After Zhu Di surrendered the Zhou army, he left a small number of sergeants to guard Badaling, and ordered Li Bin to lead an army of 20,000 to garrison Juyong Pass, and the rest of the army returned to Beiping at full speed. This is actually a helpless move, he must quickly integrate the army and deal with Geng Bingwen, who is really determined. In addition, the abandonment of Badaling and the defense of Juyong Pass was due to the lack of transportation capacity and food, and it was impossible to supply too many troops.

After Xu Huizu heard the news, he quickly conquered Badaling, and after tentatively attacking Juyong Pass, he immediately gave up and returned to Badaling. He left his army on defense at Badaling to prevent the Yan army from leaving Shanxi, and then began to deploy the defense of Datong, Taiyuan, Suiyuan, and Xuanfu, in addition to guarding against the king of Yan, but also against the Mongol cavalry that appeared outside the fortress.

After doing all this, Xu Huizu flew to the Beijing division and asked the emperor for instructions. Although he completed the task of preventing the rebels from entering Shanxi and prevented the war from continuing to deteriorate, he could not prevent the Yan army from growing.

After Zhu Di returned to Beiping, the first thing he did was to reorganize the army, review the soldiers, set up the five armies, and order Zhang Yu to general the middle army, Zhu Neng to general the left army, Chen Xuan to general the right army, Xu Zhong to general the front army, Li Bin to general the rear army, of which Datong, Daning, and Huailai were subordinated to the army. For Feng Sheng, King Zhou and others, Zhu Di also treated them very well, and made Feng Sheng sit in Beiping and assist the prince; King Zhou was honored in Beijing, and Xu Qi divided the world equally after his success.

At this time, Princess Ningguo, Xu Zengshou, and Violent Zhao had arrived for a few days, and Zhu Di was in Juyong Pass at that time, so they had to wait. In his spare time, the violent Zhao made people spread the emperor's will in Beiping, stating that as long as the king of Yan entered Beijing to ask for guilt, he would not be guilty of the past, but he needed to leave Beiping and move to Nanchang, and the rebels would be pardoned except for the main leaders. After all, not everyone likes to fight, especially the new army that is being trained in the suburbs of Beijing is boiling with enthusiasm, hoping that King Yan will enter Beijing and relieve the military disaster.

After Zhu Gaochi heard the report, he immediately put Tyrant Zhao and his servants under house arrest, Princess Ningguo and Xu Zengshou could move freely, Tyrant Zhao hoped that they could help spread the will, but they were refused, Tyrant Zhao had no choice but to sigh.

After Zhu Di returned to Beiping, he only met with Princess Ningguo and Xu Zengshou, and hurriedly convened a military meeting, convening the newly promoted chief generals and deputy generals of the Fifth Army, civil officials in Beiping, as well as Daoyan, King Zhou and others to discuss the war situation.

The new commanders of the Fifth Army were all in high spirits and excited. Zhu Di looked at the generals who were gathered together, and he was also full of joy. He first invited Dao Yan, Feng Sheng, Wang Bi and King Zhou to sit down, and then said: "Generals, this king is very pleased today, and now I have set up five armies, amounting to 200,000 people. Now the situation is very good. The line of the Great Wall is in my hands, Juyong Pass in the west and Yongping in the east are in the hands of our army, and our army can go south and break the southern army. Shimei, you can give you an introduction. ”

"Yes, lord."

Zhang Yu stood up, walked to the map, and pointed: "Now the great enemy of our army is Geng Bingwen, who is really determined, it is reported that there are about 200,000 troops at present, which is equivalent to our army, but its source is complicated, there are roughly troops from Henan, Shanxi, Shanxi and Shandong, and the new army is set, and its combat effectiveness is far inferior to our army, and our army must quickly attack and break it in one fell swoop." Otherwise, waiting for them to finish their training, I'm afraid it will become a big problem."

"Moreover, Geng Bingwen is known for his good defense, and his lieutenants He Fu and Gu CD are veteran generals in a hundred battles, and if the battle situation is stalemate, it will be unfavorable to our army."

In addition to Geng Bingwen, there are three other places, Xu Kai with 50,000 soldiers in Hejian, Sheng Yong with 50,000 soldiers in Cangzhou, and Guo Jian with nearly 20,000 in Zhigu. These three places are horns for each other, protecting Geng Bingwen's flanks. ”

"Therefore, the last general suggested that we should go south to defeat Geng Bingwen with lightning speed, mobilize Xu Kai, Sheng Yong and Guo Jian on the eastern front, and once they leave the city, our army can defeat them through field battles."

As soon as Zhang Yu's words fell, the generals immediately exchanged their heads, and the sound of chattering filled the conference room. King Yan observed for a while, patted the table, and said, "Everyone, if you have any questions, you can say it directly, don't talk to each other in private." ”

Chen Xuan stood up and arched his hand: "Lord Wang, the last general thinks that what General Zhang said is very true, our army should fight quickly, at present, our army only has the periphery of Beiping, but there are 200,000 troops, and it is not good for our army to fight for a long time." ”

"Yes, Lord Wang." Ru Yu, who was in charge of the logistics supply of the army, also said: "At present, all the food in Beiping City has been collected, but it is only enough for 200,000 troops to fight for two months, so the minister should consider this issue when he asks the prince to use the army." ”

For a while, the generals were a little stunned, as the saying goes: if the soldiers have no food, they will disperse, everyone only saw the number of soldiers and generals, but they did not think of the problem of insufficient food, and they couldn't help but feel that the atmosphere was stagnant, and the atmosphere in the conference room was a little depressed for a while.

Seeing this situation, Dao Yan stood up and said loudly: "Lord Wang, the old man has something to say. ”

"Master, please speak." Zhu Di hurriedly said.

For a while, everyone's eyes turned to this anomaly in the conference room, a monk appeared at a military meeting, no matter what, it made people feel weird, but looking at King Yan's expression, everyone also understood that this monk was not an idle person, so they had to listen to it.

Dao Yan smiled, then walked to the map, and then bowed to King Yan and said: "Lord Wang, the old man wants to congratulate the prince on the return of his destiny, and the prince's uprising is in accordance with the will of heaven and blesses the world." ”

Everyone looked at Dao Yan helplessly, and said in their hearts, could it be that this monk is a god? This is terrible, the prince favors the god stick, which is not good for the war.

"The prince has today, in fact, it is caused by the blessing of the first emperor and the incompetence of today."

"The first emperor named the prince in Beiping, giving the prince the opportunity to lead the troops to fight and show his ambitions."

"In the twenty-eighth year of Hongwu, when he was still the prince, he wanted to build a city in Suiyuan, during which the prince was enlightened by his ancestors and wanted to end this matter, but he was imprisoned in the palace for half a year."

"It's a pity that he didn't accept advice today, and reused King Ning and Fu Youde, which led to the fiasco of Mobei. Fortunately, the prince returned north in time to save the defeat and save the Ming Dynasty. ”

"After that, the emperor transferred His Royal Highness King Zhou to Daning, and His Royal Highness King Zhou and the prince have the same mother and brother, which is God's assistance to the prince."

"After ascending the throne today, he guarded against the prince to the extreme, and sent Song Zhong to Beiping under the command of Jinyiwei, intending to create an unjust case and cause the prince to die. The prince had no choice but to strike hard and kill Song Zhong and Xie Gui. When he received the edict to cut the feudal domain, the prince burst into tears and scolded Wang Du, Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng and others for deceiving the monarch and dividing the royal family, so he raised troops and made it difficult. ”

And the king of Zhou raised troops in the north of Saibei, smuggled into Yehuling, and joined forces with the prince to break through the Yong Pass, surrendered the army to the prince, and was willing to assist him. That's why we have today's pomp and circumstance. ”

"If it weren't for the prince's blessing and the fiasco of Mobei, the northern frontier needs the prince to be in charge, when will the prince return? If it weren't for the prince's blessing and Qitian, how could he get the help of all the civil ministers and military generals to kill Song Zhong and Xie Gui? How can we recover the surrounding areas of Beiping and control the Yongguan in ten days? If it weren't for the prince's blessing, the king of Zhou would not have personally led the army, made peace with the army, and helped the prince achieve great things! ”

Speaking of this, Dao Yan knelt on the ground, bowed his head and said: "Lord Wang, you are destined to return, and our army will surely win a great victory, enter the Beijing Division, and achieve a great cause." ”

After the generals listened, they were excited, looking back on the things since January, and they also felt amazing, that the situation must be sinister, the enemy on all sides, but the king of Yan turned evil into auspiciousness, and the disaster became auspicious, less than a month, he gathered more than 200,000 troops, which must be the blessing of the ancestral gods, and the blessing of the prince. So the generals immediately knelt down and shouted "Hurrah"! Ru Yu, Chen Ying, Guo Zi and others are even more so.

Zhu Di panicked for a while, and was about to stand up, but was pressed on the seat by Dao Yan and Zhang Yu, and accepted everyone's kneeling. At this time, the three people who did not kneel in the hall were very conspicuous, that is, King Zhou, Feng Sheng and Wang Bi.

In Zhu Di's eagle-like sight, Wang Bi knelt down first, shouting long live, followed by Feng Sheng, and finally King Zhou also hesitated and walked over, just about to bow down, but was stopped by Zhu Di. He laughed and said: "Everyone, please get up quickly, this matter must not be mentioned again, this king raised troops to be difficult in the sky, not for his own selfish desires." And among our brothers, it doesn't have to be so. As he spoke, he patted King Zhou on the shoulder.

King Zhou froze there, not knowing what to do, so he had to smile and say, "Fourth brother Hongfu." "But I scolded in my heart, I worked so hard to return from outside the Saiwai, but I fulfilled you, a bastard, and fulfilled your great fortune, which is really unfair! But after thinking about it, maybe it's really the fourth brother Hongfu Qitian.

Finally, Zhu Di stood up and said loudly: "Soldiers, do you have the courage to follow this king to the south and defeat the southern army?" ”

"Yes!" "Lord Wang, we have it!"

"Very good, soldiers, the 300,000 army of the real determination has everything in grain and grass, are you willing to take it with this king?"

"Yes!" "We do!"

"Good!" Zhu Di pulled out his long sword, and pointed south at the tip of the sword: "Everyone, go back immediately, check the soldiers, and tomorrow, go out with this king!" As he spoke, the long sword slashed down, and the long table snapped.

"Yes, Lord Wang!" The generals said yes in unison, and then said goodbye.