The Mengyuan naval army, which was surrounded by artillery on both sides of the land and water, had no power to fight back at all.

The trebuchets or slapsticks on their warships could only deal with the enemy at very close range, and there was no other way to deal with the artillery bombardment from a hundred paces away than to wait for death.

With the bombardment of the Red Turban Army's artillery, the ship of Hu Guang Pingzhang finally could not support it, and the broken hole in the hull poured into the river, causing the hull to tilt and finally capsize.

"Fall early and die!"

"Fall early and die!"

Under Zhu Han's order, the Red Turban Army suspended the bombardment and began to chant in unison to persuade them to surrender!

Like the turtles in the urn, the Yuan warships gave the signal of surrender one after another.

The news of the defeat of the Huguangyuan army in Anjiangdu, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, soon spread in all directions.

In Jiqing Mansion, which was the first to get the news, Bo Lu and Fan Yao were both relieved.

"Xingji died in battle, and the remaining more than 30,000 people all surrendered to Zhu Han, and more than 100 large and small warships also surrendered to Zhu Han."

Boru stared blankly at the secret report in his hand, but there was not the slightest joy on his face that the conspiracy had succeeded, but a heavy worry.

Fan Yao also had the same expression, "This Red Turban Army in addition to the state is so terrifying!" Although it is a sneak attack, the means of firing ten thousand cannons, no matter how strong the general is, he is powerless. ”

"If Brother Zhu Han turns his face one day, will you and I end up like Xingji?" Burru worried.

Fan Yao thought for a while, and said seriously: "Pingzhang, what you said is in the future, our current matter is that we must not let the official troops of Huguang and Jiangxi enter Jiangsu and Zhejiang, otherwise we don't have to wait for Zhu Han to turn around, and the imperial court will first wipe out our family!" ”

Bo Lu and Fan Yao are both northerners, and their relatives are all in the capital of Beijing, and they belong to the monks who can't run the temple.

"Well, what you say has a point, let's just take care of it for now!" Beru sighed.

Fan Yao was in a strong fighting spirit again, and said to Bolu: "My lord, now that the Huguang official army has been defeated and lost, the rest is the Jiangxi official army, I don't know if I will use the same strategy again to let Zhu Han sneak attack them?" ”

"There's no other way, as long as it works, then use it again." Burlu said.

。

。

Bolu and Fan Yao want to repeat their old tricks and continue to pit Jitong in Jiangxi.

However, Jiangxi Pingzhang Jitong was not a fool, and he quickly smelled something unusual from the rumors he received.

Tens of thousands of officers and soldiers were not attacked early or late, but when they were close to Jiqing Mansion, they were attacked by surprise.

To say that there is no conspiracy in this, Ji Tong is a hundred people who do not believe it.

The officials and troops of Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces were destroyed, the officials and troops of Huguang Province were destroyed, and the strongest soldiers and horses of Dayuan south of the Yangtze River were left in Jiangxi Province.

Ji Tong immediately became cautious, led tens of thousands of land and water troops to stop at Jiujiang at the mouth of Poyang Lake, and then refused to move forward a single inch.

To hell with the imperial court's plan to restore the water transportation of the Yangtze River.

Jiangxi Pingzhangji hoarded heavy troops in Jiujiang to set up a turtle formation, which made it a little difficult for Zhu Han.

If the Jiangxi Yuan Army didn't come to Jiangsu and Zhejiang to die, then Zhu Han really had no way to take them.

Jiujiang is too far away from Zhuzhou, and if you go upstream, it will be very inconvenient to just replenish the water.

Moreover, the north and south banks of Jiujiang are basically the territory of the Yuan army, and even if you want to find supplies, it is very difficult.

Suddenly, Zhu Han decided to rely on the Yangtze River now and wait and see what happened.

However, the 'change' of the Jiangxi Yuan Army did not wait, but the "change" in the other direction did.

Prime Minister Meng Yuan got rid of it and led a million-strong army south.

They were divided into two routes, one way to Zhang Shicheng of Huaidong Gaoyou, and the other way, to turn the gun from Huaiyang and go straight to the state!

"This detachment is actually coming to us to get rid of the state?"

After Zhu Han got the information, he was also taken aback.

According to the information sent by the elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang, the main force of 600,000 troops attacked Gaoyou Zhang Shicheng, and his younger brother Timur led an army of 400,000 to attack Jiezhou.

"Yes, now there are less than 10,000 people on the front line of the state, and the deputy marshal should hurry back to the division and prepare to meet the enemy." Hu Weiyong, who came to deliver the letter, said.

"To meet the enemy, it must be to meet the enemy, however, even if Timur is fast, it is impossible to fly to Zhuzhou, I have at least a few days to find a way to solve the threat of the Jiangxi Yuan army, otherwise, they will gather a large army in Jiujiang, once they are killed one day, it will be the enemy on the back." Zhu Han said.

"What is the deputy marshal going to do?" Hu Weiyong asked.

Zhu Han didn't think about how to solve this problem for a while.

Jiangxi's nearly 100,000 yuan army looks really scary, even if it is a paper tiger, it will seriously affect the influence of the Red Turban Army on the Yangtze River.

Faced with Zhu Han's embarrassment, Liu Bowen, who happened to come to discuss, immediately gave him an idea.

"It turns out that the deputy marshal is worried about this matter, in fact, there is nothing difficult to deal with in Jiangxi Pingzhang Jitong, but he is just a greedy and lustful person, and now he can see that dealing with this kind of person is of course coercion and temptation!" Liu Bowen said.

It turned out that Jiangxi Pingzhang Jitong once served as Liu Bowen's top boss, and Liu Bowen was clear about his temperament.

"It turns out that this is such a person, then I am so happy, and please ask my husband to teach me, how to coerce and lure?" Zhu Han said.

"This Ji Tong is different from Xing Ji, Xing Ji is a martial artist with a tendon, but Ji Tong has a lot of thoughts, the Mengyuan court coerced them to start a war against the righteous army, then it is good to start a war, fight on the surface, and retreat with heavy losses to each other, in fact, you can reach a discussion in private!" Liu Bowen said.

"What do you think, sir, what will the meeting discuss?"

"Give him silver!"

"Give him silver? You mean, the salt sales are also distributed to Jiangxi officials in Jitong? Zhu Han guessed.

Liu Bowen nodded, and said very confidently: "Deputy marshal, I have some friendship with Naji, I am willing to meet him for the deputy marshal, let the retreating troops return to Nanchang, and no longer set foot in the Yangtze River!" ”

In fact, Liu Bowen has already figured out the thoughts of the officials of Mengyuan.

Most of the Mengyuan officials, in the face of the collapsed world situation, rarely thought about serving the imperial court, but barely maintained it.

If they want to fight to the death, they are reluctant to die.

If they want to surrender to the rebels, they are reluctant to take the lives of their relatives.

Liu Bowen dressed up in disguise and soon arrived in Jiujiang by light boat, and met Pingzhang Jitong in Jiangxi Province.

For Liu Bowen's arrival, Ji Tong was greatly surprised.

"Berwyn, why are you here!"

"Pingzhang, Liu Ji is here to solve your worries!" Liu Bowen said with a smile.

"What do you mean by sharing worries and solving problems?" At first, Ji Tong also wanted to install lake paint.

Seeing this, Liu Bowen said with a smile: "It seems that Liu Ji made a mistake, Pingzhang wants to burn with the thief and jade, and be loyal to the country, sorry, sorry!" ”

After that, Liu Bowen was about to leave, but Ji Tong hurriedly grabbed him.

"Berwyn, if you have something to say, you might as well say it directly!"

Liu Bowen smiled slightly, "Pingzhang, do you know that half a year ago, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces repelled the Red Turban Army's great victory?" ”

"Yes." Ji Tong nodded and said.

"Then Pingzhang knows, is there any inside story in it?"

"Insider? Hey, Berwyn, this is not the place to speak, come with me to the inner chamber! ”

Liu Bowen's words seemed to hit a point in Ji Tongxin's long-standing doubts!

The two entered the secret room and had a secret conversation, which did not end until the night was dark.

。

。

Huaidong, Gaoyou.

With the news that the Yuan army in Xuzhou began to move south, the life of Zhang Shicheng, the marshal of Huaidong Capital, began to be difficult.

First, the subordinates stationed in the Huai River surrendered to the Yuan army one after another, so that the Huai River barrier was self-defeating, and then a large number of people heard that the murderous Asu army was coming, and they all fled to Gaoyou City.

And there are many people who spread rumors in the city, saying every day that "the Yuan army has approached Gaoyou!" ”

It shocked Gaoyou City three times a day.

Listening to the panic rumors in all directions, Zhang Shicheng felt a burst of irritability in his heart.

In the hands of the Yuan army, as long as he dies, his generals must also die, and now the momentum of the Yuan army is too strong, if you don't send troops out of the city to block it, I'm afraid that your tens of thousands of horses will eventually be wiped out.

After thinking for a while, Zhang Shicheng still decided to send troops to block the pace of the Yuan army, so Zhang Shicheng immediately sent 10,000 soldiers and horses to the north from the left, center and right roads, the goal was to delay the Yuan army's offensive speed.

However, the Left Route Army, which had just set off on the front foot, immediately broke up and fled back by itself as soon as they saw the shadow of the Yuan Army.

Zhang Shicheng already knew that he had no other way than to gather his troops to hold Gaoyou City.

Unless, don't be ashamed, throw down the people, and flee from Gaoyou.

However, Zhang Shicheng is not this kind of person, so the only remaining hope is to stick to Gaoyou City and wait for reinforcements from Zhu Yuanzhang's brothers.

However, this idea also fell through as the third brother Zhang Shide hurriedly ran in.

"Big brother, it's not good, the Tartars crossed the Huai River, and the soldiers were divided into two routes, all the way to Zhuzhou, we have no reinforcements!"

Syllable!

With a crisp sound, the teacup in Zhang Shicheng's hand fell to the ground.

Zhang Shicheng's face was frightened and a little incredulous.

"What did you say?"

Seeing this, Zhang Shide couldn't comfort his brother, "Big brother, the Tartars have divided their troops and gone to the army all the way to the state!" ”

"In that case, the Tartars have enough soldiers and horses, and they will kill us!" Zhang Shicheng's face was already pale.

Since the Tartars dared to divide the troops into two routes, it showed that the Yuan army had sufficient confidence to clean up the rebel army on the east and west roads.

Otherwise, if you don't have this self-confidence, it is taboo to divide troops in battle!

"Brother, we have to defend the fortified city on our own!" Zhang Shide said.

Since the news of the Yuan army's southward movement came, Zhang Shide persuaded Zhang Shicheng to resolutely resist the attack of the Yuan army, and refuse to surrender to Zhao'an and other means of peace.

One of the hopes they relied on was naturally the Red Turban Army in addition to the state.

Now the Tartar soldiers are divided into two routes, except for the state red turban army, which can not be counted on.

"It should be possible to defend the fortified city, but now that a large number of people are pouring into the city, I don't know if the grain and grass can last until the Tartars retreat!" Zhang Shicheng said worriedly.

Since the war with Zhu Han in Zhuzhou, Zhang Shicheng has been desperately hoarding grain, and after several months of hoarding, it is barely enough, and it has not yet reached the level of complete abundance.

"Big brother, don't you give an order to drive those old and weak women and children out of the city, let them hurry to other places to escape for their lives, leaving only Ding Zhuang, who can defend the city, can reduce food consumption and hold on longer!" Zhang Shide said.

Obviously, although Zhang Shide's strategy was somewhat cruel, it was able to keep the defenders' grain and grass reserves until next summer.

Once the summer begins, Huaidong will enter the hot and rainy season, and the Yuan army, which is dominated by northerners, will definitely not adapt to the water and soil, and most of them will withdraw by themselves.

Who knows, after Zhang Shicheng heard this suggestion, after some thought, he still did not agree.

"No! The Tartars have always been cruel, those old and weak women and children were driven out, how could they live, even if they ran, where could they run, it was not a dead end, I really couldn't bear to watch them die. Zhang Shicheng shook his head and said.

When Zhang Shide heard this, he was also silent.

Zhang Shide has always admired his brother's conduct in the world, if it weren't for Zhang Shicheng's reputation for kindness and generosity, they would not have swept Huaidong so quickly, whether rich or poor, they all responded.

"Order, let all the departments hurry up and hoard firewood, masonry and rolling wood, and make all preparations to defend the city!"

"Since the Tartars are coming, I'm afraid it's useless!"

Zhang Shicheng suddenly gritted his teeth and made a desperate decision.

"Okay, big brother!"

。

。

The million-yuan army went south, shaking the entire Huainan Jiangbei.

However, for Liu Futong and other Red Turban soldiers in Henan, it is a huge piece of good news.

This million-yuan army is the last regular army force of Mengyuan, and now it does not come to Henan, but goes to Huainan, so Liu Futong's plan to attack Bianliang in the north can be said to have declared victory in advance.

In order to appease Zhu Yuanzhang in Huainan and Jiangbei, and in order to allow him to entangle with the Yuan army for a while longer, Liu Futong sent someone to Dingyuan in the name of the Great Song Emperor 'Zhao' Lin'er and crowned Zhu Yuanzhang as the Duke of Huaiguo, wanting to use the benefits of adding officials to the knighthood to motivate Zhu Yuanzhang to work hard with the Yuan army.

"This Liu Futong is really good at thinking, with a worthless Huaiguo Gong, he wants us to block the knife for him!"

Zhu Han had just come to Dingyuan and encountered this incident.

After Liu Bowen's mediation, the Red Turban Army reached a private agreement with Mengyuan Jiangxi Pingzhangjitong.

The Jiangxi Yuan army retreated to Poyang Lake, and the Red Turban Army retreated to the east of Anqing.

The two sides did not invade each other, and the salt of the Red Turban Army could also be sold under the same hands as Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, and Jiangxi's porcelain, lacquerware and other specialties could also freely enter the Yangtze River waterway trade.

As for the taxes paid, they are based on Anqing as the node, and each collects its own tax.

Zhu Han came to Dingyuan, and he came to explain this matter to his brother Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Even if we don't have this Huaiguo Gong, we should face the Tartars, or we have to face the Tartars, in fact, it doesn't matter." Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile.

In his heart, he was not too worried about the imminent enemies of the Yuan army.

Although the Yuan army claimed to have a large army of 400,000, according to the information from the front, the actual strength of the Yuan army led by Timur was only about 100,000.

Even among these 100,000 people, half of them are regimental training recruits recruited in Xuzhou and other places, and the real elite ones are only 30,000 or 40,000.

The number of troops in Zhu Yuanzhang's hands is already as much as 60,000!

If you really want to compete with elite soldiers, the nearly 30,000 elites under Zhu Yuanzhang's command can not lose to anyone.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang had full confidence to repel the attacking enemy.

"Now that Dingyuan and Jiezhou have finally beaten the local tyrants and divided the fields, the Yuan soldiers are killed, and it just so happens to help us train those recruits." Zhu Han also smiled.

"Well, yes, this time we have to keep the enemy out of the country, and we can't let the Tartars enter our territory, and we will bring disaster to the population and the land, but we have heard that there is an Aso army in the Tartars, all of them are curly-haired and green-eyed people, it is best to eat human flesh raw, cruel and murderous, like wild beasts, don't let them come to the murder!" Zhu Yuanzhang said.

Obviously, the Aso Army, composed of the Semu people, is almost synonymous with ferocious beasts.

Zhu Han has also heard about this rumor for a long time.

"These Asu troops, who relied on the power of the Mongols in the past, used to be powerful and powerful, and oppressed the good, but now that they have fallen into our hands, they will definitely not be spared."

The more Zhu Han understands these colored people, the more disgusted he becomes.

In particular, with the support of the Mongols, in the territory of the Han people in the Central Plains, the people wantonly bullied the Han people, and even overhauled various religious temples in the Western Regions, in a vain attempt to let the religion of the Hu people in the Western Regions replace the foundation of Chinese civilization.

For the Semu people in the area of Except Zhou and Dingyuan, Zhu Han's consistent advocacy is based on harsh methods.

For those who resist, they will be killed without mercy, and their families, populations, and land will be confiscated.

And those who are willing to submit to the soft and obedient people are all forced to return to Xi and become Chinese, and they are not allowed to use the original color names, and they must change their Chinese names and surnames; Men and women are not allowed to marry each other, and all men and women must marry men and women, and women must marry men and women; The Semu people were not allowed to continue to believe in the original Western Regions sect, and they were encouraged to convert to Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, otherwise they would be taxed three times.

The preferential treatment of the Mengyuan court for the exemption of the Semu people from labor was abolished, and they were treated like the Han people.

As for the Hujiao temples in the Western Regions built by the Semu people, they were all demolished, leaving no tiles and not an inch of land.

After several means, the people under the rule of the Red Turban Army no longer have any ability to mess around.

Now that there is a Azo army of color-eyed people, Zhu Han and they will naturally not be soft.

"Brother, we despise the opponent strategically and attach importance to the opponent tactically, so it's better to hurry up and prepare." Zhu Han finally said.

"Well, yes, this is also Timur, the supreme general of Meng Yuan, if we defeat him, then no one will dare to attack easily!" Zhu Yuanzhang said.

The two brothers discussed, and first Timur had many soldiers and horses and moved slowly, so their Red Turban Army took the initiative to attack and block the Yuan army in the northeast of Zhizhou.

"Let's lead 30,000 main forces to meet the battle, and you and Xu Da will lead 10,000 soldiers and horses around the rear, let you also start Timur's Tartar and taste our awesomeness!" Zhu Yuanzhang said.

Zhu Han nodded, "That's right, the two brothers Tokhtar and Yexian Timur are already the last two loyal generals of Meng Yuan, if they are defeated, then the people of the world will completely believe that the Tatar spirit has been exhausted!" ”

After making a plan, Zhu Han hurried back to Jiezhou, leaving Chen Baodao, Shi Nai'an and others to guard the city, and he led Chang Yuchun, Hu Yiba and others to join Xu Da and march towards the northeast of Jiezhou.

Three days later.

The 30,000 main forces led by Zhu Yuanzhang also rushed to join Zhu Han and Xu Da.

The 400,000 Mengyuan army in front also showed their traces, and the scouts of the righteous army had already touched the approximate deployment of the Yuan army.

In addition to the Shiliang Mountain after the state, the five dragons set.

The '400,000' army led by Timur before the Mengyuan Imperial Historian was stationed in the area centered on Wulongji.

In front of the Yuan army, there was a Wulong River.

On the other side of the Wulong River, the banner of Zhu Yuanzhang, the marshal of the South Road of the Red Turban Army, was fluttering in the wind.

The sudden appearance of the main force of the Red Turban Army was something that Timur never expected.

"This Zhu Yuanzhang is not small, he dares to come to meet the imperial army!"

Timur also rode a horse and stood on a high slope, looking at the Red Turban army on the other side of the river.

A Mongolian general with a meaty face immediately asked for battle: "My lord, the thieves are coming to send them to death, no matter how good, give me 2,000 soldiers and horses, cross the river and kill them without leaving a piece of armor!" ”

This Mongolian general's name is Gongbuban, and he is a famous general in the Mengyuan court, and he is also the elite of the 'Asu Army' under the command of Timur, and it is under his command that he is under his command.

At this time, the Yuan army and the Yi army were facing each other across the Wulong River, and many soldiers and horses on both sides had not yet arrived.

Gongbuban's proposal, Timur thought about it for a while, and then nodded and agreed.

"Good! Gong Buban, give you 2,000 cavalry, cross the river to fight for a while, don't fall into the ambush of the thieves, just frustrate their prestige! Timur also said.

"Yes, my lord!"

Gong Buban grinned.

Then, 2,000 Mongol cavalry galloped out from the left and right sides, finding a shallow beach and preparing to cross the river.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was on the other side of the Wulong River, soon discovered this group of Mengyuan forwards.

"Hehe, these Tartars are very arrogant, they want to come out on top!" Zhu Yuanzhang's face turned pale.

Then, he turned his head to look at the generals behind him and asked loudly.

"Who would dare to give these Tartars something awesome?"

Tang He, Zhou Dexing, Guo Ying and others are all gearing up and eager to try.

Zhu Yuanzhang thought about it for a while, and decided to let Guo Ying go out and lead a thousand Longxing cavalry to meet the attack.

The elite cavalry of the righteous army was carefully built by Zhu Han, all of them were equipped with fine steel armor and equipment, and the horses they rode were also slightly better than the Mongols!

A thousand rebels against two thousand Mongol troops, in fact, still have a slight advantage!

"Marshal, rest assured, the last general will behead the thief!" Guo Ying replied loudly.

Then he turned his horse's head and led a thousand cavalry to attack the Mongol army that was crossing the river!

The dispatch of 1,000 Longxing cavalry immediately deterred the 2,000 Mongol army and alerted the Mongol army.

But they were undaunted and kept going.

But Guo Ying didn't give them much time, and after the rebel cavalry only regrouped slightly, they immediately blew the horn and continued to rush forward.

Soon, the Longxing cavalry pressed on the Mongol army.

"Dog Tartar, grandpa, I'm Guo Ying!"

Guo Ying rode his horse and shouted, brandishing his spear.

The Longxing cavalry who heard the shouts also raised their horses' hooves and followed behind Guo Ying, rushing towards the two thousand Mongolian troops.

The Longxing cavalry led by Guo Ying, although the number is only 1,000, is also imposing.

The Mongol army, which had not yet completely crossed the river, immediately panicked.

Seeing this, Gong Buban immediately ordered to send troops and horses to stop it.

Of the 2,000 Mongol troops, 500 were elite, armed with scimitars, skilled horsemen, and tacitly coordinated.

Phew!

With a shout from the Mongols, five hundred cavalry came on, trying to block the attack of the cavalry of the Longxing Rebellion.

But they were not iron men after all, and with just one charge, they were scattered by the armored Longxing cavalry.

"Kill!"

Guo Ying shouted and led the Longxing cavalry to rush towards the two thousand Mongolian army.

The Mongol general Gongbuban was shocked when he saw this.

He led his troops to cross half of the river, and in the face of the sudden attack of the rebels, even if he lost 500 cavalry, he was surprised in his heart, but he did not panic.

"Rush! Don't be afraid, follow me! ”

"Kill the thief!"

Gong Buban howled, raised his wolf-tail spear, and launched a counterattack against the rebel cavalry!

For a time, all the Mongol troops who crossed the river, followed Gongbuban, launched a counterattack against the Longxing cavalry, they were also well-trained, although they were not ready to complete the hasty confrontation, but they also fought the cavalry of the righteous army, and they could not move forward for a while.

"Rush!"

"Kill these Tartars!"

.......

A shout resounded in the sky.

"Hahaha!"

"It's so good to kill!"

"Kill all the Tartars!"

The situation of the battle ahead made the generals of the rebel army around Zhu Yuanzhang clapped their hands and cheered loudly.

Clear-eyed people have already seen that the cavalry of the rebel army has an advantage from the beginning!

The morale of the Longxing cavalry was also greatly boosted, and they kept waving the weapons in their hands to slash and kill the Mongol army.

The Mongol army also basically completed the crossing of the river, and not to be outdone, they brandished scimitars and slashed at the Longxing cavalry.

"Ding, ding, ding!"

In an instant, the weapons of the Longxing cavalry and the Mongolian cavalry collided and slashed together, making a piercing sound.

The body of the rebel cavalry on horseback was protected by thick armor, and even if it was cut by the Mongolian cavalry, it seemed to be unaffected.

This situation made the Mongolian cavalry who fought very frightened and frightened.

Such a terrifying armored cavalry has not been encountered by the Mongols for decades!

Only in the legends of his father and grandfather, the Jurchen Jin State had strong armored cavalry.

The weapons and armor of these Longxing cavalry are all specially reinforced, and ordinary swords can not hurt a single hair of their hair at all.

But now, the Longxing cavalry did not defeat the enemy, which shows that the strength of these Mongolian cavalry is really very good!

"Humph! Even the Mongolian barbarians dare to run rampant, and I will teach you a lesson today! ”

As he spoke, the Longxing cavalry had already adjusted their state and began to charge again.

Although the 2,000 Mongol soldiers were brave, they did not dare to catch the Longxing cavalry again, and they turned around and ran back.

"Hahaha!"

Guo Ying led his troops to chase after him.

"Kill!"

The Longxing cavalry led by Guo Ying kept chasing, and the Mongolian troops led by Gong Buban were also retreating step by step.

The Mengyuan generals who were watching the battle on the other side of the Wulong River all showed shocked expressions when they saw this!

"Damn, what's going on? How could there be such a strong Han cavalry? ”

"Their riding skills are obviously not very superb, why are they not their opponents!"

"Could it be that these Han people are more proficient in horse warfare than my Great Mongolian warriors?"

......

The Mongols were all terrified, and their proud cavalry superiority was so easily crushed by the Han Chinese.

"The Almighty Soldier King of the Female President"

The two sides fought fiercely in the river and on the shore.

The Mongols were good at riding, but there was no room for them to play on the banks of the river.

After a fierce battle between the two sides in the river, the Mongols had already suffered heavy losses, and many of the remnants of the soldiers who were not cut off their horses were also injured.

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

...

The two armies fought, shouting and killing shook the sky, and there were constantly cavalry falling in a pool of blood, but both sides did not have any intention of retreating, and they were still fighting without fear of death.

"Rush, kill all these Mongolian dogs!"

"Kill!"

Finally, as the two sides fell into melee combat, the superior armor of the rebel cavalry became more and more advantageous.

The Mongolian general Gong Buban finally couldn't support it.

He yelled, "Retreat!" ”

"Retreat!"

The remaining remnants of the Mongol army kept fleeing backwards.

The Longxing cavalry was also in hot pursuit.

Many Mongolian cavalry, forced to have no choice but to turn their horses' heads, could only jump off their horses and began to wade across the river to flee behind.

"Chase, chase me!" Guo Ying also hurriedly ordered the pursuit.

For a time, the Longxing cavalry quickly drove the Mongol army to the ground.

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

The defeated Mongolian cavalry, running frantically in the river, constantly fleeing backwards, many of the Mongolian cavalry who left their mounts were trampled by friendly troops, fell into the river and could not get up, struggled for a few times, and then there was no movement.

In just one river crossing raid, the Mongol cavalry was disadvantaged, and it can even be said that it suffered heavy losses.

Witnessing the whole battle, Timur was completely devoid of the arrogance just now, but a look of fear.

His lips trembled, and he stared at the rebels opposite, and let out a wail.

"What kind of bandit is this, it's even stronger than the cowardice of the Great Khan!"

Timur also thought secretly in his heart.

He doesn't expect any quick battle now, he just wants to be able to fight steadily, contain these red turban troops, and prevent them from rescuing Zhang Shicheng in Huaidong, which can already be regarded as a victory!

"My lord, the last general should be damned, he was given by thieves.

。 ”

Gongbuban, covered in blood, stumbled back and knelt in front of Timur's horse to plead guilty.

When Timur heard this, he was immediately furious, raised his leg and kicked Gongbuban, scolding: "Waste, a bunch of rice buckets!" The warriors of the Great Mongolia were defeated by the Han Chinese? ”

"Adults forgive sins, it's a small incompetence, please punish the Great Khan!" Gongbuban was kicked to the ground by Timur, and quickly got up, kowtowed three more times, and pleaded.

"Rubbish! Rubbish! Timur also jumped like thunder, and finally calmed down and said: "This defeat, the Han thieves are really cunning!" Hurry up and take someone to retire! These Han people are not ordinary thieves, so they can only avoid their edge for the time being! ”

Gongbu Ban is also Timur's confidant and favorite general, no matter how angry he is, he can't punish him ruthlessly.

"Yes, the last general will retire!"

Gong Buban said respectfully.

"Wait a minute!"

Just as Gongbuban was about to leave, Timur suddenly called him again.

"My lord, what else do you command?"

Gong Buban turned his head and asked.

"You quickly send someone to tell my eldest brother the information about the thief, just say that the red turban thief in the state is strong, and it is not conducive to a quick battle, I want to fight steadily!" Timur also said.

"Yes, little one!" Gong Buban clenched his fists and bowed.

"Well, you go first!"

After speaking, Timur waved his hand and signaled Gongbuban to retreat.

After Gong Buban retreated, Timur's face became gloomy.

He hated it in his heart.

Those Han thieves were so terrifying, no wonder Timur, the barbarian Hague and others were defeated and died before.

The Han thieves have just won a small victory, their morale is like a rainbow, and the flag is flying!

Timur was now only afraid that they would take advantage of the victory and pursue them.

Thinking of this, Timur also hurriedly ordered all the armies to camp on the spot, and sent cavalry to strictly defend several ferry shoals on the Wulong River.

......

"Wan Sheng!"

"Hooray!"

"The Tartars are defeated!"

"Dashuai, the cavalry of the Mongols has been completely defeated by us, and we can take the opportunity to launch a general attack!"

"That's right! Dashuai, if you break through a little further, you can take down these tartars! ”

The first battle was won, which made the Red Turban Army cheer.

Xu Da, Chang Yuchun and others led by Zhu Han were on the flanks and saw the process of the battle just now.

One by one, they were also excited.

The legendary Mengyuan Praetorian Guards are nothing more than that!

There's nothing remarkable at all.

Tang He, Zhou Dexing and others asked Zhu Yuanzhang to fight, wanting to cross the river to pursue by victory.

But.

Zhu Yuanzhang was not carried away by a small victory, but shook his head and refused.

"Don't be impatient! Look at the Tartars on the other side, they have already set up camp for defense, and if they rush across the river to pursue them now, they will definitely cause great casualties! ”

"Yes!"

When the people heard this, they could only endure it.

Zhu Yuanzhang's caution also made everyone admire.

They were quietly observing the battle and preparing at the same time.

At this time, a scout cavalry of the Red Turban Army suddenly galloped from a distance.

"Tell the commander, the Tartar cavalry has blocked all the ferries!"

The cavalry of the Red Turban Army reconnoitred all the ferries within a radius of ten miles, and found that all of them were guarded by Tartar cavalry.

"Brother, it seems that the Tartars are preparing to wait for us to cross the river and attack with a half-crossing."

Zhu Han said to his eldest brother Zhu Yuanzhang.

"The Mongols have too many cavalry, even if we defeat them, it will be difficult to hunt down and capture many people, we must find a way!" Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said.

"Brother, I think we can divide our troops into two routes, one way to detour from the south to cut off the retreat of the Mongols, and the other way to prepare to force the river crossing here to attract the attention of the Tartars!"

Zhu Han suggested.

"That's a good idea, but how are we going to get through this great river?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

Zhu Han said with a smile: "You can go around from the foot of Shiliang Mountain in the distance!" An additional two days of walking will allow you to bypass the cavalry alert of the Tartars. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang also nodded in agreement: "Okay!" Just do what you say, and we'll divide our forces and cut off the Tartars' retreat! ”

"Yes!" Zhu Han clenched his fists and promised.

Next, Zhu Han led Xu Da and Chang Yuchun and other three thousand elites to touch the Shiliang Mountain on the side along the river.

Generally speaking, large rivers are not fortified everywhere, because the water in many places is extremely fast, and the hydrological situation is very complicated, and it is easy for people with poor water quality to drown, let alone soldiers wearing heavy armor.

Moreover, the boats on this river have long been hidden and disappeared.

Zhu Han led 3,000 elites to prepare to go around and intercept them.

Zhu Yuanzhang made a big show on the Wulong River and prepared to cross the river to attack.

All the soldiers of the Red Turban Army began to cut down the surrounding trees and build rafts and pontoon bridges.

The Mengyuan army on the other side of the Wulong River was already very afraid of the Red Turban Army, and when they saw the appearance of this imminent war, they were even more worried.

Timur was also worried, and successively issued strict orders to let all departments guard the ferry to prevent the Red Turban Army from sneaking up after nightbreak!

However, the Red Turban Army never attacked, so they set up a raft on the bank of the Wulong River and began to prepare to cross the river and attack.

"Report~! Handsome! ”

Suddenly, a cronie came to report, saying that the surrounding left and right river crossing sites had been strictly guarded, and there was absolutely no possibility of being forcibly crossed by the Red Turban Army.

Unless, the Red Turban Army is not afraid of death one by one, and takes people's lives to fill the river.

Timur also listened to it first, and nodded with satisfaction.

As long as they are prepared for a sneak attack by the Red Turban Army, even if they fail in a frontal battle, the Mongols can still retreat calmly with their cavalry superiority, most of the Red Turban Army are infantry, and it is a dream to catch up with the four-legged cavalry.

"Go, pass on my military order, let the army send people to the nearby grass valley, collect the grain and Ding Zhuang of the Han people, come to serve the imperial court, and those who dare to resist will be executed!" Timur also said.

"Yes, sir!"

Subsequently, a group of curly-haired and green-eyed cavalry rushed out of the Mengyuan camp and began to savagely burn and loot towards the surrounding Han villages.

Soon, thick black smoke rose one by one behind him.

Hundreds of Han people died in an instant, and their family property was lost.

These green-eyed people are also the most cruel and vicious people in the Mengyuan army.

They not only robbed the Han people, but also hung the heads of the slain people on spears and held them high in demonstrations to show off!

For a while, the screams and wails had even reached the ears of the Red Turban Army on the other side of the river.

"These dog tartars, Lao Tzu must break them into pieces!" Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the billowing smoke and dust, and said through gritted teeth.

All the rebel generals around him also clenched their palms and teeth, and looked at the Mongols opposite with hatred.

"Come, send an order to all the armies, be sure to tie up all the pontoon rafts before evening!"

Zhu Yuanzhang brandished his war knife and shouted.

"Yes! Handsome! ”

The surrounding officers clasped their fists in agreement.

"Brother , cheer up, and let the Mongolians know how powerful our Han men are! ”

"Yes!" All the rebels raised their arms and shouted.

......

In the evening, at dusk.

Thump!

Thump!

Hundreds of Han Chinese were thrown into the river with their feet tied.

Once in the river, after a struggle, there is no life at all.

They soon suffocated and died a horrible death!

Many people who still wanted to resist were slashed and stabbed to death by Meng Yuan's Semu cavalry in an instant!

For a time, the entire Wulong River was full of flesh and blood, and corpses were everywhere!

At this time, the river also became turbid.

The corpses of Han Chinese floating in the river were a means used by the Mongols to suppress the morale of the Red Turbans.

Just like when the Mongols conquered the Jin Kingdom and conquered the Southern Song Dynasty, the Mongols liked to kill cruelly, regardless of men, women, old and young, as long as they did not surrender, they were all killed like cattle.

The Mongols once used this set of means to subjugate the entire Central Plains.

Now, they're doing it again.

Huaidong, Gaoyou City.

Prime Minister Dayuan Tuotuo led 300,000, known as an army of millions, and he had already killed Gaoyou City.

At this time, there was a dead silence inside and outside Gaoyou City.

Zhang Shicheng stood on the city wall, looking at the endless Yuan army camps outside the city, and his heart almost stopped beating.

As far as the eye can see, there is wolf smoke billowing in the distance, the Mongols have pulled out all the Wubao strongholds outside Gaoyou City, and those Han people who did not have time to escape have all been forcibly conscripted into the Yuan army, ready to let them fill the trench moat with their lives, this cruel move has angered Zhang Shicheng's bottom line.

He was eager to rush down to the city at once and fight to the death with those soldiers.

But reason told him: No! He must be calm and not impulsive!

Don't be impulsive yet.

Zhang Shicheng closed his lips tightly, and his eyes were already red.

"Big brother!" Zhang Shide on the side shouted softly.

Zhang Shicheng took a deep breath, suppressed his emotions, and calmed his mentality.

At this time, Gaoyou City was already like an iron bucket, and the Yuan army could not easily attack it at all.

"Third brother!" Zhang Shicheng turned to look at Zhang Shide and asked in a deep voice, "What do you think you should do now?" ”

"Big brother! We can only wait, wait for reinforcements to arrive. Zhang Shide said.

Zhang Shicheng knows very well in his heart what his biggest reliance is now, that is, he still has 50,000 Huaidong troops in his hands, and these soldiers are all trained by himself and loyal to himself, so he has the confidence to hold on until the reinforcements arrive.

However, the Yuan army now occupies a favorable position, has an advantage in troops, and has deployed heavy troops under Gaoyou City, and now their only hope is that reinforcements will arrive quickly, so that they can have enough confidence to fight the enemy to the death.

。

。

With a burst of trumpets and war drums, Prime Minister Dayuan took off and gave the order to start attacking Gaoyou City!

"Boom! Bang! ”

"Dongdong! Dongdong! ”

The deafening sound of shelling continued to sound outside the city.

A group of Huaidong rebels began to take a line of troops in Gaoyou City, preparing for the offensive of the Yuan army.

The defending army of Gaoyou City, after the Yuan army began to launch an offensive, also quickly began to counterattack.

For this kind of siege by a large army, the defenders must not only defend on the city walls, but must go out of the city to protect the moats and the foundations of the city walls.

"Boom! Thundered! ”

"Ahhhh

"Da Da Da!"

Cannonballs, flying stones, spears, missed arrows, throwing knives, and random shots flew staggered under the city.

The Yuan army outside the city, although there were more people than the Gaoyou defenders.

But instead of having any advantage, they were beaten back one after another.

Zhang Shicheng's heart rose to his throat the moment he heard the sound of shelling.

"Boom! Bang! ”

One fireball after another continued to fall into the rear of the Yuan army, and the huge shock wave generated by the explosion directly knocked those Yuan soldiers into the air, and was even accompanied by a thick black smoke.

One Yuan army after another, fall, die!

With the sound of gold, the first attack of the Mongols came to an end.

"Big brother! Eldest brother! The Yuan army has already been defeated and won! Zhang Shide shouted excitedly.

However, before Zhang Shicheng had time to be happy, he heard another sound of horns and golden drums in the Meng Yuan army!

The Mongols then launched a second offensive!

The second round of the offensive was a few points stronger than the first.

"Dongdong, Dongdong!"

Rows of crossbowmen began to set up arrows aimed at the gates of Gaoyou City, and began to attack Gaoyou City!

The number of archers in this round reached five thousand, and the bowstrings were taut, and they shot at the city wall like a steel cable.

"Winter, winter, winter! Winter, winter, winter! ”

There was chaos above and below the city, and many of the guards guarding the city hurriedly dodged the dense rain of arrows.

The Mengyuan soldiers in the distance kept starting to fire firearms.

The rebel soldiers under the city began to be repelled by the Yuan army's firearms.

The archers of the Mongols, again, took the opportunity to shoot closely.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

The arrows arced in mid-air and shot at the head of the city.

All of a sudden, screams continued in the city, and some people were directly shot through by arrows, fell to the ground, or smashed their heads.

The archery skills of the Mongols were indeed very powerful, and once they were allowed to shoot at the head of the city, the defenders of the city were immediately killed or wounded.

The defenders endured a dense rain of arrows and soon fell into disarray.

However, the Mongol archers did not dare to advance too much, and the ballistae and bows of the defenders at the head of the city were also powerful.

"Boom! Rumble! ”

"Puff puff!"

The Yuan army outside the city constantly threw logs, gunpowder, and explosives at the head of the city.

These are all firearms that they brought back from outside Gaoyou City, although they are not as powerful as cannons in the real sense, but they are more than enough to kill and injure the defending troops above and below the city.

"Winter! Winter! Winter! ”

The Mongol army under the city is still firing artillery, but the guards above and below the city are no longer as panicked as they were just now.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

One by one, the artillery fell into the formation of the Yuan army, constantly raising puffs of dust, but it did not cause much damage.

Under the attack of the Mongol army, Gaoyou guarded the army, gradually stabilized the city wall, and began to counterattack.

"Kill!"

Gaoyou guarded the main force of the army and began to attack outside the city.

Not only did they have to stop the enemy's attack, but they also had to stop the enemy's destruction of the walls.

A towering city wall is a barrier on the city wall to guard the army, which is their survival.

"Kill!"

Under Gaoyou City, the Yuan army and the Huaidong army launched the most tragic battle!

"Kill!"

The battle entered a white-hot state, and the defending army above and below the city began to counterattack the Yuan army.

All of a sudden, the entire battlefield became chaotic.

Zhang Shicheng, Li Tai and other generals of Gaoyou City also appeared at the battlements and commanded the soldiers to fight back against the city.

Although the number of their soldiers is far inferior to that of the Yuan army, the will and courage to fight are not bad at all!

This battle lasted for an hour, a whole hour of bloody battles, and the Yuan army under the city suffered extremely heavy losses!

The cannon fodder of the Yuan army kept sending to the front to die.

"Kill! Kill! Kill! ”

The soldiers of the Yuan army, tirelessly continued to advance.

Their faces were filled with a furious look, as if they didn't know the pain.

However, such an attack will inevitably lead to losses after all.

The guards in Gaoyou City became more and more brave the more they fought, and the Yuan army under the city suffered more and more casualties.

However, the guards in the city also paid a heavy price!

The guards in Gaoyou City are constantly attributing, and in this case, the morale of the defenders has naturally dropped a lot.

Read.com

"Big brother! The Tartars have retreated! ”

After several defensive battles, the time soon came to evening.

The Mengyuan army, which was playing a wheel war, finally stopped its offensive.

The tide-like Yuan army retreated with a hula.

The rebel soldiers under Gaoyou City finally let out a cheer of victory.

But.

The commander of the Yuan army, Toto, did not consider today's offensive results a failure.

"The Gaoyou thief army has a lot of ability, and it can't be broken overnight!"

"This official just wants to slowly grind them to death, so that they can't survive and can't die, so that all the thieves in the world know what the consequences of being a rebellious minister and thief are!"

Among the Yuan army, except for some Mongol and Semu troops, most of them were Han Chinese troops recruited from various provinces.

In the tragic siege battle, most of the dead were Han soldiers.

Totoku and the others are not very distressed.

In order to make up for the loss of soldiers, Totokh immediately ordered the Yuan army to drive all the surrounding Han people into battle, consuming the defenders' gunpowder arrows and other consumables.

Most of these Han people are the parents and friends of the Huaidong Righteous Army.

In the face of the Mongols' drive to attack the city, the Huaidong rebel soldiers defending the city could only bend their bows and shoot these relatives and friends while crying in pain.

Half a month later.

As the Yuan army erected more than 100 return guns, Totok ordered to throw fire oil bombs and other lethal weapons into Gaoyou City.

In the autumn and winter of Gaoyou City, the weather is already dry, coupled with these Menghuo oil from the Western Regions, it will burn when it sticks, and soon it will burn down many buildings in Gaoyou City!