Daming: From the end of Hongwu

Chapter 272 - Chapter 270

The eaves of the small bridge under the night in the south of the Yangtze River cannot understand the wilderness of Saibei.

And Saibei is more than just a wilderness!
The boundless wind, sand, ice and snow here will never be the gentry and civil servants in the south of the Yangtze River. You can fully understand the hardships and sufferings in it by reading the memorial articles.

Zhen Wu reined in his horse and looked in the direction of Daning. This place is still two days away from Daning City. Although he was very anxious, he had to consider the situation of the soldiers and horses, so he could only order to camp for a full rest.

The wind and frost were still whistling, and they drilled into Zhen Wu's collar all-pervasively. Zhen Wu shrank back and tried to tighten the cotton-padded coat inside the armor, but a piece of the cotton-padded coat was worn out at some point, which made the armor It stuck to Zhen Wu's skin for a while.

The cold feeling instantly aroused goosebumps all over Zhen Wu's body.

"Fuck."

Zhen Wu cursed secretly, he couldn't even touch the armor in this damn weather, he looked back to see that the military tent had been tied up, and then took Cao Xiaoman and others back to his military tent, he took off the armor, found out The needle and thread mended the cotton-padded clothes by themselves, and asked Cao Xiaoman: "By the way, which team did Xue Lu send the letter to His Highness first? If it is reliable, I should see His Highness by now."

Cao Xiaoman asked the people below to bring hot water, and said with a smile, "It's my father-in-law and them."

"Li Erniu?"

Zhen Wu also laughed: "That's reliable, it's our old subordinate." After finishing speaking, Zhen Wu sewed the cotton-padded clothes in twos and twos, and pulled it casually. Seeing that the seam was enough, he put it on again, and then he He put on another coat and walked outside.

"Go, let's see where we need our help."

……

At this time, outside Daning City, in Zhu Di's military tent.

"You said that Zhen Wu has already dealt with Duoyan Sanwei?" Zhu Di stood up in a moment of excitement. He looked at Li Erniu with a pair of tiger eyes, but Li Erniu looked a little nervous.

Li Erniu sank his mind, and said solemnly: "Return to Your Highness, not only that, Commander Zhen can bring [-] cavalry to Daning City in at most three days."

"it is good."

Zhu Di couldn't help giving a big praise, and then waved his hand to let Li Erniu go down to rest first, then he paced back and forth in the tent to think, paused after a while, and gritted his teeth: "Grandma, I was worried about Duo Yan Jiwei's attitude can still tolerate Zhu Jian's two points, but now I am still afraid of a bird."

Zhang Yu also said at this time: "Your Highness, since Duoyan and Jiwei have become our own people, we have no worries, so even if the third guards of His Highness King Ning are in charge of defending Daning City, it will be a matter of time before the city breaks down. You see ?”

"What do you think of it! Of course it's to beat him up. Zhang Yu, you lead people to attack Ximen with all your strength. I want to use Zhu Jian's head to vent my anger." Zhu Di said murderously.

"Yes." Zhang Yu took the order neatly, and then hurried down to organize the army.

soon.

The Yan army started to move. Except for the feigned attack on the soldiers of the other three sects, Zhang Yu gathered all the remaining troops, distributed them into different echelons, and began to attack the west city wall of Daning wave by wave.

The guard Zhu Jian was shocked and hurriedly ordered the soldiers to stand guard.

For a moment, the sound of fighting soon resounded throughout Daning City.

And the Prince Ning's Mansion in Daning City.

The Commander of the Three Guards of Yingzhou and other generals were looking at the thoughtful King Ning in the hall at the moment. They heard the sound of fighting outside, and their hearts were anxious.

Finally, one person couldn't help but asked: "Your Highness, the people of King Yan and Zhu Jian are so lively, what should we do?"

King Ning came back to his senses, and looked at the man with cold eyes like lightning.

"What? You want to help Zhu Jian defend the city?" King Ning asked coldly.

"Your Highness, it's not about whether you want to help or not. The problem is that we can ignore King Yan's army before, but now that King Yan is fighting in front of us, we still stand still. How can we explain to the court?"

King Ning sneered.

"Confession? The imperial court has already cut my commanding power. What is my account?" After finishing speaking, King Ning looked around at everyone: "Why? You want to please the imperial court so much? If you want to please the imperial court, why don't you wait until the imperial court orders me to be arrested? Tie me up to make a contribution."

The crowd suddenly panicked and shouted: "I don't dare to be humble."

"Just don't dare!" King Ning snorted coldly.

Then he stopped looking at other people in the hall, and then began to think.

He couldn't figure it out, now that Li Jinglong's Bingfeng was pointing directly at Beiping City, at such an urgent moment, what did it mean for Zhu Di to come to Daning instead of guarding Beiping City to find a way out of the crisis.

mess with him?

joke.

He has three guards inside, and Duo Yan and other cavalry guards can contact him outside. Why would Zhu Di dare to provoke him? !Even if Zhu Di's army is by his side, as long as he is allowed to fight out, then Zhu Di will never get out of Daning.

Under such circumstances, how dare Zhu Di take the initiative to provoke him.

It's almost as good as begging him.

King Ning's eyes lit up when he thought of this, and then the more he thought about it, the more he realized that Zhu Di came here to ask him for something.

Then...

Various thoughts flashed through King Ning's mind.

You might as well stand still, because you can just borrow Zhu Di's hand, except for the unsightly capital, so he has more reason to take over the [-] Daning soldiers at Songting Pass.

Even if he is held accountable in the future, the person in charge of the capital will be killed by Zhu Di, so it has nothing to do with King Ning.

He can't just sit and watch Daning's soldiers without someone leading them. After all, Daning wants to guard against the Mongols. At that time, if Zhu Di and the imperial court lose both sides, then can he also make a Jingnan and march into the army? close?

Thinking of this, King Ning's heart suddenly became hot.

For a moment, he immediately made up his mind and decided to stand still.

Moreover, he can sell Zhu Di well if he stays still like this, and he can also take a look at Zhu Di by the way, what is his intention in looking for him.

King Ning quickly came up with a thought in his mind. He looked at the people in the hall in a blink of an eye, and simply found a reason to retreat to the back house, leaving the generals to hang in the main hall.

He thought, he is really a genius, if things go against him in the future, he can also argue to the court, after all, he never said that he would not help the people of the capital to defend the city, it was just delayed by something.

But the generals in the palace looked at each other in blank dismay.

Then whispers sounded.

"What do you mean Your Highness?"

"What else could it be? It's nothing more than wanting to sit and watch the general situation of the world, but it's always a bit petty like this. It's better to be like King Yan, who turned back with a clear sword and a clear gun."

Someone grumbled.

In his eyes, King Ning wanted to rebel, but he didn't dare to rebel, and it was obvious that he wanted to rebel, so it was unavoidable to fail.

……

Prince Ning’s mansion was calm, but the city of Daning was full of blood. Zhang Yu saw that King Ning’s three guards of Yingzhou had not participated in the battle. Although he didn’t know the reason, he knew that the opportunity must not be missed, so he immediately ordered the army to attack. The intensity of the siege instantly increased several times.

Huge pressure hit the defenders wave after wave.

They persisted.

Zhu Jian also fought hard.

But the number of people is always too small.

Finally, after another stick of incense.

The west gate of Daning City was still breached, and countless Yan troops rushed into the city. The guard Zhu Jian was unable to resist death and the formation, while Fang Kuan, the commander of the other capital, surrendered Zhu Di directly.

Just when Zhang Yu was planning to fully occupy Daning City.

But Zhu Di suddenly ordered Zhang Yu to lead the army to withdraw from Daning City, and only need to leave some elite soldiers at the city gate. Zhang Yu didn't know why, but he didn't dare to disobey Zhu Di's order, so he had to retreat with the army , stationed outside the city.

When Zhang Yu found Zhu Di and wanted to ask why.

Zhu Di was also waiting for Zhang Yu to come over. He had a bold idea in his heart and needed to hear Zhang Yu's opinion, so he spoke immediately after seeing Zhang Yu.

"My seventeenth brother has never let his three guards participate in the battle. He must not want to fight against us. In this case, there is no need for us to confront my seventeenth brother. Therefore, I plan to go to the city to persuade my seventeenth brother to help me in the battle. What do you think? After all, my seventeenth brother still has prestige in Daning, which is good for us to harvest the soldiers of Daning, and with my seventeenth brother, it can also make the soldiers of Daning fight with us wholeheartedly, without thinking of retreating .”

Zhang Yu frowned. It is a good thing that King Ning is willing to join forces, but these days, King Ning does not look like he wants to join forces. He asked with some concern: "What if King Ning refuses to join forces? As His Highness said, Ning The king has a great reputation in the hearts of the soldiers of Daning, if we let King Ning stay in Daning City, we may not be able to capture all the soldiers of Daning?"

Zhu Di also thought of this point, he rubbed the center of his brows, a ruthless light flashed in his eyes and said: "If that's the case, I can only wrong the Seventeenth Brother. I tried to appease him, and tried to lure my seventeenth brother out of the city. As the old saying goes, capture the thief first and capture the king. Let's directly control my seventeenth brother. If the seventeenth brother is in my hands, his three guards will also You can only obey my order, and you can also use the name of the seventeenth brother to control the soldiers of Daning, so you can achieve multiple things."

Zhang Yu thought about it, and felt that this method was better than what he had decided before. After all, if they really confronted King Ning, they were not sure that they would be able to keep King Ning.

Once King Ning is free in Daning, it will definitely bring them a lot of trouble.

only…

"Your Highness, isn't it too risky for you to enter the city alone, why don't Zhu Neng and I bring some soldiers into the city with you." Zhang Yu suggested.

However, Zhu Di shook his head.

He proudly said: "Brother Seventeen did not let his three guards guard the city. Under such circumstances, I still have to lead troops into the city. How can I be sincere? What's more, you still need to send someone to send a letter to Songtingguan Chen Heng, When they hear that Daning City is broken, they will definitely come to help, you let Chen Heng take advantage of the opportunity, kill Liu Zhen, and control the soldiers at Songting Pass."

Seeing that Zhu Di had made up his mind, Zhang Yu nodded in agreement.

Afterwards, in the eyes of all the soldiers, Zhu Di walked into Daning City with one man and one horse, as if traveling in mountains and rivers. Zhang Yu called Zhen Yong at this moment and asked him to go to Songting Pass to help Chen Heng.

……

Ning Wangfu.

King Ning was lamenting the ferocity of Zhu Di's troops. He didn't expect to break through Daning City in such a short period of time, but he sighed. He couldn't be idle anymore.

Just when he was planning to take the three guards to seize a city gate, standing in a place where he can attack and retreat, so as to avoid the possibility of being tricked by Zhu Di, he didn't expect Zhu Di to let his troops withdraw again. Daning City, and even came to his Prince Ning Mansion alone.

What does this mean?
Give up Daning City?

A smile could not help but appear on the corner of King Ning's mouth. Now that the people of the capital are no longer an eyesore, and the Yan army has withdrawn from Daning City, he can take control of Daning City himself. This feeling is really great.

It was the same mood as when Zhen Wu and others captured the Nine Gates of Beiping and took sole control of Beiping City.

Even King Ning was more excited than Zhen Wu and others at that time.

Because he did not rebel, Zhu Di killed all the people in the capital, and it has nothing to do with him. This feeling of being a fisherman makes King Ning feel the pleasure of getting cheap for nothing.

He hurriedly asked Zhu Di to come in, wanting to see what Zhu Di was going to do.

But the moment he saw Zhu Di, he was taken aback.

In the past, the fourth brother in his impression was majestic and calm, but at this moment Zhu Di was very embarrassed. Not only was there blood on his armor, but his face was also covered with dust, and when he saw him, he held his hand and cried loudly. cry.

"Seventeenth brother, fourth brother is wronged. You said that your fourth brother has been in Beiping these years, and he has been loyal to his duty? Others don't know it, but you know it. I have never complained about suffering for so many years, but what I got now What is it? Our eldest nephew didn't give me a way to survive at all, and forced me to die."

Zhu Di seems to have infinite grievances in his heart, or he has always hidden these grievances in his heart, but he has never mentioned them to others. Now when he is facing his own brother, his heart is surging and he can no longer bear it. I am wronged and say it happily.

Seeing Zhu Di's appearance, King Ning suddenly felt uncomfortable.

His fourth brother was originally high-spirited, he should have reprimanded Fang Qiu, he should have ridden his horse, but this fourth brother who was once extraordinarily tall in his heart was crying like a child beside him at the moment.

King Ning couldn't help but think of the pictures about Zhu Di in the past. He and Zhu Di were nearly 20 years apart in age. , also because of his young age, Zhu Di took care of him a lot.

At that time, he still remembered that the fourth brother boldly talked about how they would fight side by side in the future, defending against the enemy, and said the heroic words that would make the emperor never worry about the northern border.

But now, why did it change so much and so fast.

Listening to Zhu Di's cry, King Ning suddenly felt a little sour in his eyes, and he no longer had the calculating heart he had before.

He listened to Zhu Di continue to cry.

"Seventeenth brother, fourth brother misses our father, how long do you think our father has been gone, what happened to our brothers, panic, being cut, relocated, the worst thing is Your twelfth brother, that’s your twelfth brother. When I was young, I played with you a lot, but my elder nephew forced the whole family to set themselves on fire in the mansion. Now it’s my turn again. What else can I do? ?”

"Now Li Jinglong is under pressure from the army, and Beiping is in danger. Your fourth sister-in-law and several nephews and nieces are all in Beiping City, waiting for the help of the fourth brother, but the fourth brother has only a few soldiers, and the fourth brother really has no other way. I have to come to you, you must help fourth brother."

The tears that King Ning was told by Zhu Di also flowed down.

The two brothers choked up and spoke their hearts.

But when King Ning was about to agree to Zhu Di, the words of promise came to his lips, and he held back immediately with a thrill in his mind.

Li Jinglong has an army of 50.

He just wanted to help, but he didn't dare to.

When the time comes, don't fix it, and your family will end up like a fourth brother.

Although King Ning still had eyes on his face, he shied away and said, "Come on, fourth brother, don't worry, it will take a day or two after all, my younger brother will take you to the back to wash up first, and ask younger siblings to make tables for you Let’s talk about the food, and my younger brother hasn’t seen the fourth brother for a long time, and I have a lot of things to say to the fourth brother.”

King Ning pulled Zhu Di and walked towards the back house. Zhu Di was worried, and tried several times on the way, hoping that King Ning would join forces with him to resist the imperial court, but King Ning tactfully avoided the topic.

Even King Ning was still moved.

But if you are moved, you are moved, and you can't pay for it!

It's also a personal essence to be alive and well.

Seeing this, Zhu Di's heart slowly sank. He has come to this point, and he has no way out. No matter whether King Ning wants to or not, he will definitely tie King Ning to the chariot this time.

He rolled his eyes and pondered for a while, then cried and said: "Brother is really not in the mood, and brother also knows that asking you to help is too risky, and he doesn't want to hurt the seventeenth brother, but no matter what, the seventeenth brother must at least Help my brother go to our eldest nephew to intercede, otherwise the only way out for my brother's family is self-immolation."

King Ning was taken aback by Zhu Di's words, and he quickly said, "Don't worry, fourth brother, my younger brother can't ignore the fact that fourth brother is in danger, and he will definitely intercede with the emperor."

"Really? Didn't you lie to the fourth brother?"

"really."

Seeing Zhu Di's timid and suspicious look, King Ning felt a pang of sorrow in his heart.

Afterwards, the two came to the back house. Zhu Di got the promise from King Ning, and seemed to be a little relieved. He listened to King Ning's arrangement, went to wash up, and then ate.

The two brothers were very harmonious at the dinner table, chatting about the past from time to time, lamenting that things are different.

Wait till night.

Zhu Di was afraid that the heat would not be enough, so he couldn't trick King Ning to go out of the city, and he didn't say he was going to leave. He looked like he was going to stay, and King Ning naturally wouldn't say anything to push people away.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Di lived for two or three days, and King Ning wondered if Zhu Di was not in a hurry to return to Beijing. Zhu Di pretended to be embarrassed, and talked to King Ning again, and wanted King Ning to play the matter of interceding for him. .

Only then did King Ning suddenly realize that Zhu Di had really changed so much these days, and he was still worried that he would lie to Zhu Di, so he had to watch him perform in person.

After thinking about this, King Ning led Zhu Di to the study, wrote a memorial to Zhu Di's satisfaction in front of Zhu Di, and notified people to send it to Nanjing.

At this time, Zhu Di pretended to be relieved, and then said goodbye to King Ning.

King Ning personally sent Zhu Di out of the mansion.

After Zhu Di arrived outside the mansion, he stopped suddenly. He looked at King Ning affectionately and said: "You don't need to send the seventeenth brother off anymore. There's no need to send him out of the city. There's really no need to send him out of the city. Fourth brother stopped just because he wanted more time." Look at you, after all this farewell, we brothers may never see each other again."

Saying that, Zhu Di wiped away his tears again.

King Ning couldn't bear this, so he said it immediately.

"Send, it must be sent outside the city."

"No need, really no need seventeenth brother." Zhu Di said so, but his teary eyes looked like a child, looking at King Ning expectantly.

This appearance, not to mention King Ning, no one can bear it.

"Fourth brother, don't stop me. My younger brother will personally send you out of the city today. You can't let this kind of intention go. If you insist on not letting your younger brother see you off, your younger brother will not let you go. Believe it or not."

King Ning's firm tone resounded between heaven and earth, which moved Zhu Di even more.

He knew in his heart that King Ning had to send it to Beiping City.

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(End of this chapter)