After Wang Bi defeated Guo Ying, he stayed in place for a day, mainly to appease the people of Daning, but the people of Daning, who had been abandoned and trampled, no longer believed in Wang Bi, they listened to the orders of the Henan army with a blank expression, organized themselves, and marched to Xifengkou Pass; Another thing Wang Bi did was to discuss follow-up cooperation with the Mongolian army, the principals of the Mongolian side were Arutai and Mahamu, these two young people who were divided into the eastern steppes grew up rapidly, and took advantage of the opportunity of Zhu Di to exchange for the family members of the Uliangha tribe, and obtained a large number of armor and weapons from Kaiping, of course, they also provided a certain number of horses for the Kaiping army, although the cooperation with Wang Bi was a bit large, but they obtained the pastures near Daning, and the Mongol power expanded to the Great Wall again, The ambitions of the Great Yuan Empire rekindled in the blood of the Mongols.

When the news of Wang Bi's entry into the customs was delivered to Zhu Di in Juyong Pass, it was noon on October 21, and the news that Geng Bingwen's army had gathered in Zhending and was ready to attack Beiping at any time was also delivered. Zhu Di, on the other hand, had just had the first discussion with his younger brother on the strategic direction, but there was no result. After seeing the military report, Zhu Di's face was gloomy and he summoned Master Daoyan to discuss the matter.

Dao Yan lived next to Zhu Di's military tent, so he came quickly. He first saluted Zhu Di and recited the Buddha's name before he sat down. After reading the military report, Dao Yan also fell into deep thought, and only said after a while: "Lord Wang, you must make up your mind, we can't delay any longer, Geng Bingwen's army may go north at any time, if we are still trapped in this mountain stream, we will definitely be defeated." ”

"This king understands that the speed of the imperial court's reaction is far beyond this king's expectations, and it seems that the imperial court has been prepared for a long time and knows that Song Zhong will fail. We started on September 25, but the imperial court got the news six days later, Jianwen immediately mobilized the army to the north, so far, the army gathered in Zhending has exceeded 150,000, and in ten days, Geng Bingwen will be able to gather 300,000 troops, so we really can't afford to delay. ”

"Yes, Wang Bi's entry into the customs was also a little unexpected by Lao Ke, I didn't expect Wang Bi to be so ruthless, colluded with the Mongols, and gave Guo Ying a blow, but this is okay, don't worry too much about the eastern front for the time being, the Liaodong Army can't send troops for the time being, you just need to worry about Geng Bingwen all the way."

"So," Dao Yan said categorically: "Lord Wang, we can only stay here for five days at most, or even shorter, we must deal with King Zhou, if we can't join forces, then we will definitely be defeated." As for going to Shanxi, there is no need to think about it at all, it is purely a dead end. ”

Zhu Di stood up, paced a few steps, and turned back and said: "If there is no Feng Sheng, it is easy to solve King Zhou, but Feng Sheng is not easy to deal with. ”

Dao Yan pondered for a while, and said: "Lord Wang, Lao Wei has studied Feng Sheng, although he has great achievements, he is greedy and ignorant of the general situation, so he can be lured by profit. ”

"How?"

"When I went to negotiate in the afternoon, I also asked the prince to deign to flatter Feng Sheng, just say that he is a general left by the first emperor, and he has great achievements, and he is willing to obey his orders, first hold him comfortable, and then tell King Zhou your worries in private, King Zhou will inevitably be dissatisfied, which will delay time."

"In addition, Wang Bi's hand outside the pass, although Guo Ying was miserable, but also left troubles, comprehensive intelligence, you can know that most of the current troops under King Zhou are the Daning army, and the prince is also known as the prestige in the Daning army, you can send someone to inform them of the tragic situation of the people of Daning, and with a little provocation, they will inevitably throw themselves into the prince."

"Yes, yes, great," Zhu Di was overjoyed and said, "This king immediately sent people to Beiping to invite some respected Daning people here, so that they can show up and explain to the Daning army, this matter is feasible." It's just that," Zhu Di paused and said, "This matter must be concealed from Wang Bi." ”

Dao Yan said with a smile: "Wang Bi is not worried, he doesn't have much friendship with King Zhou and Feng Sheng, as long as the prince is good at comforting, he can still be co-opted, but just in case, the prince might as well let Xu Zhong return to Beiping, so that it can be safe." ”

"Moreover, the prince still has one last move, Chen Xuan outside Badaling can be mobilized and attack Badaling, at that time, the back road will be cut off, the Daning army will fight against the water, what role can the Henan army of less than 20,000 do? At that time, the prince promised to divide the world equally with the king of Zhou and crown Feng Sheng as the king, and they could only accept it. ”

"Divide the world equally?" Zhu Di was a little reluctant.

"Hehe, Lord Wang, this time, that time, it's really that day, even if you want to, King Zhou doesn't dare to ask for it."

"Hehe, the master is clever, this king is famous." Zhu Di stroked his palms and laughed.

Dao Yan also laughed.

After that, everything went according to plan, Feng Sheng, who was praised by Zhu Di, was very happy, and even commented on the advantages and disadvantages of the only remaining generals of the Ming Dynasty, such as Geng Bingwen, Guo Ying and others, as well as the methods to deal with them, and Zhu Di was respectfully taught. All this made Zhu Hu very dissatisfied, resulting in an impasse in the negotiations.

Datong, the palace of the king.

Since Zhu Gui, the acting king, has returned to the fiefdom, his temper has been restrained a lot, and he is no longer arrogant, and after two cuts by Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Yunwen, he only has one guard left, that is, Datong Zhongwei, but even if it is the matter of Datong Zhongwei, he does not interfere much, he studies behind closed doors in the house all day long, and occasionally eats, drinks and has fun.

The acting king sometimes recalls what the third brother said to himself when he passed through Taiyuan: "Thirteenth brother, the third brother will not live long, but he has been in bed for two years, and he has also understood many things, the second brother, me and you have made big mistakes, but the court is kind and allows us to return to the fiefdom, this is the grace of heaven and earth, you must remember it." Thirteenth brother, the third brother knows that you are young and vigorous, but the third brother still has to say a few words, your fourth brother is a restless master, you must not get involved with him, you will die without a place to be buried. ”

The third brother's bitter heart still had a certain impact on the acting king, so that the resentment in his heart calmed down a little, as a nobleman, he felt that he had suffered an injustice, and he wanted to take revenge, but he was powerless, so he had to hide it in his heart.

So after he returned to Datong, he lived in seclusion and did not ask about the world.

Soon after he returned to Datong, his nephew and nephew Zhu Gaochi came to visit, this nephew seemed weak and unruly, but there were provocative words between his words, perhaps under the influence of the King of Jin, the acting king did not respond, but did not stop it, and chose to watch coldly. During this period, many people came to visit him, and Zhu Gaochi mostly talked to them, but as for what they talked about, the acting king didn't care. It's just that what makes him strange is that Chen Xuan has chatted with Zhu Gaochi for a long time, and more than once.

After Zhu Gaochi left, Chen Xuan once visited the acting king, and from the words, the acting king understood the reason why Chen Xuan did this, and the reason for the fiasco in Mobei is benevolent and wise. However, the more mainstream view is caused by King Ning's blind command, so some people think that the imperial court should not let the vassal king lead the army, and should give the general full authorization; Others believe that capable vassal kings should be allowed to lead troops, such as King Yan, and that such a thing will not happen. Chen Xuan is the one who holds the latter point of view, plus he had followed the general Lan Yu in his early years, and he was very respected, so he was a little dissatisfied with Zhu Yunwen's restraint in the Lan Yu case, and all kinds of considerations, when Zhu Gaochi wooed him, he accepted it.

Chen Xuan's surrender made Zhu Di overjoyed, and after careful consideration, Zhu Di thought that the later Chen Xuan announced his surrender, the better, so that it might have a miraculous effect.

So after Chen Xuan received the order of Emperor Jianwen, he led 30,000 elite soldiers to Juyong Pass, he deliberately slowed down, and he fell behind Feng Sheng and others, but he kept an eye on it, just monitored Badaling from a distance, did not attack directly, and intercepted the military report sent by the Xuanfu garrison to the Beijing division by the way.

Chen Xuan had been staying outside Juyong Pass for seven days, and he was waiting for King Yan's order.