After the holy decree was issued, Huang Zicheng and others also arrived.

Zhu Yunwen asked Wang Du to introduce the situation, and then let them look at Geng Bingwen's recital and the recent military report, after discussion, everyone agreed that something had happened to Violent Zhao.

The biggest reaction was Huang Zicheng, who said loudly: "Your Majesty, Lord Tyrant must have been killed by Yan Shun, and now Yan Shun actually killed the imperial court, and it is to pardon his crime of treason, so it can be said with certainty that his rebellion has been decided, and the imperial court should no longer have any illusions." The minister thought that Geng Bingwen should be ordered to cancel the negotiations immediately, mobilize the army to the north, and go straight to Beiping to quell the rebellion. ”

"However," Xie Jin didn't see it that way: "Lord Huang, in addition to the imperial army's army and rebels near Beiping, there are also many rebel armies, and it may be that these rebel armies have attacked Lord Tyrant. ”

"This is impossible," Huang Zicheng waved his hand and said: "Master Xie, there are five hundred cavalry in the escort of the Tyrant Lord, and there is no news at all so far, indicating that none of them have slipped through the net, and the forces that can completely annihilate the five hundred cavalry on the plain can only be the rebels." The rebel army you are talking about does not have such strength at all, and they are just seeking money, why should they kill them all, and leave not one of them? Besides, the tyrant must have brought the Qincha to rely on, do they dare to attack the Qincha? ”

"This," Xie Jin said, after a while, nodded: "It seems that it is really the rebels," he turned his head and said: "Your Majesty, since the rebels killed the tyrant, then their negotiations are a delaying tactic, the purpose is to buy time, and the Marquis of Changxing should be ordered to cancel the negotiations and wave the army to quell the rebellion." ”

Huang Zicheng still didn't give up, and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thought that Geng Bingwen was already unconscious, and even believed that King Yan was willing to surrender, and he solemnly negotiated the matter, and the minister thought that what he did had exceeded his authority, and General Ping Yan only had the power to fight, not the power to negotiate pardons. Therefore, the minister thought that the imperial court should change generals, so as not to delay the fighter plane and waste time. ”

"The minister objected," Xie Jin seemed to be on his shoulders with Huang Zicheng: "The minister thinks that since the imperial court has entrusted the matter of Pingyan to General Geng, then either fighting or surrendering is within the scope of his authority, and since the imperial court has authorized it, he should believe in the general." ”

"The minister agrees with Lord Huang's opinion." "The minister agrees with Mr. Xie's opinion"

The crowd soon split into two factions and argued.

Zhu Yun slapped the table angrily, and the sound of "snap" shook everyone, and they immediately came back to their senses and reviewed their crimes of disgrace in front of the emperor to the emperor.

Zhu Yunwen waved his hand: "Okay, okay, I have summoned you here, there are two purposes, the first is that Geng Bingwen has already been tricked, so we have to judge what is the purpose of King Yan, is it to delay time or kill the generals of our army?" Second, if something happens to Geng Bingwen, how should the imperial court respond? How to clean up this mess? ”

Then Zhu Yunwen looked at Wang Du: "Zizhong, you are on duty today, let's explain the situation to everyone." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Wang Du stood up, pondered the words, and said: "Everyone, this is a recital issued by Zhending, signed by Changshi Gao Wei, Pingyan General Geng Bingwen, Left Deputy General He Fu, Right Deputy General General Gu Cheng and others. ”

"It was issued on October 31, that is, three days ago, and the content of the memo is to negotiate with Zhu Di of Yanshu this morning, and the content of the negotiation is the surrender of Yanshu people."

"So," Wang Du looked at the time and said, "At present, the negotiations have begun for two hours, whether it is trickery or delay, there have already been results, but it is a pity that the news will not reach the court until three days later." ”

According to the description of the song, on October 27, the Yanshu people led 50,000 troops out of Beiping and arrived in Zhuozhou in the afternoon of the same day. That night, General Geng's messenger also arrived in Zhuozhou. The next morning, on the 28th, King Yan expressed his willingness to surrender, but hoped for an interview. ”

The two sides exchanged messengers, and finally decided on October 31, and three days later met on a hill five miles northwest of Zhending. General Geng also made strict preparations, since the Yan Shu people left Beiping, he sent scouts to closely monitor Baoding, Zhuozhou and Beiping, can confirm that the Yan army did not have any signs of movement when the letter was sent, and the meeting place was only five miles away from the northwest camp, and the cavalry arrived in an instant. ”

"Moreover, it is said that General Geng has already arranged in advance, and on the day of the negotiation, he will send the reconnaissance cavalry for fifty miles, so that the Yan army will not have the possibility of a sneak attack."

As for the negotiation conditions of the Yanshu people, it is also explained on the fold that he will take Zhou Shuren, Feng Sheng and Wang Bi with him that day, and whether an agreement is reached or not, Feng Sheng and Wang Bi will be handed over to General Geng. The Yanshu people hope that there will be a guarantee, and the court will promise not to punish him, nor to punish his generals, but also to dismiss him," Wang Du looked around and said with a smile: "All of you who are sitting here and Fang Sacrifice Wine and Tyrant Lord. ”

Everyone had already read the recital and knew that there was this part, so when they heard Wang Du's retelling, they just looked at each other, and there was no violent reaction.

Zhu Yunwen glanced at everyone, smiled slightly, and said, "Everyone, now let's discuss, what is the purpose of the Yanshu people?" ”

Everyone looked at each other, Qi Tai stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the deployment of General Geng is quite thorough, and the Yanshu people will not succeed even if they have a plan, I think the Yanshu people should be prepared with two hands, one is to hijack the old general, and the other is to delay time." Now that it is winter, it will drag on for another ten days and a half months, even if the army goes north and arrives in Beiping, it will be December, when Beiping will become ice, and our army will face great difficulties in both field battles and siege cities. ”

"So the minister thinks that the Yanshu people are playing this kind of abacus."

After Qi Tai finished speaking, there was a cold scene for a while, and everyone was racking their brains to figure out if there was any other possibility. There are not many occasions for the emperor to inquire in person, this is the best time to perform, but if the performance is not good, it will be quickly abandoned, for example, Fang Xiaoru was transferred to take a group of people to repair the "Taizu Record......

Xie Jin thought for a while, and then made a lot of determination before saying: "Your Majesty, Qi Shangshu thinks that Yanshu people are delaying time, which seems to be very reasonable and more realistic. But the minister thought that the Yanshu people were willing to take risks and negotiate with the general in Zhending, it was impossible just to delay time, there must be a bigger plan, wasn't he afraid that the general was trapping him? ”

Speaking of this, Xie Jin seemed to suddenly open his mind: "Yes, the letters have been exchanged for three days, which shows that he has a certain degree of certainty during this period of time, and knows that the general really wants to negotiate." So how did he know? It means that the general has his eyeliner by his side, who will this eyeliner be? ”

Xie Jin said faster and faster: "It is likely to be his cronies, such as the messenger, or other generals, such as Li Jian, the concubine who is in charge of the guards," Speaking of this, Xie Jin shouted: "Your Majesty, the general is in danger, this is a conspiracy, a trap, a trap to trap the senior generals of our army." ”

Xie Jin didn't expect to come to this conclusion before he spoke, but his conclusion calmed everyone, and everyone imagined this possibility in their minds for a moment, "Due to the defection of a certain general, all the senior generals of our army are captured or killed, then the Zhending army will be leaderless, and the army in the city may be spared, but the army outside the city and on the south bank of the Hutuo River will probably be wiped out." "In this way, the imperial court will lose at least 200,000 troops, and it will also lose a large amount of baggage on the south bank of the Hutuo River. In this way, the shortage of food and grass of the Yan army will be solved, and a large number of surrendered troops will be recovered, and the strength of the rebels will be even stronger.

Zhu Yunwen suddenly realized, he remembered that Geng Bingwen's performance during the Jingjing Disaster in history could be described as an idiot, the enemy had rebelled for a month, but his subordinates were still celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival, and finally they were attacked and the whole army was wiped out; When he got the news that Zhu Di was going to attack, he immediately transferred the army on the south bank of the Hutuo River to the north bank, causing chaos in the army, which was easily defeated by Zhu Di, and almost all the generals were arrested except for Geng Bingwen; What's even more strange is that Li Jinglong arrived four days after Geng Bingwen's defeat, indicating that the imperial court had predicted it before his defeat, so he would send someone to replace him.

In the end, even if the army on the south bank of the Hutuo River was transferred as a veteran of a hundred battles, it should not cause chaos, because he should understand that a chaotic army cannot fight; Moreover, it is not a day since the Yan army rebelled, and there must be a reason for leaving part of the army on the south bank, and the possibility of the Yan army attacking must have been considered. How could he hastily transfer troops as soon as he heard the news of Zhu Di's attack?

Zhu Yunwen suddenly remembered that someone had analyzed that Geng Bingwen's death was really decided, and the real situation of Jingnan had been changed by Zhu Di. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but slapped the table in annoyance, alas, he thought that Geng Bingwen was too careless to be sneak attacked, so he was strictly ordered to strengthen his vigilance, but he didn't expect this old general to make such a play.

Now he has no hope for Geng Bingwen's survival, Geng Bingwen must have died along with other generals, otherwise even if he was removed, it would be impossible for him to have no voice in the subsequent history. Especially after Li Jinglong buried a million troops, no matter how stupid he was, he also knew that Geng Bingwen was stronger than Li Jinglong, when the Yan army crossed the river, he would inevitably use Geng Bingwen in his previous life, but Geng Bingwen did not appear, which shows that Geng Bingwen must have died in Zhending.

Alas, it's a pity, he may think that he entrusted a lonely minister to come forward to adjust the contradictions of the royal family, why is this Geng Bingwen so naïve?