In the Xishan camp, the entire guards under Zhu Gaoxu were all wearing colorful tiger skins.Because he received a report, the enemy troops in Heishui River had many elephant soldiers.
Although the fake tiger disguised as a horse is ridiculous, people can see it as fake, and perhaps elephants know it too; the bright tiger skin can still make the elephants afraid!So all the members of the Ming army learned this trick.
Zhu Gaoxu also prepared a large number of firearms in the infantry camp, which were also used to deal with elephant soldiers.In the dignified field battle formation, except for the elephant soldiers, Zhu Gaoxu did not take Annan Army seriously at all.
He ordered the camp to move twenty miles eastward, give up the valley entrance, and wait for the Annan army reinforcements to set up a formation before defeating the enemy head-on!
After waiting for a few days, the Annan Army had not yet left the mountain and walked too slowly.
Five days have passed since Duobang City was broken, and the enemy soldiers in Xishan should have known this news.Zhu Gaoxu even questioned whether the enemy soldiers in Xishan would continue to go north after they had lost their chances of fighting?
A general asked for an initiative to attack, but Zhu Gaoxu finally endured it and continued to wait and see the situation... He really didn't want to go into the mountain to get entangled with the enemy soldiers.
At this moment, Duobangcheng sent another military newspaper, and two other people were traveling with the messenger: Ruan Zhi and Jin Shitou.
The spy sent by Zhu Gaoxu before finally came back!
...Zhu Gaoxu glanced at the two people who were exhausted and Zhang Fu's messenger. He calmed down and didn't say anything for the time being. He opened the military newspaper and took a look.
Zhang Fu wrote: Many countries were destroyed, the enemy was scared, and the people in Shenglong City were in a state of turmoil.The opportunity to fight must not be missed. The last general asked to take advantage of the victory to march to Shenglong and seize the important area of the eastern capital of Annan Kingdom in one go!
Zhang Fu said something reasonable.
However, the main force of the Annan Army in Duobangcheng was destroyed, and Shenglong, an important eastern capital of Annan, was like taking a fancy to take place. There was no need to attack urgently... But who will attack Shenglong?
Zhang Fu's location is closer to Shenglong from east, so he must have wanted to get the great achievements of Shenglong himself?!
The Eastern Capital Shenglong used to be the capital of Annan Kingdom, and now it is also the capital of the capital.The capture of this city is not bad, and the reputation of military achievements is extraordinary... Zhu Gaoxu said that he did not need military achievements, but he did not think about it in his heart.
But he also considered that the hard battle in Duobang City was taken down by Zhang Fu; if Zhu Gaoxu went to pick peaches at this time, it seemed a bit too much.
Zhu Gaoxu made a quick decision, picked up his pen and wrote a simple reply, and ordered Zhang Fu's troops to march towards Shenglong.He handed the letter to the messenger and took it back.
Chen Xingwang hasn't come back?Zhu Gaoxu asked someone to send the messenger away and asked immediately.
Ruan Zhi bowed: Prince, the last general has found the whereabouts of the queen, Chen Xingwang has gone to see the queen.Therefore, only Mo and Brother Jin rushed back to report.
Oh... Zhu Gaoxu's eyes lit up a little, and he really found it!Where is she and what's going on?
The whereabouts of Queen Annan, there are many conflicts and fog everywhere. Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but be curious and couldn't wait to know the truth.
Ruan Zhi replied: The queen is not in the palace of the Chen clan family of her parents.
After the last general arrived at Shenglong City, he secretly inquired about the news and had no idea for a month.
Later, the last general heard that the Ming army was besieging Duobang City, which was not far from Shenglong.
We discussed giving up our errands and going to Duobang City to report first.
Unexpectedly, the generals learned about the news that the Western Capital tyrant Li Li’s manor near Shenglong was surrounded by troops from the left prime minister Hu Yuancheng!
Finally, I will meet some people in Shenglong officialdom, and only after asking from multiple sources can I find out the inside story.
It turned out that the one who redeemed the queen was not the Chen clan clan, but the powerful Li Li, the Western Capital.The matter of Li Li's private hiding of the queen was accidentally exposed, and Hu Yuancheng besieged his manor and was about to search.
When Chen Xingwang heard that the queen was in Lili Manor, he risked his life to sneak in without any dissuasion.The last general had to leave Shenglong quickly and report the truth to the prince as soon as possible.We were arrested by Ming army scouts near Duobang City.After a general asked about Brother Jin's origin, he sent someone to escort us to the prince's camp.
After hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu suddenly said: I had long thought that the Chen clan clan would definitely not be able to protect the queen. It turned out that the queen had asked someone else for help.I heard that the Hu family was surnamed Li before, so Lili and the pseudo-king Hu family were the same clan?
Ruan Zhidao: As far as I know, they may have a relationship but are not related.However, Li Li's grandfather was a powerful family in Qinghua, Xidu. Now the Li family has tens of thousands of generals, and the power cannot be ignored.
Zhu Gaoxu frowned and said: Will Li Li compromise with Hu and hand over the queen?
Ruan Zhidao: I don’t know until the end.
Come!Zhu Gaoxu shouted.He walked in from outside the door and clasped his fists and said, "What are the prince's instructions?"
Zhu Gaoxu raised his hand, wanted to speak but stopped, and suddenly swallowed the words he had reached his mouth again.
He stood up from the chair, paced back and forth for a few steps, pressed his hands on the square table, brushed the map on the table, looked at it for a while, and asked, "Is Lili Manor outside Shenglong City?"
Zhao Ping looked confused.
Ruan Zhi bowed and said: Outside Shenglong City, more than ten miles southeast.
Shenglong City is located on the west bank of the river, surrounded by a vast plain. Except for the river in the northeast, there is no danger to guard within a radius of a hundred miles!
Zhu Gaoxu quickly thought about all kinds of things in his mind.
He now has five thousand elite cavalry soldiers, and he is ready to go; he was originally going to deal with the Annan army reinforcements in Xishan, and he can be mobilized immediately.
The Annan Army suffered a devastating blow in Duobang City, and it was difficult to mobilize heavy troops for the time being.
If Zhu Gaoxu immediately led the cavalry to Shenglong, Zhang Fu would definitely be nervous about the fat meat at his mouth; there was no need to urge him, Zhang Fu's army would soon come to Shenglong... What's more, who could stop Zhu Gaoxu's cavalry in all directions near Shenglong?
Zhu Gaoxu slapped the picture with a palm and said: "Tell Veda is here to see you."He ordered Wang Bin to gather the elite cavalry of Xishan Camp and immediately set off the camp!
Get order!
After a while, a clang of armor sounded outside the door. Veda walked to the door of the tiled room. He handed his sword to the guards and walked in to take the army salute: The last general is ordered to come and pay homage to the prince!
Zhu Gaoxu took out a golden seal, blew a few breaths, and covered the undried paper hard, and said: Commander Wei took over the military power of the Xishan Camp, transferred the cavalry of Li Rang from Duobangcheng to the west, and handed over to Command Wei to command.If enemy reinforcements come out from the West Mountain, you will fight and defeat them!
Veda clasped his fists and said: The last one will get orders!
...Zhu Gaoxu led the cavalry to the east, and the horse team left the camp before noon.
The Xishan garrison is only more than 100 miles away from Shenglong City, and the cavalry is approaching the southeast of Shenglong City along the plain road.When everyone arrived at Li's Manor, the sun was approaching the horizon of the west.
General Wang Bin asked Zhu Gaoxu if he chose a place to camp and go to war tomorrow.Zhu Gaoxu refused to comment and asked Ruan Zhi to take him, and a team of people approached the Li family manor first to inspect.
The group arrived at the west side of the manor, and the sunset was shining from behind to the building complex in the distance.
The Li family manor looks a bit spectacular and does not occupy a large area, but there are rammed earth city walls, gate towers and arrow towers around it, like a fortress.
Sure enough, a large number of Annan troops were besieging outside. At this time, the Annan troops should have discovered that the Ming army was approaching and were gathering people to the west of the manor.
Then Lili is a powerful man in Qinghua. Even if his power is not small, his foundation is not in Shenglong, and he will definitely not be able to stop the attack of the army.
Hu Yuancheng sent so many people to surround his manor, but for a few days, he still won’t take action?
What's even more strange is that Lili has not compromised after being surrounded for several days. In this case, what conditions are Lili going to discuss?
Zhu Gaoxu watched silently for a while, then suddenly turned to Wang Bin and said: If you send the order, Li Li is ambitious. Those who have captured this person will be rewarded with great reward!
Wang Bin said: At the end, we will send someone to order the generals immediately.
Zhu Gaoxu had long said that the throne of Annan was still in hangover, and many ambitious people would have thoughts.This Leli is obviously one of them!
The strange situation in the Li family manor is only one explanation: Li Li is covering up his ambitions and defrauding Hu Yuancheng!
Why did Hu Yuancheng's men not attack the manor immediately? Naturally, they were unwilling to easily make enemies with the Li family, a powerful Qinghua family.
Even if Li Li hid the Chen country, as long as he did not show obvious ambitions to replace Hu, Hu Yuancheng would think twice.
And Li Li captured Hu's thoughts.
If he faces threats, he will immediately compromise and hand over the queen. The motive for hiding the queen will be very obvious, just for power; since for power, there is no pressure to sacrifice the queen... But Li Li's approach is very bold. After being surrounded for a few days, he still refused to hand over it, as if he wanted to fight the queen to the death.
In this way, Hu Yuancheng will be confused, and he will have the illusion: Li Li is bold and arrogant to hide the queen, and may be confused by beauty, so he is so crazy!
If Lili's motivation is the latter, Hu can obviously compromise.That's why both sides have been inscribed with tears until now?
But Zhu Gaoxu didn't believe in Li Li at all, even if he didn't know this person!
The Annan soldiers and horses in the distance had withdrawn from the siege and were successively deployed in the direction of the Ming army, as if they were going to fight against the Ming army.
They have a large number of infantry soldiers, and now they may not be able to escape if they want to run.
In addition, there are cavalry?
The Annan Army's cavalry horses were very short, but they were finally horse teams.Zhu Gaoxu watched for a while, smiled on his face, and immediately turned his horse's head and shouted: Prepare for attack and end the battle before dark.
Zhu Gaoxu brought a small team of cavalry back to the army, and made a simple deployment, saving tactics.
The two light cavalry of the vanguard were asked to rush to the enemy's wings, and after catching a bow, they immediately circled around the sides of the manor, taking over the siege of Annan's army... Of course, it was for Li Li.
He took a long-handled saber from Zhao Ping and tied it to his back, and then took an iron shield and a spear.The Annan Army's firearms were relatively sharp. Zhu Gaoxu was wearing three layers of armor and took another pair of shields.
Zhu Gaoxu raised his cherry gun and waved it forward gently.
kill!A general shouted and led his troops out from the left.The right-wing light cavalry then activated the horse's hooves.
Zhu Gaoxu sat down and began to take steps, and the riders quickly entered a jogging state.On the road and in the vegetable fields, the sound of horse hooves gradually roared.
Although the fake tiger disguised as a horse is ridiculous, people can see it as fake, and perhaps elephants know it too; the bright tiger skin can still make the elephants afraid!So all the members of the Ming army learned this trick.
Zhu Gaoxu also prepared a large number of firearms in the infantry camp, which were also used to deal with elephant soldiers.In the dignified field battle formation, except for the elephant soldiers, Zhu Gaoxu did not take Annan Army seriously at all.
He ordered the camp to move twenty miles eastward, give up the valley entrance, and wait for the Annan army reinforcements to set up a formation before defeating the enemy head-on!
After waiting for a few days, the Annan Army had not yet left the mountain and walked too slowly.
Five days have passed since Duobang City was broken, and the enemy soldiers in Xishan should have known this news.Zhu Gaoxu even questioned whether the enemy soldiers in Xishan would continue to go north after they had lost their chances of fighting?
A general asked for an initiative to attack, but Zhu Gaoxu finally endured it and continued to wait and see the situation... He really didn't want to go into the mountain to get entangled with the enemy soldiers.
At this moment, Duobangcheng sent another military newspaper, and two other people were traveling with the messenger: Ruan Zhi and Jin Shitou.
The spy sent by Zhu Gaoxu before finally came back!
...Zhu Gaoxu glanced at the two people who were exhausted and Zhang Fu's messenger. He calmed down and didn't say anything for the time being. He opened the military newspaper and took a look.
Zhang Fu wrote: Many countries were destroyed, the enemy was scared, and the people in Shenglong City were in a state of turmoil.The opportunity to fight must not be missed. The last general asked to take advantage of the victory to march to Shenglong and seize the important area of the eastern capital of Annan Kingdom in one go!
Zhang Fu said something reasonable.
However, the main force of the Annan Army in Duobangcheng was destroyed, and Shenglong, an important eastern capital of Annan, was like taking a fancy to take place. There was no need to attack urgently... But who will attack Shenglong?
Zhang Fu's location is closer to Shenglong from east, so he must have wanted to get the great achievements of Shenglong himself?!
The Eastern Capital Shenglong used to be the capital of Annan Kingdom, and now it is also the capital of the capital.The capture of this city is not bad, and the reputation of military achievements is extraordinary... Zhu Gaoxu said that he did not need military achievements, but he did not think about it in his heart.
But he also considered that the hard battle in Duobang City was taken down by Zhang Fu; if Zhu Gaoxu went to pick peaches at this time, it seemed a bit too much.
Zhu Gaoxu made a quick decision, picked up his pen and wrote a simple reply, and ordered Zhang Fu's troops to march towards Shenglong.He handed the letter to the messenger and took it back.
Chen Xingwang hasn't come back?Zhu Gaoxu asked someone to send the messenger away and asked immediately.
Ruan Zhi bowed: Prince, the last general has found the whereabouts of the queen, Chen Xingwang has gone to see the queen.Therefore, only Mo and Brother Jin rushed back to report.
Oh... Zhu Gaoxu's eyes lit up a little, and he really found it!Where is she and what's going on?
The whereabouts of Queen Annan, there are many conflicts and fog everywhere. Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but be curious and couldn't wait to know the truth.
Ruan Zhi replied: The queen is not in the palace of the Chen clan family of her parents.
After the last general arrived at Shenglong City, he secretly inquired about the news and had no idea for a month.
Later, the last general heard that the Ming army was besieging Duobang City, which was not far from Shenglong.
We discussed giving up our errands and going to Duobang City to report first.
Unexpectedly, the generals learned about the news that the Western Capital tyrant Li Li’s manor near Shenglong was surrounded by troops from the left prime minister Hu Yuancheng!
Finally, I will meet some people in Shenglong officialdom, and only after asking from multiple sources can I find out the inside story.
It turned out that the one who redeemed the queen was not the Chen clan clan, but the powerful Li Li, the Western Capital.The matter of Li Li's private hiding of the queen was accidentally exposed, and Hu Yuancheng besieged his manor and was about to search.
When Chen Xingwang heard that the queen was in Lili Manor, he risked his life to sneak in without any dissuasion.The last general had to leave Shenglong quickly and report the truth to the prince as soon as possible.We were arrested by Ming army scouts near Duobang City.After a general asked about Brother Jin's origin, he sent someone to escort us to the prince's camp.
After hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu suddenly said: I had long thought that the Chen clan clan would definitely not be able to protect the queen. It turned out that the queen had asked someone else for help.I heard that the Hu family was surnamed Li before, so Lili and the pseudo-king Hu family were the same clan?
Ruan Zhidao: As far as I know, they may have a relationship but are not related.However, Li Li's grandfather was a powerful family in Qinghua, Xidu. Now the Li family has tens of thousands of generals, and the power cannot be ignored.
Zhu Gaoxu frowned and said: Will Li Li compromise with Hu and hand over the queen?
Ruan Zhidao: I don’t know until the end.
Come!Zhu Gaoxu shouted.He walked in from outside the door and clasped his fists and said, "What are the prince's instructions?"
Zhu Gaoxu raised his hand, wanted to speak but stopped, and suddenly swallowed the words he had reached his mouth again.
He stood up from the chair, paced back and forth for a few steps, pressed his hands on the square table, brushed the map on the table, looked at it for a while, and asked, "Is Lili Manor outside Shenglong City?"
Zhao Ping looked confused.
Ruan Zhi bowed and said: Outside Shenglong City, more than ten miles southeast.
Shenglong City is located on the west bank of the river, surrounded by a vast plain. Except for the river in the northeast, there is no danger to guard within a radius of a hundred miles!
Zhu Gaoxu quickly thought about all kinds of things in his mind.
He now has five thousand elite cavalry soldiers, and he is ready to go; he was originally going to deal with the Annan army reinforcements in Xishan, and he can be mobilized immediately.
The Annan Army suffered a devastating blow in Duobang City, and it was difficult to mobilize heavy troops for the time being.
If Zhu Gaoxu immediately led the cavalry to Shenglong, Zhang Fu would definitely be nervous about the fat meat at his mouth; there was no need to urge him, Zhang Fu's army would soon come to Shenglong... What's more, who could stop Zhu Gaoxu's cavalry in all directions near Shenglong?
Zhu Gaoxu slapped the picture with a palm and said: "Tell Veda is here to see you."He ordered Wang Bin to gather the elite cavalry of Xishan Camp and immediately set off the camp!
Get order!
After a while, a clang of armor sounded outside the door. Veda walked to the door of the tiled room. He handed his sword to the guards and walked in to take the army salute: The last general is ordered to come and pay homage to the prince!
Zhu Gaoxu took out a golden seal, blew a few breaths, and covered the undried paper hard, and said: Commander Wei took over the military power of the Xishan Camp, transferred the cavalry of Li Rang from Duobangcheng to the west, and handed over to Command Wei to command.If enemy reinforcements come out from the West Mountain, you will fight and defeat them!
Veda clasped his fists and said: The last one will get orders!
...Zhu Gaoxu led the cavalry to the east, and the horse team left the camp before noon.
The Xishan garrison is only more than 100 miles away from Shenglong City, and the cavalry is approaching the southeast of Shenglong City along the plain road.When everyone arrived at Li's Manor, the sun was approaching the horizon of the west.
General Wang Bin asked Zhu Gaoxu if he chose a place to camp and go to war tomorrow.Zhu Gaoxu refused to comment and asked Ruan Zhi to take him, and a team of people approached the Li family manor first to inspect.
The group arrived at the west side of the manor, and the sunset was shining from behind to the building complex in the distance.
The Li family manor looks a bit spectacular and does not occupy a large area, but there are rammed earth city walls, gate towers and arrow towers around it, like a fortress.
Sure enough, a large number of Annan troops were besieging outside. At this time, the Annan troops should have discovered that the Ming army was approaching and were gathering people to the west of the manor.
Then Lili is a powerful man in Qinghua. Even if his power is not small, his foundation is not in Shenglong, and he will definitely not be able to stop the attack of the army.
Hu Yuancheng sent so many people to surround his manor, but for a few days, he still won’t take action?
What's even more strange is that Lili has not compromised after being surrounded for several days. In this case, what conditions are Lili going to discuss?
Zhu Gaoxu watched silently for a while, then suddenly turned to Wang Bin and said: If you send the order, Li Li is ambitious. Those who have captured this person will be rewarded with great reward!
Wang Bin said: At the end, we will send someone to order the generals immediately.
Zhu Gaoxu had long said that the throne of Annan was still in hangover, and many ambitious people would have thoughts.This Leli is obviously one of them!
The strange situation in the Li family manor is only one explanation: Li Li is covering up his ambitions and defrauding Hu Yuancheng!
Why did Hu Yuancheng's men not attack the manor immediately? Naturally, they were unwilling to easily make enemies with the Li family, a powerful Qinghua family.
Even if Li Li hid the Chen country, as long as he did not show obvious ambitions to replace Hu, Hu Yuancheng would think twice.
And Li Li captured Hu's thoughts.
If he faces threats, he will immediately compromise and hand over the queen. The motive for hiding the queen will be very obvious, just for power; since for power, there is no pressure to sacrifice the queen... But Li Li's approach is very bold. After being surrounded for a few days, he still refused to hand over it, as if he wanted to fight the queen to the death.
In this way, Hu Yuancheng will be confused, and he will have the illusion: Li Li is bold and arrogant to hide the queen, and may be confused by beauty, so he is so crazy!
If Lili's motivation is the latter, Hu can obviously compromise.That's why both sides have been inscribed with tears until now?
But Zhu Gaoxu didn't believe in Li Li at all, even if he didn't know this person!
The Annan soldiers and horses in the distance had withdrawn from the siege and were successively deployed in the direction of the Ming army, as if they were going to fight against the Ming army.
They have a large number of infantry soldiers, and now they may not be able to escape if they want to run.
In addition, there are cavalry?
The Annan Army's cavalry horses were very short, but they were finally horse teams.Zhu Gaoxu watched for a while, smiled on his face, and immediately turned his horse's head and shouted: Prepare for attack and end the battle before dark.
Zhu Gaoxu brought a small team of cavalry back to the army, and made a simple deployment, saving tactics.
The two light cavalry of the vanguard were asked to rush to the enemy's wings, and after catching a bow, they immediately circled around the sides of the manor, taking over the siege of Annan's army... Of course, it was for Li Li.
He took a long-handled saber from Zhao Ping and tied it to his back, and then took an iron shield and a spear.The Annan Army's firearms were relatively sharp. Zhu Gaoxu was wearing three layers of armor and took another pair of shields.
Zhu Gaoxu raised his cherry gun and waved it forward gently.
kill!A general shouted and led his troops out from the left.The right-wing light cavalry then activated the horse's hooves.
Zhu Gaoxu sat down and began to take steps, and the riders quickly entered a jogging state.On the road and in the vegetable fields, the sound of horse hooves gradually roared.
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