After a lot of staggering, Guo Liang had already poured an unknown amount of liquor into his abdomen, drank seven meat and eight vegetables, and a double image had appeared in his eyes.

"I heard that General Guo was born in Tiancewei?" Zhu Huan looked at Guo Liang with drunken eyes and asked.

"Huh?" Guo Liang was a little dazed, relieved for a while, and said: "Yes, the minister inherited his father's position, originally a hundred household officials of Nanning Wei, and later transferred to Tiance Wei, and after following the expedition to Haramang, the minister moved to Yongningwei. ”

"I have long heard that Wu Gao, the Marquis of Jiangyin in Liaodong at that time, and Yang Wen, the governor of Liaodong, led the army to besiege Yongping, General Guo was not afraid of danger, and swore to resist to the death, until the reinforcements came to help, and forced the 100,000 army of Liaodong to retreat, which is really heroic." Zhu Huan said with a smile.

"Where, where is the prince, the prince is the real hero, and the minister is just a fluke."

Although Guo Liang was dizzy from drinking, he was fluttering without being praised by Zhu Huan for a few words, and chuckled: "Speaking of which, the prince is still mighty, and he is like a bamboo, and he has fought a bloody way in the southern army front." ”

"Haha, don't talk about this king. This king's trip is to conquer Liaodong, you tell this king, what kind of person is Yang Wen, the general soldier of Liaodong. ”

"Yang Wen ......"

Speaking of Yang Wen, Guo Liang thought about it first, and then said: "Yang Wen was born partial, went out with the army or defended the place, since the twenty-sixth year of Hongwu, he has gradually been reused and became the commander of the army. ”

Speaking of this, Guo Liang paused for a moment, and then didn't dare to continue.

"The king knows this, and you don't have to go into details." Zhu Huan also understands Guo Liang's difficulties.

The reason why Yang Wen was reused at this time was subjectively the result of his personal efforts.

Objectively speaking, it was Zhu Yuanzhang's "Hu Lan Prison" that eradicated a large number of meritorious heroes, resulting in a lack of high-level generals in the imperial court, thus providing an opportunity for Yang Wen's promotion.

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In the last years of Hongwu, the only survivors of the founding heroes were Geng Bingwen, Marquis of Changxing, and Guo Ying, Marquis of Wuding, which shows how fierce Lao Zhu killed back then, and all of this was to pave the way for Jianwen. Originally, there was no need for these people to die, because Zhu Biao, the heir selected by Lao Zhu, the prince of Yiwen, was fully capable of controlling the proud soldiers and fierce generals of these founding heroes. It's a pity that Zhu Biao died young, the old Zhu white-haired man sent the black-haired man, and the new generation of heir Zhu Yunwen did not have the ability to inherit the prince team prepared by Lao Zhu for Zhu Standard, so he could only kill.

In order to make up for the vacancy in the military position, Lao Zhu had to promote middle and lower-level officers, and Yang Wen was promoted in this context and became the general of the Ming Dynasty.

"If the minister remembers correctly, it should be in the twenty-sixth year of Hongwu, Yang Wen served as the chief of the shipping army as the governor of the right army, and was ordered to lead the Jingwei soldiers to transport grain to Liaodong, and since then Yang Wen has been promoted all the way." Guo Liang recalled Yang Wen's past, he led Yongpingwei to resist Yang Wen for several years, and naturally investigated this fierce opponent to the bottom of the sky, and said: "With this merit, he was promoted to the governor of Zuodu. ”

Zuo Dudu, this is the highest official product of the Ming Dynasty's military generals.

From a partial general school all the way to the peak of the Ming Dynasty, Yang Wen is indeed a great figure.

"Later, Guidi Guzhou rebelled, Lin Kuan gathered people to make a rebellion, attacked Longli, and Longli Qianhu Wu De and Zhenfu Jingfu were killed in battle. The imperial court ordered Qi Rang to be the general of Pingqiang and conquer the ancient barbarians. However, Qi Rang was out of the division for several months, but he did not enter the army, and there was no progress. The imperial court ordered Yang Wenpei to capture the former general Yin, and to make Qi Rang the chief military officer and send troops to your land. Guo Liang said: "The first emperor also specially composed a poem for this purpose and gave it to Yang Wen. ”

"The general is bold in the southern expedition, and the Qiushui Lu Qian knife hangs on his waist." Zhu Huan said.

Guo Liang's eyes lit up, nodded and said, "Yes, yes, this is it." ”

The general was bold in the southern expedition, and his waist hung Qiushui Lu Qian's sword.

Ma Mingjia's stomach is clear, and the wind moves the flag and the sun and the moon are high.

There will always be a kind of unicorn in the world, and the ants in the burrow will not escape.

On the day of the return of the large standard copper pillar, the courtyard celebrates a hundred labors in the spring.

Lao Zhu Fushi saw him off, which made Yang Wen as confident as if he had beaten chicken blood, and he was invincible along the way, capturing nearly 3,000 people in Thirty Gangs and other places. Therefore, Yang Wen was highly appreciated by Lao Zhu, and since then he has been proud of the spring breeze and has risen to the top.

In May of the 31st year of Hongwu, Lao Zhu was seriously ill, and the conscientious founder of the country did not reduce his worries about the northern border defense problem at this time.

In order to prevent the Mongol tribes from taking advantage of the situation after his death, he made final arrangements for the northern frontier defense before his death.

He sent three edicts, one to Zhu Di, the king of Yan, one to Guo Ying, the Marquis of Wuding, and the other to Yang Wen, the governor of the left army.

He ordered Yang Wen to follow the king of Yan, the marquis of Wuding Guo Ying to follow the king of Liao, prepare for Kaiping, and listen to the temperance of the king of Yan.

Zhu Yuanzhang said to Yang Wen in the edict: "Today, Yier is the general soldier, and he goes to Beiping to counsel King Yan, and selects elite horse and infantry soldiers to follow King Yan to Kaiping Embankment with the guards of Beiping Dusi and Xingdu Division, and Yan, Gu, and Ning are guarded. ”

It can be seen how much Lao Zhu attaches great importance to Yang Wen, and Yang Wen has become the deputy of Zhu Di, the king of Yan, at this time, and his status is extremely prominent. After receiving the order, Yang Wen immediately deployed the Daning soldiers and the Ningfu guards to Kaiping to fortify.

After Jianwen ascended the throne, in order to deal with Zhu Di, who had heavy troops, he recalled Yang Wen, the general soldier of Beiping, who was guarding Kaiping, and granted him a new military mission.

"At the time of Jingjing, the imperial court appointed Geng Bingwen, the general of Liaodong Town, as the general of the conquest, and led 200,000 people from Liaodong to aid Zhending. Wu Gao, Marquis of Jiangyin, succeeded Geng Bingwen in Liaodong, while Yang Wen became his deputy. Yang Wen attacked my Yongping with Wu Gao many times, but he was unsuccessful, and Wu Gao was dismissed and cut off because he couldn't attack for a long time. As soon as he thought of this stubble, Guo Liang's face appeared with pride.

When Zhu Huan heard this, he just smiled and didn't speak.

The Liaodong army was strong and strong, but they were all repelled by Yongpingwei, and Guo Liang naturally contributed a lot.

But the reason why Wu Gao was dismissed was not as Guo Liang said.

Liaodong is elbow armpit heavy land, the feudal screen is dependent, although Liaodong is separated by mountains and seas, and several disturb Yongping. In order to relieve his worries, Zhu Di decided to get rid of Wu Gao.

So Zhu Di designed to separate the two, and the court was suspicious of Wu Gao, cut his lord to move to Guangxi, and ordered Yang Wen to guard Liaodong.

Yang Wen is a rare general, but he is brave and strategic. Although Wu Qi is timid, he acts poorly. The two complement each other, one is in charge of the overall situation, and the other is reunited, which is the majesty of Liaodong. Wu Gao was deposed, and since then the Liaodong army has been undisciplined, people are suspicious, and the combat effectiveness has been greatly weakened.

After Yang Wen defended Liaodong on behalf of Wu Gao, he continued to lead the Liaodong soldiers to attack the Yan army. Twice he led his troops to besiege Yongping, but both ended in failure. Later, Jianwen ordered Zhending, Datong, and Liaodong to march into Beiping. Yang Wen besieged Yongping again with 10,000 people, and sent more than 10,000 guerrilla troops to plunder Jizhou, Zunhua and other places.

Due to the lack of cooperation with the other two official armies, the Liao soldiers were defeated by the Yan general Liu Jiang, who was beheaded by thousands of ranks, and 71 people including Wang Xiong were executed.

In order to psychologically disintegrate the morale of the Liaodong Army, and also to win Yang Wen's attachment, Zhu Di released the captured Guangningwei commander Wang Xiong and others, and asked him to go back and tell Yang Wen that he raised the army in order to so-called "punish traitors, save disasters, preserve flesh and bones, and calm the world", Zhu Di tried to exchange this for Yang Wen's understanding and support.

And Zhu Di's real purpose is actually that Wang Xiong and others can hinder Yang Wen when they return to Liaodong, so his southern expedition can be greatly relieved.

However, Yang Wen did not have the heart to surrender Yan, but after receiving this heavy blow, he was forced to change the direction of attack. When Zhu Di went south, 100,000 Liaodong troops besieged Yantongzhou, but did not achieve any success.