Recap "The Imperial Age" Episode 38

Apr 27, 2022

Tie Xuan was ordered to escort food and grass to the army camp, and Li Jinglong went to meet him in person. He withdrew the other guards in the camp and spoke to Tie Xuan alone, and Tie Xuan could see that he was uneasy. Li Jinglong said everything from his heart. The court's soldiers and horses hadn't fought for many years, and Yanshanwei was battle-hardened, so there was really no chance of winning this battle. What's more, he grew up with Zhu Di from a young age, and the relationship is no trivial matter, but now he can only call Zhu Di a Yanshu person to the outside world. He could completely withdraw, but the court wanted this face, maybe he just left, and the court sent a general over at the back. Since this battle was inevitable, let him lead the army against the Yan army.

The day when the White River froze, was when the Yan army attacked. After the Baihe was frozen, the southern army and the Yan army fought, and Li Jinglong ordered Ming Jin to withdraw his troops at the right time. Today's Li Jinglong has matured his military skills. If Wu Xia Amon, Zhu Di told Zhang Yu's son Wen Bi that there should be no woman's kindness on the battlefield, and only those who survive can judge right or wrong. Zhu Di hesitated whether to fight to the death with the Southern Army. After all, the Southern Army had now become a mourning soldier. Even if it was a fight against beasts, the Yan Army would inevitably suffer a large number of casualties. Zhu Di did not want to damage so many soldiers. Zhang Yu knew what he was thinking about, but he opposed it. If the Southern Army returned to the south, not to mention hurting morale, it would be the most terrifying thing to do.

What Zhang Yu said is not unreasonable, Zhu Di finally decided to fight Li Jinglong tomorrow. Zhu Gaoxi came to the camp and told Zhu Di about the situation of defending the city in Peiping. Zhu Di was full of emotion that he had a good son like Zhu Gaochi, and Zhu Gaoxi also said with tears in his eyes that he had a good big brother. The next day, Ma He called Zhu Di several times before he got up in a hurry. He didn't seem to be nervous at all about the upcoming battle. After the first day of the war, there were many casualties. Ma He claimed that he had the ability to defeat the enemy, and Zhu Di called him in. Ma He has learned the art of navigation, which is similar to the use of the art of war at this time. Under Ma He's suggestion, Zhu Di ordered to raid the camp in the freezing and snowy night.

Ma He's strategy really worked. The southern army rioted and killed each other. Li Jinglong tried his best to let them go back to the camp, but it didn't work at all, and he himself was shot with an arrow. There was a war going on in Peiping, but the imperial court suggested holding the township and palace exams as soon as possible. The students from Peiping wanted to sneak out of the city to take the exam, but were mistaken for spies by the guards. Zhu Di helped these scholars out of the siege and strongly supported them to take the exam. Daoyan on the city gate saw Zhu Di's actions and couldn't help feeling that Zhu Di was heroic. At this juncture, Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai's practice of holding exams is not bad. But Zhu Di believes that after he wins, he will never use Huang Zicheng, Qi Tai and Fang Xiaoru.

Yang Zirong was a student of Xia Yuanji. At this time, he was in high school and became a Hanlin editor. Yang Zirong went to see Xia Yuanji and told him that the imperial court had been defeated at Baigou River, and that Duke Cao had led his remnants to retreat to Jinan. The imperial court sent troops to conquer, and after repeated defeats, Zhu Yunwen became angry, and Huang Zicheng and others did not dare to make up their minds now, and they all held back their heads and dared not speak. After the war, the Yan army would inevitably march south to attack Jinan. Zhu Yunwen ordered Li Jinglong to gather the defeated troops and defend Jinan. Zhu Di has also decided to attack Jinan. Li Jinglong didn't care about anything and escaped from the South Gate, leaving only Tie Xuan and Sheng Yong to guard the city.