When December arrived, a military order from the Mingjiao Military Aircraft Department was delivered to Fan Yao.
Fan Yao hid by the Hongze Lake for several months and felt like his body was getting moldy.
When the communication tube was in his hand, he did not open it immediately but calmed down for several seconds. Then he suppressed his excitement and began to carefully observe the sealing paint on the seal of the wooden tube.
Smooth and trim, not a single crack nor a patch of color loss.
He tore open the wooden tube and took out the paper inside.
He couldn't wait to spread it on the table and read it, so he held it in his hand and looked at it close to the candlelight.
I saw it read: Take the military aircraft Fan Yao to lead the southward column of the Guards and move to fifty miles west of Huai'an City within seven days after receiving the order. They will lurk on the spot without being exposed. In the early morning of December 9, after receiving the signal fireworks rising from Huai'an,
You must go out quickly without any effort, attack the left wing of the Yuan Army in Huai'an, and at the same time occupy the Huaihe River position to assist the troops in the eastern theater to cross the river. This order.
Fan Yao slapped the general's order on the table, and immediately felt his body heat up. A wave of heat rose from his chest and went straight to his throat, making him uncomfortable: "Come here, summon Zhu Yuanzhang, Tang He, Deng Yu, and Fu Youde to come in."
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On December 7, the Ming Army in Huai'an made a blatant and large-scale mobilization. Two hundred thousand people ignored Huai'an City and attacked the Yuan Army's defense line along the Huaihe River.
Tuo Tuo Tie Mu'er was puzzled. What did the Ming army want to do? He thought for a long time and came to the conclusion that with the strength of the Ming army, it was impossible to shake the entire defense line of the Huaihe River. They were either diverting the tiger from the mountain, or they were trying to confuse people.
Is there any purpose you want to hide?
On the morning of the 8th, the hidden purpose of the Mingjiao was revealed. After receiving the report, the main force of the Ming army was storming the western ferry.
Now it became clear that the Mingjiao wanted to concentrate its superior forces to attack the enemy and open a gap to allow the Ming army on the other side to cross the river.
He immediately ordered that several ferries on the western front must be guarded, and another 20,000 Yuan soldiers stationed in Huai'an City were dispatched to support them.
When he was nervously paying attention to the situation, the alarm came again, and the main force of the Ming army appeared on the eastern front. They used rockets and artillery, and the eastern defense line was already unstable.
"Haha" Duo Duo was not shocked at this tense moment. Instead, he laughed. He looked around at everyone in the hall and said: "Li Jiang's skills are limited to this, but he can only make a fool of himself to attack the west. Generals, follow me as a whole army."
Leave the city and join forces with the eastern defenders to attack the Ming army. I want to capture Li Jiang, the number one criminal, alive!"
"Yes!" The generals agreed unanimously. They had to admire the prime minister's foresight. When the Ming army was mobilized, he judged that there was fraud. When danger appeared on the Western Front, he held the army and remained motionless until he reached the main force of the Ming army.
Why is the Eastern Front the main force of the Ming Army? Isn't it obvious? The Ming Army's biggest reliance is rockets and artillery. Since it appears on the Eastern Front, the Ming Army on the Eastern Front must be the main force.
A hundred thousand troops from Huai'an City came out in full force, the sound of horse hooves sounded like war drums, and they rolled towards the east front like a whirlwind.
After running for more than half a day, he arrived at the eastern front. As soon as he appeared, the local garrison general came forward to report. After the Ming army charged and killed for a while, they surrounded the vehicle formation and set up a defensive formation. They only used long-range weapons to kill the enemy.
The Ming army on the other side only feinted to attack, and the ship turned back midway.
Huh? The Ming army is on the defensive! Duoduo suddenly felt a bad feeling in his heart.
He rode his horse up a hillside and watched the Ming army's formation from a distance.
A large flag was erected in the center of the camp.
Duoduo looked at the word "李" on the flag that was trembling in the wind, and I was at least 80% sure that it was not Li Jiang who stood under this flag.
"Report..." A long-drawn voice came from down the slope, gradually approaching, and soon reached the top of the slope again.
A Yuan soldier scout jumped off his horse, knelt down and reported: "The Ming army on the western front fired rockets and raised a banner with the word "Li"."
Duoduo's vision went dark, his body swayed, and he hurriedly stepped forward to help him. Tuoduo waved his hands and said, "I'm fine. Send an order: The army will turn back immediately and head west!"
After receiving the order, the Huai'an reinforcements mounted their horses and turned westward.
Not long after marching, a loud "boom" suddenly came from the front of the Yuan army. A large number of horses were immediately excited and went crazy. The Yuan soldiers on horseback were also caught off guard and knocked down.
After calming down the horses, he sighed in the direction of Huai'an City: "Huai'an has been lost, there is no need to cross there. The plan for now is to quickly join up with the defenders on the western front. We still have a chance to turn defeat into victory."
Everyone on the left and right was silent, and they gathered around him and galloped westward.
In the early morning of the 9th, the reinforcements approached the ferry on the Western Front. The expected shaky situation on the Western Front did not appear. They fought quite well, forcing the Ming army to be on the defensive.
I'm really confused, what on earth does Li Jiang want to do? He can't defeat both sides, so he just wants to grab Huai'an City? Even if he gets Huai'an City, he doesn't want the nearly 200,000 Ming troops on the east and west fronts?
When he was about to order reinforcements to attack and eat the Ming army here, a Yuan soldier who looked like a bloody gourd was brought closer.
The soldier introduced: "This man is a scout. He has brought urgent military information from the westernmost front. Seeing that the situation is very important, the defenders here specially asked him to go to Huai'an to find the Prime Minister. We just intercepted him and brought him over.
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Duduo nodded and said to the scout: "Tell me, what did you see?"
The scout had lost too much blood and was already very weak. He continued intermittently: "A Mingjiao army came out from the direction of Hong... Zehu... and has occupied the westernmost Zhouzhuang ferry. On the other side, the Ming army... there are many Ming troops coming... many...
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The scout's voice became smaller and smaller, he rolled his eyes and fainted.
He waved his hand and asked the soldiers to take him away. He sat on his horse in silence for a long time.
General Youyuan said: "Prime Minister, the Ming army has crossed the river, and this battle is bound to be defeated. Now that we have not joined the battlefield, we can still retreat."
"Yes, Prime Minister, we can return it now before the Ming army arrives."
"Fart, plus we still have more than 200,000 troops on the Western Front, how can we be defeated?"
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The generals were all talking and expressing their opinions. Some wanted to run away, some wanted to fight to the death, and so on.
When all the generals had enough arguments, they saw that it was all right and still said nothing, so they clasped their fists together and said: "Prime Minister, please make a decision quickly!"
Tuo Tuo sighed: "Where are we running? There are Ming troops in the north, south and west. Should we go east into the sea and swim back to the capital? Besides, how can a defeated general see the emperor again?"
As he spoke, he raised his whip, pointed forward at the Ming army on the battlefield, and roared: "The last battle is now. Defeat the Ming army here, integrate the defenders on the western front, and perhaps take advantage of the Ming army's unsteady foothold in the direction of Hongze to break out."
A bloody way to escape.”
Regardless of whether they wanted to or not, all the generals roared to receive the order, roared back to their headquarters and led the troops.
With the addition of 100,000 fresh troops, the Ming army soon became unable to withstand it, and gradually retreated and was compressed into a mass.
Yuan Bing was overjoyed. They were all veterans. They knew that as long as people were crowded together, the people inside would not be able to grab their weapons or fire their bows. There would be only one outcome, that is, they would be massacred.
At this time, a horn sound suddenly sounded from behind the Ming army formation. The Ming army squirmed desperately to make way for a passage, and then a group of people wearing different clothes and holding different weapons shot out.
Li Jiang is among them, and he appears leading the death squads of masters from the five major sects!
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