Zhu Di, the king of Yan, convened the generals to discuss countermeasures and said: "After chasing me safely today, I will defeat him before I can go straight to the Beijing Division." Peace has courage and no strategy, and if I win by strategy, I can reap all the credit without effort. ”

Liu Rong said: "The river forest is deep and the grass is thick, and the embankment is deep and narrow, so it can be ambushed. ”

Zhu Neng shook his head and said: "That peace has been in battle for a long time, and when you see the danger here, you will be suspicious of it, and I am afraid that it will not work." ”

Zhu Di, the king of Yan, said: "What Zhu Dudu said is extremely true. Lonely thought that there were few flat trees in the river, and the enemy would not doubt it, and he could ambush the soldiers. ”

Liu Rong said: "Although you can ambush soldiers here, you can only ambush foot soldiers, not horse troops." And the southern army is strong in foot soldiers, and our army is strong in horses, and I am afraid that I have to calculate the strength of attacking its strength with my short. ”

Zhu Di, the king of Yan, said: "It's okay, I ordered the horse team to lie in ambush behind, and after the foot soldiers engaged the enemy, the horse army immediately stepped forward to break the enemy." ”

As soon as King Yan said this, the generals had nothing to say, the plan had been decided, and King Yan ordered the whole army to go south to the Huai River, set up a large camp on the south bank of the Xiang River, and ordered Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Gaoyang County, to guard the camp, and personally led 20,000 troops and horses to the bank of the Xiang River, and set up an ambush to wait for the arrival of the Ping An Army.

Who knew that Zhu Di, the king of Yan, waited for several days, but he didn't see the Ping An Army coming, and he couldn't help but be a little anxious. Therefore, this place is a hundred miles away from the camp, and the Yan army only brought three days' rations, and seeing that the military rations were exhausted, Liu Rong came to ask to return to the army.

Yan Wang frowned and said, "If you don't see the enemy, how can you retreat." Stay another day or two, and the enemy will come. ”

Liu Rong was speechless and had to retire.

Two days later, Zhu Neng came to advise again: "His Royal Highness King Yan, there is no grass for horses and no food for people today, and they will collapse without a fight. Please return to the army first, and then look for fighters. ”

King Yan shook his head and said: "The enemy is coming from afar, and he will be determined to fight, and since he has detected that my army is moving south, he will want to attack me." If I defeat its forwards, the thieves will be angry. For example, a sharp blade frustrates its edge, and its blade is blunt. I have been ambushing here for more than a few days, and the enemy will come, and we must not move lightly, so I will wait a few more days. ”

Zhu Neng saw that he was reasonable, so he had to retire.

When the enemy army will arrive, Zhu Di has no bottom in his heart. So he sent Du Du to command Huo Zhen to continue to reconnoiter north.

It is the four drums of the night, and the fire is really returned, saying that the peace army is encamped four miles away from the north bank of the Huai River, and the sound of its drums has been heard, and it is estimated that it will pass through here after dawn.

Zhu Di, the king of Yan, was overjoyed and said: "The thief has entered my family. Then he ordered Wang Zhen and Liu Rong to lead a hundred horsemen to lure the enemy. And he ordered the sergeants to take torches and line up along the road as far as the camp. He also told Wang Zhen and others that if they encounter a big enemy, they will light a fire to warn, summon a large army to come, and make a strong reputation, and if they encounter a small enemy, they will not raise fire.

Wang Zhen and the others took the order and left.

By noon, Wang Zhen, Liu Rong and others really encountered dozens of sentry spies of the Southern Army, and Wang Zhen and others fled without a fight.

The southern army sentinel reported to Ping'an that he knew. Ping'an said to Zhang Shixing: "Commander Zhang, this is the Yan army ranger, you quickly lead the troops to arrest it, don't let anyone slip through the net." ”

Zhang Shixing was a little apprehensive and said: "I'm afraid this is the Yan army's plan to lure the enemy, if I pursue, I will be ambushed." ”

Ping'an said with a smile: "The grass and trees here are sparse, you can only ambush the infantry, not the horse team, I will use the horse team to defeat its foot soldiers, and I will win a complete victory, Commander Zhang can go with confidence." ”

So Zhang Shixing took 500 cavalry to pursue Wang Zhen and others. Ping An led 3,000 fine horses to follow far behind.

Wang Zhen saw Zhang Shixing leading his troops to chase after him, so he ordered the soldiers to throw the package they were carrying on the road, as if it was filled with gold and silver, but in fact it was stuffed with grass and trees.

When the southern army galloped to him, he saw the parcels all over the ground, so he dismounted, picked them up, and when he saw that they were stuffed with dead wood and grass roots, he cursed again.

Wang Zhen saw from afar that the ranks of the southern army were not in order, so he ordered his cavalry to kill back.

Liu Rong said: "Commander Wang, don't you raise a fire to warn?" ”

Wang Zhen said disdainfully: "The southern army is only five or six hundred men and horses, and it is not worth raising a fire to warn and expose the location of the army." It is enough for you and me to take advantage of the disorganization of their ranks and lead the troops to kill back. ”

After that, he turned the horse's head, slapped the horse and danced the knife, and led the army to kill back, Liu Rong had to follow closely.

When Wang Zhen was about to kill the front, those southern troops suddenly got on their horses, divided into two wings, and surrounded Wang Zhen, Liu Rong and others.

Zhang Shixing raised his gun and pointed it at Wang Zhen, and sneered: "Wu Na Yan thief, when I am a three-year-old child, I don't know which is more important, gold and silver are soft and soft and grass and trees are withered and branches, don't I know?" When I look at it, I know that there is a falsehood, so I will plan it and lead you back. Now you have no door to heaven, no way to enter the earth, and you have not dismounted and surrendered, when will you wait? ”

Wang Zhen scolded: "Don't talk nonsense, there is a kind of war." ”

Zhang Shixing jumped on a horse and speared to fight Wang Zhen, but after a few battles, Liu Rong also rushed to help, and dozens of people from Zhang Shixing's pro-army came forward to surround Wang Zhen and fight together.

That Wang Zhen was indeed brave, rushing left and right, killing more than a dozen people, and he was seriously injured, seeing that he could not break through, he looked up to the sky and sighed: "I am righteous and will not kill the enemy." Then he slashed himself.

That Liu Rong was fighting with Zhang Shixing, and suddenly saw Wang Zhen killing himself, and he had no intention of fighting, so he turned his horse and fled.

Zhang Shixing shouted in the rear.

Liu Rong shouted to the Yan soldiers along the road as he fled: "Raise the fire, quickly raise the fire!" ”

Suddenly, torches lit up like fiery dragons, reaching the sky.

When King Yan saw it, he hurriedly ambushed his troops and surrounded Zhang Shixing's five hundred cavalry.

Zhang Shixing's face was fearless, and he led the army to clash back and forth, and the Yan army was all infantry and retreated.

King Yan was furious and said, "I can't trap tens of thousands of people with five hundred horsemen? How can I go straight to the Beijing Division. He ordered the sergeant to only step forward and not to retreat, and those who violated the order were to be beheaded.

The Yan army surrounded again, and Zhang Shixing gradually felt overwhelmed, and there were only dozens of horsemen left around him, still fighting desperately.

Suddenly, a cannon shot was heard in the northeast corner, and a team of elite horsemen rushed in like chopping waves, and the Yan soldiers and horses were killed and scattered in all directions.

Zhang Shixing took a closer look, and it turned out that Ping An led 3,000 elite horsemen to kill.

Zhang Shixing's confidence was greatly increased, and he saw from a distance that there were dozens of horsemen watching the battle at the foot of a small hill, presumably it must be King Yan, so he led dozens of horsemen around him to kill them.

When he got closer, he saw a person under Huang Luo's umbrella with a golden helmet and golden armor, with a long beard over the umbilicus, who was Zhu Di, the king of Yan.

Zhang Shixing shouted and went straight to King Yan.

Zhu Di, the king of Yan, did not dodge, looked around at the generals on the left and right, and said: "You and other generals are as brave as they are, what can not be done!" ”

The generals were red-faced and were about to step forward to fight Zhang Shixing.

But seeing that Zhu Neng stretched his bow and set up an arrow, an arrow hit the neck of the red horse that Zhang Shixing was riding, and the horse screamed, pounced on the ground, and threw Zhang Shixing off the horse.

The generals of the Yan army were about to step forward to arrest Zhang Shixing, but Zhang Shixing's personal soldiers hurriedly pulled him on his horse, turned around and fled.

Seeing that Zhang Shixing was injured, Ping An led the army to retreat slightly and garrisoned Suzhou.

In this battle, the Yan army originally wanted to set up an ambush for the southern army, but unexpectedly lost the commander Wang Zhen, and stealing chickens and rice did not make it a loss, which made King Yan annoyed.

He also summoned the generals to discuss countermeasures, saying: "Our division has penetrated deep into the enemy's territory, which is conducive to a quick battle. Today, the thieves are stationed in Suzhou, and they want to accumulate food for a long-term plan. If they disturb their wages, the thieves will be short of food, and they will collapse without a fight. ”

The generals nodded yes. King Yan then ordered Liu Rong to lead 3,000 troops to Xuzhou to cut off the grain route of the southern army.

Liu Rong refused to go immediately, and muttered: "Xuzhou is the place where the southern army gathers, the city is high and the pond is deep, the mountains and rivers are close to the river, and the garrison is tight. ”

When King Yan heard this, he was furious and reprimanded: "This king has praised you a few times, but you don't know what to do, you are proud of your achievements, you dare to disobey military orders, come to someone, pull me down and behead me." ”

When Zhu Neng and the other generals heard this, they hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, and pleaded for Liu Rong: "Your Highness, the two armies are facing each other, and it is not good to kill the generals." I hope that His Royal Highness will calm his anger and allow him to make meritorious contributions. ”

King Yan said: "You guys are flat, I will spare his life, but who among the generals can go to Xuzhou for me to cut off the enemy's grain route?" ”

One of the generals was a short and sturdy man, who said, "The last general is willing to go." ”

King Yan fixed his eyes and saw that this person was Tan Yuan's brother Tan Qing, and he was also the person of the three armies.

He said happily: "If there is a brother, there must be a brother, what a pair of dragon brothers and tiger brothers." How many people do you want to take with you? ”

Tan Qingdao: "A hundred rides are enough. ”

King Yan glanced at Liu Rong and said, "You are a wise general, not a brave general." ”

Liu Rong bowed his head and was silent.

So Tan Qing led more than 100 cavalry to the vicinity of Xuzhou, and happened to encounter a fleet of grain ships sailing on the Yellow River, and Tan Qing ordered his men to launch rockets. The grain convoy was gathered in one place, coming from Huaiyang, and going upstream, driving very slowly, unable to dodge, and when the canopy sail was hit by an arrow, it beeped and burned, and in a short time, dozens of grain ships were all burned.

That Tan Qing tasted the sweetness, so he followed the river south to the mouth of the five rivers in Pizhou, and burned the southern army's grain trucks and ships along the way.

Tan Qing saw that it was almost burned, so he led a hundred horsemen to gallop back to the Yan army camp.

Halfway through, he suddenly heard a burst of cannons, ambushes abounded, and Zhang Shixing led the crowd to block Tan Qing's way.

Zhang Shixing pointed the gun at Tan Qing and said: "Wu Na Yan thief, leave your name, grandpa, I will not die under the gun nameless ghost." ”

Tan Qing said: "I am the commander of His Royal Highness King Yan in front of the tent. What are you, dare to call grandpa. ”

Zhang Shixing said: "I am the commander of Beiping Zhang Shixing, Tan Qing, you burned the grain ship all the way and killed the people, I want to avenge the people of Huaiyang, you take your life." ”

With that, he hurried forward.

When Tan Qing heard his name, he said angrily: "It turns out that you are Zhang Shixing, the murderer of my brother, and I will kill you today to avenge my brother." ”

After saying that, he also waved his sword to meet him, and the two horses circled and fought in one place.

When the enemy met, his eyes were very red, that Tan Qing's martial arts were on par with his brother Tan Yuan, Zhang Shixing did his best and fought with him for more than a dozen rounds, and he didn't tell the winner or loser.

But Tan Qing had few soldiers, and after a while, there were more than ten people around him, Tan Qing did not dare to fight, and he fought and left, and Zhang Shixing led his troops to chase after him.

Suddenly, the dust rose in front, and a Biao army and horse came over, the first one, and shouted: "Commander Tan, don't be afraid, I'll save you." ”

Tan Qingyi saw that everyone was the commander of Liu Rong, and said: "It's just in time, I will definitely avenge my brother's killing today." ”

After saying that, he turned around and fought back with Zhang Shixing. Liu Rong also stepped forward to help, but Zhang Shixing gradually lost his support and was about to withdraw his troops.

Suddenly, I heard the trumpets in the back, and an army was killed, the first one, with a burly figure and big ears, it was the deputy commander-in-chief of the Southern Army who was safe, and he shouted: "Commander Zhang, I will help you, don't let anyone go." ”