Knowing that the other party had almost been fooled, Zhu Di immediately ordered the whole army to prepare for another battle, and at the same time, pay attention to the movements of the southern army on the Zhending side.

Sure enough, after learning the news, Wu Jie believed it was true and discussed it with Ping'an, feeling that this was really a good opportunity to defeat the Yan army, so the two led the whole army to leave Zhending City and march towards the Yan army garrison in the east of the Jiahe River.

The defenders of Zhending came out of the city to attack, and Zhu Di was very happy to learn the news, and secretly said, Finally, they were tricked out, and immediately led the whole army to march towards the other party. The two sides met in Gaocheng on the banks of the Hutuo River. Since they met, they were all old rivals, and there was nothing to say, so they opened up and began to fight.

After several encounters, Ping An naturally often thinks about countermeasures against the Yan army, and Sheng Yong's style of play has given him a lot of inspiration, so he has also prepared a large number of firearms and bows and crossbows in advance, and when he and the Yan army are in formation, they also rely on these two weapons to compete with the other party.

When Zhu Di saw the opponent's defensive style of play, he led thousands of light horsemen to attack the northeast corner of the opponent to break the opponent's formation, so as to give other generals a chance to rush and kill. After this battle, it was no less than the battle with Sheng Yong, after several charges, not only was it difficult to break through the opponent's defense, but the whole army was also injured a lot by the opponent's firearms and crossbows.

Xue Lu, who had been very excited since he heard that he was going to fight Zhending, saw the handsome banner of peace and directly led people to rush over, and after several assaults, he was extremely brave. Seeing this, Ping An ordered someone to set up a tripping horse to take advantage of his unpreparedness and trip his war horse, but as Zhu Di said, Xue Lu, who despised his opponent, was captured by Ping An.

This battle was fought against each other, there were mutual victories and defeats, and after receiving the news that Xue Lu was captured, Zhu Di felt that it was not very advantageous for Yu Jifang, so he ordered the whole army to withdraw temporarily.

When I came to the Chinese military tent and raised my head, I saw that my handsome flag was placed there, but what made people laugh was that a big flag at the good end was covered with arrows and crossbows, and it was shot like a hedgehog.

"It's so dangerous!"

Zhu Di seemed to realize this problem, and couldn't help but sigh. Looking at his insincere appearance, the generals who followed him looked at me and I looked at you, but they didn't know what to say.

While walking into the big tent of the Chinese army, Zhu Di asked,

"Was Xue Lu arrested safely?"

"Yes, the southern army used a tripping horse rope and tripped General Xue's horse, so ......"

An adjutant general next to him agreed.

Zhu Di shook his head and sighed,

"This Xue Lu, King Gu has already warned him not to underestimate Ping'an and Wu Jie, but why doesn't he take it to heart. This time he was arrested, and it seems that we have to hurry up and find a way to get him out. ”

"Your Highness, General Xue is back!"

Before he could finish speaking, he heard someone shouting outside the tent.

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and they all looked towards the tent, and sure enough, they saw Xue Lu striding in, coming straight to Zhu Di, kneeling down on one knee,

"Your Highness, the last general is back! I beg your forgiveness for losing the battle! ”

"It's good to be able to come back, so what's the crime?"

Seeing that this man was lost and returned, Zhu Di was really surprised and delighted, and hurriedly helped him up from the ground.

"Xue Lu, I heard that you were arrested peacefully, how did you escape back?"

"The last general is ashamed,"

Xue Lu looked embarrassed and said,

"The last general did not listen to the advice of His Highness, and underestimated the enemy too much, and as a result, in the process of pursuing Ping'an, he fell into the stumbling rope set by the Southern army and was captured by them. Fortunately, the military discipline in their army was not strict, and the last general took advantage of the guard's unpreparedness to break free from the ropes, snatch the knife and kill the guard, and robbed the opponent's horse before escaping. ”

"General Xue is really brave,"

Zhu Di praised happily,

"It's okay, as long as you return to the Lone King, take a good rest tonight, and strive to defeat the other party in a battle tomorrow!"

"Yes!"

The generals answered in unison and dispersed.

But Zhu Di, as the commander-in-chief, couldn't sleep peacefully, he walked out of the tent and looked at the handsome flag full of arrows and crossbows, as if every arrow on it was shot in his heart, and thought about it for a long time, until Zheng He came to persuade him to go back to the tent to rest......

The next day, the two sides reopened. I saw a wooden platform erected high in the camp of the Southern Army, and Ping An could be seen standing on it with a command flag in his hand from a distance.

Zhu Di knew very well the other party's intention of arranging this-

First of all, Ping'an was not only Zhu Di's general, but also the righteous son of the first emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, the two are very familiar with each other, and they also know each other's combat methods very well, so looking at this, Wu Jie has willingly handed over the leading power to him and let him command the battle; On the other hand, letting the soldiers see the commander at all times is also a way to boost morale. In the same way, the reason why the soldiers of the Yan army are so heroic in battle is because the handsome banner of the king of Yan is always among them.

However, today, Zhu Di did not put out the handsome flag, but instead it was a goose-yellow dragon pattern cover, which suddenly made the soldiers on both sides have a different feeling.

Anyone who has seen King Yan knows that he gives people the feeling that he is never publicized, from the way he behaves to the way he dresses, he is always simple and plain, without luxury, and even makes people feel that he has not been in the army for too long and has forgotten his identity as a prince and noble. However, today, just above the familiar and still elegant him, such a noble and graceful dragon pattern cover appeared, which lifted the spirits of all the soldiers of the Yan Army, but the southern sergeant was filled with a burst of timidity, which reminded them again that the other party was the emperor's uncle who repeatedly forbade the killing, and the flesh and blood relatives of the saint who still could not be separated.

Standing on the high platform, Ping'an, who was looking at it from afar, naturally saw this scene, and at the same time was helpless in his heart, he also had some hatred, he hated the other party's attempt to use this method to break the morale of the soldiers on his side, so he gave the order,

"Stay on the ground and follow the boss's orders!"

After this brief pre-war "psychological fighting method", it was still the Yan army that took the lead in launching the attack, while the southern army still focused on defense, and the two sides started a melee again, almost repeating the situation of the previous day. The difference is that I don't know if it was because Zhu Di's "cover tactics" worked, the southern army's arrows and crossbow firearms did not dare to face him at all, so that the "safe zone" around King Yan was more obviously expanded.

Everyone thought that the battle would go on like this, and miracles would not always come, but what was surprising was that miracles really came like this-

There are many unexplained things in the world, and they happen from time to time, maybe even Zhu Di himself didn't expect that the gust of wind that had just helped the Yan army defeat Sheng Yong not long ago would "follow" again and blew mercilessly from the direction of the Yan army to the position of the southern army......