When Zhu Gaoxu arrived on the Suishui side, in the official and military camp on the south bank, Xu Huizu, Ping'an, and He Fu were discussing the war together.

In his early years, He Fu had been campaigning against rebellions of various ethnic groups in the southwest and northwest directions, and returned to Nanjing in the early years of the founding of the Yuan Dynasty, and then trained troops in Dezhou and was promoted to the governor of Zuodu.

This time, he and Ping'an fought against King Yan, first won a small victory, and then was surrounded by King Yan and then attacked secretly, but fortunately Xu Huizu arrived in time, and then defeated the Yan army.

"That Yan Shun is really fateful, if it weren't for the fact that General Tianping stumbled in front of his horse, he would have been killed or captured alive." He Fu said angrily at this time.

The miraculous scene of that day still flashed in front of his and Ping'an's eyes, and the two of them were amazed when they talked about it.

Ping An said in a humming voice at this time: "If it weren't for the Holy Order, Yan Yi would have died hundreds of times, and he would still be able to hit the scene?" ”

He Fu's face suddenly changed greatly, and he hurriedly glanced at him.

But Ping An didn't care, and continued: "The battle between the two armies is not child's play, how many brothers have been killed in the past few years, hundreds of thousands of sergeants' families have been destroyed, and their wives have been separated. ”

"He Dudu, you don't have to look at me, there are only three of us in the tent here, can you still report me?"

He Fu smiled bitterly, Xu Huizu wanted to speak and stopped, and he didn't know what to say.

Ping'an said: "There is also Wei Guogong, this time he brought reinforcements to help, Wei Guogong is loyal to the saint, good at military affairs, if Wei Guogong was used to replace Li Jinglong, then there is today's situation." ”

"Hey." He Fu sighed, speechless.

Xu Huizu waited for him to finish venting, and then he said in a good voice: "What General Ping said makes sense, there are only three of us here today, and no one will betray you." ”

"But the Holy One has his own calculations, and we, as courtiers, can only do what we are told."

"We didn't care about the things before, but now the three of us should work together to quell the rebellion for the Holy One as soon as possible."

Ping'an saw that Xu Huizu didn't want to say more, so he could only nod heavily: "Wei Guogong is reasonable, now that Yan is on the other side, our soldiers and horses plus Wei Guogong's are no longer inferior to them, but the cavalry is not as numerous as them." ”

"When you cross the river, look for an opportunity to fight it."

Yan Jun Ma Duo, originally when they crossed the river, it was best to attack half-crossing.

But the Yan army will definitely not be as they wish, if the Yan army finds a place to cross the river, their large force of cavalry can bypass the main force of the southern army and go straight to the Beijing division, so the meaning of peace is that they have to take the initiative to find the Yan army for a decisive battle and block the enemy north of Suishui.

Xu Huizu nodded: "General Ping said that it is very true, I didn't have the opportunity to lead the troops before, but now I finally lead the troops, and I am afraid that there will be traitors in the court, so I should fight with Yan Wei as soon as possible, I heard that my nephew Gao Xu was not there before, he was known as a hundred victories in the Yan Rebellion formation, and I was trying to try his weight." ”

Xu Huizu was able to lead the troops this time, which happened to be the result of Huang Zicheng being sent to Huai'an to discuss and train with his concubine Mei Yin, and Qi Tai desperately recommended him.

Xu Huizu was also afraid of long nights and dreams, and knew that the little emperor was indecisive and could change his mind at any time, so he had to take advantage of the military power in his hand to fight King Yan as soon as possible.

"Zhu Gaoxu's yellow-mouthed child, how can he be Wei Guogong's opponent." He Fu hurriedly slapped him on the back.

Ping An didn't want to be a sycophant, but thinking about it, Xu Huizu is indeed good among the current generals of the official army, and he just wanted to say something nice.

"The Divine Decree has arrived." Outside the camp, someone suddenly shouted.

At this important critical time, the little emperor came to an incredible operation, Xu Huizu had not arrived for a few days, Huang Zicheng returned to Beijing, and after some flickering, the emperor re-ordered Xu Huizu to lead the troops back to Beijing to defend Beijing.

Hmph, Xu Huizu received the holy decree, and his face turned red on the spot, ashamed and angry.

Ping'an and He Fu looked at each other, and they also looked incredible.

Wei Guogong was still boasting that he would have a good meeting with Zhu Gaoxu just now, but he didn't expect that in a blink of an eye, he would be transferred back to the Beijing Division, but even if Xu Huizu left, he would have to leave with the Beijing Division, which made the officers and soldiers suddenly at a disadvantage.

The joy of the victory just now is categorically gone.

Ping'an was furious on the spot: "There are not many officers and soldiers here, and they want to take away Xu Guogong, how can we fight against Yan?" ”

The messenger said that the Holy Lord was transferring troops from all over the country, and as long as a few generals held out for a while, there would be a steady stream of soldiers and horses from all over the country to support them.

Ping'an still wanted to get angry, He Fu hurriedly grabbed him, dragged him and pulled him away from the camp.

Xu Huizu was unwilling, and asked the eunuch who passed the decree if he could let him lead the troops to battle tomorrow and leave after the battle.

The eunuch said no.

Xu Huizu was helpless and closed his eyes in despair.

Xu Huizu brought nearly seventy or eighty thousand Beijing battalions from the Beijing Division, and so many soldiers and horses were leaving, they would definitely not be able to hide it, so King Yan would know about it the next day.

The Yan military camp suddenly became lively, a few days ago, everyone was still thinking about the withdrawal of troops from the north, and their morale was low, and suddenly they heard that Xu Huizu, the strongest and most capable of fighting in the southern army, withdrew his troops, and everyone was enthusiastic and their morale increased greatly.

King Yan immediately held a meeting, originally as he and Xu Huizu thought, they didn't plan to cross the river yet, and were ready to wait for the southern army to cross the river before fighting.

After all, there are more cavalry in the Yan army, and it is very troublesome for the cavalry to cross the river, and the pontoon bridge is more stable than the infantry, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive.

Now suddenly nearly half of the southern army has gone away, and King Yan immediately decided to cross the river to fight the southern army.

But this time it is not to cross the Yellow River in the north, but to cross Suishui in the south, and the south of Suishui is Lingbi County.

After the day's arrangement, Zhu Gaoxu was appointed as the vanguard of the front army, leading the soldiers and horses of the headquarters to go ahead and look for fighters.

At that time, Zhu Gaoxu's first reaction after hearing it was that King Yan was not a thing.

Either you don't use Zhu Gaoxu, or you use the mission.

As soon as Zhu Gaoxu came, he let him play as a striker.

The southern army rode at a distance of more than 100,000 steps on the Lingbi, and his headquarters was only 4,000 men and horses that could rush ahead.

However, King Yan said that he was looking for fighters, which also meant that he was flexible and mobile, and he didn't force Zhu Gaoxu.

He immediately said that he wanted Li Xian to follow him, and King Yan agreed, but King Yan glanced at Zhu Gaoxu strangely.

Because in the eyes of King Yan, all the soldiers and horses belong to King Yan.

What does Zhu Gaoxu mean, it seems that Li Xian's vassal rider is Zhu Gaoxu's?

After leaving the camp after the meeting, Li Xian quickly followed from behind.

"King Gaoyang." Li Xian followed with a bitter expression, as if he wanted to complain to him again, and Zhu Gaoxu knew at a glance that Li Xianbu might have suffered heavy losses again.

"Go back to the camp and say, Li Cun is also here." Zhu Gaoxu whispered.

Li Xian was overjoyed and hurriedly followed Zhu Gaoxu to his camp.

Zhu Gaoxu's soldiers and horses had just arrived last night, and they didn't even have time to repair the barracks last night, and they were repairing the barracks early this morning.

Of course, the pontoon bridge to cross the river had its own infantry to do it, and he convened the future to discuss the matter, chatted with Li Xian for a while, and waited for Li Xian's soldiers and horses to converge.

Li Xian really complained to him, saying that this time he followed King Yan, and he was also playing as a striker, and King Yan always liked to rush into battle.

The Ping'an Department also has a share of the clan cavalry, the leader is called the fire ear gray person, very powerful, at that time the king of Yan let the feudal cavalry Tong Xin and Li Xian two units and its attack, Li Xian played the forward, heavy losses, more than 1,000 horses out, after the fight of Qimei Mountain, now less than 800 horses, more than a third of the dead and wounded.

At that time, Li Xian's idea was that according to the fighting style of the King of Gaoyang County, the other divisions of the Yan army and the Fire-Eared Gray would rush to fight, and they would shoot their left and right flanks in the flank and rear, which would inevitably break the Fire-Eared Gray Division, but the Yan King let them play the front and rush into hand-to-hand combat, and the losses were huge.

This is not the first time that King Yan has taken the fan's cavalry to the front and rushed into battle, and Li Xian complained a lot.

Zhu Gaoxu thought that after King Yan became the emperor, he turned his face and attacked and destroyed Duoyan Sanwei, probably because he was afraid that the feudal cavalry would grow and affect the Ming Empire, so King Yan would deliberately weaken them and deliberately let them rush into battle.

Of course, the history books say that they were afraid that Duoyan Sanwei would rebel and take the lead.

But people try their best to help you fight the world when you are in trouble, and it is indeed a bit unkind that you will destroy others after you take the world.

But then again, if you want to sit firmly in the position of the emperor, you have to be shameless and unkind.

"General Li, don't panic, now follow this king, let's follow our style of play and use what you are good at." Zhu Gaoxu comforted him with a good voice.

Li Xian said: "I'd rather follow King Gaoyang." ”

Not long after, several generals under Zhu Gaoxu arrived.

He gave King Yan's order, and then said that he was going to prepare to cross the river, and the other infantry battalions of King Yan were building pontoon bridges.

Li Yuan immediately said: "We can cross from the Fuli Bridge, we don't have to wait for the pontoon bridge, it's safer." ”

The Fuli Bridge that Li Yuan said is in the north of Suzhou, and it is also a main bridge across Suishui.

When the Yan army went south, most of the soldiers and horses walked from that side, and then fought with the southern army in Qimei Mountain, and when the southern army was defeated and retreated, there were also many soldiers and horses passing through the Fuli Bridge.

Zhu Gaoxu didn't participate in these things, so he didn't know, and he was still waiting for the Yan army to build a pontoon bridge.

But Li Yuan is very experienced, and after arriving last night, he contacted his former brothers and various departments early this morning to inquire about the surrounding terrain and terrain.

Zhu Gaoxu immediately learned that Li Yuan is indeed very experienced, and he can't do it behind closed doors when he should inquire.

At two o'clock, Zhu Gaoxu and Li Xian's soldiers and horses converged again, and the whole army totaled about 5,000 and went to Fuli Bridge.

Suzhou will still be in the hands of the officials and soldiers, but the inside also knows that hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses are fighting outside, so the city gate is closed every day.

The Yan army will not attack the city if it crosses, because as long as the southern army is defeated, these cities will surrender, and if the southern army is not defeated, they will have to withdraw sooner or later if they occupy it now.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, Zhu Gaoxu's vanguard came to Zhaojiaqiao Town, west of Lingbi and northwest of Qimei Mountain.

At this time, it was less than twenty miles away from Lingbi County, and his sentry and the southern army sentry collided from time to time, and the southern army retreated step by step, not oppressing, and gave up his eyes to the Yan army.

When Zhu Gaoxu received the report, he came to Lingbi County with a team of 100 personal soldiers, and he was also slightly stunned.

I saw that the sky outside Lingbi County was full of dust, the flow of people was like a tide, and tens of thousands of southern troops and local people were building a large number of buildings, starting from two miles outside the county seat, and the work was in full swing.

Zhu Gaoxu, Li Yuan, Xu Xiang, Chen Wen, and Li Xian looked at each other.

"The Southern Army is ready to defend to the death?" Even Li Xian's feudal rider can see it.

(End of chapter)