In the second year of Jianwen, at the end of February, King Yan returned to Beiping, more than ten days later than expected.

After taking Juyong Pass, King Yan was originally in a good mood, thinking about going home as soon as possible, sending someone to the grassland to explore the situation, and solve the problem of Duoyan Sanwei's troubles, but he didn't want to receive a message from Xu Zhong on the way, "An Luhou Wu Jie attacked Zhending." ”

Once it is really certain that there is a loss, it will be taken advantage of by the southern army.

Xu Zhong's field battle is first-class, and his defense is also not weak. While sending people to deliver news, they accelerated the construction of city defenses. The fortifications left by Geng Bingwen were fully utilized, the reinforcement that should be reinforced, the rebuilding that should be rebuilt, and the Zhending City was almost as impregnable.

At the beginning, the Yan army besieged the city, and the artillery bombarded the city for several days, and it was not possible to replace it with Wu Jie.

How cool it is to attack the shield of the other with the spear of the other.

Xu Zhong stood at the head of the city and sneered at the southern army under the city, Wu Jie, if you have the ability, you will attack the city! No matter how many people there are, a certain family is not afraid!

Outside the city, An Luhou Wu Jie locked his thick eyebrows.

A few months ago, Geng Bingwen was besieged by King Yan in Zhending City, he led his troops to help, but he didn't want to see the city bricks, so he was beaten back by the cavalry led by Zhu Neng.

Wu Jie suffered a defeat, was beaten by Zhu Neng, his nose was blue and his face was swollen, and he ordered Xiang Yongping to retreat.

You can't afford to hide, right? As a result, this didn't work, Zhu Neng chased after him and chased all the way to Yongping City.

Want to defend the city? Zhu Neng pouted, do you think you are Geng Bingwen? With one stroke of the long knife, the brothers will go up with a certain family, and they will cut it first!

Zhu Neng is a fierce man who dares to lead 30 cavalry to attack an army of more than 100,000, how can Wu Jie resist it?

The soldiers under his command had no will to fight, Wu Jie tried his best, but he was also cut to lose his armor, lose his soldiers, and drive back to Nanjing.

Soon after Wu Jie returned to Nanjing, Geng Bingwen was also removed by the emperor, and Li Jinglong took office.

An Luhou suddenly looked up to the sky and sighed, he really couldn't keep it!

Anyone who knew Li Jinglong a little bit would not hand over the handsome seal that commanded hundreds of thousands of troops to him. No matter how many troops there are, this kid has to lose it! However, the emperor's henchmen are all rotten Confucians who talk about empty words, and there are no people who know soldiers, isn't this obviously sending food to King Yan?

In addition to being indignant, Wu Jie found a place where no one was there and scolded Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng and others.

"Confucianism misleads the country, it should be killed!"

The initiator Huang Zicheng should indeed be scolded, but Qi Tai is really a little wronged. He did jump high to oppose Huang Zicheng's bad idea, but the emperor didn't listen to him.

As Wu Jie expected, Beiping was not defeated, and the Battle of Zhengcunba was also lost, and almost all of the 500,000 troops were lost. Li Jinglong abandoned the army, fled overnight with Shuai Yin, and colluded with Huang Zicheng to conceal the imperial court, escaped from the battle without losing his head, and even became an official and became a knight, and won the honorary title of prince and prince.

An Luhou got together with Wu Dinghou and other veterans, and when they talked about the current battlefield situation, they all shook their heads.

"Your Majesty has heard the wrong belief, dismissed Qi Huang and others from their official positions, and still stayed in the capital, sooner or later it will be a scourge!"

According to the opinions of Wu Jie, Guo Ying and others, it is time to slaughter Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng and others, and then lead the army north to fight for Yan.

Didn't King Yan raise troops under the banner of traitorous ministers in the court and the side of the Qing monarch?

Now that the traitors have been killed, what excuse does he have? If you don't quit the army, it is a real rebellion, and the emperor's edict can be begged by the soldiers all over the world!

The emperor dealt with his uncle neatly, but he was soft-hearted and hesitant in this matter, and refused to lose his reputation for killing ministers. As everyone knows, after the cutting of the feudal domain, the emperor's benevolent reputation has long been discounted.

What worries Wu Jie, Guo Ying and others even more is that the nobles of the court are becoming more and more dissatisfied with the emperor's increasingly cold attitude. They all survived from the Hongwu Dynasty, and they have no merit and hard work, but they are not as good as a group of rotten Confucians who can only talk?

As long as the emperor has a little brain, he should understand that compared with those rotten Confucians, these honors and nobles whose glory and net worth are tied to the imperial power are more worthy of reuse. It's a pity that the emperor only holds those rotten Confucians, and kicks all the nobles in the court to the corner, and one foot is not enough to make up for another kick, so let's play in circles!

Xungui has been dissatisfied with Emperor Jianwen for a long time, and the Yanwang faction, represented by Xu Zengshou, the governor of Zuodu, has frequent activities in private. In addition to Xungui, he often went to the Gu King's house to eat, and even the place where the King of Qi was held occasionally turned around twice.

An undercurrent began to surge in Nanjing, and many people swayed.

With Emperor Jianwen, he is destined to have no way to get ahead, and it must be feasible to take refuge in King Yan?

Xu Zengshou also wanted to visit An Luhou, but was shirked by Wu Jie under various excuses. Rao is like this, Wu Jie still has a trace of uncertainty in his heart.

For the sake of face, the emperor insisted on not taking back Li Jinglong's handsome seal, and continued to increase the reward, allowing him to stay in the army.

With such a manager, it is always easier to lose than to win.

Even if Li Jinglong keeps his mouth shut and no longer commands randomly, as long as he runs away with Shuai Yin again, no matter how many troops there are, it will be in vain.

Wudinghou and An Luhou arrived in Dezhou successively, the two met Li Jinglong separately, met again to discuss, and decided to find someone to watch this unreliable coach, if Li Jinglong fled before the battle, people can go, Shuai Yin must stay!

After the governor arrived safely, he immediately joined Wu Jie and Guo Ying's small group and actively put forward opinions and suggestions. Ping An thinks that it is not enough to stare at people urgently, it is better to scuttle Li Jinglong's boat while it is dark, without the boat, no matter how fast he runs, he can think of a way to chase it back!

Wu Jie and Guo Ying clapped their hands at the same time, "Great goodness!" ”

When the three of them started, they got the help of Du Du Qu Neng and Sheng Yong and others. Make sure the boat sinks to the bottom of the river and fishes up a pile of broken wooden planks.

When the general arrived at the front line, the first thing he considered was not to formulate a battle plan, but how to deal with his own commander and prevent him from escaping.

Everyone racked their brains so much that the scene outside Zhengcunba and Beiping City would not be staged again.

But what Wu Jie'an and others never imagined was that they would rather bear infamy for the victory of the war, but the emperor of Nanjing demolished them for them!

Hearing that Li Jinglong's boat was missing by the river, he specially rewarded him with a big boat, an absolute luxury passenger ship.

What is this called?

Wu Jie'an and the others were completely speechless, feeling stupid and smoking.

Who are they working for? The emperor dismantled them like this? also rewarded a big boat, is it a hint that Li Jinglong should run out of Shandong this time and go straight to Nanjing?

No matter how unwilling they are, Wu Jie and others can't scuttle the big ship given by Emperor Jianwen, otherwise it will be a crime of contempt for the emperor and disrespect. can only increase the intensity of stalking outside Li Jinglong's tent, once he wants to run, he must catch it as soon as possible!

At the same time, several people agreed on a plan for the operation.

The weather in the north is cold, and the imperial army has not yet been fully assembled, so it is absolutely impossible to launch a decisive battle at this time, but it is the best policy to lead the troops to capture several strategic places. Even if you can't take it completely, you can mobilize the forces of King Yan to probe the reality of the other party.

Hejian is garrisoned by Zhang Yu, a general under King Yan, and he can't touch it for the time being. It is Xu Zhong, the former commander of Kaipingwei, who is not as brave as Zhang Yu, but he can give it a try.

It was agreed that the attack was really decided, Wu Jie slapped the table, don't fight with a certain family!

Guo Ying'an and others also knew that Wu Jie had rushed to help Geng Bingwen before, but he was beaten back before he arrived, and Zhending City was definitely a cinnabar mole in Wu Jie's heart, and he had to find a way to smooth it out.

An Luhou led his troops out of Texas, and Li Jinglong learned the news. Sitting in the military tent, Li Jinglong gritted his teeth with hatred, daring to ignore him, the boss? We'll see!

Due to the abundance of supplies, Wu Jie's army soon arrived outside the city of Zhending, set up camp, and made siege equipment on the spot.

Xu Zhong did not dare to support it, and while building the city defense, he sent someone to send a letter to King Yan.

Reinforcements came extremely quickly, and the forward troops led by Shen Xuan arrived almost at the same time as Wu Jie ordered the siege of the city.

Seeing the southern army surrounded under the city, Commander Shen didn't say a word, and he didn't need to form a team, he drew out a long knife, pinched the horse's belly, and led the charge like a tiger descending from a mountain, and the rest of the Yan army also rushed over.

The southern army besieging the city was a little confused, this also came too fast, right? I didn't even hit the city gate a few times!

The Yan army doesn't care so much, in addition to the Yanshan guard, there are also the cavalry of Duoyan Sanwei in the forward, these southern troops are all sent to the door, and none of them can be let go!

The head of the city began to beat drums, the gate of Zhending was wide open, and the Yan army in the city rushed out under the leadership of Xu Zhong, and Wu Jie's army suddenly fell into the front and rear attacks.

Want to run? Leave your head behind!

Wu Jie is also a battle-hardened battle, and in the face of such a fierce attack, he is still a little panicked, Shen Xuan's fierceness reminds him of Zhu Neng, and he can't help but feel a chill in his back.

The reality did not allow him to think too much, and the Yan army, which was dominated by cavalry, had already cut the besieging southern army into several pieces, brandishing long knives and spears, and slashing in the military formation.

The Southern army resisted hard, but was still defeated little by little.

Blood stained the earth red, but no one surrendered.

Don't surrender if you die in battle!

Shen Xuan and Xu Zhong joined forces and launched an even more fierce charge.

Wu Jie was protected by his own soldiers and rushed out to kill, and the southern army guarded around him, using the weapons in their hands and even using their chests to resist the attacking Yan army, killing a bloody way for him.

"Master Hou, let's go!"

Another soldier was pierced through the chest, blood gushed out of his mouth, and his hands firmly grasped the spear that had pierced into his body, and with a loud shout, he actually dragged the Yan army off his horse.

"Master Hou, let's go!"

The voice was torn in the wind, and the screams of dying were drowned out in the shouts of killing.

Wu Jie's helmet was gone, he was embarrassed, and he looked back at the soldiers who fell to the ground, with tears in his eyes.

pushed away his own soldiers, brandished his spear, picked up a Yan soldier, grabbed the war horse, jumped on the horse, and no one could stop him.

The horse's hooves splashed with broken snow, and Wu Jie finally broke out of the encirclement.

Tens of thousands of southern troops escaped, but only a thousand escaped.

The rest were either killed in battle or trapped by the Yan army, and there was no possibility of escape.

"Commander Shen, the chief general of the Southern Army has fled, can you chase it?"

"No, you don't." Shen Xuan shook the long knife, and the blood beads fell on the snow, making it dazzlingly red.

"......"

"The prince has an order, just solve the siege of Zhending. The capture of these southern troops is also a great achievement. ”

"Obey!"

King Yan arrived with a large army, and the trapped southern army finally collapsed. The defeat is certain, and no matter how much resistance is made, it is nothing more than a dead end.

"Is it An Luhou?"

King Yan did not enter the city, but only listened to Xu Zhong and Shen Xuan's report on the battle situation outside the city, and when he heard that this southern army was fighting bravely and desperately guarding the main general out of the encirclement, he couldn't help but sigh.

"In the past, the Duke of Qianguo was brave and martial, and now the Marquis of An Lu is the same."

Lao Tzu is a hero, even if he is defeated, he still has commendable courage.

Xu Da's son couldn't compare, and he was dumped eight streets by Wu Fu's son. If he could get out of the coffin, Li Wenzhong would definitely hack Li Jinglong to death with one knife, saving him from continuing to embarrass him.

After cleaning up the battlefield, King Yan ordered Xu Zhong to continue to garrison Zhending, and sent Yang Duo as his deputy general.

Teng Ju, who surrendered to the Yan army outside Datong City, and his 10,000 men and horses were brought back to Beiping.

After seeing the tragic situation of the battle on the battlefield, Teng Ju took a deep breath, the Yan army was brave and deserved.

In the city of Beiping, Zhu Gaochi heard that the defenders of the city had reported that the army of King Yan had arrived outside the city, and immediately tidied up his clothes and went to greet him in person.

Meng was also notified to go out of the city to greet him, and the Yanshan guard commanded the affairs, and he was responsible for guarding the palace, so it was not a small face to be able to go out of the city to welcome the return of the army. Many people can't get this opportunity to show their faces, such as He Shou, who was left in the city.

Halfway through, Meng suddenly rolled his eyes, stopped, and turned around and walked towards the wing where Gao Wei was being held.

In such a scene, it is a pity that Mr. Gao does not show his face.

"Mr. Ding's feet are fast, go and report to the world, so you can be prepared."

"Humble obedience!"

King Yan walked to the city and was very happy to see the prince who greeted him in person, and then saw Gao Wei behind the prince, and almost didn't recognize it.

Now Gao Wei, where is there still the shadow of a Qing literati?

The whole person is like a steamed bun, so fat that his eyes are squeezed into a slit, and the official uniform is worn on his body, and the belt can't be tied. The wound on the finger has been healed, but the throat has been dumb, seeing the king of Yan is very excited, dumb throat "you" a few times, someone got off the black foot from behind, and bowed to the king of Yan.

"Ahem!"

Meng coughed, Zhu Gaochi immediately came back to his senses, and under the surprised gaze of everyone, he said stubbornly: "Mr. Gao is grateful for his father's kindness, and resolutely asks to go out of the city to greet him, and his son can't stop him if he wants to......"

"Ahem!"

This time, the cough was replaced by King Yan.

Old man Gao is grateful for his kindness? Do you feel that you didn't slash him?

Under the shocked gaze of King Yan, Zhu Gaochi continued: "Mr. Gao is well aware of the righteousness, there are indeed traitors in the court, and it is a righteous move for his father to raise troops to appease, he has written a good note, and he will be sent to the court in the near future, bitterly Chen The harm of traitorous ministers, and the loyalty of his father!" ”

King Yan didn't speak, and the expressions of everyone looking at Gao Wei were very subtle.

Is this being pitted? Absolute.

Who came up with the idea? It's really ...... Lost a little.

After today, jumping into the Yellow River, Gao Wei can't clear the suspicion of "Yanwang's fellow party".

Say he's loyal to the court? No one will believe it.

Crying about his mistreatment in the palace? No one believed it.

Gao Wei wanted to argue, but his voice was extremely weak, and he suddenly burst into tears.

Zhu Gaochi's cheeks haven't reached home yet, so he really can't talk anymore. Such a reversal of black and white, or in front of the bitter master, is really contrary to the doctrine of the saints he remembers.

Meng didn't have so many concerns, the son of the world was silent, and the play would continue, proving that die-hard elements like Gao Wei were all influenced by King Yan, what else in the world could not be done?

"Lord Wang, because Mr. Gao expresses his emotions every day, praises the benevolence and righteousness of the prince, and when he is excited, he will recite poems and howl to the moon, which accidentally hurts his throat. Seeing the prince was too excited to speak, he could only express it with tears, which shows his support and love for the prince. ”

Yan Wang; “……”

Shizi: "......"

Generals: "......"

Gao Wei stopped crying and grabbed the ground with his head.

Meng suddenly raised his voice, "Old Mr. Gao doesn't have to be like this, your heart must be known to the prince." ”

Everyone continued to be speechless, Yan Wang coughed again, tried his best to control his facial expressions, stepped forward to help Gao Wei, and smiled very kindly, "Mr. 's meaning, Gu already knows, will live up to Mr.'s trust, swing Ping Yu, Kuang Fu Sheji!" ”

Gao Wei rolled his eyes and almost fainted.

Shen Xuan silently turned his head, put his hand to his lips, and shook his shoulders twice.

Zhu Gaochu took a step ahead of Zhu Gaochi and said: "My father is a hero, and he will definitely sweep away the traitors and help the society!" The son is willing to follow his father, Qingjun's side! ”

followed King Yan and listened to countless speeches, and in this way, Zhu Gaoxu almost opened his mouth to come.

Zhu Gaochi was a step slower, and could only chant with everyone, "Lord Chitose!" ”

Meng took a step back, the stage was set up, the play was over, and it was time to find a place where no one was around.

Outside the city of Beiping, the three armies chanted "Wang Ye Chitose".

The army entered the city, and the roadside was also full of people, braving the north wind and heavy snow, shouting in unison, "Lord Chitose!" ”

Such a scene has never appeared in the city of Nanjing since Emperor Jianwen ascended the throne.

Gao Wei, who was forced to walk beside King Yan, had a burst of surprise on his face.

If the soldiers are blindly obedient, how can the people in front of them explain it? There was no shortage of scholars in Confucian shirts in the crowd, who also shouted loudly with red faces and thick necks.

King Yan is so popular?

"Gao Wei." King Yan smiled on his face and looked at Gao Wei, without a trace of anger and killing intent in his eyes, "Lonely Jianwen Xiaoer, how is it?" ”

The people's hearts are here, and the world should take them!

Zhu Di rode on his horse and waved to the people who were shouting.

He is the son of Emperor Tai-Zugao, who has the world in mind and is full of great talents, this world should be his!

Compared with the complacent ambition of King Yan, An Luhou, who fled back to Texas, was shocked. Tens of thousands of troops were thrown under the city of Zhending, which cannot be revealed in a few words. Wuding Marquis Guo Ying and Governor Ping'an are both frowning, if Li Jinglong uses this as an excuse to attack and go to the imperial court, Wu Jie will definitely be questioned.

Unexpectedly, Li Jinglong did not say a word, nor did he write a song, and his attitude was very clear, he would not pursue the matter.

Wu Jie was relieved, but his feelings were very complicated, and Guo Ying and Ping'an didn't speak for a long time. For Li Jinglong, they have never been at ease.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Li Jinglong put down his pen and sneered. He admitted that he couldn't beat Zhu Di, and he was inferior in terms of military strategy, but compared to the means of the court, these people may not be his opponents when they are pinched together.

Now they have to be used to fight, and when the war is over, it is time to settle the score.

"Someone!"

A personal soldier outside the tent walked in, "What do you command?" ”

"Raise the tent and gather the generals."

"Obey!"

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The fighting in the north was tense, but it did not affect the city of Nanjing in the slightest.

The spring has passed, and the tributes who have won the middle are making every effort to prepare for the palace test on the first day of the first month of March.

The Zhou Li faction and the Tai-Zu faction in the middle of the court are still pinching when they meet, and there is a miasma of black smoke.

In the warm pavilion of Fengtian Palace, Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng, who were dressed in cloth, wept bitterly, their voices were self-examining, beating their chests and crying, sorry for the emperor's attention and failed the emperor's cultivation.

Qi Tai is more solid-eyed, patronizing and crying, beating his chest hard and banging.

Huang Zicheng observed Emperor Jianwen's expression while crying, and cried a few words from time to time to excuse himself and Qi Tai, hoping that the emperor would use them again.

In the past, Huang Zicheng would never do this, but now, he and Qi Tai are grasshoppers tied to a rope, and if they want to be reinstated, they must advance and retreat together.

"Two Qing family, hurry up."

Emperor Jianwen was moved, and he was forced by the situation to remove the two of them from their official positions, and there was really no way.

Now that the imperial army is gathering in Dezhou, and it is about to fight a decisive battle with King Yan, it is not necessary to continue to cover your ears and steal the bell.

News came from Beiping that Gao Wei had jumped to the command of King Yan, and when King Yan returned to his division, he personally went out of the city to greet him, crying very excitedly.

Zhu Yunwen didn't want to believe it, and swore to defend the dignity of the court with his life, how could Gao Wei suddenly change the court and willingly open his eyes for Zhu Di?

If people like Gao Wei have become wall-riding, who else can believe it?

was infected by Qitai Huang Zicheng, and Emperor Jianwen couldn't help but have red circles in his eyes.

If a courtier can cry in front of him, who should he go to cry to?

Crying too - Emperor Zugao is going?

There was nowhere to vent the sourness in his heart, and Emperor Jianwen cried more sadly than Qitai Huang Zicheng.

Qi Tai cried: "Your Majesty, the ministers are bitter!" ”

Emperor Jianwen continued, "Qing family, I am also bitter!" ”

Huang Zicheng cried: "Your Majesty, the minister can't share the worries for Your Majesty, and you have missed the major event under Your Majesty, and the minister will die!" ”

Emperor Jianwen wiped his tears and nodded, "I agree." ”

Huang Zicheng: "......", how does this make him pick up? It's all crying, why is the difference so big?

After crying, Emperor Jianwen felt comfortable and expressed satisfaction with Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng's self-criticism, but did not mention the official position they sought at all.

Qi and Huang walked out of the warm pavilion, looked at each other, shook their heads and sighed, Jun's heart is unpredictable, if you want to reuse it, it's difficult!

Meanwhile, Meng is packing up his baggage and preparing to take another family leave.

King Yan returned to the division, Meng Qingjiang and Meng Hu made meritorious contributions under Dezhou and Datong City, Meng Qingjiang has been promoted to the general banner, Meng Hu's military position has not changed, but he has received a lot of rewards. The two of them took the initiative to come to Meng, and it was best to solve the affairs in the clan as soon as possible, so it was better to take advantage of the recent trip to avoid future troubles.

After several battlefield battles and survival, Meng Qingjiang and Meng Hu's hearts hardened.

Meng Qingjiang raised his left hand, which was missing two fingers, "If my father and mother continue to protect him, it's no wonder that I'm not filial!" ”

Meng Qinghai poked out the basket, they used their lives to make up for it, this time King Yan let go of the Meng family, if there is a next time...... They also only have one life!

The three of them made up their minds, Meng asked to see the prince, solved Gao Wei, and gave away two credits, so they should give some benefits, right?

Zhu Gaochi agreed very happily, and also rewarded a lot of food and treasure money.

Looking at this stack of treasure money, Meng Shishilang always felt that something was wrong, when he took leave, the prince couldn't help but agree too quickly, and his attitude was too enthusiastic.

Always feel like a little weak-hearted? The one whose conscience is condemned.

Is he overthinking?

There was a knock on the door, Meng put down the half-packed baggage, bypassed the screen, opened the door, raised his head, and met a pair of dark eyes, and the familiar cold fragrance poured into his nose.

"Commander Shen?"