Chapter 125: Spear and Shield

King Yan was stunned.

Isn't it a situation, rebel first, how does this seem to be out of control all of a sudden? Successively, the king of Liao and the king of Ning both made a concession to the court, saying that they would follow him to clear the king's side.

Could it be that in fact, in their hearts, they have long been unaccustomed to what Jianwen has done?

Speaking of the situation in Liaodong, Zhu Di is now black-eyed, very simple, because they can't enter the Great Wall at all, they are now rebels, and the messenger who sent the fold is a messenger, and it is a fold on the top, it is a fold as a courtier, the Great Wall and the various passes along the way, naturally there is no reason to stop the messenger from going to Beijing quickly.

So what happened to the court, King Yan knew. But what happened to Liaodong, which was closer, didn't know about it.

There are only two ways for them to enter the customs, either take the Shanhaiguan Pass, or take the Juyong Pass in Beiping, the Juyong Pass in Beiping is naturally under the control of the Yan King, only the old twenty they will be able to come in when they reach the Juyong Pass, but this has to go around a long way, but they can't go out in the division of troops on their side.

Because the 500,000 army of the imperial court has arrived.

After thinking about it, there is really no way, 130,000 versus 500,000, which in itself is an extremely disparity in the number of people, if at least 20,000 people can be defeated at Shanhaiguan at this time, then the pressure on himself will only be greater, even if there are 1,000 fewer people at this time, he will have a little more pressure.

"Immediately send someone to deliver a letter to King Han, saying that they should come in from Juyong Pass and not go through Shanhaiguan."

Zhu Di also knew that Kaiyuan's 150,000 soldiers and horses, Guangning's 50,000 soldiers and horses, and Daning's 80,000 soldiers and horses could not all come, and Kaiyuan and Guangning Daning had to leave some defenders, otherwise if the grassland tribes came to loot at this time, it would be worth the loss.

Zhu Di was confident that he could fight against the army of the imperial court, but Zhu Di did not want to lose the territory of the Ming Dynasty if his rebellion was successful or not, so he would really have no shame to meet his father.

Thinking back, Zhu Di looked at the imperial army opposite, Geng Bingwen is worthy of being the first guard of the Ming Dynasty, in the era of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, whether it is the King of Zhongshan or the King of Kaiping or other Ming generals When it comes to attacking, they can be said to have their own merits.

But when it comes to defense, the first person in the Ming Dynasty should be the one who is in the enemy formation on the opposite side at this time, Geng Bingwen, Marquis of Changxing.

As for Zhu Di, Zhu Di is the Ming general who is best at attacking after the founding of the country.

So now the confrontation between Zhu Di and Geng Bingwen is bound to be a contest between spear and shield.

In August, Geng Bingwen led the imperial army to Zhending, and after arriving at Zhending, Geng Bingwen first sent Xu Kai to garrison Hejian, the right to Pan Zhong to garrison Mozhou, and Yang Song to be the vanguard, stationed in Xiongxian, and waited until the main force of 500,000 troops was gathered to launch a general attack.

Geng Bingwen as one of the founding generals, his experience is indeed very sophisticated, he is also known for his steady and steady fighting, this battle is still the same, in addition to the vanguard, no matter which of the three cities is attacked, the other two will do their best to attack Zhu Di's army, so that Zhu Di can only be hit hard no matter which one of them is attacked.

Zhu Di is not Jianwen, he knows Geng Bingwen's ability very well, and when King Zhongshan was alive, he affirmed Geng Bingwen's combat ability many times.

As Geng Bingwen's opponent, Zhu Di also gave him enough respect, and he sent his most powerful general, Zhang Yu, to reconnoiter the enemy.

Knowing oneself and knowing the other side can win all battles.

After Zhang Yu got the order, he immediately set off to investigate the enemy situation for half a day, and then Zhang Yu came back and gave Zhu Di an unexpected reply.

"Your Highness, the military discipline of the imperial army is very sloppy, Yang Song, who is stationed in Xiongxian as a vanguard, and Pan Zhong, who is stationed in Mozhou, are both unscrupulous, and the last general went to investigate, but they didn't react at all, and they didn't even send out the reconnaissance cavalry, which shows that these two people are really incompetent."

"Geng Bingwen's use of these people also shows that Geng Bingwen is just old, and he no longer has the demeanor of my first guard general in the Ming Dynasty, in the eyes of the last general, he is just an old guy, and he wants to defeat him and open our way to the south, according to the end of the future."

Zhu Di is not a person who underestimates the enemy, and those who speak wild words in front of the two armies often do not end well, but Zhang Yu is different, he understands Zhang Yu's temperament, and Zhang Yu himself is not an arrogant person.

Zhang Yu's combat style is to be able to fight and dare to fight, as long as he gives him the order, he has almost no incompleteness, and every time after completing the order, he will strive to be more exciting.

Therefore, Zhu Di is convinced of Zhang Yu's words, although Zhang Yu himself is not crazy, it is not a big deal to be crazy once in a while, because arrogance also has arrogant capital, and without this capital, it will cause a catastrophe.

Zhu Di walked to the sand table, looking at the terrain between the four places, and suddenly he thought of something.

"If this king remembers correctly, it should be the Mid-Autumn Festival in two days, right?"

Zhang Yu nodded.

Zhu Di smiled slightly when he heard this.

"That being the case, then we will choose to launch an attack on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, this is the north, my soldiers are all northerners, and the homesickness is slightly lighter than the imperial army of most of the southerners."

"Every festive season, when these southern troops see the bright moon in the sky, they will definitely miss their hometown, at this time we send troops to fight, they will have no will to fight, we can easily take it."

Zhang Wu on the side couldn't help but scratch his head after hearing this.

"Your Highness, although this Mid-Autumn Festival, the enemy's fighting spirit may be more or less affected, but what if they also rush to attack us on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival?"

Zhu Di shook his head confidently.

"If this were someone else, they might do so, but Geng Bingwen, Marquis of Changxing, is notoriously steady, there are only 300,000 troops with an army of 500,000 today, and the other 200,000 troops are all transferred from Zhejiang and Jiangsu, so the 200,000 army has not yet arrived, he will inevitably wait until the army is all assembled before going to war."

"Changxing Marquis Geng Bingwen is stable in success and stable in defeat, this king will eat him!"

"The people will listen to the command! On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, our main attack was the vanguard of the imperial court, Yang Song of Xiongxian County! ”

"Order!"

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On the night of the full moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15, it is said that the moon on the fifteenth is sixteen round, but the moon on the fifteenth of this year is bright and shining like a plate hanging in the night, and the bright moonlight even makes the night no longer so dark.