There is only one word to describe the hotness of Jiaozhi Road in June.

Even the air was burned by the scorching sun like a huge billow. Driven by the breeze, it swept towards people in a visible way, mixed with the raging heat wave, making people sweat, like rain.
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The entire Daluo City has completely turned into a battlefield.

To the west of Daluo City, there were five thousand soldiers and horses commanded by Zhu Quan, King Ning of the Ming Dynasty and the leader of the vanguard camp of the Southern Expedition Army. They set up camp ten miles away from Daluo City.

In the north of the city, there is a huge military camp with more than 30,000 Ming troops. It is opposite the Red River outside Daluo City, with the river bank as the camp wall. The 30,000 Ming troops are making rice under the command of the founding father Chang Sheng.

The four gates of Daluo City are tightly closed, and no one can enter or exit all day long.

On the two-and-a-half-foot-high city wall, countless officers and soldiers were on guard day and night to guard against the main force of the Ming army on the other side of the Red River crossing the river to attack the city.

In order to prevent the Ming army from taking advantage of it, Daluo City turned a blind eye to the five thousand Ming army in the west of the city.

At this time, the crops in the entire Jiaozhi Road field were mature.

However, Daluo City clearly occupies Daluo City and has nominal ownership rights to the land outside the city, but no one dares to go out of the city to harvest food.

Unable to harvest grain.

The Ming army prepared for battle again and sat alone on the other side of the Red River.

Therefore, Chen Yuandan, now the highest military authority in Daluo City, issued an order that almost everyone wanted to oppose.

Burning the fields outside the city prevented the Ming army from supplying food and grass.

Almost everyone wants to object, but because the Ming army is on the side, no one is willing to let the Ming army eat to full stomach.

After several days of ignition.

The entire outside of Daluo City turned into a scorched earth.

Countless amounts of ripe grain were burned by fire while still growing in the fields.

However, what is surprising is that neither Zhu Quan in the west of Daluo City nor Chang Sheng on the other side of the Red River took any action to put out the fire.

Even if the brave Chen Yuandan's troops crossed the Red River and burned all the crops dozens of miles away from the Chinese army's camp, not a single Ming army came forward to stop them.

"Chen Yuandan was very cautious and kept all the fields within thirty miles."

Outside the Ming Army camp on the north bank of the Red River, on a high ground, the commander-in-chief of the Southern Expedition Army and a group of generals gathered here.

The deputy general in the army looked at the crops being harvested by the officers and soldiers within thirty miles of the camp, and said lightly with a smile on his face.

Now in front of the battle, Chang Sheng is wearing a full set of armor, and even the visor can be lowered from the helmet.

He looked back at the officers and soldiers, the walls of Daluo City with numerous battle flags, and snorted coldly.

"Chen Yuandan is very steady. He wants to drag us to death."

Snap!

As he spoke, a soft sound came from the crowd.

The deputy general turned his head and looked over, only to see a general with his wrist exposed. There was already a smashed mosquito stuck on the palm of his hand. The bright red blood dyed the palm of his hand red. The wrist was bitten by the mosquito at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The area became red and swollen.

Then, the lieutenant general's face gradually darkened: "Food and grass are not the issue we need to worry about most. Whether it is Lang Son City, Taiyuan City or Xuanhua City, they can supply our army with the latest food this year. Only the mosquitoes here...

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As he spoke, the lieutenant seemed to feel that the mosquito that the general had just swatted to death had bitten him, and his body under the armor could not help but twist.

Chang Sheng's face was very calm, and he just asked in a deep voice: "How are the soldiers in the camp doing now?"

The lieutenant general stopped the itching feeling in his head that he was bitten by mosquitoes on Cochin Road, and whispered: "In the past two days, nearly a hundred soldiers have developed reactions due to mosquito bites. They have been sent to Lang Son City.

, and left it to the doctors of Tai Hospital for treatment and relief."

The mosquitoes on Jiaozhi Road seem to be unstoppable.

Even though the camp was burning mosquito-repellent medicine prepared by the Imperial Hospital every moment of every day, the mosquitoes seemed to be indestructible and pervasive.

Even a well-defended camp can be penetrated by these little things.

Chang Sheng nodded, already quite satisfied with the current number.

You must know that they had gone south from Zhennan Pass and captured Langshan Pass before officially entering the scope of Jiaozhi Road. Although there was a warning from the Taiyuan Hospital, on the first night, in just one night, there were no less than a thousand soldiers.

The officers and soldiers of the Lieutenant General School developed various symptoms due to mosquito bites.

Itching all over the body is the mildest symptom.

In severe cases, vomiting will not stop.

Even among the Nan soldiers transferred from Guangdong Province, many people suffered from these conditions.

If the people from Taiyuan Hospital had not gotten angry in front of Chang Sheng and strengthened the requirements and regulations on mosquito prevention and control in the military, Chang Sheng felt that he could have taken his people and hid in Lang Son City and waited until winter to meet Chen Yuandan.

Let the war begin.

Seeing that the general was thinking about things, the deputy general whispered: "Actually... Daluo City is not considered a dangerous city. Our army..."

This question is a long-standing doubt that has troubled the deputy general's mind, especially as the army is stationed outside Daluo City for a longer time, the trouble becomes more intense.

Chang Sheng raised his head and glanced at the deputy general, then looked at the generals in front of him who also looked puzzled, and smiled silently.

He put his leather-gloved hands on his back and turned to look at Daluo City across the Red River.

"It will take several days for the military supervision department in the direction of Qinghua City to arrive at Daluo City."

The deputy general thought for a while and whispered: "His Royal Highness has already led his troops through Ninghua Mansion, and they will arrive at Daluo City in the day after tomorrow at most."

Chang Sheng nodded, with a smile on his face: "The day after tomorrow will be the day when our army attacks the city. At that time, the Supervisory Military Department will be ordered to take the lead in attacking the city, and Zhu Quan, the leader of the forward battalion, will attack Daluo City on the flanks."

The deputy general was stunned for a moment. He didn't understand the general's military orders in the military formation.

But soon, thinking about it from the perspective of the Ming Dynasty, he instantly understood.

The faces of the surrounding generals also showed a look of awakening, and then everyone's expressions were different, with expectations and disapproval, and everyone had their own thoughts.

The deputy general thought for a while, changed his title, and whispered: "When the Supervisory Army Headquarters attacks the city, our troops will begin to cross the river. When the Supervisory Army Department attacks the city wall, our troops will launch an attack with the north of Daluo City."<

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"Your army has made great progress, and there is nothing wrong with this strategy. I will follow your advice and attack the city in the future."

Chang Sheng spoke silently, but his palm pointed in the direction of Daluo City in front, grabbing the void...

When it was spread out, a mosquito with broken wings and an exploded abdomen slowly slipped into the air as Chang Sheng tilted his palm, drifting and falling to the ground.

By the time Chang Sheng took a step forward, the mosquito had been completely crushed into the soil.

Lieutenant General Chang looked at the back of the general returning to the camp, and looked at the heavily guarded Daluo City on the other side of the Red River, but there was no way out, and he couldn't help but groaned twice.

Then he waved to the generals here and followed the general back to the camp to light a fire to drive away the mosquitoes.

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"Speaking of which, your second uncle treats you really well."

After passing through Ninghua Prefecture, Sima Zhu Gaochi of Taisun's Department of the Southern Expedition Army, who had entered the state capital where Daluo City is located, was covered with a thin gauze net and muttered to Zhu Yunxi, who was driving his horse in front.
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Since the army left Qinghua City, everyone in the army was dressed like Zhu Gaochi at the moment.

All the clothes are covered with a layer of gauze, and all the hands, feet, mouth and nose are protected inside.

Zhu Yunxi was no exception. When he heard Zhu Gaochi's voice, he turned the gauze above his neck to look at Zhu Gaochi.

"Originally I didn't think so, but the general has stopped moving since he arrived outside Daluo City. After thinking about it, I can only think of this reason."

As he spoke, Zhu Yunxi couldn't help but smile and shake his head. It was obvious that he could understand Chang Sheng's approach, but after all, he felt it was somewhat unnecessary.

Zhu Gaochi saw Zhu Yunxi's thoughts and said with a smile: "That's good. Taisun's troops attack first and get up the city wall. That's it.

The first achievement in capturing the city. The reward for your merit is indeed of no use to you, but the honor of the first achievement is of great benefit to you."

Zhu Yunxi smiled and was noncommittal.

The second uncle, who is now the general coach of the Southern Expedition, understands what he is thinking.

In fact, regardless of whether we want to encircle Daluo City and annihilate Chen Yuandan's troops in one fell swoop, the situation in Jiaozhi Road has already been doomed.

Even if Chen Yuandan fought to the death in Daluo City and his men were defeated and fled south, they would still be blocked outside Qinghua City. If those soldiers were defeated and fled to the west, Ning Wang Zhu Quan would also be there.

Even if the defeated troops can escape Zhu Quan's blockade, what is there to the west of Jiaozhi Road?

In places with high mountains and lofty mountains, life will not be easy for those people.

But Chang Sheng, who had already led his army to the outside of Daluo City, did not adopt the strategy of attacking the city immediately. Instead, he quietly waited outside Daluo City, waiting for Zhu Yunxi to go.

Zhu Yunxi knew very well what his second uncle was thinking and what he was expecting.

In the Ming Dynasty, after Emperor Hongwu, the emperor's grandson's personal commander attacked the city and captured it.

The person who made the first contribution was the grandson of the Ming Dynasty Emperor.

This honor is what Chang Sheng wants to give himself.
To be continued...