Hu Ye's life in Nanjing is very leisurely, but no matter how leisurely his life is, there will be a day when it will be broken. Because one day in November, shocking news came back from Beiping.

Li Jinglong's army was defeated!

Hundreds of thousands of troops were stationed around Beiping for a month or two, and in the end they only blocked Zhu Di for one day, and then the whole line was defeated.

Li Jinglong ran faster, and just learned that Zhu Di led the army to kill, he was already frightened into a cold sweat, and he fled at night that night, leaving behind hundreds of thousands of troops.

When Zhu Yunwen heard the news, he was so angry that he gritted his teeth, why did he choose such a straw bag as a general.

However, the matter was not over, Li Jinglong ran away, but left hundreds of thousands of soldiers in Beiping, and as soon as Zhu Di's army appeared, it dealt them a heavy blow.

First a few rounds of shooting from the Shenji battalion, and then the charging of Duoyan Sanwei from King Ning, the heavy armored cavalry was invincible, and the fortifications that Li Jinglong had arranged before were useless, and they came to naught in an instant.

Because there are fortifications around Beiping, Zhu Di is only a few breakthroughs, so when the rest of the place heard that Zhu Di led the army back to help, he also became a frightened bird, and then heard the gunfire of the Shenji battalion, he had already been scattered, hundreds of thousands of people were in a mess, trying to find the boss, only to find that the boss had fled the night before.

As a result, hundreds of thousands of people stampeded, like a tide, and began to flee in all directions, some poured into Henan, some fled to Shandong, and some even fled to Mobei.

However, there are also those who have not escaped, such as Wang Tong in front of Dongzhi Gate.

It's not that he doesn't want to escape, but because he has been surrounded by Zhu Di's army.

Moreover, after the people in the city knew that Zhu Di led the army back to help, they came to Zhu Di to attack inside and outside, and completely trapped Wang Tong's tens of thousands of troops in a high ground outside Dongzhimen.

However, Wang Tong's position is different from that in other places, Zhu Di let Duoyan Sanwei attack many times, but he did not break through Wang Tong's defense, this is not because of how capable Wang Tong's army is. It's just that because of the various fortifications in front of Wang Tong's position, Duoyan Sanwei has suffered a lot.

Duoyan Sanwei is the kind of Mongolian-style cavalry, but it was rearmed into a heavy cavalry by Zhu Di, so it has speed and strong impact. But in front of Wang Tong's position, sometimes the three guards of Duoyan could not play at all, because every other distance, there would be horse villages and tripping ropes, and whenever the speed of the cavalry was about to rise, it would encounter obstacles.

And so it goes. Duoyan Sanwei can't exert its power at all.

As for the Shenji Battalion, because Wang Tong's army was on a high ground and there were trenches as cover, the power of the Shenji Battalion was also minimized, and many bullets hit the ground.

So in this way, Wang Tong guarded on which hill for a month, waiting for reinforcements from the imperial court.

"Father! 10,000 horses for the children! The child will go and fetch the head of the king for you at once! ”

Zhu Gaoxu said loudly to Zhu Di, since his father came back. He no longer served as the guard of Dongzhimen, but led a team to storm the imperial army around Beijing.

I have to say that Zhu Gaoxu is very brave. took the lead and killed the imperial army, which also made Zhu Di very happy, and he did not punish him for his mistakes last time.

"It's useless. Even Duoyan can't rush up with troops, and it will be difficult to succeed if you give you 10,000 infantry. ”

Zhu Di denied Zhu Gaoxu's suggestion, and now there is such an enemy outside Beiping City. There is no need to be in a hurry to deal with it, and it is a good way to surround it slowly, so that he will not be stupid enough to storm Wang Tong's mountain like Li Jinglong stormed Beiping.

Li Jinglong has soldiers to squander, but he doesn't, even if he brings more than 10,000 people from Duoyan Sanwei, his army is less than 100,000 people, and if he wants to fight in Nanjing, this number of men and horses is definitely not enough, so he will not be stupid enough to lose his men and horses in Beiping.

"But Father! Shall they be kept on the hill? Eyeing me in Beiping? Zhu Gaoxu asked loudly.

"Xu'er, Li Jinglong has stormed Beiping, what is the result? If he had adopted a siege strategy from the beginning, I am afraid that Beiping would have been broken. It is precisely because he has to break through Beiping as soon as he comes up, so that the people of Beiping can have the same hatred and hatred, and Beiping can hold on to it for so long in the storm. Therefore, this Wang Tong can't fight hard, but can only besiege. Moreover, there were no supplies at all on the mountain, and if he was able to hold out until now, I am afraid that there would be no military rations, or it would not be long before he would start looking for wild vegetables and digging bark in the mountains. ”

"And it's already the end of the month, and it's Chinese New Year's Eve soon, as long as I use a little means, Wang Tong's 30,000 horses will surrender." Zhu Di smiled, and then led everyone in.

And when Zhu Yunwen heard that there was a troop of more than 30,000 people outside Beiping City, he wanted to let these 30,000 people come back, after all, if he can hold on until now, the person in command must be a talent, and it is definitely not comparable to Li Jinglong's straw bag.

"Your Majesty, the general of that army is called Wang Tong, and he is the successor of Qu Neng you designated." Yun Zichen said to Zhu Yunwen.

"Wang Tong? I don't think this man had any outstanding military talent, right? Can withstand Zhu Di's army for a month? Zhu Yunwen said in disbelief.

But it is true, Zhu Di besieged Wang Tong for a month, and did not break through Wang Tong's defensive formation. But now that Wang Tong is trapped and the supplies on the mountain are insufficient, I am afraid that he will not be able to hold out for long. ”

"Such a person must be saved by me!" Zhu Yunwen's face turned cold, and then ordered, "Let Sheng Yong of Shandong lead the army to rescue, and then let Tie Xuan gather the remnants of Li Jinglong, there are hundreds of thousands of people anyway, and then go all out to defend Shandong, and you can't let King Yan go south!" ”

"Yes, Wechen will do it." Yun Zichen took the order and left.

"Wang Tong? Why haven't you heard of this person before? ”

In the Nameless Mansion, Ruan An said curiously, because they also knew the news of Li Jinglong's defeat, but they didn't expect that there was still an army in Beiping that could resist Zhu Di.

"Well, this kid hasn't heard of it either." Hu Ye spread his hands and said, "But in his army, there are people who are known to Grandpa Ruan. ”

"Someone I know?" Ruan An looked at Hu Ye curiously.

"Grandpa Ruan, do you remember that one of your students is named Lu Xun?" Hu Ye said with a smile.

"Lu Xun? You mean that student? Ruan An only then remembered that a month ago, Zhu Yunwen ordered to come to the academy to ask for two people, one was his student named Lu Xun, Hu Ye mentioned it, and then he remembered that the kid still had an architectural model that had not been completed.

"You're saying that my student is now in Wang Tong's army?"

"Yes, not only is he in that team, but Sun Hang is also there, otherwise Gonggong Ruan thinks that any general can put up such an impeccable fortification? With so many people trapped on the top of a mountain, will there be no disease problems? Hu Ye smiled.

"You mean, Lu Xun alone blocked Zhu Di's attack?" Ruan An was taken aback, he didn't believe it was his student who did it.

"Well, this is not what I said, but it is true, it is because of the fortifications dug by Lu Xun that blocked the pace of King Yan's attack." Hu Ye said indifferently, obviously very satisfied with Lu Xun's appearance, this is the achievement that a person in the academy should have, and he can be so dazzling when he appears for the first time.

"In this way, I'm afraid that King Yan will hate our academy very much." Ruan An muttered.

"Hate? I think it's too late for him to like it. ”

Hu Ye laughed, turned around and went to the backyard, where he heard that the bird-eating spiders there had caught strange birds again, because those birds wanted to fly to the tea trees to build nests. Hu Ye couldn't understand it, there were so many trees outside, why did he have to run to our backyard without his life?

"Like?"

Looking at the back of Hu Ye leaving, Ruan An curiously recalled Hu Ye's words, Zhu Di would like such a person who blocked his steps?

Whether Ruan Anxiang believes it or not, but Zhu Di really likes it, because he sent someone to investigate, the reason why Wang Tong was able to hold on for so long was not because Wang Tong was a powerful general, but because he had two scholars from Nanjing, one was very good at seeing doctors, and the other was very good at digging traps.

"Father, do you want me to touch and kill those two scholars at night?"

Zhu Gaoxu came up, last time he asked to lead the army to attack, but Zhu Di refused, this time to sneak attack two powerless scholars, his father can't object, right?

"Killed? How can this work, those are two treasures. Zhu Di smiled and stopped Zhu Gaoxu's thoughts again.

"Baby? What does this mean, Your Highness? Zhang Fu was a little puzzled, it was the two scholars who blocked Zhu Di's army, this Zhu Di not only did not hate, but felt that those two were treasures? This Zhu Di's character that must be reported for flaws is completely inconsistent.

"Hehe, haven't you seen that those two scholars were specially sent to me by Hu Ye?" Zhu Di said with a smile.

"What! Yezi sent it to His Highness? ”

Not only did Zhang Fu not believe it, but even the rest of the people were a little surprised.

"I remember the last time Hu Ye came to Beiping, he told me about Qingtian Academy, and he said that his academy does not cultivate talents who participate in the imperial examination, but really useful people. I didn't believe it at the time, but now I do, and I believe it. Because it was those two people who blocked the attack of Duoyan Sanwei and the Shenji Battalion. ”

"But why didn't he send them directly to the Yan Palace? Instead, let them enter the army of the imperial court? ”

Liu Sheng was a little puzzled.

"If it is sent directly to my house, won't it become a collaborator? Do you think the emperor will be able to spare him? ”

"But ......, how can Your Highness be sure that this is what that kid means?"

"What do you think of the defense on that hill? If that person were to attack Beiping, would you think the walls of Beiping would be able to stop those bizarre ideas? If they come in with a pit dug horizontally, will the arrows and flintlock pistols of the city hurt them? If he digs a tunnel and comes in, will you find out again? Zhu Di asked.

"What does Your Highness mean that those two people were instructed by Hu Ye to only defend and not attack?" Liu Sheng came to his senses.

"So, I said that those two people are treasures, even if you kill all 30,000 people on the mountain, you can't touch those two people, do you understand?" Zhu Di said loudly. (To be continued......)