Chapter 492: Wonderful Coincidence
Although there are pioneers, middle troops, and backups, the whole battalion of the Yan army began to prepare at the same time, and at the same time set off from the large camp of Qimei Mountain.
After sending a horse foot secret sentry and accurately knowing the location of the southern army, Zhu Neng and Zhang Wu and other generals led the cavalry to kill the main force of the 60,000 Chinese army under the command of Ping An on two wings. But what I didn't expect was that Ping'an had already prepared, and had expected that Zhu Di would definitely come to attack the grain road, and after learning that the Yan army was coming, he immediately ordered Xu Zhen and Chen Hui to command their headquarters, and they also divided into two roads and killed each other, and suddenly surrounded the cavalry led by Zhu Neng in the middle.
The incident happened suddenly, and the Yan soldiers were caught off guard and lost thousands of dollars in an instant, thanks to Zhu Neng's courage and skill, he quickly stabilized the team. When Zhu Di, who came later, learned of this situation, he immediately led the infantry battalion to change the direction of the attack, rushed in vertically, and tore the southern army into two sections from the middle. At this time, the peaceful men and horses were in chaos, and they were divided into several sections by the Yan army, which was difficult to integrate, and Zhu Di immediately commanded the whole army to attack from the middle to both sides, and the grain convoy was completely exposed to no defense, and was robbed by the vanguard battalion led by Qiu Fu and the cart and grain did not land at all.
Seeing that the battle had failed, although it was painful, Ping An had to retreat in the direction of Lingbi with the remnants of the defeated army, and when He Fu brought troops to respond, it was too late, so he had to join forces and retreat.
thought that this nightmare was over, but the final "gift" prepared by Zhu Di for them was waiting on the way to retreat. Just when Ping'an and He Fu thought that they could return to the city, 10,000 iron horsemen led by Zhu Gaochi suddenly killed on the side of the road. At this moment, the soldiers of the Southern Army, who were already frightened birds, were so frightened that they scattered and fled, not only the 60,000 soldiers brought out by Ping'an, but even the reinforcements led by He Fu were killed and wounded, and the Southern Army was defeated and retreated into Lingbi City.
In this battle, the Yan army not only seized all the grain and grass transported from the capital, but also killed tens of thousands of soldiers of the surrendered southern army who were recruited, and also captured countless war horses and ordnance, which was really a complete victory. The morale of the officers and men of the whole army was immediately high, and the expressions on their faces after returning to the camp were really different from those of a few days ago.
However, when everyone returned to the big tent of the Chinese army, they found that King Yan's face was not obviously excited, but he was still standing in front of the terrain map with his hands on his face solemnly, thinking about something, and seeing that everyone was back, he turned around and asked,
"Sit down, all of you."
"Your Highness."
The generals sat down one after another, guessing their next steps.
Zhu Di looked at them and said,
"Generals, what do you think of the battle just fought?"
"It was a great fight!"
Everyone was very happy.
Zhu Di smiled slightly, returned to the handsome case and sat down,
"Although this battle was fought very happily, it could not be called a real battle at all, at most it was just a success in robbing grain. Just now, King Gu thought about it, the southern army in Lingbi City was newly defeated, and he lost this grain and grass as his last hope, and the army's morale at this time must be chaotic. Therefore, I have decided that tomorrow we will begin to attack this city, and without giving them a chance to breathe, we will try to take the spirit with one blow! ”
"We will obey His Highness's military orders!"
At this time, the generals of the Yan army no longer thought about anything else, they just wanted to fight in the capital one day earlier, and when they heard that they were going to attack the city, they were all very in favor of it.
Zhu Di nodded and said,
"Okay, that is, no objection, then it is decided. Everyone have a good rest tonight, and early tomorrow morning, they will lead their headquarters to surround Lingbi City from all sides, with three cannon sounds, and then attack the city at the same time! ”
"I'll do it!"
The congregations will get up and salute, and then they will disperse.
Seeing that everyone had left, Zhu Di's whole body suddenly softened and stroked the handsome case, because the feeling of dizziness hit again, so that he had to support his forehead with both hands.
When Zheng He saw this, he hurriedly came to his side and asked softly,
"What do you think, my lord? Does it matter? ”
"Oh, out of the way, sit down for a while, and you'll be fine."
As he spoke, Zhu Di pressed his temples on both sides with his thumb, then stood up and said,
"Let's go, let's go back to the tent."
"Okay."
Zheng He followed, and the master and slave returned to their tents together.
In fact, the reason why Zhu Di was anxious to attack Lingbi as soon as possible was also because he gradually felt that his body was becoming more and more tired in recent days, and even a little exhausted, and the phenomenon of dizziness also happened from time to time.
However, he didn't know how correct his decision was at this time, especially the order of "three cannon shots", which was a wonderful coincidence that was rare in the ages......
The next morning, when the Yan army lined up in formation from all directions and prepared to attack the city, Zhu Di ordered,
"Three shots!"
Three cannon sounds echoed in the sky above Lingbi City, the strange thing is that I thought that it would take a lot of effort to conquer this deep ditch and high fortress city, but who knows, after the three cannons, I suddenly saw the city gate open, and many southern soldiers and generals rushed out from inside, and the soldiers of the Yan army who rushed up just collided with each other.
At first, some people thought that the southern army was coming to fight with the Yan army, but it didn't look like it on a closer look, because these people who rushed over and the way of advancing were unruly, and they didn't even take weapons such as knives and guns, and they didn't look like they were fighting with the other party at all, not only that, but when they found out that the Yan army had arrived, everyone in the southern army was shocked and the scene was very chaotic.
The Yan army camp naturally didn't know, and at the same time that Zhu Di convened his generals to discuss the attack on Lingbi, Ping'an and He Fu also discussed countermeasures with all the generals in the city. Lingbi City was originally an important town in the northern part of the capital, where not only the defenders and residents of the city were stationed, but also many officials and internal supervisors who came to supervise the war.
And after this battle, the grain that was transported with great effort was robbed by King Yan without a grain left, and the army's heart was suddenly chaotic, and those officials were even more complaining, and Ping An had to summon the generals to the hall to discuss matters. With his own understanding of Zhu Di, he guessed that the Yan army would not attack the city immediately if he sent troops this time and did not fight a tough battle at all, and he had just captured grain and grass and won a battle today, so he must rest for a few days.
Ping An's suggestion was immediately supported by everyone, and there was no other way anyway, seeing that everyone agreed, Ping An was a little relieved. However, at this time, he didn't expect that King Yan didn't act according to his previous habits this time, and he didn't expect that at this moment, the two brothers himself and Zhu Di actually made the same decision, that is, with three cannon shots as the signal, but he used this as a signal to break out-
What a coincidence that can be called a "strange tale through the ages......