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When the five thousand cavalry charged, that kind of power made Shang Yu really a little surprised, if the opposing cavalry really rushed to within a hundred paces, it would be unimaginable, it was Shang Yu immediately issued the order to fire a row of crossbows.

The sky was full of crossbow arrows, and there was an endless stream of crossbow arrows, and I saw that hundreds of soldiers who were controlling crossbows were constantly reinstalling the arrow magazines one by one behind them behind the crossbows that had stopped firing, and then re-tightening the hinges.

The momentum of the five thousand cavalry charging forward stopped, and the hundreds of horsemen in front of them had been shot into a sieve, and the blood splashed was shocking, and the screams of the four wilderness were heard at this moment,

Leading the troops at the front? Hinkasol was now strung with a dozen crossbow arrows and horses, and there was still an arrow stuck in his eye socket, and his brain was flowing outward from his eye socket.

"Not good! Withdraw, retreat! The second group of hundreds of cavalry shouted in shock when they saw this, but the ground cavalry behind was extremely fast, and their horses were also in range, and they were also mixed up by the men and horses that fell to the ground in front, while the third group of cavalry in the back charged again, completely unaware of what was happening in front of them.

A one-sided killing was in progress, and the most cherished of Puhua Timur was the iron cavalry of the 5,000 Mengyuan tribe in Jiqing Mansion, which would disappear forever......

Three days later, Zhu Yuanzhang led 10,000 soldiers and horses to rush to the aid of Lai'an County, these 10,000 soldiers and horses are all cavalry, Lai'an County is the Chuzhou barrier, for which Zhu Yuanzhang personally led the troops from Chuzhou, but when he arrived, the war had completely ended, which surprised him.

"Deputy Marshal Zuo, the lethality of the crossbow made by the Shang Yu brothers against the enemy is really amazing! Five thousand enemy horsemen were actually shot into hedgehogs, and the opposing general was the main general when cleaning the battlefield? Hinkasor was also among them, so the enemy infantry who came behind was caught off guard by our army, because of the loss of the main general, our army captured nearly 10,000 enemy troops in one fell swoop, and the rest fled to the river bank with the Semu people, and fled by swimming! Hu Dahai almost danced and said excitedly to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang's face showed a slight surprise at this time, and he thought in his heart: "I didn't expect that the crossbow that Shang Yuxian said last time actually has such power!" ”

Thinking of this, he immediately raised his head and said to Shang Yu standing in the hall with relief: "Brother Shang Yu, you have made great contributions this time, and this commander is here to express his gratitude to you on behalf of the soldiers of the whole army!" ”

The shock of the ballista to Zhu Yuanzhang was not small, the crossbow Shang Yu used a few days ago only said that it was a semi-finished product in the development of the ballista, but he did not expect to have such a might, and he defeated the enemy army with only more than 10,000 people, Shang Yu's contribution is not high, but he is only a civil official, even if he wants to promote his military position, it is absolutely impossible at this time, so Zhu Yuanzhang said these words at this time.

After hearing this, Shang Yu's little face turned slightly red and said: "Deputy Marshal Zuo, this victory is still because General Tang He can hold Leiguan Town, which has bought enough time for the reinforcements to come to An. ”

"As for the row of crossbows, it is not easy to transport and easy to damage, it can only be used to defend the city or lure the enemy into a trap, and it is not flexible to use in the fast-moving soldiers and horses, before this Shang Yu has already disturbed the people, and in the future, the whole city of Anxian County will be conscripted to complete the operation of transporting the crossbow and arrow box, and then the battle achievements are all led by General Hu and General Tang to achieve land results, what is Shang Yu's merit? General Hu and General Tang are the biggest contributors to the defense of the territory. ”

Shang Yu did not take credit at all, Tang He was attacked by 10,000 soldiers and horses, and only more than 2,000 people defended for several hours, and the loss was only nearly 1,000, which was the key to the battle to defend the territory, otherwise Lei Guanzhen would be lost, and it would inevitably be attacked by tens of thousands of soldiers and horses from the official road to Lai'an County.

At that time, no matter how powerful the crossbow was, it could not hold the border of Baili County, and if the follow-up soldiers and horses of the Yuan court entered, the main city of Chuzhou was bound to be threatened, and then there would be chaos in Chuzhou, Shang Yu was very amazed at the bravery of Tang He and Hu Dahai's generals, and each soldier was like a tiger out of the grid to give up his life to pursue the Yuan army, which made him understand that all Han people have a bitter hatred for the Yuan court, which is a backlog of hatred for nearly a hundred years.

Zhu Yuanzhang saw that Shang Yu did not take credit, and completely gave the credit to Tang He and Hu Dahai, he liked Shang Yu even more in his heart, nodded and said, "It's rare!" Brother Shang Yu didn't take any credit, Tang He and General Hu Dahai made meritorious achievements this time, and the commander would not be treated badly. It's just that General Tang He, first tens of thousands of troops crossed the river, and then more than 20,000 Yuan court soldiers and horses crossed the river, could it be that the Chujiang River turned out to be a small ditch, so that the enemy army could cross it so easily, but why did this come? By the time he said this, his face had already sunk.

Tang He's face couldn't help but be extremely heavy after hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's question, this time the soldiers patrolling the riverbank were killed by the Semu people, which was his dereliction of duty as the border commander, although he was very brave when defending the city, but he blamed himself, and he was very disappointed that he couldn't detect the Yuan Court tens of thousands of people crossing the river first.

Thinking of this, Tang He immediately knelt on the ground and said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Tang He did not anticipate the enemy this time, and he actually ordered tens of thousands of enemy soldiers and horses to cross the river without investigation, and he is willing to receive the death penalty!" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned slightly after hearing this, this time the Semu people crossed the river with the Yuan army, and this kind of large-scale crossing of the river was not discovered, Tang He was indeed to blame, and according to the regulations of the army, it was indeed a capital crime.

But with 2,000 soldiers and horses can drag tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to stagnate in the area of Lei Guan for several hours, and wait for the arrival of reinforcements from the county government, and also defeat 20,000 soldiers and horses of the Semu and Yuan army, and also work together with Hu Dahai to capture tens of thousands of enemy troops, Tang He has made great achievements during this period, and Tang He is known as a Confucian general in the army, and is highly respected by the soldiers of the whole army.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Tang He also have the friendship of fellow villagers and friends, he can't bear to kill him at this point, thinking of this, he sat behind the handsome case and looked at Tang He kneeling in front of him and said: "General Tang He, this time this marshal ordered you to supervise the army, and made the area around Leiguan Town, Lai'an County, the forefront of our army's attack on Jiqing Mansion, but you disappointed Ben Shuai!" actually made the enemy successfully cross the river, but if you led the army to defend Leiguan Town, this death penalty can be avoided! Are you convinced? ”

Tang He's heart warmed, knowing that Zhu Yuanzhang intended to defend him, and immediately said with a sour heart: "Tang He, as a general, can't resist the enemy in Jiangdong, and is willing to obey the fate of Deputy Marshal Zuo." ”

"Good! Thinking that you bought time for our army and kept the enemy out, although the capital crime was exempted, the commander stripped you of the post of commander of Lai'an County, and punished you for twenty times outside the town guard palace, can you be convinced? Zhu Yuanzhang pretended to shout sternly.

"The subordinates are willing to be punished, please punish them immediately!" When Tang He heard that the sentence was so light, tears of gratitude welled up in his eyes and he knelt on the ground and said.

Zhu Yuanzhang picked up a token and threw it to the ground, if he waited for this token to land, the soldiers waiting in the hall would immediately drag Tang He out for cane punishment.

Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang so fierce, Shang Yu immediately knelt on the ground and said to stop him: "Deputy Marshal Left!" Never. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang saw that it was Shang Yu who spoke, and slowly put down the token holding the ground token in his hand, looked at Shang Yu and said with questions: "Brother Shang Yu!" Do you know that military discipline is difficult to violate? Even if the commander violated military discipline, he should also ask the crime, why do you want to intercede for General Tang? ”

He was a little puzzled by Shang Yu's move, twenty canes were nothing to such a general, at most Tang He couldn't ride a horse or sit comfortably for a week, it was a very light punishment, he didn't understand why Shang Yu had to run out at such a time to plead.

Shang Yu raised his head on the ground, looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and said loudly: "Deputy Marshal Left!" At this time, it should be the time to strengthen the defense, so that the surrounding area of my Lai'an County will no longer be disturbed, Shang Yu has already told General Tang He about some methods of defending the enemy army by the river to cross the river. ”

"This time, the enemy was able to cross the river, firstly, because the Yuan Court sent a large number of fine works into the territory of our army, and secondly, because all the soldiers of Semu knew the nature of water, so they could cross the river and kill our army's patrol team."

"Although the Yuan army is defeated at present, there are still a large number of troops in Jiqing Mansion, if you scold General Tang He at this time, if the enemy attacks again, won't General Tang fight with injuries? Looking at the left deputy marshal before thinking twice, Shang Yu is willing to take these twenty canes for General Tang, so as to ensure that he can defend the territory and stabilize the territory when I come to meet the enemy! ”

After Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a long time after hearing this, he nodded abruptly and said, "Okay!" These twenty canes are instructed to be written down by General Tang first, and I hope that the three of you will clear out all the enemies in Lai'an, and if you order the Yuan army to cross the river and enter our territory, you will definitely be killed! ”

After hearing this, Tang He immediately kowtowed and said, "Thank you for the grace of Deputy Marshal Zuo!" ”

"Hahaha! They are all their own brothers, how can they say thank you! From today onwards, you will no longer have to call me the Left Deputy Marshal! Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile on his face at this time.

Shang Yu, Hu Dahai and Tang He were all a little puzzled, Shang Yu was a teenager after all, and couldn't help asking: "Are you ...... waste?"

But as soon as he said these words, he was interrupted by Zhu Yuanzhang: "Hugh is talking nonsense, Ben Shuai has been canonized as Marshal of the Wing by my dynasty, but the fief and state are in the hands of the Yuan Court, which is really annoying!" Brother Shang Yuxian, I need you to make me a veritable Marshal of the Earth Wing! ”