The imperial court wants to cut off King Ning's guards, and King Yan is so happy that he slaps his thigh, but he can't directly discuss with Zhu Quan, King of Ning, to rebel together, and he must solve Geng Bingwen first.

King Ning was quite dissatisfied with Emperor Jianwen's will, but he was not as determined as King Yan, and there was no figure like Daoyan around him, so he was still hesitant whether to raise the flag and rebel.

The envoy sent by Emperor Jianwen had been keeping an eye on Zhu Quan, and if he found that King Ning was trying to rebel, he would immediately take action. Qi Tai became smart this time, and he didn't play the trick of checks and balances anymore, and the edict to arrest King Ning's officials and King Ning himself was in the hands of one person. But it is still unclear whether these two edicts will work.

At this time, the situation in Daning was like Beiping before the Jingjing, and the pyre had been set up by Emperor Jianwen himself, and it only took a little spark to ignite.

Geng Bingwen, who was stationed in Zhending City, learned of the situation and pulled off a lot of his beard.

Can't compare, really can't compare! Not to mention Emperor Tai-Zu-Gao, even the former prince Zhu Biao would not do such a stupid thing.

Thinking about King Yan who was heading towards Zhending City, and then thinking about King Ning who was pushed by the court to King Yan, Marquis Changxing sighed, the rotten Confucians around the emperor couldn't see the situation clearly, Xu Huizu, the Duke of Wei, was an understanding person, so he couldn't persuade the emperor. In case King Ning also rebelled, and the two most powerful vassal kings in the north united, how could this battle be fought?

Geng Bingwen's worries were not unreasonable, although King Ning had not yet shown his objections, a group of people under him couldn't sit still.

The first to bear the brunt were the Mongol cavalry composed of Duoyan, Taining and Fuyu Sanwei. Duoyanwei is the strongest, so it is also collectively known as Duoyan Sanwei.

These Mongolian cavalry surrendered to the Ming Dynasty during the Hongwu period, firstly, because the Ming Dynasty's military strength was strong, which cut off their connection with the west of the Great Xing'an Mountains, and secondly, compared with the precarious Northern Yuan Dynasty, the grassland tribes who had to hand over the threshing grass had to be handed over, and the Ming Dynasty had stable work, paid salaries on time, and there were additional rewards every three or five days, so they were naturally willing to work for the Ming Dynasty.

From the establishment of Hongwu in the 22nd year to the 25th year of Hongwu under the control of King Ning, the Duoyan Sanwei composed of Wuliangha, Weng Niute and Uqiye has always been conscientious in their work and did not dare to slack off. When the Northern Yuan came to threshk grass, he rushed up without an order, waved a saber, cut it like relatives and friends, and was commended by Emperor Hongwu many times, which can be called a model worker.

After years of hard work, compared with the Beiyuan villagers who are struggling on the poverty line, the life of Duoyan Sanwei has made great strides towards the well-off level.

Eat and drink without worry, grazing without worry.

The Mongolian cavalry of Sanwei were very satisfied with such a day, and they did not want to be forced to lay off their posts under the order of the imperial court, and their jobs could not be saved.

Snatch King Ning's guards? It's worth it!

Once he was dismissed by the Ming Dynasty and cut off his source of livelihood, how would he live! Back to grassland grazing? Accustomed to luxury cars and villas, who is willing to squeeze the bus and sleep in the bunk?

Learn to threshing grass? As wage earners in the Ming Dynasty, they know the combat effectiveness of the Ming army better than the villagers on the grassland.

The leaders of the three guards got together and discussed, they didn't want to be laid off, and the best solution was that King Ning would also rebel against the emperor like King Yan!

If King Ning goes to Jingnan like King Yan, the imperial court will also cut an X guard!

The leader of Duoyan Sanwei looked forward to it day and night, and he was waiting for King Ning to pull up the anti-flag.

How good it is to rebel, why hasn't King Ning rebelled?

God may have heard their prayers, even if King Ning can't make up his mind to take the initiative to rebel, with the joint promotion of King Yan and Emperor Jianwen, sooner or later he will be pulled onto the big ship of Jingjing.

This day is not destined to be long.

In late August, on the way to Zhending, the Yan army met Zhang Bao, a general sent by Geng Bingwen to investigate the military situation. Zhang Bao knew that more than 1,000 people under his command were not Zhu Di's opponents at all, so he simply led his subordinates to surrender directly, and also told King Yan an important piece of information.

"The imperial court claimed to have sent 300,000 troops, but the number was not gathered, and only 130,000 were camped in the north and south of the Hutuo River. If you attack at this time, you can take advantage of the army's unstable foothold to achieve a big victory. ”

Hearing this, all the generals in the tent were overjoyed, and if this was the case, it would be another great victory.

So they all spoke one after another, and the central idea was one, "Lord Wang, let's fight!" ”

King Yan did not make a decision immediately, so he first placed Zhang Bao and more than 1,000 surrendered troops in the camp, and then discussed with everyone behind closed doors whether they should fight or not.

Zhu Neng agrees with most people, fight! Must fight!

Zhang Yu Laocheng is serious, thinking that it is necessary to find out whether what Zhang Bao said is true first, and beware of Geng Bingwen's usefulness.

Zhu Di set his eyes on the other generals in the tent, and finally fell on Shen Xuan.

"Xuan'er, what do you think?"

Attacking Xiongxian County and setting up the Fuyueyang Bridge was Shen Xuan's strategy, and as soon as King Yan spoke, everyone turned their attention to Shen Xuan at the same time.

"Back to the prince, I think that Zhang Bao can be sent back to Zhending and inform Geng Bingwen that our army is coming."

As soon as these words came out, everyone was in an uproar.

"Ridiculous!" He Shou was the first to speak out against it, "Our army knows that it is really armed, but Geng Bingwen doesn't know that our army should take advantage of its unpreparedness to take it in one fell swoop!" What's the point of sending Zhang Bao back?! ”

He Shou spoke, and Li Bin, Meng Shan, Fang Kuan and others agreed.

Zhu Neng frowned, and also thought that Shen Xuan's words were a little inappropriate, because of the friendship between the two, he did not openly object. Zhang Yu was pondering, and grabbed Zhang Fu, the son who wanted to speak to He Shou, and didn't allow him to speak.

Mao Sui, who took refuge in King Yan not long ago, Zheng Heng is well versed in the truth of newcomers in the workplace, and he will never speak easily unless necessary, but he is thinking about it in his heart, looking at the situation in front of him, King Yan is by no means monolithic. There are good and bad discords among the generals, depending on what King Yan thinks and how to deal with it.

King Yan didn't say whether He Shou was right or wrong, turned to Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui, who were standing in the ranks of generals, and said, "Gao Xu, Gao Sui, what is your opinion?" ”

Zhu Gaosui is still young, and he has always been the only one who looks forward to the horse.

Zhu Gaoxu was also thinking about the mechanism in Shen Xuan's words, but he really couldn't figure out whether it was because he didn't have enough experience on the battlefield.

"Back to my father, my son is ashamed, I don't understand what Commander Shen is referring to, and I ask Commander Shen to solve my doubts."

"Good!" Zhu Di smiled, "Those who don't know should ask, don't be ashamed!" Don't seek to understand, stubbornness is the taboo for generals! ”

The meaning of the words was clear, and He Shoufangkuan and the others suddenly looked embarrassed.

King Yan stopped at the point, not only dialed He Shou, but also saved him face, and then continued: "Geng Bingwen's army is stationed on the north and south banks of the Hutuo River, if our army attacks the north bank, even if it wins, the army on the south bank will be prepared, and it will be difficult to cross the river to attack while our army is tired, and the outcome is unpredictable. It is better to let them join forces and annihilate them in one fell swoop. ”

The crowd suddenly opened.

Zhang Yudao: "First of all, there is the defeat of Xiongxian County, and when I heard that our army is coming, Geng Bingwen will definitely join forces!" ”

Tan Yuan and Zhu Neng also nodded one after another, Shen Xuan didn't say anything again, sometimes, it's not a good thing to be in the limelight too much.

Everyone agreed on a plan, and the king of Yan asked Zhang Bao to come and give him a rich reward, ordering him to return to Geng Bingwen's camp, informing Geng Bingwen that Yan's army was coming, and taking the opportunity to spread the news of Yang Song's defeat of Pan Zhong in the army, in order to shake the morale of the army and strike at the will of the southern army to fight.

King Yan promised in front of the generals that as long as Zhang Bao completed this matter, he would be reused for him.

"The prince is rewarded, and he must do his best."

Zhang Bao was ordered to leave, and more than a thousand soldiers took only two or three henchmen. It was not easy to convince Geng Bingwen that he had encountered the Yan army and had to die to escape from the horse. If something goes wrong, the high-ranking officials promised by King Yan can't get it, and the little life has to be over.

The Yan army opened overnight after Zhang Bao left, and it was just a plan, and King Yan was ready to be attacked by Geng Bingwen at the same time.

As September approached, the weather was getting cooler and it was raining again during the night, so the army had to stop its advance and camp on the spot.

The rain became heavier and heavier, and by the time the tents were set up, many of the soldiers were drenched.

The sturdy soldiers didn't care about this, and they took a cold shower in the rain. Drink a bowl of hot soup, get some sleep, and still be alive.

Meng can't.

The foundation of the body was already thin, and there were fifteen military sticks in the ice and snow, although there were pills carefully prepared by Dr. Zhao, they could not be slowly recuperated, and some roots were left behind.

After days of marching and fighting, the temperature difference between day and night was already exhausting and unbearable, and it was raining heavily, so it could no longer support it.

As the commander of the Yanshan guard, Meng slept in a tent with the other two guards. It was raining outside, and when the two returned from patrolling the camp, they saw Meng lying on the ground unconscious, but his forehead was hot, and his face changed.

"It's not good, go find a doctor!"

Meng has rich experience in the workplace, and the interpersonal relationship in Yanshan Defender is not bad, the two not only sent people to find a doctor, but also took matters into their own hands, wrapping Meng Shishilang tightly with a quilt, leaving only a place to breathe.

Wrapped in three quilts, Meng was still shivering with cold.

Fortunately, the military man who went to call people returned in time, and Dr. Zhao, who was with the army, walked in with the medicine box on his back, and followed Commander Shen behind.

The two commanders didn't expect to alarm Shen Xuan, so they hurriedly got up and saluted. Shen Xuan signaled that he didn't have to, and looked at Dr. Zhao for Meng's pulse, frowning.

"Meng Yan suffered from the wind and cold, which caused an old disease."

Doctor Zhao explained the situation in a few words, the pills are ready-made, and they need to be taken with warm water, but Meng is unconscious and burned confused, how to take the medicine? The night rain was cold, and the tent was not warm, for fear that it would aggravate the condition.

As soon as many situations were put in place, the two servants in the same account were also scratching their heads. The border army is all rough men, and it is good to sleep indiscriminately when they are sick, like Meng Yanshi, I am afraid that they are not as strong as their own mother-in-law.

Shen Xuan didn't say much, lifted the quilt, unwrapped the big bag on Meng's body, and hugged the person horizontally, "Meng Yan is in my account tonight, and I still need to march tomorrow, and Zhao Yan will rest early." ”

Zhao Baishi and Qian Baishi were instantly moved, Commander Shen is a good person and a good boss!

Take the initiative to take care of the patient, and take care of the subordinates so much, where to find it!

The two immediately said that they did not need labor commands, and they could take care of their colleagues.

They are all from military backgrounds, with rough skin and thick meat, and they are stronger than cattle, so let's leave Meng Yan's affairs to them to take care of. The responsibility of the conductor is even more important, and it will not be good if it is too sick.

"It's not warm in the tent, let's sleep together, and a few quilts are pressed to ensure that Meng Yan can't get cold. When guarding the border stop, the brothers just huddled to keep warm, and they couldn't freeze to death like heavy snow. ”

Sleeping together? Cover a lifetime? Huddled together for warmth?

Shen Xuan's eyes were cold, and his face was a little dark.

Feeling the evil anger that Commander Shen overflowed, Zhao and Qian Zhishi instinctively closed their mouths.

Looking at Shen Xuan's increasingly cold expression, he was very puzzled, where did he provoke the command?

Doctor Zhao coughed, "Commander Shen, Meng Yishi still needs to take medicine as soon as possible." ”

Shen Xuan glanced at Doctor Zhao, unsure if the old man did it on purpose.

"Commander Shen, what the old man said is the truth."

In the end, Shen Xuan hugged Meng back to his tent, and Zhao and Qian Yishi couldn't turn their brains around, so they simply didn't want to go to sleep and sleep.

Compared with Meng's three-person room, Shen Xuan's tent is a level higher, with blankets on the raised couch and hot water in the tent.

The medicine box opened, Dr. Zhao took out a porcelain bottle, thought about it, and handed the entire bottle of medicine to Shen Xuan.

"Take one pill a day with warm water. If the heat can subside, it will be fine, but it will be good to recuperate in the future. ”

Shen Xuan took the porcelain vase, "I'm tired of Dr. Zhao." ”

"Don't bother."

"Doctor Zhao can go back to the tent to rest."

"Does Commander Shen know how to make Meng Yishi take medicine? Don't need the help of an old man? ”

"Doctor Zhao had better rest earlier."

When the words fell, he lifted the curtain and drove people away.

Dr. Zhao: "......"

The daughter-in-law married into the house, and the matchmaker threw it over the wall!

The shaft is not enough and conspiracy!

Well, Dr. Zhao also had a cold and fever.

The curtain was lowered, Shen Xuan poured out a pill from the porcelain bottle, and tried to break Meng's mouth, but repeatedly failed. He simply put the medicine in his mouth, took some warm water, and leaned over and put it into Meng's mouth.

Fiery breath, soft touch.

Traces of water slid down the corners of the mouth, and the bitter medicinal taste spread in the mouth.

In a drowsy consciousness, Meng frowned and wanted to turn his head sideways, but there was a force that fixed his jaw and couldn't move at all.

The brow furrowed even tighter, it was too bitter.

Shen Xuan stood up with one arm, his thumb brushed his lips soaked in water, his dark eyes deepened, he lowered his head again, his lips touched lightly, with unprecedented curiosity and heartbeat, slowly, fused with the breath of another person.

The shadows of the two were reflected in the tent, disappearing into the darkness as the candles were extinguished.

As the rain faded away, the soldiers patrolling the camp walked by and accidentally stepped into a mud puddle, making a splash.

Meng was chilled, ignoring the bitter taste of medicine in his mouth, and instinctively hugged the only heat source around him.

Shen Xuan was lying on his side, the back of his hand against Meng's forehead, and the heat seemed to have subsided.

He pulled up his big and closed his eyes.

The next day, Meng woke up on Shen Xuan's horse, and the team had already been pulled-out, and everyone was not surprised that Shen Xuan would take Meng on the horse.

The brothers in the army were injured and couldn't ride horses, everyone would help each other, Zhu Neng and Zhang Yu had done this, and King Yan was no exception.

The only difference is that Meng is not injured, but sick.

Meng blinked, as if he couldn't figure out the situation in front of him, Shen Xuan saw him wake up, lowered his head, and touched his forehead, his voice was low, "The heat has subsided." ”

The action was too sudden, and Meng Shishilang was a little stupid. He still remembered that after returning to the tent, his head was dizzy, he fell to the ground, and vaguely heard the voices of Zhao and Qian Yishi, and he couldn't remember anything after that.

Zhu Gaoxu rode by, saw Meng wake up, and said, "Is Meng Jia's affairs better?" If it doesn't work, why don't you let the transfer vacate a grain cart. ”

Seeing that Zhu Gaoxu's concern was not a fake, Meng tried his best to sit up straight, and replied: "The lowly Xie Junwang, there is no need to trouble the promotion of officials, there is no fever, and the lowly position should be able to act on his own." ”

Zhu Gaoxu nodded, "I'm going to the Hutuo River soon, and Meng Yan still has to pay more attention to his body." ”

"Humble as much as possible."

The Chinese army had thousands of households looking for Zhu Gaoxu, and King Yan summoned him, Zhu Gaochu immediately turned his horse's head, and Meng Shishilang breathed a sigh of relief.

I raised my head and wanted to ask about last night, but I couldn't ask when the words came to my mouth.

I don't even ask, the big war is coming, and it's not the time to think about this.

In early September, the Yan army arrived in Zhending. The striker found the traces of the southern army's grain convoy, Shen Xuan immediately led people to chase after it, intercepted a large amount of grain and grass, and also learned from the captured southern army that the army on the south bank of the Hutuo River had camped on the north bank, and Geng Bingwen personally went out of the city to dispatch and command.

King Yan sent people to reconnoiter and found that Geng Bingwen had really hit the plan, and was assembling troops on the north bank of the Hutuo River, waiting for the arrival of the Yan army.

"Lonely and help the old general."

In order to save time, King Yan ordered Zhang Yu, Zhu Neng, Tan Yuan and others to lead his soldiers into small groups to harass the southern army. When he saw a lone person, he went up and beat him, and he didn't let go of any of them. This move really made Geng Bingwen speed up the speed of the army.

Geng Bingwen is also very helpless, what he is best at is defense, and leading the army to attack is not his strong point. The Yan army, which had been fighting against the Northern Yuan all year round, was accustomed to attacking, even if Geng Bingwen found out that the Yan army was consciously forcing him to join forces, for safety reasons, he could only do so.

There are many people and a large amount of people, and in terms of numbers, they will have a hard time with the Yan army, and their own side will definitely not fall below.

Geng Bingwen is very experienced, and decided to fight steadily and head-on, but Zhu Di was too cunning and resolutely refused to give him this opportunity.

When Geng Bingwen put up a position and waited for Zhu Di to come to fight, Zhu Di ordered Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng and other generals to raise the king's banner and lead the troops to attack, and he led a cavalry around the southwest of Zhending to raid the army led by Geng Bingwen.

Under the front and rear attacks, the southern army with the advantage of numbers fell into chaos, and the king of Yan led the cavalry to rush into the midst of 10,000 people, slashing left and right, killing freely, and the soldiers and generals of the southern army surrounded him, but there was nothing to do with him.

Is King Yan invulnerable?

Definitely.

More than 100,000 people, and a single person can drown Zhu Di with a mouthful of spit. King Yan killed a few times in the army as if he had entered a no-man's land, all because of Emperor Jianwen's famous saying, "Don't let me bear the name of killing my relatives".

Emperor Jianwen personally put on a body armor for the rebellious uncle, and in this case, basically no one dared to directly greet the sword to King Yan.

As a result, the Yan army was defeated by the southern army under the leadership of Zhu Di, and the king of Yan, who entered and exited several times in the southern army, was even more mythical.

Surrounded by tens of thousands of people, he didn't even scratch a piece of skin, what else could he be if he wasn't a real dragon emperor?

Seeing that the defeat was irretrievable, Geng Bingwen immediately made a decision and retreated to Zhending City with the team. Yan Jun chased after him, and when he caught up, Geng Bingwen suddenly stopped running.

It turned out that Zhu Neng, who was leading the pursuit, ran too fast, and only Shen Xuan and the other thirty or so people could keep up with his speed.

Geng Bingwen was furious, tens of thousands of troops were chased by thirty people, which is also ridiculous! Is it really when he is a soft persimmon tender tofu, he will break everything when he pinched it?

Seeing the southern army arrayed, Zhu Neng was not ambiguous, he didn't say a word, raised his saber, and rushed over, it was definitely a deadly momentum.

Thirty people followed, as if they were not facing tens of thousands of southern troops, but just a herd of lambs to the slaughter.

Lose your marbles?

It's crazy indeed.

Zhu Neng, Shen Xuan and the others went crazy, and the southern army fighting against them was almost frightened crazy.

Is this human?

Get rid of a group of killing gods!

In the rain of swords and blood, the southern army completely lost the will to fight, trampled on each other in the chaos, and there were not a few people who slashed at their own people with knives, and more than 3,000 people abandoned their armor and surrendered.

When Zhang Yu and Tan Yuan led more Yan troops to catch up, Geng Bingwen could only break his wrist, abandon the soldiers surrounded by the Yan army, and retreat into Zhending City with the remaining tens of thousands, closing the city gate and strictly guarding it.

The Yan army wanted to take advantage of the victory to pursue and capture the city in one go, but it hit a stone.

In the field battle, Geng Bingwen fell behind, but it was his strength to hold on to the city, with tens of thousands of people in his hands to defend the Zhending City as solid as gold, King Yan personally led the troops to attack the city for three days, but not a single city brick was gnawed down.

Geng Bingwen, the Marquis of Changxing, who had regained his self-confidence, stood at the head of the city, looked at the Yan army outside the city, and shook his finger at Zhu Di, thinking that Zhang Shicheng had no way to take a certain family back then, you kid, too!

For the rebel Zhu Di, time is money, and time is life.

Geng Bingwen could stay in the city and spend time with him, waiting for the imperial court to send another army, but he couldn't.

It is impossible to capture Zhending City, it is impossible to open the way to attack southward, and the logistics and food can no longer keep up, and it is difficult to ensure that the army's heart is unstable. If someone has a different heart and doesn't want to continue to rebel with him, then it will be a big problem.

King Yan was worried here, and the generals under his command also began to worry.

At this time, what should I do?

It was impossible to persuade Geng Bingwen to surrender, and it was difficult to raise troops to Jingjing, and King Yan finally encountered the first hard bone that was difficult to bite.