Emperor Yuan Shun ran away and went to Shangdu, but his soldiers and horses were still there, and there were still many forces and warlords under its command.

Among them, Prime Minister Naha sent 200,000 troops to occupy Jinshan (now Liaodong, Jilin), Duan had 100,000 troops to occupy Yunnan, and Li Siqi led more than 100,000 troops to occupy Shaanxi.

There was also a powerful warlord from a Mongol aristocracy who occupied the military positions of Shanxi and Hebei.

These people are like being planted around the Ming army from time to time, and if you don't get rid of them, you may blow yourself to pieces at any time.

Especially the group of bastards who occupy Shanxi, their boss will not only lead troops, but also fight.

He is familiar with the art of war, occupying the choke points of the north and the south, as long as he stabs himself in the back, he will definitely not be able to meet the end of the end, and the north and the south will not be able to care about each other.

This person is Wang Baobao.

After solving the trouble of Zhongdadu, Xu Da, as the main general, decided to clean up the rest of the Yuan Dynasty.

Among the many warlord forces, the first one he chose was Wang Baobao, who was closest to him, the most victorious, and the most dangerous.

In order to destroy Wang Baobao, Xu Da chose the strategy of two-front combat.

He first ordered Sun Xingzu to stay in Beiping and guard this rare rear base area.

He led his troops to be stationed in Zhangde, and at the same time sent Tang He to set off to Zezhou, forming a situation of advancing alone.

Then he ordered Chang Yuchun to lead the main force to the south and launch a military attack on Baoding, and after Baoding was taken, Chang Yuchun was allowed to approach Shanxi, as the southern route army that attacked Shanxi in the later period.

I think Xu Da's military arrangement is a bit like a virtual and real style of play.

His sending Tang He to attack Zezhou should have been just an illusion, that is, a feint, and the purpose was only to induce Wang Baobao's main force to assemble.

The real protagonist should be here in Chang Yuchun.

The purpose is to wait for Wang Baobao to be deceived in the past, Chang Yuchun copied his back road in the back, so that he could not advance or retreat, and then Xu Da, who was stationed in Zhangde, attacked again.

Form a tripartite encirclement.

Finally, shut the door and beat the dog!

On the surface, Xu Da's strategic deployment is fine, and there is no big problem in terms of personnel deployment, but he looks down on Tang He and underestimates Wang Baobao at the same time.

Personally, I think that if Tang He is replaced by Chang Yuchun, maybe he can form a certain form of confrontation with Wang Baobao.

But Tang He can't do it, in terms of leading troops to fight, especially in this kind of hard-fought battle, Tang He's ability is still too poor.

In October of the first year of Hongwu, Timur (Wang Baobao), who had always regarded the Ming army as a thorn in the flesh, took the bait, and in order to clean up the Ming army's soldiers and horses, he sent soldiers and horses to the south to meet Tanghe.

The two armies met in Handian and fought a series of battles.

The final result was a crushing defeat for the Ming army, and Tang He fled.

The Yuan army won a complete victory.

This was the first victory of the Yuan army since the Ming army went north, and it was a long-lost good news.

When this good news was transmitted to Shangdu, Emperor Yuan Shun was overjoyed.

He didn't expect that Wang Baobao, the guy who couldn't pee in a pot with himself, was still a good material for leading troops to fight, and he was stronger than Li Siqi's group of waste dim sum, I don't know how many times, and even the Ming Army, an army with fierce momentum like a tiger, could win a big victory in a frontal battle.

He is indeed a rare general.

In order to leave Shangdu as soon as possible, a broken place where poor birds don't poop and chickens don't lay eggs, and return to the fertile and rich Dadu as soon as possible, Emperor Yuan Shun, who had fully realized Wang Baobao's ability, decided to crown him as the king of Qi on the basis of the king of Henan, and rewarded the army with a golden seal, allowing him to lead the whole country's soldiers and horses, exterminate the traitors, recover the capital, and return the rivers and mountains of Dayuan.

For Wang Baobao, this is an absolute big deal.

He finally got what he wanted most, military power.

Although this military power was rewarded by the incompetent faint king, it was also rare good news.

From now on, he can finally justifiably dispatch troops and horses, and he will no longer be restrained by anyone.

Anyway, now that all the military power has fallen into my hands, then I can play to my heart's content, first deal with the bastards in the army who don't listen to me, and then gradually disintegrate the internal alien forces, and finally this army even has to take my surname.

After finally killing all the traitors, he will wave his hand and kill the titular boss who is not cold.

And then become emperor himself.

Wouldn't it be a good deal!

Faced with this long-awaited thing, Wang Baobao, as the real protagonist, calmed down this time.

This time, he did not kill the envoys like the previous two times, but treated them favorably, rewarded them with food and clothing, and gave them a large amount of money to go back.

At the same time, in order to express his heartfelt feelings, and at the same time, it may be to hide people's eyes, Wang Baobao, who obtained military power, followed the instructions of Emperor Yuan Shun and led his troops to Yuan Dadu, preparing to recapture Yuan Dadu.

The route he chose was to go north out of Yanmen Pass, pass through Baoan Prefecture and Juyong Pass, and then head to Dadu (Beiping), that is, from Shanxi through Hebei, and then directly to Beijing.

Faced with this situation, I think that if Tang He or others encounter this situation, they will definitely retreat urgently, shrink their forces to Dadu, and then swear to defend Dadu to the death.

But Xu Da, as the head coach, did not do this.

Instead of retreating, he ordered all the cavalry to move forward quickly.

At this time, Xu Da found an excellent opportunity.

This opportunity can be described as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

If he can seize this opportunity, he can not only ruthlessly clean up Wang Baobao's bastard, but also sweep away the shame of Handian's defeat.

This opportunity is a place.

This place is called: Jining (now Taiyuan).

When Wang Baobao was preparing to attack Shangdu, Xu Da found that Wang Baobao's rear base had become an empty city, because Wang Baobao in order to show his determination to take the capital, he transferred all his soldiers and horses away from Jining, and there were basically no defenders in Taiyuan now.

More importantly, Xu Da's soldiers and horses are all in the area of Zhending and Zhangde in the southeast of Taihang Mountain, which is very close to Taiyuan.

Instead of returning to the army to rescue Dadu, it is better for me to raid your nest.

Instead of seeking the near and far, it is better to copy his back cheeks directly.

Didn't you beat my capital, then I will beat your nest Taiyuan.

See who can outrun whom!

In December of the first year of Hongwu, the Battle of Taiyuan began.

When Xu Da began to attack Taiyuan, Wang Baobao's army had just run to Baoanzhou, and heard that his old nest had been kicked off the field, and Wang Baobao, who was confused for a while, immediately ordered the large army to stop advancing, and took the lead in urgently organizing the cavalry to return to the support base by the same route, and the rest of the large army gave up the original opportunity and began to withdraw to Taiyuan.

Although Wang Baobao's return was very timely, it was too late when he returned to Taiyuan.

Xu Da has already taken Taiyuan.

In the face of this passive result, Wang Baobao, who was born as a fierce general, did not give up.

He decided to let the cavalry of the vanguard team guard outside Taiyuan City first, block Xu Da's way, and prevent this group of people from escaping, and then wait for his follow-up troops to come back and clean up this group of bastards who copied his back road.

At the same time, in order to lure the enemy out of the city, Wang Baobao was not idle, he used the method of agitation, set up a formation outside the city and tried to use this method to make the opponent open the city gate.

Wang Baobao firmly believed that as long as the other party dared to open the city gate, with his excellent cavalry, he would definitely be able to break into the gate in an instant.

But Xu Da didn't give him a chance.

Xu Da fought with the Yuan army, knowing the strength of their cavalry, using their own infantry to fight with the opponent's cavalry, the other party was condescending and well-trained, and his side obviously did not have any advantage, so during the day Xu Da has been nesting in the city and has not come out.

Xu Da also knows that it is not a long-term solution for him to stay in the city and not come out, after all, there are so many soldiers and horses, and the grain and grass of the soldiers and horses that have just been taken down in Taiyuan are not enough, he is not the former landlord Zhang, the goods have money and some are grain, and the guy who dares to use the grain to paste the wall will not be short of food at all, and he can't compare with him.

and Wang Baobao outside the city can't compare, this guy is notoriously fierce, now he doesn't take the initiative to take action, he must be waiting for the follow-up troops, and when the follow-up troops come, if there is no food and no backup, then it will definitely be himself who will suffer.

When the time comes, he will inevitably become the second Zhang Shicheng.

No, I'll have to think of other tricks to clean up this guy.

What to do?

At this time, Chang Yuchun stood up first.

He believed that the enemy's current soldiers and horses were all cavalry, and although the cavalry was fast, it had one of the biggest drawbacks, that is, it could not work at night.

Especially Yuan Jun, a group of bastards who only know about brothels and restaurants all day long, will not come out to work at night.

Therefore, he suggested using the method of night attack, taking advantage of the dark lights in the middle of the night to go straight to Wang Baobao's lair.

This time, Xu Da took his advice.

That night, when everything was calm, the Ming army, which had already been prepared, launched a frontal assault on Wang Baobao.

Raze to raze.

Wang Baobao, who was reading a book in the tent, would never have dreamed that the enemy army blocked in the city by himself would take the initiative to attack in a passive situation, and the way of attack was also cavalry.

Use your weaknesses to hit the opponent's strengths.

On the face of it, it looks like a losing deal.

But if the timing is different, the final result will be different.

If it is placed in the eyes of normal people, what will happen if the enemy enters the nest, he will organize soldiers and horses to resist, and then scatter the girl and run away after he can't beat it.

But Wang Baobao is obviously not a normal person.

Personally, I think that people who can be on an equal footing with Xu Da and Chang Yuchun, two outliers, are not normal people.

Wang Baobao, who was absolutely different, listened to the chaos outside the tent, and knew that it must be the other party who launched a surprise attack while he was not paying attention, and at this time Wang Baobao, who found that the signs were wrong, did not hesitate much, and he didn't even have time to put on his shoes neatly, he rode a horse and drove all the way to the black, escaped from the big tent, and threw down a ticket of brothers and ran away first.

Only eighteen followers ran out with him, and all but 40,000 soldiers and horses were taken prisoner.