Sheng Yong, who returned south in a panic all the way, was chased by the Yan army like a lost dog, not to mention, and heard that the base camp Dezhou was attacked, so he hurriedly beat Cangzhou and led the remnants of the army to come to the rescue.

Obviously, a fierce battle had just been fought on the riverside, and nearly 100 of Sheng Yong's naval warships were blocked at the mouth of the river and bombed indiscriminately, and all of them were sunk.

Green smoke was rising everywhere, thousands of corpses of officers and soldiers were floating in the water, and the dazzling Yan Army flag fluttered at the head of the city of Texas in the distance.

There were no boats and no way to cross the river, so Sheng Yong, who had less than 5,000 men around him, had to turn around and march along the riverbank, hoping to recruit civilian ships to return to Shandong and wait for an opportunity to recapture Dezhou.

At this moment, Xu Hao was standing on the high deck of a large two-story warship, staring ahead, surrounded by nearly two hundred warships of all kinds.

Because Xu Da went out of the mountain, Xu Hao asked for the consent of King Yan and hurriedly returned to Liaodong, and ordered all the ships in Liaodong to be mobilized to go to Dalian along the coastline with 15,000 foot soldiers, and ordered Mu Hui to take all the warships under his command to take 5,000 soldiers of Shanhaiwei to cross the Bohai Sea in the south and north, and after converging in the Bohai Bay, they went upriver together.

In Qingyun County, the ship abandoned the ship and landed, the ship was driven back by a small crew, and that night 500 dead soldiers climbed the mountain wall to seize the city gate, and captured 3,000 officials and soldiers of Qingyun County.

The next day, the rapid march continued, with 20,000 troops and a large number of muskets and artillery, in just one day to capture the city of Dezhou, which was repeatedly changing hands and repairing the city wall, and the defender took 8,000 soldiers to throw down the mountains of grain and grass and baggage, and went to Jinan.

The admiral of the navy and other generals died in battle, and Li Yun, a thousand sailors anchored in the port, decided to surrender collectively, it turned out that Li Yun was the cousin of Li Gonggong, and he had long wanted to take refuge in the king of Yan.

Xu Hao obtained 500 warships in one fell swoop, and later surrounded and completely defeated Sheng Yong's Cangzhou naval division.

Mu Hui took 3,000 people to ride the captured war horses and changed into the armor of the official army. In order to distinguish each other, everyone put on the new epaulettes and went straight to Guting and Peixian in Jining, with Xu Hao leading the fleet to follow closely behind.

The grain ships coming and going and docked on the shore were unexpectedly endless, conservatively estimated to be tens of thousands, Xu Hao put down the clairvoyant mirror and couldn't help but be speechless, and said: "Since the rise of the army, this canal has been the lifeblood of the official army, and the loss of Texas has caused the imperial court to hoard grain and grass here." It seems that there are at least millions of grains. Li Qiu, you hurry up to report that King Yan sent an army to respond, it's a pity that the fire burned down. ”

The sergeants on the ship were secretly admiring the rare alien beauty, and the delicate and fiery Baihua didn't care at all about the man's greedy gaze, and said with a smile: "When will Childe stay by my side?" The slave family is eager to wear it. ”

Xu Hao smiled: "Isn't it good to be free?" You have become a thousand households, you want to be windy and rainy, and being an ordinary woman is not suitable for you. ”

"Then the slave family will choose a man to marry, don't regret it." Baihua deliberately straightened down her full chest.

Xu Hao smiled and said, "You have been running around for me in the past few years, and if possible, I want to send you back to your hometown to be the governor of Persia." Of course, women as leaders will not be recognized by the Islamic world, and there are many difficulties. ”

Baihua said in surprise: "Is it possible that in the future, the adults will lead troops to Persia to compete for power?" ”

Xu Hao said: "I vaguely remember that there was a queen in Egypt, and then it was ruled by the Roman Empire for 600 years, and then it was conquered by the Arabs until now. I didn't want to compete for power, but to get trade routes to Europe. Naturally, it was hoped that the local king or governor would be one of his own. ”

"What do you mean?" Baihua narrowed her eyes thoughtfully.

Xu Hao said with a smile: "If you want to return to your hometown with honor, then I will help you to occupy the capital of Egypt and make you the queen, and then whether the king is dead or alive is in your thoughts." ”

Baihua smiled bitterly: "Childe is too exalted to me." Baihua is just an ordinary woman, and she doesn't understand politics. ”

Xu Hao said: "Then stay in China, politics is the ugliest thing." Those who wield power often die of power. ”

"Kill!" At this moment, Mu Hui, who was mixed into the dock, began to lead people to rush and kill, and three thousand elites attacked everywhere, and the Cao Yun sergeant, who had barely fought before, was suddenly frightened and scattered.

Xu Hao sent a hundred clippers to intercept the retreat of the grain ships, all the large warships raised their sails and flew their oars, and the Yan army on the side of the ship shot at the resistants.

"Blew up the gates." Mu Hui chased the fleeing officers and soldiers and rushed to the city gate, taking advantage of the chaos, he simply piled up the explosives package on the grain cart, and pushed it under the city gate in the rain of arrows.

Rumble! The gates of the city, which were not tall and strong, collapsed immediately, and even the resistance of the soldiers and civilians was blown up, and people fled for their lives outside the city crying for their fathers and mothers.

Qian Fei, the general defending the city, gathered 3,000 people to rush to the rescue, and was fired a volley by 5,000 musketeers who disembarked from the ship. Qian Fei's soul was scattered, and seeing that one-third of the soldiers were killed on the spot, he hurriedly shouted: "Surrender, we surrender." ”

Xu Hao did not get off the ship, and under the gaze of Baihua, the Yan army gradually took control of the battle situation, and ordered: "Move all the food, military equipment, etc. to the ship, and go to Cangzhou along the canal." ”

It will take at least six or seven days for so many things to be carried on the ship, to appease the boatmen, and so on, and a large number of reinforcements will be killed on both sides of the strait at any time, and this is a matter of life and death for the officers and soldiers.

The problem is that Xu Hao is really reluctant to burn it all, even if it is snatched back by the official army, tens of thousands of grain ships, millions of grains, hundreds of thousands of taels of military salaries, all kinds of siege equipment and firearms, how can he bear to burn them?

As the saying goes, people die for money, birds die for food, and now what Xu Hao needs most is accurate information from all parties, and then consider staying in response to the movement, and he can't bury the lives of his brothers for the sake of the people's hard work.

However, Xu Hao is confident that he will defeat tens of thousands of officers and soldiers, as long as he is not surrounded and suppressed by more than 100,000 people, and he can retreat with firearms and rivers, it is a big deal to give up the captured materials.

At the same time, the victorious Zhu Di sent an envoy to Beiping to report the victory, but unexpectedly, the 100 people sent to Lu were blocked by more than 10,000 officers and troops stationed at the Danjiaqiao on the south bank of the Hutuo River, and the road was impassable.

The messenger returned that night to report that Zhu Di left his father-in-law behind, and he led his troops north to attack his camp, but he was defeated in a battle.

Then the whole army moved to Louzi Camp, and Xu Da, who got the news, said: "Xu Hao asked to send troops to respond, and the old man took 20,000 people to attack Cangzhou and open the canal." Wu Jie, who is now stationed in Zhending, is an incompetent person, even if he has Chen Hui and Qu Neng. Wu Jie's jealousy led to Sheng Yong's defeat. The whole army is separated from Germany, and 100,000 people are not to be worried. ”

Zhu Di humbly asked: "When he hears that Sheng Yong has been defeated, he will not dare to come out, so why not refuse to defend the city." ”

Xu Da smiled: "How can Wu Jie be your opponent? The other party has the difficulties of the other party, and they sit back and see you close at hand but dare not face the battle, and their official position is not guaranteed. ”

Zhu Di smiled and nodded, and ordered Zhu Gaoxu to follow his father-in-law to Cangzhou with 20,000 cavalry in the starry night. In view of Qu Neng Chen Hui's radical character of daring to fight, the whole army was deliberately disbanded in disguise and went around looking for food, creating the illusion of an empty camp for the enemy.

Some lieutenants dressed up as civilians. With the village women and children, they pretended to be the people who were hiding from the Yan army, and fled to the city, claiming that the Yan army was getting food everywhere and that the camp was unprepared.

Sure enough, because of Chen Hui Qu Neng's suggestion, Wu Jie, who had long wanted to show his skills, was very happy, and in the past two years, he has been repeatedly reprimanded by the imperial court for being incompetent, and he has been working hard and spending money for a long time, the pressure on his body is too great, how dare he let King Yan be unscrupulous in Hebei? It was decided to go out to attack the Yan army.

March 7. Zheng Heng, the commander of the intelligence spying, reported that Wu Jie led his army to be stationed on the north bank, seventy miles away from the Yan army.

Zhu Di said to the generals: "The thief does not measure his wisdom and wants to fight in vain, such as the tiger of the milk dog." The female fights the ape also. Although there is a fight, death will follow. And Sheng Yong has been defeated, and now it will come back, and this providence will also defeat both. ”

The whole army was ordered to cross the river in the dark. Unexpectedly, Lu Rong, the commander of the capital, said: "Today's ten evils are defeated, and the soldiers are taboo, so you can't send troops." ”

Zhu Di frowned and said, "I am thousands of miles away from war." If the thief does not come out, he will be tempted by all means. Now it is outside, and it is the autumn of thieves to die. The time is no longer gained, and the opportunity is easy to lose. Now is the right time, how can it be delayed! By slowing it down, the thief retreats really fixedly, the city is strong and the food is sufficient, the attack is not overcome, the desire to fight should not be, the desire to retreat can not be, it is to sit and be covered. If you stick to a small taboo, you will end up making a big mistake. ”

After finishing speaking, Zhu Di rode his horse across the river first, and found that the river was deep and the cavalry could cross it, but the baggage of the infantry army might be submerged by the river. Therefore, Zhu Di ordered the cavalry to go from the upstream, and the infantry army to fight from the downstream.

The generals had no choice but to follow, thousands of cavalry splashed across the river smoothly, followed the king of Yan for twenty miles, and met with nearly a thousand scouts of the official army, and after a little confrontation, they each withdrew their troops.

Zhu Di was afraid that Wu Jie would retreat to Zhending overnight, and once again he rode hundreds of people around behind enemy lines, and forcibly broke into the enemy formation in the second half of the night.

The officers and soldiers had already taken precautions, and in order to deal with the indestructible firearms of the Yan army, hundreds of wooden watchtowers were built, which were four or five zhang high and very strong. Wu Jie stood upstairs and watched, and the commander army fired a strong crossbow to shoot the Yan army.

Ten thousand arrows rained down on Zhu Di, shooting a banner like a hedgehog, and the Yan army suffered many casualties. At this time, tens of thousands of cavalry troops came in a row to kill, regardless of casualties, dragging the officers and soldiers to death.

After fighting for more than two hours, when the sun was just outcropping, Zhang Fu's Shenji battalion finally arrived, covered with artillery, and Wu Jie's watchtowers that he thought were solid suddenly became huge fires.

In this battle, the official army lost 60,000 people, Wu Jie retreated to Zhending with the remnants of the defeated army, and was no longer able to pose a threat to the Yan army, coupled with Sheng Yong's fiasco, except for the Northwest Army who sat on the mountain and watched the tiger fight, there was no one in the entire north who could stop the advance of the Yan King.

The next day, Zhu Di sent someone to return the military flag with arrows like hedgehog hair to Beiping, and wrote a letter to tell the prince to be careful to collect it and leave it for future generations to see, so that they could know that it was difficult to resist disasters today.

Gu Cheng, a veteran of the battlefield, has been with Zhu Yuanzhang since he was a child, and he has seen all kinds of fierce battles. Seeing this battle flag, he couldn't help but be moved to tears, and said to the prince: "The minister has been in the army since he was a child, and he has experienced many battles. ”

On the other side, Xu Da sent people to sneak into Cangzhou City from the river, and after some promises, the frightened generals surrendered the city. After entering the city, Xu Da asked Zhu Gaochu to go south non-stop to support Xu Hao, Zhu Gaochu made meritorious contributions and left his father's instructions behind, let his grandfather stay in the city, and sent a hundred personal soldiers to protect the actual surveillance, but Xu Da disappeared without a trace the next day.

After that, the Yan army took advantage of the victory and went south, going to Shunde, Guangping, and Daimyo, and many counties in Hebei were surrendered, and the situation took a sharp turn for the worse. (To be continued......)