At the end of July of the third year of Jianwen, King Yàn led an army of more than 200,000 to surround Peixian County and shot arrows to persuade the surrender to the city, but was rejected.
So more than a thousand cannons were shocked on all sides, and the entire county town was filled with smoke.
King Yàn believed that the county town of Peixian could be broken just around the corner, so he took Zhu Gaoxu as his vanguard and led his headquarters to 5,000 infantry and 3,000 vassal cavalry to the south, and the front army forced Xuzhou.
Zhu Gaoxu received the order and led his troops to leave Pei County.After walking for a long time, I could vaguely hear the cannon sound coming from the north.
A large number of people were squirming on the road like a black dragon, and there were no people on the plains. I guess they had already hidden themselves when they heard the sound of cannons.
Zhu Gaoxu looked into the fields and saw large areas of crops around him, with few wastelands. He felt that there were not many people nearby.
It was the time when the autumn was clear and the weather was refreshing, and the scenery he saw was completely different from his previous life.
The sky is blue and the air is moist and transparent. The wheat in the dry land has been harvested, the cabbage and beans are still left in the field. The rice in the paddy fields is beautiful, and has not yet been harvested, and has been bent by the rice ears.
Seeing this, Zhu Gaoxu thought to himself: The time for going south this time is very appropriate!
King Yàn fought with the government troops in Hebei for half a year, and more than 200,000 troops suddenly drove south, and the food must be very tight.
But once you arrive at the Xuhuai Plain, you don’t have to worry about food and grass; even if the soldiers are asked to go to the fields to harvest, you can get a lot of food... However, with the momentum of King Yàn who shocked the cannons and intimidated the fourth field every time he went, Zhu Gaoxu felt that King Yàn would directly force local officials to hand over the food.
The vanguard army marched from the west side of Weishan Lake, and the road was flat and there was no obstacle.Three days later, Zhu Gaoxu had arrived south of Weishan Lake, which was only twenty or thirty miles away from Xuzhou City.
Xuzhou has been a place where four battles have been fought since ancient times, and it is a big city.Zhu Gaoxu guessed that it would be fine for the government army to gather tens of thousands of troops at will, so he did not rush forward and ordered the camp to be built first before making a foothold.
Wang Bin first requisitioned a large village in the Zhou family, and Zhu Gaoxu's central army was stationed in the village.
We used the earth walls outside the village to dig trenches outside the walls to build fortifications; and built another military camp outside the village, thinking that the horns were being taken, and before dark, the army built simple defense facilities.
...Zhu Gaoxu's troops rested in the village for two days. Early on the third morning, he led the cavalry out of the barracks and left the infantry to support him... He thought that he had only 8,000 people in total, and he only took the cavalry to Xuzhou. If he couldn't beat him, he could still run away.
The horse army successively went out of the camp and headed straight to Xuzhou City from the plain.Not long after leaving, the scout reported: The Xuzhou City official army was out of the city and there were tens of thousands of people!
The cavalry of the government army was consumed in huge numbers in the past two years, and even Ping'an lacked elite cavalry. Zhu Gaoxu determined that the government army guarding the city could not have many horse teams.
Moreover, the defenders of Xuzhou were not the main force of the official army. When Zhu Gaoxu was still in the King of Yàn, he knew that Ping'an had not arrived in Jining yet; Sheng Yong's army was also in Shandong, and there was a secret report from Sheng Yong to lead his army to the Huaihe River.
Zhu Gaoxu was fearless and led more than 4,000 cavalry to continue southwards.
The troops arrived in Xuzhou City soon.He sat on the horse and looked at it. He could see the city tower standing in the foggy horizon. The north was indeed covered with square formations, and he was posing.
Zhu Gaoxu's cavalry left the main road one after another, swayed toward the wings, and moved forward slowly.At this time, he turned to his personal soldiers and said: He ordered all the troops to stop advancing, and generals above a hundred households came to the army to obey the orders.
Get order!
Thousands of people gradually stopped and looked at each other from the official army formation two miles away.Dozens of military generals also gathered near Zhu Gaoxu one after another.
Zhu Gaoxu was walking and watching in front of the army, and when he turned around, he saw many eyes looking at him.
He said: We are forwards, we are only responsible for clearing the road to Xuzhou.There are tens of thousands of officials. If they can, they will harass them. They should not go deep into the enemy's formation and wait for my father's army to come.
The generals clasped their fists and responded: The last general is waiting for the order!
Zhu Gaoxu pointed to the south with his hand. There were some village markets in the city. Now the battlefield is in the north of the city, and the people may have already run away.To prevent an ambush... Wang Bin!
Wang Bin clasped his fists and said: The last one is here!
Zhu Gaoxu said: You lead your troops to burn the village. If the reinforcements of the government come, you will avoid the battle when you see the opportunity!
Wang Bin took the order and left.Zhu Gaoxu waved his hand and said: Look at the big flag and the red pennant flag, and get close to me.Each returned to each department.
Not long after, a group of cavalry of Wang Bin rushed to various villages. Starting from the east, fires ignited one after another in the distance, and smoke soared into the sky.The cannons on the city walls also began to fire their cannons.
At this time, a drum sound suddenly came from the formation opposite, and a square formation on the right wing of the official army began to move forward.
Zhu Gaoxu watched for a while and saw that a large area of low houses in the west had not yet been burned.
He suddenly imagined that there was an ambush in the west!
So he shouted: Order the tribes and follow me to detour westward!
All the cavalry stayed in the wilderness followed Zhu Gaoxu's central army flag one after another. The troops formed three horse teams and gradually ran, rumbling... The sound of horse hooves became louder and louder.
When Zhu Gaoxu led the horse team to the west, he saw that Wang Bin had just approached the house, and the sound of cannons and guns sounded there, which was noisy.The official army indeed hid the ambush outside the city!
At this time, the right-wing infantry of the government army was advancing, obviously coming to pick up the ambush.
Zhu Gaoxu ignored Wang Bin's fight and shouted while running: The vassal cavalry who was urging Ji'er to shoot the official army first!Then go to the north and lead our troops!
Get order!
Zhu Gaoxu then raised his cherry gun and shouted: Come with me!
At this time, the large army of the right wing of the official army had stopped and was turning.However, the Xuzhou garrison was not Sheng Yong. Since the infantry and military formation had been shaken, it would be impossible not to reveal flaws temporarily!
The two armies are getting closer and closer. At this moment, the embarrassment of the infantry army is exposed. They cannot run, and they cannot attack. They can only line up on the ground to welcome the attack of the Yàn army.
Papapapa... The vassal cavalry column rushed south along the edge of the official camp, and the sound of strings came from the wind, so dense that it was like hail.The sound of the musket also rang in a mess.
People kept screaming and falling to the ground in the official barracks, but the quadron still remained motionless.Occasionally, some people from the vassal cavalry were caught in muskets and archers, and the shouts from both sides were shocked.
kill!Zhu Gaoxu roared, and the iron cavalry gradually accelerated and rushed from the west toward the side of the official army.
The official army's infantry formation was too late to turn, and a row of soldiers turned around on the side, with some spears facing Zhu Gaoxu's iron cavalry.
After a moment, the sound of metal hitting and screaming suddenly sounded. The soldiers on the side of the army had different weapons and generals. When Zhu Gaoxu rode a high-headed iron horse and a long spear, the crowd retreated one after another, and it became chaotic in an instant.
Zhu Gaoxu rushed up and stabbed a soldier in the back with a shot. When he pulled the gun, blood was splattering.
The soldiers beside them roared loudly and rushed into the enemy formation one after another.
Some of the officials holding spears did not form a formation and actually resisted in groups, but no one could defeat Zhu Gaoxu wherever he went. He rushed over from a high position. The cherry gun felt very light in his hand, and it was as flexible as threading needles.
Chen Dachui approached Zhu Gaoxu and was also showing his strength, very fierce and desperate.Zhu Gaoxu was in front of his personal cavalry and broke through the enemy camp on the right wing of the official army with one blow and crossed the formation.
After the official army was divided into halfway, Zhu Gaoxu rode his horse forward, allowing the subsequent horse team to follow him, and the front was in front of the official army formation.
Boom boom boom... The cannons on the city walls fired one after another, and stone bombs swirled and flew in the air.Occasionally, a horse neighed, but unfortunately it was hit by a stone bullet.
Zhu Gaoxu pointed the cherry gun to the north, and the flags around him also tilted to the north. The troops rushed towards the horses and saw the vassal cavalry responding.
Zhu Gaoxu led the iron cavalry in the middle, and the chicken followed Zhu Gaoxu's left and right wings according to his past experience.
A large group of cavalry circled around, and the reinforcements of the official army's right wing were broken by the side, and they had stopped and could not move forward.
Zhu Gaoxu led his troops to Wang Bin's side again. A fire had ignited from a low house, and many officials and soldiers were running out in chaos.The Northern Army cavalry approached a lot and caught one of the rioters!
The ambush of the government troops failed to launch the attack first, and were expelled by Wang Bin at this time. It was very chaotic and encountered the siege of Zhu Gaoxu's thousands of superior troops.Suddenly, the battlefield was terrible.
Countless officials and soldiers ran around, were killed by cavalry, and countless casualties were killed and injured. The ground was full of corpses and screaming wounded soldiers.
Soon, Zhu Gaoxu heard the loud footsteps in the south. When he looked back, he saw the official infantry running in columns to reinforce!
It was the one who had just been crossed by the formation, which was swept across the cavalry and cut off in half, but it had not yet collapsed?!
The head of the official army was very persistent and desperately wanted to save the ambush here!
Seeing this, Zhu Gaoxu did not want to get entangled with it anymore. He immediately rushed north with his personal soldiers with a red flag.After a while, the vassal cavalry and Wang Bin's men also gave up the massacre and followed.
Countless war horses gradually slowed down their running speed, and the horses under Zhu Gaoxu were also exhaling heavily.There were shouts everywhere, and the generals were rectifying their respective troops.
The cannon sound also subsided, and the right-wing troops of the official army were surging.Zhu Gaoxu looked from a distance and many wounded soldiers were helped to flee south.
Wang Bin immediately came and clasped his fists and said: Prince!
Zhu Gaoxu looked at him and said: The government army is not a mob. After a fight just now, I feel that I have no chance to defeat tens of thousands of people with thousands of cavalry.We continued to burn the houses on the periphery and retreated to wait for the main force of the army.
Wang Bin said: The prince is wise!
After everyone stopped for a while, Wang Bin collected the fierce tincture oil and gunpowder he carried from various troops and continued to take the people to work.
Zhu Gaoxu saw a small slope in the east, and Chen Dachu sent several riders to inquire.
At this moment, a group of official cavalry rushed to the west to watch, but did not dare to come up.Zhu Gaoxu also looked at the official army. If he didn't attack, the battle would not be able to be fought.
In the afternoon, Zhu Gaoxu ordered his troops to go north and return to the military camp station south of Weishan Lake.On the other hand, he sent people north to report the military situation of King Yàn Xuzhou.
So more than a thousand cannons were shocked on all sides, and the entire county town was filled with smoke.
King Yàn believed that the county town of Peixian could be broken just around the corner, so he took Zhu Gaoxu as his vanguard and led his headquarters to 5,000 infantry and 3,000 vassal cavalry to the south, and the front army forced Xuzhou.
Zhu Gaoxu received the order and led his troops to leave Pei County.After walking for a long time, I could vaguely hear the cannon sound coming from the north.
A large number of people were squirming on the road like a black dragon, and there were no people on the plains. I guess they had already hidden themselves when they heard the sound of cannons.
Zhu Gaoxu looked into the fields and saw large areas of crops around him, with few wastelands. He felt that there were not many people nearby.
It was the time when the autumn was clear and the weather was refreshing, and the scenery he saw was completely different from his previous life.
The sky is blue and the air is moist and transparent. The wheat in the dry land has been harvested, the cabbage and beans are still left in the field. The rice in the paddy fields is beautiful, and has not yet been harvested, and has been bent by the rice ears.
Seeing this, Zhu Gaoxu thought to himself: The time for going south this time is very appropriate!
King Yàn fought with the government troops in Hebei for half a year, and more than 200,000 troops suddenly drove south, and the food must be very tight.
But once you arrive at the Xuhuai Plain, you don’t have to worry about food and grass; even if the soldiers are asked to go to the fields to harvest, you can get a lot of food... However, with the momentum of King Yàn who shocked the cannons and intimidated the fourth field every time he went, Zhu Gaoxu felt that King Yàn would directly force local officials to hand over the food.
The vanguard army marched from the west side of Weishan Lake, and the road was flat and there was no obstacle.Three days later, Zhu Gaoxu had arrived south of Weishan Lake, which was only twenty or thirty miles away from Xuzhou City.
Xuzhou has been a place where four battles have been fought since ancient times, and it is a big city.Zhu Gaoxu guessed that it would be fine for the government army to gather tens of thousands of troops at will, so he did not rush forward and ordered the camp to be built first before making a foothold.
Wang Bin first requisitioned a large village in the Zhou family, and Zhu Gaoxu's central army was stationed in the village.
We used the earth walls outside the village to dig trenches outside the walls to build fortifications; and built another military camp outside the village, thinking that the horns were being taken, and before dark, the army built simple defense facilities.
...Zhu Gaoxu's troops rested in the village for two days. Early on the third morning, he led the cavalry out of the barracks and left the infantry to support him... He thought that he had only 8,000 people in total, and he only took the cavalry to Xuzhou. If he couldn't beat him, he could still run away.
The horse army successively went out of the camp and headed straight to Xuzhou City from the plain.Not long after leaving, the scout reported: The Xuzhou City official army was out of the city and there were tens of thousands of people!
The cavalry of the government army was consumed in huge numbers in the past two years, and even Ping'an lacked elite cavalry. Zhu Gaoxu determined that the government army guarding the city could not have many horse teams.
Moreover, the defenders of Xuzhou were not the main force of the official army. When Zhu Gaoxu was still in the King of Yàn, he knew that Ping'an had not arrived in Jining yet; Sheng Yong's army was also in Shandong, and there was a secret report from Sheng Yong to lead his army to the Huaihe River.
Zhu Gaoxu was fearless and led more than 4,000 cavalry to continue southwards.
The troops arrived in Xuzhou City soon.He sat on the horse and looked at it. He could see the city tower standing in the foggy horizon. The north was indeed covered with square formations, and he was posing.
Zhu Gaoxu's cavalry left the main road one after another, swayed toward the wings, and moved forward slowly.At this time, he turned to his personal soldiers and said: He ordered all the troops to stop advancing, and generals above a hundred households came to the army to obey the orders.
Get order!
Thousands of people gradually stopped and looked at each other from the official army formation two miles away.Dozens of military generals also gathered near Zhu Gaoxu one after another.
Zhu Gaoxu was walking and watching in front of the army, and when he turned around, he saw many eyes looking at him.
He said: We are forwards, we are only responsible for clearing the road to Xuzhou.There are tens of thousands of officials. If they can, they will harass them. They should not go deep into the enemy's formation and wait for my father's army to come.
The generals clasped their fists and responded: The last general is waiting for the order!
Zhu Gaoxu pointed to the south with his hand. There were some village markets in the city. Now the battlefield is in the north of the city, and the people may have already run away.To prevent an ambush... Wang Bin!
Wang Bin clasped his fists and said: The last one is here!
Zhu Gaoxu said: You lead your troops to burn the village. If the reinforcements of the government come, you will avoid the battle when you see the opportunity!
Wang Bin took the order and left.Zhu Gaoxu waved his hand and said: Look at the big flag and the red pennant flag, and get close to me.Each returned to each department.
Not long after, a group of cavalry of Wang Bin rushed to various villages. Starting from the east, fires ignited one after another in the distance, and smoke soared into the sky.The cannons on the city walls also began to fire their cannons.
At this time, a drum sound suddenly came from the formation opposite, and a square formation on the right wing of the official army began to move forward.
Zhu Gaoxu watched for a while and saw that a large area of low houses in the west had not yet been burned.
He suddenly imagined that there was an ambush in the west!
So he shouted: Order the tribes and follow me to detour westward!
All the cavalry stayed in the wilderness followed Zhu Gaoxu's central army flag one after another. The troops formed three horse teams and gradually ran, rumbling... The sound of horse hooves became louder and louder.
When Zhu Gaoxu led the horse team to the west, he saw that Wang Bin had just approached the house, and the sound of cannons and guns sounded there, which was noisy.The official army indeed hid the ambush outside the city!
At this time, the right-wing infantry of the government army was advancing, obviously coming to pick up the ambush.
Zhu Gaoxu ignored Wang Bin's fight and shouted while running: The vassal cavalry who was urging Ji'er to shoot the official army first!Then go to the north and lead our troops!
Get order!
Zhu Gaoxu then raised his cherry gun and shouted: Come with me!
At this time, the large army of the right wing of the official army had stopped and was turning.However, the Xuzhou garrison was not Sheng Yong. Since the infantry and military formation had been shaken, it would be impossible not to reveal flaws temporarily!
The two armies are getting closer and closer. At this moment, the embarrassment of the infantry army is exposed. They cannot run, and they cannot attack. They can only line up on the ground to welcome the attack of the Yàn army.
Papapapa... The vassal cavalry column rushed south along the edge of the official camp, and the sound of strings came from the wind, so dense that it was like hail.The sound of the musket also rang in a mess.
People kept screaming and falling to the ground in the official barracks, but the quadron still remained motionless.Occasionally, some people from the vassal cavalry were caught in muskets and archers, and the shouts from both sides were shocked.
kill!Zhu Gaoxu roared, and the iron cavalry gradually accelerated and rushed from the west toward the side of the official army.
The official army's infantry formation was too late to turn, and a row of soldiers turned around on the side, with some spears facing Zhu Gaoxu's iron cavalry.
After a moment, the sound of metal hitting and screaming suddenly sounded. The soldiers on the side of the army had different weapons and generals. When Zhu Gaoxu rode a high-headed iron horse and a long spear, the crowd retreated one after another, and it became chaotic in an instant.
Zhu Gaoxu rushed up and stabbed a soldier in the back with a shot. When he pulled the gun, blood was splattering.
The soldiers beside them roared loudly and rushed into the enemy formation one after another.
Some of the officials holding spears did not form a formation and actually resisted in groups, but no one could defeat Zhu Gaoxu wherever he went. He rushed over from a high position. The cherry gun felt very light in his hand, and it was as flexible as threading needles.
Chen Dachui approached Zhu Gaoxu and was also showing his strength, very fierce and desperate.Zhu Gaoxu was in front of his personal cavalry and broke through the enemy camp on the right wing of the official army with one blow and crossed the formation.
After the official army was divided into halfway, Zhu Gaoxu rode his horse forward, allowing the subsequent horse team to follow him, and the front was in front of the official army formation.
Boom boom boom... The cannons on the city walls fired one after another, and stone bombs swirled and flew in the air.Occasionally, a horse neighed, but unfortunately it was hit by a stone bullet.
Zhu Gaoxu pointed the cherry gun to the north, and the flags around him also tilted to the north. The troops rushed towards the horses and saw the vassal cavalry responding.
Zhu Gaoxu led the iron cavalry in the middle, and the chicken followed Zhu Gaoxu's left and right wings according to his past experience.
A large group of cavalry circled around, and the reinforcements of the official army's right wing were broken by the side, and they had stopped and could not move forward.
Zhu Gaoxu led his troops to Wang Bin's side again. A fire had ignited from a low house, and many officials and soldiers were running out in chaos.The Northern Army cavalry approached a lot and caught one of the rioters!
The ambush of the government troops failed to launch the attack first, and were expelled by Wang Bin at this time. It was very chaotic and encountered the siege of Zhu Gaoxu's thousands of superior troops.Suddenly, the battlefield was terrible.
Countless officials and soldiers ran around, were killed by cavalry, and countless casualties were killed and injured. The ground was full of corpses and screaming wounded soldiers.
Soon, Zhu Gaoxu heard the loud footsteps in the south. When he looked back, he saw the official infantry running in columns to reinforce!
It was the one who had just been crossed by the formation, which was swept across the cavalry and cut off in half, but it had not yet collapsed?!
The head of the official army was very persistent and desperately wanted to save the ambush here!
Seeing this, Zhu Gaoxu did not want to get entangled with it anymore. He immediately rushed north with his personal soldiers with a red flag.After a while, the vassal cavalry and Wang Bin's men also gave up the massacre and followed.
Countless war horses gradually slowed down their running speed, and the horses under Zhu Gaoxu were also exhaling heavily.There were shouts everywhere, and the generals were rectifying their respective troops.
The cannon sound also subsided, and the right-wing troops of the official army were surging.Zhu Gaoxu looked from a distance and many wounded soldiers were helped to flee south.
Wang Bin immediately came and clasped his fists and said: Prince!
Zhu Gaoxu looked at him and said: The government army is not a mob. After a fight just now, I feel that I have no chance to defeat tens of thousands of people with thousands of cavalry.We continued to burn the houses on the periphery and retreated to wait for the main force of the army.
Wang Bin said: The prince is wise!
After everyone stopped for a while, Wang Bin collected the fierce tincture oil and gunpowder he carried from various troops and continued to take the people to work.
Zhu Gaoxu saw a small slope in the east, and Chen Dachu sent several riders to inquire.
At this moment, a group of official cavalry rushed to the west to watch, but did not dare to come up.Zhu Gaoxu also looked at the official army. If he didn't attack, the battle would not be able to be fought.
In the afternoon, Zhu Gaoxu ordered his troops to go north and return to the military camp station south of Weishan Lake.On the other hand, he sent people north to report the military situation of King Yàn Xuzhou.
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