Jianye to the west, Zhang Zhong walked with difficulty on the official road to the boundary of Xu Cheng, although it was an official road, but the muddy potholes made the carriage bumpy and not light, Zhang Zhong could only get out of the car and walk with the domestic slaves.

"Master, you better get in the car, this road is too difficult to walk, and the weather is cold, if you hurt your body, it will be a big disaster!"

The housekeeper comforted, Rao is Zhang Zhong shook his head: "What injury doesn't hurt the body, the old man has lived to this age, it is already enough!" ”

Zhang Zhong's words made the housekeeper helpless, said that Zhang Zhong is also an honest official, not to mention the famous Jianghuai, at least a good official, now the king of Yan is falling, the soldiers of the capital are coming, Zhang Zhongming said that in order to survive, and escaped from the rule of the king of Yan, but as a person who has been close to his predecessors, the housekeeper knows very well what Zhang Zhong did, he wants to rush to Dongjun, under the banner of the last pardon of the king of Yan, to protect those people to leave, such an act, even if there is a suspicion of betraying the king of Yan, but the lives of the 100,000 people are enough to pay off the debt and betray the word.

It's just that others won't understand these truths, and the generals under King Yan who swore to fight to the death wouldn't understand.

An hour later, Zhang Zhong and his entourage came to the direction of Yanzhou Dongcheng, which was still more than 80 miles away from Dongjun, which was placed in the past. They had already arrived, but now that the road was closed by the flood, the bridge leading directly to Dongjun was washed away, and they had to make a detour of 20 miles, which was really a mistake.

"Master, let's take a break, the wheels of the carriage are full of mud, let the people clean up, and then hurry up!"

The housekeeper suggested, Zhang Zhong nodded, and then he turned around and walked to the high slope not far away, looked around, and estimated from what he saw that the Jianghuai flood had shown signs of receding, but if he wanted to recover, he had to come to summer, otherwise the spring rain and summer rain would be uncertain, and he might have to be covered with yellow soup waves.

During the break, Zhang Zhong was about to sit down, but a few horns came, which made the housekeeper shout: "The thieves are coming, the thieves are coming!" ”

Hearing this, Zhang Zhong hurried back to the front of the car and drove the train, and all the accompanying house slaves and subordinates had already copied out their knives and guns to resist.

A mile away, the cavalry rushed over, the housekeeper and these people were divided into three rows, and the rest of the people escorted Zhang Zhong to escape, but those thieves and horses were very fast, and they rushed to the front after a short time, and blocked the way, and it was close, Zhang Zhong saw clearly, which of these thieves were thieves, these cavalry were the people of Yanwang's army.

"Zhang Zhong, Hugh wants to escape!"

The cavalry rushed to the front to surround it, and the leading general was the deputy military captain of the palace, Dai Liang.

This Dai Liang stared at Zhang Zhong and his party with an angry face, and the long knife in his hand was cold and white, forcing people's souls.

"Dare to ask the general what he is going to do?" Zhang Zhong arched his hand and asked: "The old man has a handwritten edict from His Royal Highness King Yan!" ”

"Zhang Zhong, as the courtier of King Yan, at the time of the general situation, when the soldiers came, he didn't think about how to enter His Royal Highness, and even asked to leave in a grand manner, King Yan is benevolent and righteous, don't kill you, etc., we won't let the traitor leave, Zhang Zhong'er, take your life!"

Dai Liang was simply decisive, that ruthlessness was by no means a negotiation begging for mercy, a nonsense, dozens of horsemen rushed up directly, seeing this, Zhang Zhong was frightened and suddenly changed color, and the housekeeper immediately drank nonsense left and right house slaves, rushed up, and resisted Dai Liang's soldiers.

Thanks to God's favor for Zhang Zhong, Dai Liang had just rushed to kill, and then a rapid horn came, hearing this, Dai Liang was stunned, and when he turned around, it was Zhang Liang who led a hundred horsemen to rush.

"Wait and stop, there is an order from King Yan that Zhang Zhonghu and Cao Guan must not be harmed!"

"What?"

Hearing the call, Dai Liang was not only stunned, but also angry roaring, difficult to release, Zhang Liang ran to the front, easily separated the two sides, and threw the decree to Dai Liang: "King Yan has an order, let it go immediately, wait for disrespect, come and see you!" ”

"Why? Why let go of these traitors, Zhang Liang, he is your uncle, you coax Lao Tzu again! ”

Dai Liang's eyes were round, and his blood was rushing, but Zhang Liang's momentum was strong, and the seal on his decree was completely the seal of King Yan, in the end, Dai Liang could only dodge the road, Zhang Liang came to Zhang Zhong, and said with a heavy heart: "Uncle, have a good journey, may God bless you!" ”

The western boundary of Yanzhou, Changqi Town.

At the beginning, King Yan invaded Zhongdu and Yanzhou captured it, but later the Zhongdu army counterattacked, and Yanzhou was divided into two, the east belonged to Jianghuai, and the west boundary belonged to Zhongdu, and this Changqi town was the east end town under the rule of Zhongdu.

On this day, the Xishan army came here in a hurry for half a month, Du Shu first repaired the army, waited for the situation of the rear army to report, and then summoned the left and right vanguard generals to discuss the troops.

"Two pioneer generals, if you have any good strategies for recovering Yanzhou this time, you might as well talk about it!"

Du Shu asked, Lin Sheng, the left vanguard, was silent, and Zhang Qi, the right vanguard, said: "General Du, before going on the expedition, a certain person has already asked His Majesty to tell the general direction of the war, and now everything is as usual, and there will be no major problems!" ”

"In that case, then in the first battle tomorrow, which of the two pioneers will win the first victory for His Majesty?"

Du Shu was uncertain and looked at Lin Sheng, but Lin Sheng still didn't say anything, so Zhang Qi fought the first battle. In the evening, Du Shu ordered Zhang Qi to lead 5,000 soldiers from the Xishan Battalion to the eastern border of Yanzhou to take the last force of the Yan army on the border of Yanzhou.

Puyang City, as the last small city in the eastern boundary of Yanzhou, in the past two years, the Yan army has released only two thousand troops here, coupled with the impact of floods in Jianghuai, the city is barren in grain and grass, and it is full of soldiers in the city, once there is a war, it can not last three days at all, but the war is fought by the soldiers, and the military orders are subject to the generals, and the Yan army generals stationed in Puyang City are the Yan Wang's military commander Chen Shi, who won the title in the westward march before, and the absolute diehards.

Sensing that the capital was coming, Chen Shi first ordered all the people outside the city to move into the city, and then ordered the four gates to be blocked, making a situation of fighting the trapped beasts.

"We are waiting for His Royal Highness the King of Enyan, now that the thieves in the capital are attacking, we will be loyal and responsible, fight to the death for His Highness, those who dare to retreat, behead, those who dare to escape, behead, those who dare to rebel, behead!"

The three words suppressed the cowardice of the defenders of Puyang City, but what was the relative situation of the battle, Chen Shi had already counted it in his heart, looking at the vast sky, Chen Shi stood at the head of the city, and muttered to himself: "Your Highness, the last general only has such great strength, as for the future, please Your Highness be at ease!" ”

At three o'clock the next day, Zhang Qi led the army to attack, looking at the low Puyang City, Zhang Qi first sent the commander to the city to call for war, as long as the defenders of Puyang City surrendered, Zhang Qi could spare his life, and at the same time asked for credit for the surrendered generals, for this, Chen Shi did not say a word, a random arrow shot Zhang Qi Lingqi, Zhang Qi was furious when he heard it, and immediately ordered the siege of the city.

At the end of the day, Zhang Qi's first wave of attack was repelled by Chen Shi, with a loss of 500 soldiers, but Chen Shi's west gate was also captured and half pulled, that is, Chen Shi fought to the death, so he barely kept the city wall without losing.