Daming: From the end of Hongwu

Chapter 383 381 - Zhen Wu Takes Command to Conquer Barbarians!

March is the time when new willows sprout and grass grows.

Against the background of this season, the Qinhuai River is even more beautiful, and the sound of silk and bamboo coming from the boats on the calm water surface also shows a scene of prosperity.

The chic students on the river bank are fanning the scenery and playing freely. They gently sniff the fragrance slowly blown by the wind. When they are intoxicated, they seem to be unable to distinguish the smell, whether it is the fragrance of flowers, the fragrance of wine, or the fragrance of wine. It is the body fragrance of a beauty in the painting boat.

Dusk gradually came, and half of the sunset in the sky dyed the entire Qinhuai River golden.

At this moment, an impatient voice of "Annan's letter is urgent" broke the tranquility.

Following the sound, a courier with an [-]-mile urgent flag on his back also drove quickly from a distance.

The people quickly dodged to give way to the messenger.

The courier flew past them without any loss of speed, shouting words to let the people make way, and rushed straight towards the direction of the imperial city.

The common people, the students, and the beauties on the boat were all startled by this movement.

Urgent? !

How long has it been since I saw such an anxious messenger.

And they came from Annan, didn't they just send their king back a year ago, what could happen?

Could it be that a small barbarian country dares to offend my Ming Dynasty?
Many people muttered and guessed in their hearts.

At this time, Zhen Wu was thinking about the Tusi issue in Yunnan, Guizhou and other places under a gazebo in the Mansion of the Governor of the Five Armies. As Yunnan, Guizhou and other places became more and more integrated with the Han people, he felt that it was time to start planning to abolish part of the Tusi system. After all, everyone is a citizen of Ming Dynasty, so there is no reason to have two different policies all the time.

One moment and another moment, the old system cannot be used to death.

It's just that it's not Daming's style to go back and forth, one has to wait or create a suitable opportunity to intervene.

Otherwise, other toasts who are more resistant will have to blow up their nests.

Zhen Wu looked at the dossiers of various chieftains in Yunnan, Guizhou and other places, while thinking about some ideas in his mind, and these places were all under the jurisdiction of his Youfu. Made some achievements.

But fortunately, he has seen the scenes of harmony and harmony in Yunnan, Guizhou and other places in later generations, and he can learn from it to some extent.

I don't know how long it took.

Suddenly a young eunuch came to the Dudu's Mansion in a hurry, he went straight to Zhen Wu, and said anxiously: "Oh, my Lord Zhao, you can make it easier for your slaves to find, don't be too busy right now, Your Majesty hastened to call."

Zhen Wu raised his head, the little eunuch was very familiar, he was the person under the dog.

Speaking of it, maybe Zhen Wu saw too many eunuchs with extraordinary abilities, so he didn't have the concept of looking down on eunuchs from the bottom of his heart, and he often joked when he met them in the past.

At this moment, he couldn't help laughing and joked: "Urgent? Then tell me how anxious Your Majesty is?"

"Hey, dude, don't tease your slaves now, it's Annan who sent a letter." The little eunuch said anxiously.

This time, Zhen Wu couldn't sit still anymore.

He stood up abruptly.

"Damn it, you fucking didn't say it earlier." After finishing speaking, Zhen Wu strode outside.

The little eunuch hurriedly followed, and said with resentment: "The Duke's words are so unreasonable, the servants can say it as soon as they see the Duke."

Zhen Wu was not in the mood to talk to the little eunuch anymore, but after taking two steps, he suddenly turned his head and asked, "Who else has your Majesty summoned?"

The little eunuch replied: "All the governors of the governor's mansion have called, by the way, there are also a few scholars from the cabinet and Xia Shangshu from the household department."

Hey!
After Zhen Wu heard this, he cursed inwardly. It was obvious that something serious had happened, and it was predictable that it was definitely Li Jishu who made a big move.

Immediately, Zhen Wu's pace became a little faster.

After Zhen Wu saw Zhu Di, Zhu Neng, Zhang Yu, Zhang Wu, including Xie Jin and Xia Yuanji had all arrived. After seeing Zhu Di, Zhen Wu glanced at Zhu Di's expression.

He dared to say that he had never seen such a stinky face of Zhu Di before Jing Nan.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Zhu Di directly threw out the letter sent by the messenger, and said in a cold voice: "It's useless for all of you to call yourself a leader of the pillars. Are the ministers of the pillars like you? You think I don't know these days. Are those gossips circulating in the capital? One is more arrogant than the other, and one is more proud than the other. Now it’s all right, let this bastard Li Jiyao jump up, and it’s fine if Chen Tianping is killed by him, and he also hurt me The lives of more than 3000 soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are more than 3000 families, and there are more than [-] households of old, young, orphans and widows behind them, are you going to make up for it with your lives?"

Everyone was dumbfounded by Zhu Di's scolding, but listening to what Zhu Di said, it was not difficult to guess that it was Annan Li Jishou who staged a military resistance.

The faces of the others sank, but Zhen Wu was not affected much. He knew that he was just affected, so he stepped forward without any pressure and frowned and asked, "Your Majesty, what exactly is going on here?"

At first Zhu Di wanted someone to answer the conversation, so he scolded bloodily again to express his depression, but when he raised his eyes and saw that it was Zhen Wu who answered, he opened his mouth and finally held back.

One person present counts as one, but he has no reason to scold Zhen Wu.

He angrily threw the letter to Zhen Wudao: "You read it to them, let them all listen to what happened."

Zhen Wu took the letter and opened it, glanced at it hastily, his face became stinky on the spot, he took a deep breath, and began to read calmly.

The letter recorded the detailed situation of Huang Zhong and others after they arrived in Annan.

As Zhen Wu read it slowly, the generals present were okay, but they were angry and didn't think otherwise, while Xie Jin, Xia Yuanji and others all had bad faces.

Even Xia Yuanji secretly glanced at Zhen Wu's expression.

He thought with mixed feelings in his heart, all this is really as Zhao Guogong expected, things really turned up again, and that Li Jishou really had the guts to offend me, Daming.

Alas, it's a pity that there are more than [-] soldiers.

Zhen Wu was thinking, and when he saw Huang Zhong who was led by Ruan Feiming to ambush at the end, his eyebrows twitched uncontrollably, and even his eyes flickered sharply.

This Ruan Feiming is really a coward, he blatantly ignores Daming's prestige, and dares to declare his family name arrogantly.

good very good!

It's been a long time since he killed such an arrogant person, and he couldn't get rid of the anger in his heart if he slashed this person slowly.

soon.

Zhen Wu finished reading all the letters, and everyone had a general understanding of what happened and what happened.

And when Zhen Wu had just finished reading.

To Zhen Wu's surprise, Xie Jin jumped out and said angrily: "Your Majesty, Huang Zhong's defeat in the war humiliated the country, and he has completely lost the face of the court. I suggest that he be arrested and returned to Beijing immediately, beheaded as a public display, and angered by the common people."

This…

However, this sentence just fell.

Zhu Di slapped the table and got up in a rage. Anger was dancing between his brows, and his eyes were fixed on Xie Jin like a knife: "He should be punished for his defeat, but is this the reason for him?"

Zhu Di kept patting the table with 'bang bang bang', showing his furious emotions.

"Li Jishou's heart of disobedience is not dead, and he ignores Daming's prestige. Could it be that letting you escort Chen Tianping will make Li Jishou honest? What's wrong with this matter? You, the chief assistant of the court, don't know? What did you say in the court, how did you speculate about Li Jishang, have you forgotten? Can you pretend that your own fart didn’t happen?!”

Xie Jin's knees softened in fright, and he immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

Yang Shiqi couldn't help but smooth things over for Xie Jin at this time, and stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I made a mistake at the time, and it is really my responsibility. But now is not the time to pursue responsibility. The most urgent thing is how to deal with this matter."

"How to deal with it? Heh, what other ideas do you, Yang Shiqi, have? Could it be that you want to suffer this loss, just like Li Jishou and the others said, be blind and continue to be their kingdom of heaven?! After all, you There is also a reason, once Chen Tianping dies, the Chen family will die, so what's the point of us fighting again." Zhu Di said sarcastically.

Yang Shiqi opened his mouth dumbly.

Zhen Wu also watched coldly, he really wanted to see what Yang Shiqi and the others would say.

Zhu Di is not Zhu Gaochi, nor Zhu Zhanji. He will not be like the two of 'Renxuan'. Faced with the situation in Annan, after suffering a loss, after Annan gave him a step down, he really did nothing, deceiving himself. Annan got a canon, thinking that he saved his face, so he just sat back and watched, and swallowed the loss.

Speaking of it, these civil servants are really shameless. In the hearts of these people, as long as their own interests are not damaged, they can do anything.

Is it important to be defeated and humiliated?Whitewashing is not yet easy for them.

Looking at this scene, Zhen Wu thought that in later generations, it seemed that Yang Shiqi advocated the canonization of Annan and gave up Annan, while Zhu Zhanji was so soft-hearted that he really let go of Annan's situation, causing Annan to go out independently again.

He was very curious about whether Yang Shiqi would dare to tell Zhu Di now what later generations would say to Zhu Zhanji.

Presumably, if Yang Shiqi dared to say a word, Zhu Di would dare to slap Yang Shiqi to death with his mouth open.

Yang Shiqi was silent for a moment.

He is not a fool, Zhu Di's rage has already explained something, how could he persuade Zhu Di to endure it without eyesight, and they have understood Zhu Di's temperament in the past two years, the emperor on horseback, let alone fear of war, I can't wait to think about how to fight every day.

What's more, he didn't intend to let Zhu Di endure it.

"Returning to Your Majesty, it's not like that. I thought that Li Jiyao dared to provoke our Ming Dynasty, and he should send a heavy army to punish him, so as to correct the majesty of our Ming Dynasty in the Nanyang countries." Yang Shiqi said firmly.

Zhu Di was taken aback.

Zhen Wu was also taken aback, no matter how inactive this Yang Shiqi was in the later stage, looking at it now, Yang Shiqi has not changed as much as he did.

Xia Yuanji also stood up at this time and said: "The minister seconded the proposal, Annan needs to be punished with iron and blood."

Ok?
This surprised Zhen Wu even more.

Zhu Di turned his eyes to Xia Yuanji, curled his lips and said mockingly: "The household department is rich now?"

Xia Yuanji said: "When the imperial court needs money, the household department can overcome the difficulties no matter how difficult it is."

"That's still a sentence." Zhu Di said, then turned to look at Xie Jin: "Xie Jin, tell me too."

Xie Jin kept kneeling, and did not dare to get up without Zhu Di's order. He bowed his head and said in a deep voice: "I also agree with the crusade against Annan."

Zhu Di snorted coldly, this group of bastards can't always give good face, he said coldly: "Since seconding the proposal, let's get up."

After all, Zhu Di swept his eyes over Xie Jin and the others, and said heavily: "Don't think that I don't know what you think in your heart. I can see how you opposed Zhen Wu at the beginning. Since each of you didn't With a military strategic vision, I will stop interfering in this kind of matter in the future, and it is enough to manage your mess well, and Da Ming will not need you to go to the battlefield."

Xie Jin, Xia Yuanji and the others all leaned over to answer.

At this moment, Zhu Di turned his head to Zhen Wu, and said coldly, "Zhen Wu."

"The minister is here." Zhen Wu responded.

Zhu Di slammed his fists heavily on the table and said: "I gave Li Jishou a chance like this, but they still bully me like this, so I won't punish you. What is the use of raising so many soldiers?!"

"What your Majesty said is that I invite you to fight, and I am willing to lead my troops to attack Annan and kill those bastards."

"it is good."

Zhu Di said loudly: "Then leave it to you, tell me how many soldiers you want."

Zhen Wu didn't even think about it: "As much as your Majesty gives, I will take as much as you want, but no matter how much, the ministers in Annan will come back in peace, Li Jishou and his son and other thieves who disobeyed the ministers will hunt their heads and send them back to the capital. Use Xue Daming's humiliation."

Zhu Di was very satisfied after hearing this.

Listen.

This is what Daming should have said.

But there is no need to be short of Zhen Wu in the army.

Zhu Di thought for a while and said, "In this way, the generals and generals under the jurisdiction of the Zhongfu and Youfu are up to you to choose. You make a plan for me and give it to me for discussion within five days at the latest."

"Why does it take five days?"

Zhen Wu had been looking forward to the morning for a long time. Before he went to Liaodong, he had been planning how to attack Annan. Although Zhu Gaoxu intervened and the ministers seconded him too much, Zhu Di changed his mind, causing some twists and turns in the matter. Returning to the original plan, then the battle plan in his mind can be used without much preparation.

"Now the minister has a comprehensive plan."

Zhu Di's eyes lit up, and he turned to the dog and said, "Bring the sand table."

soon.

The sand table was placed up.

Zhen Wu stood in front of the sand table, and while talking, he was thinking about how many soldiers and horses he would need, and how many soldiers he should transfer: "I want to march in two ways, the first way can be led by the Marquis of Xiping from Yunnan, and the first way can be led by the minister himself from Guangxi. On the road in Yunnan, 2 soldiers and horses can be selected by Sichuan, Guiyun and other capitals, and [-] to [-] horses can be gathered by the chieftains in other places, which is enough to break through the pass and go down the city. On the road in Guangxi, the officials want to gather guards and horses such as Zhili and Zhenjiang. Together with the capital and chieftain of Guangxi, they gathered [-] soldiers and horses to march south, and finally joined forces with Duobang, an important town in Annan. Dobang is also confident."

Speaking of this, Zhen Wu turned to look at Zhu Di and said, "As long as the food, grass and soldiers are in place, I can guarantee that the whole territory of Ping'an South will be in March."

Zhu Di stared at Duobang City on the sand table.

He is a military expert, and what Zhen Wu said can naturally be judged as true or false, and the two-way encirclement of many countries is obviously the best method, which also shows that Zhen Wu's strategy is correct.

Now that the strategy is correct, the next step is to see how the specific battle is fought.

But Zhu Di is obviously relieved about this.

Zhen Wu followed Zhu Di from the time he joined the army, and Zhu Di knew very well what kind of ability Zhen Wu had. In some battles, not to mention little Annan, even Da Ming, who could stop Zhen Wu from breaking through.

He wanted Zhen Wu to be in command, because he wanted Zhen Wu to be clean and agile.

This battle must not only be won, but also must be fought beautifully, so that the Nanyang countries will be in awe of Daming in the future.

"allow!"

Zhu Di looked at Zhen Wu and said in a deep voice: "I will now designate you as General Zhengyi, in charge of all the troops and horses and matters related to the Southern Conquest. After the food, grass and soldiers are assembled, I will lead the army to go out on a certain day and pacify Annan for me."

"The minister leads the decree that the South will be safe and live up to His Majesty's high expectations."

The voices of Zhen Wu and Zhu Di echoed loudly in the room, as if the horses neighed and roared in the battlefield, which was particularly shocking.

The civil servants looked at Zhen Wu taking the order, and they didn't know what to think for a while. It seemed that since the Annan incident broke out, Zhao Guogong had been advocating the crusade against Annan. Later, Zhao Guogong left Pei Boqi behind, and many civil and military officials secretly laughed at Zhao Guogong for his unnecessary actions.

What about now?
In the end, Annan must be defeated.

After all, he was the No. [-] General of Jing Nan back then, and it was not for nothing.

It seems that they will absolutely not be able to interfere with the military forces in the future, and the dream of those scholar-bureaucrats in the Song Dynasty seems to be getting farther and farther away from them. What kind of changes.

Thinking of this, they couldn't help but sigh in their hearts.

As for the military officers present, they didn't have the flamboyance of civil servants, they just stared at Zhen Wu with red eyes, especially the generals in the Youfu and Zhongfu.

There is only one officer in the Southern Expedition, but there are many positions such as left deputy general, right deputy general, left and right generals, and guerrilla generals.

Only when there are battles to fight can there be merits to be reaped.

As a military officer, who doesn't want to go to the battlefield to get credit, let alone follow Zhen Wu.

Is there any city in this world that Zhen Wu can't beat? !
Only Zhang Yu, the governor of the central government, is not in a hurry. He is old and has made enough contributions. There is no need to compete with young people, but Zhang Fu is different. Zhang Fu is young now, and he is looking forward to making great contributions. Well, especially since Zhang Yu is about to retire. You must know that the title of Duke of the State can be hereditary, but Zhang Yu's position of governor is not hereditary.

If Zhang Fu wants to take over as the governor of the central government, he must have the credit of being able to control others.

So at this moment, Zhang Fu anxiously scratched his head.

Seeing that his son was anxious, Zhang Yu smiled and gave Zhang Fu a look of not worrying.

This time the Southern Expedition will inevitably be without his son, after all, he is not the governor of the Central Mansion for nothing, if Zhen Wu wants to mobilize the soldiers and horses of the Central Mansion, he must give him some face.

What's more, he has trained Zhen Wu for so long, the third son of the Zhen family, shouldn't Zhen Wu return it.

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(End of this chapter)