Chen Ye said first: "Guo Tianxu is Zhu Yuanzhang's confidant, this person is stubborn and easy to deceive, I invited him to come to me to discuss the attack on Jiqing City." Just go back to the camp and wait for my news! ”

Zhu Yuming said: "There is General Lao, farewell!" Chen Ye first sent someone to escort Zhu Yuming out of the station, and then he sent someone to Guo Tianxu's military camp, saying that there was something important to discuss, and he must go.

Guo Tianxu and Zhang Tianyou didn't know that Chen Yexian had rebelled again, and the two went to Chen Yexian's camp without a single soldier. Chen Ye first set up the wine and food in the tent, and warmly invited Guo Tianxu to take a seat. Chen Yexian also specially summoned more than a dozen dancing girls to cheer up in the army, and the wine was full one by one, and Guo Tianxu drank one cup after another.

Chen Yexian only cared about drinking with Guo Tianxu, and didn't say a word about the siege. Zhang Tianyou seemed to sense that something was wrong, and he whispered to Guo Tianxu: "Marshal Du, you can't drink anymore, if you drink it again, you will get a big deal." ”

Guo Tianxu said: "It's all a family, what are you afraid of, besides, he was sent by Zhu Yuanzhang to help me attack Jiqing, Chen Ye didn't dare to do anything to me, so don't worry about it." And he went on drinking his wine.

Zhang Tianyou saw that Guo Tianxu was defenseless, and shook his head helplessly, he no longer had the heart to enjoy singing and dancing, and kept praying in his heart - I hope Chen Yexian has no heart.

The wine was drunk for an hour, and it was not over yet. Guo Tianxu and the generals present had already drunk a circle, and they felt a little overwhelmed, and the dancing girl didn't know when to take it down. Chen Yexian suddenly slapped his hands three times, and one of the soldiers took a cold and shining Vermilion Bird Sword on a tray and presented it to Chen Yexian.

Chen Ye picked up the sword first, looked at it carefully, and praised again and again: "Good sword, good sword!" This is a rare sword. ”

Then he left his seat and showed his swordsmanship a few times in the tent, Guo Tianxu, a bastard, praised Chen Yexian's swordsmanship for his good swordsmanship, and even got up and said, "Ben Shuai also came to try the power of the sword?" ”

said that it was too late, Chen Ye first waved the Vermilion Bird Sword, and an arc crossed, Guo Tianxu's head immediately flew away from his body, hit the wall of the tent, and fell to the ground, Guo Tianxu's body had not yet fallen to the ground. Seeing this, Zhang Tianyou wanted to draw his sword and fight with Chen Ye first, but a dozen or so drinking jumpers came up and held him down, unable to move.

Chen Yexian smiled and said: "I want you to die today, I am on the order of the left deputy marshal to kill you." ”

Zhang Tianyou scolded: "Chen Yexian, you capricious villain! If it falls into your hands today, if you want to kill or chop it, hurry up. ”

Chen Ye said first: "I won't kill you, come on!" tied up Zhang Tianyou and sent it to the Imperial Doctor Fushou for disposal. ”

Zhang Tianyou said: "You are ruthless enough, borrow a knife to kill!" So everyone tied up Zhang Tianyou and escorted him to Jiqing City.

"Lord Fushou, the thief's first Zhang Tianyou has been captured by me, and I have come to offer him a prisoner." Fushou knew Chen Yexian, and Yang Tongguan's army two miles away had arrived, and he forgave Chen Yexian and didn't dare to play any bitter tricks. Fu Shou people opened the city gate and escorted Zhang Tianyou to the city, and then Fu Shou ordered Zhang Tianyou to be beheaded on the spot.

The Ming army at the east gate and the other two commanders did not return for a long time, and there was chaos in the camp. Chen Ye first urged his horse to Yang Tongguan's army, revealed all the secrets of Guo Tianxu's troops to Yang Tongguan, and was willing to pursue Guo Tianxu's Red Turban Army for the vanguard. Yang Tongguan was overjoyed, and immediately led 20,000 elite soldiers to kill the Red Turban Army outside the city gate.

The temporary commander of this Red Turban Army saw that the Miao army was only half of his own, and ordered his subordinates to set up a formation to meet the Miao army, and he wanted to fight a positional battle with Yang Tongguan. Yang Tongguan's Miao army is one as ten, field combat is a strength, and the free formation method has been tried and tested.

Yang Tongguan pondered: Still play the formation with me, no formation is the biggest formation, the soldiers are fast, and the formation on the plain is easy to crack, that is, before the formation is completed, the cavalry charge is mainly to kill all the way to disrupt the enemy's deployment.

"Brothers, hold on to the machetes in your hands, rush—" Yang Tongguan shouted.

Yang Tongguan was the first to rush into the enemy formation, Yang Tongpu, Yang Tongtai, Zhu Yuming and others followed closely behind, and one shot overturned the shield soldiers who defended the defense, breaking through the enemy's first line of defense. The Red Turban Army's melee combat ability was far inferior to that of the Miao Army, and they were caught off guard when they were killed.

The commander of the Red Turban Army saw that the formation could not be used, and organized a large cavalry counterattack, but unfortunately the speed of the Red Turban Army's war horses was not as good as that of the Miao Army, and the flexibility of the soldiers could not keep up.

Suddenly the shout shook the sky, it turned out that the guard Fu Shou in Jiqing City led his subordinates to kill out of the city, and the Red Turban Army was caught between the two central armies of the imperial court, and they couldn't parry, so they retreated while fighting and retreated to the Yangtze River.

Yang Tongguan said: "If there is a kind of jump, jump into the river-" Many Red Turban soldiers who can swim really went down the Yangtze River and prepared to swim to the other side. Yang Tongguan ordered the arrows to be released, and the red turban troops who entered the water were hit by arrows one after another, and in an instant, the river was stained red with blood, and countless corpses floated on the river, which was unbearable.

The Red Turban Army, which was not accustomed to water, was frightened and surrendered one after another, and the remnants of Guo Tianxu and Zhang Tianyou were absorbed by Yang Tongguan, and the siege of Jiqing City was lifted.

Zhang Shicheng and Yang Tongguan fought many times, and they were defeated repeatedly, but they did not take any advantage, but their own troops were absorbed by Yang Tongguan a lot. The third brother Zhang Shide suggested that preserving strength is the top priority, and competing with Yang Tongguan is only a dead end. After weighing it several times, Zhang Shicheng decided to make peace with Yang Wan and Dazhi Timu respectively.

Zhang Shicheng first sent an envoy to the camp of Yang Wanzhi in Jiaxing, and Yang Wanzhi, the commander of the Miao army, asked him to wait in the side tent, deliberately avoiding it, Zhang Shicheng and others must be beaten to the death, otherwise once he gains power, he will bite back.

Yang Boyan (Yang Tongpu) said: "This is Zhang Thief's delaying tactic, and we must not negotiate peace with him." ”

Yang Wanzhi was very disdainful of Zhang Shicheng's character: "Zhang Shicheng is at both ends of the rat and goes back on his word, if he takes refuge in the imperial court, he will definitely try to me." ”

Yang Boyan said: "I'm afraid that the imperial court doesn't think like this, and the saint will not refuse those who come to the Red Turban Army who surrender!" ”

Yang Wanzhi said: "Then I have to hurry up to the emperor to stop Zhang Shicheng from pretending to surrender and see what the saint means." Second brother, you go and send the messenger. ”

Yang Boyan said: "Okay." ”

He walked out of the tent, went straight to the side tent, and said to the envoy: "Surrender is a great matter, let me wait for the report to the court." You go back and tell King Cheng to wait for news. ”

The envoy didn't see Yang Wanzhi himself, touched his nose, and went back to Zhang Shicheng in a gloomy manner.

Yang Wanzhi wrote in the memoir: "Zhang Shicheng, the villain, killed our soldiers and civilians, attacked Jiaxing several times, and this person's ambition is not small. Now that he has been defeated at the beginning, if he wants to keep the territory with a false surrender, it is advisable to chase after the poor with the remaining bravery, and he must be exterminated in one fell swoop....."

As soon as he finished writing the fold, Yang Wanzhi sent Yang Tongtai and others to whip up the fold and send it to Dadu as soon as possible.

When the envoy returned to Pingjiang, he gave a brief report on the situation in Jiaxing. After listening to this, Zhang Shicheng immediately understood that Yang Wanzhi's discussion was a euphemistic refusal, and he would never make peace with him, so he sent Zhang Shide to Hangzhou again to ask for peace with Dazhi.

Seeing that Zhang Shide came with a large number of treasures and beauties, he happily accepted the property and beauties, and hospitalized Zhang Shide and others.

Zhang Shide said: "Prime Minister, King Cheng voluntarily descended-"

Dazhi Timuer's face immediately changed: "Thief Zhang Shicheng, you call yourself King Cheng, what are you talking about peace?" ”

Zhang Shide had no choice but to change his words immediately: "Zhang Shicheng voluntarily cut off the king's title and surrendered to Dayuan." ”

Da Zhi Ti Mu said: "This is about the same, what conditions are there, as long as it is within the power of this phase." ”

Zhang Shide said: "As far as I know, the reason why the prime minister of Hangzhou was broken was because Yang Tongguan deliberately did not divide his troops. Now he has more than 200,000 troops, and his subordinates are full of generals, and he has the heart of self-reliance and rebellion. ”

Although he knew in his heart that this was Zhang Shicheng's strategy to discord, playing right and wrong, sowing discord, and creating something out of nothing, Dazhi Timu pretended to be very surprised: "Oh, there is such a thing? I have never heard of it. ”

But as soon as he recalled the embarrassment of waiting for Yang Wanzhi's reinforcements in Hangzhou, when he was delayed, he was forced to abandon the city and flee, Zhang Shide said this, and Timur felt a little credible.

In the eyes of Dazhi Timuer, Yang Wanzhi is just a chess piece in the hands of Emperor Yuan Shun, specially used for Zhang Shicheng and Zhu Yuanzhang, once the crisis is resolved, they will be put aside, and if they are in a good mood, they will pour some ecstasy soup, and buy the Yang family to serve the Yuan court desperately; If it doesn't please the eye, design to eradicate it.

Zhang Shide said: "My eldest brother is sincerely obedient to the imperial court this time, and I also asked the prime minister to say a few kind words for my eldest brother in front of the saint, what kind of captain or something." ”

Da Zhi Ti Mu said: "Accept people's money and eliminate disasters for others, I will do my best." ”

Zhang Shide said: "Prime Minister, everything is entrusted to you, Shide farewell!" ”

Da Zhi Ti Mu said: "Send off——" ......

Zhang Shide returned to Pingjiang, Zhang Shicheng heard that Dazhi Timuer had accepted the property and beauties, he was full of joy, patted Zhang Shide's shoulder and said: "Third brother, well done, with Dazhi Timuer as an internal response, Yang Wanzhi, you will be killed by me sooner or later." ”

Zhang Shide said: "Big brother, Yang Wanzhi is a big hero, and he has won more than 100,000 troops, so don't make a bad idea and deliberately murder him." ”

Zhang Shicheng couldn't listen to anyone's words, but he never inquired about the words of his third brother Zhang Shide, and adopted them one by one: "No." But if this southern barbarian wants to be used by me, he has to work hard. ”

Zhang Shide said: "Big brother, turn enemies into friends, you know this truth better than me, you don't want to be swayed by failure, if the 200,000 Miao Army takes refuge in Zhu Chongba, he will be like a tiger with wings, which is the biggest danger." ”