"Death to the thief!" A Goryeo assassin roared and brandished a long knife in front of Zhu Di, but before his knife fell, Zhu Di cut off his head with a knife, and blood sprayed Zhu Di's body, but his face was as usual, as if he had killed a chicken.

In front of Zhu Di, more than a dozen assassins were still resisting, but the guards around Zhu Di had surrounded these people, and reinforcements were coming from all directions, so they had no chance to get close to Zhu Di at all.

"Your Highness, do you want to stay alive?" Qianhu Zhu Neng asked Zhu Di very anxiously that an assassin broke through their encirclement and killed Zhu Di just now, which was his dereliction of duty.

"Leave no one behind, hang their heads on the city gate to warn future generations!" Zhu Di commanded very coldly, and did not blame Zhu Neng for his dereliction of duty, after all, this assassination was so sudden that even he didn't expect it.

"Yes!" Zhu Neng's heart was relieved when he heard this, and he immediately ordered the guards to move, and more than a dozen assassins were immediately cut into pieces, and their heads were cut off and sent to the city gate to be hanged.

This Zhu Neng is the famous general Zhu Neng who followed Zhu Di Jingnan in history, was named the Duke of Chengguo all the way, and was posthumously presented as the king of Dongping after his death, but the current Zhu Neng is only a thousand households under Zhu Di, and he is also responsible for Zhu Di's guards.

At this moment, Yao Guangxiao finally got the news, and hurried over with someone at the moment, and was startled when he saw Zhu Di's bloody appearance, and immediately stepped forward and asked with concern: "Your Highness, are you okay?" ”

"A group of young people can't hurt this king!" Zhu Di wiped a handful of blood from his face, and then grinned, but he looked a little hideous with blood on his face.

Seeing that Zhu Di was fine, Yao Guangxiao also breathed a sigh of relief, but then frowned again and said: "Strange, this place is close to the Goryeo Palace, and the city is heavily guarded, how can ordinary assassins appear here?" ”

"Don't guess, someone must be secretly colluding with Li Chenggui, or they are dissatisfied with us, so they want to drive Lao Tzu out!" Zhu Di snorted coldly.

After entering Kaecheng, Zhu Di was still very popular at the beginning, after all, Li Chenggui was powerful, even if he was driven out of Kaicheng, he also had heavy troops in his hands, and Kaecheng must rely on the strength of Daming to protect himself, not to mention that Zheng Mengzhou also pushed the new king to the throne, and he needed the support of Daming, and the goals of the two sides were the same, so they naturally got along well.

However, as time passed, Zheng Mengzhou began to organize the forces against Li Chenggui's father and son, and some of these people did not welcome the intervention of the Ming Dynasty, they felt that this was an internal matter of Goryeo and did not need outsiders to intervene, and even Zheng Mengzhou began to be wary of Zhu Di and others.

In this case, after Zhu Di and Jiang Zhen discussed, he secretly sent someone to assassinate Zheng Mengzhou, and also poured dirty water directly on Li Chenggui, anyway, Li Chenggui had already assassinated Zheng Mengzhou once before, so this operation was also very smooth, and many people believed that Zheng Mengzhou's death was the hand of Li Chenggui.

Zheng Meng died on Monday, and all the military and political power in Kaesong fell into the hands of Zhu Di, and the newly promoted Goryeo king Wang Xing became a puppet in his hands.

For example, some people have been spreading news everywhere recently, saying that Zheng Mengzhou's death was the hand of Zhu Di and had nothing to do with Li Chenggui.

What annoys Zhu Di even more is that Li Chenggui, who escaped from Kaesong, has recently begun to live, originally after Li Chenggui escaped from Kaesong, he has been staying in Shuofang Road and Gangneung Road in the northeast direction of Kaesong, Li Chenggui has been operating in these two roads for many years, and his strength is very strong, Zhu Di has always wanted to find an opportunity to take the initiative, but he didn't expect that before he could do it, Kaesong was in chaos first.

"Your Highness, let's go back and talk again, there is an undercurrent surging in the city, and we must find a way to change it!" Yao Guangxiao spoke again, Zhu Di nodded when he heard this, and then the two returned to their residence together.

The place where Zhu Di lives is the Goryeo Palace, and his status is higher than that of the King of Goryeo, so it is normal to live in the palace, but this move has been opposed by many Goryeo people, and Zheng Mengzhou also had a gap with him because of this, but Zhu Di doesn't care at all.

Zhu Di returned to the study and wiped his face, Yao Guangxiao also immediately stepped forward at this time and said: "Your Highness, this assassination is very strange, obviously someone is colluding with the outside world, and even I suspect that there will definitely be other assassinations in the future, Your Highness has to be careful recently, it is best not to go out, so as not to have an accident!" ”

"It's just a bunch of assassins, and if I don't go out again, won't it make people think I'm afraid of them?" Zhu Di refused without hesitation, he didn't care about this assassination, and even in his opinion, even if the dozen assassins were close, he himself was sure to kill these assassins.

"Your Highness, this is an extraordinary time, and it is not peaceful inside and outside Kaesong, especially Li Chenggui's side, it seems that he has also gathered a large army, preparing to kill back Kaesong, in case of being attacked by people inside and outside, I am afraid we will not be able to resist it, and the previous efforts will be in vain!" Yao Guangxiao persuaded again bitterly.

"It's okay, I mobilized another 2,000 people from Beiping Mansion, and I will be able to arrive the day after tomorrow, as soon as the army arrives, the situation in the city will immediately stabilize, and the current chaos is nothing at all!" Zhu Di said again without care.

Seeing Zhu Di so stubborn, Yao Guangxiao was also a little helpless, but he was also familiar with Zhu Di's character, if he could easily listen to other people's advice, then he would not be Zhu Di, the king of Yan.

"Jiang Zhen is gone, those Jinyi guards will become dry food, assassination of such a big thing, didn't they get the slightest news?" Zhu Di suddenly thought of something at this time, so he said angrily again.

Originally, Zhu Di didn't have a good impression of Jinyiwei, and he had whipped Jiang Yi a few times before, but when he entered Kaesong, he found that Jinyiwei was indeed a very useful tool, and the assassination of Zheng Mengzhou was made by Jinyiwei seamlessly, and if there was anything going on in the city, Jinyiwei could also get the news in advance, but now that Jiang Zhen was transferred back to the capital, Jinyiwei seemed to have become less handy.

"Jinyiwei is not omnipotent, Jiang Xuan is a rare talent, as soon as he leaves, Jinyiwei will naturally be greatly affected, but if such a big thing happens this time, they can be asked to check and see who is secretly doing ghosts!" Yao Guangxiao said again, as Zhu Di's strategist, he usually has a lot of contact with Jinyiwei, and many things are discussed with Jinyiwei.

"Let them check, if they can't find anything, this king will pick their skin!" Zhu Di immediately slapped the table and said, he suddenly missed Jiang Zhen a little now, although he used to look at the other party very unpleasantly, but the other party's ability is quite good, if he is still there, he will definitely not let the assassin touch his side to find out.

said that Cao Cao and Cao Cao arrived, and at this time, I saw a brocade guard come in to deliver an official document, Zhu Di opened it and looked at it, and then said with joy: "My father has finally sent us reinforcements!" ”

"Really!" Yao Guangxiao also exclaimed in surprise when he heard this, and then looked at the content of the official document with Zhu Di, only to see that the official document said that the imperial court had sent 5,000 iron book troops to Goryeo, calculating the time of their departure, plus the time when the letter was sent, it is estimated that it will arrive in about ten days.

"Great, with these 5,000 reinforcements, plus the troops I transferred from Beiping Mansion, I can take the initiative to attack and wipe out Li Chenggui in one fell swoop!" Zhu Di slapped the table excitedly after reading the official document.

After Li Chenggui escaped from Kaesong, he was entrenched in the northeast direction of Shuofang Road and Gangneung Road, Zhu Di had long wanted to send troops to fight a decisive battle with the other party, but unfortunately he had too few troops in his hands, although the Goryeo people who belonged to them had some troops, but they were too messy, and it took time to integrate them, so they were unable to do it for a long time, and now that the reinforcements have arrived, he finally has available soldiers!

"The Iron Book Army? The name sounds familiar? Yao Guangxiao frowned and said to himself, he seemed to have heard of this name somewhere, but he couldn't remember it for a while, and he remembered that in the forbidden army in the capital, there didn't seem to be the banner of the Iron Book Army?

Zhu Di, who was excited, also calmed down when he heard Yao Guangxiao's words, and immediately thought about it before he spoke: "I remember, my father asked the princes in the capital to return to their hometowns before, and asked them to leave their sons in the capital to set up the Iron Book Army, this Iron Book Army will not be them, right?" ”

Zhu Di also slapped his thigh and said: "Oops, how is my father confused, he actually sent a group of gentlemen to Goryeo, what can these people do when they come to Goryeo, should they still let me take care of them?" ”

Zhu Di slapped the table angrily in the end, just now he was just happy, but he didn't expect that the Iron Book Army was actually composed of a group of noble children, and it had just been established, this kind of army may have no combat effectiveness at all, and it would be a burden to come to Goryeo.

"Your Highness is angry, I don't think Your Majesty will definitely send a group of incompetent people to assist Your Highness!" Yao Guangxiao also thought of the origin of the Iron Book Army at this time, but he was very calm, and read the official document carefully after speaking.

As a result, Yao Guangxiao really discovered two places that he had just overlooked, one was written on the official document "The Iron Book Army is good at firearms", and the other place said "The Iron Book Army is led by the deputy commander Mu Sheng, and is controlled by King Yan".

"Mu Sheng seems to be the son of Xiping Hou, right?" Yao Guangxiao pointed out the two discoveries to Zhu Di, and then asked again.

"Yes, he is the second son of Brother Mu, I have seen this kid a few times, he is a very ambitious person, and I heard that he is also good at training, and the three-stage attack he has practiced is no worse than that of Brother Mu." Zhu Di nodded and said, he still has a lot of respect for Mu Ying, when he was a child, he and Zhu Biao and others ran behind Mu Ying's buttocks.

"A Mu Sheng who is good at firearms training, plus an iron book army who is good at firearms, I have some expectations for this support army." Yao Guangxiao also smiled slightly when he heard this, although he was not sure yet, this Iron Book Army was definitely not the wine bag and rice bag they imagined.