Capital.

On the surface, he only granted Xu Huizu the authority to control the garrisons in Henan and Shanxi, and in fact, he also secretly authorized him to mobilize the garrisons in Shaanxi and Suiyuan in an emergency. But since Xu Huizu left Beijing, he has fallen into deep panic and helplessness. He is indeed a bit risky, which is equivalent to handing over the military power in the north except for Beiping to one person, and this person has a kinship with Zhu Di, the king of Yan, once there is a change, I am afraid that the Jingnan will end immediately, and he may not have the opportunity to die in the world.

At this time, Zhu Yunwen understood why Zhu Yuanzhang moved the capital in his later years, Nanjing was too far away from the border, and once there was a change, he would give heavy power to the generals who went out. But power itself is a double-edged sword, Zhu Yuanzhang chose his son and let Zhu Di and others take on the responsibility of guarding the border, but when it comes to himself, these princes are not very reliable. I can trust Xu Huizu now, but what about the emperor after me? For example, his son Wen Kui, who else can he trust? Zhu Di, the king of Yan, Zhu Hu, the king of Zhou, Feng Sheng, Wang Bi and others, as well as Mongolia behind him, all made Zhu Yunwen uncomfortable.

The next day, Zhu Yunwen ordered the reorganization of the Beijing army, selected brave warriors from all over the country, and formed a guard army. The left guard of Long Xiang and the right guard of Long Xiang were expanded to form the first army of the guards and the second army of the guards, each army had three guards, and the army commander was served by Zhang Lun and Tian Yushu respectively. Zhu Yunwen pinned high hopes on these two armies, personally inquired about training, supplies, and equipment, frequently inspected the army, and taught them some military songs he knew, such as "Serving the Country with Loyalty" and "Song of Educated Youths in the Army," so that they could chant them day and night, so as to improve the mental outlook and combat quality of the guards.

At the same time, Zhu Yunwen set up two additional pure firearms units, named the Shenji Battalion and the Artillery Battalion, with his personal guards Zhang Tie and Wan Zicheng as commanders, and selected trainees and soldiers who were proficient in firearms. The Shenji Battalion is mainly equipped with arquebuses, and the artillery battalion is mainly equipped with Tiger Squat guns, which are twice as much as ordinary soldiers, and in addition to training, they are also responsible for the acceptance of new firearms.

Quang Ninh.

Guo Ying has been a little depressed recently.

Guo Ying is sixty-three years old this year, and he has made great achievements for the Ming Dynasty all his life. He started from Zhu Yuanzhang's guard, and repeatedly made military exploits, shooting Chen Youliang in the Battle of Poyang Lake; In the battle of Taiyuan, he personally entered the enemy camp for a night attack, and the artillery was the number to help Chang Yuchun break the king Baobao; With Fu Youde's expedition to Yunnan, Pingchishui, Qujing, Menghua and other places; He followed Feng Sheng's expedition against Naha, and after returning to the court, he was ordered to take charge of the forbidden army. In the seventeenth year of Hongwu, Guo Ying was named the Marquis of Wuding, he was cautious and loyal all his life, good at reading, and did not govern the industry, plus his sister was Zhu Yuanzhang's favorite concubine Guo Ningfei, Hongwu Emperor's suspicion has not fallen on him, and the new emperor also favored him. Although the defeat in the twenty-ninth year of Hongwu made him a little regretful, he was already over the age of six, and he also looked down on the victory and defeat.

It was just a month ago that Feng Sheng, Wang Bi, and King Zhou rebelled, but he was hit hard and suspicious. Guo Ying didn't understand Feng Sheng and Wang Bi's choice, they were a lot of old people, why did they rebel? Even if he succeeds, can he still be crowned king? It will leave a lasting infamy in the afterlife, so why bother? Isn't it a kind of luck to be able to live from the Hongwu Dynasty to the new dynasty, and the new emperor will not do anything to them?

What reassures Guo Ying a little is that his youngest son Guo Yue was the emperor's martial arts companion back then, and now he is guarding Zhigu. For his son's sake, the emperor should be able to open up. However, Guo Ying became more and more cautious in doing things, especially after Geng Xuan went to Shanhaiguan, he would send scouts in the direction of Daning every day to reconnoiter the movements of the rebels, and at the same time carefully arrange the city defense to avoid a sneak attack by the rebels.

On the morning of October 15, the scouts in the direction of Daning reported: "The rebels have left the city and are heading for Xifengkou." ”

Guo Ying was shocked and asked about the situation in detail. It turned out that this morning, the west gate of Daning suddenly opened, and the cavalry frantically swept the surrounding Guangning scouts, and then the residents of the city helped the old and the young, walking, riding, and riding in a car to go out in the direction of Xifengkou, and the cavalry was about 20,000, under the banner of Wang Bi.

Twenty thousand? Only the banner of Wang Bi? Guo Ying suddenly realized that he had made a mistake, the other 60,000 foot riders didn't seem to be in Daning City, where did they go? A cold sweat immediately broke out on Guo Ying's forehead, he glanced at the map, and immediately thought of a possibility, Feng Sheng asked Wang Bi to bluff in Daning, but he led the army from other channels, west of Xifengkou, ah! Guo Ying understood, he must have entered the Great Wall from the side walls of Xuanfu and Datong.

Alas! Guo Ying smashed his fist on the table in annoyance, and the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone on the table were scattered to the ground. He immediately ordered all the cavalry to assemble and stand by, and then went to inform the King of Liao, hoping that the King of Liao would send an alert to Xuanfu, Datong, Suiyuan, and Shanhaiguan. But the king of Liao did not agree, since the king of Zhou and the king of Yan rebelled, the king of Liao lived in a simple place, and he didn't care about anything in Guangning, let alone Guo Ying, Geng Xuan and others, also to avoid suspicion.

Guo Ying thought about it for a long time, but he still decided to attack, but he only had 30,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry under his command, and the rest of the infantry were taken to Shanhaiguan by Geng Xuan, preparing to attack Yongping and contain Yan Yi's flank. It's just that now is indeed a good opportunity, although Wang Bi is a brave general, but carrying the old and weak women and children, he will inevitably not be able to go fast, if he suddenly attacks, even if he can't completely annihilate Wang Bi, he can also leave the family of the Daning rebels, and he can divide and disintegrate the rebels in the future.

In the end, Guo Ying decided to attack, and he sent a letter to Geng Xuan, hoping that he could suspend the attack on Yongping and provide follow-up reinforcements for himself. Then he left 10,000 infantry to defend the city, and then led 30,000 cavalry out of Quang Ninh and headed for Daning. Guo Ying was very cautious, and he sent scouts in the direction of Xifengkou, Daning, and even Kaiping to ensure that this was not a trick by Feng Sheng.

That night, Guo Yingjun stayed in Daning City overnight, he sent people to search the whole city, and finally confirmed that Daning was an empty city, and Wang Bi moved all the people in the city away.

The next morning, Guo Ying chased south along the Laoha River, met some stragglers on the way, and after interrogation, it was confirmed that Wang Bi was taking tens of thousands of old and weak women and children along the east bank of the Laoha River to the south.

He looked at the raging Laoha River, thinking about Wang Bi's attempt, marching with a large number of women and children, it is a taboo in the art of war, once caught up by the enemy army, seeing his parents, wives and children slaughtered, any army will collapse, Wang Bi could not have imagined this; secondly, why did he march along the east bank, if he crossed the Laoha River and marched along the west bank, then he could only intercept him in the area of Pingquan; In the end, why didn't he evacuate gradually, but all at once?

Guo Ying thought for a long time and came up with several possibilities, Feng Sheng and others who might disappear did not go to Xuanfu, but behind him, then, thinking of this, the sweat on Guo Ying's head came down, if so, his 30,000 cavalry is likely to be surrounded and annihilated on the bank of the river, then Feng Sheng and the others' intention may be to lure themselves to send troops, waiting for an opportunity to capture Guangning and occupy Shanhaiguan, so that they can form a line with Yanyi and block the Liaodong Army from reinforcing Guannei through Shanhaiguan.

But if Wang Bi is bluffing, what if he is suspicious? That would be a missed opportunity to weaken the rebels.

What to do? Guo Ying pondered for a long time, and decided to divide the army into three teams, and sent 5,000 men as the vanguard to pursue Wang Bi. The Chinese army was commanded by itself and advanced slowly; The rear team was responsible for investigating the enemy's situation, Guo Ying ordered the guard Zhao Baoyuan to spill the reconnaissance cavalry for 200 miles, and at the same time sent reconnaissance cavalry to Guangning and Shanhaiguan to inform Geng Xuan of the situation here, and let Geng Xuan be careful of the enemy's sneak attack.