Emperor Longwu and the civil and military officials dragged their families and mouths, and the speed of the march could not be fast, and they were chased closer and closer by Tan Xiao, and once approached to less than twenty miles, but Emperor Longwu had already made up his mind to go to Guangzhou at this time, and transferred all his soldiers and horses to intercept Tan Xiao, with a total of more than 30,000 people from all walks of life and the Imperial Forest Army, and gave Guo Weijing, the secretary of the military department, a sword of Shang Fang, unified command of all departments, murderous, and ready for battle.

Tan Xiao came in a hurry, with only five hundred cavalry in his hand, he did not dare to rashly confront Guo Weijing's army, ordered to stop advancing, and retreated slightly, waiting for the follow-up troops, Emperor Longwu and the civil and military officials took the opportunity to speed up their escape, and finally crossed the Nanling and arrived in Daozhou two days later.

Daozhou is a small county town under the Yongzhou Mansion, in fact, it belongs to the boundary of Huguang, but because it is too remote, there is no Chu army stationed, Emperor Longwu and his entourage have suffered a lot from the South Ridge, and after arriving in Daozhou, they decided to rest for a day, so that the old and weak women and children can recover their strength, so as not to arrive in Guangzhou, one by one, they are tired on the road.

After arriving in Daozhou, Emperor Longwu ordered Ma Jixiang's Jinyi Guard, vigorously and resolutely purge Chu Xun's faction, a large number of civil and military officials below Fu Guan were placed under house arrest or imprisoned, how to deal with these people, Emperor Longwu has not thought about it, but it is always good to catch it first, Chu Xun has been fledgling in the past two years, and it is a powerful force that cannot be ignored in the imperial court, and now is the critical moment to go to Guangzhou.

Emperor Longwu specially instructed Ma Jixiang not to abuse the officials of Chu Xun's family, Fu Guan and other Chu Xun bigwigs should be treated preferentially, how to deal with the relationship with Wang Kefan in the future is a difficult problem in front of Emperor Longwu, there is no need to do things too much. Emperor Longwu believes that Wang Kefan is a smart person, as long as he has a firm foothold in Guangzhou, he will not openly rebel, after all, he still needs the banner of Emperor Longwu, and Emperor Longwu does not want to completely turn his face with him.

Almost overnight, the once glorious Chu Xun faction was uprooted, as long as it was on Chu Xun's line, no matter how big or small the official position was, they were all taken in and imprisoned by Jinyi Wei, and many civil and military officials who were close to Chu Xun were also implicated, only Pang Tianshou, the great eunuch of the inner court, was in a high position, and the queen was the backstage, and no one had touched him for the time being.

In addition, the gentleman's battalion of plugging Yinxi was also let go intentionally or unintentionally, although they have a close relationship with Chu Xun, but Plug Yinxi has always been known for his fairness and loyalty, and resolutely supported Emperor Longwu, the gentleman's battalion fought to the death in the battle of Guilin, and the court had a good impression of them, and no one dared to commit public anger against Plug Yinxi, in case of a mutiny in the gentleman's battalion, no one could afford to be guilty.

For other Chu Xun officials, Jin Yiwei showed no mercy, arrested them all like wolves, and the slightest resistance was a beating, and the families and children of these officials were also taken into custody, not only the property was looted, but also men, women and children suffered a lot.

"This is a violation of the imperial court, Your Majesty has instructed you to be as polite to them as possible, in case of trouble, it will be difficult to explain to Your Majesty." After Tang Laihe heard about this, he sent a confidant to come forward and found Ma Jixiang and mentioned it lightly.

"Please tell Mr. Nandou, lowly duties have their own proportions, although my hands and feet are not very clean, but at least the rules are still known."

Ma Jixiang had just betrayed the Chu Xun faction, and when he was in a hurry to perform, he was more ruthless than the Southern Party and the Imperial Party, how could he tie his hands and feet because of Tang Laihe's words? In his opinion, Jinyiwei is the watchdog raised by Emperor Longwu, and the Southern Party and the Imperial Party are now half of the masters of Jinyiwei, and some dirty work does not need to be said by the master to take the initiative to do it, which is the consciousness it should have: "Actually, Your Majesty is still too careful, this soldier is in chaos, what is so strange about how many people died?" As long as Fu

A few of them are fine, and the other shrimp soldiers and crabs will have shameless faces, just to kill a hundred examples! ”

"Well, do extraordinary things at extraordinary times, how should Jinyiwei handle the case, my Dongweng is inconvenient to put his beak, as long as it is for His Majesty to share worries and solve problems, even if there is a slight mistake, my Dongweng and the princes of the court will understand Ma Dudu's distress." The staff member smiled faintly, with an expression of "you just let it go".

That's it! Ma Jixiang understood. As the messenger of Tang Laihe, it is impossible for this person to pat his chest in a big way, and he has fully expressed his attitude when he says this, although he is obviously using him as a gunman, but after Ma Jixiang and Chu Xun broke up, there is no way to retreat, and he is willing to be used as a gunman.

Emperor Longwu still wants to leave room and ease relations with Wang Kefan, but whether it is for the Southern Party, the Imperial Party or Ma Jixiang, this is a dangerous signal, how can you do big things half-heartedly, look ahead, since Emperor Longwu has an undecided mind, then help him make this decision and break it with Chu Xun!

How to face Wang Kefan's anger in the future is a matter of the future, whether it is Tang Laihe or Ma Jixiang, they don't care about it so much now.

That night, a part of the Chu Xun remnants who were hiding in the dark were unwilling to fail, and after bribing the jailers, they colluded with the detained Chu Xun senior member Lu Minyuan inside and outside, and brazenly launched a mutiny, not only gathering hundreds of people to attack the Jinyiwei prison, but also sending a large number of dead soldiers to assassinate the Jinyi Wei commander Ma Jixiang, the cabinet university scholar Tang Laihe and others.

Under the iron-fisted suppression of the Jinyi Guard and the Imperial Forest Army, the rebellion was quickly quelled, hundreds of people died in the rebellion, including a number of Chu Xun officials, of course, this account must be recorded on Chu Xun's head, Emperor Longwu was furious, and ordered to strictly investigate the leakers, and launched a rebellion overnight Lu Minyuan and several other main culprits, under the punishment, Lu Minyuan and others passed out several times, and their lives were on the verge of death.

Tang Laihe, Ma Jixiang and other bigwigs of the Imperial Party of the Southern Party knew that they had offended Chu Xun to the end this time, but they had enough confidence and were not too worried, because Liu Fangliang, Dang Shousu and He Zhen's Qinwang army had arrived, and a total of 45,000 men and horses under Liu, Dang and He, plus the women and children of the old camp, known as 100,000 troops, they were traveling day and night, and the vanguard had entered the boundary of Daozhou, Liu Fangliang, Dang Shousu and He Zhen specially rushed to the city to meet Emperor Longwu.

When the monarch and the minister met for the first time, it was indescribably harmonious and happy.

I heard that Liu Danghe traveled three thousand miles, overcoming many difficulties to come to the rescue, Emperor Longwu was deeply moved, the so-called wind knows the strength of the grass, Bandang to see the loyal ministers, when this storm, how many generations of the country's grace of the civil and military generals betrayed to seek glory, but fortunately, there are Liu Fangliang, Dang Shousu and He Zhen diligent in the king's affairs, led the troops to come to protect, so that such loyal people are out, "I was too dim in the past, I hope the three Aiqing will not blame", fortunately there is still a chance to make amends, Emperor Longwu immediately personally crowned Liu Fangliang as the Duke of Baoguo, Dang Shousu is the Duke of Anguo, He Zhen is the Duke of Dingguo, and Liu Fangliang is additionally given the rank of squire of the Ministry of War, and he is on an equal footing with the court overnight, and is not subject to the control of the Ministry of War.

Liu Fangliang, Dang Shousu and He Zhen were also grateful, choked up and couldn't speak, it is the duty of a courtier to be diligent in royal affairs, but Emperor Longwu gave them such an honor, and they could only repay the favor of the king. Liu Fangliang looked at Dang Shousu and He Zhen together, and they all saw full of joy in each other's eyes, and the move of taking refuge in Emperor Longwu was the right move! They knelt on the ground together and thanked Emperor Longwu, but resolutely refused to be crowned the Duke of the Kingdom, and volunteered to go to meet the Western Army of Liu Wenxiu, and wait until they returned from victory, and then accept the reward of the Duke of Guo, otherwise they would be in vain and would not be able to sleep and eat.

This is even more moving, He Wusu, Tang Laihe and other court officials who accompanied each other left and right all nodded again and again, Liu Fangliang, Dang Shousu and He Zhen are all martial artists, but they have a rare understanding of the general situation and know how to advance and retreat

, know awe and gratitude.

General, that's what it should look like! The elders of several dynasties like He Wusu, looking at Liu Fangliang, Dang Shousu and He Zhen, seemed to see the shadow of the generals of the previous dynasty Wu Sangui, Zuo Liangyu, Huang Degong and other generals, Wu Sangui These people have their own faults, but at least they all know that they are subservient to the emperor and awe of the civil officials and scholars, not like Wang Kefan, who is obviously from Xiucai, but he claims that Wu Ben can also be a "soldier", the one who has made military achievements is a "warrior", and the one who sacrifices his life for the country is a "martyr", I heard that in Huguang, the status of a martyr is higher than that of XiucaiThis alone forced the Southern Party and the Imperial Party to be inseparable from him.

Isn't it just that a few big-headed soldiers died, why bother with such grandstanding? Wang Kefan is really unscrupulous in order to win the hearts of the army, but he is short-sighted after all, and he does not know that the foundation of the country lies in the scholars and the people, Wang Kefan destroys his foundation for temporary benefits, and it will be difficult to achieve great things in the future.

In the middle of his thoughts, he heard Emperor Longwu say: "In addition to Liu Wenxiu, Tan Xiao and Zhou Guodong also have more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, the two of them colluded with Lu Minyuan and others in the court, and they have long been disobedient. ”

Yes, in addition to the Western Army, Tan Xiao and Zhou Guodong are even more immediate threats, if they must prevent Emperor Longwu from going to Guangdong, only the Imperial Forest Army and the Qinwang Army are not opponents, and they must borrow Liu Fangliang, Dang Shousu and He Zhen's soldiers and horses, but Liu Danghe and the three of them are inextricably linked to the Chu Army, I don't know what kind of attitude they will have, whether they will firmly stand on the emperor's side.

Many ministers pricked up their ears, but heard Liu Fangliang smile indifferently: "Please forgive the ministers for being arrogant, Liu Wenxiu may be an opponent, Tan Xiao and Zhou Guodong are just local chickens and dogs, they are vulnerable, if they dare to come to commit a crime, Weichen will not dare to say that it will be broken with a drum, but he will also plan to let them return with a feather." ”

Dang Shousu and He Zhen nodded again and again, and they were also very disdainful of Tan Xiao and Zhou Guodong: "The saint doesn't know, although the Chu army has won many battles, but the good fighter is only Wang Kefan, and the other generals are all inactive, Tan Xiao and Zhou Guodong are even more unbearable, the two of them were only the first to show talent in the early years, because they were good friends with Wang Kefan, they were reused, there was no rule in the marching battle, and they were punished by military law several times, and they were all told as jokes in the army back then......"

Liu Danghe and the three of them said this, on the one hand, because they must speak this occasion, and on the other hand, they really look down on Tan Xiao and Zhou Guodong. Everyone stirred the horse spoon in a pot back then, who had a few catties and a few taels very clear to each other, although Tan Xiao and Zhou Guodong had fought a few tough battles, but Wang Kefan commanded above, the two of them just simply carried out the order, I heard that many people in the Chu army themselves also think that Tan Xiao and Zhou Guodong have limited ability and can no longer keep up with the development of the Chu army, so recently the Chu army has expanded into three armies, but the two of them are still division commanders, and they were transferred away from the front line of the battle with the Qing army, and returned to Huguang to recuperate, obviously not reused.

Speaking of past achievements, Liu Danghe, as Li Zicheng's general, was once devastating and swept the world, more beautiful than Tan Xiao and Zhou Guodong, and He was not fierce? Is Sun Chuanting fierce? Not yet defeated by our men, if Tan Xiao and Zhou Guodong lead the army to chase after Daozhou, Liu Fangliang is happy to fill in the credit book of Conglong Baojia.

After some answers, Emperor Longwu's doubts were gone, and he was full of smiles, he and Liu Fangliang finished talking about military affairs, and then casually pulled up the family routine, pointed to a young man behind him and said: "This son is Ling Lang, I have long heard that Ling Lang is a talent, personable, and when I saw it today, it really deserves its reputation." Alas, my crown prince has just been enlightened, and when he saw Ling Lang, he liked it very much, and intended to give him the surname Zhu, and act in the style of a horse, I don't know what Aiqing wants? ”

Wonderful!