A century-old family that runs through the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 80 King Ning rebels!water transport
"Your Majesty, this matter is by no means that simple."

Wu Bozong stood up from his seat and bowed to Zhu Yunwen, then turned to look at Yan Ji.Seeing that the other party was furious, his eyes showed a kind of joy of revenge, and he said slowly:

"The Yan family is really good at calculating. Your majesty, Yan Fuchen, Yan Keng is the rebel general of Yan, and the Duke of Yue is still standing tall in the court, but how can he imitate Langya Zhuge in the old days? No matter how the world changes, the glory of the Yan family will not change. It is true that it is Descendants of King Jingping, this plan is brilliant!"

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the cabinet suddenly condensed. Fang Xiaoru and Huang Zicheng did not speak, but their eyes wandered around the two of them, especially on Yan Ji for a long time. Their eyes gradually became suspicious, and they were obviously affected by Wu Bozong's words. influence.

Zhu Yunwen's voice seemed to be stuck in his throat and he couldn't say a word.

Yan Ji's heart burned with anger, but he also knew that the top priority was not to argue with Wu Bozong. He turned around and kowtowed to Emperor Jianwen:

"Your Majesty, my loyalty is reflected by the sun and the moon. If your Majesty has any doubts, please behead me."

"My dear, please rest assured. Your achievements are obvious to all, and I trust you." Zhu Yunwen forced out a smile, and then scolded:

"Wu Fuchen, how could you say what Meng Lang said? Why don't you apologize quickly?"

Wu Bozong did not dare to disobey and confessed repeatedly, but there was no regret on his face, and he was still gloating about his misfortune.

Yan Ji bowed deeply: "Thank you for your trust, Your Majesty." But there was still a hint of helplessness in his eyes.

Trust is like a mirror, once broken, it can never be restored.

Half a month later, Zhu Yunwen ordered Yan Ji to be the governor of water transportation on the grounds that some officials had embezzled grain and wages, and was in charge of the transportation of grain for military use.
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At this time, in the Northland of the Ming Dynasty, an important event that will affect the future direction of the Ming Dynasty is happening.

Ning Wang Zhu Quan was one of the nine great fortress kings of the Ming Dynasty.

His fiefdom, Daning, was connected to Liaozuo in the east and Xuanfu in the west. It was an important military town.King Ning even had "[-] armored men and [-] leather chariots", and was assisted by three Duoyan guards of Mongolian cavalry. The army compared them with Shunyi's cavalry, and even rated them higher than Shunyi's, which shows its combat prowess. Extraordinary.

King Ning's fiefdom was vast, and its area was several times that of other vassal kings. Zhu Quan asked his subordinates to farm and reclaim wasteland for planting. It was like a country within a country!
There are even rumors: "The King of Yan is good at fighting, and the King of Ning is good at planning." Being compared with Zhu Laosi, who has been fighting for a lifetime, shows Zhu Quan's ability.

Such a powerful King Sai naturally has great influence in the clan and plays an extremely critical role in the trend of the war. Zhu Di went here to gain the support of King Ning.

Therefore, after Zhu Di led his troops to defeat the defenders, seize Zhending Mansion, and expand his army to [-], he immediately went north to try to get the support of King Ning.

However, although King Ning has a strong army and horses, he actually does not have too much ambition, and he has no unreasonable thoughts about the emperor. He is very happy to have the position of a prince.

Although the recent tragic experiences of the vassal kings made him feel sad for the death of rabbits and foxes, it was impossible for him to raise an army just like that.After all, judging from the current situation, the Yan army is not very optimistic. Although Zhu Di has seized the land of the Five Prefectures and his strength has greatly increased compared with the original history, the chance of winning against a country with one corner is still small.

He decided to wait and see.

Therefore, although King Yan's arrival was not unwelcome, he was not overly enthusiastic either.

However, this did not matter to King Yan.

He had no intention of truly living in peace with Prince Ning.

The Ning soldiers under King Ning are elite and numerous. If they really join the gang, then who is the master and who is the minister?

He needed the vassal king's support, but he didn't want to end up making a wedding dress for someone else.

As in history, Zhu Di asked King Ning to draft a memorandum for him and apologize to Nanjing, but when he said goodbye, he bribed his subordinates, took advantage of him when he was not prepared, held King Ning hostage to seize control of the Daning Army, and then used his King Ning's seal issued a message to raise troops.

Prince Ning, rebel!
At this point, Zhu Quan was completely coerced into King Yan's chariot.At this time, Fu Youde also led an army of [-] people and left Shaanxi eastward.He had previously been appointed as the chief of Shaanxi's field affairs, and by the way guarded Xijing. At this time, he was appointed deputy general to suppress the rebellion, and followed Feng Sheng to quell the rebellion.

Dai Wang and Yan Keng were standing in front of Fu Youde.

Facing Hongwu's famous general, the two fought hard with Fu Youde. Both sides suffered losses, and no one had a particular advantage. However, when Feng Shengjun showed signs of sending troops, they immediately felt their feet were slipping.

Fortunately, at this time, the King of Yan came with the Daning Army to assist in the battle. The total strength of the Yan Army was 20, and the Southern Army was 17. The Yan Army actually surpassed the Southern Army in terms of total strength.

The two famous generals have no fighting spirit. In addition, the two sides are now evenly matched in strength. It is not false that one side has famous generals and the other side has King Yan Ning to assist Zhu Wenzheng.

So they adopted a new strategy - dragging.They set up camp and confronted the Yan army.After all, the Southern Army was backed by the entire Ming Dynasty, which continuously supplied resources, while the Yan Army only had the territory of the Five Prefectures plus Daning.

Their strategy was successful.

In the Yan army's camp, a meeting was being held.

Although the head coach is Zhu Wenzheng, no one will be indifferent. The person sitting on the main seat is the leader of the kings, King Yan Zhu Di, followed by King Dai and King Ning, and then Zhu Wenzheng and the generals.

Zhu Di had a frown on his face:

"Everyone, do you have any strategies to defeat the enemy? Now that the delay is getting longer and longer, the army is almost running out of food and grass."

Obviously, he was also aware of the opponent's thoughts. Now there were only two ways, one was to defeat the enemy quickly, so there was no need to worry about food and grass; the other was to withdraw the troops.

The generals looked at each other in confusion. The opponents were two famous generals. No one could give a sure way to defeat them. Even Zhu Wenzheng felt that the best way at this time was to hold on.

Seeing this, Zhu Di could only sigh:
"In this case, our army can only retreat temporarily and make plans later."

There was no way, Zhu Di was too reluctant to support a long-term expedition of 20 troops with such a small territory.

"Can't retreat!" At this moment, someone shouted loudly.

The generals followed the call and saw a strong young man standing up with bright eyes. It was Yan Keng.

"Your Highness, if we fight against a country with only one corner, we really have no chance of winning."

He walked to the map, pointed at the fiefdoms of the vassal kings in the world, and then looked at the kings:
"The only way to defeat is to unite all the vassal kings in the world. If all the kings work together, they can change the world! However, the overall situation is unclear now, and the world is intimidated by the power of Duke Ying of Song Dynasty and dare not act rashly. As long as we wait Detaining them for several months will show that the two princes are not invincible, and then the kings will have nothing to fear!"

"Whether Jingnan can succeed or not, it depends on whether we will be defeated and die or whether we will take over Nanting as our replacement!"

"So what!" King Dai had a bad temper. He stood up and said loudly:

"Without food and grass, we just don't want to retreat, so what can we do!"

Yan Keng smiled slightly. Since he stood up, he must have a plan.He gently uttered two words from his mouth:
"Water transportation."

Hearing this, Zhu Di tapped the armrest with his fingers.

In fact, it's not like he hasn't thought about this method.

(End of this chapter)