Chapter 41: The Mantis stalks the cicada (3)

The Ningyuan Guard's front line relied on these small blue flags to magically resist the attack of the Yanshan Left Guard again. Zhang Yu couldn't understand it, and it turned out that the formation that was about to collapse seemed to be revitalized.

The middle-aged general flag in the distance had disappeared, but the tired infantry still organized strong resistance around the flags. It was not like many armies in this era, when the commander fled, the entire army collapsed immediately.

Zhang Yu had no choice but to wave the long spear in his hand in the air and prepare to lead the last thousand households to attack. He didn't believe that the Liaodong army in front of him was all iron-clad and could withstand the impact of the fourth iron cavalry.

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At this time, Zhu Di was pacing back and forth on the stage with a gloomy face. A scout brought a piece of news that surprised him. He was sending more scouts to confirm the news. If this was the fact, then there would be few choices left for him.

At this time, he could choose to recruit troops back to the battlefield and withdraw to Kaiping to continue to deal with each other, but this was not Zhu Di's character. He looked at the changing flag of the left guard of Yanshan, and knew that Zhang Yu was organizing an assault again.

He still had expectations that if Zhang Yu could defeat Ning Yuanwei at this time, things could still be done.

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Zhang Baifang was panting and sat next to the team flag. A feather arrow was inserted on his shoulder, and the blood was still flowing. His strength was exhausted bit by bit. But the opponent's cavalry still insisted on launching the fourth attack.

There were fewer and fewer brothers around him. Ningyuanwei, who had originally had 4,000 war soldiers, was still standing at this time less than three thousand people.

Zhang Baifang swayed and supported his body with a knife again. He took off his helmet and threw it on the ground, and reached out to hold the hand of a brother next to him. The soldier glanced at him and knew his intentions. He then stretched out his hand to hold the brother next to him, and just held one hand with one hand.

Zhang Baifang's eighteen remaining brothers held hands with each other and leaned closely around the team flag.

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Lu Bo held the helmet on his head and looked around. There were only more than 60 people left in the 100 households of the Central Army. He knew that the time for his desperate efforts had come.

Lu Bo pulled up the sword that was standing on the ground, turned around and said to the soldiers beside him, "The Liaodong Supreme Guards only had ghosts who died in battle, but no soldiers who ran away!" As he said that, he turned around and urged the horse. He led his men to rush towards the military flag of the Yanshan Left Guard.

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Zhu Neng could not defeat Ni Lei, and Ni Lei could not defeat Zhu Neng. Both sides were entangled with each other one mile away from the main battlefield. If every soldier from Yanshan Central Guard fell, a cavalry from Dingliaon Central Guard would also be killed at the same time.

Both sides were top elite, like two giants, sacrificing their lives to fight each other with the most violent moves. Suddenly, the Yan army's original formation sounded gongs, and the cavalry in the right guard of Yanshan seemed to have been summoned, and turned around and retreated.

Ni Lei never thought that the enemy would retreat at this time. He was considering whether to pursue or return to rescue our formation, and a messenger rushed over.

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The sun was already hanging in the sky to the west, and the battlefield suddenly became a little weird. The Yan army, which was about to win a great victory, retreated like a tide, and the Liaodong army all looked up at the north. The earth seemed to be shaking, as if there were thousands of troops.

Zhang Baifang was also looking at him. If the Yan army came at this time, then all of them would die without a place to bury them.

Suddenly, three commanders with flags on their backs crossed the entire battlefield. They ran and shouted loudly: "The King of Liao is here, and the Right Guard of Yulin is here!"

Zhang Baifang shook his brother beside him and confirmed what he heard again. The brother told him: "Yes, they said that the King of Liao is here and the Right Guard of Yulin is here." Zhang Baifang's eyes turned dark, and he sat on the ground with a gulp, and fainted.

Before he lost consciousness, he only heard the Liaodong army on the entire front shouting wildly: "Long live the Liao King! Long live the Liao King..."

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Zhu Di looked out at the northern wilderness.

One military flag came into view, the yellow one was the "Yulin Right Guard", the white one was the "Lalu Guard", the black one was the "30,000 Guards", the purple one was the "Chenyang Zhonggu", and two scarlet flags were running back and forth, which was the "Guanning Iron Cavalry".

"The mantis stalks the cicada, and the oriole is behind." Zhu Di muttered these two sentences. When he thought he had caught a fat pig, he became the mantis in the oriole's mouth.

At present, he only has two guards with less than 10,000 troops maintaining intact combat power, while the opponent has a total of 25,000 main forces joining the battlefield. Zhu Di is not a reckless man. There is no doubt that the winner has been decided.

All he had to consider was how to get his soldiers and horses to escape unscathed.

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Zhu Zhi rode on the Arabian horse with his arms hanging, and the monocular scanned the battlefield, and everything was in sight.

He confirmed at least two things. First, the general flags of Ningyuanwei and Dingliao Central Guard were still flying, and they did not collapse; second, Yang Wen's general flags had disappeared from the battlefield, and there were only two explanations. First, he had died in battle, which may be the best result for him. Second, if he fled from the battlefield, his fate was also destined.

When this strategy was proposed by Yang Rong, Zhu Zhi hesitated and contradicted for a long time. Yang Rong's strategy of killing two birds with one stone could not only eliminate Yang Wen, but also take the opportunity to bite Zhu Di.

But Zhu Zhi was worried that this plan would be too dangerous. He first had to fill in a few elite soldiers in the harem, and secondly, he had to calculate accurately to ensure that he could arrive at the battlefield at the most critical moment.

It’s too early to come, Yang Wen can’t retreat even if he dies, but he’s too late to come, Wan Ding Liao, what should I do if the two guards of Ningyuan were defeated?

But Yang Rong finally convinced Zhu Zhi that if he didn't find a suitable reason to get rid of Yang Wen, Liaodong could never be said to be all Zhu Zhi's world; but the excuse must be strong, otherwise, if you kill the imperial generals at will, how could Jianwen agree?

Moreover, the court was still strong at this time, and he could mobilize an army of 500,000 at will. How could he give up with Zhu Zhi? The most important thing is that Zhu Zhi's second son Gui Xie was still in the capital, so he could not do anything that would ignore his son's life or death.

Since leaving Guangning, Tiexuan has arranged a confidant scout from hundreds of households in Yang Wenjun. They brought Yang Wenjun's movements and news to Zhu Zhi six times a day. On the day of the war, the military newspaper was sent almost every half hour.

That's why Zhu Zhi joined the battlefield at this critical moment.

Yang Wen's fate was a foregone conclusion. Zhu Zhi began to deal with his fourth brother. He ordered Dingliao Central Guard to return to his own formation and replace the Ningyuan Guard's position. Chenyang Central Guard was responsible for covering the flanks; Yulin Right Guard dismounted and rested, 30,000 Guards, Lalu Guard replaced horses and prepared for assault.

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Zhu Di looked at the battlefield, and there were flags flying in front, and at least two guards were taking over the position of Ningyuan guard; on the left, that is, on the north, three guards with flags were preparing for war.

The only six guards in his hands, only Duoyan and Fuyu, suffered less losses. Although Yanshan Central Guard and Taining Guard suffered losses, they did not hurt their muscles. The two elite soldiers of Yanshan Left and Right Guards suffered heavy losses in the attack just now.

If the troops led by Zhu Zhi had the combat effectiveness of Ningyuanwei just now, Zhu Di knew that this battle would be defeated.

Zhu Di was laughing at himself for being lucky. How could the fifteenth direct lineage be inferior to Ningyuanwei? Yulin Right Guard was the number one main force in Liaodong that has been invincible since the rebellion in the capital to the invincible. The 30,000 Wei and Laluwei are also fierce troops composed of Jurchens.

Zhu Di suddenly felt a little regretful. Why didn't he expect Zhu Zhi to have any future? Is it because the information said that Zhu Zhi was injured? Or did he wishfully think that half of the main force in Liaodong's northern expedition to the Jurchens had no time to go south? Or was it because he fought too smoothly after the uprising and underestimated the enemy? But this is not a problem at the moment.

Zhang Yu came to Zhu Di and said, "Your Highness, you can lead the main force to retreat first, and the last general leads the headquarters to be cut off here."

Zhu Di recovered from his anger because of his statement. He was reluctant to throw Zhang Yu away and shook his head and said, "Who said that I want to withdraw? I will fight to the death with the 15th brother!" He also knew that he could not fight hard at this time, but he still wanted to maintain the morale of his subordinates.

Seeing this, Zhang Yu quickly dismounted and knelt down: "Your Highness, keep the green mountains without fear of burning fire. Your Highness has a lofty ambitions, and you should not argue for the length of this day." The generals next to him also dismounted and knelt down, begging Zhu Di to retreat.

Seeing that there were steps, Zhu Di nodded in embarrassment and said, "Since everyone is so persuading you, our army will retreat to Kaiping first, gather people and then argue with him. Where is Gao Xu?"

A tall young player with a big, fleshy face stood up among the generals: "The last one is here."

Zhu Di said: "How about giving you a guard and cutting down your fifteenth uncle's flag for your father?"

Zhu Gaoxu smiled contemptuously and said, "Did the father underestimate his son? How can one guard be used? Two thousand households are enough."

Zhu Di laughed and said, "Okay, I am worthy of being the son of my king. I will give you two thousand households, go. Everyone else listened to Yanshan left and right guards first, Duoyan, Fuyu cut off the rear, Central guards, Taining left and right covers, and alternately retreated to Kaiping.

"The generals knew that this was not to let Zhu Gaoxu take the flag, but to let him cut off the rear and let him die.

Another fierce man flashed among the generals, Luo Wen, the commander-in-chief. This was Zhu Di's confidant who was promoted from his personal soldiers. Because he had fought fierce tigers when he was young, the Yan army called him "killing tigers".

Luo Wen held his fists and saluted, "Your Highness, why use a ox knife to kill a chicken? Leave the credit for catching the flag to the Huer!"

Zhu Di was waiting for such a person, but he had to pretend to be honest: "Hehe, it's good that you want to make contributions, but it's extremely dangerous at this time. Your son was only five months old, how could you go? Gao Xu was dead, I have a clear conscience!"

At this moment, Luo Wen and some of his confidant generals were filled with tears when Zhu Di said it. Luo Wen knelt down and said, "Your Highness, how can His Highness Gao Xu take risks?

Dahu'er's life was given by His Highness. Even if he was told here today, he would be considered as repaying His Highness's great kindness. Please make the last general successful!"

Zhu Di jumped off his horse and helped Luo Wen up, tears also rolling in his eyes: "Dahu'er, you..." He choked up and couldn't speak.

Luo Wen said: "Your Highness, there is another unhappy request to beat Hu'er, and I will only join the inner person and the dog son..."

Zhu Di hugged his shoulder and whispered excitedly: "I understand, understand. From today on, your wife will be my sister and your son will be my son!"
Chapter completed!