"Don't let go of the cellars, especially those of the big houses."

At noon, after the retreat of Wu Gao, the Bo navy easily occupied Tieling.

However, the food of the soldiers and civilians in the city was transferred, except for more than a dozen military households who did not have time to leave, the rest of the soldiers and civilians were arranged by Wu Gao to go south in advance.

Zhu Gaoxu did not rush to pursue, but selected two teams of officers and soldiers who were captured by the Bohai Navy and asked them to report the performance of the Southern Army in this battle to Liaoxi.

"Your Highness, if you do this, then Wu Gao will have a hard time."

Looking at the two teams of officers and soldiers who left, among the generals, only Chen Chang, who understood the meaning of Zhu Gaoxu's actions, laughed.

"Even if I don't have to, I'm afraid he won't be able to lead soldiers for long."

Zhu Gaoxu chuckled: "I lost 30,000 guards, and I lost Tieling guards, if my eldest brother can still let him lead the troops again, I will be surprised." ”

No one knows Zhu Yunwen better than Zhu Gaoxu, and Zhu Yunwen can accept defeat, but he can't accept the general's self-defense and then fail.

Wu Gao must have defended himself why 30,000 guards were lost, and he must have said the importance of Tieling, now that Tieling has been lost again, he is afraid that he will soon roll to the south.

"Get out, don't come back......"

Thinking that Wu Gao was going to be driven to the south, Zhu Gaoxu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

It is true that even if Wu Gao is in Liaodong, it will be difficult to stop him from taking Liaodong.

It's just that fighting with him, there is really a feeling of hitting the cotton with a punch, but he retreats, and he has to disgust you before retreating, which makes Zhu Gaoxu very uncomfortable.

"It would be nice if the imperial court could kill Wu Gao."

Meng Zhang, who was bullied by Wu Gao, said angrily, but Zhu Gaoxu shook his head: "That's not good." ”

"Huh?" Meng Zhang and the others looked up suspiciously, and Zhu Gaoxu also sensed their hatred for Wu Gao and others.

Such an emotion undoubtedly made Zhu Gaoxu think of Zhu Di's revenge on the generals of the Southern Army after he became the emperor, causing many generals to be idle and retaliate, and finally died of depression.

He didn't want this to happen to his own team, so he had to prepare early.

"Each is his master, he is not at fault, but he has a merit to my Ming Dynasty."

"If there is really a mistake and a grudge, you should also put the resentment on the person who forced us to suffer."

As soon as Zhu Gaoxu spoke, Wang Yi understood his attitude, and immediately changed his tone: "This is also true, many Liao soldiers in the wounded barracks know that we have been wronged, and they don't return the insults to us. ”

After Wang Yi agreed, everyone was embarrassed to continue to hate Liao Bing and Wu Gao, although they still thought so in their hearts, but they couldn't say it on the surface.

"Your Highness, it's all counted!"

When Zhu Gaoxu made a statement, Xu Sheng also rode a horse from a distance on the street, and took out a few books after reining in the horse.

He handed it to Zhu Gaoxu and explained according to the contents of the booklet: "In this battle, we killed 1,467 enemies, captured 1,724 people, obtained more than 3,000 sets of armor and many weapons, and also recovered many iron shells. ”

"On the casualties side, we lost 476 killed and 1,312 wounded."

"More than 400 stone grain was found on those soldiers, and more than 3,000 stone grain was also found in many cellars in the city."

"That's enough food for the brothers to eat for five days!"

Xu Sheng brought good news, it can be said that counting the time of the journey, there is almost no food loss in Tieling this time, and the military rations of the Bohai Navy can still support the army for forty-two days.

The only thing that made the generals unhappy was that they folded almost 500 brothers.

"Have you gotten Tieling's "Fish Scale Atlas"?"

"I didn't get it, it is estimated that it was taken away by Wu Gao, but we found the grain book that has not been burned in the command envoy's yamen, and they estimate that there should be more than 36,000 mu of land in Tieling according to the grain book of the stored grain and the yield per mu."

Zhu Gaoxu asked Xu Sheng, and he also gave Zhu Gaoxu an answer.

Hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu immediately turned his head and said to the many commanders: "The commanders of the five guards and three battalions who crossed the river first today will compile a list of the 100 households that have made their first contributions before resting tonight, and the brothers who have made meritorious contributions will each be given 30 acres of land according to their heads, so that they can write letters to their families to go south to Tieling to settle down and farm. ”

Zhu Gaoxu gave a reward, and then said: "Before they went south, more than 30,000 acres of cultivated land outside the city were handed over to the captured officers and soldiers for cultivation, and the seventeen families in the city who had never left were also divided into ten acres of cultivated land according to their heads. ”

"Your Highness Long!" Hearing Zhu Gaoxu's arrangement, the commanders and envoys returned the salute one after another, and Zhu Gaochu began to command Wang Yi after bowing his head.

"With Wu Gao's temperament on the way south and defending the city in Tieling, I am afraid that the three thousand households on the road from Tieling to Shenyang will be coerced to the south, trying to break up our army by clearing the wilderness."

"Wait for the horses to cross the river, you take three thousand cavalry all the way south, you can intercept as many people and food as you can, and don't fight with him when you meet Wu Gao, his good days are not a few days."

"Yes!" Wang Yi responded, and then turned around and went to do business.

"Your Highness, then Wu Gao is a capable person, can the court really replace him?"

Xu Sheng, who had just returned, didn't know Zhu Gaoxu's previous arrangement, so he asked suspiciously.

When Zhu Gaoxu heard this, he nodded his head firmly: "It's good if he abandons Tieling this time, but our own brothers are all tightly protected, and he has nothing in kind to act as a capture, and second, he lost Tieling, the gateway to northern Liao, and lost three thousand households to us, can you still believe him?" ”

"Isn't that a pity......" Xu Sheng looked regretful: "It's a little uncomfortable not to be able to defeat him on the battlefield." ”

"It does ......"

"No way, this old boy is like a loach, and he doesn't dare to fight us."

Xu Sheng's words won the support of everyone, and it was obvious that they all wanted to defeat Wu Gao head-on on the battlefield.

Zhu Gaoxu chuckled: "For a person like him, defeating him can't make him feel uncomfortable, but let him stand with us as a minister and a comrade, which is a kind of torture for him." ”

"Your Highness, do you want to subdue him?" Chen Chang, who was standing on the side, said Zhu Gaoxu's thoughts, and Zhu Gaochu did not hide it, and said directly:

"You have also fought with him, we really take it out with real evidence, if there are no field artillery and arquebuses, let each of you lead 5,000 troops to fight with Wu Gao's 5,000 men, can you be confident to win him?"

Zhu Gaoxu glanced at everyone, but except for Xu Sheng and Chen Chang, who had the courage in their hearts, they stood up, and the rest of the commanders looked at each other, and none of them stood up.

In fact, Zhu Gaoxu himself also knew very well that if there was someone in his hands who could defeat Wu Gao, it would be only Fu Rang, and the rest of Lin Su, Zhang Chun, Chen Chang, Wang Yi, Xu Sheng, Ta Shi and others would be difficult to defeat Wu Gao.

Wu Gao is only nine out of forty now, if he can subdue him, then he can still guard the border pass for Daming for more than ten or even twenty years, and he can save Zhu Gaoxu a lot of things.

Not only him, but even Gu Cheng, Qu Neng, Mu Chun, He Fu and others in the Southwest Corps are also the talents that Zhu Gaoxu wants.

The value of this group of people lies in the fact that either the father and son are brave and good at fighting, or they are still strong and strong, and they can fight for the Ming Dynasty for many years.

Giving up such a talent is very uncomfortable for Zhu Gaoxu just to think about it.

Zhu Gaoxu does not quite believe that the so-called one county can produce the talents of a country, if this is really the case, then why are so many people who have started incidents in states and counties throughout the ages, why can only Liu Bang, Zhu Yuanzhang and others achieve great unification.

There are several famous generals under Zhu Di, but Zhang Yu is old, Zhang Fu, Chen Mao, and Meng Ying are not strong, only Zhu Neng can support the Yongle Dynasty, but he died of illness when he went to Annan.

The rest of Qiu Fu, Zhang Wu and others are just generals, and they can't support the big scene at all.

If Zhu Gaoxu is really like in history, sitting back and watching the Jingnan military generals squeeze out and retaliate against the Jianwen military generals, then their father and son are ready to exhaust themselves to death.

"You have to hurry up......"

Looking at the dazzling sky, Zhu Gaoxu roughly calculated the time.

Not surprisingly, Daogan Meng in the southwest rebelled again, and this time Daogan Meng needed to face the encirclement and suppression of Mu Chun and others, which is estimated to be much faster than the defeat in history.

I have to speed up, but the key to whether I can quickly win Liaodong is still on Cui Jun's side......

"The whole army dismounts and rests, and then sets off in half an hour!"

When Zhu Gaoxu put his thoughts on Cui Jun, Cui Junzheng at this moment reined in his horse and let the 5,000 horse infantry who had been marching for a morning dismount to rest.

There was a sour smell on their bodies, that is, they had been sleeping in the Changbai Mountains for more than half a month, and their clothes had been damp for a long time without the smell of washing and drying.

"Brother Fu, where are we now?"

Compared with the delicate face before departure, Cui Jun's beard is unshaven now, I am afraid that Zhu Gaoxu will be difficult to recognize him for a while.

"We have just passed Xiuyan (Xiuyan), as long as we walk another 300 miles of mountain road, and then we can reach the boundary of Jinzhou."

"When the time comes, you will be able to see the Luanma Station, all the way south along the official road, and then take two post stations to reach Jinzhou Wei (Dalian), go south, and after passing the Kiba Horse Station, you can reach the Jinzhou Zhongzuo (Lushun)."

Fudaha made it very clear, but he also expressed his attitude, that is, he would definitely not attack the officers and soldiers with Cui Jun.

Cui Jun naturally knows how to go to Jinzhou from Luan Ma Yi, but he cares about the mountain roads, and he doesn't want Fudaha to go to Jinzhou with him.

To put it mildly, he took with him five thousand horsemen and infantry who had undergone a winter mountain training, and he really didn't look down on the thousands of savage Jurchens of Fudaha and his men.

With them, it is easy to slow down your marching speed.

Before he set out, His Royal Highness told him that he needed to go south to Jinzhou quickly, so he only took his brothers to rest for three hours every day on the way, and the rest of the time was either in a hurry or on guard against the officers and soldiers of the mountain.

However, it seems that Wu Gao took the main force of the Liaodong Capital Division to the north, so the patrol force in the southern Liaonan area was weak, and they were soon bypassed by them to stone forts.

Half a month, 1,300 miles of mountain road, he himself can't remember how he brought his brothers here.

It's just that he knows that it is less than four hundred miles away from the task place ordered by His Highness.

"Within three days, we must get there......"

Cui Jun was ruthless, and Wu Gao was ruthless with him.

On the second day of abandoning Tieling, Wu Gao led the army to withdraw to Shenyang City.

Along the way, he dragged the military households of three thousand households, including Puhe, to the south, and created the north of Shenyang into a 'white land' without people.

Not only that, but he also asked Shenyang and the three thousand households to send the military households to Liaoyang City in the south, and at the same time strengthen the city wall of Shenyang City.

After seeing the power of the Bohai Navy's field artillery, he did not plan to build peripheral fortifications, but prepared to rely on the strong walls of Wengcheng and Shenyang to defend it to the death.

His actions were no problem from a military point of view, especially for the Bohai Navy, which was short of food.

It's just that fighting a war is not just military, it's political.

Wu Gao's actions successfully aroused the hostility of the military attachés in northern Liaoning.

There is not a single common man or military household in the busy city of Shenyang, and there are only soldiers from Liaodong.

They shuttled through the streets and alleys, transporting artillery, stones, wolf's tooth slats and all kinds of things needed to defend the city to the city wall road.

Passing through these people, Geng Jong was at the gate of the yamen, turned over and dismounted, and walked into the yamen.

Like Shenyang City, the Yamen was also busy, and the soldiers constantly moved the money and grain from the Shenyang treasury out to reward the army, while Wu Gao sat in the middle hall and wrote a note by hand.

Geng Xuan walked into the middle hall and also saw the recital written by Wu Gao.

But after just a glance, he said: "More than 80,000 people north of the Hunhe River have all moved to Liaoyang, but there are many complaints below, and many people say that they will write a letter to impeach you. ”

"Let them ......" Wu Gao didn't care about the impeachment of this group of people, Geng Zhen also sighed when he saw this, and continued:

"I checked the reserve warehouse and the treasury, and the grain in Shenyang City is enough for more than 32,000 people to support me for half a year, but are you sure we can hold Shenyang?"

Geng Xuan's words made Wu Gaobi stunned, he really didn't grasp Shenyang under Zhu Gaoxu's attack, but he had no other way.

The reason why Tieling City was able to achieve a lot of gains was because they used the Chai River to attack and attack when the Bohai Navy divided its forces to cross the river.

It's just that at present, Shenyang City is north of the Hunhe River, and the Hunhe River is long, and the Ming army is not as fast as the Bohai Navy, so it is very difficult to reproduce the battle of Tieling.

The defense of Shenyang City can only start from defending the urn city and the city wall.

Wu Gao's non-answer made Geng Xuan's heart cold.

He thinks that he is not Wu Gao's opponent in the art of war, and now Wu Gao does not dare to answer this question openly, which means that this time he is stationed in Shenyang to defend to the death.

Thinking of the power of the field artillery of the Bohai Navy that day, Geng Xuan's heart was clouded with a layer of haze.

"It only takes two days for us to get to this place in Tieling, and it only takes one and a half days for the rebels, counting the time for their herds to cross the river, maybe they will be able to reach the city of Shenyang at noon tomorrow."

"The rebels don't have much food to carry, as long as they can hold Shenyang City for a month, the siege will be lifted."

Wu Gao told about the situation, but he and Geng Zhen both understood one thing, that is, could they really hold Shenyang City for a month under Zhu Gaoxu?

No one answered this question, perhaps their hopes were placed on reinforcements from Daning and Shandong.

It's just a pity that their hopes were shattered after all.

With the sound of footsteps, a black-faced general trotted all the way into the yamen, attracting Wu Gao and Geng Zhen to look at him.

"Marquis of Jiangyin, the Yanshu people have rebelled, and now they have occupied Beiping and Yongping!"

The general walked into the middle hall, and the news he brought made Wu Gao and Geng Zhen subconsciously look at each other, and their mood sank to the bottom.

"Sigh the law ......"

Just when Wu Gao and the others received the news, the cries outside Changping City were anxious, and tens of thousands of troops gathered more than ten miles south of the city to line up against the enemy.

Both sides are holding the flag with the word "朙", the difference is that on one side is the general Daxu is the 'house', and on the other side is the "Yan".

There were many Ming soldiers, about 30,000 people, and there were few Yan soldiers, only more than 20,000.

These 50,000 people lined up to meet the enemy, and the distance was only more than 200 steps.

"Your Highness, this Fang Zhao and Yu Yu are really as those herdsmen said, leading the troops out of the city."

In front of the Yan army, Qiu Fu and Zhu Di were talking excitedly, and Zhu Di was constantly looking at the formation of Fang Zhao's army.

After just looking at it for a while, Zhu Di understood the situation of this corps.

He pointed at the junction of the left and right wings of Fang Zhao's corps with a horsewhip, and said in an old-fashioned manner: "This Fang Zhao did not bring a large army to run in, so he will go out of the city to fight me, and you will lead the regular troops to his middle army for a while, Zhu Neng and Chen Wu will lead 2,000 cavalry to his right flank, and I will personally take 3,000 people to the left flank." ”

"Your Highness, isn't this inappropriate? We don't know Fang Zhao's strength yet, in case they bring firearms, they will suffer. ”

Qiu Fu was worried to speak, but Zhu Di was confident: "Listen to me, don't say 30,000 people, it's 100,000 people, and I'll show you it!" ”

"The 30,000 people in this house are as simple as herding sheep for me."

In this battle, he left Zhang Yu, Meng Shan and others to garrison Yongping and Beiping, in order to prevent the soldiers and horses of Daning and Shanhaiguan from taking advantage of the weakness.

20,000 people is enough for him to defeat Fang Zhao's 30,000 people.

"Beat the drums!"

Zhu Di raised his horsewhip, and soon the drum cart behind him began to beat the drum, and in the Ming army formation opposite, Yu Chong, the general of Juyong Pass, also looked at the unsmiling general next to him.

"Governor, the Yan army is about to attack."

Yu filled his mouth, and Fang Zhao also bowed his head: "See, the Yanshu people despise the enemy, let's see how I capture him." ”

When the words fell, he also turned back and ordered: "Beat the drum!" ”

In a short time, the sound of drums echoed in front of the two armies, and 30,000 Ming troops advanced with guns, and 1,000 cavalry on the left and right followed unhurriedly.

In comparison, the Yan army was only 15,000 foot soldiers advancing with spears, but there were 5,000 cavalry constantly roaming around on the left and right.

When the two armies approached a hundred paces, their respective archers were ready, they drew their bows and prepared, and when they came to a distance of fifty paces, each of them fired their arrows.

The rain of arrows fell, but it did not slow down the pace of both sides, and occasionally someone fell down with an arrow, but was quickly dragged away by the person behind him.

After the distance between the two sides approached, the Ming archers retreated into the formation one after another, but it was the Yan army archers who collected their bows in an orderly manner and took over the Zhangsan spear from the people behind them.

This calmness made Yu Chong, who was following Fang Zhao, uneasy, and Fang Zhao's face sank.

"Kill!!"

The two spear phalanx collided, thousands of spears collided, and people kept falling and being dragged away, and new people kept filling up.

At this time, Zhu Di, Zhu Neng, and Chen Wu began to command the advance of 5,000 cavalry, intending to entrap Fang Zhao's left and right flanks.

"Adjust the cavalry on the left and right to block the Yanshu people!"

Fang Zhao sensed Zhu Di's intentions and immediately made adjustments.

Soon, the 2,000 Ming cavalry on the left and right flanks began to step forward to block Zhu Di's 5,000 elite cavalry, and Zhu Di himself rode a yellow horse, holding a spear and the cavalry under his command to rush forward with a thousand cavalry.

Compared with the collision of the spears of the Chinese army, the collision of the cavalry of the two sides is more impactful.

The task of the Ming cavalry was to resist, so they could not use the cavalry bow to pull the cavalry, but could only use the long soldiers to collide with it and block it.

The dull sound of horses' hooves sounded on this plain, and Zhu Di personally led the cavalry to rush to the front of the enemy formation, brandishing his spear, roaring like thunder and murderous.

"Kill!!"

"Hiss-"

The sound of flesh and blood colliding was heard all over the ears, and there were constantly people who were wounded and fell off their horses, trampled into corpses by those who came from behind, and there were also people who were skilled in horsemanship, but as soon as they returned to their horses, they were greeted with the spear of another cavalryman, regretting that they had fallen from their horses.

"All follow my Daxu, where do I go, you go!!"

"Yes!!"

Zhu Di, who was riding a tall horse, rushed out of the middle of the enemy formation, holding a spear in his hand, his momentum was like a rainbow, and the Yan cavalry beside him who had chiseled through the Ming cavalry responded one after another.

They turned their horses' heads around and launched a second assault again.

Compared with the brave and warlike Yan cavalry, the Shanxi cavalry has not participated in the border preparation task for many years, and has been stationed in Hetao for many years, so when they break out of the encirclement and see many familiar faces disappear around them, they no longer have the courage to make a second impact with the Yan cavalry.

"Change the bow!"

The cavalry gave orders around the thousands, and at the same time blew the wooden whistle.

Under his orders, the surviving more than 800 cavalry were replaced with bows and arrows, ready to pull with the cavalry under Zhu Di's command.

Seeing this situation, Zhu Di immediately reined in his horse, gave up on them directly, and went to the rear of Fang Zhao in a roundabout way.

"Governor! Yanshu people detour to the rear army! ”

"The rear army is stationed, don't give him a chance!"

Fang Zhao calmly ordered, but the unrun-in corps quickly exposed a fatal gap after hastily changing the formation.

A four- or five-foot road appeared between the rear army and the Chinese army, and Zhu Di was waiting for this time!

"Sons! Follow me! ”

Zhu Di took the lead and rushed to the gap under the left and right guards.

The commander of the rear army tried to command the rear army to close, but the speed of the order could not be faster than the speed of Zhu Di's cavalry.

In an instant, the spear collided with the cavalry, the soldier was knocked away, the horse was stabbed and fell, and the spear broke.

Zhu Di led the army to cut off the connection between the rear army and the Chinese army, and began to surround the rear army, coercing them to go backwards.

This scene is like a shepherd dog dividing the flock, even if the flock has strength, but once they loosen their legs, they will only be coerced.

Zhu Neng and Chen Wu had been waiting for their Royal Highness, and seeing that the rear army was coerced and cut off, the two of them immediately led the army to abandon the cavalry of the Ming army on the right flank, and went behind the Chinese army who had not been able to change the military formation.

"The Chinese army changes the rear army!"

Fang Zhao realized that something was wrong, but his consciousness was as backward as his military orders.

Before the news reached the rear, Zhu Neng and Chen Wu led 2,000 cavalry to launch an assault from behind the spear array.

Two thousand cavalry penetrated into the formation, and without the obstacle of the spear array, they could rampage through the Chinese army with impunity.

As Zhu Di said before the war, he dealt with 30,000 people, no different from herding sheep.

The Chinese army was attacked, which made the morale of the former soldiers fall, and they were constantly beaten back by the Yan army.

"Governor! We are defeated, retreat! ”

Yu Chong's face was red, and Fang Zhao couldn't believe it, looking at the disrupted Chinese army and the retreating front army.

"Removal ......"

He had no choice but to order, Yu Chu hurriedly went to command the Chinese army, reorganized the undisturbed part of the soldiers into the rear army, and abandoned the rear army that was coerced away and the part of the Chinese army that was disturbed.

They began to retreat in formation, and Zhu Di immediately shouted when he saw this: "Fang Zhao is defeated and retreats, and those who descend will not be killed!" ”

"Fang Zhao is defeated and retreats, and those who surrender will not be killed!!"

The voice of the Yan army frightened the rear army that was coerced, they formed a circle to defend themselves, and constantly encountered the arrow rain of the cavalry led by Zhu Di, and the morale fell to the bottom.

Commander Huai Laiwei made Liu Zhen look in the direction of the front army and the Chinese army when he heard this, only to find that the Chinese army was disrupted, and the front army and part of the Chinese army began to retreat in formation.

"Big brother, we lost the battle to let the Chinese army be wrapped in dumplings, and if we withdraw to Juyong Pass, we will also be punished, so it is better to vote."

Several thousands of households persuaded Liu Zhen, Liu Zhen was already soft-eared, and when he heard everyone say this, he ordered the whole army to put down their weapons.

Soon, thousands of rear troops threw down their weapons, and Zhu Di did not stay to greet them when he saw this, but directly abandoned them and went to Fang Zhao, who was retreating.

It was easy for the cavalry to chase and kill the infantry on the plain, but seeing Zhu Di and Zhu Neng abandon the remnants of the soldiers abandoned by themselves, Fang Zhao's face turned pale.

He knew very well that he could not retreat from Changping to Juyong Pass, so he could only retreat with cavalry if he wanted to break through for now.

With tens of thousands of foot soldiers, it is impossible for him to survive under Zhu Di.

He was still hesitating, but Zhu Di had already bitten up with more than 4,000 cavalry.

They used their riding bows to rush back and forth on the left and right sides of the Ming army, and there were constantly soldiers in the middle.

Just retreated for more than ten miles, and the team was only eighty or ninety percent of what it was before the retreat.

retreated all the way, and was chased and killed by Zhu Di all the way, Fang Zhao's spirit almost collapsed.

It's obviously a crushing game of 30,000 to 20,000, why is it so difficult to get here.

"Go back!"

More than 20 miles from noon to dusk, until he saw Juyongguan, Zhu Di ordered to rein in the horse, grinning.

In contrast, Fang Zhao, who fled back to Juyong Pass in a hurry, found out after counting that he had only brought back 7,000 of the 30,000 troops, and he wanted to cry without tears......

"Ming Taizong Record": May Jiawu, Shangpo Fang Zhao, Ke Changping, recruited tens of thousands of people, and tens of thousands of soldiers in October.

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