Zhang Cheng led the escort army, rushed for two days without stopping, waited for half a day at the ten-mile slope on the east side of the Longjiang River, and finally waited for the Xingzhou army, and marched towards the Longjiang ferry after joining forces.

The Longjiang ferry was guarded by soldiers, and when Zhang Yi went to Guzhou, he ordered the warship to stay here in case of an accident to return to Kaizhou. Zhang Cheng led the army and seized the ferry almost effortlessly, and the soldiers of Xingzhou seized the warship and went straight to Kaizhou.

Kaizhou is built near the river, and you can see the boat on the river on the city tower. Wu Biao, the general defending the city, saw that a ship was coming, and did not dare to delay, so he urgently ordered to be ready and set up a good defense of the city. When the ship sailed in, he was relieved to see that it was his own warship, and led his troops out of the city to greet him.

"Cheng'er, don't move troops first, you still need to stabilize the generals defending the city." With a few words in his ear, Zhang Cheng nodded yes.

Zhang Cheng waited for the ship to dock, walked ashore with the jungle under the escort of many generals, glanced at Kaizhou City, and walked over. The general guarding the city saw that it was not Zhang Yi who had returned, but Zhang Cheng, the fifth prince, and although he felt strange, he still stepped forward to pay respects.

"Kaizhou guard general Wu Biao has met the five princes." Although Wu Biao was Zhang Yi's general, he still had to give a big gift when he saw the prince, and stepped forward to kneel on one knee.

"General Wu, please get up, don't be polite." Zhang Cheng stood in front of him and continued: "I came from Guzhou, and the Four Emperor Brothers ordered me to come to Kaizhou first to strengthen the city defense, I'm afraid Guzhou can't be defended for a long time." ”

Wu Biao was taken aback and asked urgently: "Is this true for the fifth prince?" There are many generals in Guzhou, and there are two princes guarding it, why can't it be fixed for a long time? ”

Cong Cong took over and said: "General Wu is not in a hurry, the four princes are just taking precautions, ordering our lord to abandon Xingzhou and come to Kaizhou, relying on the Longjiang River to resist the enemy." Now that my lord has arrived, will General Wu only make my lord stand outside the city? ”

Wu Biao bent over and said: "The last general doesn't dare, but the last general is entrusted by the four princes and stays in Kaizhou, I don't know if the five princes can have a letter from my lord." ”

"This has never happened, it is also in a hurry to return to Xingzhou to recruit soldiers and horses in a hurry, General Wu is dutiful, but he also makes it." Turning to look at the jungle, he said, "Teacher, since we can't enter the city, let's go back to Xingzhou." ”

"Slow down, Lord." Conglin stopped Zhang Cheng's words, his eyes fell on Wu Biao, and Zhengse said: "The five princes came to guard Kaizhou, but you turned the prince away, if you miss a big thing, aren't you afraid that the four princes will ask you after they return?" ”

"This ......" Wu Biao was embarrassed for a while. When the Lord leaves, he will explain that he should stick to Kaizhou and not be careless. If others reject each other, but this is the fifth prince, the royal brother of the lord, and he can't afford to offend.

"If the general is embarrassed, our army will wait for the return of the four princes on this Longjiang River, and then we will have our own conclusion." Seeing that he had been shaken, the jungle made up for it at the right time.

"The last general will not dare, respectfully invite the five princes into the city." Wu Biao didn't dare to say more, but after thinking about it, he still dodged and got out of the way, and asked Zhang Cheng to go first.

Zhang Cheng glanced at the jungle, smiled and led the soldiers and horses into Kaizhou City.

Situ Hao led his troops to chase and kill all the way, and Zhang Zong and Zhang Yi fought and retreated, exhausted. When he arrived at the Longjiang ferry on this day, Zhang Yi looked around but did not see the warship, and suddenly had a bad feeling.

"Fourth brother, where is the ship?" Zhang Zong was upset by the Liang army, and his only hope was to cross the river as soon as possible, arrive in Kaizhou, and rely on the river as a screen to resist the Liang pursuers and seek development. Unexpectedly, there was a river in front of him, and he didn't even see a piece of wood, so he couldn't help but feel nervous and panicked.

"I told the ships to wait here, but why are they gone?" Zhang Yi was puzzled, called the soldiers, and ordered them to find a small boat and cross the river to find out.

"Lord, this matter is not right, I'm afraid there will be changes in Kaizhou." Fu Yashi came over, frowned deeply, pondered for a while, and said, "It's better for us to go up the river, take Xingzhou, and then make a conclusion." ”

"Xingzhou?" Zhang Yi was stunned for a moment, and immediately waved his hand and said: "Xingzhou is far away, and it still takes two days, and Xingzhou has no Longjiang River as a risk, how can it be defended." ”

"But now......" Before Fu Yashi finished speaking, a soldier shouted: "The ship is coming, the ship is coming." ”

Everyone looked around, and a string of black spots were faintly seen on the river, and they were slowly approaching the ferry, and there was a burst of cheers, and the two princes were also smiling and waiting.

The ships came out of the ferry and floated in the middle of the river, and one of the boats came out and stood on the deck, looking at the ferry.

"Fifth brother!" Zhang Zong saw that the person who came out of the boat was Zhang Cheng, and hurriedly raised his arms and shouted.

Zhang Cheng saluted the ferry on the boat and shouted loudly: "Two imperial brothers, now that Xiaoliang has lost several states, and he is unable to compete with Daliang anymore, it is better for us to return to Daliang." ”

"The fifth brother said first, sail the boat and cross back to Kaizhou to discuss." Zhang Yi was worried that after a long time, the soldiers and horses of Daliang would chase after him, so he would get on the boat first and avoid it.

"Fourth Emperor Brother, I have surrendered to Daliang, Kaizhou is now in my hands, the younger brother persuades the two imperial brothers to submit to the better, and the second brother will not embarrass us too much."

"You...... Zhang Cheng, in vain I trust you so much, I actually took the opportunity to take away my Kaizhou. Zhang Yi heard that Kaizhou was in his hands and he had nowhere to go, so he waved his hand back angrily and said, "Release the arrow, release the arrow!" ”

The archers fired their arrows at the warship, but at a slight distance, the arrows fell into the river, and not even a shadow was visible.

The soldiers of the "...... report" ran from the rear and told Zhang Zongyu: "The Daliang army and horses have chased to the rear, and they have formed an encirclement situation. ”

Zhang Zong panicked and asked in astonishment, "Fourth brother, how is it good?" ”

Zhang Yi turned to Fu Yashi and asked, "Yashi, is there a good plan?" ”

Fu Yashi closed his eyes slightly, immediately raised his head and sighed, and said: "There is Longjiang in front, there are chasing soldiers in the back, the soldiers are sleepy and the horses are tired and have no strength to fight again, Lord, I have nothing to do." ”

Zhang Yi immediately lost his voice and said: "No, Yashi must have a good plan, Yashi save me." ”

Fu Yashi shook his head helplessly, Zhang Zong also sighed, looked at the rolling river of the Longjiang River, smiled bitterly, and said: "Fourth brother, we can't fight him after all, let's go down." ”

"No!" Zhang Yi's eyes widened angrily and shouted: "If we kill back, we will always get out suddenly." ”

"What if you can get out? You and I have nowhere to go, but only to increase the lives of our soldiers. Zhang Zong was calm at this time, sighed heavily, turned to Feng Qianshan, and said in a low voice: "Go, say with Situ Hao, we will descend." ”

"Yes." After Feng Qianshan received the order, he led several generals to turn their horses and go backwards.

Situ Hao's army only followed the pursuit all the way, but did not fight with Xiaoliang too much, and pursued for two days, and directly surrounded Xiaoliang's soldiers and horses on the side of the Longjiang River.

"Marshal, the enemy Feng Qianshan has come to ask for a meeting." The soldiers came to Situ Haoma to pray. Situ Hao had already ordered to go down and prepare for war, and when he heard that Feng Qianshan was coming, he couldn't help but smile, it seemed that the five princes had already done something.

"Invite each other." Situ Hao stopped the army and led several generals forward to meet him.

Feng Qianshan came over to see Situ Hao, turned over and dismounted, hugged his fists and said: "Marshal Situ, my lord sent me here, I am willing to surrender to Daliang, and I also ask Marshal Situ to treat our soldiers well." ”

Situ Hao did not dismount, hugged his fists and said: "Marshal Feng, why did you say this, although you and I are our own masters, we are both generals of the Liang State, and the sergeants are also the people of the Liang State, so I will treat them well." ”

Feng Qianshan nodded gratefully and said, "The emperor has an edict, how to treat the two princes?" ”

"This is not true, but the two princes and the saint are flesh and blood, so they will not embarrass them, and they will be determined when they return to the back hall." Situ Hao said in his heart, how can you and I decide the royal affairs, I just need to bring people back.

Feng Qianshan pondered for a moment and said, "Marshal, wait a minute, I'll go back and tell the two princes." ”

Situ Hao didn't say much, nodded in agreement.

After a little deliberation, the two princes led the generals to come over, abandon their armor and surrender. At one time, tens of thousands of soldiers by the river abandoned their weapons to the ground and returned to the beam.

Situ Hao had already prepared the carriage and dismounted to welcome the two princes to board the carriage, Zhang Zong just smiled bitterly when he saw Situ Hao and got into the carriage. Zhang Yi seemed to be unwilling, but he was helpless. Situ Hao ordered General Zuolong to lead troops to escort the carriage back to Guzhou, while he stayed behind to collect the surrendered troops and walked towards the river.

Zhang Cheng's warship docked on the ferry and got off the boat, Situ Hao stepped forward to salute and said, "The last general, Situ Hao, see the five princes." ”

Zhang Cheng hurriedly picked up Situ Hao and said: "General Situ has made great contributions to the recovery of Xiaoliang for the emperor's brother, and he is really the first general of our dynasty." ”

"The last general will not dare." Situ Hao said: "If it weren't for the good policy set by the five princes, how could the end be so smooth, everything is your credit." ”

Zhang Cheng smiled, didn't say any more official words, pulled Situ Hao over and said softly: "What can the emperor say about me?" ”

Situ Hao shook his head and said: "Don't worry, the prince knows that the work of recovering Xiaoliang is well known, and the saint is not indistinguishable, and he will treat you well, and we will discuss it when I return to the back hall." ”

Cong Cong took a step sideways, bent down and said, "Marshal Situ, off the coast of Kaizhou, there are bandits and rebels from time to time. It's better to be like this, you lead the troops back to the Ming Emperor, and say that Kaizhou is newly returned, to prevent pirates from attacking the city, the five princes will stay in Kaizhou first, protect the peace of the sea for the saint, and then return to the back hall to ask for guilt after stability. ”

Situ Hao smiled, knowing that the jungle had already calculated, and said in a loud voice: "The five princes do it personally, and they are all beams, and they will talk to the emperor after returning to the court." ”

Zhang Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, saluted Situ Hao, and said, "Thank you so much Marshal." ”

"The last general will not dare." Situ Hao hurriedly returned the salute, and the two laughed when they got up.

"Marshal Situ, now that Xingzhou is almost empty, I hope you will send troops to garrison it." Zhang Cheng occupied Kaizhou and did not dare to take Xingzhou as his own. First, there were not enough troops, and secondly, he was afraid that the emperor would blame himself, so he took the initiative to give up Xingzhou according to the instructions of the jungle.

After hearing this, Situ Hao had to divide his troops again and send Liang to Xingzhou temporarily. After bidding farewell to the five princes, he ordered an inventory. A total of more than 50,000 soldiers were captured, nearly 10,000 horses, and countless grains and grasses. collected Xiaoliang's weapons, divided the soldiers and horses, and traveled all the way to Guzhou.