Anluhou Wu Jie is forty years old this year, is the eldest son of the late Wu Fu, the Duke of Qianguo, the founder of the country, and it is quite embarrassing to say that he is the son of an important minister.

For a long time, the most thing to do is to train soldiers, which is similar to the experience of Li Jinglong, Xu Huizu and others, who have successively served as military attachés in Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan, and Beiping, and were impeached by the imperial history for eating empty salaries, and Hongwu was demoted in 28 years, and Hongwu joined the army in 30 years to suppress the Longzhou rebellion, and was reinstated by Zhu Yunwen after making meritorious service.

Because Wu Jie has been a military general under King Yan for several years, Zhu Di does not have a high opinion of him, and bluntly says that Wu Jie is a mediocre person.

Xu Hao didn't dare to underestimate the enemy, no matter how mediocre he was, he had brought soldiers for many years, and he was definitely much more powerful than himself. Therefore, although Zhu Gaoxu shouted that Wu Jie was leading Shandong soldiers, and the generals did not know the soldiers, the eight thousand iron cavalry could easily defeat the opponent's entire army in one fell swoop.

Xu Haoxin said that you are not your father? What is left but bravery? At this time, he realized the helplessness of the generals, and Zhu Gaochi was really a hot potato, the more brave and invincible he was, the more he didn't dare to let him kill the enemy, and most of the people who drowned were people who could swim.

Choosing a condescending gourd-shaped terrain, Xu Hao placed the cavalry in the open area behind him, and the 3,000 Shenji battalion guarded the narrow road in the middle.

Relying on the advantages of the terrain and the advantages of firearms for defense, they repelled Wu Jie's three tentative attacks in a row, and after the officers and soldiers left hundreds of corpses, they chose to camp on the spot.

Zhu Gaoxu, who had been waiting for a day, shouted: "Let me go to the night attack, and the thief army that I have saved and killed will be defeated." ”

Xu Hao frowned and said, "Wu Jie rushed to the aid as fast as possible, why was he unhurried today?" Wasting a day in vain, and now stationing troops under the mountain in a grand manner, it seems that there is fraud in it. ”

Zhu Gaoxu said disdainfully: "Where is there fraud, but I was frightened by our momentum and only dared to shrink, you didn't let me attack and make meritorious contributions, don't regret it." ”

Xu Hao said angrily: "Make a fart." What's the use of you and me making more contributions? Once the enemy is defeated, do you know how many people will be affected? ”

After finishing speaking, he ignored the chattering Gao Xi, Xu Hao didn't want to win a big victory, but kept in mind that the prerequisite for winning was to know himself and the enemy first, and now he didn't even know the deployment of the opponent's troops, how dare he order Zhu Gaoxu to attack rashly with eight thousand iron cavalry, once he fell into a bitter battle or encirclement, he relied on the three thousand divine machines to rescue? That's 40,000 or more enemies.

Why did King Yan choose to snipe Wu Jie by himself? Instead of choosing Zhang Yu, Zhu Yong, Qiu Fu and other fierce generals? Isn't it just that he and Zhang Fu are cautious and cautious.

Especially Zhu Gaoxu, who can completely suppress his impulses, the 8,000 cavalry is the biggest reliance of the Yan army to conquer the world in the future, and it must not be squandered arbitrarily.

But even if you don't fight the enemy. But Xu Hao was not ready to make Wu Jie better, and ordered the artillery to be launched in the early morning to bombard the enemy camp indiscriminately until the last shell was exhausted.

Wu Jie was a little wilted, and the cannon that came out of nowhere completely subverted the traditional safe distance of the bow and crossbow firearm, so that the entire battalion was hit by the roaring projectiles, and the casualties were everywhere, and there were raging fires everywhere.

Xu Hao, who was standing on the top of the mountain, pointed below and said, "You see, most of the officers and soldiers are not in the camp, just waiting for us to throw ourselves into the net." ”

Zhu Gaoxu held a clairvoyant mirror and looked around. Puzzled, he said: "Just rely on the officers and soldiers hidden in the dense forest in the rear to ambush our army?" How can a flat river in an open area be a cavalry opponent? ”

Xu Hao said angrily: "At least 20,000 people have already run behind us, and they will be blocked in the valley in another hour." ”

Zhu Gaoxu suddenly realized and said excitedly: "Since this is the case." I will defeat the frontal thief army first, brother, you block the thief army behind, and when I win a big victory, I will wave the army to help you, and destroy the enemy in one go. ”

Xu Hao said speechlessly: "I've never seen such a confident guy as you." When you become a famous general, come and win my trust again. ”

Zhu Gaoxu said dissatisfiedly: "My father doesn't allow me to lead the troops alone, and you don't trust me." So how do I become a celebrity? ”

Xu Hao said leisurely: "With your words, you can't make your own decisions in two years." ”

At this moment, Zhang Fu hurriedly came and said, "It's all ready." ”

"Hmm!" Xu Hao turned to order loudly: "The whole army is set off." ”

At that moment, the 10,000 Yan troops threw away all their heavy baggage, and all rode horses along the road to the rear, because they took the main road, which caught the officers and soldiers who climbed the mountain overnight and intended to surround them left and right.

Xu Hao is the same, there is no way to use cavalry to fight in the surrounding mountains, so a fool will order the cavalry to dismount, and out of the gourd valley, he chooses the open area in front of the river bank to put down the formation.

Here Wu Jie saw the enemy abandon the camp and flee, such as the treasure to lead a thousand light cavalry to capture the Yan army's abandoned artillery, want to see what kind of new weapon, just when the officers and soldiers struggled to move the artillery, only to hear a few continuous deafening loud noises, dozens of powder barrels explosion power immediately collapsed the mountain wall above, the big stones that fell on both sides actually buried more than 1,000 people.

Wu Jie was lucky not to be killed, he raised his head with a disgraced face, his ear drums were buzzing, the corners of his eyes and nose were bloodshot, his face was blue, and he said dejectedly: "Order to withdraw troops." ”

Soon Xu Hao received the news that the official army had retreated, and the valley road was blocked, and Zhu Gaoxu said eagerly: "Let me take people to take a detour to pursue, only two thousand cavalry are needed." ”

"No, you must not leave my sight from now on, or I will tie you up."

Xu Hao refused without thinking about it, and immediately sent someone to report the battle report to King Yan, and ordered the whole army to set up camp on the other side of the river, and sent hundreds of scouts to find out the news.

After guarding like this for two whole days, the scout reported that Wu Jie had indeed returned the same way, but the speed of the march was not fast, perhaps intentionally.

Xu Haoxin said It doesn't matter if you mean it or not, in short, I just need to complete the task, and on the fourth day, King Yan sent a military order and ordered him to return to the camp.

The storming of Zhending City for three consecutive days made the Yan army in vain, and sure enough, Geng Bingwen's past record was worthy of his name.

When Xu Hao arrived at the big tent of the Chinese army, Zhu Di said: "It takes time to attack the city. Destroy my morale, and the class will return tonight. ”

Waiting for the crowd to disperse one after another, Zhu Di smiled at Xu Hao and said: "It's a good job, forcing Wu Jie to kill 3,000 enemies without losing a single person, a great achievement." ”

Xu Hao said honestly: "The pressure on leading the troops is too great, and when I think that the lives of the whole army are all tied to my hands, my heart is heavy and breathless, and I am worried about being attacked all the time, and I don't dare to close my eyes for a few days, which is a conservative policy to take." Just to delay the enemy and not think of taking the initiative to attack, it seems that I am really not suitable for war. ”

Zhu Di was silent for a moment, and said with emotion: "Why didn't this king be the same as you at the beginning?" Only this concern about the whole military is the way to be handsome, otherwise at most it is a fierce general who charges into battle, which is difficult to describe, which is also one of the differences between being handsome and being a general, and you still have a long way to go in the future. ”

Xu Hao hurriedly said: "I am indeed not suitable for war, and I will never be able to take charge of myself, but Zhang Fu is far superior to his colleagues in this regard." The future is up to the task. ”

Zhu Di said with a smile: "Zhang Fu and you both need to experience, you will slowly adapt to the battle after a lot of fighting, it is useless to talk more, go and prepare to set off home." ”

Not to mention the orderly retreat of the Yan army. The news of the defeat of the official army was written by Cheng Ji in the song and sent to the Beijing Division, and the mistakes of the commander were counted, which was completely unexpected by Emperor Jianwen, and he couldn't imagine that even Geng Bingwen was not the opponent of the fourth uncle Zhu Di.

In the palace. Zhu Yunwen said worriedly: "Even the old general has been defeated, who else in the world can help King Yan?" ”

Huang Zicheng said: "Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, and Your Majesty does not need to worry. The army at the front was defeated but not destroyed. If you can gather the troops of the world, expand the soldiers and horses to 500,000, and attack Beiping from all sides, you will be outnumbered and captured. ”

Zhu Yunwen asked: "It is easy to get a thousand troops and it is difficult to find a general, who is handsome?" ”

Huang Zicheng smiled and said: "The minister recommends one person, Li Jinglongke, the Duke of Cao Guoke, and Jinglong, who is proficient in the art of war, the rebels will be defeated." ”

Zhu Yunwen nodded and said: "Jinglong has always been good at managing soldiers, and his talent in leading soldiers is unsurpassed in the capital, which is good." ”

After Qi Tai, who was busy with the war that night, learned about it, he entered the palace in a hurry to face the saint, and said bluntly: "Don't reuse Cao Guogong, think that he has never led troops to fight, how can he be the opponent of King Yan who has experienced a hundred battles?" ”

Huang Zicheng said disappreciably: "Now that the veteran is corrupt and cowardly, it is the time to boldly use the new cutting-edge, Cao Guogong is both civil and military, and his family history can be used." And the old general Geng did not listen to the advice, let the rebel army drive in, indecisive, this led to a big defeat, this time the 500,000 army encircled in many ways, so that the famous Li Jinglong in the middle of the command and dispatch, all the generals will be happy to listen to the order, how can tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Beiping be able to defeat the enemy? ”

Qi Tai said angrily: "Scholar's opinion, what is Li Jinglong's reputation? It's nothing more than flashy fame. His Majesty, the minister suggested that Xu Huizu, the Duke of Wei, should be the general, and there was no need to use 500,000 troops, so that General Geng Lao assisted the Duke of Wei, and the 200,000 soldiers and horses on the front line were enough to defeat the rebels. ”

Huang Zicheng sneered: "The Duke of Wei is the concubine of the King of Yan, in case he rebelled a while ago, the strength of the rebel army increased to 300,000 in an instant, what can he do to defend against the enemy army at that time?" Do you dare to guarantee your life? ”

Qi Tai said: "The Xu family is full of family members in Beijing, Xu Huizu is dedicated to the country, how can he rebel? ”

"That's not for sure." Huang Zicheng's expression was gloomy, "Don't forget that Xu Hao's family became a rebel, do you know that Wei Guogong will not be Xu Hao's second?" Even if Xu Huizu will not rebel, but the two armies are facing each other, do you dare to guarantee that he will not open the net? ”

Zhu Yunwen thought for a long time, and finally said: "Worship Li Jinglong as a general, I have made up my mind." ”

On August 30, Emperor Jianwen gave Li Jinglong a rhino belt to the sky, personally served wine for him at the noon gate, and gave him the right to arbitrarily use the axe.

Because of King Yan's victory again, some people in the court began to disagree with the cutting of the domain, among which Han Yu, the supervisor of the imperial history, wrote a letter against continuing the fight, and Wang Ning and Xu Zengshou and others also objected, believing that if the court could stabilize the heart of King Yan, the war could be stopped.

The problem is that the successive defeats in the north have aroused the anger of the young emperor, and he can't listen to any objections at all, even if the king of Yan has won successive battles, few people think that the imperial court with the four seas will eventually lose at this moment.

Qi Tai, the secretary of the military department, was secretly anxious, for fear that Li Jinglong's young and vigorous director zhì would be defeated, so he urgently recruited Liu Bowen's second son Liu Jing and Gao Wei, who had suggested that he had learned from the Han Dynasty, and Gao Wei, who had ordered the flexible cutting of the feudal domain, to follow him to the north. Among them, Liu Jing was deeply valued by Zhu Yunwen, and after fleeing back to the capital with King Gu, he offered sixteen strategies to resist the enemy, and was appointed as a military officer; Gao Wei took the initiative to be a lobbyist to persuade King Yan to surrender.

On the edge of the mighty Yangtze River, Zhu Yunwen personally sent the general Li Jinglong to the wharf, and the dishes were set up on the shore, and all the civil and military officials came out to see him off.

Li Jinglong, who was full of ambition, was full of energy, as if a river of autumn water was stirring in his chest, full of ambition.

Zhu Yunwen was very pleased, and glanced at the banner that covered the sun, hundreds of majestic warships, and a column of elite divisions with helmets and armor.

Looking at hundreds of energetic young generals such as Li Jinglong, who has an extraordinary appearance and a lofty spirit, the emperor can't help but be in high spirits for a while! (To be continued......)