Daming: From the end of Hongwu

313 Chapter 311 - The Unyielding Peace and the Unmoving Meiyin

Going south to the mountains and rivers, the green plants are in a hurry, the green is about to drip, and the beauty is too beautiful.

Excited, Zhen Wu jumped up, stood on the high top of the city, and looked towards the south, trying to see farther. He only felt that the mood in this place was better than when he was traveling across Mobei The boy's pleasure.

Because he knows that this country is about to be taken over by them, and then they will lead them to paint a picture of a prosperous world, and they will also lead them to expand their territory and create a legendary empire that belongs to them.

Is there anything in this world more worth looking forward to than this?

"General You, the wind is very strong at the top of the wall, you need to be careful, or let's come down." Cao Xiaoman worriedly watched Zhen Wu standing on the top of the wall, fearing that Zhen Wu would accidentally fall from the top of the wall.

Zhen Wu turned his head and gave Cao Xiaoman a blank look.

He has been fighting for so many years, and his martial arts are so strong, how can he accidentally fall off the top of the wall and die?

joke.

However, Zhen Wu lost a little bit of interest when Cao Xiaoman disturbed him so much.

He jumped down from the top of the wall and was relieved to see Cao Xiaoman. Feeling dissatisfied, he deliberately opened his mouth to sprinkle salt on Cao Xiaoman's wound: "What's wrong? Your father-in-law is willing to take care of you?"

Speaking of this, Zhen Wu suddenly got excited, clicked his tongue twice and said: "Speaking of which, Li Erniu's temper has changed a lot, you raised a fucking lover and made such a fuss, he didn't even hit him with a big stick. You, this is really unreasonable. When I first met him back then, your father Cao Yang just let out two bad farts at night, and he jumped up and fought with your father. Now that you have done this, he just didn’t give it away. You look good."

Cao Xiaoman's face turned red all of a sudden, and he also knew that it was a shameful thing for his father-in-law to disrespect him.

Seeing Cao Xiaoman like this, Zhen Wu wanted to tease Cao Xiaoman more and more, so he snorted coldly pretending to be angry: "I have to talk to him later, as the position is getting higher and higher, how can the murderous intent become more and more serious?" At least, if he doesn't whip you half to death with a big stick, I despise him."

"Brother Wu." Cao Xiaoman was so anxious that even Brother Wu shouted out.

"Look how cowardly you are."

Zhen Wu cursed with a smile, he waved his hand and said: "Okay, let's go, go and see what Your Highness and the others are doing."

A group of people then walked down the city.

At this time, at the county government office in the city, Zhu Di was comforting a group of captured generals of the Southern Army. Everything went relatively smoothly. Basically, all the captured generals clearly expressed their willingness to surrender Zhu Di.

Except for one person.

Safe.

Maybe Pingan felt that he had beheaded several generals of the Yan army, so there was no way he could survive, so when he was tied up and walked into the hall, he was still yelling.

This made Zhu Di, Zhu Neng and others in the hall all change their faces.

Zhu Neng and others hurriedly stepped forward to stop Ping An, but unexpectedly, it made Ping An even more arrogant. His whole expression was full of dissatisfaction. He glanced at Zhu Neng and others with disdain, and said arrogantly: "A group of incompetent rats , dare to scold me, aren't you afraid of making the world laugh?"

As he spoke, he also looked at Fang Kuan who was next to Zhu Neng.

Fang Kuan is the commander of the rear army of the Yan Army, and his position is only under Zhen Wu, Zhang Yu, and Zhu Neng. , still dare to talk nonsense, don't you feel ashamed?"

Fang Kuan and a group of generals in the rear army were all ashamed and annoyed when they heard this, but it was a fact that they were safely broken, but they couldn't find any words to justify it.

Ping An contemptuously glanced at Fang Kuan and the others, and then set his sights on Zhu Neng and Zhang Yu: "As for you, what about Wang Zhen compared to Chen Heng? Who of you is going to fight against me, dare to say that you can beat me? Don't be defeated by me." If you kill them on the spot, you will be considered capable.”

Zhu Neng's violent temper could not be restrained all of a sudden.

He has always been proud of his bravery, and when he was young, he had his eyes high above the top, and he was invincible, but after getting to know Zhen Wu, he began to restrain himself slowly, and realized that there is a truth beyond the sky.

But at this moment, he was underestimated by others, how could he bear this insult.

Zhu Neng immediately stood up, and was about to say something, but was interrupted by Zhu Di's angry "back off".

He looked at Zhu Di, saw that Zhu Di had got up in person and was walking towards peace, and he retreated unwillingly.

Zhu Di came to Ping An, stared at Ping An with deep eyes, and asked, "Are you not convinced?"

Pingan snorted coldly and didn't speak, but his demeanor was already clear.

Zhu Di sneered and said: "You said you were brave, but why did you get captured by me in the battle of Lingbi? Aren't you afraid that people in the world will laugh at you if you talk nonsense?"

"Is the world a joke?"

Ping An muttered a question in reply, and then a ferocious smile appeared on his face. He said word by word, arrogantly: "Even if I am defeated and captured, everyone in the world knows that when I kill you, I kill you like cattle and sheep. !"

Zhu Di's face darkened instantly.

Just when he was about to burst out, there was a sound of footsteps outside, accompanied by a cold voice into the hall.

"I see who is so arrogant and dares to treat my Yan army as nothing?"

Following this voice, Zhen Wu strode into the hall.

Zhen Wu looked at Ping An, who was tied up, and said with a smile, "Who am I? It turns out that I am defeated. I broke my arm and forgot about the pain so soon?"

When Ping An saw Zhen Wu coming in, his eyes shrank, and he snorted coldly and didn't want to talk to Zhen Wu more.

Seeing Zhen Wu coming, Zhu Di took two deep breaths. After calming down, he returned to the high hall to sit down, and handed it over to Zhen Wu.

Zhen Wu looked at Ping An and said: "Speak up, I just came here, why don't you talk, and continue to be arrogant."

Ping An turned his head sideways to avoid Zhen Wu's gaze, but remained silent.

"Do you think it's okay if you don't talk?"

Zhen Wu suppressed his anger, drew out his waist knife and cut off the rope tied to Ping'an's body, then raised the knife and pointed at Ping'an and said, "I'll give you a chance, let's fight, life and death will depend on fate, I'll see if you dare to take it." This is my battle."

As the voice fell, the murderous aura on Zhen Wu's body also spread thickly.

Everyone was slightly horrified.

They didn't understand why Zhen Wu suddenly wanted to single out.

But the murderous aura on Zhen Wu's body made them all have to believe that if Ping An dared to make a move, Zhen Wu would definitely kill Ping An on the spot as quickly as lightning.

Everyone looked at Zhen Wu.

Zhen Wu's face was calm, but those who knew Zhen Wu well knew that Zhen Wu's eyes were already filled with thick hatred.

next moment.

Zhu Di, Zhu Neng, Zhang Yu and others all understood.

Chen Heng and Wang Zhen who were beheaded by Ping An were all Zhen Wu's subordinates, and they were all closely related to Zhen Wu. If they said that Zhen Wu had no hatred in his heart and didn't want to take the opportunity to directly kill Ping An, they would absolutely not believe it.

Ping An naturally also felt Zhen Wu's killing intent, and for a while, Ping An hesitated instead, and his face became ugly.

Zhu Di looked at this scene, but began to think anxiously in his heart, should Zhen Wu kill Ping An?
Think about it.

Zhu Di finally decided not to kill Ping An, so when he saw that Zhen Wu was still trying to force Ping An, he said decisively, "Okay, Zhen Wu, step back."

Zhen Wu turned his head unwillingly: "Your Highness."

"Back off." Zhu Di's expression was serious.

Seeing this, Zhen Wu had no choice but to retreat unwillingly, but his heart sank slightly at this moment. Zhu Di wanted to save his life, but Zhen Wu did not guess that since Zhu Di raised his troops, except for a few Zhu Yunwen Zhu Di beheaded his loyal ministers, and basically none of the other captives were killed, not to mention that Ping An was Zhu Yuanzhang's adopted son.

And Zhu Di had already looked at Ping An at this time, and he said, "I don't care if you accept it or not, since the army was defeated and captured, I will admit it honestly, for the sake of Gao Zu, I don't want to kill you, so you'd better not You have to make trouble, or you know it in your heart."

After finishing speaking, Zhu Di said to the left and right soldiers: "Re-bound, escort the capital."

Ping An was a little startled, he didn't expect that Zhu Di could really spare him, so he was tied up again honestly, without struggling.

After Ping An was taken down, Zhu Di asked the others to retreat, leaving Zhen Wu behind. Zhu Di thought for a while and tried to persuade Zhen Wu: "The two armies are fighting each other, and each is the master. We can't take this as a personal enmity and take revenge. Everyone is like this, so..."

While talking, Zhu Di saw that Zhen Wu's expression was still not good, he sighed and said, "Forget it, I won't talk to you about these high-sounding words anymore, let's talk about heart-to-heart."

Afterwards, Zhu Di stood up and patted Zhen Wu on the shoulder, motioning for Zhen Wu to follow.

The two of them came outside, and as they walked, Zhu Di said, "You also know what the reason we raised our troops was to kill treacherous ministers, so our target can only be Fang Huang and others. Now the closer we are to the capital, the more we behave Don't be careless, we can't show too much murderous intentions, lest we force everyone to unite to resist us, otherwise there will be many twists and turns, I think you should be able to understand these principles."

Zhen Wu nodded.

Zhu Di went on to say: "Ping An array beheaded Chen Heng and Wang Zhen, do you think I don't hate? Chen Heng and Wang Zhen have been friends with me for most of their lives, and they both died because of me. How can I not hate, but just Because of this, we have to spare Ping An’s life. Just imagine how many soldiers of the Confederate Army will be dismantled if we can ignore the past, how many soldiers of the Southern Army will be disintegrated? Why can't we bear the benefits?"

Speaking of this, Zhu Di turned around and patted Zhen Wu vigorously, and taught in a deep voice: "The heart can bear all kinds of emotions without expressing it, this is a real man, understand?"

"I understand, Your Highness." Zhen Wu said.

"It's good to understand, but I can promise you that after a few years, if you still have hatred in your heart, you can find an opportunity to attack it, and then I will not say anything more." Zhu Di looked at Zhen Wu and said.

A grin appeared on Zhen Wu's face and said, "Thank you, Your Highness."

"What are you thankful for?" Zhu Di said casually, and then put his hands on his waist and stretched his muscles and bones: "By the way, there is one more thing that I think is quite strange. You can help me think about it."

Zhen Wu turned his eyes and said, "Your Highness, do you want to talk about Mei Yin?"

Zhu Di nodded and said, "It's been more than a month since we dispatched troops from Jinan. It stands to reason that Mei Yin should have come to support him long ago. Why I have been standing still, this makes me a little puzzled."

Zhen Wu shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Your Highness doesn't know, how would I know, but does Your Highness still remember the Commander Zhang Puzhang you mentioned last time when I came back from a serious injury?"

"I remember."

After Zhu Di walked for a while, he saw a gazebo next to him, and he turned his head and went in: "You told me that this person first helped you break the prosperity, and then saved your life. He has made great contributions to us, so how can I forget, but Why are you mentioning him now?"

"His late wife was Mayym's sister."

Ok?
Zhu Di looked over.

Zhen Wu went on to say: "It's just that I don't know whether Mei Yin's inaction has something to do with him. Your Highness, do you want someone to check it out?"

Zhu Di thought for a while, then shook his head and said: "It's better not to, just keep the status quo like this, anyway, no matter what the reason is, it is beneficial to us, and it will also prevent us from sending too many people there, irritating Mei Yin and causing trouble. It’s not good for him to leave Huai’an, as for the reason, we will always know in the future.”

Zhen Wu thought about it for a while, and felt that this was fine, anyway, they were going south soon.

……

And at this time in Huai'an City.

Two generals in the Huai'an army were chatting in private.

"Hey, you said why the general has been unwell for so long. The Yan army has already captured Xuzhou, and we still stand still. This is not right."

Another person said indifferently: "What's wrong, I think it's good, and to say something outrageous, Yan Wang and the emperor are a family after all, what's the point of us fighting to death."

The man thought for a moment, then nodded involuntarily.

The next moment, he said with worry on his face: "But our general has been ill for too long, shall we help the general find a good doctor to take a look at?"

"Need not."

After the man said this, he put his head into the other man's ear and whispered, "I'll tell you a secret, I heard that the general is fine at all."

"Ah, no way, if you're not sick, why is the general acting like this?"

The man shook his head and said: "I don't know, maybe the general is unwilling to get involved in the affairs of King Yan and the emperor, a brother-in-law, a nephew, the general is also embarrassed, but I am a bit interesting to hear about it."

"what's up?"

"The general said he was unwell after hearing the news that a command envoy had been ransacked and beheaded. It is said that the command envoy has a close relationship with the general. What is his name? It seems to be called Zhang Pu."

……

While the two were chatting, Mei Yin huddled herself in a room, weeping bitterly in her heart.

He asked people to inquire, but the life and death of Zhang Pu's family is unknown, and their whereabouts are unknown.

It's fine to talk about other people, but he really wants to protect the only child left by his sister.

But not to mention that he couldn't find it now, he didn't dare to look for it with much fanfare at all, because Zhang Pu's crime was too serious, and the imperial edict had been issued, and there was no room for turning around the matter, so what could he do even if he found it.

Unless one day, Zhang Pu's crime is no longer a crime, but a merit.

In this way, Zhang Pu's family has a chance of survival.

But he, Mei Yin, is a great general whom the emperor accepts his fate, and a minister handpicked by Gaozu to assist him, so if he is not dedicated, how can he be worthy of the trust of Gaozu and the emperor.

It was also because of this that Mei Yin's life was worse than death these days.

In a dark room.

As time slowly passed, Mei Yin seemed to have made a decision in his heart, his tears suddenly became more violent, and all of his beard was wet in a short time.

He knelt down facing the south with a plop.

Thinking in despair.

Since the emperor asked him to stick to Huai'an, then he will hold Huai'an firmly, as solid as gold, so it can be regarded as living up to his sacred mandate.

Mei Yin was deceiving himself and others, and his whole person became abnormally old in an instant.

Loyalty and righteousness have been difficult to balance since ancient times!
Tragedy in the world!

(End of this chapter)