Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhang Xin, the commander of the Beiping Dudu, took the lead and shouted: "I respectfully invite His Royal Highness King Yan to enter the city." ”

The civil and military officials left behind in Beiping who were kneeling on both sides also shouted: "Respectfully invite His Royal Highness King Yan to enter the city." ”

Zhu Di, the king of Yan, had no choice but to shake the reins, rode into the city, and hung the prince Zhu Gaochi on the spot.

Zhang Xin hurriedly stepped forward to help Zhu Gaochi up, ordered someone to help him on the horse, and all the civil and military officials left behind in Beiping also got on the horse, followed closely behind the team of King Yan, and came to the Duanli Gate.

King Yan kicked off the saddle and dismounted, stepped forward and touched the stone lion in front of the palace, and sighed: "I haven't seen you for months, only you still know who I am." ”

Zhu Gaochi, who was following him, was startled again when he heard this.

King Yan stepped into the Duanli Gate and went straight up to the carrying hall, but he didn't go up to the high platform, turned around, took Zhu Gaochi's hand, and said: "Come, come, come, you are His Royal Highness King Yan, please go up and sit down." ”

When Zhu Gaochi heard this, he fell to his knees with a thud, and cried: "My father said so, and my son can only see his will with death." ”

Zhu Di sneered: "Why is this, since the emperor has exempted me from being a concubine, our Yan Kingdom cannot be left without a master for a day, you are the son of the world, it is natural to be this Yan King, you don't have to shirk." ”

Zhu Gaochi didn't dare to tell the difference, but knocked his head and knocked his scalp bleeding.

Zhang Xin took a step forward and said, "His Royal Highness King Yan, I see that the son of the world is the king of Yan, and it is okay." ”

Yan Wang Zhu Di was a little surprised when he heard this, turned his head to stare at him and said, "Enzhang, how can you say this?" ”

Zhang Xin knelt in front of King Yan and said: "The minister Wen is born an extraordinary king, and he will be endowed with extraordinary virtues and extraordinary appointments, so he can calm the chaos and set the world." The young lord ascended the throne, trusted the villain, mutilated the clan relatives, and endangered the community. His Royal Highness is the son-in-law of Emperor Taizu Gao, in order to uphold the righteousness, Fengtian Jingjing, repeatedly break the night, and the world returns to the heart. Therefore, the ministers and other ministers hope that His Royal Highness will follow the heart of Taizu, follow the righteousness of Tang Wu, perform the extreme respect of Chen, and comfort the hope of all directions, then the world is very fortunate, and the society is very fortunate! If His Royal Highness ascends to the ninety-five, it is not impossible for the prince to be the king of Yan. ”

When Yan King Zhu Di heard this, his face immediately turned from gloomy to sunny, but he pretended to be angry and reprimanded: "It's nonsense." The reason why I raised an army is to punish the traitorous ministers, protect the society, and have all my flesh and blood, how can I expect him? As soon as the evil is eliminated, I will do the things of Zhou Gong to assist the young master, this is my will, and you will not repeat his words in the future. ”

Seeing this, Qiu Fu hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, "I respectfully invite His Royal Highness King Yan to ascend the throne." ”

He took the lead, Gu Cheng, Zhu Neng and others also knelt down and kowtowed, and said in unison: "I respectfully invite His Royal Highness King Yan to ascend the throne." ”

King Yan said angrily: "Don't force me, the young master is still here, how can I do such a rebellious thing?" ”

Everyone looked at each other, not knowing how to answer.

Zhang Xindao: "In this case, please also ask His Royal Highness King Yan to ascend to the throne." We will assist His Highness in eliminating traitorous ministers and doing the things of Duke Zhou. ”

King Yan nodded and said, "Okay, I have to reluctantly make it difficult and continue to be this King Yan of Raushzi." With that, he stepped up to the stage, sat on the throne, and looked around at the ministers.

All the ministers kowtowed together and said, "His Royal Highness King Yan, Chitose Chitose, Chitose!" ”

King Yan nodded, raised his hand and said, "Zhongqing is flat." ”

Everyone stood up, and the ministers of civil and military affairs lined up on both sides.

King Yan seemed to have discovered something and asked, "Where is Master Dao Yan now?" ”

The prince Zhu Gaochi replied: "Father, Master Daoyan is now chanting scriptures for the fallen soldiers in Qingshou Temple. ”

Zhu Di, the king of Yan, sighed: "Monk Daoyan really has great compassion. ”

The prince cautiously asked, "If my father wants to see him, my son will order someone to summon him." ”

King Yan waved his hand and said, "No need, I will look for him." ”

After that, King Yan and the ministers began to discuss, Yan Shizi stood silently aside, quietly listening to King Yan's discussion, and King Yan did not say a word to him for a whole morning.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, the king of Yan brought a few personal soldiers to the Qingshou Temple, saw that Daoyan was on the main hall, and several monks chanted the Buddha, over the dead, and the incense case was enshrined on the tablet of the fallen soldiers of the Yan army.

King Yan stepped forward, put on three sticks of incense, and silently recited a few words praying for the early rest of the fallen soldiers.

Master Dao Yan stood up, walked to King Yan, put his hands together and said: "Amitabha, His Royal Highness King Yan has the heart of a Bodhisattva, and he should have the world." ”

King Yan smiled: "The matter of persuasion, presumably the mage already knows. ”

Dao Yan disagreed: "Everyone wants to have a great fortune, so naturally they must actively persuade them." Doesn't His Highness want to be covered in a yellow robe? ”

King Yan looked around, made a silent gesture, walked out of the main hall quickly, came to the back of the hall, saw that there was no one around, and said to Dao Yan: "This king just wants to come to listen to the opinion of the mage. ”

Dao Yan said: "The time has not yet come, and he is called the emperor at this moment, but he is just a Yuan Shuer." ”

King Yan sighed: "Frequent use of soldiers, but the ears of the three cities, spin and lose, when will the world be peaceful?" ”

Dao Yan comforted him and said, "King Yan doesn't have to be discouraged. The elite of the Southern Army are all in Dezhou, Zhending and other places, and the Beijing division is bound to be empty. If His Royal Highness leads the troops to take the Beijing Division, he does not attack the city along the way, and passes around the city, and the Beijing Division will go down with a drum, and His Royal Highness will ascend the throne at that time. ”

King Yan nodded and said, "What the mage saw was slightly the same as mine. He said what Zhao Chun of Zhangde City said.

Dao Yan was overjoyed and said: "Your Highness, it can be seen that the people's hearts are wanting, as long as Your Highness conquers the Beijing Division, the world can be settled, and it is better to deal with the Southern Army here." ”

King Yan slapped his thigh and said angrily: "If you want to make a decision in Linjiang, you won't go back." ”

Dao Yan also said impassionedly: "King Yan can rest assured, if things are not harmonious, the old man will kill himself to thank the world." ”

King Yan held his hand and said, "No, mage, you can't die lightly, no matter what, you have to protect the prince." ”

Dao Yan said with a smile: "Tiger poison does not eat children, His Royal Highness King Yan no longer doubts the prince?" ”

Yan Wang Zhu Di smiled bitterly and said, "Without him, it's just a little strange to let the Zhang Shi who gave the order get off." ”

Dao Yan explained: "King Yan and relax. That Hu Ying has already told me what happened. The old man thought that it was a coincidence, not an intentional act. Does King Yan know, who is Mr. Yuan's senior brother? ”

King Yan shook his head and said, "This king doesn't know. ”

Dao Yan continued: "Mr. Yuan's senior brother's name is Zhang Songxi, and he is Song Zhong's master and Zhang Shixing's ancestor. Hu Ying is Yuan Hui's apprentice again. Then Yuan Hui and Zhang Songxi had a gap, Hu Ying couldn't wait to kill Zhang Shixing on the spot, how could he let him go? And the prince has nothing to do with this matter, and he never expected Zhang Shixing to be able to get away halfway. ”

After listening to Daoyan's explanation, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, completely lifted all his suspicions about the prince, and paused: "Oh, the words of the non-master, kill my son a few times." ”

On the second day of December in the third year of Jianwen, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, swore an oath to the south outside the main gate of Beipingli, he wore gold armor, rode a white horse, walked slowly in front of the neatly arranged military array, and said loudly to the soldiers: "This king has been in trouble for three years, fortunately thanks to the protection of the ancestors, the gods have helped, and the enemy army has been defeated. However, the people are in distress, and the world is turbulent, and there is no peace. Today, the lone army will fight to the death with the enemy, and the division will never withdraw troops if it does not arrive in Beijing. But the people are not guilty, and they are not disturbed. The people will obey the command, and if anyone violates the good people, there will be no forgiveness! ”

The generals raised their arms and shouted: "His Royal Highness King Yan is a thousand years old, a thousand years old, a thousand years old!" ”

King Yan waved the command flag in his arms and said, "Let's go!" ”

The Yan army brigade turned around and headed south.

The prince Zhu Gaochi led the officials left behind in Beiping to send them out of the city ten miles away, and the king of Yan said to him: "After I leave, Beiping will rely on your support." The son of the world is reluctant. ”

Zhu Gaochi, the son of the world, arched his hand and said: "Father, take care all the way." ”

King Yan dismounted and stroked his back and said, "My father blamed you wrongly before, don't take it to heart." ”

Zhu Gaochi said with tears in his eyes: "Erchen doesn't dare, he will definitely guard Beiping like an iron pass." Please rest assured. ”

King Yan smiled and said, "That's very good, my father is going to give you a good time." ”

King Yan remounted his horse and was about to leave, when suddenly the monk Daoyan walked out of the crowd of send-offs, grabbed the halter of the white horse that King Yan was riding, and told King Yan: "His Royal Highness King Yan, this time you will go south to Beijing, and you will definitely succeed." On the day of the city's breaking, if Fang Xiaoru is captured, he will not surrender, and fortunately do not kill him. If filial piety is killed, there will be no seeds of reading in the world. Remember, remember. ”

Yan Wang Zhu Di said with a smile: "A sour Confucian, Master He Lao is worried, and he wrote it down." ”

With that, he waved his horsewhip and walked away.

On the first day of the first month of the fourth year of Jianwen (1402 AD), the Yan army was stationed in Lixian, and the governor Zhu Neng led 800 light cavalry to reconnoiter the movements of the southern army, and went to Gaocheng, and suddenly encountered the subordinates of Shengyong of Dezhou who commanded Ge Jin to lead the horse infantry army of 10,000 as the vanguard, and was crossing the Hutuo River and attacking the Yan army camp.

Zhu Neng took half of the crossing, attacked it with columns, and the southern army was defeated, more than 1,000 people were beheaded, and countless people drowned. Ge Jin was only spared.

When the good news came, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, ordered a commendation: "The general took eight hundred light horses, and he was surprised by the surprise and broke the thieves of ten thousand, although the famous generals of ancient times are not as good." The soldiers of the department have made contributions to the beginning of the year, which can be called auspicious, and it is appropriate to increase the award. The forwards, the combatants, are all under the command, and all the officers are promoted to one rank. ”

When the soldiers of King Yan heard this, they all fought bravely to be the first, and they wanted to make new contributions.

On the eighteenth day of the first lunar month, the Yan army arrived in Qufu. King Yan Shen said to the soldiers: "The way of Confucius and Mencius, such as the sky and the earth is thick, the sun and the moon are bright, and the counselor is educated, and he is the master of all ages." There is no way to govern the world without Confucius and Mencius, and there is no way to live without Confucius and Mencius. Now the hometown of Confucius and Mencius is in Yan, and there is no entry into the country, and those who trample on every grass and tree will be killed. ”

So the Yan army went around the city and went straight to Xuzhou.

When the Yan army went south, the southern army stationed in Jinan saw that the Yan army did not come to attack the city, and was also timid to fight with the Yan army.

Tie Xuan flew to Dezhou Shengyong and asked him to lead his army south to intercept the Yan army. Sheng Yong had previously lost a battle in Gaocheng, and he did not dare to pursue the Yan army, so he ordered Ping'an to lead the army south from Zhending to pursue the Yan army.

Ping'an discussed countermeasures with Zhang Shixing and said: "Hongyi (Zhang Shixing), the Yan army is going south, Beiping is empty, I intend to lead the troops to the north to attack Beiping again, if Beiping can go down, then Yan Wang will become a lonely ghost and will be captured by me." ”

Zhang Shixing shook his head and said: "General Ping, Beiping Chengjian, it is difficult to get down for a while." If our army does not pursue the Yan army, then the Yan army will go all the way south, and the elite of the imperial court will be in the hands of the general and the marquis of Sheng, how can we resist, if the Beijing division is lost, what face will we have to see Your Majesty. ”

Ping'an said: "The Yan army is coming down from the southeast of the mountain, and the Marquis of Sheng himself did not intercept it, but ordered me to pursue it, what is the reason?" ”

Zhang Shixing persuaded: "The matter has come to this point, so General Ping should not care about this." If King Yan can be defeated, General Ping can also be crowned a marquis. ”

When Ping'an heard him say this, he became happy again, and ordered the Zhending army to pursue the Yan army south.

Zhu Di, the king of Yan, felt that the progress was too smooth, but he was a little relieved, and he ordered Huo Zhen to lead twelve Mongolian elite horsemen with two horses each, and reconnoiter along the way.

On this day, Huo Zhen suddenly came to report, saying that the deputy commander-in-chief of the Southern Army had led 40,000 troops to Jining and would arrive in Xuzhou in the near future.

King Yan was overjoyed when he heard the report and said: "It's just in time, I will definitely capture that Ping Bao'er in one fell swoop." ”