Brother Meng Timur was extremely cunning, and he also made a third-hand preparation, that is, he continued to send Alhatu to ask to see Li Yuan, and earnestly expressed his expectation of surrendering, hoping that Li Yuan would attack and that he would cause trouble on the battlefield.

Li Yuan was noncommittal about this, and shirked to wait for the order of the general of Zhengbei, and at the same time hoped that Brother Meng's brother Timur would go out of the mountain and surrender, and the imperial court would inevitably treat him favorably. However, Alhatu said that the prestige of Meng's brother Timur was insufficient, and it was easy to cause chaos if he started an incident in a hurry, and even caused Li Zhongzhong to take advantage of the chaos to attack, so the gains outweighed the losses.

Li Yuan had no choice but to retreat and ask him to provide information about the Mongols and Jurchens, but Alhatu knew everything, but when it came to the specific information of the Mongols, he didn't know, so Li Yuan had no choice but to give up.

Three days later, Ping'an's army arrived in Tonghua and joined Li Yuan.

After listening to Li Yuan's report, Ping An ordered Li Yuan to continue to contact with Meng's brother Timur and not to be impatient. At the same time, Mahamu's cavalry began to appear on the outskirts of Shenyang, and due to the lack of cavalry, Shao Yun did not dare to go too far from the city, and the battle situation once again formed a stalemate.

Beijing.

Zhang Fu tied the horse to the pillar and waited quietly. He didn't dare to look around, but he was very familiar with every grass and tree here, this was the Yanwang Mansion back then, but the owner had changed.

didn't wait too long, Zhang Fu followed the eunuch who led the way to Zhu Yunwen's temporary office ---- Wenhua Palace. After entering the door, Zhang Fu hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "Zhang Fu, the deputy general of the internal security of the minister stationed in North Korea, participated in the emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

But Zhu Yunwen didn't speak immediately, he was silent for a while, and sighed: "Zhang Fu, calm down, give me a seat!" ”

"Emperor Xie!"

"Let's all get out."

"Yes!"

"You look up!"

"Yes!"

Zhang Fu raised his head, looked at the emperor at the head of the head, and found that Zhu Yunwen was wearing an apricot-yellow dragon robe, with a solemn bearing, a clear look, and indifferent eyes, looking at himself, Zhang Fu felt a thrill in his heart, and quickly lowered his head.

"Wen Bi, in the twenty-sixth year of Hongwu, I founded martial arts, you are the first batch of students, I wanted you to go to the northwest with your father, but you refused, do you regret it now?"

"Your Majesty, the minister, the minister, the minister was young and ignorant at the time, and now he regrets it, and he hopes that the emperor will punish him!" Zhang Fu hurriedly got up and knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly.

"Reprimand?" Zhu Yunwen sneered: "If you want to be punished, do you think you can live to this day?" ”

"In the rebellion of King Yan, the country lost more than 300,000 elite soldiers, the north was devastated, and countless people were displaced; The imperial court lost dozens of civil and military generals, such as Geng Bingwen, Duke of Lieguo, Wu Jie, Duke of Anguo, Song Zhong, Marquis of Zhonglie, Xie Gui, Marquis of Zhengqi, Chen Zhen, Ju Yongbo, and Shangshu of the Criminal Department. Every time I think of this, I am heartbroken, these soldiers should have fought on the battlefield to defend the frontier, but in the end they died in a meaningless civil war. ”

"Zhang Fu, if it were me today, when I was in martial arts, I would not hesitate to kill you, as well as your father! Even King Yan is no exception! ”

"Death penalty!" Zhang Fu leaned down deeply, trembling all over, the emperor specially summoned himself back, did he want to kill himself? Could it be that today is the time of his death?

"Zhang Fu, do you think that the dedication of Beiping City will be able to offset your crimes?"

"No, it's all the emperor's benevolence! I don't dare to forget it! ”

After being silent for a while, cold sweat oozed from Zhang Fu's forehead, who was kneeling on the ground, and even felt that the back of his neck was itchy, but he didn't dare to move at all.

Suddenly, Zhu Yunwen clapped his palms, the door of the palace opened, and Liu Zhen, the head of the inner court, walked in, holding a holy decree in his hand. After seeing Zhu Yunwen's signal, he immediately unfolded the holy decree and said: "Under the holy decree, Zhang Fu will take the decree!" ”

"Minister Zhang Fu takes the order!"

"Fengtian carried the emperor's edict and said:

Zhang Fu, the former deputy general of the Ming Dynasty in Korea, was loyal and diligent, and made many military exploits, and was specially promoted to major general, and his department was reorganized into the 10th Guards Cavalry Army, and Zhang Fu served as the commander of the army.

……

Chin this! ”

Zhang Fu, who knelt on the ground to listen to the order, thought it was a holy decree to execute himself, but he didn't expect it to be an edict for promotion, and what he didn't expect was the Guards Cavalry Army, which meant that he had been burdened with the crime of treason for many years, and it would disappear from now on; I can also face my colleagues with my head held high, and my mother, wife and children can also be upright, and I will no longer be a man with my tail between my legs.

Thinking of this, Zhang Fu kowtowed again and again, crying silently: "Minister Zhang Fu thanks Lord Longen, thank Lord Longen, thank Lord Longen!" ”

"Wen Bi, get up."

"Yes!"

Seeing Zhang Fu's snot and tears, Zhu Yunwen ordered Liu Zhen to take him a handkerchief and wipe it.

"Wen Bi, the previous things have been written off, I won't mention the old accounts again, everything is looking forward, okay?"

"Emperor Xie!"

"The 10,000 you brought from Korea are still outside the city, and I will replenish you with 5,000 men from the forbidden army, so that you will have 15,000 men under your command."

"I want you to leave Gubeikou immediately and meet Xu Huizu, the Duke of Wei, remember, the Duke of Wei must not make any mistakes. In addition, Yang Rong, a bachelor of Hanlin, will be your long history, and he will go with you, and you can discuss things on the road, go quickly! ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

……

Zhang Fu held the holy decree, walked out of the palace, glanced back, and then looked at the holy decree in his hand, and couldn't help but kneel down on his knees in the direction of the palace, howling and crying, and even kowtowing, and his forehead was bleeding. The people around were inexplicable, and they didn't know why this mighty general was crying so sadly in public!

After a long time, Yang Rong, who was dressed in an official uniform in green clothes, walked over, helped Zhang Fu up, and said in a low voice: "General, the military situation is urgent, we have to set off quickly!" ”

"Hmm," Zhang Fu nodded, wiped his tears, and bowed three more times before getting up and leaving the city.

Mandarin Palace.

Liu Zhen muttered in Zhu Yunwen's ear for a while, Zhu Yunwen thought for a moment, nodded and said that he understood. Then, Zhu Yunwen stood up, walked to the map, looked at the map of North Korea, Northeast China and Mobei, and muttered: "This time it is a bit risky, but the opportunity is too rare, I hope it is still too late!" ”

Mobei.

"Da Da Da", that day Song lay on the back of the horse, but instinctively kicked the horse with his spurs, urging it to speed up, hoping to get rid of the pursuers. However, the pursuers behind him were getting closer and closer, and even their shouts could be heard.

They are also Mongols, why are they attacking us?

This was a thought that occurred before the arrow fell from his horse, and then he was slashed and fell into the dust.

The pursuers jumped off their horses, cut off Narisong's head, hung it in front of the horse, and drove Narisong's war horse back together.

A few miles away, hundreds of herdsmen were surrounded by black-armored cavalry, most of them disheveled, looking at the cavalry around them with a frightened expression, and occasionally the cries of women or children, but they were immediately stopped for fear of angering the surrounding cavalry.

"Honorable Ming Dynasty general, we are just a small tribe, we have never offended the merchants of the Ming Kingdom, nor have we done anything hurtful to the heavens and reason, may I ask why the general attacked us?"

The general on the white horse shook his head, but did not speak, but looked at the dozen or so cavalrymen coming from the north. I saw the leading knight roll the saddle and dismount, and threw the head of Na Risong to the ground: "General, I pursued for more than ten miles before I caught up with this guy, and I came here to give orders." ”

"Nari Song! That day pine! You killed him? A young Mongolian woman among the herdsmen was so grief-stricken that she wanted to break out of the encirclement, but was held tightly by a pair of old men beside her: "Kiqige, don't go, can't go!" ”

"Abba, Grandma, they killed Narisong, it's my husband, your son, the father of Temur!" As he spoke, Kikige hugged the old woman, and the two of them cried. The other old man lowered his head and wiped the welling up tears.

……

Instead of paying attention to the family's grief, the others looked at the general on the white horse.

I saw that the general sighed slightly, turned the horse's head, raised his right hand and waved it gently. The black-armored cavalry around them immediately bent their bows and arrows, "whooshing", and fired feathered arrows at the group of unarmed herdsmen.

The herdsmen screamed and dodged, and some even pounced desperately, but they died faster under the rain of arrows. Angry, Alslen wanted to pounce on the white horse general, but was lightly stabbed by the knight beside him, and his head flew up, fell into the dust, and died without looking at him.

"Big brother, do you really want to do it so badly?" A general on a black horse looked at the miserable situation and asked in a low voice.

"Zengshou, do you think the eldest brother is an executioner?"

"Little brother doesn't dare!"

Xu Huizu, the general of the white horse, looked up at the sun and said leisurely: "This expedition is a very important matter, and there can be no mistakes. ”

"However, if we hurry up, they will not be faster than us even if they report the news, so why kill them all? Especially these old people, women and children. ”

"You're wrong, if we get blocked, or get lost, then they are likely to get ahead of us, and besides, we still have to come back, and then these people won't stop us because we let them go?"

"But," Xu Zengshou thought for a moment and said in a low voice: "Big brother, we only have 20,000 people, can the raid and Lin succeed?" And even if it succeeds, I'm afraid it will be a problem to come back. ”

"The emperor has been planning this matter for many years, and he handed this matter over to my eldest brother, which is actually the greatest praise for our Xu family, and it is also to make up for the regret of my father's defeat in Mobei."

"Compliments? Big brother, I think the emperor is going to destroy our Xu family! ”

"Shut up!" Xu Huizu suddenly sank his face and said sharply.

Seeing Xu Zengshou's unconvinced face, Xu Huizu waved his hand, and the surrounding guards immediately dispersed to ten steps away. He looked at Xu Zengshou and said, "Zengshou, don't you think that the emperor doesn't know about the things you did at the beginning?" ”

"How could the emperor know? The original matter was very secret, and only the brother-in-law's cronies should know. ”

"Is Ge Cheng considered a cronie? Doesn't he know about you? There is also the broken city of Beiping, the Yanwang Mansion is intact, what evidence does the emperor want? ”

"Impossible, I asked the eldest sister, and she said that King Yan burned all those letters, so the emperor can't have evidence!"

"Longevity, you are so naïve, as long as the emperor doubts you, you will have no future, not to mention that there are so many witnesses."

"Then, then, what is the emperor going to do with me?" Xu Zengshou said a little panicked.

"Big brother doesn't know what the emperor is thinking, but this sneak attack on Helin is the best chance to atone for your sins, if you can succeed, our brother will make a great contribution, and the emperor should forgive your sins, just like Zhang Fu."

"Really?"

"Or do you think the emperor would have traveled thousands of miles to transfer you back from Taiwan?"

Xu Zengshou woke up like a dream, a cold sweat broke out on his body, and he suddenly bowed down and said, "Big brother, little brother has dragged you down!" ”

"It doesn't matter, if you are convicted, your brother will also be left out in the cold," Xu Huizu shook his head: "I just hope that in the future, you will be more cautious in your actions, you can think more about the Xu family, be loyal to the emperor, and stop thinking nonsense, understand?" ”

"The younger brother understands, who knew that King Yan was so useless, and the younger brother was also blinded at that time."

"What's more, even the eldest brother didn't expect that although the emperor has never been on the battlefield, he can gain insight into the hearts of people thousands of miles away. In addition, so far, the emperor has not lost a battle, which is really incredible! ”

"This is true, the emperor is really powerful, but it's a pity that the younger brother didn't see it at the beginning, alas!"

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