Zhu Quan recalled Xu Ying's expression, and couldn't help but ask curiously, "What did you just say?" ”

When Xu Ying heard this, she suddenly stretched out her hand and pushed Zhu Quan away, not wanting Zhu Quan to see the tears in the corners of her eyes, and said with a smile when she turned around and fled: "It's not too late for you to turn around Daning."

"Is that reasonable, are you sincere in treating this king as a monkey?" Zhu Quan feigned anger and couldn't help but pull out his feet and chase after him.

When the sky was light, more than 22,000 cavalry under the leadership of Zhu Quan and Fu Youde marched out of camp, passed under the Xiangtai Mountain, and marched westward towards the grassland.

Under the sunset, Zhu Di's 50,000 Ming army cavalry set up camp, which was already more than 200 miles away from Beiping, and the scouts had to report that about 50,000 troops of the Northern Yuan Dynasty were also camped 20 miles away, Zhu Di immediately passed down the military order, and he was half full of breakfast tomorrow morning, ready to fight with the Yuan army.

Zhu Di's henchman Zhang Yu saw that his own forces did not have an advantage, so he couldn't help frowning and asked: "At present, it is really determined that all the garrisons of the guards north will be controlled by His Highness, shall we wait for the cavalry reinforcements of the guards to come before fighting to the death with the enemy?" ”

"This king has ordered the garrisons of the guards to hold their positions and not move." Speaking of this, he turned his head to look at Zhang Yu, Zhu Neng, Qiu Fu and other subordinates, and said with a smile: "If you mobilize another 10,000 or 20,000 cavalry to help, I'm afraid that Nell will escape into the grassland if you don't spend any time in the war, flee this year, and come back next year." The ghost is stalking, but we can't help him. ”

At this time, I heard that the Ming army was only 50,000 cavalry, and there was a big "Yan" word on the handsome flag, which showed that the prince named Zhu Di led the army in person.

Biting and listening to what the scout said, although the Ming army came violently, there was no Fu Youde, Lan Yu was such a fierce general, he couldn't help but feel relieved, and couldn't help laughing: "In this case, early tomorrow morning, we will fight to the death with Zhu Di, this kid, if we can kill a Ming Dynasty prince, it will greatly boost the morale of our Northern Yuan soldiers." ”

Nell Buhua frowned and said in a deep voice: "This place is only a hundred miles away from the Kaiping guard post of the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Yuanzhang Lao'er is stationed in all the guards near the capital, if the two armies are fighting, the Ming Dynasty reinforcements suddenly attack...... Speaking of this, after pacing back and forth in the tent for a few steps, he turned his head to look at the bite, and said categorically: "Early tomorrow morning, we will leave the camp and return." ”

Biting and hearing that Nell Buhua was afraid of the enemy like a tiger, he couldn't help but be very displeased, but when he was about to speak, he heard Nell Buhua say coldly: "If Zhu Di chases, let's stay away for a while." ”

Biting and hearing the meaning of the other party's words, it was not to lead the army north and return to the grassland, and his heart couldn't help but move, and he no longer asked Nell not to spend his strength fighting. Although he is not very talented, he still has some self-knowledge, knowing that although Nell Buhua is not a famous general of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, he is not as good as Nahachu in the past, but he is not a civil official who can point fingers at him.

At dawn on the second day, Zhu Di heard the report of the scouts, Nell Buhua led the army to retreat, and immediately turned on his horse, taking Zhang Yu, Zhu Neng and others to command an army of 50,000 to camp and pursue.

The iron hooves flew over, and the tide of tens of thousands of Ming Dynasty troops came to the place where the Yuan army camped yesterday. Several scouts rode their horses and galloped wildly, turned over and fell into the saddle and knelt on one knee to report the military situation, and the Northern Yuan army retreated for twenty miles and then stood still.

Zhu Di sneered when he heard this, and led the army to pursue again.

Hearing that Zhu Di was not reluctant to lead the army to chase, Nell Buhua immediately led more than 50,000 cavalry who had not been camped to retreat thirty miles away, and sharply ordered his Yuan army scouts to bypass Zhu Di's Ming army, and probe whether there were enemy reinforcements coming later, and turned his head to the bite on the side of the horse and said in a deep voice: "The weather is getting colder and colder, and it may snow in a few days, and the further north you go, the colder the weather is, the more beneficial it is for us." He is familiar with the grassland weather, and has a premonition that in such a late autumn and early winter, there may soon be a snow falling, although Zhu Di's Ming army has lived in the north for a long time, if it is cold resistance, it cannot be compared with the nomadic tribes living in the grassland.

Zhu Di learned that the Yuan army had retreated thirty miles away again, and remembered that if the war horses under the crotch of the soldiers were too eager to catch up, they would inevitably lose their foot strength and lose their combat strength, but he no longer ordered to pursue, and asked the scouts in the army to closely monitor the enemy's movements, and the army temporarily stood still and rested in place.

The Luan River meanders from south to north near the Ming Kaiping Guard, and after reaching hundreds of miles away, it turns sharply and goes to the southeast, flowing into the sea.

More than 20,000 Ming cavalry galloped under the leadership of Zhu Quan and Fu Youde, and stopped at the bend of the Luanhe River.

Several men dressed in sheepskin felt coats and dressed as hunting nomadic tribesmen kept riding their horses back to report to Zhu Quan whether there was any hostility nearby. They are carefully selected by Feng Tieling, outstanding horsemanship, and are familiar with the terrain of Liaodong, and serve as scouts in the army.

When Zhu Quan heard that there was no trace of the enemy within dozens of miles nearby, he immediately ordered his soldiers to dismount and camp near the Luan River, and take down the forage tied to the war horses to feed the war horses.

Seeing the corpses lying on both sides of the Luan River, all that could be seen was a mess left by the burning of the camp tents, and the hungry jackals and other wild beasts saw tens of thousands of cavalry coming on horseback, so they reluctantly dropped the corpses everywhere and fled in a hurry. It turned out that autumn was not only the golden season for nomadic tribes to hunt, but also the peak season for going to Daning and Beiping to do business and trade.

Fu Youde rode his horse for a few miles nearby and turned over and dismounted, and after checking several corpses, he returned to Zhu Quan's side with a frown and said in a deep voice: "These tribesmen have been dead for at least two days, and the Yuan army has already headed south after camping here for at least forty or fifty thousand horses. In the past, he led thousands of cavalry in Shaanxi and Gansu to pursue the Yuan army all the way, and only looked at the traces on both sides of the Luan River, and had already judged the approximate strength and whereabouts of the Northern Yuan army.

Zhu Quan bowed his head slightly when he heard this, looked at Fu Youde and asked: "There are still more than 300 miles away from Kaiping Weisho here, in the opinion of Ying Guogong, should we change the route to the south again, and converge with the fourth brother to attack Nell Buhua?" Fu Youde smiled after a deep sigh and said: "When the cavalry of the Yuan army was fighting, the scouts sent were all over a radius of dozens of miles. If we go south at this time, I'm afraid that we will give Nell no early awareness. It is better to go west for a while and find out the enemy's situation before making plans. After a slight pause at this, he said lightly: "In the past, the last general also fought with Nell Buhua, and I felt that this person was cunning and suspicious, if you want to give him a fatal blow, you might as well take a more detour." The camp of Kaiping Guard is strong and there are tens of thousands of our troops stationed, I think that Nair is not afraid of the sudden arrival of Ming reinforcements, and will not fight a decisive battle with His Royal Highness King Yan here. ”

Although Zhu Quan also experienced battles, he also knew that his experience in commanding the army was far inferior to Fu Youde, so when he heard the words, he was as good as a stream, and passed down the military order for the soldiers to replenish drinking water, and went all the way west while it was still early.

In the dark of night, in the camp of the Ming army, Zhu Neng couldn't help but whisper: "Nair doesn't spend this person to be really cunning, so stop and go, but don't fight with us, it seems that he wants to lure our army deep into the grassland and choose an opportunity to attack." He was calm by nature, and at this time, he had already seen through the intention of the Yuan army to lure the enemy deeper, so he immediately reminded King Yan so as not to fall for Nell's tricks.

Zhu Di took the hot tea handed by his own soldiers, and after drinking two sips, he felt that his chest and abdomen couldn't help but warm, and said with a smile: "Early tomorrow morning, if the Yuan army still wants to retreat, our army will pull out the camp and return south." Speaking of this, he turned his head and said coldly to the subordinates in the commander's tent: "Tomorrow, our army will temporarily retreat twenty miles and set up camp, and the troops should not panic in the slightest when they retreat. Speaking of this, it was already full of solemnity. He had been training in Beiping for a long time, and he knew very well that such a retreat was more dangerous than leading the army to attack, and that a bad pursuit of the enemy would turn into a great rout like a mountain of defeat. said this in his mouth, but he couldn't help but secretly think in his heart: At the beginning, this king asked Fu Youde to go to Daning to help Zhu Quan, a kid, to avoid the prestige of Yingguo too much, and scared Nell Buhua to escape into the grassland. Second, the more than 20,000 cavalry must play the role of a surprise soldier, if it is discovered by the Tartars too early, I am afraid that we will not be able to catch up on this grassland.

At three o'clock the next day, Nell did not spend the scouts in the army to report, Zhu Di led the army no longer pursued, but slowly retreated, as if there were signs of returning to the Great Wall, and couldn't help laughing and biting: "If Zhu Di is chasing this kid, I am still afraid that his reinforcements will be behind, it seems that at this time he is already afraid of us, and he does not dare to go deep alone." Speaking of this, he turned his head to a few commanders on his side and said categorically: "The whole army turned around and pressed slowly, if the Ming army showed a little flaw, it would be a decisive battle." ”

Nell Buhua, who was riding a gray war horse, came with hundreds of Northern Yuan cavalry, stopped a few miles away, and looked at the camp Lupan trench under Zhu Di from afar, which was very solid, and couldn't help frowning. Hearing the horn blowing in his ears, a group of Ming cavalry rushed out, galloped towards him, and hurriedly turned his horse's head and galloped away. Although he was conceited and had excellent riding skills, he dared to get close to the enemy army to check the enemy's situation, after all, he had to retreat when he thought that Zhu Di's tens of thousands of horses were close at hand.

After Zhu Di rode a sweaty horse and chased after it for a while, he looked back and saw Zhang Yu and more than 1,000 soldiers under him left behind him dozens of feet away, and then the hateful Le Ma stopped.

Zhang Yu couldn't persuade him before, so he had to lead the army to support Zhu Di's side and follow the battle, but Zhu Di's sweat and blood BMW foot strength was too outstanding, and the four hooves flew down from the camp in less than a moment, and he left a group of personal soldiers behind, which scared Zhang Yu and his personal soldiers a lot. At this time, seeing Zhu Di riding his horse safe and sound, a boulder hanging in his heart fell.

Zhang Yu persuaded with a sad face: "Your Highness's daughter's body, why is he so dangerous?" ”

"Only by taking the lead can the soldiers of the three armies use their lives. Since he was a child, this king has heard his father tell about the battlefield battles in the past, and this is such a reason. Zhu Di said as if nothing happened, and spurred Ma Youzai back to the camp.

On the second day, Nell did not bother to look at the darkness of the sky and the dense clouds, and his heart was very happy, and immediately issued a military order, asking tens of thousands of soldiers to rest and rest well, and wait until the afternoon to fight to the death with the Ming army.

Biting his eyes, he saw that Nell Buhua was not chasing and fighting when Zhu Di was retreating yesterday, but today he suddenly ordered a decisive battle, and he was very puzzled.

Nell Buhua looked at the bite, couldn't help but show a smug look on his face, and asked with a sneer: "How does the Prime Minister look at this day?" ”

After biting and looking at the sky, he groaned and said, "Look at the direction of the wind, I'm afraid that there will be heavy snow tonight." ”

"That's right, today we have a bloody battle with Zhu Di, even if we can't take advantage, but as soon as the snow falls, the Han soldiers are not as cold as us, and if Zhu Di retreats again tomorrow, his morale will inevitably decline, let's pursue all the way, I'm afraid he will never have a chance to return to Dadu." In the past few days, he has been informed by scouts that there have been no Ming reinforcements arriving around Zhu Di's army, or even within dozens of miles behind him, so it is judged that this Yan King is eager to win, and he has gone down more than 200 miles outside the Great Wall alone and fallen into his trap.

In the camp of the Ming army, Zhu Di heard that Nair Buhua led the army to come violently, and immediately put on his battle armor and handed down a military order, so that all 50,000 horses were ready to fight to the death with the Northern Yuan army. Yesterday's temporary retreat is bound to be no longer usable, to know that the Northern Yuan nomadic cavalry and archers, habitually in the retreat to drag down the enemy, so retreat may not make them demoralized, but the Ming army under his command can not be like a gourd to retreat, yesterday night patrol camp, he has noticed that the morale of the sergeant and general is quite low, thinking of today's sky, this irreversible backwater battle must be decided before the snow falls.

"Dark clouds cover snow" galloping in the wind, Zhu Quan saw the sky that seemed to be about to snow, and his heart was also like a heavy lead, and he turned his head to Fu Youde and said: "It seems to be snowing today, we have to camp earlier." "It was not yet noon, and it was rather dark, and it was clear that there would be a snowfall tonight.

Fu Youde was about to speak, but he saw several Ming soldiers galloping in front of him, and there was a rope tied to the saddle, as if he had captured a prisoner.

After asking the reason, I realized that the woman from the tribe who was captured was not a Northern Yuan scout, but a person from a weak tribe nearby who was washed in blood by the Yuan army, and fled with her life in a hurry and came down not far away. It turned out that although Nell Buhua commanded the army and Zhu Di to advance and retreat to confront each other, he still sent one or two thousand cavalry every day to plunder the nearby weak tribes to supplement grain and grass. On the way back to the Yuan army camp, the woman took advantage of the unpreparedness of the guards and escaped by chance after snatching a horse.

When I learned that this tribal woman had seen the Northern Yuan army an hour ago, Zhu Quan, Fu Youde couldn't help but be overjoyed, they crossed the Luanhe River all the way to the west for more than two hundred miles after Daning sent troops, and then turned south, only turned to the east yesterday, and finally found the traces of the enemy army after going around in a big circle, how was it not ecstatic?

Zhu Quan immediately ordered several scouts under Feng Tieling who pretended to be nomadic hunters to follow the direction pointed by the woman of the tribe to detect the enemy's movements.

Qin Zhuofeng and Fang Jinsong heard that the traces of the enemy army had appeared, so they hurriedly rode their horses first, led dozens of their subordinates to ride and dress up as hunting tribal men, and went to clean up the Northern Yuan scouts that they might encounter.