In Xu Da's temporary camp.
The atmosphere became especially heavy.
Xu Da was stunned on the spot, and no one knew what he was thinking.
As for Zhu Rong, he was burning with anxiety.
Zhu Xiong didn't know how Fourth Brother had run to Lin.
But he knew that this matter was definitely caused by Fourth Brother.
With Xu Da's personality, he would definitely not allow his fourth brother to be implicated.
But now, there was a problem.
What should he do?
Li Wenzhong's 50,000 strong army was trapped.
Blue Jade's vanguard army was also trapped.
If Fourth Brother had not intervened, Xu Da would very likely have let Lan Yu break out of the encirclement on her own and turn to save Li Wenzhong.
But now, a Prince of Daming was trapped in Lin Lin. If Xu Da did not save him, what would the consequences be?
Zhu Rong knew that Xu Da was in a very difficult situation.
On one side was Da Ming's fifty thousand elite cavalry, on the other side was Lan Yu's ten thousand elite cavalry and a prince.
How should he choose?
At this moment, Zhu Xiong seemed to have thought of something.
He suddenly said,"
"Great General, I'm afraid that the current Lin is another trap for the expansion of the territory. If we rashly lead the army to rescue them, we will definitely suffer an even greater ambush.”
Zhu Xiong was reminding Xu Da.
Because he knew that with the current situation, Xu Da basically had no choice.
If he did not save his fourth brother, Zhu Di, Xu Da would definitely suffer the wrath of his father.
Even the Xu family would be implicated.
Xu Da did not speak, but fell into deep thought.
Zhu Rong didn't dare to disturb him.
After a long while, Xu Da suddenly looked at Zhu Rong with a serious and solemn gaze.
"Brat, the current situation is extremely disadvantageous to us.”
"If I had a choice, I would choose to rescue Li Wenzhong without hesitation.”
"But now, the King of Yan is in Lin. I have no choice but to save him.”
"But I can't just watch Li Wenzhong's 50,000 elite cavalry die like this.”
"These elite cavalry are all our savings since the founding of the Great Ming Empire. Once we lose them, it will be impossible for our Great Ming Empire to go north for a short period of time.”
"So, I have a very risky idea here that needs your support.”
Zhu Rong's expression was solemn as he said in a deep voice,"
"Please speak, Great General. As long as we can do it, we will do our best.”
Xu Da looked at Zhu Rong and nodded lightly.
"I know that you have two hundred carriages under your command. You used these carriages to rush from the capital to Yanmen Pass in four days, right?”
Zhu Xiong didn't deny it and nodded lightly.
Xu Da continued,
"You don't have to worry about your fourth brother. I'll do my best to protect him.”
Zhu Rong was stunned. He seemed to know what Xu Da was going to do and opened his mouth to say something.
Xu Da waved his hand and interrupted Zhu Rong."
"I know what you want to say. If my army enters Lin City, they will definitely be ambushed.”
"But that's not important. The expansion can't do anything to me. At the very least, if I enter Lin Lin, it's impossible for the expansion to defeat me in a short period of time.”
"However, I will definitely be surrounded.”
"It's very difficult to escape."
"It's not like there's no chance!"
"This opportunity is yours!"
Zhu Rong was stunned again."
"Me?"
Xu Da said with certainty,
"Yes, it's up to you!"
"You should know that for this northern expedition, we are divided into three armies. I will be the middle army, Li Wenzhong will be the east army, and the last one will be Feng Sheng's west army.”
"Originally, Feng Sheng was just a distraction.”
"As long as we take Gansu, it will be a success.”
"With Feng Sheng's ability, it's not a problem to take Gansu. I want you to lead your supply battalion to Gansu at full speed and ask Feng Sheng for help.”
"With the speed of your supply camp, it will take at most two days to reach Gansu.”
"I'll have someone inform Li Wenzhong to hold the fort and wait for Feng Sheng's reinforcements to arrive.”
"As long as Feng Sheng can help Li Wenzhong out in time, then the east and west armies will have more than a hundred thousand elite cavalry.”
"This force cannot be ignored. When the time comes, as long as Feng Sheng and Li Wenzhong lead their troops north to the Helin area, my predicament will be easily solved.”
"But I won't give you much time.”
"I'll give you seven days at most. Within seven days, not only must you lead Feng Sheng's army to rescue Li Wenzhong, you must also bring them to Lin.”
"And we only have five days to rescue Li Wenzhong. I will inform Li Wenzhong that if the reinforcements don't arrive within five days, we will break out of the encirclement.”
"It's the same on my side. If you don't bring reinforcements within seven days, I can only break out of the encirclement by force.”
"Therefore, whether you can solve our predicament depends on whether you are fast enough!”
Xu Da's words stunned Zhu Rong. After a long time, Zhu Rong asked,"
"Great General, must we do this?”
"We can ask Lu Heng of Yanmen Pass for help. He still has eighty thousand infantry under him, and he can definitely come and help the Great General.”
Xu Da shook his head.
"Infantry entering the grasslands is like sheep entering a wolf's den.”
"Cavalrymen come and go like the wind on the grasslands. They can shoot from afar and charge at the same time.”
"In the past dynasties, there were very few people who could use infantry to fight cavalry on the grasslands and still gain the upper hand. Moreover, it was basically a combination of infantry and cavalry, and they also had to be matched with chariot soldiers to block the long shots and charges of the cavalry.”
"Thus, if Lu Heng were to lead the infantry to reinforce them, if they were to encounter a sneak attack from the Yuan cavalry, they would be unable to resist at all and would just be throwing their lives away.”
"Therefore, if you want to deal with the Yuan people on the grasslands, you can only use cavalry to deal with cavalry.”
"This is also the fundamental reason why our Great Ming used the entire country's strength to form 150,000 elite cavalry to go north.”
"Alright, I've already explained everything to you. Now, it's up to you to choose.”
Zhu Rong smiled bitterly."
"Since the Great General has said so, do I still have a choice?”
"I will definitely do my best!"
Xu Da smiled calmly.
"Haven't you always wanted to be conferred the title of Marquis?”
"If you can help us successfully escape this time, the first credit for this northern expedition will be yours. I will personally ask His Majesty for credit for you!”
At this point, Xu Da paused and looked at Zhu Rong.
"The premise is that you're not allowed to have any ideas about my other two daughters.”
Zhu Rong chuckled,"
"That won't do. Great General, you promised me that your martial arts would be conferred the title of Marquis. I'll even marry all three of your daughters.”
"You want to go back on your word now? No way!"
"However, I don't want the merit that is given to me for free. The merit that I want must be earned by myself.”
Xu Da's face darkened."
"You brat…"
Zhu Xiong interrupted Xu Da's words and cupped his fists at him.
"There's no need to hesitate. I'll take my leave!"
With that, he turned around and left.
Xu Da looked at Zhu Rong's receding figure and suddenly laughed.
"This brat is really proud!”
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