Qi Tai thinks that he is a clever game, which is exactly what King Yan thinks, King Yan is reluctant to raise troops, first, the time has not come, and second, he is worried that after he raises troops, King Ning will make small moves in the back, and it will be difficult to divide troops to deal with the enemy when the time comes.

King Ning is eyeing the tiger, so King Yan's worries are not unreasonable, as long as King Ning is not moved, King Yan will definitely not dare to rebel, if he chooses to reduce King Yan's fiefdom and troops, King Ning will only sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, watching King Yan and Zhu Yunwen fight and lose both.

The imperial court's order to cut the feudal domain was sent to King Ning's fiefdom, King Ning just smiled indifferently, it seemed that he had expected this day, just a little, no one wants to lose the power in their hands, once lost, the status of these princes will be much worse than before, King Ning is the seventeenth son of Zhu Yuanzhang, so he is one year younger than his nephew Zhu Yunwen.

"Ask him to come in."

"Yes."

The person who came was Huang Zicheng, and King Ning had already heard about Huang Zicheng, and several princes were investigated because of this person's hands, and everyone knew that Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai were Zhu Yunwen's minions, specializing in dealing with these princes who held military power.

"Meet the prince."

Huang Zicheng bowed down and bowed, this person was also polite, King Ning snorted coldly, "Don't dare, Lord Huang, please get up." "King Ning made it clear that he looked down on people like Huang Zicheng, and he still had to get by on face.

Huang Zicheng got up and held the holy decree in his hand, so he had no fear, "Lord Wang, King Qi, King Lu.... They have written to request the reduction of fiefdoms, and after the prince is the first emperor, everything is important to the Ming Dynasty. ”

Huang Zicheng is wearing a high hat for King Ning, and he is also introducing the dead emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, you must know that Zhu Yuanzhang's position in the hearts of these sons is extremely important, after all, he is the founder of the Ming Dynasty, and he has worked hard for the Ming Dynasty all his life.

King Ning laughed, "What a Daming Sheji, at the beginning, the first emperor named me King Ning at the age of 13, and led the army to fight at the age of 15, in order to consolidate the border land of the Ming Dynasty, the king did not dare to slack off at all. Since he can't even believe his uncle, then once there is another war, who will lead the army, and that person will definitely shed blood for the sake of Daming Sheji? ”

King Ning asked for a while, and every sentence was asked to the point of the bone, Huang Zicheng should have expected that King Ning would not be easy to comply, "Lord, there is no need to be angry, please listen to the next word, now that the four seas are leveling, all the princes should do their best to assist the Holy Lord to prosper the Ming Dynasty, this is the right way." ”

King Ning laughed, "Joke, these soldiers and horses were all given to me by my father, how can you take it back if you say a word, where is the face of the emperor, where is the face of this king." ”

King Ning is indeed difficult to deal with, Huang Zicheng gradually couldn't resist it, patted his chest before leaving, this time he must persuade King Ning to accept the matter of cutting the domain, Huang Zicheng could only patiently explain the stakes.

King Ning sneered, "Lord Huang has worked hard, come here, send Lord Huang to rest first." ”

"Yes."

Two people ran in from outside, and stretched out their arms, "Lord Huang, please." Huang Zicheng still wanted to say something, King Ning had already turned around, making it clear that he didn't want to listen to it anymore, Huang Zicheng also thought about this situation, he could only come a few more times, after all, King Ning had a more noble status than other princes, and he had more soldiers and horses in his hands, so he would not easily accept the imperial court's order to cut the domain, it was nothing more than to consider the problem of face, after a long time, there was no way out in the end, so he could only agree.

Huang Zicheng left, and King Ning turned around, "It's too much to deceive people." ”

"Lord Wang, you must come up with an idea as soon as possible, the old thief Huang Zicheng has a holy decree, I'm afraid he won't be able to get off for too long." Standing below is King Ning's henchmen, over the years, King Ning has also attracted a lot of good players, it is precisely because of such a strong strength that King Yan is so worried.

How many soldiers and horses does King Ning have? With 80,000 armor, including nearly 40,000 elite cavalry, this is the foundation of the Ming Dynasty, the absolute elite, it was by virtue of this invincible cavalry to defeat the Northern Yuan army, and the cavalry under King Ning is known as Duoyan Sanwei.

In the twentieth year of Hongwu of the Ming Dynasty (1387), the Ming Dynasty sent Feng Sheng, Fu Youde and Lan Yu to lead an army of 200,000 to detour through Gyeongju (in present-day Inner Mongolia Balin Right Banner) to surround the Nahachu army station. Nahachu was forced to surrender. The above-mentioned Mongol tribes lost their barriers, and their garrisons could be plundered by the Ming Dynasty at any time. In the twenty-first year (1388), the Mongol Great Khan Tugusi Timur was defeated by the army of the Ming general Lan Yu at Yuerhai (present-day Bear Lake, Inner Mongolia) and went west. These major military defeats left the Mongol tribes east of the Great Khing'an Mountains in a situation of isolation and helplessness. They had no choice but to join the Ming court.

In the twenty-second year of Hongwu (1389), the Ming court set up Duoyan, Taining and Fuyu Sanwei in this area. Duoyanwei is in the upper reaches of the Qu Chuan Er River (referring to the Gui Leli River, a southern tributary of the Taoer River) and the area of Duoyan Mountain; Taining Wei is in the Ta'er River (now Tao'er River) basin, that is, Taining Road in the Yuan Dynasty; Fuyuwei was in the Nenjiang River and Fuyu River (now Wuyuer River) basins. At the same time, the Ming court conferred official positions at all levels on the leaders of the three guards, and carried out entrapment and restraint. Feng Azashri is the conductor of Tainingwei, and Tabin Timur is the commander of Tongzhi; Hai Sanan replied that he was the commander of Fu Yuwei; Tuolu Kuzar is the commander of Duoyanwei. The Ming court required them to "lead their own departments to secure animal husbandry" ("Ming Shilu Hongwu 22nd May 癸巳"), to be the "subordinate Yi" of the Ming Dynasty.

The Mongols called Duoyanwei Wuliangha, Tainingwei Wengniut, and Fuyuwei Uqiyat. This is because the three guards of Duoyan, Taining and Fuyu are mainly composed of the three divisions of Uliangha, Weng Niute and Uqiyet, respectively. Later, the Ming Dynasty also called Duoyanwei Wuliang Hawei. At the beginning, among the three guards, Tainingwei was the most powerful, followed by Fuyuwei, and Duoyanwei was behind. Later, Duoyanwei's strength grew rapidly and jumped to the top of the three guards. Therefore, the Ming Dynasty often referred to the general place of the three guards as Duoyan Sanwei or Wuliangha Sanwei, and the stations of Duoyan, Taining and Fuyu Sanwei were collectively referred to as the "Wuliangha area".

To put it simply, Duoyan Sanwei is similar to the current mercenaries, but the strength is extremely strong, basically composed of Mongolian elite cavalry, good at night raids and cavalry shooting, combat effectiveness is extremely strong, King Yan has always been worried about King Ning, in fact, the most worried is this team, once the cavalry of King Yan, with the speed of Duoyan Sanwei, can rush to their fiefdoms and rear camps within two days.

In addition to these elite cavalry, King Ning also has 6,000 chariots and a number of firearms, so in this game between King Yan and Zhu Yunwen, which side King Ning is on has a great impact on the entire battle situation.

"What do you think?"

King Ning looked at the cronies standing below, who were also the most trusted people of King Ning, and the man smiled, "Actually, I want to ask the prince himself, what do you want, if it is just this royal city, the prince has already obtained it, even if the scale of the fief is reduced and the military power is handed over, the prince is still the prince, and it has always been the prince here, and it has not changed at all." ”

After the man finished speaking, he looked at King Ning, yes, the turmoil of King Jin came and went quickly, the biggest beneficiary was King Yan, who had an army of more than 100,000 invisibly, and at the same time brought himself a good reputation for saving the country from danger, which is very important, but unfortunately, King Ning was still a step late, and then sent troops when the news was sent to King Ning, King Yan had already swept away the rebels of King Jin, the speed was staggering, and at the same time exposed a little, King Yan's strength, even if he did not incorporate King Jin's chaotic army, The combat effectiveness of King Yan's soldiers and horses must be higher than that of King Jin.

"If King Yan raises soldiers, in your opinion, what are the odds of victory?"

The man frowned, "What does the prince mean?" ”

"You don't need to care, I just want you to tell me in person, if King Yan raises soldiers, who will be the winner."

"King Yan will be defeated."

"Oh, what do you mean by that?" King Ning was stunned for a moment, the words of his cronies should be a little different from what King Ning thought, after all, these princes don't take the weak Zhu Yunwen in their eyes at all, and the one who can fight the most among these princes is King Yan.

"Back to the prince, although the northern army is brave, it is a pity that it is not good at water warfare, there is a lot of water in the south, and the march is unfavorable, once the war is unfavorable, the rear is attacked, and the king of Yan will be defeated." After the man finished speaking, he clasped his fists at King Ning and saluted.

"And if you add this king?"

"This!"

The cronies frowned, "The odds of winning can be as high as fifty percent." ”

"Speak."

"The prince's fief is adjacent to the fief of the king of Yan, if the prince raises troops, the king of Yan does not have to worry about being attacked in the rear, so that he can raise troops to suppress the border, although the number of southern soldiers in the imperial court is large, but unfortunately it is more scattered, most of them are border troops, once the king of Yan suddenly raises troops, and then blocks the news, so that the capital can be obtained, and great things can be done."

King Ning nodded again and again after hearing this, this kind of thing is just an analysis, and many times it is just talk on paper, of course, he is not Zhao Kuo, and Zhu Yunwen is not in vain.

"Lord Wang." One person ran in quickly, "King Yan has arrived." ”

"Oh, King Yan, so fast." King Ning's expression changed slightly, it was indeed too fast, as soon as Huang Zicheng arrived, King Yan arrived, even if the fief between the two was close, it would take at least a few days to rush here from King Yan's fiefdom, so there was only one possibility, King Yan got the news in advance.

"Please."

King Yan has entered King Ning's fiefdom, and he only brought a few cronies with him, all of whom are first-class masters, this is the excellence of King Yan, if he leads a large team of soldiers and horses over at this time, it will only make things worse.

King Ning walked out quickly, King Yan walked a few steps to the front, and actually kept King Ning's snot and cried at once, this time King Ning was blinded, you must know that the usual King Yan is definitely resolute, at this time, he actually cried into a tearful person.

"Fourth brother, what's wrong?"

King Yan stopped crying, "Old Seventeen, this time you must save the fourth brother, otherwise, our brother will really be beaten into the eighteenth layer of hell, and there will be no day to turn over." ”

King Yan had tears in his eyes, King Ning didn't know why, so he pulled King Yan to his hall to speak, King Yan sat down, and what he said was the love between brothers, including the dead King Qin and other brothers, King Ning couldn't help but have a sour nose when he heard it, it is true, since Zhu Yunwen became the emperor, these brothers have died six, and these things have happened in less than two years.

"Fourth brother, you and I are brothers, we are the closest, I will help you if there is anything."

King Yan peeked at King Ning, King Ning was young after all, King Yan came this time to persuade King Ning to unite with himself to raise troops against Zhu Yunwen, as long as he could convince King Ning, King Yan was absolutely sure that he could defeat this young little emperor and regain his own throne, and for this day, King Yan had secretly prepared for several years.

"The fourth brother got the news that the court was going to take the seventeenth brother to open the knife, thinking about how many military exploits you and my brother made for the stability of the Ming Dynasty back then, now it's okay, there is no war, and there is no need for our brothers, a holy decree comes down, we have to be obedient." King Yan sighed after speaking, and King Ning drank sullen wine on the side.

"Fourth brother, what do you think about this matter?"

King Yan shook his head, "What's the way, after dealing with you, it will definitely be my turn next, so it's okay, in the future, you and my brother can do nothing, plant fields every day, look at flowers, and be a happy prince." When King Yan said this, he secretly wiped the corners of his eyes with his sleeve, and King Ning on the side was probably thinking about his future situation, and he was drinking vigorously at this time.

A smile appeared at the corner of King Yan's mouth, looking at King Ning's eyes were red, this matter was half of the matter, this time he also came according to Daoyan's arrangement, and he must persuade King Ning, if King Ning hesitated, the only way to take extreme measures was to raise troops in a big way, and then persuade Duoyan Sanwei to submit to himself.

As mentioned earlier, Duoyan Sanwei is the mercenary of the Ming Dynasty, and gets a lot of benefits from the Ming Dynasty every year, the leader of the Sanwei has a good relationship with the King of Yan in private, as long as he gives more benefits, the King of Yan believes that he is fully capable of persuading the Duoyan Sanwei to join his camp, of course, unless it is a last resort, otherwise, the King of Yan does not want to use troops against King Ning, once the army is raised, the King of Yan also wants to get the support of the remaining princes, if you take out a map of the Ming Dynasty at that time, you can see it.

Zhu Yuanzhang's fiefdoms of more than a dozen sons are distributed around the capital, which is equivalent to encircling the capital in the middle, the purpose of this was originally to ensure the safety of the capital, Zhu Yuanzhang did not think that one day, once these sons unite to besiege the capital, the capital is also in a situation of siege on all sides.

"Fourth brother, you know my temperament, I'm not afraid of a knife on my neck, but I can't stand this, what are Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai, as long as the fourth brother says a word, he will kill Huang Zicheng immediately, and then rebel, even if he dies, he will die on the battlefield, this is the fate of the Zhu family."

"Okay."

King Yan took the case, waiting for this sentence, "Brothers work together, its profits are cut off, if the big thing can be accomplished, you and my brothers divide the world equally, and make an oath here today, if you violate this oath, the heavens and the earth will be destroyed." ”