Daming: From the end of Hongwu

304 Chapter 302 - The Winter of the Capital

The weather is getting colder and colder, and many vegetation on the Shandong border are also withering rapidly in this season.

Accompanied by several soldiers of Cao Xiaoman, Zhen Wu walked in the setting sun, reflecting long shadows. This made him, who has always disliked sorrows and sorrows, experience for the first time what it is like to be Xiao Suo.

It may be that he said those words cruelly when he was leaving Zhang Roujia, which caused his whole mood to be a little bad.

So even when Zhen Wu meets Xue Lu.

Zhen Wu was not happy either.

He didn't pay too much attention to how excited Xue Lu was, but under Xue Lu's support, he returned to the Yan Army's barracks absent-mindedly. After arriving at the barracks, Xue Lu hurried to find the military doctor himself. Help Zhen Wu diagnose and treat the injury again.

Zhen Wu did not refuse either, and let the military doctor dictate.

Soon.

Zhu Di, Zhang Yu and other generals also rushed over. When they saw Zhen Wu, they all heaved a sigh of relief. Being alive is better than anything else.

No matter how serious the injury was, it became nothing worth mentioning.

Zhu Di's eyes were a little red, and he patted Zhen Wu's shoulder with emotion in his heart, but he didn't say anything. Then Zhu Di saw that Zhen Wu's mood was not high, and thought that Zhen Wu was tired, so he drove everyone away. Let Zhen Wu rest.

It took two days until Zhen Wu came out of that depressed mood.

On this day, Zhu Di happened to come looking for him. Zhen Wu smiled and greeted Zhu Di to take a seat. Zhu Di looked at Zhen Wu's appearance and said with a smile: "It seems that the condition is much better."

Zhen Wu nodded: "Before I neglected His Highness and the generals because of my health, I would like to thank Your Highness and the generals for their tolerance."

"I understand what you say." Zhu Di waved his hand and said indifferently.

Afterwards, the two chatted a few words, and slowly changed the topic, and they talked about the last battle with Sheng Yong. Zhen Wu watched Zhu Di talking about this battle, and sighed from time to time, as if he had learned a lot from this lesson. Impressed, he asked curiously: "Your Highness, what do you think about this battle?"

"Not an opinion, but..."

Zhu Di had some yearning in his eyes, and he said firmly: "But I understand a little bit. I must build more artillery in the future. Grandma, I was almost killed this time. I am proud to ride in front of these artillery. Not an opponent."

Just as he was talking, Zhu Di noticed that Zhen Wu's face was a bit strange, and asked in confusion, "What's your expression? What's wrong? You think what I said is wrong?"

Zhen Wu shook his head.

"Then what do you mean?" Zhu Di stared.

Zhen Wu said quietly: "I don't have much feeling for artillery, but I think that I must have my own firecracker team in the future."

amount.

Zhu Di and Zhen Wu looked at each other, and then they burst out laughing.

"You said that my father and I almost died on this, so we all have to learn to be good. Don't worry, in the future, whenever there is a chance, we must do these things. With these things, I don't think anyone in Mongolia will do it. Dare to lightly offend me, Daming." Zhu Di said.

Zhen Wu nodded heavily.

He actually has a lot to say to Zhu Di, but not now, but Zhu Di who is on the throne, he wants to help Daming to be more brilliant in this era destined to be prosperous.

"Okay, let's not talk about that first."

Zhu Di waved his hand, and changed the subject: "This time I came to see you, mainly for the future war. Now we are behind, there must be Wu Jie, and there is Ping An near Dezhou. I want Xue Lu to go to Zhending. Determined to come back and send Qiu Song to pursue Ping An, what do you think?"

Xue Lu, Qiu Song?
One is his direct subordinate, and the other is Qiu Fu's son.

Zhen Wu understood instantly in his heart that Zhu Di was making up for himself and Qiu Fu by giving away his military exploits in a blatant manner. After all, no matter whether it is Wu Jie or Ping An, they are no longer able to resist them, and it will be a matter of time before they are taken down.

"Your Highness can choose." Zhen Wu said.

Zhu Di nodded, and then said: "Okay, you can take good care of your injuries these days. This year we have all the food and grass in Dezhou and Jinan. After the daimyo and other places are captured, there will be no more food and grass worries. So I plan to If we don’t go back to Beiping, we will celebrate the New Year in Jinan City, and it will be convenient for us to go directly south after the new year.”

"It's so good, I'm just afraid that the soldiers will complain." Zhen Wu said worriedly.

Zhu Di smiled confidently and said: "Don't worry about this. Slaughtering sheep and pigs during the Chinese New Year will definitely make the soldiers have a good year, so as to relieve the soldiers' homesickness. In addition, we have money now, and we will reward you with a lot of money. If we go on, the soldiers will definitely not say anything more, mainly there is nothing we can do about it, once we return to the army, the imperial court will definitely make a comeback, Jinan, Dezhou and other important cities will have to be given to the imperial court for free, we cannot do this business."

"Your Highness still thinks properly." Zhen Wu said with a smile.

……

After this matter was settled, Xue Lu and Qiu Song quickly started to move. They each led their troops to their target, while Zhen Wu followed Zhu Di and the others towards Jinan City.

At this time, at the end of October, heavy snow fell for the first time in the capital, which suddenly pulled the entire capital into the cold winter weather in advance.

Sheng Yong died and was defeated.

The 40-[-] army raised by the imperial court for Sheng Yong was wiped out again. After the news spread, it was enough for Zhu Yunqi and others to calm down, let alone a snowy day, even in midsummer.

Therefore, in the past few days, Zhu Yunwen has been worried and frowning every day.

In the early morning of this day, Empress Ma Shi, who was just pregnant, carefully asked her subordinates to prepare a meal to calm her mind. When she was eating, she would distress Zhu Yunwen from time to time to persuade Zhu Yunwen to eat more.

But after coming and going again and again, Zhu Yunwen was annoyed.

Zhu Yunwen slapped the table with a slap: "Is it enough to chatter, can you still be quiet for a moment?"

Madam Ma saw Zhu Yunwen was angry, stood up in a panic and bowed down: "Your Majesty, calm down."

The little prince Zhu Wenkui on the side also got up obediently, knelt down in front of Zhu Yunqi, and said crisply: "Father, please calm down."

Seeing the two of them like this, Zhu Yunqi wanted to say a word of relief, but he was really not in the mood. He threw the rice bowl on the table, clapped his hands and got up and said, "I don't want to eat. I have a lot of things to do today. You can eat by yourself."

After finishing speaking, Zhu Yunwen walked outside, asking the eunuch beside him: "Mr. Huang, are Shangshu Qi and the others here?"

"Your Majesty, I'm already waiting in the study."

Following the voices of the two, Zhu Yunwen slowly walked away. Only then did Madam Ma help Zhu Wenkui up. She helped Zhu Wenkui rub his knees carefully, and taught softly: "These days you Royal father is in a bad mood and there are many things to do, don't make your royal father angry, just be obedient."

Zhu Wenkui nodded, and said bluntly: "My child knows, and my child will be very good. I will do what my father asks me to do, and I will not do what my father doesn't want me to do. I will never make my father angry."

"It's so cute." Mrs. Ma praised.

……

On the other side, when Zhu Yunwen came to the study, Huang Zicheng, Qi Tai, and Fang Xiaoru all paid their respects to Zhu Yunwen. After the ceremony was over, Zhu Yunwen hurriedly asked, "Where is Concubine Mei?"

Qi Tai stood up and said: "Now that we have passed Ma'anshan, we will arrive in Huai'an within half a month, and we will definitely be able to stick to Xuhuai."

When Zhu Yunwen heard this, he kept holding his heart, and then he relaxed a little. Now he was terrified and Zhu Di directly sent his army south.

Qi Tai roughly saw Zhu Yunwen's worry, and said in a voice of relief: "Your Majesty, don't worry too much. The Yan army has been fighting again and again, and it's winter. Even if they don't retreat to Peiping, they will need time to rest, and they won't go south rashly again. We still have plenty of time to adjust."

"There are no absolutes."

Zhu Yunxuan shook his head and said: "No matter whether the Yan army will rush south or not, we must deploy the heavy troops to Xuhuai as soon as possible. Otherwise, the Yan army will have a smooth journey, and I will always feel uneasy."

Speaking of this, Zhu Yunwen asked: "By the way, how many soldiers and horses did Consort Mei recruit in total?"

"There are already 26 soldiers and horses." Qi Tai answered quickly and cleanly.

26 million people.

Zhu Yunqi pondered for a while, then raised his eyes to Qi Tai and said, "There are too few people here, but is there any way to mobilize some more troops?"

26 people are indeed not many.

Although the Yan army is only more than 20 people.

But how can they have the confidence to fight an evenly matched battle?
Qi Tai and the others were lost in thought for a moment. Speaking of which, they were even less willing than Zhu Yunwen to see Zhu Di fight against the city of Nanjing. You must know that Zhu Di fought under the banner of "Feng Tian Jing Nan" and wanted their heads.

Huang Zicheng's eyes lit up suddenly, and he said, "Your Majesty, the capital still has 20 soldiers and horses, which can be dispatched to Consort Mei to stop the Yan army."

However, as soon as this sentence fell, Qi Tai and Fang Xiaoru said in unison: "It's not right!"

Qi Tai glanced at Huang Zicheng apologetically, and then explained to Zhu Yunqi: "The soldiers and horses of the capital can no longer be moved. These 10,000+ people are the only guarantee for the safety of the capital."

Huang Zicheng ignored Qi Tai's apologetic eyes, and continued to defend himself: "If Xu Huai is not protected, will these 20 people be able to defend the capital?"

Seeing Huang Zicheng like this, Qi Tai felt a little helpless in his heart, so what if he backed down two steps in the past, but now he really can't back down anymore, so he had to argue with Zhu Yunqi.

"Your Majesty, with these 20 people in the capital, even if the Yan army hits the city, it will be enough to keep the capital safe for a few months. And in these few months, your majesty will call on the people of the world to work hard for the king, and there will be countless soldiers and horses responding. Then The Yan army will retreat when they see the disadvantages of a long battle, so the 20 soldiers and horses are not only used to protect the capital, but also to ensure that our situation will not be too bad to deal with, it is used to support the bottom line, Your Majesty."

"But if the Yan army is really allowed to attack the city of Nanjing, what will the people of the world think of us and your Majesty? The Yan army only relies on the soldiers from one place to cause chaos. We don't want to calm the chaos and block the enemy from outside the capital, don't we? We have soldiers and horses that we don't need, and it would be useless to let Yan Jun Bingfeng get involved in the capital." Huang Zicheng said.

Zhu Yunqi was a little tangled, unable to make up his mind.

In fact, he somewhat agrees with what Qi Tai said, the last 20 soldiers and horses left in the capital are important to the country and cannot be moved lightly, but he thought of what Huang Zicheng said, that one day Zhu Di will fight in the city to show off This made him absolutely unacceptable.

"Aside from this, is there any other way?" Zhu Yunqi asked.

Qi Tai's heart sank, Zhu Yunwen's intention was obvious, if there was no other way, the capital's troops would be mobilized, Qi Tai sighed in his heart, vaguely feeling that the general situation was slowly moving away from them.

He thought for a while, and said with a bad expression: "There is another plan."

Zhu Yunwen was shocked immediately, and hurriedly asked: "Shangshu Qi, please tell me quickly."

Qi Tai said briefly and simply: "Decree that the Liaodong soldiers should go out of Shanhaiguan to fight, so as to delay the time. Your Majesty will send ministers to Jiangnan and other places to recruit troops."

Liaodong soldiers?

That's a good idea.

Zhu Yunwen was overjoyed, and quickly discussed this strategy with Qi Tai and others in detail. At noon, he hurriedly headed towards Shanhaiguan with a decree.

……

And Wei Guogong's mansion.

After Xu Huizu returned to the capital, he sat face to face with Xu Zengshou for the first time.

Their atmosphere was tense.

All the servants were shielded, and even their wives and children were driven away, and they were not allowed to take a step closer to the room they were in.

It's been a long time.

Only then did Xu Huizu say the first sentence: "You guys move out."

Xu Zengshou looked at his elder brother with a dark face, opened his mouth with difficulty and said, "Does it have to be like this?"

"Since you have made your choice, you must go on unswervingly. It will be good for you and me if we draw a distance sooner." Xu Huizu said calmly.

But Xu Zengshou couldn't bear to do this, he said sincerely: "Brother, now that my brother-in-law has captured Jinan City, it's still unknown who will die, why don't we..."

Not finished yet.

Xu Huizu's furious voice has already sounded: "Bastard! My Wei Guogong's lineage is personally appointed by Taizu, and only the emperor appointed by Taizu is loyal. King Yan is really a rebel and a traitor. Everyone in my Wei Guogong's lineage will be punished. If you don't remember a little bit of family affection, how can you be called a brother-in-law, and I tell you, you'd better be more careful in your actions in the future, but if you let me catch a little bit of trouble, the elder brother will not talk about brotherhood with you."

"Big brother~"

"Don't get out!" Xu Huizu said furiously, and the sound directly crossed the yard and fell into the ears of their worried wives and children.

They didn't understand why the two brothers had such a big conflict today.

After several sharp quarrels came out of the room, Xu Zengshou walked out of the room with a downcast face. On the same day, in the snowy weather, he moved out of Duke Wei's mansion with his family.

In the new house, Xu Zengshou drank jug after jug ​​of wine.

The current situation is hard to see, but the more it is like this, the more clearly he knows that he and his elder brother are going further and further apart. One of them must carry the banner of the Xu family and move forward. The other person is also doomed to be lonely.

Even during this process, he and his eldest brother may regard him as an enemy.

In the evening, Cao Guogong Li Jinglong found Xu Zengshou's new house. He frowned and looked at Xu Zengshou, who was a little drunk.

He snatched Xu Zengshou's jug, and personally sent someone to send a basin of cold water, so that Xu Zengshou could wake up properly, and then whispered in his ear: "The content of the palace's decree sent to Liaodong, I will give it to you." It has been sent to the north, so you don't have to worry about it anymore."

Xu Zengshou glanced at Li Jinglong, nodded, and then asked again: "Is the heart of the people in Beijing floating?"

This made Li Jinglong's face change in surprise, and he quickly said to Xu Zengshou, "I'm telling you, we can't make any big moves now."

"I know."

Xu Zengshou said indifferently: "The more careful we are at this time, the better it will be for King Yan. I won't do anything rashly, but I just want to know if they are panicking. Don't you find this kind of thing interesting?"

Li Jinglong couldn't help but laugh.

This Xu Zengshou is really out of character.

He shook his head and said: "People's hearts are fluctuating, but they are really fluctuating, but if you are lying, I'm afraid it won't matter, but don't worry, it should be soon, we will always see that day."

Xu Zengshou nodded.

……

It is indeed as Li Jinglong said.

soon.

Everyone in the capital panicked, because Liaodong soldiers and horses led by Yang Wen and Geng Yu went out to fight, but just after the army reached the border of Cangzhou, Yang Wen led the people to rebel and captured Geng Yu alive.

As soon as this news came out, it shocked the whole world!
Yang Wen had secretly informed Zhu Di long ago!

Zhu Yunwen was furious in the palace, while Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng and others were also depressed, and they contacted everyone in a panic to discuss the next countermeasures.

At this time, all the way south from Dongchang, Zhang Pu and Zhao Guang, who had just arrived in Huaibei, were also shocked after hearing this and could not calm down for a long time.

There have already begun to be officials at the command level, who blatantly demoted King Yan!

What does this represent? !

It means that it's time to follow the bet.

Zhao Guang couldn't bear it any longer, and immediately made a decision in his mind, even if Zhang Pu didn't want to surrender to the King of Yan, he forced Zhang Pu to surrender to the King of Yan.

His brain was running fast, and soon, a plan gradually formed in his mind.

Zhao Guang's eyes were fixed, and he sneered in his heart.

If you don't hug your thighs, you will be destroyed by heaven and earth!
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