Chapter 208: The End
"General, go this way!"
Geng Bingwen, the deputy general of the Chinese army, Li Jian, saw the old general running in the saddle, and Ma Sanbao behind him with a group of cavalry in hot pursuit, and hurriedly patted his horse to meet him, he was the general of the left side of the Chinese army, and at this moment the soldiers and horses of the headquarters had not yet faced the Yanwang cavalry, so he naturally did not know the details of the Yan army, and was full of the idea of saving Geng Bingwen, so that Geng Bingwen personally picked up his gun and fought with Ma Sanbao who collided head-on.
At this time, Gu Huai also led the troops to sneakily touch the front, and after meeting with the cavalry led by Ma Sanbao, because there was really no time to greet each other, and the southern army camp was also washed away, he could only follow Ma Sanbao all the way to the vicinity of the Chinese army, only then did he find out that his party was in the military uniform of the Ming army. So he simply mixed into the ranks of the Ming army and prepared to make another fire, and then meet up with acquaintances.
It's just that this cavalry rushed up, it was impossible to stop, thousands of soldiers and horses charged into battle, as long as the momentum stopped, it would immediately fall into encirclement, and then the advantage of the cavalry would be so gone, so Zhu Di took over the command of the cavalry after he arrived, and charged towards the battlefield like a gust of wind, leaving only Ma Sanbao with more than 100 horsemen chasing Geng Bingwen to the death.
But in this way, these cavalry were stopped by Li Jian, and they were suddenly in danger, although the Chinese army of the southern army had become a pot of porridge, but as far as the eye could see, Ma Sanbao was still surrounded densely, Gu Huai saw it from a distance, and was hesitating whether to take someone to rush to relieve Ma Sanbao's siege, and saw that Li Jian retreated without talking about martial virtues, and prepared to stumble while sending troops forward.
This is also the reason why Ma Sanbao is so tired... In this era, generals rarely do that kind of pure martial arts thing that is single-handedly before the battle, so Li Jian's immediate kung fu is really not good, but Ma Sanbao slashed all the way from Zhending City to the southern army camp, and the knives in his hands have some curly blades, even if the martial arts are high, at this time it is already a bit of a strong crossbow The end of the crossbow tastes, even if he failed to behead Geng Bingwen, he didn't even take Li Jian after exhausting his horsepower.
Seeing that Ma Sanbao was in a life-and-death crisis, the southern soldiers who surrounded him all danced with long lances of foot riding, and they were all extremely brazen, and they picked several Yan cavalry off their horses one after another, Gu Huai also knew that he couldn't wait any longer, looked left and right, and simply pulled out his saber and threw it out.
It's just that Gu Huaidao has only practiced to a second-rate level for so many days, and the flying knife has never been touched, although he tried his best to make the knife transform into a flywheel, but he didn't touch Li Jian at all, but just slammed into Li Jian's body.
The horse was in pain, and with a long neigh, the person stood up, Li Jian yelled that it was not good, but he was still thrown off the horse, and the panting Ma Sanbao saw this scene and simply jumped off the horse, went straight to Li Jian, who had fallen off the horse, and slashed at his neck.
This change stunned everyone, behind them were their own people, how could they suddenly be attacked?
Before the soldiers could react, Li Jian had already separated his head, and after a moment of sluggishness, the soldiers were a little crazy.
"Oh no, the colt is dead! The daimyo pony is dead! ”
It turned out that this Li Jian turned out to be the concubine of Zhu Yuanzhang's seventh daughter, and he was still Zhu Di's brother-in-law, and the southern army's battle array was already in a mess, and now the main general is dead, there are traitors in the army, and the soldiers' fighting spirit is gone, and for a while it was actually defeated in the shouting of only 100 people.
Gu Huai rode to Ma Sanbao's side, pulled him onto the horse, looked at his embarrassed appearance with his forehead wet on his cheeks, and the endless shouts of killing all around, his chest was stirring for a while, and he didn't know what to say.
"Good throwing knives."
Gu Huai couldn't cry or laugh, is this a ridicule or a compliment? He shook his head: "Is the pontoon bridge broken?" ”
Ma Sanbao squeezed out a smile with difficulty: "It's all broken, even the Pudu Bridge is gone, the Hutuo River is soaring, Geng Bingwen wants to go back, at least he has to run more than ten miles south." ”
Speaking of Geng Bingwen, the two of them were shocked and looked for the handsome flag of the Southern Army, but this army was in a hurry, and they couldn't see the handsome flag for a while, but several Yan Army flags rushed to the front of the Southern Army, and it seemed that the situation on the frontal battlefield was really reversed.
"There!"
Gu Huai pointed that a big banner with the word "Zhu" was chasing Geng Bingwen's handsome flag to the south, and the two looked at each other, both a little dazed:
"Zhu Neng?"
……
"Fuck, Geng Bingwen is running away! Isn't that a credit from the sky? Who dares to rob me Lao Zhu? ”
On both sides of the troops with Gu Cheng, Zhu Neng, who led the cavalry to counterattack the Southern Army, his eyes lit up, and his big face was as excited as a monkey's red buttocks, and he crouched on his horse and chased after the Southern Army Commander's Banner.
To say that Geng Bingwen really fell into blood mold, Li Jian took his life to help him block Ma Sanbao, so that he, the coach, could escape and flee south, but he was immediately targeted by people like Zhu Neng, Zhu Nengke didn't care whether it was worth it to give up the division and encirclement of the Southern Army for the sake of Geng Bingwen, in his opinion, arresting Geng Bingwen was awesome, and it was a record of bragging in the military tent in the future.
So Geng Bingwen fled quickly, so that he couldn't even collect the remnants of the defeated generals, and he couldn't even issue the general's order when he fled, allowing the southern army to be defeated, but Zhu Neng chased him even harder, and ran along the Hutuo River all the way, and when he reacted, there were only thirty horsemen left around him!
And Geng Bingwen more or less brought thousands of Chinese troops!
is still the same sentence, Geng Bingwen has fought for so many years, and his courage is definitely not small, after Ma Sanbao's knife was relieved, he did not blame the pro-soldiers who ran away with him, but calmed down and observed the battlefield, and when he found that there were only about thirty people behind him, he simply had a crooked nose.
Dozens of people running after thousands of troops? And such a thing?
It's really too bullying, the situation on the battlefield today is very good, and Geng Bingwen's command is not a problem, even if he is stabbed in the back by King Yan, he can throw the pot on those wastes in Zhending City or the black iron ball, but if he Geng Bingwen is really chased by more than 30 people across the Hutuo River, how will he live in the future when this matter is spread?
"Stop retreating, reline and meet the enemy!"
Zhu Neng, who was in hot pursuit, also found that something was wrong, the southern army in front stopped retreating, and lined up the team to prepare for the battle, he was stunned and reacted, Geng Bingwen, this old bastard, is going to fight hard for the minimum honor of the soldiers.
The art of war is cloudy, Kou Mo chases, Geng Bingwen runs away, and the most important thing is to eat the defeated Southern Army on the frontal battlefield, but if you know the current affairs, Zhu Neng should turn his horse and withdraw now, but Zhu Neng is not biased!
He is obviously a person who does not want to die, and people who do not want to die are not afraid of those who dare to fight hard, not only did he not stop the pursuit, but he accelerated his speed, obviously preparing to charge!
It can only be said that what kind of generals lead what kind of soldiers ... It doesn't matter if Zhu Neng goes crazy alone, the soldiers under his hands are actually fucking crazy, and they don't frown when they hear the command to charge.
But facts have proved that as long as people are not afraid of death, any miracle can happen, the southern army is a defeated army, and the formation is not stable, Zhu Neng led the troops to rush, and actually collapsed again, Zhu Neng continued to chase Geng Bingwen who fled in embarrassment, but the soldiers who arrived later found that the number of surrenderers who abandoned the armor and surrendered reached more than 3,000 people.
Geng Bingwen no longer has self-confidence, in fact, before Zhu Neng rushed in front of him, he had already fainted, and the last military order was to gather the remnants of the army to find a bridge and cross the river and retreat into Zhending.
And the frontal battlefield ... No one dares to think about it anymore.
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In the first battle of Zhending, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, led his troops to attack Zhending, and used the fastest speed and most ruthless means to eat the Pan Zhongjun who went to help, and forcibly pulled out before the reaction in Zhending City, crossed the river and broke the bridge, stabbed Geng Bingwen's army fiercely, stepped on the company camp, and reversed the battlefield situation in one fell swoop.
The frontal battlefield is 40,000 against more than 100,000, Zhang Yu commands Ruoding, and also has the courage to press all the Chinese troops who are guarding the handsome banner, Zhang Xin led the foot soldiers to withstand the offensive of the southern army without defeat, and the disadvantage brought by the difference in numbers was eliminated by Zhu Nenggu Cheng These two cavalry generals used excellent interspersed tactics to minimize the impact, and Tan Yuan, who seemed to be the most lonely and unknown, also took root between the Chinese army and the battlefield, and did not let the southern army break through the defense line until the end of the battle.
And the most chilling thing is the ruthlessness of the Yan army, obviously there is a weapon like a grenade, but in order to surprise Geng Bingwen, he would rather use his life to fight in the frontal battlefield, but also gamble on the damage that the strange soldiers led by Zhu Di, the king of Yan, are really amazing.
However, in a place that few people know, there is a scholar in a green shirt, since the battle of Xiongxian deceived Pan Zhong to go to the aid of the first battle, he has been lurking in the southern army, burning the camp, beheading the officers, opening a gap for the strange soldiers of the king of Yan, and even this battle plan was made by him and Zhu Di, the king of Yan, in the big tent overnight.
The good fighter is nameless, the good strategist... It should also be more low-key.
After this battle, less than 30,000 soldiers and horses of the southern army remained, all fled along the banks of the Hutuo River, returned to the south bank by the only remaining bridge, and fled back to Zhending, the main general Geng Bingwen took the lead in fleeing, and Li Jian, the commander of the horses, died, and the general of the right army, Ning Zhong, the commander of the capital, Liu Sui, and the general of the rear army, Pan Zhong, etc., were either killed or captured, which can be called a great victory for the Yan army.
On the battlefield, the southern army abandoned its armor and surrendered as many as 30,000, and there were countless casualties on both sides.
Before the Yan army sorted out the battlefield, gathered the remnants of the army and besieged the city, Geng Bingwen, who woke up with hemoptysis, burst into tears, and the letter detailing the situation before and after the defeat and asking for punishment was the first step out of the city and went to Jinling.
The first Pingyan expedition to the north in the first year of Jianwen came to an end.