Chapter 46 Drinking Horses and Yangtze River (1)

The King of Yan personally took Zhang Yu's body and walked from the east gate to the general's mansion. Along the way, the King of Yan silently planned the countermeasures. Although he was defeated in this battle, the loss of troops was not serious. The most important thing in front of him was how to bring the remaining troops out and withdraw them back to Peiping.

Not far away, a horse was approaching from far away. The general was covered in blood and shaking away. He shouted: "Brother Zhang, Brother Zhang, don't leave, I'm here!" Only when the horse ran closer did everyone see clearly that it was Zhu Neng, the white-faced man.

When Zhu Di heard Zhu Neng's crying, he burst into tears and signaled the personal soldiers who were carrying the corpse to put down Zhang Yu's body.

Zhu Neng came staggeringly and almost rolled down from his horse. Two personal soldiers rushed up to support him. Zhu Neng shook their hands and stumbled to the stretcher with Zhang Yu's body. He knelt on the ground and cried loudly: "Brother Zhang, wake up! Aren't you Zhang Yu who can't be beaten to death? Why don't you ignore me?! Wake up, wake up! The great cause of Jingnan is successful, why did you let go?

Do you still remember? You promised me that when I conquer Nanjing, I would invite me to drink on Xuanwu Lake. What are you doing? Don’t you keep your word... Brother Zhang, wake up."

On weekdays, Zhang Yu and Zhu were able to be called the two generals of the Yan army, and the two had a close relationship. Listening to his sincere cry, the Yan army soldiers around him burst into tears.

Even a hero like Zhu Di at that time left two heroic tears. Zhu Di squatted down and grabbed Zhu Neng's shoulder: "Shimei has left, get up."

Zhu Neng shook his shoulders and slowly stood up with Zhu Di's support. Seeing that the person next to him was Zhu Di, he hurriedly knelt down on the ground: "Your Highness, I don't know that your Highness is here, Meng Lang."

Zhu Di quickly helped him up: "Get up quickly, no one in Shimei Formation feels uncomfortable.

"Then he quickly lowered his voice, "Now we must first consider evacuating Zunhua!" Zhu Neng wiped his tears, nodded his head, and his eyes were still reluctant to look at Zhang Yu with blood on his face.

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The Liaodong Army camp was brightly lit. After a whole night of carnival, everyone was not worried that an army that had been beaten to the collapse of the morale of the army would dare to attack at night.

The next morning, countless scouts brought news from all directions. The Yan army had completely withdrawn from Zunhua during the night, and the defenders were twenty miles away from the city. The generals of each battalion were so anxious that they scratched their heads, but there was no way.

From Zhu Zhi to the three giants, no one woke up and ordered that unless the Yan army attacked, they would not wake them up in anything. The generals surrounded the central army's tent, but the guards at the door did not give them any face.

Zhu Zhi slept until almost noon before he woke up from his dream. When he walked out of the tent, Qu Qing, Zhang Lun, Ni Lei and other generals were already quarreling. Qu Qing served him as Zhu Zhi's direct descendant.

He came up and said, "Your Highness, why didn't you block the four gates last night? Yan Jun ran away overnight!"

Zhu Zhi's heart fell to the ground. Zhu Zhi deliberately caused a carnival all night, and not going to the siege would leave a way for the Yan army. If it came to this day, it would be too unreasonable if he didn't send troops to siege the city.

Fortunately, Zhu Laosi ran very fast and did not disappoint Zhu Zhi's farewell.

Zhu Zhi rubbed his forehead that was still a little painful and said, "What's the hurry? The Yan army fled, let's just report the merits to the court!"

Qu Qing then felt that he had been rude just now, so he knelt down and apologized. Zhu Zhi helped him up and said, "Qu Qing, you must be calm. Although the Yan army was defeated, it was a thin camel bigger than a horse.

Our army has been out for more than a month to fight, and the soldiers are already very tired. If we fight to the death with the Yan army, which is fighting trapped beasts at this time, it would be a waste of money. Okay, since you are so anxious, please lead our troops to chase them.

"Finally lowered his voice and said, "Just catch up with the defender and just take a bite. Don't be strong, be careful of being ambushed by King Yan. As for why, I'll ask your father later."

Qu Qing suddenly realized. He bowed and turned over. Zhang Lun pouted and said, "Your Highness, you are too partial. You can keep any good things with Yulin Guard, but it's still the old subordinate who will benefit from it."

Zhu Zhi pulled him over and patted his head and said, "Who made you dare not come up to persuade me just now? Go and organize the team quickly and let you be the first to enter Zunhua City."

Qu Qing's pursuit was not so much a pursuit as a farewell. He just dealt with it casually and fought the battle, and the two sides broke off contact.

The Liaodong army entered Zunhua without bloodshed. The army rested here for three days before sending Yulin Right Guard, Guangning Central Guard, 30,000 Guards, and Chenyang Central Guards to the south. The cavalry took advantage of their strong mobility and went south all the way, sweeping Yutian, Fengrun, Liangcheng and other places.

However, the forces on the southern line of Yan Army were ordered in time, and with the cooperation of the Liaodong Army, they easily jumped out of the encirclement.

However, the three guards of Jizhou, Zunhua, and Tongzhou were commanded by Fang Sheng and became abandoned sons who were not close to her grandmother and uncles did not love her. After the Yan army retreated back to Peiping on a large scale, the Dingliaon Central Guards were drawn from the surveillance of the southern front and joined the siege of Leting.

Fang Sheng was in Leting all day long. As long as he waited until the main force of the Liaodong Army returned to his army, it would be the day of his destruction.

However, Fang Sheng did not wait for the army from Liaodong, but waited for the envoy from Liaodong to persuade surrender. The envoy brought a handwritten letter from King Zhu Zhi of Liao.

In the letter, Zhu Zhi advised Fang Sheng, and he respected Fang Sheng's contributions in the war against the Northern Barbarians, and believed that Fang Sheng was just confused for a moment and might even have to do so.

As long as Fang Sheng was willing to surrender to the court, Zhu Zhi would plead with the court and exempt Fang Sheng and others from their death penalty.

Fang Sheng looked at the letter and didn't know whether he should believe it. He asked the envoy in confusion: "Isn't it said that he would attack Luanzhou last time, only the officers and soldiers below a thousand households were pardoned?"

Seeing that his words were a little loose, he smiled and said, "One time, another time, the decisive battle between the Liao King and Yan Ni was still not decided at that time, and the general must still have fantasies; now it is different. The Liao King defeated Yan Ni, and the rebellion has declined. As long as the Liao King is willing, he can immediately march straight into the attack on Peiping.

General Fang is a smart person, so he naturally knows the difference.

Fang Sheng gritted his teeth and asked, "Treason rebellion is a serious crime of raiding the family and extermination of the clan. Why should the King of Liao guarantee that I will be pardoned for my death penalty?"

The envoy laughed: "Your Highness had long expected you to ask this question. He asked me to tell you that the general should understand the form. The court should only rely on Liaodong. He wanted to live the general's life. Do the court dare to say something bad? Besides, does the general have a choice at this time? If you do not agree with the conditions of the Liao king, you can still have a chance of life, otherwise you will fight to the end and fulfill the name of a rebel traitor.

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Fang Shengdou's big sweat fell from his face. He sighed: "Dare you ask me about my name?"

Come and turn your eyes: "I am in the Liaodong Dusi to govern Xu Cheng."

Fang Sheng said: "Please go back and tell the King of Liao that Fang Sheng is willing to surrender, but there are still some soldiers and generals below that may not be willing to surrender. Fang needs to comfort him. Let's do this. Five days later, Mr. waits for Fang to send someone to contact him."

On September 13, Fang Sheng killed Zhang Wu, the commander of Jizhou Guard. He carried the Jingtiao on his back and led the crowd to surrender to the Liao King Zhu Zhi. Zhu Zhi personally accepted it and accepted his army. All the surrendered officers were sent to Guangning to ban the army.

Zhu Zhi personally promised Fang Sheng that he would clear his charges from the court.

In the battle of Zunhua, the forces of the Eastern Yan army were wiped out. Zhu Zhi left behind Qu Neng to lead the Guangning Central Guard, Dingliao Central Guard, Ningyuan Guard, Chenyang Junwei, and Dingliao rear guards to control the Eastern Hebei Plain. Zhu Zhi left them with a dead order, and they could not take the initiative to launch an attack no matter what.

In other words, we must stick to the existing positions and not cause trouble to the Yan army.

Zhu Zhi led other troops to raise the flag of victory and returned to Guangning with great triumphant power. The people of Guangning welcomed the triumphant army twenty miles away from the city. Zhu Zhi immediately accepted everyone's worship.

The news that the Liaodong army defeated Yan Ni was spreading in the land of Liaodong at an extremely fast speed, and the people all said it. Zhu Zhi was the star Wu Qu and Yue Wumu was reborn.

When Zhu Zhi returned to Guangning, Yang Jing also ended his inspection in Liaodong and returned to Guangning to celebrate Zhu Zhi's commendation. At the night of the celebration banquet, Yang Jing specially invited Zhu Zhi to the side hall to speak.

Yang Jing narrowed his eyes and looked at Zhu Zhi, gently holding his beard. His eyes made Zhu Zhi feel a little uncomfortable. Just as Zhu Zhi was about to speak, Yang Jing quickly interrupted him: "Thank you, your highness!"

Zhu Zhiche was confused when he said: "What does Lord Yang mean?"

Yang Jing smiled and said, "There are two reasons for this thanks. First, Your Highness defeated the King of Yan and reversed the severity of the court. The subordinate officials thanked His Highness for the retired Prince Yiwen; Second, the emperor no longer trusted the subordinates a little.

That's why the subordinates sent to Liaodong. His Highness won a great victory and helped him, so the subordinates thanked His Highness for himself.

Zhu Zhi smiled and said, "You are polite, Lord Yang, it is my duty to be loyal to the court. As for Lord, I have always taken good care of this king.

What method does Zhi want to repay the Lord? As for this battle, if it helps the Lord, I am happy to do this favor."

Yang Jing laughed and said, "Originally, a battle could have won the country. But your Highness is unwilling to be tragic to each other!"

Yang Jing's words were so penetrating. Zhu Zhi's heart skipped a beat: "Why did Lord Yang say this?"

Yang Jing said: "Seiguan has been patrolling the land of Liaodong for nearly two months, observing the customs of the people. He checked the economy and read the military, but found that the land of Liaodong was filled with vitality everywhere.

The people are warlike and brave in responsibilities; the industry and commerce are active, fair and fair; the three armies use their lives and have high morale; the officials are clear and corrupt officials are hard to see. These trends are very different from the court.

Therefore, with these foundations, Your Highness's Liaodong Army is naturally the most powerful army in the world. Although the Yan army is strong, it is essentially impossible to beat Your Highness.

Today, I talked about the Zunhua battle with Tieding Shi. I heard him tell the number of casualties in the ground. I didn’t believe it if the lower officials killed him. With the strength of the Liaodong Army, I lost the offensive ability after losing less than 5,000 yuan.

This time, Yan Ni's defeat was not only a failure in military power, but also a failure in morale. How could the three armies take away their energy and fight?

If Your Highness takes advantage of the victory, there will be no natural danger east of Peking to prevent Your Highness from the iron hoof. At that time, as long as Duke Wei sets out from Jinan and heads north, two armies will return to the city of Beiping, Yan Ni will not escape. Therefore, the official felt that Your Highness still had some selfishness..."

Zhu Zhi didn't know how to deal with Yang Jing's aggressive words, so he could only laugh: "Mr. Yang said this. Once the court asked me how I could afford it if I could stop moving forward."

Who knew that Yang Jing laughed even louder: "Haha... If Your Highness was still afraid of the court's blame, he would not have taken the initiative to surrender the house, and he would not die!"

Zhu Zhi's face turned cold and his heart suddenly showed murderous intent. Yang Jing is worthy of being the Gancheng in the court. Because of his victory in the decisive battle against Zhu Di, he caused a series of psychological changes and did not escape his eyes at all.

If Yang Jing had just said it to the court, would the court have caused trouble again?

Yang Jing ignored Zhu Zhi's face and just calmly took a sip of tea: "This is a chaotic world. The lower official does not believe that holding heavy troops like His Highness can control the overall situation of the world, and the vassal kings will not have any other ideas.

Even if Your Highness said this, the lower official would not believe it. But now the lower official wants to make a deal with Your Highness." After saying that, his eyes stared at Zhu Zhi like a torch.

Zhu Zhi's head was quickly moving the meaning of Yang Jing's words, and he felt a cold sweat on his back. He could not understand this anymore, but he was just trying to make a political deal with Zhu Zhi naked.

But would you like to draw out your true thoughts and then deal with yourself?

Yang Jing has always been a person that Zhu Zhi could not see through. His identity is almost equivalent to the minister of life left by Prince Yiwen to his son. However, since Jianwen came to power, he has always used people from the Eastern Palace. Both Huang Zicheng and Fang Xiaoru have entered the power center one after another and become prime ministers who are not prime ministers.

Although he, a decent minister of Gushi, was also a member of the cabinet, he had never been favored by Jianwen, so he might not be discouraged if he didn't listen to his words. Zhu Zhi looked at Yang Jing in confusion. It would be great if Yang Rong was there at this time, at least he could resist it for a while.

Yang Jing said seriously: "Your Highness must be wondering whether the nobles want to draw out the nobles' sincerity and then find a way to deal with the imperial court? Haha, if your nobles think so, it would be a bit contemptuous to the nobles.

The most important reason why the Xiaguan wanted to make a deal with His Highness was that his visit to Liaodong saw His Highness’s ability to govern the world. Since Liaodong can do this, the world may become prosperous in the hands of His Highness.

The court is now in a state of depression. After only a few days of going there, Yan Ni was already in trouble.

The emperor is cowardly and Yan Ni is not as gentle as His Highness, but Yang Jing knows that only His Highness can take responsibility in the world, and only His Highness can continue the great cause of the late emperor.

However, Yang Jing was deeply grateful to Prince Yiwen, and although the prince was entrusted with the orphanage, he would never forget his feelings for the prince to die. Today, although I know that things cannot be done, I still want to talk to His Highness and ask for their love for the emperor. "As he said that, he fell to the ground and kowtowed.
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