On the fifteenth day of the first month of the twenty-ninth year of Hongwu, the Lantern Festival, Beiping.

The Lantern Festival carnival of the Ming Dynasty began on the eighth day of the first month and ended on the seventeenth day of the first month, a full ten days, in order to show the meaning of singing and dancing. At this time, Zhu Gaochi, the son of King Yan who replaced his father in charge of Beiping, also ordered the people to pray for his father King Yan, hoping that his father would recover as soon as possible and return to Beiping.

At this time, Fu Youde, Wang Bi and others rushed to Beiping City, and everyone traveled all the way, and all parts of the Ming Dynasty were in the sea of Lantern Festival joy, so they were not surprised. The two of them rushed to King Yan's mansion to see Zhu Gaochi, the son of King Yan.

Zhu Gaochi was eating rice balls with his cousin Zhu Jixi, the son of King Jin at this time. Since Li Jinglong led the troops out of the fortress, Zhu Jixi led the army of Taiyuan Wei to assist in guarding the fortress, and today at the invitation of Zhu Gaochi, they celebrated the festival together in the palace.

Hearing Fu Youde and Wang Bi asking to meet, the two hurriedly put down the dishes and chopsticks, met Fu Youde and Wang Bi, and after greeting each other, the two sides sat down. Fu Youde first asked: "Two princes, what is the current situation?" ”

Zhu Gaochi glanced at Zhu Jixi and said, "Ying Guogong, now Uncle Ning's military report has come, five days ago, he set out from Ying Changwei to pursue Harawu; Three days ago, Xu Zhongyu, the commander of Kaipingwei, reported that Zhang Lun, the commander of Taisun's right guard, led 500 cavalry into the grassland to find Uncle Ning's army and convey the imperial court's edict. ”

Fu Youde and Wang Bi glanced at each other and said, "What about the situation outside the Great Wall?" ”

Zhu Jixi said: "Ying Guogong, at present, my Taiyuan Wei is assisting in the defense of the Great Wall, because Cao Guogong took away 10,000 cavalry, so he can only rely on the 5,000 cavalry of Taiyuan Wei to go out to investigate, so far, there are only scattered Mongolian cavalry outside the fortress, and there is no large force of cavalry. At present, there is no problem with our army's grain routes and communications in Kaiping and Yingchang. ”

"What about Datong and Suiyuan?"

Zhu Gaochi handed the military report to Fu Youde, and then said: "Ying Guogong, the direction of Suiyuan is relatively calm at present, and the former Japanese army of General Qu Neng in Datong reported that they are driving the Yuan army near Jining to prevent it from advancing westward and threatening the construction of Suiyuan City. ”

Fu Youde carefully looked at the military report, and then handed it to Wang Bi, and said: "Due to the sudden eastward invasion of the Wara army, our army was caught off guard, His Royal Highness King Ning may fall into the trap of the Mongols when he goes north, and once our army does not have an advantage, the Wuliang Ha Sanwei is likely to fall to the Mongols." ”

"So," Fu Youde took out the holy decree, and everyone hurriedly knelt down to accept it.

"Fengtian transported, the emperor said: Fu Youde, the prince of Yingguo, and Wang Bi, the Marquis of Dingyuan, mobilized 30,000 cavalry from Guangning, Beiping, Taiyuan, and Xuanfu to go north to receive King Yingning."

Zhu Gaochi pondered for a moment and said, "30,000 cavalry can be drawn out, but what about the Great Wall city defense?" ”

"The emperor has ordered the King of Qi, the King of Zhou, and the Duke of Song to go north to take over the defense of the Great Wall, and they will arrive soon."

"yes, okay."

The edict was issued, and everyone hurried into action. Fu Youde ordered Wang Bi, Marquis of Dingyuan, to lead Yanshan to escort out of Gubeikou, sweep the Mongolian cavalry, ensure that the grain route is safe, and then go out to Kaiping, sweep the surrounding Mongolian army, ensure the safety of Kaiping, and wait for the arrival of the army.

Fu Youde led a total of 20,000 cavalry from Taiyuan, Guangning, Datong, and Xuanfu. Arrive at Kaiping within fifteen days, and then pick up King Ning.

Fu Youde, Zhu Gaochi and others sent a joint letter to the imperial court to inform the imperial court of the news.

Qianqing Palace.

After Zhu Yuanzhang saw King Ning's military report, he was furious, kicked over the Longshu case with one kick, and spilled the fold, paper and pen, paperweight, etc., he threw the fold to the ground, and scolded while stepping on it: "Rebel, this rebel, dare to disobey my edict, I want to abolish this beast, I want to abolish this beast." ”

Changfu was so frightened that he didn't dare to move, and Zhu Yunwen had already read the military newspaper and knew that Zhu Yuanzhang would be angry, but he didn't expect it to be like this, and he was a little scared. After waiting for a while, seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang had calmed down slightly, he beckoned Changfu to rearrange the bookcase and help Zhu Yuanzhang to the bed.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't continue to get angry, and lay on the couch obediently, just panting heavily. Zhu Yunwen comforted him and said: "Grandpa Huang, don't be so angry, it's no wonder Uncle Ning Wang for this matter, he just wants to behave well, he doesn't know that Wara will be involved." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled bitterly: "Performance? Is the battlefield a place to behave casually? The desert is even more dangerous, the king of Zhongshan Xu Da defeated Mobei, the king of Qiyang Li Wenzhong barely retreated, and Lan Yu's fishing victory in the sea, if it was not for the Yuan army being too lax, at most it would only be evenly divided. Your Uncle Ning Wang is too rash, he used to be fine, why is he so disobedient this time? As he spoke, he became angry again.

Zhu Yunwen knew in his heart that King Ning was so eager this time, in fact, because King Yan was seriously ill, he wanted to replace King Yan and become the most influential vassal king of the Ming Dynasty, and if there was no participation in Wara, there would be nothing wrong with his plan, and there would be no danger in going to the Krulun River and Helin to play around; After all, King Yan's exploits were only to sweep away a small remnant of the Mongols; What's more, this time the Mongolian anomaly was discovered by him, and if he solved it again, it would be perfect. But now, it is difficult to say, whether it will be 50,000 troops buried in Mobei, and horses will not be allowed to return to the Central Plains.

"Grandpa Huang, now that Duke Ying Guogong has gone to Beiping, with him, he should be able to rescue Uncle Ning."

Zhu Yuanzhang closed his eyes and thought about it, calmed down, and said, "Yun Wei, let Xie Jin come over and draft the purpose." ”

After a while, Xie Jin came over and prepared the holy decree according to Zhu Yuanzhang's intentions, and after Zhu Yuanzhang confirmed that it was correct, he covered the jade seal and sent someone to send it down.

The first decree was to order the king of Yan to return to Beiping immediately, command the defense of the first line of the Great Wall, and control the king of Liao, the king of Jin, the king of Gu, Qu Neng of Datong, and Xu Huizu of Suiyuan.

The second decree was given to the three guards of Uliangha, ordering them to go to the vicinity of Daning, receive winter goods from the imperial court, and to open a horse market in Daning to promote border trade.

The third decree was given to Feng Sheng, the Duke of Song, ordering him to return to Fengyang to live and not to stay.

Three days later, Fu Youde and Zhu Gaochi's recital was sent to the Qianqing Palace, at this time Zhu Yuanzhang was much more peaceful, and after reading the recital, he agreed to it, and he couldn't help but have a trace of expectation in his heart.

When Zhang Lun arrived in Yingchang, he found that there was only one post station and 1,000 defenders, protecting a large number of military rations for the return of the army.

As a last resort, Zhang Lun continued north, but encountered the Mongolian cavalry withdrawn from the direction of Jining. After hiding in Tibet, Zhang Lun met with Chen Xuan, the commander of the capital of Shanxi Province, who led 10,000 cavalry north. After verifying his identity and explaining his intentions, Chen Xuan was shocked.