It took some time to gather the remaining soldiers. After breaking up into smaller groups, Chen Youliang continued to advance.
After bypassing the sea of fire, they marched towards Hong Du.
Chen Youliang led his troops to the shore, planning to find an opportunity to attack the city.
However, when he saw the scene on the shore, he was dumbfounded.
Chen Youliang had originally planned to use the cannons on the battleships to bombard the city walls.
It destroyed the city walls of Hongdu and opened up a gap.
This way, not only could they save time to climb the city wall, but they could also greatly reduce casualties.
Under the siege of the city, they used the advantage of numbers to drive straight in!
Hongdu was in his pocket!
But now, where was the city wall?
For some reason, the walls of Hongdu had retreated dozens of meters!
Don't underestimate these tens of meters!
At such a distance, the cannons on their own warships could not reach them.
It could be said that their cannons were completely useless!
Before the battle, they had lost half of their troops.
Now that he couldn't even use his weapon advantage, how could he fight?
The more he thought about it, the more depressed he became. The more he looked at it, the angrier he became!
Just as he was feeling a little discouraged but was still burning with anger.
"Your Majesty, although the walls of Hongdu City have been moved back by dozens of meters, the advantage still lies with me.”
"Your Majesty, I heard that there are only 20,000 soldiers in Hongdu City. We still have 300,000 soldiers!”
"With such a huge difference in numbers, going to Hongdu is not worth mentioning!”
"Your Majesty, although our army lost a while ago, there are not many tricks in a siege!”
"That's right, that's right. Your Majesty, don't worry. We will definitely take down Hongdu City!”
The generals also agreed, and they had the same general idea.
After hearing his general's words, Chen Youliang's expression eased.
"Set up camp here and rest for a day. Attack the city tomorrow!"”
After giving the order, Chen Youliang turned to leave.
His emotions had fluctuated too much today. He needed to calm down.
But just as he turned around, he stopped.
For some reason, the scene of the warship being set on fire suddenly appeared in his mind.
This left Chen Youliang with some lingering fear.
The importance of rations was unquestionable when the two armies faced each other.
If there were any mishaps with the rations, wouldn't they have lost completely?
Thinking of this, Chen Youliang hurriedly turned around and said,""Get all the provisions off the ship and watch them carefully.”
The generals were stunned.
Wouldn't it be safer to keep the provisions on the ship?
Wasn't His Majesty wise and mighty?
How could he have such thoughts?
Compared to storing it on land, it was safer to store it on a ship.
After all, it could make the enemy unaware of the location of their own rations.
Even if the few days of rations he had brought with him were destroyed, he still had a large amount left.
Chen Youliang saw the unnatural expressions on everyone's faces and knew that these guys had not thought of the crux of the problem.
"Don't you remember that you were ambushed by those bastards from Hongdu?”
Hearing this, his expression instantly became serious.
The fire on Panyang Lake had taken the lives of half of their troops.
This was a bloody lesson!
Moreover, when had they ever suffered such a loss?
Even if they were to face Zhu Yuanzhang head-on, they had never suffered such a huge loss!
Chen Youliang could not help but nod in satisfaction when he saw the generals 'serious expressions.
It was good that his subordinates knew what had happened.
"General Hongdu is a guy who doesn't play by the rules."”
"It's definitely not safe to put the rations on the ship. The other party wants to destroy the ship and let us stay here to fight like trapped beasts?”
When everyone heard this, they all understood.
His Majesty was so scared that he was a little nervous.
"Your Majesty is right," they said."We're so stupid that we couldn't think of this.”
"Your Majesty is wise and mighty. That little thief, the Hongdu Defender General, definitely did not expect Your Majesty to have such a brilliant move!”
"As expected of His Majesty. You're always so meticulous.”
After being flattered for a while, Chen Youliang's expression could be considered to have become better.
At the same time, he looked at Hong Du in the distance, his eyes narrowing.
……
Within Hongdu City.
Zhu Wen was leading a group of generals in a meeting.
Chen Youliang's army was pressing down on the border, and the entire Hongdu City felt an unprecedented tension.
Although they had won a victory by burning the enemy ship, they were still not excited.
After all, the difference in strength was too great.
To determine the victor, it would depend on the strength and attitude of the other party.
Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang had ordered them to defend for a hundred days. After a hundred days, it would be a great merit!
How could everyone not be nervous?
Zhu Wenzheng could not help but laugh out loud when he saw everyone's reaction.
Seeing this, everyone could not help but ask curiously,"Marshal, why are you laughing?"
"Although Chen Youliang is coming at us menacingly, it's impossible for him to defeat us!”
Hearing this, everyone could not help but be surprised.
One had to know that the other party had an army of 300,000.
They might not be able to hold on even if they split up into a few teams and took turns to attack the city.
Why did their commander look down on the enemy?
If Chen Youliang could be defeated just like that, why would he have to compete with the higher-ups for so long?
Zhu Wen Zheng said," Chen Youliang's momentum has been reduced by our fire. As long as we cut off our rations, Chen Youliang will definitely retreat in a few days."”
When everyone heard this, they could not help but become excited.
That's right, two games against each other, it wasn't entirely based on the difference in strength.
Instead, it was more a comparison of morale.
"Marshal, what are your plans?"
The deputy general asked curiously.
Since Zhu Wenzheng could say such words, he must have already had a draft in mind.
He thought about how he had brought up the topic and treated it as throwing out a brick to attract jade.
All the generals looked at Zhu Wenzheng nervously, waiting for him to speak.
After all, guarding Hongdu for a hundred days was a difficult task.
They didn't dare to be careless at all!
Zhu Wenzheng saw everyone's nervous expressions and could not help but say,"I plan to lead 500 light cavalry to break into the enemy camp at night and burn their rations.”
When everyone heard this, they could not help but gasp in joy.
"Marshal, you can't!" A general said.”
Another general also hurriedly walked out and said,"Marshal, Chen Youliang has an army of 300,000. You only plan to have 500 light cavalry. Isn't that too little?”
"That's right, marshal. I hope you'll reconsider!”
"Marshal, please reconsider!"
When Zhu Wenzheng heard this, he shook his head and said,"Chen Youliang has 300,000 troops. Once they surround us, I won't be able to break out no matter how many cavalry I bring.”
"I want 500 cavalry to act flexibly and catch Chen Youliang off guard!”
When everyone heard this, they all shut their mouths.
He had learned a lesson from burning Chen Youliang's warship.
Everyone admired Zhu Wenzheng greatly.
All of them had long been convinced.
After hearing Zhu Wenzheng's words, they all agreed to this plan!
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