Jinyi Night Walk

The confrontation between the Southern Army and the Northern Army was first broken by Zhu Di.

This kind of military confrontation consumes too much." The imperial court has the entire country to expand the rear, and the supply is endless, but Yan Wang Zhudi can't afford it. But Sheng Yong made it clear that he would fight a protracted war and want to break this stalemate. Can only attack.

Some generals thought that Dingzhou could be conquered first by gathering heavy troops, but Zhu Di disagreed. He said: "It is easy to fight in the field, but difficult to attack the city. Now Shengyong gathers in Dezhou, Wu Jie and Pingan are stationed in Zhending, and they are the horns of the city." "The two Ming armies came together to help. A strong city is in front" and a strong enemy is behind. It is difficult to judge the outcome.

In the end, Zhu Di, who is adventurous by nature, decided to send the army between Zhending and Dezhou to lure the enemy to fight in the field.Most of the generals in the army were a little worried about this tactic. They believed that if they took such a risky approach, if Zhending and Dezhou were attacked by the Southern Army, the Northern Army would easily be attacked by the enemy.

Zhu Di didn't take it seriously. He said confidently: "Our army has many cavalry, and they can come and go freely. A hundred miles away, the forces are irrelevant. The two armies are close to each other." What about Baili? ""

So the generals, according to the order of King Yan, quickly pulled out the camp and rushed to the Hutuo River between Zhending and Dezhou to camp." Wu Jie went to help in time. Sheng Yong was rewarded, "Sure enough, he led the army to march and stationed in Jiahe." The two sides launched a big battle here.

In this battle, Sheng Yong once again used the firearms that caused Zhu Di a headache. The jet train, giant gun, and fire crossbow were the main weapons of the infantry. At the same time, he used chariots and large shields to protect himself. It is still his traditional tactics, attacking the flanks first, and then rushing to the main line." But in fact this time he played a trick and adopted a wave-like offensive strategy.

His Duoyan Sanwei cavalry swept past the enemy camp, and immediately took advantage of the cavalry to get out of the battle after pretending to pounce on the flanks. Instead, he continued to attack the flanks with [-] infantry, while the cavalry made a circle and returned to the main formation, attacking the front The camp, unable to break through, immediately moved out of the way, and the second team of cavalry, which had been waiting for a long time, launched a charge again. Tens of thousands of cavalry charged in turn like waves, and finally shook Sheng Yong's central army, forcibly charged in" and started a scuffle.

This battle was extremely tragic. The brave Yan general Tan Yuan took the lead. In the chaos, his horse stumbled and fell to the ground. He was beheaded by the southern army general Zhuang De.But before Zhuang De had time to rejoice, he was stabbed to death by Zhang Wu, the general of the Yan Army who led the iron cavalry into the battle.Yan generals Dong Zhen and Chu Zhi died on the battlefield one after another. The casualties of the southern army were countless. This battle was so dark that the sky was dark and the ground was tens of miles away. There were troops mixed with the enemy and us everywhere." There was a big melee, and the soldiers and horses from all walks of life stopped and rested in place until the night was dark, "the enemy is indistinguishable from us", and the king of Yan also stopped on the battlefield with more than a hundred soldiers, and waited until dawn to look for his own soldiers. He found that there were scattered camps of the Southern Army all around him. It turned out that he had rushed to the rear of the Southern Army.

Seeing this, the guards around Zhu Di panicked, fearing that the King of Yan might lose something, but Zhu Di had an idea: he asked people to get on their horses, cover up the flags, and galloped through the enemy camp in such a grandiose manner.At this time, the sky was twilight, and the Southern Army was setting up their own flags in a chaotic manner, recruiting soldiers and horses from the headquarters to return to the army. Zhu Di and his group were dressed similarly to those of the Southern Army, and had no flags. In the north direction, no one noticed anything strange for a while.

When the southern army finally found out that this team was not their own, Zhu Di and his party rode their horses like flying, and they had already rushed out of the southern army's camp. The king's great opportunity, because of the chaos in his own camp, this big fish just escaped. The generals of the southern army who lived in the various battalions that King Yan had run along the way were extremely taboo. , but he didn't know that the seeds of great defeat were planted because of this.

Zhu Di had just rushed out of the southern army camp, and he could see the chaos there at a glance. The southern army had many infantry. The battalions are still gathering troops and horses in a mess." This is a great opportunity, so after Zhu Di returned to the Northern Army camp, he immediately summoned the generals, and fought again immediately before the Southern Army was cleaned up.

Zhu Di sent out all the cavalry, and formed a small team of a hundred people, galloping around the enemy camp on horseback, to prevent the already chaotic southern army from gathering calmly, and then swiped the large army and "hit" into the enemy camp. The two sides fought repeatedly from early morning to noon, when suddenly there was another gust of wind. It was March weather, and the grass and trees had not yet covered the ground. It was already a bit of a war on its own." This made it impossible to see the orders of the Chinese army, and it was even more disorganized, and they were defeated in the end.

Disgraced, Sheng Yong fled all the way back to Dezhou, checked the remnants of the army, and actually lost nearly 5 horses, and couldn't help panicking.He was touted as a god of war, which was an honor, and at the same time it became a burden for him, how could he bear such a disastrous failure. Besides, he was the first to win every victory, and Wu Jie and Ping An became more and more important to him. The high reputation is not without jealousy, if these two people make trouble...

Sheng Yong thought about this, "The dormitory is not safe" or his staff in the army, seeing that the coach is worried "quietly gave him an idea, blame the big defeat on the weather, so as to keep his reputation alive.Sheng Yong suddenly realized that "he hurriedly wrote the melody and reported the defeat, saying that the two sides fought fiercely until late in the afternoon, the weather changed suddenly, the north wind was strong, the sky was full of dust, and it was difficult to implement the orders, which led to the defeat.

The news quickly spread back to Jinling. Fang Xiaoru, Huang Zicheng and others received the battle report, but they were downcast and had no choice but to report to the emperor.

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Early in the morning, Luo Kedi was eating in the mansion.

His breakfast is very simple, white rice porridge, steamed buns, Gaona salted duck eggs, fermented bean curd and a plate of bamboo shoots in sesame oil, very light.

While eating, Liu Yujue walked in from the outside, took off his cloak, rubbed his hands together and said, "My lord."

Liu Yujue was on duty in the palace last night" and just came out this morning.

Luo Kedi pointed to the seat next to him and smiled at him, "Sit down and eat together. ""

Liu Yujue sat down at the side" and whispered: "My lord" this morning, the emperor first received Fang Xiaoru, Qi Tai, and Huang Zicheng in Zhengxin Hall.", "Oh, what are you talking about?", "Hi! The emperor Longyan is furious!"

Liu Yujue is from the north, "Okay, beg for noodles, pick up a steamed bun" and picked up a pair of chopsticks: "I heard that General Sheng Yong lost [-] troops and returned to Dezhou. Li An and Wu Jie The general led his troops to help, but before he arrived, he heard that General Sheng had fled all the way, and hurriedly returned to Zhending. If you refuse to use your life, you will waste the money and food of the court."

Liu Yujue scooped out the egg yolk that smelled like oil.” He stopped chopping suddenly, frowned and said strangely: “Your Excellency, it’s really strange. Cao Guogong’s defeat in Zhengba Village was due to the heavy snow and cold in the north. Because the handsome flag was blown off by the strong wind, "General Sheng Yong is now in the battle of Jiahe" and because the strong wind blows up dust all over the sky, it seems that God is particularly partial to King Yan. Could it be that the folk rumors are true, this King Yan... really is Mr. Right? ""

Luo Kedi was taken aback, and wondered, "What did you say?" Be more careful. ""

Liu Yujue told Luo Kedi carefully the details of the battle report he heard in Zhengxin Hall, "After hearing this, Luo Kedi slapped his chopsticks on the table" and said angrily, "Fang Xiaoru and Huang Zicheng are a couple." A nerd who doesn't understand military at all.Although Qi Tai is a minister of the Ministry of War, he was originally just a literati who "made up a few books on military affairs" and then only gesticulated and boasted. Sheng Yong's rough writing style "even deceived them!" , Liu Yujue was stunned, and said in surprise: "My lord, is there a ghost in this?""

Luo Kedi said angrily: "This Sheng Yong is a liar! He said that Zhu Di launched an attack in the early morning, and by noon, the two sides had turned into a melee, hand-to-hand combat, and the enemy and ourselves were mixed together. When launching a charge, we can take advantage of the wind and sand. Since the two sides are fighting together, the wind and sand are not good for our army. Is it good for the Yan army? If you lose, you are defeated. God blesses the army of Yan, who shirks responsibility like this, and these trash don’t notice it at all, it’s really unreasonable!" Seeing him furious, Liu Yujue persuaded him embarrassingly: "My lord, calm down, speaking of it, it is rare for General Sheng Yong to be able to fight. The generals in the army occasionally fail, and feel uneasy." So it is not uncommon to pretend to be wrong.Fang Xiaoru, Huang Zicheng and other adults can't see it, it's fine, otherwise, according to the emperor's temperament, I'm afraid he will be dismissed from the post of Sheng Yong because of this defeat. At that time, where can we find another one who can fight? general? "

Luo Kedi sighed: "Oh! It doesn't matter if you lose. Victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs. If Fang Xiaoru, Huang Zicheng, and Qi Tai want to protect Sheng Yong, the emperor will definitely listen to him. But... Sheng Yong was confused, and used this method to shirk responsibility for the defeat: Fang Huang is so stupid that he believed such a reason!", Liu Yujue said in a naive way: "This way... the goal is achieved, and my court's face is not lost, isn't it? ...isn't it good?"

Luo Kedi glared at him, and pointed out with hatred: "Every time our army is defeated, it is not man-made but God's will. Is this called shameless? This is a disguised form to build momentum for King Yan! The secret of King Yan The spies have been advocating among the people that King Yan is the true son of the Dragon, now it’s all right, without the people of King Yan coming forward, our own court ministers are taking the initiative to help others build momentum! When everyone believes it... Hehe !"

"Uh", Liu Yujue just realized that there is such a side effect, and couldn't help being stunned there, hesitating for a moment" before saying: "Then...do you want to remind the emperor? ", Luo Kedi sighed and said: "Oh, I must have told the ministers at the meeting" for this reason, and the flood is hard to recover!At this time, he said, "It doesn't help the matter, and I will offend Fang Xiaoru, Huang Zicheng, Qi Tai, and even...the General Sheng Yong in front...""

He silently picked up the chopsticks, took some fermented bean curd with him, and before he put it in his mouth, he was so angry that he couldn't help poking the fermented bean curd on the plate, and cursed bitterly: "Fang, Huang, Qi Tai, just eat it!" Like the fermented bean curd in this dish, it’s fine to make it as a side dish occasionally.” Is it worthy of elegance?Let these few wastes who are not successful enough and have more than failed to steal into the temple..." Luo Kedi thought for a while, his gloomy eyes flashed, and he said solemnly: "No way!They have to be blasted down, otherwise... the court is in danger! ",!~!