After entering October, it really rained several times one after another, "an autumn rain and a cold", and so on in November, the weather has become cold, and you need to wear cotton clothes to keep out the cold, but there is also a benefit, the light is better, and the weather is more and more sunny.

It's really fixed, November 3rd, a quarter of the hour.

It's been a quarter of an hour past the agreed time, Zhu Di hasn't come yet, and the scouts around him haven't stopped reporting, but they haven't found Zhu Di's figure, He Fu and Li Jian couldn't help but be a little anxious, Geng Bingwen smiled: "Two, sit down, if King Yan doesn't come, then we can only attack Beiping according to the edict, so there's nothing to worry about, he doesn't want to come." ”

He Fu and Li Jian were stunned, but they also came back to their senses, shook their heads, and smiled dumbly, feeling that they were too obsessed, but Li Jian was secretly anxious in his heart, and said in his heart: Fourth brother, I have already agreed to your request, you must not miss the appointment.

Suddenly, there was a dense sound of horses' hooves in the northwest, Geng Bingwen frowned, and said, "Li Jian, didn't the scout cavalry in the northwest just report back to no one just now?" How can there be the sound of horses' hooves. ”

Li Jian was also a little annoyed, and immediately walked out, and came back after a while and said, "General, the second wave of scouts has returned, and King Yan has arrived ten miles northwest." ”

"How many are there?"

"There aren't many of them, but now they can be seen with binoculars."

Geng and He immediately went out of the tent, climbed the lookout, and could clearly see a puff of smoke and dust coming towards the hill with a telescope, because it was now a northwest wind, so these cavalry were shrouded in smoke, but Geng and He were all veterans of a hundred battles, and the number of cavalry could be estimated according to the smoke and dust, and it was estimated that there were several hundred. And the "swallow" on the banner in the smoke clearly indicates the identity of the comer.

King Yan came so fast, Geng Bingwen immediately understood King Yan's trick, the west is mountainous, King Yan must have observed the law of the scout riding on the mountain, seized the opportunity to return the scout, and suddenly set out to give himself a preemptive voice. But it doesn't matter, as long as he comes, when he comes, don't leave.

Geng Bingwen immediately ordered someone to raise a flag on the mountain and inform Gu Cheng of the arrival of King Yan of the arrival of the big camp. When Gu Cheng saw it, he immediately ordered the whole army to be on alert, and according to the agreement, as long as he saw the big flag on the mountain shaving, he would immediately send troops to surround the hill and capture King Yan alive.

Zhu Di selected three hundred guards today, Zhang Yu, Zhang Fu, Zhu Neng and others all came together, after all, good steel should be used on the blade, if you don't use it today, you won't have a chance in the future. When he arrived at the bottom of the mountain, he looked at the mountain, the hill was not high, and he could clearly see Geng Bingwen, Li Jian and others on the observation deck.

Seeing Zhu Di coming, Geng Bingwen ordered Li Jian to go down to greet him, and he continued to observe on the stage, and he found that Zhu Di and Li Jian had been arguing for a while, and only after a stick of incense did they start to climb the mountain. Geng Bingwen hurriedly got off the high platform and led everyone to greet King Yan together.

Because today was a negotiation, Geng Bingwen and the others just gave a military salute, but they still gave Zhu Di enough respect. Geng Bingwen found that King Zhou and Feng Sheng did not come, but Zhu Di explained that it would be there later, and Geng Bingwen didn't say anything. As long as Zhu Di is here, it's fine. After the greetings, everyone entered the big tent and negotiated.

The top of the mountain was relatively flat, and most of the guards brought by the two stood outside the tent, while behind the two negotiators, a row of guards stood on each. Geng Bingwen lived in the west, He Fu and others beside him, and Li Jian stood behind Geng Bingwen with a sword; Zhu Di was surrounded by Zhang Yu, Zhu Neng and others, and Zhang Fu was standing behind him.

Geng Bingwen could order the cavalry to raid after Zhu Di arrived, and then everything could be over. But he still didn't want to go that far. He hoped that Zhu Di would surrender sincerely, so that everyone would be happy, and he didn't want to use tricks to catch Zhu Di, because then Zhu Di could only be an anti-king, and there would not be a good ending. Geng Bingwen is already old, and he knows the danger of the ups and downs of the Huan Sea, and he is not so eager for the position of duke, and hopes that this rebellion can have a happy ending.

Geng Bingwen looked at Zhu Di, who was dressed in military uniform, and seemed to see the young Zhu Yuanzhang in a trance, and was silent for a while before he said: "Lord Wang, as a general, the last general has full authority from the emperor to deal with this turmoil. ”

Maybe it was because of the long journey or being in danger, Zhu Di's face was a little flushed, and when he heard Geng Bingwen's words, he coughed first, and then said loudly: "General, this king respects and trusts you, you are an old minister of the first emperor, and you also have a good relationship with my royal family, so this king will come here to negotiate." The king is willing to take a truce, but on the terms. ”

"Okay, the last general will listen to you."

"The court will restore the throne of this king and pardon the soldiers under his command."

"This should be no problem, it has been said in the last edict of the imperial court."

"The imperial court wants to recall Xu Huizu and Geng Xuan."

"This, there is no problem, as long as the prince stops his troops and there is no war, they will naturally return to Beijing."

"The general led his army south and handed over Zhending to this king."

"This," Geng Bingwen suddenly reacted, took a deep breath, stared at Zhu Di and said, "Lord Wang, do you still want to stay in Beiping?" ”

"Yes, this is also one of the conditions of this king."

"This doesn't work, the emperor has a clear decree, anything can be discussed, this can't work, the prince must leave Beiping and go to Nanchang."

"There is also this king who wants the imperial court to dismiss Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng, Wang Du, Zhuo Jing, Fang Xiaoru, Violent Zhao, and Gao Wei from their official positions, and hand them over to the three legal divisions for interrogation, and Ming Zhengzheng will be punished."

“......”

"In short, the purpose of this king's army is to eradicate the traitorous ministers, restore the system of Hongwu, according to the instructions of the first emperor, there are traitorous ministers in the court, the kings enter the defense of the Beijing Division, the traitorous ministers are eradicated, and the kings return to the vassals. Therefore, as long as the emperor eradicates the traitorous ministers and allows the king to return to the vassal, the king swears to defend the frontier for the emperor, break the Mongolia, and conquer the desert for my Ming Dynasty and subdue the grassland. ”

"Are you ......" Geng Bingwen stood up suddenly, pointed at Zhu Di and said, "Are you deliberately trying to rebel?" ”

Zhu Di also stood up and arched his hand: "General, please don't be angry, if this king is in Nanchang, then Beiping is unguarded, what should I do with the Mongol border outside the Great Wall?" Today, if you are cowardly and reuse scholars like Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng, can you sweep away the desert and subdue the grassland? Do I want to be like the Two Song Dynasty, first subject to the Khitan, and then subject to the Jin Yuan, and finally die and the country is destroyed? Is my Emperor Gao's life's work going to waste? ”

"You, you, you are really clever words," Geng Bing's beard and hair were all open, and his fingers were connected: "Do you think General Ben doesn't know?" You used armor and weapons to exchange your subordinates for their families, and colluded with the Mongols to attack the Marquis of Wuding, which eventually led to Daning and Kaiping falling to the enemy? ”

Seeing Geng Bingwen's appearance, Zhu Di became more and more relaxed, smiled slightly, and said: "Don't be angry, the general must not be angry, there is indeed a matter of changing his family, but this king is to calm the army's morale and exchange markets with Mongolia, is there anything wrong with this?" ”

"The mutual market needs to be approved by the imperial court, and you are treason for the mutual market without authorization."

"This king really didn't think about this matter, but at that time, Song Zhong called Jinyiwei to coerce the king, and the king had no choice but to ask the court for guilt in this matter. As for," Zhu Di paused, and said: "As for the matter of Kaiping and Daning, it was all done by Wang Bi, he attacked Kaiping, and the Kaiping army had to enter the pass, resulting in Kaiping being occupied by the Mongols; Then he colluded with Mahamu and Arutai to attack Wudinghou. After hearing the news, the king arrested him, and after interrogation, he was already sentenced to death. Zhang Fu presented the head of the rebel thief Wang Bi. ”

"Yes."

Zhang Fu took the two brocade boxes from the guards behind him, opened them separately, and then put them on the table, and immediately a smell of quicklime permeated, mixed with some bloody gas. Everyone immediately was in a commotion, and they all came to the front to watch, and found that the head of the famous Dingyuan Marquis Wang Bi was placed in a brocade box, with a hideous face, as if he had suffered a lot before he died; Another young head, who everyone didn't know, couldn't help but look at Zhu Di.

Zhu Di said with a smile: "This is Wang De, the son of the rebel thief Wang Bi, this kind of chaotic minister and thief is punished by everyone." ”

Everyone couldn't help but sigh, Wang Bi fought all his life, but he didn't expect to end up like this. Taking advantage of the chaos in the big tent, Geng Bingwen cast a color at the guards behind him, and the guards nodded and withdrew from the tent. Zhang Fu, who had been carefully observing everyone, immediately found out and turned out of the big tent. These were all taken in by the principals of both sides, Geng Bingwen and Zhu Di, but they didn't care about it, and they seemed to be confident.