On the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, the first large-scale battle between Chen and Yuan was launched two years after the Battle of Shangjing.
This year, Jiangzhou was flooded, displaced people were fleeing, the north was turbulent, the national power was empty, and Chen was worried about internal and external aggression. Together, they launched a large-scale battle against the Yuan people.
In this battle, the Yuan army continued to siege the city overnight, and was even more attacked by surprise soldiers in turn. At the third watch, Wu Dugeng launched a new round of charge.
"kill!"
Two thousand Hebei troops rushed into the rear of the Yuan people.
If there was no interference from the cavalry behind him, Batu would be able to take Yecheng with all odds, but Wu Du didn't seem to be fighting him head-on.
Duan Ling observed for a long time and saw that the Yuan army was attacked from behind several times, and when it seemed that he was about to change his formation to fight against Wu independence, the army seemed to be unmoved and had different opinions, which led to repeated missed opportunities.
Yes, his army was not aligned, presumably those few thousand commanders were unwilling to listen to Batu's orders and just wanted to capture Yecheng quickly. Failure to reach military orders is a big taboo in the military. If he had not kidnapped himself before, there might not have been so many contradictions in the Yuan army. This time it was really a mistake.
Two thousand-man teams came to attack the city one after another, and Duan Ling led the militia in the city to resist the siege giant trees and siege ladders of the Yuan army.
There was a loud bang, and the collision column rushed towards the city gate. Dozens of people rushed to the top, and Duan Ling rushed to the city tower and led the archers to fly past, shooting arrows repeatedly.
There was chaos in the city and the city. Wu Du took the lead, blood splashed everywhere he passed, and almost no one could stop him. Wherever the fierce light sword went, even people with armors were cut open.
Duan Ling leaned against the city wall for breath, and the Yuan army finally realized that it would be impossible to conquer the city without first eliminating the ambush outside the city. Then, nearly 2,000 people were separated and rushed to Wu Du's team to resist his successive attacks.
The offensive at the city gate immediately eased. The defending army overturned the oil basin and lit dry wood. Black smoke was everywhere. Duan Ling glanced at the Yuan army who escaped in the smoke, and saw that the machine was an arrow, and the arrow fell instantly.
Wu Du was dressed in black armor and looked like a ghost in the dark night. As soon as the Yuan army came, he rushed into the woods. In less than a moment, the woods caught fire, and the thick smoke rushed in. The Yuan army coughed loudly, but Wu Du led the army to kill from the side. Seeing that the strength of the Yuan army continued to decrease, it was gradually lost due to guerrilla warfare. !
Batu shouted angrily, and his horse rushed forward. Wu Du had already killed his right hand and lost his strength. He crossed the sword with his left, and said coldly, "It's just right."
Immediately after Ben Xiao rushed, Wu Du and Batu confronted each other on horseback. Batu used a black iron spear that weighed nearly 30 pounds, and Wu Du held a fiery lightsaber. With the force of the horse's rush, the two confronted.
With a "ding" sound, the iron spear vibrated, and the gun barrel was cut off by Wu Du's sword! Ben Xiao rammed towards Batu's mount!
Batu's warhorse was hit and rolled to the ground, Wu Du turned swiftly on the spot, and his half body was still on the horse, and it was a sword that crossed the Lie Light Sword!
Batu immediately turned his hand to draw the knife, stepped on the ground with his left foot, and shouted, "Get up!"
The warhorse was strangled by him, blood on the corners of his mouth, and his hooves struggled to support him. Immediately afterwards, he used his left hand to slash and slashed along the edge of Wu Du's sword. Wu Du shouted, and changed his move to slash again.
There were remnants everywhere, the sky gradually lit up, and Duan Ling saw a black line rolling in from a distance.
"Evolution!" Qin Long shouted.
Two thousand reinforcements arrived and rushed up the hills, changing the marching formation into a charge formation, lining up in the mad charge.
"Charge!" Qin Long shouted.
"Withdraw!" Wu Du shouted.
Almost at the same time, Qin Long launched a charge, and Wu Du led his troops out of the battle formation under the city. The Yuan army immediately changed formations to resist Qin Long's offensive, but it was too late. Thousands of cavalrymen were fighting on the battlefield, and the killing was dark and dark.
"I'll leave it to you here!" Wu Du shouted, then left abruptly.
Duan Ling was about to order Wu Du to enter the city, but Wu Du led his men to leave around the city wall.
The Yuan army was finally defeated, but there was no panic at all. When the army was withdrawing, it continued to form a team and evacuated along the other end of the city wall. Qin Taki led the army to catch up. Duan Ling said decisively: "Everyone mounts! Follow me!"
When the Yuan army passed through the east gate, the team was constantly reorganizing, and suddenly the east gate opened wide, and Duan Ling led a hundred archers and thousands of militiamen to kill them. Dare to fight, they all collapsed.
The Yuan army that was about to gather for a while was scattered again, and Qin Taki chased after him and joined Duan Ling. Zheng Yan shouted: "Prefect! You've overplayed! Go back to defend the city!"
"Never mind!" Duan Ling said loudly, and merged the army into Qin Long's team. After chasing more than ten miles, the sky was already bright, Qin Taki said: "Don't chase anymore! All back to defense!"
Duan Ling wanted to try and see if he could catch Batu, but now that the Yuan army was defeated, it was a mess, and he couldn't find Batu's whereabouts, so he had to give up.
However, just as they were about to evacuate, another group of ambush soldiers rushed out from the road, but it was Wu Du.
Before the Yuan army could recognize it, they were scattered again, and Duan Ling shouted, "Wu Du!"
"Why did you come out!" Wu Du shouted, "Didn't I let you stay in the city?"
Duan Ling replied: "I'm afraid they will take the opportunity to attack the east gate, where there are too few guards."
Now that there are only a few dozen troops in Yecheng, Qin Long gave Duan Ling a thumbs up and said, "You guys are really bold."
"It doesn't matter." Wu Du said, "Change horses, follow me, Qin Taki, you and Zheng Yan, let's flank them on the shore of Xunshui."
The Yuan army was over, and there was no way to escape except to cross the river. There was a fierce dispute within it, and the quarrel was raging. In the woods, there were guards and arrows in ambush one after another. Cross the river.
Halfway through the river, Wu Du and Qin Taki led their troops out again. This time the defeat was devastating to the Yuan army. They were killed so that the water was full of floating corpses, and at least thousands of Yuan soldiers were killed. .
In the end, there were less than 2,000 soldiers left, and they crossed the Xun River and retreated to the north shore. The two sides faced off from a distance.
"Don't come again next time!" Duan Ling was across the river, his body was covered in blood, and the hand that pulled the string was still shaking.
"Let's withdraw." Wu Du said, "Ye City's defense is empty, and we must go back as soon as possible."
Duan Ling did not see Batu in the end, and the battle was over.
Back in the city, there were wounded soldiers everywhere, and the price paid for this battle was too great.
"Count the number of casualties." Wu Du instructed. He entered the prefect's mansion, fell on the spot, the armor sounded, and a lot of blood seeped from underneath, and he didn't know whether it was his own blood or the blood of the enemy.
Duan Ling's martial robe was tattered, revealing the white tiger's bright light armor that was lined inside. He lay down on the ground, leaning on Wu Du's leg, feeling like he was about to fall apart.
Cheers came from outside.
"Report to the prefect and the general." The general said, "The Yecheng army died four hundred and seventy-two and wounded one thousand and one thousand; the Hejian army died thirty-six and wounded six hundred and one."
"Are there so many casualties?" Duan Ling said with his eyes closed, "I'll go to take care of myself later, and sleep a while, I can't do it."
Jiangzhou enters autumn, and the official road is golden along the way.
The messenger hurriedly crossed the avenue—the Battle of Qixi Festival in Yecheng was victorious. The messenger traveled day and night to deliver the army report to Jiangzhou.
"The Yuan people have withdrawn to Xunbei." Xie You said, "I shouldn't enter my Dachen territory again in the near future."
"Don't ask the imperial court to fight." The Su Clan said, "Just confront the Yuan people directly. What if they come to take revenge in the winter?"
"It will take half a month for Yecheng to rush to this place." Mu Kuangda said, "Every time you come and go, it's a full month. When Colonel Hejian took office, His Majesty had already issued a secret edict of 'act of expediency'. Besides, the Yuan people were no longer waiting for an opportunity. To move is to violate my territory, and this battle should be fought for all reasons.”
Cai Yan said: "Four thousand people beat five thousand people, and they won a good victory."
"His Royal Highness." Xie You said, "This battle cannot be judged by the number of troops."
Li Yanqiu was silent, still looking at the map.
Xie You stepped forward and explained to the ministers: "The Yuan army is good at guerrilla attacks, not good at attacking cities. From the territory east of Yubi Pass, when towns and cities along the border line confront the Yuan army, the most common method is to close the city. No. But this time, Hejian Colonel Wu Du led the army to ambush, and when the Yuan people attacked the city, they attacked the back formation. Cooperating with Qin Long, they outflanked the Yuan people and chased the Yuan people all the way to Xunshui. I saw it with my own eyes, but according to Wang Shan's military report, it must be like this."
"This is the way the late emperor used to play." Li Yanqiu said calmly, "that year in Shangjing, when he fought against Yelu Dashi at Wo Kuotai, he was the first to ambush and then to attack. If he hadn't intercepted the secret letter from the Yuan army, informed Yubi to close Han Bin, and attacked the Yuan people to reinforce the army, it is expected that Yecheng would have been lost at this time."
Everyone was silent, Cai Yan was a little unsure, Li Yanqiu looked at Cai Yan and said gently, "What do you think, Huang'er?"
"Yeah." Cai Yan replied, "Let's leave it to the Ministry of War for evaluation."
Mu Kuangda said again: "Although the Yuan people have been driven out of Hebei, Yecheng, Hejian and other places still missed the autumn harvest. The militiamen were recruited a month ago, and it was difficult to do farm work. It is impossible to say that they have to transfer some surplus grain to help them survive this. winter."
The Minister of Husband sighed and said, "If there are more disaster victims from the north going south, there is really no way to do anything but supply what Ye City needs."
"Let's do it now." Li Yanqiu got up and said, "Retreat."
In autumn, the sky is wide, the wind blows in the north, the grass is low, and the wheat waves are rolling. As soon as the Yuan people withdrew, Duan Ling immediately disbanded the army on the spot and let them go to the autumn harvest, so as not to miss the time, the huge city of Ye was empty for a while, and all the people went out to harvest wheat and mill wheat.
The deceased soldiers had to be cared for, and the wounded had to be questioned. Duan Ling had been busy for three days and was exhausted. After returning to the mansion, Duan Ling changed Wu Du's medicine in the room. The previous arrow left a scar, and this time the battle added a new wound.
"A battle will leave a scar." Duan Ling said, "In a few years, all the wounds will be on the body."
Wu Du said, "It's a good idea to bring a few more marks. When you're old and you become an emperor, when you despise me, I'll show it to you, and I will naturally remember how good I am to you."
"What are you talking about?" Duan Ling couldn't help laughing and crying. Looking at Wu Du, his heart was moved, so he hugged his waist, leaned over his muscular shoulders, and kissed the tattoo on his neck.
"That kid must not dare to come again." Wu Du said again.
"He will come again." Duan Ling said, "he will definitely come before next summer."
Batu lost the battle, the reason for Duan Ling is clear, this does not mean that his strength is not good, but there are differences within the Yuan army. Next time he comes again, he will definitely make full preparations, bring Amugu to fight against independence, and call in the personal soldiers stationed in Hu|Lun|Bei|er.
The short half-year period will be their most precious rest period.
After Wu Du had changed his medicine and put on his robe to get up, Duan Ling asked, "Where are you going?"
Wu Du replied, "I'll find a way for you to find something to eat."
Duan Ling laughed and said, "I'm thinking of a way. This should be my responsibility."
Wu Du waved his hand and said, "There is no way to support the family."
"Hey, wait." Duan Ling said, "There are still some things that need to be figured out. Let's work together."