87. On the eve of the Battle of Jinan

Although Li Jinglong decided to stay in Jinan Mansion to resist Zhu Di and them, he still relied on Sheng Yong to survive in Jinan Mansion.

When Cheng Yuan and Zhu Di arrived near Jinan Mansion, they heard that Li Jinglong and Sheng Yong were already preparing to defend the city in Jinan and attack the Yan army.

Zhu Di looked at Cheng Yuan and said, "Why don't you let Zhang Yu fight this time?" I've asked you kid many times, and you don't say anything. ”

Cheng Yuan shook his head: "This time is not suitable for General Zhang, let him rest well." ”

This Sheng Yong was commanded by officials during the period of Zhu Yuanzhang, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty.

Subsequently, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, raised troops to appease, and Sheng Yong attacked the king of Yan from Geng Bingwen with a general, and changed his subordination to Li Jinglong.

In history, he served as a general military officer, defeated King Yan in Dongchang (now Liaocheng, Shandong), and killed Zhang Yu, the general of the Yan army.

In the third year of Jianwen in history, Sheng Yong was defeated in the Battle of Jiahe and retreated to Texas. In the fourth year of Jianwen (1402), Zhu Di led his division to cross the Yellow River to avoid the main force of the Central Army.

Sheng Yong also led his troops south to intercept him, and the Yan army defeated Sheng Yong, who was defending the south bank of the Huai River, in May and continued to march on the capital Nanjing.

Later, Sheng Yong surrendered to Zhu Di, but he committed suicide because he was frightened by impeachment and rebellion.

If Zhang Yu is allowed to fight this time, he is afraid that Sheng Yong will kill Zhang Yu, and Cheng Yuan feels that Zhang Yu is a good general.

Since you have come to Daming, you should always learn to change Daming, so that you can leave no regrets.

Then he told Zhu Di that no matter how Sheng Yong tempted, Zhu Di could not fight with Sheng Yong.

Zhu Di was also stubborn, and kept asking Cheng Yuan why.

Cheng Yuan only said that Sheng Yong was cunning and wanted to send someone else.

In history, Sheng Yong and Tie Xuan stuck to Jinan for three months, and even Zhu Di suffered a loss here in Sheng Yong, and Zhang Yu also hung up.

"Since you kid won't tell me, then I won't ask more." Zhu Di hugged his armor and entered the Chinese army's tent, and then said, "You can come in too." ”

Cheng Yuan nodded, but when he went in, he found that it was a table of wine and food.

Zhu Di poured him wine: "Since Jingnan started the army, I feel that it is much faster than I estimated at the beginning, and it is all your credit." ”

Cheng Yuan took a few sips of the wine, put it on the table and said, "This is?" ”

"In a few days, it will be Chinese New Year's Eve, they have prepared a table of dishes for you, you come and eat together." Zhu Di sent the braised pork over and said, "It's delicious." ”

"Boy, I don't know how Jinan Mansion will deploy troops today, but with Li Jinglong's temper of that dog, he will definitely let Sheng Yong be the big head in front."

Cheng Yuan said: "If there is a chance to kill Sheng Yong in this battle, please don't be merciful." ”

"Why did you kill him? I don't kill the captives of the Southern Army and the generals of the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Di shook his head.

Cheng Yuan said: "I just think that this Sheng Yong will become our nemesis in Jinan Mansion." ”

Zhu Di didn't doubt it, he had long been accustomed to Cheng Yuan's occasional ability to predict the future, so he nodded and said, "Listen to you." ”

"Don't worry, this time you may be able to help the prince take Jinan Mansion faster." After Cheng Yuan finished speaking, he drank the wine.

If it is according to history, attacking Jinan Mansion for several months is too grinding.

Therefore, what Cheng Yuan had to do was to speed up the process of the Battle of Jinan and promote the Yan army's continuous attack on the Beijing Division.

He wants to be a butterfly and bring a good influence to the prosperity of Yongle.

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Late at night, Jinan Mansion.

"The generals listen to my command, tonight you are divided into four groups and take turns to go to the city, you must defend it well, and you can't let the Yan army have the slightest opportunity." Sheng Yong stood in the middle of the city, making serious arrangements.

Sheng Yong felt in his heart that Zhu Di was very good at fighting, and he had to be cautious.

Changxing waited for Geng Bingwen to be powerful, who knew that he was defeated and captured alive by Zhu Di. Now he is also a city guard general under Zhu Di.

Li Jinglong, the Duke of Cao Guo, was very powerful, and led an army of nearly 500,000 to besiege it, but he was defeated by Zhu Di, and the soldiers fled and ran.

Standing still hiding in Jinan Mansion.

Sheng Yong didn't know the bottom in his heart, but he still defended very seriously, arranging those who defended the city, and those who rolled wood and stones, which were distributed in the four cities.

A team of men and horses was sent out of the city to check the whereabouts of the Yan army.

Tie Xuan is leading a team of men and horses to inspect the situation in the city of Jinan, and he is also giving orders or something.

Because of the war, a lot of refugees and people fleeing disasters came to the city of Jinan, so they had to standardize the management.

The city road was quiet, and there were many soldiers who escaped on both sides, all of whom were under Li Jinglong's command.

In the cold winter, it is resisted by the cold stone wall.

Tie Xuan is also very big, so many fleeing people and the soldiers brought by Li Jinglong are crowded in Jinan Mansion.

Eating is also a problem.

But Li Jinglong asked Tie Xuan and Sheng Yong to find a house for themselves, and also arranged good wine and food to entertain them.

Tie Xuan couldn't help but despise Lee Kyung-ryong when he saw the refugees who had no food to eat.

Li Jinglong lost the battle and became a deserter of the Ming Dynasty, but he ate and drank spicy food in Jinan Mansion.

On the contrary, these patrolling soldiers were starving here, and Tie Xuan couldn't help but complain a little about Li Jinglong.

Grabbed the bag and handed out some cold steamed buns to the soldiers to eat.

The soldiers beside him said with a bitter face: "Is there any hot soup or something, this steamed bun is so cold that it is difficult to swallow it after a few bites." ”

Tie Xuan shook his head and said, "I want to give you a broth, but now in order to resist the Yan army, there is not much food, so you will eat it." ”

Later, refugees not far away also ran over to ask Tie Xuan for food, and they were all hungry and had not eaten for several days.

Some of them, sitting in the dark alleys, quietly looking at the night, they are going to do something great this time.

These people are disguised as disaster victims and blended into the refugee pile.

Tie Xuan looked at the sky and said, "It will be Chinese New Year's Eve in a few days, but I didn't expect to resist the Yan army quietly in Jinan City." ”

At this moment, Sheng Yong sent someone to find Tie Xuan, saying that he had counted the remaining grain and forage in the city, and there was not much.

Originally, there were millions of stones of grain and grass transported from the imperial court, but not long after arriving in Dezhou, the Yan army broke the city in a few days and took it as its own.

Tie Xuan is helpless, this rebellious general is really not a spy? How did he feel that Cao Guogong was sending food to the Yan army.

Now the grain and grass of the southern army resisting the Yan army have been taken away by Zhu Di and them.

Now that it has reached the cold winter wax moon, even if you want food, you have to survive the spring, and the imperial court has just sent millions of stone grain and grass, and it will not be sent in a short time.

There is not much food left in the city, if Zhu Di insists on attacking the city, Jinan Mansion does not know that it can hold on for a few months.

But when he saw the grain stockpile, he realized that it could only last for half a month at most.

Tie Xuan, who knew this situation, couldn't tell Sheng Yong and Li Jinglong, and he also began to become anxious.

Zhu Di didn't know what was going on this time, starting from Beiping Mansion to repel the southern army, he sent Zhu Bai to attack Datong.

Later, he personally pursued Li Jinglong.

Tie Xuan returned to the city tower and found Sheng Yong to tell him what he thought, he felt that Zhu Di might attack Jinan Mansion for a few days, and if he couldn't beat it, he would leave.

As long as they wait for the imperial court to send troops, they can get assistance.

But what Tie Xuan didn't know was that Huang Zicheng and the others didn't tell Zhu Yunwen about it at all.