Ming Dynasty: Evolution from snake to national guardian beast

Chapter 119 Zhu Di’s plan, Zhu Yunwen’s trembling

Under Zhending City, there was a fierce battle between the north and the south.

Four hundred thousand troops from both sides were huddled together, fighting inextricably.

Flesh and blood were everywhere, limbs and arms were broken everywhere, and the shouts of death could be heard clearly even five miles away.

The blood flowing on the ground gurgled out and flowed along the small ditch to the Hutuo River, making the Hutuo River red.

In the direction of the Chinese army, Zhang Yu even faced Ping An.

These two former colleagues have now become life-and-death enemies. They are hostile to each other and want to kill each other immediately.

However, both of them are extremely skilled in martial arts. When they were under Zhu Di, they often fought against each other and were familiar with each other's moves.

They fought for a long time, but no one could do anything to the other. On the contrary, there were several innocent souls who died tragically at their feet.

In the right army, Qu Neng and his son also faced Qiu Fu.

Although Qiu Fu is usually quiet, Qiu Fu's martial arts skills are not bad at all. Even against Zhang Yu, Qiu Fu still does not fall behind.

You must know that in later generations, Qiu Fu was known as the first prince under Zhu Di. Apart from the death of Zhang Yu, Qiu Fu had the greatest credit for the Jingnan campaign.

Nowadays, Qiu Fu and Qu Neng are fighting inextricably, and it is the left wing that is the calmest.

But Geng Bingwen didn't dare to be careless at all, because he knew that on the battlefield, the weirder the place, the easier it was to make mistakes.

Just when Geng Bingwen was still worried, there was a sudden slight shaking on the ground.

Before he had time to react, the slight shaking turned into an earthquake in an instant, and then there was the deafening sound of horse hooves, which even drowned out the noise on the battlefield.

"General, the cavalry, a large number of cavalry, are coming from the true direction to attack the left flank of our army!"

Yes, this is Zhu Di’s trump card, 80,000 cavalry!!

Zhu Di was stationed on the border, and the people he dealt with the most were Tatar, Oara, and Jurchen barbarians.

These people all have one characteristic, that is, there are many cavalry, and they come and go like the wind.

In order to deal with these cunning cavalry, Zhu Di gradually began to imitate these foreigners and learn how to use cavalry.

It has to be said that Zhu Di's talent is fighting. During his long military career and the guidance of famous generals of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Di's use of cavalry can be said to be unparalleled.

In fact, if you look at who Zhu Di's masters are, you can see why Zhu Di is so fierce.

The first one is Xu Da. As Zhu Di's father-in-law, Xu Da has been ordered by Zhu Yuanzhang to station in Peiping all year round.

During the time he was stationed in Peiping, Xu Da taught Zhu Di carefully.

The second one is Feng Sheng. During his stay in Peking, Zhu Di participated in countless Northern Expeditions to the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty. It can be said that he had been in contact with Feng Sheng for a long time.

And Feng Sheng also gave Zhu Di everything he could.

Then Zhu Di followed Fu Youde, Lan Yu and others to attack Beiyuan and made great achievements. At the same time, Zhu Di also studied hard and absorbed the best of hundreds of schools of thought.

It can be said that Zhu Di is the most skilled general in the Ming Dynasty after Lan Yu. This is not an exaggeration.

It's a pity that a good general of the country was forced to rebel by Zhu Yunwen. This is simply a replica of the self-destruction of the Great Wall.

Now, when Geng Bingwen saw the surging cavalry, he knew that everything was over.

He was fooled and was deceived by Zhu Di. Not only him, but also everyone in the world was deceived by Zhu Di.

Zhu Di did not only have 100,000 troops, but 200,000, of which 80,000 were elite cavalry.

When Zhu Di appeared from the ground, leading a dark red torrent, he crashed into Geng Bingwen's left wing without hesitation. It was like a torrent, and the left wing was instantly cut away.

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Zhang Bao, who wanted Zhu Di to pay the price, was also among the rebels and was killed by Zhu Di himself. He did not even recognize Zhang Bao.

Zhu Di, who had penetrated the left wing, was not idle, but divided into two groups with Zhu Neng.

All the way straight into the back of the Confederate army that was fighting fiercely, all the way around the battlefield to encircle them, intending to eat up the Confederate army on the battlefield.

Seeing this, Geng Bingwen knew that the situation was over, and immediately ordered the troops to retreat. Then he took 30,000 garrison troops and fled to the south bank of the Hutuo River first.

No matter what, as the coach, Geng Bingwen must not be captured, otherwise the entire court will be completely shaken. His family in the capital may also be affected by him.

Geng Bingwen, who was nearly seventy years old, was indeed still young. Before Zhu Di's encirclement was formed, he forcibly led more than 50,000 people to escape.

And they crossed the Hutuo River all the way and destroyed the pontoon bridge to stop the pursuers.

However, although Zhu Di's pursuit was stopped, the defeated army on the south bank had no way to escape. In order not to jump into the river to feed the fish, these people had no choice but to surrender.

In this battle, Zhu Di annihilated Geng Bingwen's 150,000 troops, of whom more than 30,000 were killed in battle, and recruited more than 100,000 people. The strength of Yan King Zhu Di's troops reached a terrifying 300,000.

Not only that, after this battle, Geng Bingwen only dared to huddle in Hejian City, unable to stand firm, and did not dare to fight Zhu Di again.

After Zhu Di swept through Hebei, he was unable to attack Hejian City for a long time.

Although Geng Bingwen was no match for Zhu Di in the field, it has to be said that in terms of defending the city, even three Zhu Di were no match for Geng Bingwen.

Not only that, after this battle, Geng Bingwen only dared to huddle in Hejian City, unable to stand firm, and did not dare to fight Zhu Di again.

After Zhu Di swept through Hebei, he was unable to attack Hejian City for a long time.

Although Geng Bingwen was no match for Zhu Di in the field, it has to be said that in terms of defending the city, even three Zhu Di were no match for Geng Bingwen.

You must know that Geng Bingwen relied on 5,000 people and a Changxing city to torture Zhang Shicheng for more than ten years.

Now, Zhu Di finally felt Zhang Shicheng's pain.

After attacking for several days, Zhu Di had no choice but to withdraw his troops and return to Zhending City.

At this point, the war between Zhu Di and Geng Bingwen has temporarily come to an end.

But the impact after the war had a vital impact on the entire world.

When the news of Geng Bingwen's defeat reached Yingtian, Zhu Yunwen was still discussing with the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs how to continue to reduce the vassalage.

In their opinion, Zhu Di could not be Geng Bingwen's opponent at all. This time Geng Bingwen used an army of 300,000 to crush Mount Tai, and Zhu Di would definitely not be able to hold it.

But now, it has only been three months since Geng Bingwen went on the expedition. The 300,000-strong army has been almost completely lost, leaving only 50,000 defeated soldiers, defending Hejian Mansion.

Zhu Yunwen couldn't accept this fact for a moment, and immediately yelled:

", "How could this happen? Can anyone tell me where Zhu Di got the 200,000 troops?

"Why didn't the imperial court receive any news before?"

"What do you ministers do for food?"

"Such important information was not known until now. Now that Geng Bingwen has lost his army and lost his territory, he deserves death."

"Come here, go to Hejian immediately and escort Geng Bingwen and me back!!"

Zhu Yunwen was furious. Zhu Di's victory was like a slap in the face, so that everyone in the world could laugh at him.

This made Zhu Yunwen, who cherished face and had extremely low self-esteem, really unable to bear the pain.

Seeing that Geng Bingwen was about to become the next victim, Huang Zicheng stood up:

"Your Majesty, I think this is not possible." Zhu Di suddenly showed up with an army of 200,000 men, which showed that Zhu Di's rebellion had been planned for a long time. "

"The imperial court failed to detect Zhu Di's rebellious intentions, which resulted in Geng Bingwen being suddenly attacked by an army of 200,000 men. The responsibility does not entirely lie on Geng Bingwen."

"And now in the land of Hebei, only Hejian is holding on in the hands of Geng Bingwen. If Geng Bingwen is captured back to the capital, I am afraid that all the land in Hebei will fall into Zhu Di's hands." I thought it was better to issue an order to let Geng Bingwen make meritorious deeds. After all, he was the last What he is good at is defending the city. "

Although Zhu Yunwen was dizzy with anger, he was still able to listen to Huang Zicheng's suggestions.

After seeing Huang Zicheng pleading for Geng Bingwen, Zhu Yunwen snorted coldly and said angrily:

"Immediately issue an order to reprimand Geng Bingwen, temporarily remove him from the post of general against rebellion, and seize the title of Marquis Yin Changxing."

"Let him serve his crimes in Hejian Mansion. If Hejian Mansion is lost, I will never forgive him again."

After saying this, Zhu Yunwen seemed to have thought of something. He suddenly turned around, looked at Qi Tai, and asked something that he would regret for the rest of his life.

(End of this chapter)