A gong sounded, the Yan soldiers jumped up one after another, and the Ming army led by Ping An knew the plan, turned around and left. Ping'an personally led 3,000 cavalry to die on the north bank, and Zhu Di, the king of Yan, only used dozens of horsemen and horses to block Ping'an's way.

Ping'an's subordinates have a Mongolian brave general named Huo'er Ash, who was also a general under King Yan before, and served in Beijing for several years, and was sent by Emperor Jianwen to serve as the main force under Ping'an. Huo Er Ash knew the face of King Yan, and ran towards Zhu Di with a long lance in his hand.

Zhu Di's subordinate Yan shot Tong Xin with an arrow to the mount of the fire ear ash, and Yan Bingsheng captured the fire ear ash. Qu Ha San Timur, a subordinate of the fire ear ash, was also very brave, and when he saw that the lord was about to be captured, he immediately rode his horse to kill him, and was shot down by the Yan army and captured alive. Seeing this, the Ming army was frightened and left in defeat.

That night, Zhu Di released Huo Erash and others, and used these honest and loyal Mongols as personal guards. The generals advised him to be careful, Zhu Di didn't listen, the northerners were dull and simple, Zhu Di saw this, so he didn't doubt it. Zhu Di waved his army to Linhuai, breaking the logistics troops of the Ming army, and the Ming army Shangshu Tiexuan led the troops to usher in the battle with the Yan army.

The Ming generals camped on the south bank of the Xiaohe River, and the Yan army camped on the north bank of the river.

Between the melees, Ping An stabbed left and killed, facing the head of Zhu Di, the king of Yan, in Beihan, at this time, Ping An didn't care about not hurting my uncle's edict, raised a lance and struck, and almost stabbed Zhu Di several times. When he met the other party, no matter how good Zhu Di was, he was very panicked. Fortunately, Wang Qi, the commander of the Yan army, arrived, and the prancing horse rushed straight to Ping'an, and Ping'an's mount stumbled again, and Zhu Di escaped.

The two sides fought for a whole day, and each had casualties, so the Ming army was stationed in the south of the bridge, and the Yan army was stationed in the north of the bridge, holding each other for several days. Soon after, the Ming army ran out of food, the Yan soldiers took the opportunity to attack, it happened that the army of the Ming general Xu Huizu arrived, and the two sides fought in Qimei Mountain, from noon to unitary, the victory and defeat were equal.

In the chaotic battle, Yan generals Wang Zhen, Chen Wen, Li Bin and others were killed, and the generals were frightened and persuaded Zhu Di: "Our army has been going deep for a long time, the summer rain is continuous, the Huai soil is steaming and wet, and the epidemic is frequent, it is better to return to the east of the river, rest the soldiers and horses, and then make plans." ”

Zhu Di insisted on advancing, he said: "The army has advanced and retreated, and now that our army has won the victory, if we turn around and return north, the army's spirit will immediately disintegrate." Among the people, only Zheng He resolutely stood on the side of King Yan, and bitterly persuaded the generals to insist again, and Mo Sheng retreated.

The Jianwen courtiers found out the news and knew that the Yan army was struggling and that the defeat had been revealed, so they persuaded Emperor Jianwen and said: "The Yan army will be defeated soon, and the Beijing division must not be without good generals." ”

Emperor Jianwen did not know about the military affairs, and immediately issued an edict to recall Xu Huizu's army to join the Weijing Division, so that only a lone army led by He Fu was left in the Xiaohe battlefield to hold on to the Yan army. During the confrontation between the two sides, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, ordered the soldiers to rest and recuperate, and gave them money and goods to buy the hearts of the soldiers. Because the Ming army was afraid of war, they often dug trenches as strongholds, and the sergeants could not breathe day and night, and their manpower was exhausted, and they often had no physical strength when it was time to fight.

Due to the long-term shortage of food, the Ming general He Fu ordered to move the camp to Lingbi to get food, when the Ming general Ping'an Division cavalry 60,000 people, escorted a large number of grain trucks to He Fu's camp. After Zhu Di learned the news, he sent more than 10,000 elite soldiers to block the Ping'an reinforcements, and sent Zhu Gaoxu to ambush his troops in the forest, waiting for the Ming army to suddenly come out to help the battle when the Ming army was tired after the melee between the two sides.

After Zhu Di, the king of Yan, made proper arrangements, he led his division to meet the battle, and the cavalry on both wings was fanned out, killing the Ming army to transport grain and reinforcements. Seeing this, Zhu Di hurriedly ordered the infantry to attack, traversing the large array of the Ming army and cutting off the Ming army. Seeing that the battle had begun, the Ming general He Fu also led the army out of the wall to fight, and attacked the Yan army with Ping'an, killing more than 1,000 Yan soldiers, and the Yan army retreated.

Zhu Gaoxu saw that the two sides were almost in flames, and when the Ming army was breathing, he suddenly led the Shengli Yan army to join the battle, and Zhu Di led the retreating Yan soldiers to turn around sharply and cover up and kill the Ming army together. He Fu and others were defeated, killing and wounding more than 10,000 people, losing more than 3,000 horses, and the Yan army received all the food and salary of the Ming army.

After the Ming army led by He Fu fled into the camp, his eyes were blue with hunger. The generals gathered to discuss the matter and decided to break out the next day, and when they heard the sound of cannons, they opened the door and rushed out. Before dawn, Zhu Di had already commanded the army to attack the Ming camp, the generals ascended first, and the soldiers were attached. The Yan army fired three shock cannons, and the Ming troops under He Fu mistook it for the cannon signal of their own military camp to break through, and rushed out of the camp gate. The camp gate was blocked for a while and could not escape, the Ming army trampled on each other, the men and horses fell into the trenches, the deep ditch was full of men and horses, the Yan soldiers took advantage of the situation and attacked, and the Ming army was defeated.

In this battle, in addition to He Fu's escape, due to the inconvenience of galloping horses in the camp, many Ming generals of Ping'an and Chen Hui were captured by the Yan army, and almost half of the main force of the Ming army was lost.

Seeing the peace that was tied up and taken into the big tent, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, asked with a smile: "In the battle of the Xianghe River, your horse is stupid, why did you meet me?"

Ping An said loudly: "Assassinating His Highness is like destroying decaying wood." ”

In the face of such a loyal and unyielding person, Zhu Di himself had to admire: "A good strong man cultivated by Emperor Gaozu." "He was ordered to be sent to Peiping and imprisoned, but he was not killed.

Ping'an, a native of Chuzhou, Anhui Province, is a small-character Baoer. His father Pingding raised troops from Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, and was killed in battle with the general Chang Yuchun when he attacked the capital of Yuan. Ping An was Zhu Yuanzhang's adopted son, brave and good at fighting, and extremely powerful. He conquered Yan as a general and defeated the Yan army many times.

The Yan army has a brave general Wang Zhen, and Zhu Di often boasts that people say: "The generals are as brave as Wang Zhen, and nothing can be done." ”

In the battle of the Xianghe River, Ping'an rode alone to challenge Wang Zhen on the horse and bravely crowned the armies. Therefore, when the Yan army saw that Ping An was captured, the army cheered and shouted: "We will be safe from now on!"

In order to buy people's hearts, Zhu Di sent the peace machine to Beiping at that time. After he became emperor, he also pretended to be the commander of the capital of Beiping with Ping'an, and soon changed to the post of governor of the Houfu capital. In the seventh year of Yongle, Zhu Di inspected Beijing, and when he was about to enter the city, he saw that there was still Ping'an's name in the chapter, and said to the left and right: "Why is Ping Bao'er still there?"

From then on, the situation of the Ming soldiers took a sharp turn for the worse, originally 100,000 Ming soldiers rushed from Liaodong to Jinan to join forces with Tie Xuan, but they were intercepted and killed by the Yan army when they reached Zhigu, and the main division Yang Wen was captured, and no one could go to Jinan. The reason why the Ming army in Liaodong arrived late was mainly because Zhu Di had arranged for Tatar soldiers to constantly harass the border and contain the Ming army in Liaodong, which shows that Zhu Di is still a traitor.

The Yan soldiers arrived in Sizhou, and the defenders surrendered without a fight. Zhu Di's army was on the north bank of the Huai River, and the Ming general Sheng Yong had tens of thousands of troops on the south bank. The Yan soldiers carried out a surprise attack again, and this group of northern soldiers, who were accustomed to riding horses, were able to send hundreds of people to enter the southern fleet in small boats first and fire their cannons, and the southern army, which had been repeatedly defeated, was extremely frightened and abandoned the ship and fled. The Yan army took advantage of the victory to pursue, conquered Xuyi on the same day, and went straight to Yangzhou.

Yangzhou guard Wang Li and others secretly transferred money to King Yan, tied up Wang Bin, the supervisor in charge of Jianghuai, and opened the city gate to surrender. Then the Yan soldiers descended to Gaoyou, Ke Yizhen, at this time on the Yangtze River, all over the Yan Wang's banner of the giant boat shuttled back and forth, covering the sky.

In Jinling City, the ministers saw that the momentum had changed, and they all sought to defend the city in the name of defending the city, which made the capital even more empty. In a hurry, Emperor Jianwen sent King Yan's cousin Qingcheng County Lord to enter the Yan camp to ask for peace, promised to cut the land, divide the north and south with King Yan, and divide the river to rule. When it came to this, of course Zhu Di didn't do it, and politely refused.

Emperor Jianwen was anxious and hurriedly asked Fang Xiaoru: "What should I do now?"

Fang Xiaoru was a scholar, so he could only answer: "The Yangtze River can block millions of soldiers, and the Jiangbei ship has been burned out, how can the Northern Division fly across the Yangtze River?"

The Yan army gathered in large numbers and launched an attack on the Ming army at Puzikou. The Ming general Sheng Yong fought against the generals, and even repelled the Yan army, winning another temporary victory.

At this point, Zhu Di wants to negotiate peace with his nephew, it is estimated that the weather is hot, and Zhu Di himself is a little unbearable, after all, he has already obtained half of the country, and he wants to go back to Beiping to rest first and then move later. If Zhu Di returns to Beiping this time, the subsequent events are really unpredictable, and no one can say clearly, besides, Jianwen's grandson's heir, Zhengshuo's ancestry, the hearts of the army and the people, and the moral power are incomparably huge, and the Yan army may suddenly be defeated overnight.

At this juncture, Zhu Di's son Zhu Gaoxu, who is accustomed to fighting, rushed to the new army, and Zhu Di couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw this. He jumped up, put his armor all over his body, stroked Zhu Gaoxu's back and said, "Come on! ”

The implication is to pass on the inheritance to Zhu Gaoxu, with this sentence, Zhu Gaoxu is like a living person who has been beaten with a strong heart, and he is determined to fight to the death. Emperor Jianwen originally sent the governor Chen Huo to lead the army to reinforce Sheng Yong, but Chen Huo went straight across the river by boat and surrendered to Zhu Di.

So Zhu Di pretended to be a ghost, sacrificed to the god of the river, and swore to cross the river. The Yan army is in a row, the flag covers the sky, the golden drum is shaken, the weather is cloudless that day, the level is like a mirror, although the Shengyong naval army is more than 200 miles along the river, but the Ming army is shocked when they see the Yan army so grand. Before the battle began, the Ming army had already lost psychologically.

The Yan army forced the shore by boat, first rushed straight to Sheng Yong's main camp, Sheng Yong's army collapsed, the Yan army chased for dozens of miles, and finally killed Sheng Yong to escape alone, and the rest of the soldiers were disarmed and surrendered. There were so many boat divisions in the Ming army that they surrendered without a fight, which shows that the military might of the Yan army is already extraordinary.

After Sheng Yong fled, Zhu Di soon captured Jinling and proclaimed himself emperor, Sheng Yong surrendered with the remnants and was ordered to garrison Huai'an. Soon, Emperor Jianwen's military department Shangshu Tiexuan was captured, and Zhu Di immediately ordered Sheng Yong to retire, and soon Zhu Di sent someone to falsely accuse Sheng Yong of having different intentions and forcing Sheng Yong to commit suicide. After Zhu Di raised his army, he won many battles, but he was defeated many times at the hands of Sheng Yong and Ping'an, so he always held a grudge.

After rushing across the Yangtze River, the Yan army captured the throat of Zhenjiang again, and went straight to Jinling to kill, at that time there were tens of thousands of troops left behind in Fengyang, but the defender thought that the capital could not be abandoned, and the dead eye was stubborn to defend the capital. Ma Meiyin also had tens of thousands of soldiers in Huai'an, and because of the isolation, he didn't know what to do.

When Emperor Jianwen reached this point, he was frightened and depressed, wandering between the palaces and courts every day. Soon, he recruited Fang Xiaoru to ask for advice. Fang Xiaoru is just a great Confucian, military affairs are not what he is good at at all, he can only catch Li Jinglong in the court class, and said: "The person who is bad for Your Majesty's big things is this person." "Please Emperor Jianwen order him to be killed.

A total of eighteen people rushed out of the group of ministers, all of whom were so angry that they gritted their teeth, and in anger, they rushed up to punch and kick, almost beating Li Jinglong to death in public.