On September 9, the Double Ninth Festival, the monk Daoyan invited Zhu Di, the king of Yan, to enjoy the flowers and drink in the Qingshou Temple to spend the festival together.

During the banquet, Dao Yan wrote a poem: "Don't play with the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival in August, and don't climb the mountain on September 9." In the poor season, who smiled at Huang Hualu. ”

After hearing this, Zhu Di frowned and said, "The master seems to have a block in his chest that has not been eliminated." ”

Dao Yan smiled slightly and said: "Although Lao Wei has become a monk, he still can't break through the red dust, and he has a bit of literati habits. King Yan has the world in mind, and he must not be as sentimental and sad as Lao Wei, and he will touch the scene. ”

Zhu Di suddenly woke up, it seems that Dao Yan invited him to enjoy the flowers and drink today, which was meant to persuade him.

He stared at Dao Yan and asked, "Am I full of sorrow?" ”

Dao Yan shook his head and said, "That's not true, but it's just a little dull." But King Yan is concerned about the safety of the whole army, if you are like this, it will be difficult for the whole army to be excited. ”

King Yan sighed and said: "Jinan has been unable to attack for a long time, and Chen Heng has died, and he has not come up with a strategy to break the enemy for a while, so he is depressed." ”

Dao Yan said: "Lao Wei heard that Sheng Yong led his troops to the north, stationed in Dezhou, Ping'an in Dingzhou, Xu Kai in Cangzhou, the three are each other's horns, Ping'an, Xu Kai are the left and right wings, Sheng Yong is in the center, forming an inverted triangle array, watching Beiping, the harm is really great. King Yan chose his weaker to pull it out, firstly, to break his large array and remove the threat of Beiping, and secondly, to boost the morale of the army and avenge the defeat of Jinan. ”

After hearing this, King Yan took the case and said: "According to Qing's words, send troops to the south to avenge Jinan's revenge." ”

On October 15, King Yan ordered the expedition of the Yang Ministry of Culture in Liaodong. It was cold, and when the soldiers heard it, they were all depressed, and everyone dared to be angry but did not dare to speak.

When the army arrived in Tongzhou, Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng entered the big tent of the Chinese army and came to see King Yan, and said: "His Royal Highness King Yan, the enemy is close at hand, and our army abandons it. ”

Zhu Di retreated left and right, and whispered to the two: "I want to send troops to attack Cangzhou, and I am afraid that the southern division is prepared, so I pretend to order the expedition to Liaodong." Keep your two silent, lest the word leak out. ”

The two suddenly realized and nodded again and again.

Yan Wang further explained: "Now Sheng Yong is stationed in Dezhou, and he is safe in Dingzhou, and Xu Kaitun Cangzhou is each other's horns. The two armies of Ping An and Xu Kai were like pincers, threatening Beiping left and right. Sheng Yong is in the middle to support. If it is a battalion step by step, approaching Beiping, our army is in danger. The city of Texas is strong, and the enemy gathers, the soldiers are good and the food is sufficient, if I attack it, after Ping An and Xu Kai take me, I will be cut off from my way back, and there is a risk of destruction. Dingzhou City is heavily guarded, and Ping An is a strong general, and it is difficult to get down in a hurry. If Sheng Yong attacks me again, our army will be defeated. The Tucheng of Ducang Prefecture has been collapsed for a long time, the weather is cold, the rain and snow are muddy, and it is not easy to build the city. Our army took advantage of its unpreparedness and rushed to attack it, but it could break the city in one fell swoop, and the enemy could not rescue it. Therefore, I threatened to go to Liaodong, take advantage of its slackness, roll up the armor, and smash the city from the middle road, and it will be broken. ”

Zhang Yu and Zhu Nengyi were the first to praise the good, and they were amazed: "The king is really a god." The ancient name will be ashamed to meet it. ”

After the Yan army went out of Tongzhou, the Shunlu River (that is, the North Canal) went south to Zhigu (today's Tianjin), the soldiers did not know why, thought that they were going to go out of Dagu to Liaodong by boat, but they did not see the order of the King of Yan to collect sea ships, and they all entered the account to ask for instructions.

King Yan summoned the generals and said: "The attacker of this trip is Cangzhou, the enemy army is only prepared in Qingxian County, Changlu two places, brick stacks, Zaoerpo and other places have no water, he is not prepared, so you can go to Cangzhou City, who is the first?" ”

Zhang Yu came out of the crowd and said angrily: "The last general is willing to be the first." ”

Zhu Di said with a smile: "Shimei, wisdom and courage are both complete, Lone will write down a merit for you first, and then reward it later." ”

The rest of the generals were kept in the dark, and they all looked at each other and whispered: "Didn't Your Highness say that you would go to the east, why did you suddenly go south?" The order of the dynasty changed overnight, and the fear of the army was unstable. ”

When King Yan heard this, he comforted everyone: "This king watched the sky at night last night and found that there were two white gases, pointing from the northeast to the southwest, and rushing straight to the bullfight. Mr. Yuan divined: "Today is only beneficial to the Southern Expedition, and it is not conducive to the Eastern Expedition, and the will of Heaven is so that it cannot be violated." That's why they went south. ”

With that, he glanced at Yuan Heng, who was standing aside. Yuan Hui immediately understood, stroked his beard, nodded and said, "Yes, yes, Your Highness will definitely win a great victory in this southern expedition." ”

When the generals saw that it was Yuan Heng who said, they nodded their heads one after another, and said with joy on their faces: "Mr. Yuan is a living immortal, and he has always been like a god, and he will not be wrong." ”

It was the second watch of the Yeyan army, marching three hundred miles in a day and night, at dawn, the forward horse team marched to the salt warehouse, encountered dozens of sentry cavalry of the southern army, Zhang Yu ordered his men to copy it from the left and right sides, so as not to let one slip through the net. The Yan army spread out in formation and surrounded it. The southern army sentry cavalry did not prevent the Yan army from coming so fast, and they couldn't escape in time, and they were all killed.

Before the time came, the Yan army had already killed under the city of Cangzhou.

The guard general Xu Kai had earlier detected that the Yan army was marching north to Liaodong, so he was not prepared, and sent troops out to cut down trees and build the city day and night, wanting to build Cangzhou into a golden city soup pool.

Because the scout cavalry was killed and no one reported back, the Yan army had gone to several miles outside the city, Xu Kai still didn't know, and he was not armed, so he still urged the army to transport soil to build the city as before.

Suddenly, I saw the dust rising in the distance, and the people scattered and fled, shouting: "The northern soldiers are coming." Xu Kaicai suddenly realized that he hurriedly ordered all the troops to defend the city, and everyone was trembling, and there was no time to slap their armor.

Yan soldiers besieged the city on all sides, set up a cloud ladder, attacked it urgently, Zhang Yuqin led the strong men from the northeast corner of the city wall to climb the city, the southern army could not resist, scattered and fled, and then pulled out its city.

King Yan ordered Zhu Neng to ambush outside the city, cut off the enemy's way back, and captured the commander Xu Kai and others, captured more than 10,000 people, beheaded more than 10,000 people, obtained 9,000 horses, and surrendered.

King Yan ordered Zheng He to hold his own decree and dismiss all those who were unwilling to participate in the Yan army. Zheng He came to the prisoner camp outside the city, ordered these people to come forward one by one, personally questioned, did not want to join the army to send travel expenses, and then register and make a book, he was busy for a long time, to see that it was late, there were still more than 3,000 people left to screen, so he went back to the city, planning to do it again tomorrow.

The next morning, when he came to the prisoners' camp, he found it empty, and found no one in sight, so he asked the guards: "How did these thousands disappear into thin air overnight?" Could it be that they have wings and can't fly? ”

The guards didn't dare to speak, Zheng He pulled out his waist knife with a bang, put it on his neck, and said angrily: "I am on an errand by order of King Yan, if you don't reply honestly, I will kill you, and you should be." ”

The guard had no choice but to say: "Last night, it was Tan Yuan who commanded Tan Yuan to take the three thousand people away. Gonggong Zheng can go and ask him. ”

When Zheng He heard this, he let go of the guards, hurriedly came to Tan Yuan's camp, saw him, and asked, "Commander Tan, the three thousand surrendered people, you took them away last night, do you want to surrender them?" ”

Tan Yuan glanced at Zheng He obliquely, snorted and said: "Gonggong Zheng, I originally planned to recruit this group, but I expected that these thieves would not die and would dare to rebel, so I killed them all and threw their corpses into the Wei River." ”

Zheng He screamed and said: "Commander Tan, Your Highness has the virtue of a good life, ordered me to release the people as much as possible, and give Sichuan money for the journey, and now I have been killed by you, how can I explain to Your Highness?" ”

Tan Yuan took the case and said angrily: "These people dare to murder me, can't I kill them?" ”

Zheng He said: "Okay, Commander Tan, I know that you are brave and good at fighting, you can lead two stone bows, and shoot all of them, but the killing is unknown, and there will be disasters in the future." ”

When Tan Yuan heard this, he stepped forward and grabbed Zheng He's collar and said, "Let your mother's stinky fart, I am also for His Royal Highness King Yan to eliminate disasters and reduce disasters." ”

Zheng He broke free of his hand, shook his head again and again, and in desperation, he had to go back to the city to return to King Yan.

King Yan was furious when he heard the report, and hurriedly summoned Tan Yuan to come over and ask what was going on.

Tan Yuan said disapprerovingly: "Your Highness, these are all strong men selected from all over the Southern Army, and now they will be released, and they will come back to kill me tomorrow, and our army will try their best to capture them, and return to the enemy to help them, so I will think that it is better to end the pit and never suffer in the future." ”

King Yan looked at him and said, "Although you are good at fighting, your merits are not small, but you are good at killing those who surrender, and your merits are not hidden." Every time I come into battle, I warn you not to be thirsty for killing, and he will obey all orders, but if you are good at killing, and you will not be able to avoid disasters in the future. As you say, whoever is my enemy will be killed, and if everyone is my enemy today, can you kill all the people in the world? So it is with those who are unkind. ”

When Tan Yuan heard this, his face was full of shame.

Yan King Zhu Di paced back and forth above the lobby, pointing at Tan Yuan and scolding: "Gu Zhen doesn't know how to punish you, your life alone is not worth the lives of three thousand people." ”

Zhu Neng hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, and said, "His Royal Highness King Yan, for the sake of Tan Yuan's great contribution to the interception and killing of Yang Song with his ministers at Yueyang Bridge, spare his life." ”

Tan Yuan also quickly knelt down and kowtowed, even calling for mercy.

King Yan waved his hand and said: "That's it, that's it, I'll spare your life today, you can do it yourself in the future, and if there is any indiscriminate killing, you will not be spared." ”

Tan Yuan retreated.

Zhu Di, the king of Yan, set up a banquet in Cangzhou Mansion and invited Xu Kai and other generals to surrender. Xu Kai and others said at the head of the seat: "The ministers and Emperor Taizu Gao are deeply gracious and virtuous, and the high-ranking officials are generous, and it is a great honor. Now he is forced by traitorous ministers, and offending Taizu's son-in-law is a great crime. Fortunately, His Royal Highness is kind-hearted and does not kill, and the ministers are grateful. Today, His Royal Highness is in trouble with heaven, and leads the army to punish the traitorous ministers to Anzongshe, although the ministers are not good, they are willing to serve the death in retribution, and hope that His Royal Highness will take them in. ”

When King Yan heard this, he laughed and said, "If that's the case, you can wait for what you want." Beiping is thin, I hope you will go to Beiping Mansion to help the son. The officers were reinstated. ”

When everyone heard this, they were grateful, bowed endlessly, and the mountain called a thousand years old.

At the beginning of November, Zhu Di ordered the baggage equipment obtained in Cangzhou and the general Xu Kai and others to go north along the canal and return to Beiping.

Zhu Di led the army to continue south along the canal, came to the city of Dezhou, and shouted to the city: "General Sheng, do you dare to go out of the city and fight me?" ”

At this moment, Sheng Yong has been appointed by the imperial court as the general of Pingyan because of the battle of Jinan, succeeding Li Jinglong, sealing the title of Marquis of Licheng and leading the Northern Expedition. Tie Hyun was promoted to the secretary of the military department, and the general of the military department was praised. Sheng Yong saw the Yan army at the head of the city, and he didn't dare to come out of the wall.

The Yan army saw that Texas was well guarded, and did not dare to attack the city, the army plundered the city, and the king of Yan alone rode dozens of palaces, Zhang Shixing saw it, so he asked Sheng Yong for battle, and was willing to lead a hundred horsemen to pursue. Sheng Yong shook his head and said: "This is a trick for the Yan thief to lure the enemy, and it cannot be chased." ”

Zhang Shixing said angrily: "I know that it is a plan, and I will chase it, otherwise it will be too bad for the prestige of our army." ”