It turned out that there was a swamp near the campsite where Zhuzhen was camped, and it had been drizzling for days and there was a lot of water. Originally, it was not very large, but now it has expanded to a radius of several miles. Chahannao is a pasture, with continuous grass, and the swamp is also overgrown with weeds, covering it, and if you don't look closely, you can't see it at all. It's a natural trap.

Seeing that Haidong was mostly cavalry, Zhuzhen's staff had an idea, and suddenly thought of this swamp, and suggested that he might as well plan it. Zhu Zhen personally played the handsome flag, used it as a bait, deceived and fled, and led Zuo Cheer and others into the swamp.

On the battlefield, the situation must change rapidly. First, there was Lei Timur's plan if he didn't spend it, and now there is Zhuzhen's plan for it. At that moment, Zhuzhen gathered the neighboring routs, together with the personal soldiers and guards of the headquarters, about 1,000 people, raised the handsome flag high, shook it in front of Lu Qianxi, Zuo Che'er and others, shouted, crossed the camp, and went straight to the west.

Lu Qian's eyes were sharp, and he saw that there was a person under the command of the Yuan Marshal, with a golden helmet and bright armor, riding a high-headed horse, surrounded by dozens of generals, who seemed to be generals, and asked anxiously who was left and right. One of his generals, who has always been fierce and whose name is Zeng Sheng, is good at using a flying rope, that is, he slapped his horse forward, caught a small colonel of the Yuan army, pulled him closer, and asked: "Who is the person with the long beard who fled in front of him?" ”

"Marshal Takezhen."

Zeng Sheng raised his knife and cut off the head of the little colonel, and hundreds of cavalry shouted in unison: "The one with long beard and golden armor is Zhuzhen, Hugh called Zhuzhen away." Lu Qianxi took the lead in the conflict, gave up the generals in the Yuan military camp, raised swords and guns at the same time, fought a bloody way, and chased after the handsome banner of Zhuzhen.

Lu Qianshi and Zuo Che'er broke into the Yuan military camp one after another.

At this time, Zuo Che'er was hundreds of meters behind Lu Qian's 12th Division, and he also saw Zhuzhen's handsome flag, so he didn't want to pay attention to it, but suddenly saw that in the chaotic army, Lu Qian's 12 clamored forward. Zuo Che'er said: "How can a general flee for his life, but deliberately raise a handsome flag, wear a golden helmet and bright armor, and expose his whereabouts?" It is clear that the thief has a trick. "Hurriedly moved forward left and right, wanting to call back Lu Qianxi.

However, between the two armies, it seems that it is not far away, and there are several camps in between. After a slight delay, Lu Qianxi had already gone far. Zuo Che'er went out with him to get on the horse thief, and his friendship was irreversible, knowing that the enemy had treacherous schemes, and he could not abandon him. He improvised and left his deputy to continue to set fire to the Yuan camp, bringing more than 100 elites to kill the Yuan army that was in the way, and rushed to Lu Qianshi to chase after him.

When the two of them went for a short time, Lei Timur did not spend time to arrive.

Lei Timur did not spend until he was received by Zuo Che'er's subordinates, and had just been surrounded by the cavalry of the Yuan army. Of the more than 700 subordinates, there are only more than 200 survivors at this time. In the chaotic army array, the horses exchanged guns, he saw Lu and Zuo going away, he felt strange in his heart, and asked Zuo Che'er's deputy: "Two marshals, why are you going west?" ”

"It's to chase the thief Shuai Zhuzhen."

Lei Timur was not shocked, he said: "Before our army came, the prime minister had a special explanation, only seeking to kill and wound, and not to fight. If you succeed in one blow, you will quickly escape thousands of miles. The military camp of Shetar didn't care, but dared to chase a thief and marshal, wouldn't he be reluctant to seek the near and far? Ridiculous! Ridiculous! ”

"So what should my ministry do?"

Lei Timur didn't take a look to look left and right, and saw that there were fires everywhere in the Yuan military camp, and at a cursory glance, there were dead and wounded everywhere, and the purpose of killing and wounding should have been basically achieved.

He remembered the promise he had made to Deng She, turned his horse and looked into the distance, and discerned the location of Zhuzhen's camp, and said: "The Tartars still have a garrison in the city of Chahannaoer, and they have been fighting so far, or they have already received the news, so they must be guarded. You will follow me to insert this flag into Zhuzhen's camp, and then answer the two marshals of Lu and Zuo, and immediately withdraw the army. ”

After finishing speaking, he ordered one or two fierce generals, one named Wang San and the other named Li Si, to hurriedly chase Lu and Zuo, pass on the general's order, and order them to come back quickly. He brought about 200 people from his headquarters, danced flags and drew swords, killed and slashed indiscriminately, and ran to the camp of Zhuzhen Shuai.

The words are divided into two ends, but they say that Wang San and Li Si, one of them has few people, and the other is not in love with war, and he chooses the gap of the Yuan army to kill, so the speed is not slow. Soon caught up with Zuo Che'er, Zuo Che'er said: "I'm afraid that the Tartars are cheating, if they are ambushed in front, Marshal Lu will go deep alone, and I'm afraid that something will happen." The two of you continue to chase him and call him back. I then answered. ”

Wang San and Li Si received the order, and if they went further, they had already left the camp of the Yuan army.

Without the barrier of the camp, Lu Qianshi ran faster, and the two of them couldn't catch up. I saw that the two Biao army horses in front of me were getting farther and farther, and the infantry of the Yuan army stopped from time to time to block the Haidong cavalry. After the Haidong cavalry rushed away, they continued to pursue. Turn two corners and come to a large pasture. Suddenly, hearing the shouts of killing, the marshal of the Yuan army walked away, and Lu Qian's twelve troops were too late to restrain their horses and fell into the swamp one after another.

Wang San and Li Sisi shouted: "Bitter! "When they want to go forward, there are only two of them, and that is to die. Helpless, turning the horse's head, one rushed to report to Zuo Che'er, and the other went back to Yuanying to deliver a letter to Lei Timur.

But said Lu Qianxi. He knew that it was not good, and he fell for the plot of the Yuan army. The swamp is not deep, but it is not shallow, and half of the horse's legs are sunk in, and it is difficult to drive it around. He chased Zhuzhen all the way, the horse was very fast, and suddenly fell into the swamp, many cavalry were in a hurry, even people and horses, like dumplings, and fell down. Before he could get up, the cavalry behind him crashed into him again, pressed down on his body, and made a mess.

The Yuan army also fell into the swamp, but they were foot soldiers and were guarded, and soon crawled out and arranged an encirclement around the Haidong cavalry. Zhuzhen gave an order, and ten thousand arrows were fired. There were three or two brave Haidong soldiers, jumped off their horses, broke out, the mud entangled their legs, could not walk fast, and were killed by arrows one after another.

The Polo army may not be as good at fighting as the Chakhan Timurid Division, but in the Yuan army, including the northern and southern heroes, it is also a well-known and one of the best male divisions.

Since Polo's father replied to the loss of Badulu to raise troops, it has been seven or eight years, has exterminated the third class of the Buwang rebels, turned to the north and south, and the Song regime has also repeatedly clashed, once besieged Bozhou, forcing King Xiao Ming to go to Anfeng. Later, due to Liu Futong's counter-plot, Badulu died of grief and anger. After his death, Polo Timur gained the right to unify the army, and even more dominated, winning many great victories, defeating Sha Liu Er and Mr. Guan in Pengcheng and Fengzhou, and capturing the Song regime's Caozhou Province.

This army is much stronger than Haidong's previous opponents.

The robbery camp of Zuo Che'er and others, it was a thousand-mile attack and a surprise, no matter whose army it was placed in, in the face of this situation, it would inevitably lead to a rout. Although Zhuzhen was defeated, she did not panic, leading Lu Qianxi into a swamp. The Yuan army had the upper hand, and the well-trained side was soon revealed.

Archers in the rear, spearmen in front.

Lu Qianxi organized a breakthrough, and without even touching the edge of the swamp, he was repulsed one after another. He was covered in mud and water. He was hit by an arrow in his left shoulder, and blood gushed like a fountain. For the first time, when he fell into a swamp and the old revolution encountered new problems, he knew very well that he had to change this situation of being beaten passively as soon as possible, otherwise it would not be long before the entire army under his command would be wiped out.

He commanded all his men to dismount, pushed their mounts forward, and with the help of cover, bent down and launched another charge.

Zeng Sheng rushed to the front, he aimed at one of the generals of the Yuan army, threw the zipline, lassoed him, and pulled back sharply. The general of the Yuan army was unsteady on his feet, and he climbed into the swamp with a rolling belt. The swamp was muddy, which suddenly slowed down the castration of the Yuan army general, so that he had time to draw his short sword, pull the zipline with one hand, and cut it off. Zeng Sheng hurried up, trying to drag him down, but a rain of arrows came, so he had to retreat.

Cavalry is not like foot soldiers, and they do not carry large shields. Their shields were small, round, and placed on their left arm, and when they charged on horseback, they could block the enemy's arrows, swords, and spears. Once encircled and lost the advantage of speed, this small shield will not play a protective role at all.

Moreover, they are thousands of miles away, and in order to improve mobility, they wear all light armor, which is not conducive to defense. For a time, in the swamp for several miles, hundreds of cavalry struggled to resist in the mud with arrows and firearms like locusts, and were killed and wounded. In less than half an hour, there were nearly 100 casualties.

Zhuzhen turned to the high ground and commented with his cronies, looking up and laughing from time to time.

Lu Qianshi saw it in his eyes and was angry in his heart. He was so angry and careless that he fell into the trap of the Yuan army, implicating the brothers who lived and died together in danger. He snapped the arrow on his shoulder, spurted out a mouthful of blood, and cried out, "My life is not worth losing here today." When he was dying, he also had to drag this Tartar Zhuzhen and go down to the underworld with him, thinking that he would be a companion. ”

He shouted violently, joined forces with his two own soldiers, raised a horse that had been shot and killed, blocked the front, and took the lead in launching another breakthrough counterattack. He was ashamed and angry, regardless of life and death, he really had the courage of ten thousand people, the arrows were like rain, he couldn't meet his eyelashes, the muffled sound of puff was endless, and in a moment, I don't know how many arrows shot into the body of the war horse.

He rushed to the shore.

The spearmen of the Yuan army on the shore stabbed three or four spears at the same time. He held the horse in his right hand and spread out his left arm, and caught three of them, ignoring the remaining one to penetrate his lower abdomen. He suddenly exerted his strength, and actually cut off the spearhead, then pulled out the spear on his lower abdomen, followed the handle of the spear, dragged the Yuan sergeant who stabbed him closer, snatched the spear, and inserted it into his neck with his backhand.

He wiped the blood from his face, wrapped his lower abdomen with a cloak, raised his arms and shouted: "Kill the enemy!" Fight the enemy! ”

The Haidong soldiers, who were in a desperate situation, witnessed his courage and mustered up courage. One by one, they were covered in mud, fell and got up, followed behind him, and desperately broke through. Lu Qianshi headed towards the high ground where Zhuzhen was standing, and bravely covered the kill. While rushing to kill, the war horse he was holding suddenly sank, and he turned his eyes to look, but it was the two personal soldiers of the horse on the other side, who were hit by the guns of the Yuan army, and fell to the ground.

Lu Qianxi simply dropped his horse, pulled out his saber, and strode into battle.

The arrows of the Yuan army were powerful, he cut down the shield bearers of the two Yuan army, grabbed a shield, held it in front of him, kicked over a hundred households killed on the opposite side, smashed the shield down, broke the leg of the man, rolled down and screamed. So in this way, Lu Qianshi shouted to kill the enemy, shouted and fought, and every step of the way, one person must be killed.

The general is the courage of the army.

He was so brave that all the soldiers of Haidong fought for their lives. Like a dragon going to sea, where it passes, it is intimidating. The Yuan army was defeated and retreated, and Lu Qian12 and dozens of soldiers were released ashore. As soon as Zhuzhen Shuai's flag waved, a team of military horses was killed on both sides, and they came sideways, isolating the Haidong soldiers who were still in the swamp, dividing and outflanking, and surrounding Lu Qianxi.

Zeng Sheng saw that the situation was impossible, and urgently asked Lu Qianshi to retreat for the time being, so as not to come up and attack the Yuan army back and forth, which would inevitably be unable to resist. Lu Qianxi was furious, didn't look back, and said, "Talk about it when the Tartar comes to my back!" "Blood-stained robes, no retreat, hard fighting.

At the last moment, the Yuan army camp suddenly rioted. A hurried sound of horses' hooves reached everyone's ears. Lu Qianshi looked up and saw a person in red clothes and red armor, making a red tassel gun, riding a red horse, with more than 100 elite horsemen, like a tiger and a wolf, killing into the encirclement of the Yuan army, breaking the formation and capturing the flag, and there was almost no general under him, and in a blink of an eye, he scattered the periphery of the Yuan army.

Zhuzhen on the high ground was shocked and asked, "Who is this?" ”

The man replied: "I am under the command of General Haidong, and Zuo Che'er is also." But it was he who got Wang San's news and hurried to rescue Lu Qianxi.

In the conflict formation of the left car, he went straight through the encirclement and rushed close to Lu Qianxi. Among his subordinates, some of them were killed in battle, and there were war horses empty, so he ordered them to be brought over and pull Lu Qian and twelve on their horses. Lu Qianxi was wounded in many places, and he was really not durable to fight. If there is no help from the left car, I am afraid that I will really die here.

"Marshal Lu, go quickly, our army has its own salvation in the swamp."

How could Lu Qianshi just leave? He urged the horse with a horizontal sword, divided the left chariot and twenty or thirty cavalry, captured the thief and captured the king first, and still rushed to Zhuzhen. Regardless of whether he can take Zhuzhen or not, at least his rush can take away the attention of the Yuan army and relieve the pressure on Zuo Che'er to rescue the cavalry trapped in the swamp.

The fierce battle is here, and the sky is bright.

Left Che ordered half of his men to kill the enemy, and half of them galloped along the swamp to pick up the soldiers in the swamp. As more and more soldiers went ashore, gaps gradually appeared in the encirclement of the Yuan army. Zeng Sheng's mount died in battle, he had no horse, and followed the horse on foot in the left cart, saving several soldiers out. Someone pointed to the east and shouted, "Look! ”

Zeng Sheng turned his head to look, and through the heavy positions, he saw a flag coming from far and near. He breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Marshal Lei has arrived, and our army has been saved." ”

At this moment, three cannons rang out from the south. Overwhelmed, the reinforcements of the Yuan army were killed. The first general, the banner raised, it is clear to see, but it is from the city of Chahannaoer. Everyone was overjoyed, and when they saw the enemy, they couldn't help but look at each other and cry bitterly: "But what should I do?" ”

Zuo Che'er reprimanded: "The enemy is all foot soldiers, and I am a cavalryman." And Zhuzhen's headquarters is about to collapse, so what are you afraid of? Although Marshal Lu was seriously wounded, he fought to the death. Although I can't do it, I don't dare to retreat. A good man sees death as if he were at home. I heard that the brave wins when they meet on a narrow road. Armies, and though I go forward, I will scatter the enemy's formations. ”

The three armies agreed and immediately fell into battle one after another.

Lei Timur was not in a hurry, and he did not bring many people and horses, but mostly for the headquarters. The Yuan army in Chahan's brain city came to say that there were more than a thousand. The flag is like a forest, and the dust and smoke are raised. Lei Timur does not spend the part, and all have the intention of cowardice. This is not to blame them, from the fourth watch to the present, they have not had a moment of rest, everyone is injured, and they are really exhausted.

The cronies and generals who had persuaded Lei Timur not to spend money to preserve his strength once again jumped on his horse, reined in the bridles, and persuaded hard: "The second marshal of Lu and Zuo is deeply surrounded by the enemy. The Tartars are powerful, and there are only about 200 people in our department. Marshal, don't fight lightly.

"The camp of the Yuan army, which was raided by our army and burned by fire, killed and wounded no more than two or three thousand. The task of our army's rush has been completed. Even if he returns to the army at this time, the prime minister can't say anything. Marshal, you first joined Haidong, and you are not a confidant. If there is no more part, what will be done? Go without saying. For the sake of the future, please withdraw your troops. ”

Lei Timur was not angry, and said: "The prime minister treats me with sincerity, now General Xiaolu is under siege, I sit back and don't save me, even if I can survive, what will I see when I go back to see the heroes of Haidong?" At present, the great enemy is in danger, and he does not care about life and death! Not to mention selfishness! With the back of the knife slapped down the hand of the general, the army rushed forward and took the lead.

He galloped to the aid of Lu Qianxi.

Lei Timur does not spend time on resourcefulness, and is good at striking east and west, vertical and horizontal. He knew that the battle situation in front of him was like this, and instead of directly going to save Lu Qianxi and Zuo Che'er, it was better to intercept the reinforcements of the Yuan army. As long as it is intercepted, Zuo Che'er and Lu Qianxi have a little room to relax, fight their way out of the encirclement, and then combine the three armies in one place, so that they will have a chance to retreat.

His plan was good, but there was an unexpected turn in the details.

When Lu Qianxi was about to rush to the high ground where Zhuzhen was, he was finally seriously injured and fell off his horse. At this time, Zuo Che'er rescued almost all the soldiers who fell into the swamp, he was dressed in red and red armor, and urged the horse to rescue Lu Qianxi for the second time. Zhu Zhen praised: "Sacrifice life and forget death, although you are under siege, you still care about your robe." What a brave and affectionate general. "The order was left and right, Pegasus went down, and shouted in unison, trying to surrender him.

The left car fell on deaf ears.

He took Zeng Sheng, the two of them on a horse, and killed Lu Qianduo to the left. Zeng Sheng brought more than one zipline, took out the spare one, threw it out, dragged Lu Qianxi, and dragged it over. The left car jumped off the horse and helped Lu Qianxi to get on the mount. He raised his spear and threw it, and in the middle of a Yuan army general who came to surrender, the man screamed and fell from his horse. The left cart sped forward, snatched his mount, and turned over and jumped on.

Among the millions of troops, the left chariot killed people and seized horses, as if entering a no-man's land.

Zeng Sheng took Lu Qianxi and urged the horse to go away. Zuo Che'er got Zhuzhen's attention, but fell into a siege. Zhu Zhen came to the front of the battle in person and said loudly: "The red-armored generals in the formation have listened." You are alone, accompanied by no more than three or two horsemen, surrounded on all sides, although there is foreign aid, the reinforcements of our army have already arrived. You have no way out, so why not rappel? Some, Takesada. Have mercy on your bravery, and if you will surrender to me, you will use it again. ”

Left car ignored it.

He lost his spear and switched to a saber. The Yuan army released Lu Qianxi and firmly surrounded him. Several of the cavalrymen accompanying him were killed one after another. As soon as the Yuan army was too much, it gradually shrank the encirclement, and the mounts were no longer needed, and the gallop could not be completed. He rode on a horse, but became a conspicuous target.

Strong bows and crossbows, fire guns in bursts.

His hood was shot down by the Yuan army, and he was hit by several arrows in the back of his chest. He wore his hair disheveled, bit a strand of hair at his mouth, abandoned his horse, and fought on foot. Standing on the high ground, Zhuzhen could see the overall situation of the battle, and said: "Your reinforcements are entangled by my reinforcements, and the wounded general has also escaped from the encirclement. They were ready to retreat. No one will come to your rescue again, isn't it a pity that you have such courage and die like this? If you will surrender to me, you will treat her as a confidant. ”

An arrow came from the side, a crossbow that pierced the breastplate of the left chariot.

The arrow was fierce, and the left car staggered back a few steps. He swung his knife and cut out, cutting down two of the approaching Yuan army, due to excessive blood loss, he gradually felt that his eyes were blurred, he cheered up, drummed up and shouted, "I am under the command of General Haidong, and Zuo Che'er is also!" ”

"If you will surrender to me, you will be treated by the above."

The left car counted in and out of the enemy formation, almost out of strength, usually wielding a wishful saber, as if there was the weight of Mount Tai. He saw the enemy's spears piercing him, and he was powerless to dodge. Because of Zhuzhen's orders, the Yuan army did not kill the killer and stabbed him in the right arm with the knife. With a thud, the saber fell to the ground.

He bit the tip of his tongue, stimulated himself with pain, and shouted: "I am under the command of General Haidong, and Zuo Che'er is also!" ”

Such loyal, brave, and affectionate people are really rare. Zhuzhen was in awe, got off the horse, and arched his hand: "If the general is willing to surrender, he will be recommended to the marshal." Zhuzhen is willing to stand side by side with the general and share the robe. ”

The left cart leans on its mount and sits on the ground.

He grudgingly grasped the saber and re-grasped it in his hand, opened his eyes, looked at Zhuzhen with contempt, and turned to look at the Yuan soldiers around him. He remembered what Dun She had told them: "Man is inherently mortal, either heavier than Mount Tai or lighter than a feather." "Where righteousness lies, death is not a pity.

With blue sky and white clouds overhead, he was in ambush on all sides. The red armor on his body is no longer known whether it is its original color, or whether it is stained red with blood. He unraveled his armor, revealing scars all over his body. The sound of Zhuzhen's surrender gradually faded away, and the shouts of the Yuan army to kill gradually disappeared.

The past years flashed before his eyes. He stroked the scars on his body one by one, rebelled, joined the army, and killed the enemy. Fengzhou fled, Yongping raised troops, became the captain of Deng She's personal soldiers, outside Shuangcheng, and attacked the Goryeo military camp at night. vividly remembered, until today's number of rushing to the enemy array, two rescued Lu Qianxi. This scar is the memory of his twenty years of life. In a short life, vigorous. Died in battle, shrouded in horse leather. The big husband should be like this. He has nothing to regret.

He exerted all his strength and shouted: "I am under the command of General Haidong, and Zuo Che'er is also!" ”

Then he killed himself with a horizontal knife.

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1, Caozhou Province.

In the seventeenth year of Zheng, in March, Sheng Wen Yuke Caozhou (now Heze, Shandong) of the Song regime set up Caozhou Province and served as Pingzhang. (The Yidu Province of the Song regime was also set up in March of that year.) The Western Route Army of the Red Turban Northern Expedition, Bai Buxin, Dadao Ao, and Li Xixi, were Sheng Wenyu's subordinates. Answer: Badulu once attacked Caozhou, but was defeated.

In the eighteenth year of Zheng, Polo Timur led the armies to attack Caozhou. "Participating in politics Kuang Fu unified the Miao army from the west gate, Polo Timur entered from the north gate, recovered Caozhou, captured and killed the puppet official Prime Minister Wu and Qiu Zhiyuan, and obtained seals, gold medals and other things."

Soon after the fall of Caozhou Province, in December of the 18th year of Zheng, the Song regime set up Liaoyang Province.

Sheng Wenyu was one of the first people in the uprising of Han Shantong and Liu Futong, and together with Du Zundao, he served as the prime minister of the Song regime, and his position was still above Liu Futong. However, later Liu Futong seized power and killed Du Zundao, and Sheng Wenyu was probably squeezed out of the center of the regime, and the garrison was in Caozhou.

The status of Caozhou Province is very important, it is the hub connecting Shandong and Bianliang, Caozhou fell, Bianliang and Shandong cut off echo.