Chapter 62

After defeating Chen Hui and crossing the river, King Yan learned that Li Jinglong had set up a large camp in Zhengcunba, and immediately gathered all the generals under his command, deciding not to return to Beiping for the time being, but to attack Li Jinglong's camp with all his strength. At the same time, he sent cavalry to contact Zhang Yu, Zhu Neng and other generals to lead the army to converge, striving to achieve a great victory and completely destroy the morale of the southern army.

"Li Jiujiang is not afraid. Attack their great camp and break their camp, and they will flee in fear. The only one who can worry is the brave and good warriors under his command. ”

Arranged the combat mission, King Yan told Shen Xuan, who led the forward army to attack, to be sure to break the enemy with one blow!

"Obey the order!"

Shen Xuan led 12,000 people to take the lead in Zhengcunba. Duoyan Sanwei followed. After King Yan joined Zhang Yu, Zhu Neng, Xu Zhong and other generals, he also accelerated his pace.

Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui rushed from Zhending City and vowed to break the southern army with their father.

"Good!"

Seeing Zhu Gaoxu and the two of them, who had obviously grown a lot, King Yan was in a good mood, and said with a smile with the generals under his command: "If the jade is not cut, it will not be successful, and the little tiger cub must be released to really become a talent." ”

Hearing this, the generals had different thoughts. Zhang Yu has a strategy and does not speak easily. Zhu Neng didn't think about it so much, he just thought that King Yan was praising his son, and echoed with a smile. Qiu Fu, Xu Zhong and the others did not understand King Yan as well as Zhang Yu, nor did they grin like Zhu Neng, and secretly began to wonder whether there was an extended meaning in King Yan's words.

I heard that the prince doesn't like the prince, and he likes the king of Gaoyang County even more, but now it seems that it is not a lie.

It was Shizi who could resist the attack of the southern army and defend Beiping, and it was King Yan himself who handed over this task to Shizi.

After thinking about it, I never came up with a clue.

To guess what Zhu Di thinks in his heart, it is not something that ordinary people can do.

Compared to working under King Yan, it should not be necessary to work so hard to get Emperor Jianwen's salary. The premise is to try to align his brain circuit with Zhu Yunwen, otherwise when he gets his salary, he will also vomit blood by the emperor who has a hole in his head.

Hearing their father's praise, Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui were very excited, and the horsewhip was waved more vigorously, eager to catch up with the forward team immediately and enter the camp of the Southern Army.

Compared with the Yan army, which has a strong fighting spirit, the atmosphere in the camp of the southern army is not very good.

Chen Hui, the governor of the capital who went to intercept the Yan army, returned. His face was pale, his arm was wounded, and more than 9,000 of the 10,000 cavalry were missing.

Li Jinglong's face was gloomy, and he slapped the table to punish Chen Hui's crime.

According to Li Jinglong's thinking, he can prioritize his own life, because he is the chief general of the army and is very important.

Others dare to learn to do it, absolutely not.

Obviously, only the governor was allowed to set fires, and the people were not allowed to light the lamps.

Chen Hui is full of indignation and grievances and has nowhere to complain, give him so many people, do you really think you can stop Zhu Di? It's good to be able to bring these people back.

The generals in the tent pleaded for Chen Hui one after another.

"The Yan rebel army is coming, and it is really unknown to kill the general at this time. If Chen Dudu is ordered to guard the camp, Chen Dudu will be grateful to Zongrong and will die to repay him. ”

It was a subordinate general whom Li Jinglong trusted to say this, and it was rare that he had a good relationship with Qu Neng Shengyong and other generals. Seeing that Chen Hui was about to be questioned, everyone couldn't bear it, so they spoke out and saved Chen Hui's life.

Chen Hui was lucky enough to escape from Yan Jun and save his life, but he almost died in the hands of his own people, and he was very disappointed in Li Jinglong, the coach, and he inevitably had some resentment in his heart.

He and Zhu Di are enemies, and it is natural for Zhu Di to kill him.

But he was Li Jinglong's general, and he was ordered to intercept the Yan army, Li Jinglong did not tell him the Yan army's return route, and did not give him enough troops, but he found the Yan army, fought desperately, and brought back important information, but he almost received a knife in the neck, and no matter how good his temper was, he would be angry.

No matter what he thought before the war, he always fought with the Yan army once, and he was honorably wounded.

Li Jinglong's behavior of not asking about merit but only about guilt not only planted a thorn in Chen Hui's heart, but also made many generals feel cold.

Compete with the generals under the city of Beiping, so as to miss the opportunity to break the city.

Now that there is the example of Chen Dudu, many generals are disappointed in Li Jinglong, and they can't help but have doubts about Emperor Jianwen, who reuses him.

People say that like gathers like, is such an emperor really worthy of allegiance?

In the end, Li Jinglong spared Chen Hui's life and ordered him to lead troops to guard the camp on the west side.

The southern army set up nine large camps in Zhengcunba, and once the Yan army came to attack, the place where Chen Hui was stationed was very likely to suffer a frontal impact.

In other words, guarding this place is no different from acting as cannon fodder.

Chen Hui did not show a trace of resentment, but said to Li Jinglong gratefully: "I must live up to the grace of the general Rong and not kill!" ”

Walking out of the tent, the expression on his face suddenly changed, the tears stopped flowing, the circles under his eyes were no longer red, and he called his henchmen and immediately rushed to the garrison camp.

This battle must be a dead end, after seeing the combat effectiveness of the Yan army, compared with Li Jinglong's mediocrity, Chen Hui had an idea in his heart.

Good birds choose trees to perch on, and can seek the Lord to vote. Emperor Jianwen favored the sour Confucianism and treated the generals coldly, which had already made many people dissatisfied.

Although he was not a founding hero, Chen Hui also followed Fu Youde, the Duke of Yingguo, out of the desert several times to conquer the south and the north. Li Jinglong is stubborn and incompetent, Chen Hui escaped death, and he does not want to follow such a coach anymore, and similarly, he does not want to work for the court that appointed Li Jinglong.

In short, Chen Dudu did not intend to continue to receive Emperor Jianwen's salary, and he was determined to change jobs to work for King Yan. Whether it is an uncle or a nephew, they are all descendants of Emperor Hongwu anyway, and the one who sits on the throne is always surnamed Zhu.

The employees under Emperor Jianwen who changed jobs, Chen Hui is not the first, nor is he the last.

But Chen Dudu's job hopping played an important role in the next battle of Zhengcunba, and they were also lost, because of Chen Hui's defection, Li Jinglong lost faster and more miserably.

In November, Shen Xuan led the forward troops to Zhengcunba.

In front of him were the nine large battalions of the Southern Army, arranged in accordance with the art of war, in an orderly manner.

The Southern Army discovered Shen Xuan's army and immediately issued a warning.

The north wind blew the battle flags of both sides, and it sounded fiercely.

The war horse under the crotch of the Yan army snorted, shook its neck impatiently, and stomped on the snow with its front hooves, splashing condensed ice crystals.

Shen Xuan drew his long knife, and the bright light of the knife represented the signal of attack.

The Yan army blew the horn, the southern army beat the war drums, and the desolate and ancient voice opened the prelude to the battle.

The horse's hooves stepped over like the sound of thunder.

The cavalry of the Yan army was like a sharp arrow, cutting through the silver-white earth and rushing straight towards the southern army camp.

"Kill!"

In the era of cold weapons, cavalry charges brought not only shock to the enemy, but also the fear of death.

The southern army besieging Beiping was also not a weak brigade, and formed a battle formation under the order of the commander-in-chief, raised its spear, pointed the tip of the spear obliquely at the upper part of the army, and waited for the battle.

The musketeers also lined up their ranks, although they did not master the Yan army's three-stage firearms shooting, and against the cavalry, they also had their own advantages.

The cannon rang out suddenly, and a puff of gunpowder burning smoke rose from the frontal assault on the camp, and black iron balls fell from the sky and fell into the ranks of the cavalry, and several cavalrymen and war horses fell in pools of blood.

The formation of the Yan army's charge was not disrupted, and the two canal chiefs of Shen Xuan and Duoyan Sanwei took the lead, and in an instant, they had rushed to the front of the southern army.

The neighing of the horses, accompanied by the rising glow of blood and the wails of the imminent death.

The long knife swung over, and I don't know whose life it took away.

The Duoyan Three Guards cavalry who charged into battle did not show the slightest fear in the face of an enemy several times their size, and there was only excitement on their faces.

The more people there are, the more the head.

The more the head, the more cattle and sheep!

The more the merrier!

"For the sake of cattle and sheep, kill!"

The Southern Army still couldn't understand what these Mongols were shouting, and they could only form formations again and again under the orders of the officers, and then they were crushed by the enemy again and again.

The cavalry under Shen Xuan was infected by the excitement of the Mongolian strong men, and the whistle in his mouth began to change, and he looked like a beast at the end.

On the grasslands of the northern part of the country, wolves besiege their prey, making such sounds.

Covered in blood, with a hideous face, a fierce charge that is not afraid of death, and a wolf's howl in his mouth, such a formation, the southern army in the camp has said that they can't bear it, and it is not people who fight with themselves, that is, a group of beasts!

In less than two moments, the first camp was breached.

The southern army that was still alive turned and fled, and the Yan army took advantage of the victory to pursue, roaring and rushing towards the southern army in the second camp.

It was Chen Hui who was guarding here, he organized his soldiers to form a battle formation, but he didn't resist at all, just put on a show and surrendered directly when the Yan army attacked.

Surrendered?

Then don't fight.

Shen Xuan ordered the team that fell behind to gather these southern troops, waved his long knife, and continued to attack the next camp.

Who is leading this team of juniors? Don't think about it, it's definitely Meng Shishilang.

With his force value, he can still cope with foot combat, and Ma Zhan is really a bit difficult to handle.

He really needs to fight, but he also needs to save his life. My life is gone, what do I have to do with my exploits?

After death, mourning can indeed hide his descendants, the key is, doesn't he have no descendants?

Not now, and not in the future.

Seeing Meng Yishi, who was wearing armor and still not very powerful, Chen Hui was very surprised.

King Yan is indeed Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, such an inconspicuous soldier can also rush to kill on horseback, he must be extraordinary!

The battle by the Luan River and the scene of the cavalry charging into battle made Chen Dudu have a wrong perception and misestimate the force value of a certain fox. Chen Dudu, who has been smart for half his life, never thought that the fox who mixed into the wolves was still a fox, even if he was taken into the den by the head wolf and pulled to his own territory.

Foxes never rely on developed muscles, but on intelligence.

When Meng Yan gathered the defeated and surrendered southern army, Shen Xuan had already led the army to capture four camps.

The cavalry of the Yan army was completely crazy, and the strength on their bodies seemed to be inexhaustible, they just wanted to slash all the people in front of them and take down all the camps of the southern army!

When the attack reached the fifth camp, King Yan's army also arrived, and when he saw the battle situation, King Yan immediately made a decision, regardless of the three-seven-twenty-one rush up!

King Yan personally went out to fight and advanced along the path opened by the vanguard. When passing by the camp guarded by Chen Hui, Chen Dudu, who had already decided to change jobs, took the initiative to point out the position of Li Jinglong's Chinese army to King Yan.

"The Chinese army is guarded by two battalions, if you want to take the Chinese army, you can try to make it move, and then use cavalry to flank it left and right."

King Yan adopted Chen Hui's suggestion and immediately sent someone to catch up with Shen Xuan, and at the same time ordered the soldiers to make a loud noise, saying that he had arrived here and was personally leading the troops into battle.

Sanbao, who followed King Yan to fight, took the initiative to ask for his life, and Meng, as the defender of Yanshan, was also duty-bound. The two jumped on their horses and chased after the striker. Chen Hui was appointed as the deputy general of the rear army and fought with King Yan.

When Li Jinglong heard that King Yan rushed into the formation, he really moved.

Although four camps have been breached, the main force under his command is still there, if he can capture King Yan, even if all nine camps are breached, what does it matter? He must be the one who wins!

"Always think twice, this may be Yan's countermeasure!"

Qu Neng and others listened to the advice of Li Jinglong at all, insisted on going his own way, and ordered the Chinese army to fight.

Shen Xuan in the formation soon found that the position of the Chinese army began to move, and handed over the task of continuing to attack the camp to Duoyan Sanwei, and personally led part of the cavalry to rush straight to the left wing of Li Jinglong's Chinese army.

Under the desperate rush of Qu Neng, Sheng Yong and others, the rebel army's position gradually stabilized, and the two sides soon fell into a stalemate.

A stalemate means a life for a life.

The Yan army is red-eyed, why not the southern army?

The two sides are like beasts biting together, letting the blood flow all over the ground, but still aiming at each other's throats, and never letting go.

Meng narrowly avoided a spear pierced by a southern soldier to his waist to avoid the vital point, but he was still cut open.

The moment the blood flowed out, it had already congealed, and there was no pain in the slightest. He swung the long knife in his hand vigorously, and if he didn't fight hard, there was only a dead end.

In an instant, another spear stabbed in front of him, and the left and right sides were surrounded by several Southern soldiers, and it was impossible to get out.

Meng gritted his teeth and was slashed by the Southern Army on his side, and he also wanted to set up the deadliest spear. He didn't understand, how did these people target him? Because you look weak and easy to bully?

Meng Shishilang is the truth.

What does the military attachΓ©, who looks weak, represent? Exploits!

Meng Yishi must be followed.

At the most critical moment, a sharp arrow broke through the air and shot straight into the eye socket of a Southern army. Meng had a chance to breathe, and slashed the shoulder of a Southern Army with all his might, and in an instant, Shen Xuan rushed over to break through the encirclement, and the situation was suddenly reversed.

"Follow me!"

The long knife in Shen Xuan's hand had been replaced with a spear, and Meng realized that Shen Xuan seemed to be more accustomed to using a spear than a long knife, and every blow could take the life of a Southern soldier.

However, Shen Xuan's horse did not have a bow and arrow, who saved his life before?

In another place, Yang Duo threw away the longbow, the arrows on the horseback had run out, and the saber was also curled, so he simply grasped the spear and stabbed it towards his spear, and the southern army with the gun staggered, let go of his hands, and in the blink of an eye, the head of the spear was reversed, and the southern army was stabbed into the throat by his own weapon.

The blood splattered by the enemy made Yang Duo excited, and it was boring to deal with schemes all day long in Nanjing. Only when you return to the battlefield can you completely let go of your hands and feet.

"Yang Tongzhi, Commander Zhu has an order, the whole team will attack the Chinese army from the left - the wing!"

Yang Duo picked up another Southern Army, and raised his voice in blood: "Obey the order!" ”

The melee lasted until the evening, and the Yan army broke through the seven camps of the southern army in a row, but the large battalion of the Chinese army that they wanted to take the most could not be attacked.

King Yan and his generals used various methods, and even the eunuch Sanbao and the promotion officer rushed up with weapons, but they couldn't help each other.

Who made Li Jinglong's men many?

brought back the army under King Ning, and in terms of numbers, the Yan army was still at a disadvantage.

At night, both sides had to withdraw their troops.

The loss was too great, Li Jinglong was not distressed, but King Yan couldn't help but care.

The two sides redeployed at night, and King Yan was even more determined to take the southern army camp tomorrow! can't take Li Jinglong, and his reputation is in vain!

The wounded Meng was still taken to Shen Xuan's tent, and his armor was removed, and the blood had solidified the cotton clothes on the wounds. As soon as the tense nerves relaxed, all the pain returned, and it hurt him to grin when he touched it.

Looking down at the most serious part of the waist, if you don't remove the cotton clothes, you can't apply medicine.

Ruthless, Meng pulled a sleeve and bit it in his mouth, and before his hands could use much force, a cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and tears slipped uncontrollably down the corners of his eyes, not that he wanted to cry, but it was really an instinctive reaction of his body.

"What are you doing?"

Shen Xuan walked into the tent and saw such a scene.

Meng looked up, tears in his eyes, and the half sleeve of his shirt that had been bitten in his mouth also fell.

Shen Xuan put down the wound medicine and cloth strips he had taken from Dr. Zhao, and after cleaning his hands, he bent down to check Meng's injuries, and frowned unconsciously.

"Command?"

"Don't move."

Shen Xuan tried to press the edge of the wound, and a cold hiss immediately came from his ears.

"It hurts?"

"It's fine." As soon as the words came out, Meng wanted to slap himself, what is okay, can he die if he doesn't want to save face? !

"Bear with me."

Little by little, the wet strips of cloth soaked the fabric that had congealed on the wound, and Meng burst into tears again.

It hurts, I injured my shoulder before, and it didn't hurt so much when I treated the wound! It's really life-threatening!

There were bursts of inhalation in his ears, Shen Xuan's brows furrowed even tighter, but the movements of his hands did not stop.

After reaching the most lucrative point, Meng Shishilang almost fainted, it was okay to be really dizzy, but no matter whether his eyes were black or Venus, he just couldn't faint.

With a wry smile, too much willpower is not necessarily a good thing.

Meng closed his eyes tightly, the back of his cold hand suddenly brushed his cheek, and his calloused fingertips pinched his chin.

There was a warm, soft touch on the lips, familiar and unfamiliar.

Meng Qidi opened his eyes, and a pair of black eyes suddenly broke into the bottom of his eyes.

"Refers to ...... Brandish? ”

The voice with disbelief was quickly blocked, and there was a roar in his head.

The surprise made Meng forget where he was, and he also forgot that Shen Xuan was treating his wounds, until there was another tearing pain on his waist, and the blood-stained cloth had been held in Shen Xuan's hand.

Shen Xuan straightened up, his thumb scraped his lower lip, and his fingertips were dyed bright red.

With black eyes on the culprit, Meng grinned and turned his head uncomfortably.

He didn't really want to bite, and the wound hurt completely, which was completely an unconscious instinctive reaction.

"Command, humiliation is not intentional."

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"Why don't you do it again? I swear that I will never bite this time. ”

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"It's really not good, you bite it back?"

Meng Shishilang was cautious, Commander Shen's eyes narrowed slightly, he licked his lips, and when the other party's heartbeat soared, he picked up the medicine bottle, "Take the medicine." ”

Looking at Shen Xuan, and then at the medicine bottle, Meng tentatively spoke, "Come by yourself?" ”

Commander Shen raised one side of his eyebrows, and the corners of his mouth were slightly curved, which was particularly attractive.

In Meng Shishilang's eyes, it was really a little scary.

If you are taken advantage of, you have to see and beat you once, and now like this, isn't it to destroy yourself humanely?

"How?" Shen Xuan's tone was soothing, and his face was gentle like a humble gentleman, "Don't be afraid, it's just medicine, it won't hurt much." ”

Meng's hairs stood up, looked at Shen Xuan, and finally gritted his teeth and spread his hands, isn't it just medicine? Come on!

In the Zhengcunba camp, Li Jinglong recalled the battle situation during the day, and his heart was still beating in shock.

Unlike Zhu Di, who has been in battle for a long time, Li Jinglong faced such a tragic battle for the first time, and compared to this, the battle under the city of Beiping was nothing at all.

Generals such as Qu Neng and Sheng Yong suggested that a large army be gathered tomorrow to fight a fierce battle with the Yan army, and at the same time, a cavalry could be divided to attack Yongping. King Ning was held hostage by King Yan, if he attacked Yongping at this time, even if he couldn't take it, he could distract King Yan's attention and buy time for the army.

"Although Yan Yi's subordinates are brave, their final number is limited, and forcing them to divide their troops can help the battle."

What Sheng Yong didn't say clearly was that judging from the current situation, it was impossible to defeat King Yan with the strength in his hands. The only way is to find a way to delay, form a confrontation situation, and wait until the imperial court sends a large army to reinforce it, and then fight a decisive battle with the Yan army.

In any case, Emperor Jianwen is orthodox in the world, and the edict of rebellion will definitely be able to gather more troops, and the tactics of crowds will also consume Zhu Di to death.

What's more, there are not no available generals in the imperial court, if they are replaced by the Duke of Wei or the Marquis of Wuding, I am afraid that Beiping City has already been broken. Even if the city is not broken, the battle situation will not be so corrupted.

Li Jinglong didn't say whether he agreed or disagreed, he only said to think about it again,

The generals couldn't, so they had to retreat.

Look at each other, sigh, the coach is mediocre and incompetent, what can be done.

What the generals never expected was that Li Jinglong was not only incompetent, but his shamelessness was far beyond imagination.

As the commander-in-chief, he actually left hundreds of thousands of troops, rolled up his baggage and fled south overnight.

The next day, when the Yan army beat the drum again to attack the camp, the generals found that the commander was gone!

What makes people speechless is that Li Jinglong did not forget to take Shuai Yin away when he ran away. If Shuai Yin is still there, even if Li Jinglong runs away, he can command the three armies with the governor and the commander to stabilize the position.

But Shuai Yin is gone, and no one can give orders instead of Li Jinglong, and now, the whole army is in chaos.

Whether it was the camp of Zhengcunba or the nine fortresses outside the city of Beiping, they were all bombed.

Although I don't know why the Southern Army bombed the camp, the Yan Army will never let go of such a great opportunity. When King Yan attacked, the defenders in Beiping City also cooperated to fight together, and the southern army was immediately defeated.

The managers are all gone, what are they doing desperately?

Without the will to fight, the battle could not be fought, and hundreds of thousands of troops collapsed in an instant, and they could only be defeated like a mountain, and everyone ran together.

In such a predicament, Qu Neng, Sheng Yong and other generals fought desperately and were powerless to return to the sky, so they could only follow the army all the way to the south to break through, and run out of Lu first.

The Yan army chased behind the southern army all the way, harvesting millions of loads of military rations, more than 10,000 war horses, and countless southern troops were captured.

Li Jinglong, who fled to Texas, saved his life, but faced another problem, how to explain to the imperial court after such a big defeat?

Geng Bingwen held Zhending City, and now they are all idle at home, he lost 500,000 troops, Beiping City has not been defeated, Zhending Hejian and other places are occupied by the Yan army, even if the emperor does not kill him, I am afraid that he will not let him go easily.

Li Jinglong didn't want to be disgusted by Emperor Jianwen for the charge of defeating the army, so he thought about it and finally thought of a way, and immediately wrote a letter and sent someone to the capital quickly.

Whether you can escape this catastrophe depends on this person.

Li Jinglong wrote the letter to none other than Emperor Jianwen's confidant, Huang Zicheng, a scholar from Hanlin.

At the beginning, it was Huang Zicheng who recommended him to replace Geng Bingwen as the commander of the army, and if he was asked for his defeat in the army, Huang Zicheng would not be able to run.

Not for him, for himself, Huang Zicheng has to think of a fight!

Being able to come up with this method shows that Li Jinglong is not stupid. It's a pity that his ingenuity was not used on Zhu Di, but it was used against Emperor Jianwen.

Emperor Jianwen, who is already full of pits, is destined to be pitted again by his henchmen and his generals.

What a whimper, pathetic!