No. 0744 Fire Thunder Array
Thick smoke billowed on the battlefield, and the 40,000 southern troops who came to the rescue were defeated and retreated under the frantic offensive of the Yan army.
A turning point will affect the entire battle situation, if Li Jinglong can lead his troops to rush out of the canyon, and then keep reinforcing them, the forces of the two sides converge, and the Ming court has nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses, even if the Yan army wants to gnaw this bone, the front teeth will be broken.
The sound of horses' hooves bursts, the ferocious Ning Wang cavalry entered, the reinforcement formation has been rushed away by the Yan army, with the rapid insertion of the cavalry, the army suddenly collapsed, hula, the mouth of the canyon that was about to be broken suddenly poured out a large number of Yan troops.
Li Jinglong picked out a shot, and rushed towards a few war horses, all of them were burly strong men immediately, waving a scimitar and slashing straight at Li Jinglong's head, this time Li Jinglong was taken aback and hurriedly rushed up with a big gun, the cavalry on the horse was amazing, and it was two people to fight one, Li Jinglong's face was flushed, and there was no way but to turn his wrist to remove the strength above, and he didn't dare to stay and immediately ran towards the direction of the Chinese army camp behind him.
In front of the canyon, the corpses were piled up into a hill, the two sides fought extremely fiercely, and finally the Yan army won, nearly half of the 40,000 southern troops who came to reinforce were killed, and the rest simply put down their weapons and only begged for their lives.
Li Jinglong quickly retreated, looking at the mouth of the canyon being blocked again, at this time Li Jinglong's army of 70,000 had been trapped here for more than seven days, three days ago, the food and drink he brought with him had been eaten, so the torment of these three days can be imagined.
"General, the reinforcements are defeated."
"Hey, God won't help me." Li Jinglong couldn't help sighing, at this time he complained about the sky, the generals beside Li Jinglong had a bad face, many people died, and the most important thing was that the living environment in the canyon was too bad, those dead bodies began to rot, and the hungry soldiers began to cut the dead war horses to fill their hunger, and the war horses were quickly eaten up, and some people actually began to eat human flesh.
"Go back to the camps and tell all the brothers that we can definitely get out."
Li Jinglong waved his hand, those generals had to go back to the camp separately, this kind of verbal military order is the most difficult to convince the public, during this time, almost waiting for someone to save them, those hungry soldiers are lying on the ground, not to mention winning the battle now, it is not bad to be able to walk out of here alive.
Even so, those who were soldiers still didn't dare to come out to make trouble, Daming's military discipline was extremely strict, and if they came out to make trouble at this time, they would definitely lose their heads, after all, there were still the majority of people who stood on Li Jinglong's side.
For four, five, and six days, Li Jinglong finally couldn't stand it anymore, licked his mouth and barely got up from the ground, and the number of people who died of starvation in each battalion was reported every day, and the number of deaths was constantly rising.
Li Jinglong hadn't eaten for a few days, and there was only a drained water bag left around him, and there was no way to get a drop of water out of it, "Raise the flag, I want to see King Yan." ”
"General."
Seven or eight generals behind Li Jinglong got up from the ground, these people were also uncomfortable, just one point, at this time, King Yan would definitely not be able to get any advantage, and the other party made it clear that he wanted to trap these people here.
"Could it be that you really watched so many brothers trapped here?" Li Jinglong shook his head helplessly, at this time, he didn't even have the strength to complain, at this moment, Li Jinglong made a move that had been stinking for thousands of years.
Several white flags were raised in the canyon, and at this time, Zhu Di had already received the news, "Li Jinglong finally couldn't stand it anymore." Zhu Di sneered, he knew Li Jinglong better, this Cao Guogong, who had always been high, would never let himself die here.
"Lord, to see or not to see?"
"See, this king also wants to see what tricks Li Jinglong can play." King Yan had a smug look on his face, and Dao Yan on the side nodded slightly, which could be regarded as a tacit approval of King Yan's move.
Li Jinglong was holding a big gun, and at this time he was already unable to get on the horse, and the defenders at the mouth of the canyon were divided left and right, and a group of cavalry poured in from the front, and the leader was wearing golden armor, which was Zhu Di, the king of Yan.
Li Jinglong actually fell to the ground all of a sudden, most likely hungry, "Prepare water and meat." Someone came over quickly, Li Jinglong snatched the water bag at once, and then poured it desperately, put the water bag down and saw the dried meat in the hands of the soldiers, grabbed a large piece and stuffed it directly into his mouth, at this time, there was still the appearance of a sweeping general, and the greedy eyes of those people behind him lit up.
"King Xie Yan."
Li Jinglong ate and drank enough, and finally had some spirit to be helped up from the ground, King Yan sighed, "This king raised troops just to save the lives of my Zhu family's descendants, clear the monarch's side, stabilize the dynasty, and don't want to affect so many people." ”
"The prince is righteous, Li Jinglong is willing to follow left and right." This time Li Jinglong knelt on one knee, after all, at this moment, King Yan was in charge of the lives of everyone here.
Whether it is life or death, it is only between the thoughts of King Yan.
"Okay, now the traitor is in charge, the world is restless, you are all my good sons, and you should serve the country." King Yan was happy in his heart, and there were 70,000 more people in vain, although it was better to rely on these people to really fight a war than nothing.
Li Jinglong led the crowd to surrender, and there were not a few people who whispered, but unfortunately, the general trend was the trend, especially those soldiers trapped in the canyon, guarding the corpses all day long, and they had been hungry for so many days, at this time, whoever could give him food made him kneel on the ground and call his ancestors.
At this time, Geng Bingwen, who was guarding the Zhending Mansion, was completely isolated and helpless, Zhu Di was not in a hurry to eat Geng Bingwen and these people, and it was possible to fight like this for several months or even half a year, although the initiative on the battlefield was completely in his own hands, after all, the imperial court controlled the economic lifeline of the entire Ming Dynasty.
If you can't send troops from here to capture the capital as soon as possible, it will only become more and more troublesome, Zhu Di immediately ordered, bypass Jinan City, divide the troops into two roads, all the way through Xuzhou Lingbi, and then besiege the capital from Fengyang Mansion, and the other way to take the waterway, through Yangzhou Mansion, the two roads of soldiers and horses are close to 200,000 to take the capital, and at this time, the guard strength of the capital is only 50,000.
Zhu Di is really good at fighting, and he ordered to go down to block the news, and the Ming court didn't know about Li Jinglong's surrender, and Zhu Di wanted to use this to directly seize Xuzhou City.
The strategic position of Xuzhou City is far above Zhending Mansion and Jinan City, and it is a place where soldiers of all dynasties must fight, which Zhu Di knows very well, although Zhu Yunwen has not read much military books, after all, there are still some capable people under his hands, so there are still 20,000 defenders in Xuzhou City, if the city is held, there is no way to fight without a month.
At this time, Li Jinglong led the remnants of the army to retreat to Xuzhou City quickly, with only one purpose, to open the city gate, and then let the army of King Yan enter the city.
"The people under the city are General Li?"
Li Jinglong hurriedly shouted: "I am Li Jinglong, the Duke of Cao Guo, I was ordered to crusade against the rebellious army of King Yan, and the general quickly opened the city gate. The people in the city recognized Li Jinglong, knew that the other party was in a high position and was a relative of the emperor, and looked at the army behind him, so he didn't dare to delay at this time, and immediately ordered someone to open the city gate.
Li Jinglong snorted coldly, this time he captured Xuzhou City, he made a great contribution, Li Jinglong waved his arm, and the elite of King Yan behind him quickly entered the city, and the city guards stood on the city and looked down, the more they looked, the more wrong it became, because there were a lot of faceless guards in it, and the appearance of these people was still a little different from the people of the Ming Dynasty.
"General, why don't you look right?" The man next to the guard whispered.
"You take some people to hide in the back first, and if something really happens, immediately bring someone back to the court from the back door to report the news."
"Yes."
The rebellious army led by Li Jinglong has entered Xuzhou City, and the defenders in the city are limited, and they just feel suspicious, and no one dares to offend Li Jinglong at this time.
The army entered the city, and the city gate was instantly controlled by the rebellious army of King Yan, Li Jinglong laughed, "The king is defeated, and the acquaintance obediently surrenders the prince, otherwise, the head will not be guaranteed." ”
"Li Jinglong, you traitorous thief."
At this time, the guards completely woke up, and only hated that they had no eyes and no beads to believe Li Jinglong, and there were still thousands of defenders in the city, "Shoot Li Jinglong." Li Jinglong's position was very close to the city gate, which happened to be the attack range of the defenders in the city, and for a while, arrows rained down, and Li Jinglong rushed up quickly with a large group of guards behind him, holding a shield.
After a fierce battle, Xuzhou City was captured by King Yan, and a team of men and horses left through the back door and went straight to the direction of the capital.
King Yan successfully captured Xuzhou City, the speed is staggering, the soldiers are fast, after a simple rest, he immediately ordered the army to take Fengyang, Fengyang Mansion is already the last line of defense in the capital.
Just when the entire southern army of the Ming Dynasty collapsed, Lin Feng led 60,000 elites out of Fengyang Mansion, which was a coincidence, and the two teams would encounter each other in less than three days.
Da Da Da, the sound of horses' hooves, the people who left from Xuzhou City ran all the way to the capital with more than a dozen cavalry to deliver the letter, and saw the banner of the Ming Dynasty in front of him from a distance, "It's our reinforcements." ”
"Let's go."
Lin Fengqian's army also found the oncoming men and horses, and their spears were raised, "We are the defenders of Xuzhou, our own people." ”
"Xuzhou City!"
Jinyiwei, who was in charge of the front army, was surprised to hear that the defenders of Xuzhou were surprised, and it was only a three-day trip to Xuzhou City, and the other party looked panicked, could it be that something happened in Xuzhou City.
There is no need to say much about the belligerent status of Xuzhou City, after all, there were more than 400,000 Northern Expeditionary troops a year ago, and if the Yan Wang's chaotic army attacked here, there was only one possibility, and the imperial army was defeated.
In just a few months since the dispatch of troops, more than 400,000 soldiers and horses, "immediately go and invite your lordship." ”
From a distance, Lin Feng's 60,000 army camp is neat, with the most mysterious firearms battalion, Lin Feng is in charge of the Chinese army, the front army suddenly stopped, and immediately someone went to inquire about the news, and happened to meet the Jinyi guard who came to deliver the letter.
"Drive."
Lin Feng got the news and urged him to step forward, the people who came to deliver the letter in Xuzhou City had only heard of Lin Feng's name, and had not seen it.
"Humble to meet Lord Lin."
"No need to be polite, is Xuzhou City still there?" Lin Feng was anxious to know the ownership of Xuzhou City, and along the way, he was also thinking about how to deal with King Yan's chaotic army, this time King Yan was menacing, and he couldn't be careless, otherwise everyone would fall into a place of no return.
"Li Jinglong rebelled, and my general was deceived into opening the city gate, and at this time, Xuzhou City may have fallen into the hands of the rebel army."
"Li Jinglong!"
Lin Feng was also surprised at this time, but he felt that Li Jinglong was arrogant and empty, but he didn't expect that he was still a soft bone, at this time, the surrender of King Yan was definitely not a good thing for the Ming Dynasty, the original advantage in strength may have disappeared, and Li Jinglong was the general of Pingbei, the chief general of the three armies, Li Jinglong surrendered to King Yan, which was equivalent to a complete slap in the face of Zhu Yunwen.
"My lord, the last general will immediately lead his troops to recapture Xuzhou."
"Yes, recapture Xuzhou City and capture Li Jinglong alive."
Behind Lin Feng, everyone asked for battle, Lin Feng waved his hand, the Yan Wang's chaotic army had already occupied Xuzhou City, and the strength should be above him, even if he had powerful firearms, it would be no good to rush hard like this.
"Someone, immediately lay fire and thunder along the way." This led to a paragraph, Lin Feng fought King Yan, waved his hand to blow up the sky, sacrificed himself to protect the Ming Court, and waved his master to kill the traitor.