Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Yuanzhang sat behind the dragon book case, his face sank like water, Zhu Yunwen sat next to him, and there was no fourth person in the Qianqing Palace except for Li Jinglong, who was kneeling on the ground. Zhu Yunwen sat beside Zhu Yuanzhang, looking at Zhu Yuanzhang's expression from time to time, from this distance, it can be seen that Zhu Yuanzhang's face was pale, his fists were clenched, his breathing was short, and his whole body was even trembling slightly.

Li Jinglong's low, powerful, but metal-like voice echoed in the main hall: "Our army set out from Yingchang to pursue the Mongolian prince Kharguchuk......"

"Next to the Haraha River, we saw the Great ...... of the Mongol Khan Elbok"

“......”

"General Qu Neng led 10,000 iron cavalry to break the Varat Guards, and almost beheaded the leader of the Varat Shao, Eseku, and the morale of our army was greatly boosted. At that time, King Ning was injured and did not recover, and General Wang of Dingyuan presided over military affairs, because our army was marching for a long time, General Wang decided to rest for two days, and after our army recovered, he would go south again, because the frontal combat ability of the Wara army was not as good as our army, and General Qu won a big victory, so although our army was tired, its morale was very strong, and it was not worried. ”

"The next day, the Warat army changed its strategy and harassed our army day and night, but General Wang made good arrangements and our army did not panic."

"On the third day, according to the plan, our army was going to pull out the camp and go south, but there was a heavy fog on the grassland, no one was seen a hundred steps away, and the army could not go south, General Wang was very worried and regretted it very much, saying that he should go south directly, so delayed I am afraid that it will cause a catastrophe, everyone is a little worried, but unfortunately it was unfortunately said by General Wang in the end." Speaking of this, Li Jinglong showed a look of remorse.

"The fog lasted all day, and only slowly cleared in the evening, and the harassment of the Varat was so severe that it did not stop until dawn, but our troops were used to it. But as soon as it was dawn, Wu Dinghou, who was on duty at night on the lookout, shouted, and when everyone arrived at the lookout, they were all stunned by the situation outside the camp. ”

"As far as we could see, there were countless carts outside the camp, all with bags and things in them, and later we learned that some were sand and some were wool. The haphazard placement of these Lele carts effectively prevented our army from breaking through. ”

"And how do you do that?" Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly interjected.

Li Jinglong hesitated for a moment and said: "At that time, our army also had differences, and the Marquis of Dingyuan, the Marquis of Wuding, and Qu Neng advocated going south immediately and going south at all costs, King Ning," Li Jinglong hesitated for a moment, and said in a low voice: "The last general, and others, advocate holding on to and waiting for the arrival of Ying Guogong, but we didn't know that Ying Guogong's strength was less than 20,000 at that time." ”

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he smashed his fist on the Longshu case, and the pen, ink and paper on the case were spilled on the ground, and he said hatefully: "Damn, a group of rice buckets, the army went deep into the enemy's territory, surrounded by people, and did not run quickly, but rested as if nothing happened." And at the last moment, you can't make a decision immediately, but hesitate, it's really ,,,," Zhu Yuanzhang said this, heartbroken, a picture of hatred of iron but not steel, his right hand clenched into a fist and pressed it on his forehead: "It's a pity, it's a pity that my 100,000 army." ”

Li Jinglong was too frightened to speak, Zhu Yunwen sighed, and stepped forward to help Zhu Yuanzhang: "Grandpa Huang, everything has happened, and it doesn't help to be sad, let's listen to what Cao Guogong has to say." ”

"Well," after a while, Zhu Yuanzhang also calmed down and stared at Li Jinglong: "Go on, don't hide anything, otherwise I will abolish your title." ”

"Yes, the last general will not dare to hide it." Listening to the sound of Zhu Yuanzhang gritting his teeth, Li Jinglong's forehead was sweating profusely, dripping on the ground drop by drop, but he didn't dare to wipe it.

Because of King Ning's insistence, the army had to stay for a day, only to find that the Mongols' Lele chariots continued to increase. We sent people to clean up the cart, but we found that the cart was very heavy, and it was very difficult to push because it was full of mud and sand, and even worse, the Mongols also ambushed the archers in the cart, and the soldiers sent to push the cart suffered heavy casualties. ”

"The next day, General Wang decided to break through at all costs, so after the army was fed, under the cover of Wugang's car, they attacked outward, but the Mongols were extremely vicious, and some of Lele's carts were loaded with wool, which were ignited by their rockets, and the flames soared into the sky, and the army's breakthrough was blocked."

"But General Wang is not worried, thinking that after the wool is burned, it will be easier for us to break through, indeed, in the end a few passages were burned, and the way out seems to be within reach, but as long as our army highlights a part, the cavalry of Warat will rush over and slash at our army, but unfortunately our army has not gained a stable foothold, and it is only after heavy casualties that we occupy the gap, and the follow-up soldiers break through."

"There are more and more people breaking through the siege of our army, and the army of Kewara is also constantly gathering, and finally General Wang decided to go south with King Ning, the last general, and the Marquis of Wuding with more than 10,000 people, Qu Neng, Chen Xuan, Zhang Lun and others to hold the gap, and respond to An Luhou, Liu Zhen, Chen Heng and others behind."

"When the last general ran south, the Warat people immediately came to intercept, our army was sad and angry, unstoppable, broke through the barrier of the Wara army and went south, when the last general turned back, but he could still see the smoke behind, it should be our army burning the baggage, woo," Speaking of this, Li Jinglong couldn't cry, and kept hammering the green bricks with his hands, making a "bang" sound: "The last general hates, the last general hates it......

Listening to Li Jinglong's description, listening to his crying, listening to the sound of his hands hitting the ground, and looking at the blood stains on his hands, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Yunwen were silent, at this time, it seemed that they were powerless to say anything, and the two seemed to be able to see the grief and despair of tens of thousands of Ming soldiers in Mobei, the kind of pain that had the intention to kill the thief and was unable to return to the sky, and the unyielding cry of the warriors who rushed to the Warat people with their prancing horses and swords, but finally fell under the rain of arrows......

After a long time, Li Jinglong stopped crying and continued: "After that, the Warat people kept appearing, it seemed that they were already waiting for us, our army suffered more and more casualties, and fell into the encirclement of two Mongolian armies, at that time we all thought we were finished, but we didn't expect to rush out from behind the army and save us. It turned out to be Qu Neng, Chen Xuan, Zhang Lun and other generals, at that time General Qu Neng had been seriously wounded, and later we learned that the Wara army was assembled, General Qu fought to the death and did not retreat, and finally was seriously wounded, and was desperately rescued by Chen Xuan, Zhang Lun and Qu Tao, the son of General Qu, and fled south with more than 5,000 people. ”

"An Luhou Wu Jie, Liu Zhen, Chen Heng and others are trapped in the encirclement of the Warat people, and it is estimated that there is more luck than luck."

"But we couldn't care about anything at that time, so we had to continue to run."

"About five days later, we encountered the army of Ying Guogong, only to find that its strength was less than 20,000, and after we combined, it was barely enough for 30,000."

"However, Ying Guogong was far-sighted and brought tiger squat cannons and arquebuses to give the pursuing Warat army a head-on attack, which gave us a breather."

"However, there are more and more Mongolian troops, and Ying Guogong decided to flee south with a small amount of baggage, and we all agreed."

"Ying Guogong sent the left guard of the Taisun Escort Army to command Tongzhi Cao Yunfan to command the rearguard army, because he was the most experienced in arquebuses and tiger squat cannons, and Ying Guogong himself opened the way in front."

"But we were still caught up by the Wara army, Cao Tongzhi sniped in the rear, gave the Wara army a lot of killing, just when we were happy, behind us, it was the south but suddenly rushed over a Mongolian army, Ying Guogong was caught off guard, he was hit by an arrow from the enemy, he cut off the arrow shaft, continued to fight, and temporarily repelled the enemy's attack, he called General Wang, said that he couldn't do it, he wanted to stay and block, and ordered General Wang to lead the army south."

"We disagreed, neither did King Ning and King Gu, saying that the Duke of the Ming Dynasty could not fall into the hands of the enemy, but the Duke of Ying said: 'Only one Duke can attract more Mongols!' There was a stalemate at the time, and later Cao Yunfan slashed Ying Guogong's neck with his palm in the back, and Ying Guogong was too seriously injured and fainted. ”

"Cao Tongzhi volunteered to stay and block the attack, let us go quickly, because they are all infantry on horses, their riding skills are not good, and their speed is slower, and finally everyone said goodbye in tears."

"Perhaps our army's arquebuses and tiger squat cannons attracted the attention of the enemy, and the enemy was divided into two parts, one part pursued, and one part attacked Cao Tongzhi's army, so that we were able to get rid of the enemy, and about five days later, our army and the receiving troops sent by King Yan met, and finally returned to Kaiping, on the way, Ying Guogong died before he reached Kaiping due to his injuries."

"When we arrived in Kaiping, we learned that it was the Mongolian Asut Department who shot and injured Ying Guogong, and the leader was called Aluke."

After finishing speaking, Li Jinglong knelt on the ground, couldn't cry, and knocked his head to the ground: "Your Majesty, there are only about 15,000 soldiers who finally arrived in Kaiping, and the rest died in the desert wasteland. The emperor, the surviving generals such as the Marquis of Dingyuan and the Marquis of Wuding, the general asked the emperor that their sins were unforgivable, only death, but if the emperor could give them another chance, they were willing to guard the frontier, not to destroy Mongolia, and never enter the Great Wall, and the same is true for the last general, please ask the emperor for permission. As he spoke, he kowtowed repeatedly, and the blood on his forehead splashed on the ground, bright and dazzling.....

There was only Li Jinglong's crying and kowtowing in the hall, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Yunwen did not speak, there was an alternative silence in the hall, and in the end, it may be that Li Jinglong was overly sad, his body staggered, and he fell to the ground silently......