In the small courtyard, there are still many warriors in black who are on full alert. However, the targets of these layers of alert are only the four people in the room.
There were four people in the room, a middle-aged monk, a tall man about the same age as the monk, an older scholar, and an old man with a white face and no beard. The monk was naturally Emperor Jianwen, and the man was the best master in the world.
Chang Sen, and the scribe, turned out to be Wu Wei's father... Doctor Wu. The white-faced and beardless old man was Lien, the eunuch chief eunuch of Jianwen's time, and he is now in his sixties.
Although they were deep in the courtyard, the four of them could still hear the rumbling of cannons outside and intermittent shouts of killing. Hearing this noise, Chang Sen was not surprised but overjoyed. He lowered his voice and said to Jianwen: "Your Majesty, they
It started as promised."
Jianwen nodded sadly and did not answer. His eyes were lifeless.
Seeing that the emperor didn't answer, Chang Sen felt a little embarrassed, so he turned to Doctor Wu and said, "Old Wu, do you think they can succeed?"
Although Doctor Wu didn't really want to talk, he had to give Chang Sen some face, so he smiled and said, "It should be fine. That boy named Wang is the most devilish. He won't do anything he's not sure about."
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"You really have confidence in that boy," Chang Sen smiled bitterly. It was so absurd to pin the hope of rescuing Emperor Jianwen on Zhu Di's ministers. Moreover, when he was in Qingpu County, he had an affair with Wang Xian
After the interview, I had the impression that the boy had not even lost his nipple hair, which was really not reassuring.
Lien and Chang Sen had the same view, they were just treating dead horses as doctors, but when things came to a close, they inevitably became anxious: "Our family has a general understanding of the situation in Baiyun Villa. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is an iron-clad wall.
, if he doesn’t have enough troops, I’m afraid he will be defeated.”
"His troops must be sufficient." This time without Doctor Wu speaking, Chang Sen replied: "Listening to the voices outside, the Yan army attacked in at least four directions and surrounded them. This is when the military strength is absolutely superior.
, a tactic that can only be used.”
Lien pursed his lips and added another layer of meaning: "The main reason for our family is not to be like this. We and Zhu Di are sworn enemies. Why did we join forces with them?" he said in a sharp voice.
Xi said: "We can't fall into their tricks."
"Father, is there any use in talking about this now?" Doctor Wu said with a bitter smile.
Lien looked at Emperor Jianwen and whispered: "What we are saying is that they are dog-eat-dog right now, but this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the Emperor. We have to be more discerning and cannot be manipulated by others. We have to see if there is any way to turn the tables..."
"This is all for later." Chang Sen interrupted them categorically: "Here in Ji Gang, there is only one way to die. We need to be safe first before we move on to the next step."
"Okay." The old eunuch nodded and said nothing.
The room was quiet for a while, and no one spoke. Lien was worried and wanted to ask about the situation outside. Chang Sen seemed to be concentrating with his eyes closed, and he opened his mouth several times but stopped talking.
Suddenly, Chang Sen opened his eyes and said in a deep voice: "The south is also under attack."
"So," Doctor Wu said, "Baiyun Villa can't be defended?"
"Yes." Chang Sen nodded and said, "We are attacking the south at this time, which means that Ji Gang's troops have been mobilized. They must not be able to hold it anymore." After that, he looked at Doctor Wu and Dr. Wu.
Lien said: "Ji Gang's people should be here soon to take His Majesty to transfer."
Doctor Wu and Lien both looked nervous, and were no longer in the mood to gossip. Only Jianwen still had that lifeless expression.
"Once on the battlefield, a certain family is fully focused, and there is no guarantee that we can protect His Majesty." Chang Sen looked at the two of them and said: "I will leave all actions to you later. Please strictly follow the plan..." Pause.
He said: "But if the situation changes, His Majesty's safety will be our top priority."
Both of them nodded heavily.
After a while, Li Fuchun's voice sounded outside the small courtyard:
"Open the door and take them out"
Everyone in the room became nervous, even Emperor Jianwen couldn't help but tighten his face.
Immediately afterwards, the door opened, and the black-clothed warriors rushed in and tied up the four people without any explanation.
"No messing around." Chang Sen swept through thousands of troops and knocked away the man in black in front of Emperor Jianwen.
The other men in black quickly drew out their long swords, but Chang Sen and the other three showed no fear on their faces and protected Emperor Jianwen behind them.
"General Chang, don't get excited." Although Li Jiuchun was anxious, he was still afraid of Chang Sen's reputation as the best master in the world. He patiently explained: "The situation is urgent. We need to move immediately to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings.
General Chang and Your Majesty, please forgive me."
Chang Sen snorted before putting down his posture. Doctor Wu and Lien let each other tie their hands.
When Li Fuchun escorted Emperor Jianwen and four people out of the small courtyard, his men had already led the horses and were waiting there. Li Fuchun ordered people to tie the four people to the horses, and he also led the crowd to get on the horse. A group of people marched toward the villa
The gate opens.
The gate of the villa slowly opened, and a group of knights filed out. After leaving the villa, the ghost army warriors put on their ferocious ghost faces, drew out their long black swords, clamped the horse's belly hard, and the horse hurt, then galloped.
The team ran faster and faster. By the time they reached the entrance of Nancun, they were already unstoppable.
In the south village, under the continuous offensive of the Prince's Army, Ji Gang's army has been compressed to the northern corner of the village. The reinforcing ghost army has also suffered all casualties, and the defense line is about to collapse.
Hearing the rumble of horse hooves, both sides fighting couldn't help but look at each other, and saw hundreds of horsemen rushing into the formations of both sides like a torrent.
Ji Gang's army thought that reinforcements had arrived and couldn't help but burst into cheers. However, the morale of the prince's army was greatly reduced. Under the impact of the ghost army's cavalry, the offensive collapsed. With almost no decent obstruction, the ghost army rushed over.
Seeing the group of black knights roaring in and out, the soldiers on both sides were a little unable to recover. After a while, they realized that this was not reinforcements at all, but the people in Zhuangzi who had escaped.
The prince's army immediately regained its energy and wanted to continue fighting with the enemy on the opposite side. However, Ji Gang's army had lost their fighting spirit... It's no wonder that they were abandoned by the people they desperately defended, and no one else would be able to continue the fight.
In the blink of an eye, Ji Gang's army knelt down and surrendered, and the prince's army shouted together:
"The people in Zhuangzi are running away. The people in Zhuangzi are running away."
The shouts spread throughout the east, west, north and south. Wherever they went, the fighting spirit of the prince's army was melted, and they abandoned their weapons and surrendered...
In the villa, on the watchtower, the soldiers were urging Wang Qian to break out, but Wang Qian shook his head dejectedly and said:
"You guys go, I'm not leaving..."
"General," the soldiers said with tears, "If you keep the green hills, you won't have to worry about running out of firewood."
"There must be an explanation for killing so many brothers..." Wang Qian said with tears in his eyes: "You should leave quickly, otherwise you won't be able to leave."
When the soldiers heard the shouts of killing getting closer and closer from all directions, they finally gave up and kowtowed heavily to Wang Qian, then got up and ran away.
Seeing all the soldiers running away, Wang Qian was a little depressed and said: "Can't you live and die with me?"
On the top of the mountain, Yang Rong and Wu Wei's attention was no longer on the battlefield. They were staring at the black torrent, which was their goal in this battle.
"You won't let them escape, will you?" Wu Wei said anxiously.
Yang Rong shook his head solemnly, "I didn't expect that they actually fled south..."
Hearing what Yang Rong said, the others all raised their hearts in their throats and thought to themselves: This is bad... But after Yang Rong gasped for breath, he said quietly: "This is going to take some effort..."
Wu Wei and others almost sat down on the ground. Wu Wei smiled bitterly and said: "Old Yang, are you sure or not?"
"No matter where they escape, I must first ensure that they cannot escape." Yang Rong said expressionlessly: "So most of our own troops are deployed on the periphery."
"Then what do you mean you didn't expect it?" Wu Wei asked depressedly.
"I didn't expect it. I just didn't expect it. If I had thought of it, wouldn't it be possible to join forces and capture them without any effort?" Yang Rong said calmly.
"..." Wu Wei felt that if he continued talking to him, he would go crazy. He said, "I'll go down the mountain to have a look..." After that, he went straight down the mountain and ignored this crazy guy.
But it was said that Li Fuchun led the ghost army of five to six hundred horses and rushed out of Nancun unstoppably. However, he saw a group of infantry hurriedly setting up defenses on the mountain road in front of him.
Li Fuchun laughed loudly, "With these few people, it's like blocking us, it's like a mantis trying to use a chariot." He raised his voice and said, "Children, rush over and trample them into pulp."
The soldiers of the ghost army howled and mobilized their horses together to rush towards the hundreds of infantry troops at the other end of the mountain road. The horses' hooves were clattering, and the loess and withered grass were all over the sky. It was like a black dragon emerging from the water, moving forward inexorably.
Just as they were about to rush forward, the cavalry at the front suddenly stumbled and fell to the ground screaming. The cavalry behind them couldn't hold back and trampled them to pieces.
"Tripping ropes," Li Fuchun screamed, warning his men to be careful. The ghost army soldiers didn't care much, as long as they were more careful about a few tripping ropes, it wouldn't do anything to them.
Unexpectedly, at this time, a whistle sounded out of thin air, and two rows of sergeants holding scratching hooks suddenly emerged from the grass on both sides of the mountain road. They unceremoniously used the scratching hooks that were about ten feet long to hook the legs of the ghost army's horses. The ghost army warriors hurriedly
I swung my sword, but the blade was too short, and the enemy soldiers were all short, so they couldn't cut them while on horseback.
Amidst the screams of men and horses, many war horses were violently pulled to the ground. The knights on the horses were thrown to the ground, and either their muscles and bones were broken directly, or they were killed by the prince's army.
The middle part of the ghost army's team was in chaos. Many warriors jumped off their horses and started fighting with the prince's army. However, in the originally empty valley, the mountains and plains were filled with pursuers of the prince's army.
Seeing that the whole army would be annihilated if they continued to delay, Li Fuchun, who had already broken out, said sternly to the more than 300 cavalrymen following him: "Don't worry about what's behind, let's go quickly."
The more than three hundred ghost army warriors felt that if they fought back, they could rescue their comrades and break out of the encirclement in time. However, Li Fuchun was frightened and urged them to escape. The ghost army warriors who had been trained into machines had no choice but to
In order to obey, he left the more than three hundred brothers behind and fled the valley.