A century-old family that runs through the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 76: King Dai’s Rebellion, King Yan’s Preparations
The acting king Zhu Gui is a king of Sai.

He has a violent personality, but he can be one of the kings of Sai, but he also has his abilities.

This can be seen from the fiefdom of Datong.

After Datong, it was one of the nine important towns in the Ming Dynasty.

It is a gateway. As long as Datong is still there, the north will not be able to go south, which shows the importance of its status.

He is also a decisive master. He has seen the miserable fate of many brothers and knows that he has a bad reputation, so naturally he is not willing to surrender.More importantly, this time Zhu Yunwen was not as justified as before. The way he relied on civil servants to recommend him to power also made the generals in the world very dissatisfied.

Dai Wang believes that something can be done.

So he simply led his guards to raise troops in Datong.

However, King Dai was cruel and he was not as popular with the military as King Yan.

Even the other generals of Datong were unwilling to obey the king's command without the emperor's order.

This led to the fact that although King Dai unexpectedly seized control of Datong City, the generals left with their troops one after another, stationed at various traffic arteries, and urgently reported to the court.

Dai Wang's [-] soldiers occupied Datong and sent troops to plunder territory. However, at this time, Qi Tai had been recalled to the capital by Zhu Yunwen. One of the two new commanders was from the Ministry of Industry and the other from the Ministry of Household Affairs. They were both civil servants and could not command the army at all.

Within a month, King Dai broke through Shanxi's defenses, defeated all the generals, expanded his army to [-], and occupied the land in northern Shanxi.

The king has rebelled!

The news spread instantly across the country along with the hot summer wind.

Zhu Yunwen and his cabinet ministers were dumbfounded.

They didn't even think that the other Sai kings would rebel!Because except for King Yan, King Jin, King Ning and other kings, the strength of the other kings is relatively poor. Tens of thousands of people are fighting against the imperial court, which is like throwing an egg against a stone!

At this time, the usefulness of Lao Chen became apparent.

Compared with Huang Zicheng and Fang Xiaoru, who were more interested in etiquette literature and lacked experience in political affairs, they were at a loss what to do at this time. Yan Ji and Qi Tai immediately stood up.

They unanimously recommended Feng Sheng as commander-in-chief to march north to conquer Dai.

Zhu Yunwen immediately agreed.

In July of the first year of Jianwen, Song Guogong Feng Sheng paid homage to the general who suppressed the rebellion, led 20 troops, and marched north to Datong.
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Beiping, Prince Yan's Mansion.

The defense of the palace has been strengthened again. Guards wearing fine armor stand in the outer courtyard of the palace. There are also elite soldiers patrolling around. Even King Zhu Di of Yan can vaguely see the soft armor hidden in the robe when he comes in and out. In this These troubled times can't help but arouse people's imagination even more.

At this time, in the palace, Yan Keng and Zhu Di were discussing raising an army.

Dai Wang raised troops to disrupt their deployment. Yan Keng suggested that Zhu Di also take action immediately, and then went west to support Dai Wang.

"Now that the king has taken action and is the most righteous person, if His Highness wants to take the throne, you should quickly raise the flag of rebellion and support the king to show your ability and gain the support of the clan. What's more, no single vassal king is Nan Ting’s opponents must unite to have a chance of winning.”

"The Acting King is an introduction. As long as you also raise troops, and the two kings join forces to fight against Nanting and survive the encirclement and suppression, it will surely become a prairie fire! In this way, Nanting is in danger!"

"What you say makes sense. But the leader of the army is Song Guogong Feng Sheng. I really have no confidence in defeating him."

Zhu Di looked a little ugly.He himself is a very good commander, and Zhang Yu, Zhu Neng and Yan Keng are also good generals, but in a duel with Feng Sheng, he is still afraid of being inferior.

Zhu Di himself had great military exploits, but his opponents were the Mongolian tribes outside the Pass. In other words, they were the Yuan army that had been crippled. At that time, the Yuan army had been completely driven out of the Pass and had long been frightened by the Ming army. Of course, Zhu Di's extraordinary command skills can be displayed when fighting them, but it is relatively easier to fight against Can Yuan with the Ming Dynasty in its heyday.

But Feng Sheng was dealing with the Yuan Dynasty, which had generals such as Guo Guo Timur and Li Siqi, and an army of hundreds of thousands. Although it had declined, it still should not be underestimated.

It is not a level comparison of the strength between ourselves and the enemy at all.

The six founders of the country were ranked among the highest level of command among the generals of China.

It must be said that the Ming army led by Feng Sheng will be a strong enemy of the Yan army, and can even be said to be a natural chasm on Zhu Di's path to seizing the throne.

Yan Keng looked confident.

He smiled mysteriously.

"Your Highness seems to have forgotten that there is a famous general of the same generation as Song Guogong in the Peking Army."

"You mean...brother!" Zhu Di thought about it and suddenly realized.

Zhu Wenzheng.

He was also in the army of King Yan, to be precise, in the army of Ming Dynasty in the north.

At this time, Zhu Wenzheng was 63 years old, but his body was still strong.Judging from his uncle's lifespan, he probably still has several years to live.

Ever since he was spared from death by Zhu Yuanzhang, he has been serving in the army, but he did start from a hundred households, so that in the subsequent major events of the Hongwu Year, his name was almost invisible.

He was a contemporary of Feng Sheng. He defended Hongdu, attacked Changzhou, and fought against Poyang. He had stood firm in the north for many years and had outstanding military exploits. His ability to lead troops was by no means inferior to Feng Sheng's.If there is anyone among the generals who can compete with him, it is Zhu Wenzheng.You must know that he was the former governor, ranked No. 1 under Xu Da and Chang Yuchun!

It's just that it was rebellion after all. It was said to be written off, but in fact, how could he not care about it, so Zhu Yuanzhang deliberately suppressed him. Over the years, Zhu Wenzheng was also over fifty years old, and he was promoted to the second rank of Commander-in-Chief of Peking City. I know the same thing, but I can no longer get a deposit, let alone a title.

It would be false to say that Zhu Wenzheng did not want to go further. Although his son was named King of Jingjiang, in fact it had nothing to do with him.

He knew that Zhu Yunwen's Jianwen court would never reuse him.A minister like him who had rebelled against him was the most despised by these Confucian gentlemen. What's more, there were Song Guogong, Ying Guogong and Changxing Marquis in the court, so even if he could lead the army, it would not be his turn.

These years of hard work have also changed his temperament of being fond of sensuality, making him much more stable. If he were young, Zhu Wenzheng might have had a hot head and agreed, but this time when King Yan found him, He spent several days thinking about it.

A few days later, Zhu Wenzheng came to King Yan's army.

Dynasties have changed in ancient and modern times, and countless talents have been stained with blood on the battlefield. All they want is fame and fortune.

Zhu Wenzheng once had it, but a big mistake caused him to fall from the clouds to the bottom.

But luckily, fate still favored him. When he was old, a man named Zhu Di stretched out his hand on the mountainside and invited him to climb up together.

He didn't want to give up this hard-won second chance.

He raised his arm and held Zhu Di's hand.

(End of this chapter)