Zhu Yuanzhang stood on the wall of the east gate of Huizhou City, pressing his hands on the female wall, looking towards the east.
Not long after, I saw dust flying in the distance and a scout on horseback galloping towards me.
Not long after the scout entered the city, Feng Guoyong quickly climbed up the city wall and said solemnly: "Commander, Bian Yuanheng has not fallen into the trap and is heading towards Huizhou City!"
Zhu Yuanzhang was silent for a long time and said: "Everyone in the world says that Bian Yuanheng was both civil and military. When I saw him today, he really lived up to his reputation!"
In this battle, Zhu Yuanzhang divided his more than 28,000 men into five teams, each with 5,000 people. Only the remaining 3,000 people were responsible for garrisoning the city passes.
Xu Da commanded the first team and garrisoned at Nankang Road.
The remaining four groups were initially stationed on Raozhou Road, and then secretly moved to Huizhou Road.
There are only more than 2,000 old, weak, sick and disabled people left in Raozhou City, which is almost like an empty city!
It was the second team led by Tang He who ambushed Zhao Desheng this time!
The third team led by Miao Daheng and the fourth team led by Hua Yun are also ambushing in dangerous places.
As long as Bian Yuanheng and Fu Youde go to rescue Zhao Desheng, they will be ambushed by the two.
Zhu Yuanzhang led the last five thousand people to sit in Huizhou City.
"Is there any news from Fu Youde?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.
Feng Guoyong said: "The marching route has been changed and headed towards Baiyu Valley. General Huayun is already waiting for him there!"
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "Our five thousand people are enough to defend the city. Send an order to Miao Daheng so that he no longer has to ambush and go straight to Huangyunpo to assist Tang He and annihilate Zhao Desheng's troops!"
Feng Guoyong hesitated for a moment and said: "Commander, it is only a matter of time before Tang He eats Zhao Desheng. Why not let General Miao Daheng go around to the rear of Bian Yuanheng."
Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at him.
"I know what you mean. You want to take advantage of Bian Yuanheng's attack on the city and General Miao to attack from the rear. We can follow and attack Bian Yuanheng from the front and rear, and we can defeat Bian Yuanheng!"
Feng Guoyong said: "Commander, do you think it is feasible?"
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "This method works, but Bian Yuanheng is brave and good at fighting. Even if we win, we will definitely suffer a lot of damage! This is a protracted war, and we cannot afford it!"
Feng Guoyong was silent for a while and said: "I understand!"
Zhu Yuanzhang asked again: "What's the situation in Raozhou?"
Feng Guoyong showed a hint of amusement in his eyes.
"Yu Guang has met up with Chen Youliang at Dagushan and is heading back to Jiangzhou! We have only two thousand defenders in Raozhou City, but Chen Youliang's two hundred thousand troops returned without success. This battle will surely be spread throughout the world!" p>
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "That's wrong!"
Feng Guoyong was stunned for a moment: "What's wrong?"
Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice: "Chen Youliang doesn't know that our main force is in Huizhou. Even if he leads his troops back to Jiangzhou, he will leave some troops to garrison Dagushan to prevent our pursuit!"
Feng Guoyong said thoughtfully: "What you said is true, but even if he leaves some of his troops, it will not affect the overall situation..."
What he said was not certain, because Raozhou is equivalent to an empty city. If the troops discover the clues, Raozhou City is likely to fall.
Zhu Yuanzhang also understood this and did not continue this topic.
"How's it going over there in Xu Da?"
Feng Guoyong said: "Jiangzhou has been captured and the palace is being attacked. In order to control Xu Shouhui, Chen Youliang arranged three thousand soldiers in the palace. General Xu is afraid that it will be difficult to capture it for a while!"
Chen Youliang was adventurous by nature. This time he went on an expedition with almost all his troops. There were only 3,000 men defending the city. Only then was Xu Da attacked and captured the city.
However, Chen Youliang never relaxed at all about Xu Shouhui. The person responsible for guarding the palace was Chen Youliang's most elite three thousand personal guards!
This team only listens to the orders of Chen Youliang. Unless Chen Youliang comes in person, they don't have to listen to anyone who orders them.
So when Xu Da attacked Jiangzhou, this army still firmly guarded the palace and did not participate in the defense of the city!
Zhu Yuanzhang also knew that it would be impossible to capture Xu Shouhui so easily, but he still couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
"Have Chen Youliang's family been caught?"
"No, Princess Han and everyone in the palace evacuated into the palace, including the officials of Tianwan Army!"
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and sighed: "It would be great to have this result. We can't expect too much from Xu Da."
Feng Guoyong said: "Commander, don't be disappointed, maybe General Xu can capture the palace before Chen Youliang returns to Jiangzhou!"
Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head: "The palace is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and Xu Da will not fight to the death with them. Our strategic goal has been basically achieved, and we must not waste all our efforts due to greed!"
Feng Guoyong said: "That's right. Most of Chen Youliang's warships have been destroyed. They will not attack us again in the short term. General Xu's mission has been successfully completed!"
Zhu Yuanzhang sighed: "It's a pity that we don't have the gunpowder of Jiangdu's army, otherwise we might be able to wipe out Chen Youliang's 100,000 navy army!"
He initially asked the Liao brothers to supervise the construction of the water village just to blow up Chen Youliang's fleet.
The wood used to build the water fortress is all hollow and filled with gunpowder and other fire-starting materials.
Chen Youliang is suspicious by nature. If there is a head-on battle, and if his side abandons the water stronghold and flees, Chen Youliang will probably guess that there is a ghost in the water stronghold!
That's why Zhu Yuanzhang asked Liao Yongzhong to fake a surrender to lure Chen Youliang away. Without him, the chance of success of the plan would be much higher.
Secondly, since the Liao brothers have surrendered, Xianshui Village is a matter of course.
After the warships of Tianwan Army arrive in Raozhou, they will naturally choose to dock at the water village, and then detonate gunpowder to defeat this powerful navy army!
At the same time, Xu Da took the opportunity to capture Jiangzhou. Chen Youliang had no choice but to swallow the bitter pill and lead his army to recapture Jiangzhou. The 200,000-strong army retreated without a fight!
After Jiangdu Jun learned that Chen Youliang was defeated, he would definitely feel that he had placed all his main forces in Raozhou and was careless, so he could easily be ambushed.
The whole plan was linked together, and as expected, Zhao Desheng successfully fell into Tang He's ambush.
The Jiangdu Army rarely loses battles recently. As long as the news of Zhao Desheng's ambush spreads to the other two armies, those two armies will definitely come to rescue him!
Hua Yun and Miao Daheng led another five thousand people to ambush them on the road they must pass to rescue Zhao Desheng.
It's a pity that Zhu Yuanzhang still underestimated Bian Yuanheng. Unexpectedly, he was not affected and still went straight to Huizhou City.
If Zhu Yuanzhang had enough troops and well-equipped equipment, he would definitely adopt Feng Guoyong's strategy and defeat Bian Yuanheng head-on.
However, every soldier in his hands is precious, so in addition to winning this battle, he also needs to preserve his strength as much as possible!
The sun sets and twilight falls.
Dust is flying on the horizon, and an army can be seen like a black cloud, slowly approaching Huizhou City.
Zhu Yuanzhang stared at the army closely. After looking at it for a while, he slowly nodded his head.
"Sure enough, they are well-equipped and well-trained!"
Feng Guoyong took a closer look and found that the enemy was a mixed force of infantry and cavalry. Not only were the infantrymen brightly dressed, but even the horses under the cavalry were wearing iron armor.
"When it comes to bravery, our soldiers will never lose to them. It's a pity that we don't have as good equipment as they do!" He sighed.
Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly frowned and said, "Hua Yun hasn't sent someone to send the news yet? Judging from the time, Fu Youde should have arrived at Baiyu Valley!"
Feng Guoyong was also a little confused: "I'll go to the west gate to check the situation." He quickly walked down the city wall.
Bian Yuanheng's army in the distance stopped three miles outside the city.
A general wearing a lion helmet and a beast belt, wearing white armor, came out from the crowd, leading only a few dozen cavalry, to the bottom of the city wall to watch from a hundred feet away.
At this time, the sky was dark, and Zhu Yuanzhang could not see clearly the appearance of the general, but he could see that he was majestic and tall.
He secretly praised him and ordered his men to display his own flag.
After Bian Yuanheng saw the flag below, he led his people back to the team.
After a while, the army was divided into two teams, one team was on guard in the front, and the other team was encamped in the rear.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at this powerful force and began to calculate silently. Before the sun sets tomorrow, Tang He and Miao Daheng should be able to eliminate Zhao Desheng's troops.
If the two of them go to assist Hua Yun, they will be able to eliminate Fu Youde's tribe the day after tomorrow.
In other words, he only needs to defend the city for two days.
By that time, Bian Yuanheng will retreat. If he does not retreat, his four armies will surround him, and his 10,000 men will have to stay here!
While he was thinking about it, Feng Guoyong came back, but his face was extremely ugly.
Zhu Yuanzhang's heart sank.
"What's wrong? Did something happen to Fu Youde's army along the way?"
Feng Guoyong gritted his teeth and said: "Commander! Fu Youde's troops did not go to Baiyu Valley, he went to Wuyuan County! After General Hua Yun learned about it, he rushed towards Wuyuan with 5,000 troops!"