Chen Xuan, but in his early thirties, but has been on the battlefield for a long time, in his early years he followed Xu Da's northern expedition, archery is like a god, known for shooting geese, in Sichuan followed Qu Neng to conquer Yuelu Timur, recently conquered Yunnan Baiyi meritorious service, and was promoted to the commander of Sichuan Xingdu Tongzhi. Qu Neng was transferred to the command of Shanxi Xingdu, and he was also transferred to Datong.

A few days ago, Qu Neng and Chen Xuan led 20,000 cavalry to encircle and annihilate the Mongolian cavalry entrenched in Jining, in order to prevent it from fleeing west to Suiyuan, Qu Neng led the troops to intercept in the west, Chen Xuan attacked head-on, but the enemy cavalry did not love to fight, fled to the east, and did not gain much. Qu Neng ordered Chen Xuan to pursue, with a limit of ten days, and returned at that time, Chen Xuan pursued to the vicinity of Yingchang and met Zhang Lun.

After listening to Zhang Lun's narration, Chen Xuan sensitively felt that something was wrong. Originally, Qu Neng thought that Jining's cavalry was intended for Suiyuan, and Chen Xuan also agreed, but now it seems that I am afraid that the enemy cavalry has the intention of cutting off the back road of King Ning's army early on. These 10,000 cavalry are not too much, but they can completely cut off the food routes and messengers of the army. After thinking about it for a while, Chen Xuan made a decision and allocated 5,000 cavalry to Zhang Lun, asking him to continue deep into the grassland to find King Ning's army. Chen Xuan himself was stationed in Yingchang to protect the rear road of the army, and at the same time sent military reports to Datong and Beiping, waiting for backup.

Qu Neng was also shocked when he heard the news, and hurriedly sent a military report to Beiping and the imperial court, advocating that the strategic center be moved eastward and heavy troops should be gathered in Kaiping. In addition, it is recommended that King Ning's army retreat slowly, and in case of attack, rely on favorable terrain to defend and wait for backup.

After Fu Youde and Wang Bi received the military report, they also felt that the situation was serious, and reported to Zhu Gaochi, the son of King Yan, because King Jin and King Yan were seriously ill, King Ning was out of the plug, the acting king thought about it behind closed doors, the king of Liao guarded Daning, and the king of Gu was still young, so at present, the northern front is under Zhu Gaochi's control, and Fu Youde and Wang Bi are responsible for implementation.

At this time, 20,000 cavalry had already gathered in Kaiping, Fu Youde and Wang Bi were about to set off, but Zhu Gaochi stopped them and said: "Please wait a while, the two generals will arrive in Beiping in five days, and the emperor has an order to let him control all the troops in the north and answer Uncle Ning." ”

The two of them took the order.

On the fourth day of February in the twenty-ninth year of Hongwu, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, finally returned to Beiping City, which had been absent for half a year.

King Yan lifted the curtain, looked at the haunting Beiping City, and glanced at the people kneeling on the side of the road and saluting, his nose was sore, and tears flowed down from the corners of his eyes. At this time, a gust of north wind blew, and Zhu Di couldn't help coughing, "Lord Wang, don't blow it." Princess Yan Xu Yihua next to her said hurriedly, reaching out to pull down the curtain, but was stopped by Zhu Di. Zhu Di turned around and hugged the princess in his arms, pointed to the people near and far on the street with his left hand, and said in a deep voice: "Princess, this king doesn't have to do anything, you see, this is our Beiping, our people." This king has fought for them for half of his life, and I hope that they will no longer be afraid and will always be able to live such a peaceful life. Xu Yihua leaned on Zhu Di, listened to her husband's resolute and confident voice, looked at the familiar Beiping City, and couldn't help but be stupid......

After the king of Yan returned to Beiping, although he was unwell and could not go out, he immediately convened a military meeting, and after discussion, it was decided to send Fu Youde to lead the troops to the expedition, and the king of Gu supervised the army, and transferred 50,000 cavalry from Datong, Xuanfu, Beiping, Daning, and Guangning to go on the expedition, among which the generals who went out were Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Gaoyang County, Zhang Yu, the commander of the left guard of Yanshan, the commander of the right guard of Yanshan, Tang Yun, the commander of the Shanxi Xingdu Division, Qu Neng, and the commander of the Shanxi Xingdu Division, Chen Xuan, etc.; The general Chen Zhishou Datong, the prince of the Jin Dynasty Zhu Jixi inspected the Great Wall Passes, and the Liao King Zhu Zhi controlled the military horses of Datong and Guangning, and prepared to exchange markets with the three departments of Wuliangha, and Yang Wen, the general army of Liaodong, garrisoned Shenyang.

King Yan is indeed talented, and in a few days, he sorted out the northern border defense, and the army's heart was settled.

On February 10, Fu Youde, the Duke of Yingguo, set out from Beiping and went to Kaiping to lead the army north to receive King Yingning. King Yan personally went to Desheng Gate to see him off, Fu Youde took the wine glass handed by King Yan, drank it all, looked at King Yan's pale face, and had mixed feelings in his heart.

King Yan also drank a cup and said: "Old General Fu, the goal of this northern expedition is to meet the king of Huining, don't fall in love with war, our army is in a hurry this time, not the time for a decisive battle, remember to remember." ”

"The last will obey."

King Yan thought for a while, pulled Fu You aside, and said: "Brother Ning Wang is proud of himself, he thinks very highly of himself, if he is defeated, I am afraid that he will be ashamed and embarrassed, if there is any rudeness, I hope that General Haihan, please!" After speaking, he shook his body.

Fu Youde hurriedly dodged away and said, "Don't worry, the last general will definitely bring His Royal Highness King Ning back." ”

King Yan silently watched Fu Youde and his party go away, sighed, was helped into the carriage, and returned to the palace to recuperate.

Wang Bi and Fu Youde walked side by side, and after leaving Beiping, Wang Bi said: "General, King Yan is really talented, decisive with soldiers, and his brothers are also affectionate and righteous, he is really a virtuous king." ”

Fu Youde looked back at Wang Bi, smiled, and said, "Old man, what else?" ”

Wang Bi peeked around, and said in a low voice: "Judging from this incident, Northern Xinjiang is indispensable for King Yan, if the emperor dies, the imperial court will inevitably cut the domain, and then Northern Xinjiang will be in the hands of incompetent people, I'm afraid Northern Xinjiang will be troublesome." ”

Fu Youde was silent for a while and said, "Old man, what do you want to say?" ”

Wang Bi was silent for a while, did not speak, and Fu Youde did not urge, just looked ahead.

"General, do you remember what the last general said to the general when General Lan was killed?"

Fu Youde turned his head, seemed to smile, and said, "Old man, what are you going to do?" ”

"General, I understand the emperor's thoughts, and he won't keep us, so are we just waiting for death?"

Fu Youde patted Wang Bi on the shoulder: "Old man, you can do it yourself, this may be my last battle, I would rather die on the battlefield than enter the Great Wall again." ”

"But," finding that Fu Youde didn't answer his words, Wang Bi opened his mouth to speak, but found that Fu Youde raised his whip, and the war horse suddenly accelerated, and it had already rushed out of the land of an arrow, Wang Bi had to close his mouth, smiled bitterly, and rode his horse to chase after him.

After replenishing supplies in Yingchang, Zhang Lun led 5,000 cavalry northward, but was intercepted by the retreating Yuan army in the direction of Jining. Zhang Lun and the deputy general Chen Tao discussed, and decided to divide the army into two routes, he led 3,000 cavalry to drag the Mongols, Chen Tao led 2,000 cavalry and messenger Zhang Yang to the north to find King Ning's army.

The division of the Ming army immediately attracted the attention of the Mongolian commander, who left a small number of cavalry to follow Chen Tao, and the main force pressed directly on Zhang Lun, but Zhang Lun did not engage in the battle, turned around and fled to Yingchang. After chasing for a while, Zhang Lun found that the Mongolian army was returning, but he turned around and followed like kraft candy. He was annoyed by Zhang Lun's harassment, and a day later he found that he had lost Chen Tao's trace. Esehei was furious, the whole army pressed up, attacked Zhang Lun, Zhang Lun fought and retreated, retreated straight to Yingchang, and only repelled Esehei under Chen Xuan's response. However, since then, Esehei stopped outside Yingchang City and did not leave, and Chen Xuan and Zhang Lun were helpless, until Fu Youde's army went north, and they defeated Esehei.

King Yan's performance reported to the capital, Zhu Yunwen took a look, and had to admit that Zhu Di was beautifully arranged, Zhu Yuanzhang was also very satisfied after reading it, everything was played by King Yan, and the imperial doctor was sent north to recuperate for King Yan, so that King Yan's mansion reported King Yan's illness every five days, and other government affairs and military affairs other than military affairs in the north were handled by the prince Zhu Gaochi, and personally wrote a letter to King Yan to pay attention to cultivation and not to overwork.

After the holy decree was issued, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Yunwen and said, "Yunwen, how do you see how I handled it?" ”

Zhu Yunwen knelt on the ground and said, "Grandpa Huang handled it very properly, Uncle Yan Wang is indeed talented, so there is no danger in the north." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was silent for a while, and said: "Recently, you have studied the history of the founding of the Western Han Dynasty to Emperor Wu, but this matter cannot be expanded, and rumors are not allowed to spread, it is limited to your trusted staff, and I will test you in two days." ”

"Yes, Grandpa Huang, my grandson understands."