The meeting was over, and the atmosphere in the big tent was a little lighter. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Cao Zhen, Zhang Wen and others went out to tell things, Zhu Mengjiong said: "I really can't imagine that Sheng Yong of Yanzhou Mansion can really defend Yanzhou City under Xie Cheng's hands." He won't be another generation of famous city defenders of the Ming Dynasty. Because Yun Xi chose to trust Zhu Jixi, and showed his trust in the clan as always, these clans can also chat relatively easily.

Hearing Zhu Mengjiong's words, everyone else couldn't help laughing. The famous general defending the city in Zhu Mengjiong's mouth naturally refers to Geng Bingwen. The word famous general is of course very good, but adding the word defending the city in front of it has a bit of a ridiculous meaning.

Yun Xi said: "I am not surprised that Yanzhou City can be defended. Sheng Yong is not only very good at defending the city, but he can also command the army to attack in the future, and he can be regarded as an important member of the next generation of generals of the Ming Dynasty, Cao Zhen and Zhang Wen. ”

Several clans present looked at each other, they didn't expect Yun Xi to give Sheng Yong such an evaluation. A military general with a lackluster resume before, just because he held the city this time, can he get such an evaluation?

Yun Xi continued: "And this time to defend the city, not only the credit of Sheng Yong, but also the credit of Tie Xuan, who participated in the political affairs of the Shandong Branch Patrol Yanzhou Road, the two of them worked closely together to be able to defend Yanzhou City." ”

Some people are even more puzzled: Now that the detailed instructions about the defense of Yanzhou have not yet arrived, how can Yun Xi dare to conclude that a political participant also has a credit for the success of defending the city?

At this time, some people remembered the rice paper with the names 'Sheng Yong' and 'Tie Xuan' written on the side of the bookshelf in Yunxi's study. 'Could it be that the performance of these two people before was favored by His Majesty?' Someone thought so.

But no one will ask Yunxi for confirmation of such a thing.

Then they talked a few more words and then dispersed. However, although Yun Xi was very tired from rushing all the way from the capital, he did not go to his big tent immediately, but after everyone else went out, he called Zhu Gaoxu at the end and said, "Gao Xu, you wait a minute." ”

Yes, even in the event of Zhu Di's possible rebellion, Yunxi did not let Zhu Gaoxu stay in the capital, but took him to Xuzhou. In addition, this time Yunxi also let Zhu Yunxi go to the battlefield, but he followed Zhu Shou's right army to fight.

Zhu Gaoxu stopped, turned his head and said, "What did the imperial brother call me?" ”

Yun Xi said to him: "You have been silent for the past few days, it is not like your usual performance. ”

"Brother Huang also knows that because of the relationship between the fourth uncle, you are a little embarrassed. You don't have to. ”

"The fourth uncle is the fourth uncle, you are you, don't confuse you yourself, since you didn't follow the fourth uncle, then you are still the county king of the Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Gaoxu's expression didn't change, he just said: "Brother Huang, the younger brother just asked the imperial brother to let the younger brother lead the troops to kill the thief." ”

Yun Xi glanced at Zhu Gaoxu deeply, and then said: "Okay, the imperial brother asked you to follow Cao Zhen's former army and set off to Jinan and Tai'an to kill the thief." ”

After they said a few more words, Zhu Gaoxu went back to his camp, and although Yun Xi also walked to his camp, he thought in his heart: 'What is Zhu Gaoxu's thoughts?' ’

After a while, Yun Xi returned to his camp tent, and just wanted to rest for a while, when a scholar who accompanied the army saluted Yun Xi and handed over several copies of the report to Yun Xi, and said, "Your Majesty, the report of the capital." ”

Yun Xi could only support his tired body to take the recital, waved them to be quiet, and then opened the recital himself and read it carefully.

After a while, Yun Xi smiled and said, "Li Ren has done a good job, the grain and grass are enough to be sufficient; Yan Zhen did a good job. Then he said to the Zhongshu people on the side: "Proposed purpose, commend Li Ren, the secretary of the household department, and Yan Zhenzhi, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry." ”

Then Yunxi continued to read the next note. This time it was shorter, and Yun Xi almost only glanced at it a few times, and then smiled: "Great, now I am more sure to quell the rebellion as soon as possible." I want to reward them. ”

The guard Li Bo asked, "Your Majesty, what is it that can be more sure to quell the rebellion as soon as possible?" Not only him, but several other guards were also a little curious.

Yun Xi didn't tell them, but smiled: "You'll know in a few days." ”

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On the same day, in Xingji County, Hebei.

Zhu Di marched on the land of Yanzhao with the army of Yan Wang Sanwei, although the weather has become a little cooler now, but Zhu Di's face is still covered with sweat.

And although the army of the three guards of Yanwang who was marching was still in a neat formation, if you looked closely, you could find that their steps were already a little staggering, which proved that they were very tired.

At this time, Zhu Neng, who commanded the cavalry, drove over and said to Zhu Di: "Your Highness, let the army rest for a while, everyone is very tired." Not only the soldiers, but even the animals pulling the carts were too tired. ”

Zhu Di looked at the marching team, of course he also knew that everyone must be very tired now.

But Zhu Di said: "I can't rest now, wait until I walk to the hill in front of me and rest." ”

Zhu Neng couldn't, so he could only retreat.

After another period of time, when the sun was about to set, they finally came to the vicinity of the hill that Zhu Di pointed out just now, and Zhu Di agreed to camp and rest.

The soldiers who were given the order to rest immediately collapsed on the ground after putting down their weapons, ignoring the stones that might exist on the ground, and even if some people were scratched by stones, they just bandaged their arms and put them in a different place and continued to lie down.

Although the officers at all levels were also tired, they all braced themselves up and let the soldiers get up and set up camp. After a while, they managed to get most of them up and set up camp.

The earliest big tent to tie up was naturally Zhu Di's big tent. After waiting for the big tent to be set up, Zhu Di called a few of his cronies to come to the big tent to discuss matters.

Although they all have horses to ride, it is not a pleasant thing to ride, especially since they are still marching in a hurry, so everyone is also a little tired. Zhu Di asked people to unload a few reclining chairs from the car and let them all rest on the chairs, while everyone began to deliberate.

Or Zhu Neng said: "Your Highness, such a rapid march, although you can rush to Cangzhou tomorrow, but if Cangzhou City does not open the city gate, it will never be possible to attack the city immediately, and it must be repaired for a few days." ”

Zhu Di said with a wry smile: "Of course I know what you said, but we don't have time to go south now, and we must rush to Shandong day and night." ”

"Your Majesty's speed is too fast, we got the news on the second day of the new year, and the army of the imperial court has arrived in Xuzhou with more than 100,000 people."

"And Your Majesty must have known what we want to do on the side of the Qing Jun, although there is no news yet, but Your Majesty will definitely send an additional army, at least from 200,000 to 300,000, and depending on the situation, you can increase the army again."

"And we only have the three guards of King Yan, and even the guards around Beiping that belong to the command of this king, except for Tongzhou Wei, this king has not moved, for fear of arousing their suspicion."

"Although this allows us to pass through so many places without fighting, it not only makes Beiping City surrounded by many guards who obey the orders of the imperial court, but also causes us to not have many soldiers, if we can't meet Xie Cheng's army before the southern army defeats Xie Cheng's main force in the north, we will be locked in the land of Hebei, and then the imperial court will use their endless new force to fight with our very small army, Cao Zhen, Zhang Wen and other generals in the southern army are still there, although a little frustrated, But this king did not have the confidence to command the three guards of the king of Yan to win more with less. ”

Zhu Di is telling the truth, in fact, in his previous life, even if Zhang Wen and the others died, if Geng Bingwen continued to command, he could finally defeat Zhu Di. After all, the manpower and material resources of the imperial court are far above Zhu Di, and Geng Bingwen pressed Zhu Di to death in Hebei by defending the city, and then used the huge manpower and material resources of the imperial court to kill Zhu Di.

"Therefore, we must march hastily and try to get to Texas as soon as possible. As for Cangzhou, we can only hope that the officials in Cangzhou will not be suspicious. ”

Tan Yuan said hesitantly: "But if ......"

Zhu Di interrupted him and said, "No if! ”

Zhu Neng saw that the atmosphere at the scene was a little tense, and immediately said: "If you don't need to mention those." But Your Highness, Beiping is still surrounded by an army loyal to the imperial court, even if we join Xie Cheng's army, then Beiping is still very dangerous, if Beiping is lost, then our military heart will probably fluctuate. ”

"So, what should we do after joining up with Xie Cheng's army?"

Zhu Di said: "It depends on the situation. There are too many armies in the imperial court, and I am afraid that many places will be difficult to hold. If it really can't be done, give up other places and go all out to garrison the line from Jinan to Dezhou, and Qingzhou can only give up. ”

"Jinan is a big city, a famous city in the world, even if it is an army of more than 100,000, it may not be able to be easily defeated."

"After we meet with Xie Cheng's army, we will garrison Jinan with elite troops, and then the army will go north to attack Hejian Mansion, Baoding Mansion and other places to ensure the safety of Beiping City, and then wave our army to the south and fight for most of Shandong with the southern army again. Now that the people of the Hebei Capital Division have been placed under house arrest by me, the Hebei Guards are leaderless, so it won't be too much trouble. ”

But then is the real hard battle: the southern army should all go to the north, the army of Shanselen and other places has also been reorganized, the army is besieged from three sides, Zhang Wen, Cao Zhen and others are generals, even if they hold Jinan, the next battle will be extremely difficult. Zhu Di thought. But he didn't say anything about it.

Zhu Di then instructed them some more things, and then let them out.

After that, Zhu Di wanted to lean back on the chair and rest completely, but he looked sideways and found that there was a person who did not go out. And this person is still Daoyan.