The moon is dark and the night of stealing chickens, and the wind is high and the sky is on fire.

However, Xiao Fan, the commander of the dignified Jinyi Guard, the newly appointed commander of the Rebellion Army, actually did such a thing as a degraded man, which really made Huang Guan unbelievable.

- If you don't believe it, you can't do it, this guy burned his Huangguan house.

Xiao Fan sat in the inner hall of the Huang Mansion, his expression was very embarrassed, because Huang Guan's gaze was very unfriendly, his eyes were round, and three words were clearly written in his eyes: "I want to kill someone." ”

Xiao Fan's forced smile gradually turned into a bitter smile, and in the end, he couldn't laugh anymore.

"Lord Huang, everything is a misunderstanding......"

"I set fire to your house, and then tell you that it was a misunderstanding, do you agree?" Huang Guan's tone was like ice beads.

Xiao Fan wiped his cold sweat and smiled: "Your oil lamp is also a little closer to the firewood, and in a few hundred years, your family will be fined by the fire brigade in this situation......"

Huang Guan raised his eyebrows: "So, it's my fault that you burned my house?" ”

Xiao Fan sighed: "Okay, does Lord Huang want to be public or private?" ”

Huang Guan narrowed his eyes: "What does it mean to be public?" What is private? ”

"Publicly, you said that you went to the Golden Palace, saying that I maliciously set fire, and then I, come out to justify, you and my respective allies came out to have a war of words, this matter will not be over for a year and a half, and most of it will not be over recently......"

Huang Guan was furious: "Xiao Fan, you are too despicable!" Even if the official fights for his life, he has to ......"

Xiao Fan hurriedly interrupted him and said with a smile: "So, I suggest that Lord Huang be private, let's settle this matter privately, what do you think?" Believe me, I really didn't mean to burn down your house, and if I did, why did I run to light this fire myself? There are thousands of people for me to drive, can I take the risk? ”

Huang Guan's face softened slightly, and after calming down, he also felt that Xiao Fan might not really mean it, with his current status, if he really wanted to burn his house, he would definitely not come to light this fire in person, and he was caught by the master.

With a heavy snort, Huang Guan said: "What's wrong with being private?" ”

Xiao Fan immediately picked up: "Lose money, I will pay you a thousand taels of silver out of my own pocket, let's treat this incident as if it never happened, how about it?" ”

Huang Guan was silent for a moment, then glared at him fiercely, and hummed: "Two thousand taels!" ”

Xiao Fan's heart twitched, and he gritted his teeth and nodded: "Deal!" ”

After taking advantage of it for so many years, it can be regarded as a big loss today...... Xiao Fan began to hate his whims, the well water does not interfere with the river water, why do you have to come to visit this Lord Yushi who has always been on the wrong path with him?

Boredom begets woe...... Huang Guan was very satisfied with the result, this matter was a mistake, he believed that Xiao Fan came to visit him with good intentions, after all, he also gave him a hen when he came, and it is also forgivable for such a person who knows how to count etiquette to accidentally burn his house.

Liang Zi revealed, and Xiao Fan asked the question he had been accumulating for a long time.

"Lord Huang, this official took the liberty to ask, today it is said that the Golden Palace is electing a general, and you are actually speaking for this official, this ...... You're eating the wrong ......"

"Ahem, cough, ahem......" Cao Yi hurriedly coughed loudly in Xiao Fan.

Xiao Fan hurriedly changed his words: "You...... Why, exactly? ”

Huang Guan glanced at him coldly: "It's one thing to have different political opinions, it's another thing to keep the safety of Daming Sheji, Lord Xiao, do you think I'm the kind of person who disregards righteousness for personal grievances?" ”

Xiao Fan was stunned, and his heart was a little moved.

The scholars of this era are not simply pedantic and stubborn can be summarized, they also have their advantages, in the face of righteousness, they are very clear, internal fighting is internal fighting, once there is a strong enemy that really endangers the country, they will stand on a very objective level to think about countermeasures, at this time they completely abandon personal grievances, and truly achieve what Confucius said, "external actions do not avoid hatred, internal actions do not avoid relatives".

Today, Huang Guan on the Golden Palace recommended Xiao Fan, probably with such a thought, I have to say that the Qingliu also has a respectable side.

Xiao Fan stood up, made a Confucian bow to Huang Guan very formally, and said: "Lord Huang, I dare not guarantee the victory or defeat of the battle of Pingyan, but I promise that I will definitely fight to the death, even if I am martyred!" ”

Huang Guan sighed, and said quietly: "I knew that you had a grudge against Yan Regent, so I recommended you to Your Majesty, in fact, the main reason is to see that Yan Rei has fought with you repeatedly, but he has never begged for the slightest bargain, probably the only person in this world who can cure him is you Xiao Fan, and I can be regarded as fighting poison with poison......

Attack your sister!

Xiao Fan flicked his sleeves angrily: "I take back the promise I just made!" ”

Huang Guan rolled up his sleeves and watched Xiao Fan brush his sleeves away with a smile, and his eyes couldn't help but float a little happy.

I'm finally angry with you today, and after the Yan rebellion is pacified, we have to continue fighting...... Thinking of Yan's rebellion, the smile in Huang Guan's eyes disappeared suddenly, and a deep worry surfaced, hundreds of thousands of rebels, soldiers are fierce, all soldiers in a hundred battles, can the court pacify him this time? Xiao Fan...... Is it really able to cure Yan Rebellion?

The peaceful Daming Dynasty was suddenly stormy, and panic and anxiety arose spontaneously from Huang Guan's heart...... At this time, the old housekeeper of the Huang Mansion walked over gently, bowed down and said, "Master...... The hen that Lord Xiao sent just now ......"

Huang Guan Yileng: "What's wrong with the hen?" ”

"That chicken...... Actually, it's our family's ......."

Huang Guan stumbled and almost fell.

"Xiao Fan, this brute ......"

With Zhu Yunwen's several wills, the various ministries of the imperial court began to operate urgently, the Ministry of Rites and the scholars of the Hanlin Academy wrote a letter to discuss the rebellion, the Ministry of Household began to prepare grain and grass, the Ministry of Industry urgently erected the Yangtze River pontoon bridge, and the Ministry of Communications issued orders to all prefectures, prefectures and counties, and the busiest was the Ministry of War and the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, not only to transfer troops and send generals, but also to open the arsenal and distribute all kinds of swords, soldiers and ordnance, and the preparation of maps of state capitals for war.

Xiao Fan asked Zhu Yunwen for a decree, transferred Geng Bingwen, Sheng Yong, Ping'an and other generals, and ordered his subordinates to obey.

Although these few people have limited wisdom and bravery, they are tall among the short ones, and they can barely be regarded as famous generals of this generation.

Li Jinglong heard that there was going to be a war, this gentleman didn't know the stakes at all, but excitedly begged Xiao Fan to take him with him when he went on the expedition, threatening to add glory to his ancestors and personally behead the enemy's chieftain Yunyun, Xiao Fan was so angry that he wanted to kick him into the Yangtze River, everyone is so busy, what kind of chaos is this guy coming to add, Li Jinglong was famous in his previous life, how dare Xiao Fan let him participate in the expedition?

The various departments were in a hurry, and the war did not mean that they could go out immediately, the sergeants did not have time to arrive at the designated place to assemble, all kinds of grain and grass baggage, siege equipment and all kinds of firearms were not in place, and the imperial court documents had not yet been sent to the prefectures and prefectures, and these things could not be prepared in a day or two.

So while the various ministries were preparing, Xiao Fan held a meeting with the generals at night to discuss strategic strategies, and after a few days, he finally came up with an effective strategy.

Yan is menacing, and it is a hundred battles of the border army, the imperial army has not experienced actual combat for a long time, when the war begins, it will inevitably suffer a small loss, Guo Ying, who is currently sticking to the Daimyo's Mansion, can only lead 80,000 soldiers to defend the Daimyo, the Daimyo's Mansion is an important town in the north, the city has sufficient food and grass, and the city wall is strong, with Guo Ying's ability, it is no problem for the 80,000 army to hold the Daimyo, what needs to be done now is to lay the first line of defense of the imperial court near Kaifeng, Henan Province in the south of the Daimyo's Mansion, and block Zhu Di's ferocious momentum, Yan Rebellion does not defeat the Daimyo, Kaifeng could not be attacked, and morale would inevitably be frustrated, and at this time, the imperial army slowly moved forward, looking for an opportunity to engage Zhu Di, and that was the beginning of the formal contest between the two sides.

All in all, the first step in the strategy that Xiao Fan and the generals have studied is to defend it. As soon as he set out on the expedition, he fought a decisive battle with the high-morale Yan Rebellion, which was a fool's business.

Hold Henan, so that Yan can not advance an inch, the first game of this war can be regarded as a draw, and then it is the time to use their own means.

Sending the strategic intention into the palace, Xiao Fan carefully explained to Zhu Yunwen, and the only thing Zhu Yunwen, who didn't understand military affairs, could do was to make a stroke of the cinnabar pen: quasi-playing.

March 19 of the first year of Jianwen. The news of Yan's rebellion reached Jingshi, and the whole country was shocked.

At the same time, Yan Rebellious's rebellion is also well known, and the reasons mentioned in the text such as "Fengtian Jingdifficult", "Qingjun side, restoring the ancestral system" and other reasons made Zhu Yunwen so angry that he fell all over everything that could be dropped in the palace.

There is another reason in the text, that is, Xiao Fan, the great annihilator of the court, slandered the Son of Heaven, privately detained the third son of King Yan, and put him under house arrest in Beijing, resulting in the separation of King Yan's flesh and blood, and the father and son could not see each other.

According to the practice of war, it is necessary to kill the quality sacrifice flag before fighting with the enemy, but this reason is listed on the inscription, in order to avoid suspicion, the court does not dare to move Zhu Di's three sons, otherwise he will be blamed by the people of the world, and if the people's hearts are turned back, the war will be lost.

Since ancient times, the name of the teacher is very important, which determines whether their starting point is justice or evil, whether they can be recognized by the people of the world, of course, the court can not let Zhu Di's anti-thief talk nonsense, the court's response is very fast, under the overtime of the scholars of the Hanlin Academy, a rhetorical rhetoric, righteous and strict words against the rebellion of the text is freshly baked, and it is quickly posted to all provinces and counties.

The text severely criticized the king of Yan for trying to usurp the throne, and listed the stubbornness of the king of Yan when he was a child, and when he grew up, he was born with the surname of killing and abuse, greedy for money and lustful, and all kinds of bad deeds of supporting the army and self-respect, from the age of one to the age of Yan Wang He has been scolded to the present, and then told the people of the world that Yan rebelled against the army, which was really a rebellion to usurp the throne, in a vain attempt to subvert the orthodoxy of the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Di is an obvious negative teaching material, a failed half-finished product under royal education, a good prince is not appropriate, but he wants to rebel, is this what normal people do?

In the end, he paused and used a question,——If someone like Zhu Di is allowed to become the emperor, will you Ming people still have a head in life?" Aren't you afraid that he will rob your family of money and your daughter?

This article clearly explains Zhu Di's great rebellion in one fell swoop by taking advantage of the unpreparedness of the imperial court to capture Juyong Pass, Huailai Mansion, killing the political envoys sent by the imperial court to Beiping, commanding the deputy envoys and the general army of Juyong Pass, and basically naming Zhu Di and the more than 100,000 rebels under his command as terrorist organizations.

Before the two sides officially fought, they started a war of words with each other, and public opinion flew all over the sky, and there were all kinds of theories, which deduced many copycat versions, which were boiling and out of control.

The scholars of the Hanlin Academy finally had a place to use, and they all geared up, planning to write a few more splendid articles with more gorgeous rhetoric and a more stern tone, and publish them in the imperial court newspaper, spreading them all over the world, and for a time the academic atmosphere in the court was unprecedentedly rich.

Xiao Fan can't stand it anymore, this is a war, not a poem, what kind of coaxing these literati are making. So Xiao Fan said a word.

"I can do it, try not to be noisy."

The patriotic enthusiasm of the literati was completely extinguished by Xiao Fan's words.

When the text was posted, the military newspaper also followed.

On March 13, Yan reversed Keju Yongguan, Song Zhong, the general soldier of the pass, led his troops to retreat to Huailai City, Yan Cheng continued to pursue, on March 15, Huailai fell, most of the soldiers defending the city surrendered to Yan, and Song Zhong, the general soldier, died in battle.

On March 17, Yan continued to move south, besieging Baoding.

On March 19, Guo Ying, Marquis of Wuding, was ordered to shrink his defenses, gather 80,000 soldiers, and enter the Daimyo's Mansion to hold on.

…………………… A pile of military reports tugged at the hearts of Zhu Yunwen and the ministers, the situation was serious, the Yan army was about to capture Baoding, the more the city fell, the more soldiers and grain and grass of the Yan army were replenished, and the spark soon became a prairie fire.

At the same time, Xiao Fan, the commander-in-chief of the rebellion, ordered most of the guards and thousands of households in Henan, Shanxi, and Shandong provinces to assemble and form a large army to resist the southward trend of Yan's rebellion, and not to divide troops and attack without authorization.

At the same time, Xiao Fan sent Changxing Marquis Geng Bingwen to Kaifeng Mansion in Henan Province and issued two orders to him, one of which was to control Zhu Hu, the king of Zhou who controlled Kaifeng Mansion, and sent him and his family to Jingshi under house arrest, King Zhou and Zhu Di are the younger brothers of the same father and mother, in this tense period, it is difficult to guarantee that King Zhou will not do anything to cause chaos in the court, Xiao Fan is used to villains before gentlemen, and it is always necessary to take precautions.

Second, gather and assemble the officials and troops of Henan, Shanxi, and Shandong to guard each thousand households, and lead the troops to enter Kaifeng City to defend the first line of defense of the imperial court.

In the early days of the Ming Dynasty, when it came to the ability to defend the city, the veteran Geng Bingwen deserved to be ranked first, and Xiao Fan was very confident in him.

After Geng Bingwen was ordered to set off, the imperial court departments still urgently transferred troops from various guards in the south, and grain, grass and various ordnance were also continuously transported to Xuzhou Mansion on the north bank of the Yangtze River.

Five days later, the imperial court finally assembled the main army.

Xiao Fan, the commander-in-chief of the rebellion, was ordered by the emperor to prepare to swear north and quell Zhu Di's rebellion.

History has changed the trajectory, in this life, the unknown Xiao Fan will play with Zhu Di, the famous Yan King in history, fighting wits and courage, each doing what he can, and the world is full of turmoil.

(To be continued)