63. Geng Bingwen's defeat (II)
Xu Bingmao, who was on the side, realized that something was wrong, looked at Captain Liu and said, "Who are you?" You're not Captain Liu, you're ...... It's ......"
The man known as Captain Liu waved his hand, and the soldiers he brought began to rush into the grain depot, stabbing all the two grains with knives, and they were everywhere.
At this time, the hay not far away came with smoke again, and Xu Bingmao was blind: "You are the people sent by the Yan thief, come quickly......"
At this time, wherever there are people, they are all under Zhang Bao's subordinates, and naturally no one pays attention to Xu Bingmao.
The man named Captain Liu tore off his beard and cheek, and said with a smile: "Look clearly, your grandfather and I are called Cheng Yuan!" ”
The ground outside was muddy, but the grain was punctured and everywhere, and the fire of the hay that had been lit was raging, and the rain in the sky was not extinguished.
Half of Geng Bingwen's battalion soon burned, and the tents, together with firewood and grass, spread very quickly.
Xu Bingmao couldn't help but take a few steps back, forgetting to command his central archers.
Geng Bingwen stood on the watchtower, still signaling Xu Bingmao to attack with the order flag, but he did not attack for a long time.
The commanding generals of several directions also noticed that half of the battalion was burned, especially Geng Bingwen, who was standing on the watchtower, and said in surprise: "What the hell is going on!! ”
Without waiting for several generals of the Southern Army to come over, Zhang Bao took out his saber and directly wiped Xu Bingmao's neck.
The archers of the middle battalion arranged by Geng Bingwen did not work, and the perfect attack he deployed was torn out.
In addition, Zhang Bao had already returned to King Yan, and he knew the military camp well, so he was with Cheng Yuan and them at the moment, and Zhu Di should be with him.
The archers of the middle camp were destroyed, like a wooden barrel smashed open, and quickly had a chemical reaction in Geng Bingwen's indestructible camp.
Cheng Yuan had already thoroughly understood Geng Bingwen's temper, and sent people to ambush around the watchtower, just waiting for Geng Bingwen to come out, and then take it.
Zhu Di had already instructed in advance, saying that Geng Bingwen was a rare veteran and must not harm his life, and would rather let go than kill.
The grain and grass were destroyed, most of the military camp was burned, and the camp was full of rebels.
Zhu Di and Zhu Gaoxu's elite cavalry had swept in, and Zhu Di took the lead, breaking through the defenses in the south, east, and middle, and then leading the cavalry in the border army through Geng Bingwen's camp.
Geng Bingwen, who was in his 60s, got on his horse and came over to meet the enemy with a spear.
Zhu Neng and Zhang Yu saw Geng Bingwen coming towards Zhu Di, of course they would not relax, and immediately led several teams of men and horses to rush over and fight Geng Bingwen in this direction.
Although Geng Bingwen is the first to defend the city, he is also old, no matter how powerful he is, he is not as quick as he was back then.
Zhu Neng and Zhang Yuke are both among the best generals under Zhu Di, and against Geng Bingwen, who is in his sixties, he is definitely old and physically able.
The veteran will go out of this kind of bridge, no matter how real the battlefield is, it is not one to ten, and it is inevitable that he will fall behind.
Geng Bingwen had to deal with Zhu Neng and Zhang Yu alone, if it weren't for Zhu Di's order not to hurt Geng Bingwen.
Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng had already split Geng Bingwen with one knife.
Zhu Di called Geng Bingwen an old man, thinking that he also followed his father to contribute to the Ming Dynasty.
This was his war with his nephew, and it had nothing to do with other founding veterans, and Zhu Di always emphasized on this point, so many prisoners were submissive to Zhu Di.
Geng Bingwen was able to cope with it at first, but he was besieged by two generals, and it was difficult to defeat four hands with two punches.
Zhu Neng is not Zhu Di, he has attacked Geng Bingwen in many places, but he does not kill him.
Zhang Yu picked off the spear in Geng Bingwen's hand from behind, snatched it over, and then picked up the gap in Geng Bingwen's chest armor with another shot.
Geng Bingwen fell off the horse directly, fell heavily to the ground, and even the helmet was picked off, Zhu Di rode over, and saw Geng Bingwen and said, "Old General Geng? ”
"Lord Yan." Geng Bingwen lay on his back in the mud with his face to the sky, and said, "The old man is defeated, and he has failed His Majesty's entrustment." ”
Seeing that the Lord was captured, where did the southern army still have the courage to fight, and wanted to escape, surrounded by the black and oppressive Yan army.
Because of the heavy rain, the usual bridges and rafts were gone, and I couldn't escape and had to return to Zhu Di.
Everywhere the Yan army's thousands of iron horsemen went, people were trampled on their backs, and the mud and the rain of the previous days were mixed together, and the scene was very chaotic.
When Cheng Yuan and Zhu Gaoxu rushed to Zhu Di's side, Geng Bingwen had already been captured alive, and the spear in Cheng Yuan's hand was also put away.
Not far away, there was an escaped soldier, who was thrown by Cheng Yuan with a shot, but he was not stabbed, but he was also smashed to the ground, and was immediately killed by Yan Jun.
Geng Bingwen saw that many of his subordinates had been killed, looked at Zhu Di and said, "Lord Yan, they are all soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, please let them live." ”
Not far away, several generals confronted Yuan Rong, directly cut Yuan Rong's arm, and fell off the horse.
Cheng Yuan said: "Quick, save Yuan Yibin." ”
The soldiers of the Southern Army were about to poke Yuan Rong to the ground and kill him, but they were directly surrounded by several Yan soldiers who came over.
Xu Zengshou immediately went over and picked up Yuan Rong and went outside the formation.
Several soldiers of the Southern Army were stabbed in different parts, and Cheng Yuan also carried them down for treatment according to Zhu Di's orders, and strictly guarded them.
Zhu Di looked at Geng Bingwen: "Is General Geng willing to submit to this king?" If you don't want to, the king will let you go. ”
Zhu Di is taught by Cheng Yuan, and it is called wanting to capture and indulge.
Originally, Zhu Di did not kill Geng Bingwen, but it was impossible for him to put Geng Bingwen back to the imperial court, Cheng Yuan was familiar with Geng Bingwen's loyalty, so he asked Zhu Di to use this method to impress Geng Bingwen.
saw that his subordinates were carried down by Yan Jun for treatment by military doctors, and saw Zhu Di so polite to himself.
Geng Bingwen said: "If it weren't for Zhang Bao and their submission to you, and the spies who were mixed in burned my grain and grass, I, Geng Bingwen, might not have lost to you." ”
After all, Geng Bingwen deployed very tightly in this war, but he never expected that Zhang Bao intercepted his general Gu Cheng and killed Pan Zhong and Yang Song.
and tore his deployment open, and every glory and loss were lost, and the loss of a part of the defense immediately turned into a plate of loose sand.
Geng Bingwen said to the sky: "Your Majesty, the minister has your entrustment. ”
Zhu Di asked Geng Bingwen to be taken down, imprisoned, and began to clean up the battlefield, and the deputy generals, captains, and commanders of the Southern Army were also captured alive one after another.
There were more than 32,000 southern troops who were willing to surrender on their own initiative, and those who resisted were directly killed.
The southern army and the northern army are all Han family children, and it is impossible for them to meet each other completely, and following Zhu Di is just a change of banner.
Or work for the Ming Dynasty.
In Wenchen's eyes, Zhu Di is a thief.
In the eyes of the generals, it is just a contest between uncle and nephew. The winner is king, and the loser is the loser.
Besides, since Jianwen ascended the throne, civil officials have been promoted a lot, but they look down on military generals, which makes the soldiers a little chilled.
Zhu Di fought a war, and there was no indiscriminate killing and robbery against the people, and the people naturally did not resist Zhu Di, and were very obedient.
If you win Geng Bingwen, you will definitely have to get it sooner or later.
Because of the defeat, the southern army suddenly lost its fighting spirit, but the Yan army strengthened a lot of men and horses, began to build siege equipment, and carried out the final attack on Zhending.
When the Southern Army was defeated and sent to Yingtianfu, Zhu Yunwen scolded the Southern Army and Geng Bingwen for being greedy for life and afraid of death, and immediately summoned Wenchen to discuss.