Across the Baigou River. A thousand households of the southern army rushed to the capital commander Sheng Yong and said: "On the top of the mountain on the opposite bank, General Qu instructed with a banner that the enemy's artillery is one hundred steps and two miles away due north. ”

When Sheng Yong heard this, he immediately passed down the military order.

A group of disgraced and frightened Southern gunners hurriedly rushed back to the artillery position to clean the gun chamber, reloaded the shell gunpowder, and fired again after the muzzle was slightly eastward. The Yan artillery took the lead, but the southern artillery outnumbered dozens of the opponent, and the two sides launched a bombardment with such earth-shattering weapons in their hands.

On the bank of the river, when the fierce battle between the two armies under the mountain was in full swing, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, led tens of thousands of cavalry under his command to stand a few miles away on the north bank of the Baigou River. He had to be under the command of the scouts who were good at riding and archery, and the southern army commanded Ping'an to lead the cavalry under his command to be a few miles away to the east, and immediately ordered the troops to dismount and rest, and there was constantly Sima of the Chinese army galloping in front of him, reporting to him the military situation of Zhang Yu on the riverside and Zhu Quan under the mountain.

In the afternoon, on the north bank of the Baigou River, the southern army with a rough appearance and a spear in hand commanded a safe horse, and the figure of Zhu Di under the handsome banner of the Yan army was faintly visible half a mile away. Three rockets, with a puff of smoke, sprang into the air, emitting a shrill and piercing chirp. Ping An gritted his teeth and waved the spear in his hand. He had already agreed with Sheng Yong yesterday that after the morale of the Yan army fell under the onslaught of the Yan army in the afternoon, he would be attacked from both sides. At this time, he only needs to completely defeat the cavalry under Zhu Di and rush to the bottom of the riverside mountain, so that the shame and humiliation of the hasty defeat and escape under the city of Beiping last winter can be recovered. ”“

Zhu Di stretched out his hand and pulled out the three-foot long sword on his waist, shouting angrily and passing down the military order. At this time, he faced Ping'an, a fierce general under Lan Yu's former command, and knew that the outcome of the battle between the two armies might have to be decided at this moment, if he couldn't stop the enemy army and let him rush to the riverside and the mountain, then the Yan army infantry under his command would inevitably face a one-sided slaughter.

In the sound of the earth-shattering horn, tens of thousands of cavalry of the two armies clamped their legs between the horse's belly, and the four hooves of the war horse were raised under the neighing, and the rumbling hooves were earth-shattering. The momentum of the two armies was like two surging torrents, which overshadowed the Baigou River, which was slowly flowing on one side.

Countless arrows staggered in mid-air like flying locusts, and the cavalry surging forward like a tide kept people falling from their horses with arrows, and disappeared in an instant under the hooves of thousands of horses that rose and fell.

The cavalry of the two armies rushing forward collided head-on like a furious tide, and when the horses staggered, the war swords swung and fell, stirring up countless blood flowers and endless screams.

Just as Zhu Di was riding his horse with a sword and leading the army to fight with Ping'an, Sheng Yong, who was on the south bank of the Baigou River, heard that the scout Hui saw the rockets attacked by the Ping'an cavalry on the other bank, and immediately ordered the army to cross the river to attack. Under the sound of three trumpets, hundreds of soldiers of the Southern Army rushed forward with shields and swords, braving the oncoming rain of arrows on the other side of the river towards the pontoon bridge made of rough wood on the river.

Helplessly, the terrain on the pontoon bridge is narrow, although the southern army is strong but difficult to deploy, there are constantly southern sergeants on the pontoon bridge who fall into the water. Dozens of shells roared from the Yan army's formation, smashing the surface of the river, stirring up a column of water more than a foot high.

It turned out that Zhu Quan had reported by the scouts that when Zhu Di was about to fight with Ping'an, he had already thought that the enemy army would inevitably echo the attack of crossing the river from afar, so he simply let the dozens of remaining artillery pieces in the army fire on the river, intending to destroy several pontoon bridges by luck and stop the enemy's offensive.

At the same time, on the hillside, Sima Chao was ordered by Zhu Quanjun to lead 20,000 Yan soldiers to attack on his back, launching the most ferocious attack on the mountain since the start of today's war.

The southern troops stationed on the mountain had already cut down the coarse logs and made piles of them yesterday when they saw that the enemy troops had climbed to the middle of the hill and immediately removed the wooden stakes that had been deeply inserted into the soil in front of the piles of coarse wood.

Piles of logs, several feet long and waist-thick, rolled down from the top of the mountain, and when they reached the middle of the mountain, the force was extremely terrifying.

Sima Chao looked up and saw a thick rolling log roaring towards him, and hurriedly pounced on a raised rock on the dirt slope, and watched as the rough log with a thousand forces hit the rock and flew up, swept over his head, smashed into the group of soldiers behind him, and smashed several people down the hillside.

On the surface of the Baigou River, two Yan artillery shells happened to hit the pontoon bridge, and the rough wooden pontoon bridge finally broke apart in the flying wood, and the southern sergeant who rushed to the middle of the river screamed and fell into the river under the crowded push and shove of the robe behind him, and after struggling twice, he immediately shot the arrows that kept flying on the opposite bank.

Zhang Yu, the general of the Yan army covered in blood, knew that the enemy army on the other side had a large number of troops, and once the enemy crossed the river in a big way, it would be difficult to escape defeat today, so he stretched out his hand and pulled out the two arrows on the armor, and led his subordinates to rush forward with their lives, and those southern soldiers who rushed across the river along the pontoon bridge fought bloodily.

There are unforeseen circumstances in the sky, and it seems that God can't get used to the bloody storm caused by the fighting between the two armies. About an hour in the afternoon, thunder rolled in the dark clouds in the sky. The wind was blowing, and soon it was pouring rain, and the roaring artillery of the two armies could no longer fire after being damp, and the power of the strong crossbow bowstring was greatly reduced under the damp, and the arrows that were barely fired could not fly far in the wind and rain before they landed.

Zhu Quan stood at the foot of the hillside, looking at the corpses of the Yan army scattered all over the hillside, and immediately ordered to stop the attack. It turned out that the slopes of the mountain were muddy under the heavy rain at the moment, and it was impossible to attack again.

The southern army commanded Ping'an and Zhu Di's Yanshan guards to fight both defeats, and seeing that it was difficult to fight under the wind and rain, they all led the army to retreat slowly.

Zhu Di stretched out his hand to wipe the rain on his cheeks, turned his head and ordered a Chinese army Sima: "Order Zhang Yu to destroy all the pontoon bridges and then withdraw his troops back to the camp." Speaking of which, he turned his horse's head and led a group of exhausted Yanshan escort cavalry towards the barracks.

Seeing that it was difficult to continue the battle under the storm, Li Jinglong, the commander of the Southern Army, saw that it was difficult to continue the battle under the heavy wind and rain, and immediately issued a military order to let the troops return to the camp to shelter from the wind and rain.

At dusk, in the tent of the Yan army commander, Zhu Di couldn't help frowning after hearing Zhu Quan, Zhang Yu and others report today's battle. It turned out that in today's battle, Zhu Di and Ping'an each suffered thousands of casualties, which can be described as equal. Although the Yan army led by Zhang Yusuo destroyed all the pontoon bridges erected by the southern army on the river, they suffered heavy casualties in the rain of artillery and rockets of the southern army on the opposite bank. The Yan army under the command of Zhu Quan attacked the mountains several times, and in the face of the condescending terrain of the southern army led by Qu Neng, there were more than 10,000 casualties, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it was a fiasco.

In the face of such an unfavorable battle situation, from Zhu Di, Zhu Quan to Zhang Yu, Sima Chaoren was in a heavy mood and silent. Just because everyone knows in their hearts that even if they fight again tomorrow, they are afraid that they will not be able to escape today's situation.

In the face of such a predicament, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, as the commander of the army, was really difficult to decide, and retreated to Beiping? Sooner or later, it will be a passive situation where a large army is pressing the realm and the soldiers are approaching the city. Keep fighting again? I am afraid that there will be more than 10,000 casualties tomorrow, which will dampen the morale of my own army in vain. Camp and hold on? The 200,000 army consumes grain and grass every day, how long can it last? The most worrying thing is that there are hundreds of thousands of imperial court troops, and if Li Jinglong divides his troops to cross the river from other places all the way and attack Beiping, it will be difficult for him to take care of everything.

When Zhu Quan slowly returned to the camp, he saw that in the pouring rain, those Yan soldiers and soldiers took pots and jars and placed them in the open space of the barracks to collect rainwater, and he couldn't help laughing bitterly in his heart: The heavy rain came unexpectedly, which made the army temporarily free from the matter of water sources. Thinking of this, his heart suddenly moved, and he turned around and walked towards Zhu Di's tent.

Zhu Di was sitting alone in the tent, and when he saw Zhu Quan going and coming back, he couldn't help frowning and asked, "Brother Xian didn't go to rest earlier, but what happened?" ”

Zhu Quan stretched out his hand and grabbed his sleeve with a happy face, pulled him to the door of the handsome tent and said: "The river is bound to rise under the heavy rain, but I am afraid that tomorrow the enemy army will want to cross the river and attack us, it will not be so easy." ”

Zhu Di's eyes swept over the endless heavy rain in the sky, and he understood what Zhu Quan said in his heart. Originally, although the imperial army had hundreds of thousands of troops, but only two troops and horses of Ping'an and Qu Neng were stationed on the north bank of the river, and if the enemy army was blocked by the river tomorrow and it was difficult to cross the river to support, he would no longer need to divide his troops to garrison the riverbank, but only need to hold the cavalry under Ping'an, and he could attack Qu Neng according to the superior forces.

At the same time, everyone in the Southern Army's tent from Cao Guogong Li Jinglong and below showed a look of joy and encouragement, although today's battle was only a small victory, but it undoubtedly restored the morale of everyone who had been defeated since last winter.

Li Jinglong immediately issued a military order, asking the army to brave the rain to build dozens of more solid and wide pontoon bridges from the trees that had already been cut down, so that they could attack and cross the river tomorrow and break the enemy in one fell swoop.

In the middle of the night, wearing armor and covered in mud, Du commanded Sheng Yong to hurry to the handsome tent, and reported to Li Jinglong with a calm face that the water surface of the Baigou River was growing in the heavy rain, and the pontoon bridge was difficult to erect.

When Li Jinglong led the generals of the army to the river to check, he saw that a military camp on the riverside had gradually accumulated water during the day, so he had to order the troops to retreat and camp on higher ground.

Sheng Yong saw that the artillery in the army was soaked in heavy rain during the day, and the joy of Xiao Shengyan's army had already been swept away, and he lamented in his heart: Tomorrow, the old general Qu on the other side of the river is bound to fall into a situation of fighting alone, and he can only hope that he can defend the danger and wait until the army on the south bank crosses the river.

At dawn on the second day, the Baigou River, which was only more than 10 zhang wide yesterday, was already turbid today, and the flood on the river surface was surging with a width of dozens of zhang, and the dozens of pontoon bridges built by the Southern Army last night were all washed away. It turned out that the upper reaches of the Baigou River suffered a rare rainstorm yesterday, and the flash flood converged into the river, which finally made the inconspicuous Baigou River form an insurmountable moat, firmly blocking hundreds of thousands of imperial army on the south bank, and it was difficult to fly over.

After the Yan army was reported by the scouts, they were all overjoyed, and the morale of the army was greatly boosted.

Zhu Di, the king of Yan wearing armor, stood up and sent a military order with a fierce expression: "This king personally led all the cavalry to deal with the safe horseman, and Zhu Neng died 50,000 steps on the riverside. The rest of the army was under the command of Brother Quan, Zhang Yu, and captured the hill where Qu Neng's old puppet was based. ”

Zhu Quan and the others suddenly received the order to go out of the account.

About half an hour later, 200,000 Yan troops poured out, and the troops were divided into two ways to attack yesterday's battlefield with great momentum.

Zhu Quan had already learned a lesson from yesterday's crushing defeat at the bottom of the hillside, and he knew very well how powerful the enemy army was condescending, and immediately passed down the military order during the march, so that the army could build a solid camp under the hillside and firmly hold the only side that could go down the mountain. Then let Zhang Yu, Jing Jun, Sima Chao and other generals each lead thousands of soldiers to attack the mountain in turn, luring the enemy army to constantly throw down rolling stones and trees, trapping the enemy army to do a war of attrition.

The reason why Qu Neng, the governor of the southern army, asked for orders to garrison this mountain was because this mountain was facing water, and it was difficult to climb and attack under the steep terrain on both sides. Unexpectedly, a sudden heavy rain caused the river to swell and stop the reinforcements, making him sit on a lonely mountain.

In a southern army camp on the north bank of the Baigou River, the Yan army was divided into two routes, the cavalry came along the river under the leadership of Zhu Di, and the other foot soldiers were slightly behind and attacked from the flank, and immediately ordered the withdrawal with a calm face. He is a fierce general under the command of Lan Yu in the past, although he is brave and good at fighting, but he is not a reckless and ignorant person, knowing that although the cavalry has an overwhelming advantage against the infantry under the flat terrain, but here in the unfavorable terrain facing the river and Zhu Di entangled and fighting, in a place that is difficult to turn around, and then give the enemy infantry a strong attack from the flank, the situation is bound to be dangerous. Therefore, in desperation, he had to cancel the plan to lead the army to respond to the governor Qu Neng.

Zhu Di, who was sitting on the sweaty and bloody horse, led the army to march quickly, heard that the old enemy had led the army away safely, so he didn't care about himself, and immediately led the army to turn around and turn back to the bottom of the mountain, firmly guarding the side of Zhu Quan's army, and let hundreds of scouts who were good at riding and shooting in the cavalry separately probe the enemy's situation, in case Ping An led the army to return and return.

The general of the conquest, Cao Guogong Li Jinglongkong had far superior strength than the Yan army, but he trapped the Baigou River that flooded overnight on the south bank, and watched the Yan army on the opposite bank storm the hillside Qu Neng's department, and a sense of powerlessness suddenly surged in his heart, and he secretly thought to himself: If the heavy snow falls a few days late in winter, I am afraid of Zhu Di, Zhu Quan has already been defeated and captured. This time the two armies fought, our army occupied the advantageous land but was forced to be helpless by this heavy rain, could it be that the will of heaven really blessed the king of Yan, and the king of Ning could not?

Zhu Di led Zhu Quan, Zhang Yu, Zhu Neng and others to lead all the Yan troops to firmly hold the mountain, and trapped Qu Neng's southern army on the mountain.

Qu Neng, the governor of the southern army, saw that the Yan army was building a camp at the foot of the mountain, and was unwilling to sit still, so he immediately led his corporal to rush down the hillside to break through, and rushed to kill several arrows in his body several times, and died in battle. The tens of thousands of southern troops trapped on the lonely mountain under their command saw that the main general was killed, and although the friendly troops were close at hand, it was difficult to rescue, and the army was immediately in turmoil, except for the more than 10,000 people who died in battle with Qu Neng, all surrendered.

Li Jinglong saw that Qu Neng's entire army was annihilated, and the imperial army was shaken by this defeat, and immediately led the army to withdraw towards Jinan, Shandong.