"Smack!" Liu Jing grabbed a sunspot in his right hand and gently landed on the chessboard.

"Oops!" Zhu Yunwen's right hand holding the chess pieces froze in the air, and he found that he was only concerned about eating the pieces, but he didn't notice that Liu Jing had surrounded one of his big dragons in the hinterland.

After thinking about it carefully for a while, Zhu Yunwen was a little frustrated, shook his head, and said, "Zhongjing, you don't know if you let me go, this is already the third game." ”

"Your Majesty," Seeing Zhu Yunwen's angry appearance, Liu Jing stood up, gave a deep salute, and said: "The emperor's chess skills are above the ministers, but today His Majesty is a little restless, so he let the ministers take the lead." ”

"Hehe," Zhu Yunwen threw the chess pieces into the chessboard, looked at the brazier for a while, sighed, and said, "What Zhong Jing said is very true, I do have some things that are difficult to decide, Zhong Jing can guess?" ”

"This," Liu Jing calmed down, pondered his words slightly, and said, "The emperor is worried about the situation in the capital?" ”

"It's not!"

"Is that a fear of a rebel raid on the Imperial Camp?"

"No, the guards of the imperial camp were handed over to Geng Xuan, Kuang Yi and Shao Yun, and I am very relieved and believe in their abilities."

"Then what is the emperor worried about?"

"I, I," Zhu Yunwen stopped talking, and finally said, "Zhongjing, how should I deal with this rebellion?" ”

"According to the laws of the imperial court, the nine clans will be connected to set an example!" Liu Jing said word by word.

"I know that this rebellion is actually caused by not cutting the grass and eradicating the roots last time, but this rebellion involves my younger brother King Tai, the Investigation Department and the Yangtze River Sailor, and some officials in the court should also be involved, and may even involve Xu Yihua of the Xu family, as well as the King of Chu, the King of Xiang, the King of Qi and others, can I kill them all?"

"Your Majesty, when the interruption continues, you will suffer from its chaos, if you don't cut the grass and eradicate the roots this time, I'm afraid that something similar will happen next time!"

"I understand, I understand, it's just, alas, ......"

When Zhu Yunwen was sighing, the curtain door of the camp tent was raised, and Geng Xuan, the Marquis of Changxing, who was in charge of the defense of the camp, hurriedly broke in and said loudly: "Your Majesty, it's not good, the enemy has set fire!" ”

"Set fire?" Zhu Yunwen was stunned for a moment, hurriedly walked out of the tent, looked to the east, and saw that the direction of Furong Peak was blazing, because the northwest wind was blowing, so the fire quickly burned along the ridge and in the direction of the imperial camp.

"What's going on? Didn't you send someone over there? ”

"Sent, sent," Listening to Zhu Yunwen's cold voice, Geng Xuan's cold sweat immediately fell, and his words were a little unfavorable: "Maybe there are many Japanese people, they don't have time to react." ”

"So what do you say you should do?"

As he spoke, the soldiers of the imperial camp also saw the fire in the east, and involuntarily made a commotion, whispering: "What's the matter?" It's on fire over there! ”

"yes, we're in a ravine, we're not going to be burned to death, are we?"

"Who knows? Why don't you run! ”

Fortunately, Shao Yun immediately led people to suppress it, and after whipping the whispering soldiers a few times, everyone stopped the commotion, but their eyes involuntarily looked in the direction of the imperial camp, that is, where Zhu Yunwen was.

"Geng Xuan, I ask you now, what should you do now? Stay where you are? Or do you want to leave right away? ”

Geng Xuan thought for a while and said: "The last general thinks that the mountain fire is not to be feared, this place is wide, and there are three or four hundred zhang in the narrowest place, and there are many springs, as long as you are careful, it will not endanger Your Majesty's safety; If you pull out the camp overnight and stay out of this valley, you are likely to encounter a surprise attack, and in a hurry, the enemy will be clear and we are in danger, so the last general suggested staying. ”

"Well, what about Shao Yun? What do you think should be done? Zhu Yunwen listened to Geng Xuan's words, did not express his position, but turned to Shao Yun, who had just arrived.

While Geng Xuan was talking, Shao Yun was also thinking about this question, and when Zhu Yunwen asked, he immediately replied: "The last general agrees with the opinion of Changxing Hou, it is already late at night at this moment, in order to prevent the enemy from raiding, the last general thinks it is better to stay where he is." ”

"And the last general thinks that our army should immediately set fire around the camp, one is to prevent the enemy from sneaking up on the enemy, and the other is to burn a safety belt to prevent the fire from spreading to the imperial camp."

Zhu Yunwen nodded, looked back at Liu Jing, and said in a deep voice, "What does Zhong Jing think?" ”

Liu Jing smiled faintly, bowed to Zhu Yunwen and said, "The minister wants to congratulate the emperor here!" ”

"What?" Zhu Yunwen's black line, Lao Tzu is about to be burned into a roast chicken, are you still here to congratulate Hong Fu Qitian?

Seeing that Zhu Yunwen's face was not very good, Liu Jing chuckled and said: "The enemy lit a mountain fire, in the eyes of the minister, it is a good thing, which shows that they are not many in number and are not enough to storm the imperial camp, so they plan to force our army to move the camp, but as long as we hold our troops still, they have nothing to do; Moreover, as long as our army sets fire to it together, they will not be able to enter, so our army is absolutely safe. ”

"Of course, we can't just wait, and ask the emperor to give an order, release the letter cannon, and order General Ping'an and General Zhang Fu to dispatch to attack from behind and destroy the enemy army in one fell swoop."

While speaking, Liu Jing slowly knelt on the ground: "The emperor respectfully asks the emperor to sit here and wait for the good news of the two generals." ”

Geng Xuan and Shao Yun glanced at each other and knelt down together: "Respectfully, please ask the emperor to wait for the good news!" ”

Looking at the three people kneeling in front of him, Zhu Yunwen nodded: "Okay, Zhong Jing stays, Geng Xuan, Shao Yun, you go and arrange it." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Geng Xuan and Shao Yun shouted yes, and after getting up to salute, they immediately went to work.

With Geng Xuan's order, the artillery of the Guards lit the fuse, and the rumbling of artillery sounded in the valley, and at the same time the camp began to shrink towards the middle, and at the same time, a fire began to ignite at the foot of the mountain, and then the wind quickly spread towards the mountain, illuminating the valley as if it was day, and the temperature in the valley began to rise. But fortunately, the weather was cold, and everyone did not feel uncomfortable, and when the fire spread to the middle of the mountain, everyone in the valley did not feel the heat at all.

Looking at the mountain fires around him, Zhu Yunwen said in a low voice: "Zhongjing, did you expect this situation a long time ago?" ”

"No, the minister didn't expect the enemy to be so vicious!" Liu Jing hurriedly shook his head.

Looking at Liu Jing's appearance, Zhu Yunwen smiled, he knew that Liu Jing would not admit it. From the very beginning, Liu Jing and others did not agree with their own luring of the Japanese to attack near Tangquan, and they did not think that they were going to use this as a reason to conquer Japan. Just because the Japanese colluded with Hu Weiyong and intended to assassinate Emperor Taizu was enough to destroy the country, coupled with the fact that the Japanese invaded the country repeatedly, the reason for the conquest was very sufficient, so why take the risk with ten thousand gold?

But he insisted on doing so, and Liu Jing and the others reluctantly agreed, but asked for Ping'an, who was rushed back from Chaohu, and Zhang Fu, who was secretly transferred, to surround from the periphery, flank the Japanese and reduce the pressure on the imperial camp, which Zhu Yunwen of course would not object.

But the scene just now made Zhu Yunwen understand that Liu Jing had already seen the problem of this terrain, but he didn't say it explicitly, but took advantage of the situation and let himself stay here and wait for news from the periphery, which can be described as foolproof......

But the development of the facts was different from what Liu Jing expected, because shouts of killing soon came from the east and west. To the west is the 5,000 samurai of the Wa Kingdom led by Akamatsu Yoshinori, and to the east is the 3,000 dead warriors led by Li Jinglong, who are sacrificing their lives and forgetting their lives to kill in the valley.

In fact, the reason why they are so anxious is very simple, Tangquan is only seven or eight miles away from Pukou City, and only more than ten miles away from Jiangpu County, when they see the fire in the direction of Tangquan, the armies of the two places will inevitably come to the rescue, and the cavalry will come over, not more than half an hour, so their time is limited and they can't afford to delay, so when they found that the imperial camp did not evacuate outside the valley, but stayed in the valley to wait for help, Akamatsu Yoshitsu was the first to be anxious, and immediately ordered to enter the valley to attack the imperial camp and kill Zhu Yunwen; And Li Jinglong also quickly figured it out, either you die or I die, if you don't fight at this time, I'm afraid there will be no chance, so he also led his subordinates into the valley to kill.

But although the ideal is plump, the reality is very skinny.

For Geng Xuan and Shao Yun, this kind of battle was not difficult at all. In normal times, it would be necessary to throw flaming fireballs outside for lighting, but now it is not needed, because the fires on the mountains on both sides illuminate the valley as if it were daytime. Moreover, the valley was narrow, only three or four hundred zhang wide, so the two of them arranged a large number of tiger squat cannons on the periphery to deal with the charge of these dead soldiers with large swords and spears.

The battle ended quickly.

Akamatsu Yoshinori roared while running, brandishing his sword: "Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill the Ming Emperor! The general is rewarded! Around him, a group of fanatical Japanese samurai brandished long katanas and rushed towards Zhu Yunwen's camp.

"I don't know what to live or die!" Shao Yun put down the telescope in his hand and waved his hand lightly.

"Ready, three, two, one, ignition!"

With the order of the herald, more than 100 tiger squatting cannons made the sound of the ground shaking, and the gunpowder burned in the barrel, producing a large amount of gas, pushing gravel, iron nails, marbles and other materials to fan forward, forming a rain of death!

"Ahh "Ahh "It hurts!" "I can't see anymore!" "My leg is broken!"

Under the strafing fire of the tiger squat artillery, the Japanese people in the first few rows were killed and wounded, and they lost their combat effectiveness in an instant.

"Rush! Take advantage of the gap between the cannons and rush forward, or we will all die! Seeing such heavy casualties, Akamatsu Yoshinori's eyes were red, but he had heard Li Jinglong describe the power of the Tiger Squat Cannon, and he also knew the disadvantage of the Tiger Squat Cannon, that is, the slow firing speed.

But as soon as the cannon fell, a large number of flintlock musketeers appeared next to the artillery, and they lined up in three rows, forming an impenetrable rain of bullets in a three-stage shooting method.

In the sound of "popping" muskets, although the Japanese warriors showed their teeth and claws, they could not rush in front of the Ming army at all, because most of them had no armor and no protective ability at all, so they could only fall in a pool of blood one by one......

In the time that the Japanese invaded a stick of incense, more than 2,000 people were killed and wounded, but not even a single hair of the Ming army was injured. When he realized that rushing forward could only be sent to death, the Japanese immediately retreated like a tide, and in an instant, there were only a dozen or so people left on the battlefield who were still rushing forward, that is, Akamatsu Yoshinori and a few of his retinue.

Akamatsu Yoshinori is already like ashes, he knows that he can't live today, he was originally a dead man, the Ming court asked the general to hand over his head, the general agreed on the surface, but secretly just handed over a substitute for the dead ghost, but Ashikaga Yoshimitsu also gave him a task, only success and failure. That is to let him unite with the rebel forces of the Ming court, attack and kill the Ming Emperor, and solve the great crisis facing the Yamato nation. In order to gather 5,000 people, in addition to more than 1,000 people in the division, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu also sent more than 4,000 elites, who secretly went ashore with the help of Li Jinglong, who was in charge of military affairs in Zhejiang, and then under the indulgence of the Yangtze River Naval Division, crossed the Yangtze River, arrived at Jiangpu, and hid. The Ming Emperor really came as expected, and he was still in Tangquan, and there were not many guards around him, and Akamatsu Yi thought that his command was strong, and the sophistication of the sword also exceeded the standard weapons of the Ming army, and it was more certain to attack and kill the Ming Emperor. It's just that he didn't expect the Ming army to have such sophisticated weapons, and even Li Jinglong didn't know about the flintlock pistol, what Li Jinglong knew was just an arquebus.

"No, my Yamato nation will not die!" "No!"

Akamatsu Yoshinori shouted in a low voice, he had no strength, but another row of projectiles hit, Akamatsu Yoshinori blood was dripping from the corner of his mouth, and he slowly fell, while his guards had already died in front of him, and they all died to protect him......

Yoshinori Akamatsu died in battle!

The remaining would-be robbers were frightened and turned around and fled one after another, wanting to leave this Shura field, but unfortunately, the sound of dense horses' hooves sounded behind them......

Li Jinglong in the east suffered fewer casualties, because after seeing the rows of tiger squat cannons, Li Jinglong knew that there was no hope, and he subconsciously rode on his horse to escape, but unfortunately this famous escape expert was not lucky in history, and was captured alive by Zhang Fu, and most of his subordinates surrendered.

The battle ended in less than half an hour, Ping'an, Zhang Fu and others rushed to the imperial camp to hand over the order, Zhu Yunwen was very happy to see that so many prisoners had been captured, and immediately ordered an interrogation, and he must find out the matter of betraying the party.

……

In the early morning of the next day, Zhu Yunwen did not board the ship from Pukou City, but ordered the dragon boat to sail to the Jiangpu wharf, and the army crossed the river from the Jiangpu wharf to the Xiaguan wharf on the opposite bank.

On December 28, the sixth year of Jianwen, Zhu Yunwen, who had been touring the north for half a year, returned to Beijing, and Beijing was boiling!