Chapter 470: Three Treasures of Zheng He
In the early morning, mist enveloped the land.
Zhu Di, who had not slept all night, led the three armies to yesterday's battlefield and rearranged their battle formations.
In Zhu Di's eyes, there was indeed no flaw in Li Jinglong's Jiugong chain formation. If it hadn't been for the men and horses following Chen Hui according to Lan Yue's plan yesterday, they really wouldn't have been able to break through.
After thinking hard all night, even though my eyes were red, I still couldn't come up with any clever ideas.
A decisive battle was inevitable, and he could only rely on his strength. Although he did not have the advantage in numbers, in terms of individual combat capabilities and on-site command of operations, Zhu Di confidently believed that he still had the upper hand.
To Zhu Di's surprise, Li Jinglong's troops did not arrive as promised.
"What kind of trick is this? Do you still want me to take the initiative to attack his camp?" Zhu Di felt confused, but Lan Yue's eyes flashed: "Didn't he run away overnight?"
"How is that possible? He has hundreds of thousands of people in his hands, and he suffered a small loss yesterday..."
Speaking of this, Zhu Di suddenly stopped: "That's not accurate. I remember once when I was a child, I heard that someone took him to fight with someone. He had obviously beaten the shit out of the other person, but Li Jinglong actually scared him away first, causing that person to
I got a good beating."
Lan Yue smiled bitterly and said: "I am that person..." Zhu Di laughed and immediately sent out scouts to investigate.
There was not much time, and the waiter who was sent out for investigation came back confused: "Prince Qi...the...nine camps...are empty! Li Jinglong...withdrew overnight..."
After listening to the report, Zhu Di still couldn't believe it was true, so he immediately led Lan Yue and his men to the nine camps of Zhengcunba as quickly as possible.
Before arriving at Zhengcunba, from a distance, we could see the bright lights of Jiudaying, and the sound of gongs and drums could be heard from time to time.
Zhu Di looked suspicious, but when he took a closer look, he immediately burst into tears from laughter.
I saw that in the camp, the tents were still in place and the lights were bright. The most surprising thing was that there were several sheep tied to the ground, with drum hammers tied to their hooves, and they were beating gongs and drums on the ground one by one.
Zhu Di finally stopped laughing, wiped away his tears of happiness, and said to Lan Yue: "Whoever dares to say that Li Jinglong is a fool again, I will fight with him! You see, you can even think of such a move..."
"I must have read too many dramas!" Amidst the laughter of the crowd, Lan Yue sighed, feeling embarrassed for his childhood playmate and now his enemy.
What surprised Zhu Di, Lan Yue and others was yet to come. When they were about to withdraw to Beiping City, they actually found that Beiping City was still besieged by the Southern Army!
Li Jinglong escaped overnight without even notifying the troops besieging Peiping.
Two hundred thousand people are still stupidly surrounding Peiping.
This time Zhu Di not only laughed out of tears, but even laughed out of his nose.
After a burst of heartfelt laughter, Zhu Di issued the order to attack.
When the 200,000 Confederate Army relied on the Nine Battalions and thought they were as secure as Mount Tai, no one expected that Zhu Di actually launched an attack from behind them.
As soon as the battle started, Zhu Gaochi in the city responded immediately. Except for a few people who stayed behind, everyone rushed out of Peiping.
Under attack from inside and outside, 200,000 people were instantly dispersed, half fled south, and the remaining half, in addition to turning into corpses, became the supplementary new army of the Yan army. In this battle, Li Jinglong not only sent Zhu Di
He provided various food, wages and equipment, and supplemented the Yan army with 70,000 to 80,000 troops.
The Battle of Zhengcunba not only resolved the siege of Peiping, but more importantly, the Yan army completely changed from passive to active.
After returning to Peiping, Zhu Di rewarded the three armies, and Zhu Gaochi consolidated his position as the heir apparent by virtue of the defense of Peiping.
Prince Ning Zhu Quan nominally became Jingnan's second-in-command, but with Zhu Di around, he was only in name only.
Lan Yue also did not receive any reward. Firstly, it was because of Lan Yue's firm refusal, and secondly, because of his increasing prestige among the Yan army. Many generals and soldiers respected him, so he was favored by Yan.
Wang Zhudi’s suspicion and suspicion.
The Battle of Zhengcunba also made another person highly valued by King Zhu Di of Yan.
This person is Ma Sanbao.
Sanbao was originally just a personal guard of King Zhu Di of Yan. This time he followed Zhu Di to Daning. Since there were no more generals available, he temporarily let him watch over Zhu Quan's 80,000 soldiers and successfully led them to the battlefield.
During the battle, he was able to grasp the situation, put forward correct opinions, and at the same time led the troops in the battle. As a result, the Yan army was able to slightly defeat the Southern army on the first day, and Li Jinglong was scared away. This may be partly related to this battle.
In order to commemorate the victory in the battle of Zhengcunba and reward Ma Sanbao for his achievements, King Zhu Di of Yan specially gave Ma Sanbao the surname "Zheng".
Because Sanbao's parents wanted to live in peace and prosperity when he was young, they named him "He". Therefore, Sanbao completely changed his name and from then on he was called - Zheng He!
Zheng He also became Zhu Di's confidant.
Li Jinglong, who ran away overnight, ran all the way without daring to stop. He ran until he reached the fortified city of Dezhou, Shandong, and then stopped.
Except for those captured by Zhu Di, the dispersed Southern troops heard that the commander had returned to Dezhou, and they defected to Dezhou one after another.
Governor Qu Neng and his son Qu Liangcai were ordered to lead their troops to attack Peiping. At that time, they were attacked from two sides by Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi. Although they were defeated, they still fought to the end and covered their men's evacuation to the south. Later, I heard that Li Jinglong was in Dezhou
, so he took some of the remaining defeated generals and fled.
When King Zhu Di of Yan and his men held a grand celebration banquet, Lan Yue returned to his residence because he had suffered a sword injury and could not drink alcohol as compensation.
As early as after King Yan's uprising, Lan Yue moved out of Prince Yan's Mansion and found a simple room to live alone.
With four white walls and a lamp like a bean, Lan Yue sat alone in the small room, flicking the Tai'a sword in her hand, and an indescribable sadness filled her heart.
Tai'a, Long Yuan was originally like a pair of closely related Geminis, but now the scars from Long Yuan's sword are still on his body, and his closest brother and friend have now become enemies.
Even so, if time could go back and Lan Yue was given another chance to choose, he would still make the same choice without hesitation.
Thinking of this, Lan Yue flicked the sword lightly, Tai'a Sword made a low echo, Lan Yue sighed: "Perhaps you are the only one in the world who can understand me!"
Tai'a Sword once again let out a low cry.
One person, one sword, one song and one harmony.
There was silence all around. At this moment, Lan Yue raised her sword eyebrows and a golden light flashed in her eyes. After a while, the sound of two people's footsteps, one light and one heavy, was heard in front of the door.
The footsteps stopped at the door, and there was a brief pause. Just as he was about to knock on the door, Lan Yue pushed the door open.
Master Daoyan, King of Yan Zhu Di, who had been dressed in casual clothes all his life and wore a monk's robe, stood at the door.
Zhu Di must have been standing at the door and eavesdropping just now. Suddenly Lan Yue opened the door. He was a little embarrassed, raised the thing in his hand and said with a smile: "You must have a dog nose and smelled the aroma of wine, so you came to open the door specially."
." After saying that, he took Dao Yan and walked into Nan Lanyue's residence.
"I wonder if His Highness Prince Yan is here late at night. What advice can you give me?" Lan Yue frowned.
"The battle is over, what advice can you give me? Why do you think you came here to hide from the sword wound? I don't know you yet, so what does that injury mean to you? I brought you this celebration wine specially.
, you must drink today’s wine.”
Zhu Di personally put a large jar of wine on the table as he spoke. Lan Yue had no choice but to find three wine bowls, fill them with three glasses and put them aside.
Zhu Di picked up the wine bowl and said to Lan Yue and Dao Yan: "I don't know whether I will succeed in the future, but I only know one thing. The reason why I, Zhu Di, am able to reach this point is all due to the two of you, so I specially brought
After drinking some wine, we came to Yixian and held a small celebration party. It just so happened that Master Daoyan just said that monks don’t drink wine, so we haven’t drank the celebration wine yet. It’s just the three of us hiding here tonight.
The wine has been replenished."
After saying that, he picked up the wine bowl and drank it all in one gulp.
Dao Yan glanced at Lan Yue, showed a reluctant expression, and drank the bowl of wine.
After a bowl of wine, Lan Yue felt a little better.
At this time, Zhu Di happened to see the Tai'a sword on the table, so he picked it up and looked at it with great interest. Seeing that this sword was not only simple and steady, but also had the murderous aura of thousands of troops when wielding it, he couldn't help but admire it.
"I saw Sheng Yong in Zhending City that day... Now I know that it was Shen Zhuixing who used the Longyuan Sword. At that time, I thought that once this sword came out, there would be no one who could rival him in the world."
"I didn't know that when I saw the Tai'a sword today, I realized how naive and ignorant my thoughts were at that time. This Tai'a sword can rival the Long Yuan sword."
As he spoke, Zhu Di picked up the sword and danced it gently a few times, making a whining sound. Although there was no abnormal sound like when Blue Moon danced, it was indeed different.
"Tai'a Longyuan Double Sword, it is said that two stars in the sky fell into the mortal world, forming two meteorites, which were later forged by a swordsmith master into two peerless swords. They disappeared after the Tang Dynasty. Later, there were rumors in the world,
These two swords belonged to the Momen, and they were afraid of attracting covetousness from other sects, so they hid the two swords and other treasures in the Momen treasure, which is often called the King of Wu's treasure, and never saw the light of day again.
, I didn’t expect to be able to see it here, what a fate!”
After listening to Master Dao Yan's long speech, Zhu Di seemed to suddenly remember something, and asked Yan: "You mean these two swords come from the treasure of King Wu?"
Dao Yan nodded: "Everyone in the world knows and recognizes this rumor."
Lan Yue saw the two men singing and harmonizing, and suddenly knew the real purpose of the two men's visit late at night. The drunkard's intention was not to drink!
When Zhu Di heard what Dao Yan said, he excitedly exclaimed: "If this is the case, great things can be accomplished!"
Dao Yan pretended to be confused and asked: "What does the prince mean by this?"
Zhu Di explained patiently: "There is a large amount of money, property and magical weapons hidden in King Wu's treasures, but these are not the most important. The most important thing I heard is the underground secret cities in major cities handed down by Momen.
With these maps, you can enter and exit these important cities at will without anyone noticing, and no one can stop you."
Dao Yan slapped his thigh and said: "So, as long as Brother Lan Yue presents these maps of the dark city, we can attack the city at will, and the big thing we want to do will be just around the corner."
Chapter completed!