However, Zhu Yunwen's idea of leaving the Beijing Division, stationed in Kaifeng, and commanding the Pingyan war nearby did not come to fruition in the end. Wang Du, Liu Jing and others resolutely opposed it, and when the news came out, officials from the six ministries also wrote to oppose it. In the eyes of the courtiers, the emperor's move was too rash and reckless, now the Mongolian army has entered the war, Zhending, the first line between the river into a pot of porridge, and the Mongolian cavalry, extremely mobile, once its whole army goes south, it will not take two days to reach the north bank of the Yellow River, threatening Kaifeng, once Kaifeng is in an emergency, then the Pingyan army may be chaotic on the whole line, and the rebels will take the opportunity to attack, and the consequences will be unimaginable.

In the end, Zhu Yunwen sobered up a little and gave up his plan to stay in Kaifeng. When Sheng Yong broke through Tongzhou and the joy of the soldiers approaching Beiping passed, Zhu Yunwen became more and more nervous and scared. In his impression, Li Jinglong in his previous life was defeated under the city of Beiping, and at that time, Zhu Di only merged with Daning's army, and the number and combat effectiveness were definitely not as good as the current Yanmeng coalition army, while the imperial army under the city of Beiping was only more than 300,000, but these were all elite troops carefully selected by him from Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan, and Shandong, and the generals also spent many years of hard work to select, plus many years of layout, Liaodong, Zhigu, Juyongguan, etc., if this is defeated, Zhu Yunwen is really afraid that he will lose the courage to fight against Zhu Di.

After Zhu Yunwen's order was issued, General Ping'an of Zhengbei quickly led the army to Beiping, and joined forces with Sheng Yong, whose cavalry had reached 60,000, and he was not afraid of field battles with Zhu Di and Wugeqi. Xu Huizu also quickly went south, took over the military power of the Pingbei general, and gradually weaved the Hebei garrison into a big net, gradually encircling and suppressing the rebels.

Kunning Palace.

Zhu Yunwen has a habit recently, every time he finishes dealing with the government, he will come to Kunning Palace to see his second son------ Zhu Wengui. Zhu Wengui's nominal mother is Queen Ma Hui, but his real biological mother is Bai Fangrui, who is far away in Jinan.

Zhu Yunwen looked at the child in the cradle lovingly, gently shaking the cradle, humming a lullaby, and slowly showing a relieved and comfortable look on his face. Ma Hui, the queen next to her, observed Zhu Yunwen's expression, but she felt a little bad in her heart, in all fairness, she was unwilling to adopt this child, but the queen mother had a life, and she had to obey.

When Bai Fangrui gave birth, the Empress Dowager Lu personally went to Jinan and witnessed the whole process of production. When Bai Fangrui woke up and asked to see her child, she was rejected by Lu. Lü asked him to follow him back to the palace and be a quiet concubine, but Bai Fangrui refused, and Lü immediately ordered to withdraw his canonization edict, prohibiting him from meeting the child, and even took the child back to Beijing in person after the child was full moon. After returning to Beijing, the queen mother handed over the child to the queen to raise, and marked it as the queen's biological son on the prince's golden book, and then burned the edict of the concubine's canonization, erased all traces of Bai Fangrui, and issued a ban in the palace, no one was allowed to mention it, otherwise the rod would be killed.

When Zhu Yunwen found out, it was already too late, he didn't expect his mother to be so decisive. In his opinion, Bai Fangrui's personality is similar to that of women in later generations, more independent and yearning for freedom, but he believes that in a few years, when she is tired and wants to settle down, she will naturally come back. But what my mother did ruined it all. But Lu believes that such a woman is intolerable and unsuitable as a royal daughter-in-law. When Zhu Yunwen went to beg him to take back his fate, she pointed at Zhu Yunwen and said: "Zhu Yunwen, you have to remember that you are the emperor, you have your responsibilities, and you have your ambitions. Now that the Yan rebellion has not been quelled, the Mongolian army has entered the pass, and hundreds of thousands of troops are fighting in Beiping and the border pass. Remember, you are the emperor, and you are not qualified to enjoy the so-called love of the moon. Moreover, Bai Fangrui, this woman is not suitable for you, she is too ambitious and ambitious, she should not appear in the palace, to tell you the truth, even if she agrees to enter the palace, the mourning family will not allow it, and the mourning family did not give her death, it is already for your sake. In the future, if you dare to mention this woman's name in front of the mourning family, the mourning family will immediately order her to die! ”

Zhu Yunwen is like falling into an ice cellar, he can issue an edict to canonize again, and he can even send more people to protect Bai Fangrui, but he can protect her for a while, but he can't protect her for a lifetime. The Empress Dowager Lu has 10,000 ways to easily get rid of Bai Fangrui and let her die silently, but she can't stop it.

As a last resort, he could only beg the Queen Mother Lu to stop hurting Bai Fangrui, but Lu Shi coldly dropped a sentence: "Then it depends on whether she keeps to herself." ”

Zhu Yunwen was helpless, so he had to send Liu Zhen to Jinan again to visit Bai Fangrui, and by the way, bring his greetings and explain his helplessness. A month later, Liu Zhen returned from Jinan and brought Zhu Yunwen a handwritten letter from Bai Fangrui.

Zhu Yunwen trembled his hands, unfolded the letterhead, the letterhead was as white as snow, with a faint fragrance, and on it was a white Fangrui delicate and timeless fly-headed Xiaoka, looking at it, Zhu Yunwen's hand trembled, and the letter paper fell to the ground gently......

"Your Majesty,

Bow down!

At the time of childbirth, the queen mother came to visit, and the concubine had a premonition, although the queen mother's decision was expected by the concubine, but the concubine also broke off the idea of entering the palace. To have the grace of His Majesty, the concubine's wish is fulfilled, and she will only pray for Your Majesty every day, may the Ming Dynasty be prosperous and prosperous, and Your Majesty will be blessed and healthy!

The concubine only asks for His Majesty's business, treat Wen Gui well, he is also His Majesty's own son, the concubine is not a qualified mother, she can't take care of him, she can only wish him peace and happiness, and can have the opportunity to choose the love of his life, and then stay with him for a lifetime! The concubine didn't want him to achieve much, as long as he was happy!!

Fangrui

Stop!

”

The letter was very short, Bai Fangrui didn't say anything to redeem herself, her tone was light, as if she was talking about other people's things, she only asked him for one thing, to take care of his son, to make him happy, to be able to choose the person he loved, there was an inexplicable sadness and hope in his words, which made Zhu Yunwen unable to do it himself, but he didn't know what to say, and he didn't know what to do. In the end, he could only send additional guards for Bai Fangrui, and let the Investigation Department secretly protect her, and there was nothing else he could do......

Although Zhu Yunwen is unforgettable for Bai Fangrui, Bai Fangrui's matter is just a drop in the ocean for the Ming Dynasty. And once the soldiers on the front line know that the emperor is so fond of a woman, I am afraid that they will also doubt whether their bloody battle is worth it......

Yongping City is located at the southern foot of Yanshan Mountain, which is the key point connecting Beiping and Shanhaiguan, and was called Lulong in ancient times. Wang Changling's famous sentence: "But make the dragon city fly in the city, and don't teach Hu Ma to cross the Yin Mountain", which refers to here.

Yongping City was built in the 12th year of Jian'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao conquered Wuhuan in the north, and built Pingzhou City by recruiting Lu Long. If Pingzhou is not guarded, it will be difficult to protect Youzhou. Five generations later, during the Tang Dynasty, the Khitan occupied Pingzhou, and since then the Central Plains has been unable to recover. At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Northern Song Dynasty formed a maritime alliance with Jin, and the Northern Song Dynasty wanted to get Pingzhou and Luanzhou as frontiers, but the Jin people did not allow it. More than 300 years later, the Ming Dynasty reoccupied Pingzhou and Luanzhou and controlled Shanhaiguan. In the fourth year of Hongwu, he commanded Fei Yu to expand the old city of Liaojin into a brick city according to the topography.

Yongping City Feng Shui pattern is excellent, there is "three mountains are not obvious, four doors are not right" said, is located between three hills, the east, northeast and north are respectively Pingshan, Yongfeng Mountain, Blocking Mountain, "God's east blocking mountain is a trench, there is a lotus pond in the south, the north is by fertilizer water, and the paint is a west trench. At the foot of the west city are all bricks and stones to prevent paint from biting. There is a canal for draining water, there is a level for drawing water, and the city is finished. ”

When Zhu Di raised his army, Yongpingwei was in the city, so the Yan army easily captured Yongping City, and Guo Liang of Qianhu was promoted to the commander of Yongpingwei to guard Yongping. At the end of the first year of Jianwen, the Liaodong Metropolitan Division commanded Geng Xuan to march to Yongping, the Yongping army was frustrated, and Gu Xiang was killed in battle, and Zhu Di had to send Liu Jiang to serve as the general of Yongping, and increased the army by 10,000 to guard Yongping.

On April 16 of the second year of Jianwen, Geng Xuan led the army out of Shanhaiguan and went south to attack Yongping, striving for Bike, in view of the rapid breakthrough of Tongzhou and Juyong Pass, Zhu Di ordered Yibin Li Rang to lead an army of 5,000 reinforcements.

When Geng Xuan heard the news, he immediately ordered Wu Sheng and Qiu Zengshi to lead an army to intercept him, and he led a large army to attack Yongping.