Bright Spring

But he suddenly withdrew his hand, hesitating whether to capture it alive or kill it!

At this moment, the veteran struggled to raise his head, stared at Zhu Gaoxu and said: "I follow the Taizu to fight the country, I would rather die in battle than grow old and be humiliated, Gao Xu, let me do it!"

Taking advantage of Zhu Gaoxu's slight hesitation, he reached out and grabbed the blade, and yanked it on his own neck!

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(Historist Gu Cheng's article "The Battle of Jingnan and the Geng Bingwen and Mu Sheng Family" has verified that Geng Bingwen died in the Battle of Zhending; there is also Mu Chen's "Haoliang Shen'an Geng Gong Cemetery Stele" as evidence, as well as a large number of tombstones The rubbings prove that Geng Bingwen "aided the truth and died in the battle". The statement in the thirtieth volume of "History of the Ming Dynasty" that Geng Bingwen surrendered cheekily and was impeached to commit suicide is relatively distorted; why it is recorded in this way is unknown.)

Chapter 45 Survival

Zhu Gaoxu broke it with his hands, and then he broke Geng Bingwen's hand that was holding the blade tightly, and then pulled the Yanling knife out of Geng Bingwen's neck.What the veteran said before he died made Zhu Gaoxu feel a little uncomfortable for a moment!

Speaking of which, we are all our own people, and they are related.Now tens of 10 people are gathered here to fight each other to the death, as if there is some deep hatred, but most of them are strangers to each other, and have no grievances or enmities!

The discomfort was only for a moment, and soon Zhu Gaoxu couldn't care about it, his own life was still hanging in the air!

He picked up Geng Bingwen's helmet and gorgeous scabbard, found a roll of things on Geng Bingwen's body, and stuffed the things into his armor casually.

When Zhu Gaoxu stood up, he saw that a group of Southern Army knights had dismounted in front of them, and they knelt there motionless facing Geng Bingwen's body, as if they were ready to be slaughtered.The soldiers of the Yan army had no time to massacre|kill those people, and picked up a handsome flag on the ground.

Zhu Gaoxu looked back at the place where Wang Bin fell from the horse, saw that Wang Bin's hands and feet were still moving, and immediately shouted: "The soldiers of the guards, bring Wang Bin to me!" Geng Bingwen's head, leave his whole body!"

He picked up a spear and tied Geng Bingwen's handsome flag and helmet to it.At this time, the soldiers brought the third horse, Zhu Gaoxu got on the horse, held up the spear, and shouted: "General Geng Bingwen, the officer and army, has been beheaded by me! General Geng Bingwen is dead..."

All the relatives and soldiers shouted: "General Geng Bingwen is dead!" "General Geng Bingwen is dead!"

Everyone shouted and rushed north.A large number of soldiers of the Southern Army turned their heads to look at the commander-in-chief flag and helmets. When they heard the shouts, many of them showed depression and sadness on their faces, and their morale was very low.When the soldiers of the southern army saw the cavalry rushing, many of them began to dodge.

Zhu Gaoxu then led his troops to fight bravely and swept northward to break through.

The progress of the Yan army in the front was slow, and it was unclear after countless rounds of fighting, but at this moment, they suddenly smashed several phalanxes in front of the official army!Among armies, morale is often the straw that breaks the camel's back.

Zhu Gaoxu immediately seized the opportunity, shouted "Geng Bingwen is dead", and rushed to kill with all his strength.

After fighting hard for a long time, Zhu Gaoxu's cavalry and the front Yan army flanked back and forth, and finally pierced through a narrow gap. He immediately shouted: "Order the whole army to break out from the red flag immediately!"

"Order!"

All the troops charged and killed, while waiting for Zhang Wu Zuoying's cavalry to pour out of the gap one after another.

After waiting for a while, some green flag cavalry also rushed over, less than half of them remained.Zhu Gaoxu tried his best to look into the distance, only to see the army with swords and guns, and soldiers and horses surging.After Zhang Wu's troops withdrew, the officers and troops they faced had no resistance, and quickly filled the whole area...

Zhu Gaoxu was exhausted at this time, and his subordinates suffered heavy casualties, how could he still have the strength and ability to rescue his brothers who were not rescued?

He looked up to the sky and let out a long sigh, and could only look back while walking north.

Zhu Gaoxu's cavalry suffered countless losses, and the establishment collapsed. It was a mess, so he had to ride northward to leave the battlefield with all his strength.At this moment, King Yan came head-on with an iron cavalry.

King Yan stared at the round tiger eyes, first glanced at the handsome flag and helmet in Zhu Gaoxu's hand, and then looked up and down at Zhu Gaoxu who was covered in tatters and blood.King Yan patted his horse and rushed to Zhu Gaoxu on his own, reached out and grabbed Zhu Gaoxu's arm, and said, "My son is brave! Just now Geng Bingwen, Sheng Yong, and Pingan led elite troops to attack on three sides, and I ordered Qiu Fu to respond, for fear that my son would not be able to get out! "

After hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu thought to himself: Damn, so that's the case, I wondered why there were pits everywhere once I rushed in!

He opened his mouth, and countless emotions welled up in his heart, the fear of the rest of his life, anger, regret... All of a sudden he couldn't say anything.

Yan Wang said: "Gao Xu, you go to the formation first, and then talk about it later."

"Your servant takes orders." Zhu Gaoxu cupped his fists and said, only then did he realize that his hands were shaking involuntarily.

Zhu Gaoxu continued to walk north with the exhausted rebels, and the generals around King Yan clasped their fists at him, showing awe: "King Gaoyang!" "King Gaoyang..."

The way the generals looked at Zhu Gaoxu at this time was completely different from before.With a tired face, he nodded from time to time and clasped his fists in response.

At this time, King Yan's voice came from far behind: "Sheng Yong, a thief, is helping the evildoer!"

Zhu Gaoxu had no intention and energy to pay attention to the decisive battle under Zhending City, and led his troops straight to the camp where he was stationed.

When he arrived at the place, he immediately asked someone to carry Wang Bin to the plank bed, and while passing it on to the army doctor, he carefully removed Wang Bin's armor and clothes with his own hands.

He was not a doctor in his previous life, but he still knew the basics, such as the awareness of disinfection, the fact that foreign objects will fester in wounds, suturing wounds to speed up healing, and so on.When undressing, the most important thing is to watch carefully to see if there are any debris left in the wound.

Wang Bin was wearing heavy armor, but the firecracker pierced the armor quite sharply at a distance of several steps. The iron shot had already pierced through the armor and got stuck in the flesh!

With the help of the doctor, Zhu Gaoxu and others took off Wang Bin's clothes.Wang Bin had five bullet wounds on his chest!It's just that he didn't penetrate the chest cavity and hurt the internal organs, otherwise how could he still be able to move!

"My lord..." Wang Bin was still able to speak.

Zhu Gaoxu said: "Brother, you don't need to talk. You protect me with your life. From now on, if I have glory and wealth, your whole family will have it!"

"Go and boil the water!" Zhu Gaoxu turned back.

The doctor treated the wound, Zhu Gaoxu ignored the bruises all over his body, watched the whole process, ordered the doctor to take out the iron pellets with boiled tools, and washed the wound repeatedly with boiled water.

At this time, the medical conditions were limited, and if the iron pill didn't hurt the internal organs, it might not be all right; whether he could survive the wound infection depended on Wang Bin's life!

... As the sun gradually set from the horizon, all the Yan Army units returned to the major barracks one after another.Zhu Gaoxu heard a lot of news, and when they came together, it was probably that although the Yan army had a slight upper hand and caused the official army to pay a price of 3 to [-] casualties, it did not completely defeat the main force of the official army.

There are some rumors among them that the officers and soldiers fled into Zhending city in a panic, and people and horses trampled on each other, killing and injuring nothing.Zhu Gaoxu felt that it was not credible. If the army was really "collapsed", it must not be the case of [-] to [-] casualties!

There are a lot of infantry in the army. In this situation where the two sides are close to a decisive battle, if there is a total collapse, will 10 people still be able to enter the city? When 10,000+ people were in chaos, crowding the gate of the city, Zhu Gaoxu knew what it was like!What's more, there are tens of thousands of Yan troops hiding behind.

So he judged that it was precisely because King Yan failed to win a big victory today that everyone lived in tents instead of in Zhending City.

At this moment, someone came suddenly and ordered Zhu Gaoxu to immediately go to the Chinese army's tent to discuss matters.He changed his clothes and didn't wear the armor for the time being, so he hurried to the central army.

The horror of war is that tens of thousands of people can die in a single day in a place the size of a bullet.The Yan army also paid a heavy price. For the left guard cavalry of King Yan led by Zhu Gaoxu alone, the cavalry casualties may be no less than 1000!

But when he approached the large tent, he heard "haha..." laughter from inside.In any case, after all, the propaganda routine of killing the enemy's commander in one battle, beheading countless, and winning a complete victory is necessary. It can boost the morale of the Yan army and make everyone believe that the rebellion will succeed!

When Zhu Gaoxu walked in, all the generals looked sideways, and the laughter stopped. From time to time, someone praised: "King Gaoyang took the head of a general among the thousands of troops, he is really brave and unparalleled!" "King Yan has tiger cubs, like a tiger with wings..."

He went forward to salute the king of Yan first, and observed carefully, and sure enough, he noticed that the king of Yan looked happy, but his eyes were still full of worry.

Not to mention the king of Yan, even Zhu Gaoxu understood that if he could not win the truth, the Yan army was still trapped in the Beiping area, and even the Hutuo River could not break through; 10,000+ people, but the Ming Dynasty had more than 10,000+ troops?

At this time, the voice of King Yan said: "Gao Xu will do his part to make the first achievement in this battle."

After Zhu Gaoxu heard this, he thought to himself: I am already the king of the county, so what's the use of military merit?From the county king up to the prince, but this has nothing to do with military merits, it only has something to do with birth.There is only one way, Dad is the emperor!

He immediately said: "Father, Wang Bin and Wei Da of the Hundred Households rushed forward..."

King Yan looked back and smiled and said: "My son can fight and command troops, so I am eager to ask for credit for my subordinates! I have Gao Xu, and I have an extra arm."

The generals had no choice but to laugh for a while.

Zhu Gaoxu thought about the two former subordinates of the King of Yan who were always in charge of Qian, and immediately said: "The generals such as Chen Gang of Qianhu, after breaking through the siege, were brave and spared their lives, otherwise all the sons and officials will be killed safely. Zhang Wu of Qianhu will fight to the death without retreating, Only by supporting the middle road can the son and ministers avoid the danger of being divided. Both of these two have made great contributions!

If the generals hadn't used their lives in this battle, the ministers would not have been able to kill Marquis Chang Xing in battle, and even their lives and the entire army would have been lost in the encirclement. "