Deng She's order to Yang Wanhu was still late.

When his order arrived, the last Yidu Military Academy, which refused to surrender, had just been beheaded by the Haidong soldiers. Yang Wanhu and Yang Cheng set up a banquet in the tent, and dozens of generals and schools in the tent were full of joy. The military prostitutes brought from Goryeo sang and danced to cheer up. They wore only thin gauze skirts,* which appeared and disappeared. Drunk and lying on the battlefield, how many people came back to fight in ancient times? It is also time for them to indulge in joy, after all, they have won a battle in which less wins more.

Half a month ago, Wang Shicheng and his two armies met in this Hejian Mansion. According to the predetermined strategy, it was first necessary to enter the Baoding Road to the west, and then take the road to capture Ulzhou. Because Yang Cheng used the excuse that the baggage of his department was not transported, he stayed in Cheongju for two days.

Wang Shicheng set up camp and put Yang Wanhu's department as the right wing and placed it on the east side; Yang Cheng's department, as the left flank, was placed on the west side, and his own army was placed in the middle, thinking that it was the Chinese army. There is nothing wrong with his arrangement. His own army is the most trustworthy, and he is the commander, so he puts his headquarters in the center, which is exactly what it should be. But the bad thing is that he separated Yang Wanhu and Yang Cheng.

He could have combined Yang Wanhu and Yang Cheng in one direction and put them in one direction, but he didn't do it. On the second day of being stationed in Qingzhou, on the eve of the scheduled departure to Baoding Road, Liangyang broke out. The two of them had a combined force, more than 10,000 troops, taking advantage of the unexpected sneak attack, and in a melee, Wang Shicheng was defeated.

After all, Wang Shicheng has 20,000 people, and Qingzhou is also his territory, although he was defeated at that time, he was not actually injured, and when the two Yangs were in trouble, he was not in the army, but in the city. After hearing the news, he jumped like thunder, recruited the defeated soldiers, and was about to go out of the city to fight with Liangyang, but unexpectedly dozens of big ships came to the sea, and Haidong's reinforcements arrived in time.

The distance between Cheongju and the coast is much closer than Yidu, only a few dozen miles. The Haidong reinforcements who rushed to the army were Li Ye, who led the troops in western Liaoning. Earlier, the Liaoxi Haidong Army surrounded Daning, but never launched a general attack. The real destination of their battle was not Daning, but Qingzhou, and at such a time, they landed on the Shandong Peninsula one after the other with Deng She.

Li Ye brought four or five thousand people, so that the military strength of the Liangyang coalition army was almost the same as that of Wang Shicheng, and the city was firmly trapped. Wang Shicheng broke through several times, but was unsuccessful. There are several big cities near Cheongju, such as Cangju, Nampi, and Wudi. These cities were all under the control of Wang Shicheng, but because of the pressure of Tian Feng's army, none of them dared to act rashly and rushed to reinforcements.

In Yidu City, when Tian Jialie and Xu Jizu were waiting for Wang Shicheng to come back for help, they naturally didn't know, but it was also when Wang Shicheng was waiting for Yidu reinforcements in Qingzhou City. In short, Deng She and Tian Feng joined forces to beautifully intersperse and separate, completely isolating Yidu and Cheongju, forming two isolated cities.

Counting the forces in Shandong, Wang Shicheng and Tian Feng are only the two largest forces, and there are still many other small forces.

Jinan Liu Qi is one, and Yang Cheng, who is attached to Tian Feng, is also one. In addition, there are Dizhou Yubao, Tengzhou Wang Shixin and so on. Yu Bao, Wang Shixin and Tian Feng, all of whom were born in the Mengyuan Righteous Army, the so-called Qingjun, surrendered and depended on them because of Mao Gui's great power. It's just that they are not as powerful as Tian Feng, and they only occupy one or two cities respectively.

Tengzhou is in the south of Shandong, facing Yanzhou, almost to the border of the belly, and Xuzhou is far away. In this internal strife between Haidong and Yidu, it is basically not needed, and it does not play a role. But Dizhou is different, Dizhou is west of Le'an and south of Qingzhou, and through Tian Feng's movement, Yu Bao raised his army to the north.

The three roads converged, with an army of more than 30,000, and fought together, attacking the city day and night.

The drama that was staged in Yidu was also staged in Cheongju at the same time. Surrender, rumors, and looking for internal responses. The reason why Xiao Mao Pingzhang appeared in the city many days after the siege of Yidu was not because he did not come earlier, in fact, he was the first to arrive with the army, but his first target was not Yidu, but in Qingzhou. He recruited surrenders under the city of Cheongju for two or three days, showed his face, and then rushed to Yidu day and night. In just these two or three days, he was better than 100,000 heroes, and the two Yang were finally able to defeat Qingzhou, so they all relied on Ji Zongzhou and a Mao Gui's old department to surrender the city.

It was a real surprise. Originally, the plan was that their task was only to surround Qingzhou and not let Wang Shicheng go, wait for Deng She to conquer Yidu, and then slowly clean it up. I really didn't expect that he would win so quickly so easily, and the time of victory was even a day earlier than Deng She's Yidu.

What is merit? That's the credit! It can be expected that no matter in Deng She's merit book or Tian Feng's merit book, Liang Yang will inevitably get a strong stroke because of this, and a big credit will definitely not be able to run away. How could the generals of the coalition forces not rejoice in this? The celebration banquet is really ordinary.

However, there is a fly in the ointment. Yang Wanhu was absent-minded, and while drinking, he kept glancing out of the tent. Yang Cheng was in his early thirties, and when he saw Yang Wanhu's fierceness on the battlefield, he admired him very much, and said with a smile: "What? The general has no intention of drinking, but is he still thinking about it? ”

"My lord strictly ordered me to trap Wang Shicheng, but now he ,......。" Yang Wanhu sighed, worried, and said, "I'm afraid that the tiger will return to the mountain." ”

"The general is overwhelmed. The iron bucket around Qingzhou City is also like it, and the battalions stationed along the border insist in unison, absolutely half of them have not been let go, and not even a fly can fly out. Wang Shicheng: How much can he do? Can you fly with wings? Even if you can fly, can you escape our fast arrows and crossbows? On the day of the siege, he fought for half a day and a night, and there were no casualties in the city, maybe he was among them. Why should the general be worried? ”

"I hope so."

A person outside the tent strode in, Yang Wanhu Huo Ran got up, stretched out his hand to suppress the drinking laughter of the generals, and asked impatiently: "What?" The man shook his head and said, "The dead and wounded inside and outside the city, including the common people, have searched all over the city, and Wang Shicheng has not been seen. ”

"What about the captives?"

"General Li Ye is still looking."

"Hurry up!"

Yang Wanhu was anxious and annoyed, Yang Cheng smiled and groaned, but it was completely different from him, as if he didn't take it seriously, but he was also kind and couldn't stop comforting him. Yang Wanhu's mouth was perfunctory, and he thought in his heart: "If it weren't for the command of your army and horses and Yu Bao, the city would be broken, and they would not listen to moderation, enter the city and plunder everywhere, and fall into chaos." Wang Shicheng, how could he disappear inexplicably? The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, so he picked up the wine, drank it all, and put it heavily on the table.

"Why should the general be angry? The big thing has been decided, even if one Wang Shicheng is gone, what can he do? The general of the defeated army is not to be worried. ”

Yang Wanhu was furious and almost blurted out: "It doesn't matter if Wang Shicheng leaves or not, I haven't been able to complete the lord's order, but what should I do?" You can take Tian Feng's order as the wind in your ears, but I can't ignore King Yan's order! Before he could speak, another person came from outside the tent. In his twenties, he was of medium height, meticulously dressed in armor, and walked with a sword, neatly and neatly.

This person is Li Ye. He came into the tent, did not squint, walked through the banquet, walked vigorously, came to the two Yang banquets, made a military salute heroically, and said, "I have seen two generals." ”

"How?"

"Those who refuse to surrender have been beheaded by more than 100 households, and all those below 100 have just been pitted. There are 13 generals and colonels with more than 100 households, and 1,323 soldiers with less than 100 households. In addition, there were 432 Hu people and Semu in the city, and they were also cut down, and all of them were hung on the head of the city. ”

"I didn't ask you this, but I found Wang Shicheng?"

"No, I didn't."

Yang Wanhu was disappointed, returned to his original position, looked inside the tent, looked outside the tent, puzzled, and muttered: "I can't see anyone alive, I can't see a corpse when I die, where is Wang Shicheng on this dog day?" He added, "It's weird, but it's also weird." ”

Wang Shicheng's whereabouts have become a mystery so far. Many years later, there were many kinds of folk rumors in Shandong, or some said that he died in battle and attacked the city on the night, and some said that he did not actually die, because he was benevolent and virtuous, and God could not bear to kill him, so he escaped from Qingzhou, and later escaped into the empty gate and became a monk.

The truth of the matter may never be known.

As people saw, after the Battle of Cheongju, Wang Shicheng disappeared and disappeared, and no one has seen him since. The head of the city changes the big king flag, the head of Yidu City, the "Wang" word banner representing Wang Shicheng slowly falls, and the big "Mao" word rises in the wind. However, all the people, each of them knows, what is pushed out is just a puppet, and behind the Mao character, there is a Deng character standing.

The rain stopped and the sun came out.

The green mountains are still there, and the sunset is red several times. The former ambition is blowing away, the pride of the school seems to be still there, and most of the vigorous joint acquisitions are like a farce. It is only the careerists who can win the victory, and in the troubled times, there is absolutely no soil suitable for the survival of those who are overly lenient.

Chen Hu personally led a large number of reinforcements, crossed the Bohai Sea, and arrived in Yidu in the following months.

According to the previous agreement with Tian Feng, the west of Yidu will return to Tianfeng, and the east of Yidu will return to Deng She. There are not many strategic places in Shandong, but Tai'an in the west can be described as the most important one.

Tai'an has the danger of Mount Tai. Shandong hills are the highest in Mount Tai, the so-called "Shandong shape wins, Mo Ruo Taishan." The shape of Mount Tai wins, and it is extracted from Tai'an". Tai'an blocks Mount Tai in the north, Wenshui in the south, between Qilu and Qilu, is the pivotal place, which is vertical and horizontal, sweeps the three Qi, and becomes the trend of building a tower. It can be said that those who have Tai'an have Shandong.

"This place must not be acquired by Tian Feng. If it falls into his hands, we will always be under his threat, and it will be difficult for our army to advance westward in the future. ”

"That's what the treaty says. What to do? ”

"Whose jurisdiction was Tai'an originally owned?"

"Chen Yutou."

"Let's not take it, he will take the initiative to ask for it, isn't that enough?"

"What do you mean?"

"Call Chen Yutou."

On the night of the breakdown of Yidu City, Xu Jizu fled home, took his family with him, and went to the palace again, wanting to protect Mrs. Wang and kill it together. Mrs. Wang did not agree and was unwilling to go. Deng She had already sent her a letter through Li Shousheng, promising that he would not hurt her, reassuring her, and asking her to help persuade her to continue her step-ancestor.

The same gives a guarantee. As long as he continues to surrender to Zuken, his official position and status will remain unchanged, not only will he not change, but he will also be promoted. gave two choices, either Yidu Pingzhang or Haidong Youcheng, these two positions are up to him.

The step-ancestor was skeptical, and Mrs. Wang tried her best to persuade him. It was easy to move him, and finally gave up the plan to escape and surrendered to Dunshe instead. As soon as he surrendered, it was equal to more than half of the Yidu army. At the same time, Chen Yutou and Gao Yanshi were successively captured by Guo Conglong, Li Monk, Hu Zhong and others. Guo Conglong captured Chen Yutou, and Monk Li and Hu Zhong took down Gao Yanshi. When the two of them saw that the general trend had gone, Deng She sent Xiao Mao Pingzhang to persuade him to surrender, and when he saw that his successor had also surrendered, he simply surrendered.

Chen Youtou may not be as loyal as Tian Jialie, but he is a very determined person, especially hating the Tartars, and he is also grateful to Deng She who sent Xiao Mao Pingzhang to persuade him to surrender, and the attitude of the Haidong Army to kill the Tartars in the past is also extremely resolute. Otherwise, whether he will descend or not is really between the two.

After surrendering, Deng She treated him very politely. At this time, he was ordered to be summoned up, and after a short time, Chen Rutou came.

"Your Highness summoned the last general, I don't know what?"

Chen Rutou surrendered, unwilling, with a somewhat unfamiliar tone in his words, and refused to call "lord", only called "Your Highness", knelt on the ground, and bowed so-so. Deng She didn't mind, helped him up with his own hands, and said with a smile: "There is a big event that needs to be driven by the labor general." ”

"Your Highness, please speak."

"Now that I have gained the capital, the king of flowers and horses wants to ask me to the east of the ground."

"Then give it to him."

"It naturally doesn't hurt to give it to him, my intention is not in Shandong. It's just for Xiao Mao's flat chapter,......。 ”

"Why does Your Highness say that? Who doesn't know, this benefit is obviously already in His Highness's decision. ”

"Haha. The general is fast-talking and bold. ”

"Your Highness called me here, what is it for? Please don't beat around the bush and just tell us about it. Now that I have descended to His Highness, I am His Highness's courtier. No matter what, as long as I can do it, I will not give up. ”

"But for the sake of Yidu, all the land in Edom can be given to him, but not one place."

Chen Yutou knew it in his heart and said, "Tai'an." ”

"Not bad. The general was originally the Marshal of Tai'an, and the city of Tai'an is your old department, can you go and recruit him? ”

"It's not difficult to surrender."

Deng She heard that he had something to say and asked, "What?" ”

"What about after the surrender?"

"Then he and the general sat down and guarded it."

Chen You's expression had been cold, and when he heard this, his expression moved, and he raised his eyes to look at Deng She. Dunsher smiled. Chen Yutou asked, "Is Your Highness true about this?" Deng She laughed and said, "Naturally, take it seriously." Chen Yu said: "Your Highness is not afraid that after the last general returns to Tai'an, what if?" ”

"What if?"

Chen Yu stared at Deng She for a long time, but Deng She was always smiling and not moving. Chen Yu sighed, knelt on the ground for the second time, and bowed upright. Deng She pretended to be surprised, hurriedly helped him up again, and asked, "General, why is this?" ”

"The lord treats me with sincerity, and I dare not repay him with sincerity?" He got up and said categorically, "There is no need for the lord to ride and pawn, within three days, the last general will definitely present the Tai'an City." ”

Seeing off Chen Rutou, Bi Qianniu was a little worried and asked: "General, Chen Youtou is newly surrendered, none of us know what he thinks, and his meaning is unpredictable." Why did you really promise him, not a single soldier, allow him to ride to Tai'an alone, and promise that Tai'an would still be handed over to him to guard? ”

"Yidu famous generals, Chen Yutou and Gao Yanshi are just two people. Yonsei is proud and straight, and his head is thick and thin. It is easy to use Yonsei, but it is difficult to get the heart of the head. Purely with words, enveloping, it is difficult to move. Only with sincerity to influence. ”

"But the day before yesterday, General Yang sent a military report, and Wang Shicheng was not found. In case, if Wang Shicheng is still alive, what about Chen Rutou? ”

"If Wang Shicheng is not dead, and Chen Yutou wants to return to the old master, even if he is in Yidu City, can you control it? The land of Tai'an is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Our army has an agreement with Tian Feng again, and it is difficult to rashly dispatch a large army to attack forcibly for the time being. Instead of giving up Tian Feng, why not give it a try?

"Moreover, now that Jinan Liu Qi has also surrendered to our army, Jinan is not far from Tai'an, if Chen Rutou really wants to move, I am not unable to control it. The herald told Yang Wanhu not to come back to Yidu, but to change his route directly and rush to Jinan. One is Chen Yutou, and the other is Tian Feng. ”

Jinan, also in the west of Yidu, according to the agreement, should also belong to Tianfeng.

The dust of Cheongju has not yet dissipated, and in the blink of an eye, yesterday's allies are intrigued. There is an idiom called seeking skin with a tiger, but I don't know if this "tiger" is Haidong or Tian Feng?

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1, Chen Yutou.

He is one of the few people in the Yidu red scarf recorded in the history books.

In the twenty-first year of Zheng, Chahan attacked Shandong on a large scale, in August, Tian Feng surrendered, and in October, Jinan Liu Qi surrendered. During this period, Yu Bao, Yang Cheng and others also surrendered one after another. Only Chen Yutou was trapped in Yidu and refused to surrender.

Chakhan Timur ordered Chen Bingzhi and Liu Qi to guard Henan, and stationed in Shandong, moved troops to encircle Yidu, surrounded the city and camped in dozens, and the great governance attack tools, and advanced in one hundred ways. The thieves tried their best to refuse, and Chakhan Timur dug a heavy trench, built a long siege, and curbed the Nanyang River to irrigate the city, and the city was poor. ”

During the siege of the city, Chahan probably did not attack continuously, it may be intermittent, and if it can't be defeated, it will be put aside first and go to attack other places instead. In any case, Chen Rutou defended the city until June of the following year, "Tian Feng and Wang Shicheng assassinated Chahan Timur, when Shandong was peaceful, Duyidu was still lonely, and then entered Yidu City, and the public recommended Chahan Timur's son to expand Timur as the chief military officer, and re-besieged Yidu. ”

Then another half a year passed, until November of the twenty-second year of Zhizheng, "expanded Timur Fuyidu, Tian Feng and other ambushes." Over the years, Timur Timur and Timur were besieged successively, and the Yuan army finally captured this fortified city.

"Since the expansion of Timur has taken the position of his father, he has led the soldiers, and he has vowed to take revenge, and the people's hearts are also thinking of themselves, and the siege of the city is urgent. The thief refused to defend with all his might, but entered the passage of the strong man's cave, and then defeated him, punished his party, and took the hearts of Tian Feng and Wang Shicheng to sacrifice to Han Timur. ”

At that time, at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the head of the northern land was called Chahan, and even Zhu Yuanzhang repeatedly praised Chahan as "very ruthless", "sent Yang Xian to pass through the other side first, and sent Timur of Chahan to Shandong, and sent Wang He to the other side to help", he was very scruples, and when he heard that "Chahan died, he sighed: 'There is no one in the world!'" What is nobody? There was no one left in the Yuan Dynasty. The implication is that no one deserves to be taken seriously.

It can be seen that Chahan's immortal martial arts and prestige. And Kuang Timur was also praised by Zhu Yuanzhang as "the strange man in the world".

Chen Yutou was able to defend the lonely city for more than a year under the attack of the two of them, and he tried not to lose, although it was beneficial to the famous city of Dayi, and the factor of strong defense was there, and it was not without the help of Tian Feng and Wang Shicheng later, but this achievement was also very remarkable. It's a pity that he didn't meet the master, otherwise, he would definitely be a famous general in history.

2, the world's strange man.

"One day, the generals of the conference asked, 'Who is the strange man in the world?' They all said: 'There are no more than 10,000 people in spring, and they are invincible, what a strange man. Taizu smiled and said: "Although Yuchun is a brilliant person, I have to submit to it." I can't protect the king, and his people are strange men. 'Actually, his sister is the princess of Qin. ”

Looking at Zhu Yuanzhang's words, it seems that the reason why he praised Wang Baobao as a strange man in the world is not because of his ability to lead troops to fight, but because Wang Baobao has always refused to surrender him. It's not so much praise as regret. But from this regret, it can also be seen that Wang Baobao does have something extraordinary.