That night, Zhu Yuanzhang repaired a letter and handed it to Huanute Mudai, who held the letter and rushed back to Chuzhou City. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The next day, Xu Da followed Zhu Yuanzhang's order to divide the troops into four divisions within the 20,000 elite soldiers in Dingyuan, the first of which was led by Feng Sheng, leading 3,000 troops to kill Hui'an. The second part, led by Feng Guoyong, led 3,000 troops to Liuhe. The third part was led by Ding Dexing, who led 3,000 troops to Quanjiao. The last part, led by Zhu Yuanzhang himself, cooperated with the generals and ministers, commanded 11,000 troops, and went straight to Chuzhou City.

Zhu Yuanzhang's troops did not move, and there were 20,000 elite soldiers who were divided into four routes, like four dragons, and traveled to various places on Yangzhou Road.

On the other side, just when Bald Jian Buhua was overwhelmed by the offensive of the Broken Army, Huanut Mudai finally rushed back to Chuzhou City, and in view of the fact that his direct boss Shaw Degrad was dead, Huanute Mudai informed Zhu Yuanzhang of the news that he was about to send troops to attack the Broken Army.

Gu Jian was overjoyed when he heard the news, and immediately announced the news that reinforcements were coming, and the soldiers defending the city heard it, and their morale immediately rose sharply, and the morale of the previously low morale suddenly rose.

At the same time, in the big village of the Broken Army outside Chuzhou City, a scout hurriedly broke into Deng Yu's Chinese army tent and shouted: "Report, big handsome!" Fifty miles away from our army, there was a large army, with more than 10,000 people, and the villain saw that the flag in the army was written on the Red Turban Army Zhu Yuanzhang's department! ”

"What? Zhu Yuanzhang's subordinates? Deng Yu was shocked when he heard this, his eyes widened, and then he muttered to himself: "Chuzhou was originally a place where Zhu Yuanzhang must attack, and under his carelessness, he forgot to guard against this dragon!" ”

Li Ke, who was sitting at the top of the left column, was also surprised by this news, and when he came back to his senses, he sighed: "Marshal, Zhu Yuanzhang's men and horses have killed Chuzhou City at this time, it seems that they are enemies and not friends, and with him to stir up the situation, it is undoubtedly difficult for our army to conquer Chuzhou City!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Deng Ming, who was in the second place on the right, immediately rose up angrily and shouted loudly: "Why should Yunqi grow the ambition of others and destroy his own prestige, then Zhu Yuanzhang is a nameless person, and it is not a trouble!" ”

Speaking of this, Deng Ming turned his eyes and looked at Deng Yu and said: "Marshal, although Ming is not talented, he is willing to lead an army and thwart its military prestige first!! ”

Deng Ming's words of asking for war, such as a blow to Deng Yu's heart, when he first heard that he was going to fight with Zhu Yuanzhang, Deng Yu instinctively panicked, after all, Zhu Yuanzhang in history is too famous, and as Deng Ming said, Zhu Yuanzhang at this time has just risen, he is still a nobody, he should really pay attention to him, but there is no need to be afraid or even afraid of him.

Thinking of this, Deng Yu smiled a little and said: "Boyi dares to ask for battle, his courage is commendable, this commander ordered you to command 3,000 troops to fight in the northwest mountains, and form a corner with the Chinese army to prepare for a big war!" ”

Deng Ming happily accepted the order and quickly withdrew from the big tent.

On the other side, Zhu Yuanzhang first sent Geng Zaicheng to lead 4,000 troops as the vanguard, set up a camp for the army first, and at the same time informed the Chuzhou defenders that reinforcements were coming.

Geng Zaicheng received the vanguard order, rushed all the way forward, rushed to the north of Chuzhou City 20 miles, according to the mountain village, and at the same time sent a team of fast horsemen to report to Chuzhou City.

At the first watch of the night, Geng Zaicheng's camp had not yet been completed, and Geng Zaicheng saw that the night was getting darker, so he ordered the soldiers to rest first.

In the second watch of the night, the sound of horses' hooves suddenly made a loud noise outside the village, Geng Zaicheng was awakened by the huge noise, and before he could react, there were one after another miserable screams in the village.

Geng Zaicheng hurriedly put on his armor, picked up his weapons and drove out of the camp tent, just as he saw Dong Qing on the left leading an army to kill, Deng Yu on the middle led a group of soldiers and horses to rush in, and Lu Zhen on the right led the soldiers and horses to kill.

Geng Zaicheng was frightened, got on the horse and fled, and the three men and horses of the Broken Army rushed into Dazhai and set fire, the flames soared into the air, Geng Zaicheng's men and horses were panicked, and fled to Chuzhou City overnight.

Seeing that Chuzhou City was close at hand, at this time, a group of men and horses in the west rushed out, led by a general, carrying an eight-foot long knife, flying on horseback, and shouting loudly: "Xuyi Deng Boyi is here, and the thief is here!! ”

Deng Ming was full of anger, and shouted like thunder exploding, Geng Zaicheng was so frightened that his heart fluttered, and when he came back to his senses, Deng Ming had already killed quickly, Geng Zaicheng hurriedly raised his knife to block, only to hear a violent sound of 'bell', Geng Zaicheng's face changed drastically, and he secretly said that Deng Ming was powerful.

Deng Ming drank violently, slashed with a knife, Geng Zaicheng swung his knife to block sharply, retreated while fighting, fortunately Geng Zaicheng was good at martial arts, otherwise he would have been cut down by Deng Ming.

After the two fought for about a quarter of an hour, the gate of Chuzhou Xicheng was opened, and the Yuan army that was cowering in the city roared out, and the two men and horses attacked Deng Ming's department before and after, and for a time, Deng Ming's soldiers were killed and wounded.

Although the situation has changed, Deng Ming, who has been killed, is still unwilling to retreat, and constantly launches a fierce attack on Geng Zaicheng, Geng Zaicheng is also forced out of blood, roared, gave up defense, and slashed at Deng Ming, the two killed more than 40 rounds, although Geng Zaicheng fell into the downwind, but he was still able to stabilize his position.

"An ordinary general under Zhu Yuanzhang's command is so good, it is really not to be underestimated!"

On a high slope somewhere, Li Ke was looking at Geng Zaicheng with a high level under the protection of a team of soldiers, and he couldn't help but exclaim when he saw that Geng Zaicheng's martial arts were good and quite bloody.

With the passage of time, Deng Ming's troops gradually became a rout, and the reinforcements of the army had not yet arrived, Li Ke then ordered the soldiers to blow the horn of collecting troops, Deng Ming heard the trumpet, unwillingly shouted angrily, led the troops to retreat quickly, here, Geng Zaicheng's troops were successfully received into the city by the Yuan army.

In the early morning of the next day, Li Ke and Deng Yu were discussing in the tent, only to see Li Ke's eyes shining, and said in a condensed voice: "Most of Zhu Yuanzhang's soldiers and horses have not arrived for the time being, I want to lead a group of men and horses to defend the camp from Geng Zaicheng, block the enemy army, and buy five days for the marshal, within five days, the marshal needs to go all out to seize Chuzhou City, if you can take the city, then our army can be invincible!" ”

After Deng Yu heard this, his face changed, and he immediately refused: "No!" Zhu Yuanzhang's army is full of people, and Li Shanchang and Xu Da are both wise and skilful, Yunqi is my right-hand man, and I can't take risks easily! ”

Li Ke's eyes flashed with a hint of emotion when he heard this, and then said firmly: "Don't worry, the marshal, I already have a strategy to block the enemy army, as long as General Dong Baohu helps, I am confident that I can block the enemy army for five days!" ”

Deng Yu saw that Li Ke was confident, and considering the current difficult situation, he had no choice but to adopt Li Ke's suggestion, so Li Ke led 3,000 soldiers and horses, and cooperated with Dong Qing to defend the camp established by Geng Zaicheng.

Time was pressing, although the army was quite tired after a night of fighting, Deng Yu still ordered the army to rush to Chuzhou City, and attacked Chuzhou City with the help of ladder trucks, rushing cars and other siege equipment.

For a while, he was apprehensive in his heart, and Geng Zaicheng observed the offensive of the broken army, but he was in danger, teaching Bald Jian not to spend the method of defending the city, and on the other hand, to appease the bald Jian, as long as Zhu Yuanzhang's army arrived, the crisis would be solved.

After hearing this, Bald Jian was relieved, so he ordered Geng to become a deputy general again to help defend the city!