In September of the first year of Jianwen, Geng Bingwen's defeat angered the Ming monarchs, and the imperial court decided to launch an unprecedented attack on King Yan!

It was decided to attack the north and south in a flanking strategy, with Cao Guogong Li Jinglong leading the central army of 500,000 in the south; Wu Gao, Marquis of Jiangyin, led the Liaodong Army out of the Liaoxi Corridor, in the north. The two boxes are expected to solve the trouble of the Beiping rebellion within the first year of Jianwen!

Li Jinglong told the soldiers that they would go home for the New Year after fighting in Beiping!

…… In Hejian Mansion, the army inside and outside the city gathered, and Li Jinglong stood at the head of the city. He faced the cold wind of late autumn, but his chest was boiling with blood. Looking at the galloping iron horses, tents, and countless soldiers and horses on the plain, he seemed to be standing above the clouds.

The big husband should be like this!

Li Jinglong was wearing a military uniform outside, but the collar was red and blue silk, and there was fine embroidery on it. His body was spotless, his jeweled scabbard glittering, and his sword was brand new and unused. Standing so tall on top of thousands of troops, Li Jinglong's Fengyi is like a general of Yushan.

"Li Gongwen and Wu Shuangquan, Wenxiu "Taizu Record", Wuping Yan rebelled against the rebellion, the ancient famous generals can be ministers, ancient and unparalleled, and there is no one like the best." The subordinate bent over.

Li Jinglong squinted his eyes, noncommittal, just stretched out his hand and gently smoothed the beard on his lips.

At this moment, a sergeant came over, knelt on one knee on the city wall, hugged his fists and said: "Commander, Du Du Qu can ask to see!" ”

"Bring him up." Li Jinglong beckoned lightly. He is a prince of the country, and he is in charge of the official army commander Dayin, and now no matter who is in the army, he must listen to him.

After a short time, Qu Neng went to the city to perform the military salute.

Li Jinglong glanced sideways slightly, this Qu Neng was too serious, with a bitter and hateful look, as if someone else owed him rice and returned his chaff. That face is also quite suitable for Qu Neng, with a flat forehead, a hard look at a glance, plus the rough skin seems to have not been washed, and the mustache on the mouth is also messy, this appearance is still a governor?

"What's the matter with Qu Dudu?" Li Jinglong spoke.

Qu Neng said: "Xia Guan heard that Li Gong wants to transfer all the troops to the north? ”

Li Jinglong was slightly displeased: "I didn't give the order yesterday, don't you know?" ”

Qu Neng was stunned and said, "I only know until the official." The lower officials are bold, there is something to say! There is no danger to defend this place to Beiping, hundreds of thousands of horses and horses gather in the river, and the grain is insufficient. Beiping has been a big town in Hebei since ancient times, and the previous dynasty was the capital of Yuan, and it is not easy to break through......"

"Qu Dudu is afraid?" Li Jinglong's face had already been pulled down.

"The lower officials are really afraid, the net worth and lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers are tied to us, and the amount of food and drink must be calculated, how can you not be afraid?" Qu Neng is colorful.

"Humph!" Li Jinglong flicked his sleeves vigorously, raised his finger and pointed at Qu Neng, and shouted, "You are so timid, what kind of battle are you fighting?!" ”

The subordinates hurriedly bowed down and persuaded: "Gong Li is angry. ”

Qu Neng's face did not change, he was not frightened at all, he still stood there and hugged his fists and said: "The military food is insufficient, and the people in the rear want to transport grain to Beiping, won't they be disturbed by cavalry attacks in the field?" The army is gathered under the enemy city, once there is a shortage of food, how to clean up the turmoil of the army? ”

Li Jinglong's face turned red with anger, and he scolded: "This commander has an army of 500,000!" Can't beat a city in Beiping? Can't the military rations last even two months? ”

Qu Neng still wanted to speak, but after Li Jinglong took a deep breath, he said coldly: "Ben Shuai knows!" ”

A few days later, Li Jinglong personally led the army and marched to Beiping! Hundreds of thousands of horses and horses advanced along several major roads on the plain, and for a time the men and horses were like a huge tide, spreading to the north.

……

At that time, the north road of the official army had rapidly moved south, and the troops were approaching Yongping City!

Zhu Gaoxu ordered the four cities of Yongping to be closed and the whole city to be under martial law.

He got the news that the coach of this team from Liaodong was Wu Gao, Marquis of Jiangyin. This Wu Gaobing has been in the city for two days, and he didn't release a single arrow, and as soon as he came up, he built a ditch and fence outside......

Zhu Gaoxu ascended to the north city, stood at the head of the city and looked around, only the people and horses outside were noisy and noisy, there was no sound of cannonballs, and the enemy soldiers had not yet begun to attack the city. As far as the eye can see, you can see many people building wooden ladders.

Looking at this posture, Wu Gao is preparing to storm Yongping City!

That Wu Gaowen was steady, and his troops were at least ten times that of Zhu Gaoxu, but he first repaired fortifications and defended them, and was not in a hurry to attack the city. Zhu Gaoxu had nothing to do, there were too few soldiers and horses, and it seemed that it would not be cost-effective to attack the fortifications defended by superior forces.

Zhu Gaoxu stood beside a group of military generals and civil officials of Yongding Mansion, and everyone was talking about the defensive strategy.

"Tell the people to collect the dung and water, and when it is boiled, it is gold juice, that thing is poisonous, it will rot if it is hot, and it is useless to have any medicine, just wait for the suppuration and sores to fester!"

"At night, with some thin mud, paste it on the city gate, in case the enemy soldiers attack it, and burn the city gate with gunpowder......"

"Prepare the rolling wood and stones, and gather the people to go up to the city to help......"

…… Everyone was noisy for a while, and Wei Da clenched his fists and said, "Lord Wang, how should the last general defend it?" ”

Zhu Gaoxu didn't say a word for a long time, and he kept looking outside, then he turned around and said, "Just find someone to prepare the method you said just now." But at the moment, the most useful thing is ......"

"What's it?" Everyone was frightened and anxious, and several people blurted out questions.

Zhu Gaoxu pondered for a moment and said, "Reinforcements." ”

Everyone gradually fell silent, and finally a civil official asked: "I heard that Cao Guogong Li Jinglong's 500,000 army attacked Beiping, does King Yan have troops to help?" ”

Zhu Gaoxu said calmly: "Yes, my father has already sent someone to tell me, tell me to stay for a while, and the reinforcements will arrive." ”

The atmosphere that had just been depressed gradually rose again, and sure enough, everyone immediately found hope, "King Gaoyang is King Yan's favorite prince, and he will definitely come to save him." "Fortunately, there is King Gaoyang here, otherwise how can King Yan take care of Yongping City......"

Zhu Gaoxu didn't say anything, and said in his heart: You really think too much, if it is forced by a major event, King Yan will definitely choose to sacrifice my son, believe it or not? The eldest husband can't even give up a son, is he still called the eldest husband?

But he couldn't say it, as the current defender of Yongping City, the only thing Zhu Gaoxu could do was: deceive everyone in the city.

Otherwise, why do you have to defend a city without hope?

He can only do this and nothing else! Then Wu Gaoxuan is clearly going to work hard, this kind of stupid method of repairing fortifications and besieging the city with ants, what tactics can Zhu Gaoxu have besides fighting him?

If he sticks to it, Zhu Gaochu thinks to himself, he is not as good as everyone in the station, such as the bunch of bad moves they muttered just now, some of which Zhu Gaochu has never heard of.

However, those tricks can only delay time, and there is no other use. The key to toughness lies in strength and numbers, and you can't defend the city without one dying, right? As long as there are dead people, it will not be long before more than 3,000 people are slowly lost, and then scattered to the four city walls, there will be weak places.

So Zhu Gaoxu has no way to do anything, but can only tell everyone: reinforcements will come soon.

…… In the evening, Zhu Gaoxu left the city after deploying the guards of the cities.

When it came to the signing room, Wei Da entered, he wanted to speak and stopped, and finally asked, "Lord Wang, when did we receive the news from King Yan?" ”

There were only two people in the signing room, and Zhu Gaoxu glanced at him and said, "There is no news." ”

Veda: "......"

However, he soon understood Zhu Gaoxu's intentions, so he lowered his head and sighed.

Just now in the city, Zhu Gaoxu was very calm and indifferent, but now his face is also ugly, and he is very depressed...... I didn't do anything, I just obeyed the military orders, but why is it always myself who is under siege?

The two of them were thinking about something, and they were silent for a while, and Zhu Gaoxu spoke again: "Wei Qianhu, don't give up hope, my father may come, it depends on whether we can succeed or not." ”

Wei Da raised his head and looked at Zhu Gaoxu a little confused.

Zhu Gaoxu said: "If we do that, my father will be willing to take Beiping City, and will take the risk of collecting Daning's elite soldiers first, and after expanding his strength, he will fight a decisive battle with the main force of Li Jinglong's army." Father wants to go to Daning, in addition to Songting Pass (Xifengkou) in the hands of the Daning army, the best choice to climb the Great Wall is Liujiakou, and my father will definitely come to Yongping to save us. ”

Wei Da nodded and said, "The prince is reasonable. I hope it happens! ”

Zhu Gaoxu was noncommittal, his wish was the same as Veda's...... It's just that there is still hanging in my heart, after all, that kind of trick can't be without loopholes; Whether one of the loopholes will be detected depends on fate!

Veda clenched his fists and retired: "The last general will go to the cities to inspect again." Zhu Gaoxu nodded and waved him away.

After dinner, Zhu Gaoxu also asked someone to lead the horse out and took a team of personal soldiers to inspect the city defense.

In the late autumn season in the north, it is already very cold, and the water may freeze in less than a month. At this moment, the cold wind was blowing on his face, and Zhu Gaoxu also felt a little stinging, and his face was getting drier and drier.

Fortunately, Zhu Gaoxu is only grateful to King Yan, grateful for having a prince father and being able to get so many benefits, but he can't bring in the relationship between father and son...... Otherwise, he may be like the son of the world at this moment, and he will also be hurt emotionally?

After all, no matter what kind of good reason, it is not pleasant to be abandoned by your father and completely ignore life or death. But because Zhu Gaoxu is not bothered by family affection, he can understand King Yan.

"Lord Wang!" "Lord Wang......" The soldiers behind the wall battlements clenched their fists one after another.

Zhu Gaoxu forcibly suppressed the bitterness and worry in his heart, and nodded expressionlessly: "When the enemy soldiers attack the city, you must also pay attention to saving your lives when fighting." We still have to preserve our strength, and as soon as King Yan's reinforcements arrive, we will defeat Wu Gao with both inside and outside! ”

He walked forward for a while, and then said to the soldiers here: "Reinforcements are coming, let's guard for ten days and half a month." ”

Reinforcements are coming!

Reinforcements are coming......

Zhu Gaoxu was as verbose as Xianglin's sister-in-law, constantly cramming the soldiers with hope.