Just as Yang Xiaohu was frothing at the mouth, he saw a general walking in the distance. Everyone knew him. He was the general Tang He and his general Meng Qi. This man was skilled in martial arts and brave in combat.
He had a high prestige among the soldiers, so many soldiers were a little afraid of him. When they saw Meng Qi coming, they all hurriedly made way out of the way. Unexpectedly, the direction Meng Qi came from was behind Yang Xiaohu, and Yang Xiaohu did not notice it.
Not far away, I saw Yang Xiaohu showing off his achievements.
When he got closer, he discovered that Yang Xiaohu was standing on the cutting board and talking boastfully. Meng Qi couldn't help but get angry: "Yang Xiaohu, for today's lunch you will eat the vegetables you smashed. If you don't eat them all, I will serve you with fifty military sticks." After that,
He turned around and left angrily.
Da Kui alone attacked the Yuan soldiers' camp at night, burned the Yuan soldiers' food and grass, and all 100,000 Yuan soldiers retreated. This was a unique achievement in the history of the Right Army and even the Ming Army. At the beginning of the Northern Expedition in the first year of Hongwu, General Chang Yuchun led
The soldiers encountered more than 100,000 yuan of soldiers at Ta'er Bay in Luoyang. Chang Yuchun single-handedly charged into the enemy's formation, and his subordinates followed closely and fought bravely to kill the enemy. Although the enemy was outnumbered and we were outnumbered, Chang Yuchun relied on the courage of ten thousand soldiers to defeat the enemy.
The 50,000 troops of the Left Route Army defeated more than 100,000 Yuan soldiers at one blow. As a result, they occupied Henan and Tongguan, seized the threshold of Shaanxi, and created an extremely favorable situation for the capture of the capital of the Yuan Dynasty. In terms of achievements, Dakui
This meritorious service is even greater than Chang Yuchun's Battle of Luoyang.
Unfortunately, Taizu had already issued an order, and Zhang Dakui could only serve as a cook and not as a general.
Tang He always had a clear distinction between rewards and punishments, but Dakui had to reward him for his outstanding achievements. Tang He did two things. First, he wrote down Dakui's achievements in a memorial, and sent people 800 miles to rush to Yingtian, the capital. Second, he prepared preparations for Dakui.
He set up a separate tent and had people dedicated to serve him, and he was entertained with wine and meat every day.
After three days of this, Tang He suddenly received a report from a spy, and Timur and Li Siqi's troops, a total of 200,000 troops, had set out from Lanzhou and headed straight for the Guanchuan River.
The Yuan soldiers arrived much faster than expected, and Tang He's right-leg army was not yet ready. Tang He immediately ordered his troops to step up the construction of fortifications and attack the five-mile wasteland between the Guanchuan River and the Ming army's camp.
A horse pit was dug to prevent Yuan soldiers from charging into the formation with their cavalry after crossing the river.
Dakui had been living happily these past few days. When he had nothing to do, he went to the front camp for a walk, but he saw that the soldiers were much busier than usual. On this day, Dakui went out for a stroll again, and when he arrived at the front camp, he saw the gate of the camp wide open.
, two soldiers stood chatting at the gate of the village. They saw cars and horses entering and leaving the village in a row, so Dakui had to step aside to make way. Inadvertently, he heard the words of the two soldiers.
"Timur's expanded army is expected to arrive in two days... Before dispatching the troops, General Meng has paid the settlement allowance. Even if I am gone, my father and mother can still live on the settlement allowance." One person
As the soldier spoke, tears shed twice on his face.
Another soldier said: "My parents died early, and there is only one uncle in the family. I don't know what happened to him."
The two soldiers were chatting with each other, but Dakui was shocked when he heard: 'Have Timur and Li Siqi sent troops?'
Two hundred thousand Yuan troops invaded, and the 50,000 soldiers of the Right Army, under the leadership of Brother Tang, would fight to the death. When the enemy is outnumbered, how many of these Ming soldiers will survive? Da Kui couldn't help but wonder when he thought of this.
Depressed and sad.
‘What should I do? What should I do? Just watch the right army in danger?’ Da Kui was feeling anxious when suddenly an idea came to his mind.
Marshal Xu Da besieged Qingyang City. If the city was destroyed and the enemy was defeated, Timur would be able to retreat. Da Kui couldn't help thinking that it would be difficult to assassinate the enemy Timur with 200,000 soldiers, but it would be difficult to cross the city to kill Zhang Liangbi.
It was easy to capture. Among the Yuan army, they only heard that Timur was a hero. As for whether Zhang Liangbi was brave and invincible, it was unknown. But Zhang Liangbi was unknown, and it was expected that he had no ability. As long as Zhang Liangbi was killed, Qingyang City's leader
The Yuan army was leaderless, so it was natural that it would defeat itself without attacking. Thinking of this, Dakui turned around and returned to the central army.
Dakui's camp was not far from the Chinese army's main tent. When he returned to the tent, Dakui found pen, ink, paper and an inkstone and went to the table. He picked up the pen, fed the ink and wrote a letter. When the ink was half dry, he took the inkstone and put the letter on it.
He pressed it on the table. Then Dakui turned around and left the tent...
Before noon, Yang Xiaohu brought food and wine to the door of Dakui's tent.
"Father, it's time to eat." Yang Xiaohu called out, but there was no sound for a while. Yang Xiaohu called again, but there was still no response.
Holding the food in both hands, no one raised the tent curtain. Yang Xiaohu had no choice but to hold the tray and turned around and walked backwards into the tent. When he turned around, he realized that there was no one in the tent. Yang Xiaohu not only smiled bitterly: "My foster father must have gone out and not returned."
." He muttered to himself and brought the food to the table, but saw the letterhead pressed under the inkstone. Out of curiosity, Yang Xiaohu put down the tray and picked up the letterhead. He was stunned after just one glance. He did not dare to delay turning around at the moment.
After leaving the camp, we ran all the way towards the Chinese army's tent.
It happened that the Chinese army's tent had just been cleared. As soon as the generals left, Yang Xiaohu ran into the tent in a few steps.
"Uncle Tang, my adoptive father has gone to Qingyang." Yang Xiaohu hurriedly handed the letter in his hand to Tang He.
"When did you leave?" Tang He couldn't help but asked anxiously.
Yang Xiaohu replied: "I went to deliver food to my adoptive father. When I entered the camp, no one was there, but I only saw the letter left by my adoptive father."
Tang He didn't ask any more questions. He opened the letter and looked at it carefully.
"Brother Tang, your words are like your face. I heard that the expansion army is not far from here, and the war is imminent. In today's situation, Qingyang is the most important. Zhang Liangbi, the guard of Qingyang Yuan Army, is really a treacherous person. Let's go here now.
Qingyang helped our Ming army get rid of this scourge. One Ming minister's heart, the other is brotherhood. The day Qingyang city was destroyed was the time when Timur's army was expanded and Timur retreated. My brother Zhang Dakui bowed his head."
Looking at this letter, Tang He felt like his whole body was burning. Without explaining at the moment, he hurriedly ordered Yang Xiaohu: "Xiaohu, take my general order and ride a fast horse to chase your adoptive father. When you see him, you must let him...
...." Tang He paused when he said this, and after thinking for a moment, he said: "When I saw him, I told him that the expansion had two purposes. One was to relieve the siege of Qingyang, and the other was to rush to Yingchang.
Even if Qingyang City is defeated and the army expands, the troops may not retreat, so I told him not to take risks." After saying this, he took off the tiger charm from his waist and handed it to Yang Xiaohu.
Yang Xiaohu replied: "Yes." He turned around and left, but Tang He called out urgently: "Wait a minute."
Yang Xiaohu couldn't help but turned around in confusion and looked at Tang He, but he didn't know what Tang He meant.
"After meeting your adoptive father, you must first persuade him not to go to Qingyang to take risks, and then you go to Marshal Xu Da to report the military situation here. Just say that Timur and Li Siqi will join forces to expand the area, and Guanchuan River is the most
It can last for a month." After that, Tang He said again: "You just stay with the marshal and there is no need to come back again."
Yang Xiaohu was stunned when he heard this, but then he clasped his fists and saluted: "I will go after my adoptive father right away, but after reporting the military situation to the marshal, Xiaohu will definitely return to the right army." After that, Tang He could not wait for him to say.
What? He turned around and ran out of the Chinese army tent.
Dakui walked all the way east, left the Chinese army camp, passed by the main camp of the baggage and headed eastward. When Yang Xiaohu reported the message to Tang He, Dakui had already left the Ming army camp and was walking on the post road leading to Qingyang. By the time Yang Xiaohu reported the news to Tang He,
There was no one around, so Dakui immediately started running wildly. He felt the wind in his ears along the way, and the scenery on both sides seemed to be flying backwards. Now that Dakui's skills were even more refined, he ran like the wind and lightning.
Even if Yang Xiaohu rides a fast horse to catch up, he may not be able to catch up with Da Kui's pace. The so-called fast horse has fast short-distance sprint and good endurance. But no matter how good the horse is, its endurance is limited, and its speed will be reduced if it can't gallop less than a hundred miles.
decline.
At dusk, the mountains and forests were silent. Standing at the edge of the forest, Dakui had a panoramic view of Qingyang City.
After two months of attacks, smoke was everywhere outside the city wall. Although there was a truce at the moment, the pungent smell of gunpowder still filled the air. It seemed that the Ming army had tried its best to attack the city. Unfortunately, Qingyang City had thick walls and tight defenses.
The army paid a huge price in casualties. After several battles over the city, Qingyang City has still not been captured to this day.
Under the cover of night, Da Kui rushed towards Qingyang City. In the night, Da Kui passed by the camp of the Ming army. Except for the night patrol soldiers, there was no movement in the camp. After two months of fighting, the soldiers
At this moment, he was already tired. The whole camp was so silent that one could hear a pin drop. In this case, the Yuan soldiers in Qingyang City must also be in the same situation.
Dakui rushed to the bottom of the city and looked up at the city. He saw that the battlements on the city wall were incomplete, and several large gaps had been blown out in some places. This shows the ferocity of the attack on the city.
Zhang Liangbi first surrendered to the Ming army, and then defected with his troops to defend Qingyang City. He must have known what would happen if the city was destroyed, and he would definitely die without a burial, because the Ming army would not accept him anymore.
Zhang Liangbi had to beg for surrender. For the current plan, Zhang Liangbi could only resist stubbornly.
After finding the corner between the west city gate and the city wall, Da Kui hid in the shadows and waited for the opportunity. Not long after, he heard a sound of footsteps coming from the city. This should be the sound of a patrol planning and passing by. Da Kui had been in the army for a long time and knew full well that
According to the rules of patrolling the city in the army, when the footsteps faded away, Dakui immediately climbed up the city with his hands and feet.
When he was in Suzhou, Dakui often competed with Brother Meng in martial arts. Brother Meng was a disciple of Southern Shaolin and knew Shaolin martial arts very well. During the discussion, Brother Meng once talked about a unique skill in Shaolin martial arts, which is '
Hanging pictures on the wall. 'Hanging pictures on the wall' is a gecko's wall-walking technique. The body is pressed against the wall with its hands and feet spread out, and it uses force from the protruding parts of the wall to hang on the wall for a long time.
At this moment, Dakui slowly climbed up the city using the method of a gecko swimming around the wall. Before he reached the top of the city, Dakui stopped. After listening carefully to make sure that there was no one on the wall, he quietly climbed up to the city. There was a place every dozens of steps on the city wall.
Lanterns or torches illuminate every detail on the city wall. The entrance to the nearest city defense ladder is still dozens of feet away, and Dakui rushes towards the city defense ladder.