However, when Zhu Di calmed down, he found that he had overreacted, if Tongzhou broke the city before, the loss of Juyong Pass was indeed a big deal, because the south entrance of Juyong Pass was only more than 60 miles away from Beiping, and it was half a day away from the horse, but now Sheng Yong was under the city, and its threat was far greater than that of Juyong Pass.

Thinking of this, Zhu Di raised his hand, and then pressed down, and the generals immediately stopped the discussion and looked at Zhu Di. Zhu Di picked up the army in his hand and said, "Zhu Neng!" ”

"In!"

"You led the cavalry outside the city to Juyong Pass to meet Li Bin, Xu Huizu was very anxious, and he couldn't resist it." As he spoke, he threw the military newspaper in front of Zhu Neng.

Zhu Neng nodded and took the order, picked up the military newspaper, gave a salute, and turned around and went out.

Looking at the stunned eyes of the generals, Zhu Di smiled and said: "Generals, don't panic, the imperial court has transferred all the troops, it seems to be menacing, but this king thinks this is a good opportunity." ”

"Before Shengyong and Ping'an were divided into east and west, no matter which way we attacked, they all held on without fighting, and the other road took the opportunity to advance to Beiping, our army had many cavalry, and the ability to attack the fortified positions was insufficient, so there was not much progress."

"But now the army of the imperial court is gathered under the city of Beiping, as long as our army breaks it in one fell swoop, then the north and south of the river, and the vicinity of Jianghuai are all at my disposal!"

All the generals were immediately attracted and stared at Zhu Di intently.

"Beiping City is high and deep, can reach a million troops, this king will order the prince to lead the elite soldiers to defend the city, and then personally lead the cavalry to roam outside, one is to cut off the imperial court's grain road, and the other is to make the imperial court unable to concentrate on attacking the city; Now that the canal is no longer usable, it is difficult for the imperial court to transport grain, and after a long delay, the imperial army's army will inevitably collapse without a fight, and with the assistance of the Mongolian army, it is not difficult to break through the imperial army in one fell swoop. ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, do you have the confidence to fight to the death against this king? Break the peace and go straight to the Beijing Division? ”

"Yes!" "Yes!" All the generals are experienced in a hundred battles, but they are just angry for a while, and after listening to Zhu Di's analysis at this moment, they think that they still have a great chance, and they can't help but be excited, and they ask for battle.

Seeing the morale of the generals high, Zhu Di was also very happy, but he was not careless, but turned his head to look at Zhu Gaoxu: "Gao Xu, when can the Mongols enter the customs?" ”

"This, before coming to Beiping, the last general went to the Mongolian camp again, and they promised to enter the customs within ten days."

"Very good, Gao Xu, you immediately go to Xifengkou to meet the Mongolian army, and inform Taishi Wugeqi that this king will join the alliance with him in Shunyi in three days, and the other armies will be temporarily stationed in Tongzhou, and after the alliance is completed, go south immediately!"

"Yes!"

Zhu Di turned his head, looked at the generals and said: "When the Mongolian army enters the customs, this king will let them harass the grain road, as long as the grain cannot be helped, the army of the imperial court will be broken in the near future." ”

"Great, lord!" "Our army will win!" "Long live the prince!" "Long live the prince!" The emotions of the generals were like a roller coaster, Zhu Neng's analysis made their morale a little low, and the loss of Juyong Pass made them feel a cold wind in their backs, but after Zhu Di's analysis and arrangement, they suddenly found that their side had a great chance of winning, and they couldn't help but be ecstatic and excited.

Zhu Di also breathed a sigh of relief, and his morale was finally mobilized. Everyone discussed it for a while before they dispersed. Zhu Di did not leave, but left Zhu Gaoxu and Master Daoyan to discuss together.

Zhu Di stared at Zhu Gaochu for a while, and said a little sadly: "Gaoxu, you have lost a lot of weight, you should pay more attention to your body." ”

"Father, it's okay if Gao Xu is tired, as long as the father's great cause is successful, the child will die without resentment."

"Hehe, you are really a good boy, the son of the world is weak, you have to help your father more."

"Definitely, definitely!" Zhu Gaoxu agreed repeatedly, but he was secretly excited in his heart.

After the greetings were finished, Zhu Di said in a low voice: "What are the conditions of the Mongols?" ”

"They want to completely take over the Xifeng Pass and not let our army leave a single soldier!"

"What?" Zhu Di stood up suddenly, his fists clenched, his forehead was bruised, and his expression was hideous.

"Father, father!" Zhu Gaoxu was a little frightened, and hurriedly called his father. After a while, Zhu Di slowly came to his senses, gritted his teeth, and nodded: "Okay, this king knows, you go back quickly, withdraw the defenders at Xifengkou, and let them enter the pass quickly." ”

Zhu Gaoxu was stunned for a moment, but immediately reacted, got up to take the order, and walked out solemnly.

......

After Zhu Gaoxu left, the room fell silent, and Zhu Di and Daoyan didn't talk about anything.

I don't know how long it took, Zhu Di smiled bitterly: "Master, how did things get to this point?" ”

Dao Yan shook his head, stood up, bowed and said, "Dao Yan is incompetent, I hope the prince will take care." With that, he turned around and pushed the door open and walked out.

Hearing Dao Yan's closing door, Zhu Di remained motionless, like a statue......

That night, Qingshou Temple sent someone to pass the message, Master Daoyan passed away, and after Zhu Di heard the report, he just responded: "I know!" ”

......

After Zhu Neng went out, he first looked at Li Bin's battle report, and then asked Li Bin's messenger to be found, and he wanted to question him personally.

The messenger did not come quickly, he was dressed in gray coarse cloth clothes, his appearance was mediocre, and his stature was not high, just like the old peasant who was collecting firewood near Beiping, but his steps were a little staggering, his shoulders and thighs were bandaged, and blood was oozing out. Seeing his appearance, Zhu Neng frowned: "What's your name?" Is it General Lee's messenger? ”

"Little Zhang He, is General Li's messenger"

"Why are you dressed like this?"

"The vicinity of Beiping was full of cavalry from the imperial court, so the small ones wore the clothes of the common people, and they didn't dare to ride horses, and they came all the way."

"Oh, how many messengers did General Lee send?"

"There are four or five, but it seems that only one of them has arrived in Beiping."

"Oh," Zhu Neng sighed and asked, "How could Juyong Pass suddenly be lost, didn't General Li say in the last military report that it could be held for two months?" ”

"Well, the little ones don't know much, so I don't know if I can explain it."

"You say, General Ben will judge."

"Okay. In fact, Xu Huizu has been tackling key problems for more than two months, at the beginning, it was a cloud ladder to tackle key problems, but we were all beaten down, the city wall of Juyongguan is four zhang high, and there is a seven-zhang high city tower on it, the ditch is narrow, what they want to do, we can see it clearly, and it was very easy to guard the pass during that time. ”

"But after half a month, Xu Huizu began to use a large number of tiger squat cannons to tackle key problems, from then on, the hard days came, and I don't know where Xu Huizu got so many tiger squat cannons, day and night, almost no one dared to stand on the city wall, but fortunately there was a city tower, and when they set up a ladder, they didn't dare to use the cannon in the back, for fear of hurting their own people, General Li saw it clearly on it, and immediately transferred us up and beat them down again and again."

"However, our casualties are also relatively large, because often before we can kill each other, the city will start firing artillery again, killing a large number of brothers fighting upstairs at once."

"Well, General Ben heard that later they climbed Cuiping Mountain and Golden Cabinet Mountain?"

"Yes, in the beginning, they also climbed the mountain, but the mountain was built with a wall, and they were condescending, and they cried wolf, and then they stopped climbing."

"And then?"

"Later," Zhang He scratched his scalp and said, "It was yesterday morning, when the sky was just dawning, we were surprised to find that the mountains on both sides were all Xu Huizu's people, and there were hundreds of people. ”

"General Li was shocked and immediately ordered us to rush up to retake the mountain, but the arrows rained down on the mountain, and we couldn't rush up at all, and even if we rushed up, we were often killed when we went up the steps, and those soldiers seemed to have been specially trained, and they ran around the mountain like a monkey, like monkeys, yes," Zhang He seemed to remember something, and added: "Some of the soldiers are black, and we can't understand the shouts, as if they are barbarians from the south." ”

"At noon, Xu Huizu transported the cannon to the mountain and bombarded it from the mountain, our army had no place to cover it at all, it was beaten in all directions, and the defense of the city head was more difficult, everyone did not dare to stay in the city, so that they often had to wait for the enemy to climb the city tower, and everyone dared to rush out and fight hard."

"Juyongguan City is mainly garrisoned, only a small amount of supplies, most of the supplies are on the nearby hillside, the hill is artillery, no one dares to run over, so naturally there is a shortage of food, and in the afternoon, the grain and grass are also set on fire by the enemy. In the end, General Li felt that he could not hold it anymore, so he sent us out to deliver the letter. ”

"Then why didn't General Li retreat?" Zhu Neng asked.

"Hehe," Zhang He said with a wry smile: "The walls of Cuiping Mountain and Golden Cabinet Mountain are connected to Juyong Pass, and they can block the west gate, and of course they can also block the east gate." Moreover, Xu Huizu has been constantly transporting troops to the mountain, and there are more and more soldiers on the mountain near the east gate, and it is not easy to retreat. ”

"Oh, that's vicious." Zhu Neng scolded: "Then what? ”

"In fact, there are more than ten people who sent the letter, but unfortunately only five or six people can go out of the east gate, and the small one has more eyes, changed the clothes of the common people, walked, walked all night last night, and arrived in Beiping at noon today."

"Then did you meet the cavalry of the imperial court?"

"I met, but I was very careful, I walked very slowly, and once I heard the sound of horses' hooves, I hid, but it was better to be stopped, I had a military newspaper on me, and I didn't dare to accept the cross-examination, but fortunately there was a river nearby, I jumped into the river and escaped, but I was still hit by two arrows."

"I struggled to climb ashore, and when I met the prince's cavalry, I escaped with my life."

Zhu Neng looked at the military newspaper in his hand, but found no traces of being soaked in water, and was a little strange, so he asked, "Are you bringing this military newspaper?" ”

"This, it seems like yes, the cover is like this."

"Then there are no traces of wetness."

"Oh," Zhang He said with a smile: "The little one wrapped it in oiled paper before going out, just because I was afraid that this would happen." ”

"Oh," Zhu Neng thought for a while and said with a smile: "I didn't expect you to be so thoughtful, would you like to follow General Ben?" ”

"Alas," Zhang He wiped his tears and said, "Although the little one is insignificant, the little one still wants to follow General Li." ”

"In that case, General Ben won't force you, you go back to recuperate, if you figure it out one day, it's not too late to come to General Ben again!" As he spoke, Zhu Neng turned his head to his guards and said, "If Zhang He comes over one day, bring him directly to me." ”

"Yes, General." "General Xie!"

Zhu Neng listened to Zhang He's description and knew that Li Bin must be more than lucky, and Juyongguan would definitely not be guaranteed, but he still decided to take a look.

He set out from Andingmen in the north, followed the line of Shunyi and Huairou, and made a detour to the south entrance, intending to investigate the situation at Juyongguan and Li Bin's life and death.