After a night of fighting, both sides were gathering their troops, but Zhu Di was faster.
The main reason is that he is much stronger than Li Jinglong, and his army is not as large as Li Jinglong's.
Daoyan led dozens of cavalry to find Guo Ying's camp.
As soon as Zhu Di's army withdrew to the river dam, he began to blatantly arrange troops on the river dam. At the same time, he sent Sanbao to Commander Li Jinglong's camp.
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In the commander's camp, Li Jinglong summoned all the generals and handed them the letter of war to review one by one.
"Commander, let's fight."
"Fight, Marshal."
Ping'an, Qu Neng and other generals all took the lead in the battle, but the cautious Li Jinglong was hesitant.
Especially Ping An, who just had to drag Li Jinglong to issue commanding orders.
Li Jinglong pondered for a moment and looked at the supervisors headed by the Minister of Rites, "Supervisors, what do you think?"
The sudden courtesy of General Zhenglu flattered several supervisors. The Minister of Rites cleared his throat and said, "Since all generals have the same attitude, let's fight!"
"I have a different opinion." Li Jinglong shook his head slightly.
Because of his politeness, the Minister of Rites did not object immediately, but asked, "What do you think?"
Li Jinglong ignored Ping An and began to analyze the pros and cons to several supervisors.
"With a few supervisory armies, King Yan has almost taken over the mountains, west, and north of the river. How can he have less soldiers under his command?"
Also, why did they choose to sneak attack at night instead of facing a decisive battle during the day..."
"Because they can't defeat us head-on." Ping An grabbed the topic, "Commander, the situation is so clear, why are you still hesitating?"
Li Jinglong glared hard at Ping An, who was stealing the show, but still ignored him, and said to the Minister of Rites, "Think carefully, the supervisor, if the Yan army really can't defeat us head-on, why are you so eager to declare a challenge to us?
Want to fight?"
"Why...why?" The Minister of Rites was already a little confused.
He is very good at playing tricks and making fuss, but he is really not good at fighting.
Li Jinglong sneered and said, "It must be to eat us first before Wu Dinghou's army encircles us, and then defeat us one by one."
"Commander!" Ping An couldn't bear to listen anymore and once again stole the show, "King Yan doesn't have the strength at all. He can't take down two armies."
"Ping'an, you are so presumptuous!" Li Jinglong was furious, "I am discussing strategy with the supervisory army, and you have no place to interrupt here!"
Ping An was so angry that his face turned red, but there was nothing he could do.
He is just a vanguard officer and is indeed not qualified to interfere with the coach's deployment.
After cleaning up, Li Jinglong once again said to the supervisors, "We have an army of 600,000. No matter what King Yan has planned, as long as the two armies are surrounded, no matter how we fight, there is no possibility of our defeat;
Soldiers are crafty; the more King Yan wants to fight, the less we can let him succeed."
Barabara...
At the end, Li Jinglong said, "The emperor gave the Supervisory Army the right to discuss military affairs, but it also means that the Supervisory Army has the obligation to take responsibility;
Everyone, you don’t want the army to suffer heavy losses and be punished by the emperor when you go back, right?”
The Minister of Rites felt a chill in his heart. He thought about Li Jinglong's words again and nodded, "The commander-in-chief is right. No matter what King Yan's plot is, as long as our 600,000 troops encircle him, he will definitely be defeated."
"I second the proposal. Don't fall into King Yan's scheme just because you are eager to win."
"That's right, I don't know that King Yan didn't show weakness last night to lure our troops to go deeper. What the commander said makes sense!"
Several supervisors aligned themselves with Li Jinglong, making Ping An furious, but he was just a vanguard and couldn't twist Li Jinglong's thigh at all.
The other generals also looked unhappy, as they did not want Guo Yingna to take away their military glory.
"That's it." Li Jinglong said majestically, "No one is allowed to act rashly before Wu Dinghou encircles him. Anyone who disobeys the order will be punished by military law!"
He glanced around, his eyes lingering on Ping'an for a moment, and said calmly: "In order to prevent some generals from greedy for merit and rash advancement, everyone must hand in the military order flag without delay."
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Zhu Di was still performing hard, and he didn't get off the dam until Sanbao came back.
"Sambo, how's it going?"
"Back to Your Highness, General Li has agreed." Sanbao replied, "General Li has thought of a way to destroy the flagpole. He saw off 70% of the flagpole and then covered it with the end of the flag. Even if there is little or no wind, he can do it with great force
With a wave of his hand, it will be destroyed without a doubt."
"Okay!" Zhu Di was in high spirits.
Without the exchange of military orders and flags on the battlefield, hundreds of thousands of troops will become headless flies, and they will be able to do whatever they want.
The only worry now is Guo Ying's side.
Fortunately, Dao Yan didn't make him wait any longer, and rushed back in just two days, saying that Guo Ying had agreed to encircle him in three days, and everything was going according to plan.
Zhu Di was relieved, but not completely reassured, "Master, will this sandstorm come?"
"The poor monk is proficient in the art of yin and yang, and it is easy to tell the direction of the wind." Dao Yan was very confident, "Before this, the poor monk had a premonition that a decisive battle would take place in this area, so he observed the environment here for several consecutive years;
The peak of sandstorms in Peiping is concentrated in mid-April, but here it is a little slower, and now we are about to enter May, which is definitely coming."
Zhu Di nodded, but he still didn't know much about it. After all, God can't control anyone.
However, as long as the Confederate army did not have the military order flag, it would be much easier for him to fight. Even if he could not win, the whole army would not be wiped out.
In a blink of an eye, three days passed, and Guo Ying finally arrived at the battlefield.
The decisive battle has finally arrived!
The sandstorm Zhu Di expected did not come, but the wind did pick up, and it tended to get bigger and bigger.
In the commander's camp, Zhu Di issued military orders one after another, and his generals Zhang Yu, Zhu Neng, Qiu Fu and other generals took their orders.
Although Zhu Gaoxu was young and straightforward, he was really good at fighting. Zhu Di gave him 30,000 soldiers.
the other side.
Li Jinglong could no longer suppress the general, and even the supervisory army urged a war.
Without him, Guo Ying has arrived.
Li Jinglong struggled for a long time, and finally he couldn't stand it any longer and ordered the attack.
The war begins again.
This time, Zhu Di, who was well prepared, took the lead in launching the attack, because most of his elite troops had already circled the flanks of the Southern Army.
In an instant, horse hooves trampled, the shouts of killing were loud, and the armies of both sides were fighting together.
Ping An still copied Zhu Di's work. He did not confront Zhu Di head-on. Instead, after the war started, he led the cavalry to copy Zhu Di's retreat.
"Crack...!"
Ping An, who was galloping, heard a crisp sound and reflexively turned around to forget about it, and his expression suddenly changed.
The military flag was broken, just like that without any warning.
Without having time to think about the reason, Ping An immediately issued an order: "Continue to advance!"
"Kakaka..."
The command flags were also broken one after another. Although the command had been sent, it was the last one.
Ping An never thought that one day he would encounter such a situation. Even though he was a good leader, he didn't know what to do at this time.
But at this time, the cavalry charge had begun, and he could not issue the command again. Under the galloping horses, the army behind him couldn't hear his shouts, so he had to continue to kill the descendants of King Yan.
At the same time, various generals are also facing the same problems as Ping An.
Without the command flag, combat instructions cannot be issued. The more important military flag is also broken, and the soldiers do not know who to follow.
The more than 200,000 troops were all in confusion.
The Southern Army was obsessed with it, but the Northern Army was not.
Zhang Yu, Zhu Neng and other generals had clear combat plans and issued precise combat orders. They were looking at where they were attacking from the flanks.
The battle continued into the afternoon. The wind and sand became stronger and stronger, and the line of sight was greatly obstructed. Without the military flag, the Confederate army was completely lost.
On the other side, Guo Ying's 300,000 troops also joined the battlefield and faced the same problem.
However, Guo Ying did not go too deep into the battlefield. Instead, he stayed on the periphery and slowly dealt with Zhu Gaoxu on the grounds that his line of sight was blocked.
The battle continued intermittently until evening. Zhu Di seized the opportunity and led the three Duoyan guards straight to Li Jinglong's Chinese army camp and set fire to Li Jinglong's grain and grass.
The fire took advantage of the wind and soon the fire was raging.
In the camp, several supervisors led by the Minister of Rites were all frightened, and when they smelled the thick smoke of fireworks, they were even more frightened.
They didn't know how to fight, but they also understood that the Northern Army was already coming.
The shouts of death outside frightened these powerless scholars.
"Commander, withdraw!" the Minister of Rites trembled, "If we don't withdraw, we will have no chance."
"Yes, Commander, you can keep the green hills without worrying about having firewood, it's important to preserve your strength!"
When life and death were at stake, the refined egoism of civil servants was fully revealed. They were not military generals, and they did not have the ethics to die in battle.
Li Jinglong was waiting for their words. He pretended to be confused for a moment and reluctantly agreed.
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Li Jinglong withdrew, but he did not assemble a large force and did not have the ability. He almost left behind all 300,000 troops.
What's even more ruthless is that he didn't even care about a few supervisors, left them far behind, and rushed to Texas in a cool manner.
The battlefield was becoming more and more chaotic, and Ping An's desperate campaign was still to no avail. Qu Neng persuaded him to withdraw first, but Ping An refused to comply.
"My father is the adopted son of Taizu, and the Taing family enjoys the country's blessings. The current emperor is the successor appointed by Taizu. How can I let Zhu Di succeed?"
Ping An shouted, "Don't forget, Governor Qu, you are also a general promoted by Taizu. Do you want to abandon your country and your family?"
"I..." Qu Neng said helplessly, "If Li Jinglong hadn't done something bad, I would have taken Peiping long ago, but... we are in a doomed situation!"
"There is still a chance." Ping An said sternly, "You and I are both cavalry generals. If we work together, it is not impossible to capture Zhu Di."
After a pause, "Of course, the possibility of dying in battle is greater. How can Governor Qu choose me not to interfere, but please don't interfere with me!"
Qu Neng was silent for a while, nodded and said: "I will fight for your chance to fight for you."
"Okay!" Ping An was refreshed and said seriously: "Take care!"
Qu Neng took a deep breath and looked at his two sons, "Look for an opportunity to break out..."
"Father, we have a son, you have a grandson, and our family has a heir." The two sons said at the same time, "The best destination for a general is to die in battle."
Qu Neng nodded bitterly and prayed in his heart: I hope that in the future, the current emperor can pay attention to military commanders...!
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Qu Neng and his son sacrificed their lives to buy time for Ping An, but Ping An did not disappoint them. He led more than 2,000 cavalry and charged towards Zhu Di's rear with the determination to die.
A fierce battle was going on in front of Zhu Di. Suddenly he heard that the rear was in chaos, and immediately ordered Zhu Neng, who had just arrived, to intercept.
Zhu Neng acted quickly, but Ping An was faster because he didn't even think about surviving. In the end, Zhu Neng only intercepted 800 cavalry.
"Kill...!" Ping An's eyes were red, leading the way, like a god coming to the world, unmatched.
Zhu Di never expected that Ping An would be so reckless. By the time he reacted, Ping An was already killing him in front of him.
Although the number of Ping An was small, they swept all the way with unparalleled momentum, and they came from the rear. Zhu Di's cavalry team was difficult to parry.
"Danglanglang...!"
"Xilulu..."
Zhu Di's elite cavalry were scattered in this way, and Ping An finally got his wish and rushed to Zhu Di.
"King Yan, take your orders!" Ping An shouted loudly, swung his spear and stabbed.
Carrying inertia, the force of this stab is hundreds of kilograms.
Zhu Di did not dare to resist forcefully, and quickly raised his sword to lightly tap the spear. Even though most of the force was removed, he still felt numb in the tiger's mouth.
He hates it!
As the saying goes, those who are stunned are afraid of being violent, those who are violent are afraid of losing their lives, and those who are safe are not willing to die, but Zhu Di does not want to die.
Under the chaos of the army, the life of King Yan is no greater than that of a small soldier. He pokes a few transparent holes and is as dead as death.
Therefore, Zhu Di became a deserter, let his confidants block him, and withdrew by himself.
When Ping An broke out of the encirclement, Zhu Di had disappeared without a trace. The wind and sand were everywhere, and Zhu Di could not be found at all.
He wanted to fight again, but two soldiers grabbed him, "General, we can't find King Yan at all. Even if we find him, the remaining people have no chance. The top priority is to retreat to Shantung...
, to prevent King Yan from taking advantage of the victory to pursue you!"
Ping An gritted his teeth and said unwillingly: "It's just a little bit worse!"
But he also knew that Li Jinglong was definitely retreating to the east of the mountain. If he didn't follow, something might happen.
"Alas...withdraw!"
On the other side, Guo Ying saw that the situation was getting worse and he also called on his generals to retreat.
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In this battle, the 600,000-strong army lost 200,000 people and surrendered 100,000 people.
When the news reached the capital, even Qi Fanghuang, who had always been calm, panicked.