming army lost at least tens of thousands of war soldiers, and their war losses with the Mongols were not even ten to one.

All the generals of the Ming army were determined to retreat, but no one could persuade the stubborn Zhu Di.

In order to promote the situation of the battle, the Ming army pushed the artillery of the Shenji Camp to the foot of the mountain and raised the gun to blast towards the mountain.

The range of these artillery was very close, about a mile away. However, even so, it was enough to support the Ming army to continue to attack up the mountain and occupy half of the hillside.

But that's all.

If you want to continue fighting upwards, you can only fight to the death with the Mongols on the top of the mountain.

Wang Xiao also felt sorry for Ming Jun's losses, because these are his forces in the future.

However, Wang Xiao knew Zhu Di's personality well, so he didn't say anything. He just waited silently.

As time comes to the end of October, heavy snow falls in the sky.

On the first night when the heavy snow fell, Zhu Di felt dizzy while covering his head.

The first thing Zhu Di did when he woke up was to block the news, but it was inevitably spread among the generals in the army.

Zhu Di's stubbornness is worrying. He firmly believes that he will win. The cruel and bloody battle is still continuing.

As time passed, the morale of the Ming army became increasingly declining.

The supply line is too long and the weather is not good. The supplies sent from the rear are getting less and less and cannot arrive on time.

The Ming army lacked medical treatment and medicine, and many wounded people died without timely treatment. The rations of soldiers and the forage of horses gradually began to be short of.

Even the cannons of the Shenji Camp could not hold on anymore.

There is still gunpowder, but the cannon's barrel has already reached the verge of being scrapped for a long time.

Due to the technical level of the Ming Dynasty, artillery production was made of molds. There were many bubbles inside and the texture was uneven.

If you use it for a long time, the barrel will be almost scrapped, and if you continue to use it, it will be time to explode.

The replaced gun barrel is too heavy and transported thousands of miles from Shanhaiguan. It is simply deadly under such weather conditions.

Zhu Di's health was getting worse and worse, but he was still persisting. Every day he would ride a horse to the battlefield and look into the north.

To the north, it is Langjuxu Mountain.

Faced with the impregnable Mongolians who built the defense line, the Ming army could only pounce on them again and again with their flesh and blood.

King Zhu Gaoxu of Han betrayed the intelligence, which led to the attack of two batches of Ming army's baggage teams. With a large amount of material loss, the remaining materials were only enough for the army to use for less than one month.

Then at this time, Wang Xiao received a letter from home.

A few things were written in the letter of the family, which made Wang Xiao fall into a long silence after reading it.

The first thing is that Prince Zhu Gaochi is in poor health, and he is almost at the point where medicine is useless.

The second thing is that the cabinet Sanyang made frequent moves and sent troops to blockade the various passes along the Great Wall.

The last thing is that Sun Ruowei has already given birth to a boy. According to the explanations set before the expedition, he named him Zhu Qizhen.

Wang Xiao dealt with the eunuch who poisoned Zhu Gaochi early, but Zhu Gaoxu's power was so great that the prince still couldn't avoid being hit.

As for the three Yangs of the cabinet, they are the hard-core princelings. The mobilization of Japanese troops to block the Great Wall should be the response they made after learning about the prince's physical condition.

What they were guarding against was not Zhu Di or Wang Xiao, but the King of Han and King of Zhao who held heavy troops.

When the King of Han and King Zhao were in trouble, Zhu Di was Zhu Di's right-hand man and had strong strength in the army for many years. Once they drove their troops into the pass, the princelings would definitely end up deadly.

Wang Xiao sat in his tent, holding his home letter in his hand and watching the heavy snow flying outside, without saying a word for a long time.

His various planning and arrangements still seem to have loopholes.

Others are not NPCs, so it is impossible for them to act according to Wang Xiao's plan. It has to be admitted that he underestimated the two princes who have been in the army for many years.

There are two choices in front of Wang Xiao at this moment. One is to promote the original plot like the original work. The other is to give it a try!

If you follow the first path, Wang Xiao now has the powerful Shenji Camp as a supporter. If Zhu Di wants to pass the throne to the King of Han in front of the formation, it is absolutely impossible for him to leave Shenji Camp.

Moreover, the King of Han was meticulous and wanted to conceal Zhu Di's death from him for a long time, which was almost impossible.

This is not just Wang Xiao’s business, but includes women and children, as well as the heads of countless people in the entire prince’s party.

Yu Qian and Xu Bin walked into the camp together, wanting to report today's military affairs to Wang Xiao. However, they saw Wang Xiao sitting there in a daze watching the heavy snow outside.

"Taisun, what's wrong?"

Wang Xiao smiled and threw the letter from his family into the brazier in front of him. "What do you think people live in the world for?"

The two of them were stunned for a moment, and then looked at each other and said, "A real man stands up to the sky and the earth, and he should manage his family, govern the country and pacify the world."

Xu Bin thought about it and bowed and said, "People live, but actually live for their family."

Wang Xiao, who was smiling, got up and put on his iron helmet, walked out of the tent, "Go to see the emperor with me."

"What did you say?"

Zhu Di, sitting on the chair, looked straight at Wang Xiao and said "Say it again."

"Emperor, I would like to lead the Shenji camp around the Three Gorges mouth to attack the Mongolian camp. Destroy its tribes, burn its baggage, and cut off the retreat of the defenders at the Three Gorges mouth."

This is not a battle flag game, it’s such a big map after fighting. This is a real battlefield, boundless.

The Mongolians still had military forces, but they would never be able to cover hundreds of miles around. Not to mention them, the Ming army with a large population could not do it.

Wang Xiao’s plan was to lead the musketeers to bypass the defense line of the Three Gorges mouth from afar, climb mountains and ridges from afar, raiding the Mongolian camp behind the Three Gorges mouth.

The Mongols also needed baggage to fight.

Their tribes, cattle, sheep, horses, weapons, arrows, salt, grass, and even the witch doctor who jumped to the great gods were all in the camp behind.

Once the camp was destroyed, the Mongols who had lost their baggage had no choice but to be defeated.

This plan is not new in future generations. When everyone sees it, they will smile and say something like a roundabout way.

But at this moment, this is indeed the best choice to break the current deadlock.

This plan has long existed in Wang Xiao's mind. The reason why he has not been proposed is because he has been waiting again.

After seeing the letter from home, Wang Xiao knew that he could not wait any longer.

"good!"

Zhu Di slapped the chair hard and stood up, "What do you have to ask?"

Wang Xiao held the sword in his hand and glanced at Zhu Gaoxu, who was expressionless not far away.

"Emperor, I ask the emperor to order that after the Shenji Camp sends troops, no one is allowed to enter or exit the battalions in the army, whether people, horses or pigeons. Violators will be killed without mercy."

Zhu Di frowned, "Why is this?"
Chapter completed!