In the field, under the orders of its generals, the Yuan army continued to gather in formation, and the teams of 100 people were formed into teams of no thousands, and then converged into about 40,000 troops.

If you look down at this battlefield from above, you can clearly see that countless squads are like streams and finally converge into a surging torrent. The torrent goes all the way and is irresistible. At this time, flags are hunting everywhere on the battlefield, guns and axes are like forests, reflecting the sun, and the snow-bright guns and axes are dazzling to the human eye.

Countless heralds rode on war horses and galloped around the battlefield, holding high the command flag, conveying the commander's orders to the generals and colonels scattered everywhere, and then reporting the collected information to the commander of the Chinese army.

"Report, General Liu of the Han Army on the left flank has gathered the whole army and is moving towards the north of the city, so as to completely outflank the enemy army!"

"Report, the Miao army has completed the assembly, dealt with the captured prisoners, and is advancing to the chaotic hill in front."

"Report, the guards and pro-army Dadam Wanhu and Duoyan Wanhu have gathered their own team and assembled in Guo Village on the right flank!"

"Report, a 10,000-household forward of the Goryeo Army has arrived in the south of the city, and General Liu asks for instructions on the next move."

The flowing heralds went back and forth between the armies and the Chinese army, reporting the information from all over the place to the commanders in the big tent of the Chinese army, and then conveying the commanders' military orders to the ministries.

At this time, there was a middle-aged strong man sitting high in the big tent of the Chinese army, with a big face, thick eyebrows, round eyes, thick lips, and a short beard under his chin. He was covered with a layer of black scale armor, wearing a golden helmet, and was listening to the proclamations of the heralds everywhere, giving military orders from time to time, and the clerks in the rear were waving their pens like flying, writing down the military orders of this person on the note, and after the records were completed, after handing them over to the marshal, they were stamped with a big red seal, and then handed over to the heralds to take away the orders.

The person sitting on the high seat was none other than the commander of the Yuan army.

After receiving the emperor's order from Dadu, he took command of the expedition, and pointed his sword straight at Gaoyou, all the way to Yangzhou Road, Jiangbei Province, Henan. Along the way, all kinds of military horses continue to receive orders to merge into the army, and finally get rid of the soldiers and horses under his command has reached hundreds of thousands, the prosperity of the soldiers and horses, the strength of the army, far more than the battle of Xuzhou that year, even to get rid of themselves can not help but be a little drunk. Tokh had already made up his mind this time, since he was in charge, he must work with one blow and completely exterminate Zhang Shicheng's traitor.

Take off a clear armor, thick eyebrows and round eyes, go south to discuss so far, all the way triumphantly, eagle-eyed wolf care, it is the time to be in high spirits.

Look at the generals under the account, all of them are tiger warriors, the morale of the generals is high, Totoku nodded with satisfaction, and said to one of the generals next to him: "Gong Bo has made great contributions to the victory of the Taizhou battle, and when I return to Beijing in the future, I will face the saint!" ”

The general clasped his fists and saluted: "A little thing, why worry about it." For the commander, it is the responsibility of the last general. In the past few days, our army has taken Xinghua, and now it is luring Zhang Thief Ye to go out to fight outside Taizhou City. It's ridiculous that Zhang Thief disregards the location of Jiancheng, and actually wants to fight a decisive battle with the big handsome in the plains, he is really an ignorant child, like a frog watching the sky! ”

"Haha, if it weren't for Gong Bo, you offered me a plan, deliberately showed weakness, and ambushed the guards and the Goryeo army on the left and right, how could Zhang Thief easily enter the army? At least tens of thousands of Zhang thieves were wiped out in this battle, and Zhang thieves no longer had many soldiers to fight in Taizhou. Well, the next step depends on who among the generals is the first to enter Taizhou! ”

"Dashuai, the guards and the Goryeo army have made great contributions, I will be transferred to the account of the marshal, the sons and daughters have not yet had a good fight, this battle against Taizhou, let us Miao Army first!" The person who invited Ying was Yang Zhengheng, the leader of the Miao people who led the army to participate in the battle this time. This time he came to Gaoyou to fight, and Yang Zhengheng brought his son Yang Tongguan here. Yang Tongguan is the first son of Yang Zhengheng, because of his strong martial arts and knowledge of books and poetry, he is most valued by Yang Zhengheng.

In the twelfth year of Zheng, Xu Shouhui captured Wuchang and Yuezhou, and the Yuan court was shocked and hurriedly ordered the king of Qin to suppress the rebellion. Yang Tongguan's father and son were rewarded by the Yuan court, and after hearing the news, they decided to "pacify the chaos for the country".

In fact, Tao Mengzhen of the Yuan Court sent people to invite soldiers, and Yang Zhengheng brought his own food and clothing to help. Tao Mengzhen saw that the Miao army was mighty and murderous, and applauded again and again, and immediately named Yang Zhengheng as a cadre, with Miao Jun as the vanguard, and advanced into Wuhan, when Wuchang was recovered in one fell swoop, the Miao army's reputation was shocked. The Yuan court rewarded Yang's family, Yang Zhengheng was first awarded the Tongzhi of Tanzhou Road, and then Xuansheng Huguang Youcheng, his younger brother Yang Zhengren was awarded the deputy envoy of the Marshal of Huguangdu, and Yang Tongguan was awarded the Marshal of Huguang, and other uncles and nephews were sealed together.

Because of the good performance of the Miao army, this time he was recruited again to join his southern expeditionary army. In the first few battles, because the Miao army had just joined, Totok deliberately gave it time to recuperate, which has not been of great use.

"This time, Ben Shuai's southern expedition, brave generals from all walks of life gathered, after all, Zhang Thief is known as a traitor with hundreds of thousands of soldiers, not something that can be eaten in one breath, Lord Yang, rest assured, there will be a big war for you in the future."

"Dashuai, these anti-thieves are so arrogant, not severely punished is not enough to vent the anger of our emperor, the little courage to ask Dashuai to slaughter Taizhou!" Yang Tongguan suddenly stood up and pleaded.

"How can there be a place for you to speak in front of the big handsome, quickly retreat!" Yang Zhengheng scolded him.

"It doesn't matter, I want to make trouble in Xuzhou at the beginning, the thief is monstrous, Ben Shuai is also a pro-conscription, Xun Yue took Xuzhou City, captured the rebel Li, the people in Xuzhou City are raging, after this chaos there are almost no good people, Ben Shuai also directly slaughtered Xuzhou City. It deterred those murderers and ignorant people, and only then did the current place be peaceful. If the thieves of Taizhou and Gaoyou don't know each other, Ben Shuai might as well come again! Totoshi replied triumphantly.

"Handsome and wise! If all localities can severely punish the disorderly people, where will there be today's chaos? Think about how strict I was with the people under my rule when I set Nanshan, the two sides of the Jianghuai River, the Nanban Mountains, and the people of all ethnic groups were not all obedient and let me drive? This Gaoyou and Taizhou have to do the same! Several of the Mongol generals in the audience responded loudly.

"Great marshal, if you can surrender the soldiers without a fight, reduce the casualties of our soldiers and soldiers, and reduce the losses and injuries of the local people, it will be the merit of the court and the grace of the marshal. The lower officials implore the marshal to think of the local people! Gong Bo hurriedly spoke beside him.

He had just won the battle, and he was in a happy mood, and when he heard that Gong Bo was so eager to invite the people in this place, he hummed noncommittally. The deputy envoy of the province under the seat, Hara, was a little unhappy when he saw that he was taking off, and said, "If this thief is acquainted, it is fine, if he is stubborn and resists the king, he will definitely be broken into ten thousand pieces!" ”

Another general said: "Zhang Thief is a treacherous and repeated person, when Gaoyou Governor Li Qi surrendered to him twice, this thief rebelled twice, the last time Li Governor went into the thief's den to persuade him to surrender, it was already benevolent and righteous, but he was poisoned by this thief!" If this is the case, if the court does not severely punish the thief, heaven will not tolerate it! ”

The rest of the generals also nodded yes. Zhang Shicheng gathered in Gaoyou and Taizhou, and claimed to be hundreds of thousands, not only seizing a large area of fertile land and water here, so that the imperial court lost a large source of grain and rice, but also because Zhang Shicheng completely blocked the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, causing the canal to be interrupted, and the price of grain in Beijing rose for several days. Most of the people in the capital were panicked, and Emperor Yuan inquired many times about the purging of Zhang thieves and bandits.

During this period, the Yuan court also recruited Zhang Shicheng several times, but Zhang Shicheng disliked the small official position given by the Yuan court, so he should not. In order to gain greater weight, Zhang Shicheng simply occupied Gaoyou and cut off the transportation of the Grand Canal! This finally annoyed the Yuan Court, the canal is like the main artery of the Beijing Division, once it is pinched, how can it be ignored! This is why there is a discussion between Emperor Yuan and the Southern Expedition.

He has done a series of major things, repairing the Yellow River, issuing money, resuming the imperial examination, etc., with great ambitions, and forcibly promoting various administrative measures, I don't know how many people have offended inside and outside the court. If it weren't for the perseverance and power of detachment, ordinary people would have given up halfway.

Now that Zhang is in turmoil, he has invisibly disrupted the steps of Totok's governance, cost countless money and food to the imperial court, and seriously interfered with the later governance of Totokh, how can he not make Totoku angry!

After taking off himself as prime minister, the most important adviser under his command is Jia Lu, Jia Lu is good at political affairs, no matter how big or small, everything must be done personally, because he is rigorous in his work, there are few omissions, and he has to get rid of his weight. It's a pity that in the thirteenth year of Zheng, Jia Lu accompanied the army to suppress the thieves in Haozhou, suddenly contracted a serious illness and died. When the news came, Tokh was sad for a long time, and then sighed to the left and right: Jia Lu has lived up to me in his life, just like Guo Jiazhi is to Cao Mengde.

Tokhtar let go of his longing and sentimentality for Jia Lu, looked around at the generals and said: "In today's battle, Zhang Thief's arrogance has been greatly defeated, and the generals have made great contributions. This marshal will go to the court and ask for credit to you! The order was sent to the guards and the Goryeo army to camp on both sides of Taizhou City, and temporarily stayed in a pass in the west of the city to watch the movement of the thieves. Now that Xinghua has been recovered by the official army, Zhang Thief only left the two big cities of Gaoyou and Taizhou, and the rest of the small counties are not to worry. As for the camp of the thieves outside the city, in the eyes of Ben Shuai, it is just mud bricks and grass tiles, and it can't withstand the camp at all. This time the thief was defeated, and our army could take the opportunity to set up large battalions everywhere to encircle Gaoyou and Taizhou, so that the thief would have a way to escape! ”

"Obey the commander's order!" The generals agreed.

"If the thief sticks to the camp outside the city, it is best for him to replenish the camp with troops and horses, and choose the opportunity to rush the camp another day to destroy its main force, and then attack the city again is like a bag to get something! General Yan Chi, order your troops to closely monitor the movements of the Zhang thief, and if the Zhang thief abandons the camp outside the city, immediately pursue and encircle it, so that the main force of the thief can escape to the city! ”

The next first yuan will be a tiger on his back, and he will stand tall and tall, and it is the rider Yan Chi! On that day, there were still thousands of households in the sea, and today it is already 10,000 households under the cavalry officer army.

"Order, slaughter all the prisoners captured today in front of the enemy camp!" Tokhtar continued.

"No!" The people will bow down.

Gong Bo sighed in his heart when he saw the strict order of Totoku's cold face, knowing that it was the handsome man who wanted to kill the prisoner Liwei. Pity the nearly 10,000 captives today!

The main book under the seat said: "Dashuai, I just received the documents sent by Zhang Thief, and Zhang Thief begged again in the documents, and wanted to surrender to Dashuai!" This time, he didn't open his mouth as much as he did at the beginning, and he actually wanted the imperial court to make him the captain of Yangzhou Road. ”

"Oh, and what kind of official position does he want this time?" Totoh took a sip from the teacup and asked nonchalantly.

"Back to the marshal, the document said that Zhang Thief was just asking for tens of thousands of households to manage the army this time, and Yongzhen Gaoyou or Taizhou can also be." Master Book.

"Jumping beam clown, I still want to be my Dayuan's official!" Tokhtar sneered, "I don't know what is alive or dead! This time, the official wants his head, and he has washed the knife! ”

All the generals laughed and had fun. The laughter spread outside the tent and drifted to the battlefield.

With the continuous victories of the Yuan army, the Yuan army camps outside Gao and Tai became thicker and more solid. Zhang Shicheng failed to surrender several times, and the battle between the central assembly troops and the Yuan army was lost, and he also attacked the Yuan army camp at night, wanting to disturb the Yuan army and take the opportunity to win, imitating Liu Futong's night attack on Timur's battle.

Helplessly, he was strict in governing the army, and he fought for many years in his life, and the battalions everywhere were impenetrable, and his ability to control the army and command was by no means comparable to his brother Timur. Zhang Shicheng's sneak attack failed and broke many horses, and there was no active action in the battle after that.