Ping An Biography

The woods to the north are still calm, why hasn't Feng Youxian's cavalry come out yet?In just half a stick of incense time, Zhu Yong looked at it dozens of times, which is roughly the feeling of wanting to see through.It stands to reason that the horse team, which was already ready to go, received an order to pass through the forest that was not that deep, but it took only a blink of an eye.

What's wrong with his |mother|?Zhu Yong had been restraining his irritability from the very beginning, but at this time he couldn't bear it anymore and became restless.

"Send another person!" Zhu Yong pulled out his knife and waved it in the air a few times, roaring in a growling voice.His subordinates didn't dare to be negligent. From Zhu Yong's liver-like face, people could already see that he was angry. If he accidentally provoked him, he would die in vain if he was hacked to death.

The people in the phalanx on the opposite side were trotting closer and closer, neither too fast nor too slow, and the speed seemed to have never changed at all. This kind of momentum made Zhu Yong feel the pressure, as if those people would not be blocked by anything .

Perhaps it was Zhu Yong's anger that frightened the people below, or it might be that those people were afraid of taking responsibility, but no one suggested what to do at this moment.Anxiety made Zhu Yong's mind very restless. At the critical moment, he kept reminding himself to deal with it calmly. Many thoughts popped up in his mind, including a flash of a trance shadow that had nothing to do with the war in front of him. .A woman with blood flowing from her eyes, ears, nose and mouth flashed in front of her eyes. Her face was bloodless, she was completely naked, and her snow-white breasts were also stained with blood.This thought flashed like lightning, Zhu Yong didn't even know what she looked like, but he knew in his heart that this woman was the magistrate's wife who was raped|killed in Shimen County.

Zhu Yong acted as if nothing had happened at the time, but afterwards he regretted it a bit, feeling that it was completely unnecessary to do that thing, but he was impulsive in his heart, and he couldn't help becoming unscrupulous in the obedience of everyone around him, and he immediately regretted it when the desire spurted | .But soon he felt that it was not a serious matter, so he didn't take it too seriously.

Unexpectedly, a "little matter" that had been almost forgotten by him popped up again when he was nervous.

Zhu Yong doesn't believe in evil, he thinks that even if his murderous aura is a ghost, he should stay away from it.But at this moment, there is a subtle feeling subconsciously, those subtle things are faintly reminding him that all decisions made in impulse and anger are wrong.

So he immediately vetoed his idea of ​​ordering a force to be led by his family's cronies to move to the flank of the rebels in order to counterattack.This is just anger at work, maybe the counterattack can't really play any role, and it may be defeated in chaos!

Zhu Yong was riding on his horse with a livid face, looking at the chaos in front of the camp. Under the influence of the chaotic soldiers returning from the first round of defeat, half of the entire infantry phalanx huddled together and almost lost their combat effectiveness.Some generals led their own soldiers on horseback and yelled and scolded among the chaotic soldiers in an attempt to control the situation, but to no avail.The remaining half of the troops were also completely defeated by the explosion of the artillery shells. Many people looked at the sky, worried that when a shell would fall.

Although there were thousands of people here, Zhu Yong convinced himself that the soldiers had no morale.He immediately issued an order: Let a part of the troops cut off the rear, and then the rear army will become the front army, and the troops who still maintain the organizational system will temporarily retreat westward.

He soon finds himself making a common-sense, childish mistake.The rebels' attack had reached less than [-] paces, and they ordered to retreat before the battle, and the disastrous consequences happened as expected.The so-called broken rear troops were shaken when they discovered that their army was retreating, and then under the impact and influence of their own rebellious soldiers, they were almost defeated before being attacked.

When he was driven out of the battlefield in embarrassment and was completely defeated, Zhu Yong finally saw cavalry rushing out from the edge of the forest one after another...

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After only one day of fighting, Zhu Yong was defeated and lost almost half of his infantry.Most of them were not killed by the enemy, but were trampled to death and injured by their own people in the panic; the biggest loss was fleeing, and many military households took advantage of the chaos to become deserters.

When the fighting in the war calmed down temporarily, he couldn't help thinking: If he didn't order the retreat at that time, but tried his best to organize the infantry to counterattack, what would be the result?Even if the infantry was difficult to use at that time, the victory was due to the large number of people. If the attack was not effective, it could at least hold back and restrain the bandits; when the cavalry quickly entered the battlefield, they might have broken the camp of the bandits.

Zhu Yong participated in many wars, whether it was in northern Xinjiang or in Jiaozhi, he dare not say that his father Zhu Neng used soldiers like a god in most battles, but there is nothing to blame; if he Zhu Yong can't win In this war, most of the generals of Ming Dynasty would not have achieved better results.But it was in this small battle that the most ridiculous mistakes happened.

Why the fuck did I order a retreat?He couldn't understand it himself.

Zhu Yong was absolutely unwilling to admit that it was his own fault. There was another explanation for the failure: the soldiers in the guard had low combat power and poor command.At that time, Feng Youxian's cavalry failed to enter the battlefield in time and did not appear until the second order, which led to failure!

Feng Youxian, the general of the cavalry, was kneeling under the tent, trying to explain: "The humble officer really didn't receive the first order, and people around you can testify that the humble officer only received one military order from the beginning to the end! And he immediately started the assault, until the end. When we rushed to the Yuanshui River, we found that our infantry had been disintegrated. Even so, the humble officer did not receive the order to give up the attack, so he still launched an attack. The soldiers were not afraid of death, and tried their best to flank the bandit formation and cut it off in the middle ; Unexpectedly, the enemy camp did not collapse after being divided, and quickly switched formations, fighting to the death with our cavalry..."

Zhu Yong turned his head slightly and asked his staff in a low voice: "Have the messengers sent out for the first time been found out?" Ambushed on the road..."

Someone must take responsibility for this failure. Even if the herald who was negligent in his duties and delayed the opportunity to fight was caught, the grade of explaining it would be too low; let alone no one was caught.

"Feng Youxian..." Zhu Yong frowned and glanced at him, "You brought a weapon with you?"

Feng Youxian looked down, and hurriedly said: "I was summoned in a lowly position, and I forgot in a moment of impatience, so I will let you go."

Zhu Yong said: "Come here, remove his armor and weapons and arrest him!"

"General! Duke Cheng!" Feng Youxian's complexion changed suddenly, and he said in a pleading tone, "The knife wound on my waist is still bleeding, for the sake of killing the enemy with my life, you give me a chance to make up for it. Next When attacking the bandit army for the first time, please let me be the vanguard, and I will never retreat until the last drop of blood!"

Zhu Yong couldn't bear it, but he still said coldly: "I gave you the order to attack before the formation, so why would you still tell lies in front of the generals? You have missed the opportunity of the battle and you have made many excuses. We must thoroughly investigate whether There is collusion with the bandits."

"I can't die with my sins on my back, the people of the Feng family can't be ashamed because of me..." Feng Youxian seemed to understand something, and said with despair on his face, "You let me die in battle, even if I am chopped into flesh on the battlefield Ni, even if there is only a shroud of horse leather after death, I am willing. I have served in the army since I am humble, and it is my lifelong wish to die on the battlefield. I cannot die with shame..."

"Come on, take it!"

Zhu Yong was in a very bad mood. After he was a dignified Duke and a famous general of the Ming Dynasty, he was defeated by the enemy with six times the strength. This would be a stain on his life.It must be found, and we cannot just admit defeat.

He looked back to the left and right and said: "Reorganize the troops and horses as soon as possible, and attack Gaodu again. I will grind this city into dust!"

The general hurriedly persuaded: "Although there are few bandit soldiers, they are elite soldiers, and their weapons are far superior to those of the officers and soldiers. Our army suffered heavy losses in the First World War, and our troops were damaged and their morale was low. It is not suitable to fight urgently. But our Ming Dynasty controlled millions of strings and successfully Why don't the Duke write a letter to call in the elite soldiers in the important town of Changsha, and attack them with the force of victory?"

"Even now, we still have more than 3000 troops in our hands, and we are still sure of winning. Why do we need to mobilize our troops and horses?" Zhu Yong clenched his fists.He thought in his heart that he had suffered an unexpected loss before, who would have thought that firearms could be so powerful, and he had to ask those people who studied weapons in Nanzhen Fusi how to do it; but now that he knew his opponent, he would never fight again. It won't be like yesterday.

The general said again: "Mr. Cheng is unwilling to mobilize the troops. You can wait a little longer. There are more than 2000 Yuezhou guards, and they are already approaching Lizhou. Send someone to urge Tan Yousheng. As long as the Yuezhou army waits, Our army will be able to restore its lineup again."

At this time, another person stood up and said: "The rebel army wins this battle with firearms, and even better with surprise. Our army didn't know the situation before, and the soldiers suddenly encountered something they had never seen before. Don't panic. If we fight again, we will naturally You won’t be caught off guard again, and the situation is not as bad as you think. Besides, the firearm array must be invincible, such as bombarding it, and the bandit army is densely populated, and it will definitely suffer a serious setback.”

Zhu Yong was a little familiar with these words, as if he had heard them somewhere before, and suddenly asked: "Is this what... Liu Heju said?" After seeing the rebel firepower, Zhu Yong also remembered what Liu Heju said, and felt He was a little wronged at the time, so I remembered the name.

"The general is wise, I really listened to what Mr. Liu Qian said..." the general said, "The humble official is ashamed."

"What else did he say?" Zhu Yong asked.

The general hesitated, and finally said: "What Mr. Liu Qian said originally, I can't remember clearly because of my humble position, it's not very pleasant... It probably means that he once spoke in front of Cheng Guogong, reminding you and the generals, But everyone sneered at it, resulting in a disastrous defeat."

Everyone was very upset when they heard this, and some of them scolded: "He is also a defeated general of the bandit army, so what is there to be proud of!"

The military commander said: "Mr. Liu Qian is indeed a bit disrespectful. Although he is Mr. Qian now, he was a commander before, so even I don't pay much attention to him."