Lanzhou was in danger, and the Ming army, which had just been classified, assembled on the outskirts of Yingtian, Beijing. Emperor Taizu issued an edict, and 400,000 Ming soldiers marched north again in two ways. One route was led by Marshal Xu Da to lead the generals Tang He and Deng Yu to lead 200,000 troops to Ganxi through Tongguan, and the other route was Li Wenzhong as the general Feng Sheng as the deputy general, and took Liaodong Mobei through Juyong Pass.

The criminal law of the Criminal Department can be described as harsh, and Sun Qian confessed like a bamboo tube pouring beans after only two days. Before the army started, Sun Qian and his 500 soldiers were all beheaded and sacrificed. There may be innocent among them, but in the turbulent years of war, how many people are not innocent? Whether they want to or not, as long as they are involved in right and wrong, they are right and wrong.

When Da Kui was reunited with his wife and children at home, he also received a holy decree: the crown prince Taibao, the left capital of Zhongshu Province, and the Jeju Taishou Zhang Dakui, who was loyal and brave, and set an example for the ministers. The post of the commander of the conscription army will be specially sealed, and the reward will be awarded on the day of triumph.

This time Da Kui was dumbfounded, he thought that after returning to Jingshi Yingtian, he would first go to Hangzhou to ask for his resignation from his father-in-law, and then take his family to Jeju to take up his post.

This northern expedition was different from the past, and the Ming army was divided into two routes. Xu Da had 200,000 horse infantry troops all the way, 50,000 cavalry alone, and there were ...... musket battalions, artillery battalions, bow and crossbow battalions, and spear battalions. All in all, the variety of arms is complete, and it is a grand sight.

There was no array, only the order passed down by Marshal Xu Da. All armies and battalions crossed the Tong Pass on their own, and after passing the pass, they went straight north to Xi'an Mansion and assembled again.

In the year of the famine, who wants to fight? Marshal Xu Da's command order was to call all battalions and armies to pull out on their own, and if one of them escaped, one person could sweep away 10 people, and 10 people could sweep away 100 people. Most of the soldiers were recruited civilians, and after the imperial court issued the "Battlement Order", it became an important method of recruitment for the Ming army. According to the law of the "Stacking Order", the three households of the people are a unit, one of which is called the main household, the army, and the rest are the households.

Then there are the prisoners of war, the surrendered army, and the prisoners in prison. This type of soldier is called the 'subordinate army', and it is especially difficult to control. However, Marshal Xu Da had his own way, and after the promotion order, he reaffirmed the military discipline: one less person in the army should be beheaded as a captain, one less person in the 100-person team would be beheaded as a captain, and one less person in a battalion would be beheaded as a thousand generals. In other words, as long as there is one less person in the army, there will be a relationship from the commander to the thousand.

Xu Daqin led 50,000 elite cavalry to march first, and these 50,000 elite cavalry were the mainstay of the Ming army, but Da Kui stayed in the rear. He is the overseer, and if there is any favoritism and escape, all the battalions are within the jurisdiction of Da Kui.

In the vast sea of soldiers, Da Kui's eyes were black. In desperation, the commanders of each battalion could only gather in one place and select a few people to lead the troops to take care of the team. 150,000 people marched towards Tongguan, and the carriages and horses raised billowing smoke and dust all the way.

The chariots, the horses, and the pedestrians, bows and arrows, are all at the waist. Ye Niang's wife went to see each other, and the dust did not see Xianyang Bridge. The clothes stopped crying, and the crying went straight to the sky. Passers-by on the side of the road asked pedestrians, but pedestrians were frequent. Or from the fifteenth Beifang River, it will go to the forty west camps. When I went, I was wrapping my head, and when I returned, my head was white. The side court bled into the sea, and Emperor Wu was unaware of it. You don't know about the Han family, Shandong 200 states, thousands of villages and thousands of villages. Even if there are healthy women who hoe and plow, there is nothing in Hesheng Longmu. In addition, the Qin soldiers endured hard fighting, and were driven away from dogs and chickens. Although the elder asked, the servant dared to declare his hatred? And this winter, he has not stopped his death in Kansai. The county officials are in a hurry to ask for rent, but where will the tax come from? Believing in the fact that it is evil to give birth to a man, it is better to give birth to a girl. Giving birth to a daughter still has to marry a neighbor, and giving birth to a boy is buried with a hundred grasses. You don't see, Qinghai head, no one has collected the white bones in ancient times. The new ghost is annoyed and the old ghost is crying, and the sky is cloudy and rainy, and the wet voice is chirping!

In the Tang Dynasty, the poem "Soldier Chariot Travel" by the poet Du Fu. Among them, the hardships of the conquest and the difficulties of the people have been exhausted, but it has also become a portrayal of the Ming army at this moment. Thousands of miles of Tongguan Road, line after line. Da Kui took 150,000 people day and night, and finally arrived at the border of Xi'an Prefecture in January of the following year.

After the 200,000 troops were assembled, they did not stay long. The elite cavalry opened the way, and the soldiers and horses of each battalion followed closely behind, and they marched again in the direction of Dingxi County. The soldiers were very fast, and it took only one month to send troops to Xi'an Mansion, and Marshal Xu Da was quite satisfied. But the whole army is tired, but it is also the thing that Xu Da is most worried about.

The scout cavalry came to report that Timur had withdrawn his troops from Lanzhou and had garrisoned his troops in Shen'eryu in Dingxi. Shen'eryu is a canyon, it is a necessary place to go to Lanzhou, if you want to rush to Lanzhou, you have to rush through the blockade of Timur.

In 1371 AD, the Yuan and Ming armies confronted Shen Eryu. At this moment, Timur claimed to have 200,000 elite soldiers, but in the siege of the city for several months, tens of thousands of lives were lost in the left and left of Lanzhou. In terms of the real strength, the Yuan army is less than 160,000. In the past few months, Lanzhou has been about to break the city, but just when Timur was about to attack with all his strength, Tanma reported that the Ming army had arrived at the border of Xi'an. Timur couldn't help but be shocked when he got the report, and in desperation, he personally led 150,000 soldiers and horses to Shen'eryu to garrison, in a vain attempt to defeat the Ming army in one fell swoop.

Dawn broke, and Da Kui arrived at the big tent of the Chinese army early. Marshal Xu Da retreated left and right, but said to Da Kui: "Lanzhou has held on for several months, but I don't know what is going on now. Presumably, there are no more than 10,000 soldiers in Lanzhou today, but no more than 100. In order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, Lord Lao Zhang took a detour to Lanzhou. Ben Shuai allocated 20,000 elite soldiers to you, and you must rush to Lanzhou within three days. ”

Hearing this, Da Kui not only exclaimed: "Marshal, if you take a detour, how can you do it on the high mountain and the dangerous road." ”

Xu Da Furan sighed: "The soldiers are dangerous, and only this method can ensure that Lanzhou is foolproof." ”

Da Kui thought for a while, and then said: "In this case, the next official will go away." ”

Xu Da nodded, pondered for a moment and said, "Divide your 20,000 elite soldiers, and the purpose is three." One guards Lanzhou, and the other explores the reality of the Yuan army. If the Yuan army did not divide its forces to attack the city, the third could be done. Without waiting for Da Kui to inquire, Xu Da continued: "Kuangku Timur fights here, if my Ming army wins, Kuangkou Timur will be defeated in Lanzhou, where there are two cities for him to hold." If our army is defeated, Lanzhou can increase its troops by 20,000 and wait for reinforcements to plan for the future. ”

Da Kui was puzzled and asked: "What is the third, I hope the marshal will make it clear." ”

Xu Da said slowly: "If the army is defeated, you will lead the troops of Lanzhou to attack our army before and after. ”

Da Kui nodded yes, and then Xu Da and Da Kui set a communication method and handed over the tiger talisman to the tiger talisman, and Da Kui went out of the Chinese military tent to order 20,000 soldiers and horses.

The sun is shining, the sky is high and the clouds are light, and the two armies of the Yuan and Ming dynasties yearn for tension across the ditch.

Xu Da, the marshal of the Ming army, came to the front in person, and behind him were Tang and Lan Yu and other generals to follow. Looking at the Yuan army on the opposite side, which was also waiting for the battle, Xu Da not only secretly praised: 'Timur is worthy of being the mainstay of the Yuan court, seeing that his formation is quite orderly, and the soldiers are all in good spirits. How well you can manage the army!'

Not long after, the horn sounded on the opposite side of the ditch, and a general was killed in the Yuan army. The general of the Yuan army rode his horse to the bottom of the ditch and waved his weapon to show off his might. This is a challenge to the Ming army, Xu Da asked coldly, "Who is willing to fight?"

Pang Heihu behind Tang He came out and said, "The last general is willing to go." ”

Xu Da didn't speak, just nodded. Pang Heihu hugged his fist at Xu Da, turned around and left. In a moment, he rode a war horse and danced a big sword to fight out of the battle. Pang Heihu, as the first fierce general under Tang He, is naturally the champion of the three armies. After only three or five rounds of fighting, the Yuan general was defeated.

The Ming army camp cheered and cheered, Pang Heihu rode his horse and stood in the ravine in front of the two armies and waited, and after a while, the Yuan army had another general, but he fought with Pang Heihu for less than 30 rounds and was cut down by Pang Heihu with a knife.

Seeing that Pang Heihu was so brave, Timur asked in a cold voice: "Who can go into battle to capture and kill this person, and reward five hundred taels of gold." "The people around him will hear about five hundred taels of gold, and not only are they eager to try.

One of the generals came out and said: "If the general wishes to go, the gold will be freed, and I can be rewarded with a jar of good wine." ”

Timur turned his head to look and saw that it was the commander of his own personal guard, Saman. Saman was a Semu man, who had followed Timur in the south and the north to fight brilliantly, and was originally a general of Timur's father-in-law, Chakhan Timur. He is brave and strong, and his martial arts are strong. Kuangku Timur was still extremely relieved of Saman's ability.

"Go ahead, be careful. Timur's tone was unfazed, and Saman clasped his fists and saluted, turning around and descending the high slope. When Sa Man rode a war horse and rushed into the bottom of the ditch with a single-edged halberd, this battle with Pang Heihu was really a chess opponent.

Fang Tian's halberd, also known as the Green Dragon Halberd, is equipped with a crescent blade near the head of the iron spear. Fang Tian's halberd techniques are changeable, not only including stabbing, stabbing, hitting, winding, ringing, blocking, pointing, and dialing in spearmanship, but also chopping, teasing, hanging, splitting, sweeping, picking, chopping, pressing, and bringing in the knife technique. What is especially difficult is that Fang Tianhalberd still has the beauty of locking people's blades.

Pang Heihu fought with it for nearly 100 rounds, and it was already quite difficult. Tang He saw that Pang Heihu was at a disadvantage in the Ming army, and he couldn't help but be anxious. Walked up to Marshal Xu Da and asked softly, "Marshal, can you change the general?"

Xu Da's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said after a long time: "If General Tang goes into battle, will he be cowardly?"

Tang He Ling Ran said: "There is no retreat from death." ”

Xu Da smiled slightly and said, "Although General Pang is at a disadvantage, I am afraid that it will be inappropriate to change generals at this moment." As he spoke, he pointed to the opposite hill and said, "See for yourself." Tang He looked at the place pointed by Marshal Xu Da, and not only was his heart shocked when he saw it. I saw a clearing on the opposite hill, and there was only one person in the clearing. This man was red and holding a machete, but he was an executioner.

There was a corpse at the executioner's feet, and the outfit of the corpse was the first defeated general.

The Yuan army did this to deter the Ming army, and it also warned its own people. If you fight, you will win, and if you lose, you will die.