Zhu Di looked at me sullenly and said with a light smile, "If you can't survive this winter, no matter how beautiful the spring of the coming year is, it will be someone else's after all." ”

"Jinan can't be attacked, Texas is taken back, the soldiers have no clothes to withstand the cold, no food to rely on, this winter...... We're really just getting started. I picked up a few sticks of dry wood from my side and threw them into the fire, and the flame jumped up and made a beeping sound, and I stretched out my hands that were a little red from the cold to the flames, "However, there is always a warm place, even if it is just a small flame, as long as someone keeps adding firewood, the prairie fire is just around the corner." ”

Zhu Di looked at me sideways and didn't speak. I laughed, "I know you're upset, and you're hiding here because you don't want anyone to disturb you, and I'm not here to disturb you, but to bring you good news." ”

"What's the news?" Zhu Di picked up a leather bag from his feet, tilted his head and poured the wine inside into his mouth.

"Oh, the bad news first. The emperor ......" I smiled and paused, "The current emperor has already ordered that Shandong's participation in politics is not afraid of power, resists the Yan army, and is heroic, and he is specially appointed as the political envoy of Shandong." ”

Zhu Di sneered, "The little bird has finally grown up and knows who should be canonized and who should be rewarded." ”

"The emperor also appointed Tiexian as a squire in the military department."

Zhu Di's body turned slightly sideways, for a long time, he laughed and said, "There is really no one in the imperial court, and he actually let a sour scholar be the secretary of the military department, if my father has a spirit in the sky, I am afraid that he will crawl out of the mausoleum in anger." ”

"Although Tie Xian is a civil official, you have to admit that in the current imperial court, there are probably no more people who are more qualified than him to be the secretary of the military department."

"I admit it." Zhu Di said lightly, and also threw a few small sticks of firewood into the fire. "The good news?"

"The bad news is not said yet, the army of the imperial court has been reorganized, and it will soon rush over to continue to punish our northern army, and the deputy marshal is safe."

"Ah, it's him, my old subordinate, who is now my old adversary. Is that the end of the bad news? ”

"That's it. Although we are most afraid of peace in the army, but he only became a deputy general, the commander is this time to follow the iron string to resist us in Jinan City, and later with the remnants of the defeated general forced us back to the north of Sheng Yong. I smiled and said calmly to Zhu Di.

Zhu Di nodded lightly and didn't speak for a long time, "It seems to be a mixed blessing." ”

"The 600,000 army has been dealt with, is it worth taking these people to heart?"

"The commander of the 600,000 army is Li Jinglong, and he doesn't have any talent as a general, even if he does, he won't really treat me well. In the battle of Baigou River, we won too much luck. The situation now proves that we were indeed a fluke. Zhu Di sat cross-legged by the fire, continued to drink, and said lightly.

"If you don't win by luck, it means that you have the strength that Zhu Yunwen can't reach, and if you win by luck, it means that you have the favor of God that Zhu Yunwen will never get. The sky is helping you, so why cower? When the enemy is most confident, it is often when his shortcomings are exposed the most, and now is the real beginning of the game. ”

Zhu Di raised his hand and blocked it in the air, "That's enough." I've heard everything you want to say. Tonight, I don't want to hear another woman talk to me about war. ”

I lowered my head and laughed, "It was a woman who discussed the war with you, and it was a woman named Helian Yi who gave you courage in this war. ”

Zhu Di also laughed out loud and threw the wine bag in his hand in front of me, "Those people in the barracks, every face of everyone, every word of everyone, I have seen enough and heard enough." Or do you speak beautifully. ”

"Because I don't know anything about war, I just want to see that you are safe, and I know when this war will end, when you will be truly safe---- only if you win."

Zhu Di stood up and took my hand, "Do you remember that night of wolves in the desert?" I fell into the valley and you thought I was dead. ”

"But not only did you not die, but you lived well, until now." I hugged Zhu Di's body, and I had never felt his presence so clearly and solidly as now.

The mountains are vast, the sky is quiet and beautiful, and all this, in the near future, is his, and will be his.

At the end of November in the second year of Jianwen, Zhu Di led the Yan army, which had been languishing for several months, to launch a fierce attack on Cangzhou, which was heavily garrisoned by the Southern Army, annihilating tens of thousands of Southern troops in one fell swoop and capturing the general Xu Kai. This move greatly boosted the morale of the Yan army, and at the same time, Zhu Di reconquered Dezhou, Jining, Linqing and other places non-stop. Finally, in Dongchang, he stood against Sheng Yong.

"It seems that the time for the crown of the prince is just around the corner." Zhu Di because he pity the old age of the monk Daoyan, ordered him to stay in Beiping, no need to follow the army, and this time Zhu Di was frustrated in Jinan, but he ignored his old age and frailty, and rushed over from Beiping alone, on the way to the war, he constantly gave Zhu Di advice, and his advice was only one, the throne was in front, fight, fight, fight! At this time, he was standing beside Zhu Di, double ten, as pious as countless ordinary monks, but he did not sincerely believe in the compassionate Buddha, but sat on the supreme power of the world.

Zhu Di smiled faintly, "This trip is only for Jingjing, don't say such rebellious words." ”

Sambo tugged at my clothes, and I followed him to the side, and he smacked and laughed, "I really can't listen to it anymore." The old decay is here again. ”

I also laughed, "When you were in the palace, you respected him very much, why are you so disdainful now." ”

When he was in the palace, he recited color as emptiness and emptiness in his mouth every day, and talked about the teachings of Buddhist scriptures, although sometimes he was a little arrogant when he spoke, and he was always speaking for the prince. Until the night of the uprising, I listened to his great truth with boiling blood and impassioned. Only now that I have been on the battlefield and fought for two years, and even Shandong has not yet been conquered, I feel that what this old man fanned the flames and said that day were all big words, no, it's just! His upper and lower lips moved, that is, to seize the country, a high-ranking and powerful business, he is standing and talking without backache, how does he know how much effort he has to pay for this! Endless wars, infinite fears, and countless human lives. If the Buddha had a spirit, he would definitely send him, a false monk who feared that the world would not be chaotic, into the eighteen layers of hell and teach him to appreciate the pain on the battlefield. Sanbao was still laughing at first, but the more he talked, the more emotional he became, and his face was slightly red and excited.

"Tut-tut." I looked him up and down, "What you mean by that is that you hate this battlefield right now." ”

"Of course I hate. But I am a homeless man, with no parents, no wife or children, even if I die on the battlefield, it is only a lonely grave, maybe not even a lonely grave, let the wind and the rain bury me. But those soldiers who have families are not only burdened with missions, but also with the day-and-night expectations of the whole family. Sanbao shrugged at me, "You see, how cruel the war is. If the prince had known about this, he might have thought about it more. ”

I didn't say anything anymore, I knew that this was a protracted war that would make many strong men desperate, but I didn't expect that even Sanbao would be so tired, but I can imagine how tired the soldiers in the army were.

I looked back at Zhu Di and Dao Yan, the two of them were talking in a low voice, there was no special expression on their faces, and I couldn't guess what they were saying. Sanbao's face seemed to be a little disdainful, so I invited him to take a walk, and pretended to be unintentional and said, "Do you think that what the prince is doing now is wrong even the soldiers under the prince?" ”

Sanbao smiled indifferently, "Wrong? So who's right? Is it right that the young emperor in the Jinling Palace drove out his own uncle? There is no right or wrong, whoever has the power is right. Our fighters are tired, and the other side is not necessarily in high spirits. It's just that there is no turning back. Fortunately, they are very aware of this, so they will insist. ”

"Can you help the prince all the time?" I asked with a smile.

Sanbao realized that what he said was a little too frustrated, and he also smiled, "I complained for a while, don't tell the prince." Of course I will help the prince. My life is left by the prince, and I will be loyal to him for the rest of my life, and if he is in danger, I will pay with my life to save him. Sanbao said, glancing at me, raising an eyebrow, "Aren't you too?" ”

"Yes, we have different purposes, but we are loyal to him."

Sanbao smiled at me and said, "I'm over, and I'm about to fight, and the prince may have something to command." ”

"Go ahead." I watched him walk over to his tent. But on the way, I saw Zhu Yanxue sitting on a dry turf, holding a leaf and blowing an unknown tune, although it was a little monotonous, but it was very melodious, and I couldn't help but stop and listen to her play a whole song quietly.

Behind her were countless tents, and the vegetation was withered and depressed, and her skin was whiter than snow, and a scarlet felt on her body was also very dazzling, and I walked up and asked, "Aren't you cold?" ”

"It's bitterly cold in the north, not as wet and warm as in the south. The cottages on Matou Peak are all made of wood mixed with mountain stones and built houses against caves, which are warm in winter and cool in summer. Zhu Yanxue kept tearing the leaves that had just been blown with her two slender hands, and the whole leaf gradually turned into strips, she threw all the broken leaves to the ground, raised her head and smiled at me, "As long as Zhu Di wins the battle of music, we can all go to the south." ”

"Homesick. You didn't have a meal with everyone today, but a meal with a few of your Matoufeng masters. That's not good. ”

Zhu Yanxue's face changed slightly, "I'm having a meal with my brothers, what's wrong?" ”

"You have disarmed and surrendered to King Yan, everyone is under King Yan, there is no one under you, you pull them into a small group, it is not conducive to their service and development in the army, nor is it good for yourself." I was smiling all the time, but Zhu Yanxue's face became more and more solemn, she stood up and looked at me at eye level, "I don't understand the set of truths that you people who have read books, I was born a thief, I grew up in a den of thieves, what I learned is that only by taking advantage of the rich can there be a way to live, and those who are reasonable have generally died under our swords and axes." ”

"After all, you are not a thief now, you don't have to swing a knife and axe to have a bite to eat, serve the prince, now, the prince will give you food and clothing, and in the future, he will give you fiefs and lulu." I pointed to the tent not far away, "Everyone here will become a tide on the high ground of power as long as they hold out until the war is over." ”

Zhu Yanxue pursed the corners of half of his mouth, frowned close to me, and said, "Really?" But many people don't keep their word. ”

"You don't joke."

"But I heard from a brother of mine who reads poetry and books, especially monarchs and emperors, who are particularly discredited, and do the most things to cross the river and tear down bridges, and you can't resist. Isn't that what our current emperor is? Zhu Yanxue looked at me coldly.

I didn't know how to refute her for a while, because what she said was right after all, so I was stunned. Zhu Yanxue approached again, "I've been here for so many days, and I can see that your relationship with Zhu Di is very unusual, he is the leader of hundreds of thousands of people in the military camp, everyone has to listen to him, but he sometimes listens to you." You help me tell him that my nearly 20,000 brothers want to get a guarantee, a guarantee that will always be valid. Otherwise, we are not willing to continue to shed blood for him, and we will withdraw from the battle of Dongchang. ”

With that, she strode away, leaving me with only a fiery red back.

I stood still, overwhelmed for a long time. Zhu Yanxian is simple-minded and impulsive, but she has 20,000 people under her command, and these people are not like Zhu Di's army, which is either requisitioned or bought. Her 20,000 people are all passed down from generation to generation by her ancestors, and they are all loyal to her in the same nature as domestic slaves, if she really wants to withdraw and suddenly reduce so many troops, it will indeed be a big loss for Zhu Di, maybe it will be a blow.

I don't know who said these things to her, but I think the people who can say such things will never expose themselves so easily. I silently walked to the tent where Zhu Di was, he had already sent Dao Yan away, and was looking at the sand table alone. There is a pimple twisted between his eyebrows, and it is not easy.

I stood in front of him, thinking and thinking, but I couldn't think of how I could tell him about it tactfully. And he had already raised his head and asked, "You've been standing there hesitating for a long time, what's the matter, what do you have to tell me?" ”

I nodded, shook my head again, Zhu Di's eyes widened, he puffed out his cheeks and looked at me, and said with a smile, "Are you stunned?" ”

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