Chapter 255 Under the Imperial

In the tent, Li Jinglong listened to the report of the messenger lying on the stretcher without saying a word. His eyes flashed, and no one knew what he was thinking. Unexpectedly, he was not furious. He slapped the table and sent troops to attack Li Weizheng. It was obvious that he was hesitant, and there was even a hint of fear in his eyes. When observing Li Jinglong's expression, Mao Hua immediately understood that Li Jinglong was a harsh and brave man. He thought that he had 600,000 troops in his hand, and Li Weizheng would bow to him and surrender. Unexpectedly, the other party became harder and harder. He broke his messenger's leg and tore his letter. The other party's toughness made him feel guilty.

Mao Hua guessed Li Jinglong's mentality at this time. He was not thinking about something, but didn't know how to go down this step. Mao Hua immediately stepped forward and bowed: "Master, you must think twice before you act in this matter. Don't act emotionally."

"Why?" Li Jinglong quietly breathed a sigh of relief. He sat down and asked seriously.

"The subordinates have three reasons not to attack the Liaodong Army. First, the real opponent of the Grand Marshal is the King of Yan. It is a bit of a cart to deal with Li Weizheng. If he can fight quickly and decide quickly, it is of course good. But if he can't attack and is dragged down by the Liaodong Army, he just gave the King of Yan a chance; second, although Li Weizheng took the opportunity to eat Chen Hui's Shandong Army, although this is the reason why the Grand Marshal hates him deeply, he can also say that he rescued the army from the King of Yan's pursuers, and the court allowed him to temporarily take charge of the Shandong Peninsula.

It is reasonable to manage the Shandong Army; thirdly, it is also a key point. Although Li Weizheng is arrogant, he is different from the King of Yan and Lan Yu. He obeys the court and is nominally the army of the court. He also provides military expenditure to the court some time ago. If the general sends troops to attack them, it may not only be difficult for the court to explain, but also morally makes the general untenable. Therefore, his subordinates advise the general to hold back this breath for the time being and concentrate on dealing with the King of Yan. This is the general's top priority."

Li Jinglong made a sudden realization and nodded, "If it weren't for your reminder, I would have gone astray. Since the emperor has repeatedly urged me, I should go north immediately and completely quell the rebellion of King Yan."

Li Jinglong stopped asking about Li Weizheng's affairs, and he ordered: "Tell all troops to prepare to go north immediately."

At the end of April of the second year of Jianwen, the 600,000 imperial army headed north again and headed towards Hebei. This time, Li Jinglong learned from the lessons of the last time and no longer went deep alone. He followed the army closely and advanced northward at a speed of forty miles a day.

In mid-May, the imperial army arrived in Bazhou again. At this time, the scouts found that the King of Yan had 400,000 troops appeared 200 miles away. Li Jinglong immediately ordered the entire army to be stationed, and the 600,000 troops stretched for dozens of miles.

Two days later, the main force of the Yan army also arrived in Bazhou and set up a camp twenty miles away from the imperial army. It was obvious that the Yan army was preparing to fight the imperial army. In this battle, the two sides invested a total of one million troops, and its victory or defeat would directly determine the general trend of the world.

In the camp of King Yan, Zhu Di was discussing a combat plan with several of his strategists. This time, Yao Guangxiao also went south with the army. It was him who strongly advocated fighting Li Jinglong head-on, completely defeating the court army's confidence, and also encouraged the morale of his soldiers to the greatest extent.

"Your Highness, Li Jinglong's army of 600,000 is more than us, but this man is not brave enough. In the final bloody battle stalemate, he will inevitably flee with fear. I have confidence that the final victory of this battle will belong to us."

Yao Guangxiao was very confident. He pointed at Chen Qianjiao and got a military deployment picture from Li Jinglong's study and said, "Your Highness, please look at Li Jinglong's military deployment. He camped against the Lugou River. It obviously means fighting against the water. But fighting against the water is just a helpless move when fighting for a long time. No experienced commander will easily put his army in a dangerous place. But Li Jinglong did this. If he was Xu Da and the general of Lan Yu, maybe I think he had his own considerations, but he was a playboy. So I dare to assert that this is his paper talk. When the war broke out, his army had 600,000 people, and he was backed by the river. How could he move? Moreover, this time Ping An was on the left wing. Although he was brave and fierce, we could effectively isolate him so that he could not support Li Jinglong's central army. In this way, we could concentrate our troops to attack the enemy central army."

Zhu Di nodded, and he sneered: "If Ping An had not tried his best to stop him last time, how could he let his main force escape? I wouldn't give him another chance this time."

The next morning, dark clouds were low, and the sky above Bazhou was bleak. The strong wind blew, stirring up waves of flying sand and stones. On the vast field west of the Lugou River, two armies slowly approached, with endless flags waving, and the overwhelming army was boundless. Four hundred thousand imperial troops and 300,000 Yan troops were facing each other. Li Jinglong was in the main formation. He was wearing a silver helmet and silver armor, and a bright silver spear was crossing in front of the horse. He looked at the main force of the Yan army several miles away with complex eyes, and couldn't help but feel in his heart. When the two armies fought, would he really be able to defeat the Yan King's army?

At this moment, a rocket suddenly rose from the Yan King's army, and poisonous green Mars was emitted from the long blue smoke. Mars slowly fell down. At the moment when the rocket was shining green, drums in the Yan army were loudly sounding like a mountain collapse and cracking. The shouts of "Long live the King of Yan!" swept across the earth like a thunder. One hundred thousand Yanshan cavalry suddenly launched a fierce attack on the court.

The violent sound of horse hooves shook the earth, and the sharp sword swung out a silver ocean. The war horses ran like a sea of ​​rushing. Zhu Di's golden helmet and golden armor were wrapped in a large army and whispered the knife and shouted, "Those who take Li Jinglong's head will reward ten thousand taels of gold and be granted the title of Marquis!"

The thunderous aura of the Yanshan Iron Cavalry made the imperial army tremble. Seeing that the situation was not good, General Xu Zhen stepped forward and shouted to Li Jinglong: "Grandmaster, Yan's army ordered the cavalry to press forward. The momentum was unstoppable. Our army could not stand still. We must fight, otherwise our morale would be damaged by the flag capture."

Li Jinglong shook his head and said, "There is a cloud of military tactics. One drum is made, and three drums are exhausted. We don't have to pay attention to it, but after seeing the three drums, their morale will inevitably be frustrated."

The generals on both sides were stunned. If you don’t fight, will the Yan army retreat? At this time, when the deputy general He Fu saw that Li Jinglong was not moving, he couldn’t help saying: “Grandmaster, since the Yan army charges with cavalry, we should fight with firearms and crossbows, and we must never be helpless.”

Li Jinglong realized this, and he quickly ordered loudly: "The musket army comes forward to fight!"

But the fighter plane changed in an instant. Just as Li Jinglong hesitated for a moment, the 100,000 cavalry of King Yan had already rushed to two miles away. Zhu Di saw that the opponent's crossbowmen did not go out to fight, but came out of the musket army first. He was overjoyed. He roared wildly: "Accelerate and attack the enemy formation!"

The cavalry rushing in front suddenly accelerated, put away the sword, but waved the wolf-toothed stick, with murderous aura, and rushed towards the court army. At this time, the five thousand musket troops in the court had just been called out. Before they had time to schedule out of the formation, the Yan army had already rushed to three hundred steps away. It was too late for the musketsmen to recharge and ignite the fire. When the muskets soldiers saw that the enemy was approaching, the formation was in chaos and turned around and ran back.

Seeing that the situation suddenly changed, Li Jinglong was stunned and his lips were trembling, and he couldn't say a word. When Deputy General He Fu saw that the situation was critical and setting off artillery would hurt his army, he no longer asked Li Jinglong for instructions, so he ordered loudly: "Gun soldiers fight, and the cavalry guard the left and right!"

He also shouted, "Send to encircle the two wings and kill them, and destroy the enemy cavalry incredibly."

The imperial army was like a heavy dragon, and finally there was movement. Thirty thousand spearmen came out in formation and headed towards the Yan army. There was a loud bang, like a storm of waves, and the Yan army's overwhelming cavalry rushed into the imperial army's brigade.

A knife and a gun were stabbed, a wolf teeth and a big stick was swung, and a court soldier pierced a cavalry with one shot. He roared and picked the other party off the horse. Suddenly, a black shadow hit the soldier with a strong wind. A wolf teeth mace hit the soldier in the face, knocking his head away, blood was sprayed out from his neck, and another soldier was tripped by the corpse, and hundreds of war horses stepped past him, instantly blurred blood and became invisible.

On the front line that lasted several miles, the seven hundred thousand troops had completely fought together, and the battle was extremely fierce. The screams, begging for mercy, screams were intertwined, the heads rolled to the ground, the broken limbs and arms flew across the fields, the corpses were everywhere, and blood flowed into a river.

Li Jinglong's face was pale. He heard the enemy's shouts getting closer and closer to him. Because the Yan army placed the main force against the opponent's central army, the troops had the upper hand, especially the sharp offensive of the 100,000 Yanshan Iron Cavalry, the imperial central army began to retreat step by step, and was a little unable to resist. At this time, a cavalry geese formation composed of about 10,000 elite cavalry came wildly. Their goal was very clear, just to seize the flag. Li Jinglong had even seen the opponent's fierce face clearly. He felt a burst of timidity in his heart and could not help but retreat.

At this moment, the left wing of the imperial army, led by General Ping'an, broke through the 100,000 troops of the right wing of Yan army, and rushed to help the central army. The general Ping'an was extremely brave and brave. With one encounter, he picked up the first brave general under the King of Yan's tent. Then he roared and made a spurt, leading the 50,000 cavalry like an iron fist, attacking the Yanshan Iron Cavalry for two sections. Yan Jiang Fangkuan and Chen Heng were defeated, and the central army was immediately relieved.

Deputy General He Fu was overjoyed and personally beat the drums to cheer. The morale of the imperial army was high and he began to counterattack the Yan army. At this time, General Ping'an glanced at the King of Yan Zhu Di in golden helmet and armor. He was overjoyed and swung his long spear and rushed towards the King of Yan like a tiger going down the mountain. Nearly a thousand personal soldiers fought to block it, but Ping'an killed a bloody road and rushed towards him.

At this time, Zhu Di saw that the situation was critical, and he was trying his best to command the army, but he did not see that Ping An had come from behind. Ping An's long spear was only five feet away from Zhu Di. Ping An roared, like a thunder thunder on the ground, and the long spear pierced Zhu Di's back heart. Zhu Di turned around and was so shocked that the sword in his hand fell off. At this critical moment, a wolf-toothed arrow shot like lightning. Ping An was caught off guard and hit his shoulder. His hand shook and his speed slowed down. At this moment, hundreds of Zhu Di's personal guards rushed up and built a flesh wall with their bodies to protect Zhu Di in the middle.

Ping'an was furious and smashed dozens of people in a row. At this time, Zhu Gaoxi, who had just cast a cold arrow, rushed over, roared, and danced a large iron spear to fight Ping'an. Soon, the general Zhang Yu also came from the side. Seeing that there was no hope of killing Zhu Di, Ping'an turned around and opened a bloody path and returned to the formation.

When Zhu Di saw that Ping An came and went like no one, he couldn't help but be furious and ordered: "If someone kills Ping An, he will reward 50,000 taels of gold!"

The battle was fought until dusk, and it was hard for both sides to distinguish you and me. Seeing that it was getting dark, the cannons that both sides withdrew their troops almost at the same time. At this moment, the Yan army suddenly discovered a terrifying situation. The King of Yan was missing in the melee. No one knew where he was now?

At this time, Zhu Di was facing the most severe challenge in his life. He was divided by the court army, and only three personal soldiers were left behind. The court general Sun Cheng discovered him and chased him reluctantly.

The central army of the court ahead was preparing to return to the camp. A large flag with the word "Li" was waving in the wind. There was a large army of court blocking it in front and a pursuer behind. Zhu Di suddenly remembered that Zhu Yunwen had issued an imperial edict. He shouted: "The King of Yan is here! Who dares to hurt me?"

After shouting, he rode his horse past tens of thousands of imperial troops. Tens of thousands of troops were stunned and all stared blankly at the King of Yan a hundred steps away. General Xu Zhen suddenly cursed, "So what if I kill you?"

He rode his horse to go forward, but Li Jinglong shouted sternly: "The emperor has an order to not hurt the King of Yan, and no one is allowed to come forward. Those who violate the order will be killed!"
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