Fan Yao was the first to react to Li Jiang's magical operation. He ducked to the drum on the high platform, grabbed the drummer's stick, and started beating the drum fiercely.

"Dong dong, dong dong dong, dong dong dong dong dong dong dong…"

The war drum was the charge trumpet. After hearing this, the Ming army at the east gate swarmed towards the city head like a tide.

Although the Yuan soldiers lost their command, they were still fighting to the death. The temperament of the regular army was still there, and they all relied on their instincts to fight back in a limited way.

For a while, the Ming army really failed to attack.

Fan Yao saw it in his eyes and felt anxious in his heart. The drum beat became more and more urgent.

Just when he was about to throw away the mallet and go to the market himself, the city gate opened with a creak.

With Fan Yao's eyesight, he could see at a glance that there was only one person standing in the dark city gate. It was a white figure. The blazing flames in the city seemed to have coated his back with a layer of golden light.

There was no need for him to give orders. The soldiers on the front line cheered and swarmed into the doorway.

The Ming soldiers pouring in are like water, and Lijiang is like a big rock standing in the water. No matter how turbulent the water is, it will automatically divide into two streams and flow sideways when it comes in front of him.

Li Jiang walked out of the doorway and came towards the earth platform.

In fact, he has lost all his strength now and has very little energy left, but he still maintains his grace and moves smoothly.

Fan Yao threw down the drumstick and jumped down to meet him victoriously.

When the two of them were twenty or thirty meters apart and both saw the excited expressions on each other's faces, a figure suddenly intervened.

Just listen to the words coming out of his mouth like a barrage of words, "The commander-in-chief is really flying over the roof and climbing over the wall, he is the bravest of the three armies, invincible, unrivaled in the world, his martial arts is superb, he can penetrate the sky and the earth, he is invincible in battles, and he is invincible in all attacks..."

A man with blue eyes was spitting.

Li Jiang said angrily: "Xiaoya, you haven't learned the idioms you should learn, but you remember a lot of flattering idioms. Okay, stop talking nonsense! Hurry up and lead the army into the city to eliminate the remaining enemies and seal off the treasury."

"Oh oh" Yaya nodded like a chicken pecking rice, hugged Li Jiang and Fan Yao respectively, and ran away like a gust of wind.

Li Jiang looked at his furious figure and couldn't help shaking his head and smiling at Fan Yao.

Fan Yao also came up with her fists in hand and said, "Consultant Li, what he said is actually quite good. You deserve these compliments."

Li Jiang waved his hand and said: "Lao Fan, please stop doing this. This kid is too exaggerated. I just tried my best. It's not worth it."

Fan Yao couldn't accept what he said, so he had to smile and ask Li Jiang to go up to the high platform and wait for the city to be cleaned up.

After two days of rest, the Mingjiao army moved south.

After marching for a day, the Ming army divided into two groups. One group was led by Li Jiang, who bypassed the Luliang Mountains and attacked Linyi; the other group was led by Fan Yao, and then went south, crossed the Zhongtiao Mountains, attacked Yuncheng, and stationed troops by the Yellow River to tightly choke Henan.

The road north.

With Li Jiang, a super humanoid cannon, Linyi was captured in one day after he once again appeared in public.

Then he went all the way north along the Fen River. Many cities fell in the wind, and the Yuan soldiers in the cities fled one after another. The Ming soldiers then defeated Huozhou, Jiexiu, and Pingyao, and in less than half a month they arrived in Taiyuan.

The Yuan Dynasty army stationed in Taiyuan did not expect the Ming soldiers to advance so quickly, so they quickly gathered heavy troops in Jinzhong to stop them.

At this time, the military strength of the Yuan and Ming Dynasties was 20,000 to 50,000, but the Yuan soldiers were basically cavalry, with 1,000 of them being heavy armored cavalry, and the rest being light cavalry and some infantry.

General Li led 50,000 people, all of whom were infantry except for dozens of mounted scouts.

Unable to avoid being dashed away by the Yuan army's cavalry, Li Jiang deployed pikemen who had been trained specifically for the cavalry in the past six months.

These pikemen are basically composed of the old team of the former Guards. They are all strong and strong people with strong martial arts skills.

Only the phalanx composed of them could possibly compete with the Yuan army.

Moreover, the spear phalanx was not only a passive defense, they were also mobile. Everyone wore helmets and armor, holding a gun in one hand and a shield in the other, slowly pressing on the Yuan army. The purpose was to prevent the Yuan army from using their horse power and force them to fight in close combat.

The commander of the Yuan soldiers was a little confused at first. He had never encountered an infantryman who dared to attack the cavalry. However, he quickly realized that if he closed the distance again, the horse would collide with the opponent before it accelerated. At this time,

What is the difference between heavy armored cavalry and infantry?

So he quickly ordered the heavy armored cavalry to attack.

However, his reaction was still slow. His horses could not run at all within a distance of less than one mile, and his 1,000 heavy armored cavalry were quickly wiped out.

He had no choice but to send out light cavalry, start a large roundabout, and shoot arrows to surround and kill.

At this time, Li Jiang changed his formation into a hollow circular formation, with shields erected in the first few rows. In the hollow formation, martial arts masters were arranged to throw javelins outwards.

As the commander-in-chief, Li Jiang also joined in.

The javelins thrown by martial arts masters are much more lethal than bows and arrows. After Yuan Bing is shot, his armor cannot defend him at all. Basically, he will be pierced.

And the javelin of a strong man can even pin men and horses to the ground.

After the war reached a stalemate, the commander of the Yuan soldiers gritted his teeth and sent in reserve troops to suppress all the light cavalry.

Suddenly, a gap opened in the square formation at the center of the circle. The pikemen who had retreated into the formation seized the opportunity, rushed out again, and plunged straight into the main formation of the Yuan army.

This battle lasted from early morning to sunset and ended with the victory of the Ming army.

After this battle, Li Jiang's biggest gain was not the killing of more than 10,000 soldiers and the capture of Jinzhong City, but the more than 10,000 war horses.

In the future, Li Jiang can also organize cavalry. In North China, cavalry is the best to use.

Of course, very few of these 50,000 people can ride a horse. Only the former Old Guards were martial arts masters and could basically ride a horse.

Most of the new recruits don't know how to do it, so Li Jiang's cavalry unit can only exist on paper for the time being.

After defeating the main force of the Yuan army, Taiyuan City was like an egg with its shell peeled off, white, tender and fragrant, and it was taken by Li Jiang.

Li Jiang ordered the army to rest, gathered the old guards and the new troops who could ride horses, and rushed to Taiyuan overnight.

He wanted to blockade Taiyuan before the news of the defeat had spread completely.

Taiyuan is the capital of Shanxi, and the people and materials in it are something Li Jiang can never give up.

When all the new troops were sleeping soundly after the day's battle, Li Jiang was still anxiously waiting for news from Taiyuan.

I don't know how much time passed, but when Li Jiang felt that the night was almost over, the vanguard messenger arrived. More than 3,000 people who rode to Taiyuan followed the defeated troops and had already invaded Taiyuan and blocked the four gates.

They not only blocked the escape of officials and wealthy households in the city, but also blocked the defeated Yuan army commander and more than 2,000 remaining soldiers who fled back to Taiyuan.

Originally, these remnant soldiers could organize themselves to break through a city gate, but after their defeat, they became disheartened and took off their military uniforms to sneak into the common people.

The messenger said that the forward troops were too small and could only block the city gates, and there were no more manpower to carry out screening. Therefore, he asked the general to send troops immediately to pacify Taiyuan.

Li Jiang agreed, summoned the messenger, and ordered him to blow the trumpet to wake everyone up, and immediately sent troops to Taiyuan.

Most of the day later, Li Jiang led the main force of the Ming army into Taiyuan.

At this moment, Li Jiang received another battle report, which was a double blessing.

Fan Yao captured Yuncheng by digging tunnels and discharging slag medicine, and sent troops to guard the Yellow River ferry, blocking the Yuan soldiers from Henan who were rescuing Shanxi.
Chapter completed!