The surrounding generals did not know why, and they came forward to ask, Zhu Di sent Dao Yan to the book, and showed everyone, only to see that only a few words were written on the letter: "Monk Dao Yan respectfully writes to His Royal Highness King Yan: The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming, the moon is full in the sky, the world is reunited, by the Taiye Pool, the princess is waiting, in the Qingshou Temple, the old man drinks alone, and returns to come, how can King Yan care?" Dao Yan bowed his head again. ”

Zhang Yu looked at it, but his face was heavy, and he said to King Yan: "Now under the fortified city, it can't be attacked for a long time, and the grain and grass are scarce, and the minister heard that the general of the Southern Army led the army into Dezhou safely, and wants to cut off my back road, it is better to return to Beiping and Xu Tu to raise again." ”

Zhu Neng shook his head and said, "For the sake of the mountain, the success is not enough." Our army besieged the city for three months, Jinan will inevitably be more lacking in food, today our army is fighting hard, will break the city, if His Royal Highness orders, I am willing to be the first. ”

Zhu Di, the king of Yan, pondered for a moment, and resolutely said: "The battle is long, the soldiers think of returning, the middle of the day is long, and the moon is full, and the common sense of this world is also, our army has broken through Li Jiujiang's 500,000 army, and there is no need to entangle under the city of Jinan." Withdrawal. ”

After hearing this, the generals walked out of the big tent in despair and ordered the battalions to withdraw.

The next day, the Yan army outside the city was completely withdrawn,

Tie Xuan heard the news, climbed the city tower to take a look, and looked far away, and there was no one or a horse within dozens of miles. He sent scouts to investigate, and the horses were returned, and the Yan army really withdrew. When the city of Jinan heard the news, the people of the whole city immediately boiled, and every household put up lanterns and set off firecrackers, as if it was the New Year.

Tie Xuan also held a banquet on the Tianxin Water Pavilion in Daming Lake in the city to reward meritorious soldiers.

This pavilion faces the water on three sides, and one side is connected to the shore by a nine-curved stone bridge. The weeping willows on the shore are still clinging, and the water surface is cool and breezy, which is really "the moon to the heart of the sky, when the wind comes to the water." ”

Tie Xuan stood up and raised his glass to everyone: "Thank you for your great help, so as to ensure that Jinan is not lost, I participate in politics as Shandong, on behalf of the 300,000 soldiers and civilians in Jinan, I thank you." Do it first for respect. With that, he drank the wine in his glass.

And they all raised their glasses and dried up their wine.

Gao Wei put down the wine glass and said with emotion: "This vicious battle is the only big victory since the imperial court sent troops, and it really increases the ambition of our army." After that, the southern army would no longer be afraid of the enemy when it met the Yan army. ”

Zhang Shixing slapped his thigh and said, "It's a pity that the iron plate didn't kill the Yan thief and let him escape." ”

Sheng Yong also patted the table and shouted pity.

Gao Wei said: "Although this time let the swallow thief escape, it has made him frightened. It is better for our army to take advantage of the victory to go north, converge with the generals of Ping'an, collect the dead and scattered, recruit heroes, and take Beiping in one fell swoop. ”

Tie Xuan shook his head and said: "The 500,000 army has not been paid in Dezhou, Jinan has been besieged for several months, and the soldiers are very trapped and have nothing to fear. At present, it is only advisable to stick to Jinan, contain the northern troops, and make Jiang and Huai prepared. The northern soldiers can not cross the Huai, and they must pass through Jinan when they return, and I will lead the army to invite them to attack it, and wait for work at ease, and plan everything to do. ”

Zhang Shixing said angrily: "Tie participates in politics, and the last general is willing to lead 5,000 elite cavalry to pursue the Yan army and recover Dezhou." ”

Tie Xuan looked at Sheng Yong, Sheng Yong thought for a while and said: "That's fine, Texas is gone, Jinan is difficult to protect, let Commander Zhang go." However, there is a shortage of horses in the city, so you can only be given 500 cavalry and 2,000 infantry troops. ”

Zhang Shixing obeyed the order, and was about to turn around to leave, Tie Xuan walked over, took a glass of wine, handed it to him, and said, "Persuade you to have a glass of wine and not let Huma cross the Qinghe." ”

After Zhang Shixing took the wine, he drank it all and said to everyone: "If you don't return to Texas, you will not return to the army." ”

When everyone heard this, they all applauded.

King Yan led the army to withdraw to Dezhou, and ordered people to carry all the baggage in the city to Beiping. He ordered the veteran general Chen Heng to lead an army of 5,000 to stay in this city, and after the army was broken, he told him to defend it, and if he couldn't defend it, he would withdraw to Beiping.

Chen Heng did not make an inch of merit since Daning returned to Shun, and he was almost killed by Ping'an, losing his position, and at this moment he was eager to show that he was not an old and incompetent person, so he boasted to King Yan and said: "The city of Dezhou is as solid as gold, although the southern army has millions of people, it is not necessary to think about one step past Lei Chi." After His Highness returns to Beiping, if he orders me to return to the army, the last general will retreat again. ”

After hearing this, King Yan was relieved and said: "This is very good, and it also gives the southern army a taste of the taste of being under the fortified city." ”

After King Yan led the army away, Chen Heng ordered people to strengthen the city defense and wait for the southern army to attack.

A few days later, the soldiers came to report that the southern army under the city had come to challenge. Chen Heng climbed to the top of the city and looked down, and couldn't help but laugh dumbly. I saw hundreds of soldiers standing under the city, disheveled, incomplete weapons, where it seemed that they were coming to attack the city, but it seemed to be a group of stragglers.

is the first young general, with handsome eyebrows, tall and long arms, and a horse on his crotch, which is Zhang Shixing, the same knowledge of Jinyi Wei who he has seen before.

When Zhang Shixing saw Chen Heng, he pointed at the long lance in his hand and shouted: "Ah, isn't that Chen Heng, the governor of the Houjun Governor's Mansion, how can he be here?" ”

He pretended not to know that Chen Heng had defected to the enemy, and wanted to deliberately humiliate him.

Chen Heng's face turned red when he heard this, and he shouted angrily at Zhang Shixing: "Commander Zhang, for the sake of you and me, I will spare you today and not die, so run away quickly." ”

Zhang Shixing sneered under the city, ignored his words, and shouted to the Yan army in the city: "Listen to the truth in the Yan army in the city, your king was defeated by our army in Jinan, and fled back to Beiping in embarrassment. ”

Chen Heng trembled with anger, pointed at Zhang Shixing and scolded: "Traitor, Hugh has to talk nonsense." The king of my family sympathized with the soldiers who had been fighting abroad for a long time, so he returned to Beiping. ”

Zhang Shixing said with a smile: "I don't have a war of words with you, if you have the guts, you can go down to the city and fight with me for 300 rounds, and you will be considered a good man if you win or lose." ”

Chen Heng said: "I don't care about your nameless junior. ”

Zhang Shixing suddenly pointed at Chen Heng and scolded: "Old dog, the emperor treats you well, let you be the governor of the capital, a very human minister, why did you rebel against the Yan thief, killed Liu Dudu and Commander Bu, you are really a pig and a dog, and you have lost your conscience." ”

Chen Heng was furious when he heard this, ordered two thousand military horses, killed them out of the city, and went straight to Zhang Shixing. Zhang Shixing patted the horse and danced to meet him, but he couldn't fight, he turned the horse and left. Chen Heng led the army to chase closely.

Seeing a large forest in front of him, Zhang Shixing led the army to drill in. Chen Heng reined in the war horse and didn't dare to chase it anymore.

Zhang Shixing rode out of the forest alone, laughed at him and said, "Old dog, how can you get older, the more afraid you are of death." ”

Chen Heng was furious when he heard this, and led his army into the forest, and Zhang Shixing turned three times and two times in front and disappeared.

Chen Heng saw that this forest was fierce, covering the sky and the sun, and the sun was not transparent, and he just wanted to withdraw, when he suddenly heard a bowstring sound, and countless arrows flew in all directions, and the Yan army fell to the ground one after another.

Chen Heng shouted badly, hurriedly turned his horse's head, rushed out of the dense forest, and looked back to see that there were not many of the two thousand soldiers and horses he had left.

He sighed and said to himself: "I have fought on the battlefield all my life, but today I fell into the hands of this kid. ”

Just as he sighed, Zhang Shixing jumped on his horse and speared, led hundreds of elite horsemen, rushed out of the woods, and killed him.

Chen Heng didn't dare to fight, and hurriedly fled to Texas City.

When he came to the city, he saw that the city gate was closed, so he hurriedly shouted to the city, "I am the governor of your family, open the city gate quickly." ”

A person in the city poked his head out and smiled: "I don't know which Chen Dudu?" I know a Chen Dudu from the Houjun Governor's Mansion in Beijing, I don't know if it's Your Excellency? ”

Chen Heng fixed his eyes and saw that the person in the city was the general of the Southern Army.

It turned out that when Zhang Shixing arrived in Dezhou, he had already contacted Ping An, and the two made a plan, Zhang Shixing led Chen Heng out of the city, and Ping An took advantage of the situation to take Dezhou.

As soon as Chen Heng saw that Texas was lost and the general trend was gone, he had no choice but to go around the city and flee north. Ping An and Zhang Shixing joined forces and chased closely behind. Ping An Ma was fast and caught up with Chen Heng on the ground in Jingzhou.

Chen Heng was helpless, turned back and fought with Ping'an, that Ping'an was young and strong, strong in martial arts, and after a few battles, he stabbed Chen Heng in the heart, if it wasn't for the heart shield, Chen Heng would have been stabbed on the spot. Rao is like this, the chest and abdomen are extremely weak places in the human body, and after this lance, Chen Heng also suffered extremely serious internal injuries, and he vomited blood on the spot, and did not dare to fight again, so he fled on horseback.

In order to avenge the battle of Baigou River, how could Ping An let go of this opportunity and chase after him.

The faster Chen Heng ran, the greater the bumps, the more blood spurted from his mouth, and the battle robes in front of him were soaked, and he said in his heart: "It seems that I will inevitably die today, either by being stabbed to death by a gun, or by spurting blood." ”

At the moment of crisis, a cannon rang out in front, and a team of men blocked the way. A general in golden helmets and armor shouted: "Don't panic, Governor Chen, this king is coming to answer on the orders of his father." ”

Chen Heng saw that the person was Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Gaoyang County, and shouted: "King Gaoyang save me." "Hurried into the formation, taking a breather.

Ping'an chased to the front of the battle, only to see that the Yan army on the opposite side was neat, there were more than 10,000 people, and there were less than 1,000 people around him.

Seeing that he had escaped safely, Zhu Gaoxu did not chase after him, and withdrew to Beiping with Chen Heng, but Chen Heng's injuries gradually became serious on the way, so he had to take a carriage before returning to the city.

Zhu Di, the king of Yan, learned that Chen Heng was injured and personally visited him, and after Chen Heng saw him, he burst into tears and said: "The old minister is seriously injured, and I am afraid that he will die soon." I started from Taizu in Haozhou, hundreds of battles, although I did all the governors, but I did not seal the marquis, and I regretted it in this life. Today, His Royal Highness has not made an inch, and I am afraid that he will not be able to do so. ”

Zhu Di, the king of Yan, said with tears: "Who said that you have not made an inch, and you have taken the world alone since Daning." If one day, the world is decided, and you will be crowned as a prince, and your children and grandchildren will always be the Ming Dynasty. ”

Chen Heng grabbed Zhu Di's hand tightly and said, "Really, then I will die without regrets." With that, he tilted his head and passed away suddenly.

Zhu Di couldn't help himself, tears rolled down, this is the first general to die since he started the army, can he not be sad? He personally gave the abbot Chen Heng a funeral, read out the memorial text, and encouraged the soldiers. Then reward the three armies, prepare to raise troops on a certain day, and then fight with the southern army.