After Zhang Bao stepped back, Zhu Di looked at everyone's expectant eyes, smiled, and then handed them the letter and let them circulate it. After everyone saw it, their expressions were different, Qiu Fu stood up first, knelt down and said: "Lord, no, don't surrender, once you surrender, my generation will die and have no place to be buried, please have mercy on these loyal soldiers, I beg you, Lord Wang!" ”

Zhu Neng and Zhang Yu also knelt down one after another, begging Zhu Di not to surrender.

Zhu Di helped them up one by one, and said: "You have all followed this king to fight for many years, how can this king abandon you." Besides, this king is not for personal desires, but regrets that the traitorous ministers of the court are in power, divides the clan, and regards the soldiers who are fighting the frontier like mustard, so he is angry and fights against him, and only seeks justice. Ladies and gentlemen, would you like to fight to the death with this king? ”

"Yes!" "Yes!" "The last general is willing!" The three of them shouted at the top of their voices, and even shook the guards outside the door, but the guards were all well-trained and quickly returned to normal.

"Very good, this king believes in you, Shihong, Yunzhong go down, this king and Shimei have something to say."

"Yes."

After Zhu Neng and Qiu Fu went down, Zhu Di looked at Zhang Yu and said with a smile: "Shimei, what do you think?" ”

"The last general thinks," Zhang Yu looked up at Zhu Di, and said in a deep voice: "The prince should go to see that Zhang Bao." ”

"Haha, Shimei's words are exactly what this king wants!" Zhu Di laughed in a low voice.

......

As soon as Zhu Di came out of Beiping, Geng Bingwen knew, so he sent Zhang Bao to bring a letter over, hoping that Zhu Di would rein in the precipice, and he was willing to use his life to keep Zhu Di safe. Geng Bingwen is sincere, and he also has this qualification. The Geng family is now the upstart of the Jianwen Dynasty, in Feng Sheng and Wang Bi's rebellion today, Geng Bingwen's position is even more important, his son Geng Xuan, is not only the emperor's brother-in-law, but also masters the heavy army of Liaodong, father and son, one south and one north, threatening Beiping, can be said to be Zhu Di's biggest enemy, but it can also be said that the court has the most say in the treatment of King Yan.

The reason why he chose Zhang Bao was actually accidental, even in Geng Bingwen's army, there were many people who followed King Yan's northern expedition, and he casually chose this slightly familiar Zhang Bao, even if this Zhang Bao and King Yan said something, Geng Bingwen didn't care, because the general trend was unstoppable.

After Zhang Bao was taken down, he was taken to bathe, during which two beautiful beauties pinched his waist and rubbed his back, Zhang Bao wanted to excuse himself, but the two beauties immediately showed tears in their eyes, and they were sad, and Zhang Bao had no choice but to comply. It's just that when the body is rubbing, Zhang Baoqing can't help himself, and along the way, he has a lot of thoughts and can't make a choice, and when the beauty is in his arms, he can't help but indulge. For a while, the two beauties threw themselves into their arms, and they groaned again and again, Zhang Bao was open for a long time, indulging in galloping, showing the true colors of a man......

After bathing, Zhang Bao was immediately changed into a soft silk regular robe, and then was led to the next door, only to find Yan Wang Zhu Di and Zhang Yu sitting on the table chatting. When Zhang Bao saw Zhu Di, he immediately made a decision in his heart, and quickly knelt on the ground: "Lord Wang, Zhang Bao once received great favor from you back then, and today I am willing to serve with all my heart and save the prince from great trouble." ”

"Okay, Zhang Bao, you get up, forgive the king for his clumsiness, why don't you remember any favor to you?"

"The prince is good," Zhang Bao fell to the ground and refused to get up: "When Hongwu was twenty-three years old, his subordinates were still a hundred households, and he was fortunate to follow the prince to ask for Nai'er not to spend, when the snow closed the mountain, the weather was cold, and his subordinates were seriously injured and died soon." But at that time, His Royal Highness passed by, so he put on his subordinates, so that his subordinates survived the severe cold and survived. The prince has a life-saving grace for his subordinates, but his subordinates have never dared to explain to the prince that they are really inferior to pigs and dogs, please punish the prince! When he said this, he couldn't help but cry bitterly.

Zhu Di frowned, he couldn't remember this incident at all, but he still got up and helped Zhang Bao: "General Zhang, this king really can't remember, is there such a thing?" ”

"The prince loves soldiers like sons, there are many people who received favors from the prince during the northern expedition, and his subordinates are just one of them, and it is normal for the prince not to remember, but his subordinates dare not forget for a day."

Zhu Di was a little embarrassed: "General Zhang, this king really doesn't remember this matter, and this king did a big thing to kill the head, it's normal for you to have concerns, don't blame yourself." ”

Zhang Bao was even more moved: "The prince is sympathetic, benevolent, righteous and wise, and his subordinates are willing to break their bones and serve the prince!" ”

......

After the two exchanged pleasantries for a while, they got back to business. Zhu Di said: "In today's situation, why did General Zhang teach me?" ”

"Please forgive your subordinates for saying bluntly, the general has a hundred battles, even if the prince has great ability, it is impossible to break through the true determination in the short term, but once the troops are under the fortified city, Xu Kai, Sheng Yong and others will go straight to Beiping, and the big thing will go. Can the prince agree to this? ”

"Well, that's true."

"Now it is really determined from the general down, and the same view is true. However, in the army, there are many old ones with the prince, and they are reluctant to go to war with the prince, so General Geng put on a completely defensive formation. ”

"Defensive formation?"

"That's right," Zhang Bao asked for a pen and paper, and said the real armament, which was much more detailed than what Zhang Yu had detected, but it was actually not very useful, such as playing chess, my side of the rook and horse artillery Xiangquan, you only have a few soldiers and veterans, and it is useless to know, but Zhu Di and Zhang Yu still looked very carefully.

Zhu Di thought for a while and said, "Zhang Bao, how do you think this king should deal with it?" ”

"The minister doesn't know, but," Zhang Bao hesitated for a moment, and said: "The minister thinks that it is better for the prince to surrender, and below General Geng, many people are willing to protect you." ”

"A lot of people? Who are they? ”

"The subordinate official position is low, and I don't know much about it, but it is rumored in the army that Li Jian, the concubine, once quarreled with Geng Jing, the son of the general, and Geng Zhen thought that the prince was," Speaking of this, Zhang Bao was silent.

"It's okay, you're just repeating someone else's words, and this king doesn't blame you."

"He said, he said, he said that the prince was a traitor, and everyone was punished for it, and he also said that the prince was as cunning as a fox, as brave as a tiger, and as fierce as a wolf, and he must not be believed."

"Smack!" Zhu Di was furious and slapped the table heavily: "Zhuzi, you dare to insult this king like this, this king must kill him." ”

Seeing Zhu Di's anger, Zhang Bao was so frightened that he didn't dare to speak. But after slapping the table, Zhu Di seemed to be a little angry, and said, "Then what? ”

"Li Jian, the concubine, thinks that it was Jinyiwei who forced the prince to rebel, and the prince is in distress and should be forgiven."

......

That night, Zhu Di, Zhang Yu, Zhu Neng, and Qiu Fu planned until midnight before they went to sleep.

The next day, Zhu Di summoned Zhang Bao and handed over more than ten letters to Zhang Bao, saying: "General Zhang, please go back and reply to General Geng, after careful consideration, this king is willing to confess to the imperial court, but the traitorous ministers in the court are in charge, this king and the generals have doubts in their hearts, and hope to have an interview with the general." ”

Hearing Zhu Di's willingness to surrender, I don't know why, Zhang Bao was a little disappointed in his heart, such a wise and martial prince also bowed his head? On second thought, isn't that what I'm here for? I was relieved.

"In addition, this king stayed up all night last night, and wrote a letter to all the generals, asking General Zhang to convey it for this king, hoping that they can understand this king's distress!"

"It's no problem, please rest assured." Zhang Bao took the letter and looked at the cover, there were Geng Bingwen's, He Fu's, and Gu Cheng's......

In the afternoon of the same day, Zhang Bao returned to Zhending and reported the situation of the envoy to Geng Bingwen. Geng Bingwen asked for all the letters, checked them, and found no problems, except for recalling the past with the other party and contacting the feelings, the rest of the content was to hope that the other party would speak for him, and the final expression meant that he was willing to surrender, but he had concerns. The marching commander Shi Gaowei also checked it and didn't see any problems. The two deliberated for a moment and sent the letter out.

After that, the two sides continued to write letters, and Zhang Bao acted as a messenger back and forth.

In the end, the two sides reached an agreement, each side took 300 people to meet on a hill five miles away from the northwest camp in Zhending, Zhu Di would bring King Zhou, Feng Sheng, Wang Bi, and important generals, and Geng Bingwen would also bring some generals here, because this place was very close to the northwest camp, in order to relieve Zhu Di's doubts, Geng Bingwen specially designated the horse Li Jian to be responsible for his own guards.

Because of the importance of the matter, Changshi Gao Wei made a statement to the Beijing division and explained the matter.