Daming: From the end of Hongwu

Chapter 294 292 - Both parties' decision-making under the new situation

Jinan City is lost!
After Zhu Yunwen got the news, he sat in the study and kept echoing these words in his mind. Even if he didn't know anything about the war, he still knew how important Jinan City was.

He didn't understand why the army was defeated again and again, so defeated that they couldn't even keep Jinan City.

He couldn't figure it out either.

Is it because he has fewer generals, or less food?

He obviously mobilized several times more troops than Zhu Di, and also raised a mountain of food, grass and equipment, why did he still lose? !
And why can Zhu Di use a small city of Beiping to develop to where he is today.

Inexplicably, a fire of jealousy burned in Zhu Yunwen's heart.

The frustration that Zhu Di gave him reminded him of the way his older uncles looked at him when he was a child. In their hearts, he was a bastard. Even if his mother was righted, he was still a bastard without any foundation.

King Qin, King Jin, King Yan, King Zhou...

They are proud, relying on the identity of the Taizu's parents and sons, relying on his father's tolerance, unscrupulously displaying their talents and martial arts, and they are proud of themselves at their most prosperous age.

But what about him?
Compared with his uncles, he is not like a son of a royal family.

Others said that Zhu Yunxi lived cautiously, but he was not like that.

He thought that when he ascended the throne as the emperor, everything would be settled and everything would be fine, but why did it become like this?
In the study, Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng argued loudly, and Zhu Yunwen had a headache, which made him, who was already irritable, unable to help but release his anger.

"What face do you have to quarrel? Didn't you say that at the beginning, the army was overwhelmed by force, and Yan Fan could succeed in a single battle, but now? The Yan army not only attacked Beiping Mansion, but also Jinan. Next Is Huai'an also lost, or should I give my capital to the Yan army?!"

Zhu Yunqi's scolding voice sounded in the study.

It seems to reverberate for a long time.

Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng didn't dare to argue any more, and even Fang Xiaoru, who was silent at the side, knelt down in panic.

Huang Zicheng hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, please calm down, please."

"How do you want me to calm down?!" Zhu Yunqi glared at Huang Zicheng and the three kneeling on the ground: "One defeat after another, how can I not be angry when I am beaten into this situation."

Huang Zicheng said again: "Your Majesty, although the current situation has suffered setbacks for a while, the foundation of Yan's army is not stable. There are not many soldiers, and they will not be able to make progress. Although we are newly defeated, we can still gather hundreds of thousands of troops. What's more, Yanzhou is prosperous now. Yong, Dongchang has Xu Kai, Zhengding has Wu Jie, and Ping'an is also circling behind the Yan army, as long as we boost our morale, we will definitely be able to regain Jinan City, and even capture Zhu Di directly in Jinan City."

Speaking of this, Huang Zicheng said emphatically: "Your Majesty, no matter how angry you are now, it will not help the matter. The most urgent task is to re-elect generals and take back Jinan."

Zhu Yunwen was panting heavily. Although he didn't like Zhu Di, and even hated Zhu Di who caused him so much trouble, he had to admit Zhu Di's ability. He looked deeply at Huang Zicheng, and after a while, he still Unable to resist the anxiety in his heart, he said in a tangled voice, "If we negotiate peace with King Yan and let him return to Beiping, is that okay?"

The trio, who were determined to cut down the feudal clan, looked up at Zhu Yunqi together for a while, and Zhu Yunqi was a little flustered.

Fang Xiaoru firmly said: "Your Majesty, although our current army is defeated, it is still in Shandong, Hebei and other places. It is not difficult to gather it together, but if your Highness negotiates a peace, it will be difficult to let the army disperse. When the time comes If the King of Yan commits misconduct, who will stop it?"

Zhu Yunwen was taken aback for a moment, and after thinking of this, he hammered the table irritably.

"In your opinion, what should we do now?"

"In my opinion, Sheng Yong can be reused. Although Jinan City was lost, Sheng Yong performed well in the defense stage of Jinan City. On the one hand, His Majesty can order him to gather the defeated army, and on the other hand, he can send more troops from the Huai'an capital. Let him unite with Xu Kai, Wu Jie, Pingan and others to fight the Yan army again." Huang Zicheng suggested.

Fight again?

can.

嗏

Zhu Yunqi questioned quietly: "What if Sheng Yong loses again?"

These words fell into Huang Zicheng's ears, and Huang Zicheng's eyes were a little suspicious.

Zhu Yunqi actually doubted his decision.

This made Huang Zicheng flustered for a moment, and he didn't even have time to think about what would happen if Sheng Yong was defeated. Instead, he reflexively wanted to give Zhu Yunqi confidence and make Zhu Yunqi trust him again.

"Your Majesty, why should you be so worried? Your Majesty has millions of soldiers and horses in the whole country. Not to mention that Sheng Yong will not be defeated. Even if Sheng Yong is defeated, so what? If you can fight, can you continue to win? But as long as the Yan army is defeated once, there will be no more Yan king in this world, and none of the Taizu and other princes will stand in the way of His Majesty's plan to cut down the vassal. My Jianwen dynasty will definitely shine From ancient to modern times, His Majesty will also be praised through the ages."

There seems to be some demagogic taste in these words.

Zhu Yunqi seemed to have seen the scene where he was called the emperor through the ages.

This kind of temptation is hard for any aspiring emperor to stop.

Zhu Yunwen was silently lost for a moment.

After he came back to his senses, seeing Huang Zicheng and the others' firm expressions, he gradually strengthened Ping Yan's belief.

He pondered silently for a while, and finally combined Huang Zicheng's two suggestions, and decided to make Shengyong a general, to fight against the Yan army with the deputy general Wu Jie and the governor Xu Kai.

At the same time, troops from Huai'an and the capital were dispatched to Shandong to increase Sheng Yong, and they also ordered all parts of the south of the Yangtze River to gather troops to Huai'an to build a second line of defense.

In this way, even if Sheng Yong loses again, he will have a backup to deal with.

Wait until these things are decided.

The commander of the second line of defense made it difficult for Zhu Yunxuan.

He went through the generals who were good at fighting in his mind, and found that all those worthy of his trust had been thrown into the Shandong and Hebei battlefields.

At this time, Qi Tai saw Zhu Yunqi's embarrassment, and said: "Xu Huizu is a general, he only has 3 to [-] people behind the Shandong defense army, and Xu Huizu is very good at fighting, so it is somewhat overkill, let him go Collect soldiers and horses from all over the south of the Yangtze River to Huai'an."

Overkill?
How could Zhu Yunqi not know, but the relationship between the Xu family and Zhu Di was known to everyone, how dare he let Xu Huizu lead the army to guard his second line of defense.

If Sheng Yong was defeated, wouldn't his life be in Xu Huizu's hands, how could this be possible!

Seeing that Zhu Yunwen didn't respond for a long time, Qi Tai sighed in his heart and said: "If His Highness Xu Huizu thinks it's inappropriate, the son-in-law Mei Yin is also fine. When the Taizu was around, he always thought of his maturity and prudence, and he must be able to live up to His Highness's trust."

Zhu Yunwen was overjoyed: "This is the best. Concubine Mei is my uncle and an important minister entrusted by the Taizu. With Concubine Mei here, I can rest easy."

Mayym? !
After Huang Zicheng and Fang Xiaoru thought about it, they felt that it was very appropriate, and they also agreed with it.

After this matter is finalized.

Zhu Yunqi's mood also gradually improved, so he discussed with Huang Zicheng and the other three about the conscription strategy. At this time, a little eunuch outside the door vaguely heard the voice in the study, and saw that Zhu Yunqi and others were discussing in a heated manner, so there was no need for them The eunuch took care of him, and suddenly he thought of his godfather, the horse supervisor, and the eunuch who supervised him, Eunuch An.

His godfather was punished by Zhu Yunxuan with dozens of heavy sticks two days ago, and he can't get out of bed until now, just because his godfather heard that there are eunuchs in the Yan army who can lead troops to fight, and they are like dogs, three guarantees After several battles, the handicapped man rose to fame, his military achievements were not inferior to ordinary people, and he was regarded as brother and brother by other generals in the Yan army, and he was highly regarded by the King of Yan.

He thought of these suddenly yearning.

Who said that eunuchs have no ambitions for men, but how many masters in the world can give opportunities like King Yan? !
He recalled that he could only serve his masters cautiously every day, and was despised and scolded from time to time, and all kinds of tastes in his heart slowly turned into sour tastes.

The same is the eunuch.

How can you not envy those eunuchs who can lead the army.

At the same time, in Mei Yin's mansion.

Mei Yin was talking about her thoughts to a memorial tablet.

This is the memorial tablet of his sister, who died of dystocia back then, and today happens to be her annual death anniversary. Mei Yin drank a sip of wine, thinking of the sad past when she and her sister lived together at her uncle's house, and also thought of her well-behaved and sensible life. It looks like, I feel distressed for a while.

He took advantage of the alcohol and complained: "Back then I didn't agree with you marrying him, you wanted to marry him, but look now, that bastard still remembers you as an old man, a new wife, with both children, life is not to mention How carefree, if God had eyes, how could he allow him to behave like this."

A gust of wind blew, and the tablets on the table shook a little.

Mei Yin frowned, and said dissatisfiedly: "Every time you talk about him, you don't like it. I don't know what's good about him. What's wrong with me complaining? Why is it worth messing with you? Don't you want to think about it?" , if you hadn’t begged me to keep him before you died, how could he have had the opportunity to be transferred to Dongchang to be free and easy when he offended Lan Yu.”

The wind seems to be a little stronger, but it seems to be gone.

But Mei Yin seemed to be lost in this wind, looking at the tablet dotingly and said: "Okay, okay, I promise you, I will keep him safe, you know that my brother always keeps his word, the elder brother still keeps the same words, even if the elder brother sees You can't fall in love with him, but who made him the only person you like, brother will keep him for you, so that you can think more in this world..."

Mei Yin's tone was soft, and she babbled non-stop, resembling the scene of coaxing a girl to sleep when she was young.

……

After being rectified by the Yan army, Jinan City finally returned to its former peace. On this day, Zhu Di summoned all the generals to discuss the next strategic goal.

But at the meeting, Zhen Wu seemed silent and sad.

Zhu Neng asked Zhen Wu in a low voice beside him, "What's the matter? Can't you use your arms?"

Zhen Wu nodded, shook his head again, frowned and said, "I feel better today, but I don't know if it's my illusion."

"Don't worry too much, and don't worry too much. After all, it's not uncommon for you to rest for two or three months with the effort you did that day," Zhu Neng said.

Zhen Wu smiled bitterly, but didn't respond.

Since the bloody battle at the gate of the city a few days ago, he didn't notice any problems at first, but on the second day, his arms were in pain like being cut by a knife, as if all the muscle tissues in his arms were being torn apart.

He immediately realized that this should be due to excessive force, but he had never felt this way before, and he even thought that the strange force in his body was inexhaustible, and even more that his body Under the transformation of strange power, there will be no negative physical state like ordinary people.

But I didn't expect this negative state to appear in the past few days.

And once it appeared, it was so violent that he couldn't bear it. He, who had been fighting all the year round and was often injured, could not help rolling on the bed in pain.

This incident also alarmed Zhu Di at the first time. When Zhu Di came over and saw Zhen Wu's condition, his expression changed drastically. He cared more about Zhen Wu's physical condition than Zhen Wu did. Zhen Wu's arm was smeared with herbal medicine, which made Zhen Wu feel better.

But it still caused Zhen Wu pain for a whole day.

After that, although the pain subsided, he couldn't use any strength in his arms. Even if he tried to use a little force in his arms, the pain would come again.

When the rest of the generals heard about Zhen Wu's situation, although they were a little worried, most of them understood in their hearts.

Some people even think that this is only natural.

After all, what did Zhen Wu do? !

Roll the horse.

That's a war horse!

If Zhen Wu is still alive and kicking after this, and there is nothing wrong with him, then there is a big fucking problem.

But for Zhen Wu, this incident made Zhen Wu a little flustered. In his years of battlefield career, he admitted that his greatest source of self-confidence came from his body.

Now if something happens to his body, he doesn't know how to deal with his life and battlefield career.

Although the military doctor said that it was just a lot of muscle strains and it would be good to rest for a while, but Zhen Wu felt a drum in his heart. He knew that the strange power in his body was somewhat inexplicable, and it did not exist in the body itself, so this matter cannot be dealt with. Looking at it from a conventional perspective, he was very afraid that this strange power would disappear inexplicably again.

Just when Zhen Wu was worried.

At this time, Zhu Di looked at Zhen Wu worriedly. He could see Zhen Wu's condition these days. He was a little worried that Zhen Wu's strain would affect his mentality. In fact, in Zhu Di's heart, Zhen Wu's Bravery is certainly important, but Zhen Wu's talent is no less important than bravery, but after he shared these views with Zhen Wu, it didn't change Zhen Wu's state, so Zhu Di could only sigh in his heart.

It seems that these things probably have to be figured out by Zhen Wu himself.

Afterwards, Zhu Di turned his eyes back, and began to discuss with everyone how they should march next.

All the generals in the field immediately began to express their opinions.

Some said to continue to fight south, and some said to rest and digest the territory obtained, there are various opinions.

Zhen Wu listened to these two opinions, both of which were reasonable, and felt even more flustered for a while. He knew that Zhu Di had not captured Jinan City in history, but now that the capture of Jinan City would bring about huge changes. Yes, he wasn't sure if they would successfully take down Nanjing City in the future.

Hearing the voices of the crowd, Zhu Di knocked on the table with a headache. After the generals calmed down, Zhu Di said: "The current situation is very obvious. When we go south to Yanzhou, it will be Sheng Yong, and Xu Kai will be stationed with the defeated army in the west." Dongchang, there must be Wu Jie in the north of Dongchang, and Ping An is also harassing us in the rear. If we go south, once the attack is frustrated, we will undoubtedly lose under the siege of the imperial army. So what I mean is Stabilize it first, and then go south.”

Speaking of this, Zhu Di looked at Zhang Yu, and explained again: "I know everyone's worries. I feel that we have few soldiers, and the Jinan City Chief is not good at defending. Fighting against the capital, but for this reason, I will not hide anything from you."

Zhu Di stood up and looked around the crowd, and said in a deep voice: "Xu Kai in Dongchang City is our own, as long as we fight Xu Kai, we will win, and we can take advantage of the situation to reorganize the troops in Xu Kai's hands. When the time comes, our troops will increase greatly, while sticking to Jinan City, we can go back and deal with Wu Jie and Pingan, so that we have the opportunity to form a solid rear in a short period of time."

After speaking, Zhu Di stopped talking and sat down.

The generals will be shocked.

Even Zhen Wu is no exception.

Just imagine if there is no threat behind them, then they will be able to boldly attack southward.

Zhang Yu was also shocked. He was stunned for a while before he said: "If that's the case, I support His Highness's decision. There are still hundreds of thousands of troops going south to the imperial court, and it is not easy to fight. If we can reorganize Xu Kai's troops, Then no matter what decision we make, it will be much easier."

Zhu Di nodded and looked around the expressions of the generals again. Seeing that no one had any other opinions, he said in a deep voice, "Then it's settled. The army will rest for a few more days before heading west to Dongchang."

"Yes."

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(End of this chapter)