It was already white in the east, and it was early in the morning. A cold mist shrouded the outside of Beiping. The day's fighting subsided for the time being, and only the slightest moan of pain in the darkness remained. The smell of gunpowder and blood in the air was also left in the fog after a night.

Suddenly, a shout came from the official and military camp: "The commander is gone!" ”

The sergeants were horrified and searched everywhere in the middle of the line. Soon after, the generals of each battalion also rushed to the Chinese army one after another, where can I still find the commander Li Jinglong?

The generals looked at each other, and they were all stunned in the big tent, and they didn't know what to do for a while. At this time, a military general said in a deep voice: "I'm afraid the big marshal has run away overnight......"

There was an uproar in the tent, and after a while, several generals hurriedly lifted the tarpaulin and went out without saying a word. Only then did the group come back to their senses and hurriedly left the Chinese army......

Before dawn, soon the sound of ......horses' hooves and the noise of people and horses sounded on the plain. The generals of the officers and armies with their men and horses were retreating south in a panic.

In less than two incense sticks, the mighty officers and soldiers rushed to rush as if they had discussed it. Hundreds of thousands of people ran on the plains, and the battle was simply earth-shattering! Tents, ordnance, armor, weapons...... Countless baggage was thrown all over the field. At this time, the various divisions were just concerned about running ahead as if they were in a race......

The centaurs who ran first were wise. The cavalry of the Yan Army inside and outside the city quickly chased out, and the first unlucky ones were of course those officers and soldiers who ran slowly and lagged behind!

…… Zhu Gaoxu was suddenly woken up. The prince sent someone over and ordered him to chase him out of the city with cavalry at once. Zhu Gaoxu probably asked about the situation and quickly got up. Fortunately, he and his soldiers slept last night and did not even take off their armor, so he got up and brought his weapons, and soon he was able to lead his horses and gather.

The army rode to the main gate of Li, and saw that the city gate had been opened, and a large number of foot riders were pouring out of the city, and even the infantry went out!

Zhu Gaoxu led his troops close to the city gate, saw the gap and rode his horse up, and shouted for his troops to go out of the city. At this time, the outside of the city was full of surging torches, the people and horses were noisy and the situation was turbulent, and the hooves of horses near and far roared like muffled thunder from the sky.

Not long after, Zhu Gaoxu and other soldiers rushed past the official camp one after another. When he looked by the light of the fire, he saw that the camp was in shambles, as if an earthquake had just struck. All kinds of things were thrown everywhere in a mess, and military flags with the word "Ming" written on them were thrown on the ground, allowing the horses' hooves to trample them repeatedly.

Zhu Gaoxu didn't come back to his senses for a while, and it took a while to determine that the official army had fled......

War turned out to be like this? It's changing so fast! Some time ago, the two sides fought vigorously, and although there were back-and-forths, it was very difficult...... Unexpectedly, Zhu Gaoxu woke up from sleep, and the situation had changed dramatically! An army of 500,000 people collapsed overnight.

He didn't think much of it, and led his cavalry to pursue him south until dawn.

During this time, they did not encounter a decent battle, and the soldiers were only concerned with slashing and shooting arrows in the back of the defeated army, and then rushing up to cut off the heads with knives.

"Ahh Ah...... "Not far away, an officer and sergeant screamed louder than killing a pig." When Zhu Gaoxu looked back, he saw a dismounted cavalryman who was cutting the sergeant's neck with a knife, and the sergeant was not dead...... Zhu Gaoxu was also shocked when he saw that scene.

"Spare your life! The military master spared his life, and I have an old mother, wife and children at home...... Yes! "Another sergeant who kowtowed was stabbed in the back of the neck, and the man fell to the ground, crawling forward with his hands and feet." There was a thud, and the man was hit by an arrow in the back of the head, and the man fell to the ground and did not move.

The chaotic pursuit lasted until the morning, Zhu Gaoxu ordered to stop and rest, and when he looked back, he saw that the soldiers were full of heads on horseback! All of them are covered in blood, it's terrible!

Everyone didn't bother to pick it up, so they cared about cutting off people's heads...... Because the first level can be exchanged for rewards! And it is clear that the real price is not bullied.

After a while, a small group of armored soldiers quickly caught up, and one of them waved the order flag in his hand and shouted: "Yan Wang order, the official army has broken to Cangzhou, and all the men and horses are pursuing in the direction of Cangzhou!" ”

Zhu Gaoxu responded: "I know, follow my father's order!" ”

At this moment, Chen Dazhu's voice said: "Lord Wang, why don't we find a place first, hide these heads, and then come back to get them?" ”

"It's fine." Zhu Gaoxu nodded and said, anyway, the reward money was not from him, and he had to think of the Yan Wangfu. He has no interest in killing the defeated soldiers of the Ming army, but it is not good to prevent the soldiers from making money.

The soldiers chose a place to dig a pit, hid the heads first, and then followed Zhu Gaoxu to continue south.

The scenes along the way were extremely terrifying, and Zhu Gaoxu had the illusion of traveling to a zombie movie. The road was littered with headless corpses, flesh and entrails everywhere, like hell on earth.

Looking back at the brutal battle in Beiping City a while ago, after fighting for so long, the number of people killed is probably less than one-tenth of the dead in the early hours of this morning to the present!

Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but sigh: "The battle battle is not terrible, the real terrible thing is to be chased and killed in a rout!" ”

"What the prince said is extremely true." The generals agreed.

The next day, Zhu Gaoxu led his army to the city of Cangzhou. Unexpectedly, it was too late, the banner of the Yan army had already been planted on the tower of Cangzhou City, and there were still countless corpses inside and outside the city gate, most of them had no heads.

The pace of this war suddenly accelerated, and Zhu Gaoxu felt a little uncomfortable for a while. Everywhere he went, he found that he had finished fighting, and he almost just ran along.

At this moment, another soldier ran over, glanced at the military flag behind Zhu Gaoxu, and said: "King Yan ordered, the generals' cameras are heading towards Dezhou, and the remnants of the officers and troops are heading in the direction of Dezhou!" ”

"I know, follow my father's order!" Zhu Gaoxu responded again.

The army chased all the way, and by this time the men and horses were exhausted. Zhu Gaoxu discussed with a few generals for a while, no matter how much, he decided to find a place to camp in Cangzhou first, feed the horses, and rest for a night.

He only slept for one night, and the next morning, Zhu Gaoxu had just reorganized his troops and horses to set off, but he was told that the people and horses who were still near Cangzhou did not need to go to Texas again......

……

Ten days later, the people returned to Beiping City. The generals celebrated in the Yanwang Mansion, and the mansion was very lively. On the seats in the front hall, Fang Kuan and other generals who Zhu Gaoxu did not know were added.

This war is indeed an unprecedented victory! The officers and soldiers, known as 500,000 troops, were defeated and wounded, with more than half of them killed and wounded, and the corpses covered the road from Beiping to Dezhou.

And the strength of King Yan was not weakened by the great war, but the strength of the army soared to nearly 200,000 people!

At the banquet in the front hall, Zhu Neng drank wine and shouted with a big grin: "Li Jinglong led the troops, he really wants to laugh at us to death!" On that day, we had just fought a vicious battle in Zhengcunba, and although we defeated Chen Hui, the governor of the official army, and won the victory, we also suffered heavy casualties...... At that time, we were close to Beiping City, and we thought that the next day's battle would be more tragic, but hahaha...... Ahem, ahem! ”

Zhu Neng choked on a sip of wine, coughed up tears, and continued to say excitedly with a red face while panting, "Unexpectedly, Li Jinglong actually escaped overnight!" Escaped! ”

Zhu Gaoxu glared at Zhu Neng after hearing this.

Suddenly there was laughter in the front hall, and the generals almost overturned the table. Zhang Yu stroked his thick beard and said with a smile: "It's really unheard of, the current coach of the war slipped away first, and I have been fighting for so many years, and it is the first time I have met it." ”

At this moment, Yao Guangxiao, who was wearing a robe, entered, stood next to King Yan and said, "King Yan, let's feast, please go inside and talk about business?" ”

King Yan glanced sideways slightly, then nodded and said, "Let's talk in a different place later." ”

After a while, King Yan got up and left the table first, and then the prince, Zhu Gaoxu and a group of generals were also called over. The group went out the back door of the main hall and went to another house.

Yao Guangxiao waited for everyone to come in, and immediately spoke: "The prince has the Daning army, congratulations." However, if this battle was not for Li Jinglong's main army, the prince would not have been so easy! ”

The generals chimed in.

Yao Guangxiao said: "Lao Wei got some news from the Beijing division today, and the matter of the army's contempt for Li Jinglong has reached the ears of the emperor......

Everyone suddenly quieted down, only Zhu Neng accidentally burped with a "forehead", which sounded extremely harsh.

Yao Guangxiao continued: "This war officer and army lost hundreds of thousands, but the imperial court was strong and was not completely defeated. If Li Jinglong can continue to be handsome, it will be more beneficial to the prince! Therefore, in the future, the princes should laugh at him less, but they should find more of his strengths, so that the emperor can rest assured. ”

A military general was stunned and said: "After this defeat, Li Jinglong can still be the commander of the official army?" ”

"It's hard to say." Yao Guangxiao said thoughtfully.

At this time, King Yan said: "We have made jokes about Li Jinglong a few times, but there are no outsiders present, how can the emperor know?" ”

Yao Guangxiao said in a deep voice: "There are traitors and spies inside. ”

Everyone quickly muttered and looked left and right. But the people here are all the people who followed King Yan with their heads at the beginning of his army, who will be a traitor?

For a while, everyone shook their heads in disbelief, and even Zhu Gaoxu felt that at least these generals were unlikely to be spies, and even Yao Guangxiao and other strategists were unlikely.

Zhu Gaoxu said casually: "Could it be someone from the Yan Wang's Mansion?" ”

The generals echoed, "King Gaoyang is right, who of our brothers will betray King Yan?" ”

King Yan had a calm face and didn't say a word.

After a long while, King Yan stretched his brows and said, "That's it, let's celebrate today, let's not talk about it." You will follow what Daoyan said, and Li Jinglong will be mentioned less in the future. ”

Everyone clasped their fists and said, "The last general will obey the order!" ”

King Yan slapped his hands heavily on the armrests of the chair, and the man stood up, "If you are scattered, if you want to drink, go to the front hall and continue drinking." ”

"Congratulations to the prince." The generals said.

At this victory celebration feast, there was a lot of laughter everywhere. Only this episode added a haze to the festive scene.

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After the banquet, Zhu Gaoxu also went back to his county palace to rest.

At this time, it is almost the end of the year, and the first year of Jianwen is about to pass. It was very cold in Beiping, and it was already covered with snow outside. In such weather, there may not be any more fighting in the near future.