The commander Chang Tong lightly advanced the enemy, plunged into the pocket trap set by the Yan army, and Ping'an, Qiu Fu, and Zhang Yu led tens of thousands of cavalry to raid and kill the Ming army.

Without a large number of firearms as cover, the Ming army was not the opponent of the Yan army at all, and was cut and killed by the cavalry of the Yan army, and then quickly collapsed.

The Yan army did not give up, and took advantage of the night to counterattack and kick the Ming army camp, and the Ming army, which learned that the commander was captured alive, had already panicked and had no intention of resisting.

The Yan army broke into the camp without much effort, and the Ming troops in the camp surrendered one after another, and Tang Ding, the deputy marshal who was imprisoned by Changtong, took advantage of the chaos to escape.

In this battle, the Yan army won a complete victory, killed more than 50,000 enemies, captured more than 200,000 people, and the most important thing was to capture the enemy commander alive.

The ministers asked the emperor to continue to recruit soldiers and horses from all over the country to enter the prince of Beijing, and some people asked to negotiate peace with Yan, but Zhu Xiongying did not give any instructions, as long as the officials performed their duties and did their own work.

What's even more surprising is that Zhu Di did not take advantage of the power of victory to raise troops to the south, but returned to Beiping, in addition to repairing himself, the key cities to deal with prisoners, the old, weak, sick and disabled were all paid travel expenses and dismissed, and the young and strong were included in strict training.

Zhu Di is not wrong to do this, his opponent is not Zhu Yunwen in history but Zhu Xiongying, Ying Tian is not without soldiers, and it is wise to need Qi Tai to go to the place to recruit people and enhance his own strength.

The Yan army only controls Beiping and Zhigu, and even Hebei is not involved, Zhu Xiongying seems to have a tacit understanding with him, and he does not raise troops to conquer, and in addition to dealing with the government and politics, he is doing the same thing as Zhu Di, that is, the Long Xiang army that trained him, and also went to the firearms bureau in Fangshan from time to time.

The Ming Empire is calm on the surface, but there is a turbulent undercurrent below, and both sides are actively preparing for the upcoming brutal war.

This year or so has been a long time, but it is still necessary to come. In the autumn of the third year of Tiansheng, Zhu Di, who was already a strong soldier, led an army of 300,000 from Beiping to the south.

Unlike before, he had never occupied a city or a place through Hebei, and no one dared to stop him after suffering his losses, and some officials and local gentry also secretly gave him grain and grass, and the plan was self-evident.

Out of Hebei, Zhu Di entered Shandong and went straight to Jinan Mansion, seized a large number of firearms and baggage of the Ming army, doubled its strength, and fired heavy artillery in the army, and the already dilapidated Jinan city wall collapsed.

The Yan army rushed into the city and caught Tie Xuan under the city gate, Zhu Di personally came forward to surrender, if Tie Xuan could be moved, it would not be Tie Xuan, a mouthful of thick phlegm spit on Zhu Di's face, and accused him of being a rebel and thief.

Zhu Di wiped off the thick phlegm on his face and praised Tie Xuan's loyalty, and then ordered someone to execute him, and cut Tie Xuan in half with the knife that almost cut himself into two sections at the beginning.

After Zhu Di let Tie Xuan be buried thickly, according to the strategy agreed with Yao Guangxiao, he did not occupy the city and rushed straight to Yingtian along the official road.

In addition, there are many people who want to get ahead, and when he passed through Texas earlier, a scholar named Ji Gang joined his command and willingly led the horse for him.

King Yan was in the limelight for a while, and there were not a few people of insight who thought that he would become the new monarch of Yingtian, and it was said that some vassal kings were ready to persuade him to enter the table and go to Yingtian to participate in King Yan's ascension ceremony.

It seems that it is too early to be happy, after receiving the urgent report of Zhu Di's execution of Tie Xuan, Zhu Xiongying immediately issued an order to posthumously crown Tie Xuan as the crown prince Shaobao to commend his loyalty, and at the same time ordered the young eldest son Zhu Wenkui to supervise the country, and the queen mother and the queen curtain to listen to the government, and he was to drive the army again despite everyone's opposition.

Last time, he also brought a few courtiers with him, but this time he didn't bring a single courtier, not even an auxiliary, didn't bring any supplies, only brought the Longxiang army.

This dragon army is really extraordinary, and it has been assembled outside the Hongwu Gate in less than an hour since he gave the order, and this is the first time they have appeared in front of the public.

Their helmets are very strange, they actually have a protective face, leaving only three holes in the front of the eyes and nose, it is rare that the protective surface and the helmet are one, as if cast, the appearance is smooth and symmetrical, which shows the exquisite craftsmanship.

The armor on his body is also very special, there is nothing on his back, only two black steel plates on his chest, looking at the thickness of the steel plates, there is no doubt that they can block the flying warheads.

On the left waist of the soldier hung a goose sword, on the right waist hung a short one-foot-long gun, and on the back waist hung several melon grenades.

Tens of thousands of people on horseback stood on the spacious streets of Hongwumen without saying a word, except for the clatter of horses' hooves tapping on the bluestone slabs.

The more this is the case, the more terrifying it is, no need to draw a knife, no need to raise a gun, no need to roar, just look at the black hole behind the mask, it is enough to make people feel frightened.

Even the horses are also divine horses, different from the common Mongolian horses in the Ming Dynasty, but a cross between Mongolian horses and Western Regions horses, which not only have good explosiveness and endurance.

The luxury is that the horses also have protective gear, which seems to be more delicate than the soldiers' bodies, and the horses are not as good scouts as people, so they can only be tailor-made.

In addition to the exquisite harness, there is also a water bladder and two bags fixed on the back of the saddle, one bag is meat floss and milk powder for the soldiers, and the other bag is the horse's concentrate feed.

This is simply an army smashed out with money, and as for the real combat power, it is still necessary for the Yan army to test the quality.

Hongwumen opened wide and hundreds of officials hugged Zhu Xiongying and walked out, only to see him wearing a golden helmet and golden armor shining in the sun, walking with dragons and tigers under his feet, the scarlet cloak behind him fluttering slightly, and his gestures were all extraordinary.

Two people in the Long Xiang army immediately dismounted, took off their helmets and clamped them under their armpits, and bowed on one knee in front of Zhu Xiongying: "Weichen Lin Fuchen (Liu Xingguo) to meet Your Majesty, the Long Xiang army is ready and ready to go out at any time." ”

The names Lin Fuchen and Liu Xingguo sound very unfamiliar, because they used to be called Lin Gouzi and Liu Maozi, and now both of them are the deputy generals of the Long Xiang Army, each leading half of the Long Xiang Army, as for the main general of the Long Xiang Army, of course, Zhu Xiongying himself, how can he rest assured that he will hand over the army he has worked so hard to build.

Zhu Xiongying nodded, turned to the hundred officials behind him and said, "Don't send it anymore, you Aiqing, staying in Beijing to assist the eldest son of the emperor is the greatest help to me!" ”

Seeing Zhu Xiongying turn around to leave, all the officials knelt down to see each other off, but one person crossed the crowd and said: "Your Majesty stays!" Wechen has important things to advise. ”

Zhu Xiongying looked at Huang Zicheng and said impatiently: "Master Huang has something to say quickly, I don't have so much time to delay." ”

Huang Zicheng arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, the true dragon and the son of heaven, Hong Fu Qitian, but the battlefield soldiers are fierce and dangerous just in case, please Your Majesty set up a prince in front of the civil and military officials." ”

The officials held these words in their hearts for a long time, but no one dared to speak, and they never thought that Huang Zicheng would bring it up at this juncture, and they couldn't help but admire his boldness, so they took the opportunity to speak out and seconded it, after all, the relevant country really had an accident, and it was good to know who to help to get to the top.

Zhu Xiongying was not surprised, but looked up to the sky and laughed, "I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you Aiqing, I won't set up a prince, because I will return with a big victory!" ”

He turned around and left, but after taking two steps, he stopped and said, "I am about to go on the expedition, and I haven't killed the sacrifice flag yet!" ”

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu immediately said: "The slave maid will let people go to the Hundred Beasts Garden to catch a few animals." ”

Zhu Xiongying's eyes showed a hint of coldness, "It's better to use animals than people, find him out!" ”

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu nodded knowingly, and after making a look, several sturdy eunuchs rushed into the hundred officials, holding down one and escorting them to Zhu Xiongying.

The man stiffened his neck and said, "What crime has Weichen committed, Your Majesty actually wants to take Weichen's sacrifice flag!" ”

Zhu Xiongying sneered, "Xu Zengshou, you colluded with Yan Yi to send him messages many times, and sent Yan Cheng the strategic route of the imperial court's march, along with Yingtian's defense map, and said that you are not guilty!" ”

Among the officials, another person crawled out, it was Xu Yingxu, the second son of Xu Da, who kowtowed to Zhu Xiongying: "My father has been fighting with Taizu for decades, and he is not loyal to hard work, even Taizu is sure." The family style is like this, my Xu family will never collude with traitors because of private abolition, please Your Majesty to investigate! ”

Zhu Xiongying pointed to Xu Zengshou, whose face was pale and trembling, and said, "Do you think he looks like he has been wronged?" The evidence is on my desk, Wei Guogong can check it at any time, if I wronged him, you can learn from your brother to turn against me! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a snow-bright silver light flashed out of his hand, and the blood in his neck flew high against Xu Zengshou's head......

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