Ming Dynasty: Encountered Robbers and Uncovered the Lurking Prince of Beiyuan County

In the fifteenth year of Hongwu's reign, eight-year-old Zhu Gaochi, the eldest son of King Yan, went out to play in the streets. The guards caught three robbers on the street. They thought they were ordinary thieves. However, the first trial actually revealed that Wu Tu, the king of Pingnan County in the Northern Yuan Dynasty, was hiding in Niulan Mountain and gathering a crowd to rebel. Zhu Di personally led the army to encircle and suppress the army. Wustu led two hundred elites to escape through the secret passage. However, they ran into a three-row firing array of fire cannons deployed by Zhu Gaochi at the foot of the mountain. Fifty fire cannon soldiers opened fire alternately. More than a hundred people were killed on the spot, and the rest were all captured. Only ten sergeants of the Ming Dynasty died. Zhu Di was overjoyed for his son's meritorious service, but Zhu Gaochi quietly demonstrated the "three-stage strike" tactic to the Fire Gun Team. That night the memorial was rushed to Nanjing for 800 miles. After reading it, Zhu Yuanzhang said: "This son, the Fourth, is much better than my useless grandsons!" The imperial edict was immediately sent back: Zhu Gaochi personally escorted Ustu to Beijing to meet the saint, and all the inns along the way were provided with supplies. On the way south, the refugees in Huai'an blocked the road and cried: Japanese pirates had captured Andong County, the officers and soldiers were scattered, and thousands of people were being hunted. This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.