"General, if we continue to move forward, we will be able to reach the capital in the second update. Book haha," said Feng Guosheng next to Xu Da.

"Yes, we can go to the capital at the second update, but what's the use of it?" Xu Da asked: "In the middle of the night, we are all cavalry and have no siege equipment. Do we go camping outside the capital?"

After Xu Da said this, Feng Guosheng had no objection. It is true. In the past few days, they have been marching almost all the time. The most thought is how to rush on the road as soon as possible. After rushing to the destination, they have forgotten what to do.

"Stay here tonight, keep your energy, start cooking at the third and start at the fourth and try to arrive at the capital early after dawn!" Xu Da said.

He would not really attack when he arrived at the capital. He just wanted to block the capital and block the Tatars' army inside, and wait for Prince Chen's army to arrive before completely encircling and annihilation of the defenders in the city.

When making the plan, an important part was to prevent the Tartar Emperor from escaping. Most of the people needed to be surrounded first. Although the plan has changed now, this step is very important.

In fact, the order Chen Feng issued to Xu Da was originally to pursue Kuoku's army along the way, and to try to intercept Kuo's army in the Baoding Road area, creating opportunities for him to encircle and annihilate Kuo's army.

Now, Xu Da adapted to the situation and formulated new actions.

As the sky became darker and darker, most of Xu Da's army, except for a small number of sentries and scouts, fell asleep.

The marching of the past few days has made this army very tired, but victory after victory has made them cheer up and keep moving forward.

They didn't know that danger was slowly approaching.

The army led by Kuogu arrived in Zhuozhou and immediately stopped, sent scouts to find out where Xu Da's army camped in all directions.

Soon, the scouts of Xu Da’s army discovered that the scouts of Xu Da’s army were constantly fighting.

The horse's hooves were wrapped with rags, which made the horse's sound of trampling on the ground lighter, and they slowly moved closer to Xu Da's camp.

"Stop, command." A secret whistle found the shadow coming from the front and asked immediately.

Then, with a "ah", the secret whistle was already hit by several arrows and rolled down.

At the same time, the cry of this secret whistle also alarmed many people.

"Quick, strong attack!" Now that there has been some movement, change the plan and go quickly.

The leader was the 20,000 elite cavalry who followed Kuokuo and fought all the way across the country. They were the most powerful. When he heard Kuokuo's words, he immediately took out his bow and arrows and shot arrows in the direction of the opposite camp.

The front end of the arrow was burning with flames. After it was shot out, bright lines were drawn in the dark sky.

If you want to identify the enemy's position, you must have a fire. Moreover, the opponent is just sleeping, and the fire can also bring the greatest panic to the person who has just woken up.

Arrows flew past, and there was a light of fire everywhere.

When Xu Da heard the first voice, he immediately woke up, then jumped up and stepped onto his war horse.

"Note that there are Tartars attacking the camp!" Xu Da's voice could be heard clearly throughout the camp.

"General, I'll block the Tartars." Feng Guosheng turned over and said to Xu Da.

The arrow was shot from the north, and there was no doubt that the Tartars came from the north.

"The first and the 20,000 teams, follow me to the east, go around the back of the Tartars, and surround the Tartars!" In the chaos, Xu Da immediately made arrangements. Since the Tartars were here, they would be completely eliminated!

However, he felt a little nervous. In this case, the best choice was to run as far as possible immediately. The enemy situation was unknown, and he was attacked by a sneak attack, and it was dark again. Maybe it would be possible that the entire army would be wiped out.

Xu Da's army was considered a powerful force. Although they were now being attacked, and even though they had just woken up from their sleep, they picked up the weapons in their hands. The first team of ten thousand people was the one who was hit by the rush. The Tartars rushed over without even stepping on the horses. They did not have any fear or retreat. They picked up the weapons in their hands and stabbed them hard towards the Tartars' war horses and towards the Tartars' soldiers on the horses. Some of them jumped up bare hands and rushed down, and then they were both trampled into meat paste by the war horses behind them.

At this time, the cruelty of the battle caused both sides to die heavily, but Chaokuan still had the advantage of the surprise attack.

The sacrifice of the Thousand-People Team in front created an opportunity for the soldiers behind. They turned over and rushed towards the Tartars under the leadership of Feng Guosheng.

If you dare to attack your own side, then let the Tartars taste their own power!

Behind, dense arrows were still being shot, and in front, the fierce collision between the cavalry and the cavalry had begun.

With the initial advantage, the expanded army kept moving forward and killed the hasty cavalry to retreat step by step.

The expanded army also suffered a lot of casualties.

However, victory was inspiring Kuokuo, and he personally rushed to the front line. Wherever he went, the Ming army there were stabbed to death.

Finally, he rushed to the end of the other party's camp, and corpses were everywhere.

The opponent is just this little bit of troops? Kuogu is still a little curious. If there are only more than ten thousand troops, the opponent will dare to advance northward and come directly to Dadu. Then the opponent will be too reckless. Then he can completely kill this cavalry on Baoding Road.

Just now, the turbulent rear army came from a commotion.

"Go back." Kuogu said.

The one who followed was the Qiexue Army. This time, Kuangku brought 50,000 Qiexue Army. However, many people here are fighting for the first time and their training is not very sufficient. If they are counterattacked by the superior enemy, the consequences will probably be very serious.

Kuogu did not hesitate and immediately led his cavalry and rushed back.

After returning, his rear army was in chaos. Kuogu brought his direct cavalry to fight with the Ming army that was rushing in.

The melee lasted for two or three hours. Before dawn, the Ming army finally disappeared. Kuokuo gathered his troops and began to return to the capital.

There is no statistics on the results of the battle, but Kuogu firmly believes that he is the unquestionable winner of this battle. After all, Kuogu has an advantage in numbers. Later, it can be clearly felt that the number of Ming army is getting smaller and smaller. If the Ming army does not slip away, the entire army will be wiped out.

The sky gradually became brighter.

The corpses and the ownerless war horses made waves of wail.

"General, victory or defeat is a common thing for military strategists." Ye Wang said to Xu Da.

Xu Da knew that this was persuading himself. Since he started a military campaign, he also knew this truth. Fighting will always kill people. However, after seeing the scene in front of him, Xu Da was not optimistic no matter what.

This time, Xu Da led more than 30,000 people to raid north. Now, less than 20,000 people are left, and more than 10,000 people are lying here.

These are all because of my own mistakes. If I hadn’t underestimated the enemy and advanced rashly, how could I have suffered the current losses? If I stayed on Baoding Road and waited for Prince Chen, then there would be no today’s defeated soldiers!

"Let's retreat back to Baoding Road first." Xu Da said: "Where, after waiting for Prince Chen's army to arrive, I will resign from my position as the commander-in-chief and go back to apologize to the emperor."

Xu Da's heart was completely cold. When he set out, the tens of thousands of cavalry gathered together were now in his hands, and less than 20,000 were left. How could he explain to the emperor? He himself didn't know what to say.

Last time, Prince Chen took all the blame on himself. This time, Prince Chen can no longer take the blame. It was entirely because he was careless.

Xu Da led his army to retreat south, feeling heavy all the way, and his pace became slower.

When Xu Dada Baoding Road, Chen Feng had just arrived at Baoding Road.

Seeing Chen Feng, Xu Da immediately knelt on his knees: "Prince, the last general has not completed the task, and has also lost a lot of troops. Please punish him!"

Seeing Xu Da like this and looking at the dejected army behind Xu Da, Chen Feng was shocked: "General Xu, why is this?"

Chen Feng didn't know what happened, but he came all the way. He just arrived at Baoding Road and got the news from Dadu. He learned that all the officials in Dadu had left, and the emperor probably had left. All this was a leap from the history of the past. Most of them were empty cities. Just go in and occupy them by yourself.

Unexpectedly, when he saw Xu Da like this, he seemed to have suffered a defeat.

"Prince, you ordered me to pursue Kuogu's army. I chased me to Baoding Road, but found that Kuogu had fled back to Dadu. So I made a decision without authorization and ordered the army to continue pursuing. As a result, I was attacked by the Tatar army in the middle of the night, losing more than 10,000 people.

In fact, if Chen Feng was not available, Xu Da would be the commander-in-chief of the Northern Expedition, so Xu Da's various orders were actually the highest order.

Besides, at that time, Xu Da was afraid that the Tartar emperor would run away, so he hurried to encircle Dadu, which was also possible.

If you want to blame, you can only blame the Tartars for sending surprise troops. Unexpectedly, under such circumstances, the Tartars dared to take the initiative!

Chen Feng knew that there was no second person among the Tartars who took this action, so he must have expanded his profile.

"General Xu asked for it." Chen Feng said: "I have a responsibility for this action. I should not let you advance alone. Although the Tartars have weakened, they still have certain strength. We must prevent the Tartars from counterattacking and still fight. Today, we will rest on Baoding Road, and tomorrow, we will continue to go north and attack Dadu!"
Chapter completed!