Since we talked about Hongdu City, let’s first get to know this ancient city.

Hongdu, which is today's Nanchang.

The capital city of Jiangxi.

It is also the political, economic, cultural and technological center of Jiangxi Province today, and is the forefront and administrative representative of Jiangxi Province.

Hongdu City is located in the north-central part of Jiangxi Province. It is the only city in China adjacent to the Yangtze River, Pearl River (Pearl River Delta), and Min River (Southern Fujian Golden Triangle). It is located in the center of the three rivers because of its unique geographical location and being almost located in

The strategic terrain in the center has been a strategic location that military strategists have fought for since ancient times.

Because it is close to three major rivers, Hongdu is also called the "Water City".

Because it is located at the intersection of Poyang Lake and Ganjiang River in Jiangxi Province, and is close to the three rivers of Hongdu, it can be said to be the choke point for controlling the advancement and retreat of the Yangtze River. As a strategic location that can advance, attack, retreat and defend, Hongdu's prosperity

One can imagine.

A total of eight gates were built in Hongdu at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty.

These eight gates are: Fuzhou, Gongbu, Tubu, Qiaobu, Zhangjiang, Xincheng, Liuli, and Tantai. (From "Records of the Ming Dynasty")

Facing so many gates and with extremely limited troops and horses, Zhu Wenzheng, as the supreme commander of Hongdu City and who had already stated his political stance, began to arrange strategic defense formations.

His specific arrangements are as follows:

As a shameful battle in the past, the scene of Hua Yun's death in the battle of Taiping, who was jumped from the ship by Chen Youliang and massacred alive, is still fresh in his memory. Zhu Wenzheng, who has fully learned the battle experience, first ordered people to advance the outermost city wall parallel to the inside.

Thirty meters has only one purpose, which is to distance the city wall from the river.

Then issued military orders:

Deng Yu, who was the deputy commander, was ordered to guard the most important, largest and most difficult city gate: Fuzhou Gate.

Because the difficulty of guarding Fuzhou Gate was too great, Zhu Wenzheng, as the supreme commander, ordered the artifact he had treasured for a long time to be handed over to Deng Yu's hands.

It was a handful of iron tools that were glowing with black light, exuding a gloomy and cold feeling. Next to the iron tools, there were round strange things that were either black or yellow, neither big nor small, but like pills.

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When he saw these strange things, Zhu Wenzheng, who had always been stern and taciturn, had a sinister look on his face, and the corners of Ping Xie's mouth curved up a bit.

This is an artifact that he has treasured for a long time. He would never be willing to take out this artifact unless it was a last resort.

As a subordinate, when Deng Yu saw these things, he was relieved as he was originally worried about failure.

If he had looked at these junk-like things before, he would never have taken a glance at them, but at this time, Deng Yu discovered that sometimes these junk things could play an unexpected role in important moments.

The two looked at each other, and strange smiles appeared at the same time.

With these things, he, Chen Youliang, could drink a pot.

With them, the difficulty of holding on to Fuzhou Gate will be much easier.

After issuing the first military order, Zhu Wenzheng continued to announce his military orders.

Zhao Desheng was ordered to guard the three gates of Gongbu, Tubu and Qiaobu.

If Deng Yu's Fuzhou Gate is the most difficult to defend, then the three gates of Gongbu, Tubu and Qiaobu are the three gates with the heaviest workload.

Fuzhou Gate is the largest gate in Hongdu City, wide and huge.

The city gate caught fire, affecting the fish in the pond.

As Gongbu, Tubu, and Qiaobu are the three city gates adjacent to Fuzhou, if Chen Youliang really chooses Fuzhou Gate as the first target, then Gongbu, Tubu, and Qiaobu are the closest to Fuzhou Gate.

Bu Sanmen will definitely be taken care of by Chen Youliang.

So Zhu Wenzheng gave this most arduous task to Zhao Desheng.

Among this series of arrangements, I feel that Mr. Zhao Desheng has the heaviest burden, because I really can’t imagine how a person can hold on to three city gates, and how he can ensure that his city gate is not breached.

Under the circumstances, make correct command and personnel dispatch.

What also puzzles me is why Zhu Wenzheng would put the task of guarding three city gates into the hands of one person. I think with Zhu Wenzheng's eloquence and ability to abduct, he can completely recruit from 40,000 troops or rely on coaxing.

Or rely on deception to find a few talents like Zhao Desheng.

But the fact is that Zhao Desheng unconditionally accepted Zhu Wenzheng's military order and took up the almost arduous task of guarding the country.

The difficulty and workload of having one person guard three city gates is indeed a bit huge.

Zhu Wenzheng seemed to have seen this, so while dispatching the mission, Zhu Wenzheng, who now has absolute charisma and control in the army, came up with another set of his trump cards.

In this tense situation, Zhu Wenzheng showed his almost evil personality. He did not say any more nonsense similar to the general mobilization of war but was actually used to brainwash people. Instead, he imparted in whispers several methods that were important to Zhao Desheng.

An absolutely important plan to defend against enemies that has never been thought of or implemented.

After whispering, Zhao Desheng looked at the coach in front of him with an almost strange look. He never thought that the playboy in front of him would be so creative in defending against enemies.

Talents need to be cultivated, and geniuses focus on creation.

Zhao Desheng finally realized the true meaning of this sentence today.

After the explanation was completed, Zhao Desheng went to prepare willingly.

After Zhao Desheng left, Zhu Wenzheng ordered Xue Xian to guard Zhangjiang and the second gate of the new city.

Marshal Niu Hailong and others guarded the second gate of Liuli and Tantai.

Compared with Deng Yu and Zhao Desheng, Xue Xian and Niu Hailong's tasks are relatively easier.

However, this is also speaking from a relative situation. In front of a thug like Chen Youliang, no one knows what shameless tricks he will play in the face of Hongdu, a city that is firmly defended.

After everything was arranged, Zhu Wenzheng, as the coach, pulled out 2,000 elites from the already extremely nervous team as an emergency rescue force. Their mission was not to fight Chen Youliang head-on, but to serve as an emergency rescue force.

The emergency response team will go to supplement and support wherever there is a vulnerability.

I think these two thousand people should belong to the same branch as our current special forces, because each of them should be a master among the 40,000 soldiers, otherwise they would not be able to withstand such a large workload.

These two thousand people have a popular name in today's society: mobile troops.

If Deng Yu and Zhao Desheng have the greatest defense difficulty, then I think Zhu Wenzheng's work should be the busiest and most tiring in this military arrangement.

At that time, when transportation basically relied on walking, public security basically relied on dogs, communication basically relied on roaring, and entertainment basically relied on hands, while a person was constantly dealing with important military tasks coming from all directions, he also had to deal with nine different directions of different sizes.

Running back and forth between the city gates, I think the level of hardship is really not something that ordinary people can bear.

This is also the fundamental reason why I think Zhu Wenzheng is the most tired.

Okay, now that the military order has been issued and everyone's defense objectives have been determined, there is no need to say any more nonsense.

Success or failure depends on this battle.

Everything has been arranged, and now it’s time for the real protagonist to appear.

And as this person slowly entered the scene, the battle to defend Hongdu officially began.

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In the twenty-third year of the Yuan Dynasty, that is, April 23, 1363 AD, the big ship Chen Youliang was riding arrived in front of Hongdu City.

Along with him came 600,000 Han troops and thousands of giant battleships.

Facing the grand scene of Chen Youliang, where almost everyone was dispatched, Deng Yu, as the deputy commander, was dumbfounded, and Zhao Desheng, as the third commander, was also dumbfounded. At the same time, 40,000 people guarding the city wall with swords and guns in their hands were dumbfounded.

Soldiers and horses sweating coldly.

Since the rebellion, they have never seen such an almost grand scene.

I have never faced such a life-and-death battle where the disparity in strength is so great that the winner seems to have been decided before the battle begins.

As soon as I saw it, the entire lake was covered in darkness. The giant warships wrapped in iron sheets were like tall buildings, glowing with a frightening gray light. The warships, which were only taller than the city walls, were full of people, densely packed, and the darkness was one after another.

Under the cold aura, hundreds of thousands of personnel and horses were arranged neatly, and the personnel, soldiers, horses, food, grass and livestock were piled across the deck. Under the dim moonlight, the gloomy atmosphere revealed a chilling aura that made people tremble.

Even the Yuan army, which is still orthodox today, may not be able to produce such an almost grand scene.

Honesty is the richest, friendship is the most unruly.

as expected.

Faced with this heart-shaking scene, I personally think that the people standing on the city wall should be afraid. Even if they remain calm on the surface, they should also be timid in their hearts.

This cannot be called fear.

If we must talk about it from a psychological perspective, I think this is an instinctive reaction when people face death.

If I have to use one word to summarize it, I think one word is the most appropriate.

That is: conditioned reflex.

This conditioned reflex is based on the most basic instinctive reaction of humans or animals of flesh and blood.

Only after the instinctive expression has passed can psychological factors be added.

But I think there is a person here who should be smiling and laughing heartily.

At this time, this person's thoughts were absolutely different from ordinary people's. Under the cold appearance, his heart was already fanatical and his blood was boiling.

At this time, he must be thinking in his heart: One battle in his life is enough, even if he dies, there will be no regrets.

This person is: Zhu Wenzheng.

In front of a genius, no difficulties or setbacks can make him succumb.
To be continued...