The leaves of the birch trees were scattered all over the courtyard, and the cold wind in winter was slaughtered, and the Qingyang Palace was deserted.

"Sign in successfully, get 6,000 tigers and leopards to ride!"

Zhu Huan grabbed a fallen leaf and crushed it into withered dust in his palm.

Today is November 30 of the third year of Jianwen, and he has been imprisoned in this Qingyang Palace for more than three years, and it is also the fifth year that he has crossed over.

A lot has happened in the past five years.

In August of the 31st year of Hongwu, Zhu Hu, the king of Zhou, was guilty and was deposed as a concubine, and Zhu Huan signed in to get 3,000 white horses.

In February of the first year of Jianwen, Zhu Yunwen issued an edict that the kings could not control the civil and military officials of the palace; In March, in order to guard against Zhu Di, the king of Yan who was sealed in Beiping, and weaken his troops, Zhu Yunwen ordered the governors Song Zhong, Xu Kai, and Geng Zhen to lead troops to be stationed in Kaiping, Linqing, and Shanhaiguan around Beiping, and transferred the military horses of Beiping and Yongqing Erwei to Zhangde and Shunde; In the summer and April, Zhu Bai, the king of Xiang, did not want to be humiliated and died by self-immolation, and Zhu Rong, the king of Qi, and Zhu Gui, the acting king, were abolished as concubines for their crimes; In June, Zhu Yang, the king of Min, was guilty, deposed as a concubine, and exiled to Zhangzhou.

Among Zhu Huan's elder brothers, only the fourth brother Yan Wang Zhu Di and the seventeenth brother Ning Wang Zhu Quan still hold enough military power, and the rest of the brothers are dead and wasted.

And Zhu Huan's sign-in system is also powerful, and after sacrificing so many brothers, Zhu Huan has received rich rewards.

There were 50,000 Wei soldiers in the infantry, 3,000 white horses in the light cavalry, 6,000 tigers and leopards in the heavy cavalry, and 8,000 musketeers in the long attack.

If these troops suddenly appeared in the palace of Jinling City, presumably Zhu Yunwen would be very "surprised".

In July of the first year of Jianwen, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, ordered the soldiers, and at the same time wrote to the imperial court, claiming that according to the "Ancestral Teachings", "the court has no ministers, and there are treacherous people inside, and they will raise troops to punish them, and they will be punished by the evil of the king." ”

Fengtian is difficult!

In August of the first year of Jianwen, Zhu Yunwen took Geng Bingwen, the old general of Taizu, as the general, and led an army of 300,000 to attack Yan, but was defeated.

Zhu Yunwen then replaced Geng Bingwen with Li Jinglong, the Duke of Cao Guo, and then defeated one after another, and the imperial court changed the name of Sheng Yong to replace Li Jinglong. In December of the second year of Jianwen, Sheng Yong led his division to meet the Yan army in Dongchang, the Yan division was defeated, and the main general Zhang Yu was killed.

In the third year of Jianwen, Emperor Jianwen restored the official positions of Qi and Huang. In February, Yanshi went south again. In March, he defeated Sheng Yong at Hutuo River, and then defeated Wu Jie and others in Gaocheng.

Although Zhu Di won many victories, but the losses were quite heavy, and the imperial army was quite extensive, and the cities captured by the Yan army in the area of Ji and Lu were captured by the imperial soldiers after the soldiers returned.

It seems that there have been back and forth, but Zhu Huan knows that his fourth brother Zhu Di has gained the upper hand, and now Zhu Yunwen has even withdrawn Jinling's army in order to deal with Yan Shi.

Today's capital, although it is not an empty city, is already the weakest moment since the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Zhu Huan has been waiting for an opportunity, and today the opportunity came.

"Today, I want to be martyred by heaven." Zhu Huan got up, and in the empty courtyard of Qingyang Palace, there were more pieces of iron horses covered with heavy armor out of thin air.

"See His Royal Highness King Qi!"

……

Beiping, Yanwangfu

Zhu Di threw the secret report into the furnace, and suddenly burst into flames: "Old monk, do you know, I received an interesting secret report. ”

On the couch, there is an old monk in black sitting cross-legged, with a thin face and triangular eyes, like a black sick tiger entrenched, which makes people feel chilly.

He is the number one strategist in the Yan Wang's Mansion, Yao Guangxiao!

"It should be a great joy to make His Highness so happy." Yao Guangxiao's voice was hoarse, like the twitching of a broken fan blade in a fan: "Let Lao Qu guess, could it be the news from Jinling City?" ”

"Old monk, old monk, you really look like Mr. Liu Bowen, hexagrams can be psychic, and nothing can be hidden from you." Zhu Di said with a smile: "The ministers in the capital have news that Jinling is empty. ”

"The imperial army fought so fiercely, I think it was also the manpower of the Beijing camp." Yao Guangxiao said lightly.

"This king thought you would be surprised, alas, this king thought too much." Zhu Di's face became ruthless: "This king plans to transfer troops on the same day, take Suqian directly, and then capture Chuzhou and directly attack the capital." ”

Yao Guangxiao was stunned: "Your Highness, you have led the army for many years, you won't know that this is a taboo for soldiers, once something goes wrong, the series of victories we have achieved before will be scrapped at least fifty percent." ”

"This king knows that if this war can't bite Suqian, I'm afraid he will be cut off from the back road, or even buried in the south." Zhu Di said calmly.

"Then why does Your Highness do this?" Yao Guangxiao said: "Swinging the army to the south can slowly figure it out, first break He Fu and Ping'an army, and then attack Sizhou and Xuyi, and take Zhenjiang after crossing the river, and Jinling City will be destroyed without attacking." Even if there is a mistake in the middle, it will not hurt, because the overall situation has been decided, and the world can get it. ”

"Old monk, this king's plan was the same as yours at the beginning, but this king has concerns." Zhu Di looked in the direction of Jinling City in the south: "The younger brother of this king, Zhu Huan, the king of Qi, is still in Zhu Yunwen's hands. After the death of the twelfth brother, the only brother that this king can get close to is these thirteen brothers, if you follow your plan, this king is afraid that Zhu Yunwen will jump over the wall and endanger the life of Brother Huan. ”

"Your Highness, those who achieve great things are not informal." Yao Guangxiao persuaded.

"Brother Huan is not a small section, he is the dearest brother of this king!"

Zhu Di sighed: "Monk, don't persuade me anymore, I have made up my mind, I will wave my army on the same day and attack Suqian, and this king will defeat Jinling within seven days." ”

Yao Guangxiao sighed, he couldn't understand why Zhu Di, who had always been calm and calm, became like this.

Is the brotherhood with Zhu Huan, the king of Qi, more important than the world?

……

The moonlight shone on the trees, and Zhu Yunwen and his henchmen gathered in the Qianqing Palace of Jinling City at this time.

"In February, Yan Shi went south, and in March, he defeated Sheng Yong at the Hutuo River, and then defeated Wu Jie and others in Gaocheng, are my troops all paper-paste?!" Zhu Yunwen angrily swept away the military report on the table: "Could it be that the army of Zhu Di, the king of Yan, is really an invincible demon, why do you wait for nine defeats in ten battles?" ”

Lian Zining, the servant of the ministry, stepped forward and admonished: "Your Majesty, don't be angry, Yan Shi seems to be fierce, but in fact he is not really invincible, such as Jinan, which was guarded by the political envoy Tie Xian of Shandong, Yan Shi has repeatedly attacked the city, but it has never been lost." For example, in December last year, General Sheng led the army to fight with the Yan division in Dongchang, in which the Yan division was defeated, and the main general Zhang Yudu was killed. ”

"And then?" Zhu Yunwen said weakly: "These battles have been blown by you, but in addition to these battles, which time have we won?" When the Yan Domain raised its army, there were only 800 people, and I had an army of 500,000! Now it's a mess, and most of the north has been reduced to the territory of King Yan! ”

The people were silent, for it was true.

Who would have thought that King Yan, who had 800 people raising troops, would be able to become such a climate now!

"More than half of the sergeants in the Beijing camp have been dispatched to the front line, and King Yan will not raid Jinling." Zhu Yunwen said with some uneasiness.

He has been beaten out of the shadow by Zhu Di.

"Your Majesty, please rest assured, it is impossible for Yan Shi to cross the river, and he will not know the actual status quo of the emptiness in Jinling City now." Chen Di, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, said confidently.

"Hmm...... That's good. Zhu Yunwen bowed slightly, but there was always an inexplicable uneasiness in his heart.

"What about King Qi?" Zhu Yunwen suddenly remembered the hot-tempered thirteenth uncle Zhu Huan: "How is he doing lately?" ”

"King Qi is still the same as usual, I'm afraid it's already gone." Dali Shaoqing Hu Yan said disdainfully.

Zhu Huan, the king of Qi, was imprisoned in Qingyang Palace for three years, and he was almost useless if he didn't die.