HLnovel Chapter 604 The Battle of Baigou River (Part 1)
Chapter 604 The Battle of Baigou River (Part 1)
"This letter, which can be considered a peace plea, was met with a barrage of criticism from Judy. For example, she said, 'You, the General Who Conquers the Barbarians, whose imperial edict was forged by Qi Tai and his men, look at this! Are you conquering barbarians?! Huh! Am I a barbarian?'"
"For example, your family has taught you to be so filial. I, the Prince of Yan, am the biological son of Zhu Yuanzhang. All of my older brothers have gone down to reunite with their families."
Crown Prince Zhu Biao: "..."
King of Qin/King of Jin: (?o?o)
"The Prince of Zhou was also killed by Jianwen. My father and mother only had me left as their biological child. Your father was our father's adopted son. How can you take care of your own relatives like this?"
"In short, Zhu Di's reply was a scathing rebuke of Li Jinglong, Zhu Yunwen, and others, those Jianwen officials calling them treacherous ministers."
Li Jinglong: Ah! The waters of West Lake, I shed tears~
Zhu Yunwen: Aha! Brothers in misfortune, let's go together!
Prince Yan/Fourth Uncle, let's act like human beings again!
"However, there is another absurd description in the fourth prince's biography of his rise to power, namely the Record of the Pacification of the Fengtian Rebellion."
"If you treat this book as a story, Prince Yan is definitely the passionate male protagonist, while Li Jinglong, the villain's henchman, is an arrogant and extravagant character who doesn't know where the boundaries lie."
"It describes how Li Jinglong became increasingly arrogant, and all the military generals had to kowtow to him and call him Your Highness. Even the number one villain, Emperor Jianwen, continued to support him, sending him axes and halberds. However, fate is unpredictable, and they all fell to the bottom of the river. In summary, even Heaven couldn't stand what that bastard had done!"
"As for its authenticity, we don't know. But no matter how brainless Li Jinglong is, or how stupid Zhu Yunwen is, they wouldn't act like this. Otherwise, Old Zhu's judgment would be quite questionable!"
"Don't say that! Judging from the results, Old Zhu's judgment was indeed a bit... well, you know!"
Zhu Yuanzhang: You descendant, you're really wicked! You're just here to make fun of your father!
Li Jinglong felt like the sky had fallen; he wouldn't even dare to think like that, even if he were struck dead! Did he deserve to be called "Your Highness"? Were all the scholars putting their efforts on him, seizing the power of discourse?!
The crowd looked on with pity. They, let alone His Majesty, probably didn't believe Li Jinglong would do something so foolish, given Lan Yu's example.
Regardless, his foolish image may not be able to be shaken off in later generations!
"Next came the particularly fierce battle, the famous Battle of Baihegou, fought by Prince Yan, Zhu Di."
"It is known that Li Jinglong's side had generals such as Guo Ying and Wu Jie. In the record of the Jingnan Rebellion in Fengtian, his evaluation can be described as "varied". For example, Guo Ying was said to be old and cowardly, while Wu Jie was described as cowardly and indecisive, etc."
Upon hearing this, the Ming Dynasty generals were astonished.
"To sum it up in one sentence, generals, don't panic! The soldiers and generals opposite are all nobodies!"
“In April of the second year of Jianwen’s reign, Li Jinglong set off from Dezhou, while another group, led by Guo Ying and Wu Jie, set off from Zhengding, with their destination being Baigou River.”
Thanks to Emperor Jianwen, Li Jinglong gained another 600,000 troops. To put that into perspective, if we go back in history, having 600,000 troops and winning a battle against overwhelming odds is something we can only think of in the Qin-Chu war led by General Wang Jian.
Wang Jian: Win! Of course we can win!
"But Li Jinglong's level is nowhere near that of General Wang Jian. He can't control these 600,000 troops. Just like the previous 500,000, the coordination between them is prone to chaos."
"The Prince of Yan understands this as well. He feels that the other side has nothing left but people, while he is different; his advantage lies with him!"