Chapter 34 How dare you say defeat without a fight?
The amount of water is not high, and the monstrous flood comes and goes quickly, but in a few hours, the surging flood has rolled eastward. The surviving soldiers of the Southern Army are just a group of remnants of the defeated generals, and the commander has killed himself, and the commanders of the battalions are nowhere to be found.
However, the Yan army will not sympathize with these people, on the battlefield, either you die or I die, if you don't break the southern army today, if the Yan army is attacked, the casualties are also amazing.
When the flood completely subsided, Zhang Fu, the impatient former army pioneer officer who had been waiting for a long time, pulled out the long knife hanging on the horse's waist, clamped the horse's belly with his legs, and quickly rushed forward: "Kill with me!" ”
Now the water has receded, but you still have to cross the Huaishui, at this time the river is only submerged at the knees, the war horse kicked over, raising a splash, the stunned Southern soldiers did not have time to resist, the good head flew out, spurting out bursts of blood, staining both sides of the Huaishui.
The Yan army was already fast and brave in battle, and now it was naturally effortless to deal with such a group of remnants, but it took a long time to clean up many soldiers in the camp of the southern army. At this time, the battlefield had already extended to the lower reaches of the river, and many survivors were washed downstream by the flood, and it was not that no one resisted, but the effect was minimal.
The order that the Yan army received was that as long as the eye could see, the southern army could still be seen, and there would be no mercy for killing!
Of course, at night is no better than daylight, and many figures can be seen vaguely by the moonlight, but only a small part, even if there are surviving generals who organize a counteroffensive on a large scale, but it is only useless, and most of the soldiers have already scattered and fled towards the south.
When the Yan army tried its best to pursue and kill the southern army, the Ping'an Guards on the hill behind the camp did not give up. After these quarters of an hour, Yang Xuan already had a cavalry force of no less than a thousand people in his hands at this time, all of them were good at the cavalry battalion, and they rode their horses to the nearby mountains early, their physical strength and energy were well preserved, and the peaceful death had a great shock to them, and under the spread of death, these cavalrymen jointly decided a crazy decision, rushing to Zhu Di's camp and directly executing Zhu Di! I can't take care of the holy decree that Zhu Yunwen has given!
The Yan army, which was in charge of opening the road in the front army, had already chased out for a few miles, and under the rise of the killing, they even neglected to search the nearby mountains, but coincidentally, they did not find the thousands of soldiers and horses gathered on the back mountains.
At this time, Zhu Di's Chinese army was slowly moving towards the original Ping'an camp, and Zhu Neng, who was in charge of defense, also thought that the vicinity had been cleaned up by the front army, so he controlled the Chinese army to be stationed directly in the original Ping'an camp. Everyone didn't know that on their backs, thousands of elite cavalry had been gathered!
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Stationed in the camp of Ping'an, Zhu Di was truly relieved. The arranged soldiers re-erected the big tent of the Chinese army, and Zhu Di walked into the big tent with a smile with a group of generals, not aware of the impending crisis at all.
Zhu Di looks in a very good mood, he doesn't smile on weekdays, but now he smiles and sits on the main seat to accept the congratulations of a military general, all kinds of compliments are endless, in fact, Zhu Di sometimes doubts that he will win every battle, is it really a real dragon emperor?
Of course, this is limited to Zhu Di's own YY, but he doesn't dare to talk about it to others, otherwise the history books may not be how to write about him. Zhu Di didn't want to leave a reputation of stinky fart and narcissism after death, and it was still good to give this kind of thing to Qin Yulai.
Of course, the discussion can't just be a sycophant, seeing that everyone has almost congratulated, Zhu Di cleared his throat and said: "This battle, such a big victory, the merits of Sima Qinyu on the march should be the first, can the generals have any objections?"
You look at me, I look at you, and they shook their heads. If you usually go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, it doesn't hurt to fight for merit, but now that you and others have done nothing, how can you pull your face and fight for merit shamelessly?
Zhu Di personally characterizes this matter, naturally no one will come to talk about this matter in the future, otherwise he will not be able to get along with Zhu Di, and looking at Zhu Di's appearance, he likes this young man very much, and he is also treated as his own son and nephew, and at first glance, he will be the mainstay of the Ming Dynasty in the future, why not open his eyes?
After discussing the exploits of this battle, Dao Yan lost no time in stepping forward and said: "Marshal, our army first defeated the 300,000 army led by the veteran Geng Bingwen in Zhending, then defeated the 500,000 army led by Li Jinglong in the first battle of Baihegou, and then defeated the 300,000 army led by Sheng Yong in Dongping, and now it has defeated the 200,000 army commanded by Ping'an!" ”
Hearing what Dao Yan said was so conclusive, the generals stopped chattering one after another, and listened to Dao Yan's words with wide eyes, Dao Yan paused and continued: "Our army has risen in a small number, fighting between life and death, and now hundreds of thousands of male soldiers are in hand, and there is no army north of the Yangtze River to fight with me!" If the king is willing, he can rule the river with Jianwen at any time! ”
A cadre of generals suddenly became short of breath, and he followed the rebellion with his head, didn't he just want to be rich, and now he can be divided into kings, called the emperor self-reliant, and he and others are all heroes of the founding of the country, but Zhu Di has not yet spoken, and no one dares to say these words that are still rebellious for the time being.
Zhu Di nodded at Dao Yan, an imperceptible essence flashed in his eyes, and said with a sneer: "What this king wants, it's not about rowing the river and ruling it." ”
"Smack!"
Zhu Di slapped the table suddenly, stood up, and the generals were all frightened by Zhu Di's actions, and Zhu Di, who was very satisfied with the effect, scolded: "I have to mention it again when I draw the river and rule the country, but don't forget my original intention of waiting for the army, Qingjun side!" ”
The generals heard Zhu Di's warning to himself and others, Lao Tzu wants the whole world, don't think that you can sit back and relax after half the country, and Dao Yan hurriedly knelt on the ground, and said with sincere fear: "Don't be angry, don't mention this matter, now there is no army to fight in the north, and the next step is to take Nanjing is a certainty, I don't know how the marshal conceives?" ”
The tacit understanding between the two of them singing and harmonizing was exercised early, Zhu Di nodded with satisfaction, recovered a little quiet look, and then sat down and said lightly: "Although the north has not been able to form a decent corps to compete with our army, we should not underestimate the local guards, if there are capable people to unite them, it can also cause a lot of trouble to our army." ”
Zhu Di said and groaned for a while, and said murderously: "Inform Wang Zhen and Zhang Wu that there is no need to follow behind the main department, from Jinan in the north to Huainan in the south, all must be purged, it is okay to surrender, and those who do not accept will be killed!" Can't help but leave a way back for the army! ”
All the generals nodded, if they can sit in this big tent and discuss matters, no one is a fool, Zhu Di arranged it very properly, it is enough to attack 100,000 iron cavalry in Nanjing City at present, if it is another 100,000 people, during this period, most of the northern areas can be included in the actual jurisdiction of the Yan army, and if the attack fails in the future, it can also calmly retreat. But I know this in my heart, but I don't dare to say it openly. If you are defeated without a fight, will it not shake the morale of the army?