Back punch with the left hand, hook with the right hand, kick with the left side, and volley with raised leg... Li Qing's movements were graceful, and every blow hit Yuan Ren's temple, throat, heart, and several vital points.
Under the influence of true energy, every blow exceeds the limit that the human body can withstand, either shattering the brain, shattering the throat, or bursting the heart.
One blow kills one, and he kills the enemy so efficiently that even Zhu Di's slashing with a knife can't beat him.
In this case, it would be even worse if Li Qing allocated part of his energy to protect Zhu Laosi.
Li Qing doesn't use a knife not to show off, but because he is not used to using it. Only by using his body and limbs can he exert his greatest strength.
"Pfft~"
Zhu Di cut off Yuan Ren's head with all his strength, and blood spurted out all over his body. He wiped his face, and took a chance to look back. He had only killed seven or eight, and Li Qing had almost killed twenty. He couldn't help but feel competitive. rise.
"Come again!"
"Not coming." Li Qing grabbed Zhu Di, "Your Highness, our reinforcements have arrived. The top priority is to coordinate the overall situation."
Zhu Di glanced at it and asked curiously: "Where is it?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a small team was seen climbing up the city wall and fighting with the Yuan people. After a while, more and more Ming troops climbed up the city wall.
"Finally here." Zhu Di grinned and relaxed.
Half a quarter of an hour later, a burly man covered in blood came over, saw Zhu Di's appearance clearly, and immediately knelt down on one knee, "General Qiu Fu is late, please forgive me, Your Highness."
Zhu Di was not in the mood to be polite and said directly, "How long will it take for the two guards to arrive?"
"We have all arrived and started to climb the city." Qiu Fu said respectfully, "General Zhu Neng is executing His Highness's deployment."
"Okay!" Zhu Di nodded, "Follow me to guard the main gate, and send soldiers to notify Zhu Neng and ask him to hurry up."
"I will obey my orders."
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"Soldiers, hold on, our reinforcements will be here soon, they will be there soon..." The chief envoy was afraid of his life and did not dare to get up. He sat down close to the city wall and continued to yell, "We have defended the city. Each person will have a big bowl of meat." Stuffed dumplings!”
The government servants around him started yelling after him, not daring to stop for a moment.
"The reinforcements have arrived." Li Qing stepped forward and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, the chief minister has worked hard."
"It's not hard, isn't it... Li Qinchen?" The chief envoy was overjoyed, and then asked, "Where is your highness?"
Zhu Di said angrily, "Did you use this to vent your anger?"
"Your Highness?" The chief envoy was overjoyed. When he saw Zhu Di covered in blood, he was frightened and ignored the etiquette. He rushed up and touched him randomly.
"Presumptuous!" Zhu Di kicked him aside and shouted angrily, "Are you tired of living?"
The chief envoy was not angry either, with a relaxed smile on his face. The two bosses were fine, reinforcements had arrived, and he finally felt at peace.
As soon as the tight string loosened, the person fainted.
Zhu Di was stunned and said nonchalantly: "I didn't try hard enough!"
Li Qing hurriedly stepped forward, felt his pulse and chuckled, "He's fine, he's just too tired."
After that, he asked several government officials to carry the chief envoy down the city wall.
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As more and more Ming troops descended on the city, the situation gradually stabilized. Zhu Di observed the situation, his brain working rapidly. After a while, his face gradually relaxed and he smiled:
"They will withdraw their troops by noon tomorrow at the latest."
Li Qing rolled his eyes. It was difficult for him to attack Zhu Di when the enemy was in front of him, so he said, "Your Highness, the eight thousand cavalry that were sent out before should have arrived. Why is there no movement at all?"
"Don't worry, Zhang Yu is better at fighting than you." Zhu Di was very patient, "The battle has been fought so far, there is no suspense anymore. Under my careful arrangements, there won't be any accidents. You can just sit back and watch the show. "
Please stop saying a few words... Li Qingxin said: Setting a flag will never end well.
The Yuan people were very powerful in battle, but they could not plunder anything, so their wives, children, and children were at risk of starving to death.
Under such pressure, despite the long-distance attack, their combat power was no weaker than that of the Ming army, which was waiting for work. In fact, its bloodthirsty force was even better than that of the Ming army.
On the city wall, both sides fought bloody battles, with both sides suffering serious casualties.
But the Ming army has one advantage, and that is: if you want to fight me hand-to-hand, you must first go to the city.
Most of the people from the Yuan Dynasty fell into disgrace during the process of ascending to the city!
Zhu Di's deployment began to take effect. The situation on the city was gradually controlled by the Ming army, and a large number of defensive equipment was transported to the city.
Under the resistance of horizontal stones, rolling logs, kerosene, arrows, cannonballs... the cost of the Yuan people who climbed the city increased sharply.
Screams, curses, roars, and calls to kill...were heard endlessly, and the blood stained the walls of the city red.
Despite this, the Yuan people still maintained a fierce offensive, risking their lives. After paying a heavy price, they finally achieved good results.
The city gate was forcibly broken by a hammer. Although there was a wall made of big stones behind it, it invisibly put a lot of psychological pressure on the Ming army.
Zhu Di frowned, and Li Qing looked unhappy, cursing in his mind: "Okay, why are you raising such a flag?"
When the people of the Yuan Dynasty saw that there was something going on, they simply stopped going to the city and focused all their efforts on the city gate.
The archers gave up everything and only shot at a small area above the city gate. The arrows were so dense that they couldn't even keep their heads above water.
At this time, Li Qing was panicked and said anxiously: "Your Highness, how long can the stone wall last?"
"At most half an hour." Zhu Di said, "After all, it's just a temporary thing, and it's not integrated with the city wall. It looks deceptive, but it's not actually strong.
But don't panic. Although Yuan Ren's style of play is very effective, they also suffer a lot of damage. "
Zhu Di said with a grim smile, "Qiu Fu, move the defense equipment here to both sides, and let the people go over and beat me with all your might from both sides. Damn it, since you can't take the lead, let's not defend at all. If they attack, we will attack too." "
After a pause, "In addition, I sent an order to Zhu Neng, asking him to mobilize 8,000 people as soon as possible and form a phalanx to block the city gate. If I am blocking it, I must be quick."
"I will obey my orders."
Qiu Fu hugged his fists heavily and began to execute.
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Zhu Di said to Li Qing, "We have been fighting for a long time. Now that the dawn is in front of us, the Yuan people will go crazy and the losses will be even greater..."
Hearing that the square formation was blocking the door, Li Qing felt a little relieved. Seeing that Zhu Di was about to raise the flag again, he quickly interrupted: "Why is your highness so sure? Yuan Ren is not stupid."
Zhu Di smiled, "There is a saying in the art of war: attack the city first, attack the heart first.
It's not easy for the Yuan people to come all the way, but now they can't attack for a long time, and their morale has been greatly damaged. At this time, people tend to selectively believe in a situation that is beneficial to them. "
Uh... It seems to make sense... Li Qing nodded, "It's normal for soldiers to have this mentality, but the leader of Yuan Ren should be relatively calm."
Zhu Di shook his head and said, "You don't understand this. On the battlefield, many times it is not the soldiers who obey the generals, but the generals who accommodate the soldiers.
At present, they clearly have the upper hand, their morale is high, and they have a strong desire to attack. If they change their style of play rashly, their morale will be greatly damaged, and the gain will not be worth the loss. "
As he said that, he picked up his shield to block it, glanced down at the city, and then sat down close to the city wall, "The situation is as I expected. Now Yuan Ren's losses are even greater."
Li Qing also took the time to look down. It was indeed as Zhu Di said. The Yuan people put all their efforts on the city gate, and they were a little crazy. The Ming troops on the left and right kept throwing objects at high altitudes, with great results.
Thinking that there was still a phalanx inside the city gate, Li Qing was completely relieved and couldn't help but praise: "Your Highness is a great talent."
"That's right." Zhu Di said proudly, "When I was a boy, I went on expeditions with my father-in-law, Li Laobiao and other generals. I was not the second or third son...
Ahem, otherwise, why would my father let me control a military powerhouse like Beiping? "
Li Qing nodded, Zhu Di was indeed a rare handsome talent.
However, there were too many handsome talents in the early Ming Dynasty, as if they were free of money, such as Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, Li Wenzhong, Feng Sheng, Fu Youde... Compared with their brilliance, Zhu Di at this stage is indeed not too outstanding.
You know, even Lan Yu only truly entered the ranks of first-class military commanders after winning all the battles in Yuerhai.
There is no way, it's not that they are not good enough, but that there are too many talented people in the Hongwu Dynasty!
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The Yuan people suffered huge casualties, but also achieved great results, such as destroying the city.
But just when they were cheering to enter the city to plunder, they found that instead of panicked people, the city was filled with densely packed Ming troops. The phalanx of tens of thousands of people stood there, giving people a feeling of despair.
There was a leak in the house and it rained all night. Just when the Yuan people were feeling sad and angry, an iron cavalry came out from the diagonal stab, sweeping forward with unparalleled momentum, like a sharp blade.
The eight thousand cavalry were all the best among the best, and they were well fed and rested. Although the number was not as large as that of the Yuan people, it was still difficult for the Yuan people to resist.
First, it was sudden, and second, the cavalry had already charged.
Sudden and violent attack, the Yuan people were unable to arrange their troops.
In an instant, the Yuan army was in chaos, with no formation at all.
Zhu Di's excited face turned red and his mouth opened, but in the end he did not give the order to go out of the city to fight. Once he went out to fight, the advantage of defending the city would be gone, and even the good situation would be ruined.
The eight thousand cavalrymen were like sharp knives, directly disemboweling Yuan Ren, killing everyone on their backs.
After a charge, the cavalry did not charge back, but walked away directly.
The eight thousand cavalry was less than six thousand, but the Yuan people's casualties were more than twice that of the Ming army. More importantly, their morale was gone.
Zhu Di looked at this scene quietly and said softly: "It's over."
A quarter of an hour later, Yuan Ren launched another attack, more violent than before, but Zhu Di showed no emotion.
Seeing Li Qing's concern, he explained, "This is their usual tactic. The struggle before retreating made us afraid to pursue."
"That's right!" Li Qing nodded and continued to observe the situation.
Sure enough, not long after, Yuan Ren's golden sound rang out.
Yuan Ren moved very quickly, and it only took a quarter of an hour to gather together. Seeing this situation, Li Qing became a little anxious, "Since Your Highness knows this is their trick, why not...?"
"There is no way to chase." Zhu Di shook his head, "Almost all Yuan people are good at riding and shooting. Archers are worthless. When retreating, archers will always stay behind, so they can easily be kited."
"Uh...Your Highness is wise."
Li Qing said nothing, but watched Yuan Ren leave calmly, feeling a little unwillingly.
"Don't worry, they won't be able to survive." Zhu Di smiled mischievously, "Don't stop at the surface. They didn't grab anything this time, and I don't know how many people will die on the way back.
They are short of supplies and have spent so much on sending troops. Even though they are allies now, they will inevitably fight among themselves when they return. "
Zhu Di sneered and said: "The Yuan people regard robbery as a matter of course. If they cannot rob the Ming Dynasty, they will naturally rob themselves."
After a pause, "Li Qing, you'd better report to your father. There are so many Yuan people here this time. It's obvious that the tribes are cooperating. This is not a good sign."
