After nightfall, Zhu Di stood at the gate of the camp and watched the Yan army attack the city. Zhang Yu, Qiu Fu, Zhu Neng and others took turns to attack the city, but in the end they were all driven down, and they couldn't help but sigh repeatedly.

Around the time of the child, Zhang Yu, Qiu Fu, Zhu Neng and others each led their troops to attack twice, but they were all driven down by Chen Zhen and were already exhausted. Zhu Di thought for a while and looked back at his son: "Gao Xu, go up, bring the king's personal guards, tonight, you must capture Juyong Pass!" ”

Zhu Gaoxu's slightly immature face revealed perseverance, and he said in a deep voice: "Father, don't worry, my son will return triumphantly." ”

When Zhu Di heard this, he hesitated for a moment, wanting to say something, but in the end he only spit out one sentence: "Be careful, my father is watching you here." ”

"Hmm."

Zhu Gaoxu led Zhu Di's personal guards and rushed out, but Zhu Di only stared at his back, trying to suppress the uneasiness in his heart. But Zhu Gaoxu ran all the way with his guards, and was the first to rush to the city wall, without encountering any strong resistance, behind him, more and more guards rushed up, and in an instant, the city wall resounded with enthusiastic cheers......

Zhu Di wiped his eyes, a little unable to believe what he saw in front of him, and the others were also stunned for a while, and then, the city also let out a cheer: "Win, win, we win!" ”。 All the people were cheering, this damn Juyong Pass, this small city with a length and width of only one mile, under the Yan army's soldiers, held out for twenty days, it is safe to say that if there is no Zhou army attacking from the west, I don't know how many people will have to die to capture this damn Juyong Pass.

While the Yan army cheered, they were also waiting for the city gate to open. But a quarter of an hour had passed, and the gates were still closed. Zhang Yu, Zhu Neng, and Qiu Fu hugged their fists: "Lord Wang, the little prince may be in trouble, and the last general is willing to attack again." ”

Zhu Di ignored them, glanced back at Dao Yan, and found that the other party shook his head slightly, his heart was bright, and he also shook his head and said: "No need, the city gate will open in a while, now retreat to prevent an assault in the city." ”

"Assault?"

"Execute the order!"

"Yes!"

At this moment, the east gate of Juyong Pass slowly opened, and some people came out, and then the city gate was immediately closed. Zhu Di sighed and turned back to the tent.

After a while, Zhu Gaoxu walked into the big tent with an angry face: "Father, someone from the fifth uncle's side has surrendered, and when we rushed to the city, they had already controlled the city gate. They killed Chen Zhen and then kicked us out, saying that they would let our father enter the city tomorrow morning to discuss the next steps. ”

Zhu Di let out a "hmm" and said, "Gao Xu, how is the army on your fifth uncle's side?" Morale? Equip? ”

"This," Zhu Gaoxu hesitated for a moment, and said uncertainly: "It seems to be quite elite, but I was very angry at the time and didn't look at it very closely." ”

Zhu Di slapped the table with a "snap", and pointed at his son with some hatred: "Gao Xu, you made a big mistake, anger will not solve any problems, but will make a mistake." You have to remember that any emotion you have, including anger, needs to be effective, or that you need to let the other person know about your anger before you can express it. Other than that, it's a waste of time and effort. Is your anger useful to your fifth uncle? It doesn't work at all, but it blinds your eyes and makes you lose a chance to observe. ”

"Today is wartime, and you can see the most real things. When your father enters the city tomorrow, your fifth uncle will cover everything up, and your father will only see what he wants his father to see. ”

"That's one of the reasons why he won't let his father into town until tomorrow."

Zhu Gaoxu's face turned red, and he lowered his head and said, "I'm sorry, huh?" He suddenly raised his head: "Father, you want to enter the city?" No, no! Zhu Gaoxu waved his hands excitedly: "If the fifth uncle detains his father, what will we do?" ”

"No, the enemy is current, your fifth uncle won't be so unwise."

"But ......"

"It's nothing, you go down."

"Master, what do you think of the fifth brother, and tomorrow's meeting?" After his son left, Zhu Di suddenly shouted behind him.

......

In the early morning of the next day, Zhu Di took Zhang Yu, Zhu Gaoxu and five hundred guards into Juyong Pass. King Zhou and Feng Sheng and others were already waiting in Guanzhong. When the brothers saw each other, they couldn't help but cry with their heads in their arms, telling about the persecution of the court, the grievances in their hearts and the last resort. After a long time, they sat down separately, and King Zhou and King Yan sat opposite each other, with their subordinates sitting on either side.

After entering the main topic, the warmth between the brothers disappeared, for the next combat direction, the two sides have fundamental differences, Yan Wang first said: "Fifth brother, Song Guogong, first of all, this king thinks that we should join forces, the fifth brother's army is more than 100,000, and the fourth brother also has nearly 100,000, and it is not difficult for the two armies to join forces to break the Geng Bingwen Department of Zhending." Then take advantage of the situation to capture Dezhou and Jinan, then Hebei and Shandong will inevitably surrender, so that they can confront the imperial court across the Huai River, and then the fifth brother will lead the troops to restore Henan, so that Shanxi and Shaanxi will be cut off by our army, and it will be a matter of time before we surrender to us, then our army will have the north of the Huai River, and great things can be done. ”

King Zhou thought for a while, shook his head and said: "The fourth brother's idea can not be agreed with, first of all, Geng Bingwen is known for being good at guarding, it is difficult for our army to attack Geng Bingwen successfully, in addition, Dezhou and Jinan are not easy to capture, Jianwen has arranged heavy troops in Jinan, and," King Zhou pointed to Zhigu and Cangzhou on the map: "These two places can't be taken, and they can't attack Dezhou, Zhigu is hard to run by Jianwen Xiaoer, surrounded by water on three sides, it is difficult to attack, and if Zhigu is not conquered, Cangzhou is difficult to take, and Dezhou and Jinan behind it can't be talked about." Therefore, the younger brother did not agree with the fourth brother's opinion. ”

Saying that, King Zhou stood up and said: "Fourth brother, we have now controlled Juyong Pass, Beiping City is high and deep, and now it is about to enter winter, the soldiers of the imperial court are all southerners, and the winter battle is very unfavorable to it, so it is not a problem for Beiping to hold on for two to three months." And my fourth brother and I joined forces of 200,000 troops, crossed the Juyong Pass, and attacked Yanmen, Ningwu and other passes, although the terrain of these passes is dangerous, but our dynasty has not repaired them, they are all the old things of Jin Yuan, and they are vulnerable under the attack of our army. ”

"As for the city of Taiyuan, which is under the control of our nephew, it would be better if it could be taken, if not, our army would go around the city, take advantage of the winter when the Yellow River is frozen, cross the Yellow River, and occupy Henan. Henan is the fief of this king, and this king is sure to control the entire territory of Henan within two months. ”

"In the end, our army will be on the river, and there will inevitably be changes in the capital, so that great things can be accomplished."

Zhu Di and Zhang Yu glanced at each other and said, "Fifth brother, is this plan a bit risky?" In a long-distance attack, our army has no food and grass guarantee, and once the goal is not achieved, the food and grass will be insufficient, and the army will not disperse once and for all? ”

Zhu Huan smiled and was about to answer, when Feng Sheng next to him sneered: "Lord Yan, although there are a lot of people in our army, they are all grass on the wall, if you can't quickly defeat the imperial court, you will definitely scatter; Besides, what we are doing is a risky thing, does Lord Yan want to be trapped in Beiping and wait for good things to fall from the sky? ”

"In recent years, the imperial court has already made arrangements for Beiping, and the imperial court has replaced the Liaodong Metropolitan Division, Shandong Imperial Division, and Henan Imperial Division, and built Zhigu City, which are all encirclements of Beiping. Didn't Lord Yan think that the arrangement of the imperial court was vulnerable? ”

Feng Sheng also stood up, pointed to the map and said: "And the imperial court has controlled Suiyuan and Datong, but ignored Taiyuan, this is a huge gap, if we don't hurry up and take advantage of it, when the imperial court comes to its senses and sends heavy generals to control Taiyuan, then we have to fight hard with the elite of the imperial court, and the outcome is unknown!" After Feng Sheng finished speaking, he turned his head and stared at Yan Wang and Zhang Yu and the others tightly.

Feng Sheng, as a meritorious general, ranked third in the founding general, his deterrent power was undoubtedly revealed at this moment, under his sharp gaze, Zhang Yu involuntarily lowered his head, and Zhu Di, the king of Yan, also had a trace of hesitation in his eyes.

But Zhu Di quickly came to his senses, if he followed the plan of King Zhou and Feng Sheng, he would completely make a wedding dress for him, and his army would be far away from Beiping, and when he arrived in Henan, wouldn't it be the King of Zhou who would rub the round and flatten? This is the most beneficial method for King Zhou and the most unfavorable for himself.

And his own strategy, for King Zhou, also has the same worries. There are 40,000 people under the command of King Zhou who are Henan troops, and 40,000 are Daning troops, and Daning City was built before Feng Sheng went out to conquer Naha in the twentieth year of Hongwu, and only ten years have passed, Feng Sheng's influence in Daning is still not negligible, so Feng Sheng can rebel in Daning. But he is not a vegetarian, and he has repeatedly recruited the Daning Army to fight over the years, and his influence should be higher than Feng Sheng. Therefore, if it goes southeast from the mountain, then it is not impossible for the Daning army to rely on the food and salary supply of Beiping, coupled with its own prestige, and gradually win it over. This is probably the real reason why King Zhou and Feng Sheng did not agree to join forces to attack Shandong.

As for the difficulty of the battle, Zhu Di thought about it and thought that in fact, the strategies of King Zhou and Feng Sheng were better, but they couldn't use it, otherwise what was the point of rebelling? Could it be that the king of Zhou will not cut the feudal domain when he becomes the emperor? If you want to talk about Kuanren, King Zhou is really not as good as Yun Wei, but, but, do you have to toss and turn by yourself, a void?

......

After Xu Huizu woke up, he felt sore, but he still tried to keep up and wash, and summoned Tao Ying and others to discuss the military situation. What he didn't know was that while he was sleeping, Chen Zhen died in battle, and Juyong was broken. However, even if he knew, he would make the same choice, his first goal was to ensure the safety of the first line of Ningwu Pass and Yanmen Pass, and as for Juyong Pass, it was not within his first goal.

Tao Ying was overjoyed when he saw Xu Huizu get up, and hurriedly introduced the news collected by the scouts sent out to Xu Huizu, and Xu Huizu listened to Tao Ying's introduction while reading the military newspaper. After reading it, he closed his eyes for a while, went through the information, and then said, "General Tao, has this been confirmed?" ”

"Which one?"

Tao Ying poked his head and looked, and it turned out to be: "Datong commanded the 30,000 troops of Tongzhi Chen Xuan, and left Datong on October 5 and went to the direction of Huailai and Juyongguan. ”

"yes, confirmed."

Xu Huizu raised his neck and thought about it, he will be able to reach Juyong Pass in five days at most when he leaves Datong on October 5, and today is October 21, but Chen Xuan has not received any news, which is impossible.

Xu Huizu hurriedly took all the military reports, checked them, and said, "General Tao, is there anything missing?" ”

"No, it's all here."

Xu Huizu got the answer he wanted, but sat in his seat in pain, but he immediately stood up and gave an order: "Tao Ying, listen to the order!" ”

"Yes, General!"

"Immediately 600 li urgently notify the founding prince Changsheng, rush to Ningwu Pass as quickly as possible, form an iron wall, and not allow a person or a horse to go south."

"You immediately summon the people to repair the Ningwu Pass, and sprinkle thistle terrestris outside the pass to prevent the enemy from sneaking up."

"Strictly order the guards of the head pass and the Yanmen pass, and no one or one horse is allowed to cross the pass and go south, unless there is a holy decree from the emperor or a warrant from the official, even if the prince wants to go south, all the guards must be left. Do you understand? ”

"Prince?" Tao Ying was a little timid: "Why? ”

"This is an order, this official has a strict order from the emperor to promote all important military and political affairs in Shanxi, do you want to resist the order?"

"Oh, the last general doesn't dare!"

"Okay, go and arrange it, the military situation is urgent, and there must be no delay, otherwise there will be no mercy!"

"Yes!"

Tao Ying was a little puzzled, but she still hurried out to give the order.

When Tao Ying returned, Xu Huizu handed him a letter and said, "Six hundred miles urgently, send the letter to General Song Sheng, the commander of Suiyuan Capital." ”

"Yes!"

Xu Huizu continued: "Draw 5,000 cavalry, plus the 3,000 cavalry I brought, assemble in a quarter of an hour, and go north with this officer. ”

"Yes."

Tao Ying hurriedly went out to do it, and when he came back, he found that Xu Huizu was already neatly dressed and was about to go out, and said with some doubts: "General, what happened?" ”

"Chen Xuan is reversed, Zhou Wei and Feng Sheng are likely to have broken through the Great Wall of Xuanfu, and they may attack the line of Ningwu Pass and Yanmen Pass at any time, you must defend it."

"Ahh Tao Ying was shocked: "How come?" ”

"What, scared?"

"Of course not, these traitors, at the beginning, I thought that the first emperor killed them ruthlessly, but now it seems that it is better to kill them all, and leaving a few will become the bane. It's a pity, Shanxi has been in good weather in recent years, and the people have lived in peace, and now there will be a military disaster again. Wei Guogong, please rest assured, the last general will definitely guard the three passes and protect the peace of Shanxi. ”

Tao Ying chattered, but found that Xu Huizu had already walked out of the big tent, and hurriedly asked, "By the way, Wei Guogong, where are you going?" ”

"Datong!"