Ma Du rushed to Linqing all the way to Linqing, but after he arrived more than ten days later, the army was assembled, and in February, the ice and snow on the canal turned into a seven, seven, eighty, eight, eight, and eight times, and the army was only pulled out with Xu Da's order.

Mu Ying had already removed the splint, but she was still a little lame when she walked. Madu said to him: "You have to remember to do the rehabilitation exercises I taught you every day." ”

Mu Ying said with a bitter face: "Xuanzhong's methods of yours are very painful, really painful!" ”

"If you don't want to become a cripple in the future, and you still want to lead troops to fight, just do it honestly!" Ma Du said to the cat: "The cat, you have to supervise him, this is the military order I gave you." Don't be afraid of him, he's not an official now, you're still a little flag. ”

"Yes!" The cat snapped and saluted.

Mu Ying said: "Be careful along the way, and follow Uncle Xu in case of war to ensure that you are safe and sound." ”

Ma Du shook his head and smiled: "It's hard to say, I was still with the emperor at Poyang Lake that time." Don't worry, I'll take care of myself. ”

Lao Liu said: "Sir, let's go!" Our Divine Machine Battalion has been set up! ”

Ma Du nodded, and said to the young man beside him: "Ergou, or you can stay in Linqing with Maozi, it is very dangerous for us to go to war." ”

The word dog was widely recognized by the ancient people, and it was used to name their children. In addition to the dog, Ma Du also knew that there was a dog in his name, which was Ma Du's small house in Qufu.

Except for knowing that his name is Chen Ergou, he didn't know anything else, and he wandered around with his family since he could remember, until the whole family died, but he himself survived tenaciously.

There was inconvenience in the barracks, and Ma Du wanted him to stay in Linqing with Mu Ying. But he said: "I have seen many dead people, and I am not afraid of death!" ”

Mu Ying smiled: "I think this kid is very clever, much stronger than Zhang Wu or Liu." You can stay as a herald, and when the cat gave me a herald, it was only so big. ”

"That's the only way, I'm leaving, you take care of your injuries, and when you get better, you can respond quickly!"

Mu Ying shook her head, "I won't do it if you respond like this, I won't wait for you to conquer the capital, I'll catch up!" ”

Mu Ying's wish was destined to have no way to come true, originally thought that Hebei was the core ruling area of the Yuan court, and the resistance encountered would be a little fiercer, who knew that it was basically a copy of the war in Shandong and Henan.

The army was divided into two routes, one side of the division was led by Xue Xian and Fu Youde, starting from Henan to occupy Weihui and Zhangde without much effort, and then entering Hebei from Zhangde, and then Cizhou, Guangping, Zhaozhou, and Handan in Hebei were all occupied.

It's not that Xue Xian and Fu Youde are too capable of fighting, it's that there is no one to fight them, and wherever they go, the soldiers who defend the city either surrender or flee, and they have no opponent if they want to fight.

The other way is Xu Da's main force, from Linqing along the canal to the north, from Dezhou into Hebei Changlu, Changlu (Cangzhou) guards immediately fled, and then from Changlu to Zhigu (Tianjin).

Guarding in Zhigu is Zuo Cheng of Liaoyang Province of the Yuan Court, and his subordinates are all Liaodong soldiers, and they originally thought that they were finally going to fight a good battle. But this also quickly heard that the Ming army was coming, and it also ran away, and the Ming army not only easily occupied Zhigu, but also obtained a lot of supplies in the port.

At this moment, most of the capital was close at hand, and the Yuan court was shocked and immediately sent Pingzhang and Puda Shu'er to lead troops to resist the Ming army. This Dayuan Pingzhang has a long name but is capable, and he will collapse in front of Xu Da's army. In this way, Xu Da's group of people didn't make much effort to hit outside Tongzhou City.

The vanguard army of Chang Yuchun was the first to arrive in Tongzhou, and the camp looked at Tongzhou from a distance across the White River. The rare defenders of Tongzhou did not escape, and the banners above the city were neatly organized, and it seemed that they were ready to fight to the end with the Ming army.

Xu Da also came from behind, holding a telescope and looking at the Tongzhou city wall through the Baihe River. He put down the telescope and frowned slightly, and then handed the telescope in his hand to Chang Yuchun beside the pioneer, the telescope turned around in the hands of the general of the vanguard army, and finally returned to Xu Da's hands.

Although he and Zhu Wenying were tough when they were in the Qing Dynasty, he still followed the pace of the leader as soon as the army set off, and he followed wherever Xu Da went, anyway, there was Deng Yu in the Shenji Battalion.

On the contrary, he has been staying under Xu Da's account, lest he accidentally violate military law. Xu Da didn't care, and often told him some common sense about marching and fighting when he had nothing to do, and sometimes he had to explain arithmetic to him.

Ma Du thinks that Xu Daxue is really useless, counting the grain and grass people? It's a manager to manage, but you don't need a manager to count it. If there is one usefulness, it is to develop Xu Da's divergent thinking, the logic of war, but it is also an art of a madman.

The only thing that made Ma Du uncomfortable under Xu Da's account was that Xu Da often asked Ma Du for his opinion, but Ma Du didn't dare to talk nonsense, first, for fear of being embarrassed by his mistakes, and second, for fear of taking responsibility.

"Xuanzhong, how do you think this Tongzhou should be fought!" As soon as he sat down in Chang Yuchun's tent, Xu Da began to ask questions.

"The subordinates don't know, please forgive the sins!" Madu replied as always, and there was a soft laugh around him, as if it was a shame.

Ma Du didn't quite understand why everyone was so cautious, even a fierce person like Chang Yuchun had to look away from Tongzhou, and he didn't rush over to attack the city in a daze. Listening to Xu Da's discussion with the generals, I realized that it was because of the small white river in front of me.

The Baihe River is narrow, and it is naturally not a problem to cross the river by bridge, but the biggest difficulty is that the distance between the Baihe River and Tongzhou City is only three miles, and the space is narrow. Facing the city and carrying the water is a taboo for soldiers, once the siege is unfavorable, it is easy to be taken advantage of by the other party, the narrow terrain is inconvenient to move around, a slight rout, this inconspicuous white river will become a yellow spring.

The defender of the city was a prince of the Yuan court, and the name of this prince was unique among the Mongols, fifty-eight, yes, it was so simple and easy to remember. Not only is the name special, the fifty-eight princes are loyal and brave, Xu Da's 200,000 army has no intention of escaping, and it seems that he is ready to fight to the end.

Seeing that he was about to arrive in Dadu, Tongzhou was in such a situation, he couldn't help Xu Da not be careful, he didn't want to fail. But everyone discussed it for a long time, but they didn't come up with a good siege plan.

Ma Du listened to it for a long time, and finally understood, and he couldn't help but interject, "Since the siege of the city is risky, why don't you lead them out of the city to fight a decisive battle with us!" ”

As soon as the words came out, he immediately burst into laughter, and even Xu Da looked at himself with a smile, even if Ma Du was thick-skinned enough, he couldn't help blushing, and said in his heart: "Sure enough, it's right not to say anything!" ”

Chang Yuchun patted Ma Du and said: "I already have 40,000 troops in the front, and there are more than 100,000 people in the rear, but there are only more than 20,000 people in Tongzhou City, and the guards are not fools who will not go out of the city to fight with us!" ”

He's not stupid? That's my stupidity! Ma Du was bored with himself, and was about to sit aside silently to heal his wounds, but he heard a human: "Dashuai, my subordinates think that Lord Ma has a point, we can lead them out of the city." ”

Ma Du turned his head and saw that the person who spoke was Guo Ying, I don't know what he meant, is he sarcastic? Because of Ma Dajiao, Ma Du has no contact with the Guo family brothers, of course, there has been no unpleasantness between the two sides, but it is not so diligent to solve the siege for himself.

There is no joke in the army, Guo Ying naturally doesn't talk and play casually, "Marshal, as far as my subordinates know, this guard general in Tongzhou is very similar to our deputy general Chang, who doesn't like to defend the city, but likes to fight with swords and guns on the battlefield." If a small group of men and horses go to the city to lure him, he will definitely not be able to bear to go out of the city to face the battle, and his subordinates are willing to lead their own men and horses as bait. ”

Xu Da rubbed his chin and said, "You can give it a try, but your command is all elite cavalry, and it's a pity to lose it, so it's better to let other battalions do it." ”

Guo Ying said: "The subordinates not only want to lead them out, but also turn around and take them into an army!" I heard Lord Ma remind me just now, and my subordinates suddenly had a plan, and I also asked the marshal and you to refer to it. Just now, my subordinates saw that the White River was full of steam, and there would be heavy fog tomorrow......" Guo Ying immediately explained his strategy to everyone.

Chang Yu Chunqi said: "You said you can gather the scattered cavalry in the fog?" I have always led cavalry for more than ten years and don't have this ability, Guo Si, you are not allowed to hide your secrets, what tricks do you have to teach me! ”

Guo Ying said with a smile: "This is also what I learned in the Shenji Camp, you can go there to learn the scriptures, but there are also some tricks, without it, practice hard!" ”

There are not many people under Lao Zhu's men who eat white rice, Guo Ying left from the Shenji Camp, but he also learned the skills to go.

On the second day of the fog in Tongzhou, Guo Ying crossed the Baihe River with his cavalry to the city of Tongzhou to call for battle, and he brought no more than 5,000 people. The garrison of the Yuan army, the 58th, received a report from Tanma early on, and heard that there were 5,000 Ming cavalry outside the city calling for formation, and his first reaction was that the enemy army was deceitful.

After all, today's fog, who knows where to hide the ambush soldiers, he immediately sent more spies, and found that the Ming army crossing the river was indeed only these 5,000 cavalry, and the 58th Duke immediately felt itchy.

As a brave and fierce Mongolian man, the most desired way to fight is to carry a scimitar on horseback to meet the enemy, hiding on the city wall and firing arrows is not what he likes and is good at.

Now there are 5,000 fat sheep sent to the door, bleating under the city, how can there be no reason not to go out and slaughter, fifty-eight immediately selected 10,000 people who dare to die to go out of the city to fight.

In his eyes, the Mongolian cavalry is the real cavalry, and the reason why the previous Ming army won was because they did not meet the real warriors, and the fifty-eight princes of the country will use the blood of fat sheep today to wash away the shame of the Mongolian warriors.

As soon as he came into contact with the cavalry of the Ming army, Fifty-Eight immediately became excited, not because the enemy was too weak, but because the other party was difficult to entangle. These 5,000 Ming cavalry were cunning and treacherous, did not fight directly with them, fought with them under the cover of fog, and cooperated with each other tacitly, and their tactics were very much in the style of the early Mongols.

With such ability, it is no wonder that 5,000 people dare to come to the door to provoke, and they can still compete with tens of thousands of people. Fifty-eight became more and more excited, he was not a vegetarian, he had already sent two thousand elites out from other city gates to copy the other party's back road.

The two sides were fighting and walking, and they were already far away from the city gate, and the Ming army suddenly stopped fighting, and several teams gathered together and rushed towards them.

Fifty-eight could not ask for it, and immediately ordered to fight with the other party, and the two cavalry violently collided, bursting not with sparks but with blood, and everyone on both sides roared and harvested each other's lives with steel swords.

Fifty-eight had to admit that the glory of the Mongolian cavalry was gone, but his 10,000 men were on par with the opponent's 5,000 men and horses, and the other side was really quite strong. Fortunately, he would win this battle, and when the ambush he sent rushed into the enemy's rear, he was sure that he would win this victory.

This fatal blow made the originally strong Ming cavalry immediately flee into the vast white fog like frightened birds and beasts.

Win! All of them were expected by Fifty-Eight, and he immediately sent five thousand cavalry to take advantage of the situation to chase and kill, but he was afraid that he would not gain much in this vast fog.

Boom Boom Boom ......

There was a sudden violent explosion from the south, and Fifty-Eight's face changed, and a whistling sound was faintly heard overhead. Fifty-eight couldn't help but tremble in his heart, it's a firearm! It's the firearm of the Ming army! Impossible, he sent a lot of spies to search, just for fear of being ambushed by the Ming army, and there could be no other Ming army on the north bank of the Baihe River except for that ambush.

Could it be that they came from across the river? No way, there should be two miles to the other side of the river! In the past, when I heard that the army had firearms two or three miles away, Fifty-Eight didn't believe it and only thought that they were afraid of the enemy's cowardice and made up a lie, could it be true?!

It's true! Bloody real! Before the soldiers could scream, they turned into pulp in front of his eyes, and the terrible wails and terrified roars sounded in the cavalry, and he couldn't see the vast fog, but he could guess what it was!

Hit the trick! Fifty-eight knew that the Ming army must have other back-ups, and if they didn't leave, they really wouldn't have a chance. He rushed back with the panicked men and horses at the moment, and after walking not far away, he saw shadows in the fog in front of him, the rumbling sound of horses' hooves was getting closer and closer, and Fifty-eight's eyes widened in disbelief, and the galloping in front of him was the Ming cavalry that he had killed before!