"Kill!!"

The battle cry resounded throughout the battlefield, and the Yan soldiers on the left and right flanks had been waiting for their commanders to give orders, but no orders were delivered, so they could only watch as their highness led the cavalry to rush into the formation that was outnumbered by themselves.

Under the protection of Qiu Fu, Zhu Neng, Huo Zhen, Ma He, Wang Yan and others, Zhu Di was still able to hold a short bow on horseback and shoot left and right from the bow, shooting many Southern cavalry in the cheek, causing the opponent to fall on the battlefield.

It's just that this calmness dissipates with a roar in front of him.

"Yanshu people!!"

Ping'an, who was sitting on the back of a big horse, held a horse lance in his hand, and rushed towards Zhu Di with a cavalry with a clear goal.

"Ping Bao'er! Have you forgotten the kindness of Your Highness to you? ”

"I will never forget the kindness of Emperor Taizu Gao to me, Yan rebels and dies!!"

Qiu Fu scolded, but was brought back by peace.

The two sides were only more than ten steps away, and they collided together in an instant.

Qiu Fu, Huo Zhen, Ma He, Wang Yan and others tried to intercept, but they were attacked by Ping'an's horse lance, and the horses were unstable on their feet.

Before they came back to their senses, Ping An had already taken Zhu Di directly.

"Yanshu people!!"

The peace war cry stabbed out the horse lance, the generals' scalps were numb, and everyone tried to rescue Zhu Di, but Zhu Di himself felt that time had slowed down, and watched the horse lance almost stab himself to the ground.

"Ping Bao'er Hugh is going to be rampant!"

At the critical moment, Zhu Neng, who had been covering behind Zhu Di, made a move, stabbed out a spear, and tried to swing the horse lance in Ping'an's hand.

It's just that his strength is much smaller than Ping'an's, and he couldn't shake the horse lance in Ping'an's hand, but fortunately, Zhu Di lay down and let the horse lance stab.

Seeing this scene, everyone's nervous anger was finally relieved, but Zhu Di was not completely safe.

Ping'an drew his sword and was about to chop Zhu Di's crotch horse, trying to make him fall under the hooves of the army.

"Your Highness, go away!"

At the critical moment, Qiu Fu took the lead in turning back and blocked the fatal blow for Zhu Di with the spear in his hand.

In one shot, Zhu Di almost died under the horse lance.

But even so, Zhu Di did not leave, but shouted: "Ping Bao'er, didn't you forget that I took you to fight by hand?" ”

"Ridiculous!" Ping'an disdained to answer, seeing that he was about to fall into the encirclement of the Yan army, he hurriedly led more than 100 cavalry from his headquarters to stand out from the formation.

The two sides exchanged a charge again, but the Yan army was obviously at a disadvantage and had been suppressed.

"Your Highness, you should retreat to the infantry camp first."

After the confrontation, when Yan Jun turned his horse's head, Zhu Neng and others dissuaded Zhu Di, but Zhu Di snorted coldly: "If the second child of my family is here, how can he be allowed to be rampant!" ”

After saying a word to vent his anger, Zhu Di comforted everyone again: "Don't worry, Ping Bao'er is now under the siege of our army and does not know it, Tan Yuan will appear soon, we will fight him again, let his rear army be exposed to the south, and then launch a siege of the whole army." ”

Zhu Di's voice fell, and he immediately took the lead and led the Yan army to charge again.

"He was so brave that he almost stabbed the Yanshu people under the horse."

"The scene just now, the mood of the last general and others to watch it was agitated."

"The General ...... Bravely"

Seeing that the Yan army launched a charge, Yang Song, Pan Zhong and others also admired Ping'an.

Just now, Ping An repelled the five generals of the Yan Army with his own strength, and almost stabbed Zhu Di to death, all of them saw it clearly, and their morale suddenly increased for a while.

Ping'an, who was boasted by everyone, was also carried away when he saw this, and seeing that Yan Jun still dared to rush, Ping'an snorted coldly: "Dare to come, this time I will definitely stab Yanshu people under the horse!" ”

He urged his horse forward and led the elite cavalry of the southern army, which still had more than 8,000 horsemen, to go into battle again.

This scene made Yan Jun's heart hang, after all, it is an indisputable fact that the cavalry of the Southern Army forced into their own Daxu just now, if the cavalry of the Southern Army makes another contribution this time, then even if this battle can be won, what should they do without Zhu Di.

"Your Highness's problem has been ...... again"

In the left-wing corps, Zhang Yu frowned, with a worried look on his face, obviously very worried about Zhu Di.

Zhu Di likes to rush into battle for more than a day or two, when he rushed to help Jilin City, he took the lead in rushing into battle, Zhang Yu also persuaded him for this, but he still did not change this temper.

If it is said that Zhu Di has the courage of Zhu Gaoxu and Ping'an, but he only has some courage and cannot reach the height of Ping'an and Zhu Gaoxu, so it is inevitable that people are worried.

"Kill!!"

In this confrontation, this time Zhu Di was smarter and moved away from Daxu's position, so after the charge, Ping An failed to find his traces.

However, even so, the cavalry of the Southern Army also inflicted heavy losses on the cavalry of the Yan Army, and the number of cavalry of the Yan Army is decreasing to the extent that it is visible to the naked eye.

This situation made the Yan Army infantry corps on the left and right flanks unable to hold back, and many commanders and thousands of household officials asked for battle, but were rejected by Zhang Xin and Zhang Yu.

They were all waiting for an opportunity, and that opportunity had finally arrived.

"Kill!!"

Suddenly, when the southern army turned their horses' heads and prepared to continue to attack the Yan cavalry from south to north, there was a shout of killing behind them.

For a while, the city wall array composed of nearly 1,000 people shouted from the rear, and shouted loudly: "Ping Bao'er, the Yueyang Bridge has been taken by our army, and it will be captured before it is tied!" ”

"Don't panic, we can break through at any time!"

Ping An tried to stabilize the army, but when he looked ahead, he found that Zhang Yu and Zhang Xin had plugged the gap exposed by Zhu Di's cavalry in front of him at some point.

At the moment, they were completely trapped in the north of Yueyang Bridge, and the maneuver space was still unknowingly suppressed by Zhang Yu and Zhang Xin from three miles south of Xiong County to five miles.

"The time has come, strangle Ping Bao'er!!"

Zhu Di was aggrieved, and now he can finally release it, so he immediately took out the cannon and released it at the sky.

In the sound of "crackling" explosions, the left and right flank infantry regiments began to form formations, pressing forward step by step with spears.

Although there was still room for maneuver for three or four miles, the cavalry would obviously have to pay a huge price for casualties if they wanted to charge the spear formation of the foot soldiers head-on.

Fortunately, Ping'an was not as reckless as Yang Song and Pan Zhong, and after he glanced around, he found that the number of soldiers and horses in Zhang Xin's department in the west was small, and he immediately decided to break through to the west.

"Follow my big man, I'll lead you to break through!"

Ping An gave the order, and after the word was conveyed, the various ministries responded one after another.

In just one word, the Yan army compressed the encirclement even smaller, and there were still Yan cavalry watching them.

"Rush!"

Knowing that the casualties were huge, but in order to fight for that glimmer of life, Ping An still led more than 8,000 horsemen to launch a breakthrough towards Zhang Xin's corps in the west.

"This is the time I've been waiting for!"

Seeing that Ping'an's team was trying to break through and the formation was stretched, Zhu Di's eyes were bright, and he immediately led the cavalry to rush towards the cavalry of the Southern Army.

The distance of 100 paces was only crossed in an instant, and the cavalry of the southern army was cut off by Zhu Di's department, only the 3,000 cavalry led by Ping An successfully rushed towards Zhang Xin, and more than 5,000 cavalry led by Yang Song and Pan Zhong were intercepted.

Seeing that the opportunity appeared, the pikemen led by Tan Yuan immediately charged Yang Song and Pan Zhong, the five thousand hindered cavalry.

Under the chaos, Yang Song and Pan Zhong could not control the army, and the formation of the southern army fell into chaos.

The soldiers didn't care about killing the Yan army that came to them, and they also had to deal with the attack from the rear, and their morale had been greatly tested.

"Ping Bao'er! Where are you going!! ”

Zhu Di laughed happily, seeing that thousands of cavalry were entangled, he immediately led more than 100 cavalry around him to rush to the Ping'an rear army.

For a while, before the cavalry of the Ping'an Department hit Zhang Xin's corps, they were attacked by Zhu Di's more than 100 cavalry.

"Follow me, they are not in strict formation, there is a chance!"

Seeing that the pikemen of Zhang Xin's regiment were only seven or eight heavy, his confidence in peace was greatly increased.

However, under his watchful eye, Zhang Xin personally led his own horse infantry to join them in the place where they wanted to break through.

The distance between the two sides was already less than fifty paces, but the seven or eight pikemen suddenly increased to more than a dozen.

"Kill!!"

There was no way out, and Ping'an could only lead the cavalry of the 3,000 Southern Army, which had wolves in front and tigers in the back, to break through head-on.

Zhang Xinsuo's spearman pressed the end of his spear against the solid ground and sank into it.

The three spear formations were in front of him, but the war horses did not dare to charge at all.

They tried to stop, but were squeezed by the cavalry in the rear and crashed into the pike.

For a time, the cavalry suffered numerous casualties, but even half of the pike formation was not destroyed.

The unspoiled spear formation pressed in step by step, crushing the 3,000 cavalry who were trying to break through.

At this moment, no one wanted to rush through the encirclement, only Ping An held his own courage and rode his horse out of the chaotic army.

"Get out of here!!"

He swayed his horse and after swinging several spears from side to side, he succeeded in breaking out of the encirclement, but no one followed him.

Not everyone has the bravery of him, at least not among the more than 8,000 cavalry of the Southern Army.

"Catch Ping Bao'er for me!"

Seeing that Ping An was able to rush out of the spear formation alone, Zhu Di, who was chasing after him, was very surprised, but he still calmly ordered.

The cavalry of the Yan army went out of the formation from the passage given up by the spear array, and more than 100 cavalry chased and killed and left safely.

Seeing this, Ping An could only flee in embarrassment, and while fleeing, he cut off the burdens of military rations and vests on the left and right sides of the saddle.

The big horse he rode was given by Zhu Yuanzhang before his death, and it was extremely fast, so after running for several miles, he successfully threw off the Yan cavalry behind him, but his situation was miserable.

Nine thousand cavalry went north, and now he is the only one left to escape, so it is better to die directly on the battlefield.

"I still have to keep this life and go to the south to report the news!"

Ping'an persuaded himself to spare his life, and rode his horse to the south of the river.

It's just that compared to him, the cavalry of the Southern Army who were heavily surrounded was miserable.

Yang Song and Pan Zhong were captured by Zhu Neng, and most of the 9,000 cavalry of the Southern Army were killed and wounded, and the rest surrendered.

Zhu Di ordered Zhang Yu and Zhang Xin to clean up the mess, went out of the battle by themselves, and after removing the armor on their bodies, they sat on the grass in embarrassment.

"Your Highness, are you alright?"

Zhu Neng found that Zhu Di was not in the formation, so he went out to find him.

At this moment, he was not injured, but Zhu Neng was still worried and asked.

Zhu Di thought he was injured when he heard this, and only after groping around to make sure that he was okay did he shake his head: "I'm fine, you and Zhang Yu will go to count the seizures, and the speed should be fast." ”

"Yes!" Zhu Neng saw that Zhu Di was fine, so he returned to the battle and counted the prisoners and captures with Zhang Yu and them.

Time passed, and the Yan army, which fought in the early morning, finally ended the battle at the end of the day, and it took a whole hour just to count the battle damage and prisoners, and the number of horses and armor captured.

By the time Zhang Yu had counted everything, it was already noon.

He rode his horse to Zhu Di's side and dismounted, and gave a general explanation of the situation.

"We killed more than 900 people in the battle, more than 2,000 were lightly and seriously wounded, more than 1,400 of them were killed, more than 3,000 were seriously wounded, and only 4,327 people were captured and could still fight, but they brought a lot of horses, 9,000 people brought more than 15,000 military horses, of which 6,000 remained in Mozhou."

"So what are you waiting for?" Zhu Di heard that there were 6,000 military horses in Mozhou, and immediately began to pierce armor: "Let Zhu Neng lead the cavalry to Mozhou, take advantage of Ping Bao'er's detour to the west, and we will take the opportunity to take Mozhou!" ”

"Yes!" Zhang Yu responded, and then after the command of the Qianhu officials who followed beside him, Zhu Di saw more than 4,000 Yan army cavalry heading south.

With Zhang Yu's help, he also put on his armor and instructed Zhang Yu: "You send someone to send this group of captured cavalry to Beiping for training, and then use them after this battle." ”

"Choose good riders from the army to ride their military horses, and follow me south to Mozhou in half an hour."

After Zhu Di gave everything, Zhang Yu did as he said, and handed over the more than 6,000 surviving military horses to the soldiers in the army who knew how to equestrian.

Half an hour later, Zhu Di led 6,000 people to the south, and Zhang Yu sent 2,000 people to Zhang Xin, asking Zhang Xin to escort the 7,000 southern army captives north to Beiping, and he led 20,000 soldiers to the south.

After two fierce battles, the Yan army lost more than 4,000 people in battle, and counting the 5,000 people who escorted them to the north, they only had 30,000 people in their hands.

Of course, after these two fierce battles, their mobility has also increased considerably.

With 8,000 mules and horses in Xiongxian County and 6,000 military horses captured at Yueyang Bridge, plus more than 4,000 military horses surviving in the Yan army, nearly two-thirds of the 30,000 people in Zhu Di's hands were one person and one horse.

With the blessing of such speed, they rushed south for fifty-two miles, and successfully arrived in Mozhou one step ahead before arriving in Mozhou safely, and took the initiative to surrender to Zhang Bao, who was left behind in Mozhou, and Mozhou commanded Wang Cun to flee.

The 3,000 defenders in the city were captured by the Yan army, and Zhu Neng also captured the 6,000 military horses that Ping'an had stored here.

When Zhu Di arrived in Mozhou, it was already unitary time (17 o'clock).

At this time, he already had more than 10,000 cavalry under his command, as well as 14,000 horse infantry and 6,000 foot soldiers, while the cavalry of the southern army only left the 5,000 cavalry under Xu Kai's command.

Sitting in the Mozhou County Ya, Zhu Di waited for Zhang Yu's 20,000 foot soldiers before the sky completely darkened.

After the war, Zhu Di ordered people to take money from the county government treasury to buy enough meat, and while rewarding the army, he also feasted in the county government.

In front of everyone, there were at least six or seven plates of meat dishes, but they were all waiting for Zhu Di to get off the chopsticks.

After Zhu Di took the lead in moving the chopsticks, the group of men devoured it, and it didn't take long for the dinner table to be left with a mess.

"Your Highness, are we going to withdraw to Beiping?"

"We have already captured a lot, why don't we withdraw and wait for the Second Highness to take Shanhaiguan and join our army before going south to fight a decisive battle with the southern army?"

"That's right, this battle captured a lot, not only took 200,000 stone grains and grass in Xiongxian and Mozhou, but also took nearly 20,000 military horses and mules and horses, and captured more than 10,000 people."

At the dinner table, Qiu Fu and Zhang Xin spoke, but after eating, Zhu Di shook his head:

"As I said, this time we went south to completely defeat the main force of the southern army, and at the moment we only crushed the defenders of Ping'an and the two counties, which is only 15,000 people."

"This blow is not very harmful to the southern army, as long as my nephew wants to, he can spend another month to mobilize 5,000 cavalry under Song Sheng from the northwest to come to Beiping again."

"Besides, if we don't fight, but let the southern army clear the walls and build fortifications, then we will definitely have difficulties in going south."

"Whether it is Gao Xu or us, in fact, we all have the worry of running out of food, and only by going all the way to the south and hitting the land of Lianghuai can we solve the problem of lack of grain and grass."

"Therefore, I want to completely defeat the main force of the Southern Army and buy time for Gao Xu and us to converge."

Zhu Di said that he would continue to fight, and Zhu Neng, who heard the words, also spoke: "Xu Kai in the south, only sixty miles away from Mozhou, he has the last 5,000 elite cavalry and 10,000 foot soldiers of the Southern Army, if he can be taken, the Southern Army will not dare to fight with us in the field." ”

Zhu Neng felt that as long as he took Xu Kai, he could curb the northward march of the southern army, but Zhu Di shook his head:

"You think we should beat Xu Kai, then Geng Bingwen and Ning Zhong must think the same way, it is because they think this that I want to hit them off guard."

After that, Zhu Di looked at Zhu Neng: "What is the name of the person who opened the gate for our army in Mozhou City?" ”

"Zhang Bao, the official of a thousand households, used to be our soldier."

Zhu Neng responded without thinking, and Zhu Di also nodded: "You recruit him, I have something to say to him." ”

Hearing this, Zhu Neng immediately recruited Zhang Bao, but his appearance was not outstanding, and he did not leave any hard memories in Zhu Di's mind.

But even so, Zhu Di still patted Zhang Bao on the shoulder: "At present, the Southern Army doesn't know that Mozhou has surrendered to me, if you have the guts, I want you to go to Zhending as a defeated army." ”

"The last general is full of guts!" Zhang Bao was not afraid, but agreed directly, and didn't even ask what he wanted to say for Zhu Di.

"Good!" Zhu Di's eyes were satisfied, and his tone was serious: "I want you to ride to Zhending alone, tell Geng Bingwen about them, and say that Mozhou has been lost, and the Ping'an Department that went to Xiongxian County has been exterminated by me, and I am now attacking Zhending." ”

"The last general commands!" Zhang Bao thought that Zhu Di was going to attack Xu Kai, so he deliberately sent fake news to Geng Bingwen, and immediately responded.

"Go ahead, do this well, your merit is enough to be promoted to the third level!" Zhu Di patted him, Zhang Bao didn't say anything, turned around and left.

After he left, Qiu Fu and the others got up and wondered: "Your Highness, you said that we were going to fight the truth, and now you asked Zhang Bao to tell Geng Bingwen the truth, so didn't we report our own home?" ”

"It's to give them the real news!" Zhu Di was confident, and then ordered: "Zhang Yu! ”

"The last general!" Zhang Yu got up, and Zhu Di said: "I will take 10,000 cavalry out of the city early tomorrow morning, and you will take 23,000 people from Mozhou to attack Zhending." ”

"The last general commands!" Zhang Yu responded first, and then asked: "Which route should the last general take to attack?" ”

"You can go any way, just remember not to attack any city along the way, and the goal is to be true." Zhu Di opened his mouth to explain.

"Yes!" Zhang Yu was a little confused, but he still chose to obey orders first and then put forward his opinions.

"Your Highness, if our army marches like this, the army will be exposed to the front and rear of the southern army, once the main force of the southern army and Xu Kai between the river are successively attacked, we may not be able to win, after all, their strength is still four times our ......"

Zhang Yu's words also expressed the hearts of the generals.

Placing the army in the front and rear of the enemy is a taboo for soldiers, not to mention that Zhu Di has asked Zhang Bao to tell Geng Bingwen that they are going to lead the army to attack Geng Bingwen's main force.

At this time, once Geng Bingwen makes adjustments, how many of their 30,000 people will survive?

Facing everyone's concerns, Zhu Di opened his mouth to reassure: "I will lead the cavalry to cut off the Zhending grain road and cover for you." ”

"What you have to do is very simple, that is, you will arrive at the north bank of the Hutuo River in Zhending City on the 19th of August, and you will know how to fight when the time comes."

Zhu Di only said a rough idea, but after years of cooperation, Zhang Yu chose to believe Zhu Di.

"In this case, then the general will arrive on time, but it is at least three hundred miles from Mozhou to the north bank of Zhending, even if our army marches day and night, it can be at most a hundred miles, even if it arrives on the north bank of Zhending on the nineteenth, I am afraid that the number of soldiers and horses will drop by half......"

Zhang Yu opened his mouth to talk about the predicament he encountered, after all, not every army is the existence of horse infantry like the Bohai Navy.

Even if it is the Bohai Navy, when facing medium and long-distance raids, once it encounters a situation where there is not enough time, it will be left behind, not to mention the lack of horses.

Of the 23,000 people Zhu Di handed over to him, at least 9,000 had no horses.

Under such circumstances, the 23,000 men would have to march 300 miles in three days, and it would certainly not be possible to prevent such a thing as falling behind and losing troops.

At that time, he may lead his army to Zhenshi, and there will be only 10,000 soldiers and horses left under his command.

"It's okay, the soldiers who have fallen behind will let them go north to Beiping by themselves."

Zhu Di spoke calmly, he was very aware of the problem of falling behind and attrition in medium and long-distance raids, even if it was his 10,000 cavalry, this kind of thing would happen, but it didn't matter, as long as they went north to Beiping and didn't go south to join the enemy.

"Then there will be no problem."

Zhang Yu saw that Zhu Di said this, and he had no way to refute it, so he could only respond to this task.

Seeing that Zhang Yu should give off the task, Zhu Di also looked at everyone: "Zhu Neng, Qiu Fu, Ma He, Wang Yan, you go out with me, Zhang Xin, a few of you and Zhang Yu will lead the army to the north bank of Zhending." ”

"The last general commands!!"

Everyone responded loudly, and then Zhu Di dismissed them to rest.

The current Yan army is very tired, but the war does not allow them to rest too much.

After resting for three and a half hours, Zhu Di led tens of thousands of cavalry to prepare enough horses and leave the city from the east of Mozhou City.

When it was dawn, Zhang Yu and Zhang Bao also went out of the city on behalf of each other.

The difference between the two is that Zhang Yu wants to lead troops to fight Zhending, while Zhang Bao wants to send news to Zhending, and it is true news......

"Ming Taizong Record": Mid-Autumn Festival, spy Changxing Marquis Geng Bingwen led 300,000 troops stationed in Zhending, Governor Xu Kai led 100,000 troops stationed in Hejian, Governor Pan Zhong, commanded Yang Songying Mozhou, its vanguard 9,000 brave people have been based in Xiongxian County, wantonly plundered, and led the division to the emperor. When the teacher arrived in Zhuozhou, he said: "Tonight's Mid-Autumn Festival, he doesn't worry about me, he will drink freely, and if he doesn't quit, he can break it." Urge the army to move quickly.

In the middle of the night, Xiongxian County, besieged its city, the city was awakened, the city was scolded, our army was resentful, and the dawn climbed up, and then broke its city. The higher authorities urgently ordered that the generals should not be killed, and the generals were angry and scolded, and they were punished, and more than 8,000 horses were obtained.

Ping An Pan Zhong Yang Song is in Mozhou, the unknown city is broken, and the people will be brought to help, and the generals will say: "I will give birth to Ping Pan Yang." The generals did not say, so they ordered Tan Yuan to lead more than 1,000 troops, first spend the Yueyang Bridge, in the water, wait for Ping'an and so on to cross the bridge, hear the sound of cannons, that is, start the bridge, attack it from behind, the southern army was broken, Ping An single horse defeated and fled, Yang Song, Pan Zhong was captured, and the troops were drawn out of Mozhou, and the next day the troops were divided into Zhending.

The generals asked: "Today, from the intermittent way, not let him know, cover up his unpreparedness, why send a guarantee to inform him to be prepared?"

On the day: "Otherwise, I don't know the truth of the other, so I want to cover it, and now I know that half of the camp in Henan, half of the camp in Hebei, then I should know that I come, and the people on the south bank of it will move to the north, and I will be defeated in one fell swoop, and I want to make the defeat of Mozhou in Zhixiong County, in order to seize its spirit, the so-called art of war is the first voice and then the real one." If you don't let it know, under the thin city, the cone can defeat the army on the north bank, and the people on the south bank take advantage of my fatigue to cross the river with drums......

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