Zhu Yuanzhang left too few talents for Zhu Yunwen, only Wang Du and Zhuo Jing can help in military affairs, as for the others, only Qi Tai is slightly better, Huang Zicheng and Fang Xiaoru are both good at literary affairs and short of military strategy, and their suggestions are not suitable. Now that there is Liu Jing, Zhu Yunwen is a little more generous in terms of manpower allocation. As soon as Liu Jing was appointed, Zhu Yunwen ordered him to be on duty in the military aircraft department to assist Wang Du in handling military affairs.

Today's Military Aircraft Department has been quite large-scale, with permanent bachelors such as Wang Du and Liu Jing, and a staff department, an investigation department, and an intelligence department, with the General Staff Department responsible for the war situation deduction, and the Intelligence Department and the Investigation Department in charge of foreign and domestic intelligence, assassination, and rebellion activities.

As for Wenyuan Pavilion, it is full of talents, in addition to Xie Jin, the permanent bachelor has added Huang Huai, a new science and technology scholar, and the two are divided into left and right attendants for consultation, and the two are also appointed as the left and right Chunfang University scholars of Zhan Shifu, in addition, Hu Yan, Yang Shiqi and others have also been added. Hu Yan, the word Ruosi, Nanchang people. Less fond of learning, in astronomy, geography, legal calendar, medical divination are all investigated, recommended by the political envoy Lian Zining of Beiping, into the Wenyuan Pavilion; Yang Shiqi, lost his father at an early age, his mother remarried, and then reverted to his surname, his mother was filial piety, he studied and taught for a living, when Fang Xiaoru presided over the compilation of "Taizu Records", and recruited famous Confucians from all over the world, Yang Shiqi was also among them, Zhu Yunwen accidentally found his name, Daxi, and Yu, very happy, so that he entered the Wenyuan Pavilion, standing consultation. This made Zhu Yunwen develop a habit of often going to Fang Xiaoru's subordinates to look for talents, and finally caused Fang Xiaoru's dissatisfaction, and Zhu Yunwen had to restrain himself a little.

In addition, in order to maintain the smooth flow of confidentiality and information, Zhu Yunwen issued an edict that after all the twists and turns arrived at the General Administration Department, they should be separated according to the civil and military affairs, and the Wenyuan Pavilion and the military aircraft department were not allowed to stay overnight, and the Wenyuan Pavilion and the military aircraft department were left on duty all day, and major military and government affairs must be reported to themselves as soon as possible, and violators will be severely punished!

When the military report of the Battle of the Tang River arrived at the military aircraft, the bachelor on duty was Liu Jing, and after Zhu Yunwen saw it, he immediately summoned Wang Du, Xie Jin and others. After everyone sat down, Zhu Yunwen found that the barriers of everyone were clear, and the people of Wenyuan Pavilion and the Military Aircraft Department were seated on the left and right, which seemed to have formed an unwritten system, but relatively speaking, the people of Wenyuan Pavilion were younger, starting from Xie Jin, they were all less than thirty years old, and the people of the Military Aircraft Department, Wang Du and Liu Jing were already in their forties. As for Huang Zicheng, Qi Tai, Zhuo Jing and others, they are all important ministers of the imperial court, and they are not proud to enter the Military Aircraft Department and Wenyuan Pavilion, and they are just attending the consultation.

In Zhu Yunwen's view, the battle of the Tang River was a victory, but after everyone read the military report, there was a disagreement, and the people of Wenyuan Pavilion thought that it could only be regarded as a draw, and Qu Neng had a major command error, and Ping An was also jointly and severally responsible; The people of the Military Aircraft Department believed that it was a victory in terms of the losses of the enemy and us, and that the troops on the front line should be commended.

Zhu Yunwen found out that there were signs of competition in his decision-making bodies, Wenyuan Pavilion and the Military Aircraft Department, but competition is a good thing, at least he can avoid being deceived. However, he could not agree with the statement that the rebels were vulnerable, in his opinion, the current war situation was quite good, and Ping An repeatedly defeated the rebels, which was worthy of praise.

Therefore, Zhu Yunwen finally decided that this battle was a victory, and Ping'an, Wu Jie, and Song Xuan were all rewarded, and they did not hesitate to reward the meritorious personnel of the Guards Cavalry Army; As for Qu Neng, he believed that his merits and demerits were compensated, and after the battle situation stabilized, he was allowed to return to Zhending to recuperate from his injuries, and his surviving subordinates were innocent and meritorious. In Zhu Yunwen's view, these veterans who have survived a hundred battles are very valuable assets and must be put to good use.

Zhu Yunwen was saddened by the burning of the corpses of soldiers who died on the battlefield, and decided to adopt the practice of later generations, and ordered the Ministry of Industry to create soldier identification cards according to the roster, including name, number, place of residence, and other information, so that once a soldier died in battle, his identity could be quickly distinguished, and it was convenient to count and return the relics to his family.

However, the Ministry of Industry replied that this kind of iron card is not easy to make, and the cost is huge, and finally Zhu Yunwen had to back down, simplifying the iron card involved, only retaining the number and number, so that it can quickly identify its identity, as for the more advanced identity card, can only wait for the progress of the process. Subsequently, Zhu Yunwen ordered that priority should be given to the supply of elite troops and guards on the front line, and the specific list was circled by the front-line generals, and the Ministry of Industry was responsible for making it.

In addition to sending soldiers to supplement the Third Guards Cavalry Army, Song Sheng also ordered Song Sheng to continue to form the Fifth Guards Cavalry Army in Suiyuan, with Liu Xuefeng, who killed Tan Yuan, as the commander.

In this way, the establishment of the Guards Army already has the First Guards Army, the Second Army, the Third Cavalry Army, the Fourth Army, and the Fifth Cavalry Army, each with an establishment of 20,000 people, of which the First, Second, and Fourth Armies are all in Beijing, and they have begun to take shape, with a total of 100,000 troops, Zhu Yunwen finally felt a sense of security from his heart.

Later, when the military reports of Sheng Yong's siege of Tongzhou and Zhu Di's disappearance under the city of Baoding came, Wang Du and Liu Jing suggested warning Sheng Yong to prevent Zhu Di's surprise attack, and also to be careful of the Mongol raid. After their deliberations, they came up with an astonishing assumption that Zhu Di might once again cooperate with the Mongols in the face of a lack of troops and enemies on all sides, and that once the two armies merged, it would be very dangerous for the Sheng Yong troops who had left Tongzhou to go before.

Zhu Yunwen didn't agree with the conclusion of the two very much, and felt that Zhu Di was a strong man, how could he abandon his ancestors and merge with the Mongols? But the two retorted that Zhu Di had even done a rebellion, what else could not be done? Moreover, the Mongol armies of Kaiping and Daning had already had a tacit understanding with them, and the possibility of further cooperation with them could not be ruled out. Under the strong advice of the two, Zhu Yunwen ordered Sheng Yong to strictly guard against a sneak attack, and if Tongzhou could not do anything, he would quickly withdraw to Zhigu, and then go north after the canal thawed. At the same time, Zhu Yunwen ordered Ping'an to seize Baoding and open the southern gate of Beiping.

Tongzhou.

After Sheng Yong besieged Tongzhou for five days, he shrank his battalion and concentrated it in the southwest. The result of going north to capture Tongzhou was very unexpected, and the small city that he thought could be quickly conquered blocked the footsteps of his 100,000-strong army. Although there was a thought in his heart that if he persevered, Tongzhou would be broken, but reason told him that peace was right. When he met with Ping'an in Cangzhou, Ping'an told him to be careful of Zhu Di's cavalry, and the subsequent defeats in Xiongxian and Cangzhou also confirmed that Ping'an's worries were not groundless. Sheng Yong was bent on competing with Ping'an, but because of this, he didn't dare to ignore his words.

According to his prediction, at most three days, Zhu Di in Baoding will get the news, if he travels day and night, Zhu Di will rush to Tongzhou within two days, plus his rest time, as long as it exceeds six days, then Zhu Di is very likely to cruise around him. Therefore, Sheng Yong contracted the camp five days later, and sent the scout cavalry to the vicinity of Beiping, and at the same time sent someone to contact Ping An to inform him of the situation at this time.

On February 6 of the second year of Jianwen, Sheng Yong withdrew from the siege and went south, thanks to the promotion of the four-wheeled carriage, his retreat speed was also very fast. Arrived at Xianghe on 7 February and arrived in Zhigu on 8 February.

But soon Sheng Yong regretted it, and he stayed until February 15, Zhu Di did not appear, and Tongzhou City received support from Beiping to stabilize the city.

When the military report was transmitted to the Beijing Division, most of the courtiers thought that Sheng Yong was cowardly and incompetent, and they submitted the impeachment table, suggesting that Sheng Yong be removed from his post and investigated, and the east and west theaters should be merged and placed under the command of Ping'an.

Because on February 16, the imperial court received a report: Ping'an Ke Baoding, killed Meng Shan, and only left Chen Xuan.