On the way to the castle tower.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Xu Da beside him and asked, "Time was tight just now, I forgot to ask you, how did you know that we were caught by Sun Deya?" ”

Xu Da said directly: "Brother Qi went to the barracks to find me, I don't know how he knows." ”

"Eun Gong?"

Xu Da nodded.

"Okay."

After speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang temporarily suppressed the doubts in his heart, and quickly rushed towards the city with Xu Da.

Under the gate tower of Haozhou City.

Guo Zixing and Sun Deya each ordered troops, led a total of 10,000 troops, and prepared to go out of the city to meet the enemy.

Before leaving.

Guo Zixing called Zhu Yuanzhang to his side and said, "Yuanzhang, I and that Sun Deya went out of the city to meet the enemy, and the things in the city will be called to you." ”

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang was still a big-headed soldier, and when he heard Guo Zixing's words, Zhu Yuanzhang said hesitantly: "Father-in-law, there are tens of thousands of Yuan troops outside the city, and we are going out of the city to meet the enemy at this moment, isn't it ......?"

Before Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, he was interrupted by Guo Zixing.

"In any case, today I and Nasun Deya must have a winner, the reason why I let you lead the affairs of the city is for the sake of the people in Haozhou City, no matter what, you must ensure the safety of Haozhou City."

"If I have an accident outside the city, remember, people can die, but the city cannot be broken!"

Listening to Guo Zixing's solemn words, Zhu Yuanzhang had no choice but to nod and said, "Father-in-law, don't worry, Yuanzhang will never let your father-in-law down!" ”

The other side.

Guo Tianxu saw that his father handed over the most important thing to Zhu Yuanzhang at this moment of crisis, and his heart was even more angry.

Thinking of the letter he had read in the study, he couldn't wait to kill Zhu Yuanzhang.

Of course, he also knew very well that this was not the time to deal with Zhu Yuanzhang.

As Guo Zixing and Sun Deya led 10,000 soldiers out of the city gate, Zhu Yuanzhang also came to the city gate tower.

He stood on top of the castle tower and watched his soldiers begin to line up at the head of the city one by one, and immediately ordered all the archers in the city to be mobilized, and instructed the fire team on the gate tower to be ready.

As the most powerful subordinate under Guo Zixing, Zhu Yuanzhang was handy at commanding the war, and after a few orders, the deployment of the next battle was completed.

Although Guo Tianxu is a young marshal, he is dispensable in this battle.

With everything ready on the city tower, the soldiers outside the city have also completed their formation.

After Guo Zixing heard the news from Zhu Yuanzhang's order on the city tower, he immediately shouted to the rebel soldiers behind him: "Everyone listen to the order!" ”

"Kill !!! me"

Sun Deya, who was on the side, was side by side with Guo Zixing, and also shouted to the soldiers under his command: "Kill !! ”

In an instant, 10,000 volunteer soldiers swarmed away.

And the soldiers of the Yuan army on the opposite side were already ready.

Natokhtimur even stood in front of the army and laughed: "God help me!" This Haozhou thief dared to go out of the city to face the battle, and in this battle, they will all be annihilated here! ”

At this moment, a general beside Timur looked ahead and was shocked.

"Be careful!"

As he spoke, he threw himself directly from his horse towards Timur.

At the same time, a deafening sound of fire rang out.

And the overwhelming rain of arrows that covered them as if they didn't want money.

The general of the Yuan army, who was at the forefront, suddenly shouted: "Retreat!! ”

At the sound of an order, the army of the Yuan Dynasty turned their horses and left towards the rear.

The attack came suddenly, and the vanguard of the entire Yuan army panicked.

At this moment, the soldiers of the rebel army outside Haozhou City were also rushing towards the Yuan army at the fastest speed.

This is Zhu Yuanzhang's tactics, and it is also the tactics of most armies when facing the enemy.

Disrupt the opponent's vanguard with long-range attacks, and give the foot time to run closer.

It's a pity that the war horses in Haozhou City, located in the south, are scarce and cannot form cavalry, otherwise at this time, a team of cavalry can quietly carry out a roundabout attack, and the effect will be very good.

However, as the Yuan army at the forefront quickly ran out of the range of bows and arrows, the Yuan army's position also stabilized.

Under the orders of the generals of the Yuan army, a counterattack against the rebel army began.

The queue of archers quickly moved from the rear to the front of the formation, and as a military order was issued, countless arrows flew out, forming a net of arrows, constantly reaping the lives of the rebel soldiers.

But the distance between the two sides is not too far, and the Yuan army has marched so far, the arrows will definitely not be too much, and after a few rounds of salvos, the forces of the two sides will converge, and the junction line will be like a meat grinder, and someone will die every moment.

At the same time as the battle outside the city, the news of the arrival of the Yuan army also began to spread throughout the city of Haozhou.

The marshal's house.

Qi Heng heard the discussion of the soldiers around him, so he did not return to the mansion again, and rushed directly to the city gate.

At this time, the city tower was already guarded by soldiers, and idle people could not enter it at all.

Just when Qi Heng was worried about how to climb the city tower, Tang He happened to come at this time.

When he saw Qi Heng, he immediately asked, "Brother Qi, what are you doing here?" ”

Qi Heng turned his head to take a look, and suddenly said, "Brother Tang, I want to go up and see the battle situation, but it's just ......"

Before he finished speaking, Tang He understood what he meant, and said directly to the soldier guarding the city: "This is the strategist that my eldest brother Zhu Yuanzhang values, you get out of the way quickly." ”

With Tang and this Qian Zong's words, those soldiers suddenly gave way to a position.

Qi Heng thanked Tang He with a smile, then got up and walked towards the city tower.

As soon as he went up to the city tower, Qi Heng saw Zhu Yuanzhang who was watching the battle, and slowly walked over.

At this time, outside the city of Haozhou, the shouts of killing were endless.

When viewed from above, you can see the entire battlefield clearly.

Judging from the scene, the number of the rebels was much smaller than that of the Yuan army.

Moreover, the rebel soldiers did not have any armor other than weapons, on the contrary, the Yuan army was much better in this regard.

However, not long after the battle began, the specific situation is still unclear.

When Qi Heng came to Zhu Yuanzhang's side, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly said to the people around him: "Go, order someone to move the broken stone and wood blocks guarding the city!" By the way, and fire oil! ”

"Yes!"

As the soldier retreated, Zhu Yuanzhang did not stop, and continued to say to the other soldier: "Order all the archers in the city to gather under the city and wait for my order." ”

"Also, escort all the arrows to the city."

Hearing this, the soldier bowed his hand and said, "Obey!" ”

After saying this, Zhu Yuanzhang looked back at the people around him.

When he saw that Qi Heng didn't know when he would come, he just nodded slightly, and then said to Xu Da and Chang Yuchun beside him: "You two, gather all your respective subordinates under the city, replace them with spears, and once my stepfather and them retreat, I will immediately escort them into the city!" ”

"Yes!"

Listening to Zhu Yuanzhang's continuous orders, Qi Heng looked at the situation outside the city again, and asked suspiciously: "Big brother, do you think we are going to lose?" ”