On January 5 of the second year of Jianwen, Zhu Di took Zhang Yu as the vanguard and led 10,000 cavalry to the south, and he led more than 100,000 cavalry as his successor. Forward Zhang Yu made rapid progress, arriving in Zhuozhou on the sixth day, Baoding on the second day, and Mozhou on the eighth day, only a day away from Xu Kai in the river. There were only scattered cavalry as a guard in Mozhou City, and when Zhang Yujun arrived, Xingsan fled and went to Hejian to report the news.

Zhang Yu stood at the head of Mozhou City, exhaled white breath in his mouth and said, "Wen Bi, where is the prince?" ”

"The prince has led the cavalry as the Chinese army, and now he is about to arrive in Baoding, but the rear army should be slower, and now I am afraid that he is still in Zhuozhou, this Chen Xuan is so famous, but the march is so slow, I really don't know why the prince wants to reuse him."

"Wen Bi, be cautious, Chen Xuan has made great contributions, if it weren't for his surprise attack on Badaling and the settlement of Feng Sheng and King Zhou, our army would not have added 100,000 elite soldiers, how can it have today's scale?"

"What 100,000 elite soldiers, when they met peace, they were killed by 20,000 or 30,000 at once, and they feel similar to rabbits."

Zhang Yu shook his head and turned around: "Wen Bi, you grew up in Mongolia when you were a child, do you remember?" ”

"yes, yes."

"Who do you think is stronger, the Mongols or us Han Chinese?"

"Well, the Mongols should be stronger."

"Then why can't the Mongols beat us?"

"This," Zhang Fu thought for a while, "It should be that our weapons are better, and now the Mongols may use bone arrows in war." ”

"Hahaha," Zhang Yu said with a smile: "Wen Bi, you are wrong, when the first emperor first rose, could it be that the weapon would be better than that of Dayuan?" When Genghis Khan first rose, the steppe was fighting for many years, but why was he able to establish immortal achievements? ”

"Ao, I understand, what my father means is that the army has not yet been reorganized at that time, it is just a plate of scattered sand, and now when I encounter peace, it will not be like that."

"Of course, Feng Sheng has congenital deficiencies, he has not commanded the army for many years, and his foundation is the king of Zhou, so he reuses the Henan army, suppresses the Daning army and the army behind the mountain, and resists the strong with the weak, how can it last long? However, as long as he was given time, he could still be reorganized, so he waited in the ditch, not in a hurry at all, but he didn't expect to be stewed by the prince. Now that the army has been reorganized, the prince is eclectic in employing people, and the army is in the heart, and the southern army is drawn from Shanxi, Henan, and Shandong. ”

"If we can't take this opportunity to defeat the morale of the Southern Army, it will be difficult to fight in the future."

"Well, father, son understands."

"Okay, Wen Bi, follow my father to the river to observe the enemy's situation."

"Yes."

Riverhouse.

After listening to the scout's report, Xu Kai said with some annoyance: "Okay, I know, you can go down." Then Xu Kai said angrily to the deputy general Tao Ming: "You said this Sheng Yong, the Yan army has gone south, and Hejian is about to face the Yan Wang's soldiers, but he neither increases nor reinforces the army, so let us defend it, what do you want to do." ”

Tao Ming looked left and right, and said in a low voice: "General, since General Right won't let us attack, let's stay in the city, I think King Yan is not stupid, he won't storm Hejian, wouldn't it be better for us to sit here and watch General Right break the enemy?" ”

"Okay, give the order to go down, be on strict alert, and prevent the Yan army from attacking the city, and no one is allowed to fight without a general."

"Yes!"

"Brother Tao, let's go to the city with Ben to have a look."

Zhang Yu's cavalry swaggered across the Hutuo River and circled along the city between the rivers, but the city did not react at all, and there was silence. Zhang Fu said suspiciously: "Father, Hejian won't be an empty city, why don't we rush and take a look?" ”

"Impossible, it is impossible for the imperial court to abandon the river. But you rush and try it, stay safe. ”

"Great!"

Zhang Fu waved his hand, led a thousand cavalry, rushed to the east gate, and then suddenly changed direction and ran south around the east city wall. At this time, there was a bangzi sound in the city, and then a dense bow and arrow was shot over with a "whoosh", more than a dozen cavalry fell to the ground in response, and an arrow grazed Zhang Fu's helmet and shot over, which frightened Zhang Fu into a cold sweat, and quickly turned around and stayed away from the city wall.

Zhang Yu looked at his son who ran towards him and shook his head gently: "Wen Bi, it's not right for you to run like this, if the enemy suddenly opens the city gate and comes out to pursue you at this time, you will be crushed, remember, when you march and fight, you must not panic." ”

"Well," Zhang Fu said ashamedly: "My son knows that he is wrong, and he will pay attention to it in the future." ”

Zhang Yu looked at Hejian City, now the city tower is full of flags, swords and guns, and said with a smile: "A veteran like Xu Kai does have a set of defending the city, I will tease and tease him again." ”

Then Zhang Yu only left 5,000 cavalry, provocatively and abused Xu Kai under the city, but the city had no intention of leaving the city at all, Zhang Yu tossed until dark, and finally had no choice but to retreat.

Xu Kai saw Zhang Yuyuan going away in the city, and said: "General Tao, you see that the Yan army is indeed elite, coming and going like the wind, advancing and retreating like lightning, but Lao Tzu will not go out, see what you can do with Lao Tzu?" ”

"That's, that's!"

That night, Zhu Di and Zhang Yu met in Dingzhou, Zhang Yu first reported the situation in Hejian to Zhu Di, and finally concluded: "Lord Wang, according to the last general, Xu Kai may have received an order not to fight, otherwise he would not be indifferent to the test of the last general." ”

"Well, what happened to Sheng Yong and Ping'an?"

"Sheng Yong didn't react, and neither did Ping'an."

"Ao, I'm afraid it was the emperor's idea, I feel that he regarded the war with this king as a dispute between two countries, and wanted to trap this king to death. But how could the king let him do it? ”

"Zhang Yu, Zhu Neng!"

"Yes."

"This king ordered the two of you to fight the banner of this king, bypass the river, and attack Anping, Xianxian, and Shenzhou. Remember, this king has two purposes, one is to collect grain and grass, this king did not have much grain and grass with this attack, and he needs to collect some on the territory of the imperial court, and in addition, drive the people to flee to the Daimyo, Linqing, and Dezhou areas. ”

"Lord Wang, this is not good, robbing the people, there will inevitably be casualties, and the cold weather will affect the reputation of the prince." Zhu Neng raised a different opinion.

"Hehe, Shihong, you don't know, so the local officials will inevitably impeach Ping An and Sheng Yong for cowardice, so even if Jianwen Xiaoer is unwilling, he has to order Ping An and Sheng Yong to fight. It takes about twenty days to go back and forth, and by that time we have gathered enough food and grass for the decisive battle. ”

"But, my lord, we are in Fengtianjing, so it doesn't seem good."

"That's enough, Shihong!" Zhu Di looked back at Zhu Neng, and then probably realized that his words were too heavy, so he softened his tone and said: "The people are displaced, and the ice and snow are in the sky, and this king can't bear it. However, Shihong, those who have achieved great things are not informal, we have no choice but to commit adultery for the court, and the people should assist the king, and the king will not treat them badly in the future, and after the traitors are eradicated, they will be compensated and exempted from taxes. ”

"Oh, okay, the Admiral understands. And so the end goes. Zhu Nengleng paused for a moment, and then said resolutely.

"Well, go ahead." As he spoke, Zhu Di gently patted Zhu Neng's shoulder.

Looking at Zhu Neng's back, Zhu Di was a little unhappy, this Zhu Neng, does he have to let this king say it so bluntly? This king is also a man who wants to face.

Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng walked side by side, and Zhang Yu said in a low voice: "Shihong, you are still young and have an unlimited future, don't question the prince's decision so much in the future." ”

"Why? The prince is wrong, shouldn't we advise? ”

"Hehe, how wise is the prince, how can he not know the obstacles? In fact, the prince had imagined this situation before he set out on the expedition, and the countermeasures had already been thought of. ”

"Oh, the last general understands, thank you General Zhang!" Zhu Neng hesitated for a moment and said in a low voice.