Demoness, Where Are You Fleeing To?

When the Shenji Left and Right Camps were still twenty miles away from the Chaobai River, Li Xuan's body had already reached the east bank of the Chaobai River.

This is the advantage of having a clone. Li Xuan's clone controls the army from behind, while Li Xuan goes forward to the east bank of the Chaobai River to observe the battle situation.

At this time, it was exactly 4:05 (6 o'clock in the morning), about half an hour later than Li Xuan's original scheduled time, but this was already their fastest speed. Li Xuan exhausted all his methods, but could not advance the time to reach Chaobai River even half a moment.

Fortunately, judging from the news coming back from the Forbidden City, the situation had not deteriorated to the point where it was difficult for him to accept it.

He felt heavy-hearted about Emperor Jingtai's early departure from seclusion for a life-and-death fight with Emperor Zhengtheng, but at least Yu Hongshang, the prince, and grandson were safe and sound.

The moment Li Xuan came to the shore, he immediately released his divine blood Qingluan Cowherd to observe the battle situation from high altitude.

At this time, Li Chengji's figure also flew over from across the river and came to his side.

"The current situation is that the enemy is outnumbered and we are outnumbered. How are you going to fight? Are you really planning to take the initiative to attack across the river?"

The way Li Chengji looked at Li Xuan was quite strange.

No matter how much he looked forward to his second son at the beginning, he never expected that a year and a half later, Li Xuan would become the pillar of the imperial court, commanding hundreds of thousands of troops to fight on the battlefield and fight against rebellion.

This guy even won an unprecedented victory in Chengde not long ago.

However, Li Chengji believed that he could still give Li Xuan some advice on the art of war: "Why do you have to attack? Isn't it better to stay on this side of the river and confront them?"

Our father and son worked together to block water transportation, so that grain and grass could be continuously transported from the south of the Yangtze River. Your Jizhou Town and Taiyuan Town to the west can all deploy troops here calmly. "

After Li Xuan heard this, he glanced sideways at Li Chengji: "The orthodox emperor was able to rebel under the eyes of Emperor Jingtai. Father, do you know if they will have other methods or other variables next?

Also, if the capital runs out of food, will Liang Heng definitely admit defeat? If he robs the people of food and drives the people of the capital south, how should we deal with it? The emperor is kind and treats my old Li family well, so he just ignores me like this? And even if it is just for the survival of my family, we cannot let the orthodox emperor succeed. "

After hearing this, Li Chengji couldn't help but feel dumb.

Li Xuan then pointed to the road: "Don't forget that there is Prince Ning! Prince Ning and his family have been plotting rebellion for more than a year or two. If the chaos in the capital lasts for too long, the south may not be peaceful."

Lee Seung-ki was even more speechless.

The Ningwang line originated from Taizu’s seventeenth son, ‘Ningwang’ Yu Quan.

Its fiefdom was originally located in 'Daning' in the northernmost part of the Jin Dynasty. Daning was located outside Xifengkou and Gubeikou, and belonged to the ancient Huizhou area. It was connected to Liaozuo in the east and Xuanfu in the west. It was a large town, that is, The pasture formerly occupied by 'Duoyan Sanwei'.

When King Ning was in his heyday, he controlled dozens of cities in the territory, covering an area of ​​more than 3,000 miles. He had 300,000 men in armor, 70,000 cavalry, and three Duoyan guards as vassals.

History books say that his military power was so strong that he was "the most powerful among all the kings", even surpassing the King of Yan. .

Later, when Taizong raised troops to quell the crisis, he personally went north to kidnap King Ning and seize his military power. Only then did he have the capital to compete with the imperial court.

After the success of Jingnan, Taizong transferred Prince Ning to Nanchang. Although Nanchang is a prosperous place, Ning Wangfan is no longer as strong as it was during the Taizong period. Taizong and Xuanzong also repeatedly captured King Ning's troops.

However, today's 'Ningwang' lineage is still powerful, and its fiefdom includes the Five Prefectures in Nanchang, Jiangxi, and the Five Guards Army.

Theoretically, the strength of these five guardsmen was 25,000, but Li Chengji knew that King Ning's lineage was very solid, and King Ning still had hundreds of thousands of troops when he transferred to Nanchang. After Prince Ning's army was captured and disbanded, those soldiers were not handed over to the court.

The local Bai Ming government was nominally governed according to the Lijia system, but in fact it was governed by the Weisuo system.

Therefore, the contemporary King Ning can easily gather more than 300,000 troops in Nanchang with just one order.

In the Ming Dynasty in another world, there was also a "King Ning", who was also transferred from Daning to Nanchang. The fourth generation of King Ning raised hundreds of thousands of troops to rebel during the Zhengde period, but was attacked and destroyed by the Confucian Wang Yangming who was the governor of southern Ganxi at the time.

The Prince Ning’s Mansion in this world is currently in charge of the second generation of Prince Ning, ‘Yu Dianpei’. That was the grandson of Yu Quan, the first king of Ning. He was of the same generation as Renzong of the Jin Dynasty and the great-uncle of Emperor Zhengtong and Emperor Jingtai.

These two generations of King Ning were both highly skilled in cultivation, reached the level of heaven, and lived a very long time.

The first generation King Ning was forced by Jinque Tiangong in the 32nd year of Zhengtong and had to abdicate and leave this world.

The second generation Ning Wang Yu Dianpei achieved the throne twenty-five years ago. After the changes in the Tumu Fort, there were calls from the court to introduce Ning Wang to succeed the throne and save the country.

It is said that this man was jealous and ambitious. Since he succeeded to the throne, he had demoted his uncle, King Yu Panye of Linchuan, and his younger brother, King Yu Diiansu of Yiyang, to common people.

At the time of Tumu Fortress, if this person had not just succeeded to the throne and the foundation was not stable, he might have gone the other way.

"So we can't delay it!"

Li Xuan pointed at the other party with his horsewhip, his expression indifferent: "Besides, I have even eliminated 700,000 demons in Luping, the Empress Dowager of Liao, so why should I be afraid of Liang Heng's mere 370,000 rabble? And now the terrain is on my side today. Fang, we will definitely win in one battle.”

After Li Chengji heard this, he couldn't help but said silently: "Where did you get the terrain? Be careful that Liang Heng will attack you halfway across the river and defeat you in one strike. With this kind of terrain and terrain, the troops are not a worry, but forceful crossing is a taboo for military strategists."

Li Xuan did not argue. At this time, he was lowering his head and stepping on the mud on the river bank.

March is the month of spring, and the mud is really soft. With a little force under your feet, you can sink in very deep.

In other words, it usually takes four minutes to run a mile, but it may take eight to ten minutes on this river beach.

However, the range of the 'Flint Hair Rune Fire Spear' against second-level martial arts cultivators is as long as 380 feet, nearly two and a half miles.

But in fact, most of the elite soldiers and horses in the Beijing camp are only at the level of the third level building, while the guard troops are even lower, generally only at the level of the second level building.

Therefore, the actual effective range of the 'Flintlock Rune Musket' against the Beijing Camp Forbidden Army is more than four miles!

Next, he looked across the river through the sight of the divine blood Qingluan Cowherd.

Thanks to the improvement of the 'Cowherd''s cultivation to the eighth level of the building, Li Xuan can bring every plant and tree, even the smallest ants, within thirty miles of the opposite side into his field of vision.

With a radius of one hundred miles around, a more rough observation can be made.

It can be understood that the resolution within thirty miles is top-notch, and the resolution within a hundred miles is slightly inferior.

He saw that Liang Heng's main army was less than thirty miles away from the battlefield, and he also saw that his 13,000 servants had arrived at the river bank. This powerful armored cavalry was resting on a hill twenty-five miles away.

The 12,000 cavalry troops crossing the river in Jizhou Town were still fighting hard on the opposite river bank. They are taking turns attacking in units of a thousand riders to ensure control of the bridges along the river.

Li Xuan was quite pleased with his vision. The two cavalry generals he promoted were both mediocre. Although they were at a disadvantage in terms of military strength, they fought very methodically and kept the enemy five miles away from the other side of the river, unable to reach the two stone bridges on the Chaobai River.

But as the army array from the opposite side pressed forward, the space for them to maneuver became increasingly narrow. The thirteen thousand armored cavalry must not be ignored.

These are the servants raised by the noble generals, and their overall combat power even surpasses that of the Khitan Pishi Army and the Mengwuqie Xue Army.

Once they finish resting and launch an attack, these Jizhou Army cavalry will suffer huge damage.

"The person who is in charge of the capital guard troops opposite is Ma Lin, the governor of the capital camp. I know this man. He once served as Liang Heng's deputy for a long time. He is good at commanding infantry and is very stable in the use of troops."

Li Chengji frowned and said: "Looking at their formation, they are obviously preparing to hold on across the river."

Doesn't he know that the sooner the current chaos in the capital is resolved, the better? Why not be grateful for the kindness of Emperor Jingtai?

But Li Chengji was more worried that their troops were insufficient, and crossing the river rashly would lead to a major defeat, which would be a total loss.

However, when he saw that Li Xuan was determined and confident, it was obviously difficult to be persuaded by him.

So Li Chengji changed his voice and said: "Where are you going to cross the river? Behind my camp? To be honest, I may not be able to hold on until you cross the river. With the level of 30,000 Cao troops, they can only defeat the White Lotus Sect. "

At this time, a pontoon bridge was already being built behind the 30,000 Cao army camp. There are two in total, one on each side, two miles apart.

But Li Chengji was not optimistic about the combat effectiveness of his soldiers.

It should be noted that the canal army is usually distributed along the canal. Although Li Chengji is a capable person and is proficient in the art of war, he has not been in charge of the canal transport army for a long time. Secondly, he cannot exert all his efforts during his term. Reorganize and train the Cao army.

On the contrary, the hundreds of warships he brought over were a fighting force worth relying on.

Most of these ships are equipped with three to five 'Flan Cannons' and 'Tiger Crouching Cannons', which can be effective on the river banks.

However, the water level of the Chaobai River was not high, and warships sailing on it could easily run aground.

"Continue to build the pontoon bridge!" Li Xuan looked indifferent, and then used a trace of sword energy to draw a simple map on the mudflat, and then drew a line on it: "Later, Dad, help me transport some field artillery over there. Just put it in this position. By the way, your warships have withdrawn from the river and cannot stay near here, but you can also move eighty French cannons from your ships.

I don't care about the rest. This artillery position must not be lost. It must be built high and deep in the ravine, and your own troops must be used. "

At this time, a group of war horses and ox carts came quickly from behind, and the leader was Wang Yuan.

He personally led the 4,000 "Zuoye Guards" of Shenji Zuoying as the army's outpost, and rushed here first.

Li Xuan immediately ordered: "Wang Yuan, go to the pontoon and replace the cavalry on the opposite side. Let them rest for a while and recuperate their horsepower. Also, before the battle, all soldiers must be tied with another layer on top of their walking shoes. Reed. Let the war team inspect it and make sure it is strong and solid."

Li Chengji couldn't help but his eyes lit up. He knew that this layer of reeds could not only prevent slipping, but also prevent mud.

This made Li Chengji feel a little relieved. His second son was still very disciplined in his military tactics and had a broad mind.

He really didn't realize before that Li Xuan still had such ability.

In the next hour, the situation on both sides of the Chaobai River was extremely dull. Troops and horses from both sides arrived one after another, and then formed an array across the Chaobai River.

Liang Heng's 370,000 troops were distributed along the 25-mile-long river, focusing on the two stone bridges on the river, as well as Li Chengji's 30,000 Cao troops.

Mainly in the direction of the Cao Army, Liang Heng gathered a total of 80,000 Beijing camp forbidden troops here and made an attack posture.

Obviously he wanted to pull out this 'nail' before Li Xuan crossed the river. Especially after Li Chengji helped Li Xuan set up an artillery array on the high ground on the left side of the camp, Liang Heng became even more aggressive and added 30,000 elite guards here.

At this time, less than one-third of the pontoon bridge located behind the Cao Army camp had just been built.

"Brother, are you still going to let Li Xuan cross the river? Are you going to attack halfway across the river?"

Liang Biao noticed that although Liang Heng deployed heavy troops in the direction of the two stone bridges, they were several miles away and adopted a defensive posture. There is no intention to occupy it, nor to destroy the stone bridge.

But once the opponent has the intention to cross the river, the army here can also press forward and annihilate the opponent's soldiers and horses crossing the river.

"Otherwise? He is the one who is eager to enter the capital now, not me." Liang Heng sneered: "Now it depends on whether he has the courage to force his way to Beijing."

Even if it drags on for a long time, it will be detrimental to them. But Liang Heng knew that his troops were not yet solid, and taking the initiative to cross the river at this time would only expose his own weaknesses in front of the other party.

But as long as they can hold on in Hexi for even one day, Liang Heng will be confident in regaining his morale. At that time, Liang Heng was not afraid of facing the entire Jizhou army in a field battle.

In addition, he has sent 30,000 guardsmen to attack Tongzhou City. As long as he occupies the many household warehouses here, he won't have to worry about food and supplies for a month.

There are also five thousand Cao troops guarding there, but Tongzhou's city wall is not very tall. The generals he sent over were also veteran generals who were experienced in fighting and were well equipped with weapons. It was estimated that they could capture the city in half a day at most.

Liang Heng then looked at the Cao army camp: "But before that, we still have to capture these Cao troops."

Especially the artillery positions on the hills made him feel like he was in trouble.

Liang Heng predicted that once the opponent crosses the river, this artillery position with a firepower coverage of twelve miles around will become the key to victory in this battle.

However, to Liang Heng's surprise, just when he commanded an army of 120,000 troops to press towards the Cao Army camp from three directions, Liang Heng saw that the water on the Chaobai River quickly froze.

The location where the water surface was frozen was the 'Baiding Bridge' in the middle of the battlefield. The water surface on the left and right sides was frozen for several miles in an instant, and the ice surface was very solid.

Liang Heng couldn't help being stunned when he saw this. He knew that Tianshi Zhang was in Li Xuan's army, and he also knew that Tianshi Zhang Shenye had prepared an altar nearby in advance.

But this time they brought a large number of military magicians, as well as thirty royal magicians, who had been on guard against Zhang Shenye's freezing of the river.

Correspondingly, Li Xuan also had many magicians accompanying him. In addition to Jizhou Town, there were also many Taoist priests from Longhu Mountain.

But they traveled 1,500 miles overnight. In theory, these magicians should have exhausted their mana and could not help.

Is this Master Zhang so strong? With just his own strength, he can suppress many of his own masters and freeze the river?

"I saw them throwing a lot of ice into the river, and then the river froze in an instant. Look -"

Liang Biao pointed in a direction across the river, where some soldiers were pushing baskets of ice cubes into the river, and then the river surface that had not yet frozen solidified instantly.

Liang Biao was puzzled: "It's so strange, how could it be like this?"

What puzzled him was that the ice cubes Li Xuan had thrown into the river were actually very small compared to the amount of water in the river. In theory, they should melt quickly.

But at this time, their brothers had no time to investigate the details.

Just because of this moment, the river surface twenty miles on both sides of the 'Baiding Bridge' has been covered with thick ice.

This wide area is more than enough for Li Xuan's entire army of the "Shenji Left and Right Battalion" to cross the river.

Liang Heng saw across the river, the 40,000 soldiers of the "Shenji Left and Right Battalion" were already lined up on the river bank. They formed more than ninety lines, forming a thin front line seven miles long on the east bank of the Chaobai River, and were pressing towards the river.

Liang Heng couldn't help but perked up, and his face showed joy: "This guy actually dares to cross the river and get himself killed! I really don't know if this guy doesn't know the art of war, or he is so arrogant."

But in his opinion, this is nothing more than a good opportunity to defeat the enemy.

Only this time gave him a headache. At this time, more than half of the most powerful Beijing infantry under his command were concentrated at the Cao Army camp.

During this period of time, these elite military horses could not be mobilized in other directions.

Liang Heng somewhat suspected that Li Xuan had done this deliberately, and used the 30,000 Cao troops and the artillery position to force him to divide his troops. It makes him unable to go all out when facing a battle.

Liang Heng then shook his head and turned to look at his deputy general Ma Lin: "General Ma, I'll leave this Cao Army camp to you. I'll give you half an hour, and you must take down the artillery position as soon as possible!"

Then he rode his horse and galloped towards the cavalry position in the distance.

Next, he will preside over the decisive battle there, once Li Xuan's 'Shenji Left and Right Battalion' crosses the river. He will personally command the thirteen thousand armored cavalry to crush Li Xuan's musket array!

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The ice cubes that Li Xuan had people throw into the river were actually 'dry ice' that had been prepared in advance.

This is a powerful refrigerant and very easy to make.

Zhang Shenye rushed here in the early morning to build the altar, and then followed the method provided by Li Xuan to make a large amount of 'dry ice'.

It was these things that helped Zhang Shenye suppress the opposing magician.

At this time, an uninvited guest came in front of Li Xuan's military formation.

It was Xiao Ci, the Minister of Household Affairs, who claimed to have come under the orders of the Zhengtong Emperor to confer Li Xuan's title.

"——Your Majesty means that as long as the Champion Marquis retreats, Your Majesty can immediately make you the Duke of the country and grant you a marriage to Princess Anyang. And follow the story of Prince Mu's Mansion, permanently rule Liaodong, and have jurisdiction over the Liaodong capital and the Nurgan capital commander. Si, guard the border for the Jin Dynasty."

Li Xuan looked at him with squinted eyes: "If I don't agree, is Xiao Shangshu prepared to become hostile to our army?"

Xiao Ci, the Minister of Household Affairs, was speechless. During the court meeting yesterday afternoon, when he and Takagu, the second assistant, took the lead in recognizing the restoration of the Emperor Zhengtong, they could no longer look back.

Li Xuan frowned coldly again and continued to ask: "May I ask how your majesty can't forgive you?"

Xiao Ci, the Minister of Household Affairs, thought to himself that Emperor Jingtai was really not unkind to them at all, but his expression remained calm as he said: "Marquis Champion! Your Majesty has no children. The Jin Dynasty cannot be succeeded by an infant? As far as Xiao knows , the so-called emperor's grandson, although he is the posthumous son of King Duanhe, and has been recorded in the golden book and jade certificate, his life experience is still somewhat unclear.

And now that the matter has come to this, only by the Emperor Zhengtong returning to the throne can we stabilize the imperial court and stabilize the world as soon as possible. This is a matter that is beneficial to the country and the people. "

"Then what?" Li Xuan sneered: "Then let him take revenge on the good generals who served as heroes after the Tumubao War, and let him corrupt the state affairs?"

He didn't know what would happen to the 'legitimate emperor' of this world, but the Ming Yingzong of another world not only executed Shaobao Yu Qian Lingchi, but also sent the wives and children of heroes and generals to be slaves to the Mongols.

Within a few years of his restoration, this man completely ruined the achievements of Emperor Jingtai and his ministers and the reform of the military system by Shaobao Yuqian.

Xiao Cizheng, the Minister of Household Affairs, wanted to say that Emperor Zhengtong had already changed his ways, but UU Reading www.uukaｎshu.net would definitely not be the case. Li Xuan, however, waved his sleeves fiercely: "We have nothing to say to each other! There is nothing to say between you and me. We can only decide the outcome on the battlefield. Go back, before I have the idea to use you as a sacrificial flag!"

Xiao Ci frowned, and then he flew into the air with a calm expression: "I hope the champion will not regret it!"

He noticed that Li Xuan had already prepared troops to cross the river. Although Xiao Ci was not good at the art of war, he also knew that Li Xuan's move was a taboo for military strategists and would lead to his own death!

Xiao Ci predicted that Liang Heng could win a big victory, so there was no need for him to continue to work hard on Li Xuan and promise the Liaodong throne.

Xiao Ci did not notice Shang Hong, the 'Grand Scholar of Zuo Chunfang' standing in the distance, looking at him with complex and pity.

At this time, Li Xuan also whipped his horse whip: "Send the order to the entire army to cross the river immediately!"

At this moment, Shenji's left and right battalions of 39,700 people, with a total of ninety-six square formations, and the seventy field smoothbore artillery batteries left by Li Xuan in the army, all stepped onto the ice. , made a loud noise.