The confrontation between the southern and northern armies was first broken by Zhu Di.

The consumption of this kind of military confrontation is too great, "The imperial court has the entire country to make the rear bigger, and the supply is endless, but Zhu Di, the king of Yan, can't afford it." But Sheng Yong made it clear that he wanted to fight a protracted war, and if he wanted to break this stalemate, he could only attack.

Some generals thought that they could gather heavy troops and conquer Dingzhou first, but Zhu Di disagreed, saying: "It is easy to fight in the field, but it is difficult to attack the city." Today, Shengyong gathered in Dezhou, Wu Jie and Ping'an were stationed in Zhending, and the two Ming armies came to the aid of the two Ming armies. Jiancheng is in front, "strong enemies are behind, and it is difficult to judge the victory."

In the end, Zhu Di, who was adventurous by nature, decided to chop the army to the middle of Zhending and Texas to lure the enemy into a field battle. Most of the generals in the army were a little worried about this tactic, believing that if the southern army of Zhending and Texas attacked in the middle of the road, the northern army would easily be attacked by the enemy.

Zhu Di didn't think so, he said confidently: "Our army has many cavalry, and they come and go freely. Hundreds of miles away, the momentum is unreachable. The two armies are thin"

Victory or defeat is only in the breath, although a hundred steps cannot save each other, let alone two hundred miles? ””

So the generals quickly pulled out the camp according to the order of King Yan, rushed to the Hutuo River between Zhending and Dezhou to camp "and sent rangers to wander between Zhending and Dingzhou, pretending to be an ambush to deter Ping'an and Wu Jie from coming to the aid in time. Sheng Yong reported that "he really led the army to the expedition and stationed in Jiahe", and the two sides started a big battle here.

In this battle, Sheng Yong once again used the firearms that gave Zhu Di a headache, spraying trains, giant guns, and fire crossbows as the main weapons of the foot soldiers, and at the same time using chariots and big shields to protect himself, and Zhu Di, the king of Yan, still used his traditional tactics on the surface, first attacking the flank, and then rushing to the main formation, but in fact, this time he played a trick and adopted a wave-like attack strategy.

His Duoyan Sanwei elite cavalry swept through the enemy camp, and immediately after feinting on the flank, he quickly broke away from the battle with the advantage of cavalry, and continued to attack the flank with 5,000 foot soldiers, and the cavalry circled "to return to the main formation, hit the frontal camp, and immediately gave way if it could not be broken, and immediately gave way to the road, and the second team of cavalry, which had already been poised for a long time, launched a charge again, and tens of thousands of iron cavalry charged in turn like waves, and finally shook Sheng Yong's Chinese army and forcibly broke through" and started a melee.

This battle was really tragic, the brave and good Yan general Tan Yuan took the lead, and in the chaos, the horse stumbled, fell to the ground, and was killed by the Southern Army general Zhuang De. But Zhuang didn't have time to rejoice, so he was stabbed to death by Zhang Wu, the general of the Yan army, who led the iron cavalry to charge into battle. Yan generals Dong Zhen and Chu Zhi died on the battlefield successively, and the casualties of the Southern Army were countless. This big battle, straight to the dark, dozens of miles on the ground, everywhere is a mixed army of the enemy and the enemy" completely turned into a big melee, until the night is dark, "the enemy and I are inseparable" all the soldiers and horses stopped in place to rest" King Yan with more than 100 fierce soldiers also stopped on the battle formation, and waited until dawn to look for his own soldiers, only to find that the surrounding was the camp tents scattered by the southern army, and it turned out that he had rushed to the rear of the southern army.

Seeing this scene, "the guards around Zhu Di were greatly panicked", for fear that King Yan would lose, but Zhu Di had an idea, "asked people to get on their horses, covered the flag mark, and passed through the enemy camp in such a big way." At this time, the sky was slightly bright, and the southern army was also chaotically setting up their own banners to recruit the soldiers and horses of the headquarters to return to the team.

All the way to the north, no one noticed anything unusual for a while. When the Southern Army finally found out that this team was not their own, Zhu Di and his party rode like a horse and had already rushed out of the camp of the Southern Army."

Spread the banner and threw it at the Yan army camp, chasing it. A great opportunity to kill King Yan, because of the chaos of his own camp, this big fish escaped like this, and the generals of the Southern Army in the battalions that King Yan passed through all the way were jealous, and they were afraid that the commander would find out that they were questioned, so they dared to publicize it, but they didn't know that the seeds of defeat were planted because of this.

Zhu Di just rushed out of the southern army camp, the chaos over there at a glance, the southern army has many foot soldiers, after the killing, the soldiers of each battalion are looking for the generals of the headquarters on foot and assembling them, the speed is far inferior to the northern army "Now the battalions of the southern army are still gathering soldiers and horses in a mess" This is a great opportunity, so after Zhu Di returned to the northern army camp, he immediately summoned the generals and fought again immediately while the southern army had not yet been cleaned up.

Zhu Di scattered all the cavalry, with a small team of 100 people, galloping fast in the enemy camp, rushing everywhere, not letting the already chaotic southern army calmly assemble, and then waving a large army to "kill into the enemy camp." The two sides fought repeatedly, from early morning to noon, suddenly there was a gust of wind, March weather, the grass and trees have not covered the ground, the wind blew dusty, there is no enemy and I can not see the enemy at hand, the southern army has not yet returned to their respective camps, there are some separate battles", this can not see the order of the Chinese army, it is a plate of scattered sand, and finally a defeat.

Sheng Yong was discouraged, fled all the way back to Texas, checked the remnants of the army, and actually lost nearly 50,000 horses, and couldn't help but panic. He was touted as a god of war, which was an honor, but at the same time it became a burden for him, such a tragic defeat" How can he afford it. What's more, whenever he makes a gain, he is the first credit, Wu Jie and Ping'an are not without jealousy of his growing prestige, if these two fall into the ground......

Sheng Yong thought about this, and the bedroom was uneasy, "He was still a staff member in the army, and when he saw that the commander was worried", he quietly gave him an idea and would be defeated

When the sin is in the sky, the reputation of the order will not fall. Sheng Yong suddenly realized, "hurriedly wrote a recital, reported the defeat, and said that the two sides fought fiercely until the afternoon, the weather changed sharply, the north wind was strong, the dust was full of sand, and it was difficult to implement the order, which led to the defeat."

The news quickly spread back to Jinling, and Fang Xiaoru, Huang Zicheng and others received the battle report, and in addition to being depressed, they were still depressed, so they had to report to the emperor.

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Early in the morning, Luo Kedi was eating in the house.

His breakfast was very simple, white rice porridge, steamed rice, Gaona salted duck eggs, fermented bean curd and a plate of sesame oil bamboo shoots, which was very light.

While eating, Liu Yujue walked in from outside, took off his cloak, rubbed his hands and said, "My lord." ””

Last night, Liu Yujue was on duty in the palace, "I just came out of the morning today."

Luo Kedi pointed to the seat next to him and smiled at him: "Sit down and eat together." ””

Liu Yujue sat down on the side and whispered: "My lord" This morning, the emperor first met with Fang Xiaoru, Qi Tai, and Huang Zicheng in the Zhengxin Palace. "Oh, what do you say? "Hey! The emperor was furious! ””

Liu Yujue is a northerner, "good ......, begging noodles, picking up a steamed bun" and picking up a pair of chopsticks: "I heard that General Sheng Yong suffered a defeat and folded 50,000 soldiers and horses and returned to Texas." The two generals of Shuo An and Wu Jie led their troops to help, but before they arrived, they heard that General Sheng had fled all the way, and hurriedly returned to the division Zhending, and the emperor was furious, and scolded the front-line soldiers at both ends of the head and rat in the Zhengxin Palace, refused to use their lives, and wasted the court's money and food. ””

Liu Yujue took a sip of the egg yolk that was spurting oil, and suddenly stopped, frowned and said strangely: "My lord, it's really weird, Cao Guogong was defeated in Zhengba Village because of the heavy snow and cold in the north, and the defeat again in the Baigou River was because the handsome flag was blown by the strong wind, "Now General Sheng Yong is in the battle of Jiahe" and because the wind is blowing dust, it seems that God is particularly biased towards King Yan, is it true that the folk rumors are true, this King Yan ...... Is it really the real man? ””

Luo Kedi was stunned for a moment, and said strangely: "What do you say, be more careful." ”

Liu Yujue carefully explained the details of the battle report he heard in the Zhengxin Hall to Luo Ke's enemy, "Luo Ke's enemy listened to it and slapped his chopsticks on the table", and said angrily: "Fang Xiaoru and Huang Zicheng are a pair of nerds who don't understand military affairs at all. Although Qi Tai was a secretary of the Ministry of War, he was originally just a literati who "made up a few military books" and would only point fingers and talk exaggeratedly, and Sheng Yong's old and rough Spring and Autumn penmanship "actually hid them!" Liu Yujue was stunned and said, "My lord, there are ghosts in this?" ”

Luo Kedi said angrily: "This Sheng Yong is a liar!" He said that Zhu Di launched an attack early in the morning, and by noon, the two sides had turned into a melee and hand-to-hand combat, and the enemy and the enemy were mixed together. both sides

Since they have been fighting together, the wind and sand are blowing at this time, which is not good for our army, is it good for the Yan army? Defeat is defeat, what is the sudden wind and sand, as if God helps the Yan army, so shirk responsibility, these wastes are not even aware of it, it is really unreasonable! Liu Yujue was furious when he saw him, and said curtly: "My lord is angry, speaking of which, General Sheng Yong is already a rare general who can fight, and he occasionally fails, and he is worried in his heart." Fang Xiaoru and Huang Zicheng can't see it, otherwise, according to the emperor's temperament, I am afraid that Sheng Yong's position will be removed because of this defeat, at that time, where to find a general who can fight? ”

Roque's enemy sighed: "Alas! It doesn't hurt to lose, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, if Fang Xiaoru, Huang Zicheng, and Qi Tai want to protect Sheng Yong, the emperor will make a speech, and Sheng Yong will definitely listen to it, but ....... Sheng Yong was confused, and used such a method to shirk the responsibility for the defeat: Fang Huang was stupid and believed such a reason! Liu Yujue said sneeringly: "That's ...... The goal is achieved, and it does not break the face of my court, isn't it...... Isn't it good? ”

Luo Kedi glared at him, and pointed out with hatred: "Every time our army is defeated, it is not man-made but providential, is this called not losing face?" This is a disguised campaign for King Yan! King Yan's secret spy was originally advocating that King Yan was the true son of the dragon among the people, now it's okay, if King Yan's people don't come forward, our own ministers of the court will take the initiative to help others build momentum! When everybody believes...... Hey! ”

"Uh", Liu Yujue thought of such side effects, and couldn't help but be stunned, and hesitated for a moment before saying: "That...... Do you want to remind the emperor? Luo Kedi sighed and said: "Alas" presumably at the court meeting, "has already instructed the ministers for this reason, and it is difficult to collect it!" At this time, Jin Yan said, "It doesn't help, and it will offend Fang Xiaoru, Huang Zicheng, Qi Tai, and even ...... General Sheng Yong in front ......"

He silently picked up the chopsticks, took a little bean curd, and before he could hand it to his mouth, he was angry again, and couldn't help poking the tofu in the plate, and scolded hatefully: "Fang, Huang, Qi Tai, just like the bean curd in this plate, it's just a small dish that can be made back to the table occasionally." Let such a few wastes who have not achieved enough and have more than enough failures to steal the temple ......", Luo Kedi thought for a while, his cold eyes flashed, and he said in a deep voice: "No!" Gotta knock them down, or ...... The court is in danger! ”