In charge of Yongtong Bridge were a deputy commander and a minister of household affairs. The latter jumped up in a hurry, pulled the deputy commander and shouted: "Hurry up and stop them!"
The deputy capital commander angrily threw away the Minister of Household Affairs and roared: "First stop the people from running around! How can I fight in this mess?!"
But the Minister of Household Affairs smiled bitterly: "It won't affect your fight..." It turned out that at this moment, the people had already fled, and only the officers and soldiers were left near Yongtong Bridge.
"Hurry up and hold on!" The deputy commander waved his sword and asked his officers and soldiers to rush to meet the enemy. However, he himself was riding on the horse and did not move at all.
Xu Huaiqing's cavalry had already rushed forward, and the officers and soldiers barely finished forming their formation, but they were shot dead and injured by Wang Xianjun's muskets and bows!
With muskets and bows and arrows clearing the way, Xu Huaiqing held his Xuanhua ax high and charged straight into the enemy's formation. The ax flew and more than a dozen officers and soldiers were killed! The generals under his command also took the lead, leading their cavalry to attack the officers and soldiers.
Charge and fight fiercely! The five thousand cavalry are unstoppable, killing the officers and soldiers crying for their fathers and mothers, and the formation is cut off at the waist in the blink of an eye!
The deputy commander was commanding on the bridge, but the distinctive armor he wore was really eye-catching. After Xu Huaiqing broke through the enemy's formation, he went straight towards him!
The deputy commander of the capital was so frightened that he quickly called his soldiers to stop the enemy general. Unfortunately, Xu Huaiqing was too brave, and the officers and soldiers could not defeat him with a single blow of Xuanhua's big axe!
The deputy commander of the capital watched as his own soldiers were being killed. The enemy general rushed towards him, but he couldn't recognize it. He was the most brave general in the Ming Dynasty - Xu Huaiqing with the Sky-Opening Axe!
The moment he recognized Xu Huaiqing, the deputy capital commander's last trace of courage disappeared completely. He was a fierce man who could kill Duoyan Commander-in-Chief Darhan in the middle of thousands of troops! How could the deputy capital commander dare to repeat the mistakes of Darhan?
He actually turned the horse's head, fled from the bridge, and ran straight west for his life!
Seeing that the general actually escaped from the battle, the Minister of Tobe cursed angrily, and then ran away too...
Xu Huaiqing rode up to the bridge, glanced contemptuously at the two men who were fleeing surrounded by soldiers, and then turned back to pay attention to the battle situation.
Not surprisingly, the officers and soldiers, who were already out of their minds, saw their general escaping. Now they had no fighting spirit, so they dropped their weapons and fled in all directions!
Wang Xianjun's cavalry took advantage of the situation and pursued them. They had just fought two miles away, but when they heard the commander of the bridgehead yelling for gold, they had no choice but to turn back and let the enemy escape.
On the bridge, Xu Huaiqing looked at the grain and supplies and said coldly: "Burn them all!"
The generals were in pain, but they could only do as they were told. They led their subordinates and gathered the grain carts together. Then they lit torches and threw them up. The weather was dry and the food was flammable. The fire broke out immediately.
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Zhang Dahai stuck out his tongue and licked his chapped lips, and said regretfully: "If I can bring this food back, I will be very happy..." Since the expedition to Mongolia, Wang Xian's army has been in a state of food shortage.
It is really a waste of resources to see so much white grain being burned.
Xu Huaiqing looked at the officers and soldiers galloping in the distance, glanced at Zhang Dahai, and said coldly: "Stop talking nonsense and move quickly!"
Zhang Dahai shrank his neck, inhaled the smell of burnt food in the air, waved his hand and said, "Let's go!".
Yongtong Bridge was only eight miles away from Tongzhou, so the deputy commander and the minister of household affairs ran back in one breath.
The two of them knelt in front of Yang Rong and Li Xian in a state of embarrassment, reporting the attack in a trembling voice.
"Ah!" Li Xian was shocked and turned to look at Yang Rong in horror: "Didn't you say there was only a small army?"
Yang Rong's face was as dark as water, and the minister of household affairs quickly replied: "The enemy's troops are indeed few, only five thousand cavalry."
When the deputy commander heard this, he thought he was going to get himself killed, and hurriedly said: "But they are the elite of Wang Xian's elite, the charge battalion led by Xu Huaiqing! Even the Duoyan and Tatars
, they all killed the shit out of them..."
Yang Rong glanced disgustedly at the deputy capital commander who was exaggerating in order to reduce his guilt. At this time, he saw billowing black smoke rising from the east! Yang Rong was heartbroken and punched the arrow stack hard, "
How much people’s wealth and anointing have been burned down!”
"Ah!" Li Xian finally understood that the black smoke was from burned grain, and he quickly asked the two of them, "How much grain will this cost?"
"Most of the grain shipped from Tongzhou is stuck there..." The Minister of Hubu whispered: "At least more than 100,000 dan..."
"So many?!" Li Xian also jumped in shock. He had to bear a lot of responsibility for such a big loss. He quickly looked at Yang Rong and said: "Mr. Ge, please stop the shipment! We have to kill the five thousand cavalry first.
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"We can't stop!" Yang Rong said with an extremely ugly face: "That plays into the enemy's hands!" Yang Rong knew very well that Wang Xian's purpose was to make him unbearable to harass and stop transporting food. But Yang Rong knew better that he was absolutely
We can't stop. Once Wang Xian's army arrives in Tongzhou and cuts off the passage between Beijing and Tongzhou, Tongzhou City will not be able to transport a grain of food to Beijing!
Saying that, Yang Rong took a deep look at the two people kneeling on the ground. They were both giving orders. The Minister of Hubu was his favorite disciple. But at this time, he couldn't care about that much. Yang Rong let out a cry and pulled out the Emperor's Sword.
, pointed at the two of them and said: "You have already issued a military order. If the people are there and the food is there, if the food is lost, the people will die! How can you still have the nerve to come back alive?!"
The two of them immediately lost their souls, and the commander kowtowed as hard as he could, "Please forgive me, Mr. Ge, please spare your life, Mr. Ge..."
The Minister of Tobe was doing better, but he just said with tears: "I can't help the teacher, the teacher will give me another chance to redeem myself and make meritorious service..."
"No chance..." Yang Rong sighed, raised his head and said, "I'll give you a chance, but who will give Ming a chance?!" He waved his hand and said, "Behead them as a warning to others!"
The sergeants rushed forward, held down the shoulders of the two men and dragged them out. The two cried and struggled with tears, "Please spare my life, Mr. Ge..." "Teacher, please spare your life..."
Hearing the disciple's heartbreaking cry, Yang Rong's eyes filled with tears and he turned away cruelly. When he heard two screams, he couldn't help but tremble. He didn't even look at the head presented by the sergeant.
, then waved his hand and said: "Take it and pass it on to the escorting officers and soldiers. If anyone loses food and grass and escapes from the battle, don't bother me to take action!"
The soldiers responded to the call and went down to the top of the city. Li Xian on the side looked pale. Unexpectedly, Mr. Yang Ge, who had been gentle and gentle for most of his life and had never killed a chicken, would actually burst out with a murderous aura more ferocious than those military generals he was used to seeing at the critical moment!
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Mr. Yang Ge killed people to establish his power and spread the word across the board. All the soldiers immediately lost their last chance and had to use 120,000 yuan of caution and 120,000 yuan of courage to protect the team transporting food.
However, Xu Huaiqing's cavalry was so powerful that they could always find weak links in the transportation lines of dozens of miles, so they would bite them hard and scare the civilians who were transporting them away! Xu Huaiqing then
Taking advantage of the chaos, they led their troops into the enemy's formation, set fire to them, and fled without giving the main army a chance to surround them... This happened again and again, and it worked every time!
The official army also wanted to send cavalry to deal with the cavalry, not expecting to destroy the enemy, but at least drive them away. However, the level of the same cavalry was completely different. Xu Huaiqing's cavalry led the official cavalry on the plains for several rides.
They made a circle and left them far behind. When the official cavalry finally ran back, they saw that their infantry had been ravaged, and the grain carts were burning...
In desperation, the officers and soldiers had to stop and use grain carts to form vehicle formations to resist the invading cavalry. The situation was indeed much better now. There were heavy grain carts connected end to end, and Xu Huaiqing could no longer
Break through the positions of the officers and soldiers at will! Relying on the cover of the car array, the officers and soldiers have a greater chance of surviving under the rain of arrows and bullets! The officers and soldiers can even rely on the car array to fire back at Xu Huaiqing and the others!
Xu Huaiqing tried several times to break through, but all failed. He could only attack the grain trucks with rockets from a distance, but naturally had little effect... Zhang Dahai and other popular people had straight beards and cursed: "A hundred thousand troops, but they are like bastards."
Isn’t it embarrassing to shrink back?!”
The officers and soldiers couldn't care less about being ashamed. If you keep food, you can save your life. As for face, whoever wants it can go!
Xu Huaiqing was not angry but happy. He laughed and said: "The turtle with its head is very good! Let's go around and kill whoever dares to stretch out his gun!"
Sure enough, when Yang Rong of Tongzhou City heard the news, he almost lost his temper! The teams transporting grain were all huddled on the road. Who would transport grain to the capital?!
Soon, the entire official road to the capital was blocked, and more teams could not leave the city. The grain truck was already packed with the entire Tongzhou!
"Mr. Ge, if this continues, three days will definitely not be enough!" Li Xian saw this and said worriedly: "We have to find a way to drive away those damn cavalry as soon as possible!"
Yang Rong glanced at Li Xian and said clearly, you are the leading general. Isn't this your responsibility?
"Hey," Li Xian wanted to slap himself, thinking, "Why am I talking so much? But Yang Rong had the Emperor's Sword in his hand, so he couldn't resist, so he had to bite the bullet and said: "I am willing to lead ten thousand...
...Oh no, twenty thousand cavalry, go and destroy...oh no, drive away the enemy."
Yang Rong nodded, forced a smile and said: "Then there is Lord Lao."
As he said this, Yang Rong shook the Emperor's Sword in his hand intentionally or unintentionally, which frightened Li Xian so much that his face turned pale and he didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore, so he took his time to order his troops to prepare for the expedition.
Looking at Li Xian's back, Yang Rong shook his head and sighed. The generals of the Ming Dynasty were really inferior to each other. When the country was founded, there were many famous generals, and they were at their peak. During the Jing Dynasty, they had almost been reduced to zero, but Zhu Di's general group was still above the standard.
.Nowadays, it is filled with useless second-generation ancestors like Duke Dingguo and Li Xian!
The only powerful ones were a group of expedition generals led by Wang Xian and Liu Sheng, and they all rebelled against the imperial court...
Thinking of this, Mr. Yang Ge couldn't help but look beyond the Tongzhou battlefield and look at the capital from a distance. He sighed in his heart: 'Sir, you are destroying the Great Wall...'