Xu Kai was vulnerable, Cangzhou fought a battle, and the Yan army was vigorous.

King Yan immediately ordered the army to march south along the river without stopping.

Not a day, even Keke Linqing, Pavilion Tao and other places. During the period of the Daimyo's garrison, a large amount of grain and grass for the southern army was intercepted, and except for being transported back to Beiping and used as military rations, the rest was distributed to the local people.

The military adviser suggested that the grain and grass that could not be taken away should be burned, and not a grain of grain should be left for the southern army.

King Yan was a little hesitant, it was a pity that so much grain was burned in vain. But the army is about to be pulled out, and it can't be taken away, and it's too late to transport it back to Beiping, so why not burn it and leave it to the imperial army? That doesn't fit his style of doing things.

is in a dilemma, Shen Xuan said that he can follow what he did in Texas and give food to the people.

"The prince opened a warehouse in Texas to release grain, and the people all praised the prince for his kindness. One of the things that is to follow suit and win over the people's hearts is to avoid worries on the way to the south. ”

As soon as these words came out, King Yan's eyes suddenly lit up, "Great goodness!" ”

I just wanted to fight away, and I forgot that I could still do this.

Thinking of Meng who was offering advice in Texas, King Yan felt a little regretful. It's a pity that this son couldn't join the army.

The king of Yan adopted Shen Xuan's suggestion and ordered to follow the example of Dezhou, put up notices, summoned the old people, and sent officials to inform the villagers that the Yan army would release grain in the city.

Seeing his father praising Shen Xuan, Zhu Gaoxu took the opportunity to speak: "In addition to grain, the winter clothes left in the warehouse can also be distributed. ”

The padded jacket of the Southern Army only has a thin layer of cotton, which is not very warm at all, and the Yan Army really can't look down on it. Moreover, everyone in the Yan army is tall and big, and the Mongolian strong men in the cavalry are even more stocky, and they do not dislike the materials used for workmanship, and the size is not suitable.

If you can't wear it yourself, it's better to send it to the people, change it or take out the cotton, it's all feasible.

"Very good!"

King Yan stroked the short mustache under his chin, looked at his son with satisfaction, and nodded.

During these days of going out with the army, Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui have grown a lot. Although the flamboyance is still the same, the arrogance is undiminished, but it is a little less reckless and a little more calm, how can it not make King Yan happy.

The prince guarded Beiping, his performance was remarkable, and he had a reputation for humility, and his reputation among civil officials was quite good. But Zhu Di's favorite is still his second son Zhu Gaoxu.

Mounted to fight, rushed into battle, and had a bold personality.

The one who fought on the battlefield is worthy of being called his son Zhu Di!

Zhu Gaosui is younger, and his courage is no less than that of his brother. Compared to Zhu Gaochi, who couldn't follow the army and was more like a literati, King Yan couldn't help but sigh, if the three sons could pinch together, it would be nice to average each other.

It's a pity that the world is not finished, and there are regrets in reality after all. Even if the immortal can't do everything, let alone a mortal man.

A real dragon?

It's just a deception to the world.

After the distribution of grain and cotton jackets, the Yan army continued to march south.

As in Texas, the people who had food and clothing stood by the roadside to see off the army.

In the cold wind, seeing the old man in his old age, King Yan immediately dismounted and personally supported him, and took off his cloak and draped it on the old man.

"The old man is like this, tormenting this king."

The old man was trembling and was supported by King Yan, with tears in his eyes and a somewhat vague voice. The old man's children and grandchildren knelt on the ground and kowtowed to King Yan.

"Your Highness is merciful."

"His Highness Chitose!"

The grain tax has been paid twice, and the imperial army has eaten and collected grain, if it were not for the order of His Royal Highness King Yan to release grain, this winter must be difficult. If there are old people and young children in the family, they are even more grateful for the kindness of King Yan.

Many people can't help but complain that the emperor of Nanjing was able to exempt Jiangsu and Zhejiang from heavy taxes, why not Shandong? In addition to paying taxes and being levied grain, life is not as good as that of the Hongwu Dynasty!

If it weren't for Meng's advice in Dezhou, King Yan would not have released grain at all, and would only train troops in Linqing and other places. At that time, the people will suffer even more, where will they praise King Yan's kindness, and it would be good not to scold him for being Zhu Papi.

The butterfly's wings flapped slightly, and the impact caused by it was not even expected by Meng Shishilang, who flapped his wings.

Picking up the old man, he threw himself to the ground twice, King Yan jumped on his horse, and said with a righteous face: "Lonely Fengtai-Zugao Emperor's posthumous training, it is difficult to raise troops, in order to sweep away the traitors in the court, the side of the Qing monarch!" The emperor has been in the capital for a long time, does not leave the palace, does not hear the world, is deceived by traitorous ministers, does not sympathize with the people, and abolishes the law of the ancestors, which is distressing. Lone is the son of Emperor Tai-Zugao Empress Xiaoci Gao, the emperor's uncle, and must not sit idly by! It will sweep away the traitors, sweep the peace in the world, and restore peace in the world! ”

In this way, King Yan has been saying since the first year of Jianwen, and when he talks about it now, he almost comes with his mouth open.

The battle is neat and emotional.

In Zhu Di's mouth, raising troops to fight against justice represents justice!

Whether others believe it or not, in short, Zhu Di, who is holding the banner of Jingnan, and the rebels who follow under his banner are firmly convinced.

In terms of the thickness of the skin, the five Jianwen Emperors can't compare to one Yongle Emperor.

Engaging in feudal-superstition and acting to build momentum, the academic Zhu Yunwen is even more likely to be compared to the socially experienced middle-aged Zhu Di.

Dezhou got off to a good start, and in Linqing and other places, the name of benevolence of King Yan stabilized Emperor Jianwen.

There are fewer and fewer local officials who are running away with India, and more and more people are taking the opportunity to change jobs.

King Yan and Emperor Jianwen are uncles and nephews, to put it bluntly, they both work for the old Zhu family, and they don't need to struggle too much. Moreover, it is rumored among the people that King Yan is loving, regardless of whether it is true love or false love, it is better to change jobs at this time than to run away in embarrassment and then be caught by King Yan's army.

In Shandong, no one can stop the Yan army. Wherever the iron hoof passed, the officials heard the wind and descended. Those who do not descend will either drag their families and run away, or sit in the yamen and wait for the glorious moment to come.

The imperial army had arrived in Shandong, and there was no head-on confrontation with King Yan, but only a tentative surprise attack, and they were all repulsed without accident. The generals who sent out were basically counted as one, all of them were meat buns and dogs, and there was no return.

Sheng Yong was not really timid and afraid of things, and he didn't dare to fight King Yan head-on. If he was really such a person, he would not have defended Jinan with Tie Xuan and resisted the Yan army for several months.

Showing weakness to the enemy is to have other plans.

When the Yan army continued to attack Jining, Sheng Yong finally summoned his generals and revealed his true intentions.

"A month ago, our army was exhausted in Cangzhou, Texas, the soldiers were very poor, the generals were tired, and the Yan rebellion was full of momentum, and it was not a chance for war. Now, Yan Reverse has won successive battles, and the moon has counted the ground, and there will be arrogance, so we can't wait for work, set up an ambush where it must pass, prepare firearms and crossbows, and lure it into the battle, and can not kill it but also capture it alive, this is a total victory. ”

When the words fell, the governors of the army under the account did not immediately echo it, but their faces were gloomy.

The commander's meaning is very clear, he wants to go out of the city to set up an ambush and decide the victory or defeat with the Yan army in the field battle.

Isn't this a joke with life?

The Yan army is strong, and the victory or defeat of the city is in the number of five or five, and it still needs to be in the field?

Geng Bingwen's 300,000 army was defeated by Zhu Di in the field battle, and only tens of thousands of people were retained after retreating to Zhending.

The army in Li Jinglong's hands, which added up to more than one million before and after, also became a dish in front of King Yan.

Sheng Yong's generals were less than 300,000, half of whom were defeated troops who retreated from Dezhou, Hebei and other places. Among the generals, except for Ping'an, few can handle it, and rushing up is to cut people. Moreover, Heian is also worried about the appointment of the emperor's commander, and may not do his best. In this case, go out of the city and fight with Zhu Di?

Brushing loyalty and bravery, you can't play like this, right?

Everyone's expressions fell on Sheng Yong's eyes, and the sound of discussion also reached his ears.

Sheng Yong didn't say anything to reprimand, but said: "According to the city, what are the chances of us winning?" ”

There was a sudden silence in the tent.

"When you go out of the city to fight, the outcome is unpredictable. However, trapped in the city, fueling the trend of Yan rebellion, and losing a few more places, we will definitely be defeated! ”

"Zong Rong, this is ......"

Song Senjun was about to speak, but was forced back by Sheng Yong's fierce gaze.

"The matter of eating the king and being loyal to the king is fearful, but greedy for life and afraid of death, it is shameful! Yan is against the trend, we will fight for our lives, even if we die, we will be recorded in history, and we will die without regrets! ”

The military order silenced the controversy, and the generals bowed their heads, and no one objected.

In order to stimulate morale, Sheng Yong ordered a cattle slaughtering banquet to reward the soldiers, and after the banquet, he wore full armor and boarded the general's platform to swear to encourage the public.

Sheng Yong pulled out his long knife and said loudly: "Fight to the death with Yan Rebellion, fight against the city, advance without retreat, life without death!" ”

In the huge school yard, only one person's voice echoed.

Over and over again.

"Fight to the death, there is advance and no retreat, there is life and no death!"

Slowly, the echo gradually rose.

After too many defeats, the Yugoslav army almost forgot the feeling of blood boiling and lost the courage to fight to the death.

With the sonorous voice of the boss, the glory of the warriors and the fighting spirit of the generals were burned little by little.

is also the army of the Ming Dynasty, the Yan army is brave, but it is not all three heads and six arms, the same two arms and two arms, and a head on the shoulder, but it is a battlefield fight, and if it is dead, it is enough to pull one!

The fighting spirit overflows in the chest, even if you die, you have to fight hard!

On the school ground, the roar of the soldiers shook the sky.

Sheng Yong held the long knife high and never fell.

Even if he became the commander of the Southern Army, in the eyes of the battle-hardened King Yan, Sheng Yong was still a nobody, and he was not taken seriously at all.

Sheng Yong is indeed not a famous general, he can't even beat Ping An and Xu Huizu, but for Zhu Di, he has an advantage that others don't have.

From Zhending to Beiping, from Zhengcunba to Baigou River, from Hebei to Shandong, from Dezhou to Jinan, this nobody has been on the front line of the battlefield, defeated by the Yan army again and again, and has learned the power of the Yan King again and again.

There is a saying in later generations that failure is the mother of success.

From the failure, Sheng Yong kept thinking, kept making progress, and gradually figured out the tactics that Zhu Di was best at.

It is quite a terrible thing to be understood by the enemy.

Just as Zhu Di knew Li Jinglong, relying on his understanding of him, he defeated the imperial army one after another. Ping An understands Zhu Di, if it weren't for Li Jinglong, the straw bag boss, and the strong wind that broke the handsome flag, the battle of Baigou River might have a different result.

Sheng Yong finally studied a way to defeat the Yan cavalry, but Zhu Di didn't know Sheng Yong, on the contrary, he despised him. All kinds of reasons are superimposed, and King Yan, who is destined to be difficult to come and never suffer a defeat, will suffer the most painful Waterloo in his life.

Following Tie Xuan, Sheng Yong also became a member of the Yongle Emperor's blacklist.

The Yan army is still advancing.

On the first day of December, the Yan army went down to Wenshang and captured Jining.

Sheng Yong led his troops to avoid his edge and stationed in Dongchang.

The actions of the southern army are very secretive, according to Sheng Yong's words, let's quietly enter the city, carefully dig pits, and don't let go of arrows and shoot.

In order to divert the attention of the Yan army, Sheng Yong sent the vanguard general Sun Lin to set up an ambush at the slip, not seeking victory, but only paralyzing the other party.

After receiving this task, Sun Lin's mood was very complicated.

According to the commander's intentions, this ambush was to paralyze the enemy, so that King Yan misjudged his own combat strength and lightly advanced the enemy.

Think about it deeply, why did the manager give him such an "important" task? Is it because he trusts himself, or does he think that he is a straw bag, and he can make Yan Jun look down without acting?

Sun Lin didn't want to think deeply, and he was in tears when he thought about it too much.

Although sad, the vanguard army led by Sun Lin still carried out the order loyally, and was successfully found and ambushed by the Yan army scouts, and was perfectly defeated by the Yan army in a charge.

Sun Lin could have escaped, but he didn't want to suddenly rush out of the enemy formation with a killing god, his body seemed to be covered with a layer of tangible evil qi, the long knife was raised and fell, one by one, regardless of the commander or the small soldier, he would cut when he encountered it, the action was quite neat, and he was hungry and thirsty in the neatness, as if he had taken cutting people as the highest pursuit in his life.

According to Meng Shishilang's words, the absolute god of death is coming.

Sun Lin was very lucky and unlucky.

Fortunately, before being hacked to death by Shen Xuan, who was full of anger, he was first hacked off the horse by Liu Jiang, a thousand households of the Yan army.

Unfortunately, a dignified pioneer general, the governor of the second grade, was captured by a thousand households, and this kind of encounter really made him unable to raise his head.

In fact, Sun Lin doesn't have to be like this. There is Yang Song Zhuanmei, who was hacked to death by Meng Shilang twice, in front of him, he was captured by thousands of households, and it is not worth being frustrated.

Liu Jiang still has at least five-level combat effectiveness, and no matter how big Meng Guan is, his combat effectiveness is also scum.

After taking Sun Lin's forward troops, Shen Xuan finally achieved a breakthrough of zero in this battle. He began to seriously consider whether to cover his face when he went to the battlefield in the future, otherwise the enemy would run away when he saw him, or howl in his throat, and it would be too difficult to continue to be promoted by virtue of his military exploits.

On December 2, the Yan army finally arrived in Dongchang.

The army under Sheng Yong's command has long been prepared and ready for battle.

Seeing that the southern army went out of the city to meet the battle, and most of them were foot soldiers, King Yan immediately ordered, Yang Duo and Zheng Heng as the vanguard, and led the cavalry to attack the left flank of the army formation.

Shen Xuan was left in the army, as for the reason...... King Yan turned his head silently, put his fist against his mouth and coughed twice, his nephew was really too strong. For the sake of the army, let's press the formation for the time being.

Yang Duo and Zheng Heng's attack was very smooth, the cavalry rushed in front of them, and the southern army-left-wing was instantly in chaos.

King Yan thought that the fighter had arrived, drew his long knife, and ordered the whole army to attack. Five or six hundred thousand enemies were cut down in the same way, and only two hundred thousand people were not looked at by him at all.

The southern army was in chaos again, and King Yan personally led the Mongolian cavalry to charge into battle, slashing left and killing right, which was quite smooth.

When he was excited, he found that although the southern army was in chaos, he did not scatter and flee, compared to the soldiers outside the formation, there were too many soldiers with firearms and bows and crossbows in the formation.

Zhu Di's heart jumped, and a sense of crisis suddenly arose. Years of experience and intuition on the battlefield tell him that the situation is not right!

Thinking of Baigou River, he was almost planted under Ping'an's strategy, and immediately turned the horse's head, but it was too late.

In the array, more and more firefighters and crossbowmen gathered, and the southern army, who had been shouting before, instantly showed a hideous smile and bared out a mouthful of white teeth.

In the deafening sound, black smoke rose with the pungent smell of gunpowder, and the flying iron beads and wind-breaking crossbow arrows weaved a web of death for the Yan army.

Needless to say, the fierceness of the Yan army continued to fight even if it was hit by firearms and crossbows, and could not get out of the line of fire with injuries.

Fighting, the injured Yan Jun felt dizzy, the wound was in severe pain, his hands and feet were weak, and when he looked at the wound that was bleeding black blood, he immediately understood what was going on.

"Mean, insidious!"

Since the start of the war, such words have been the mantra of the Southern Army, but today they were scolded by the Yan Army.

The southern army found that it was quite cool to be scolded by the enemy like this.

Well, the military men on the battlefield can no longer be evaluated by common sense.

The crossbow bolt is smeared with poison, not to mention the blood that seals the throat, and can also penetrate the intestines in five steps. Even if Yan Jun's doctor knew the detoxification method, the soldier was trapped in the formation and missed the best time for treatment, and there was still only one way to die.

The Southern Army earnestly implemented Sheng Yong's requirements during the pre-war mobilization, and resolutely refused to let go of an enemy while you were sick and wanted your life!

The Yan army fell one after another, the encirclement of the southern army became tighter and tighter, and the king of Yan was once again trapped in the formation, and the situation was very critical.

Zhu Di was trapped, and all the generals under his command were anxious.

Zhu Neng didn't say a word, brandished his long knife, and rushed towards the military formation with his own soldiers.

What firebolts and poisonous crossbows, all thrown into the back of their minds.

If the commander is lost, the army may collapse at any time, the great cause of rebellion will come to an abrupt end, and they, the rebels, will also be dead.

Also rushing into the formation was Zhang Yu and Shen Xuan.

Zheng Heng and Yang Duo are not lagging behind.

The generals of the Yan army have only one purpose, to fish out the king of Yan alive and dead!

Zhu Neng's luck was very good, and he soon found the besieged Yan King in the chaos. I should really thank Emperor Jianwen for his orders of "kindness" and "not killing relatives", even if the guards around him have died and are full of embarrassment, King Yan still has not scratched his skin at all.

Just kidding, there is poison on the crossbow arrow, who would dare to shoot at him?

The accuracy of the fire gun is too poor, pointing at the butt can hit the head, how to explain that King Yan is killed?

The southern army could only lay down its superior weapons and slash each other with Yanwang's knife.

In terms of the level of cutting people, who can compare to Zhu Laosi?

King Yan lasted until the reinforcements arrived, and with Zhu Neng's desperate charge, he finally broke out of the encirclement.

Zhang Yu and Shen Xuan, who also came to save King Yan, were not so lucky.

Without convenient communication equipment, I didn't know that the big guy had been rescued, and he was still fighting inward. When he fought in the battle, he found that King Yan was not saved, but he fell into a crisis.

The soldiers fell one by one, leaving only Zhang Yu and Shen Xuan. The war horse was also killed by the bow and crossbow, surrounded by the Southern Army, the two were armed with spears, back to back, the blood of the enemy was coagulated on the armor, and dozens of corpses of the Southern Army were lying under their feet.

Rush out of the way!

Zhang Yu shouted, the spear swept, Shen Xuan provoked a southern sergeant, and in the scream, blood rained down.

The bravery of the two made the Southern army fearful, and they raised their firearms and bows and crossbows.

The sound of firecrackers sounded, but there were not a few crossbow arrows, it turned out that the personal soldiers who had just besieged Zhang Yu and Shen Xuan had consumed a lot of crossbow arrows, and there was no time to replenish them.

"Kill!"

The murderous aura rose to the sky, Shen Xuan and Zhang Yu, seizing the opportunity, vowed to break out of a bloody path, and the spear swept through, completely becoming two killing gods.

Outside the battle, Zhang Fu was anxious when he learned that his father was trapped in the battle to save King Yan. The king of Gaoyang was accidentally hit by a crossbow arrow when he was charging into battle, but fortunately he was rescued in time, but he was unable to fight.

When King Yan heard that Zhang Yu and Shen Xuan were trapped in the formation, his heart shook violently, pulled over a war horse, and wanted to charge the battle in person.

Zheng He, who injured one leg, desperately hugged the horse's head and was thrown on his back by Zhu Di's whip.

"Get out of the way!" Zhu Di shouted, "Don't get out of the way, I'll kill you!" ”

Anxious, Zhu Di actually called himself "I".

Zheng He didn't dare to let it, even if he was whipped a few more times by Zhu Di, he would definitely not let it. If you fall into it again, who else can rescue the prince?

The white dog also pounced, took two whips for Zheng He, gritted his teeth, and didn't make a sound.

Zhu Neng jumped on another war horse, picked up the spear, and said: "The prince can't go, he will definitely rescue Brother Shimei and Ziyu if he takes the throne for the prince!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the Yan army that rushed out of the formation roared away with him again.

King Yan was in a hurry, and he was about to follow after getting rid of Zheng He and the white dog, but Ping'an, who had not been seen, suddenly came out from behind and dragged him down.

Yan Wang's tiger eyes were stained with blood, and he clenched his long knife, "Sheng Yong, peace, you will be killed!" ”

Beiping City

The cold wind swept the heavy snow, howling all night, and the cyan glazed tiles of the palace were covered with a thick layer of silver white.

Under the eaves hangs a row of ice edges, which reflect different colors under the sunlight.

Meng put down his pen, stood up, and pushed the window open, the north wind cleared his mind, but he couldn't blow the irritable emotions in his heart.

Standing at the window for a long time, he sneezed firmly.

As soon as the window was closed, two little eunuchs carried food boxes to the house, opened the lid, and the food was still steaming.

"Trouble both."

The little eunuchs were busy bowing down, and they didn't dare to say anything, compared to those who had to sweep the snow and remove the ice, they only needed to be responsible for delivering food to the officials and subordinates, which was already an easy job.

The rules of the palace are not allowed, and these little eunuchs who only wear flowerless crewnecks can't even say a word.

Flattering hello? That's not a head, it's a few days without being beaten, looking for a beating.

An era has the rules of an era, and if you are not used to it, you must adapt to it.

When the eunuch left, Meng picked up the chopsticks, just picked up a chopstick dish, and before he put it in his mouth, the jade pendant he was wearing around his neck suddenly slipped off.

Hurriedly ripped open the collar, and the brocade rope tied to the jade pendant was broken.

Sitting at the table, with his hands pressed to his chest, the irritability that had just been suppressed rose again, and he was in an indescribable panic.

Meng frowned, wondering, what the hell was going on?