Jian Huaizhen saw that everyone was going to follow, and he was very moved in his heart. She thought about it, and then said to Tang Jing: "In this case, you go back and tell Lan Jing, let Lan Jing also transfer a group of people from the candle shadow to come, I am afraid it will be a little difficult to rely on the soldiers and horses of the imperial court alone." ”

When Tang was shocked to hear such a simple saying, he immediately set off for Nanjing to tell Lan Jing.

Jian Huaizhen sent scattered to call Nangong Jiuzhong to Huaiming Garden, explain everything clearly to Nangong Jiuzhong, and let Nangong Jiuzhong also gather the disciples in the confession sect and go on the expedition with her.

The confession door and the candle shadow shake red can now exist under the protection of the imperial court, and half of them can be regarded as soldiers and horses belonging to the imperial court.

When Nangong Jiuzhong and Lan Jing got the news, they naturally immediately started to prepare. In a few days, 30,000 horses had been gathered.

Lan Jing couldn't go because she was practicing martial arts in Nanjing, so she sent Tang Jingran to accompany Jian Huaizhen with a candle shadow shake red.

And Nangong Jiuzhong has always been by Jian Huaizhen's side, and he personally led the troops to the battle.

After the matter was decided, Jian Huaizhen asked the imperial court for 70,000 soldiers and horses, and walked north with the disciples of Candle Shadow Shaohong and the confession gate.

On the occasion of parting, Zhu Qizhen personally went to the city gate to pay tribute to Jian Huai, and the parting was over.

The wind is sluggish and the water is cold, and the strong man will never return.

A tragic mood suddenly spread in everyone's hearts, in addition to Jiang Shaoheng, Fang Xiao and others, Jian Huaizhen seconded six generals to the imperial court.

Each of these six generals was very experienced, and Jian Huaizhen felt that they could help him in battle.

On the way this time, it must be difficult and dangerous, and no one knows whether they can come back or not, and everyone's mood is very heavy.

After leaving the capital, everyone ran north together, and soon the army came to the Shanhai Pass.

The news that Jian Huaizhen led his troops to the expedition soon spread all over the world.

After hearing that the person leading the troops was a woman and a princess of the royal family, King Warat couldn't help but laugh up to the sky and said: "The sky is going to kill him Daming, there is really no way, is there really no one in the Ming Dynasty?" actually sent a princess of the royal family to go on the expedition, and it was really a laugh to say it. ”

Li Changqing, the advisor under the King of Warat, that is, the messenger who had been to the Ming Dynasty, said to King Warat with a solemn expression: "King, don't underestimate the enemy, I'm afraid things are not so simple. This eldest princess is quite prestigious in Daming, and it is said that she has some skills. Since Zhu Qizhen dared to let her lead the troops to the expedition this time, I am afraid that things will not be so simple. ”

King Warat didn't care at all, he glanced at Li Changqing and said, "You, a Ming man, have been here for so long, haven't you learned the courage of our Warat?" Being repelled by difficulties so easily is really unworthy of being a Warat. A mere woman fighting with tens of thousands of troops is a joke. ”

The words of the king of Warat fell into the ears of his courtiers, and everyone laughed. There was even a courtier who had no one in his eyes and said: "If the army of the Ming Dynasty had worked, that Zhu Qizhen many years ago would not have been tortured by us for ten years in Wara." It's really funny to say this, now that there is no one in the Ming Dynasty, I don't want them to make a name for themselves if they send a mere woman to fight. ”

Warat unanimously thought that Jian Huaizhen led the troops to fight, which was really a big joke, and he despised her very much in his heart, and no one took her to heart.

The king of Warat even laughed and said, "We have an army of 300,000, and they are only 100,000, so what is there to be afraid of." ”

So, the king of Warat sent people out to spy on the army.

After Jian Huaizhen and the others got out of Shanhaiguan, they arrived at a grassland. They camped on the grassland, watching Varat's every move.

At the same time, Warat's spies have come to spy on them.

Jian Huaizhen and Jiang Shaoheng, Fang Xiao, Nangong Jiuzhong, Tang Jingran and others got together to discuss the method.

Jian Huaizhen smiled bitterly: "This time I led the troops to the battle, and it was also forced by the situation, and there was really no way. I really don't have half of the experience of leading troops to fight, but this war can only be won and not defeated. If it is defeated, the Varat army will drive straight in, and the eternal foundation of our Ming Dynasty will be destroyed in their hands. ”

Jiang Shaoheng thought about the problem very comprehensively, he shook the folding fan in his hand, thought about it and said: "Now that the enemy is outnumbered, there are more than 30,000 disciples of the Candle Shadow Shake Red and the Confession Sect, although the martial arts are strong, but they don't know how to march and line up, we can only outwit the enemy, not the enemy." ”

Everyone unanimously felt that what Jiang Shaoheng said was reasonable, so they gathered together to discuss how to outwit it.

Fang Xiao looked at Jian Huaizhen, and he said: "I remember that one of the thirty-six strategies is called 'luring the enemy', how about learning from the Chu Overlord 'luring the enemy deep'?" ”

"Breaking the cauldron and sinking the boat" These four words suddenly appeared in Tang Zhenran's mind, and he said with a smile: "Master, do you mean that we are going to break the cauldron and fight against the water?" But we are always few in number, but there are many people in Warat, and they are brave and good at fighting, and we are not necessarily their opponents. ”

Fang Yu shook his head and said, "The sentence of breaking the cauldron and sinking the boat is true, but it may not be necessary to fight against the water. First of all, there is no water outside the Shanhai Pass, and secondly, I don't want to fight with them. ”

Jian Huaizhen saw that Fang Xiao seemed to be confident, so he asked, "Brother Fang, what is your plan?" Let's hear it. ”

Fang Xiao nodded slightly, and said, "Actually, my method is very simple, we are now bringing an army of 100,000, and the enemy may not know our reality. Why don't we use the method of reducing the stove to lure the enemy deep and annihilate the enemy? ”

Fang Liao's words fell in Jian Huaizhen's ears, and she immediately understood what Fang Xiao meant.

And Jiang Shaoheng is even more clever, of course, he is also a little broken.

Tang was still inexperienced, but he didn't understand what Fang Yu meant, so he asked beside him.

Jian Huaizhen said: "Your master's meaning is very simple, we now have an army of 100,000, and naturally we have 100,000 stoves for cooking. At this moment, there must have been someone sent from the Warat side to spy on our reality, so it is better for us to cook on the stove with 100,000 stoves on the first day, and then reduce it to 80,000 on the second day, and 70,000 on the third day. As the number continues day by day, the Warats, when they find out the news, will surely think that our side is outnumbered, the morale of the army is weakened, and the soldiers have fled, and then they will definitely have a desire to despise the enemy. ”

Fang Yu stroked his palm and said: "The princess is really Lan Xinhui and extremely smart, I just said the word 'broken cauldron', and you already know what I think in my heart." ”

When he said this, it seemed to imply that the two of them had a heart.

Realizing that he had said the wrong thing, he smiled slightly and said no more.

Jiang Shaoheng said on the side: "In this way, the enemy can suspect that our army is disheartened. In particular, the disciples of the Candle Shadow Shake Red and the Confession Sect may be just a group of rabble in their eyes, which is very beneficial to the war situation. Once Warat has developed contempt, we can lead him into the nearby valley. The advantage in the war is that we only need to send a few men to guard the valley. When all the Varat troops entered the valley, and then besieged them from all sides, they would surely suffer heavy losses. ”

"Clever plan, wonderful plan" Tang couldn't help but clap his hands and shout.

He admired the plan that Fang Xiaoren and others came up with, and he was very impressed in his heart.

So, everything was settled.

Warat's spies had already come to spy on Jian Huaizhen's military situation very early, and they found that on the first day, there were 100,000 stoves on the Ming side for cooking, which was reduced to 90,000 on the second day, and reduced on the third day. Ten days have passed like this, and there are only thirty or forty thousand stoves left for cooking here in Daming, and the tents they have tied are getting fewer and fewer.

When Warat's spies found out about this, they went back to report it to the king of Warat.

When King Warat heard about it, he looked up to the sky and laughed: "Sure enough, God helped me, I didn't expect that the Ming Emperor would be so mediocre that he actually sent a woman to fight, what kind of battle will this woman fight?" Sure enough, the morale of the army was discouraged, and now all the people in the army have run out. ”

One of the ministers said, "No, the king has a point. Not to mention that women lead soldiers to fight, it's a big joke to say it. It is said that the woman actually brought 100,000 troops, and 30,000 were a rabble in the rivers and lakes. And what kind of battle will this rabble fight? When they came to this grassland, they must have been disheartened, and they were afraid that they would be few enemies, so they were already scared and went back to their hometown. ”

The more the two of them talked, the happier they became, and the rest of the courtiers also chimed in.

Only Li Changqing, who came to take refuge in Wara, didn't think so in his heart, he always felt that things were not so simple.

"Is it true that the eldest princess of the Ming Dynasty just watched her current army flee and didn't care?"

Thinking of this, he said to the king of Warat: "My lord, the so-called soldiers are not tired of deceit, maybe this is the method they have used, we should be careful." ”

"Hmph, what can they do, is this king afraid of them?" King Warat glanced at Li Changqing, with a contemptuous look in his eyes, and pointed at him and said, "Are you Ming people so cowardly? ”

Li Changqing was ridiculed by King Warat like this, and he suddenly felt very depressed in his heart.

This Li Changqing was originally a Ming man, and he was sentenced to behead for killing someone before, so he waited for an opportunity to flee to Wara. Because of his intelligence, he was quickly appreciated by the local officials, and in the end he was fortunate enough to become a counselor to the king of Warat. But the king of Warat did not take him very seriously, nor did he believe his words.

Warat was stubborn and self-serving, only believing in his own strategy, and inevitably had contempt for Li Changqing.

Li Changqing was very distressed about this, but he was helpless.

"What should we do next, King?" One of the generals of Warat stepped forward and asked.

The king of Warat thought for a moment and said, "Since the Ming army now has thirty or forty thousand left, it is naturally vulnerable, and what else do we have to fear. The order was sent to go down and besiege them with all his might, to wipe them out. If you can't annihilate their army, you won't have to see me again. ”

This general's name is Li Tianyou, and he is a general who is very brave and good at fighting and using soldiers.

But at this moment, he also made the mistake of underestimating the enemy, and in his heart he always thought that the Ming army was vulnerable. What's more, at this time, the Ming Emperor actually sent an elderly woman to lead the troops to fight, which is really ridiculous to say.

It was only natural that the Ming army would flee, and he also agreed with the opinion of the Great King of Warat. Therefore, the king of Warat gave him an order, and he immediately said, "Your lord, you have made a military order. If you can't annihilate the Ming army in one fell swoop this time, the minister will commit suicide in front of you. ”

"Good, good, good" King Warat said three "good" words in a row, and said: "Courage is commendable, in that case, I will leave this matter to you to do, how many troops do you want to bring?" ”

Li Tianyou thought for a while and said, "Now that the army of the Ming Dynasty is only thirty or forty thousand people left, why should I bring too much." How about the king give me 100,000 troops? ”

Li Tianyou originally wanted 50,000 troops, but for the sake of insurance, he asked for 100,000.

King Wara immediately agreed, and the two hit it off, and Li Tianyou led the army to attack Jian Huaizhen's Ming army.

The spies sent out by Jian Huaizhen soon came with the news that the Warat army was about to start attacking them.

When Jian Huaizhen heard this, he asked, "How many troops did the Warat army send to attack?" ”

The spy replied, "Emperor Qi, the Varat army has sent 100,000 troops to attack us. ”

Jian Huaizhen smiled knowingly, and the other party said, "Brother Fang, your strategy really worked. ”

Fang Xiao also looked at her and smiled.

So Jian Huaizhen sent an order to 10,000 men to meet the Warat army and lead them into a surrounding valley. The valley was called "Tianhe Valley", and it was a natural military barrier, and the valley was very flat and surrounded by mountains, which was very beneficial for the army.

Li Tianyou and his army soon came to the front where Jian Huaizhen's army was stationed.

Jian Huaizhen ordered Nangong Jiuzhong to take 10,000 troops to meet the enemy.

Li Tianyou was very surprised to see that there were only 10,000 troops who came to meet the enemy, and the leader of the troops was a woman, which made him feel scorned. Therefore, he was very angry, so he ordered his subordinates: "If you see a Ming soldier, you will be killed." ”

"Rush", the soldiers under his command heard the general's order, and immediately everyone had the courage to fight towards the army led by Nangong Jiuzhong.

Nangong Jiuzhong had already made up his mind, and he ordered his army not to go head-to-head with Li Tianyou's army.

The army of the Ming Dynasty fought with the army of Wara, and the army of the Ming Dynasty only fought a few times and turned around and ran away.

Later, after the Warat army wounded hundreds of Ming soldiers, the Ming soldiers were so frightened that they fled together.

Li Tianyou laughed when he saw this, and said: "I have long said that the army of the Ming Dynasty is vulnerable, and now it seems that this is indeed the case. ”

The more he spoke, the more proud he became, and he stretched out his hand and pointed forward, and chased them forward, and he must annihilate them all.

At this time, Li Changqing also went out with Li Tianyou, and when he saw Li Tianyou give an order, he always felt that things were not so simple, so he opened his mouth and said to Li Tianyou: "General, the so-called poor Kou Mo chases, since they have collapsed into an army, let them escape." Why do we have to chase it? ”

Li Changqing's words made Li Tianyou feel very contemptful, and he said, "Why don't you chase it? I have already made a military order in front of the king, I want to annihilate the army of the Ming Dynasty in one fell swoop, but you have repeatedly blocked me, what do you mean? Are you a spy sent by the Ming Dynasty? ”

When Li Changqing heard Li Tianyou say this, he suddenly didn't dare to say a word.

Li Tianyou waved the flag in his hand and shouted loudly: "Rush up for me, and you must kill all the Ming army." ”

The generals under him are killing the rise, and they will not let go of the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty.

Seeing this, everyone rushed forward bravely.

Nangong Jiuzhong fled forward with 10,000 troops, and they stopped as they ran for a while, as if waiting for Li Tianyou's army to catch up.

Seeing this, Li Changqing expected that things were not what Li Tianyou thought at all, so he persuaded Li Tianyou again.

Li Tianyou not only scolded him for being a coward and a spy, but also ordered him not to go out with him anymore, threw Li Changqing halfway, and chased him with the army.

Soon, Nangong Jiuzhong brought the army to the Tianhe Valley.

In addition to one entrance, there is also an exit in the Tianhe Valley.

After Nangong Jiuzhong brought the army into the Tianhe Valley, he led the army to escape through the exit of another valley.

Where did Li Tianyou think so much, he soon led an army of 100,000 to attack into the Tianhe Valley.

An army of 100,000 entered the Tianhe Valley, only to find that there was not a single Ming army in the valley.

Only now, he Li Tianyou felt that things were not as simple as he thought, and he might really be like Li Changqing said that he had fallen into a trick.

Thinking of this, his heart tightened, and he waved his hand to the soldiers under him and said, "Withdraw for me." ”

His soldiers were also panicking, and when they saw the commander's order, they all prepared to flee.

At this moment, the two exits of the Tianhe Valley have been surrounded by the army of the Ming Dynasty, and one of them is led by Tang Jingran, which is the entrance of the Tianhe Valley. On the other side was the 10,000 troops led by Nangong Jiuzhong, and after Nangong Jiuzhong withdrew from the Tianhe Valley with the 10,000 troops from another exit, he ordered the army to guard at the mouth of the valley.

At this moment, the role of the natural military barrier of the Tianhe Valley has come into play. The so-called one husband is the pass, ten thousand people are not open, Tang Jingran and Nangong Jiuzhong each took 10,000 troops, guarding the two entrances, and the 100,000 troops in the valley could not escape.

On the other side, Jian Huaizhen, Jiang Shaoheng and Fang Xiao had another general, each with 20,000 troops, who had already surrounded the Tianhe Valley on the four hills.

After the shouts of the Ming Dynasty army sounded all over the mountains, Li Tianyou knew that he had been tricked.

He was trapped and died in the Tianhe Valley, unable to escape even if he wanted to, while Jian Huaizhen ordered his army to shoot with bows and arrows.

After shooting for a while, I heard countless screams coming from the Tianhe Valley, and it was obvious that many people had been shot to death.

Jiang Shaoheng saw that it was not a way to shoot like this, so he ordered someone to say to Jian Huaizhen: "Princess, if we continue to shoot like this, our arrows will soon run out, so it is better to think of a different way." ”

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