Of course, several generals of the Southern Army already knew about it.

The deputy general of the left army is Li Jian.

Li Jian's banner actually came up.

Originally, Li Jian's banner was in the back camp, but in order to prevent this road from collapsing, Li Jian had already moved the command banner forward.

It's a pity that Zhu Gaoxu can't see the situation behind Li Jian's big array, it turns out that behind Li Jian's big array is a crossing of the Hutuo River, and now there are still a large number of soldiers and horses coming over on the south bank.

On the one hand, Li Jian moved his troops and horses forward to block Zhu Gaoxu, and on the other hand, he made room for reinforcements behind.

"Gather soldiers and horses and defeat Li Jian." Zhu Gaoxu immediately ordered: "Come to the west." ”

More than a dozen pro-soldiers immediately rushed out of the ranks and notified the ministries.

Zhu Gaoxu led his men and horses to the west and gathered in the west, while Li Jian's side was also gathering the defeated troops and reorganizing the defensive line.

At this time, the infantry battalions behind moved forward one after another, and a large number of infantry concentrated around Li Jian.

Li Jian is also very experienced, as long as the infantry formation is deep enough, the cavalry is definitely useless.

"General, the archery on the other side is very powerful." At this time, a thousand households proposed it to him.

The battalion in front of it was directly collapsed by Zhu Gaoxu's arrows.

"Gather all your shields and use them in the first five rows." Li Jian immediately gave the order.

Li Jian's side originally had three large battalions, but one battalion was destroyed by Zhu Gaoxu, and then Li Jian regrouped, still with more than 10,000 people in his hands.

If these more than 10,000 people are twisted together, Zhu Gaoxu will have nothing to do with him.

But the infantry has a disadvantage compared to the cavalry, it gathers more slowly.

Zhu Gaoxu quickly gathered the soldiers and horses of his headquarters, and observed while concentrating, he didn't have time to count, but it was estimated that after rushing like this just now, there were about one or two hundred people less.

And the opposite side was shot, and there were one or two thousand cuts, most of which were knocked down by their five rounds of arrows, which can be regarded as a big victory.

But the problem is, there are more than 10,000 on the other side.

"Are the bows there?" Zhu Gaoxu asked the generals around him at this time.

Many people looked at each other, and after just a few rounds of shooting, someone just threw the bow and rushed up, and then many people learned.

", who told you to throw it away?" Veda scolded.

Zhu Gaoxu was originally going to shoot ten more rounds and then rush, but he didn't expect that many people had already thrown their bows.

But at this moment, boom, the Yan army of the brigade behind them rushed over, with cavalry and infantry.

But it was Zhang Wu who brought people here.

"Why doesn't the king of Gaoyang County move forward anymore? King Yan had an order to destroy the infantry battalion of the southern army on the left wing as soon as possible. After Zhang Wu arrived, he was not polite.

Without waiting for Zhu Gaoxu to respond, he said again: "If the king of Gaoyang County can't do it, let the end come and give it to me." ”

Zhang Wu didn't wait for Zhu Gaoxu to reply, and with a wave of his hand, the soldiers and horses behind him suddenly rushed up like a tide.

"Tui" Sheng Jian spat on the ground.

Xu Xiang also said in a deep voice: "We have more than 2,000 and 10,000, and it is not bad to be able to fight like this." ”

The generals were not happy with Zhang Wu.

But what Zhu Gaoxu thought was that he couldn't drag Queen Yan's legs, and everyone was now in the same boat.

"Let's go, don't let them look down on you, come on." Zhu Gaoxu waved his hand and decided to follow Zhang Wushang.

At this time, Zhang Wu's soldiers and horses rushed in front, and they were much safer in the back.

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The battle situation on the two flanks outside the city is not as important as the entire battlefield.

A large number of soldiers and horses of the Southern Army were near the city gate, some were stationed outside the city, and some were inside the city.

The total number of soldiers and horses on both sides exceeded 200,000, and most of them were concentrated in front of the north gate of Zhending City.

At this time, around the north gate of Zhending City, the sound of shouting and killing shook the sky, and the sound of cannons continued.

The southern army lined up many bowls of guns and Hongwu iron cannons on the city wall.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, there were two kinds of bowl-mouth guns used for direct fire and projectile, the former can be called artillery, the latter is also called mortar, and most of them are used to defend the city.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, today's battle should be the most artillery.

Because after Zhu Yuanzhang seized the world, the development of firearms in the Ming Dynasty lacked the demand for war, and the development speed slowed down significantly.

After the unification, the main enemy of the Ming Dynasty was the Mongols on the grassland, but this would obviously not be able to create field artillery that could be used on the grassland, so there was no demand for large artillery in the early Ming Dynasty and even for a long period of time in the Ming Dynasty, and even the Hongwu iron cannon This specification of artillery has few records of manufacturing and use after Hongwu.

In this battle of Zhending, Sheng Yongli overrode public opinion and asked to bring all kinds of dusty cannons in the warehouse, which made the battle of Zhending have artillery.

Sheng Yong is not only good at using infantry, but also good at using artillery.

He arranged all the artillery at the north gate, and sure enough, the Yan army attacked the most fiercely on this side.

At this time, nearly 100,000 people were fighting under the city, and the cannons at the head of the city let out a roar from time to time, and then the cannonballs flew towards the Yan army's array.

It's a pity that there are too many soldiers and horses in the Yan army, and the limited shells fall into it, like throwing a stone into the sea.

Moreover, the range of this cannon is limited, and many times the Yan army rushes up and retreats, and it can't reach it if it wants to, and even several cannons hit their own people.

From time to time, there were loud scoldings under the city, and Sheng Yong, who was standing on the city wall and watching the battle, had a blue face, and he didn't know what to say.

He thought in his heart that if Geng Bingwen wanted to defend, there was no need for a large number of soldiers and horses to fight with the Yan army outside the city.

Zhendingcheng can't stay with so many soldiers and horses, but it can move to other places, such as Jinju.

If Geng Bingwen was willing to divide his troops to garrison the cities and let the Yan army attack the cities, then this battle would be much easier.

The Yan army certainly could not afford to lose the price of the siege.

But Geng Bingwen didn't want to divide the troops, gathered 130,000 soldiers and horses together, and couldn't enter the city at the same time, and now more than half of them were fighting with the Yan army outside Zhending City.

After watching it for a while, Sheng Yong felt that the situation of the southern army was not good.

The southern army has its back against the city wall, and there is an expectation in his heart, once it can't be defeated, it can retreat into the city, if everyone thinks so, who will fight hard?

Xiang Yu broke the cauldron and sank the boat, and Han Xin's battle against the water was all put to death first and then born.

Now Geng Bingwen is going the opposite way, letting the whole army defend the city with their backs, everyone has luck in their hearts, and they can retreat into the city if they can't beat it, which is definitely not conducive to the southern army.

In view of the fact that Geng Bingwen rejected the last surprise attack on Beiping by the troops, Sheng Yong thought about it and thought about how to properly and euphemistically put forward his opinions to Geng Bingwen.

Just then, suddenly.

In the distance, cheers could be heard from below the city on the west side.

Then the large array of the Southern Army seemed to fluctuate.

After a while, someone from the west hurried over, and it was Ping'an.

Sheng Yong turned his head and saw that Geng Bingwen, who was not far away, did not have a good face.

Ping An ran over in three steps and two steps, and said in a deep voice: "Li Jian on the left flank has collapsed, Li Jian doesn't seem to be in the formation, and his defeated army is attacking our western defense line." ”

Geng Bingwen's face changed greatly: "So fast? ”

Li Jian had three battalions in his hands, and the soldiers and horses on the south bank behind him, how could he be so fast? How long has it been?

"Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Gaoyang County, was too fierce, first led the cavalry to break down one of his battalions, and then joined forces with another Yan army."

"I'm in the city, and the king of Gaoyang is very good at using cavalry, and he must first ride and shoot in every battle, like the Mongols."

"The soldiers had nowhere to hide, and they suffered heavy losses."

"The last general will fight." Ping'an said the back, hugged his fists and said: "I am willing to lead the cavalry and fight Zhu Gaoxu in a decisive battle." ”

Ping An looked excited, as if he had met an opponent, and couldn't wait to compete with Zhu Gaoxu.

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