The flames soared into the sky, dozens of camp tents were set on fire, and the sleeping officers and soldiers struggled to flee for their lives, running around with the flames on their bodies on the unlucky day.

Suddenly, with a strength of only more than 200 people, the Yan army completely plunged tens of thousands of enemy troops into complete confusion, and it was completely unclear how many enemies came.

Zhu Di led a hundred cavalry to break through two camps in a row, running through the front and back almost as if entering a no-man's land, aiming directly at the third commander's camp, and single-mindedly trying to capture the opponent's boss alive.

Geng Bingwen was lucky not to sleep tonight, but to meet with the old subordinates he hadn't seen for many years, and when he was talking at night, he heard the shouting and killing, and came out to scold hundreds of guards as soon as possible, and heard that countless Yan troops were coming to kill here, and decisively led people to flee towards the west city gate.

Because the official army ran around like headless flies, Geng Bingwen narrowly passed by King Yan, and when Zhu Di rushed to the handsome tent and saw that there was no one inside, he hurriedly turned around with his subordinates and chased after him.

At this moment, Xu Hao, who was injured, endured the severe pain, hurriedly bandaged the wound and was about to kill the enemy, but Li Qiu and the others dared to let it go? In the end, Xu Hao was forcibly lifted up and carried to a relatively safe place behind.

And Mu Yi, who took advantage of the chaos to cut the ropes, had already rushed back with people, shouting that the guards who were arson everywhere retreated and formed a formation, because countless officers and soldiers were running towards the city gate, and it was impossible for only twenty or thirty people to block the way.

In this way, the big guys gathered in a circle and fought and retreated, and gradually no one paid attention to them, everyone only cared about fleeing for their lives, and no one organized to kill the enemy, the crowd was surging and chaotic, and he was not careful to be hit by Geng Bingwen and passed by, and when Zhu Di rushed over, he knew that he had missed a big fish just now.

Zhu Di didn't say a word and commanded everyone to fight at the city gate like a whirlwind, frantically slashing the surrounding foot soldiers, Geng Bingwen, who was wrapped in the deserters and unable to move an inch, was shocked when he saw this, and said sharply: "Close the suspension bridge, close the suspension bridge." ”

Unexpectedly, the bridge cable was cut off by Mu Hui, and seeing the enemy soldiers killing at will on the suspension bridge, the tall and mighty Yan King Zhu Di was getting closer and closer to the city gate. Geng Bingwen's guards struggled to squeeze open a passage, and they didn't know how many people fell into the moat in the chaos, and in a blink of an eye, they surrounded the boss and entered the city gate, which made Zhu Di, who was only one step away from Geng Bingwen, sigh, and was only one step away from grabbing the other party with his own hands.

There were officials and soldiers who were eager to enter the city everywhere, and Zhu Di didn't worry about the city tower releasing arrows, so he rushed out with people and joined the pale-faced Xu Hao in the open area two hundred steps away from the city wall.

Zhu Di saw that his beloved courtier was seriously injured, and hurriedly asked how the injury was? Xu Hao said I'm fine, and couldn't help but look at the number of people. Although the battle was fought beautifully, more than 200 people were almost lost by a third, but in order to protect him who was injured, all 30 Xu family members survived.

Zhu Di put his mind at ease, and suddenly heard the officials and soldiers scolding in the city, and in a fit of rage, he bent his bow and arrows and let them go, and in the scream, he saw that someone on the wall was killed, so frightened that the defenders did not dare to scold again, and the Yan army cheered in unison.

said that Geng Bingwen, who had entered the city, was shocked. For fear that the Yan army would take advantage of the situation to sneak attack the army on the north bank from the rear, or slash and kill more than 10,000 Chinese troops outside the city, he hurriedly tried more than 10,000 people in the city to go out of the city to face the battle.

Who knew that as soon as he left the city, he had just integrated the men and horses, and he was unlucky enough to collide with the 50,000 imposing Yan troops who arrived at this time, even if he wanted to retreat, it was too late. A drawbridge for 20,000 men could not be retreated, and once the order to retreat was called, the whole army had to collapse immediately.

Geng Bingwen could only shout to boost morale, and at the same time stubbornly led the army forward to fight hard. The officers and soldiers who rushed from the city poured out in a steady stream, and their backs to the city wall were enough to fight the Yan army, and the time dragged on for a long time. Don't worry about the surrounding officers and soldiers coming to support.

Just when the two armies were inseparable, this time Zhu Di kept an eye on it, and led 3,000 men and horses to block the direction of the city gate in a roundabout way, which shocked Geng Bingwen, who was caught in a bitter battle.

When the people shouted and neighed, Xu Hao was carried to the rear of the Yan army and found the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion who were walking slowly in formation.

Xu Hao pointed to the river in the distance and the endless camp on the opposite bank, and ordered: "Stay by the river." ”

With one hand pressed on the wound, Xu Hao watched Zhu Di from afar as if he was killing a god, attacking the officers and soldiers along the city wall, breaking the defense line and killing into the crowd in one fell swoop.

Geng Bingwen, who was wrapped in dumplings, had to retreat, desperately fighting his way out of a bloody way to lead thousands of cavalry to this side, Xu Hao sneered, "Fire." ”

Bang bang! The officers and soldiers who ran at the forefront fell nearly 100 people in unison, bang! More than 100 people fell in pools of blood.

After the third round of firearms was over, Mu Hui brandished a spear and led the cavalry to rush forward, and Zhang Fu ordered: "Put away the firearms and shrink the formation." ”

Geng Bingwen knew that he couldn't rush over no matter what, and said in a deep voice: "Go south." He took the lead in leading the remnants of the remnants of the horses to turn to the south, and Mu Hui and more than a thousand knights followed behind and slashed and slaughtered.

Xu Hao ignored Geng Bingwen, who fled, and ordered Zhang Fu to urge the soldiers to disperse the local defense again, so as to buy time for the Yan army that surrounded and killed the official army behind him.

When he turned around, he saw that Zhu Yong was only with more than 30 cavalry, chasing the officers and soldiers who crossed the river, and at this moment, there were already 30,000 or 40,000 officers and troops on the opposite bank who were ready to come to help.

Zhu Yong was not afraid, and rushed in first, and the officers and soldiers in front of him were killed. Xu Hao hurriedly shouted: "Fire at the opposite bank." ”

Rumbling explosions sounded, and the shells that fell into the river splashed into the sky, and some fell into the crowd, killing and injuring one another.

The horns and drums sounded at the same time, and the Yan army, which was covered in blood from both sides, was overwhelmingly slaughtered to the opposite shore under the leadership of Yan Wang Shuaiqi.

Zhang Yu's more than 10,000 men and horses were left behind, and they couldn't tell whose subordinates they were.

Seeing this, Zhang Fu led a thousand sword and axe men to help his father, and continued to cut and kill the completely defeated officials and soldiers under the city, leaving corpses all over the ground.

There was chaos of fighting everywhere in front of and behind him, Xu Hao was injured but calmed down, observing the shape of the enemy and himself, now any command means are useless, except for advancing and retreating.

Xu Hao made a judgment, so he took the remaining Shenji battalion soldiers to push the artillery back the same way, re-set up the artillery on the high ground, and lined up the musket formation to defend.

At this moment, there was a great chaos in the city, and Qiu Fu led people to take advantage of the chaos to kill into the city, fighting and driving in, but unfortunately the inner city was closed and could not enter, and the deputy general Li Jian, the commander of the horses, came out stupidly to engage in the battle. was stabbed under the horse by Captain Xue Lu and shouted: "I am Li Luma, don't kill me." ”

Mu Hui chased Geng Bingwen to the inner city, and the officers and soldiers who were driven over by Qiu Fu also rushed to flee inside, but the inner city gate was far narrower than the outer city gate, and countless people were congested and unable to advance.

"Kill, kill!"

Mu Hui, who was rising, dismounted and swung his knife to slash at the enemy who was blocking the way, and Qiu Fu also smiled and waved his long knife. Killed a number of officers and soldiers in a row. The officers and soldiers turned around and killed their own people behind them, leaving dead and wounded everywhere, and barely closed the city gate in time.

After another hour of fighting, Zhu Di led 30,000 Yan troops to defeat 40,000 officers and troops on the north bank, burned half of the camp, and ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops.

Xu Hao, who had been nervous, finally relaxed, shook his body due to excessive blood loss, and said weakly: "Hang the battle flag, and set up camp as much as possible." Send people to collect the wounded soldiers and bury the bodies of the fallen soldiers. ”

After that, the two sides had a tacit understanding to temporarily stop the war and make peace, and each sent miscellaneous servants to treat the wounded and pull away the corpses, Zhang Yu and his son first escorted more than 3,000 captives who surrendered to return, and then Qiu Fumu Hui also escorted more than 1,000 captives back safely.

Zhu Di, who won a big victory, was in a very comfortable mood. What is even happier is that many senior generals such as Li Jian and Gu Cheng, the deputy general, Ning Zhong, the deputy general, and Liu Sui, the commander of the two generals, were captured.

In the handsome tent, Zhu Di faced Li Jian, who was as thin as a gossamer. He reproached: "You are a relative of this king, what kind of grudge do you have?" You have to obey the traitors of the DPRK and China, the sin of today. Do you want to run for your life? ”

Li Jian was panting like a dead fish and couldn't speak, Zhu Di sighed: "Take it down and bandage the wounds, and wait for tomorrow to send the horse back to Beiping to recuperate." ”

After finishing speaking, Zhu Di walked behind the veteran Gu Cheng in a few steps, personally untied the rope, and said happily: "God ordered you to come to the aid of this king." ”

Seeing Gu Cheng bowing his head and sighing silently, Zhu Di said with a straight face: "You are the old man next to my father's emperor, you have watched me grow up since I was a child, we are a family, and we should stay in the north with peace of mind in the future." ”

Gu Cheng suddenly said excitedly: "The old minister can see His Royal Highness, if he sees Taizu, he will allow the old minister not to die, and he should repay him with all his sincerity." ”

Zhu Di said with a smile: "This king entrusts you with the important task of guarding Beiping, and the prince also entrusts it." ”

These sincere words actually moved Gu Cheng, who had been Zhu Yuanzhang's personal guard for many years, to tears. Xu Hao, who was bandaging his wounds, twitched his lips, remembering that this old minister Gu Cheng had already secretly communicated with King Yan last year, no wonder King Yan was so confident in this battle.

Xu Hao smiled bitterly at Yao Guangxiao: "I was injured the first time I went into battle, and I almost lost my life. ”

Yao Guangxiao said with a smile: "The governor is brave and martial, which makes us all admire it very much." ”

Xu Hao laughed at himself: "It's almost the same as being embarrassed, where is the bravery?" By the way, the order will go down and follow the plan. ”

Zhu Di, who had been talking for a long time, walked out with Gu Cheng, and saw that the generals outside the tent gathered together to discuss, and there were more than 3,000 soldiers squatting in the open space around him.

"What are you talking about?" Zhu Di frowned and asked.

Qiu Fu said angrily: "Back to Your Highness, these guys don't scold, but they dare to secretly discuss to resist and escape together." ”

Gu Cheng immediately showed a worried look, for fear of angering King Yan and causing the officials and soldiers to be killed, so he saw Zhu Di striding over and said: "Whoever descends to the king is allowed to stay, you and others have parents and wives, if you want to leave, you can say it clearly in front of your face and give you a coil of grain." Do not attempt to escape, as your life will not be saved if you are caught by the Raks. The king's intention is to save everyone's lives, and he doesn't want to die in vain because of a thought. ”

Xu Hao looked at this scene with a smile, just like the scene of Shicai and Gu Cheng, more than 3,000 officers and soldiers were immediately moved, and no less than 2,000 northerners expressed their willingness to stay that night, and the rest were allowed to leave, and returned to the army or hometown to become volunteer propagandists with the rumors that King Yan's benevolence and righteousness were the foundation and would be practiced.

The number of killed overnight was counted, and the Yan army killed more than 3,100 people and wounded 4,500 people; The death toll of the officers and soldiers was as high as 18,000, countless were wounded, 4,000 were captured, and nearly 20,000 disappeared while taking advantage of the chaos.

A sudden bloody battle caused the defeated Geng Bingwen to be greatly injured, and he no longer dared to go out of the city to fight with the Yan army, and transferred all the remaining men and horses on the north bank to Zhending City to hold out.

Pegasus strictly ordered Xu Kai, the governor stationed in the river, not to act rashly, so as not to fall into the elusive rebel army's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain.

And Xu Kai, who lost 40,000 pioneers, couldn't ask for this, and ordered not a single soldier to leave the city, and let go of the best opportunity to reverse the defeat out of thin air.

However, Wu Jie, who has nearly 100,000 Shandong troops, personally led 40,000 elite stars under his command to come.

Zhu Di, who received the news, looked solemn and asked the injured Xu Hao: "Do you dare to lead 10,000 people to drag the thief army?" Well, four days is fine. ”

Xu Hao, who did not hurt his internal organs, looked a little better, and because he was injured, not only was he not timid, but became fearless, and said categorically: "My subordinates take orders!" ”

Zhu Di praised: "Okay, this time let Gao Xi lead all the elite cavalry to listen to your command, and this king will lead all the foot soldiers to attack the city early tomorrow morning." (To be continued......)