"Da da da......"
At this time, a crisp sound of horse hooves came from outside the valley.
Everyone followed the sound and saw a dead warrior flying towards him.
Seeing that it was Zhu Yuanzhang, Zuo Liangyu looked at him with some worry.
But when he saw Zhu Yuanzhang frowning slightly, he couldn't help but feel a little surprised.
In fact, not only Zuo Liangyu had doubts at this moment, but even Zhu Yuanzhang was also very puzzled.
Because when Zhu Yuanzhang left, he was not at ease about the battle situation in Yu County, and he thought that if Gong Yonggu won, he could use it to suppress Zuo Liangyu.
So he left fifty tiger soldiers and dead soldiers along the way and asked them to spread the news as soon as possible.
Moreover, he also gave clear instructions that if the war situation in Yu County was unfavorable, the news would be delivered quietly.
If you win a big victory, publicize it in a big way.
At this moment, he saw that the Huben soldiers did not act according to the previous agreement. He thought that the soldiers in the Huben camp were almost one in a hundred, and the two hundred Huben soldiers selected from the Huben camp were one in a thousand.
Not only are they loyal and brave, but they are also flexible and have their own specialties.
In addition, he repeatedly warned before coming that he would never make such a stupid mistake, and he couldn't help but feel worried.
"Your Majesty, you are so happy!"
The tiger warrior seemed to have remembered Zhu Yuanzhang's instructions when he dismounted, and shouted excitedly.
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, his brows relaxed slightly.
He first glanced at Zuo Liangyu, who was surprised, and then pretended to be dissatisfied and said: "How can you not make any noise in this important military camp!"
The soldier was stunned, and hurriedly knelt down and apologized: "Your Majesty, I was so excited that I lost my sense of proportion. Please forgive me!"
Zhu Yuanzhang pretended to be calm and said: "What's so exciting? Ping Xihou's defeat of the rebels is already expected. Is it worth making such a fuss to you?"
"Go and get thirty military sticks later. Remember, if you do it again next time, we will never give you mercy!"
Although Zhu Yuanzhang said it in an understatement, Zuo Liangyu and Hou Xun's expressions changed drastically when they heard this.
It's just that one person is happy and the other is shocked.
"Your Majesty, instead of defeating them, they almost annihilated the rebel army of more than 100,000 people, and they almost captured the leader of the rebels, Li Zicheng!"
At this time, the soldier explained excitedly.
"What, you said that Ping Xihou almost wiped out all the rebels?"
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he looked suspicious.
Because he knew Gong Yonggu's strength and ability, and knew that with Gong Yonggu's level, it was not easy to defeat the rebels.
If we want to annihilate all the rebels, it is absolutely impossible unless there is guidance from an expert.
The soldier nodded affirmatively and said, "Yes, I heard someone say that if Li Yan hadn't been so powerful, the rebels would have been almost wiped out!"
"Here is the official battle report of Marquis Ping Xi. Your Majesty will know it at a glance!"
After the soldier finished speaking, he respectfully presented the official document.
Zhu Yuanzhang stabilized his trembling hands and slowly took the official document.
It was just that he had just received the official documents, so he couldn't help but frown slightly.
Then he thought of the strange behavior of the dead soldier Huben before, glanced at Zuo Liangyu who was still in shock, laughed and said to cover up: "Okay, okay, you are worthy of being our Marquis of Pingxi, and you have lived up to the name of Pingxi!"
After he finished speaking, he slowly opened the envelope and found that there were two secret letters inside, and he already understood in his heart.
Zhu Yuanzhang calmly took out the battle report, stuffed the envelope into his arms as if casually, and then slowly unfolded the battle report.
Although Zuo Liangyu also wanted to know the situation of the war, he did not dare to be presumptuous and had to secretly watch Zhu Yuanzhang's expression.
When he saw that Zhu Yuanzhang had only read a few lines, a smile appeared on his lips, and he felt even more worried.
It turned out that according to the battle report, after Gong Yonggu withdrew from Yu County, he prepared to go back to attack Guangling according to his previous plan.
I don’t know if it was because of his bad luck or because of Li Yan’s clever calculation.
Anyway, Gong Yonggu had just sneaked for more than five miles when he encountered Li Yan's troops by chance.
Gong Yonggu also knew that the brave would win when meeting on a narrow road, so he asked He Zhen to lead three thousand cavalry to meet him.
Unexpectedly, although they are both cavalry, his cavalry and black armor cavalry are not at the same level at all.
Coupled with Li Yan's flexible tactics, every attack must hit the target.
Therefore, in less than half a cup of tea, most of Gong Yonggu's cavalry had been destroyed.
Upon seeing this, Gong Yonggu knew that it was impossible to attack Guangling again, so he implemented Zhu Yuanzhang's second plan-to win in chaos.
In order to achieve his goal, he first asked five thousand shield soldiers and spearmen to resist the black armor cavalry.
Then he led the remaining cavalry to retreat quickly and attacked Liu Zongmin and Li Guo's army from behind.
Because Li Zicheng wanted to annihilate the fast-moving Guan Ning cavalry, completely destroying Chongzhen's hope, he almost allowed Liu Fangliang to take away all the cavalry.
Therefore, although Gong Yonggu only had more than a thousand cavalry at the time, he still killed Liu Zongmin and Li Guo in the rear team into chaos.
After He Zhen led the cavalry to charge back and forth twice, she galloped towards Liu Fangliang.
Liu Zongmin just wanted to organize his army, but he didn't expect that Gong Yonggu's musketeers and archers had also arrived.
Hit by a violent storm, Liu Zongmin's soldiers and horses were beaten dizzy and in a state of disarray.
However, Liu Zongmin was also a ferocious person, and his troops and horses were far superior to Gong Yonggu's. Under his leadership, he gradually stabilized his position.
Li Yan was a little happy after defeating Gong Yonggu's five thousand infantry, but when he arrived and saw that the ground was covered with his own corpses, and the two sides were already fighting together, he couldn't help but frowned.
Because at this moment, his cavalry could not gallop at all and could not take advantage of their speed.
Just at this moment, there was another burst of gunfire from the front.
Li Yan was shocked when he heard the sound and hurriedly rode forward.
After he had traveled three miles, he saw a group of crazy horses galloping towards him.
It turned out that Li Ruolian thought that there were too few people in the ambush and might not be able to defeat the rebels, so he asked the soldiers to shoot only the people but not the horses.
Coupled with Wu Sangui's obstruction in front, the rebels were unable to break through for a while and immediately became a living target.
After several rounds of shooting, he asked Huang Nilu to fire again, forcing the ownerless horse to flee backwards, and this happened.
Li Yan was worried that these war horses would attack Liu Zongmin's people, so he had to order to stop them.
Unexpectedly, Li Ruolian suddenly rushed out with his troops and attacked the Xuanjia cavalry from behind.
Fortunately, the black armor cavalry were well trained. After a passive charge, they recovered and immediately launched a counterattack.
Li Ruolian only had a thousand heavy cavalry under his command, and the equipment was slightly inferior to the black armor cavalry. He was immediately defeated by the opponent's attack.
Fortunately, Li Ruolian was brave and led a counterattack, and was able to barely withstand the attack of the Xuanjia cavalry and retreat in an orderly manner.
Li Yan was about to give chase, but saw Liu Fangliang's bodyguard coming to ask for help.
In desperation, he left a hundred men to guard the horses, and then rushed forward with the black armor cavalry.
When he arrived, he found that most of Liu Fangliang's 20,000-strong army had been lost.
Moreover, under the attack of Wu Sangui and Guan Ning's cavalry, the number of people was still decreasing sharply.
Upon seeing this, Li Yan immediately sent his army to attack Wu Sangui.
Unexpectedly, Wu Sangui went against his normal behavior and did not escape. Instead, he led the crowd to attack him.
After Li Yan rushed to kill for two rounds, he found that Wu Sangui was just wandering around, as if he just wanted to hold him back.
Then he thought of the nearly 10,000 undisposed war horses in the rear and the disappeared Li Ruolian, and he couldn't help but be shocked.
So he asked Li San to lead two thousand Xuanjia cavalry to resist Wu Sangui, while he took the remaining people and ran back.
When he arrived at the place where the horses had been gathered, he found that there were only a dozen corpses left there. He was shocked and immediately hurried back.
When he arrived at the place where Liu Zongmin fought, he saw that Liu Zongmin only had more than 10,000 people left, and his face instantly turned pale.
Because he felt guilty, he wanted to rush in and help Liu Zongmin defeat Gong Yonggu.
Unexpectedly, Liu Zongmin told him that Li Ruolian had driven the frightened horses to attack Li Zicheng and asked him to rescue him quickly.
Li Yan was shocked when he heard this, and immediately ignored Liu Zongmin and galloped back again.
This time, he finally arrived in time and rescued Li Zicheng from Li Ruolian's spear.
However, when they were preparing to reorganize their army to fight again, they saw Li San protecting Liu Zongmin and others and fleeing in embarrassment.
Then they saw Li Ruolian, Wu Sangui and others rushing over.
Seeing that the situation was over, Li Zicheng had no choice but to lead his troops to retreat.
As the saying goes, a defeat is like a mountain falling. Li Zicheng's order to retreat was issued, and the soldiers were running around.
Thanks to Li Yan's escort, he returned to Guangling without any danger.
He only arrived at Guangling on the front foot, while Gao Jie, Ma Jinzhong and others had already arrived on the back foot.
In desperation, Li Zicheng had no choice but to abandon Guangling and flee towards Hengshan Mountain.
Gong Yonggu took inventory after the war and found that although they lost more than 30,000 people in this battle, they killed and captured nearly 100,000 rebels, and he was very happy.
He also knew that Zhu Yuanzhang was in urgent need of this news, so he hurriedly sent it along with two secret letters from the capital.
