Chapter 63: Sweeping the Central Plains (Part 3)
Boom! Countless Mengyuan cavalry subconsciously looked behind them, and saw that Daxu was cut off by Fan Yao, and Yang Xiao was holding the head of Chahan Timur in his hand, and there was chaos in an instant.
Seeing this situation, Gao Cheng immediately drew the long sword at his waist and pointed forward, "Order, cavalry attack!"
In the rear of the 300,000 army, there have been 10,000 cavalry hidden, after Gao Cheng defeated Tokhtar in Yangzhou, he got tens of thousands of horses, he selected 10,000 elites from the hundreds of thousands of people in Mingjiao, and formed this cavalry.
However, this cavalry cannot be compared with the Mengyuan Iron Cavalry at all, and without years of training, this cavalry cannot reach the level of charging into battle. But at the moment, Meng Yuan's iron cavalry is already in chaos.
This cavalry became the straw that broke the camel's back, and one blow could break through the hundreds of thousands of Mengyuan iron cavalry in front of him.
After Gao Cheng gave the order, 10,000 cavalry roared out, these people's faces showed excitement and fanaticism, the Ming army had won a great victory in this battle, their blood was stimulated, and the strength in their hands increased by three points.
"The prince has been killed!"
"Defeated! Defeated! Let's go!"
More than 100,000 Mongol horsemen shouted in panic, and some began to flee to the rear. A scene of defeat like a mountain. However, the Xue army, which had lost part of its troops, ran out of physical strength at this time and fell into a large array of more than 200,000 Ming troops.
This is the most elite men and horses of the Mengyuan court, and the whole army was trapped in this battle. When the more than 100,000 Mengyuan cavalry fled, they were pursued by 10,000 Ming cavalry and suffered heavy casualties.
In the case of the seizure of the will and the dissipation of the fighting spirit, the hundreds of thousands of Mengyuan cavalry still have this powerful combat effectiveness, but no one commands, like a headless fly, being constantly pursued and killed by the Ming cavalry.
At this time, Yang Xiao and Fan Yao handed over the head of Chahan Timur to a cavalryman, and asked him to pass the three armies, and then the two came to the rear, and when they saw that more than half of the men and horses of the Five Elements Banner were lost, the joy on their faces suddenly dissipated a lot.
"Zhuang Zheng, Wu Jincao, Wen Cangsong, Yan Yuan...... And Zhou Dian!"
These people were besieged by the Mengyuan Iron Cavalry, and they fought to the death. In the blink of an eye, the top level of the Ming Sect was reduced by a small half! Before Yang Xiao could come back to his senses, he saw Fan Yao exclaim in surprise.
He hurriedly turned his head to look and found that not far ahead, Yin Tian, known as the White-eyed Eagle King, was carrying a horse chopping knife, with more than a dozen long arrows stuck in his body, and he was covered in blood. The breath was very weak, but the body was still straight.
Seeing Yang Xiao and Fan Yao coming over, Yin Tianzheng finally let out a long breath, and his eyes slowly closed......
At this time, an incomparably strong force of destiny condensed, turned into a majestic force and was absorbed by the gate of fate. At this moment, the fate point, which had not yet reached one million, broke through the one million mark in an instant. Even more than 100,000.
Gao Cheng exhaled. In order to win this war, Mingjiao paid a heavy price. But these are all worth it, after this battle, no one south of the Yellow River is no longer the opponent of the Ming army!
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In July, more than 300,000 Ming troops and 200,000 Mengyuan iron cavalry fought outside Huai'an City, but one day, Mengyuan 200,000 iron cavalry were defeated, and 10,000 Xue troops were annihilated. The remaining 100,000 cavalry fled all the way, desperately running for hundreds of miles, until Xuzhou could not stop the defeat.
However, at this time, there were only more than 30,000 soldiers and horses left of the 200,000 iron cavalry, and the other 100,000 troops were either dead or scattered.
After two crucial defeats in the Battle of Yangzhou and the Battle of Huai'an, the Mengyuan court was greatly damaged and could no longer control the Central Plains. Liu Futong, Xu Shouhui and others in the Central Plains took advantage of the situation to counterattack and went all the way north to conquer Bianliang, and the momentum was shocking.
After defeating the 200,000 Mengyuan iron cavalry, the Ming army also reached the limit, and there was no strength to send troops again, so Gao Cheng returned to Jinling and sent Lan Yu, Xu Da, Feng Sheng and others to sweep the Quartet and push the battle line to the Xuzhou area.
In February of the following year, after more than half a year of recuperation, the edge of the Ming army was once again displayed, and Gao Cheng led an army of 200,000 on land and water to go upstream, and the front of the army pointed to the land of Xiangfan Jianghan.
Due to the agreement with the Wudang faction in advance, when the Ming army marched westward, the Wudang faction helped with all their might, attacked inside and outside, and all the cities along the Xiangfan Jianghan Road were broken.
Gao Cheng also sent a partial division all the way to the Iron Palm Peak directly, and led the army to completely exterminate the Iron Palm Gang sect. At this time, he knew that this Iron Palm Gang was created by Qiu Qianzhang's elder brother, Qiu Qianzhang.
Qiu Qianren's old liar brother is not very strong, but he is proficient in abduction and deception, and he has the bearing of a grandmaster.
Later, he relied on the mouth cannon all the way, accepted two disciples with good qualifications, and passed on the iron palm skills. Let the Iron Palm Gang, which was originally destroyed, regain its vitality.
After learning this, Gao Cheng couldn't help but sigh, Qiu Qianzhang is really a talent.
At the beginning, his younger brother Qiu Qianren practiced in retreat at Tiezhang Peak for more than 20 years, but his reputation on the rivers and lakes became bigger and bigger, and he was known as the Iron Palm Floating on the Water. In the south, martial arts can almost be as famous as the Southern Emperor.
Now that I think about it, the reason why he became famous all over the world was Qiu Qianzhang's unsparing boasting and swaggering.
In March, the Ming army conquered Xiangyang.
At the beginning of April, 100,000 troops marched north to the Central Plains. Liu Futong and Xu Shouhui wanted to send troops to resist, but they were defeated by the Ming army, and Liu Futong and Xu Shouhui were also killed in the chaos.
Originally, if Liu Futong and Xu Shouhui were interested, Gao Cheng would still be able to save their lives. But since they dare to send troops to resist, they can only be defeated and die.
After the death of the two, the Central Plains fell into the hands of the Ming army. The army marched all the way north and stopped when it reached the Yellow River. So far, the Central Plains, Lianghuai, and Jiangnan have been pacified. As long as Guanzhong and Sichuan and Shu are taken again, and the north is recovered from Shandong and Hebei, the Ming army will have the territory of the Northern Song Dynasty.
After repeated defeats, the Mengyuan court could only survive at this time. The severance of Jiangnan Caoyun is equivalent to cutting off the lifeline of Dadu. Most of them are getting chaotic day by day.
Gao Cheng was naturally unwilling to withdraw his troops. After a month's rest in Luoyang, he ordered Chang Yuchun to lead a 100,000-strong army of land and water along the Grand Canal north to Xuzhou and attack Shandong.
He personally led the army, and the main force went straight to Dadu. Most of them are broken. Meng Yuan no longer had the strength to resist.
Like the original timeline, Emperor Yuan knew that Gao Cheng and Chang Yuchun's two armies were on the northern expedition, and they were all the way to Dadu. Immediately began to pack up the salutes, and when Gao Cheng arrived in Cangzhou and Chang Yuchun to join the division, he led the Mongolian princes and nobles to flee the capital in a hurry. Head to the grasslands.
Outside the capital.
Gao Cheng and Chang Yuchun merged in one place, hundreds of thousands of troops waved their flags, and the army spread endlessly. Along the way, many landlords, wealthy merchants, and scribes from the cities fled to the city. After seeing such a military situation, I couldn't help but sigh in my heart. This is the king of the Han family!