He hurriedly led the army to the camp gate, only to see that the gate was closed, and the soil bag was still plugged into the door, and there was no appearance of opening the door to break through.

At this moment, the guard on the watchtower suddenly waved his flag to signal that the enemy was coming.

Zhang Shixing suddenly realized that this was Yan Jun's cannon. He hurriedly climbed the wall to take a look, only to see that the Yan army under the wall was densely packed, and ants attached to it.

Zhang Shixing shouted: "There are thieves." He drew his waist knife and fought with the Yan army that rushed up.

The southern army behind him also climbed the wall to fight with the Yan army, and the camp was in chaos.

Zhang Shixing saw Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Gaoyang County, riding a white horse in the distance, galloping back and forth, directing the attack camp, so he jumped off the wall and rushed towards him, wanting to capture the thief and capture the king first.

The southern troops behind him thought that Commander Zhang was in a hurry to break through, and they also jumped off the wall one after another, but because their martial arts were not high, many people fell to their deaths in the trenches, and the trenches filled in for them.

Zhang Shixing swung a knife and killed more than a dozen Yan soldiers, rushed to Zhu Gaoxu's approach, Zhu Gaoxu slashed the knife, Zhang Shixing dodged sideways, stretched out his hand to clasp Zhu Gaoxu's wrist, and pulled Zhu Gaochu off the horse, Zhang Shixing swung his knife and slashed at him, Zhu Gaochu rolled on the ground, only to hear a sound, sparks splashed, and the knife was cut on the stone on the ground. Zhu Gaoxu avoided this thunderous blow, turned over and jumped up, pointed at Zhang Shixing, and said fiercely to the soldiers beside him: "Kill him for me, don't leave him alive." With that, he waved his hand, and dozens of Yan soldiers rushed forward and surrounded Zhang Shixing.

Zhang Shixing slashed left and right, and killed several Yan soldiers, looking at the more and more Yan troops around him, he saw that the situation was not good, so he had to jump on Zhu Gaoxu's war horse, knock the horse's belly, the war horse was very vigorous, jumped over the head of the crowd, galloped north, Zhu Gaochu couldn't catch up with the back, jumped to his feet and scolded.

Xu Huizu heard three cannon shots, and also led the Chinese army to kill it, but seeing that the southern army fled in all directions, not forming a team, Yan soldiers kept jumping down on the wall, and hurriedly grabbed a defeated soldier and asked: "How did the Yan army kill in, where is Commander Zhang?" ”

The soldier of the Southern Army said with a sad face: "We don't know why, we only heard three cannon shots, and the Yan army came in, Commander Zhang has jumped over the wall and fled for his life, and Wei Guogong is not going to leave quickly." ”

Xu Huizu was shocked when he heard this, in his opinion, Zhang Shixing was the most enthusiastic and heroic among the generals, and even he fled for his life, which shows that the general trend has gone.

Xu Huizu hurriedly urged the horse to the camp gate, at this moment the camp gate was wide open, and the Yan army poured in like a tide, one of them, with a golden helmet and golden armor, and a long beard over the navel, was Zhu Di, the king of Yan, on his left was Zhu Gaoxu, Qiu Fu and other generals, and on the right was Zhu Neng, Liu Rong and other generals, eyeing and murderous.

Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Gaoyang County, was happy when he saw Xu Huizu, and said, "Uncle, don't come to harm." If you dismount and surrender, I will spare your life, even if I stole your good horse at the beginning, I will return your favor at this moment, and our nephew's kindness and righteousness will be cleared. ”

Xu Huizu's eyes widened angrily, and he scolded: "Your Majesty didn't listen to me, and there is still today." If you let me be the general, how can you wait for your life? Anti-thief, take your life. ”

After that, he urged the horse to raise a gun to stab Zhu Gaoxu.

Zhu Gaoxu was about to step forward to meet the enemy, Zhu Di grabbed him and said: "Wei Guogong is my dearest, don't kill each other, the overall situation has been decided today, and let him run for his life, and he will explain to your mother in the future." ”

After that, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, waved the flag and ordered the soldiers to make way for a road, Xu Huizu was not polite, and took a few personal soldiers through the camp and fled south.

At this time, Ping'an also rushed over with his troops, and King Yan pointed to the banner and shouted: "Be sure to capture Pingbao'er alive, and the rest of the people can't let go of one." ”

Yan army heard the order, a rush up, at this moment the southern army has no will to fight, have raised their hands to surrender, although Ping An is heroic and invincible, but it is two fists invincible four hands, the hero is invincible to the wolves, not much battle, was the Yan army scratched the hook, dragged off the horse, was tied up by the five flowers and pushed to the front of the Yan king's horse.

Ping An is the deputy chief soldier of the Southern Army, stationed in Zhending for a long time, repeatedly defeated the Yan soldiers, and killed several Yan army generals. When he was captured, the army roared with joy, and they all said: "Taiping, Taiping, my generation has been safe since then!" ”

When Zhu Di, the king of Yan, saw Ping'an, he jokingly said: "Ping Bao'er, in the battle of Suishui, if you don't pounce, why did you meet me today?" ”

Ping An held his head high and replied: "If I don't pounce that day, I will stab His Highness into the ear of destruction." ”

Zhu Di, the king of Yan, looked up to the sky and laughed: "Emperor Taizu Gao has raised a strong man. Then he jumped off his horse and untied Ping An himself.

In this battle, the Yan army captured the deputy commander-in-chief of the Southern Army, Ping'an, the governor Ma Pu, Xu Zhen, and the commanders of Sun Sheng, Wang Gui and other 37 generals, and more than 150 people, such as the counselor Chen Xingshan of the Military Affairs and Rites Department, and Peng and Ming of Dali Temple, were also captured, and more than 100,000 sergeants were killed and captured.

King Yan ordered a cadre of military generals to be escorted to Beiping and ordered Wenchen to be released.

After this battle, in fact, the imperial court was no longer able to resist the southward movement of the Yan army.

When the news reached Jingshi, Emperor Jianwen was shocked when he heard this, and urgently recruited Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng, Fang Xiaoru, Tyrant Zhao and others into the palace to discuss matters.

When Huang Zicheng heard the report, he mourned and said: "The big thing is going!" The death of my generation is not enough to atone for the sin of misstalking! After that, he kowtowed to Emperor Jianwen, and his forehead was bleeding.

Qi Tai also knelt on the ground and cried.

Violent Zhao said angrily: "At this moment, it is not yet the time when the mountains and rivers are exhausted, what are you crying for?" For today's plan, when the Shengyong army is transferred south, it is deployed on the north bank of the Yangtze River to block the Yan army from moving south. Then transfer Liaodong Yang Wen to enter the customs and meet with Jinan Tiexuan, and attack from the north and south, which can destroy Yan in one fell swoop. ”

Emperor Jianwen had no idea, and at this moment, he was like grasping a life-saving straw, and nodded again and again: "Just according to Qing's words." ”

Storm Zhao said again: "Your Majesty, that Yang Wen is a veteran of the Taizu Dynasty, and since His Majesty ascended the throne, he has been the governor of the capital. Now if you want to use him, you can order him to be the chief military officer of Liaodong, command 100,000 soldiers and horses in Liaodong, all of them go south, and after the Yan is destroyed, he will be named the Marquis of Guangning. That Yang Wen is greedy for power, and he will definitely lead the army south. ”

Emperor Jianwen was overjoyed when he heard this: "Okay, I immediately issued an order, let him be the chief military officer of Liaodong, rush to Jinan, and go south with Tie Xuan to rescue King Qin." ”

More than ten days later, Governor Yang Wen received a holy decree from the imperial court in Guangningwei, saying that he was ordered to be the chief military officer of Liaodong, and led 100,000 soldiers and horses in Liaodong to go south, to Jinan to meet Tie Xuan, and then attack the king of Yan with Sheng Yong in the north and south.

Yang Wen was overjoyed after receiving the order, and said to the soldiers on the left and right: "I don't expect that I can still be a marquis in my lifetime." Then he led 100,000 Liaodong military horses to cross the sea, to Dagukou, abandoned the boat and landed on the shore, changed the river boat, went west along the Wei River, and wanted to go south to Jinan along the canal.

When he was about to arrive at Zhigu Village, the soldiers on the left and right reminded him: "Dashuai, the river here is narrow, the boat is slow, and there is a fear of ambush, so be careful." ”

Yang Wen disagreed: "Most of the Yan army has gone south, and now it has reached the front line of the Huai River, and the rest are stationed in Beiping, there is no Yan army here, if there are only three or two thousand people, what can I do?" ”

As soon as the words fell, countless rockets flew out from the reeds on both sides, igniting all the boats that the Liaodong soldiers were riding, and the Liaodong soldiers and horses had nowhere to escape, and were burned to death and drowned countless times, Yang Wen also jumped into the river and was captured by the Yan army. It turned out that the Yan general Song Gui led 5,000 soldiers and horses to ambush here, who knew that 100,000 soldiers and horses in Liaodong would be defeated in a battle, and no one could reach Jinan.

In mid-May, the Yan army arrived in Fengyang, the central capital. Zhou Jingchu, the commander of the Southern Army, led the crowd to surrender to the city. Zhu Di, the king of Yan, was a little strange, so he summoned him and reprimanded: "Our army has not yet attacked the city, so you will raise the city to surrender, what is the reason?" If you are so disloyal and unfilial, and leave your post without permission, what is the use of keeping you? Come on, push me out and cut it off. ”

When Zhou Jingchu heard this, his face turned pale with fright, and he kowtowed again and again: "His Royal Highness King Yan is angry, it is not that I am disloyal and abandon it, this is the will of heaven." ”

When King Yan heard this, he became interested, so he asked, "How do you say this?" ”

Zhou Jingchu replied: "When His Royal Highness King Yan came to the city, he summoned his subordinates to defend the strategy, but everyone fought or surrendered, each holding their own opinions and arguing endlessly. Humble and decided, knowing that the Garan God in Longxing Temple here is the most effective, so he went to pray for the auspiciousness of the gods? That night, the god Nagaran dreamed with me and said, 'When the soldiers come to the city, they will descend quickly to be auspicious, and not to be evil.' Therefore he did not come to surrender according to the will of Heaven, but not for disloyalty. ”

When King Yan heard this, he nodded with satisfaction and said: "The soul of the human heart is wonderful to all things, and you have sincerity and foresight, so the gods use your mouth to announce the world, and the destiny of heaven is lonely." ”

Zhou Jingchu kowtowed and said: "His Royal Highness King Yan is obedient to the heavens, which is really a blessing for all the people." ”

The next day, King Yan led a group of civil and military forces to Longxing Temple to visit the god Garan.

Longxing Temple, located in the north of Fengyang Mansion in the middle of the city, under the Rijing Peak of Phoenix Mountain, formerly known as Huangjue Temple, Emperor Taizu Gao Zhu Yuanzhang had been a monk here when he was young, and was destroyed in the fire. After Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang obtained the world, in the sixteenth year of Hongwu (1383 AD), the Huangjue Temple was rebuilt, and renamed Longxing Temple, it is the royal temple of the Ming Dynasty, the building is magnificent, and the incense is vigorous.

Zhu Di led everyone to enter the mountain gate, only to see a stele pavilion in front of them, there is a stone tablet with a height of zhang in the pavilion, the stele is engraved with the three big characters of Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang's imperial book "the first mountain", the word is as big as a bucket, the pen force is strange, it is magnificent.

Zhu Di sighed: "Who said that Emperor Taizu Gao can't write? ”

Everyone responded: "This word can be passed down through the ages, and it is not far behind King Zhong." ”

Zhu Di smiled, did not speak, and stepped forward.

Behind the mountain gate is the Garan Palace, in the middle is a clay statue of the god, the red face and long hair, the red phoenix eyes, the silkworm eyebrows, the Garan god enshrined here is the famous general Guan Yu of the Three Kingdoms.

Zhu Di looked at this statue, it was a little similar to himself, and then looked carefully, Guan Yu's face was engraved with a few small characters, he approached and took a closer look, it turned out that those words were distributed for three thousand miles, and it seemed that it was also written by Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Di felt strange, so he asked the abbot of the temple to ask.

After the abbot saw Queen Yan, Zhu Di pointed to these words and asked, "Why did Emperor Taizu Gao write these words on the face of this Garan God?" ”

The abbot said with a smile: "I think that when Emperor Taizu Gao became a monk in this Huangjue Temple, when he was sweeping the floor, he was tripped by the Garan God, and he hit the Garan God with a few brooms. Later, when the old abbot saw that the candles in the hall were bitten by rats, he reprimanded Emperor Taizu Gao in public. Emperor Taizu Gao said in his heart, this Garan God can't even control the small candle in front of him, how can he protect the temple? It makes me feel even more scolded, and the more I think about it, the more angry I become. So, Emperor Taizu Gao tattooed the words "three thousand miles of hair" on the face of this Garan god. ”

Zhu Di nodded and said, "I see, it's interesting." He walked a few steps around the Garan god, and when he looked closely, he felt more and more that the statue was very similar to himself, especially the long hair that was also over the umbilicus.

He suddenly thought of something, and said to the abbot: "Since this temple was rebuilt by order during the Hongwu period, why do you still engrave these words on the face of this Garan god?" ”

When the abbot old monk heard this, he stared at Zhu Di and looked at it carefully, and suddenly his face changed greatly, and he said: "His Royal Highness King Yan, this old monk doesn't know either, he just acts on orders." ”

Zhu Di looked up at this Garan God again, remembered the five words "three thousand miles of hair", and suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and suddenly realized that he couldn't help but burst into tears.