A knife in love

Chapter 902

Having said this, Gao Cheng sighed, and continued: "Although the Xu family has escaped, it's just that from now on, not only the five families of Nie, Lu, Zhao, Du, and Hua will hunt and kill them, the Tartar court thinks that the Xu family is The spies of the Red Scarf Army deliberately lured the Yuan army into a trap, and immediately issued a sea arrest document, ordering the Xu family members to be wanted. Since the Emperor Taizu sent troops to help Fengmen Village, he naturally regarded the Xu family as an enemy. The Xu family is like a bereaved dog. , can only hide in Tibet, and no longer have the power to take the initiative to attack the five families of Nie, Lu, Zhao, Du, and Hua."

"After Chahan received the news that the 5000 yuan army was destroyed outside Fengmen Village, he immediately knew that this was definitely not the work of ordinary bandits. Thinking of receiving a secret report not long ago, Zhu Yuanzhang from Jiangsu and Zhejiang sent an elite army to sneak into southern Henan, threatening Luoyang, Kaifeng. Henan is the foundation of Chahan and his son, so naturally no one else can be allowed to get involved. Therefore, Chahan postponed the attack on the Red Scarf Army and planned to personally lead the troops to attack Xiuwu and break through Fengmen Village. However, the Yuan army has not yet launched, and Chahan He was killed by the rebel general. In order to avenge Chahan, Wang Baobao led the Yuan army to attack eastward and occupied the whole territory of Shandong. Wang Baobao was busy in Shandong to wipe out the remaining Red Scarf Army, and he didn't have the heart to encircle Fengmen Village for a while.

"Afterwards, the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty continued to add titles to Wang Baobao, and finally authorized him to command the Yuan army troops from all over the Central Plains to fight against the Red Scarf Army. Fengmen Village was just a small village, and it did not openly rebel against the imperial court. Wang Baobao was busy dealing with the Red Turbans from all over the Central Plains. The Scarf Army didn't have time to lead troops to clean up a small village like Fengmen Village. Therefore, although there were dangers everywhere, Fengmen Village was very peaceful.

"After Emperor Taizu eliminated Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng, he built Yayingtian Mansion and sent generals Xu Da and Chang Yuchun to lead an army of 25 to the north. Instead of replenishing him with soldiers and equipment, he secretly ordered the Yuan army from all over the country to destroy Wang Baobao's army. In a rage, Wang Baobao even led his troops to attack other generals of the Yuan army, from Henan to Shaanxi. He ignored the Tartar court's request for him to stop Xu and Chang Dajun's order.

"It's just that Wang Baobao is good at using troops. Emperor Taizu and Lord Liu Ji are extremely jealous of him. They are afraid that this person will suddenly send troops to intercept and the army of the Northern Expedition will be overthrown. Therefore, before the army's Northern Expedition, Emperor Taizu and Liu Ji Your Excellency, Your Excellency Li, etc. discussed for several days and decided on the route of the Northern Expedition. Emperor Taizu ordered Xu and General Chang to lead an army of 25 from the Huaihe River to the Yellow River, avoiding Henan, which was Wang Baobao's stronghold, and wanted to go directly to Dadu via Shandong. The reason why Emperor Taizu did not attack Henan was mainly because Henan was the foundation of Wang Baobao. Although Wang Baobao was at odds with the Tartar court, if Henan was threatened, he would fight desperately with the Northern Expeditionary Army. Under the control of the court's cronies and generals, if attacked, Wang Baobao would sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight in all likelihood, and would not send troops to rescue.

"It's just that although Emperor Taizu and Lord Liu Ji concluded that Wang Baobao would not rescue Shandong, once the situation in Shandong was stalemate, or the Yuan army in Shandong was suddenly defeated, with Wang Baobao's wise plan, he would inevitably lead the army to raid Shandong and take the opportunity to eliminate Xu, The army of the Northern Expedition led by General Chang Er, therefore, Liu Ji sent a secret envoy Xingye to Fengmen Village, and ordered the [-] elite soldiers stationed in Fengmen Village to go down the mountain immediately. Go east."

When Gao Cheng said this, he sighed, and then continued: "Actually, the person who set up this plan is Master Liu Ji. There is a folklore that Master Liu is the reincarnation of Zhuge Wuhou, but it is not entirely unreasonable. His wisdom is far-reaching and admirable. When the five families of Fengmen Village sent lobbyists for help, Mr. Liu had a plan in mind to ambush an elite army in the hinterland of the Central Plains. Once the world changes, this elite army will be very important. It was Mr. Liu who persuaded Emperor Taizu, agreed to the request of the lobbyist, and sent [-] elite soldiers into Henan and hid in Fengmen Village. Later, the two generals Xu and Chang led the Northern Expeditionary Army into Shandong. After conquering Huai'an, Shouguang, Linzi, Gaoyuan and other places, within a few months, all the prefectures and counties in Shandong were owned by the army of the Northern Expedition. Although Wang Baobao has been standing still, his eyes did not leave Shandong. It was also at the end of the battle and exhausted. Wang Baobao had already decided on a plan. One was to use the hands of the two generals Xu and Chang to get rid of the commander of the Yuan army in Shandong, that is, to get rid of Wang Baobao's political opponents. The second was to sit back and watch the Shandong Yuan army and The two generals Xu and Chang fought desperately. After the Yuan army in Shandong was destroyed, the Northern Expedition army led by Generals Xu and Chang became exhausted. At this time, Wang Baobao raided Shandong, and General Xu and Chang were in danger.

"It's just that when Wang Baobao was about to send troops, he suddenly received urgent distress documents from Luoyang and Kaifeng, claiming that the army of Emperor Taizu appeared outside Luoyang and Kaifeng. Wang Baobao was shocked, how dare he send troops In Shandong, a powerful general was dispatched to take the lead and lead the troops to save Xingye and rush back to Luoyang and Kaifeng to rescue the soldiers and civilians in the two pools. Wang Baobao himself led the army to the rear and slowly retreated to Luoyang and Kaifeng.

"When Lord Liu Ji and Emperor Taizu made this plan, the two thousand soldiers and horses they selected were elite soldiers with hundreds of battles, and each of them counted as ten. They have been stationed in Fengmen Village for several years, training troops every day, just waiting for meritorious deeds to lead the army. Reward. This time down the mountain to attack Luoyang and Kaifeng, it was the time when the soldiers were at their strongest after recharging their energy. Although the reinforcements sent by Wang Baobao were tough, the number of soldiers and horses far exceeded these two thousand elite soldiers. After rushing back to Luoyang and Kaifeng, they were exhausted when they reached the city. At this time, the two thousand elite soldiers who had been waiting outside the city suddenly rushed out, beat the Yuan army to pieces, and fled in all directions.

"The reason why Wang Baobao sent his generals to rush back to Henan was that he had doubts in his heart. He was afraid that Emperor Taizu would set up a suspicious formation and send small troops to harass Luoyang and Kaifeng to lure him back to Henan, so that he could not fully attack the Northern Expedition army. Although Wang Baobao led the main force of the Yuan army to retreat to Kaifeng and Luoyang, he did not move fast because he had to wait for the news. If the Yuan army who came back first found that the attack on Luoyang and Kaifeng was only a small group of troops, he would Returning to the east of Henan, he went straight to Shandong to attack the army of the two generals Xu and Chang. If it was found out that the main army of Emperor Taizu entered Henan, Wang Baobao could only defend Henan first, and had no time to attack the army of the Northern Expedition.

"The defeated Yuan army in Luoyang and Kaifeng fled back to Wang Baobao's army, claiming that it was Emperor Taizu's main force that entered Henan. Wang Baobao was shocked and no longer wanted to attack Shandong, but tried his best to rescue Luoyang and Kaifeng. With the help of the five families of Nie, Lu, Zhao, Du, and Hua, the [-] soldiers and horses from these two cities advanced and retreated around Luoyang and Kaifeng. The army couldn't figure it out, so they could only divide their troops to guard Luoyang, Kaifeng and other big cities, and they were no longer able to retake Shandong.

"The two generals Xu and Chang had no worries. After resting in Shandong for ten days, the army marched westward and wiped out the Yuan army kept by Wang Bao in the east of Henan. At this time, Wang Baobao knew that he had been fooled, but the east of Henan fell, and all parts of Henan Undercurrents surged, and Wang Baobao wanted to stick to Henan, so he was unable to fight the two generals Xu and Chang. At this time, Li Siqi, Zhang Sidao and other generals of the Yuan army who had always been at odds with Wang Baobao wanted to seize Henan and led an army of more than [-] from Shaanxi to Henan. , Wang Baobao had no choice but to lead the main force westward to confront Li, Zhang and others. General Xu knew that Wang Baobao was no longer able to harass the Northern Expeditionary Army, so he led the army to the Northward Attack with confidence, and the troops were directed at Dadu. In July of that year, the In Tongzhou City, the gateway to the south of Dadu, the Tartar emperor fled north in a hurry, and our great Han country was restored.

"It took less than a year for the army of the Northern Expedition to fight from Yingtian Mansion to Dadu, expel the Tartar Emperor, and restore the Han people. This battle went so smoothly, of course, because the Emperor Dazu was wise and powerful, and Master Liu Ji was clever. The two generals Xu and Chang were resolute and courageous, but the [-] elite soldiers stationed in Fengmen Village and the five families of Nie, Lu, Zhao, Du, and Hua harassed all parts of Henan and contained Wang Baobao's army in Henan. After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, although Emperor Taizu did not reward the five families with gold and silver, let alone promote the five families to serve as officials, he ordered the governor's yamen in Henan and the prefect's yamen in Luoyang to exempt Nie, Lu, Zhao, Du, and Hua from Fengmen village forever. The corvee tax of the five families."

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