Huo Zhen saw Gu Cheng lying on the ground naked, and the green dragons tattooed on his two arms were lifelike, and he thought it was very interesting, so he pulled out the hand knife he carried with him, wanting to cut a piece of meat and play with it. Suddenly, a person behind him shouted, "Stop." ”

Huo Zhen turned his head and saw that it was Zhu Di, the king of Yan, who hurriedly stood up and bowed his hand. King Yan jumped off the horse, patted him on the shoulder and said: "You can capture Gu Cheng alive today, you are a great achievement, go to Li Youzhi of the back road grain platform to receive the reward, I have already told him, reward you with ten thousand treasures." ”

When Huo Zhen heard this, he jumped up happily, and after thanking King Yan, he jumped away.

At this moment, after Zhu Di and Zhang Yu's northern and southern armies were combined, they surrounded Gu Cheng's northern camp and southern army. And because Gu Cheng was captured by mistake, the southern army of the northern camp was leaderless, so he had to raise his hand and surrender.

King Yan walked to Gu Cheng's side, helped him up, loosened the rope sleeve, took off the python robe on his body, draped it on Gu Cheng's body, and said emotionally: "Gu Cheng, you are an old man by your father's side, you have been fighting in the south and the north for decades, and you should have been living in good age and enjoying humanity at this moment, but you went into battle shirtless again, and almost lost your old life." ”

After hearing this, Gu Cheng burst into tears, took King Yan's hand and said: "Your Highness, fortunately, today's old minister did not hurt His Highness in the slightest, otherwise a hundred years later, how would he see the first emperor under the Nine Springs." ”

Zhu Di, the king of Yan, hated and said: "This is all the darkness and weakness of today, listening to traitorous ministers, and making our flesh and blood kings and ministers kill each other." Gu Qing is willing to help me Fengtian Jingjing, the side of the Qing monarch, to correct the dynasty? ”

Gu Cheng thought for a while, then knelt down and kowtowed: "The old minister sees that His Highness's wise and martial posture is no less than that of the first emperor, and seeing His Royal Highness is like seeing the first emperor." Since His Royal Highness has an order, he dares not to obey. The old minister is willing to follow the work of dogs and horses and build micro achievements. ”

Zhu Di, the king of Yan, was overjoyed and said: "This is very good. And this day you will give it to me. As he spoke, he helped Gu Cheng up.

While he was talking, a team of sergeants came carrying a stretcher, and there was a person lying on the stretcher, with clear eyebrows, a pale face, and the corners of his mouth twitching, it was Li Jian, the former military governor, the commander of the horses, and the general of the left.

When Li Jian saw King Yan, he wanted to struggle to sit up, but he was too seriously injured, so he had to face the sky on his back, clasp his fists and arch his hands: "The younger brother has seen the fourth brother." ”

When King Yan saw Li Jian, he immediately changed color, and said angrily: "You and I are originally close relatives, and we have no grudges, but for the sake of wealth and nobility, we actually rebelled and fought with me." It's really a wolf's heart, the sin is unforgivable, I'll behead you now, and then make amends to the seventh sister. ”

After saying that, Zhu Di took out the treasure knife under his waist and was about to slash at Li Jian.

Li Jian was shocked when he saw it, and hurriedly rolled off the stretcher, causing the wound to burst out, and he screamed in pain, his face became even paler, without a trace of blood, and he almost passed out.

Zhang Yu hurriedly stepped forward and hugged Zhu Di and said, "Your Highness is angry, for the sake of the princess of the daimyo, spare his life." ”

Only then did Zhu Di put the knife back into its sheath, kicked Li Jian and said, "For the sake of the seventh sister's face, spare his life for the time being and take this guy down." ”

At this time, the battle outside the west gate of Zhending has also ended, Zhu Neng led a thousand elite pioneers to break through the southern camp, captured Li Jian, the southern camp was defeated, Zhu Neng's remaining nine thousand iron cavalry copied up from the two loaves of bread, killed more than 20,000 southern troops like chopping melons and vegetables, and the rest of the southern army retreated into the city with Guo Ying, holding on.

Zhu Di ordered people to surround the north, east and west gates of Zhending, and tried his best to attack, leaving only the south gate, hoping that Geng Bingwen would escape from this gate, and when he fled to the north bank of the Hutuo River, he would send elite cavalry to surround him.

Who knew that Geng Bingwen was a famous general in a hundred battles after all, and he was not fooled, so he used cannons to smash all the drawbridges of the remaining city gates to show his determination to defend the city.

Zhu Di was furious when he heard the report and ordered the troops to attack the city.

Zhang Yu persuaded: "Your Highness, our army has won a great victory in this expedition, so why don't you return to Beiping." Most of our troops are cavalry, good at field battles, not good at attacking cities. Under the fortified city, strong enemies are around, which is a taboo for soldiers. ”

Zhu Di said: "I don't know. In the past, Geng Bingwen guarded Changxing for ten years, and Zhang Shicheng could not take a step beyond Lei Chi. If I can't attack it today, isn't it like Zhang Shicheng? In addition, without a battle, he retreated, which is really a long enemy's ambition, destroying his own prestige, and being alone. It is limited to three days, and it will not be possible to attack it at that time, and it will not be too late to withdraw the troops. ”

Zhang Yu was helpless, and led the generals to attack the city.

The Yan army came on light horses this time, and did not carry large siege equipment, so they had to cut down some timber nearby, gather craftsmen in the army, and temporarily make stone throwers, chariots and other equipment. At present, all that can be done is to set up a ladder, and the soldiers are holding shields and rushing to the city.

Geng Bingwen saw that the Yan army was poorly equipped, but came to attack the city, and when the Yan army set up the ladder and began to climb, he gave an order, and the southern army in the city was divided into two groups, one group held a bow and arrow, shooting at the Yan army by the moat, and the other holding a firecracker, shooting at the Yan army who was climbing the ladder, and the Yan army turned over on their backs, and the ghost cried wolf, so they had to retreat. When Geng Bingwen saw that the Yan army was retreating, the hedgehogs gathered in one place, so he ordered the artillery to bombard, and killed a large number of Yan troops.

The Yan army attacked for three days in a row and suffered heavy casualties. Yan Wang Zhu Di had no choice but to order the withdrawal of the army, at this moment the craftsmen in the army have built more than a dozen stone throwing machines, Yan Wang ordered people to carry out more than a dozen baskets of large bamboo baskets from the camp, which was black, as if something was wriggling, and I don't know what it was. King Yan ordered people to put it into the bag of the stone thrower, and then ordered the cannon to be fired, and the stone thrower threw the dozen baskets of bamboo baskets into the city.

Geng Bingwen saw it at the head of the city, thinking that the Yan army's stone artillery was coming, and hurriedly ordered the sergeant to lie down on the ground to avoid the projectile. Who knew that the bamboo basket hit the top of the city, and countless turtles crawled out of the broken place, and the southern sergeant hurriedly ran over and showed it to Geng Bingwen, Geng Bingwen smiled: "Stew this thing in a pot of good soup tonight to reward the three armies." ”

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Geng Bingwen said with a smile: "This can only show that Yan Wang Qian's donkey skills are exhausted." ”

Storm Zhao pointed to the city and said: "Geng Hou, look, the Yan army has withdrawn." ”

Geng Bingwen set up a pergola with his hands, and saw that the Yan army under the city really slowly withdrew, and threw the more than ten stone throwers on the spot. The last team of Yan soldiers actually carried a stretcher. Some of the southern army had sharp eyes and said to Geng Bingwen: "Geng Hou, isn't it the concubine Li Dudu?" ”

Storm Zhao hurriedly said: "Marquis Geng, the Yan army is defeated and retreated, quickly send the army and horses to chase after it, even if it can't win a big victory, you can also recover Li Yuma, and we will have a good relationship with the emperor, otherwise the reputation of Genghou I should be ruined here." ”

Geng Bingwen shook his head and said: "No, this is King Yan's plan to lure the enemy, if I send an army out of the city to chase, the Yan army will definitely kill back." At that time, we will really fall, and you and I will really die without a place to be buried. ”

Storm Zhao hurriedly said: "In this way, how can the Daimyo princess be willing to spare you." ”

Geng Bingwen said with a straight face: "State affairs are important, and we can only make sacrifices." May God bless Li and the horse. ”

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In the Jingshi Fengtian Palace, Emperor Jianwen was in the early dynasty, Pingyan Bu's political envoy and criminal department Shangshu Zhao with a heavy face told the results of the battle of Zhending, although Zhu Di, the king of Yan, did not capture the city of Zhending, but the 130,000 army of the imperial court was beaten to only 30,000, and Li Jian, the former military governor and the left general, was captured, died of serious injuries, and died halfway. Gu Cheng, the veteran governor of the right army, surrendered to the enemy after being captured. Taizhou Wei and Shaoxing Wei were all annihilated, and Pan Zhong and Yang Song were martyred. It can be said that it is the first big defeat since the Northern Expedition, and it is really unfavorable.

After listening to the recital, Emperor Jianwen's face was solemn and he didn't say a word.

Hanlin scholar Huang Zicheng knelt on the ground, took off the black veil, and kowtowed again and again: "This defeat is because Weichen knows no one and recommends Geng Hou as the handsome, please Your Majesty to cure the crime of the minister." ”

Qi Tai, the secretary of the military department, also hurriedly knelt down, took off his black gauze hat, kowtowed, and said: "As the secretary of the military department, the minister cannot quell the rebellion, and the crime is hard to escape, please punish Your Majesty." ”

Emperor Jianwen waved his hand, sighed and said: "The two Aiqing are flat, and they are not guilty of waiting." It is the military general left by Emperor Taizu Gao to me, and the only survivors of the fruit are Geng and Guo Erhou, who else can you use without these two? There is really no general in Shu, and Liao has become a pioneer. ”

Huang Zicheng kowtowed again: "Your Majesty, if you dare to recommend one more person, you will definitely be able to quell the rebellion and lead the Yan thief to Your Majesty." ”

Emperor Jianwen was very interested and said: "Huang Qing, please speak, who do you recommend as handsome?" ”

Huang Zicheng said: "This person is Li Jinglong, the Duke of Cao Guo. ”

When the ministers heard this, they were in an uproar.

Storm Zhao said firmly: "Your Majesty, by all means. Cao Guogong could not lead hundreds of thousands of troops without a big war. Moreover, changing generals in battle is a taboo for soldiers. Don't you hear about the Battle of Changping and Zhao Kuo's exchange for Lian Po? ”

Emperor Jianwen couldn't make up his mind for a while, and was silent.

Qi Tai, the secretary of the military department, stood up and said: "Geng Hou is good at defending and not attacking, is the imperial court waiting for the Yan thief to attack and get away with Beiping?" When Emperor Taizu Gao was alive, he attached great importance to Cao Guogong, and sent him to Huguang and Shaanxi many times to train troops, and then ordered him to take charge of the Governor's Mansion of the Left Army, plus the prince and the prince, can you say that Emperor Taizu Gao did not know people? ”

Storm Zhao said: "The decisive battle against the enemy is not comparable to ordinary times, and those who do not go through the battle formation must not be of great use." His Majesty can send additional men and horses to Geng Houjia to advance slowly from north to south, and it will not be long before the Yan thief is forced into a desperate situation, and then the leader will naturally be captured. ”

When the two were arguing, His Royal Highness suddenly broke into a woman, dressed in linen and filial piety, crying with pear blossoms and rain, extremely sad, the ministers saw it, all moved, the person who came was the eldest princess of the seventh daughter of Taizu, so the guards of the palace did not dare to stop it.

The eldest princess of the daimyo came to the palace, fell to her knees with a thud, and cried to Emperor Jianwen: "Your Majesty, please give me the decision of the surviving person." ”

Emperor Jianwen hurriedly stepped down from the throne and personally helped the eldest princess of the daimyo up and said, "Seventh aunt, what are you doing when you don't take care of your body in the mansion and come to the main hall?" Crying and crying, what kind of system has it become? ”

The eldest princess of the Daimyo shook the hand of Emperor Jianwen and cried: "In order to quell the rebellion, the horse took risks lightly, but that Geng Bingwen was afraid of the enemy like a tiger, and did not help, so that he died, Your Majesty must punish him and avenge the horse." ”

Emperor Jianwen watched his seventh aunt crying breathlessly, and made up his mind in his heart, turned around and returned to the throne, and announced: "Immediately dismiss Geng Bingwen and Guo Ying, and recall the Jingshi to ask for guilt." ordered Li Jinglong to be the commander and mobilized 500,000 troops for the second Northern Expedition, which was bound to wipe out the Yan thieves in one fell swoop. ”

Tyrant shouted in despair: "Your Majesty, no. ”

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