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Chapter 76 The Battle of Baigou River 3

It rained heavily overnight, and in the early morning, the river rose, and a faint mist filled the banks.

Before dawn, the drums of the Yan army's camp sounded, and the soldiers came out in a single file.

The war horse snorted, and the armor rubbing against each other made a terrifying sound of gold and iron.Compared with yesterday, Yan Jun is very silent today, but the silence is frightening.

Even before the battlefield, the killing intent was already pervasive in the team.

The division of a hundred battles, the division of kings, the Yan army that made the Northern Yuan fearful, will continue the bloody battle with the Southern Army today.Whether it is life or death, whether it is to honor the descendants or go to the Hall of Yama, it all depends on this experience.

At dawn, all Yan's troops had crossed the river, and their front arrows were heading south.

On the other side of the river, the imperial army also lined up. The army led by Governor Ping'an was still in the vanguard, followed by Qu Neng, Wuding Marquis Guoying, Anlu Marquis Wu Jie, and Yuexuan Marquis Yu Tongyuan, who arrived not long ago, led the army to flank him.Li Jinglong's Chinese army stayed at the end, firstly to supervise the formation, and secondly, the generals were worried that this unreliable coach would be timid before the battle and command indiscriminately, so it is better to let him stay behind.

Yu Tongyuan, Marquis of Yuexuan, was a veteran of the Hongwu Dynasty and a hero in the founding of the Ming Dynasty. He was not overthrown by the massacre of heroes by Emperor Hongwu, but was thrown out of office because of his involvement in the Lanyu rebellion case.It was rare for Emperor Hongwu to show kindness. He didn't take Yu Tongyuan's life, nor sent his whole family into exile, but sent him back to his hometown for the rest of his life.Compared with other generals in the Hongwu Dynasty, Yu Tongyuan was really unlucky.

It's a pity that not long after An's birthday, Emperor Jianwen cut down the vassal, King Yan pulled up the flag to rebel, and the imperial court ordered Yu Tongyuan to be used again.The old man had not been farming for a long time, and he had to put on armor and go into battle with the Yan army.

Originally, Yu Tongyuan was unwilling to accept this job.At such an advanced age, with a big beard, and leading soldiers to fight, he really doesn't have the strength.

But no matter how much he wanted to, Emperor Jianwen called and pulled over among the generals of the Manchu Dynasty. There were not many who could lead troops, and there were many who looked like Li Jinglong.If Geng Bingwen failed, Guo Ying, Wu Jie and others were sent out, and veterans like Yu Tongyuan became the fire brigade in the eyes of Emperor Jianwen.

The title is gone?It's okay, Fujue!

No official position?No problem, sir!

The fire is imminent, Mr. Yu has to agree even if he disagrees.

After a walk in Nanjing, Yu Tongyuan was driven to the shelves and led the army.Looking back at the city gate, he really didn't understand why Emperor Tai-Zu Gao, who was so powerful in martial arts, would choose such an heir.

No wonder the feudal lord is about to rebel.

Yu Tongyuan's thinking is outrageous, but the old man has been forced into battle, so how can he not feel resentful in his heart.Don't talk about it behind your back, just spray a few words in front of your face, Emperor Jianwen wiped away the saliva, and praised the old general for his integrity.

Facing such an emperor, Yu Tongyuan really had no choice.

In a sense, such unscrupulous methods are somewhat similar to Emperor Hongwu.When Emperor Hongwu raised the rebel team, except for Li Shanchang who took the initiative to defect, most of the advisers were "invited" in various ways, and the treatment was not as good as that of Yu Tongyuan. At least he had the title of marquis, representing the court.where are they?Just a big jab from a rebel.

Like Yu Tongyuan, there are not many veterans who have been kicked out of the shelves because Emperor Hongwu seldom showed kindness.Most of the time, Zhu Yuanzhang adhered to the highest code of conduct of cutting weeds and roots.Zhu Yunwen's eyes widened, and he scanned like a radar, and only three or two veterans could be found.

Fortunately, there are Xu Huizu, Qu Neng and others. If they were all such smugglers as Li Jinglong, there would be no need to fight. He just removed the crown and belt, stepped down from the dragon chair, and invited his uncle to Nanjing.

On the banks of the Baigou River, the mist gradually cleared, and the two sides had begun to fight. The sound of long horns kicked off the prelude to the battle.

The governor, Pingan, once again took the lead and charged forward.Guo Ying and Wu Jie led the army to meet the enemy from the flanks. Yu Tongyuan was good at cavalry combat. He led the cavalry of the southern army to form a cone formation and rushed to the right army led by Chen Heng.

Not to be outdone, the Yan army pressed forward with the whole army.

Shen Xuan led the forward cavalry to face Ping'an's team, and the two cavalry teams collided fiercely like two sharp spears.

For a moment, it seemed as if one could hear the clanging of gold and iron, and the sound of spears breaking.

Meng Qinghe was also in armor and went into battle with a sword.The entire army of the Yan army went into battle, and even the promoted officer charged with a long knife. Meng Tongzhi, the new official, could not continue to stay in the camp, so he had to charge forward even if he had to bite the bullet!

It doesn't matter how many times you get hacked, and it doesn't matter if you lie down for a few months, as long as you can save your life.

Without Shen Xuan's order, Gao Fu and others protected Meng Qinghe's surroundings, ensuring that no one could hurt Meng Tongzhi's life.Meng Hu and Meng Qingjiang also tried their best, but they were temporarily incorporated into Xu Zhong's former army. The military order was like a mountain, so they could only tell Meng Qinghe repeatedly that it was okay to charge with the army. Block him.

Meng Qinghe grinned and nodded, but made up his mind in his heart, no matter what, he must keep close to Shen Xuan, and the situation like yesterday must never happen again!

The battle has entered a stalemate from the very beginning, and both sides in the war know the strength of the other side, and any temptations and reservations are useless.If you want to win, you must use all your strength from the first cut.

There were no shouts of killing on the battlefield, and even cursing was rare, only the screams when knives and guns penetrated armor, tore flesh and blood, and spattered blood.

Everyone is fighting, raising their waist knives and waving their spears, trying their best to kill the enemies in front of them.

Often just as soon as the opponent is cut down, he will be murdered behind him.

There is no "right and aboveboard" on the battlefield. If the sneak attack is an infantry, it is still capable of fighting. If it is a cavalry, I am sorry, but I can only say goodbye to a good life.

Ping'an and Shen Xuan fought for several rounds, they were evenly matched, and they were jealous of each other.

The soldiers and generals of the two armies tried to step forward to help, not wanting that the two men in the battle were unscathed, but those who got together were either dead or injured.According to Meng Twelve Lang's words, these two are the eyes of the typhoon, and anyone who dares to get close will be involved, and there will be no good end.

The unbelieving Xu Zhong lost two fingers, and the disobedient Chen Heng was almost killed by Ping An.The generals of the southern army also tried, but the result was not much better than Xu Zhong and Chen Heng.

The general was able to block a few times at least, but the soldier was killed by cannon fodder.

After several rounds, Shen Xuan and Ping'an fought in a daze, flying sand and rocks, but no one dared to step forward to help.A vacuum zone was formed around the two of them, both the Yan army and the Nan army were fighting outside the circle, never stepping into the circle.

All it takes is to put up a notice board and write: This place is dangerous, there are two fierce beasts inside, enter carefully!

Soldiers of the two armies who are fighting will remind their opponents that they have crossed the line when they see their opponents stepping into the circle!

Those who were reminded hurriedly retracted their feet and wiped off their cold sweat, thank you!

Reminding people to wave their hand, it's okay, you're welcome.Then with one stroke of the knife, fight again!

Faced with this situation, Ping An and Shen Xuan were helpless.

Shen Xuan had a shoulder injury, and Ping An also had muscle aches all over his body. If there was help, neither of them would refuse, but looking around, no matter the comrades or the enemy soldiers, they all seemed to have forgotten them. Lively, life and death are not one step closer.

So, sometimes, it's not a good thing to be too strong in combat power, and you can't find friends!

Meng Qinghe was willing to help, but his combat power was in place, and he went up to deliver food.Let Gao Fu shoot arrows?What should I do if I miss Command Shen?

Helpless, I can only watch Shen Xuan and Ping An fight hard, and wait until one side shows signs of decline before making any plans.

Meng Twelve Lang judged the situation and found the vacuum around Shen Xuan and Ping'an, he kept guarding the edge, when the southern army rushed up, he stepped in, taking advantage of the opponent's hesitation, he slashed across with his knife, causing death or injury.

"Insidious, shameless!"

After digging out his ears, Meng Twelve Lang made another cut. After listening to it seven or eight times, can you use a new word?

Borrowing this method, Meng Tongzhi performed super-level, beheaded five levels, and wounded seven or eight enemy soldiers. The reputation of "good at fighting" quickly spread.When Meng Tongzhi was mentioned, the soldiers of the Yanshan guards immediately showed up to say, man, absolute man!

At noon, the stomachs of both soldiers and generals began to growl.

In a war, it is impossible to call a temporary stop, go to eat and come back to fight again, so you can only hold on, and if you cut a few more, you may be able to withdraw the troops and return to the camp early.

Driven by hunger, the soldiers on both sides suddenly broke out with huge fighting power, which caught the generals and coaches by surprise.

Li Jinglong was still wondering, but Zhu Di had found the right opportunity.

"Attack Li Jiujiang's Chinese army!"

If you take down the Chinese army, you don't have to worry about the southern army.

Originally, Zhu Di wanted to entrust this arduous task to Zhang Yu, but he didn't want Zhang Yuzheng to lead his troops to rescue the rear army.At some point, Qu Neng bypassed the Yan army's vanguard and entered the rear army. Fang Kuan was not an opponent at all, so he could only ask for help.

Zhang Yu didn't have time, so Zhu Neng would do too.

But the battlefield is in chaos, where is Zhu Neng?have no idea.

Xu Zhong severed his finger, Chen Heng was in a coma, and Li Bin had already been chopped off by Ping An.

If several generals are not good enough, then Shen Xuan!

Zheng He, who accompanied the army, pointed to a man-made vacuum on the battlefield, and Shen Xuan was inseparable from Ping An.

Zhu Di didn't know what to do, he looked at Qiu Fu who was staring at him eagerly, and smacked his lips, he couldn't find anyone, so he was the only one.

Qiu Fu got the order and immediately led the cavalry to attack Li Jinglong's central army violently. After attacking for a long time, he couldn't charge in and was shot by the few crossbow arrows of the Southern Army.

After getting the battle report, Zhu Di covered his face, and he knew it!

It doesn't matter, Qiu Fu can't do it, he will do it himself!

King Yan ordered troops and personally led thousands of Mongolian cavalry to rush in from the left side of the southern army.Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Gaoyang County, led his cavalry to follow in his father's footsteps, rushing into the formation and hacking wantonly.The generals under King Yan's command were familiar with his military habits. Seeing that King Yan personally led troops into the formation, they moved closer to him, trying to completely disrupt the formation of the Southern Army from the left.

The crisis of the rear army is temporarily resolved, Zhang Yu pats Fang Kuan on the shoulder, the brothers support themselves, a certain family is going to help the prince!

Zhang Yu slapped the horse and left, Fang Kuan gathered the army, but was killed by Qu Neng with more southern troops.Fang Kuan was beaten to the point where he screamed and cursed at the same time, Qu Neng was so insidious!

King Yan led the Mongolian cavalry to rush left and right, and found that something was wrong. Looking back, he was dumbfounded.

The southern army actually copied his back route, and surrounded him layer by layer with the charging cavalry, separating him in sections, with obvious intentions, and devoured him one by one.

Zhu Gaoxu's situation is not much better than his father's. The only good news is that Zhu Neng has come to join him, and the two of them joined forces to rush to the direction where King Yan is, and rescue King Yan no matter what.

Pingan knew Zhu Di very well, and it was expected that he would lead the cavalry to rush in from the left side of the army. Before the battle, he formulated this strategy of luring the enemy to go deep and encircle and suppress with superior forces.No matter how high Zhu Di's force value is, even if an ant swallows an elephant, it will consume enough energy to kill him!

This plan was supposed to be carried out by Ping An himself, but unfortunately the plan did not change quickly, as soon as the war started, he was trapped by Shen Xuan.

Guo Ying, Wu Jie and the others were caught in a chaotic war, they had no time to clone themselves, Sheng Yong was not qualified enough, Li Jinglong... no one dared to entrust him with such an important task.Veteran Yu Tongyuan could only take over the baton and command the generals to wait for the best time.

As Ping An expected, King Yan fell into a trap soon, but it was not so easy to catch him.

Emperor Jianwen said first, King Yan must not be killed!Even if the emperor wanted to hit the wall with regret because of his momentary brain twitch, the decree has been made and cannot be easily overthrown.

Another decree said that he had repented, who would be promoted and raised if he killed Zhu Di?

The saliva of the court official can drown him.

Emperor Jianwen cast a curse on the generals in the court, which is equivalent to putting a protective shield on Zhu Di.Geng Bingwen and Li Jinglong did not dare to order Zhu Di's life, and Yu Tongyuan would not "defy the law by himself".

The honorable officials who have experienced the Hongwu Dynasty always spare no effort to carry out the emperor's orders.They did what the emperor said.

Look at the essence through the surface, guess the holy will?Never do it!They are all surnamed Zhu, who knows whether the emperor is really benevolent or fake compassion, if it is the latter, who to turn to for reasoning?

As a result, a strange scene appeared on the battlefield.

Zhu Di, the King of Yan, was surrounded by the Southern Army regiments, and he could be shot into a sieve with a single shot of random arrows.Worried about accidentally injuring a colleague due to poor archery skills, it is not a problem to directly chop with a knife.

But regardless of bows and arrows or swords and guns, no one dared to greet Zhu Di from the beginning to the end, killing all the cavalry who followed him, and could only use force against the horse under his crotch.

As the saying goes, the way to shoot will shoot the horse first, and this move also has a theoretical basis.

Unexpectedly, King Yan dealt with cavalry all the year round, and his equestrian skills were as superb as his killing skills.When a horse falls down, it will be replaced by another horse, whether it is one's own or the enemy's, if it is taken, it will be his!

The Southern Army did not dare to hurt King Yan's life, but Zhu Di had no such scruples.

The bows and arrows on the horseback were shot, the long knives in his hands were sharpened, and the long spears and spears he snatched were broken one after another. Even the portable swords that were more decorative than practical were used, but they still couldn't break out of the encirclement.

Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Neng were going crazy. Zhang Yu and the wounded Xu Zhong arrived one after another. Zheng He and Gouer, who had followed King Yan as the rear of the army, were extremely brave. Qianhu Huaju, who saved Zheng Heng's life, also rushed forward. However, Chen Hui, Teng Ju and others, who took refuge with King Yan halfway, worked even harder.

The Yan army didn't care what formation it was, the whole army charged forward, and first rescued the king of Yan.

During the battle, Ping An and Shen Xuan sensed the changes in the battlefield, and they both wanted to rush over and stop each other at the same time.

Looking at an opening, Shen Xuan shot a feint, pulled his horse back two steps, and was about to step forward, when several arrows flew towards him, Ping An stopped to block with his gun, taking advantage of this time, Shen Xuan turned his horse back and charged at the battle. The most intense direction rushed over.

As soon as Shen Xuan left, Meng Qinghe immediately ordered Gao Fu and the others who had been protecting him to shoot arrows at Ping An, "If you can't shoot him to death, hold him back!"

Gao Fu and the others took the order, although they failed to trap Ping An, they bought enough time for Shen Xuan to break into the southern army formation, opening a bloody path with only one person.

"Fellow, do you want to follow?"

Meng Qinghe shook his head, it would be a drag to keep up, Gao Fu could help, but he was good at bows and arrows, and he was average when it came to fighting immediately.

"Let's deal with the enemy in front of us first!"

After fighting for a whole day, Meng Qinghe was tired and hungry, his heart was full of anger, and as soon as his head became hot, he raised his knife and rushed forward.

That's pretty cool!

Gao Fu and the others were taken aback, but Yan Jun, who didn't know the details, was infected by Meng Tongzhi, and once again broke out with strong fighting power, crushing and beating the Southern Army, which was almost twice as large as himself.

Meng Tongzhi's name as a man has been proved once again.

After the desperate rescue of Shen Xuan, Zhang Yu and others, King Yan finally broke out of the siege. When he was out of breath, he saw Li Jinglong's Chinese army banner, and he had a sudden plan.

Regardless of his own safety, he galloped his horse up to the highest point of the embankment, raised his whip, and waved it vigorously.For another person, daring to do this in front of hundreds of thousands of southern troops is simply courting death, what a target!

But it happened to be Zhu Di, no one dared to shoot him, so he was allowed to wave his horsewhip at the highest point of the embankment and shout loudly.

Li Jinglong was misled by Zhu Di, thinking that the Yan army must have an ambush at the river embankment, and ordered the army to retreat.

At this time, all the generals of the Southern Army were fighting on the battlefield, and Li Jinglong had only civil servants like Du Ping around him, and no one could stop him from issuing this order.

Hearing the order, Pingan Qu Neng and others were almost pissed off.

King Yan's 30 troops, except for defending Beiping and the frontier fortress, are all here. Where did the ambush come from?

Sprinkling beans into soldiers, making people out of soil? !

The order has been given, and withdrawal is impossible.

With the help of Li Jinglong's timidity and stupidity, King Yan once again led the cavalry to charge, slashing and killing.Anyway, he is the only one who cuts other people's shares, no one dares to cut him, and he still dares to rush alone.

Shen Xuan followed closely beside King Yan, Zhang Yu, Xu Zhong and other generals also went all out, it was bad luck if they died, and if they didn't die, it counted as one if they could be chopped off.

Ping An led the cavalry towards Zhu Di, but was stopped by Zhu Neng.Zhu Gaoxu led his subordinates to entangle Ping'an's subordinates, completely cutting off the possibility of this team getting closer to King Yan.

The two armies fell into a bitter battle, and the winner was still not determined at dusk. Generally speaking, the southern army had the upper hand because of the large number of people.

The battle lasted all day, and the soldiers who were still alive on the battlefield were covered in blood, like ghosts crawling out of hell.Both sides have lost their strength, and the Yan army is even more exhausted.

Mingjin withdraws troops and fights again tomorrow?Ping An and others will not give King Yan this chance.

Qu Neng, the governor of the southern army, beheaded Teng Ju who was fighting with a single sword, gathered hundreds of soldiers, held up his spears, and rushed towards King Yan with a loud cry.

"Destroy Yan!" The slogan immediately aroused the morale of the imperial army.

Qu Neng's fighter was very accurate. The cavalry led by King Yan fought hard for a long time. This charge, not to mention the last straw that crushed the camel's camel, was not far behind.

With Qu Neng taking the lead, Yu Tongyuan, Marquis of Yuexuan, Guoying, Marquis of Wuding, and Wu Jie, Marquis of Anlu led troops forward one after another. Shocking.

The face of King Yan changed suddenly, and the palms of the generals of the Yan army were also sweating.

It seems... can't stop it.

Just when Qu Neng and others charged into the battle formation with their horses and dealt the final blow to the Yan army, dark clouds suddenly gathered in the sky, and there was a muffled sound of thunder and lightning crawled across the clouds.

A gust of wind suddenly blew up on the flat ground, and the sand, gravel and soil were rolled up, and with a click, the general of Li Jinglong's army was broken.The five-color feathers on the chest were blown away by the wind, fluttering and fluttering, far away.

Nan Jun was stunned, and Yan Jun was also stunned.

General Zhan, actually broke?

There are no such figures as Dao Yan and Meng Qinghe in the imperial army, who can make roof tiles fall and being struck by lightning into auspicious omens.What's more, General Zhan is the banner of the Chinese army, bestowed by the emperor, it has extraordinary symbolic meaning, and it will be broken when the wind blows it?There has never been such a miracle since ancient times.

Could it be a warning from heaven?

Unlucky, too unlucky!

Feudal superstition has a great market in the Yan army, and it is the same in the imperial army.

Taking advantage of the chaos of the court army, King Yan led the army to launch a counterattack.

Feng Shui turns around and kills you while you are sick!

The soldiers of the imperial court were panic-stricken. It was a dream to counter-charge, and it was difficult to organize an effective defense.

The king of Yan joined forces with the king of Gaoyang County, and Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng joined forces to kill Qu Neng first, and then Yu Tongyuan. The governor was not killed but retreated after being injured.

Shen Xuan led the Yanshan guards to attack Li Jinglong's central army directly, and the camp that Qiu Fu could not attack fell apart like a clay sculpture in front of Shen Xuan.

Meng Qinghe determined the direction of the wind, and seeing that the heavy rain would not fall for a while, he immediately rode his horse to follow Shen Xuan, and shouted: "Commander, set fire on a windy day!"

As soon as these words came out, Yan Jun and Nan Jun's expressions changed at the same time.

Yan Jun: Good idea!Must thumbs up!

Southern Army: Despicable, insidious, villain!Should be struck by lightning!

Whether it is insidious or villainous, the battlefield has never been a place where benevolence, justice and morality are emphasized.

Shen Xuan ordered to concentrate all the rockets and shoot at the place where the southern army was most dense.With the sound of successive explosions, acrid smoke rose and was quickly blown away by the wind, but the sporadic flames turned into a prairie fire and ignited blazingly.

Knowing that Shen Xuan set the fire, King Yan clapped his palms and laughed, "Good!"

The fire broke the Chinese army, and the Yan army took the opportunity to launch a general offensive. The southern army completely lost their fighting spirit and retreated one after another.

The soldiers have no intention of fighting again, and the generals are alone.

Marquis of Anlu and Wu Jie were wounded and captured, Pingan followed the army and retreated southward, while Marquis of Wuding, Guo Ying, went west alone, not sure if he had not found the right direction or had other plans.

Li Jinglong ran the fastest, heading south all the way to Shandong.

The Yan army pursued all the way, picking up countless equipment and equipment discarded by the defeated army.Duoyan Sanwei and the newly cast Mongolian cavalry rushed to the front. The strong men expressed that they were not interested in these supplies. Only the heads and captives that could be exchanged for cattle and sheep were their highest pursuit.

The defeated army ran all the way, and the Yan army chased them all the way, until they came to the vicinity of Yueyang Bridge. The southern army was dead for hundreds of miles, and countless surrendered.

The pursuing Yan army was blocked by a team that suddenly appeared, and the leader of the army was Xu Huizu, who had never shown up.The Mongolian strong man tried to charge, but was beaten back, and when he took up his posture again, most of the defeated troops had already run away.

When King Yan arrived, Xu Huizu had repelled three charges of the Mongolian cavalry.

King Yan knew how powerful Xu Huizu was. Considering that his soldiers were already exhausted, it didn't matter if he chased the defeated army. The chances of winning a battle with tens of thousands of Xu Huizu's men were not great.It's better to retreat temporarily and make plans later.Anyway, the 60 troops were all defeated by him, so how could tens of thousands of people make waves.

Take a step back first, wait until the army is finished resting, and then go straight out of Hebei and into Shandong!

Seeing that King Yan gathered his troops and stopped pursuing him, Xu Huizu also withdrew to Shandong.His task is only to be the rear of the palace. Even the 60 troops can't beat Zhu Di, and the tens of thousands of people under him are useless.

At this point, the Battle of Baigouhe ended, and the 60 southern troops who had the advantage were defeated. Qu Nengyu Tongyuan died in battle, Guo Ying retreated safely, Wu Jie was captured, Sheng Yongjuan left Hebei in the defeat, and Wei Guogong led his troops to the rear , finally made a way out for the defeated army.

The coach Li Jinglong played his best skills, left the army, the axe and the Jingyan rewarded by Emperor Jianwen, and rushed to Dezhou alone.

Unbelievably, he was unscathed all the way, which is a miracle.

The news of the defeat of the 60 troops reached Nanjing, and Emperor Jianwen accidentally smashed the teacup, his eyes widened in disbelief.

Lost again? !

His throat was sweet, he couldn't believe it!

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