Bright Spring

All the generals looked at each other in blank dismay, and they were all stunned in the big tent, not knowing what to do for a while.At this time, a general said in a deep voice: "The commander-in-chief probably ran away overnight..."

There was an uproar in the tent, and after a while, several generals hurriedly lifted the oilcloth and went out without saying a word.Only then did the crowd come to their senses, and they rushed to leave the Chinese army one after another...

Before dawn, the sound of "rumbling..." horseshoes and the clamor of people and horses soon resounded on the plain.The generals of the government and army, with their respective troops, were retreating to the south in a panic.

In less than two sticks of incense time, the mighty officers and soldiers rushed forward as if they had made an agreement.Hundreds of thousands of people ran on the plain, and the battle was simply earth-shattering!Tents, ordnance, armor, weapons... Countless luggage was thrown all over the place.At this time, all the troops seemed to be in a race, only caring about running ahead...

Those who ran first were very wise.The cavalry of the Yan army inside and outside the city quickly chased them out. The first unlucky ones were of course those officers and soldiers who ran slowly and fell behind!

... Zhu Gaoxu was suddenly awakened by someone.Shizi sent someone over and ordered him to lead the cavalry to chase out of the city immediately.Zhu Gaoxu probably asked about the situation, and quickly got up.Fortunately, he slept with the soldiers last night without even taking off his armor. Now he got up and put on his weapons, and soon he was able to gather with his horses.

All the troops rushed to the main gate of Li on horseback, and saw that the city gate had been opened, and a large number of infantry were rushing out of the city, even the infantry went out!

Zhu Gaoxu led his troops close to the gate of the city, saw the gap and rushed forward, and then shouted his troops out of the city.At this time, there were scattered torches everywhere outside the city, people and horses were noisy, and the situation was turbulent, and the roar of horseshoes from far and near seemed like thunder from the sky.

Not long after, Zhu Gaoxu and other soldiers rushed through the official army camp one after another.When he looked by the light of the fire, he saw that the camp was in a mess, as if an earthquake had just occurred.All kinds of things were thrown everywhere in a mess, and the military flag with the word "Ming" was thrown on the ground, allowing the horseshoes to trample on it repeatedly.

Zhu Gaoxu didn't come back to his senses for a while, and it took a while to confirm that the officers and soldiers had already fled...

Could war be like this?It's changing too fast!Some time ago, the two sides were still fighting vigorously. Although there was back and forth, it was very difficult...Unexpectedly, Zhu Gaoxu woke up from a sleep, and the situation has changed drastically!The so-called army of 50 people collapsed overnight.

Without thinking too much about it, he led his cavalry to pursue southward until dawn.

During this period, they did not encounter a decent battle. All the soldiers just hacked and shot arrows at the back of the defeated army, and then rushed up to cut their heads with knives.

"Ah! Ah..." Not far away, an officer and sergeant screamed louder than killing a pig.When Zhu Gaoxu looked back, he saw a dismounted cavalryman sawing the sergeant's neck with a knife, and the officer sergeant was still alive... Zhu Gaoxu was also shocked by the scene.

"Forgive me! Lord Jun, please forgive me. My family has a mother, wife and children... Ah!" Another sergeant who kowtowed was stabbed in the back of the neck, and he fell to the ground and crawled forward with hands and feet. There was a sound of "bang", and the man was hit by an arrow in the back of the head, and the man lay on the ground and did not move.

The chaotic pursuit lasted until morning, Zhu Gaoxu ordered to stop and rest, and when he looked back, he saw all the soldiers on horseback covered with heads!Everyone was covered in blood, it was horrible!

Everyone didn't bother to pick up anything, but just cut off the head... because the head can be exchanged for rewards!And it's clear and honest.

Not long after, a small group of armored soldiers rushed up, and one of them waved the order flag in his hand and shouted: "Order of the King of Yan, the officers and soldiers are routed to Cangzhou, and all the troops are chasing in the direction of Cangzhou!"

Zhu Gaoxu responded: "I know, obey the father's order!"

At this moment, Chen Dachui's voice said: "My lord, why don't we find a place to hide these heads first, and get them when we come back?"

"Alright." Zhu Gaoxu nodded and said, anyway, he didn't pay for the reward, so the Palace of Yan had to find a way.He has no interest in killing the defeated soldiers of the Ming army, but it is not easy to stop the soldiers from making money.

The soldiers chose a place to dig a hole, hid the head first, and then followed Zhu Gaoxu to continue southward.

The scene along the way was extremely terrifying, and Zhu Gaoxu had the illusion that he had traveled to a zombie movie.There are headless corpses everywhere on the road, flesh and internal organs can be seen everywhere, like hell on earth.

Thinking back to the brutal battle in Beiping City a while ago, after fighting for so long, the number of people who died is probably less than one-tenth of the number of people who died in the past few hours from this morning to now!

Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help sighing: "It's not terrible to fight in battle, what's really terrible is to be defeated and hunted down!"

"What the prince said is very true." All the generals agreed.

The next day, Zhu Gaoxu led his army to the city of Cangzhou.Unexpectedly, it was too late, the flag of the Yan army had already been planted on the tower of Cangzhou City, and inside and outside the city gate, there were still countless corpses, most of them without heads.

The pace of the war suddenly accelerated, and Zhu Gaoxu felt a little uncomfortable for a while.Everywhere he went, he found that he had finished playing, almost just ran along.

At this moment, another soldier ran over, glanced at the military flag behind Zhu Gaoxu, and said, "Order of the King of Yan, the generals are heading towards Dezhou, and the remnants of the army are heading towards Dezhou!"

"I see, follow father's order!" Zhu Gaoxu responded again.

The army chased all the way, and at this time they were already exhausted.Zhu Gaoxu discussed with several generals for a while, no matter how many, he decided to find a place to station in Cangzhou, feed the horses and rest for a night.

He only slept for one night, and the next morning, Zhu Gaoxu had just regrouped his troops and was about to set off, but he was told: those who are still near Cangzhou don't need to go to Dezhou...

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Ten days later, the people from all walks of life returned to Beiping City.All the generals celebrated their achievements at King Yan's Mansion, and the mansion was very lively.Fang Kuan and other generals that Zhu Gaoxu did not know were added to the seats in the front hall.

This battle is indeed an unprecedented victory!The officers and soldiers claimed to have an army of 50 soldiers, but they were completely defeated, more than half of them were killed or injured, and the road from Peiping to Dezhou was covered with corpses.

However, King Yan's strength was not weakened by the war, but his military strength soared to nearly 20!

At the banquet in the front hall, Zhu Neng drank wine, grinning and yelling: "Li Jinglong leads the troops, you really want to laugh at us to death! We just fought a fierce battle in Zhengcunba that day. Hui, won the victory, but our own family also suffered heavy casualties... At that time, we were close to Beiping City, and we thought that the next day's battle would be even more tragic, but unexpectedly hahaha... cough cough cough!"

Zhu Neng took a sip of the wine, coughed up tears, gasped for breath, blushed and continued excitedly, "Unexpectedly, Li Jinglong escaped overnight! Escaped!"

After hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu stared at Zhu Neng.

All of a sudden, there was a roar of laughter in the front hall, and the generals were about to overturn the table.Zhang Yu stroked his thick beard, and said with a smile, "It's really unheard of. The coach slipped away before the war. I've been fighting for so many years, and this is the first time I've met him."

At this moment, Yao Guangxiao in cassock came in, stood next to King Yan and said, "King Yan, let's have a banquet, how about asking the generals to come inside and talk about the business?"

King Yan looked sideways slightly, then nodded and said, "Let's talk in another place later."

Not long after, King Yan got up and left the table first, and then his son, Zhu Gaoxu and other generals were also called over.A group of people went out from the back door of the main hall and arrived at another house.

Yao Guangxiao waited for everyone to come in, and immediately said: "My lord won the army of Daning, congratulations. However, if Li Jinglong is not the leader of this battle, my lord will not be so easy!"

All the generals agreed one after another.

Yao Guangxiao said: "I just got some news about the arrival of the capital today. The fact that Li Jinglong was underestimated by the army has reached the emperor's ears..."

Everyone immediately quieted down, only Zhu Neng burped inadvertently, which sounded extremely harsh.

Yao Guangxiao continued: "The army lost hundreds of thousands of soldiers, but the imperial court is strong and has not been completely defeated. If Li Jinglong can continue to be commander in chief, it will be more beneficial to the prince! Therefore, from now on, you should laugh at him less often. Find out more about his strengths, so that the emperor can rest assured."

A military commander said in astonishment: "After this defeat, Li Jinglong can still be the commander-in-chief of the army?"

"It's hard to say." Yao Guangxiao said thoughtfully.

At this time, King Yan said: "We have made fun of Li Jinglong several times, but there are no outsiders present, how did the emperor know?"

Yao Guangxiao said in a deep voice, "There are spies inside."

Everyone quickly muttered and looked around.But all the people here are the ones who followed the King of Yan with their heads up at the beginning of the army. Who would be the spy?

For a moment everyone shook their heads in disbelief, even Zhu Gaoxu felt that at least these generals were unlikely to be spies, and even Yao Guangxiao and other counselors were also unlikely.

Zhu Gaoxu said casually: "Could it be someone from Yan Wang's mansion?"

All the generals agreed one after another, "King Gao Yang is right, we brothers, who would betray King Yan?"

Yan Wang was sullen and said nothing.

After a while, King Yan stretched his brows and said, "Forget it, let's celebrate today, we won't talk about it. Just follow Daoyan's advice, and we won't mention Li Jinglong in the future."

Everyone clasped their fists together and said: "The last general waits for orders!"

King Yan clapped his hands heavily on the armrests of the chair, and he stood up, "It's over, those who want to drink, go to the front hall to continue drinking."