Chapter 2: The Drums of War
A black-armored soldier galloped past. The dust and smoke that were raised did not disperse for a long time. The leading general, if anyone saw it, would definitely drop his jaw in surprise, because it was just a teenager.
"I'll give you 3,000 Pixiu troops, you have to travel day and night, ignore any obstacles along the way, and go straight to Dadu. Kang Mingyu's words made Ma Jia extremely excited.
Huo Quzhi, who went on an expedition against the Huns, was best at the technique of long-distance running. Ma Jia has the war spirit Huo Qu's disease, and he naturally likes this kind of rush. Ma Jia is a surname who likes to be lively, but he didn't expect that he would go deep alone, in case he failed, he was afraid that there would be Yuan troops everywhere in the world who captured their master and apprentice. The crisis of life and death is related to the front line.
Kang Mingyu finally made up his mind, adopted Fang Chiye's suggestion, sent troops to attack Dadu, and praised Timur as the next Yuan Emperor.
Fang Chiye said: "The suffering of all the people in the world is related to the emperor, not to themselves. If you can indulge Emperor Yuan, you will definitely be able to let the people of the world live and work in peace and contentment, and the merit is immeasurable. β
Although Kang Mingyu had other considerations in his heart, he didn't explain it to Fang Chiye. Since this battle is very important, Kang Mingyu will use all the forces in his hands, which will make him have a proper goal, but he is not afraid that his Yuan army will not be able to fight unfavorably.
Since you can't fail, and you can't prolong it, you should leave all your worries behind and completely cut off the way back. This is exactly the strategy used by Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, to break the cauldron and fight Zhang Han's battle for fame.
Gathering all the soldiers and horses that could be controlled in Huguang Province, Kang Mingyu gave up all the old, weak, sick and disabled, and infantry baggage, and took Ma Jia's Pixiu army as the edge, and Lu Bu led 50,000 selected troops to follow. Kang Mingyu and Fang Chiye led 80,000 Ezhou soldiers and horses. Along the way, he did not fight any Yuan soldiers at all, and when he encountered the Yuan army stationed there, he made a detour. All supplies were plundered from the lands they passed. Lightly armed and fast, the soldiers pointed directly at the capital of the Yuan Dynasty.
The royal family competes for the throne to see which side can be recognized by powerful officials from all walks of life across the country and give their help. With the soldiers and horses of one province and one place, after all, they can't fight against the soldiers of the whole country, so throughout the ages, the successful coups are all on the temple, countless fools raise troops in the territory, the rebellion of the eight kings of the Han Dynasty, and the Anlushan of the Tang Dynasty, although they began to be very vigorous, but in the end they all ended up defeated and killed.
Kang Mingyu and Fang Chiye are both well aware of this, so if they don't move, once they launch, they will smash the Yellow Dragon with the momentum of thunder. All the territory, goods, and population of Huguang Province were all abandoned.
The place is in turmoil, unless the general trend of the world is gone. At the threshold of changing the dynasty, there are hungry people everywhere to respond, it is impossible to overthrow the dynasty with soldiers and horses alone, when Chen Sheng Wu Guang, the late Song Dynasty Zhong Xiang Yang, is not the right time, although the momentum is very large, but the imperial court continues to transfer troops from all over the country to strangle.
However, Fang Chiye and Kang Mingyu were not all in rebellion. They have the orthodox heir of Emperor Yuan in their hands, and when the dynasty Ningzong is newly established, he is only seven years old, how can he sit on the throne so quickly. As long as they can approach Dadu, Kang Mingyu and Fang Chiye plan to join forces with Lu Bu and Zhao Yun to assassinate Ning Zong, as long as this little emperor goes, Tu Timur is a legitimate candidate for succession, and he doesn't even need a large army to fight to achieve his goal.
As soon as Kang Mingyu left, Ezhou was suddenly in chaos.
Whether it was Long Yue'er of the East China Sea Demon Clan, or the forces lurking in this place, they originally thought that they had been dealing with Kang Mingyu for a long time, but they didn't expect that the situation would take a sharp turn like a peak canyon. Kang Mingyu poured out of the nest and threw a mess of Nuoda into the hands of these guys with ulterior motives.
More than 100,000 troops are moving, and it is impossible to be silent. When the Empress Dowager Wenzong of Dadu, Yan Timur and others learned of the news, and urgently ordered the mobilization of the army, but it was too late.
Between Huguang Province and Zhongshu Province, there are still Henan and Jiangbei provinces. Although it is only more than 1,700 miles from Ezhou to Dadu, it needs to cross the Yellow River. It is impossible for the cavalry to rush and raid quickly, and Kang Mingyu needs a buffer to buy time.
Because most of them had secretly transferred troops to Liege, who would have thought that there would be such a madman, abandoning the foundation to fight back. When they received the news, the armies of Ma Jia and LΓΌ Bu had already crossed the Yellow River. I didn't have time to react for a while. The holy decree of mobilizing soldiers and horses was sent out one after another, but no one knew which way the soldiers and horses had great magical powers and could arrive in time to reach the capital. The Yuan Dynasty established the country with soldiers and horses, and most of the capital itself naturally had a cowardly Xue army stationed there, and more than 100,000 Mongolian iron cavalry. It's just that the emperor in the middle of the court is newly mourned, and the situation is unstable, even if a powerful minister like Yan Timur has experienced a hundred battles in his life, he doesn't know how to win or lose this battle.
"There is a strong city in front, and reinforcements in the back. This battle is very difficult!" Similarly, the side that launched such a frenzied offensive did not have the slightest certainty about this kind of action.
Fang Chiye and Kang Mingyu pressed the army behind, in order to solve the nearest pursuers on this road of Lie Ge, so as to gain time.
Although he had planned to set up an ambush for a long time, Kang Mingyu was still worried at this time. Now their biggest advantage is that Liege said that they had to jump even though they knew that there was a fire pit in front of them. Leave the jurisdiction of Huguang Province and enter the jurisdiction of Zhongshu Province. Fang Chiye was proficient in the geography of the mountains and rivers in the world, and had long predicted the marching route of Liege.
The enemy army in Ezhou was lost suddenly, and then received the news that the enemy army rushed to the capital, and Liege said that even if he fought for his life, he could only chase after him with all his troops. Fang Chiye planned carefully, and the first two groups of military horses walked secretly, and when Lie Ge got the news, it was too late to intercept them.
Kang Mingyu didn't know enough and didn't know the name of the place, and the name of the place in Fang Chiye's mind was still more than a thousand years ago. The two of them are high on a hill, looking into the distance, they have seen the billowing dust and smoke, and they know each other and smile, but their moods are different.
This place, close to the official road, is the fastest way for Liege to wave his army back to the capital. If you take a detour, although the distance is shorter, it is by no means suitable for cavalry marching. The infantry Liege said that there was no way to rush back to Dadu in time.
Fang Chiye offered advice: "The art of war is cloudy, and it is half crossed. Naturally, the Mongol generals were also well versed in the art of war, and when crossing the Yellow River, they must be careful. We're doing the opposite. Don't cross the Yellow River first, stay in Henan, wait for the enemy army to cross the river, cover the past from behind, cross the river in front of you is very urgent, it seems that there is a way out, and you will definitely not try your best to counterattack, and most of the army will desperately rush to cross. When crossing the river, the Lord will inevitably be in the rear and will not cross the Yellow River first. The purpose of this battle was to kill the main general of the Yuan army. After that, we don't have to care about the scattered army on this road, and go directly to Dadu to pick up General Lu Bu and your little apprentice Ma Jia. β
Kang Mingyu thought so at the time, looked at the rolling Yuan soldiers, and went straight to the Yellow River ferry, Kang Mingyu quietly passed the military order to his subordinates.
The divine thought was silent, and the two forsythia on Kang Mingyu's wrists were prompted by his true qi and became active suddenly. The cyan one was one bow and one long, turning into a cyan halberd one foot long and four feet long, and the black one, twisted one by one, turned into a black big bow.
Kang Mingyu backhanded the cyan halberd in front of the horse, and pulled out the arrow from his back quiver, squinting slightly, already aiming at the team of the overseers who followed. Kang Mingyu's eyes are so sharp, even if they are thousands of steps apart, they can already clearly see that Lie Ge said, Wang Fulong, Baili Void and others are discussing military affairs.
"Today, in this battle, a few of you will stay, and you will be ghosts here!"
Kang Mingyu lightly dried and pulled the bowstring. The long arrow attached to the big black bow seemed to disappear in an instant, and when it reappeared, it was already close to Liege's cheek.
Lie Ge said that when he got the news, he was very puzzled by Kang Mingyu's behavior of looking for death. According to the art of war, Kang Mingyu's actions are undoubtedly dead. But when he pursued, he did not dare to be careless. Although he only fought one battle with Kang Mingyu, he fought several times with Lu Bu. I know a lot about this force that suddenly appeared, and even the other party is by no means a fool who doesn't know the art of war.
Although he pursued him very quickly along the way, he was still cautious. Along the way, I couldn't stop discussing with Wang Fulong and Baili Void. Xiahou was highly skilled in martial arts, but he was not proficient in the art of war, so he did not join their discussion.
He had always been worried about being ambushed at the crossing of the Yellow River, and Liege said that he was very cautious when crossing the river. When he was discussing military affairs, he suddenly felt a sharp wind blowing, and a killing intent appeared on his side out of thin air. Lie Ge said that the golden gun counterattacked, but it was like hitting a 10,000-pound boulder, his arm was numb by a strong shock, and a scorching flame poured into his body along the golden gun.
In just an instant, Liege was seriously injured.
Under the sudden change in the situation, Baili Void and Wang Fulong were both caught off guard. When Liege was injured, they saw that the long arrow that was picked by Liege's golden spear had been shattered. The two of them gasped.
According to the direction, the archers must be on the hills in the distance, and at such a large distance, the two of them can barely shoot at themselves. But the distance is so far away, the strength is still condensed, and even Liege can't stop an arrow. Moreover, the killing intent on the long arrow was so cleverly concealed that it was only noticed when it was close to the three of them, and the martial arts of the arrow sender were really earth-shattering, and the ghosts and gods had no chance to measure it.
Liege said that he vomited half a mouthful of blood and endured the soreness on his arm. He ordered in front of his horse: "Beware of someone lying in ambush, and the whole army is on alert." Before he could finish speaking, several frenzied cavalry had already slashed out from all sides.
The ambush location chosen by Kang Mingyu was just right for the troops to divide the road and cover up on all sides.
Woe to Xiao Wall, the incident changed suddenly, Lie Ge said that he was seriously injured by Kang Mingyu's secret arrow, and he didn't have time to command the army. From the very beginning, the situation fell into a one-sided scene. The Ezhou army was not very strong, and Kang Mingyu had not trained seriously. It's just that Liege's army came from all directions, although it was elite, but Liege said that he couldn't command it like an arm, he was seriously injured, and Baili Void and Wang Fulong couldn't command this group of troops.
fell into a situation of fighting on their own, and only Liege said that his cowardly Xue army could completely obey the dispatch.
Kang Mingyu took the lead, and the cyan halberd in his palm turned into a cyan tornado, rolling up countless bloody rains. Kang Mingyu's purpose in this battle was to kill Lie Ge on the spot, of course, he would not care about his own strength, with his martial bravery, even if he was a general who led the troops, there was no enemy. Beheaded two centurions one after another, Kang Mingyu was extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye, he had rushed to Liege not far away.
The cowardly Xue army was the personal soldier of the Mongolian emperor, and it has always been strong in battle, and it swept across the Eurasian continent and was invincible. Kang Mingyu handed out a halberd, although he picked four cowardly Xue Jun, but he was not only forced to take a step back. The two armies are fighting, unless the battle array is chaotic, otherwise no matter how great the martial arts are, it will never be able to match 10,000 people.
At the beginning, the killing was easy, but Kang Mingyu forgot that the battle formation was different from the martial arts battle. As soon as Pu Yi was blocked, he killed the surname, the halberd swept, and in an instant, he chopped, stabbed, and killed more than ten people in a row. This momentum like a mad tiger made Lie Ge and the others who were under the protection of the cowardly Xue Army be taken away for a while, and they actually forgot to rush forward.
However, the Baili Void reacted the fastest, if it was killed by Kang Mingyu like cutting melons and vegetables, it would be a chill to kill the cowardly soldiers of the Xue Army, but I was afraid that the later the start, the lower the morale. He let out a long roar, trying to boost the morale of the army, pressed the saddle and jumped into the air, and slashed away with a palm in the air.
The corners of his mouth were raised, and Kang Mingyu smiled coldly. A red light burst from behind, and a fierce ape with a fiery red body, its claws parted and closed with a large stream of flames, facing the palm power of the Hundred Miles Void.
At this time, Wang Fulong, who then pounced, was shocked in his heart: "What kind of demon method does this person make, he is so domineering?" He didn't know what the power of Kang Mingyu's star primordial god was, seeing that the fire monkey was full of flames, fierce and unparalleled, for fear that the hundred miles of void would be injured, he didn't have time to attack Kang Mingyu first, and hurriedly smashed it down, wanting to share a part of the pressure for the hundred miles of void.
The martial arts practiced by Wang Fulong originally belonged to the fire system. Overcoming fire with fire, although it was burned back by the true fire of the stars, it attracted most of the firepower, allowing the hundred-mile void to disperse the approaching flames and retreat.
Defeated in one move, the two of them were shocked, they had never fought with Kang Mingyu, how did they know that this seemingly ordinary little Taoist priest actually had this ability. "I'm afraid that there are few people in the world who can stop this little Taoist. β
The two glanced at each other in unison, and both saw the fear in each other's hearts. Among the new generation of young masters in Mongolia, they have always been the strongest, usually looking at the four seas, quite a hero in the world but such a thought, now I met Kang Mingyu, younger than them, martial arts and Taoism are even more thorough, the psychological impact on the two can be imagined.
"Cowardly Xue Jun, kill me!"
Liege hoarsely ordered loudly. At this time, life and death were on the front line, and he didn't care about anything else, forcibly suppressed his injuries, and waved a golden gun to join the battle group.
Kang Mingyu singled out the three masters, and Fang Chiye had already found Xiahou Jue.
"Today, we will win a battle. I just don't know what the battle of Dadu will look like in a tragic battle?" "Xiahou Jue is known as the number one master of color eyes, and his martial arts are extremely strong, but in the eyes of Fang Chiye, a thousand-year-old monster, the victory and defeat have been decided without making a move. He was already calculating in his heart how this battle would end.
Xiahou Jue touched the red night above again, Gengjin divine luck, and the incandescent electric mangs poured into his palms. However, Fang Chiye's Ink Dragon Divine Sword was revealed, and Xiahou Jue, who had already fought in ten moves, vomited three liters of blood, looking at Xiahou Jue, who had no results for his divine skills and his eyes were scattered. Fang Chiye smiled lightly and said lightly: "The martial art of Gengjin Shendian is really ruined in your hands. Since you have cultivated this divine skill, I will let you see the true power of Gengjin Divine Lightning, and it is easy to die. β
Fang Chiye circled the ink dragon in his palm, and a thick and waist-healing electric light was born in his hand. In Fang Chiye's hands, the power of Gengjin Divine Lightning was several times greater than that of Xiahou Jue, and there was a look of disbelief in his eyes, Xiahou Jue couldn't believe it until he was blown into ashes, his unique divine skills had been cultivated for decades, and it was not as easy as others to use them casually.
Killing Xiahou Jue with one move, Fang Chiye did not intend to help Kang Mingyu. Although the cowardly Xue army was brave, there were only a small number of people. Killed this strong force as soon as possible and settled the battle. That's what Fang Chiye plans to do.
After using his long-forbidden martial arts, it was difficult for Fang Chiye to calm down. "Yun'er doesn't know what to do all these years. Did she pass it on to someone?"
Even if the mind didn't belong, Fang Chiye's Molong Divine Sword was still not something that ordinary Yuan soldiers could resist.
Kang Mingyu intended to test his newly cultivated skills, but the Blue Flame Yin Thunder Knife was discarded, and the halberds that had been transformed into forsythia were all put away. With a hook of the fingers, a flick, countless fireballs flew all over the air. Sometimes it condenses into a pillar of fire, and sometimes it turns into a wall of fire. With the Red Flame Sword Light Technique, Kang Mingyu indulged the flames as he pleased. This method has gone beyond the boundaries of martial arts, but it is just as mysterious to Kang Mingyu as a means to defeat the enemy. Wang Fulong, there were more burns on his body in the Hundred Miles Void, and Lie Ge said that he was killed by Kang Mingyu's Red Flame Sword Light, and one of his lives was gone, and he was already on fire and rolled to the ground. It looks like he's still struggling, but it's just half a breath.
Kang Mingyu lacks a powerful helper around him, and if he wants to use the war spirit to invade someone's body, it is not easy to do. Baili Void and Wang Fulong are both excellent materials, just right to cast spells.
"Jia Fu, Cen Peng, and Ma Yuan will come out for me!"
The power of the Red Flame Sword Light Technique itself is extraordinary, and after Kang Mingyu cultivated the True Fire of the Stars, the power of this kung fu grew. Within dozens of moves, Baili Void and Wang Fulong were injured one after another, and Kang Mingyu just took the opportunity to summon the battle spirit.
Jia Fu, Cen Peng, and Ma Yuan were all famous generals during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and the first two were among the 28 generals of Yuntai. Ma Yuan followed Liu Xiu's expedition to the west in the fourth year of his military establishment, and used rice to pile up hills as a sand table to mark the offensive route. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Xiu was very fond of him and thought that Ma Yuan was a military genius. At the beginning of the Eastern Han Dynasty and once pacified Lingnan, he was famous, and he was a member of the general with extremely prominent military achievements, called General Bofu. The prestige is even higher than the first two.
Hundred miles of void, Wang Fulong, was put on the body by a powerful ghost, and he struggled hard. Lie Ge said that he was half-dead, and immediately was occupied by the possessed Cen Peng, and stood up tremblingly. Lie Ge said that his body was extremely seriously injured, and this Kang Mingyu could not do anything, as for whether he was dead or alive, it depended on Cen Peng's luck, and whether he had a chance to reappear in the world.
The main general was defeated, and the rest of the battle was even worse. Kang Mingyu was anxious to recover the two of them, his body swept away, his hands pressed on the Baili Void and Wang Fulong's head respectively, and the god of the gods and ghosts was used, and the souls of the two were immediately sucked. These two wisps of Yuan Shen, who had not been trained by the evil method of the Hundred Bone Dao people, and had not experienced the nourishment of Yin Qi for thousands of years, suddenly turned into a trace of Yin Qi and were integrated into Kang Mingyu's own skills.
The battle souls that have been formed, Kang Mingyu can't refine them, although they can also boost some power, but Kang Mingyu is even more worried about these war souls backlash. Therefore, if he has the opportunity, he will divide the war spirits out, anyway, he can take these war spirits back at any time, forcibly withdraw their possessed bodies, and he is not afraid that they will rebel.
With three battle spirits missing, Kang Mingyu also felt a little weak. Liege said that he immediately ordered the whole army to surrender. Although his subordinates didn't know why the lord would issue such a ridiculous military order, it also weakened their fighting spirit for a while. Seeing that there were still enemy troops who refused to surrender, Fang Chiye had already prepared a killer plan.
With his call, a small group of men rushed into battle with Thotimul. This unlucky puppet Mongolian prince, according to Professor Fang Chiye's lines, shouted loudly: "I am the destiny of heaven, and the great yuan is the true destiny of the emperor." The previous emperor was supposed to be my father, but he was seized by the villain, and now I want to return to the throne, and the whole world is ......"
This article is from the hand of Fang Chiye, the first longitudinal and horizontal family in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and the demagogic places naturally need not be detailed. Properly Muer said a few words, Fang Chiye was not effective enough, vacated the sword, landed beside Tu Timur, and put one hand on the back of the unlucky Mongolian prince, a strong true qi came in, and the sound of persuasion rolled out, on the south bank of the Yellow River, covering the four fields, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers on both sides heard it clearly.
In addition, Cen Peng, who was attached to Liege, and the urgent military orders were also reached through the junior colonel in the army, and the war slowly eased down.
Looking at a big battle that ended like a farce, Kang Mingyu felt ridiculous. Fang Chiye, who is not the director of sending troops to deploy the formation, is superbly at conspiracy and trickery, and he sees that his military strength has doubled. Kang Mingyu still didn't have the slightest confidence in the capture.
Ma Jia has 3,000 Pixiu troops in his hands, and Zhao Yun is his assistant. The order that Kang Mingyu gave him at the beginning was to repeatedly disturb around the capital. Striving for the advance may attract more local defenders.
Among his army were selected excellent horses, marching several times faster than ordinary armies. At that time, the world was out of the big town, and ordinary county towns were not stationed, and Ma Jia was to pick this kind of small city to start, often dozens of local officials, which was not enough for an impact. After tying up the captives, Ma Jia maliciously distributed the goods, grain and grass in the county town to the people at one time, and then grabbed a few large households to set an example. In normal times, the honest people, afraid of the criminal law, even if life is difficult, will not have the idea of robbery, but Ma Jia arrested the officials, robbed the rich households, and immediately led to their bad habits, everywhere they passed, it caused local chaos, the local people were unbearable to the brutal rule of the Mongols, and gathered a crowd to rebel on their own, and became thieves swarming.
Ma Jia is also helpless, he has very few soldiers and horses, and he has no ability to occupy the county seat, and he does not need to do this useless work. If he walked on the front foot, the Yuan Dynasty court sent a few officials down on the back foot, and he couldn't set off the wind and waves at all, only in this way could he create such a situation and force the Yuan soldiers to attack.
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