"Let's go, boys, look at us." Li Xian roared loudly in the words of the domain, and rode out with the soldiers and horses of his headquarters and the elite archers under Zhu Gaoxu, about 1,500 people.

The cavalry of the two sides hedged, and the southern army rushed very fiercely, obviously wanting to fight hand-to-hand.

But Li Xian is very comfortable under Zhu Gaoxu's tent now, and he doesn't need to follow the style of King Yan, he waved his long arm, and the military order folded and boomed, and when he was a hundred steps away from the southern army, he went sideways.

The Yugoslav army was in hot pursuit, and also intended to stick it.

But I saw that the crackling horn collapsed, and the Yan soldiers turned their heads one after another and threw at the back.

The arrows took advantage of the wind, and more than half of them fell into the southern army's formation.

Ah, there was another scream and the sound of people turning their backs.

At this time, the position of the two sides was that the feudal cavalry was running in front and the southern army was chasing behind, but the feudal cavalry kept throwing backwards with skillful riding and archery.

The cavalry of the Southern Army could not catch up, not to mention, they had to be shot.

Of course, there is also a good horse archery in the southern army, while running forward, while shooting the feudal horse, the two sides you come and go several times to shoot, the southern army obviously fell behind, falling countless horses.

"Stop." The general of the Southern Army couldn't stand it, so he hurriedly stopped drinking.

"Call" the cavalry of the Southern Army reined in one after another.

"Return to the formation, escort He Dudu to step into the formation." The cavalry general of the Southern Army decided not to pursue.

But they didn't chase, Li Xian and Song Meng came to their senses, the two looked at each other, smiled in unison, boom, the cavalry of the clan and Song Meng, in an astonishing arc, in a limited space, turned around again.

When a large force of cavalry turned at the same time, it was very spectacular and very good-looking, and in the entire ancient dynasty, only the cavalry of the Mongols and Jurchens and other ethnic minorities at their peak could be so smooth and good-looking.

As soon as the southern army retreated, the cavalry of the Yan army caught up again, chasing them and throwing them behind them.

Zhu Gaoxu's tactics of advancing the enemy and retreating, and chasing after the enemy, the cavalry of the Southern Army complained bitterly.

At first, they could still resist, but they couldn't stand the losses, and after four or five hundred of the three thousand elite horsemen were shot down, they couldn't hold back any longer, and at this time the generals couldn't control it at all, and with a bang, the cavalry scattered in all directions, and each fled.

He Fu's cavalry was already small, but now that he had lost his cavalry guards, the infantry battalion could only watch Zhu Gaoxu's cavalry running around and shooting at them from afar.

Whenever he organized a large force of infantry to meet him, Zhu Gaoxu's soldiers and horses immediately turned around and left, detouring in other directions to attack other infantry battalions.

He Fu had no way to take Zhu Gaoxu's 5,000 cavalry.

Although the Ming army now has a relatively high armor rate, and at the same time is limited by the lethality of bows and arrows, the damage caused by this projectile is not serious, but it is very uncomfortable to be beaten all the time and not be able to return it.

How many countries and dynasties in history were separated by the collapse of the Mongols in this way.

At this time, the battlefield was dusty, and the cavalry of the Yan army went back and forth, and the arrows were like rain, continuously throwing them towards the southern army.

The Southern army was shot densely and contracted, trying to hug together.

A large number of Southern archers were running around in the formation, busy and happy.

Zhu Gaoxu was too cunning and slippery, and when he saw that the archers of the southern army were in the east, he took the soldiers and horses to the west, and when he saw the archers of the southern army going west, he took the soldiers and horses to the east.

The foot bow was the only one that could cause damage to the cavalry, but Zhu Gaoxu effectively avoided shooting with the foot bow, which made He Fu's soldiers and horses shoot without temper.

"I can't stand it." At this time, someone ran to He Fu and said angrily.

"Then King Gaoyang doesn't talk about martial arts when he fights, and the brothers can't touch them, all governors, retreat."

Someone said in a deep voice: "Zhu Gaoxu just wants to hold us back, and now he is retreating, he will follow up and shoot again, and we will lose miserably." ”

He Fu sighed: "Let's not retreat, wait for Yan Rebellion and Ping An to divide the victory and defeat, if it is safe to win, it is fine, if Yan Reverse wins, we will be even more miserable." ”

The generals looked at each other.

In May of the fourth year of Jianwen (1402), the Yan army and the southern army launched the decisive Battle of Lingbi.

The battle began in Ping'an with 60,000 elite cavalry escorting grain and grass, the Yan army attacked it fiercely, it was difficult to distinguish the victory and defeat, He Fu was safe in first aid, was ambushed by Zhu Gaoxu, and returned defeated.

Soon after He Fu returned to the Lingbi, Ping'an also gave up the grain and grass and ran all the way back to the Lingbi with soldiers and horses.

His subordinates were all cavalry, and the Yan army couldn't stop it, so Ping'an and He Fu retreated back to the spirit wall again.

But God played a joke with the little emperor again, and at the end of the Battle of Lingbi, another strange thing happened, which directly affected the final battle situation.

If you want to talk about metaphysics, sometimes you really can't believe it.

Ever since King Yan started his army, it was as if he had brought good luck to him, no matter how strange things were, they would happen to him.

This time the incident is even more bizarre, it can only be said that King Yan's luck is really good.

After Ping'an and He Fu retreated to the Lingbi, because of the loss of food and grass, they knew that they could not hold the Lingbi, and decided to break through.

Just when Ping'an and He Fu were discussing the breakout, Zhu Di, the king of Yan on the other side, was actually making a fool.

Who would say that Yan Wangjun's level is not below Li Er, and Zhu Gaoxu will definitely slap him to death.

Because after Ping'an and He Fu retreated to Lingbi, the generals Xu Zhong, Li Bin, Li Yuan and others suggested that King Yan had no food, so they could surround Lingbi, dig soil and build a wall outside, and force the southern army of Lingbi to surrender.

But King Yan thought that the southern army could still defend to the death, and he was afraid that Sheng Yong's reinforcements would come to support, so he decided that early tomorrow morning, with three cannon shots, the whole army would storm the southern army camp.

As soon as King Yan's military order came out, all the generals of the army at that time had opinions, and there was also opposition.

Because the southern army desperately dug soil into a ditch, built a wall with mud, and made a lot of fortifications outside the spiritual wall, which was very difficult to attack.

But King Yan insisted on going his own way and gave a death order, and everyone could only obey it.

At that time, even Zhu Gaoxu felt that the military level of King Yan was unreliable, and even he felt that if he attacked tomorrow, he would inevitably suffer heavy casualties, and it might not be useful.

If he stormed the Spirit Wall, no matter how many cavalry and archery horses he had, it would be useless, and no matter how many cavalry there were, it would be useless.

This will He Fu and Ping'an If they break through a few days later, they will normally guard first, and tomorrow King Yan will definitely be hit on the head and bleed, or even defeated.

But fate really took care of King Yan, and the signal agreed on by the two sides was three cannon shots.

That night, the more than 100,000 troops of the Southern Army knew that they would break through tomorrow, so everyone had a good rest and a good night's sleep.

Early the next morning, three cannon shots were suddenly heard, and the generals left the camp one after another, some of them had not yet gotten up, and someone had already opened the camp gate in front.

I don't think they just ran outside, and the tide-like Yan army on the opposite side had already rushed up.

The Battle of Lingbi ended so strangely.

In this battle, Yan Junsheng captured 37 enemy generals such as Chen Hui, Ping'an, Ma Pu, Xu Zhen, Sun Cheng, 4 internal officials (eunuchs), 150 court ministers, more than 20,000 horses, and countless surrenderers. Only He Fu fled on his own.

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When the southern army was defeated at Lingbi, Sheng Yong's soldiers and horses had just arrived at the Xuyi Huai River section.

The Huai River connects Xuyi and Huai'an, and goes west to Wuhe County, if Sheng Yong arrives a few days early, the grain and grass of the official army can go from Huai'an along the Huai River all the way to Wuhe County, which is very close to the Lingbi, and Sheng Yong's soldiers and horses can also support the Lingbi.

It's a pity that Sheng Yong arrived a few days late, as soon as he arrived in Xuyi, he heard the news of the defeat of Lingbi, so Sheng Yong immediately built a defense line on the south bank of the Huai River and decided to defend Xuyi.

Hearing that Ping'an was captured, Sheng Yong had a feeling of sadness that the rabbit died and the fox died, and he stood on the bank of the Huai River that day, and couldn't help but say to his subordinates: "Ping'an makes good use of cavalry, but now he is trapped in the barracks and captured, presumably he is extremely unconvinced." ”

On that day, Ping'an was still in the camp, and was preparing to gather soldiers and horses, and the front had already started, and his large group of elite cavalry had no time to concentrate, and there was no space for him to move.

Therefore, the one who knows peace best is Sheng Yong.

After Ping An was arrested, he was very unconvinced, but he was helpless.

A general next to him immediately said: "I heard that Ping An killed many generals of King Yan before, and the commander of the above is almost enough for two hands, so many generals of the Yan army want King Yan to kill King Yan, but King Yan actually said that each is his master and cannot be investigated." ”

Brush, Sheng Yong turned his head at that time, glared at the general, and was quite angry in his heart, almost wanting to ask someone to cut him.

The general's heart was furious when he was stared at by Sheng Yong, and he quickly lowered his head, not daring to snort again.

In the past, everyone called Yan Rebellion, but now this Si calls Yan Wang, and says that Yan Wang will not be investigated, and each is his master, which is actually implying that Sheng Yong can surrender.

Sheng Yong said angrily: "Yan Shun is now in order to stabilize people's hearts and do it to us people, his personality is hidden from the world, but he can't hide from me, he has been a good man since he was a child, and he studied in Beijing back then, just because Cao Guogong didn't know him on the first day of school, he hated him, and often bullied and humiliated Cao Guogong with the princes." ”

"You are optimistic, if you let him gain power, since Yan rebels raised troops this time, anyone who has fought against him and embarrassed him will be killed by him."

Sheng Yong really saw through Zhu Di at a glance, in the original history, all the generals who embarrassed Zhu Di during the Jing martyrdom and suffered hardships did not miss a single one afterwards, and they were killed cleanly.

On the contrary, those who couldn't beat Zhu Di and were arrested, such as Gu Cheng, Pan Zhong, Yang Song, Xu Kai and others, are all alive and well.

What can a normal person do?

Gu Cheng, Pan Zhong, Yang Song, Xu Kai and others are all mediocre generals, and their abilities are limited, so they can't beat King Yan.

Ping'an, Sheng Yong, Qu Neng, Tie Xuan, etc. are all capable and capable people, and they have suffered for King Yan, so they were all killed.

That normal person, after success, will kill the talented and leave the incapable?

Therefore, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, has a very small heart, and his eyes will be retribution, which is seen by Sheng Yong.

Sheng Yong thought that if King Yan succeeded, his fate would be extremely miserable.

He was not born in a noble family, he relied on his own hard work and hard work for half a life to have his current status, and was also named a marquis by the imperial court, and finally stepped into the ranks of the Ming nobles.

Once this is difficult to succeed by Yan Wang Jing, everything about him will be a trivial matter, and the whole family may not be able to save their lives.

He was very unwilling, in addition to not wanting to lose his glory and wealth, he also didn't want to be recorded in the history books as an embarrassing and failed image.

(End of chapter)