After hearing that Huang Zhan only brought back 5,000 soldiers and horses, Ruan Ding was also full of unhappiness, and said: "There are at least more than 10,000 Ming troops in this Shunzhou city, and we only have such a few men and horses in our hands, how can we take the city?" ”

Zhang Shixing had been on the battlefield for a long time, and when he saw that these two people did not understand military affairs and could only complain, he taught them a lesson: "The way of using soldiers is to be single-minded, there are more ways to fight, and there are few ways to fight, and there are no words about how to fight if there are few soldiers." Our army is small, and if you want to capture Shunzhou, you can only outwit it, not defeat it. We have to find a way to send people into the city first, and then cooperate with the outside to take Shunzhou in one fell swoop. ”

When the king heard this, he nodded and asked, "Then how can you sneak into the city?" ”

Zhang Shixing said: "You are natives of your hometown, so naturally you have a way to blend into the city." ”

That Ruan Ding thought for a long time, patted his thigh and said, "Yes, this Shunzhou City has to transport a batch of grain from Thang Long City every ten days and half a month." We sent troops to intercept halfway, and then pretended to be a Ming army to sneak into the city, and then joined forces inside and outside, and we will definitely be able to capture Shunzhou in one fell swoop. ”

King Rinan slapped the table and said, "Okay, it's decided." After that, he glanced at Zhang Shixing and said, "Commander Ruan will definitely not be able to pretend to be a Ming army, and I am afraid that this matter will bother Master Kongzhi." ”

Zhang Shixing glanced at Zhu Yunwen, Zhu Yunwen nodded, and Zhang Shixing nodded in agreement.

Zhang Shixing selected 500 strong men from the cottage, trained them strictly, and then sent people to inquire about the news on the post road between Shenglong and Shunzhou every day to see when the grain convoy would come.

On this day, the spies under the mountain finally came with the news, saying that a grain convoy had come to the north of the city 30 miles, with more than 100 ox carts, and the escort of no more than 200 soldiers was unguarded, swaggering towards Shunzhou City.

Zhang Shixing was overjoyed, and immediately took these 500 people down the mountain, and then made an appointment with Ruan Ding, as long as he saw the fire in the city of Shunzhou, he would take the soldiers of the Zhancheng State into the city.

Zhang Shixing descended the mountain and led his troops to ambush in a bamboo forest fifteen miles from the city.

After a short time, I saw a team of Ming army grain convoy coming, it was the cattle who pulled the cart, the people of Annan who drove the cart, and the soldiers of the Ming army who escorted the cart, and there were really only more than 200 people, everyone was vain in their footsteps and looked sick.

A person riding a horse in front of his head, wearing a five-grade civil official uniform, with a face like a crown of jade, three locks of long hair, is also sad and thoughtful.

Zhang Shixing saw that the convoy was gradually approaching, and when he gave an order, ten thousand arrows were fired, and the Ming soldiers fell to the ground one after another, and the five-rank officer who escorted the car was so frightened that he fell directly from his horse and lay on the ground and did not dare to get up.

Zhang Shixing shouted, everyone rushed out of the bamboo forest with him, the Ming soldiers and the people of Annam fled in all directions, Zhang Shixing ordered people to shout: "Surrender to avoid death, escape will be killed." ”

When the Ming soldiers and the people who were driving the car heard this, they raised their hands and surrendered.

Zhang Shixing ordered someone to strip off the armor of the Ming soldiers, ordered his subordinates to change them, and he himself changed into a pair of Ming soldiers' clothes.

He helped the Ming Dynasty five-rank official up, and asked with a pleasant face: "The master is frightened, I won't hurt you." Dare to ask the lord with his name? ”

When the man saw that he was speaking politely, he raised his head and said, "If you want to kill or chop, let the king do what he wants, what are you talking about?" ”

Zhang Shixing suddenly pulled out his knife, crossed the man's neck, and shouted: "Master and my subordinates are immortal and nameless, say your name quickly, and set up a plaque in front of your tomb." ”

When the man heard this, he burst into tears, sighed and said, "I didn't expect that my Xie Jin would die here today." ”

Zhang Shixing had heard of Xie Jin's name, but Xie Jin was sent home by Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang in the twenty-fourth year of Hongwu, and later he returned to Beijing in the fourth year of Jianwen to resume his post, and served as Hanlin to wait for the edict.

Zhang Shixing knew that Xie Jin was very sorry for his life, otherwise he would not have become the fifth rank official of Emperor Yongle, so he continued to scare him and said, "Master Xie, do you want to live or die?" ”

Xie Jin looked at him and said, "My ambitions haven't been fulfilled yet, so of course I want to live." ”

Zhang Shixing nodded and said: "This is very good, if you want to live, listen to my arrangement, follow me to the city, and when you take Shunzhou, I will let you go." ”

Who knew that Xie Jin's head shook like a rattle, and said, "I will never do such a rebellious thing." ”

Zhang Shixing sneered: "You are the minister of the Jianwen Dynasty, how can you become the official of the Yan thief again, isn't it a rebellious act?" ”

Xie Jin glanced at Zhang Shixing in surprise and asked, "Who are you?" Annam or Ming Dynasty? ”

Zhang Shixing said: "You don't care who I am, if you don't agree to this matter, I will behead you immediately." With that, he moved the blade closer to Xie Jin's neck, and Xie Jin felt the chill of the blade, so he had to nod.

So Zhang Shixing left more than a dozen people to guard the prisoners on the spot, and led the others to Shunzhou City. Xie Jin was still riding on a horse, walking in front of the team, Zhang Shixing led Xie Jin's horse head and pretended to walk in front of him, and after a while, he came to the West Gate of Shunzhou.

Xie Jin, as the grain governor of Shunzhou, the guards at the gate knew him, and they all nodded to him without hindrance, Zhang Shixing and others entered the city smoothly, and as soon as they entered the city, he immediately drew his knife and cut down the guards at the gate, led people to rush to the city tower, and set fire. Then he led his troops straight to the Shunzhou Mansion to kill.

Ruan Dinh and others, who were lying in ambush outside the city, saw it, and immediately led 5,000 soldiers of the Zhancheng State into the city, set fire everywhere, and the city was in chaos.

The Ming army in the city was defenseless, and they did not know how many men and horses the enemy came, panicked, scattered and fled, and the city of Shunzhou was obtained by the king of Rinan.

After King Rinan occupied the city of Shunzhou, he proclaimed himself Emperor Dayue, changed the Yuan to Xingqing, and spread the word to the Quartet, saying that he was a descendant of the Chen family, and intended to restore it. The people of Annam are not subject to the rule of the Ming Dynasty, coupled with the officials appointed by the Ming Dynasty to expropriate and expropriate, unpopular, so all over the country have raised troops in response, less than January, Yanzhou, Nghe An, Hue three prefectures are all attached, the momentum of the country of Viet is booming.

Emperor Xingqing saw that Zhang Shixing was outstanding, so he named him the general of Pinglu, gave him the surname Chen, named Zhi, led 5,000 soldiers, and continued the Northern Expedition as a vanguard. He and Ruan Dinh recruited 100,000 troops as the Chinese army, and then arrived.

Zhang Shixing led these 5,000 soldiers, including the Ming Dynasty troops and the old army of Annam, to march to Thanh Hoa Mansion, collecting and dispersing along the way, recruiting new soldiers, and gradually reaching 10,000 people. Zhu Yunwen and others, as military advisers, also acted with the army.

On this day, he was taking a break on the march, and the front suddenly reported that a Ming prisoner had been captured, and Zhang Shixing was ordered to be escorted over, and he wanted to interrogate him personally.

After a while, his sergeant escorted a person over, the man's hair was scattered, haggard, and ragged, but it could be seen that it was the official uniform of a five-grade civil official, Zhang Shixing took a closer look, and couldn't help laughing and said: "Isn't this a great talent, how did he fall to this step?" ”

It turned out that after Zhang Shi marched into Shunzhou City that day, he let go of Xie Jin, went to kill the defenders, and attacked the city gate, but also fulfilled his promise and let him live, but he didn't expect that a month later, he was caught in Qinghua Mansion again, which can not make people laugh.

Xie Jin looked up and recognized it as Zhang Shixing, and couldn't help but blush: "It turned out to be you." You let me go that day, and I ran all the way to the government to report the news, who knew that your soldiers and horses came too fast, and Shunzhou City fell instantly. I continued northward to return to my country, but halfway through, the horse died, and I had to walk to this place, and I was caught by you again. You and I are really destined, I don't know the general's surname? ”

Zhang Shixing was about to answer, when Huang Zhan, who was beside him, suddenly asked Xie Jin, "Master Xie, who do you think I am?" ”

Zhang Shixing was startled, hurriedly waved his hand, and retreated.

Xie Jin looked at Huang Zhan for a long time, finally recognized him, stepped forward and held his hand tightly, and said excitedly: "You are Huang Zhan, the champion of the Yuanlang." How are you here? ”

At this time, Wang Shu also stepped forward to hold his hand and said, "Master Xie, who do you think I am?" ”

Xie Jin looked at it again, recognized it as Wang Shu, and almost jumped up with excitement, and said, "You are Wang Shu of Bangyan." ”

When the three of them met here, they all had the feeling of meeting their old acquaintances in a foreign country, and they burst into tears and sighed at that time.

Huang Zhan took Xie Jin's hand and said, "Master Xie, I'll take you to meet someone." ”

Xie Jinqi said: "Who else?" ”

Huang Zhan smiled silently and pulled him to Zhu Yunwen. Zhu Yunwen was sitting under a big tree and closed his eyes, and Huang Zhan called softly: "Master, who do you see coming?" ”

Zhu Yunwen's eyes opened, and when he saw Xie Jin, the past suddenly came to his heart, and his eyes immediately moistened, he took Xie Jin's hand and said: "Emperor Taizu Gao once said to you: 'I am righteous with you, and you are the same father and son, you should know everything. Then he said to your father, 'If you return to your son and make progress better, it will not be too late for the next ten years.' The words are still in my ears, but the people have passed away. With that, tears flowed down her face.

Xie Jin recognized that it was Emperor Jianwen, was shocked, hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, and said, "Weichen see Your Majesty." ”

Zhu Yunwen hurriedly helped him up and said with emotion: "I haven't heard this for a long time, and it's been several years. ”

Xie Jin pointed at Zhang Shixing and said, "Who is this, he is good at martial arts." ”

Zhang Shixing stepped forward and arched his hand: "Zhang Shixing, the commander of the Jinyi Guard in Xiayuan, has seen Bachelor Xie. ”

Xie Jin nodded and said, "No wonder, no wonder, not bad, not bad." ”

Zhu Yunwen asked, "Bachelor Xie, why did you come here?" ”

Xie Jin briefly talked about his own experience after the Renwu Revolution and some major events that happened in the court, Zhu Yunwen listened to it, and said with emotion: "The Yan thieves have slaughtered too much, and the people's hearts are not attached, and there is hope for the recovery of the Jianwen Dynasty." ”

Huang Zhan said to Xie Jin: "Master Xie, that Yan thief usurped the throne and was unpopular, you are not as good as us to assist Your Majesty, and after the restoration of the country in the future, you will definitely be able to pay homage to the prime minister." ”

Xie Jin smiled bitterly and said: "Thank you Brother Huang for your kindness, after all these years of ups and downs in the Huan Sea, I believe that I can't be an official. ”

Wang Shu also persuaded on the side: "Master Xie, you see that we are now strong and strong, and the emperor of the Great Yue Kingdom also promised to lend us 100,000 soldiers and horses, and we will definitely be able to fight back to Beijing, so you can stay and do your best with us to restore the country." ”

That Xie Jin just shook his head and refused to agree.

Huang Zhan saw that his own hiding place had been exposed, but Xie Jin refused to join, so he gave Zhang Shi a look, meaning to get rid of Xie Jin so as not to leak the news.

Zhang Shixing looked at Zhu Yunwen, as long as Zhu Yunwen gave him a look, he immediately pulled Xie Jin down and killed him.

That Xie Jin is a very smart person, and when he saw that everyone's expressions were wrong, he hurriedly kowtowed to Zhu Yunwen, and cried: "Your Majesty spares your life, Weichen will keep it secret when he returns to the dynasty on this trip, and if he dares to leak half a point, he will not die well." ”

Zhu Yunwen's heart softened, and he sighed and said: "Master Xie, please get up, my life and death have my own destiny, what do you have to do with others, since you are unwilling to assist me, then please do it." ”