In Harrier Ridge near Xuanfu, Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, is now experiencing the biggest crisis in the army for decades.

The Gongshun Hou Wu Kezhong's troops, who were sent out to reconnoiter the main force of the tile spurs, were wiped out in less than half a day, and they were shocked in the history of the Ming Dynasty!

You must know that Wu Kezong was a Mongol, he led 10,000 cavalry, and at the same time had the well-equipped Ming army, as well as the mobile combat that the Mongols were good at.

Even if you can't beat the main force of the tile spur department, you can run away, right?

The 10,000-strong army couldn't even hold out for half a day, when did the Mongol Tile Thorn Force become so strong?

If it is said that Wu Kezhong's army is simply destroyed, for Zhu Qizhen, who has an army of 220,000, it has not yet reached the point of breaking his muscles and bones. So when he learned the news, the order he gave to Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, was equivalent to a catastrophe!

Li Xian, who participated in this war and subsequently served as the first assistant of the cabinet, once recorded this history in his "Tianshun Journal".

"The Xuanfu reported to him, and sent Chengguo Gong to lead 50,000 troops to welcome him."

The translated meaning is that when the news of the annihilation of Wu Kezhong's army was reported to Zhu Qizhen of Ming Yingzong.

His first reaction was not to order Zhu Yong to guard to the death to avoid the expansion of casualties, but to let His Royal Highness Cheng Guogong take the initiative to attack!

The reason why Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen issued such a hasty order is actually very simple, it is for the emperor's face!

The strongest family of the Ming Empire's pro-conquest army is in the hands of Zhu Yong at the moment, if it is like a lost dog, driven all the way from Xuanfu to Beijing by the tile spur cavalry, then Zhu Qizhen's personal expedition will become the biggest laughing stock in the history of the Ming Dynasty.

How can this be accepted by Zhu Qizhen, who is arrogant and plans to create cultural and martial arts?

Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, was extremely experienced in the battlefield, and just four years ago he chased the Mongols to his knees and begged for mercy. Zhu Qizhen hoped that this time Cheng Guogong would also be able to turn the tide of the battle and take the initiative to lead the elite of the pro-conquest army to annihilate the chasing soldiers.

In this way, he will not have to "escape" in embarrassment, let alone leave a shameful mark in the history books.

Even at this moment, Zhu Qizhen still didn't realize that the army of the Mongolian Tile Thorn Department was not the three Mongolian Tatar Department and the Uliangha Department that he had beaten in the past, and the other party had the strength of Genghis Khan to compete in the Central Plains!

In the face of the emperor's order to attack again, what came to mind at the moment was the conversation with the British Duke Zhang Fu on the night of the decision to go on the expedition.

Even if you know that you can't do anything, but for the sake of the rise and fall of the family, for the sake of future generations, there is only one choice.

The king wants his ministers to die, and the ministers have to die!

Thinking of this, Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, sighed and ordered the deputy general in the camp: "General Xue, give the order to let the soldiers pull out the camp and pursue the decisive battle of the main force of the Tile Spur Division!" ”

The deputy general of Zhu Yong's department was Xue Shou, who, like Wu Kezhong, the Marquis of Gongshun, was a Mongol who was a Shun Mongol, and was personally named by Zhu Gaochi of Mingrenzong at the age of five.

Xue Shou is known for his bravery and good fighting, and in history, the battle of Harrier Ridge was defeated by the national army, and he still fought bravely to kill the enemy in the embattled realm, until the string was broken.

In the end, he held an empty bow and died on the battlefield!

Mongolia was angry, and dismembered Xue Shou's body to vent his anger, and later learned that he was actually a Mongolian, and praised with emotion, "This is my kind, and I should be brave and healthy." ”

A general who can make the enemy angry and admired, it goes without saying much about bravery.

But this time, when Xue Shou heard the military order issued by the Duke of Chengguo, he spoke out to dissuade him: "Grandpa, Gongshun Hou was defeated so quickly, which is enough to show that the enemy army is strong. Now that the enemy is dark and I am clear, the risk of rashly attacking is too great, please think twice! ”

Xue Shou's worries, how can Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, not know?

But Zhu Yong is nearly sixty years old, and he can already be called an elder in ancient times, plus he has been injured in battles outside the country all year round.

Before experiencing the Lin incident of the Duchess of the Kingdom, Zhu Yong still relied on the momentum of a top Duke of the Ming Dynasty to hold on. When he personally gave his wife who had been with him for decades, watching his son Zhu Ji drift away from him, his spirit was not as good as before after this breath was released.

Ten years ago, when he received such a will, Zhu Yong might take the risk to resist the will, after all, he would be outside, and the king's order would not be affected.

But now, even if he is not for himself, for the Chengguo Mansion, for the Zhu clan, for Zhu Yi, Zhu Ji, and even Shen Yichen!

Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, did not dare to resist and disobey.

The situation of the British Gong Zhang Fu is reproduced in Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, at this moment.

"General Xue, take the order."

Chengguo Gong Zhu Yong replied in a low voice, he didn't explain too much, and he couldn't explain it either.

"Gong ...... Yes, the last will obey! ”

Xue Shou wanted to argue with reason, but when he saw Zhu Yong's appearance as if he was old in an instant, the words came to his mouth and swallowed.

Half an hour later, the 50,000-strong army led by Zhu Yongbu set off, and the direction of the attack was Harrier Ridge.

He glanced up at the dark clouds in the sky, like this unknown journey.

On the other side, the land of Liaodong is in a vicious battle like a meat grinder at this moment.

Li Da led the remnants of Liaohaiwei and Dingliaowei, and resolutely went to the aid of the headquarters of the Liaodong Metropolitan Division, which was surrounded by the Mongol and Jurchen coalition forces. As a result, when I arrived at the scene, I realized what a tragic scene there was, and the place as far as the eye could see could be described as a mountain of blood and corpses!

You must know that there is no three-division structure in Liaodong, and the Liaodong General Army and the Capital Division are the command centers of millions of square kilometers in the entire Liaodong. Once they are annihilated, it means that the strategic space of the entire northeast direction of the Ming Dynasty will be extremely compressed, and the Jingshi will become the real son of heaven to guard the country.

Tokhtar did not spend the original strategic goal, but only to attract attention by attacking Liaodong and creating opportunities for the central and western armies of Mongolia. As a result, he never expected that the Liaodong Metropolitan Division would be so cowardly, and even the chief military officer took the initiative to abandon the city and escape, which made him see a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

If you can take advantage of the situation to take advantage of the Liaodong command center, then the remaining Liaodong Weisu army will conquer the dragons one by one without a leader. Advance can be Mount Tai to suppress the momentum of the Ming State Jingshi, and retreat can integrate the Jurchen Korean power to cut the land and dominate.

After being a puppet Khan for so many years, he is now gradually taking off his wings and wants to become the de facto Emperor of the Great Yuan!

So he let go of Li Da's remnants and went all out to besiege Cao Yi, the commander of Liaodong, and the command center of Dusi.

It's just that although Cao Yi was instigated, the Liaodong Army still fought bloodily, even in the face of heavy encirclement, there was still no surrender and defeat, and the battle to the death did not retreat!

At the same time, from time to time, there were other Liaodong Guards troops rushing to the aid of the headquarters of the capital, which led to the continuous increase of troops in the absence of flowers, and it has become a hell on earth after a few days of fighting.

"Array!"

Li Da held his long sword high and shouted at the soldiers behind him.

In fact, there is no need for him to issue a combat readiness order, the remnants of this Liaohaiwei and Dingliaowei have already been gearing up, wanting to get rid of the Tartars.

"Brothers, the sun, moon, mountains and rivers will always be there, and the Ming rivers and mountains will always be there!"

"The Liaodong Army will win!"

Li Da opened his throat and shouted pre-war slogans, and the green tendons on his neck burst out under the exertion.

At the same time, thousands of Ming soldiers behind him responded with the same high-pitched shout: "The Liaodong Army will win!" ”

"Kill!"

At the last command, the horses galloped, bringing up the dust like a heavy chariot, and slammed into the Mongol cavalry.

When a large cavalry charges, the result is either me or you. I don't know how many people were knocked off their horses, and then trampled into flesh by the horses' hooves, but the pace of the charge will never stop until the last man fights!

The V-shaped Ming cavalry team cut a hole in the encircled Mongolian Tatars like a blade.

After seeing this scene, the Mongolian Great Khan, who was standing at a high point in the distance and watching the battle, was unable to take off his face, and his face could be described as cold as frost, and he immediately ordered to the general Barzi next to him: "Since this Ming army does not know whether to live or die, let them be buried with Cao Yi." ”

"Yes, Great Khan!"

Barzi answered, with an angry look on his face.

You must know that the remnants led by Li Da, in a sense, the Tatar army let them live, otherwise they would have to be wiped out under the city of Quang Ninh.

As a result, I didn't expect that there was a way to go wrong in heaven, no way to throw in hell, and the courage to take the initiative to attack the Tatar army.

This time they will be buried here!

"Tatars, the weak Ming army is right in front of you, slaughter them cleanly, Liaodong is my Mongolian territory!"

"Rebuild the glory of Dayuan and defend the bravery of Genghis Khan, right today!"

Barzi's words instantly made the blood of the Tatar Khan army led by Tokhtar Buhua boil, and no Mongol did not want to regain the glory of the Great Yuan and re-enter the world of flowers in the Central Plains.

Taking Liaodong is the first step in the Central Plains.

The descendants of Genghis Khan, the inheritors of the bloodline of the Golden Family, will surely win the title of Emperor of the Central Plains again!

"Immortal God bless, kill!"

"Born forever!"

Accompanied by the Mongols' slogan of "Immortality", Tokhtobuhua pushed his last 5,000 reserve cavalry into the battlefield.

The target of their charge was the remnants led by Li Da!

The smell of blood filled his nose, and Li Da no longer knew how many weapons he had swung and how much Mongolian blood had been splashed on his body.

He only knew that under the desperate charge again and again, he finally broke the encirclement of the Tatar and Jurchen coalition forces, and rushed to the position of the Liaodong General Army and the Dusi Officer in the inner circle.

At this moment, there were less than 1,000 Quang Ninh guards in the encirclement, and almost all of them were wounded. When he saw Li Da covered in blood and rushing in with his troops like a god of war, a look of surprise appeared on Cao Yi's face.

However, his expression soon darkened, because he found that there were only a few dozen horsemen rushing in, and the remnants of Liaohaiwei and Dingliaowei were less than 2,000 men, and there was no way to defeat the encirclement of the Tatar army head-on.

"General Cao, the last general is late to help, please forgive me!"

Li Da stood in front of Cao Yi with a bloody face and bowed to him to apologize.

Originally, this was just a polite and humble remark, but according to the experience of the chief military officer, not only will he not blame, but he should also praise a few words.

As a result, Cao Yi, who was chased all the way, completely lost the majesty of a chief military officer, he grabbed Li Da's arm tightly and asked in a panic: "Li Shoubei, are there only a few dozen horsemen, and there are reinforcements behind?" ”

"The last general is incompetent, only Liaohaiwei and the remnants of Liaowei, less than 2,000 people."

Hearing the number less than two thousand, Cao Yi let go of his hand in a daze, even if the remaining Guangning Wei more than 1,000 people were added, the total number was only 3,000.

There are as many as 20,000 Tatar soldiers and horses that can be besieged, not counting the Jurchen army that can be besieged.

This means that if you want to break out of the encirclement, the Ming army can be ten by one.

"General Cao, Li Dusi, can they break through?"

After Li Da came in, he took a look, but he didn't find Li Chun, the capital of Liaodong, and the officers at all levels of the capital division.

If they do not successfully break through in the encirclement, it means that the reinforcements of the Liaodong Guard Station will have a unified command, and there is a great chance of breaking out of the encirclement or even counterattacking the Tatar army.

After all, even if the Liaodong Metropolitan Division sent some of them to aid Ningxia, there were still as many as 40,000 or 50,000 soldiers and horses, and the number was not inferior to the Tatar and Jurchen coalition forces.

In the face of Li Da's inquiry, Cao Yi opened his mouth, but did not say anything. A general manager who was still standing beside him replied: "Li Shoubei, all of them...... All of them were martyred. ”

What?

Hearing the news, Li Da was stunned in place, he never thought that the Yamen of Liaodong would be served in one pot.

This also means that the remaining guards in Liaodong will not be able to get a unified order, let alone counterattack the Tatar army, and the possibility of getting help to break through is close to none.

"How could this be, how could Li Dusi and them be martyred?"

Li Da still couldn't believe this result, the chief military officer Cao Yi was still resisting when he was under siege, why did the Yamen of Liaodong Metropolitan Division fall early?

"After abandoning Quang Ninh City, we discovered that we had fallen for the Tartars' tricks, and they had already set up a siege outside the city."

"After the brothers swore to break through the siege, they were never able to get rid of the pursuit of the Tatar cavalry, so Li Dusi led the army to take the initiative behind the palace and cover the evacuation of Cao's general army first."

"But the gap in numbers is too great, Li Dusi didn't last long before he died on the battlefield, and we were still caught up and surrounded by the Tatars."

When Cao Yi decided to abandon the city of Guangning, he fell into the favorite cavalry pursuit mode of the Mongol army and became a group of lambs to the slaughter.

Constantly attacking and attacking along the way, Guangningwei's soldiers and horses fought less and less, and also used the existence of the Liaodong Capital Division to surround the reinforcements, so that there was a scene of corpses all over the way.

"Then why did you abandon Quang Ninh City in the first place!"

At this moment, Li Da was really a little angry, he really couldn't understand such a decision.

Even if the three Jurchen tribes rebelled and joined forces with the army of the Tile Spur Department to attack Guangning City, relying on Gaocheng Shenchi to hold on, no matter how bad the situation was, it would not be so far.

The lives of tens of thousands of brothers in the Liaodong Army died on this stupid decision!

No one dared to answer Li Da's question, the reason was that it was none other than Cao Yi, the general soldier of Liaodong, who made this decision.

No one could have imagined that the veteran who has been stationed in Liaodong for more than 20 years and has fought many times will be greedy for life and fear death at the end of his career, ruining his reputation.

The silence of the friendly troops and the sound of fighting in the outside world calmed Li Da, and at this time, it was pointless to investigate who ordered the abandonment.

What he can do now is to maintain the last dignity of the Ming Tiger Ben and die heroically in the land of Liaodong.

Only solve the battlefield and die for the country, why should the horse leather shroud be returned!

Just when Li Da was ready to die, a huge Ming army appeared on the periphery of the Tatar soldiers and horses. On the handsome flag flying high, a big "Li" character was written.

Liaodong has never been alone!