In order not to leave the armor to the Yan army, the cavalry army chose to bring back the corpses of their comrades, which greatly delayed the progress of their return, so when the Guards cavalry army returned to the camp, it was already dawn the next day. When they saw the dusty army and so many corpses, the entire camp vibrate, thinking that the Guards Cavalry Army had lost the battle, and Ping An and others hurriedly announced the battle report to stabilize the army's morale. When the army knew that the Guards Cavalry Army had won the battle, they were slightly relieved, but so many corpses killed in the battle made the army deeply feel the cruelty of the war.

In terms of combat experience, the southern army is far inferior to the northern army, except for a small number of soldiers from Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia and other places, the southern army is mostly from Shanxi, Henan, Shandong, these places since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there have been few wars in the past 30 years, and Beiping, Daning and other places are the bases for resisting Mongolia and attacking Mobei, the wars are frequent, and the soldiers are strong, which is also an important reason why Zhu Di dares to take risks to challenge the imperial court.

Although he won the battle, he was very sad, and the Guards Cavalry Corps was formed by him, and every officer and soldier was soaked in his hard work. The Guards Cavalry Army also lived up to expectations, flaunting its military exploits, but the losses were too great, since the beginning of the war, more than 10,000 people have been killed, Ping An had to write to ask for additional soldiers, and at the same time send the battle report to the imperial court.

Qu Neng was hit by several arrows in his body, if Song Xuan arrived a little later, I am afraid that he would have to collect his body, and in the end, there were only more than 300 people left in his subordinates, all of whom were injured. It's just that the big war is imminent, and it can't be sent to Zhending for recuperation, so it can only be dealt with after the war.

Ping'an has not done nothing in the past two days, the water of the Baoding moat has been diverted by him, the water level of the moat has begun to drop, in order to ensure the water supply in the city, the guard general Meng Shan ordered the water gate to be closed to prevent the lake in the city from flowing out. Since the soldiers came to the city, Ping'an ordered to fire cannons into the city day and night, stones, hot iron balls kept falling near the city wall, every day several unlucky people were killed and wounded, and a few houses were burned, coupled with the water level of the moat falling day by day, the people and soldiers in the city began to panic. Meng Shan ordered the deputy general Li Jun to be suppressed before it was temporarily calmed down. Therefore, Meng Shan sent messengers every day to ask for help from Beiping and Zhu Di.

After the Battle of the Tang River, the Yan army spent a day cleaning the battlefield and collecting all the weapons and armor, including the equipment of hundreds of black-armored cavalry. Zhu Di asked important generals such as Zhang Yu and others to be put in coffins and transported back to Beiping, but the corpses of other soldiers were too many to deal with, so they had to burn them together with the corpses of the southern army, and the fire was not extinguished for several days.

Zhang Fu did not die in battle, although he was not lightly injured, he did not die and came back alive. Zhu Di was overjoyed when he heard the report and personally appointed him as the commander of the pro-army. When Zhang Fu heard that his father was killed in battle, he cried loudly, pointing to the sky as an oath, and did not share the sky with the Southern Army.

The Yan army rested by the Tang River for two days, Zhu Di soothed the morale of the army, and reappointed the generals, of which Zhu Neng was the chief general of the Chinese army, Zhang Wu replaced Tan Yuan as the chief general of the rear army, and Chen Qi was the chief general of the left army. After resting, Zhu Di commanded the army to rush to Baoding.

Ping An did not surround Baoding City on all sides, but set up a large camp in the southwest direction, that is, next to an acre of spring water, which was mainly for the convenience of getting water, but Ping An sent cavalry to circulate around, so the gate of Baoding City has been closed, and he did not dare to open the door, lest he be rushed in by Ping'an.

When Zhu Di arrived at the city of Baoding, he couldn't believe his eyes, because Ping An did not restrict the entry and exit of the four gates, and his messenger easily entered the city. When the news of King Yan's arrival reached the city, the city's army was relieved and cheered.

After the messenger returned, Zhu Di thought about it, discussed it with Zhu Neng, Chen Xuan and others, and ordered Chen Xuan to lead 10,000 infantry into the city, and Zhang Wu led 10,000 cavalry to escort it. Seeing this, Ping An immediately ordered Song Xuan to lead the cavalry to attack.

Zhang Wu saw Song Xuan coming, but he did not engage in the battle, but fled in a hurry. The Guards Cavalry couldn't help but sneer at the Yan army, and Song Xuan was also full of ambition, and was just about to order an attack on Chen Xuan, but he heard the big camp and had to return. On his way back, Zhang Wu volleyed from the flank, Song Xuan fought and retreated, and Ping'an also sent troops to respond, taking Song Xuan to the camp safely. Zhang Wu wanted to attack the camp, but was repelled by random arrows.

After Song Xuan returned to the camp, he was a little angry, and directly found Ping'an and asked, "General, why did you collect the troops?" ”

Ping'an Zhengse said: "General Song, don't you see it?" It's a trap! ”

"Trap?"

"Hehe, General Song," Ping'an said with a smile: "You see, Zhang Wu escorted the infantry into the city, but immediately fled after seeing you, this is very abnormal, if you hit Chen Xuanjun hard, the Yanshu people will inevitably take Zhang Wu's life, so this must be well arranged." Moreover, when you retreated, Zhang Wu's desperate pursuit showed that his previous fear was fake! ”

"General, you already knew it was a trap?"

"It's not, it's just that the possibility of a trap is greater, you think, if the Yanshu people want to send people into the city, they can enter the city at night, or they can take a detour into the city, why do they swagger into the city from in front of us in broad daylight?"

"So, I suspect that the rebels have ambushed the cavalry in the northeast, so as soon as Zhang Wu escaped, the general immediately called out the gold, and Zhang Wu's counterattack illustrates this even more."

"In that case, what did the general send me to attack?"

"Just to test the morale of the rebels, the Guards Cavalry Corps has inflicted heavy losses on the rebels twice, and it stands to reason that they will have some fear, but judging from the reaction of the rebels this time, there is no sign of this at all, they are still not afraid of the cavalry army, and the rebels should not be underestimated."

Song Xuan thought for a moment, nodded to Ping'an, and went out.

In the next few days, the camp was closed safely, and Zhu Di challenged many times to no avail.

Yan army camp.

Zhu Di looked at the map, and suddenly said: "Shimei ......" Zhu Neng and Zhang Fu were stunned for a moment, did not answer, and Zhang Fu still had tears in his eyes. At this time, Zhu Di also reacted, closed his eyes, sighed, pointed to the map and said: "Shihong, Wenbi, our army has arrived in Baoding victoriously, but this king is in a dilemma, what do you think?" ”

Zhu Neng thought for a while and said: "Lord Wang, our army has a lot of cavalry, and it has an advantage in field battles, but the consumption of grain and grass is also large, so we must fight quickly, but we can't get out of the camp safely, it seems that it is consumed by us." ”

"Yes," Zhu Di stroked his eyebrows and said: "This king seems to have been fooled, Ping'an is not to attack Baoding, but to lead this king here, and then he avoids without fighting, and wants to drag us down." But the king had to come, once Baoding was lost, the king could only cramp a corner of Beiping and fight a decisive battle with the imperial court. ”

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That night, Zhu Gaochi's messenger arrived at the camp, Zhu Di took the letter and looked at it, but was not surprised, but said: "How is Beiping now?" ”

"Back to the prince, Beiping is okay at present, the prince has organized the young people in the city to defend the city, and the materials and weapons are very sufficient, even if Sheng Yong comes, he will return in vain."

"What about Tongzhou?"

"The guards Fang Sheng and Sun Yan have informed the prince that they will live and die with the city!"

"Don't listen to this kind of, how many days can they keep it?"

"This," the envoy was stunned for a moment, and said in a low voice: "I don't know the little one, but it is said that the water that is surrounded in Tongzhou is impassable, and the news has been broken." ”

Zhu Di was silent for a while, and let the messenger go down.

Zhu Di sat alone for a long time after agreeing, and then called Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Neng, discussed for a long time, and there was a dispute during the period, and finally asked them to step down.

The next day, the Yan army demolished the camp and disappeared into the wilderness. When Ping An heard the news, he immediately sent scouts to investigate the whereabouts of the Yan army.