(276 Ming 43).
As soon as Xu Da finished inspecting his troops, he received a report: there was already snoring in the Yuan army's camp. The corners of Xu Da's serious mouth turned up slightly. Tonight was his best chance and only fighter.
Sun Tzu's Art of War: Therefore, there are five ways to win: those who know what they can fight and those who can't fight win, those who know the use of the many and the few win, those who want the same thing win, those who treat those who are not safe win, and those who can and are not able to win win.
He traveled thousands of miles to fight for tonight. In fact, the person who really can't afford it should be him. Running long distances to supply food and grass is the biggest problem. Therefore, he made a major decision to personally lead the army to the battlefield tonight, and he was at the forefront, and he wanted all the soldiers to see his handsome banner.
As long as the soldiers on the battlefield see the handsome flag and the banner in their hearts, they will have more confidence and courage when they fight.
This time, Xu Da directly gave the Yuan army a black tiger to dig out his heart, and the Ming army attacked the middle camp of the Yuan army with a thunderous force, and the soldiers in the left and right battalions of the Yuan army did not even have the strength to turn over. "Sleep, go out and fight to die, and sleep when you are a prisoner. ”
Wang Baobao's army of 100,000 people, who slept as prisoners, desperately became ghosts under the knife, and those who escaped surrendered obediently before they ran a few steps. I have to say that the Yuan Dynasty's kung fu of escaping from top to bottom is really top-notch. This time, Wang Baobao ran away again, and also took his children and wife with him, and fled all the way to the north without guards.
In this battle, the Ming army captured more than 1,900 people from the Yuanyan king, the Yuanji king and the ministers of civil and military affairs, and more than 84,000 Mongolian soldiers. When Wang Baobao fled to the Yellow River, he realized that he had forgotten to bring a fishing boat with him.
However, this difficulty is really not a big difficulty for a battle-hardened Wang Baobao, he looked at the sword on his waist, and told his children and his wife, you can rest here for a while, and cross the river with enough spirit.
He cut down a few large logs, arranged them into a raft with bark, tied his children and wives to the raft, and jumped into the river to swim and lead the raft, and in the turbulent current, he actually led the raft to the opposite bank.
At this time, his mood was heavy and complicated, and the originally prosperous city was now in ruins in his heart. Those once loyal subordinates are now gone, and he struggles in the rushing waters, as if all this has brought him back to the beginning and made him rethink his life choices.
After going ashore, he saw that his children and wives were still there, and there was no one missing. My heart is full of joy and sorrow, as long as I am still in the world, everything is possible, in this most difficult moment, Wang Baobao did not give up. There was still a determined glint in his eyes.
He knows very well that this is not only a low point in his life, but also an opportunity for him to make a comeback. He silently said to himself: "Wang Baobao, you can't fall, there are still many battles waiting for you to win." ”
The so-called one will become famous and ten thousand bones will wither. The 100,000 army disappeared, but Wang Baobao still had so much confidence in himself, and he was also a rare general and a famous general.
During this period, Zhu Yuanzhang had three major regrets, first, he did not get the jade seal of the country, second, Wang Baobao was not captured, and third, Prince Yuan was missing. It can be seen that Wang Baobao's escape is a very important event for Zhu Yuanzhang.
Sure enough, two years later, the Northern Yuan once again stretched out its claws and attacked from all sides, the Ming army was defeated and retreated, and the Yuan army reoccupied Jilin, Gansu, and northern Ningxia. The Yuan army used this as a base and used guerrilla warfare to attack the Ming army.
Xu Da once again asked for an order to go on the Northern Expedition.
What is the opinion within the Ming army this time?What kind of decision did Zhu Yuanzhang make?
Stay tuned for the next episode.