Zhu Di led the elite to fight with Geng Bingwen in Zhending Mansion, both sides had casualties, Geng Bingwen held on to the city wall, Zhu Di's soldiers and horses fought fiercely, and there was a reason why he fought with the Northern Yuan cavalry at the beginning, all of them were grasslands and wilderness, and at that time the fight was speed and ruthlessness, and there was not much way to face the city wall at this time.

On the other hand, although the number of Yan troops attacking Jinan City was quite large, but it was basically a bluff, Li Jinglong climbed the city wall, only to see that the Yan army's formation was slightly loose, obviously the defense was lax, because the morale was low after a long attack, and this was the best time to attack at night.

That night, Li Jinglong led 30,000 elites to kill, the Yan army camp was in chaos and fled in a hurry, Li Jinglong took advantage of the situation to attack and win consecutive battles, and the Yan army had no power to fight back, so they could only retreat in Dezhou City and did not dare to fight.

At this time, the battle reports in front of them drifted to the capital like snowflakes, almost all of them were the battle reports of Li Jinglong's victory over the Yan army, so, the most inspiring, not only Qi Tai and these people, Zhu Yunwen also hoped to see such a victory, but Geng Bingwen's side never held out, and there were a lot of losses in the army.

This point is completely within a reasonable range, after all, Geng Bingwen met the warlike King Yan and the most capable of fighting Duoyan Sanwei, don't think that it is okay to hide on the city wall to save it, King Yan has not been idle for many years, and has created a large number of firearms, coupled with the cavalry and shooting of Duoyan Sanwei day and night, the pressure to defend the city is extremely great.

The rebels armed with firearms approached quickly under the escort of the cavalry, and there was a random fire from above, and the effective distance of these firearms was already more than the height of the city wall, so that anyone on it would be directly hit by the firecrackers.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that defeating the rebellious army is a top priority, and blindly sticking to it will only prolong the momentum of the rebellious army and damage the national prestige of my Ming Dynasty." Qi Tai said loudly, at this time, hundreds of officials gathered in the main hall, and most of them were Qi Tai's henchmen.

"Yes, when you take the initiative to attack and beat the rebels, only in this way can you convince the people."

"The ministers seconded the proposal."

Zhu Yunwen knelt down in front of him, all of them were members of the fourth grade or above, and the people of the six departments were all there, these people clearly showed that they were breathing out of their nostrils, the six departments have always been like this, they are all prosperous, and whoever gets the benefits is not in vain, and the other departments can get some benefits.

"I don't think it's appropriate."

This voice was particularly abrupt, and almost the entire court supported Li Jinglong's style of play, taking the initiative to attack, and playing the majesty of the court, instead of hiding inside like a turtle with a shrunken head.

Everyone looked sideways, Qi Tai glanced at each other, and he should have guessed that this person was the only one who could come out and disagree with him at this time.

Fang Xiaoru, Zhu Yunwen also has great respect for Fang Xiaoru, because Fang Xiaoru is knowledgeable and a loyal person, "Fang Aiqing, what do you think?" ”

Fang Xiaoru took a step forward, "Your Majesty, although Fang Xiaoru doesn't know how to march and fight, but the change of the main general in the battle has a great impact on morale, and the Marquis of Changxing has been in battle for a long time, so he naturally knows the method of improvisation. Although Cao Guogong is good at fighting, after all, he is young and the chaotic army is strong, so the minister thinks that it is not inappropriate to wait for the attack. ”

After Fang Xiaoru finished speaking, Zhu Yunwen nodded again and again, what he said did make some sense, of course, what Qi Tai said also made sense, Zhu Yunwen was also anxious, as soon as the flood in the south stopped, King Yan pulled the flag and rebelled, and this time the momentum was greater than that of King Jin, don't think that King Jin would be more powerful than King Yan when he hit the capital, the fiefdom positions of the two are different.

King Jin's fief is in the south, very close to the capital, and King Yan is different, and the main forces are in the north, so this is a tough battle, not that whoever can carry it can carry it.

At this time, you must ask for stability, "I will think about it later." ”

As the eunuch shouted, everyone walked out slowly, Qi Tai was surrounded by people like stars holding the moon, only Fang Xiaoru snorted coldly and walked out quickly.

Zhu Di saw that he couldn't capture Zhending Mansion for a long time, so he had to change his strategy and secretly mobilize a team of elites to bypass Hejian Mansion to attack Zhending Mansion, which was originally just a small city, and the location was indeed extremely important, located behind Zhending Mansion, as long as he controlled here, it was equivalent to cutting off the retreat of Zhending Mansion.

Zhu Di's move is indeed clever, King Yan's chaotic army captured the city with lightning speed, Geng Bingwen sent reinforcements to arrive when it was too late, a few bloody heads were hung above the city wall, and the banner on the city also became the purple banner of King Yan.

The fact that the city was occupied by King Yan in such a short period of time was indeed beyond Geng Bingwen's expectations, of course, things were far from being so bad, and the food and armaments in the Zhending Mansion were enough for 300,000 troops to last for half a year.

The war dissipated, the old general Geng Bingwen climbed the city wall under the escort of his own guards, fought hard for days, the city wall has been stained red with blood, and the ground is mottled with blood, Geng Bingwen squatted down, stroking the city wall that was broken by fire guns and arrows and couldn't help sighing again and again, after all, it is already a twilight year, and he is used to seeing life and death parting all his life, but unfortunately, when he is old, he is easy to be sentimental.

"General."

"Be kind to the wounded soldiers."

"Yes."

The wounded battalion was already overcrowded at this time, and the screams in the lightly wounded battalion were incessant, and the personnel in charge of treatment in the army were carrying medicine boxes to check them one by one, compared to the seriously wounded battalion, which was much quieter.

Almost all of them had no expression on their faces, and the wounds were just wrapped in a thick white cloth, this method only kept the blood so that the blood would not continue to remain, because the injuries were too serious, and the hope of treatment was almost zero, and the army did not have so much medicine at all, and on the battlefield, because the number of wounded and plague casualties often exceeded the number of casualties on the battlefield.

This is an indisputable fact, especially in this era of drug shortage, a person moved, maybe it was an injury, that person grinned, his arm was broken in half, and when he was fighting, he was directly cut off by the rebels who rushed up, even so, he still pushed that person down hard.

So he was supposed to be a hero, but alas, now he can only wait here to die.

"What do you want?" The person next to him glanced at him and asked, for these people who are waiting to die, it is a waste to say one more word.

"Nope."

"You don't have a family?"

"No, what about you?"

The man smiled wryly, "I have, but it's more painful because you know you'll never see them again." ”

"At least there can be a thought, unlike me, nothing, I was an orphan since I was a child, I grew up eating a hundred family meals, and I joined the army when I grew up, in fact, I wanted to join Lord Lin's Jinyiwei at that time, but unfortunately, I didn't have that blessing."

"Me too."

Two dying people didn't expect to get together here because of the same wish, the two looked at each other and smiled, because they both knew in their hearts that as their injuries worsened, they would soon be thrown out of here, and there were very few people who could live.

At this time, some people began to talk nonsense with fever, and under the shadow of death, the curtain was lifted, and a soldier came in from the outside, turned around inside, and then carried a few people out.

Some of them have lost their breath, some are still alive, but their bodies are stenching, and their wounds are rotting, because there is no medicine, and even if they stay here, they will die.

Yan Wang's three-way soldiers and horses are sent together, Geng Bingwen has no choice but to choose to fight with Yan Wang, and the 300,000 soldiers and horses he brought cannot all shrink in Zhending Mansion, and the periphery of Zhending Mansion is Geng Bingwen's men and horses.

This is a life-saving thing, so it can't be sloppy, a line of defense criss-crossed, with these can effectively block the attack of the Yan King's army, the first offensive has rushed to the front, the height of the defense is just the height that a person can't jump on, so if you want to climb up, you can only jump up on the shoulders of your companions.

The defenders hiding in the defense stabbed down with spears in their hands, and at this time, with the defense system, the defenders had an absolute advantage, and several attacks of King Yan's northern army were blocked by Geng Bingwen's soldiers and horses.

At this time, high corpses were piled up under the defense, and those who rushed up from behind no longer needed to rely on the people below, as long as they stepped on the corpses, they could easily jump on them.

As the northern army entered, the first line of defense collapsed in an instant, and there was no way, the defenders could only quickly retreat into the second line of defense, and the distance between the first line of defense and the second line of defense was very close.

Close enough to stand on top of the second line of defense and use a spear to stab the person in the first line of defense, this is Geng Bingwen's experience, the entire defense is a ladder distribution, and the defense in the back is higher and higher than the front little by little, so that if the northern army wants to rush up, it will cost a lot of casualties every time, instead of rushing down the first line to drive straight in.

King Yan set up three lines of soldiers and horses, one of which was a frontal confrontation with the soldiers and horses of Zhendingfu, the other was to attack Geng Bingwen's rear from the city, and the other was a waterway, hoping to bypass it and attack directly.

Among them, the waterway is the most dangerous, Geng Bingwen also ignored this, on this day, the battle on the front was in full swing, suddenly, the rear shouted to kill, and the 10,000 Yan troops from the waterway began to attack Geng Bingwen's rear.

At this time, the defenders who blocked the city were also affected, which was equivalent to being directly cut off by others, and they did not have an advantage in terms of troops, so they had no choice but to give up the last two defenses and quickly retreat.

The 10,000 Yan troops quickly touched the waterway, rushed up with weapons in hand, and the defenders above were killed thousands of people in a panic, and the situation quickly stabilized as the generals mobilized their troops and horses.

Although this strange soldier is powerful, it is also a dangerous move, after all, Geng Bingwen has hundreds of thousands of troops in his hands, and once a large team of soldiers and horses is sent to kill, these 10,000 people are directly trapped inside.

The so-called strange soldiers are those who appear at unexpected moments on the other side, and they are all death squads who are not afraid of death, indeed, the 10,000 Yan army is not afraid of the defenders who are several times their own, and they rush up with wide eyes one by one, this time, it is the defenders above who are afraid.

I can't imagine that in that battle, the 10,000 Yan army actually killed 30,000 defenders, and killed thousands of people, Geng Bingwen learned the news and ordered the guards to beat them up, if it wasn't for the main general to retreat with people, the defenders in the direction of the city would definitely not have such a big defeat.

At this time, in the capital, Li Jinglong's victory over the Yan army was constantly sent back, and the Yan army did not dare to go out of the city, on the other hand, Geng Bingwen lost again and again, losing more than 50,000 soldiers and horses, in the face of the facts, Zhu Yunwen began to be tempted, should he really take the initiative to attack with Li Jinglong as the main general?

Qi Tai is naturally willing to see that Geng Bingwen is proud of himself and does not take Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng in his eyes at all, Li Jinglong is different, he almost wears the same pants as Qi Tai and others, if he can take this opportunity to take the military power from Geng Bingwen's hands, it is the best.

"Your Majesty, the minister has a sentence that must be said, the thieves of the country, Qi Tai, Li Jinglong and the like." When Fang Xiaoru learned that Qi Tai and the others had gone to the palace again to request the removal of Geng Bingwen, his face turned purple with anger.

"Lord Fang, since Cao Guogong can win, why do you repeatedly block it, you are the one who will bring disaster to the country." Above the main hall, Qi Tai pointed at Fang Xiaoru's nose.

Fang Xiaoru laughed, "Justice is in the hearts of the people, Your Majesty, if the traitor pointed out by King Yan Qingjun is Fang Xiaoru, Fang Xiaoru should immediately crash to death on the main hall to protect the safety of Daming." ”

This time, Qi Tai's face was even more ugly, Fang Xiaoru made it clear that he was embarrassed by himself, who didn't know, although the crusade text released by King Yan was very vague, it still reminded people of Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng who were in charge of the government at this time.

"If Qi Tai dies alone, he can really save Daming, Qi Tai is willing."

The two of them were fighting, but Zhu Yunwen had no idea, at this time, he felt that everyone was right, "Your Majesty, I am willing to lead the troops to fight." ”

With an angry shout, Qi Tai and the others retreated again and again, only to see that the person who came was holding a scimitar and exuding an astonishing killing intent all over his body, it was Lin Feng, the commander of the Jinyi Guard.