A few days later, Zhu Gaoxu returned to Beiping with the Yan army.

Baihu Wang Bin's wound is only a flesh wound, as long as it is not infected, it is fine. Zhu Gaoxu asked him to take off his clothes and observe, and when he saw that the wound was healing, he was relieved and asked Wang Bin to go home to recuperate first.

Back at the county king's mansion, the eunuchs and slaves in the palace greeted him and asked for warmth. Zhu Gaoxu took off his armor and went back to the inner hall to rest.

The people in the house are almost the same as before, but for some reason, Zhu Gaoxu always feels very lonely. It's like a person who has been working outside all the year round, and suddenly returns to an empty home, but there is a sense of strangeness.

The county king's mansion is not empty, there are many people. Zhu Gaoxu quickly understood: Du Qianrui is missing.

Without her, there would be less delicious and exquisite meals, less anticipation of meeting and less interesting conversations.

Zhu Gaoxu has nothing to do, he doesn't want to sleep, he is in an impetuous mood, and he can't do things such as reading books and playing chess. So he changed into a brown robe, called Wang Gui, and rode out on horseback with some belongings.

Following the place they had forcibly memorized, Zhu Gaoxu and Wang Gui went to the diagonal street on the north bank of Haizi.

That day under the city of Zhending, there was a soldier named Chen Dazhu, who asked the war horse to give Zhu Gaoxu the address of his house. At that time, the situation was urgent, and Zhu Gaoxu almost forgot what the soldier looked like, but he only remembered the address...... I can't help but remember that it was Chen Da Hammer who bought it with his life!

At that time, it was heavily surrounded by enemy soldiers, and the men and horses led by Zhu Gaoxu were cavalry, and they ran very fast; If the cavalry lost their horses in such a battle formation, it must have been more than lucky. The soldier took the initiative to send his war horse and reported it to the house, the meaning was obvious: after he sent the horse, his life was not guaranteed, and the prince had to take care of his family!

Although Chen Dazhui is a small soldier, Zhu Gaoxu will not despise his life because of his status.

The two came to Xiejie and asked passers-by to find Torch Alley. Zhu Gaoxu instructed Wang Gui to inquire around in this dilapidated alley.

"The military household who lives nearby, his name is Chen Dazhu, do you know him?" Wang Gui's voice came from not far away.

Zhu Gaoxu walked slowly, waiting for Wang Gui to inquire, and looked around. This place is similar to the unrenovated old streets I saw in my previous life, full of low, hard hilltop houses, the ground looks dirty even if it is swept, and from time to time there are shops with open doors for small business.

In the entire Beiping City, except for the mansions of the noble and rich, most of the mansions are like this. At this time, the doors and windows of ordinary houses were very small, and most of them had very poor lighting.

After a while, Wang Gui led the horse over and said, "Young Master Hong, the slave and maid have found out, and they are in front." ”

Zhu Gaoxu asked Wang Gui to lead the way and walked forward for a while. Wang Gui pointed to a shop facing the road and said, "Childe, this is it!" ”

Zhu Gaoxu looked over and was a little puzzled. The shop looked like a shop selling noodles and snacks, a big man was washing dishes at the door, with a cloth towel tied on his head, Zhu Gaoxu vaguely had an impression: This man seems to be Chen Da Hammer.

"Chen Da Hammer?" Zhu Gaoxu said.

The man suddenly raised his head, was stunned for a moment, stood up and rubbed his hands on the placket of his clothes, and suddenly "pounced" and knelt down on one knee, hugged his fists and said: "Little one to meet the prince, why is the prince ......?"

"You're not dead?" Zhu Gaoxu blurted out a question, went up and grabbed Chen Dazhui's forearm with both hands, and lifted it up, the standard "Yanwang pose".

At that moment, a young woman in a dirty apron also came out of the door, and she took a boy by the hand, stared at him, and froze there without moving.

Although Zhu Gaoxu wears ordinary clothes, because he is being waited by a group of people as an uncle at home, the clothes are exquisite and smooth and clean, and the brown robe is white silk and obscene clothes.

Chen Dazhui turned around and pulled the woman and said, "Lord, this is my daughter-in-law and eldest son." Come and kowtow to the king of Gaoyangjun! ”

"Excuse me." Zhu Gaoxu waved his hand and looked at Chen Dazhui.

Chen Dazhui actually gave a look and shook his head slightly. Zhu Gaoxu seems to understand a little: is he unwilling to let his daughter-in-law know about risking his life on the battlefield, so as not to worry his family?

Zhu Gaoxu suddenly felt a strong affection.

Chen Dazhui hurriedly welcomed Zhu Gaoxu inside, invited him to the upper seat, and instructed his daughter-in-law to take out the best teacups and tea leaves to make tea. The room was dark, mainly without windows, and the place by the door was fine, but it was dim inside.

Chen Dazhui didn't dare to sit down, stood next to him and said: "A lot of people died that day, and many horses were running in the air, so I grabbed one, looked at the red flag of the prince, and rushed out with it!" ”

"Haha, that's great." Zhu Gaoxu said with a smile, "When I came here just now, I was thinking about how to comfort your crying family...... But now it's okay, and I can breathe a sigh of relief. ”

Chen Dazhui laughed with him "hehe", and he didn't seem to be very good at talking about the scene, so he just laughed.

Zhu Gaoxu asked casually: "How many people are in the family?" ”

Chen Dazhui said: "My family is a military household, the fields are in the countryside, the eldest sister is also married to a military household, and my parents and brothers are at home." I am a regular soldier, on an errand in the prince's mansion, and took my daughter-in-law and two children to pawn a house in the city. There was also a cousin who went out to buy rice and noodles, he was a military amateur and followed me. ”

Zhu Gaoxu nodded. Most of the soldiers in the Ming Dynasty are like this, the military family has always been a military household, which cannot be changed, and a strong man is selected as a "regular army" soldier, and one or two "military amateurs" in the family are selected to serve the regular army; As compensation, both the regular army and the rest of the army were exempt from conscription.

An ordinary soldier in the army, trained as a sergeant, has weapons, armor, horses, food, and straw, and consumes a lot, and many people need to serve him. However, this kind of pawn loses tens of thousands of dollars a day in a battle like Zhending, so war is an expensive and cruel activity. Raising an army was also the largest expense of the imperial court.

The Ming system seems to be okay, but in fact, there are more and more problems inside, and Zhu Gaoxu has also heard of it.

After greeting for a while, Zhu Gaoxu turned his head to look at Wang Gui.

Wang Gui stepped forward and took out some things from his arms one after another, and stacked them on the black wooden table, there were a few Ming treasure banknotes and a pile of copper coins.

Zhu Gaoxu said: "I thought you were dead, and I planned to pay for your family from time to time. Now it seems that there is no need, and I brought some things with me today as an additional reward for you. ”

Chen Dazhui hurriedly said: "Thank you, Lord Wang!" ”

Zhu Gaoxu slapped his hands on his thighs, and the person stood up, and slapped Chen Dazhu's shoulder with another palm: "I see that you are both loyal and brave, follow me in the future, I will not treat the brothers badly." ”

Chen Dazhui kept nodding and then sent him out of the house, "Congratulations to the prince!" He stood there with his fists clenched and saluted for a long time.

Zhu Gaoxu took a detour to the "Bin" brand restaurant again, the door was locked, and it was almost closed. He stayed in the liquor shop for half an hour and then went straight home.

…… Early the next morning, Zhu Gaoxu packed up and went to Yanwang's Mansion. When you come back from the front, you should go and say hello to your mother, this is an ordinary etiquette.

Entering the gatehouse of Yanwang's Mansion, Zhu Gaoxu walked for a while, and then saw the eunuch Ma He coming over. Ma He said: "The prince is in the front hall, and he wants to see King Gaoyang, so King Gaoyang will go to the front hall with the slave maid first." ”

Zhu Gaoxu nodded in agreement.

He walked up the steps and entered the main hall, and saw that there was another person next to King Yan, Jin Zhong dressed in a scarf.

"My son's visit to my father." Zhu Gaoxu stepped forward to salute.

"Okay." King Yan glanced up, stretched out his hand and made a gesture, and then buried his head in the picture on the table.

The cheerfulness and joy shown in the army have long disappeared from King Yan's face. He was very happy that day, and he also had the intention of encouraging the generals?

After a while, King Yan exhaled, relaxed his upper body and leaned back on the back of the chair, and said, "Li Jinglong, who claims to be 500,000, is gathering troops near the Hutuo River. After all, we have too few people, and we are still weak......"

Zhu Gaoxu didn't say anything, just listened.

King Yan said again: "Li Jinglong is in the south, and there are Liaodong Army and Wuliang Ha Sanwei in the north to threaten my belly and back. Especially the elite cavalry of Duoyan, Fuyu, and Taining Sanwei under the command of King Ning are very brave.

I discussed with Dao Yan and others, and decided to break each one, ignore Li Jinglong first, and strive for the defense of King Ning, strengthen the strength and then deal with Li Jinglong. ”

Jin Zhong immediately bent down and said, "The prince is wise!" ”

King Yan looked at Zhu Gaoxu and said, "I see that when Gao Xu won over Zhang Xin, he was quite disciplined. I want to send you to Yongpingwei to train troops, while trying to contact King Ning, and on the other hand, gather more soldiers and horses in Yongpingwei to increase the strength of the Yan army. Does Gao Xu have any objections? ”

Zhu Gaoxu thought for a moment, hugged his fists and said: "Erchen should obey his father's dispatch, but Erchen has no contact with King Ning, I'm afraid he may not be able to help his father......"

King Yan waved his hand: "As long as Gao Xu does his best, he will definitely be able to make contributions." He pointed at Jin Zhong, "If there is any news from King Ning's side, I will send Jin Zhong to contact you." ”

Having said this, Zhu Gaoxu said: "Erchen obeys!" ”

At this moment, King Yan said in a very casual tone, "Jin Zhong will go and pick up the news of King Ning and hand it over to Gao Xu in a while." ”

Jin Zhongzuo said: "Yes, the lower official will retire." ”

When Jin Zhong went out, King Yan muttered: "Gao Xu and I look very similar, and the princess also said that it looks like a mold......

Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but glance at King Yan, who was burly, with thick bones, a wide and upright face, big eyes, a straight nose, and thick lips. In Zhu Gaoxu's view, King Yan is not the handsome guy with a shoehorn face in later generations, but he has the atmosphere of a big husband. Sure enough, a man with a narrow face and too thin is difficult to have this kind of manly spirit in ancient and modern times.

King Yan continued: "According to my wishes, Gao Xu was chosen as the son of the family early in the morning. ”

Zhu Gaoxu hurriedly said: "Father, don't do it." Erchen really doesn't pay much attention to power, this has to make the eldest brother angry, why bother? ”

This is the second time, and Zhu Gaoxu can feel King Yan's sincerity: at least for now, King Yan doesn't care about anything, and the huge pressure makes him just want to do his best to achieve great things! Zhu Gaoxu can help him, and he is the most trusted son in comparison, he is simply willing to give anything at this time!

At this time, suspicion and discipline are not conducive to giving full play to the enthusiasm of subordinates, delegating power and incentives are the best way to calculate, and King Yan still has a lot of experience in employing people.

Therefore, Zhu Gaoxu felt that King Yan was very sincere at this time...... It's a pity that the eldest husband has another characteristic, judging the situation and being cheeky at any time!