Chapter 129: Who Is Destiny?
Sheng Yong was originally with Qu Neng, the two of them had a good relationship, they knew each other a little ability, and they respected each other very much.
At this time, seeing many middle-level soldiers surrounding Li Jinglong like a moon, Sheng Yong's eyes also rolled.
Sheng Yong is the same as Qu Neng, before King Yan raised his army, they were both commanders, Qu Neng worked for 16 years, and Sheng Yong also worked for almost 10 years.
The two of them couldn't move in this position, because they weren't the queen of Xungui.
Therefore, in the Ming Dynasty, they were so capable that they were able to command the envoys (in fact, they still relied on their father's shadow) were already considered to be the top of the sky, and they were able to sign a governor's affairs, which was a gift from the imperial court.
If you want to take a step closer, you can either make a great contribution or follow the boss.
Now the boss Li Jinglong is in front of him.
Those middle-level generals probably also understood this truth, so they desperately surrounded Li Jinglong to be courteous and curry favor with him, and everyone hoped that when Li Jinglong reported his merits in the future, he would be able to add his own name.
Sheng Yong actually wanted to do this, but he really couldn't pull his face.
Especially when Qu Neng and Ping An are still on the side.
At this time, he moved the horse to Li Jinglong's side without a trace, and was closer to Li Jinglong, but there were too many people in front of him, and he couldn't squeeze in, after thinking about it, he could only come back again, lowered his head and whispered to Qu Neng behind him: "What does General Qu think, I'm about to see Beiping City." ”
Qu Neng seemed to be preoccupied, and he didn't hear it clearly the first time, and only when Sheng Yong asked strangely the second time did he raise his head: "Ah." ”
Qu Neng understood Sheng Yong's words, looked left and right, and said: "The defenders of Beiping City are limited, and King Yan has taken the elite away, if we don't make mistakes, we will definitely be able to break the city." ”
"That's what I thought too." Sheng Yong nodded in agreement, but he looked at Qu Neng deeply, and the two of them looked at Li Jinglong at the same time, it is estimated that they will be scolding in their hearts, but it is difficult to say if Li Jinglong is in command.
Of course, they may not be able to scold the word SB, but it probably means something about the same.
On 5 October, the 500,000-strong army of the Southern Army came to the city of Beiping and immediately surrounded the city of Beiping.
Li Jinglong was full of confidence and was not in a hurry, and on the pretext of building a camp, he rested for a day, and only early the next morning, after eating breakfast, was he ready to give the order to attack the city.
The faces of the generals on the scene have changed greatly, what city to attack? What city will you attack? What about ladders? What about cloth bags? The artillery is still on its way from Zhending.
Guo Ying objected on the spot.
He said that Beiping was the capital of the Yuan Dynasty, the original city wall was thick, and later General Xu Da (Xu Da) was stationed here, in order to prevent the Yuan people from counterattacking, and made improvements, Xu Da abandoned the north city wall of the Yuan capital, and built a new city wall in the south.
Although the area of the renovated Beiping City as a whole is smaller than that of the Dadu period, the defensive power of the city wall has been greatly increased.
The moat outside the city is dug to the shallowest of 2.8 meters, and the deepest place even reaches more than 50 meters (I don't know whether it is true or false), connecting many rivers (including the Jade River outside the city).
In addition, in addition to the reinforcement of the city wall and the deepening of the moat, the urn castle inside Beiping Castle was also improved.
Guo Ying said that he would immediately go around to cut down the siege equipment, and then prepare the tools to fill the pit, and at the same time, he could wait for the artillery of Zhending City to come.
Li Jinglong's face was flushed when he heard this, and he was ashamed and angry, but it was not easy to attack.
After holding back a few breaths, he finally said with a gloomy face: "What General Guo said is exactly what the commander intended, and this matter will be handed over to the old general to be responsible, and within three days, there will be a thousand ladders, is there a problem?" ”
He didn't say anything about military justice, but only asked if there were any problems.
Guo Ying also knew that he was deliberately embarrassed, but he did not hesitate: "The old man takes the order." ”
Ping'an saw that this guy was unreliable, and he didn't even know how to attack the city, so he hurriedly said: "Cao Guogong, I want to wander around with the elite cavalry, first, to prevent Yan from returning to the army, and second, to wait for an opportunity to respond." ”
Li Jinglong had already written down his peace in a small notebook, but last time he was a Cao Guogong and disrespected the leader.
He immediately sank his face: "General Ping is loyal to the country, please be eager to fight, this commander can understand, but this commander has his own arrangements." ”
"Chen Hui."
"The end will be." Chen Hui said happily.
In the past few days, he and Tao Ming have been around Li Jinglong, you and I have a word, Li Dashuai is very cool, he knows that there will be benefits, and now he finally doesn't have to attack the city.
"Chen Hui led 15,000 elite horsemen, cruising around, and strictly guarding against Yan rebellion."
"The last will be ordered." Chen Hui looked up at Ping An excitedly, and Ping An's big face was flushed with anger.
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The siege battle was about to break out, and at this time, Zhu Gaochi, the prince of the city, was trembling and looking at the boundless soldiers and horses and camps under the city.
Veterans Gu Cheng, Qiu Fu, Zhang Xin, Chen Zhi, Tang Yun, Guo Zi, Mo Lin and other Beiping civil and military officials were all there, and Jin Zhong, Yuan Hui and Yao Guangxiao were also standing behind Shizi.
Everyone will not make any sound, because the city is too shocked, hundreds of thousands of troops, like ants, surrounded Beiping City, so many soldiers and horses plus the camp tents built, it is really boundless, and you can't see the end at a glance.
There were too many soldiers and horses in the Southern Army, which really shocked everyone.
But just then, a voice rang out.
"Li Jinglong is powerless to govern the army, the top and bottom are not of the same mind, and the southern army is not suitable for the northern weather, as long as we persist, the southern army will be defeated."
Everyone turned around, but it was Yao Guangxiao, a person who did not lead soldiers.
At that moment, a voice immediately sounded all around, Gu Cheng said that Li Jinglong was stubborn and had no prestige, Tang Yun said that the southern army came from various guard stations, the establishment was chaotic, and there was no way to command, Qiu Fu shouted that the southern army was weak and thin, and it was unbearable to fight, and everyone degraded the southern army.
After hearing this, Shizi immediately felt that his spirit was much better, and his confidence soared.
This may be the earliest self-hypnosis, anyway, after everyone finished speaking, they all felt that the 500,000 troops under the city were not worth mentioning, and everyone's confidence came up.
The generals quickly dispersed and prepared to defend in the place they were responsible for, and some of the civil officials hurried down to the city to go home, while others were still watching around.
The prince returned to the back of the tower worriedly, and Yao Guangxiao and the three followed.
Seeing that there was no one else around, Yao Guangxiao clasped his hands together: "Amitabha." ”
Shizi looked at him blankly: "Master Daoyan, can we really hold on?" ”
"The king and His Royal Highness are destined by heaven, and they will be the true dragon sons of the Ninety-Five Supreme in the future, how can they be difficult for His Highness with a small difficulty."
When the prince heard the destiny of heaven, the words of the Ninety-Five Supreme almost turned green.
His eyes widened, and his chubby face became redder and redder, and soon his panting became heavier.
"However, in the eyes of my father, I am still not as good as Gao Xu." The son sighed, his father took Gao Xu to fight and left me in the city, this city will be broken, and I will be finished.
"The son of the world should think the other way around." Jin Zhong said at this time: "This is the king's test for you, as long as you hold Beiping, it will be the greatest credit, no matter how many victories the king of Gaoyang County fights outside, it is not as good as defending the city." ”
The families of the generals of Beiping are all in the city, and if the city of Beiping is broken, the Yan army will definitely be finished, so Jin Zhong said that the credit for holding Beiping is the greatest.
The three of them persuaded and encouraged Zhu Gaochi.
Zhu Gaochi slowly began to believe in himself, his eyes became more and more attentive, and his expression became hideous.
In any case, I have to defend Beiping City for my father, because I am destined to return.
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"Let's go." Zhu Gaoxu glanced at Liu Jiakou behind him, and took Zhou Hu and Song Meng, one person and two horses, a total of six horses, and galloped away.
At this time, it was the beginning of October, and Li Jinglong's army had not yet arrived under the city of Beiping.
Zhu Di, the king of Yan, decided to break through the pass from Liujiakou on the Great Wall and enter Daning.
However, dozens of members of the Southern Army were guarding Liujiakou in order to use the role of vigilance.
If there is a frontal attack, the southern army can immediately light smoke to remind the large army at Songting Pass.
Last night, King Yan asked Zheng Heng to lead more than 100 people to climb over the mountain behind Liujiakou in the dark, breaking Liujiakou in one fell swoop, and not letting the southern army emit smoke.
Zhu Gaoxu later heard that when Zheng Heng led people to rush in, there was a Southern army who wanted to light a fire, and Zheng Heng shouted at that time: "Cut all the fire, don't move if you want to live." ”
At that time, the Yan army was shouting, whoever lit the fire would be beheaded.
Immediately, the Southern Army's own people knocked down the people who lit the fire, so they didn't let the smoke rise.
After the Yan army occupied Liujiakou, Zhu Gaoxu took Zhou Hu and Song Meng, three people and six horsemen, and set off first to the Qinglong River.
Behind the three of them were three horses carrying a thousand five hundred taels of silver and a small amount of food and water.
"Your Highness, didn't you say 600,000 taels?" Zhou Hu ran while looking at the horse behind him, how much is this?
"Huzi, are you stupid?" Song Meng scolded: "How can the three of us bring 600,000 taels?" ”
Zhou Hu's face turned slightly red, and he disturbed his head with his hands: "With such a little money, will Duoyan Sanwei turn his face on the spot." ”
Song Meng smiled: "What's the matter, are you scared?" ”
"Lao Tzu is afraid of a hair, Lao Tzu is afraid that His Royal Highness will be in danger." Zhou Hu was furious, in that battle, it wasn't Lao Tzu who rushed to the front, you just took a bow and arrow and hid in the back, shooting and shooting, stinky and shameless.
"Where Your Highness goes, Lao Tzu will dare to go with you, you are afraid of hair." Song Meng said loudly.
The two of them had a mouthful, and Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but glance at them: "Don't argue, save some effort, the Mongols want to turn their faces, and we have to kill them." ”
Zhu Gaoxu was very authoritative in their eyes.
I didn't say it at the beginning, I was still convinced by Zhu Gaoxu, and then after following Zhu Gaoxu, the two participated in many battles, every time Zhu Gaoxu's decision was convincing, Zhou Hu and Song Meng watched Zhu Gaochu fight more and more methodically, and now they respect Zhu Gaochu very much, and they don't dare to hum at the moment.
The three of them went from Liujiakou to Taolinkou, there were originally defenders here, because Daning's soldiers and horses were stationed at Songting Pass, and Liujiakou had soldiers and horses, so the defenders on this side also withdrew.
All the way across the Great Wall and into the three forks, the original defenders also withdrew.
This Liujiakou, Taolinkou, three-way mouth is responsible for guarding the key points of the Great Wall, now it is basically empty, the west side of the road is the Qi River, as long as you go forward along the Qi River, you can meet with the Qinglong River.
The three of them stopped and stopped, kept their horsepower, and waited for the army of King Yan to pass and go to Daning.
So it wasn't until the next day that he officially entered the territory of Duoyan Sanwei.