Jingnan Strategy

Chapter 246 Loyalty to the end

"Come on! Keep that old barbarian Geng Bingwen for me, I will capture him myself!"

"kill!!"

"The troops defend themselves and slowly withdraw into the left wing camp!"

The war cry resounded through the sky in Hutuo Hebei, stirring up the clouds above and destroying the morale of the Confederate army.

Like the Changshen's Southern Army, their flanks were exposed to the northern Yan Army's horse and infantry, and the front army had to face the impact of the cavalry led by Zhu Di.

There was almost no time left for Geng Bingwen. He had just issued the military order and watched with his own eyes as tens of thousands of infantrymen from the north overwhelmed the southern army. Hundreds of spearmen were overwhelmed before they could even form a formation.

Before they could form a formation, they discovered that closely behind the Yan army's horse and infantry were thousands of spearmen attacking in a dense formation.

They held on and killed and overwhelmed the Confederate army, successfully cutting off the 60,000-strong army.

"Fire arrows and face forward!"

"Remember to leave that old barbarian Geng Bingwen for me!"

At the same time that the 60,000-strong army was cut off, Zhu Di from the west cooperated with Zhang Yu to launch a surprise attack, using cavalry bows and arrows to attack at close range, killing and injuring a large number of Confederate troops.

Geng Bingwen, Ning Zhong and others were cut off on the left wing. More than 30,000 people could have formed a formation to protect themselves. However, a large number of Yan army cavalry attacked the middle and lower-level generals, causing confusion in the command of various departments. Geng Bingwen's military orders could not be implemented, and the entire army The army became the meat and fish on Zhu Di's chopping board, slaughtered at will.

"Withdraw our troops, and the rest of the troops can keep up!"

Geng Bingwen stabilized his headquarters of less than 10,000 people and began to retreat towards the Hutuo River Floating Bridge in the south. Some Southern troops with quick eyes and quick hands began to follow, but more Southern troops were cut off again by the Yan Army cavalry.

The 60,000 men were cut into three parts at once. Except for Geng Bingwen's troops who could form a formation to defend themselves against the enemy, the other two troops had already been in chaos and were repeatedly harvested in front of the Yan army's spearmen, horse infantry, and cavalry.

"Stop that old barbarian Geng Bingwen!"

Zhu Di had been paying attention to the movements of Geng Bingwen's banner. After discovering that his banner was heading south and east, he quickly sounded the cannon and led the Yan army cavalry who reacted straight towards Geng Bingwen's less than 10,000 troops.

They had already arrived in front of a pontoon bridge and formed a spear formation to defend themselves against the enemy.

However, the Yan Army cavalry they were guarding did not attack rashly, because Zhang Yu, who had intercepted the Southern Army, had already led the dismounted infantry of tens of thousands of horses to charge in formation.

As the spear formation that the Confederate Army was proud of was torn open, Zhu Di no longer hesitated and led the cavalry to replace the long soldiers with an assault formation and charge bravely.

The formation of nearly ten thousand spearmen was cut off by the cavalry because of a gap. The spearmen led by Zhang Yu followed closely behind the cavalry and divided the tens of thousands of southern troops again.

The 60,000-strong army was divided into four parts, and Geng Bingwen's banner was also exposed in front of Zhu Di.

"Hou Changxing!"

Zhu Di shouted, but when he saw someone turning around, he quickly shot him in the face with his riding bow.

"Ugh!!"

The person shot was not Changxing Hou Geng Bingwen, but a Qianhu official who was following him.

But just at this moment of looking back, Zhu Di already knew where Geng Bingwen was.

He led the cavalry to rush onto the pontoon bridge, and fired arrows continuously regardless of his own safety.

Following his arrows, there were dozens of cavalry on his left and right.

For a moment, arrows rained down like rain. Although Geng Bingwen was protected by guards, he, Ning Zhong and others were pushed off the pontoon.

They climbed up to the north bank of the Hutuo River in embarrassment, and the spearmen led by Zhang Yu had surrounded them.

Except for Wu Jie and Li Jian, all the commanding generals of the Southern Army were surrounded.

At this moment, the Yan Army's victory had been confirmed. Some of the Southern Army soldiers who followed Geng Bingwen looked at the Yan Army's arrogant celebration of victory, and their hearts were filled with despair.

They finally understood that they were so weak and defenseless when facing the Yan army.

"Haha! Marquis Changxing, please come and be fine!"

"The Marquis of Changxing Geng Bingwen has been captured! Those who surrender will not be killed!!"

"The Marquis of Changxing Geng Bingwen has been captured! Those who surrender will not be killed!!"

Zhu Di happily jumped down from the Hutuo River on horseback, and the river was flowing ashore. The shouts of the Yan army were heard all around, causing the Southern army to become even more commotion.

Facing Zhu Di who was looking down at him, Geng Bingwen laughed at himself: "I never thought that I would be defeated by you today after fighting all my life."

"It's not a shame to lose to me." Zhu Di was smug. He was very happy to be able to defeat a famous general like Geng Bingwen. After all, the gold content was much higher than that of Nai'erbuhua, Harawu and others.

"How did you appear on the west side of our army."

Geng Bingwen's eyes were calm, as if he had admitted the fact of his defeat.

In this regard, Zhu Di glanced at the Confederate troops fleeing from other pontoons to Zhending City on the south bank. Zhang Yu understood this and hurriedly went to recruit surrender.

After Zhang Yu left, Zhu Di said: "I told you that I would come from Wuji to fight, but you didn't believe it, so I just wanted to leave."

"Therefore, I crossed the Hutuo River and circled south of Zhending all night. Finally, I circled to the northwest of you. While your people were still having breakfast, I led my troops to attack your formation."

Zhu Di explained how he appeared in the northwest of the Confederate Army. After hearing this, Geng Bingwen couldn't help but sigh: "The waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead. I lost unjustly today."

"Hehe, it doesn't matter if you lose. I think it's because my father saw that Yun Wen was indifferent and sent you to me. I sincerely want to ask you to help me clear up your side. What do you think?"

Zhu Di was naturally jealous of veterans like Geng Bingwen. He tried to appease Geng Bingwen, and Geng Bingwen also laughed a few times:

"If Emperor Gao sees me defeated, I'm afraid he will just point at me and scold me for being stupid."

While he said this, he put his hand on the hilt of the sword and quickly drew out the sword and put it on his neck.

"I have no face towards Your Majesty. I would rather be loyal than a thief."

"and many more!!"

Before Zhu Di finished speaking, Geng Bingwen had already committed suicide, and the blood stained Ning Zhong's body and Zhu Di's feet.

After being stationed in Changxing for more than ten years, Zhang Shicheng, a powerful man like Zhang Shicheng, could not get close to him. He made several northern expeditions, and Changxing Marquis Geng Bingwen, who defeated the Northern Yuan Dynasty in the fishing sea, died.

Seeing him commit suicide and die, Zhu Di, Zhu Neng, Ma He and others were stunned, especially Zhu Di.

After a moment, he slowly came back to his senses and looked at the fallen body with a complicated expression: "Give him a good burial. The rest will be taken into custody. As for those who are willing to surrender, I will treat them as kindly as my parents and will not be held accountable."

At this moment, he lost the joy of defeating Changxing Marquis Geng Bingwen, and was left only confused and complicated.

He turned his horse's head and left, while Zhu Neng and others took the captured Ning Zhong and others into custody, and began to publicize the news on the battlefield that the Southern Army was defeated and that Geng Bingwen died after losing his formation.

For a time, the southern troops staying on the north bank surrendered in detail. Only Wu Jie, who led more than 30,000 people who had just calmed down, and more than 20,000 defeated troops retreated to Zhending City on the south bank.

In this battle, the Yan army won a complete victory. The 200,000 Southern troops were defeated in several fierce battles in Xiongxian, Yueyangqiao, Mozhou, Wuji, Zhending, etc., and only less than 60,000 fled into Zhending City. people.

Counting the original 10,000 defenders, only half of the 150,000-strong army before the war withdrew, and the rest were captured by the Yan army.

However, for the Yan army with only 20,000 people, this number of prisoners, which was nearly three times their number, was obviously difficult to manage.

After Zhu Di rested for a quarter of an hour in Geng Bingwen's camp, when he came out, he only saw the Yan army raising its butcher knife against some surrendering soldiers.

"Wait a minute! What do you want to do?"

Zhu Di was so angry that he rushed forward and stopped the group of people, who also looked at each other in shock.

Seeing Zhu Di coming out, Tan Yuan and others who had been waiting for him hurriedly ran over and bowed: "Your Highness, these are people who tried to escape after surrendering. According to military law, they should be beheaded."

"Fart!" Zhu Di yelled: "Only those who fight against the Northern Barbarians and escape should be killed. This is one of their own!"

After Zhu Di finished scolding, he immediately let people loosen their bonds. At the same time, he said to Tan Yuan and others: "These soldiers are Han like you. They all have parents, brothers, wives, children, and children. It is human nature to want to go home."

"Now you go immediately and tell everyone to stop, and also tell the prisoners that anyone who wants to go south and go home should clearly tell our army, and our army will distribute military rations and send them out of the country."

"If you run away without telling me and are caught by the sentries, then we will deal with it later."

"Yes..." Hearing what Zhu Di said, Tan Yuan was also very helpless. He really didn't like this group of Confederate soldiers who were fighting with them just a moment ago, and just wanted to kill them all to vent his anger.

However, when these southern soldiers heard Zhu Di's words, they all had sour noses. They knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "We have no intention of being enemies with Your Highness. We are just serving as soldiers to eat food. The imperial court asked us to come, so we have to come." ."

"I have received great favor from you, Your Highness, and I am alive today. Naturally, I should repay the favor. Why do you dare to think about escaping?"

"We will join the army today and go south to conquer the world with His Highness."

This group of soldiers were ignorant of culture, but they said they wanted to conquer the world with Zhu Di, which made Zhu Di quickly interrupt after hearing this:

"You are all my father's people. You are raising troops today just to get rid of the sycophants in the court."

"You came to the north to fight because you were forced by the traitorous officials in the court. You had no choice but to do it. How could I hurt you?"

"You said you would stay with me, but if you do this, your parents and wives will not know whether you are alive or dead, so they can only be worried."

"If you want to repay my kindness, it won't be too late to wait until the traitor is removed. The most important thing now is to go home and appease your wife, children and children."

Zhu Di comforted the soldiers. He naturally wanted these tens of thousands of soldiers, but the families of these soldiers were all in the south, and they could not tell when they would rebel.

At this time, I don't dare to leave them behind.

"Although we are ignorant of culture, we still know how to repay kindness. Please accept us, Your Highness. Otherwise, if we go to the south, we may be deserted and our lives will be taken."

Zhu Di did not dare to accept them, but they insisted on Zhu Di accepting them.

This scene was seen by Zhang Yu and others who came over. They looked at each other and said, "Your Highness, why not move them to Baoding?"

"Okay..." After all, Zhu Di still envied this group of people, and after careful consideration, he chose to keep them.

"How many soldiers fled back to the south? Have you counted them?"

Zhu Di asked Zhang Yu about his business, which was to capture Zhending City, but Zhang Yu shook his head and said: "There are too many soldiers who have fled back, probably no less than forty or fifty thousand. If we want to attack by force, it may be difficult to capture it in a short time." .”

"But despite this, we also seized hundreds of thousands of stones of grain, tens of thousands of sets of armor, weapons, and some firearms from the northern camp."

"Your Highness can transport these things from north to north to Beiping, which will just solve the urgent need of His Highness."

"That's true." Zhu Di was reminded by Zhang Yu and thought of Zhu Gaoxu who was confused about food.

Just his reminder made Zhu Di think of Geng Feng who was guarding Shenyang, and also of Geng Bingwen who had just committed suicide.

"Tell Gao Xu about the Marquis of Changxing. I hope that Geng Gu will surrender, so that Gao Xu can mobilize more troops to enter the pass."

"Yes!" Zhang Yu agreed, and then began to arrange for the more than 60,000 prisoners to escort the supplies northward.

As for Zhu Di, he led more than 3,000 cavalry to surround Zhending City, and at the same time sent other cavalry to search for many soldiers who had fallen behind previously.

There were 33,000 people when they set out, but only a little over 20,000 arrived on the battlefield. Many people fell behind on the road. If they encountered the Confederate army, they might be intercepted and killed.

Zhu Di defeated Geng Bingwen, and this news was sent to the south by Li Jian before he besieged the city. As for the news of Geng Bingwen's death, it was also known to Wu Jie and Li Jian in the subsequent news of the rout. The two released dozens of flying pigeons to spread the news to the south.

When the news reached the capital, Zhu Di had already withdrawn to the north and did not think about attacking Zhending City. But for everyone in the capital, they were extremely confused and their minds were blank.

"The decree was passed, and an administrator was ordered to manage the tombs. He was given 300 hectares of land in Linhao Mountain, 2,000 tenant households, 200 households of tomb keepers, and 15 households of ceremonial guards. They were filled with soldiers from the Beijing Guard."

"I will personally compose the document and personally send the official to Chongqing to sacrifice to the Marquis of Changxing..."

In the Wuying Hall, Zhu Yunwen's eyes were red. He didn't know whether he was sad because Geng Bingwen was loyal to the country, or because he was sad because Yan Jun defeated his 200,000-strong army.

"Your Majesty, your grace..."

Standing in the palace, many civil servants comforted Zhu Yunwen with false affection. After all, Geng Bingwen belonged to the old Huaixi nobles. They still remembered clearly how Huaixi Wuxun had oppressed them. How could they be sad that Geng Bingwen was gone.

Not only did no one among them feel sad, but some of them secretly cursed Geng Bingwen for his incompetence. He had an army of more than 200,000 people, but he was defeated by Zhu Di with tens of thousands of people, and he himself ended up in the battlefield.

As for the emperor's kindness to Geng Bingwen, they naturally knew what it was for.

Although Geng Bingwen is dead, Geng Feng is still in Shenyang to contain the Bohai rebels.

At present, Wu Sheng, Wu Shou'an, Liu Song, Liu Zhen and others have made arrangements to withdraw from Liaodong, but Geng Gu alone cannot withdraw.

In order to prevent him from leading troops to defect to Zhu Gaoxu, it is natural to give him more favors.

It's just that this grace is not so easy to get. If he, Geng Qing, had not died for his country, he might not have the face to take this grace.

"Now that the Marquis of Changxing is gone, how should the court deal with the traitors?"

Zhu Yunwen took a deep breath and asked what he was most concerned about now.

Faced with the problem, the ministers put forward many suggestions. Some recommended Muchun, some recommended Song Sheng, and some recommended Gu Cheng, He Fu, and Chen Xuan. In short, only Li Jinglong, Xu Huizu, Yang Wen, and Guo Ying were not recommended. et al.

This is not to say that the four men are not good at leading troops in war, but everyone knows that Li Jinglong consulted Zhu Gaoxu for advice on how to defeat Japanese enemies, and Xu Huizu was Zhu Di's brother-in-law and Zhu Gaoxu's uncle.

Yang Wen was recommended by Zhu Gaoxu, and Guo Ying was Zhu Gaoxu's grandfather-in-law.

Anyone can be recommended, but it is not so appropriate to recommend four of them.

There are many relationships, so it is naturally difficult for them to recommend them, and Zhu Yunwen does not want anyone to recommend them.

But in the face of the current predicament, Huang Zicheng sang the opposite tune: "Right now, only Cao Guogong can turn the tide."

"Although the Zhending army was defeated, the imperial court still had nearly 90,000 troops in Hebei. In addition, there were 90,000 troops in Zhili including the 16th Guards of Shangzhi, the Baotao Guards, and the Hezhou Guards. There were also four more troops in Huguang and Sichuan. There are thousands of reinforcements, and there are also many soldiers and horses in each capital..."

"Together, these troops and horses can reach 400,000. If we can also liberate the soldiers and horses in the southwest, we may be able to reach 500,000."

As soon as Huang Zicheng opened his mouth, Zhu Yunwen frowned and said, "Why hasn't Dao Ganmeng been pacified in the southwest yet?"

"Back to your majesty..." Huang Zicheng replied quickly: "I heard that some people in Yunnan Dusi did not obey military orders, which led to the continuous delay in quelling the sword and Qianmeng."

After Huang Zicheng finished speaking, he implicitly mouthed the word "Fu" to Zhu Yunwen.

Only then did Zhu Yunwen think of another force in Yunnan Dusi, the three Fu brothers.

These three brothers were in charge of the troops in northwestern Yunnan, central Yunnan, and southeastern Yunnan. Zhu Yunwen had long wanted to get rid of them, but he was worried that they would respond to the rebellion in the north, so he delayed taking action.

Now, these three brothers are dawdling in suppressing the rebellion in the southwest, which makes Na Dao Ganmeng falter for a few more months.

The attitude of the three brothers made Zhu Yunwen afraid to transfer Muchun, Xu Huizu, Qu Neng and others out of Yunnan, for fear that as soon as they left, the three brothers would rebel.

No one else knows who the three brothers hate the most, but he, Zhu Yunwen, knows it very well.

Thinking of these three brothers, Zhu Yunwen also thought of Yang Wen, Fu Rang and others who were transferred to Guangxi by him.

"Recently, is there any commotion among the old people of Bohai?"

"Never." Qitai said slowly: "They are all under the command of Governor Yang, and they are in Guangxi. Since the beginning of this spring, 36 of the 342 chieftain families in Guangxi have been willing to accept the imperial court. There are also twelve rebel families who have raised tens of thousands of troops in the Taiping Mansion area, and Governor Yang is currently fighting a fierce battle with the rebels."

"I heard that Commander Yang Zhan was lost on the battlefield, so Commander Yang Qiu of the Guangdong and Guangxi Navy went north wearing mulberry hemp, which shows his loyalty to the imperial court."

Qi Tai opened his mouth to explain the affairs in Guangxi. Among them, the absence of Yang Zhan and the fact that Yang Qiu wore mulberry and went northward also made many civil servants sigh.

Both father and son were promoted by Zhu Gaoxu, but they didn't expect that they could do this for the court.

"It seems that they know right from wrong and have not followed the traitors."

Zhu Yunwen felt proud when he heard that Yang Zhan had died in battle and that Yang Qiu had followed the imperial order and went north.

"Look Zhu Gaoxu, this is the person you promoted. He is not on the side of my righteousness."

He thought this way, and at the same time said with regret: "What a pity for this loyal and brave man."

Zhu Yunwen expressed regret and said at the same time: "I am posthumously giving Commander Yang Zhan the posthumous title of Commander-in-Chief of the Rear Army Governor's Mansion. I hope his father Yang Qiu can guard the country's maritime borders."

"Your Majesty, your grace..." Everyone sang salutes, and Huang Zicheng continued:

"Your Majesty, now you can let Cao Guogong lead Zhili and other troops to go north. I think the 400,000 troops will be enough to put down the Yan Ni rebellion."

"Well..." Zhu Yunwen did not agree directly, but turned his attention to Qi Tai.

Although he disliked Qi Tai more and more, Qi Tai was the only one among them who was praised by his imperial grandfather for his military skills.

Qi Tai felt Zhu Yunwen's gaze and immediately said:

"I believe that it is appropriate to use Cao Guogong's general to control the soldiers and horses of the Sixteenth Guards of Shangzhi. At the same time, he should use Wu Gao, the Marquis of Jiangyin, to control the soldiers and horses of Henan. Yu Tongyuan, the Marquis of Yuesun, should be restored to the rank of Yu Tongyuan to take charge of the Jingbao Tao Guard, Hezhou Guard and other seven thousand guards. Iron cavalry."

"In addition, Chen Hui and Teng Ju can be mobilized from the northwest to march eastward with seven thousand Ganliangjing cavalry, and then Song Sheng's son Song Xuan can be mobilized to lead the Shaanxi Dusi's twenty thousand troops to march eastward. Finally, Chen Xuan can be used to restrain Yang Qiu from going north to Denglai to harass Liaonan."

"I have calculated that if we want to come, we can mobilize an army of 160,000. Adding the soldiers and horses from Zhending and Hejian, the total is 250,000."

"Although Yunnan frontier troops cannot be mobilized, capital troops can be mobilized from Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian and other places to go north, and 50,000 troops can be obtained, totaling 300,000 troops."

Qi Tai first talked about the troops and horses he wanted to mobilize, and then started to talk about how to fight.

"Our army has a large number of soldiers and ample money and food. Now that we are not restricted by money and food from Daning and Liaodong, we can completely capture Baoding, Huailai, and Hejian, using the Juma River and the surrounding Yishui, Lushui, and Hutuo rivers. , as well as the natural belt-shaped lake, swamp, and sediment belt south of the boundary river, we deployed defenses layer by layer and advanced layer by layer."

"At that time, the imperial court can launch a pincer-like attack towards Beiping from the west and south."

"Even if it fails, after retreating, we can use the Grand Canal to connect Cangzhou and Dezhou in a line to form a corner-holding force, and then garrison troops in the three cities of Baoding, Dingzhou, and Zhending to form a deep deployment."

"At the same time, nearly 20,000 elite cavalry from four divisions including Chen Hui, Teng Ju, Ping'an, and Yu Tongyuan were sent to disrupt production near Peiping, allowing Chen Xuan to use the power of the navy to invade southern Liaoning."

"As long as the rebels are exhausted, our army will win!"

Qi Tai has thought of all the arrangements that can be made against Zhu Di. It can be said that if Zhu Di and the others want to win, they must first defeat the 300,000 troops in front of them.

Except for the Southwest Corps and Yang Wen Corps, which were not mobilized because of the three Fu brothers and the Guangxi chieftain, Qi Tai mobilized almost everything he could.

Zhu Yunwen also nodded after hearing this arrangement, then frowned and said: "In that case, let's do it this way. I don't want to hear the word Yan Ni again before next year's autumn harvest."

Zhu Yunwen gave a time, that is, Li Jinglong must win before the autumn harvest of the second year of Jianwen.

Qi Tai did not refute, but bowed in agreement.

Not long after, transfer orders began to be issued one after another, and many veterans who had been idle during the Hongwu years were activated one after another.

The Denglai, Yangtze River, Guangdong and Guangxi navies who were at sea also received orders from the imperial court when they docked for supplies.

In Quanzhou Port, when Quanzhou officials stepped onto the deck and handed the court's transfer order to a forty-year-old general wearing mulberry hemp, he did not forget to say:

"Your Majesty is very kind to General Yang and his family. I hope that General Yang will serve his family and country well after he goes north."

"The last general will naturally fight to the death to serve His Majesty!" Yang Qiu, who was wearing mulberry and hemp, bowed in return. The Quanzhou official also smiled and said:

"In this case, I will not stay any longer. Please ask the general to go north to quell the rebellion as soon as possible. I wish the general a victory and an early promotion."

"Prefect Wang, go slowly." Yang Qiu bowed and gave the gift.

After the prefect of Quanzhou left, he straightened up.

Several Qianhu officials on the side said disdainfully: "He is only the fifth rank, but he actually dares to show his superiority to you, the general, who is the third rank."

"Nowadays, civil society is prosperous and military power is weak, so let's just say less."

"Why can't we say that they are enjoying happiness in the south and let us go to the north to die?"

Looking at the order in his hand and listening to the quarrel in his ears, Yang Qiu sighed and ignored the generals, turned around and left the place.

He returned to his cabin and took a deep breath before opening the door, then slowly opened it.

There was a person sitting in the boat room, and he was Yang Zhan, who had been posthumously awarded by the imperial court as the governor of the rear army governor's mansion.

"How is it?"

Yang Zhan's face was pale and he didn't get up from his chair. He seemed to be injured.

"As you expected, the imperial court gathered 300,000 troops to prepare for another northern expedition. We were also ordered by the imperial court to cross the sea and head to southern Liaoning to harass Bo..."

Yang Qiu didn't finish speaking, maybe because he didn't know how to call the other party, whether he should call him a rebel or something else.

He brought the topic to Yang Zhan: "If others find out, our family may be implicated."

These words made Yang Zhan's eyes converge. He calmly raised his head and looked at his father: "I will not harm you."

"Our family has a history with His Highness. Even if the court gives us favor now, once the counter-rebellion is over, our family will still be liquidated."

"But that is an army of 300,000 people after all..." Yang Qiu hesitated. He was very satisfied to be promoted from an official of a hundred households to his current official position.

Faced with his hesitation, Yang Zhan stood up, seemingly injured, with a ferocious expression on his face.

"You're injured, have a good rest." Yang Qiu pressed him down with peace of mind, but Yang Zhan grabbed his hand with a firm gaze:

"That 300,000-strong army is by no means a match for His Highness. Besides, my son doesn't ask you to go with him. It's enough as long as your son goes."

"Anyway, in the eyes of the court, my son is dead."

"..." Listening to these words, Yang Qiu had a complicated expression: "Why do you have to help him? Although he has been kind to our family, the cost of repaying your kindness is too high."

Faced with this problem, Yang Zhan grasped his father's hand: "My son said that if His Highness has the spirit of an emperor, he will definitely become an emperor!"

　"Records of Emperor Taizong of the Ming Dynasty": "I led my troops to cross the Hutuo River to the west, then turned north and crossed directly to the Xishan Mountain."

　　"The general's six thousand light cavalry attacked the second camp. When Bingwen sent the envoys out, he ran back and rushed to the bridge. Our army broke the bridge ropes and could not lift it up. Bingwen was almost captured and fled to Zhendingbu. out."

　　"I led my cavalry to capture my right lieutenant generals, Governor Ning Zhong and Commander Liu Sui. I beheaded more than 30,000 people and piled corpses into the trenches. Those who drowned in the Tuohe River were not counted. I captured more than 20,000 horses and captured tens of thousands. If you want to dispatch and capture soldiers who are willing to stay and not return, your superiors will obey them."

　　"Bohai Chronicles": "Taizong led his cavalry to defeat Zhending, and Bingwen's formation was destroyed. The 20,000 soldiers defeated 150,000, beheaded 30,000, captured 20,000 horses, and captured tens of thousands of soldiers. The superiors were overjoyed when they heard that they were defeated. The troops returned to Liaonan."

　　"Bohai Chronicles": "Zhan Wen raised an army, faked his death and fled north. He persuaded his father and said: "Bohai has the spirit of the emperor, and it will definitely succeed."

　　

　

(End of this chapter)