Zhending City could not be attacked for a long time, and King Yan was ruthless, and ordered to mobilize all the artillery in the army, and the group bombardment was not as good as the price.

No matter how strong the city is, it can't stand hundreds of iron balls smashed upwards. The walls were quickly smashed into potholes, and several gates were crumbling.

Geng Bingwen knew the severity of this move, and immediately ordered the soldiers to block the three sides of the city gate with mud and rolling wood, leaving only the south gate and doubling the force to defend.

The city gates on all sides were blocked, which certainly increased the difficulty of the Yan army's siege, and it was equivalent to blocking his own way of life.

Trapped in the city under the defeat, the mood of the soldiers was already unstable, blocking the city gates on all sides, clearly telling everyone to stick to the truth, and the survival was slim. has not reached the point of exhaustion, Zhu Di is impossible to fight with him, Geng Bingwen naturally will not make such a mistake.

What's more, tens of thousands of troops in Zhending City still have to eat, leaving the south gate, also to wait for reinforcements and grain trucks.

What Geng Bingwen can think of, Zhu Di will not ignore. He did not intend to give Geng Bingwen any chance to turn the tables, and ordered to send cavalry to intercept grain trucks and reinforcements while continuing the shelling. Shen Xuan led the rearguard of King Yan to capture the military rations transported from Shandong, and Zhu Neng repelled the reinforcements of Wu Jie under the command of Yongping, completely cutting off Geng Bingwen's back route.

In the sound of artillery bombardment, Geng Bingwen walked up to the city again, looking at the Yan army under the city that was densely packed and preparing to enter the city, with mixed feelings.

King Yan does have the style of Emperor Zugao, in terms of military strategy, decisive character, and old and spicy methods, and the young emperor is definitely not his opponent.

Don't......

No!

Shaking his head vigorously, the orthodoxy in the world is Emperor Jianwen! King Yan is just a vassal king, and he is a thief!

"Beat the drums, siege the city!"

King Yan rode on a horse and stood under the Great Scroll.

He has a burly posture and a resolute face.

The saber is really determined, and this battle will go down to the city!

"Siege!"

The battle flags of each army were fierce, and the Yan army besieging the city set up a long ladder, and in the shouting, they climbed to the top of the city desperately.

The head of the city was covered with wooden boulders, and in the smoke and dust, many of the Yan troops besieging the city fell from mid-air, and the casualties were increasing every hour.

The Yan army erected more long ladders, and the death of their comrades aroused their anger and blood.

The defenders of the city also tried their best, and behind the wooden boulders were boiling water, hot oil, and bows and arrows like rain. The Yan army who climbed to the top of the city was also quickly hacked to death with a knife, and before he died, he desperately bit the throat of a defender, and in the scream, he grabbed the other party and fell down to the city together.

If you don't live, you die, and there is no way back.

The increasing number of casualties made Zhu Di frown, compared to the rich Emperor Jianwen, although his soldiers were good at fighting, the number was limited after all. Fighting a war of attrition, he really can't afford to fight.

To the sound of drums, the besieging soldiers retreated, and King Yan ordered the bombardment to continue. He didn't believe it, the artillery of the whole army couldn't open a hole in the city wall of Zhending.

It's a pity that God is helping Geng Bingwen all the time, just when Yan Jun set up artillery and filled the earth, gunpowder and iron balls in order, black dark clouds gathered in the sky, and thunder rang out one after another, and raindrops the size of beans poured down, extinguishing the torches in Yan Jun's hands and cooling the heart of King Yan.

The defenders in the city were stunned for a moment, cheering loudly, Geng Bingwen didn't care about wiping the rain off his face, and shouted loudly to the Yan King under the city: "Zhu Di, God doesn't want it, how dare you take it!" ”

The thunder roared, and it couldn't hide Geng Bingwen's angry shouts.

The morale of the defenders in the city suddenly rose, and King Yan's face instantly became gloomy.

"Collect the troops!"

Zhu Di was indeed angered by Geng Bingwen, but he did not lose his mind, and attacking in the rain was tantamount to letting his soldiers die.

The Yan army Mingjin retreated to the camp, and the defenders at the head of the city were still cheering, and after how many days of grievances, they were finally able to raise their eyebrows and breathe a sigh of relief.

"Zong Rong, the momentum of the rebel is weak, why don't you go out of the city to fight back?"

Geng Bingwen shook his head, he was also not carried away by the temporary victory. If Xu Da often meets spring, or Li Wenzhong Lanyu is here, this plan is feasible. But he was not one of the above men, and there was no general under him who could match them. On the contrary, from Zhu Di's body, he can see the shadows of Xu Da and Li Wenzhong.

"Zhong'an, I'm old." Geng Bingwen pressed on the city bricks with one hand, with a sense of depression in his expression.

When he followed Emperor Tai-Zugao to conquer the world, exterminate the Yuan soldiers, fight against Chen Youliang, and fight against Zhang Shicheng, Geng Bingwen never felt so powerless, because he knew Zhu Yuanzhang's eloquence and strategy, and followed such a heroic lord to fight on the battlefield, although he had no regrets about dying, what was there to fear?

Emperor Jianwen of Nanjing made Geng Bingwen shake.

He is a corrupt and corrupt person, ignorant of military affairs, biased in listening and believing, and often has a convulsive head and makes incredibly stupid decisions, such an emperor makes him feel powerless, very powerless.

No wonder Zhu Di rebelled.

This thought suddenly popped up in his heart, and he couldn't help but be shocked, how could he think like this?

"Total?" Seeing Geng Bingwen's face change suddenly, a subordinate general asked cautiously, "But what's wrong?" ”

"Nothing." Geng Bingwen settled down and said, "Strengthen the defense of the south gate and the fortifications at the head of the city, and the traitors will not give up." ”

"Obey!"

The general agreed and went down the city ladder. Geng Bingwen also walked down the city, before leaving, he turned around and glanced in the direction of the Yan army camp, under the black clouds, the Yan army camp was covered in the rain curtain, faintly, Geng Bingwen's heart rose a wave of uneasiness, a kind of uneasiness that danger was coming.

It rained heavily for two days, and the sky seemed to have broken a hole, and the rain was mixed with hail, and the temperature plummeted, and the breath exhaled in the morning and evening condensed into frost. Many Yan soldiers remembered Biansai, and it was autumn, and it was going to snow soon.

Meng sat in Shen Xuan's tent, holding a bowl of ginger soup and drinking it slowly. With Shen Xuan's body wrapped in it, he could still feel a burst of coldness.

The wind chill has not been good, and he can barely act on his own, but it is not good to go to the battlefield and kill the enemy with a knife.

Throughout the battle of Zhending, Meng Du was a bystander. I didn't want to be seen as useless, so I took the initiative to ask Ying to work in the logistics department. The officer in charge of the dispatch of military rations is not an acquaintance, he has only dealt with him a few times in the palace of King Yan, and he thought that Meng would not be able to help much, but he did not expect that he had been in place for two days, and the military rations, mules, horses, and carts were all arranged in an orderly manner. If Shen Xuan hadn't sent someone to find him, Meng Yan would have taken root in the logistics department.

Doctor Zhao checked Meng's pulse and left another bottle of pills.

The temperature changed suddenly, and many of the strong soldiers also caught a cold, and the smell of ginger soup was always wafting in the barracks, and King Yan and his two sons both pinched their noses and drank a big bowl. Zhu Gaosui was so spicy that he jumped high, and Zhu Gaochu was not much better.

Meng had been resting in the tent under Shen's command. The heavy rain made many tents no longer able to accommodate people, so everyone could only borrow a convenient place to huddle together. The two tentmates before Meng were huddled together with the two thousand households, and there was no place for Meng Yan in the tent, so it was natural to stay in Shen Xuan's tent.

After drinking a bowl of ginger soup, my body finally warmed up a lot. Meng got up and moved, the curtain of the tent was lifted, the cold wind swept the rain, and Shen Xuan walked in.

Just walked back from King Yan's tent, and his whole body was like washing.

"Command."

Meng hurriedly handed over the cloth towel, Shen Xuan casually removed the dripping armor, and the clothes inside were also soaked, sticking to his body, revealing a strong back and a thin waistline.

The long black hair was draped over her shoulders, Shen Xuan untied the ties, tilted her head slightly, straightened her nose and red lips, her eyebrows were thick like ink, and her eyes were sharp.

Dressed in a military attache uniform, some cold fingertips inadvertently wiped the back of his hand, Meng lowered his eyes, and told himself that it was an accident.

I have to have an accident a few times a day, and I'm used to it.

He forced himself to get used to it, his heart rate soared by two hundred at every turn, and he had a heart attack sooner or later.

Fastening his belt, Shen Xuan's eyes fell on Meng's face, seeing that the other party's expression was calm, his eyebrows were raised, and he sat on the edge of the couch, and he was also quietly distracted.

Except for the sound of rain falling, the only sound of breathing remained in the tent.

Silence can also make people feel at a loss, Meng finally couldn't bear it anymore, and said loudly: "Command." ”

"Huh?"

Shen Xuan's voice was a little hoarse, with an uncommon laziness, Meng Shilang gritted his teeth and held back!

"The prince has been summoned, but for the siege of the city?"

"Yes." Shen Xuan sat upright, obviously upset about this matter.

If you can't attack it, you won't be able to open the way to the south. Even if you go around, with Geng Bingwen's old spiciness, it is difficult to say that he will not sneak attack from behind. At that time, the abdomen and back will be attacked, and the victory or defeat is even more unpredictable. What Shen Xuan was thinking in his heart also happened to be King Yan's worries, Zhang Yu, Zhu Neng and others did not know about it, but no one complained about it.

It's not that you don't want to say it, but you can't say it.

Speaking out is not helpful in the war, but rather demoralizing.

King Yan was very irritable, like a sleepy beast, and so did his generals.

Geng Bingwen's defense of Zhending City was really like a fish in the throat for the rebel Zhu Di. He even began to complain about his father, killing so many founding heroes, why did he leave Geng Bingwen behind?

If he had been stabbed at the beginning, would he still have such a headache now?

Come to think of it, things have come to this point, and complaining doesn't help. He Shou Fangkuan and others put forward a proposal to temporarily withdraw their troops and return to Beiping, and King Yan was also seriously considering it. There are so many soldiers under his command, all of them are buried under Zhending City, and he doesn't have to continue to rebel, just hang himself with a rope and go to see his father.

Hearing Shen Xuan explain the situation in a few words, Meng was very surprised, firstly, because Shen Xuan had informed him of such a secret, and secondly, because he was worried about the current situation. He knew that Yan Wangjing had succeeded, but he didn't know much about the twists and turns in the middle, Geng Bingwen was really so powerful?

His eyes rolled, if this Marquis of Changxing is really an insurmountable mountain, and he can only break his head and bleed if he hits it hard, then find a way not to hit it hard and move the mountain away.

The story of Yugong moving mountains is known to children of several ages.

Geng Bingwen is not the king of the house, and King Yan is a lot higher than Yu Gong, right?

"You mean?"

Meng's words made Shen Xuan's eyes light up, and Yan Wang and his generals seemed to have gotten into the horns, thinking about how to defeat Geng Bingwen, and never thought that they could let him move somewhere.

As the benchmark of the rebels, the status of King Yan is unshakable, Geng Bingwen is just the chief military officer appointed by the imperial court, let him lead the troops or go home to see his grandson, isn't it just a matter of an edict?

"Command, Geng Bingwen is leading the troops outside, the news is not communicated and he has suffered a series of defeats, so it is convenient to act."

Meng thought very clearly, it has been two months since King Yan raised his army, and the army sent by the imperial court to levy is no less than three or four hundred thousand, but they have been beaten to the point of losing their armor and losing their halberds, and there has not been a small victory. Emperor Jianwen was far away in Nanjing, and his henchmen around him were all rotten Confucians who didn't know how to soldier, and they wanted to consult someone for fear that they wouldn't get too good advice. Wei Guogong is a soldier, the key is that Emperor Jianwen believes in him? Willing to listen to him?

Geng Bingwen's retreat to Zhending City was originally a good move to contain King Yan, and he had the heart to pick a bone in his eggs, which could also be a strong evidence of his passive sabotage. As long as someone in the court participates in him, saying that he and King Yan have already secretly communicated, singing double reeds openly and secretly, which makes the imperial army defeated, it is difficult to guarantee that Emperor Jianwen will not think much about it.

An Lushan rebellion in the Tang Dynasty, how did Tongguan Tianwei lose?

In the final analysis, it is nothing more than a few slanderous words.

As long as Geng Bingwen can be removed, let the imperial court send another chief military officer, such as Li Jinglong, the Duke of Cao Guo, is a good candidate. In this way, are you still afraid that the city will not be able to go down?

Meng Xin had a draft, listing them one by one, which was clearly organized and reasonable, and Shen Xuan couldn't help but nod his head when he heard it.

Imagine replacing Geng Bingwen, who was defending Zhending City, with Li Jinglong, and even if the number of soldiers defending was doubled, the situation would be very different.

The incompetence of one general exhausts the three armies is by no means an empty word.

"This matter is sooner rather than later, and it is recommended that someone be sent to Nanjing as soon as possible, which should be promising."

Shen Xuan listened, thought for a moment, and immediately got up to see Zhu Di. Before walking out of the tent, he glanced back at Meng, just one glance, which made Meng smart, and suddenly remembered the steppe wolf that he hadn't dreamed of for a long time.

Is he thinking too much?

He must have been overthinking.

Zhu Di is in a dilemma in the tent, he is really unwilling to withdraw his troops, and he can't afford to withdraw his troops. Hearing Shen Xuan's request to see, I was surprised, didn't I just leave for a long time?

Let people come in, after listening to Shen Xuan's words, King Yan slapped his thigh hard, ah, why didn't he think of it!

"Xuan'er came up with this plan?"

"Back to the prince, he is a servant under the command of a lowly position."

"Oh?"

"Meng."

"Good!" King Yan asked Zhang Yu and others to invite him, and said to Shen Xuan, "This son is indeed talented, Xuan'er treats him well, and Lone will be reused." ”

"Humble on behalf of the prince Xie Wangye."

"Hurry up!"

While speaking, Zhang Yu, Zhu Neng, Tan Yuan and others had arrived one after another, but for some reason, King Yan did not send anyone to inform He Shou, and even Fang Kuan and others were not summoned.

Everyone stood in the tent, looking at the smile on King Yan's face, and they were all very puzzled. When King Yan personally said the plan offered by Meng, everyone suddenly realized.

Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui turned their eyes to Shen Xuan in unison, when they came in, Shen Xuan was standing beside his father, could it be that he came up with this plan?

"It's a great good." Zhang Yu opened his mouth and said, "Zhang Bao is still in our army, so he can go to Nanjing with him." ”

"Our army can also be drawn today to help the plan."

"In addition, you can send someone to contact the defenders of Zhending, and confirm that Geng Bingwen has been loyal to the prince."

Focusing on the central issue of how to pour dirty water on Geng Bingwen, everyone will brainstorm. After a while, various feasible methods were listed, and King Yan nodded frequently.

Poor Changxing Marquis in Zhending City, he didn't know that he would soon fall in front of a nobody's tricks, and there was no place to cry.

After King Yan and the generals agreed, he immediately sent people to bring the captured Li Jian, Ning Zhong, Gu Cheng, Liu Sui and others to the front, and squeezed out a few tears in front of everyone, bitterly stating that he was persecuted by traitors in the court, and it was difficult to raise troops to appease, and he brought out his father to play the emotional card with everyone.

Holding Li Jian's hand, "You are a lonely relative!" ”

Holding up the arms of Ning Zhong and Gu Cheng, "Both of them are people trusted by Emperor Tai-Zugao, how dare you be disrespectful!" ”

personally helped Liu Sui up, his voice trembled, "Commander Liu suffers, and it is impossible to be alone, and it is not a lonely wish to meet the sword soldiers of the Marquis of Changxing!" ”

After that, he asked Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui to come forward to greet several former Hongwu ministers. Ning Zhong, Gu Cheng was moved to tears on the spot, Li Jian also shook his head and sighed, only Liu Sui was unmoved, but he remembered King Yan's mention of his reluctance to meet Geng Bingwen's sword soldiers in his heart.

The next day, the heavy rain gradually stopped, and King Yan ordered the whole army to withdraw to Beiping.

Before leaving, King Yan suddenly carried forward a style, let the intercepted more than a dozen trucks of grain be sent to the city of Zhending, the person transporting the grain shouted to the city with a loudspeaker, "The prince and the Marquis of Changxing have been friends for a long time, and they don't want to start a war again. ”

After shouting, the people left, and the food was left.

Bathed in the sight of the defenders, Geng Bingwen knew that he had been hacked, but he just couldn't break the situation, so he could only let the other party splash dirty water on him one by one, and he couldn't wash it by jumping into the Yellow River.

Soon after the Yan army withdrew to Beiping, the report of Zhending's battle reached Nanjing.

The 300,000 army was defeated, and Geng Bingwen retreated to Zhending.

Emperor Jianwen sat in the Fengtian Palace, his face pale.

Yu Shi Kangyu jumped out again, shouting that King Yan has raised troops for two months, the imperial court has transferred hundreds of thousands of troops, countless grains, grass, carts and horses, and has lost a lot without a victory, hasn't the emperor reflected on it, this is a warning from God?

"The minister foolishly thinks that if he doesn't stay for ten years, he will have regrets about devouring the umbilicus! Your Majesty, please reconsider the discussion of cutting the domain! ”

After saying that, he fell to the ground again and began to cry.

Emperor Jianwen was so crying that he had a headache, so he could only retreat from the dynasty and discuss it again.

On the same day, Xu Zengshou, the governor of Zuodu, met with Yang Duo and several people who had secretly arrived in Nanjing from Beiping, accompanied by Zhang Bao, who had switched to King Yan from Geng Bingwen.

After seeing the token brought by Yang Duo, Xu Zengshou burned a few pages of stationery in his hand, "I have a mansion in the west of the city, and you can live in it temporarily." Don't go out easily when you have nothing to do, so as not to be recognized. ”

"Yes!"

After Yang Duo and a few people left, Xu Zengshou returned to the Wei Mansion as if nothing happened, and learned that Xu Huizu was summoned by Emperor Jianwen to discuss matters, so he quickly changed into civilian clothes and went straight to the most famous Fenghua place in Nanjing with a few long entourage, to meet Li Jinglong, the Duke of Cao, which is the best ambush location.

That night, Xu Zengshou and Li Jinglong got drunk together, Xu Huizu was so angry that he blew his beard and glared, but Xu Zengshou didn't take it seriously at all, and for the next period of time, he was mixed with Li Jinglong almost every day.

Xu Huizu finally couldn't bear it anymore, and moved the family law, and the Zuo Dudu, whose son was about to marry his daughter-in-law, took leave for seven days in a row.

Wei Guogong was too ruthless, Zuo Dudu was seriously injured, and he didn't have ten days and half a month, so he shouldn't be able to get out of bed.

Rao is like this, and Xu Zengshou's purpose has also been achieved.

Li Jinglong, the Duke of Cao Guo, who was moved by what he said, was in frequent contact with Huang Zicheng, a scholar from Hanlin, and when the heat was about to come, Xu Zengshou sent his henchmen to contact Yang Duo and asked him to take Zhang Bao to see Wang Ning, the commander of the horses.

Hearing the report of his henchmen that Wang Ning sent someone to supervise the imperial history Zeng Fengshao's mansion, Xu Zengshou sneered, this Zeng Fengshao and Geng Bingwen had already had a disagreement, and he took the lead in impeaching King Yan at the beginning, but he was angry and vomited blood by the emperor, and he has been recuperating at home these days. Now that Zhang Bao has sent the evidence of Geng Bingwen's conspiracy with King Yan, even if he vomits the blood, he will have to jump once.

"It's almost done."

Sure enough, as soon as Zeng Fengshao's impeachment was announced, Huang Zicheng immediately fanned the flames, and Emperor Jianwen also became suspicious of Geng Bingwen. He can't help but doubt that the 300,000 troops, led by Geng Bingwen, a veteran, didn't even make a splash when thrown into the water, is this reasonable?

Huang Zicheng saw that the heat was almost over, and immediately said: "Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, and Your Majesty doesn't have to worry about it." The current ministers have a plan, they can gather the world's troops, and they will have 500,000 to attack Beiping from all sides, and they will be captured. ”

Hearing these words, Emperor Jianwen's expression improved, but Qi Tai, the secretary of the military department on the side, sounded the alarm in his heart.

Sure enough, when Emperor Jianwen asked who could replace Geng Bingwen as the general who led the troops, Huang Zicheng hurriedly recommended Li Jinglong, the Duke of Cao Guogong, before Qi Tai spoke, and in order to enhance his persuasiveness, he added, "If Cao Guogong had been used before, the Yan army would have been broken." ”

Don't be ashamed to say it, it's nonsense!

is also a scholar, Qi Tai understands military affairs far better than Huang Zicheng.

Although Li Jinglong is the son of the founding general Li Wenzhong, he is simply too far behind his father, and it is not an exaggeration to describe Zhao Kuo on paper.

With such a person commanding an army of 500,000, isn't he going to deliver food to King Yan?

Qi Tai resolutely opposed Huang Zicheng's proposal, and Xu Huizu, the Duke of Wei, did not approve either. However, Geng Bingwen was suspected of having an impure relationship with King Yan, and Xu Huizu was King Yan's brother-in-law, and Qi Tai's opposition could not shake Emperor Jianwen's mind.

So, in September of the first year of Jianwen, Zhu Yunwen gave the handsome seal to Li Jinglong, and also gave him a rhino belt to send him on the expedition in person.

This time, Emperor Jianwen learned wisely, and did not say anything like not making him bear the name of killing his relatives, but only told Li Jinglong, "I have handed over the army to you, and whoever is disobedient can let go of your hands and deal with it." I have only one request, I must defeat the Yan army! ”

Emperor Jianwen is rarely reliable, but God makes people by providence, and God can't get along with him, so that he is not a person.

At that time, the eunuchs in the palace had already sent the news of the emperor's change of commander, and Geng Bingwen also received an order to return to Nanjing.

Looking at Zhending City, which had been stationed for dozens of days, Marquis Changxing was very sad, and he must have expected the possible consequences of this change of commander in the imperial court.

Replaced by Wei Guogong, Marquis Wuding, or even Tai-Zu's righteous son Ping'an, which one is not stronger than Li Jinglong?

It's just such an unreliable one!

With a sigh, Geng Bingwen embarked on the way home, leaving behind only a precarious city and endless regrets.