Taking advantage of the Yan King's garrison on the occasion of the great name, Ping An Zizhen led 50,000 troops to attack Beiping, in view of the high pool of Beiping City, it is not easy to attack the fortification, Ping An will set up a large camp in Ping Village, fifty miles away from the city, and send fine cavalry to disturb its farming and herding, and decide its salary.

When Zhu Gaochi, the son of Yan Shizi, saw the attack of the southern army, he hurriedly led the people to strengthen the city to prevent the southern army from attacking the city. But for a few days, the southern army did not attack the city, but only sent a small force to harass outside the city, the people outside the city could not live in peace, they poured into the city for refuge, there was not much grain in the city, and the grain road was cut off, Zhu Gaochi was afraid of ambush, and did not dare to send troops out of the city to fight a decisive battle with Ping'an, so he had no choice but to send people to Chi to the Daimyo Mansion to report to the King of Yan.

King Yan received an urgent document from Beiping and convened the generals to discuss countermeasures.

He said to the generals: "The Qin envoy is less than a month away from the Daimyo, and Ping'an led the army to attack my Beiping. Zhang Ji set up a trap to cover up each other, how can people be at peace, and want to let us release the soldiers, but what? ”

The generals raised their arms and shouted: "No! ”

King Yan nodded and said: "The troops of Dezhou and Zhending are scattered, and our army will return to the country." Today's military strength is four episodes, the snares are all open, can not be fearless, the soldiers must not leave, and if they leave, they will be in trouble. Besides, I was instructed by my father and emperor to control the military horses of Beiping, Liaodong, Daning, and Xuanfu. If the imperial court takes the community as the priority, the clan as the heart, and declares great faith in the world, it is the first to strike the army. From this point of view, I sincerely know that the traitors are trying to confuse me, but in fact, there is no reason to stop the army, and they will want to slaughter us. ”

Qiu Fu arched his hand and said, "His Royal Highness King Yan, don't say anything, fuck it." Just ask King Yan to give an order, and we will kill the southern army without leaving a piece of armor. ”

Zhu Di smiled: "It seems that General Qiu is already impatient. ”

Qiu Fu also smiled: "After resting for a long time, my hands are itchy." ”

Zhu Di asked: "If you are asked to lead the troops to save Beiping, how will you break the enemy?" ”

Qiu Fu said: "This matter is easy to hear. As long as King Yan gives me 10,000 fine horses, I will hurry back to Beiping and fight with Naping Bao'er, kill him, and the siege of Beiping will be relieved. ”

After hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu on the side shouted happily and shouted to go with Qiu Fu.

King Yan smiled and shook his head.

At this time, a general came out of the crowd and said to King Yan: "His Royal Highness King Yan, there will be a plan to break the peace in the end." ”

King Yan fixed his eyes and saw that it was Liu Rong, the commander of the capital of Beiping, who had fought the gray mountains and black pine forests from Xu Da, the Duke of Wei, as the general banner, and then belonged to the command of King Yan. This person is majestic and wise, similar to Zhang Yu, so Zhu Di attaches great importance to him and gives him the title of Miyunwei Hundred Households. Since the beginning of the army in Beiping, the king of Yan, he has been the vanguard and has made many military exploits. Tired of giving him the command of the servants.

King Yan said: "What plan do you have, you might as well talk about it." ”

Liu Rong said: "I led troops to cross the Hutuo River, traveled through the intersection, spread the voice of the army, and set up more spies. If there are few thieves, they can be hit. If the thieves are outnumbered, they will be suspicious soldiers during the day, and they will draw more flags and belong to each other, and at night, they will set up more torches to make the golden drum corresponding. The thief will say that my army will return, but I will not advance in fear, and I will rush into Beiping. When I went to Beiping, I took the sound of artillery as the signal, the second artillery sound broke the siege, and the third artillery sound entered the city. If you don't hear the third cannon, you will die in battle. If the minister enters the city, and hears that the outside world has been rescued, then the courage of the soldiers defending the city is doubled, and it is advisable to order the sergeants to bring ten cannons for the rear of the palace, and the cannons are often silent, then the army is coming from far and near, and Ping Baoer will be shocked. ”

King Yan was overjoyed, ordered him to do according to the plan, ordered someone to serve wine, personally poured wine for him, and acted for him.

Liu Rong then led his troops to the north, crossed the Hutuo River, traveled by the intersection, and held more flags during the day and more torches at night, and came to the city of Beiping in less than a day to fight with the Ping'an army. As expected, the Ping'an army thought that King Yan was coming to help in a big way, panicked in their hearts, did not dare to fight, was defeated, killed thousands of people, and Ping'an led the rest of the army to flee back to Zhending in embarrassment.

King Yan was overjoyed when he heard the report and praised: "Liu Rong is the first wise general after Zhang Yu. ”

At this time, Zhu Neng was already vaguely at the head of the generals, and when he saw King Yan praising Liu Rong, he stepped forward and said: "His Royal Highness King Yan, he can cut off my grain channel, and I can also cut it off." Now Sheng Yong's army is stationed in Dezhou, and the food and grain are all from the Xu and Peijian Canals, and I ride thousands of light horses along the river to the south, burning their boats, and Texas will be trapped. If Sheng Yong leads the army to seek battle, I will be ready for battle, and I will win the battle. ”

King Yan nodded and praised: "Okay, Shihong (Zhu Nengzi), this plan is wonderful, just follow Qing's words." ”

So King Yan sent Du to command Li Yuan and others to lead 6,000 light cavalry to penetrate between Xu and Pei, and ordered the soldiers to wear the armor of the Southern Army and stick willow branches on their backs as a mark. Li Yuan led the army to Jining's grain station, and took advantage of the unpreparedness of the southern army to burn the southern army's reserves with a fire.

King Yan ordered Qiu Fu and others to attack Jining City, the elite of the southern army were all in Dezhou, the garrison in the city was weak, as soon as the Yan army arrived, they would use the soil to fill the Hao, set up a ladder to climb the city, and within an hour, they broke through the city and entered the city, killing all the southern troops in the city. Then the Yan army brigade quietly ambushed on both sides of the Shijiazhuang Canal.

At this moment, the southern army on tens of thousands of grain ships heading north to Texas did not notice anything unusual, and was slowly coming along the canal, sailing into the ambush circle of the Yan army like a long snake, only to hear a cannon sound, ambushes on both sides of the strait, rockets flew together, the southern army ships could not dodge, and they lit fires one after another, millions of stones of grain on the ship were burned, military equipment was turned into ashes, the canal water was also hot, boiling hot, the Cao Yun sergeants scattered in all directions, and the food and wages in Texas became increasingly difficult since then.

In autumn and July, the Yan soldiers attacked Zhangde again. When the governor Zhao Qing guarded Zhangde, the king of Yan sent several horsemen to and from the city, disturbing its woodcuts. Zhao Qing sent troops to chase after him, and the Yan army fled immediately. When the southern army returned to the city, the Yan soldiers returned. In the case of several times, there was a shortage of firewood in the city, so they had to tear down their houses to make fires for cooking, and the people in the city were miserable.

On this day, the Yan army rode to the city again, Zhao Chun was furious when he saw it, and personally led a thousand people out of the city to chase, the Yan army saw it, turned his head and ran, Zhao Chun chased closely behind, only to see that the Yan army turned a mountain col and disappeared, Zhao Chun suddenly woke up and shouted: "It's not good, it's a trick." "Pull your horse and run away.

Suddenly, a cannon sounded, the Yan army ambushed in all directions, surrounded the southern army, and after a fight, the southern army captured and killed more than 1,000 people, only Zhao Chun escaped on a single horse, fled back to the city, and closed the door.

Zhu Di, the king of Yan, led his own soldiers to the city and shouted to the city head: "Zhao Chun, this king respects you as a man, spare you from death, you quickly open the city gate, dismount and surrender, otherwise after the city is broken, there will be no chickens and dogs." ”

Zhao Chun poked his head out of the city and shouted: "His Royal Highness is also the son of Emperor Gao, the crown prince, and we also regard him as a minister." Wait for His Royal Highness to go to the capital day, but with two fingers Xu Ti summoning the ministers, the ministers dare not come, and now the duty is located, do not dare to do it. ”

When King Yan heard this, he laughed and returned to the camp.

The generals were amazed, and stepped forward one after another and said: "That Zhao Chun has become a frightened bird, and it is easy to take Zhangde, how can His Highness collect his troops and return to the camp and let him go?" ”

King Yan said with a smile: "People's hearts are back, I know it, why care about a small virtue." We returned to Beiping and fought against the imperial court. ”

At this moment, in the city of Dezhou, because the salary road was cut off, the army's morale was in turmoil, and Gao Wei, who joined the army, suggested that Sheng Yong send troops to fight to the death with King Yan. After the battle of Jiahe, Sheng Yong was afraid of the Yan army and refused to send troops, saying: "Our army has more foot soldiers, which is conducive to defending the city, and the Yan army has more cavalry, which is conducive to field battles." In the victories of Jinan and Dongchang, our army defeated the Yan army only by holding on to the city. In the defeat of Baigou and Jiahe, our army was defeated in the field battle. Therefore, sticking to Texas is the best policy. Going out of the city without permission happened to fall for the trick of the Yan thief. ”

Gao Wei said: "Sitting in the city of sorrow, food and salary will be cut off, and the army will also collapse." ”

Sheng Yong said: "I will write to the court to tell them that they will send a large army north to attack the Yan thieves with me, so that they can have a chance of winning." ”

So Sheng Yong wrote to the court to tell him that he was in a hurry and sent an 800-mile fast horse to Beijing. Emperor Jianwen received an urgent document and urgently recruited his teacher Fang Xiaoru to come to discuss.

Fang Xiaoru looked at Sheng Yong's emergency document and was speechless for a while.

Emperor Jianwen hurriedly said: "Mr. Fang, the Yan army harassed the canal, the grain was destroyed, and Texas was in danger, how to resist the enemy, Mr. Wang said bluntly." ”

Fang Xiaoru said: "For today's plan, we should order Ma Meiyin to recruit the people of Huainan and station them in Huai'an, first, to defend the Beijing Division, and second, to prevent the Yan army from going south." ”

Emperor Jianwen nodded again and again: "Okay, just according to Qing's words." ”

So Emperor Jianwen immediately ordered Ma Meiyin to go to Huai'an to recruit troops to prevent the Yan army from moving south.

Fang Xiaoru said again: "Your Majesty, Lin Jiayou, a member of the minister's gate, has lived in Beiping, and I heard that Gao Xu, the king of Gaoyang County, and Gao Chi, the son of Yan, have always been at odds. Lin Jiayou is good friends with Zhongguan Huang Yan, who is treacherous and greedy for money, and has a close relationship with Gao Xu. Gao Xu is now in the army of King Yan, and he always wants to replace the son. Among the noble soldiers, the father and son of the thief can be separated from each other. Shizi Cheng is suspicious, the swallow thief will return to the north, the enemy will return and I will be paid, and the danger of Texas can be solved. ”

Emperor Jianwen was overjoyed, and said repeatedly: "Mr. is talented, and he is also proficient in the art of war, and he owes his way to governing the country and the country." Please elaborate. ”

Fang Xiaoru said: "I immediately ordered Lin Jiayou to go to Beiping with a lot of money and bribe Huang Yan heavily, so that he could slander the son in front of King Yan, so that their father and son would not be in harmony." In addition, His Majesty must issue a holy decree, ordering the prince of the world to attack the king of Yan, take the Yellow River as the boundary, establish himself as the king, and always be the vassal auxiliary. In this way, the father and son of the swallow thief will have a dislike, and if there is chaos inside, there will be no time to look south, and there may be a situation where father and son kill each other, and brothers will fight, then Your Majesty will be able to reap the benefits of the fisherman. ”

Emperor Jianwen was overjoyed after hearing this, and ordered Fang Xiaoru to write a holy decree in cursive, and then covered it with a jade seal, and Emperor Jianwen asked: "The matter is big, who will be sent to Beiping to announce the decree?" ”

Fang Xiaoru said: "The minister thinks that it is most appropriate for the former Jinyi Wei to know Zhang Shixing to do this, he once served the Yan thief in Beiping, is familiar with the situation, and is familiar with the prince, who is he to be?" ”

Emperor Jianwen hesitated: "Zhang Shixing is indeed a suitable candidate, but he has gone deep into the tiger's den several times, fought in the south and the north, and escaped death. ”

Fang Xiaoru persuaded: "Since you promise the country with your body, you should put life and death out of the way." If Your Majesty has mercy on others, then he is willing to go. ”

When Emperor Jianwen heard this, he panicked and said, "I can't live without Mr. for a day." Where is that Zhang Shixing now? ”

Fang Xiaoru said: "I heard that he accompanied the violent Shangshu to Liaodong and Daning to pass the decree, and he has just returned to Beijing and is ready to set off for Shengyong in Dezhou again. ”

After Emperor Jianwen heard this, he hurriedly ordered someone to summon Zhang Shixing into the Qianqing Palace.