In the twenty-first year of Hongwu, Xifengkou Pass, it was already night at this time, and almost all of them were asleep, especially Liu Xi, the general who guarded the pass, was asleep and dreamed of his wife and children. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 However, Meimeng was suddenly woken up by a small soldier, and the little soldier looked panicked and said, "General, General Lanyu is calling the door outside the gate, saying that the army has returned to the court." ”

Liu Xi was taken aback, got up busily, got dressed, and said as he wore it: "Really, why did you come so soon, alas, I thought it was going to be tomorrow." "He has heard that General Lanyu was ordered to lead a large army to the north, broke the Northern Yuan army in the fishing sea, captured Wu Wang Duoer, and returned to the dynasty.

At this time, the little soldier next to him also said: "General, hurry up, General Lanyu is already thunderous at this time." ”

Liu Xi said suddenly: "Wait a minute." Saying that, he walked up to the city wall, leaned over and looked down, only to see that the gate was densely packed with people, shouting and scolding below, Liu Xi looked carefully, it was indeed Lan Yu's army, so he walked down the city wall and ordered someone to switch it, but he made the biggest mistake, he didn't shout below. Maybe I want to deal less with Lan Yu.

The soldiers began to use sledgehammers to knock off the deadbolts, and when they hit the last one, there was a sudden click, and the sledgehammer broke, and Liu Xi scolded the soldiers and asked them to find another sledgehammer, which delayed for a while.

Seeing that the sledgehammer was about to be transported to the city gate, Liu Xi looked at the city gate, anxious, and suddenly there was a roar from the city gate, and at the same time, the city gate was suddenly broken open a big hole, Liu Xi didn't have time to figure out anything at all, because the cannonball that opened the city gate flew in directly, breaking half of Liu Xi's head.

The soldiers have not yet reacted, and several shells came in, piercing several large holes in the city gate, one of which is hitting the last door latch, the door suddenly opened a crack, and then the door was pushed open, the soldiers guarding the pass were just about to draw their swords and step forward, they saw the Ming army rushing in like a tide, and several Ming soldiers who rushed to the front were shot down by random arrows before they could react, and the others did not dare to move, looking at the Ming army opposite, the Ming army's eyes made these defenders afraid, because it was a murderous look.

A general at the head walked in on horseback, and at first glance it was the general Lan Yu, he looked at these soldiers who were still holding swords, and yelled, "What do you want to do? Put the knives down for me. ”

This roar was like a lion and tiger, frightening those defenders to throw down their weapons one after another, not daring to say more, Lan Yu glanced around coldly, and shouted: "For the sake of the world of the Ming Dynasty, we have traveled thousands of miles to the desert by the edict of the Son of Heaven, how many hardships have we endured in the ice and snow, how many people have died, we have fought hard, and finally won the battle." Now, how have these brothers become tired? All they look forward to is a good night's stay in the house and a hot meal. How many wounded people are waiting outside to recuperate, and you, usually a cat here, are so uncomfortable, now we don't ask for anything else, hurry up and open the door, so that the soldiers don't suffer from the cold outside, are you tired of your group of big masters? ”

Those guards didn't dare to speak, and Lan Yu yelled at a stunned soldier in front of him, "What are you in charge of?" Let him come to me. ”

The little soldier trembled and pointed to the corpse on the ground that had lost half of its head, and said, "Our General Liu...... There's it. ”

Lan Yu looked at the corpse on the ground, snorted, and said coldly: "Such a mother-in-law, when the Mongols call, you will also die, and you will die early and be born sooner." As he spoke, he rode his horse and led the army into the city, and the soldiers defending the city were all frightened and did not dare to say more.

Because Lan Yu's victory this time almost caused the Northern Yuan ****** to collapse, and he made great contributions, so the court did not pursue the matter of breaking through too much, but he seized the princess of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, plus this was, causing the emperor to be dissatisfied with it, and changed the name of Liang Guogong to Liangguo Gong to show vigilance.

In the twenty-sixth year of Hongwu, in the city of Nanjing, Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang and Yan King Zhu Di were listening to the play in the palace, during the play, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly said to Yan King Zhu Di: "Emperor, now that the crown prince has been selected, although my imperial grandson is weak, but with the assistance of your uncles, there should be no problem, but I still have some peace of mind." ”

Zhu Di said: "Father, please speak." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang asked: "Do you think Lan Yu, is this person loyal or not?" ”

Zhu Di said: "The great general Lan Yu, with great military achievements and a very popular minister, although he has a rude personality, he should not have any objections. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "I heard that when your eldest brother was alive, he said a lot of bad things about you, and he knew it better than you. ”

Zhu Di said: "My father asked Lan Yu if he had any objections, and his son answered honestly. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled lightly: "It's really rare to have a capable and honest person like you." I'll just say that the world still has to be held by our Zhu family. But according to you, Lan Yu is someone Yun Wei can rely on? ”

Zhu Di said: "If the crown prince is my imperial brother, he can rely on it, but if he is my nephew, he can't rely on it." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled: "Come on." ”

Zhu Di said: "In the past, Song Taizu released his military power with a cup of wine, and he was not afraid of the disloyalty of his courtiers, but he was afraid of the disloyalty of his courtiers, and he wanted to be the founding father of the country and follow the example of the yellow robe. Now Lan Yu, as the Duke of Liangguo, has attained the Tao alone, and the chicken dog has ascended to heaven. He is not disloyal, his family, and even thousands of generations, is unknown, my imperial brother is older and can control it, as for Yun Wei, it is really difficult to say. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, looked at the stage, and said: "What is sung here is about Yu Chigong beating the imperial family, I haven't read many books, there are many literati around you, is this really the case in history?" ”

Zhu Di happened to hear this historical allusion, so he said: "No, the history books say that Wei Chigong is becoming more and more arrogant, and when he saw someone sitting on top of him during the banquet, he was not convinced, and he stepped forward to make noise, and Li Daozong, the king of Rencheng, stepped forward to persuade him to fight, but he was beaten by Yu Chigong, and one eye was almost blind." Tang Taizong was furious and taught Wei Chigong a lesson, saying that he read history books and felt that it was too wrong for the monarchs of the past dynasties to kill heroes after winning the world. However, it seems that it is not necessarily the fault of the monarch. Wei Chigong apologized in fear, so he gave up. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said: "I see, it's really too much for Wei Chigong to say this, King Ren Cheng and Tang Taizong are already benevolent and righteous." It's so scribbled in this play. "It turns out that this play is about the white-robed general Xue Rengui who was framed by Li Daozong, and in order to save the white-robe, Wei Chigong went to Beijing overnight to exhaust the black horse, collided with Li Daozong, and was reprimanded to return to his hometown, and later Xue Rengui asked him to return to the court to be an official, and he also flatly refused. Of course, for this play, there are still people who Wei Chigong was rejected for intercession, broke the purple gold whip, and killed the front of the palace, but this time it was not performed.

Zhu Di said: "This is the wish of the people, and they always advocate the kind of heroes who are not afraid of violence." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile: "So he scolded the emperor for killing heroes, but when he kills a hero, often other heroes follow suit, so whose fault is it?" The descendants of the heroes are noble in front of the people, and they are powerful and blessed, and the common people hate them or not? ”

Zhu Di said: "What my father said is that the descendants of those powerful ministers will often have a big tail in the future, and they have to guard against it. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "I heard that you also have some means in this kind of thing. Now I still need the help of my emperor in these matters. ”

Zhu Di said: "Entrusted by my father, my son will never give up." ”

Back to Shandong, because He Tingyu had some things, so he stayed here temporarily, and Lu Yueming also rushed over a few days later, that day Lu Yueming was lying in a rudder of the Shen family here, Lu Yueming had already returned to the house, was lying down, I saw He Tingyu walked in in a hurry, wearing a Japanese-style robe, and a Japanese knife pinned to his waist. Lu Yueming knew this knife, which he snatched from the Japanese when he went to sea with Miss Shen to hunt for treasure, but He Tingyu looked good-looking, and he needed a short self-defense soldier in addition to a spear, so he forcibly took it. I used to want to practice, but because I didn't know how to use swordsmanship, although Lu Yueming's big sword was somewhat similar, there were still many differences, so He Tingyu had not been authentic.

He Tingyu walked over and said, "Do you know what I did when you haven't come these days?" ”

Lu Yueming asked, "What's the matter?" ”

He Tingyu smiled: "I found a master and taught me this knife technique." ”

Lu Yueming asked, "Is it a Japanese person?" ”

He Tingyu said: "Yes, his name is Otomo Yoshizong, and his martial arts are really powerful, so I will talk to you today." ”

Lu Yueming said lazily: "Can you not learn?" I want to lie down for a while. ”

He Tingyu ignored him, pulled out the knife, took out a cowhide holster to cover the blade, and then threw the holster of Lu Yueming's big sword over, and said: "I don't care, a cup of tea, if you are not ready, I will take care of you and cut you by myself, you can do it." ”

Lu Yueming could only stand up, pull out the big sword, put the holster on the big sword, and then get ready, in fact, he also wanted to learn Japanese sword techniques, I heard that this sword technique is extremely fast, and it pays attention to one move to win. So he was ready.

And He Tingyu held the knife in both hands, separated his feet, shouted, and jumped over, and at the same time the knife was chopped down, it was really fierce and fast, unstoppable, Lu Yueming's swordsmanship was also very similar, so he just slashed over with a sword, which not only split the knife, but also put the big sword on He Tingyu's neck.

He Tingyu looked incredulous, she had expected that it would be impossible to defeat Lu Yueming, but she didn't expect Lu Yueming to win so neatly, she calmed down and shouted: "If you are not careless for a while, come again." As he spoke, he took two steps back, put himself in a position, and shouted again, and the long knife slashed over.

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