The siege has been going on for almost half a month.

Half a month ago, the battle of the Hutuo River ended, Geng Bingwen led the army to retreat into Zhending City, and the ecstatic Zhu Di directly led his troops to chase down Zhending City, and even did not have time to collect the defeated soldiers to clean up the battlefield, and attacked Zhending for three days in a row with the most fierce offensive, but he hit his head and bled blood.

Geng Bingwen deserves the reputation of being the first to be good at guarding, with the lesson of the last time, no matter how defeated the soldiers and refugees are, they are all resettled elsewhere, guarded, the city wall is brightly lit, and the soldiers who are on rest in rotation have not given Zhu Di any chance to sneak attack the city, and even for the new weapon that has turned the situation on the battlefield, Geng Bingwen has racked his brains to come up with a countermeasure - no matter how powerful it is, it is nothing more than explosions and flames, the city gate is always equipped with water, and the soldiers are scattered, and it can be seen that the grenade will definitely not knock down the Zhending city wall, Otherwise, Zhu Di must have done this, so the entire Zhending City became more and more invulnerable under Geng Bingwen's management.

For three whole days, Zhu Di's offensive was like a tiger, but he did not build an inch, and after a big battle, the soldiers who did not rest at all suffered heavy casualties, but the human life could not fill the gap between the city and Zhending, seeing that the morale was hit hard, and the first camp was almost completely killed and wounded, Zhu Di was extremely distressed, and hurriedly ordered the troops to be collected and not attacked, which was stable for more than half a month.

Geng Bingwen is very shrewd, even if he loses a battle, he knows that as long as he holds on here, the northern army will gradually collapse, and may even fail to attack, because the more troops Zhu Di has now, the more difficult the situation he will face.

That's the grain and grass.

The Yan army has many cavalry, not only people have to eat, but horses also have to eat grass, but the grain and grass of the southern army camp by the Hutuo River have been burned, Geng Bingwen tirelessly transports grain and grass from Zhending every day to bring unexpected trouble to Zhu Di, the northern army camp outside the city is nearly 100,000 horses, how much grain does it consume a day? The grain and grass brought from Sizhou Wuji City in Xiongxian County is already a little stretched, and if it is not replenished if it is surrounded again, I am afraid that it will run out of food.

Do you want to rob the people? What's the difference between this and digging your own roots?

So compared to the anxious Zhu Di, Geng Bingwen is much more old, and even has the mood to occasionally send troops out of the city to harass the northern army when he is cooking in a pot, and the northern army is overwhelmed day by day, and the generals are worried every day for fear that they will be rushed by the southern army out of the city when they are eating, and they are afraid that the southern army will suddenly appear in the last thatched house.

Zhu Di soon realized that this would not work... But the temptation of Zhending City for him is too great, once the nail blocking him from going south is pulled out, the three mansions of Hejian will be like a beautiful woman who is no longer defended, and when the time comes, occupy the north bank of the Yellow River, isn't it the general trend of dividing the world?

Geng Bingwen, this old bastard is really disgusting...

Time is not important to Geng Bingwen, he can drink tea every day, water flowers to pass the time, sit and watch Zhu Di attack the city, but for Zhu Di, time is more precious than gold, because he rose up to rebel, and the rebels can be classified as fake and shoddy products in a sense, this kind of thing may still be very marketable in troubled times, but now it is a peaceful world, there are not many people who are dissatisfied with the government, and it is not easy to find people who are willing to play with their lives. Leave yourself alone as a bare-rod commander, and the fun will be great.

This issue must be resolved as soon as possible.

In the big tent of the Northern Army, Zhu Di, who had once again gathered to discuss the details of the siege, looked at the sand table, and his brows were almost twisted together.

"Generals, our army has been attacking the city for several days, Geng Bingwen has been on the battlefield for a long time, and after suffering a big loss, I am afraid that he will never go out of the city again, looking at his appearance, it is clear that he wants to drag me to death under this Zhending city, the grenades are insufficient, it is not appropriate for the surprise soldiers to attack the city, and the casualties of the frontal attack are too great... What do you have in mind with the generals? ”

is still Zhu Di's usual style of talking, don't do anything vain when you go to the battlefield, the generals under your command have proved their loyalty with their actions, so don't say anything about the scene, the current dilemma needs to work together to come up with a solution.

But the generals were obviously disgusted by Geng Bingwen, there was silence in the big tent, and after a while, Zhang Yucai, who was similar to the second-in-command in the army, spoke: "According to the opinion of the last general, Geng Bingwen lost the battle first, it is impossible to give up the real determination, we have limited food and grass, and the siege of the city is slightly insufficient, and we can't attack it now... It's better to retreat for a while. ”

Although it is a little demoralizing, it is indeed an old opinion, Zhu Di frowned deeply, looked at the real location on the map and was silent for a long time, he was really greedy and couldn't say the words of retreating.

"Is it true to give up... If he bypasses Zhending and attacks the three provinces of Hejian, Geng Bingwen will definitely not sit idly by, and if he retreats to the north... Do you know that Geng Bingwen will not press forward step by step under the banner of recovering lost territory? After this battle, Geng Bingwen will never fight with me in the field, what if he forces me back to Beiping step by step? Zhu Di was still a little reluctant, "Can I still go to Xuanfu Datong?" It's really the key to turning the tide of battle... If it can be defeated, maybe the kings who are waiting and watching will also have some thoughts, and I really can't bear to give up this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. ”

Zhang Yu continued: "Your Highness, Geng Bingwen is not an easy person, this great victory is the result of many coincidences, if it were not for His Highness's bravery and skill, Mr. Gu's clever use of tactics, how could Geng Bingwen be defeated so easily?" Now that our soldiers are tired, the men and horses are tired, and Zhending City can't be attacked for a long time, we should let it go decisively, otherwise the soldiers of the three prefectures in Hejian will surround it..."

Geng Bingwen had guarded Changxing for ten years, but it was a full ten years! Zhang Shicheng has not been defeated for ten years, and now there is the entire Ming Dynasty behind Geng Bingwen, once the northern army is dragged into this quagmire, it is really no longer fortunate.

"This..."Zhu Di was still a little hesitant.

Zhang Yu still had to be persuaded again, and even Gu Chengdu was ready to dissuade him regardless of his identity as a general, but the curtain of the big tent was lifted by one hand: "It's really determined... Can't fight anymore. ”

"Mr. Gu is here."

"What does Mr. Gu mean by this?"

The generals in the tent saw the figure in the green shirt walking into the military tent, and nodded their heads one after another, especially Zhang Yu, who obviously did not approve of the attack on Zhending when he heard the meaning of Gu Huai's words, and couldn't help but feel relieved when he thought of Mr. Gu's influence on the prince: "Mr. Gu also thinks that he can't attack Zhending?" ”

"It's not a question of whether you can fight or not..."Gu Huai shook his head, his expression was a little ugly, "There is no chance anymore." ”

He didn't dare to go to Gu Cheng, nor did he dare to say the news here, he just looked at Zhu Di: "There is news from Jinling, lord, we must withdraw our troops immediately." ”

"The imperial court this time... It's going to be a dead game. ”

……

North of Jinling City, Longjiang Station.

The continuous banners seem to cover the river, in the dense camps, there are more and more soldiers who have rushed to report for duty, one by one the camps are slowly filled, an astonishing amount of grain, grass and ordnance are being transferred into the barracks day and night, the people who have been temporarily conscripted are busy on the wharf, Li Jinglong, who is thirty years old, is wearing iron armor, and is training the assembled army on the high platform with his sword, waiting for a holy decree to be transmitted into the barracks.

The last time Geng Bingwen went out on an expedition, he took away more than 100,000 soldiers and horses from the three major battalions of the capital, plus the local government soldiers and people, a total of 300,000 crossed the Yellow River, and the standing garrison of Jinling and several nearby prefectures and counties was more than 300,000, which means that there are more than 200,000 soldiers and horses left now almost all gathered in this military camp.

After all, it takes time to transfer the army to complete the assembly, and the grain, grass and ordnance are transferred after all, this time Zhu Yunwen was ruthless, except for the forbidden army and the local garrison army that could not be moved, almost all the troops that could be moved were handed over to Li Jinglong, more than 200,000 horses, plus the remaining hundreds of thousands on the north side of the Yellow River, as well as the local government soldiers and people transferred along the way, a total of 500,000 troops to the northern expedition to Yanwang, ready to drown Beiping City with a mouthful of spittle, and really did everything to strangle Zhu Di in the north.

Yes, Geng Bingwen, who was trying his best to defend the city in Zhending City, did not expect that the intrigue between him and Zhu Di, the king of Yan, and the stubborn policy he came up with day and night, turned into a dream bubble under the actions of the imperial court.

Li Jinglong, the son of a gentleman, has become the new commander, Geng Bingwen in Zhending City has been abandoned by the imperial court, and this time the number of the army has reached an eye-popping half million, and he is about to take his army to the northern battlefield and completely defeat the king of Yan in the autumn.

That's half a million... Even when General Xu Da went on the Northern Expedition to Mengyuan, he did not have such a shocking and powerful force under his hands, and the officials of the household department began to prepare after entering the imperial study, almost emptying the entire treasury, so that they could barely maintain the operation of this army, they believed His Majesty's words, and believed that even if the preparation was not sufficient, this army would definitely be able to break through Beiping and bring Zhu Di and his henchmen to justice.

500,000 troops! How can you lose!

Even Li Jinglong, who was a little reluctant to be driven to the shelves, became more and more confident and more handy, as the first general to command such a large army since the founding of the People's Republic of China, he was full of pride at this moment.

Counterinsurgency, return, there is Geng Bingwen's defeat as a comparison, from then on, he is the number one general in the world!

Just as he said to Zhu Yunwen, who came to inspect: "The minister will cut the liver and drain the gall, punish Yan Wei, and live up to His Majesty's high expectations!" ”

And tomorrow, the army will be mobilized.