Since the battle in Jinan began, Dao Yan has discussed this matter with General Gu Cheng, and he also feels that it is a little worrying, but if he is not allowed to continue and give up hastily, I am afraid that King Yan and the soldiers of the whole army will be unwilling, so they will have to wait and see for a while.

Until this time, knowing that the supplies at the front were almost exhausted, and the soldiers in the full camp, including Zhu Di, were all in a mood of impetuousness, coupled with the fact that Ping'an, Chen Hui and others who had retreated to Zhending in recent days also began to take action, the two old-timers thought that they could not go on like this, and immediately sent a messenger written by Dao Yan and sent a messenger to the front camp quickly.

As Dao Yan and Gu Cheng expected, because of Tie Xuan's calculations repeatedly, Zhu Di felt teased, which he had never encountered since he started walking in the army when he was a teenager. Therefore, even if he was "resourceful and resourceful", he almost lost his mind and insisted on taking the city in front of him, and at this critical moment, Daoyan's letter arrived.

Hearing that it was the master who sent a letter, Zheng He also secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly brought the messenger directly to Zhu Di and said,

"My lord, it's Master Daoyan who brought a letter from Beiping Mansion."

"Oh, yes......"

Probably guessing the old monk's intentions, Zhu Di pondered slightly, took the letter in his hand and looked at it, only to see the master warn in the letter, now that it has been three months, "Our army is tired, how can we besiege it again, has the lord forgotten Li Jinglong's defeat?" Hurry up, please".

Indeed, Dao Yan's stern exhortation in the letter made Zhu Di finally regain his original calm and sober mind, nodded and said,

"Thanks to the master's warning, well, pass on the king's order and let the whole army collect its troops and return to the camp."

The herald went to give the order, and Zhu Di, who had calmed down, picked up Daoyan's letter again and read it from beginning to end, noticing that the master also specially reminded that the Zhending Southern Army had also taken action, probably to cut off its back road.

The generals of the Southern Army in Zhending should be Ping'an and Chen Hui, and after thinking about it, Zhu Di once again sent an order to Fang Kuan, who was stationed in Dezhou, telling him to pay attention to the movements there.

Hearing that the army was going to be withdrawn, all the generals were inevitably a little frustrated, and they could understand everyone's feelings, Zhu Di persuaded,

"It doesn't matter, at least we let those wanton guys in the DPRK know about this dispatch, and not everyone will be at their mercy. What's more, even if he returns to Beiping, it will only be a temporary return to rest, and then, of course, he will have to make a comeback, and at that time, the king will still rely on you. ”

"Your Highness, we are all your subordinates, and we naturally have to obey your decisions, Your Highness, you just need to give orders."

Zhang Yu got up and saluted.

Zhu Di nodded, looked at everyone again, and then began to assign tasks.

"Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng, the two of you will move first and march to Beiping, and along the way, notify the local guards who have already joined our army to retreat together; Xue Lu and Huo Zhen, the two of you led the people of the headquarters to Texas to support Fang Kuan, and withdrew together after convergence; Tan Yuan, Li Yuan, the two of you are in charge of the Chinese army, and you will set off the day after Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng set off, pay attention to the level of retreat, don't be confused, do you understand? ”

"I'll understand!"

Everyone saluted together.

But after that, it was quiet for a while, and finally, Zhu Neng couldn't help but ask,

"What about you, Your Highness? When will you take it down? ”

"This king will stay here for the first time,"

Zhu Di said very calmly,

"If Tie Hyun is the only one in the city, then they will naturally not come out. But now there is Sheng Yong with him, this person understands the art of war, so this king concluded that after learning that we had withdrawn our troops, he would definitely go out of the city to cover up and kill, and it would not work if he did not leave some troops. ”

"But it doesn't have to be Your Highness to stay personally,"

Qiu Fu said a little nervously,

"In this way, we can't rest assured no matter what, so let's let my subordinates cut it off!"

"Hmm......"

Zhu Di listened, looked at everyone again, and saw that all the generals in the camp had the same worried expressions, so he smiled and said,

"Actually, only this king is the safest to stay behind the palace, okay, since you are not at ease, then, Qiu Fu, you and Gao Xu will lead the people of the headquarters and me to break the queen for everyone, this time you should be relieved, right?"

"Subordinates take orders!"

Qiu Fu hurriedly got up and said yes.

As soon as the order was issued, the whole army began to move, and the generals acted in an orderly manner according to the arrangement of King Yan. First of all, Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng led the men and horses of the headquarters to set off first, and then Tan Yuan and Li Yuan led the Chinese army to set off.

In fact, when the Yan army had just collected its troops, Sheng Yong had already discovered that there seemed to be something wrong this time, and then he saw that they were retreating, so he wanted to cover up and kill from behind.

Smoke and dust were billowing in the distance, the military flag was gradually leaving, and I felt that it should be almost, more than 100,000 southern troops under the leadership of Sheng Yong, opened the gate of Jinan City, and the killing general came out to try to take advantage of the other party's retreat, and he was caught off guard.

However, Zhu Di had expected him to make such a move in advance, so when he chased out less than ten miles, Sheng Yong was surprised to find that King Yan was waiting for him on the road with thousands of people. Although this was completely unexpected, considering that there was no reason for 100,000 people to be frightened back by thousands, the two armies began to fight here.

Although the soldiers of the southern army have reversed the situation of their inability to resist the Yan army in the past three months, they instinctively have some cowardice in their hearts when they see that the other party is still heroic, so even if they are dozens of times the opponent's strength, they still can't take the advantage.

In this stalemate, a group of tens of thousands of men and horses was killed from the flank of the southern army, and it was Qiu Fu and Zhu Gaoxu, who had been ambushed in advance, which caused the southern army to immediately become chaotic.

Sheng Yong wasn't too afraid, after all, even if the reinforcements later, the number of Yan troops was still far less than that of the southern army, but the people who appeared later reminded him of another thing, that is, the withdrawal of King Yan this time should not be a trick to lure the enemy, lure himself out of the city, and then send someone to capture Jinan, in that case, it would be bad.

With such concerns in his heart, he naturally had no intention of fighting, and Sheng Yong immediately issued an order to let the whole army retreat to the city.

The southern army retreated, and Zhu Di led people to symbolically chase out about a mile, and then led the whole army to retreat to Beiping safely. After Sheng Yong retreated to the city of Jinan, although he did not see the Yan army attacking, he was no longer interested in pursuing again.

On the way, I heard that Ping'an and Chen Hui sent troops to attack Dezhou as expected by King Yan, and Fang Kuan's department suffered heavy casualties, and when Xue Lu and Huo Zhen arrived, Defang Prefecture was already in danger, and then the two sides started a tug-of-war, and both sides suffered casualties on both sides. After getting the news, Zhu Di immediately sent someone to send an order to the three of them, abandon Texas, and return to Beiping Mansion with the main force.