From beggar to emperor: I am not Zhu Yuanzhang

In fact, Zhu Wen is also an old fox. He deliberately released words to contact Yang Xingmi to deal with Sun Ru. His original intention was to anger Sun Ru, so that he would get excited and send troops to fight Yang Xingmi again. He sat on the mountain and watched the tiger fight.

When both sides were hurt, Zhu Wen calmly sent out troops to clean up the mess and clean up the battlefield. By then, Huainan would have fallen into his hands.

At this time, Zhu Wen was still entangled with Jin Wang Li Keyong in the Central Plains, and was involved in a protracted tug of war. Currently unable to go south, he could only add to the chaos and encourage Sun Ru and Yang Xingmi to continue fighting.

Of course, Sun Ru was not willing to accept Xuanzhou's defeat. If it hadn't been for a flood, he would have killed Yang Xingmi long ago.

So, in the autumn of this year, Sun Ru took it easy and decided to send troops to Xuanzhou again.

This time, he made a desperate move and went into battle with all his troops, vowing not to give up until Yang Xingmi was destroyed. Before leaving, he ordered the dilapidated city of Yangzhou to be set on fire and drove young and strong women across the river. Those who were old, weak, sick and disabled who could not travel long distances were simply killed and used as army rations.

This is a demon who escaped from hell.

Sun Ru, who had lost his mind, was like an angry lion, bent on killing Yang Xingmi, and completely ignored Jiangbei's change of hands. The whole army went south at full strength, looting Changzhou and Suzhou along the way, and headed straight for Yang Xingmi.

Sun Ru claimed to have an army of 50, with banners stretching hundreds of miles from end to end. All the prefectures and counties he passed through were burned, and the old, weak, women and children were killed for military rations, and he quickly moved south.

Hearing the news that Sun Ru had come to risk his life, Yang Xingmi felt a little scared and wanted to avoid it. Tian Kai admonished: "Sun Ru has been defeated several times in a row, and now he comes here with all his might. This is a desperate effort. If the eldest brother sends people to sneak into Yangzhou to help the hungry people and appease the people, Sun Ru's sergeants will definitely not want to fight when they hear the news that their families are safe, and their military morale will collapse. , Defeat Sun Ru and capture him easily."

Yang Xingmi thought it made sense, so he ordered Dai Yougui, Gao Xu and others who stayed in Jiangbei to immediately enter the city to put out the fire, save people, and provide relief to the victims. Yangzhou was lost and recovered.

Sun Ru's army once again entered Guangde. Yang Xingmi's general Tao Ya led the cavalry to defeat the Sun army's forward and seized Yan Gongtai. The two armies formed a confrontation here.

The two sides faced off until winter, when Liu Wei and Tian Kai came to join the battle.

Sun Ru went to the battle in person, and an encounter broke out between the main forces of the two armies. The enemies were extremely jealous when they saw each other. Sun Ru single-handedly took Yang Jun's camp. As if he was in an uninhabited country, he defeated Liu Wei and Tian Wei, and Yang Jun was defeated. defeat.

In the spring of the next day, Sun Ru came to Xuanzhou City again. This time Yang Xingmi was not in a hurry. He was already confident of defeating Sun Ru, because the situation at this time was different from the first siege of Xuanzhou.

It turned out that during this period, his subordinates made a lot of noise behind Sun Ru. Yang, Chang, and Runzhou were recovered one after another. Tao Ya stationed in Runzhou, cutting off Sun Ru's return route. Qian Liu also took the opportunity to regain his Suzhou. Sun Ru's army became a lone army without a base, and the situation became increasingly unfavorable.

Having said this, I believe everyone should have a clear understanding. Yang Xingmi is at a disadvantage, but he is skillful in using guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare, and he has always been in the initiative. But Sun Ru was strong, but he had no brains or foresight, and lacked a systematic plan. He broke the stick and threw it all the way, killing and killing until he even lost his nest.

However, although they lost everything in southern Jiangsu, the decisive battle in Xuanzhou was the highlight. Yang Xingmi and Sun Ru were like two cocks with red eyes fighting each other, getting ready for the last fight.

Who will win the battle depends on the life and death disaster in Xuanzhou.

Sun Ru couldn't wait any longer and took the lead in launching a general offensive in May.

Sun Ru entered Lingyang and defeated Yang's army many times. Seeing that the battle situation was unfavorable, Yang Xingmi once again had the idea of ​​abandoning the city and leaving. At this time, his right-hand assistant Liu Wei was dismissed from his post for a crime and was imprisoned in prison. Yang Xingmi had no choice but to send someone to invite Liu Wei to ask for countermeasures.

Liu Wei said: "Sun Ru burned Yangzhou, and the whole army came from afar. Logistics support is his weakness. Once the food and grass are exhausted, it will be the day of his defeat. Commander, don't be anxious."

Li Shenfu also suggested sending troops to cut off Sun Ru's food route. The enemy would be in chaos without fighting if they had no food.

Yang Xingmi's greatest advantage is that he follows the good and listens to others' suggestions with an open mind.

After listening to everyone's analysis, he used flexible tactics to attack Sun Ru's camp in Guangde first. General Zhang Xun also cut off Sun Ru's food route. Hundreds of thousands of troops were cut off from food rations and became in chaos without fighting.

The house leaked and it rained continuously all night. At this critical moment, a plague actually spread among Sun Ru's army (I don't know if it was Yang Xingmi's fault). The dead were buried in their homes, and their combat power was greatly reduced.

The situation is more serious than last time. Last time it was a natural disaster that could be prevented. This time it is a plague. How can you prevent the plague? Especially when the medical conditions in ancient times were very backward, the situation was very unfavorable to Sun Ru.

Sun Ru's camp in Xuanzhou.

The plague was raging, and Sun Ru's camp outside Xuanzhou City was lifeless and silent. Soldiers who died of the disease were carried out and burned every day. The morale of the army was weakened and morale was low.

The ravine outside the camp gate was filled with corpses of soldiers who died from the plague. The masked Ma Yin and Liu Jianfeng looked at the tragic situation in front of them and were helpless.

Ma Yin asked: "Brother Liu, what's going on in your camp?"

Liu Jianfeng shook his head: "More than 100 people died last night, and now there are still hundreds of people who are dying. I'm afraid they won't survive the next two days."

Ma Yin was very anxious: "Is there any way?"

Liu Jianfeng spread his hands and said: "The doctor has tried every method, but it has no effect."

Ma Yin's eyes turned red: "What should I do?"

Liu Jianfeng sighed: "Go see big brother. We can't waste any more. The best policy is to retreat as soon as possible and stop the losses in time."

The two came to Sun Ru's tent and saw two doctors whispering outside the door.

Liu Jianfeng asked: "Why are you here?"

One of the doctors said cautiously: "Replying to General Liu, it was the commander who summoned me to come and see a doctor."

"See a doctor? What's going on?" Liu Jianfeng looked surprised.

Another doctor replied: "The commander-in-chief is also sick."

"What-" Liu Jianfeng and Ma Yin were stunned.

Sun Ru was lying on the bed in the Chinese army's tent, his eyes dull. Liu Jianfeng and Ma Yin walked in from the outside, looked at Sun Ru, and didn't know how to speak.

It was Sun Ru who spoke first:

How's it going?

Liu Jianfeng replied: "The food collected is not much, it is only enough to last for five days. In addition, the sergeants are seriously ill, and the camp is in urgent need of medicinal herbs."

After Sun Ru heard the news, he coughed violently again.

Ma Yin cupped his hands and said, "I hope that brother will take care of himself and keep the green hills alive without fear of running out of firewood."

Yes, if that doesn't work, let's retreat first, recuperate and accumulate strength before we have a showdown with Yang Xingmi.

Liu Jianfeng also echoed.

Where to retreat? Yangzhou has been taken away by Yang Xingmi, and Runzhou, the only way back, is also controlled by his troops. It is a dilemma.

Sun Ru lamented.

The situation in Sun Ru's army could not escape the eyes of spies, and the news was quickly sent back to Xuanzhou City. Yang Xingmi was very happy. This was really a God-given opportunity to wipe out Sun Ru in one fell swoop.