First Minister of Ming Dynasty

With the defeat in the battlefield, Chahan intends to return to the north, but he can't make up his mind... As a result, the people below are panicked, and everyone has their own thoughts.Under such circumstances, if you still want to run a long-distance attack and sneak attack the Ming army, you really overestimate yourself.

Li Keyi intends to explain the situation to Chahan and ask Chahan Timur for instructions.

But before he sent the letter out, Yuan Jun, who was sleeping in the camp, suddenly heard the sound of gongs and drums outside, shouting to kill and shaking the sky.

He hurriedly sent people out, but in vain, nothing was found, only a broken pot was picked up.

Who is this?

How dare you disturb our rest?

Li Keyi's face was ashen, and he kicked the broken basin, but he was just incompetent and furious.

Turning around the sky and continuing to move forward, the exhausted Yuan army had traveled less than thirty miles.

But on the second night, it was still the same, and it was divided into two batches, one in the first half of the night and one in the second half of the night. I don't know where I got the gunpowder.

It was loaded in a bamboo tube and fired at the camp of the Yuan army, which caused several fires and burned several Yuan troops.

Next, poisoning the water source, digging holes on the road, attacking the scattered Yuan army, setting cold arrows, setting traps, throwing barbed wire, and setting traps... In short, all kinds of methods came up, and they became more and more elaborate, emerging one after another.

As a result, Yuan's army couldn't eat or sleep well, went up and down, their morale was low, and they were no longer willing to take a step forward.

Li Keyi saw it and was anxious. He felt that he had to retreat. If this continued, they would collapse before long without the Ming army taking action.

Gradually, Li Keyi also understood.

Facing Han Song, it might be useful to play this long-distance raid and attack the hinterland.

But their opponent is the Ming army, the people who are organized from top to bottom, and they are united as one, so how can they give them any chance?

Although the loss is not much, every step is full of ups and downs, and every step is full of hardships.

If you don't even see what the enemy looks like, you have already lost a lot. How can you continue to fight?

Must prepare to retreat,

But while Li Keyi was waiting for Chahan's order, the local militiamen were not satisfied but harassed and delayed. They also took the initiative to find the Ming army, hoping to ask the Ming army to take action and beat the enemy hard.

Since Wang Bi and Zheng Yuchun were still in the direction of Kaifeng, they were still a little far away.

The news was delivered to Feng Guoyong first.

"Yuan army actually sent people south?"

Feng Guoyong reported the situation to Feng Guosheng, Deng Yu, Ding Pulang and others. Let's discuss what should we do?

At this time, Feng Guosheng took the lead in speaking: "Governor, although there are many Yuan soldiers, there is no end to them. They send troops south, and there must be an empty rear... I suggest that we bypass Ruzhou and send a partial division to take Xiangcheng first. Come down... take Xiangcheng, and Xuzhou is on the verge. The Yuan army going south will definitely return to help, and the Guanbao in Ruzhou will also be restless. When the time comes, all the troops will come out and attack Ruzhou, and the whole of Henan The Yuan army will tremble and panic, and we will have a little more chance of winning."

After listening to his brother Feng Guosheng's words, Feng Guoyong looked at the map again, and immediately felt that what he said made sense, and he was very happy.

The Ming army placed the main force in Hebei, but unexpectedly, it was in the direction of Henan, where the first opportunity appeared... I have to say that the battlefield is really changing and unpredictable.

After discussing with several people, Feng Guoyong decisively agreed with Feng Guosheng's suggestion, and drew out 5000 people, and handed over the most elite miner siege team to Feng Guosheng.

Carrying sufficient gunpowder, they set off at once.

Feng Guosheng held his breath all the time, and finally waited for the opportunity. He led his soldiers and horses, and quickly rushed towards Xiangcheng... If Li Keyi was still in the direction of Zhengzhou, even if Xiangcheng was lost, he could send cavalry to block it.

But now he has approached Runing, exposing his weaknesses to the Ming army.

"Siege the city!"

In the wave-like siege tide, the miners successfully approached Xiangcheng and buried the gunpowder under the city wall... Then, there was a loud noise, and a hole was blasted in the city wall.

Xiangcheng, which had less than [-] defenders, just fell into Feng Guosheng's hands.

And Feng Guosheng is really a fierce tiger, he almost non-stop, he went straight to Xuzhou, caught off guard, Xuzhou also fell into Feng Guosheng's hands... The entire battle line of the Henan Yuan army was roughly torn open.

Successive victories made Feng Guosheng so proud that he didn't care about Li Keyi who was going south, but swung his army straight to Xinzheng.

This side is bold and vigorous.Feng Guoyong, Ding Pulang, and Deng Yu each led their troops and stormed Ruzhou... Guan Bao was defeated and led the remnants to flee.

Ruzhou changed hands!

Great victory in Henan!

Chapter 478 A Complete Defeat

"This Li Keyi, he should be damned!"

Chahan Timur cursed furiously, and there was Li Keyi's secret letter asking to return to his teacher... Chahan saw that there were only two words: fart!

In order to be able to break through on the southern front, he mobilized elite Mongolian cavalry, assigned enough horses, and repeatedly told Li Keyi to go all out, and the key to this battle was on him.

As a senior general in the army, it is impossible for Li Keyi to understand this, and the Mongolian iron cavalry has not reached the point where they can't walk. He mentioned it repeatedly in his secret letter, saying that he encountered many difficulties.

But from the beginning to the end, there was no large Ming army, and there was no serious loss... In the end, it couldn't be pushed. Didn't you ever lead the army?

Chahan was furious, and he vented his anger by cursing. The army tent was in a mess... When he calmed down a bit, Chahan also guessed what Li Keyi was thinking.

As the veteran under his command, Yan Sixiao is dead, Li Keyi is almost inevitable, but Chahan promised Li Siqi the position of deputy.

Although Li Siqi belongs to Chahan in name, he has been active in Guanzhong for a long time and almost forms a family of his own.Finding a father from outside, Li Keyi is definitely not willing, and then passively sabotages work and tells the story.

Chahan Timur guessed Li Keyi's thoughts, but he was helpless.

This is the inevitable result of their landlord armed forces.

If there is a downwind battle and the enemy is not strong, they all scramble to kill the enemy, make meritorious deeds, and snatch the spoils. They are all possessed by Zhang Fei and become a group of howling wolves.

But when you encounter a slightly difficult bone, you need to appoint an official to make a wish, send a supervising team, and try your best to whip and kick them to push them forward.

The siege of Kaifeng was almost to this extent.

After a few months, the consumption of the Yuan army was very high, and the generals were exhausted... At this time, the Ming army appeared, not only a difficult bone, but also an invincible opponent. To face the fate of failure.

At this time, you told me to help each other and overcome difficulties together... Laughing, whoever loves dies, whoever dies, anyway, I will not die. Not only will I not die, but I will also save my strength and wait to clean up the mess.

You, Chahan Timur, have brought the Yuan army to the edge of the cliff. Your hesitation and incompetence are about to ruin all your subordinates. At this juncture, someone needs to stand up to replace Chahan, lead the Yuan army, and take a brave step forward. stride!

According to people's simple wishes, they all want to see the crisis, unite in one mind, put aside the past, and get out of the crisis together... But unfortunately, throughout history, this ideal situation rarely occurs, usually outside The greater the pressure, the more intense the infighting.

Especially within Yuan Ting, they have been fighting for so many years, how can they stop...

In history, when Zhu Yuanzhang was dealing with Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng, the Yuan court was also experiencing brutal internal strife... After Chahan was assassinated, Baobao inherited his father's position, while Polo Timur took the opportunity to act like Dadu, Relying on force, he became the right minister and took charge of the government.

As a result, in less than a year, he was jointly protected by the crown prince Aiyou Shili Dala, and a three-way army was dispatched to eliminate Polo Timur.

The matter is far from over here. Aiyou Shili Dala is looking forward to replacing the father, but the loyal and brave boy Baobao refuses.

Immediately, Baobao was backlashed by his subordinates, Polo Timur's old department also took the opportunity to attack, and Aiyou Shili Dala got involved... It was not until Xu Da's Northern Expedition that the chaos in the Central Plains was considered a little calmed down.

If it is Liu Xiu, the son of the plane, who can summon meteorites, then Lao Zhu, who is also the son of the plane, should have the ability to control the mind and can make the enemy civil strife.

In fact, if you have a little understanding of the history of the end of the Yuan Dynasty, you will understand why Zhu Yuanzhang hates arrogant soldiers so much, and is relatively strict with his heroes... There is no way, if you don’t restrain this group of people, once they make trouble, the consequences, You can't bear it.

Speaking of Chahan Timur, after he realized Li Keyi's thoughts, he knew that this battle could not be fought and he could not stay any longer.

But in the current situation, it is not easy to retreat if you want to retreat. You must come up with a safe plan... Chahan Timur first gave his godson Baobao an order to give up Shanzhou and retreat as quickly as possible Luoyang, and control the Mengjin Ferry!

He also ordered Guan Bao to retreat to Gong County to stand firm, block the Ming army in Henan, and buy time for other troops to retreat.

As for himself, he sent soldiers and horses to go to Taihangxing to Jincheng, Zezhou, to control the main route for withdrawing troops, and then deployed troops and horses to fortify layers from Xiuwu to Huaiqing to stop Xu Da's army.

The order after order was issued in an orderly manner, and to a certain extent, it still reflected Chahan Timur's demeanor as a famous general.

But he missed two points. First, the Ming army had successfully captured Baixingkou and went straight to Shangdang, and his retreat was cut off.

What was even worse was that out of anger, he subconsciously ignored Li Keyi.

But as a general in the army, Li Keyi also has his own uniqueness. He has a wide range of friends and is willing to spend money.Every time gold, silver, money, beauties, cattle and horses are seized, they will be given to his subordinates to form good relationships.

Years of continuous investment have made many people in the army think of Li Keyi.

At the same time that Chahan gave the order, someone also sent a secret letter... Li Keyi, who was dawdling in Cai, saw this letter and was furious immediately!

OK!

Sure enough, it was arranged like this, let us die, you are shameless so you can escape!

Chahan!

Shameless especially!

Li Keyi summoned his generals at the fastest speed, and the first sentence was: "Brothers, we are sold!"

At this moment, Yuan Jun's anger was aroused.

"Now that Pingzhang has led the troops to withdraw to the north, he told us to go south...there are red thieves in the south. If we go, it will be a dead end!"

Li Keyi held up the secret letter in grief and anger, and a few tears came out of the corners of his eyes.

"Brothers, I don't understand why Pingzhang treats us like this! I want to go back now and ask him for an explanation. Which of you is willing to go with me?"

"We are all willing, go together, go together!"

Good guy, Jinjun was dawdling, and when he heard that he was going to go to Luo with a knife, everyone was very positive.

Li Keyi led the troops and turned around resolutely. When he came, he couldn't walk 150 miles in three days. When he returned, he ran 120 miles in a day.

But when Li Keyi quickly returned north, a piece of unfortunate news also came... Feng Guosheng conquered Xiangcheng and took Xuzhou, and they had no way out.

At this moment, the Mongolian cavalry felt that the sky was falling. The hindrance they encountered when marching, the anger of being abandoned by Chahan, the despair of being blocked from retreating...Three kinds of emotions superimposed, and Li Keyi's troops...collapsed!

Large groups of cavalry fled, running around like headless chickens.

Everyone wants to leave and find a way out, but the question is where is the way out!

This kind of situation is actually not unfamiliar. Under Gaoyou City, Tuotuo lost officials, 40 people collapsed like this.

In comparison, the scale this time was more than ten times smaller.

But there is one thing that is different. At that time, Zhang Shicheng recruited and accepted the majority of the Yuan army... But this time, these Mongolian cavalrymen had to face the angry common people, and the local militiamen emerged in endlessly.

So you can see that a strong cavalryman was running away, too tired, and wanted to find a place to rest, but he leaned against the wall, just fell asleep, and when he woke up again, he was tied up by ropes. Like a pig, the militiamen sent him to the Ming army for a reward.

The Ming army is still generous, saying that the living are worth more than the dead, which is three times the price... Otherwise, the common people would have chopped them up long ago.

Although doing so has something to do with the Ming army's consistent attitude, it is also forced to do so.The Central Plains is too empty and urgently needs strong labor to restore its vitality.

Let these Yuan soldiers use labor to atone for their sins!

Of course, if the common people wanted to stay and farm the horses that the Yuan army carried with them, that would be fine.

But if you can give it to the Ming army, you will get an extra [-] guan banknotes.

Zheng Yuchun personally rushed from Kaifeng to Yanling, and was responsible for receiving the prisoners... No one could have imagined that the most powerful Mongolian cavalry would collapse in this way.

I just don't know where this guy Li Keyi went?

It would be great if you could capture him, ask him what he thinks, and get him to write a few pages of reflection.

Where did Li Keyi go?

With two gold bars, he bribed a driving driver, disguised himself as a woman, and ran away overnight... His luck was not bad, and he escaped the pursuit of the Ming army and fled to Gong County.

Here he met Hu Linchi, who was also a master at escaping, he was able to escape from Chang Yuchun's hands, needless to say.

He still had hundreds of soldiers in his hand. When he saw the coachman who brought Li Keyi over, Hu Linchi was furious. He raised his knife and was about to kill, but was stopped by Li Keyi.

"Brother, at this point, we can't do more evil, we must accumulate more evil. To be honest, I see who will die and who will live this time, it all depends on luck, we can't be wicked!"

Facing Li Keyi's earnest instruction, Hu Linchi gave two thumbs up.

high!

You are still tall!

They gave the coachman two more gold bars, and then fled to Mengjin Ferry.

It was Wang Baobao who greeted them. Faced with these two defeated generals, Baobao was absolutely pissed off, especially Li Keyi, who suggested attacking Xuzhou and other places was exactly Baobao's brilliant move. Such a good plan ended up like this. Do you still have the face to come back?

"I, I'm going to kill you!"

Facing Baobao's butcher's knife, Li Keyi was also full of embarrassment.

"Young master has a wonderful plan, but you can't trust others... It's not that you have a negative son, it's because you overestimated our ability!"

"Pooh!"

Wang Baobao was so furious that he wanted to chop him into pieces.

Hu Linchi on the side remembered the words of doing good deeds and accumulating virtue, and felt that he should also do a good deed, so he tried his best to stop Baobao... But at this moment, the news came that Chahan ordered Baobao to cross the river immediately, without waiting for Henan Yuan. military.

And Chahan also confessed that it must be kept secret.