I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I don't give up

Chapter 628: Battle of the Three Kings (Part )

Zhu Houzhao has been gone for two years, but there are still countless people who miss him.
Zhu Houxuan also walked out of the meeting room. He looked up at the fluttering banner, and a sense of nostalgia rose in his heart.
"Royal brother, you must be very excited to encounter a battle of this scale!" Zhu Houxuan said silently in his heart.

Zhu Houzhao can be said to be the closest person to Zhu Houxuan in this world, and Zhu Houxuan would often think of him.
After Zhu Houxuan's royal flag and the big banner were hung out, Zhu Houcong and Prince Ning realized that Zhu Houxuan had also arrived at the front line and this would be a battle between the three kings.

Faced with this situation, Zhu Houcong accelerated the war deployment, and the Southern Army soldiers quickly launched several attacks. Under the Northern Army's fortifications, there were corpses everywhere, but the progress was limited.

This made Zhu Houcong very anxious. It was impossible for the rear to deliver supplies. This was not his biggest worry. After all, the frontline's supplies could only last for one and a half months. What he was most worried about was that the news from the rear would reach the frontline, causing the army's morale to waver.
So he could only force the troops on the front line to launch a larger-scale attack.
Under such circumstances, Zhu Houcong suddenly received a declaration of war from Zhu Houxuan.
The content of the letter of challenge was very simple, it was to invite Zhu Houcong and Prince Ning to have a large-scale battle at a location.
The reason why Zhu Houxuan did this was simple, he wanted to avoid greater casualties on both armies!
In fact, relying on the built fortifications to defend against the Confederate Army's attacks and waiting for the Confederate Army to collapse is the best option. However, this process will definitely take a relatively long time, and during this period of time, the Confederate generals will definitely force the Confederate soldiers to launch frequent attacks, which will cause huge casualties to the Northern and Southern armies.

Instead of this, it would be better to have a good fight in the wild to decide the outcome in one go!

This is what Zhu Houxuan has always thought.
Zhu Houcong could not believe his eyes after receiving the declaration of war. He could not understand why Zhu Houcong gave up the advantage of defense and chose to go out of the fortifications to fight in the field.
"King Jing is too confident in the Northern Army's field combat capabilities." Guo Xun put down the letter of challenge and said lightly.

"Then what should we do?" Yan Song asked immediately.

Zhu Houcong pondered for a while and said: "I know that the Northern Army's field combat capability is stronger than ours, but this is the only way for us to win quickly. Even if this is a sweet bait thrown by Zhu Houcong, I have to take it. After all, time is not on our side."

Yan Song remained silent.
"I agree with your decision to fight!" Guo Xun suddenly said, and everyone's eyes fell on Guo Xun.
"The terrain of the place where King Jing agreed to fight is a plain with no strategic locations to defend. This is beneficial for the Northern Army in field battles, but it is also beneficial for us to take advantage of our military strength! It's still uncertain who will win in the end!" Guo Xun said gritting his teeth.

Everyone present fell into deep thought, and suddenly they realized that this seemed to be their only choice.
Everyone's eyes fell on Zhu Houcong again.
Zhu Houcong also thoroughly understood the pros and cons of this, and actually laughed out loud. He said in an excited tone: "I laugh at my cousin, the King of Jing, for being too proud of himself. Since he is so arrogant and conceited, he gave up such a great advantage in vain. This is God's blessing, and it is the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty who are helping me in heaven."

The emotions of the people present were aroused by Zhu Houcong's words.
"If you don't take what God gives you, you will suffer the consequences; if you don't welcome the opportunity, you will suffer the consequences!" Zhu Houcong looked around at everyone and said word by word. "In this case, let's seize this opportunity and defeat the Northern Army in one fell swoop! Great Ming will win!" Zhu Houcong said, waving his arms violently.

"Defeat the Northern Army! May the Ming Dynasty win forever!" The morale of everyone present was completely aroused by Zhu Houcong's words, and they all shouted loudly.

Zhu Houcong then sent an envoy to meet with Prince Ning and explained the pros and cons. Prince Ning readily agreed to participate in the battle.
On April 9th ​​of the second year of the Republic, both the North and the South have been shrinking their fronts and concentrating their forces.

The final battle took place in Chenzhou, Henan, where nearly three million troops squeezed into this usually inconspicuous place (the two sides had about four million troops confronting each other, but shrinking the front line did not mean withdrawing all the troops. A certain amount of troops still had to be maintained on the front line, so nearly three million people participated in the battle).

Because both sides had too many troops, the battlefield was fought in the three counties of Shenqiu County, Xiangcheng County and Shangshui County.

It was a clear day with a gentle breeze. The summer sky was as blue as a gem, and snow-white clouds floated leisurely like cotton candy. The sun was shining brightly like broken gold, and the whole world was shrouded in a bright and dazzling light.

In this peaceful atmosphere, an extremely cruel battle is about to take place on the ground.
Zhu Houxuan stood in the basket of a huge hot air balloon, which was held tightly by more than a dozen cables to prevent it from floating away.
Zhu Houxuan held up a telescope and watched two groups of people, one red and one black, approaching.
Between these two streams of people is a green land full of vitality. This fertile plain was affected by the war. The residents here have fled and these original farmlands have been abandoned. Nature quickly showed her powerful side. These abandoned farmlands have been occupied by countless weeds and wild flowers this year.
But these weeds and wild flowers didn't know they were going to suffer today. Countless military boots trampled on them, crushing them into dust. Countless small animals hiding among them fled in panic, but there was nowhere to escape.
After the green earth was trampled by the soldiers of the two armies, what was left was a yellow-green land that no longer had the vitality it once had.
On the vast battlefield, dust was flying, as if a layer of yellow gauze covered the earth. The earth was trembling slightly under the feet of countless feet. Millions of soldiers surged like a surging tide. They were dressed in uniforms of distinct colors, presenting a solemn sense of order as a whole.

The infantry square is the core force of the Northern Army. They are divided into countless hollow infantry squares, each of which is 50 meters apart, for messengers to pass back and forth and for cavalry to pass through when they are dispatched.
Each infantry phalanx was composed of thousands of people, with closely connected rows in the horizontal direction and neat and uniform vertical lines.

They were lined up densely, with the distance between each row of soldiers so tight that only one person could pass sideways. The horizontal column was like a row of solid city walls, neat and uniform, stretching into the distance, with no end in sight. The soldiers held flintlock rifles, the gun bodies flashed a cold metallic luster in the sun, and the spears stood like a forest, exuding a chill. They all looked focused and resolute, staring ahead, waiting for a life-and-death test.

(End of this chapter)