"Pan Zhong was caught?"

"Yes, Lord Wang," Zhang Yu smiled, "The army led by Pan Zhong was broken from head to end, was surrounded and beaten, more than half of them surrendered, and he himself was captured alive after breaking through... It has been sent outside the camp. ”

Zhu Di, who had already wrapped up his injuries, looked down at the battle report: "Bring him in, I want to see him." ”

"Yes."

Pan Zhong, who was tied up with five flowers, was escorted into the big tent of the Chinese army by several guards, and knelt on the ground in embarrassment, he gritted his teeth and looked up at the figure: "Yan... King! ”

"Don't shout Yan rebellious? On the documents of the imperial court, they all call me like this," Zhu Di put down the battle report, "Or did this battle knock out the hearts of you court generals?" ”

Hearing this, Pan Zhong struggled his body and knelt straighter: "If it weren't for Yang Song being too wasteful and Gu Cheng betraying the court, how could the prince win so easily?" ”

"It's not my fault!"

"It's this set again, I'm going to be tired of listening to it," Zhu Di stood up and looked down at Pan Zhong coldly, "What the hell is the fixed number... If you can't win, you can't win, you have to find these excuses, you can win if Xiongxian doesn't break? Gu Cheng doesn't betray you, can you run? Instead of saying this, you might as well think about how to say something nice and let me spare your life. ”

He bypassed the table: "You don't have the same good luck as Song Zhong... Now that I have a Gu Cheng, I'm not so patient with everyone. ”

Pan Zhong, who has always loved to beat and scold soldiers, and has always had a bad reputation in the army, showed the backbone of a soldier at this time: "Since the army has been defeated, if you want to kill it, you have to be killed!" I am a general of the imperial court, how can I rely on the thief? ”

It is also a loss to Gu Cheng who is not there, otherwise when he hears these words, he is afraid that his face will be swollen.

Zhu Di nodded slightly: "Like Song Zhong, he is worthy of his name... But you're thinking too much, and I'm not going to kill you. ”

Pan Zhong was stunned: "What do you mean?" ”

"Since you all know that Gu Cheng has rebelled, then you should understand that I already know Geng Bingwen's arrangement and thoughts," the corners of Zhu Di's mouth hooked, "The strength of Geng Bingwen's army lies in supporting each other and taking care of each other, as long as one place is attacked, other garrisons will definitely come to the rescue and attack inside and outside, now Xiongxian and Sizhou are gone, only a lonely Chinese army tent remains, and... The southern army is now scattered, the 300,000 army has not reached at all except for you and Yang Song's 40,000, and Geng Bingwen's Chinese army is now more than 100,000, yes or no? ”

Pan Zhong's heart sank, he had been thinking about this since the defeat, Zhu Di's statement was really not exaggerated, the original impregnable defense north of the Yellow River... Now it's in tatters.

"Why do you say that?"

"It stands to reason that I should clean up Xiongxian Sizhou now, recruit soldiers to take away the grain and grass equipment, and then take the initiative to attack and break the scattered imperial garrisons one by one," Zhu Di sneered, "It's really easy to win... But I don't like it. ”

He was silent for a moment: "I'll let you go back, you tell Geng Bingwen that for three days at most, my army... It's coming. ”

Pan Zhong was stunned suddenly, almost thinking that Zhu Di was joking.

What does this mean? Could it be that the imperial army is too small?

"That's right, I just think Geng Bingwen has too few soldiers," Zhu Di waved his hand and motioned to the guards to drag Pan Zhong down: "Tell him that I want to fight with him... Decisive battle! ”

……

"That's what he said?"

"It's true! Yan Wang... Yan Wei said that there were too few troops on the banks of the Hutuo River, and the fight was not fun, and he wanted to have a decisive battle with the general under Zhending City! ”

For Geng Bingwen, who is already in his sixties, it is really not a comfortable thing to fight at this age when he is teasing Sun, and the biggest evidence is probably the wrinkles on his face.

The defeat of Xiongxian and Sizhou has been decided, and it will chill the hearts of other generals if they are too accountable at the moment, facing Pan Zhong who ran all the way back from the Yan army camp, Geng Bingwen just nodded, indicating that he knew.

Gu Cheng rebelled, this was something he couldn't have imagined, why did that young man who seemed to have a bright future choose to attach himself to King Yan? Doesn't he know that if he stays up for more than ten years and accumulates some military merits, he may even climb to the current position of Xu Zengshou?

The world is getting stranger and stranger... But Geng Bingwen did not doubt Pan Zhong, because whether Pan Zhong was a spy who had surrendered or not, he had only one choice.

As Zhu Di hoped, join forces.

What can I do if I don't have a team? The formation that he had carefully laid out had been broken through, and the armies of Xiongxian and Sizhou were disposed of by Zhu Di like chopping vegetables, if the status quo was continued, Zhu Di could spend more time and slowly clear the north of the Yellow River while his army was not ready.

Anyway, he calculated that he would not take the initiative to fight him in the field.

On the contrary, this decisive battle may not only be what Zhu Di wants, but also what he wants.

There's no better way... It seems that he has stronger troops and more righteousness, but Geng Bingwen knows how terrifying the military ability of the genius general who is less than forty years old on the other side is, he is a person who has seen the world, Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, and Li Wenzhong's figures have accompanied him for many years, and their overwhelming offensive and unpredictable judgment have left a deep impression on him, at that time, he could only do what he could under the light of these people, and as they went away, he also had the conceit that the world could fight, There are not many people who can fight now.

But at the moment when the news of the fall of Sizhou in Xiongxian County and the annihilation of the 40,000-strong army came, and Pan Zhong's embarrassed figure appeared on the banks of the Hutuo River, he finally fully realized that he was facing a terrible enemy, an enemy who was very good at fighting, difficult to deal with, and bold enough to send him this decisive battle letter.

Three days... This means that Zhu Di is really ready to take away everything in Xiongxian and Sizhou, and the army is all pressed, and even considering the time it takes for him to join forces, he has set such a date.

He exhaled softly: "General Ben knows, go down." ”

Pan Zhong was ashamed and ashamed: "General, the last general... The last general really failed to live up to the general's trust. ”

"Since ancient times, there has been impermanence to win, just lose for a while, go down and rest," Geng Bingwen stood up, the old general's pace was still steady, but his body was not as good as before, "After all, even the old man... I'm not sure if I will live up to His Majesty's trust. ”

The biggest civil war in 32 years, after all, the younger Zhu Di won first.

His specialty is not attacking, but Zhu Di's army is approaching step by step so aggressively... The strategy set in Jinling is no longer suitable for continuation, and the next battlefield situation is afraid that Zhu Di will lead him away.

He had no choice but to join forces as Zhu Di hoped, which was really a shame for a general who led an army of 300,000.

But whether you live or die, there must always be a result, His Majesty of Jinling is still waiting for an explanation, Zhu Di... It should come, and it will always come.

He gently stroked the hilt of his sword, sighing slightly.

My hands will tremble when I revise the war report... Can you still hold a sword now?