The panic spread in the hearts of all the Yan soldiers and generals with a speed that was unattainable to the naked eye, and more than 100,000 horses began to collapse and flee like an avalanche.

The cavalry led by Zhang Yu, the general of the Yan army, and the cavalry of the southern army collided head-on like two torrents, and when the horses were staggered, countless knights could not see clearly when the swords fell, and the faces of the enemies who died on the spot were cut down by the enemy soldiers one after another when they had no time to withdraw their swords.

The southern army commanded Ping'an to carry a spear, and after stabbing several people during the gallop of the horse, the horse galloped and led thousands of cavalry under his command to run wildly to pursue the banner embroidered with the word "Yan" in front of the fight.

When Zhang Yu led the Yanshan Escort Cavalry and Ping'an Rush to staggered past, before he had time to turn his horse's head, he rushed in front of him with thousands of southern soldiers and fought in a melee.

Although the knights of the Yan army were brave and good at fighting, they had no choice but to rush to the torrent of southern soldiers at this moment, unable to gallop their horses, difficult to resist the spears stabbed from all sides, and kept screaming to pick off their horses.

Although Zhu Di had a bloody BMW to ride, he still didn't dare to show his horsepower when he was defeated. Just because he knew that the military flag held in the hands of the personal soldier Baihu Ji Gang behind him was where the soul of the army was, if he fled alone, the military flag would fall down and those Yan soldiers behind him would completely collapse in an instant and return to the imperial army. ”“

The southern army commanded Ping'an to pursue the fleeing enemy but did not need to worry about horsepower, and led a group of cavalry to chase up from the flank, involving Zhu Di and the Yan army behind him in the melee.

The morale of the Yan army was depressed when it was defeated and fled, and there was no shortage of elite cavalry from the important towns of the nine sides under the command of Ping'an.

Zhu Di led the army to fight in the conflict, and he didn't realize that he had suffered several wounds, seeing that the conflicts in all directions were full of enemy figures, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but flash a wry smile and said: Could it be that this king is going to die here today.

After Zhu Quan killed several people with his sword, he couldn't help but breathe slightly, and when he rode his horse to flee for his life, he saw the cavalry of the Southern Army constantly coming behind him, and a chill surged in his heart.

Seeing Zhu Di and Zhu Quan in the catastrophe, a team of Yanshan escort cavalry galloped and killed the cavalry of the southern army besieging the two kings. He was dressed in several wounds, and under the bloody battle, he finally won the way out of the siege of the southern army, and saw that the southern army soldiers were safely besieging and killing the king of Yan, and immediately led the army to storm and relieve the siege.

Ping'an heard the sound of a commotion in the rear army, and when he turned his head, he saw Zhang Yu leading the army coming, and suddenly turned around while galloping, and an arrow flew out from the strong bow, breaking through the air, and shooting towards Zhang Yu.

When Zhang Yuyan hurriedly turned his head, he only felt that under the severe pain in his left shoulder, he had already been hit by an arrow. His legs slammed between the horse's belly, but the war horse wailed and its hooves were so soft that he was accustomed to the horse. It turned out that under the siege of the southern army's foot soldiers, the war horses had been injured one after another, and they were covered in blood and galloped so far that they could no longer hold on.

Zhu Di, the king of Yan, and Zhu Quan, the king of Ning, took advantage of the fact that the pursuers were entangled with the cavalry under Zhang Yu's command and fled, all the way to the north. When it was nearly dusk when the sky was dark, seeing that there were no more pursuers behind them, the two of them were frightened and decided slightly, so they ordered their dejected generals and soldiers to try their best to gather the rout and set up camp.

The night was shrouded, under the city of Dongchang, in the tent of the commander of the southern army, Ping'an and other generals were all happy. There is no shortage of people who speak of General Pingyan and Governor Shengyong, and ask the army to take advantage of the victory to pursue, go up to the north again, capture Beiping, and sweep away Zhu Di, Zhu Quan and other rebels in one fell swoop.

killed Zhang Yu, the general of the Yan Army, and Zhu Di was defeated and fled, and Sheng Yong couldn't help but be overjoyed. Just as he was waiting for the herald to order the generals to pull out the camp and go north tomorrow, he recalled in his mind that it was already late autumn and October at this time, and it would take time to rectify the army and mobilize grain and grass. How can the same mistake be repeated? After weighing the pros and cons, Sheng Yong waved his hand to stop the noise of the generals.

Seeing that the generals sat down, there was silence in the tent, Sheng Yong glanced at everyone and said in a deep voice: "Although Yan Shun has been defeated, the military strength has not been exhausted. ”

Everyone is a veteran of the battlefield, and many of them followed Li Jinglong to capture Beiping, but were defeated by Zhu Di and returned. At this time, when I heard the coach mention the fiasco under the city of Beiping in the past, I couldn't help but look at each other and couldn't make a sound.

Ping An stood up and clenched his fists and asked, "I don't know what the big handsome wants?" "When the army under the command of Li Jinglong, the Duke of Cao Guo, went north, both of them were in command. Today, the two armies were evenly matched, and the Yan army was so defeated that he lost his armor and fled in the wilderness, which made him convinced of this former colleague, today's commander, and he was very respectful in his words.

Sheng Yong pondered for a moment and then said: "Yan Shun is not willing to be defeated today, and he is bound to make a comeback in the next spring." The general thought that it was better to wait for him to lead the army to attack and fight in Shandong. Saying this, he secretly thought in his heart: "Brother Tie is now appointed by His Majesty as the political envoy of Shandong, and he will be given the title of secretary of the military department to help me pacify Yan Rebellion." With him sitting in Jinan to dispatch grain and grass, our army can have no worries. Even if Zhu Di was defeated today, as the commander of the army, he also knew that this King Yan, who had gone far away from the fortress and surrendered to the Northern Yuan army in the past, was by no means an easy person, and he must not underestimate the enemy.

Although the generals were quite unwilling in their hearts when they heard this, they still bowed down one after another to receive the order. Following Li Jinglong's two major defeats, he suddenly won such a big victory, which had already made all the generals fearful of this commander.

The sound of horses' hooves faintly came into his ears, and Zhu Quan, who was awakened, stretched out his right hand quickly, and the long sword that had been placed on his side last night came out of its sheath.

After walking out of the tent quickly, he saw Zhu Neng, who was in crooked armor, Qiu Fu and the other generals turned over and dismounted, and he let go of his thoughts. Holding down the bloodied and cracked arrow wound on his left arm with his right hand, he only felt that the pain in the upper and lower arrow wounds on his body was unbearable, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart: If it weren't for Zhu Laosi's early opportunity yesterday, Zhang Yu desperately rescued him, but I am afraid that it will be difficult to save his life.

In the Yan army's big tent, Zhu Di endured the pain of the trauma on his body, glanced at the generals with a calm face, and suddenly asked, "Where is Zhang Yu?" ”

Zhu Neng and the others were silent, and looked at each other, and a Yanshan guard general knelt on one knee and said: "In the chaotic army battle yesterday, the last general saw General Zhang's war horse lose his strength and fall into a heavy siege, but I am afraid that I have suffered an unexpected......

Although Zhu Quan and Zhang Yu are not good friends on weekdays, at this time I heard that he died in battle, and recalled that if he hadn't led the army to break the siege yesterday, I was afraid that he and Zhu Di would not have escaped death, and I still couldn't help but feel a little sad in my heart.

Zhang Yu has followed Zhu Di for several years, and can be regarded as the most loyal subordinate, Zhu Di heard that this former right-hand man died for himself, Rao is hard-hearted heart and couldn't help but be a little moved, turned his head and saw that the faces of the handsome generals were quite panicked, and he tried to suppress the sadness in his heart, and shouted with a deep groan: "Ji Gang, dare to risk death for this king?" He didn't like the sad and sad expression on the faces of the generals, and knew that it was ridiculous to imitate the attitude of a child at this time, so he ordered Ji Gang like this.

Ji Gang, a pro-soldier standing behind Zhu Di, hurriedly rushed out when he heard this, knelt down on one knee and hugged his fists and said, "I am here." ”

"This king wants you to return to Dongchang, find Sheng Yong's husband to claim Zhang Yu's body, and bury it after returning to Beiping, are you willing to go?" Zhu Di stared at Ji Gang and said.

Yesterday's defeat made Ji Gangmu, who had escaped by chance, also feel worried in his heart, at this time, after hearing Zhu Di's order, his mind quickly turned to understand Zhu Di's intentions, and immediately gritted his teeth and said categorically: "Your Highness has an order, how dare you not die in your humble position?" He stood up.

Zhu Di Huo Ran got up and said coldly: "This matter is done, this king will remember you a great achievement." ”

When the generals heard King Yan treat Zhang Yu with such courtesy, they couldn't help but feel the same in their hearts, and they stood up one after another and roared: "The last general will wait for His Highness to serve the death and fight again." ”

Zhu Di had already sent the scouts back to the court, and the southern army did not pursue them in a big way, so he immediately ordered the generals to separate up the soldiers and generals who had fled and returned to Beiping. He had already figured out that it was the early winter of October, and Sheng Yong would never repeat the mistakes of the past and come to the city again.

When Zhu Quan got up to listen to the order, he saw that the generals had a sad and indignant look on their faces, and he no longer saw Fang Cai's panicked state, and suddenly recalled in his heart that his teacher Jing Kun told him in the past, "Warring States Policy: Yan Ce" said that the allusion of King Yan Zhao's daughter buying horse bones, when this defeat, the army's heart was discouraged, and the strategy of buying bones with a thousand dollars was at the right time.

At dusk, Ji Gang walked into the tent under the escort of several southern soldiers, ignored the squinting generals of the southern army who were standing on the side of the solemn side, bowed to Sheng Yong, who was sitting behind the handsome case, and said: "The villain is ordered by His Royal Highness King Yan to return the body of General Zhang Yu. I don't know what the general wants? ”

Sheng Yong looked at this former scholar dressed with great interest, and today he is dressed up as a hundred households in the Yan army, and he is actually the guy who dared to come to ask for Zhang Yu's body, and said in a deep voice: "The two armies are fighting, each for its master. It's getting late today, so you'll be on the road with Zhang Yu's corpse early tomorrow morning. As the commander of the army, seeing Zhu Di's move, he couldn't help but move slightly, and disdained to use Zhang Yu's head to ask the court for merit and reward, so he simply agreed.

When Ji Gang heard that Sheng Yong promised to return Zhang Yu's body, and when he saw the other party's calm state under such a big victory, which was completely different from the rest of the people in the tent, he couldn't help but feel broken, and after bowing down and thanking him, he wanted to turn around and leave.

"As a scholar of the imperial court, are you willing to rebel and not be afraid of other disasters?" Sheng Yong suddenly couldn't help but ask softly.

Ji Gang was slightly stunned and turned around and said, "If the villain returns to the court at this time, won't he become a capricious person?" Under the contempt of the general, he was afraid that he would not escape the disaster of beheading the public. With that, he walked backwards out of the account.

Sheng Yong was stunned when he heard this, and couldn't help laughing.

Seeing Ji Gang's words and deeds, he recalled Zhang Yu's frantic courage before he died, and couldn't help frowning: I don't want Yan to rebel against a hundred households on his side, but he is also a character, and I am afraid that I will have to fight hard in the coming year.

The dawn pierced the sky, Ji Gang rode alone, with the ox cart that transported Zhang Yu's body on the road, and when he looked around, he saw that within a radius of several miles outside Dongchang City, the corpses of Yan soldiers and pawns that had not yet been collected by the Southern Army were all over the four fields, and recalled in his mind the purpose of Zhu Di, the king of Yan, to make his trip, yesterday the generals of the Southern Army did not forget to ask for Zhang Yu's body after seeing Zhu Di's defeat, although it was a great enemy of life and death, they couldn't help but be moved, and the corners of their mouths lightly flashed a cold smile, Secretly thought to himself: In the past, Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, was also defeated by the overlord of Chu several times, but he was able to decide the situation in one battle, making Xiang Yu Wujiang kill himself. Although our army has the defeat of Dongchang, the king of Yan is eloquent and strategic, and it is enough to fight again, and it is still unknown who will kill the deer.

In the light snow, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, was dressed in armor and led a group of lieutenant generals and colonels under his command Zhang Yuhou to be buried in the suburbs of Beiping.

In the cold wind, Zhu Di drew his sword in his hand, raised it diagonally to the sky, and said in a deep voice: "The battle of Dongchang, retreat when you engage in battle, and all your previous achievements will be abandoned, you can't underestimate the enemy in the future, you can't retreat, you must fight hard, not afraid of life and death, and defeat the enemy." ”

Seeing that the weather was getting colder, the generals no longer worried about the imperial army going north, at this time, seeing Zhu Di's high-spirited demeanor, the fear after the fiasco gradually disappeared, and they all drew their swords and roared in unison, not only for Zhang Yu's send-off, but also for the next battle of thousands of troops.

A group of warriors roared angrily, and even the snow on the treetops not far away seemed to be shocked by the morale of the army, and it fell to the ground in a hurry.

When riding back to the city, the north wind was blowing, Zhu Quan looked up at the snow falling slowly in the middle of the sky, a sense of tranquility arose, and his mind couldn't help flashing the appearance of Xu Ying, Feng Xuan and a pair of children who were far away in Daning, and secretly said in his heart: Fortunately, the defeat of Dongchang was in the early winter, and it was difficult for the imperial army to take advantage of the victory to pursue. In the middle of winter, we had a few months of respite and were able to reorganize our army to fight again. Otherwise, it will be difficult to use the army's heart under the defeat, and I am afraid that it will be broken and sunk in the hands of Sheng Yong. He followed Zhu Di and the imperial army to fight several times, after several battles in Beiping, Baigou River, Jinan, and Dongchang, he had clearly felt the huge pressure of the enemy in a corner of the country, if it were not for Zhu Laosi's two defeats of Li Jinglong's army, and established enough prestige in the Yan army, the battle of Dongchang with tens of thousands of casualties would be enough to make himself and Zhu Di recover.

In the study of Yanwang's mansion, the charcoal fire in the copper basin made a "crackling" sound from time to time, and Dao Yan, who was wearing a black robe, carefully read the words written on a page of letterhead, turned his head to look at Zhu Di and Zhu Quan, and asked with a smile: "After the first battle of Dongchang, His Majesty the Emperor not only made Sheng Yong the title of Licheng Hou, but also impatiently reinstated Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai, what do the two highnesses think of this matter?" ”

Sheng Yong made this great achievement, and there was nothing surprising about the marquis reward. Huang Zicheng, Qi Tai's speed of reinstatement after such a big victory was indeed unexpected by the three people present.