Tie Xuan said angrily: "Before the mountains and rivers are exhausted, things can still be done, how can the general be discouraged?" ”

Sheng Yong said: "Our army is good at defending the city, and the Yan army is good for field battles. Ping An is good at cavalry and archery, and his bravery is the crown of all armies, but he was captured by the Yan army. ”

Zhang Shixing said angrily: "If the general is sent, the last general is willing to be the vanguard and compete with the Yan thief." ”

Sheng Yong looked at him and said with some sarcasm: "Commander Zhang has been defeated and fought repeatedly, and the more frustrated he is, the more courageous he becomes." ”

Zhang Shixing's face turned red and said: "As long as I have a breath, I will fight with that swallow thief to the end." ”

Gao Wei encouraged Sheng Yong on the side and said: "Yang Wen, the general soldier of Liaodong, was defeated in Zhigu, and not a single soldier went to Jinan. The safety of the country is at stake, and the general can't be discouraged. ”

Sheng Yong sighed again and said, "Now the situation is probably that the building is about to collapse, and it is difficult to support it alone." ”

Tie Xuan instantly changed color and said, "Does the general want to surrender to the enemy?"

Sheng Yong couldn't help but bow his head under Tie Xuan's scorching gaze, and muttered: "I am deeply favored by the emperor, how can I surrender to the enemy." However, in the current situation, there are few soldiers, and I can only die to repay the king's kindness. ”

Tie Xuan took the case and said: "The eldest husband died on the battlefield in battle, and the horse leather shrouded him." General, you will immediately lead your troops south to intercept the Yan army. I joined the army with Gao to recruit volunteers in Jinan, and then came, you and I were deeply favored by the imperial court, and would rather die standing than live on our knees. ”

Sheng Yong nodded and said: "Okay, Commander Zhang and I will lead the army south, and you and Gao will come later, and we will have another battle to turn the tide like under the city of Jinan." ”

With that, the hands of the four of them clasped tightly.

On the first day of the first month of June, King Yan ordered Liu Rong to collect civilian ships from Gaoyou, Tongzhou, Taizhou and other places to be stationed in Guazhou, and ordered Huo Zhen to be the outpost and personally led the army to Puzikou City.

Sheng Yong led an army of 30,000 to line up outside the city, and firearms were arranged on the city, and the whole army was determined to die and fought with the Yan army.

Zhang Shixing led the only remaining 1,000 cavalry of the Southern Army and rushed to the enemy formation first. Huo Zhen led thousands of elite horsemen to kill them, surrounded them, and the two sides started a vicious fight.

As the saying goes: "The proud soldiers will be defeated, and the mourning soldiers will be victorious." ”

After the battle of Lingbi, the Yan army was invincible, and there was no evil battle, and it was successfully killed all the way to Jiangbei.

Zhang Shixing and other soldiers of the Southern Army have no way to retreat, behind them is the Yangtze River, on the other side is the Beijing Division, if this battle is lost again, that is, the mountains and rivers change hands, and the world changes color. These people have been fighting with the Yan army for many years, and they have already formed a deep blood feud, and they will never surrender on their knees, and only by fighting to the death can they survive in death.

Zhang Shixing led the army to fight hard, and even killed the Duoyan Sanwei cavalry, broke out of the encirclement, and rushed straight towards the Chinese army of Yan Wang.

Zhongguan Zheng He saw that he was menacing, and hurriedly led his guards forward to stop him, and fought with him in one place, only a few rounds, Zhang Shixing was brave and abnormal, Zheng He couldn't resist it, retreated backwards, and shouted to King Yan: "King Yan retreats quickly, I will break the queen." ”

King Yan hurriedly led his army back to retreat.

Sheng Yong saw it clearly in front of the battle, waved the flag, and led the army to press, but the Yan army could not resist, and the whole army retreated, with the tendency of collapse.

After Zhu Di, the king of Yan, led his army to flee north for dozens of miles, he took a stand, took a breath, and said to the governor Zhu Neng: "I regret not listening to the words of the princess of Ningguo, so I was defeated." Wouldn't it be beautiful if you followed his words and ruled by rowing the river? ”

Zhu Neng also hung his head and said: "Your Highness, now that the heat is steaming, and the epidemic is prevalent in the army, the combat strength is not good. If the king of Qin arrives, our army will not be able to return north. ”

While he was talking, the dust behind the battle was up, and when King Yan saw it, his face changed and said: "If it is the Southern Army, my life will be suspended." ”

In a moment, the Biao man galloped to the front of him, and the person in front of him, with a beard and beard, his eyes were bloodshot, and he looked very vicious, jumped off the horse, walked quickly to Zhu Di, knelt down and saluted: "The son is late, I hope my father will forgive my sins." ”

Zhu Di hurriedly helped him up, overjoyed. The person who came was Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Gaoyang County. Zhu Gaoxu led the Yanshan Wei army to escort grain and grass from Yangzhou, and heard that Zhu Di, the king of Yan, and the southern army fought in Puzikou, so Pegasus came to help in the battle.

Zhu Di looked up to the sky and shouted: "Whenever it is unfavorable, it is Gao Xu who comes to help, is this providence?" ”

Zhu Gaoxu said: "Father, I brought five thousand elite horsemen, who is the enemy in front of you, I will break it for my father." ”

Zhu Di said: "The enemy in person is Sheng Yong, this person can be called a strong opponent, especially that Zhang Shixing, he is brave, he is still more than Ping Bao'er, you have to be more careful." ”

Zhu Gaoxu snorted and said, "The general of the defeated army, why worry about it." Look at me for my father's destruction. With that, he turned around and was about to mount his horse and kill the enemy.

Zhu Di was greatly moved, stroked his back and said: "Gao Xu is trying his best to do it, the son of the world is sick, and the affairs of the country will depend on you more in the future." ”

When Zhu Gaoxu heard the great joy, he immediately stepped on his war horse, waved a spear, and led five thousand elite horsemen to kill the southern army with the governor Qiu Fu.

Zhang Shixing led the army to fight with the Yan army, exhausted at the moment, Zhu Gaoxu suddenly led the army to kill, Zhang Shixing was killed by surprise, that Qiu Fu was a fierce general, brandishing a long knife, the southern army was dying when touched, and they couldn't resist it, and they were defeated and retreated. Zhu Neng and others led the army back to kill back, the southern army was defeated, and Puzikou City could not be held, and they retreated to the river bank together.

At this time, countless large and small ships came on the river, arrows rained down, and the southern army fell to the ground one after another. Yan general Liu Rong shouted at the bow of the ship: "Sheng Yong, you have no way to escape, if you don't surrender, when will you wait?" ”

Sheng Yong has no door to heaven at the moment, there is no way to enter the ground, and he is in a hurry.

Zhang Shixing said: "General, let's fight to the death to repay the country's kindness." ”

At the critical juncture, the cannon roared on the river, and hundreds of high-fighting ships came from the opposite bank, and the guns on board fired in unison, knocking Liu Rong's civilian boat into sawdust, and the mast fell, and the fire was raging. The soldiers of the Yan army had not yet seen the power of the warship, so they jumped into the water in fright, and they were not accustomed to water, and they were drowned countless times.

Liu Rong hurriedly ordered his ships to sail downstream and fled.

Those warships were moored by the river, put down the springboard, Sheng Yong and others packed up the remnants of the defeated army and fled to the ship, only to see a person standing on the warship, with a long body and a jade body, with a spring on his face, and said to Sheng Yong: "The general is frightened, I am ordered by the saint to lead the river defense and come to help." ”

Sheng Yong fixed his eyes and recognized that this person was Chen Xuan, the governor of the right army, and hurriedly stepped forward to grab his hand, and sighed: "There is no Chen Governor today, I will be buried in the belly of the fish." ”

Chen Xuan said with a smile: "General, and relax, with Chen here, the Yan army doesn't want to cross a single soldier." ”

Sheng Yong and Zhang Shixing then led their troops across the Yangtze River and set up camp in Gaozi Town.

Zhu Di, the king of Yan, led his troops to the riverside, and saw Sheng Yong and others getting on the boat and leaving, and the civilian boats he collected were beaten to the ground and fled, sighing: "Sure enough, it is the Yangtze River moat, it is difficult to fly, and our army has no boat division, how can it be good?" ”

Zhu Neng said: "Your Highness, in the opinion of the last general, you must send someone to persuade you to surrender before you can cross the river." If not, lead your troops back north. ”

Zhu Di said: "Who do you think you should send?" ”

Zhu Neng said: "I think Liu Rong is the most suitable. ”

Zhu Di immediately sent an order to Liu Rong and ordered him to try to recruit the naval division of the Southern Army.

After Liu Rong received the order, he couldn't smile bitterly, he had already led the collected civilian ships to flee back to Yangzhou at this moment, and the Guazhou Water Village was occupied by the Southern Army. King Yan ordered him to persuade the victorious army to surrender to the defeated army, which is really a miracle for the ages.

But the military order was difficult to disobey, so he had to bite the nail on his head and ordered someone to support a flat boat and return to Guazhou Water Village.

I saw that inside and outside the water village, there were many masts, and the guards were tight, and the boats were in and out, going back and forth. Liu Rong still pretended to be a businessman and came to the water village. The Southern patrol boat stopped him and asked, "Who are you and what are you doing here?" ”

Liu Rong arched his hand and said: "I am an old acquaintance of your Chen Dudu, my name is Liu Rong, and I am here to give a big gift." ”

The soldiers on the patrol boat didn't know that the person in front of them was Liu Rong, the general of the Yan Army, otherwise they would have tied him up and gone to ask for merit. Hearing that he was an old acquaintance of the governor, he led him all the way to the front of the Chinese army's tent on the shore of Guazhou, and then went in to report to him.

After a while, a word came from inside, inviting him in.

Liu Rong was secretly amused, could it be that this Chen Xuan was just my old acquaintance, so he stepped into the big tent, and saw that Chen Xuan was sitting on the tiger skin chair in the middle, and when he saw him come in, he ordered him to retreat left and right.

Chen Xuan's eyes suddenly widened, and he shouted to Liu Rong: "Liu Rong, you are so bold!" Today you narrowly escaped with your life, but you came to die again. ”

When Liu Rong heard this, he laughed and said, "Chen Dudu, you are dying, and it is not yet known. My King Yan, I thought you were a hero, and I came here to persuade you to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, but you didn't appreciate it, what is the reason? ”

Chen Xuan leaned back and said: "Don't be ashamed, today you were killed by me and defeated, how dare you speak bravely." Your Yan King can't cross the Yangtze River, but he sent you to persuade you to surrender, it's ridiculous. ”

Liu Rong Zhengse said: "Governor Chen, today's saint favors Wenchen, the First Political Affairs Committee and Fang Xiaoru, Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng and others. You are a military general, if you win, you can't be added to the rank of knight, and if you lose, you will be added to the axe, why do you bother to work for them. And I, King Yan, prefers military ministers, Fengtian is difficult, the world returns to the heart, and resists a country with a corner, so that this, this is the will of heaven, how can man do it? Therefore, I advise you to follow the heavens and people, abandon the darkness and turn to the light, and plan the great cause with the King of Yan, which is the right way. ”

Chen Xuan said: "In this case, if King Yan dares to come to my ship alone, I will descend to him." Other than that, nothing else. ”

Liu Rong had no choice but to come to Puzikou City to report the situation to Zhu Di, the king of Yan.

After Zhu Di heard this, he frowned and said, "Is Chen Xuan a real descendant or a fake descendant?" ”

Zhu Neng hurriedly persuaded: "Your Highness must not go alone, the last time in Jinan City, His Highness almost fell into the scheme." This trip is on the water again, there is no way to avoid it, there is no escape. If the enemy surrenders, won't he give his life in vain? ”

Liu Rong said: "Your Highness, I know great righteousness to him, he is deeply shocked, I think it should be a real surrender." ”

Zhu Gaoxu said angrily on the side: "Even if it really descends, you can't go." ”

Zhu Di shook his head and said, "If Chen Xuan really descends, it's okay to go alone." If the destiny is mine, what can Chen Xuan do to me? ”