Zhending City has been occupied by Chen Dexing!

Hearing this, Baturu immediately jumped up, looking desperate to pull out a knife and wipe his neck. And the expression on Brother Wang Tian's face beside him was also cloudy and uncertain.

The news of Chen Dexing's occupation of Zhending City is likely to be true, when is it now? Who is full of food and pretends to be the generalissimo of the real road to escape to the Niangzi Pass? And the news from Kublai Khan's side has indeed been cut off for three days.

The siege of Chen Dexing and Liujiaji Town three days ago does not mean that Kublai Khan's army really has the upper hand. Moreover, it is very likely that Chen Dexing has a back hand, and perhaps there is still a Ming army lurking somewhere north of Zhending Road......

In short, it is quite possible that Kublai Khan has already suffered a crushing defeat! It is even possible to be killed by Chen Dexing's soldiers!

And the 70,000 Mongol army under Kublai Khan, not to mention the annihilation of the whole army, at least half of the losses were lost. The better result is to flee to Henan to survive. It's really a long time to survive, because of Kublai Khan's defeat, even the 30,000 people here with Batulu have no end. In total, the Mongol army that went south lost at least 60,000 or 70,000. In this way, the Mongolian army south of the Yellow River is only 1340,000, don't look at the territory occupied, but the main forces of Li Pu and Chen Dexing are still there, not only but also very capable of fighting.

Under such circumstances, how could the 1340,000 Mongol army hold Henan? Moreover, as soon as the news of Kublai Khan's defeat or even death spread, the northern Haoqiang and the southern dynasty feudal towns that were still waiting and watching would not hesitate to pounce on the 1340,000 Mongols in Henan like hungry wolves...... No, there are no 130,000 or 40,000, only 1120,000 at most. Among them, there are still 20,000 Han troops, most of whom will defect at the first time!

And the Great Mongols lost 170,000 people at once (not including the "Wangu Division"). This is no longer a matter of hurting vitality, but losing the fundamentals.

Great Mongolia is coming to an end!

Baturu's heart is like ashes. Brother Wang Tian is like a knife - they Gongchang Wang family for two generations to make dogs for Mongolia, originally thought that if the dog is done well, he can upgrade to be a person, and the development of things seems to have fulfilled the dream of the Wang family to get out of Han and enter Mongolia. However, before this first-class Mongolia has officially become a poster, Great Mongolia is about to blow the lamp and pull out the wax.

Think about the Gongchang Wang family, how many sons have spilled blood for the Great Mongolia, and how many daughters have entered the Mongolian high gate as side room concubines, and have paid so much, but in the end, they have to be buried for the Great Mongolia. Why don't you call Brother Wang Tian's heart like a knife?

"Brother Wang Tian's answer!" Baturu's almost cold voice suddenly sounded, making Brother Wang Tian shiver violently.

No matter how broken Mongolia is, his brother Wang Tian's life is still in the hands of Baturu!

"Marshal!" Brother Wang Tian replied loudly, but his lips trembled, and his eyes were full of tears, "Marshal!" Hurry up! Take the warriors of the Great Mongolia to go first, take advantage of the fact that the thief Chen did not block the Jingcheng Pass, quickly rush out, and then go south to Bianliang and ...... Meet the Great Khan! ”

"Oh?" Baturu looked at Brother Wang Tian coldly. "What about you? Where are you going? ”

"I ...... I'm going to block the Tang thief for the marshal! Brother Wang Tian burst into tears and said word by word, "Great Mongolia's kindness to my Gongchang Wang family is higher than the sky and deeper than the sea, and now it is really the time for my Gongchang Wang family to repay it!" Marshal, you go first. I'll take someone to block the Tang thief, even if it's death, I have to cover our Great Mongolian warriors to go down to Henan! ”

"Good! Wang Tian Ge replied. Remember your words today! Batu Lu looked at Brother Wang Tian steadily, and then suddenly turned his head and yelled at the marching team. Warriors of the Great Mongolia, hurry up. Be sure to arrive at Jingcheng Pass tomorrow night! The future and destiny of Great Mongolia are at your feet! The great Genghis Khan is watching us from the heavens of eternal life! ”

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And in this night, in Zhending City, Chen Dexing was standing on top of the gate tower of Nanguan City, anxiously looking at the night scene around.

Zhending City, known as "Huahua Zhending Mansion", was a prosperous place in the Northern Song Dynasty, and later when the Jurchens were entrenched in the Central Plains, it was also a big city, that is, after the Mongol invasion and the rebellion of Wuxian (the armed leader of the landlords at the end of the Jin), there were still more than 10,000 households - this is a reliable number, because the Mongols had driven more than 10,000 households out of the city to prepare to kill them all, but they were saved by Shi Tianze.

In the decades of Shi Tianze's rule, the population has more than doubled, with more than 20,000 households in and around the city alone, and the population is even more than 1230,000. Even after Shi Tianze moved the nest to Henan, the population here still exceeded 100,000.

However, such a famous city that has stood on the plains of Hebei for hundreds of years is now facing the fate of being abandoned.

Around the city, countless fires are shining brightly. It was the cavalry brought by Chen Dexing, who patrolled in all directions, and whenever they saw the people or Mengyuan officials who had slipped out of the city, they would drive them back with horsewhips. If anyone dares to resist, then kill them!

To the north, a pillar of smoke from a fire could be seen in the night, rising in the distance.

It was Guo Kan's silver-armored brigade and a company of "crossbow artillery" (that is, artillery that fired thunder arrows with three-bow crossbows, and each artillery brigade of the Northern Ming Army had two such crossbow artillery batteries) were exchanging fire with the Mongols moving south, in order to slow down their southward movement.

Chen Dexing's unexpected southward movement bought him precious three days, and at the same time caught the small number of Mongol defenders in Zhending by surprise. Perhaps they mistakenly believed that Kublai Khan had been defeated, so they misheard the news and fled. Without waiting for Chen Dexing's vanguard to arrive, the officers and generals fled with hulala, which had a bit of a flavor of "mishearing the news and fleeing for the sake of bravery".

However, Chen Dexing did not dare to stay in Zhending City for a long time, and as soon as Fang entered the city, he ordered the people of the city to be organized into camps, and then moved with the army! Moreover, only two days were given, and now two days and one night have passed, and tomorrow will be the army to abandon Zhending and go south to Shunde Road and Guangping Road.

According to the marching plan, the army led by Chen Dexing would advance along Zhending, Shunde, Guangping, and Daming, and then go east to the Grand Canal, and then it would be able to go north along the Grand Canal to Haijin Town—it would certainly be safer for two or three hundred thousand people to march along the Grand Canal, and if some boats could be grabbed, it would be more labor-saving, and the old and weak women and children and baggage would be allowed to board the boats, and the young and strong and elite would march along the river.

In the night, the city of Zhending is full of firelight and lights, and no one is destined to sleep tonight. Han Ansheng commanded the backbone elements and believers of the Tiandao Sect in the area of Zhending, and was mobilizing from house to house, saying all the good things and saying all the bad things, even coaxing and deceiving and threatening, after all, he was able to organize most of the people.

Not to mention, in ancient China, where the productive forces were underdeveloped and people's minds were ignorant enough, the cult's ability to organize and mobilize the people at the bottom was still quite strong. It is no wonder that Mingjiao, sects such as the White Lotus Sect (including the later God Worship Society), would be strictly banned by the Song, Ming and Qing dynasties.

But then again, if Confucianism's ability to mobilize and organize is strong enough, why should the cults of Mingjiao, the White Lotus Sect, be burdened with the heavy responsibility of expelling the Tartars?

In addition to the population, the grain stored in Zhending City was also the target of Chen Dexing's plunder. The grain stockpiles, including the grain merchants and the official warehouses, were gathered and loaded onto carts dragged by mules and horses, and now they had left the city ahead of schedule under the escort of a brigade of the Guards Division.

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On the same night, dozens of miles away from Zhending City, countless bonfires burned on the plains on the north bank of the Hutuo River. On the side of each bonfire, there are Mongolian warriors sleeping horizontally. Only in the south is there a thin guard on night watch. The patrolmen were so tired that they didn't swim, but they just stood where they were, with their bows and arrows, and their heads kept moving little by little.

These Mongolian generals, who were as tired as dogs and dirty, first walked more than 2,000 miles eastward from the Eastern Mongolian steppe or the Hetao steppe, and then attacked Shanxi to surround Taiyuan, and then crossed Taihang eastward into the Hebei Plain, and fought back and forth on Zhending Road and Baoding Road. Separated or scattered, advanced or retreated or hundreds of miles!

Even the Mongolian warriors who followed Genghis Khan in the past can't afford such a toss, let alone the five or six generations of Tartars in the hands of Kublai Khan? Not only are they extremely tired, but the war horses in the army have also been damaged, especially since the series of maneuvers since the Yuetaihang in Shanxi, the configuration of one person, three horses and two horses has become an average configuration of one person and one and a half horses.

This is not the Mongolian steppe, and the war horses have lost too much, so it will be difficult to replenish them in the future! Because of this, Kublai Khan had to give his Mongols a good night's rest, and only mobilized a few troops to maintain contact with the Ming army on the front line.

In addition, he, the Mongolian Khan, also needs time to sort out his thoughts - why did Chen Dexing go south? Could it be that it was because he had deployed heavy troops in the north that he could not advance north, so he went south?

Or is it because of ...... What's going on in Shanxi? Communication with Shanxi was cut off four days ago! I don't know if it was because I met Chen Dexing's rangers on the road or was ambushed by the anti-Mengyuan local tyrants in Shanxi, in short, the contact cowardly Xue sent out did not come back!

Of course, there is also a possibility, that is, the Baturu who besieged Taiyuan was defeated! was defeated by Li Pu, Shi Tianze and Zhang Rou in Taiyuan City!

If there was only one Li Pu, Kublai Khan was not worried. But with the addition of Shi Tianze and Zhang Rou, this is really worrying - Kublai Khan didn't know at first that these two goods would follow Li Pu into Taiyuan, otherwise he would never dare to surround Taiyuan with only 50,000 people.

Kublai Khan took a heavy breath and looked in the direction of the southwest Jingcheng Pass with bloodshot eyes, and did not move for a long time.

If there is an accident in Baturu, then Li Pu and Chen Dexing will meet at Jingcheng Pass! Waiting for him in the south of Kublai Khan will be more than 100,000 Li Chen allied troops......

Thinking of this, Kublai Khan trembled violently, and suddenly ordered loudly: "An Tong, immediately send a team of 100 people to Jingcheng Pass!" (To be continued......)