Chapter 641: Megatron Jianghuai

"Tao Envoy Jun, you must not drink the decisive battle of the Ming army." Sun Wu said to Tao Qian with a serious face.

Tao Qian glanced at him indifferently and said lightly: "Oh? Why? ”

Seeing this, Sun Wu suddenly chuckled in his heart, and then tried to explain: "Although the Ming army is far inferior in number to our army, it is all the elite of a hundred battles, and our army has been repeatedly harassed by Zhu Yuanzhang, and the morale of the army has dropped a lot. ”

A hint of displeasure flashed in Tao Qian's eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "What do you mean by saying that my 30,000 troops in Xuzhou can't defeat Zhu Yuanzhang's 6,000 soldiers and horses?" ”

"Uh...... I don't mean that in the next place, it's just that the decisive battle is not rational at this time......"

Before Sun Wu finished speaking, he was interrupted by an angry Tao Qian.

"That's what you mean."

Tao Qian was like an angry lion, glaring at Sun Wudao: "Today, I, Tao Qian, want to be ashamed of my blood and avenge my son." ”

Tao Qian's son, Tao Shang, was unlucky enough to be bumped into by Zhu Yuanzhang in his first night attack and was directly beheaded.

The old man lost his son, and the white-haired person sent the black-haired person, which was like a thunderbolt from the sky to Tao Qian, and he couldn't wait to swallow Zhu Yuanzhang alive in his heart.

Now Tao Qian has been carried away by hatred, he can't listen to anyone's words, he just wants to kill Zhu Yuanzhang to avenge his son, so after Zhu Yuanzhang's war letter was sent, Tao Qian accepted it directly without thinking about it.

Seeing that Tao Qian did not listen to persuasion, Sun Wu was very anxious, and said in a panic: "Envoy, use the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers in Xuzhou to vent your anger for yourself, you are disregarding people's lives." ”

Sun Wu's bitter words not only did not calm Tao Qian, but made him even more angry.

"What do you say? The old man has been guarding Xuzhou for several years for the Han Dynasty, how dare you say that the old man cares about people's lives? ”

Tao Qian glared at Sun Wu angrily, gritted his teeth and said, "Sun Wu, don't think that if you do a little favor, the old man won't dare to kill you?" The old man in the Xuzhou army has the final say. ”

"Envoy, there is no need for your army to fight a decisive battle with Zhu Yuanzhang, as long as it is ......"

Sun Wu wanted to persuade again, but Tao Qian had obviously lost his patience and shouted: "Come on, take this person who disturbs the heart of our army to the old man and lock him up, and after our army wins a big victory, he will clean it up separately." ”

Sun Wu's heart was cold, and he was just about to let go of his words, but Tao Qian had already turned around and left, and then Sun Wu was imprisoned by him.

In the fifth year of Zhongping, on April 5, Zhu Yuanzhang led more than 6,000 soldiers and horses to fight to the death with Tao Qian's more than 36,000 troops in Jianghuai.

When Tao Qian's army went south, there were only 35,000 troops, and under the siege of the city all the way, part of the Ming army was surrendered, and with the support of the families in the city, the strength of the army increased instead of decreasing, reaching an astonishing 40,000 people.

In the previous battle with Zhu Yuanzhang, although Tao Qian's army suffered more than six or seven thousand casualties, there were still more than 36,000 troops left, which was still more than six times that of Zhu Yuanzhang's army, so Tao Qian dared to directly fight with the Ming army.

"Lord, you see, Sun Wu is not in Tao Qian's army, and the commander of this battle is not Sun Wu, but Tao Qian's old son."

After looking in the direction of Li Wenzhong's finger, Zhu Yuanzhang was suddenly overjoyed.

"God really help me, if it was Sun Wu's command, the general would still be afraid of three points, but this battle is his Tao Qian Lao'er, what is the general afraid of?"

A sneer appeared at the corner of Zhu Yuanzhang's mouth, and he said coldly: "Since Tao Qian'er came to die, he will be fulfilled." ”

"Xiang Zhuang, Xiang Sheng."

"The end will be."

"The two of you will lead 1,500 soldiers and horses, and you must block Tao Qian's right army for the general."

"No."

"Uncle Xiang, Zhou Yin."

"The end will be."

"The two of you lead 1,500 soldiers and horses, and you must give the general to block Tao Qian's left army."

"No."

Looking at the Chinese army where Tao Qian was located thousands of kilometers away, a sneer flashed at the corner of Zhu Yuanzhang's mouth, and then continued to order: "Li Wenzhong, Xiang Bo, Fan Wuqi, Wu Rui." ”

"The end will be." The four generals shouted in unison.

"The four of you will lead three thousand overlords to ride, and you will directly attack Tao Qian's army with this general."

"No."

"Soldiers, the survival of the Ming Dynasty is all here to fight."

Zhu Yuanzhang slowly pulled out the long sword at his waist, pointed directly at Tao Qian's army opposite, and shouted: "Kill." ”

"Kill ......"

Six thousand elites roared in unison, and their momentum resounded through the sky.

The momentum caused by the three thousand overlord horses even exceeded the thirty thousand army, and Tao Qian couldn't help but be shocked when he saw this.

"Lord, the Ming army on the other side seems to be... Be... Overlord rides. Cao Bao said with some hesitation.

Tao Qian's eyes widened when he heard this, and he said in horror: "What? How can it be an Overlord ride? Isn't Xiang Yu on the eastern front of Yanzhou? How is it possible for an overlord to ride? ”

Cao Bao looked at Tao Qian speechlessly, and said with a wry smile: "Lord, the overlord is riding ...... Cavalry. ”

Tao Qian's eyes were still full of shock, he really couldn't believe that the Overlord Rider could reach Jianghuai from the eastern line of Yanzhou in such a short time.

Tao Qian was originally a civilian official, and Xuzhou did not produce war horses, so his understanding of cavalry was basically equal to zero, so it was naturally difficult to understand what it meant to run a thousand miles.

Whether Tao Qian understands it or not, the formation of the two sides has been spread, and it will definitely not work if they don't fight.

Tao Qian forcibly suppressed the fear in his heart, looked at the cavalry on the opposite side that had defeated him more than 30 times, and now charged him again, and immediately gave a big attack order with a wave of the long knife in his hand.

"Xuzhou Army, attack."

The two armies collided in the land of Jianghuai, and then naturally they were ...... Rivers of blood.

Under the iron hooves of the overlord's horse, the Xuzhou army was defeated after all, and it was still a mess, and it was directly crushed by the Ming army with weak troops, which can be described as a shame and thrown home.

In this battle, the Ming army killed 10,000 enemies, captured 10,000, and lost 2,000 themselves.

And Zhu Yuanzhang led an army of 6,000, but he defeated the Xuzhou army that was more than six times his own, and since then it has naturally become famous and powerful all over the world.

Tao Qian led the 15,000 remnants of the army and retreated to Xuzhou in great embarrassment, leaving a shadow in his heart and no longer daring to lead the army in person.

It is worth mentioning that Sun Wu, who was taken into custody by Tao Qian, was left unattended after Tao Qian's defeat, and finally fell into the hands of Zhu Yuanzhang.

A generation of soldiers who won all battles, but was captured because of this way, I have to say that Sun Wu was really unlucky.

After learning that Sun Wu was captured, Zhu Yuanzhang was overjoyed and hurriedly went to persuade him to surrender.

Of course, it was impossible for Sun Wu to surrender, and Zhu Yuanzhang didn't care about it, and entertained him well, preparing to slowly subdue Sun Wu.

After defeating Tao Qian, Shouchun's northern threat was resolved, and with the return of Zhu Yuanzhang's army, there was no longer a single hole in Shouchun's defenses.

When Sun Jian learned that Sun Wu was captured by Zhu Yuanzhang, he was naturally very anxious, and hurriedly asked Liu Jian to break the city with all his might, but he refused because of the excessive casualties.

Sun Jian also knew that it was not a day's work to break Shouchun, so he could only suppress the anxiety in his heart, waiting for the real opportunity to break the city to rescue Sun Wu.