Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Two Armies Hold Each Other
After a day of fierce fighting, the Warat army suffered heavy casualties, but it was not able to advance an inch, and was forced to give up the attack on Deshengmen and attack Xizhimen instead.
The casualties of the Ming army are also very heavy, these temporarily transferred troops are slightly inferior in combat strength, even if there is a Shenji battalion to suppress the formation, it is not the opponent of the Wara army, Li Gao was almost surrounded to death, the heroes of the rivers and lakes are not familiar with the battle formation, and they are also surrounded as stragglers.
Tan Ma reported that the Wara army transferred to Xizhimen, Yu Qian was slightly relieved in his heart, one came to Deshengmen to face the Wara army camp, if Deshengmen can be defended, then the other gates should not be a big problem, secondly, plus yesterday's ambush, the Ming army has won two battles in a row, the arrogance of the Wara army has been completely defeated, and our side is morale is rising, under the strength of the other, the gap in strength between the two sides is not very obvious.
At night, Yu Qian arranged the sentry posts and night guards, and symbolically sent several small units to attack the Wara army camp at night, not asking them to make meritorious contributions, as long as they could harass the enemy army, it would affect their morale in the next day's battle.
Who knew that he was also a veteran on the battlefield, although the two battles were unfavorable, he was not discouraged, and the camp was extremely rigorous, Jiang Yuan and the others couldn't find a chance, so they had to retreat in a huff.
At dawn, several teams returned to the camp one after another and went to Yu Qian to return to his life. Yu Qian's big tent was brightly lit, as if he was talking to someone, and the soldiers outside the door stopped everyone from entering, only saying that Lord Yu commanded, and everyone went back to the camp to rest and prepare for tomorrow. Jiang Yuan stole a glance at a young man standing in front of the map with his hands in his hands, while Yu Qian stood behind him to tell him about the battle plan.
Jiang Yuan raised his eyebrows, he didn't know the young man, but the old man behind him was very familiar-Yu Wenjun! In this way, wouldn't that young man be ...... Emperor Daizong?!
It's so late, what is the emperor doing here? There was no Luan driver at the door, and he didn't wear a dragon robe, obviously because he didn't want people to know his identity. What is there to make the emperor sneak in front of the battle to secretly meet the minister?
This matter has nothing to do with Jiang Yuan, although he can't understand it, Jiang Yuan doesn't think much about it.
"Lord Yu, how can there be so many people in the army?" Although the emperor didn't pay attention, Yu Wenjun found out from the moment he entered the camp.
Yu Qian said: "After the news of the Wara army trapped in Beijing spread, the heroes of the rivers and lakes also wanted to contribute to the country and spontaneously came to help the war. ”
The emperor nodded, unable to see any expression on his face, and said, "How many of them are there?"
Yu Qian said: "There are about thousands of people. ”
Dai Zong raised his eyebrows and diverted the topic: "How sure are you in this battle?"
Yu Qian said: "In the past few days, our army has won two battles in a row, the morale of the Wara army has declined, and the reinforcements of King Qin from all over the country are still coming in a steady stream. The minister has sent two other armies to quietly outflank the back of the Wara army, and after winter, the enemy's food and grass will run out, if you don't hand over the emperor, the enemy army will not be able to get out of the Great Wall!"
"You ......" Yu Wenjun didn't know what he wanted to say, so he was stopped by Daizong and forced the second half of the sentence back into his stomach.
"Well, now that you're sure of that, I won't say anything more. The wind is cold outside the city, and the general is self-respecting. With that, Dai Zong flicked his sleeves and left the camp with Yu Wenjun and a few guards.
The next day, the battle at Xizhimen was also very fierce, and he was very annoyed at first, because the 500,000 main forces of the Ming Dynasty, which had been settled outside the Guan, saw that the city of Beijing was close at hand, and the gold and silver treasures in the city were beckoning to him.
The defenders of Xizhimen are also very tenacious, and their combat strength is obviously backward, but they just did not let the Warat army take advantage, and the main general personally led the troops to rush and kill in order to boost morale, and unfortunately died!
Yu Qian quickly sent people to support Xizhimen, and he was even the general of the battle, appointing Shi Heng as the guard general and guarding Xizhimen!
Shi Heng is worthy of being a veteran general on the battlefield, and he fought with the Warat army many times at the same time, he really knew himself and knew the enemy, and quickly changed the deployment of the Ming army, with the reinforcements of the Shenji battalion and the two wings, not only successfully held the Xizhi Gate, but also once surrounded the Wara army, killed and abandoned the armor, and hugged the head of the rat!
He was also angry at first, but it didn't help, and he attacked for a few days in a row, and each gate borrowed Shi Heng's tactics of guarding the Xizhi Gate, so that he didn't get half a penny. The morale of the Warat army has sunk to the bottom!
Although he was in a hurry, he did not lose his mind, and knew that there was no benefit in fighting like this, so he collected his troops and set up a large camp under the city of Beijing, and sent people to negotiate with the Ming court while continuing to look for the flaws in the Ming army.
The war finally entered a phase of stalemate as Yu Qian expected, and the Warat army was unable to break through the defense of the Ming army, and the Ming army was more than defensive and insufficient to attack.
At this time, the red eunuch Xining beside Wang Zhen made a suggestion to Yexian, so that the soldiers could tease and humiliate Emperor Yingzong in front of the battle, which could hit the morale of the Ming army and induce the Ming army to fight.
Yu Qian disregarded the Empress Dowager Sun's decree, and strictly ordered the defenders not to fight, poor Emperor Ming, was used as a plaything in front of the two armies, if Emperor Hongwu and Emperor Yongle knew it, what should I think!
Many officers and soldiers in the army looked out from the camp, and some of the generals who had received the emperor's favor could not withstand such stimulation, gritting their teeth and cursing the Vara army for being shameless, and asked to go to war, but they were all rejected by Yu Qian.
"If you want me to say, our Emperor Taishang can really stand his anger, and he can still survive after suffering such humiliation with the respect of the Ninety-Five, if he were a different person, he would have committed suicide a long time ago, right?" Jiang Yuan had nothing to do in the camp, and was lying on the fence of the camp watching the Wara army tease Yingzong, with grass roots in his mouth, and he looked like a child.
Fortunately, these words were not heard by others, this is a military camp, and if you are disrespectful to the emperor, you will lose your head!
Li Qing looked nervously left and right to confirm whether there was anyone around, and Ye Yifan was so frightened that he almost jumped up to cover Jiang Yuan's mouth: Does this person know what he can and can't say?!
Who knew that Jiang Yuan stretched out indifferently: "Okay, okay, I know you two are worried, what are you afraid of, anyway, there are only three of us here, no one knows." Besides, isn't what I'm talking about the truth?
"Senior brother, Lord Yu is looking for us. Bo Liang came out of nowhere, and his words shocked Jiang Yuan's soul and did not possess his body.
Don't look at Jiang Yuan's big grin, but he is not a fool, when he ridiculed Yingzong just now, he had already opened his ears and listened to all directions, but he didn't notice Boliang's arrival in the slightest!
Good guy, underestimate this big brother!
Jiang Yuan calmed down, pretending to be calm and said, "What is Lord Yu looking for us?"
Li Qing and Ye Yifan snickered, they were talking nonsense just now, and now they have been retributed, right?
Bo is stable and has the demeanor of an elder, and he deliberately scared Jiang Yuan to teach him a lesson, "Master didn't say anything, let's go and see together." ”
After entering the camp, Jiang Yuan found that the heads of the various factions and the elders who spoke had already gathered here, what happened?
Yu Qian's face was solemn, and he suddenly knelt on one knee and knelt in front of everyone, and Fu Heng and the others who were standing in the front row hurriedly helped him up: "What are you doing? How can we stand this?!"
Yu Qian said in a deep voice: "Heroes, there is one more thing to ask for, and I hope you will help!"
Fu Heng pulled Yu Qian up and said, "Since we have come to the barracks, they are soldiers under the command of adults, if Lord Yu has any orders, please speak!"
Yu Qian's plan is very dangerous, but apart from the heroes, there is no more suitable candidate in the camp. The heads finally nodded and agreed to Yu Qian's plan.