On the sixth day of the seventh month, the Yan Wangfu raised troops, and the generals Zhang Yu, Zhu Neng and others under the Yan King captured the eight city gates of Beiping overnight, but the Dongzhi Gate was still stubbornly resisting.

The veteran Tang Yun unloaded his sword and unarmed, rode into the city gate alone, and said to the city defenders: "The emperor has allowed the vassal kings to make their own systems, and you will retreat as soon as possible!" ”

In fact, the whole family of Zhu Bai, the king of Xiang, was forced*, in order to prove his innocence, the tragedy has spread all over the Ming Dynasty, who doesn't know that Emperor Jianwen wants to kill the emperor's uncle? The defenders just needed a step down, so they surrendered and returned to the Yan Palace.

Overnight, all nine gates of Beiping were recovered.

On the seventh day of the seventh month of the first year of Jianwen, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, began the oath meeting. The oath was made by Zen Master Daoyan himself.

"I, the son of Emperor Gao of □□ and Empress Gao, the closest relatives of the country, since I was enthroned, I only know that I abide by the law, and I am the heir of the young master, and I trust the traitor

Minister, a catastrophe has arisen. After slaughtering my family, it was difficult for my father and queen mother to start a business. The feudal princes, the feudal world, the inheritance is endless. Once destroyed, the Yellow Sky and the Earth will be a common experience. ”

Behind the screen, Xu Miaoyi was secretly surprised, Zhu Di was obviously born to Concubine Shuo, who was born as a palace maid in Goryeo, and she looked at her father-in-law suspiciously.

Zen Master Daoyan said: "Who is the lord if the king does not come out? The biggest difficulty for the vassal king to raise an army is to justify it. Therefore, King Yan must have been born to Empress Xiaoci Gao. ”

Xu Miaoyi said in a low voice: "But ...... But who in the world doesn't know that King Yan and King Zhou are brothers? ”

Zen Master Daoyan said: "After the matter is completed, I will change the biological mothers of the five princes, the king of Qin, the king of Jin, the king of Yan and the king of Zhou to be born to Empress Xiaoci Gao. ”

Xu Miaoyi suddenly understood, pulling a group of princes to recognize their mothers, the eldest child, the second child, and the third child are all dead, of course, it is the turn of the fourth...... Father-in-law is so cunning!

I also heard Zhu Di on the high platform reading aloud the crusade against the text: ""Ancestral Training" cloud, there are no ministers in the court, and there is evil in it. The soldiers will be trained to fight against it, and the evil of the king's side will be ......"

Xu Miaoyi asked, "Father-in-law, did the first emperor really write such a precept?" Why am I not impressed? ”

Zen Master Daoyan said: "The original text of the "Ancestral Teachings" is: 'There are no righteous ministers in the court, and there is evil in it. Then the prince trained the troops and stood by, and the Son of Heaven secretly ordered the kings to lead the troops to seek peace. I made a little change. Anyway, even the royal family tree can be changed, what is a small "ancestral teaching"? ”

Dao Yan has no last resort, and everything is well prepared. Xu Miaoyi was silent for a moment and asked, "Father-in-law, have you already started writing this article?" ”

Zen Master Daoyan patted the righteous daughter's shoulder lovingly, "From the moment you gave birth to Zhu Gaoxu only three days ago, and you were forced to rush to Beiping, your father-in-law began to plan. No one can bully my daughter, not even the emperor. ”

Xu Miaoyi was immediately grateful, and snuggled in Dao Yan's arms, "Father-in-law! ”

Zen Master Daoyan said secretly: Actually, it should be earlier, and the heavenly opportunity should not be revealed, so it is better for me to know it alone. ”

After Zhu Di finished reading the crusade text, the three armies stomped their feet and cheered, and the shouts shook the sky, and even shook the tiles above their heads, only to hear a clang, and the tiles fell to the ground, just smashing at Zhu Di's feet!

The teacher was unfavorable, and everyone looked at each other, and there was a dead silence.

Zen Master Daoyan ran out and applauded and laughed, "Good omen, good omen!" I have the way to heaven, because God wants His Royal Highness King Yan to replace the green tiles that symbolize the prince, and replace them with the yellow tiles of the Son of Heaven! ”

According to the regulations of the Ming Dynasty, the prince's palace uses green tiles, and the palace can use yellow glazed tiles.

As soon as the words were spoken, the three armies were greatly encouraged, and Fu began to cheer again.

Behind the screen, Xu Miaoyi secretly wiped a cold sweat. But at this moment, the military flag was flying, and the fine weather suddenly covered the sun, and lightning and thunder roared!

The morale that had just been mustered suddenly fell again, and Zen Master Daoyan waved his hands again and laughed: "Good omen! What a good omen! Flying dragon in the sky! A real dragon is about to be born! ”

As soon as the words fell, a strong wind suddenly struck, and the dark clouds were blown away in an instant! For a while, over the school field of the military parade, the sun broke through the clouds, refracting ten thousand golden lights, enveloping Zhu Di in it.

Everyone was shocked, and Dao Yan took the opportunity to kneel down and shout: "King Yan is destined to return!" A real dragon is born! Banzai! ”

The three armies echoed, "Hurray!" Banzai! Hooray! ”

Behind the screen, Xu Miaoyi heard bursts of cheers, the secret righteous father should not be a monk - it is more suitable for him to be a god stick.

On the day of the Jingyan Expedition, the soldiers and civilians of Tongzhou remembered that they had been blessed by King Yan for many years and took the initiative to surrender to King Yan.

On the eighth day of July, the Jingnan army broke through Jizhou. Zunhua and Miyun voluntarily surrendered and joined King Yan.

On July 11, the Jingnan army broke through the Juyong Pass.

On July 16, the Jingnan army broke through Huailai.

On July 18, Yongping Mansion was attached to King Yan.

On July 24, the Jingnan army approached the Xuanfu of Zhu Lu, the king of the valley. Zhu Lu gave up resistance and fled to the capital with his family, but secretly repaired a letter to King Yan:

"Fourth brother, instead of our imperial uncles dying in the hands of Zhu Yunwen's nephew one by one, it is better to support the fourth brother to ascend the throne together, and the younger brother will go to the capital first, and he will open the gate of Nanjing one day to welcome the fourth brother into Beijing!"

On July 27, Zen Master Daoyan used a counter-strategy to cause the defenders of Songting Pass to fight among themselves, and the defenders surrendered.

In August, Zhu Zhi, the king of Liao, fled to the capital by sea, and secretly repaired a book to the fourth brother Zhu Di like the king of the valley, agreeing that "he will meet in the capital one day, open the gate of Nanjing, and welcome the fourth brother to the throne." ”

In the same month, Zhu Quan, the king of Ning, led the soldiers and civilians of the domain, together with the famous Mongolian cavalry "Duoyan Sanwei", to join the Jingnan army.

Shocked to hear that the Jing Nan army of the King of Yan attacked the city within a month, the momentum was huge, the whole country was shocked, Emperor Jianwen issued an edict, announcing that the King of Yan was rebelling, and he wanted to raise the king of the country to quell the rebellion.

But Emperor Jianwen soon discovered a problem: who would be the commander of the conquest army?

After the four major cases of the empty seal case, Hu Weiyong's rebellion, Li Shanchang's rebellion, and Lan Yu's rebellion, almost all the surviving generals in the imperial court on the battlefield were involved.

The first emperor Zhu Yuanzhang thought that he had removed all the thorns on the scepter, handed over the Ming Dynasty to the vassal kings to guard, and gave the scepter to the emperor's grandson Zhu Yunwen with confidence, ensuring that the world was in the hands of the Zhu family. But the first thing Zhu Yunwen did after ascending the throne was to sharpen his knife Huo Huo to the emperor's uncle, and took the lead in tearing up the promise made by the emperor's grandfather before his death.

But the generals of the younger generation of the Ming Dynasty, who are the opponents of the brave and good Yan King?

In order to ensure a great success, Zhu Yunwen had to choose the only surviving 65-year-old veteran Geng Bingwen.

Geng Bingwen led 300,000 expeditionary troops to the north and engaged in close combat with the Jingnan army of Zhu Di, the king of Yan, in Zhending.

In the battle of Zhending, Geng Bingwen was defeated and retreated, and the 300,000 army was actually defeated by the 100,000 Jingnan army! All over the world are shocked!

Emperor Jianwen was furious and ordered Geng Bingwen to take the post of marshal, escorted his veteran generals back to the capital to await trial, and stationed 500,000 troops to conquer King Yan again.

Next, Emperor Jianwen encountered the same problem: who to choose as the coach?

The bloody facts of the battle of Zhending have proven that this class of veterans is not good - then choose the younger generation of generals!

Who to choose?

Zhu Lu, the king of the valley, and Zhu Zhi, the king of Liao, who fled to the capital, said one after another: "When I used to have a banquet with the fourth brother, I often heard him comment on the generals, saying that the generals of the younger generation of the Ming Dynasty, he only looked down on two people. ”

Emperor Jianwen rushed to the hospital and hurriedly asked, "Who?" ”

Gu Wang Zhu said: "The first one is his brother-in-law, Xu Huizu, the Duke of Wei. ”

Emperor Jianwen was a little unhappy: Xu Huizu is indeed very powerful, but he is the brother-in-law of King Yan, so he wants to avoid suspicion.

Zhu Zhi, the king of Liao, said: "The second is Li Jinglong, the Duke of Cao Guo. ”

Li Jinglong, Zhu Yuanzhang's nephew and grandson, the only son of Li Wenzhong, the founding general of the Ming Dynasty. In terms of seniority and kinship, Li Jinglong is also the cousin of Emperor Jianwen.

Qi Tai, the secretary of the military department, objected again and again: "No! Li Jinglong has a blank bag similar to Li Wenzhong, and he can only talk about troops on paper, and I am afraid that he will not be able to command 500,000 conscription troops. Although Xu Huizu has actual combat experience and outstanding achievements, he is the brother-in-law of King Yan after all. Weichen felt that Xu Huizu's center still needed to be considered and could not be easily reused. ”

The suggestions of the King of Gu and the King of Liao were refuted, and some of them could not get off the stage, after all, they were princes, and Emperor Jianwen wanted to call the emperor's uncle, so he sneered: "Since the two generals we suggested are not good-you can do it!" ”

Hitting people does not slap the face, Qi Tai is so angry that he jumps to his feet, although he is a scholar of the military department, but he is a civil servant of the imperial examination, Hongwu eighteen years of Jinshi, since then he has entered the court as an official, and he has read a lot of military books, but if he fights in actual combat, Qi Tai himself is also stunned!

Emperor Jianwen saw that Qi Taiyi could not fight, and the second could not recommend a better general, so he thought for a moment and said: "I have named Li Jinglong, the Duke of Cao, as the main commander, and Xu Huizu, the Duke of Wei, as the deputy marshal, together with 500,000 expeditionary troops, and went north to crusade against the rebels of King Yan!" ”

Emperor Jianwen felt that Li Jinglong might not be capable enough, but Xu Huizu, who had experienced a hundred battles, could give advice on the side and help one or two.

And Xu Huizu's loyalty needs to be tested, so he must be monitored and restrained by his loyal cousin Li Jinglong. The two generals made up for each other's shortcomings, and the combination of strong and powerful was really perfect!

At the oath-taking meeting, Xu Zengshou, the second master of the Wei State Mansion, ran to Emperor Jianwen with a dead face, and Mao Sui recommended himself, "Your Majesty!" Wechen is also going! ”

Qi Tai scolded loudly: "You deliberately let go of Zhu Gaochi's three brothers and sisters, causing a big disaster!" If it weren't for the prestige of your father, Xu Da, the king of Zhongshan, and the face of your eldest brother Wei Guogong, you would have been exiled to prison a long time ago! Do you still have the face to ask to go on the expedition? ”

Xu Zengshou shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, Weichen is more wronged than Dou E!" Wei Chen really thought that King Yan was about to die, so he let the three nephews go back! If Weichen knew that King Yan was going to rebel, he would have left his nephew in the capital a long time ago, don't mess with their father, King Yan has less than 100,000 troops, we are a million heroes, he will definitely be defeated, and he will drag down Weichen's sister and six nephews. ”

"Weichen went to Beiping this time to persuade him to surrender, everyone is a family, and if he can, he won't fight. Besides, Weichen has been in Beiping for 16 years, and he understands the local terrain and customs, so he can lead the way for Li Jinglong and his eldest brother! ”

Emperor Jianwen saw that Xu Zengshou was a gentleman, and he had been unserious for forty years, even if he joined the Northern Expeditionary Army, he couldn't set off any strong winds and waves...... If you can really persuade King Yan to surrender, it will also be good.

Emperor Jianwen said: "Quasi-playing." 166 Reading Network