Zhu Yunwen's tasks for the Investigation Department and the Intelligence Department were very simple: instigation, incitement, and assassination.

The rebellion is very simple, Zhu Di raised troops, although there were many responders, but there were always some people who were unwilling to follow the thief, and the task of the two divisions was to find out these people, convey the emperor's sincere greetings to them, and let them cause some damage at the critical moment. The initial period was not very smooth, but with the safe conquest of Baoding, the rebellion work suddenly became easier, not only civil officials were willing to abandon the dark and turn to the light, but even Zhang Fu, a person who had an in-law relationship with King Yan, did not dare to categorically refuse.

The means of incitement are simple, but the effect is not bad, the people of Beiping are blinded, so the two divisions often put up some notices to promote the original intention of the imperial court, such as how the king of Yan is unruly, how the imperial court is tolerant, and the details of the battle of Baoding. In the countryside, it was to mobilize the people to recognize Zhu Di's reactionary features, and called on the people not to pay grain, not to pay strong men, and not to pay taxes, which naturally caused the dissatisfaction of the political envoys and the capital department of Beiping, and soon sent people to suppress them, but the intelligence department and the investigation department provided weapons for the people and called on them to resist. The areas where the resistance was more violent were Zhuozhou and Fangshan, which were closer to Bauhinia Pass, and Sanhe, Baodi, and Xianghe, which were closer to Zhigu. However, the Investigation Department and the Intelligence Department also found some problems, and they encountered an opponent when they were agitating in the countryside, that is, the White Lotus Cult. In addition, in the villages near Zhending, Hejian, and Cangzhou, there was also a figure of the White Lotus Sect, Feng Xingjian and Tie Wuchen hurriedly set up a Jingshi to report the matter. The order of the Military Aircraft Department came down quickly, that is, to find one, strike one, and not hesitate to mobilize the nearby garrisons, and even notify the Beiping Metropolitan Division to kill it by his hands.

The assassinations were mainly aimed at those who voluntarily surrendered to King Yan, such as Li Youzhi, a judge and secretary, who exchanged news between Ru Yu and King Yan and played a crucial role in Ru Yu's rebellion; There are also people who are very harmful to the imperial court, such as Jin Yiwei stationed in Beiping Qianhu Lu Qianhao, after the Yan army attacked Qianhu, he immediately surrendered to the king of Yan, betrayed many Jinyi Wei hidden piles in Beiping, and caused great difficulties for the investigation department and the intelligence department in Beiping's hidden work, so Feng Xingjian personally ordered the killing of Lu Qianhao, but Lu Qianhao was very cunning, and the assassination failed repeatedly, and the assassins of the investigation department died dozens of people, and finally with the help of gunpowder, it turned into a bloody corpse.

The Intelligence Department and the Investigation Department are directly under the command of Wang Du and Liu Jing, and Wang Du deliberately asked them to rebel against Zhang Fu, because Zhang Fu is his student to some extent, and Zhu Yunwen also admires Zhang Fu, and Wang Du's move can be regarded as a relief for the monarch. When Wang Du knew Zhang Fu's reaction, he was happy, but he couldn't help but show a trace of regret.

After the Battle of Baoding, Fang Zhao led 20,000 troops to garrison Baoding, Li Yuan led 10,000 cavalry to garrison Bauhinia Pass, and Ping'an and Liu Sui returned to Zhending to receive reinforcements mobilized by the imperial court.

When Zhu Di went south, he ordered Zhu Neng to lead 10,000 cavalry south along Zhuozhou, harassing Baoding and Zhending, and sitting in Xiongxian by himself, waiting for fighters. But Fang Zhao in Baoding closed the door, and Zhu Neng used a tiger squat cannon when he approached, and ignored it when he went away; Zhending's peace went out of the city to meet the battle unequivocally, advancing with a car formation, Zhu Neng couldn't resist it, so he had to flee in the wilderness, but the car formation was cumbersome, and Ping An couldn't chase after it.

After Zhu Di of Xiongxian County heard the report, he ordered Zhu Neng to go to Hejian to join him and surround Xu Kai. But Xu Kai insisted on not coming out according to Sheng Yong's order.

Zhu Di had no choice but to convene Zhu Neng, Xu Zhong, Chen Xuan, Zheng Heng, Huo Zhen, Chen Xu and others to discuss countermeasures. After everyone sat down, Zhu Di first asked Zhu Neng to introduce the situation, Zhu Neng stood up, first saluted Zhu Di, and then said: "Lord, generals, the current situation is not favorable to our army, Ping'an in the west is mobilizing troops, and it will go north in a month at most, according to the observation of Ben General Zhending, so far, its strength has been close to 100,000 people." ”

"Now our army is under the city of Hejian and is unable to attack the city, and according to the report of the reconnaissance cavalry, Sheng Yong of Zhigu still has no movement, and there is no sign of returning to Cangzhou and attacking Tongzhou."

After Zhu Neng finished his introduction, Zhu Di glanced at everyone and said with a smile: "Everyone, please rest assured, Sheng Yong is a coward, afraid of the prestige of this king, and the only one who dares to fight in the field is not enough troops, so this is a good time for our army to expand the results of the war, what are your plans?" ”

Xu Zhong seemed to have thought about it a long time ago, and said confidently: "Lord Wang, the last general has thought about this problem, although the imperial court has conquered Baoding, but its grain and grass is a big problem, whether it is peace in the west or Sheng Yong in the east, there is this problem." ”

"For now, it is not wise to fight with Ping'an, because once it is in a stalemate, Sheng Yong is likely to take advantage of the situation to attack Tongzhou, and now that the weather is getting warmer, the practice of pouring the city into ice is no longer feasible, if Sheng Yong attacks the city without scruples, the city will be broken in five days at most."

"So the last general thinks that he should attack Sheng Yong, there are two reasons, one is that Sheng Yong is too close to Beiping, once he is negligent, it will cause a big disaster, and the other is that Sheng Yong is too deep, and his grain is a big problem, we can fight Sheng Yong's idea of grain and grass."

"Sheng Yong's grain and grass?" Zhu Di looked at the map and his eyes lit up.

"Yes, Sheng Yong's 100,000 army has been in Zhigu for more than a month, and its grain and grass transportation depends on the South Canal, and there are three most important supply points for Sheng Yong's army, Cangzhou, Dezhou and Jining," Xu Zhong pointed to the map and said: "These three places, if we can capture one, then Sheng Yong will be short of food and have to withdraw. ”

"Jining, Dezhou and Cangzhou?" Zhu Di's eyes lit up, his fingers moved on the map, and he muttered as he moved: "Jining is not suitable, too far; Texas is garrisoned by Mei Yin, and it is not easy to attack; Cangzhou," Zhu Di tapped on the map and said, "Who is the guard of Cangzhou?" Who knows? ”

"This," Zhu Neng thought for a while and said, "It seems that his name is Wang Zhonghui, known as the 'Pony King', and he is Sheng Yong's henchman." ”

"Pony King? How to call it that? "Huo Zhenqi said.

"It's said that he likes to ride ponies, maybe he is short."

"Hahaha," Huo Zhen laughed: "It feels like a girl, prince, let's fight Cangzhou." The old fire must have rushed to the city and captured this girl to give it to the prince. ”

The generals couldn't help laughing, Zhu Di laughed heartily, and the atmosphere immediately became warm.

After everyone finished laughing, Zhu Di suddenly looked at Chen Xuan and said, "Yanchun, from the beginning of the discussion, you didn't say a word, do you have a different opinion?" ”

"That's not true," Chen Xuan stood up and arched his hand, "The last general thinks that General Xu's strategy is very good, but he just remembered something else. ”

"What's the matter?"

"Lord Wang, now that the heart of the imperial army has not fallen, Sheng Yong will attack Tongzhou at any time, and if our army does not attack Cangzhou, it will be useless. Just now, the general was thinking, Sheng Yong's supplies are in the canal, and it is good that our army can capture Cangzhou, but if it can't be captured, our army can try to cut off the canal. ”

"Cut off the canal?"

"The width of the canal is not more than 30 zhang, the narrow is only 10 zhang, we can dig the canal, the north canal mainly relies on the water of the Wei River, the water flow of the Wei River is gentle, and the construction is not difficult."

"But," Zhu Neng hesitated: "Our army is only 60,000, if we do this kind of thing, I am afraid it will affect the physical strength of the soldiers and the battle." ”

Chen Xuan hesitated for a moment and said in a low voice: "The last general thinks that there is no need to let the soldiers do it. ”

"Don't need it?" This time, even Zhu Di was a little surprised.

"The last general has an idea, starting tomorrow, our army will attack Jiaohe, Jingzhou, Wuqiao, and Dezhou, plunder the people, and at the same time drive the people to move in the direction of Cangzhou, I think the generals of the imperial court should go to war, so that we have the opportunity to seize Dezhou and burn the grain and grass in Dezhou."

"If the imperial court is cowardly, then we will turn to Cangzhou, if Cangzhou is closed, the last general will urge these people to dig the canal and cut off Sheng Yong's grain route, then Sheng Yong's army will have to return, at that time, our army will stop the waist and intercept, and we can win a big victory."

Listening to Chen Xuan's strategy, everyone felt a chill in the back of their heads, and involuntarily hit a chill and dug up the canal, how many people had to die, and they had to drive the people to dig the river, this, this, this, everyone didn't know how to describe it......

Only Huo Zhen felt that it was nothing, shook his head, and said: "Lord Wang, General Chen's strategy is too good, it can be done, and the last general is willing to give General Chen a hand." ”

Zhu Di didn't answer, but clenched his fists, released them again, clenched them, and released them again, and after continuing for a few times, he said: "Okay, this king also thinks it's good, let's act according to the plan tomorrow." ”

"Lord Wang?" Zhu Neng was a little unbearable, and hurriedly said.

Zhu Di waved his hand and stood up: "You guys go and get busy, Shihong, you come in with this king." ”

"Yes, Lord Wang!"