It's a familiar place again, and it's a familiar bloody battle, the cavalry of the Yan army scattered around and waiting for it has completed the assembly and launched a charge towards the southern army, Ping'an and Guo Ying found out about the plan, and they were shocked and wanted the rear army to become the front army, at least withdraw to the other side of the river first, but how can the two legs of the foot soldier outrun the four legs of the cavalry? In addition, Gu Huai led 10,000 cavalry to cut off the bridge and block the retreat, and all of the 100,000 foot soldiers were left on the north bank.

To say that peace is not vegetarian, although because of greed, had to fight with the Yan army in the field, or in this disadvantageous situation of not being able to form a formation by the cavalry to charge, but he was forced to stabilize the position, he knew that retreating at this time was tantamount to death, so he ordered the whole army to start a formation, and at the same time supervised the team to press up, never allow the soldiers to escape, dare to retreat and turn back is a knife, this stabilized the collapsed military heart, formed a quadrangle, ready to bear the Yan army offensive, and wait until Tianming Wu Jie sent troops to rescue, everything will have a turnaround.

He didn't know that Wu Jie was chasing their butts out of the city at this time, and he didn't know that Wu Jie had decisively given up on them, and in his eagerness, Ping An also made a big mistake. The cavalry even burst into front of Ping'an, Ping'an looked around the left and right, the battlefield had been completely divided by the Yan cavalry, and even Guo Ying's general flag could not be seen anywhere, in order to command, he could only let the guards hurriedly set up a watchtower, so as to look at the battlefield in a vain attempt to find a chance to win.

The sudden appearance of a watchtower on the huge battlefield naturally attracted Zhu Di's attention, and after a little thought, he understood that Ping'an's plan was to prepare to improvise from the watchtower, and he immediately organized a team of dead soldiers to forcibly break into the army, neither pursuing killing nor opening up positions, and killing all the way to the watchtower.

This team of dead soldiers are the elite of the three guards of Duoyan, these people are famous for taking money to do things without fear of death, Zhu Di promised, one by one to fight bravely, all the way to the knife to be able to kill under the watchtower, Ping'an hated to grit his teeth, but he could only helplessly get off the watchtower and fight on the horse, that team of dead soldiers did not talk nonsense, picked up the axe and cut down the watchtower, and the southern army that lost Ping'an's command was finally overwhelmed by the Yan army.

In this way, at noon, Ping An fought bloodily, and I didn't know how to meet Guo Ying, I broke out of the encirclement with a bloody road, and fled back to Zhending City along the route that Geng Bingwen fled from, this battle was worse than the battle of Jiahe, Sheng Yong still had tens of thousands of horses left, and there were only personal guards left around them, nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses died and surrendered, all fell on the north bank, and the two saw Wu Jie, originally wanted to ask him why he didn't go out of the city to rescue, and when he heard that he led his troops out of the city last night and was broken by the Yan army, he could only return to the division to defend the real time, Ping An Guo Yingju was silent, and the two glanced at each other, and both saw each other's faces in a panic.

In any case, how much is it really saved, although there are still tens of thousands of soldiers and horses left, but no matter how miserable it is, it can be worse than Jinan? Jinan can be defended, and Zhending can naturally be defended, and Zhu Di may not necessarily come to gnaw on the hard bone of Zhending, the road to the south has been cleared, and he is most likely going to abandon Zhending and go straight to Texas.

So the question is, how to explain to Your Majesty?

The two of them sat against each other for a long time, and finally Guo Ying spoke first: "Sheng Yong did it, we can't do it?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Ping An was stunned, but then his heart moved, and he said tentatively: "You mean..."

The two glanced at each other, and they already had a clear heart, and everything was silent.

A few days later, Wu Jie went south alone to return to Beijing to say goodbye to his old age, and another war report was sent out of the city gate to Jinling at the same time.

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"Gale? Gale again?! In the imperial study, Zhu Yunwen's face was purple, and he slapped the royal case fiercely and lost his temper, and at the bottom of the steps, Fang Xiaoru Huang Zicheng Qitai's face was not very good-looking.

It's understandable once, isn't it a bit too outrageous to have two gales in a row? And according to Ping An Guo Ying, this time the wind was stronger than the wind that Sheng Yong encountered, Sheng Yong was just dusty and sandy, and he couldn't see, this time the wind actually destroyed the house and uprooted the tree, so violent that the watchtower in the battlefield was blown down, which led to the defeat of the imperial army.

To be honest, no matter how stupid he is, he realized that something was wrong at this time, Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai secretly exchanged a look, both of which knew that the old guy on the other side was suspicious of this matter, but Fang Xiaoru over there was still persuading Zhu Yunwen: "... Your Majesty is angry, when the minister was studying before, he lived by the sea for a period of time, this kind of strong wind is indeed in the world, it seems that the luck of General Ping An is really not good enough, but Your Majesty must not be held accountable too much, after all, this is the time of day..."

Huang Zicheng was so angry that his nose was crooked, does this old pen still believe it? Is he really so devoted to learning that he is so stupid that he doesn't understand the world, or does he see through Ping An Guo Ying's heart to avoid trouble and want to intercede for them?

But after all, it's not good to tear your face... Huang Zicheng's eyes signaled, and Qi Tai stepped out and bowed his hand: "Your Majesty, the two generals of Pingguo have indeed had, but they are really not lost, and there is no need to panic too much, but after this defeat, the imperial court's troops in the north are a little stretched, and Yichen sees... I'm afraid that we still have to increase the number of troops. ”

Also increased? Jing Nan has been fighting for three years, how many times have you increased the number of soldiers before and after? The officials of the household department shout poverty every day, where can the silver be smashed to the north again?

But with these two defeats, the Battle of Dongchang was fought in vain, and Zhu Di regained the initiative to fight wherever he wanted in the north, if he didn't increase his troops...

Probably thinking of the shock and shadow when the Yan army hit Shandong before, Zhu Yunwen frowned: "The treasury is empty, and there are no troops to be drawn from the south, this... What should I do? ”

The four monarchs and ministers looked at each other, and they all fell silent with sad faces.

At the court meeting the next day, when the news of the death and wounding of 100,000 soldiers and horses in the first battle was announced, the ministers were really boiling, you must know that it has not been half a year since the battle of Dongchang was won, and the imperial court actually lost two more battles!

If you go down again, is King Yan really going to fight to the south? And is that King Yan really favored by heaven? Why are there so many incomprehensible things in this war?

The first point is that Zhu Di, who can never be killed, you must know that he has always been the first soldier to charge into battle, but he was almost never seriously injured, there is no eye for swords and arrows on the battlefield, and the probability of being killed by the general who led the charge is not much different from that of an ordinary soldier, and why can Zhu Di retreat every time? If the Yan army wins, it will be fine, but if the Yan army loses, why can't they keep Zhu Di?

The second point is that the wind never stops, and there are not no ministers in the north in the court, it is normal for the north to have windy sand, the problem is that it does not blow early or late, and it is all blown up when the battle between the two armies is fierce, the north is so big, but why does the wind and sand like to fall on that small piece of battlefield so much? What's even more unbelievable is that every time the wind blows, it is beneficial to Zhu Di, either the eyes of the Southern soldiers are fascinated or the watchtower is blown down, how can this wind be the same as Zhu Di's raising, and he can blow as much as he wants?

In their opinion, if there were no such bizarre things, Zhu Di's grave would have been able to harvest crops, where would this strange war be fought in the current situation?

This reaction of the ministers is really normal, so normal that Zhu Yunwen was aroused by the anger in his chest, and people wanted to scold people as soon as they got angry, but Zhu Yunwen was the emperor and couldn't scold, he could only sit on the dragon chair with a gloomy face, waiting for the officials to jump out and perform.

But this time, the person who jumped out first was beyond everyone's expectations, and the eyes that fell on Li Jinglong also shifted to the figure who came out of the column, and when they saw his appearance clearly and heard what he said, everyone gasped.

Xu Huizu, who was dressed in the robe of the national government, bowed down and arched his hand: "The court has this defeat, all because of the ineffective auxiliary government of Fang Xiaoru, Huang Zicheng, and Qi Tai. ”

Before everyone could react, the generals and relatives who had silently watched the civil official performances in the court without saying a word in the past walked out one by one, and the voices of seconding the proposal resounded in the court.

You must know that these generals and relatives were not very involved in court affairs in the past, especially military generals, the policy of emphasizing literature and ignoring military force in the Jianwen Dynasty can be seen by anyone with a discerning eye, and the generals themselves have no right to speak, but now so many generals have stood up together, and the bloody spirit and killing intent raised by the battlefield battle shocked these civil officials so much that they did not dare to make a sound.

Before it was over, after the military generals and the founding fathers, Li Jinglong also came out to give up, and the officials of the peace faction followed closely behind, and the originally empty hall was suddenly crowded.

It's just that the slogans they shouted are much more terrifying than Xu Huizu: "Please punish the traitor, and return the world to peace!" ”

Zhu Yunwen's lips on the dragon chair were pale, since he ascended the throne, he had never seen this kind of formation, almost representing more than half of the more than 100 officials in the court to make a comeback together, even if he was an emperor, he couldn't ignore the voices of these people, not to mention that this time it was not a clown like Li Jinglong who stood up, but Xu Huizu! The descendant of Xu Da, the king of Zhongshan, and the Duke of Wei Guo, the first general of the Ming Dynasty!

Zhu Yunwen turned his head with difficulty to look at Fang Huang and the three of them, who were also stunned, in the face of this sudden "inverted Fang Huang movement", he didn't know what to do for a while.

Or the newly appointed eunuch of the Little Yellow Gate was more clever, seeing that the atmosphere in the hall was tense, His Majesty's lips trembled and did not say a word, the three auxiliary ministers were stunned, and the young eunuch Huai En, who was standing by the incense burner on the steps, gently whipped the dust, and his sharp voice broke the deathly silence:

"Your Majesty has a will, something to do, nothing to do... Retreat! ”