Zhu Gaoxu stopped suddenly, and the person who was about to be trampled by his horse had already closed his eyes and died, but after a while, the unexpected horse's hooves fell on him. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Then the man opened his eyes and saw that the man in the armor of a military commander was already far away from him.

Zhu Gaoxu ordered at this time: "Quickly, let these soldiers stand up and close the city gate." Don't let King Yan's army enter the city! ”

Zhang Wuji and other generals, as well as Zhu Gaoxu's guards, all looked at Zhu Gaoxu. Now it's Zhu Gaoxu's father who is calling south, what is his idea? Although there is nothing wrong with Zhu Gaoxu's order, who knows what Zhu Gaoxu thinks.

Zhu Gaoxu found that everyone didn't carry out his orders immediately, if he would have been angry in normal times, but at this time, he just frowned, and then said, "Don't you go to carry out the order yet?" ”

Several hundred households hurried to collect the surrendered troops, and then commanded the surrendered troops to close the city gate.

But just as they began to close the gates, the sound of the earth rumbling outside the gates was heard. Zhu Gaoxu led people out of the city gate, and saw smoke and dust billowing not far away, and King Yan's army had already chased after him.

Zhu Di led the army to the territory of Texas and rested for a while near a post station. At this time, the people in Texas already knew that King Yan was going to rebel with them, and King Yan would be their leader in the future, so they were doubly attentive.

Zhu Di looked at the resting army and said to Dao Yan: "I didn't expect that Wuqiao County used a suspicious strategy before, and there were less than 2,000 cavalry in the county. Ay! If he had known this, Lone would never have been so cautious, and he would have already arrived in Texas City by now. ”

Dao Yan said: "Your Highness doesn't have to be like this, not only Your Highness, but everyone didn't expect that their 'sacrificing the army and saving the country' plan would be reversed like this." ”

"And at this time, we have already arrived near Texas City, we can rush to Texas City before the sun sets today. At this time, the army of the imperial court has not yet arrived, so it is nothing. ”

Listening to Daoyan's words, Zhu Di felt better and said, "But don't be careless." Let the army rest here for a quarter of an hour and then rush to Texas City, the sooner the better. ”

"Before, I also asked the post station to go to Texas to tell the Texas guard about our coming, and I don't know how much Texas City can prepare."

Dao Yan said: "Although Dezhou City is a strong city, the city is not big, and I am afraid that there will not be much preparation, unless it is snatched from the people's homes." ”

After listening to Dao Yan's words, Zhu Di was silent. In the end, he was born as a prince, and he was still unwilling to harass the people when he could not harass the people.

However, in order for the army to rest in peace, it can only be wronged by the people. After that, Gu will definitely compensate the people. Zhu Di thought.

After resting for a quarter of an hour, Zhu Di ordered the whole army to set off again, and Zhu Di rode at the front of the army.

But not long after they set off, they saw two people in front of them galloping over. Several of Zhu Di's guards held their hands on the hilt of their knives, just in case.

However, there was no such thing as they expected, but what these two men said was more serious than what they expected: "The counterinsurgency army of the imperial court has arrived in Texas and entered the city of Texas!" ”

After Zhu Di heard this, he felt disheartened in an instant. Regardless of whether the imperial army had already conquered Jinan City at this time, they had already cut off the road to Shandong. Although they have nearly 50,000 people, it is definitely not a day or two to defeat Texas City, which is defended by thousands of people, unless the other party has no morale. But if the soldiers defending the city at the imperial court could not have morale? So they were already doomed to not be able to enter the mountain.

Although it is possible to make a detour into Shandong from other places, it will take a long detour, and the army of the imperial court can also go north first to block their route back to Beiping, and then send a message that the king of Yan in each city has rebelled and paid attention to precautions. Previously, because Yun Xi tried to be safe, he did not tell the king of Yan in the cities to rebel, and the army led by Zhu Di was also able to smoothly come south from Beiping City all the way down here.

But once the armies of both sides began to fight, there would be no doubts on the side of the court. It will be doubly difficult for them to break through the city. In the absence of a rear and a force far inferior to the other side, it was Cao Zhen and Zhang Wen, the founding generals of the Ming Dynasty, who commanded the battle, and the chances of victory were almost none.

So Zhu Di had plans to surrender for a while. However, Dao Yan had no idea in this regard, he carefully inquired about the current situation in Dezhou City, and learned that the imperial army's army had just entered the city and had not yet captured all the city gates, and immediately said to Zhu Di: "Your Highness, now Dezhou City has not fallen into the hands of the Southern Army, and there are still fights." ”

"Hurry up and let the cavalry rush to Texas City, as long as we capture the north city gate, with our large number of people, we can also recapture the city!"

Zhu Di also recovered some of his spirits after hearing the words of these two messengers, and said: "Zhu Neng, Qiu Fu, Huo Zhen, Wang Zhen, you lead the cavalry to rush to Dezhou City immediately, and be sure to capture the city gate before the southern army closes the city gate!" ”

These people also listened to their words just now, and knew that it was now a very critical moment, so they immediately retreated after receiving the order.

However, Zhu Neng hesitated for a moment and then said, "Your Highness, do you want to tell the soldiers that we are on the side of Qingjun now?" ”

Zhu Di paused for a moment and said, "Don't tell me yet!" Now tell the soldiers that we are on the side of the Qing monarch, it is easy for the soldiers to think that they are thieves, and they may not be able to devote themselves wholeheartedly to the face of the Southern Army, so now we still tell them that Dezhou City has been taken by the rebels, and now we must recapture Dezhou City from the rebels. ”

Zhu Neng took the order. Then Zhu Di saw thousands of cavalry rushing out from the side of the big array, and they did not hesitate to rush towards Dezhou City.

'But you must take back Texas City!' Zhu Di thought in his heart.

Zhu Gaoxu led his troops to look at the Yan cavalry outside the city that was getting closer and closer, and knew that it was impossible to close the city gate before they arrived.

At this time, another cavalry of a thousand households rushed to the north gate. Zhu Gaoxu looked back at the less than two thousand horsemen who followed him, and instructed a hundred households to say: "You go back quickly, tell Lan Zhenyan's army that the army is about to arrive, and let him leave the rout in the city and lead all the people to the north city gate." ”

Then Zhu Gaoxu said to the others: "Now here, after we are here, I don't want to mention the importance of Texas City, and a few brothers also know it." So now we have to do everything we can to defend the North Gate. ”

"Lord Gaoyang, what should we do?" A hundred households asked, half tentative, half inquiring.

Zhu Gaoxu glanced at him, then pointed to the Yan army in front of him and said, "Let's charge too!" ”

"Charge?" Several people said suspiciously. They now have less than two thousand horsemen, and the Yan army knows that there are at least six or seven thousand people when they hear the voice, and if they rush forward, it is estimated that they will not delay long and the whole army will be wiped out.

However, it seems that it is not possible to stay here and defend. They were cavalry, and now there was no shelter here, and the cavalry was not as good as the infantry when they stood still, so they couldn't do it either.

Zhu Gaoxu said to them again: "There is still a chance to win!" Then he instructed the guards: "Bring out the banner of my Gaoyang County King!" Then he rushed out with his own guards.

Although other people doubted Zhu Gaoxu's intentions, if Zhu Gaoxu was really actively fighting for the imperial court and was killed here, they would definitely not be left behind, so they also followed.

As they spoke, the Yan army had already rushed to a distance of less than fifty zhang from the city gate, and Zhu Neng and the others were overjoyed when they saw that the city gate had not yet been closed, and then struggled to continue running towards the city gate.

At this moment, some cavalry rushed out of the city gate and rushed towards them.

This did not surprise the others, and the other party could not let them rush into the city gate without letting them alone. So everyone is ready for a confrontation.

But this person who led the troops towards them still surprised them: it turned out to be Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Gaoyang County!

Zhu Gaoxu didn't know the surprise in their hearts, so he rushed over directly with someone. The distance of fifty zhang was not far, and everyone rushed together in an instant.

Zhu Neng, Qiu Fu and others also recognized that it was indeed Zhu Gaochu himself, not someone else who was swaggering and deceiving under the banner of Zhu Gaoxu. But isn't he afraid to lead his troops to charge and die in front of the battle? All the generals on both sides wondered.

Zhu Gaoxu rushed to the front of Huo Zhen, who was leading the charge, and was about to cut off his arm with a knife. Huo Zhen immediately set it up, and then subconsciously waved the knife to fight back, but then Huo Zhen, who reacted, hurriedly stopped his movements and set up another knife from Zhu Gaoxu. This knife was very reluctant because he suddenly changed his moves.

But as long as the person is not dead, it doesn't matter. Because Huo Zhen had already realized in an instant why Zhu Gaoxu would take the lead in the charge.

Not only him, but everyone else who noticed Huo Zhen's movements understood why Zhu Gaoxu took the lead in charging without worry.

Zhu Di did not give instructions on how to deal with Zhu Gaochu when he encountered him on the battlefield, because Zhu Di did not think that he would meet Zhu Gaochu on the battlefield at all, so he did not have any orders in this regard at all. Not only him, but everyone on the Yan army's side didn't think that they would meet Zhu Gaoxu on the battlefield.

But at this time, they met Zhu Gaoxu, and now the generals on the side of the Yan army didn't know how to treat Zhu Gaoxu.

Anyway, Zhu Gaochu is Zhu Di's own son, if they hack Zhu Gaochu to death here now, of course Zhu Di will not say anything now, but who dares to guarantee that Zhu Di will not hold a grudge in his heart? Who dares to guarantee that Zhu Di will not settle accounts after the autumn? I'm afraid that Zhu Di himself didn't dare to make this guarantee, and even if he made a promise, they couldn't believe it.

So they didn't dare to hurt Zhu Gaoxu's life, Zhu Gaochu naturally felt like he was wearing body armor.