Chapter 501: The Bloody Breath Over Nanjing
The weather in May is neither hot nor cold, but it is best described as cool.
But now Nanjing, how can it not be linked to Qingliang, not to mention the riots of the people, many officials are playing drums, speculating about the outcome of the Lingbi War, and deciding what to do next.
Zhu Yunwen has not eaten for a day, stomping his feet in the Fengtian Temple, now his Nanjing City only has 10,000 defenders, if Zhu Di defeats Yun Zichen and Xu Huizu's 200,000 horses, he will no longer have the strength to resist.
"Your Majesty! An Guogong fell for Zhu Di's trick! Heavy losses! Hongling hurriedly came to report, and Zhu Yunwen listened with a solemn face.
"Probe!"
Zhu Yunwen roared loudly, he couldn't sit still at this time, if even Yun Zichen fell for Zhu Di's tricks, then Xu Huizu would definitely not be Zhu Di's opponent.
"Report! General Xu suffered heavy casualties, with only 20,000 men left, and now he is surrounded by Zhu Di's army! ”
Immediately someone came to report it.
Zhu Yunwen almost sat down when he heard this, Xu Huizu is a hundred thousand horses, just gone, is Zhu Di's army so powerful? Yun Zichen fell into the plan, Xu Huizu lost what kind of clothes, could it be that in the Lingbi battle, his men and horses were going to lose?
"Huh?"
At this time, Zhu Yunwen's nose moved, as if he smelled a lot of strange smells, but he couldn't remember it for a while.
When he came to the gate of Fengtian Palace, he asked about some fresh air, and took a deep breath, Zhu Yunwen was sure that the strange smell was bloody!
"Could it be that Lingbi's bloody breath has drifted to Nanjing?"
Zhu Yunwen frowned, Lingbi is still a hundred miles away from Nanjing, if the blood can float here, then Lingbi will not become a hell on earth?
"Hurry up and find out!"
Zhu Yunwen had to order someone to investigate, if Lingbi was really so miserable. It's time for him to think about the future, whether to negotiate with Zhu Di or make a last stand.
asked about the bloody breath, not only Zhu Yunwen, but also many ordinary people smelled it, which made the already tense atmosphere even tighter.
Xiaoqiang's nose is very smart, so the smell is many times stronger than the rest of the people, so he has to hide in the house. Don't want to ask about that smell of blood.
Hu Ye also smelled that under his influence, Lingbi should be the last battle, in this battle, Zhu Di wiped out all the new forces of the imperial court, and then came to the city of Nanjing.
It's just that he couldn't think of how Zhu Di wiped out Yun Zichen's 100,000 horses and Xu Huizu's 100,000 horses, you must know that Zhu Di now has less than 80,000 people. If you want to do this, it is impossible to rely on the Divine Machine Battalion alone, after all, the flintlock pistol is not a cannon, in such a big war. It does not play a decisive role.
However, Hu Ye was wrong, and it was the flintlock pistol that played a decisive role.
Because Zhu Di blew up the embankment of the Bianhe River, the water of the Bianhe River swarmed down. swept Yun Zichen's army into pieces, so the high ground of Zhu Di's position became Yun Zichen's life-saving straw. If he did not rush to that high ground before the flood came, his army would be completely annihilated.
However, no matter how his army rushed, it would be repulsed by the Shenji Battalion, and it would accumulate into a mountain of people under the high ground!
More and more corpses finally piled up, as high as the high ground.
Finally, after tens of thousands of people were washed away by the flood, and tens of thousands of people were killed by the Shenji Battalion, Yun Zichen's army was finally safe, standing on the high mountain of human flesh, Yun Zichen's face was full of bloodstains, the hysterical shouts before had made his throat hoarse, and the team of 100,000 people was now only 20,000, he knew that he had lost this battle!
Looking at the mountain of 10,000 people piled up under his feet, he wanted to cry without tears, he also knew that he couldn't cry at this time, if even he, the coach, was desperate, the remaining 20,000 people would not be able to escape no matter what.
Fortunately, the water of the Bianhe River has been pouring for thousands of miles, and the water potential has weakened, and it is the time to retreat, if you don't leave, not only will you not be able to destroy Zhu Di's army, but in the end, these 20,000 people will have to take it in.
He didn't know what the situation was on Xu Huizu's side now, because of this situation, it was impossible for his army to send a communication soldier at all.
"Withdraw from me!"
Yun Zichen reluctantly ordered, now Zhu Di's army can be said to be unharmed, if a few people rush out, his 20,000 people will not be able to resist at all, and the only way now is to withdraw to Nanjing and make plans again.
As for how to explain after returning to Nanjing, he also thought about it, in order to deal with Zhu Di, he sacrificed 100,000 people in vain in the battle of Jiaohe, and now in Lingbi, he let Xu Huizu's 100,000 horses be cannon fodder, and finally personally sent his 80,000 soldiers into the Ghost Gate, he no longer has any face to face the people of Nanjing, and the parents of those dead soldiers must have thought of crushing him to ashes.
So he doesn't plan to live anymore, after he goes back, he hands over the military power and apologizes for his crimes with death, otherwise the hundreds of thousands of dead souls will keep him awake at night.
"Your Highness, Yun Zichen's army has retreated, should we take advantage of the victory to pursue?"
Zhu Neng saw that Yun Zichen's army had retreated, so he came to Zhu Di and asked.
"No, poor Kou Mo chases, he is definitely going back to Nanjing now, if we pursue again, they will definitely fight back to the death, the losses are too great, we are too far away from Beiping, and it is too difficult to supply." Zhu Di said very strictly, he is desperate this time, if Yun Zichen doesn't get the plan, he really doesn't know what to do, because in this Lingbi, he can't consume Yun Zichen and them.
"Your Highness, Xu Huizu's men and horses have been surrounded by us, I see that their formation is very chaotic, maybe Xu Huizu is ......" Zhang Yu came back to report to Zhu Di.
"Huh?" Zhu Di frowned, didn't he give an order not to kill Xu Huizu?
"Your Highness, swords have no eyes, let alone explosives and flintlock pistols."
Zhang Yu knew Zhu Di's worries, so he had no choice but to answer.
"Let them surrender or kill them all!" Zhu Di's heart moved, and then said, "Whoever finds Xu Huizu, whether he is dead or alive!" ”
"Yes, I'll do it." As soon as Zhang Yu gave up his hand, he immediately retreated.
However, the 20,000 people were already red-eyed, they didn't know that Yun Zichen's army had retreated, and they thought that their sacrifice could create conditions for Yun Zichen's army to win, so even though the commander was unconscious now, they still moved forward, even though they were surrounded by Zhu Di's army, they still rushed to kill.
"General, we ......"
The people of the Shenji Battalion looked at Zhang Yu, he really couldn't do it, now it is not a confrontation between the two armies, but a one-sided slaughter, all of them are the people of the Ming Dynasty.
"Listen to me! Lay down your arms and surrender! We won't embarrass you! Let you go home! Zhang Yu rode forward and shouted loudly at the endless people.
"Kill the swallow thief! Kill Zhu Di! ”
Those soldiers were unmoved, and frantically killed Zhang Yu.
Zhang Yu's face showed a trace of entanglement, this is a group of real soldiers, stronger than the enemies they have met before, and at this point, they still have to fight tenaciously.
But he is Zhu Di's general, and his duty is to clear the obstacles for Zhu Di, he can pity these soldiers, but it is impossible to have mercy.
"Let me go!"
After Zhang Yu's face showed a trace of entanglement, he had no choice but to give an order to the Shenji Battalion behind him.
Bang bang bang!
The sound of gunshots took away the lives one by one, and the blood in the air increased a little.
Seeing the lives fall in front of his eyes, Zhang Yu turned away and stopped looking at them.
In the early morning of the next day, all the remaining defenders of Fengyang were all killed, and only some wounded soldiers who groaned in pain added a touch of sadness to the dawn.
Zhang Yu ordered everyone to find Xu Huizu's body, as for the wounded soldiers he saw, he could save them, after all, now that the big thing has been done, these people are likely to become Zhu Di's army in the future.
However, what Zhang Yu didn't expect was that those wounded soldiers were also very backbone, and seeing that it was Zhu Di's army to treat them, they would rather bite their tongues and commit suicide than fall into Zhu Di's hands.
The military doctors who watched it burst into tears one by one, this is the real soldier!
In the end, they found Xu Huizu's body, and thought they were dead, but in the end, they found that Xu Huizu still had a heartbeat, so they took it back to Zhu Di's military camp.
When Zhu Di knew that Xu Huizu had a full 100,000 army, and Xu Huizu was the only one left, his resolute face finally showed sadness, not the joy of victory.
But fortunately, this situation is almost over, and the Ming Dynasty doesn't need to die anymore.
"Take good care of the treatment and bury all the soldiers! In June, we will march to Nanjing! ”
Although those were enemies, Zhu Di gave them the honor they deserved, because they deserved the word soldier!
Yun Zichen's army eventually returned to Nanjing, where they were not welcomed because they were defeated generals.
In the end, he exchanged the military power to Zhu Yunwen, this was the first time he saw Zhu Yunwen in two years, when he first met, he wanted to cry, but found that Zhu Yunwen's face was indifferent, and he couldn't see it at all in the past ten years.
He knew that Zhu Yunwen was now the emperor and needed victory, not a trace of mercy.
If possible, he would rather take 20,000 people to die in battle, but he has to consider the safety of Nanjing, if he goes forward, these 20,000 people are useless at all, and the final result is that Nanjing is empty, and as soon as Zhu Di comes, Nanjing will be broken.
So he had to bring these 20,000 people back to guard Nanjing, as for whether others understood it or not, it didn't matter anymore, anyway, after this battle, he chose to die for his country, and let all the gossip drift away with his death.
Later, after Xu Huizu's 100,000 troops were all killed, the entire city of Nanjing fell into chaos, because around Nanjing, there was no longer the strength that could stop Zhu Di's army, and Nanjing was already in danger! (To be continued......)