Zunhua.

In fact, Liu Jiang wronged Li Rang, in order to avoid the situation that Yongping was besieged and could not send news, Li Rang deliberately arranged manpower in Luanzhou in the west of Yongping and Qian'an in the north.

Li Rang, who received the news, frowned a little, he only knew now that Liu Jiang had lit the beacon fire that represented the state of emergency, but he didn't know how urgent it was, Geng Xuan's siege situation, etc. For the sake of prudence, he called Jiang Yu, the commander of Zunhuawei, to discuss together.

After Jiang Yu came, Li Rang first recounted the situation, and then said his thoughts: "Commander Jiang, this general plans to ask the prince for help immediately, and I want Commander Jiang to go south with me to rescue." ”

Jiang Yu hesitated for a moment, and said slowly: "Yibin, the last general thinks that we don't want to ask the prince for help first, we don't know the situation of Yongping yet, we only know that Liu Jiang lit the beacon fire, and the prince knows that it is only to increase his worries, and it will not help." Now that Beiping is besieged, the forces in the hands of the prince are also very limited, and if there is no clear information, the prince may not be able to make a choice. In addition, even if the last general and the guest of honor join forces, there are only 5,000 cavalry and 5,000 infantry troops, and the Liaodong army may have 100,000 people, I'm afraid it won't help. ”

Li Rang nodded, stared at Jiang Yu and said, "What does the general mean?" ”

"In the end, I thought that we might as well ask for help from the Eseku, so that the certainty would be greater."

"But," Li Rang hesitated: "I'm afraid Eseku won't agree, I'm afraid I need the prince to come forward." ”

"The last general thought that he could give it a try, Yongping was lost, the Liaodong army pressed to Beiping, and his father Ugqi was not having a good time, so the last general felt that he should be reinforced."

"Okay, let's try."

In the afternoon of the same day, Jiang Yu and Li Rang went to Xifengkou Pass together and asked to see Eseku. Contrary to Li Rang's expectations, Eseku agreed, but he asked Jiang Yu to withdraw from Zunhua and be stationed by him, but Jiang Yu categorically refused. After several discussions, an agreement was finally reached, and Eseku sent his henchman Ti Legen to lead 10,000 cavalry to follow Li Rang south, and another 5,000 cavalry to protect Hushi outside Zunhua City.

After reaching an agreement, Li Rang immediately sent someone to report to Beiping, and Eseku also sent a letter to his father Ugqi, hoping to reach an agreement with Zhu Di to garrison Zunhua and ensure the return of his army. Eseku's feeling is getting worse and worse, he thinks that Zhu Di is like a trapped beast covered in bruises, and he is not worthy of support. Once Yongping is lost, the Liaodong Army will inevitably threaten Zunhua and Xifengkou, and our Mongolian army is in danger of being cut off, Eseku thought.

Beiping City.

After receiving Zhu Yunwen's holy decree, Ping'an immediately led his cavalry north, took over Xu Huizu's army in Changping, and then joined Sheng Yong. After consulting with Sheng Yong, Ping An handed over the siege force to Sheng Yong's command, and surrounded Beiping from the west, south, and east, leaving only the north, and Ping An personally commanded the cavalry to cruise around. Seeing Ping'an's posture, Zhu Di ordered Zhu Neng, Feng Sheng, and Gu Cheng to assist the prince to defend the city, and he personally led 30,000 cavalry out of the city, joined Wugeqi, and cruised in Shunyi, Sanhe, and Changping, and confronted Ping'an's cavalry.

Although Beiping is the old capital of the Yuan Dynasty, the height of the city wall is far from Nanjing, the highest city wall of Nanjing is seven zhang, the lowest is more than four zhang six feet, the highest of the Beiping city wall is only four zhang, and the short one is only three zhang and five feet. Sheng Yong used a method similar to conquering Tongzhou City, using tiger squat cannons and arquebuses to suppress the city, and then using cloud ladders to storm the city, the city head was frequently in a hurry, Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Neng, Zhang Wu and others all ate and slept in the city, and even Princess Yan Xu Yihua put on heavy armor and led the women and children in the city to participate in the defense of the city, while Feng Sheng, Gu Cheng and others were pale, and the king of Zhou sighed in the palace and drank and had fun.

So when Zhu Di received Li Rang's distress letter, he had no troops to adjust, so he had to go to Ugqi, hoping that he would send reinforcements, Ugqi was also a little helpless, and he also had the same idea as his son Eseku, so he decided to transfer 30,000 from the Mongolian army in the south to return to the north, Zhu Di's face turned blue after hearing this, so the army that harassed the grain road in the south, even if Zhu Gaoxu's 20,000 cavalry was added, it was only 50,000, but Zhu Di had no choice but to let it go.

Li Rang led the cavalry day and night, rushed to the vicinity of Yongping, heard the rumbling of artillery in the direction of Yongping, Li Rang was anxious, but Wu Sheng's 20,000 cavalry blocked the road and could not rush through. Li Rang had to temporarily withdraw from the army and summoned Jiang Yu and Solgen to discuss.

Jiang Yu's infantry walked relatively slowly, and when they heard Li Rang's order, they immediately led their guards to march quickly. When he arrived, he found that Li Rang and Timlegan were arguing, and there was some saber rattling, so he hurriedly played a round to persuade peace. Li Rang didn't really fall out, he just vented his emotions, and when Jiang Yu persuaded him to make peace, he naturally gave up targeting, but he didn't talk to each other.

Jiang Yu asked about the situation, only to know that Li Rang thought that the Liaodong cavalry was not weak, and should be broken by a plan, and the strategy was very simple, that is, to send people to lure the enemy, and then use ambushes to break it. The two reached a consensus on strategy, but there was a disagreement on who was responsible for luring the enemy and breaking the enemy, Li Rang thought that the Mongolian army was inferior to the Yan army, and the Mongolian army should be allowed to lure the enemy; But the cowardly retort and ridiculed, your Yan army is strong, and you don't have to rely on us Mongolians to help, if it weren't for us Mongolians, your prince and you would have been beheaded by your emperor a long time ago. Without speculation, the two quarreled.

Jiang Yu also had a headache when he heard this, but he quickly came up with a solution: "Yibin, General Coogen, the last general thinks that you can go together to lure the enemy." ”

"Together?" Both were stunned.

"The last general is coming, passing through a valley, the last general thinks that the two should also have the impression, it is a narrow valley in the north and wide in the south, if we ambush in the valley, the two will lure the Liaodong army to come, and the last general will ambush on the mountain, and after the Liaodong army passes, cut off its back road, the two generals will turn back and attack, and they will win."

"The valley?" Li Rang and Tim Legen glanced at each other, and Tim Legen said first: "General Ben remembers that valley, and at that time, General Ben was still worried that the Liaodong Army would set up an ambush there. ”

"However," Lergen narrowed his eyes, slanted at Li Rang, and said, "General Ben agrees with this opinion, what about Li Rang?" ”

"I'm okay with that." Li Rang thought about it and agreed.

After the three of them agreed, they went to the place called Miaojiaao together to investigate, this valley is as Jiang Yu said, from the south entrance to enter the feeling is not a valley, but after a few turns, it becomes narrow, but at that time it is too late to want to exit, and finally Li Rang ordered Jiang Yu to ambush here, ready to roll wood and stones, cut off the back road of the Liaodong Army, and then ordered it to surrender, if not, set fire to it.

Since Jiang Yu needed time to prepare, Li Rang and Timlegan stayed until noon the next day before they came to the Liaodong Army to invite battle, and Wu Sheng did not show weakness and sent troops to meet the battle. Li Rang ordered the cowardly Legen to sweep the formation, personally led 5,000 cavalry forward, and Wu Sheng also ordered Qiu Zengshi to come forward to meet the battle. After the two armies fought for a period of time, Qiu Zengshi gradually lost the enemy, although the Liaodong Army was better equipped, but the actual combat experience was much worse, plus Li Rang Yong won the three armies, Qiu Zengshi was indeed not his opponent.

Seeing Qiu Zengshi's embarrassment, Wu Sheng waved his hand and ordered the army to press, encircle and suppress Li Rang, and send another army to block the Mongol army in Tiregen. However, to everyone's surprise, Coolegan turned the horse's head and quickly fled. Li Rang scolded, but shook a false knife, and then turned and fled. Wu Sheng laughed and immediately led 20,000 cavalry to chase after him.

During the chase, Li Rang and Timlegan alternately covered, launching counter-charges from time to time, disrupting Wu Sheng's formation, but his own losses were also more. When Wu Sheng saw all this, he was not surprised and overjoyed, and ordered the army to chase after him.

During this period, Qiu Zengshi advised Wu Sheng, saying: "Your Excellency, Li Rang's move seems to be a plan to lure the enemy, and his subordinates see that he is advancing and retreating in a certain way, and he is not flustered, I am afraid that there is fraud." ”

"Hehe, General Qiu, don't worry, General Ben knows in his heart, this time he must completely annihilate Li Rang and capture Zunhua."

Qiu Zengshi looked anxious, but he had no choice but to follow Wu Sheng.

The sun in the west gradually set, Li Rang and others rushed into Miaojiaao, Wu Sheng took the lead and rushed into the valley, and the army behind him also swarmed in, and the sound of horses' hooves gradually echoed in the valley......