The complete rout of the Yongle Dynasty was doomed after the Great Zhou army reached 200,000 people.

The old brothers who followed Fang La's army, most of them have all kinds of corruption, but under the full control of Fang La himself, they still dare to fight, and they can fight.

The big and small generals of the Yongle Dynasty can still fight, and there are still many young generals who are still fanatical, but they can't stop the Great Zhou army that is killing from all directions.

Fang La consumed a lot of valuable money and food, trained and selected 60,000 elites, and distributed all the armor and weapons found in Hangzhou City and looted on the battlefield, so as to increase the combat power of the elite troops as much as possible.

The elite troops of the Yongle Dynasty were indeed good in combat strength, but they could not stop the superior ordnance, fleet and daring army of the Great Zhou Army from cooperating with each other.

There are hundreds of thousands of people who support Shenggong Fangla, and the Yongle Dynasty, which has not lived in peace, has not treated these people badly, and has distributed a large amount of land. The displaced people, who had been starving and cold for many years, owned land, most of which were rice fields, and thus became the diehards of the Holy Princes Fangla and the Yongle Dynasty.

Coupled with the hot-blooded, grief-filled and angry village soldiers or miscellaneous soldiers, the number of troops in the Yongle Dynasty reached 200,000. It was also 200,000, and within two days of the surrounded Yongle Dynasty, there was a gap.

The complete retreat of the Fangla Army's front began with the destruction of the Wujiang Company Camp south of Suzhou.

The Wujiang company camp was made a town by Xing Zheng.

Xing Zheng set up hundreds of small boats on the narrow waterway in the southeast of Taihu Lake, and used mobile and flexible tactics to resist the Great Zhou naval army on Taihu Lake.

Xing Zheng even made use of the complex water network composed of lakes and small rivers in the Wujiang area, divided the troops with average combat strength into dozens of units, each stubbornly defending small camps, and led the main force to defend the repaired Wujiang county seat.

The famous general Wang Yu first took more than 10,000 elite Zhou troops to detain Wujiang County. It is said that it is elite, that is, the combat power is passable, not the kind of army that is too bad.

On Taihu Lake, the warships of the Lianshui Army marched in unison, using modified iron-headed boats to force the boats of the Fang La Army to one place, and then burned them with rockets, fireballs, and oil.

On April 25, Wang Yu mobilized all his forces, and an army of 30,000 submerged the small county town of Wujiang.

After the fierce street fighting, Xing Zheng's clothes and armor were scorched black, his skin and flesh were rolled, and several blood holes were broken in his abdomen and thighs, and he convulsed while coughing up blood.

Wang Yu, dressed in a black and heavy black hammer armor, stopped in the shaking sound of the nail leaves, took off the iron-faced armor, and casually asked Xing Zheng, who fell at the foot of the wall, "Your name is Xing Zheng?" ”

Xing Zheng puffed up his chest, spit out a mouthful of blood at Wang Yu, and laughed with all his strength:

"If you want to kill, you will kill, and you will not come to entertain the general."

"If you want Ben to surrender before he dies, it's impossible!"

"I'll fuck your mother's ......"

Xing Zheng drew a knife and slashed, but did not let Xing Zheng scold.

Throwing the knife twice and handing it to the soldiers next to him, Xing Zheng said to several heralds:

"Hurry up and clean up the battlefield, don't be dragged down by the Fang La army who will fight to the death."

"When you encounter a desperate resistance in the streets and alleys, immediately burn them with fire, shoot them with bed crossbows, and throw firearms to burn them!"

"By tonight at the latest, we must finish clearing the remnants of the Fangla army in Wujiang County, and deal with the military law that cannot be done."

The herald conveyed Xing Zheng's cold military orders to the commanders of each battalion and the capital.

Everywhere in Wujiang County, stones, arrows, bed crossbows, big arrows, and firearms began to fly, and the screams of the remnants of the Fangla army were loud.

Xing Zheng became the first senior general of the Yongle Dynasty to die since the counteroffensive of the Great Zhou Army.

On April 26, Wang Yu led an army of 20,000 troops out of Wujiang County, marched south, and rushed to the middle of the camp group arranged by Xing Zheng.

At the same time that Wang Yu left Wujiang County, Yang Keshi and Yao Pingzhong, who had more than 60,000 troops after the combined army, were not to be left behind, and once again fought with Shi Bao, Deng Yuanjue, and Si Xingfang of the Yongle Dynasty.

To the east of Dianshan Lake, to the west of Huangpu, to the north of Songjiang, and to the south of Jiading, nearly 100,000 people rushed back and forth in this area of just the right size.

On the side of the Yongle Dynasty, the regular soldiers in the hands of Shi Bao and others plus miscellaneous soldiers, a total of no more than 40,000 people, but they defeated the military formation of the Great Zhou army several times in successive battles.

Shi Bao led people to advance several times, and on the battlefield, he was like entering a no-man's land, and he still had no way to take the Great Zhou army's divine arm bow, bed crossbow, catapult, three-sentry cannon and other ordnance.

"Shi Bao, Deng Yuanjue, and Si Xingfang are all murderers of the Yongle Puppet Dynasty, and they are a little more difficult, but it is reasonable." Yao Pingzhong said to Yang Keshi.

Yao Pingzhong was defeated by Shi Bao and Fang Tianding once, and then led the newly built army to attack back and forth in Jiading County and Huating County to contain Fang La's army from attacking, so as to offset the previous defeat.

The two families could not bear Yao Pingzhong's plea, and after asking the court, they sent nearly 1,000 Western soldiers to the south of the Yangtze River, becoming Yao Pingzhong's biggest support.

A few days ago, at every critical moment, the Western soldiers in Yao Pingzhong's army fought with their lives. If it weren't for the hard work of the Western soldiers, the situation of the Great Zhou Army at this time would be much worse.

However, whenever he thought of the indulgence and appetite of the Western soldiers, Yao Pingzhong's heart went up and down.

Less than an hour after the start of the war today, the situation of the Great Zhou Army was once again critical, and it was the Western Army soldiers who took the lead in going forward.

Yang Keshi saw that two miles away, Deng Yuanjue's momentum of charging into battle was suppressed, and he breathed a sigh of relief:

"The soldiers of the West are really good at fighting, and they deserve to be the northwest barrier of the country."

"General Yao is worthy of being a general, and in less than half a year, he has trained an army in Jiangnan that dares to fight."

"How can these old soldiers like Jianghuai, they can't support it if they have a slight casualty, and the day before yesterday, they were actually broken through twenty army formations by Fang La's army in one go......"

Yao Pingzhong is very witty, and understands that Yang Keshi still needs to borrow his own team, so he is so polite to himself, and he hugged his fists at the moment:

"Yang Zhao has won the award, and he has only been busy with thousands of people for a few months, and no matter how soft the soldiers are, they can increase their skills."

"In the past few days, the successive battles have mainly relied on the superior ordnance and firearms under Yang Zhao's account to block the tens of thousands of elites of the Yongle Puppet Dynasty."

In his words, Yao Pingzhong completely handed over the initiative of distributing the merits to Yang Keshi, because he had a big pot and needed Yang Keshi's help to resist.

Yang Keshi squinted and nodded, suddenly turned his head to look at the east, and said, "It's here!" ”

Nearly 70,000 young men worked together to dredge the Huangpu River day and night, and in just a few days, the warfleet and the Cao fleet were sent to the battlefield.

Looking at the sails of the ships, the soldiers of the Great Zhou Army were greatly invigorated, and the mountains shouted for victory.

Si Xingfang came to Shi Bao, gritted his teeth and said:

"The fleet of the Great Zhou Army is going south along the river, and in less than two days, it will form a situation with more than 50,000 Great Zhou troops in the north to form a trap on our army."

"The county seat of Wujiang is broken, and the west is no longer safe. The most important thing now is to retreat to Songjiang and ensure the safety of Songjiang and Jiaxing. ”

"Withdraw!"

The Meteor Hammer was dropped on the battlefield. Shi Bao wiped the blood and sweat on his face, and put away the wind splitting knife that cut out several cuts, "You, me, and Deng Yuanjue are all elites, and His Majesty's little semi-elite are all in the hands of me and the other three." ”

"We have fewer enemies and more enemies, and we will not fall behind against the Great Zhou army, but we can't stop the large number of people and a large amount of money and grain in the Great Zhou. Da Zhou actually temporarily dredged the river and enveloped our army......"

"We didn't lose, but we retreated. I, Lao Tzu is unwilling! ”

The Fangla army led by Shi Bao and others fought very well and firmly occupied the battlefield advantage, but had to retreat. There is nothing more difficult for a general to accept.

The surrounding Yongle Dynasty generals bowed their heads silently, and many young people were ashamed and indignant.

Si Xingfang closed his eyes and opened them again, and patted Shi Bao's shoulder, "This place can't be stayed, if Wang Yu in the west goes south to Jiaxing, the back road of our army will be cut off." ”

"Even if Jiaxing can hold it, our army's grain and grass will be cut off. What's worse is that if Wang Yu brings troops forward, then our army is in danger of being surrounded by 100,000 Great Zhou troops. ”

"The battle is still fought, and it is the right thing to withdraw more people."

The last sentence of the division made Shi Bao like a lightning strike.

Yes, the Great Zhou army was menacing, and the Yongle Dynasty was under pressure like a mountain almost instantly.

The county seat of Wujiang was defeated by the Great Zhou army, Xing Zheng was killed in battle, and the rest of the Yongle Dynasty may be under greater pressure. Shi Bao was able to bring back one more soldier, which was to leave one more strength for the next big battle.

Shi Bao didn't delay any longer, and quickly agreed on the order of retreat with the company.

A quarter of an hour later, Fang La's army began to withdraw from the battlefield alternately, and Deng Yuanjue, who had lost his mind, was dragged away by Shi Bao and others.

Yang Keshi saw that Fang La's army had fully retreated, and he immediately felt refreshed. Yang Zhaoyu turned over and ordered loudly:

"All the army commanders, commanders, battalion commanders, commanders, and generals Yu Marquis, each of them controls their men and horses, and marches together, and cannot be rashly pursued."

Yang Keshi fought steadily and steadily, gradually taking over the area where Fang La's army had withdrawn.

In the past few days, the area where 100,000 people fought many battles was in shambles, and the blood of nearly 10,000 corpses stained large areas in a mottled manner. The foul smell poured into the empty township, and mosquitoes were rampant.

Before dusk, Shi Bao and others led their troops to retreat into Songjiang City, as well as several camps around Songjiang.

In order to ensure smooth communication with Jiaxing City in the southwest, the division led 10,000 people to prepare to rush overnight to Jiashan County, in the middle of Songjiang and Jiaxing, for reinforcements.

In the next three days, Yang Keshi arranged for his troops and horses to gradually surround Songjiang and engage the small forces of Fang La's army more than ten times. Other than that, the Great Zhou Army did not make any major moves.

The reason why Yang Keshi restrained people was not because he was afraid of being greedy for merit, but because the actual conditions did not allow it.

It was clearly written in the court documents, and the officials and Confucians in Jiangnan reminded them again and again, and Yu Yunwen, Han Shizhong and others were even more serious, for fear that Wang Yu and Yang Keshi and others would underestimate the severity of the epidemic when they first arrived in Jiangnan.

In his heart, Yang Keshi had no choice but to arrange for the weaker troops, together with some of the young people, to give priority to cleaning up the battlefield and burning the corpses.

Cleaning up the battlefield and preventing soldiers from contracting the epidemic in the army certainly restrained Yang Keshi's hands and feet. But Yang Keshi made the decision to postpone the offensive, mainly because: the supplies were exhausted.

Just Yang Keshi went all the way, there were tens of thousands of troops and tens of thousands of young people who needed to eat. As long as the young and strong people eat half full, they can give some copper coins when they go home, and the soldiers' requirements are much higher.

Food was a must, and the emperor did not dare to summon hungry soldiers. Weapons must be replaced and repaired, otherwise the soldier's combat power will plummet. Pensions and rewards should be distributed as soon as possible, otherwise morale will be difficult to maintain......

Wang Yu and Yang Keshi encountered the same problem, so from the night of April 26, they only had frequent frictions with Fang La's army, and they were unable to start a major battle until the next batch of supplies arrived.

The battlefield north of Hangzhou and east of Taihu Lake entered a brief lull, and both sides were accumulating strength.

Just south of Taihu Lake, Han Shizhong led tens of thousands of troops and had been fighting with Wu Fubu for seven days.