Daming: From the end of Hongwu

258 Chapter 256 - The problem is not whether to drop or not

The small banner that Zhang Yu bought was called Cao Cheng. After contacting him, Zhen Wu threatened to kill Cao within one step, and lured Cao Cheng to be an official of a hundred households within two years. Cao Cheng was coaxed to cooperate sincerely and agreed. Try to bring Zhen Wu and two people into the Daning barracks.

Several people discussed it to ensure that there were no mistakes.

At dusk, Cao Cheng took Zhen Wu and the two towards the barracks.

When everyone entered the barracks and came to Chen Heng's tent cautiously, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, there were no accidents along the way.

During the period, there were no storylines of bumping into acquaintances or sudden investigations by generals, which made several people nervous all the way.

Zhen Wu and Chen Heng's brothers looked at each other, with a smile on their faces, and then Zhen Wu looked at Cao Cheng who was beside him with interest.

This kid's mental quality is really good, whether it's the guard's inquiries or his posture along the way, he is particularly relaxed and natural.

If he appeared in Zhen Wu's camp, he might be able to hide it from Zhen Wu when he was not familiar with it.

Zhen Wu was a little interested for a while, and Cao Cheng, aside from other aspects, is at least a good undercover seedling, and he couldn't help but wonder if he should find an opportunity to take him under his command.

He is now the banner bearer of the right guard, so he naturally hopes that there are all kinds of talents under him.

You must know that the three guards under Zhu Di are now in groups, even the generals who surrendered later chose a group to integrate into it at the first time, so it is obvious that the army will be divided into three lines in the future.

In the original history, after Jing Nan succeeded, the central guards were led by Zhu Neng, Qiu Fu, Chen Gui and others, and the left guards were led by Zhang Yu, Zhang Fu and his son.

But their right guard had nothing left.

The only ones who can leave a little impression, Tan Yuan, Wang Zhen, Zhang Wu, etc., are all dead. As a result, they can't even choose a character to carry the flag, so other generals can only move closer to the other two lines .

Of course, this life will not be so miserable, as long as Zhen Wu survives, the right guard will not fall, and he will try his best to protect Tan Yuan, Wang Zhen and others, so that the honor of the right guard will spread from the territory of Daming to the outside world.

But it's hard to say anything, it's not something he can keep if he wants to, especially on the battlefield.

At this time, Cao Cheng had already communicated with the guards in front of Chen Heng's tent. He looked back at Zhen Wu and the two, and said, "You two, go in with me and report to General Chen."

Zhen and Wu should be, they stepped forward a few steps and followed behind Cao Cheng, step by step into the army tent.

After entering the military tent, Cao Cheng saw that Chen Heng was the only one in the tent, he took the initiative to take two steps back and stood guard at the entrance of the military tent, cleverly as if he didn't care about the next thing.

This made Zhen Wu more satisfied with him, but Cao Cheng didn't know that he had fallen into Zhen Wu's eyes.

Chen Heng was turning his back to Zhen Wu and the others at the moment. He was looking at the map with all his heart, wondering what he was thinking about, when he suddenly heard someone calling him 'clan brother' in a low voice, he thought he had an auditory hallucination.

But when he turned around and saw his clan brother and then Zhen Wuhou, his face was shocked.

Zhen Wu was already secretly on guard at this time. Although he didn't show anything on his face, the muscles under his armor tensed up, as if there was a huge force flowing wantonly. As long as Chen Heng deliberately made things difficult, he would explode violently. Hold Chen Heng hostage.

Of course, the possibility of Chen Heng embarrassing Zhen Wu is not high. Zhen Wu had carefully considered it before coming. According to what Zhu Di said, Chen Heng is very affectionate and has a [-]% possibility of surrendering to Zhu Di. It would not be possible to use Zhen Wu to make meritorious service, let alone there are brothers from Chen Heng's clan here.

But there is no absolute, Zhen Wu had to guard against it.

The next moment, Zhen Wu let out a sigh of relief, Chen Heng did not intend to embarrass Zhen Wu as he expected.

I saw Chen Heng glanced at the door of the military tent, and seeing Zhen Wu and the others coming over without causing any disturbance, he tried his best to suppress his voice and said, "Why are you here? Do you know how dangerous it is?"

Chen Heng also expressed some of his attitude in this way, which made Zhen Wu feel a little happy.

Zhen Wu said with a smile: "General Chen, I haven't seen him for a long time, but his demeanor is the same as before, and he is still so majestic."

Chen Heng glared at Zhen Wu angrily, he didn't have the heart to greet Zhen Wu, he went directly outside the account, and said to the soldiers guarding near the military tent: "All of you step back ten steps, besides, without my order, Don't let anyone in."

"Yes." The soldiers took the order and took all the soldiers ten steps away from the military tent to guard.

Seeing this, Chen Heng returned to the military tent again with a slightly relieved heart.

"Zhen Junma, you are so brave, you are not afraid that I will take you to ask for a reward from the imperial court?!" Chen Heng raised his eyebrows and snorted coldly.

Zhen Wu didn't care either, and said with a smile: "Your Highness told me specifically that General Chen is a man who values ​​friendship, understands good and evil, and is worthy of our trust. Why would I dare not come to see General Chen?"

Chen Heng snorted again and said: "You don't need to put a high hat on me, just speak up if you have anything to say, and leave as soon as you finish, don't hurt me."

Zhen Wu was held back for a moment, the smile on his face suddenly froze, and when he heard Chen Heng's words, it was obvious that something was wrong, and his heart sank.

After thinking for a while, he said, "Well, Zhen Wu will stop beating around the bush with General Chen. I don't know how General Chen thinks about the imperial court's crusade against King Yan."

This sentence seems to be not beating around the bush at first glance, but when I think about it carefully, it is still going around the corner to try to persuade him to surrender.

Zhen Wu felt a little rejoicing, fortunately his old chief was a man capable of persuading surrender, when he was bragging before, he often heard some tips on persuading surrender from Guan Tong, otherwise he would be really blind at the moment.

However, he didn't expect that Chen Heng, an old fellow, was not an easy-going guy, so he could see Zhen Wu's plan at a glance.

And he didn't save Zhen Wu any face.

"Isn't that beating around the bush? You're honest enough, Zhen Junma." Chen Heng's eyes seemed to see through people's hearts, and he smiled coldly at Zhen Wu twice.

Zhen Wu was a little embarrassed for a moment, it was okay to go straight to the dog, and he knew how to stab people with irony.

Moreover, presumably this bastard, the moment he saw him, knew the purpose of his visit, and now he is asking his mother knowingly.

Zhen Wu's vision is certain, if that's the case, let's say it bluntly, and it will show that he is not sincere.

His face became serious, he bent towards Chen Heng, got up again and said: "General Chen must know that King Yan sincerely wants to ask General Chen for help when he sees me here. I, Zhen Wu, am a sincere person. If you can't play around, you can ask directly, I don't know what General Chen's plan is."

Chen Heng, who had always had a bad face, now had a smile on the corner of his mouth for the first time.

Honesty? !
Shit!

However, the smile was only fleeting, and Zhen Wu didn't notice it.

Chen Heng asked back: "Help? Do you think I didn't help? If it wasn't for my intentional delay, with Daning's standing army, the troops would have left Songting Pass ten days ago. If it wasn't for these ten days, we would be in the Under the city of Beiping, believe it or not, isn’t my help enough?”

amount.

Thing, maybe it's such a thing.

But it is true that there is not enough help.

But how should I say this, so that Chen Heng can help him as it should be.

Just when Zhen Wu was in a difficult situation, Chen Heng's brother anxiously persuaded him: "Brother, Zhen Junma didn't mean that. Now that the imperial army is getting closer, how can His Royal Highness King Yan have time to deal with you? Even if you don't directly surrender You should not have helped Bu Wan send troops from Daning if you were King Yan."

The words fell.

Chen Heng immediately glared at the clan brother coldly, causing the clan brother to shrink back in fright.

Seeing this scene, Zhen Wu knew that this clan brother might not be of much use, so he deliberately took a deep breath and retreated as an advance: "General Chen, are you really planning to attack King Yan like this?!"

However, contrary to Zhen Wu's expectations, the effect of these words was exceptionally good.

"Ugh."

Chen Heng sighed heavily, took a deep look at Zhen Wu and said: "Speaking of this, I won't make fun of you anymore. The King of Yan has known me for decades, and I have been in command even as an official. It depends on King Yan's help, not to mention that at such a critical moment, King Yan let his sweet pastry come here at risk, with such trust in me, how can I not be moved?"

"Even if you don't talk about personal relationships, the behavior of the imperial court over the past year is quite chilling. Daxing Wenzhi can't say anything to me, but when Taizu was in power, let our military keep an eye on the civil servants to work hard. As soon as the emperor ascended the throne, he appointed civil servants and supervisors in the army? This is somewhat unreasonable, we are helping the emperor to guard the world, desperately, is the emperor not willing to have a walk with us?"

"Furthermore, the emperor cut down several vassal kings, so we don't say much, but we can't move the king of Yan. The king of Yan has been guarding Beiping for these years, and he knows the border like the palm of his hand. Who will not be convinced to listen to the command of the king of Yan? With such a concerted effort, the Mongols can be on guard, but who can change it? You must know that Mongols have not yet been destroyed."

Chen Heng paused when he said this, and then said in a deep voice.

"So, do you understand what I mean? If I could surrender King Yan, I would have surrendered King Yan long ago, but the question is not whether to surrender, but whether to surrender."

Chen Heng's words can be said to be heart-to-heart.

Zhen Wu was delighted to hear it, but when he heard Chen Heng's last words, he quickly asked, "Why can't you surrender?"

Chen Heng sighed again: "First of all, my family is in Daning, how can I abandon my family? Secondly, there is Bu Wan. You may not know it, but I know that Bu Wan is both wise and brave. Once I have a little The change must be discovered, and although I am the deputy general of Bu Wan, Bu Wan knows my relationship with the King of Yan. Once the transfer of five thousand soldiers is over, I will not be able to transfer them without other orders. Under such circumstances, you say, I Even if King Yan is surrendered, what's the use?"

hiss.

There was a moment of silence in the military tent.

This was something Zhen Wu never thought of. He thought that the difficulty of his coming this time was how to persuade Chen Heng to surrender. He didn't expect that Chen Heng intended to surrender the King of Yan. It doesn't work anymore.

This caught people off guard a bit.

How could they have thought that in Bu Wan's army, Chen Heng, the deputy general, would be so guarded by Bu Wan.

Zhen Wu suddenly became impatient.

Zhu Di is probably looking forward to his good news now, is it really necessary to spend time fighting against Bu Wan on the battlefield?But how could this kind of army confrontation be over within ten days and a half months, but after ten days and a half months, the imperial army was afraid that they would hit the city of Beiping.

How to do? !

Chen Heng sighed again and again at this moment.

At this moment, Zhen Wu's eyes lit up and said, "What if Bu Wan dies?"

"You want to assassinate Bu Wan?" Chen Heng asked.

Zhen Wu nodded solemnly, even though he knew that doing so would put him in a huge crisis.

After Chen Heng thought for a while, he shook his head and said: "No, you can't kill Bu Wan at all, Bu Wan is very skilled in martial arts, no matter how brave you are, if you stand in the way for a moment, tens of thousands of troops will rush over, even if you are a god, you can kill him!" Died inside, and even if Bu Wan died, there was still Liu Zhen, he and I were both lieutenant generals, and the military power might not fall on me, unless Bu Wan died and I just made meritorious service, but this is almost impossible .”

This…

Things seemed to be at an impasse.

Zhen Wu got up and walked around in the tent, right or wrong, they seem to have fallen into a misunderstanding, Zhen Wu tried to figure it out from the beginning, their problem now is that they have no time to deal with the Daning Army, so it doesn't matter if Bu Wan dies or not, as long as Da Ning Ning Jun can just get into chaos.

And Bu Wan is the soul of the town army, so it is time to kill Bu Wan, no, no, why did he fall into a misunderstanding again, after Bu Wan died, Liu Zhen might become the new soul of the town army, so why should he still be killed? Liu Zhen?
He, Zhen Wu, is not superhuman either.

The generals in the army are not easy to kill.

What should I do?
Zhen Wu was muttering, Bu Wan, Liu Zhen, muttering, muttering, Zhen Wu thought of a way, and his eyes lit up again, if Liu Zhen and Bu Wan got into a fight, and Chen Heng fanned the flames, Daning The military commander and the two lieutenants fight, isn't that all right? !
In this way, the Daning Army will collapse without a fight.

Thinking of this, Zhen Wu walked up to Chen Heng in two steps and said, "Is it possible to make a divorce plan?"

Chen Heng thought for a while, then asked, "Separate Bu Wan and Liu Zhen?"

Zhen Wu nodded heavily, and his train of thought became clearer and clearer. While thinking, he said, "Yes, it's a divorce. Now that King Yan is on the way to help, I can ask King Yan to write a letter to Bu Wan. The capture is nothing more than putting more effort into the content of the letter. Bu Wan stays in the Northland all year round, and he is scheduled to have a personal relationship with the King of Yan. It doesn't matter to say more about the content, or exaggerate it. Let's say that Bu Wan intends to bring [-]. The Daning Army, united with the King of Yan, intends to resist the imperial court, and now the troops have left Songting Pass as planned, and they can also slander you and Liu Zhen in the letter, saying that you two will not surrender, and you need to get rid of both of you secretly. Only talents can join forces, and this can also make the two of you fight against each other."

Chen Heng's eyes lit up, and he nodded and added: "When the time comes, I will fan the flames, and Liu Zhen and I will join forces to make a fuss with Bu Wan. You can also use the reason that this matter is too big to tie Bu Wan first. He even played together with Liu Zhen and asked the court for instructions on how to deal with it. In this case, what kind of battle should we fight? The Daning Army didn’t trust them, and would only let us garrison Songting Pass.”

"That's right! That's it." Zhen Wu cheered.

Chen Heng was also very excited. He said with a smile on his face: "This plan seems to be feasible. Let's discuss it in detail and see how we can do it best."

Zhen Wu nodded.

Afterwards, the two began to discuss eagerly, and the brother of Chen Heng's family also offered some suggestions from time to time, and the discussion was not finalized until after dark.

Zhen Wu didn't dare to stay in the enemy camp any longer, and after discussing the solution, he said goodbye and left.

They followed Cao Cheng cautiously out of the enemy camp again, and when they were far away, Cao Cheng wanted to go back, but Zhen Wu suddenly snorted and said, "You think you can go back?"

Cao Cheng was shocked and said: "Zhen Junma, what is the meaning of this, I cooperated all the way, why do you still want my life?"

Zhen Wu was stunned, what kind of association was this, but he was relieved the next moment, and said coldly: "Hmph, if I want to kill you, I can wait until now."

"Then what do you mean?"

Zhen Wu glanced at him and said, "Follow me into the Yan army."

This…

Cao Cheng was a little confused.

Zhen Wu understood what he was thinking, and said disdainfully: "Do you think the Yan Dynasty is in danger? You are short-sighted, and now I give you two choices, either die or follow me into the Yan army. Choose, and don't expect to run away. Where is your home?" , I’ll have someone check it out, even if your family is in Daning, it’s enough to kill your whole family.”

"But I will join the Yan army with you, and my family will not be able to save their lives."

Zhen Wu glanced at his mouth and said: "You are a pawn, who cares about whether you go or stay. After you go back, choose a dead body of your size, put on your leather armor, hang your waist card, and make a dead body." It’s fine to pretend that you don’t, maybe you can get a pension, as long as you don’t die, you will be able to see your family sooner or later.”

"Then..." Cao Cheng thought for a while, then gritted his teeth and nodded happily: "Okay, I join the Yan army, and an officer as big as General Chen dares to fight with the king of Yan. Why don't I dare?"

Zhen Wu smiled, he is indeed a smart person, but he feels a little slippery, but this is never a bad thing, let's see how his nature is in the future.

……

Afterwards, Zhen Wu didn't delay any longer. After returning to Zunhua City and explaining to Zhang Yu, he asked Zhang Yu to handle Cao Cheng's affairs. He hurried towards Zhu Di.

This time the errand was in a hurry, and he didn't even come to see the third child under Zhang Yu's command.

Speaking of which, most of Lao San’s subordinates were descendants from the Qihua sect. Zhang Yu was reluctant to let him out, so he let Lao San follow him. Zhen Wu was originally worried that Zhang Yu’s death in battle would affect Lao San, but thinking of his own subordinates More people died in battle, so they agreed to this matter.

Fighting for fame in the army is never [-]% safe.

The third child has grown a lot over the years, Zhen Wu should let him go properly, and it is reported that the third child and Zhang Fu have a good relationship, this may be the luck of the third child.

Zhen Wu sighed, stopped thinking about these things, and once again spurred his horse to go towards Zhu Di.

He galloped all the way, as if he had returned to the time when he was a scout and went to the grassland. No one would get off his horse, just to go on the road. Speaking of which, if it wasn't for this errand, his horsemanship would not be so solid.

After he saw Zhu Di all the way, Zhu Di welcomed Zhen Wu into the house with great joy, and then Zhu Di waved everyone away, and the two discussed secretly in the room for a long time before discussing everything.

Zhu Di wrote the letter himself. The content of the letter had been negotiated and it didn't take long to write the letter. But when he finished writing, he found that Zhen Wu had fallen asleep beside him. I was in a hurry and didn't sleep much.

He couldn't help feeling a little distressed.

I thought to myself, this is my son-in-law, otherwise why would I work so hard.

After Zhu Di sighed, he didn't bother Zhen Wu. Instead, he asked someone to call Zhang Wu in a low voice, and told Zhang Wu carefully, telling him to go to Zunhua as soon as possible, and after discussing with Zhang Yu, Implement alienation.

After Zhang Wu took the order, he secretly glanced at Zhen Wu who had fallen asleep, then retreated and hurried to Zunhua.

……

A day later, Zhang Yu personally untied a captured Daning soldier. After consoling and persuading him, he asked him to secretly hand over Zhu Di's letter to Bu Wan, and promised to give him a hundred gold as long as he completed the task. .

The soldiers of Daning thought they would die, but they didn't expect to save their lives, not to mention, and to do such a great good thing, they nodded excitedly in response.

However, not long after he entered the Daning barracks, he was accidentally caught by the deputy general Liu Zhen.

After Liu Zhen and Chen Heng briefly interrogated him, they found Zhu Di's letter to Bu Wan on his body.

The two looked at each other, opened the letter and read it.

But at the next moment, the faces of the two of them changed drastically at the same time, as if their spirits were in shock.

a long time.

After the two of them finally calmed down, they all quietly looked outside at the Daning barracks, and in their eyes, it seemed that the sky above the barracks had already gathered wind and clouds.

……

(End of this chapter)