Li Jinglong went north, took Geng Bingwen's position, and led the army to fight against Zhu Di.

So Geng Bingwen returned to Nanjing, ready to accept Zhu Yunwen's sanctions.

The verdict on Geng Bingwen is still carried out in the Criminal Department, this kind of general-level is naturally a big man trial, and Tyrant Zhao is the best choice, of course, Zhu Yunwen still has to observe.

"Geng Bingwen! You are guilty! ”

Above the lobby of the Criminal Department, Tyrant Zhao is used to asking you if you are guilty when he sees a prisoner.

Under normal circumstances, most people will cry out for injustice, even if they are really guilty, they must shout out loudly.

But today's Geng Bingwen is different, he is a soldier, or a soldier who led the 130,000 army of the imperial court, but in the end he was defeated by Zhu Di's 40,000 or 50,000 horses, which made him speechless.

"The guilty man is guilty."

Geng Bingwen did not refute and directly pleaded guilty, but he left Bang Zhao speechless, and he also listed several charges against Geng Bingwen, as long as Geng Bingwen did not admit guilt, he could immediately take out these evidences, and then convict Geng Bingwen, this is what he should do in the criminal department.

But now Geng Bingwen directly pleaded guilty, making Bang Zhao feel empty fists, but nowhere to exert force.

After being stunned for a moment, Tyranny's grim face relaxed, "Since that's the case......"

Tyrant Zhao originally wanted to convict Geng Bingwen, which was also his favorite moment, but was interrupted by Zhu Yunwen next to him.

"Changxinghou, you have also fought with the emperor for decades, you have such a big advantage, but why did you lose the army? Your people are three times that of King Yan, and you also have the support of the imperial armies everywhere. Why can't you support it even for a month? ”

Zhu Yunwen waved his hand to stop Storm Zhao, stood up, came to Geng Bingwen's side, and asked loudly.

He really couldn't figure out why Geng Bingwen's army was so vulnerable, even if Zhu Di's army was fighting against the Mongols all the year round, facing an enemy three times as much as him, it was impossible to defeat Geng Bingwen in less than a month, and the main purpose of calling Geng Bingwen back was not to punish Geng Bingwen. It's about figuring it out. Why is Zhu Di's army so capable of fighting.

"The Emperor's ......"

Geng Bingwen's old face actually showed a trembling, which was a stain on his military career.

In the early years, when he followed Zhu Yuanzhang to fight the world, although he could not be called a hundred victories. But I beat Zhang Shicheng. Beat Chang Zhang Shixin. Large and small battlefields, to say the least, have experienced hundreds of battles, what kind of formations have not been seen? And when will it be so wolfish like this one?

"Get up and speak."

Zhu Yunwen muttered. Tyrant Zhao wanted to speak out against it, but was stopped by Zhu Yunwen, and then said to the jailer, "Give me a seat." ”

Geng Bingwen was already in tears with excitement, isn't it the greatest comfort that he, a general who has lost a battle, can still gain the trust of the emperor?

"Changxinghou, let's talk about it."

Zhu Yunwen paced back and forth, he wanted to know what was really going on at the front line.

"Your Majesty, it's not that Weichen will only be ineffective, but ......" Geng Bingwen choked up a little, and when he remembered the battle with the Yan army a few days ago, he had palpitations.

"And what? Could it be that there is a problem with the equipment provided by the imperial court? Didn't the hot air balloon work? Can't the fire of the court go off? Zhu Yunwen asked loudly.

"Your Majesty, the hot air balloon has played a role, but it was only before entering Beiping, but since it marched to Hejian Mansion, the hot air balloon has no longer worked." Geng Bingwen replied.

"Why?"

Zhu Yunwen's face was cold, he knew that the hot air balloon had the effect of discovering the enemy first, but why did it have no effect if he had entered Hejian Mansion?

"The emperor didn't know that there was a mysterious unit in King Yan's army, and they had a weapon similar to a fire gun in their hands, which could shoot bullets from miles away and break the hot air balloon, and then the hot air balloon would fall down because of air leakage. Therefore, along the way, the hot air balloons sent by His Royal Highness were basically smashed by King Yan's army, and they could no longer fly. ”

"In fact, there is no hot air balloon and no top, didn't there be that thing before, even if there was no first opportunity, Weichen's army would not have failed so miserably. But as Weichen's army crossed the country to Hejian Province, after arriving in Zhending, he found that not only our side had hot air balloons, but also hot air balloons in Zhu Di's army, and there were quite a few of them. I once sent someone to shoot with a crossbow, but the power of the crossbow was not enough to shoot that far. ”

"Weichen also asked the soldiers to lurk over and wanted to destroy the hot air balloon, but none of them succeeded, and they were all discovered when they were a few miles away from the Yan army. As a result, all the arrangements of our army were under the control of the Yan army. Moreover, the hot air balloon of the Yan army also carries a powder keg, and when it flies over the head of our army, it is thrown down. Every time a powder keg is thrown, our army will be killed and wounded, which is worse than the fierce fire oil, and more lethal than the catapult. ”

"Despite this, our army will not suffer heavy losses, after a short rest, I stopped the army from advancing to Yandi, but I didn't expect that as soon as I came out of Zhending, I encountered the main force of the Yan army, and it was led by King Yan himself."

"At that time, I still had 100,000 horses in my hands, and Zhu Di only brought 30,000 people. However, this is not the most powerful weapon of King Yan, because in his army, the mysterious force reappeared, and Wei Chen saw that there were at least five hundred people. ”

"Each of them had a firecrackle or something like that, and that thing was the one that knocked down our army's hot air balloon. Originally, Wechen thought that that thing could only be used to shoot hot air balloons, but Wechen was wrong, and when Wechen let the cavalry charge, the five hundred people began to shoot at our army in turn. ”

"Your Majesty! Do you know that there are 2,000 cavalry, and in the time of a stick of incense, all of them will fall! Not a single one left! And they didn't even rush to the front of the Yan army's position, even the eight bull crossbows couldn't do it, but the mysterious army did. Wechen thought that the army also needed to be replenished, just like arrows, so Wechen continued to order the charge, but as a result, Wechen was wrong again, and more than a thousand cavalry fell on the way to the charge. ”

"Your Majesty, do you know that at that time, not only Weichen was desperate, but all the soldiers under him were desperate, and when the horn of King Yan's charge was blown, many soldiers forgot how to escape, because they had been shocked by the scene that happened before. If it weren't for the adjutant general who dragged me away, I'm afraid that Weichen wouldn't have been able to come back to report to the emperor. ”

"Your Majesty, that's not the team that the world should have, it must be the army that King Yan made a deal with the devil, it's terrible! It's horrible! ”

Geng Bingwen shook his head vigorously after speaking, and recounted the battle scene at that time, he will never forget it for the rest of his life, and the appearance of the soldiers falling one by one is his sorrow as a commander.

Looking at Geng Bingwen's gaffe, Zhu Yunwen was already embarrassed, he had never heard of such a team being so powerful!

In the past, when charging, the enemy would also release arrows, but for the heavy cavalry, the arrows did not have much lethality at all, and only heavy weapons such as the eight-bull crossbow could pose a threat to the heavy cavalry.

But listening to Geng Bingwen's meaning, Zhu Di's army does not have a heavy weapon like the Eight Bull Crossbow, but he has that mysterious unit, and the effect is actually better than that of the Eight Bull Crossbow.

Hearing this, the ghost knows that Zhu Di has been planning for a long time, Zhu Yunwen only hates himself, why did he let Zhu Gaochi and them back when he was soft-hearted? Otherwise, Zhu Di can be so arrogant now?

"Your Majesty, Cao Guogong doesn't know about military affairs, let him lead an army of 500,000, Weichen is not very relieved, and ask the emperor to remind him that Cao Guogong and King Yan cannot be allowed to fight a large-scale positional war, because this will only suffer a big loss, and the soldiers of the court cannot be killed in vain." Geng Bingwen had a hint of crying, he had witnessed too many casualties, some enemies, some homeless, but he had never seen his own soldiers fall in front of his eyes like this, so he didn't want such a scene to happen.

Zhu Yunwen's face was pale, and from Geng Bingwen's frightened eyes, he seemed to see that terrible unit.

"Changxinghou, you go home to recuperate, don't worry about this matter."

Zhu Yunwen sighed and asked Yun Zichen to take Geng Bingwen out, this old general has been fighting horses all his life, and he escaped from the butcher's knife of his imperial grandfather, so he can't be killed because of a defeat.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid this matter is inappropriate, right?"

Looking at the back of Geng Bingwen leaving, Storm Zhao came up, if he lost the battle and let it go, how could he convince the public?

"There are enough dead people, it doesn't matter if one or two are missing, I can't kill all the useful people, right?" Zhu Yunwen sighed, and it was only now that he realized that in order to consolidate his rule, his imperial grandfather had killed the useful generals to the ground, and he was no longer available.

Just now Geng Bingwen said that Cao Guogong didn't know about military affairs, and he knew it, but this is also a tall man among the short, so he can't send Yun Zichen out, right? If that's the case, wouldn't the next step really be to drive the expedition in person?

"The emperor is wise."

Tyrant knew that Zhu Yunwen's decision could not be changed, so he didn't say more.

After Yun Zichen came back, Zhu Yunwen was ready to leave the Criminal Department, and as for where to go, Zhu Yunwen also thought about it for a while before deciding.

"Zichen, I haven't been to Qingtian Academy for a long time, it's time to take a look."

"Qingtian Academy?"

Yun Zichen was stunned, shouldn't he go back to preside over the overall situation at this time? When the news of Geng Bingwen's defeat came out, the government and the opposition must have been shocked, what if something went wrong? Why do you have to run to Qingtian Academy at this time?

"Let's go, there may be a solution there." Zhu Yunwen sighed, and walked towards Qingtian Academy with Yun Zichen. (To be continued......)