Suddenly, someone shouted behind him, "Stop! Immediately after the wind in the back of his head, Zhang Shixing hurriedly rolled to the side and dodged a knife in his head. When he stood up and looked closely, he saw that Qiu Fu was slightly sideways on the horse, stretched out his hand and pulled Zhang Yu on the horse, and the two rode a horse together and galloped away. Zhang Shixing couldn't catch up, and he paused again and again.

At this time, the Yan army surrounded from all directions, the southern army scattered and fled, Zhang Shixing saw that he was alone, so he had to jump on Zhang Yu's war horse, lift the reins, and flee to the northwest.

When it was dawn, Zhang Shixing galloped back to Dongchang City, came to the mansion, saw Sheng Yong, and carefully told Zhang Yu about the night attack on the slippery mouth, and when he said that the whole army was wiped out and he was only spared, Sheng Yong couldn't help but be angry, and shouted: "Zhang Shixing, you have repeatedly disobeyed orders, and now you have lost your teacher and land, what should you be guilty of?" ”

Zhang Shixing said with shame on his face: "I am incompetent, please punish the general." ”

Sheng Yong said: "Okay, come on, push it out for me." ”

After that, the soldiers under the hall rushed up, tied up Zhang Shixing, and was about to be pushed out and beheaded to show the public.

Gao Wei, who joined the army next to him, hurriedly persuaded: "General, slow down." Now that the enemy is present, it is not possible to easily kill the general, lest the army's morale fluctuate and be taken advantage of by the enemy. I think it's better to let him wear the guilt and make meritorious service to see the after-effects. ”

Tie Xuan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, also nodded and said: "Zhang commands the iron-blooded general, and the Yan army is terrified when he hears it, it is better to let him go into battle to kill the enemy, make meritorious service and forgive his sins, than to be killed by his own people in vain." ”

When Sheng Yong heard this, his color eased slightly, and said: "Zhang Shixing, for the sake of Gao Senjun and Tie Shangshu interceding for you, Ben Shuai will temporarily send you this head, and let you make meritorious contributions." But you can't do the errand of the commander of the filial piety guard, you can do a hundred households for the time being, and when you go into battle to kill the enemy and make great contributions, I will restore your position, if you are defeated again, I can't tolerate you here, you will go back to Beijing to report to the emperor. ”

At this time, Sheng Yong's personal soldiers had untied Zhang Shixing, and he bowed his hand to everyone: "Thank you for your love, you will never live up to the trust, and you would rather die on the battlefield than bear to return to Beijing in humiliation." ”

Sheng Yong nodded and said, "Okay, you can step back for the time being." ”

Zhang Shixing resigned and did not mention it.

Sheng Yong, Tie Xuan, and Gao Wei discussed how to resist the enemy.

Tie Xuan frowned and said: "Dongchang has no savings, which is conducive to quick battles, not good for holding. Only by fighting to the death with the swallow thief can we turn things around. ”

Sheng Yong shook his head and said: "Ben Shuai has tens of thousands of male soldiers, and the safety of the country is at stake, how can he be taken lightly." If the battle is defeated, not only will half of the Central Plains not be protected, but the Yan thieves can go straight to Huaishang and threaten the Jingshi. Then I am guilty of a terrible crime. ”

Gao Wei pondered for a long time and said: "The Yan thief bypassed Dezhou, went south to Linqing, and burned the grain ship, which was nothing more than luring me to fight. Now I will rule them the way they do. Our army went out of the city to fight, lured the enemy to attack, and then lined up with the city behind the city to fight to the death. ”

Sheng Yong was still hesitating, and Tie Xuan said angrily: "It's better for Commander Zhang to say, I'd rather die standing than sitting." ”

Sheng Yong was provoked by the two of them, smashed his fist on the table, and shouted: "Okay, today we will kill pigs and cattle to reward the three armies, and prepare to fight to the death with that Yan thief." ”

The next day, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, led a large army to the city of Dongchang, and Zhang Yu converged, the two were discussing how to attack the city, but saw that the north gate of Dongchang City was wide open, and countless southern troops rushed out of the city, and set up positions five miles away from the Yan army.

Zhang Yu couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw it, and said to King Yan: "The southern army has more steps, which is conducive to defending the city, and our army has more horses, which is conducive to field battles." Riding on foot is tantamount to a tiger entering a flock, and I think the southern army is seeking its own death in this battle. ”

King Yan nodded, and said to Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng's generals: "Dongchang is short of food and cannot last, and the enemy will want to fight to the death with me, and he must be defeated." I will lead the elite cavalry to sweep the formation, and look at its thickness and solidity, because it can be attacked, I will hit it. If you wait for his army to move, that is, he will march with encouragement, and the enemy will suffer from the enemy in the belly, and he will be in chaos inside, and he can win in one fell swoop. If I can't attack it, I'll plunder the enemy's camp and return. If you are cautious and have the power of victory, you must be cautious and listen to my orders. ”

All the generals obeyed the order.

Zhu Di, the king of Yan, then led three thousand elite cavalry to rush straight into the southern army's large array, the southern army's forward slightly resisted, then fled backwards, the Yan army easily rushed into the enemy formation like chopping waves, the southern army soldiers avoided on both sides, the Yan army rushed straight to the city of Dongchang, was about to rush into the city, but saw the drawbridge raised, the city of ten thousand cannons roared, the big lead bullet fell like raindrops, the Yan cavalry fell off the horse.

King Yan shouted: "It's not good, it's a trick." "I was about to lead my troops to kill back, but I saw the infantry of the Yan army surrounding from all directions, firing a volley of firearms, and shooting down a lot of Yan cavalry.

King Yan hurriedly ordered the standard-bearer to summon rescuers, but when he saw that the flagpole had been discounted by cannonballs, he shouted: "My life is over." ”

Zhang Yu, Zhu Neng and others heard the rumbling of artillery under Dongchang City in the distance in front of the battle, and the smoke was filled, and they couldn't see what the situation was, so they asked the soldiers upstairs how the battle situation was.

The soldiers upstairs spread the word that they couldn't see where King Yan's Daxu Banner was, but they saw the two sides fighting in one place, and they didn't know the victory.

Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Gaoyang County, said urgently: "My father must be in danger, and I will lead the troops to rescue him." ”

Zhu Neng said: "King Gaoyang, you are in charge of the Chinese army, and you can't move lightly." I'll take my troops in and find out. ”

After that, he led thousands of Mongolian elite horsemen of Duoyan Sanwei to kill the enemy formation, and after a while, he disappeared without a trace like a mud cow entering the sea. The southern army closed again and again, and waited for the Yan army.

Zhang Yu waited for an hour in front of the battle, did not see the king of Yan killed, restless, personally climbed the watchtower, looked into the southern army array, only to see Dongchang City, the southeast corner of the southern army array smoke and dust billowing, countless people and horses fighting in one place, unable to distinguish between the enemy and me.

Zhang Yu got down the watchtower and said to Zhu Gaoxu: "King Gaoyang, I see that the southeast corner of the enemy formation is killing tightly, and King Yan must be here." I led my troops to attack from the northwest corner, if the enemy comes to attack, the king of Yan will come out, you protect the king of Yan to retreat, and saving the life of His Royal Highness today is a great victory. ”

With tears in his eyes, Zhu Gaoxu held Zhang Yu's hand tightly and said, "Brother Zhang, you have to be careful." ”

Zhang Yu said: "If I can exchange my life for King Yan's life today, my wish will be enough." After that, he flew on his horse and took the remaining five hundred cavalry to the northwest corner of the southern army, the southern army did not dodge this time, the arrows rained down, Zhang Yu came to hide in a stirrup, desperately rushed into the formation, stirring up a chaotic southern army, Sheng Yong had no choice but to transfer the infantry in the southeast corner to resist.

Zhang Shixing and Zhu Neng came and went, killing in full swing, hearing that the herald transferred him to resist Zhang Yu, he was overjoyed, gave up Zhu Neng, led his hundreds of elite horsemen, and killed Zhang Yu.

Zhu Neng took advantage of the situation to protect King Yan from the southeast corner of the formation, bypassed Dongchang, and returned to the team, Zhu Gaoxu continued, said to King Yan: "Father, the southern army is lined up with the back of the city, each other is a horn, coupled with the ferocity of the enemy's firearms, our army is difficult to resist, it is better to withdraw to Linqing, and then make plans." ”

Zhu Di nodded and said, "Okay, today's losses are not small, and the withdrawal of troops is the best." ”

After that, the Yan army slowly retreated to the north and walked more than ten miles, when King Yan suddenly found that Zhang Yu was missing, and hurriedly asked, "Where is Shimei?" ”

Zhu Gaoxu said with tears in his eyes: "Brother Zhang was trapped in the battle to save his father, and his life and death were uncertain. ”

When Zhu Di heard this, he was furious and said, "Why don't you save him." ”

Zhu Gaoxu said: "The safety of my father is very important, and after returning to Linqing, the child will personally lead the troops to rescue." ”

Zhu Di whipped him hard and said, "Nonsense, will he still be alive then?" ”

After that, Zhu Di was going back to the horse to save Zhang Yu, and everyone grabbed his reins and persuaded hard: "Zhang Dudu was trapped in the enemy formation to save the king, if the king came back to save him, wouldn't he live up to his hard work, and besides, Ji people have their own natural appearance, Zhang Dudu will be fine and return safely." ”

Zhu Di pulled out his sword violently, cut the reins, and said, "If you don't save yourself when you see death, how can you be a human being." Who will die for loneliness in the future? ”

After that, he urged the war horse and rushed towards Dongchang. Everyone reorganized the remnants, and there were still 2,000 cavalry, closely following behind King Yan.

Halfway through the run, King Yan saw a horse running in front and back from a distance, and dozens of horses were chasing closely behind, and the person in front of him seemed to be Zhang Yu, so he shouted while running: "Is it Shimei?" ”

When Zhang Yu heard the cry, he saw that it was King Yan and shouted loudly: "King Yan save me." He hurriedly urged the horse to run towards the king of Yan.

Who knew that the war horse was already injured, and under this rush, blood gushed out from the wound, and the horse suddenly fell to the ground, pressing Zhang Yu under him.

Zhang Shixing, who was following him, slapped his horse and caught up, and poked Zhang Yu's heart with a lance, and Zhang Yuden died of anger.

Zhang Shixing looked up to the sky and roared: "Father, mother, I have finally avenged you." ”

When King Yan saw this, he screamed, and almost fell off his horse, he was so angry that he rushed towards Zhang Shixing with a sword in his hand.

Zhang Shixing took out a long lance, used the gun as a stick, and slashed at the head of the Yan King, the Yan King raised the sword to frame, when there was a loud sound, the gun was powerful, and almost shook the sword in the hand of the Yan King, and directly knocked down the helmet of the Yan King.

At this time, the generals of the Yan army rushed up, and Zhang Shixing saw that he was outnumbered, so he turned his horse and fled.

King Yan jumped off the horse, hugged Zhang Yu's body, and cried loudly: "Shimei, the work is unfinished, how can you abandon me." ”

Everyone persuaded: "King, this is not a place to cry, let's send Zhang Dudu back to Beiping and bury him alive." ”

King Yan wiped away his tears, stood up, and scolded hatefully in the direction of Dongchang: "Sheng Yong, Tie Xuan, Zhang Shixing, if you capture Er and others in the future, you will definitely be broken into pieces." ”

Everyone carried Zhang Yu's body onto the horse, protected King Yan, and fled back to Linqing.

Sheng Yong led the army to chase after him, and the morale of the Yan army was low, and as soon as he engaged, he was defeated again, and he was killed.

The Yan army was afraid that the southern army would be attacked from both sides, so they did not dare to take the Dezhou Road along the canal, and turned to the northwest.

Zhu Neng personally led more than 100 cavalry palaces, saw the southern army coming to chase, he slowly reined, and when the southern army approached, he shot it, and the southern army was killed. When the enemy retreated and re-advanced, those who went out first would be shot and killed, so the southern army was frightened and did not dare to re-advance, and followed far behind.

On this day, the Yan army came to the vicinity of Shenzhou, suddenly heard a cannon sound, a Biao military horse blocked the way, the person who was the leader, the sword eyebrows and tiger eyes, the big waist and round shoulders, the strength to carry the Ding, it was the brave general of the Southern Army, who was the deputy chief soldier at this moment, and was Sheng Yong's deputy.

Ping An jumped out of the horse, with a horizontal lance in his hand, and shouted at Yan Jun: "You are at the end of the road, why don't you get off your horse and surrender?" ”

The generals of the Yan army were all sleepy at the moment, and when they heard this, they were all frightened.