Four hundred and seventieth eight chapters comprehensive defeat
"This Li Keyi deserves to die!"
Chahan Timur cursed angrily, and in front of him was a secret letter from Li Keyi requesting to return to his army... Chahan read it, and there were only two words: Fart!
In order to break through on the southern front, he mobilized elite Mongolian cavalry and equipped them with enough horses. He repeatedly told Li Keyi that he must go all out. The key to this battle rested on him.
As a veteran general in the army, it was impossible for Li Keyi not to understand this. The Mongolian cavalry was not at the point where they could no longer walk. He mentioned it repeatedly in secret letters, saying that he had encountered many difficulties.
But from the beginning to the end, no large Ming army appeared, and there were no serious losses... but it turned out that it couldn't be pushed. Do you think I have never led an army?
Chahan was furious and vented his anger. The military tent was full of messes... When he calmed down a little, Chahan also guessed what Li Keyi was thinking.
As his senior general, Yan Sixiao was dead, and Li Keyi's ascendancy was almost inevitable, but Chahan promised Li Siqi the position of deputy.
Although Li Siqi belonged to Chahan in name, he had been active in Guanzhong for a long time and was almost in his own way. Li Keyi would definitely be unwilling to find a father from outside, and then he would be passive and sabotage, fulfilling the story.
Chahan Timur guessed Li Keyi's thoughts, but there was nothing he could do about it.
This is the inevitable result of armed landlords like them.
If there is a downwind battle and the enemy is not strong, they will all rush to kill the enemy, perform meritorious deeds, and snatch trophies. They will all be possessed by Zhang Fei and become a pack of howling wolves.
But when you encounter a slightly difficult bone, you need to appoint officials and make a wish, send a team to supervise, and use all possible methods, such as whipping and kicking, to prompt them to charge forward.
The siege of Kaifeng was almost to this extent.
After a few months, the Yuan army was exhausted, and the soldiers and generals were exhausted... At this time, the Ming army appeared, not only a tough nut to crack, but also an invincible opponent, and even
To face the fate of failure.
At this time, you tell me that we can work together to overcome the difficulties... It's a joke. Whoever loves you will die. Anyway, I will not die. Not only will I not die, I will also preserve my strength and wait to clean up the mess.
You, Chahan Timur, have brought the Yuan army to the edge of the cliff. Your hesitation and incompetence will soon ruin all your subordinates. At this juncture, someone needs to stand up, replace Chahan, lead the Yuan army, and take a brave step forward.
Big step!
According to people's simple wishes, they all want to see the critical moment, work together as one, put aside their past grudges, and get out of the crisis together... But unfortunately, throughout history, this ideal situation has rarely appeared. Usually, the situation is outside.
The greater the pressure, the more intense the internal fighting will be.
Especially within Yuan Ting, they have been fighting for so many years, where can they stop...
Historically, when Zhu Yuanzhang was dealing with Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng, the Yuan Dynasty was also experiencing brutal internal fighting... After Chahan was assassinated, Baobao inherited his father's position, while Polo Timur took advantage of Dadu.
Relying on force, he became the right prime minister and took charge of the government.
In the end, less than a year later, the Crown Prince Aiyou Shili Dara joined forces to protect him and dispatched three armies to eliminate Polo Timur.
Things are far from over here. Aiyou Shili Dara is looking forward to replacing his father, but the loyal and courageous Mr. Baobao refuses.
Immediately, Baobao was attacked by his subordinates, and Boluo Timur's old troops also took the opportunity to launch an attack, and Aiyou Shili Dara was involved... It was not until Xu Da's Northern Expedition that the chaos in the Central Plains was somewhat calmed down.
If Liu Xiu, the son of the plane, can summon meteorites, then Lao Zhu, who is also the son of the plane, should have the ability to control the mind and cause the enemy to be in civil strife.
In fact, if you have a little understanding of the history of the late Yuan Dynasty, you will understand why Zhu Yuanzhang hates arrogant generals so much and is relatively harsh on his heroes... There is no way to restrain this group of people. Once they get into trouble, the consequences will be...
You absolutely can't bear it.
Speaking of Chahan Timur, after he realized Li Keyi's thoughts, he knew that this battle could not be fought and he could not stay any longer. He had to retreat with all his strength, the sooner the better. If he delayed it any longer, he would not be able to go back even if he wanted to.
But in the current situation, we can't just retreat if we want to. We must come up with a solid plan... Chahan Timur first gave an order to his godson Baobao, asking him to abandon Shaanzhou and retreat as quickly as possible.
Luoyang, and control the Mengjin Ferry!
He also gave an order to Guan Bao, asking him to withdraw to Gong County and hold on to stop the Ming army in Henan and buy time for other troops to retreat.
As for himself, he sent troops and horses to go to Jincheng in Zezhou via Taihangxing to control the main withdrawal route, and then deployed troops and horses to fortify layers of defenses from Xiuwu to Huaiqing to block Xu Da's army.
The orders were issued one after another in an orderly manner. To a certain extent, it still reflected Chahan Timur's famous general style.
But he missed two points. First, the Ming army had successfully captured Baixingkou and rushed directly to the Dang. His retreat was cut off.
What's even worse is that out of anger, he subconsciously ignored Li Keyi.
However, as a general in the army, Li Keyi also had his own unique features. He made many friends and was willing to spend money. Every time he seized gold, silver, beauties, cattle and horses, he would give them to his subordinates to create good relationships.
Years of continuous investment have made many people in the military think of Li Keyi.
At the same time as Chahan gave the order, someone also sent a secret letter... Li Keyi, who was going to Cai Dadan, saw the letter and immediately became furious!
OK!
Sure enough, this is the arrangement, let us die, you shameless person can escape!
Chahan!
How shameless!
Li Keyi summoned his generals as quickly as possible, and his first words were: "Brothers, we are being betrayed!"
This moment aroused the anger of the Yuan army.
"Now Pingzhang has led his troops to retreat north, but he asked us to go south... The south is full of red thieves. If we go, it will not be a dead end!"
Li Keyi held up the secret letter in grief and anger, and squeezed a few tears from the corners of his eyes.
"Brothers, I don't understand why Pingzhang treats us like this! I want to go back now and ask him for an explanation. Which of you is willing to accompany me?"
"We are all willing to go together, go together!"
Good fellows, they marched slowly, but when they heard that they were going to Luo with their swords in hand, they all expressed their interests and dangers, and everyone became extremely active.
Li Keyi led his men and horses and turned back decisively. When they came, they could not cover 150 miles in three days. When they returned, they rushed 120 miles in one day. It was like lightning.
But just as Li Keyi quickly returned north, a piece of unfortunate news came... Feng Guosheng captured Xiangcheng and captured Xuzhou, leaving them with no way out.
At this moment, the Mongolian cavalry felt that the sky was falling. They were hindered in their advance, angry at being abandoned by Chahan, and desperate at being blocked from retreat... The three emotions were superimposed, and Li Keyi's army... collapsed!
Large groups of cavalry fled, running around like headless chickens.
Everyone wants to leave and find a way to survive, but the problem is where is the way to survive?
This situation is actually not unfamiliar. Under the city of Gaoyou, Tuotuo lost his official position and 400,000 people also collapsed in this way.
In comparison, the scale this time was more than ten times smaller.
But one thing was different. At that time, Zhang Shicheng surrendered and accepted the rebels and accepted most of the Yuan army... But this time, these Mongolian cavalry had to face angry people and endless local militias.
So you can see a strong cavalry running away. He was too exhausted and wanted to find a place to rest. He leaned against the wall and just fell asleep. When he woke up again, he was tied up with ropes. Several The militiamen carried him like a pig to the Ming army for reward.
The Ming army was quite generous and said that alive ones were worth three times more than dead ones...otherwise, the common people would have chopped them into pieces.
Although doing this has something to do with the consistent attitude of the Ming army, it was also forced to do nothing. The Central Plains was too empty and was in urgent need of strong labor to restore its vitality.
Let these Yuan soldiers use their labor to atone for their sins!
Of course, if the people wanted to stay and cultivate the horses and other things that the Yuan army brought with them, that would be no problem.
But if you can give it to the Ming army, you will get an additional hundred gold coins.
Zheng Yuchun personally rushed from Kaifeng to Yanling, specifically responsible for receiving prisoners... No one could have imagined that the most powerful Mongolian cavalry could disintegrate in this way.
I just don’t know where this guy Li Keyi went?
It would also be great if we could capture him, ask him what he thinks, and let him write a few pages of reflection.
Where has Li Keyi gone?
He used two gold bars to bribe a rickshaw driver, disguised himself as a woman, and escaped overnight... He was quite lucky, and he managed to avoid the pursuit of the Ming army and fled to Gong County.
Here he met Hu Linchi, who was also a master of escaping. Needless to say, he was able to escape from Chang Yuchun.
He still had hundreds of soldiers in his hands. When he saw the cart driver who was escorting Li Keyi over, Hu Linchi was angry and raised his knife to kill, but was stopped by Li Keyi.
"Brother, now that things have come to this, we can't commit more crimes, we must accumulate more evil virtues. To be honest, I think who will die and who will survive this time will all depend on luck. We must not be immoral!"
Facing Li Keyi's sincere teachings, Hu Linchi gave two thumbs up.
high!
You are still taller!
They gave the coachman two more gold bars and then fled to Mengjin Ferry.
It was Wang Baobao who greeted them. Faced with these two defeated generals, Baobao was so angry, especially Li Keyi, who suggested attacking Xuzhou and other places. It was Baobao's brilliant move. Such a good plan ended up like this. Do you still have the nerve to come back?
"I, I'm going to kill you!"
Facing Baobao's butcher's knife, Li Keyi also looked embarrassed.
"Young Master has a wonderful idea, but you have no choice but to trust others... It's not that I'm being ungrateful to you, it's just that you have overestimated our abilities!"
"Pooh!"
Wang Baobao was furious and wanted to chop him into pieces.
Hu Linchi on the side remembered the words of doing good deeds and felt that he should do a good deed, so he tried his best to stop Bao Bao... But at this moment, news suddenly came that Chahan ordered Bao Bao to cross the river immediately without waiting for Henan Yuan. military.
Moreover, Chahan also stated that it must be kept secret.
After seeing this order, Baobao's heart skipped a beat. Something big must have happened again, otherwise his father wouldn't have given him such an order. Could it be that he couldn't leave?