Beijing.
After agreeing on various matters for sending troops, various departments cooperated with each other.
Food, grass, baggage, ordnance, etc. were quickly prepared.
And during this expedition, Zhu Yunwen also ordered the Ministry of Rites to arrange a farewell event.
In order to show his importance, he also planned to send Geng Bingwen to the expedition in person.
Outside the capital.
Zhu Yunwen took Geng Bingwen's hand and said cordially: "Old Marquis, I will leave all the 300,000 troops to you!"
"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will definitely live up to Your Majesty's expectations!"
"good."
"I believe in the old Marquis!"
"However, I still have something to ask for." Zhu Yunwen said.
"Your Majesty, please tell me!" Geng Bingwen said.
"Don't let me be blamed for killing my uncle!" Zhu Yunwen said seriously.
Geng Bingwen: (˘•ω•˘)
As soon as these words came out, he was speechless.
Is this what an emperor should say?
Zhu Yunwen's attention just now made him waver a little, but now it seems that it is completely unnecessary.
This guy is really not suitable to be an emperor!
This is war, life and death, anything can happen.
Now you say that you should not be charged with killing your uncle. When King Xiang died, what were you doing?
Geng Bingwen had a lot of psychological activities, but on the surface he agreed respectfully.
"OK."
"Then I am here to wish the old Marquis an early victory!"
Zhu Yunwen smiled when he heard Geng Bingwen promised him.
"Your Majesty, take care!"
Geng Bingwen cupped his hands and then got on his horse.
Order the expedition!
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The court seemed to have full confidence in Geng Bingwen and was not worried about his failure.
After all, Zhu Di now only has tens of thousands of troops.
So everyone is doing what they are supposed to do!
Former Changpinghou Mansion.
Yang Xuan stood in the yard, with his hands behind his back, looking to the north.
Whispering softly to oneself:
"With an army of 300,000, it's up to you whether you can fatten up!"
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Zhu Di's troops had been prepared for a long time, and he also sent Zhang Yu to conduct reconnaissance.
After about half a month's march, Geng Bingwen's army arrived at Zhending.
He set up his position and waited for Zhu Di to arrive.
At this moment, in Zhu Di's camp.
The messenger came again.
Same as last time.
Zhu Di personally received the meeting, and the latter did not disappoint Zhu Di and sent Geng Bing's defense map and combat plan.
At this time, Zhu Di's confidence greatly increased, and he immediately summoned the generals and held a military meeting.
At the meeting, Zhu Di made detailed arrangements based on Geng Bingwen's deployment.
It is too difficult to eat an army of 300,000 in one bite.
At this time, the problem of his insufficient strength was exposed.
Of course, he couldn't eat all the 300,000 troops.
Defeat is okay, but if the entire army of 300,000 men is wiped out, then Geng Bingwen will be in bad luck no matter how senior he is.
Therefore, in order for Geng Bingwen to give an explanation to the court, Zhu Di planned to eat half of the opponent's troops.
After the meeting, Zhu Di's tens of thousands of troops immediately took action.
A few days later, the fighting began.
Zhu Di ordered Zhang Yu to lead an army to attack one of Geng Bingwen's troops, with the purpose of removing most of the troops from Zhending City.
Geng Bingwen was very cooperative. After the military report for help arrived, he immediately ordered the dispatch of troops and horses for support.
Zhu Di led the main force of the Yan army to intercept.
The military report came and Geng Bingwen personally led the army to attack.
At this time, Zhu Neng led his troops and stabbed Geng Bingwen in the back.
In an instant, the army's formation was in chaos.
The angry Geng Bingwen cursed the young man in his heart for not practicing martial ethics and sneaking up on an old man like him.
Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Geng Bingwen immediately ordered to retreat to Zhending City.
Zhu Di stopped when he saw good things, captured prisoners, gathered food, grass and baggage.
At the last count, 70,000 to 80,000 prisoners were captured, with countless supplies of food, grass and baggage.
However, many people took advantage of the chaos and ran away.
There is no way around this. Zhu Di has too few troops to take care of everything.
Geng Bingwen, who retreated to Zhending, calculated after the war that he had less than 200,000 soldiers and horses, and suffered heavy losses in food, grass and baggage.
He did not attack again, but just defended the city.
When it comes to offense, he doesn't dare to say how strong he is, but when it comes to defense, he says he is second in the Ming Dynasty, but no one dares to call himself first.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhu Di took the time to digest the results of the battle.
All he needs to do next is to perform one more show, and his strength will increase greatly again.
Maybe Geng Bingwen's remaining troops will belong to him.
However, plans can never keep up with changes.
After the news of Geng Bingwen's defeat spread back to the capital, Zhu Yunwen panicked. He asked Huang Zicheng and others what to do.
Huang Zicheng proposed that Li Jinglong take over as coach.
Qi Tai objected. Although he had never led a soldier, he was interviewed by Lao Zhu when he was the Minister of War.
In terms of theory, he is much better than Huang Zicheng.
Know the taboo of changing coaches on the spot.
But Zhu Yunwen didn't listen to Qi Tai at all. He listened to Huang Zicheng's suggestion.
Li Jinglong was ordered to take over as coach.
When Li Jinglong received the imperial edict, he was completely stunned.
What the hell are you asking me to be the coach?
I have never commanded so many soldiers and horses!
Zhu Yunwen gave his old cousin many more soldiers and horses than Geng Bingwen, a total of half a million!
Geng Bingwen didn't know what to do if he had 300,000 soldiers and horses to be defeated by Zhu Di.
It would be too difficult for him to lose 500,000 to Zhu Di.
After all, if five hundred thousand versus one hundred thousand is used, the opponent can be killed.
After a few days, Li Jinglong lost a lot of his hair.
On the other side, Geng Bingwen felt a little regretful.
My mission ended so quickly.
The second big scene was originally arranged, but now it seems that it is no longer needed.
It's just that his reputation in this life has been ruined.
He returned to the capital honestly and accepted Zhu Yunwen's punishment.
As expected, his life was not in danger, he was just placed under house arrest.
He was also very happy, drinking some wine and listening to some tunes, he felt very uncomfortable.
This is very painful for Li Jinglong and Zhu Di.
One is worried about how to defeat, and the other is worried about how to pass this level.
Zhu Di knew that Li Jinglong's military ability was not very good, but if five hundred thousand fought against one hundred thousand, even a dog could win.
Moreover, he still has a large base area that needs to be defended, and the troops and horses in hand are simply not enough.
No matter how worried the cousins and nephews are, what is supposed to come will eventually come.
The imperial court had prepared troops, horses, food and grass, and Li Jinglong had to go on an expedition.
At the time of the expedition, Zhu Yunwen personally saw him off.
He had high expectations for this old cousin. Not only did he hold a grand expedition ceremony, but he also gave him a "Shang Fang Sword" - an ax representing the majesty of the supreme commander. (Any soldier or general who disobeys orders can be executed on the spot with this ax and ax)
But he didn't know that his old cousin had sold him long ago.
Li Jinglong's marching speed was not fast.
He was still thinking about how to defeat, and also to give Zhu Di more time to prepare.
However, what is supposed to come will eventually come, and he is not far from Peiping.
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