Xu Da saw the cheerful smile on Zhu Yuanzhang's face, recalling Fu Youde's rather complicated and tortuous experience, but his heart was slightly cold, and he was secretly a little worried about Fu Youde. It turns out that Fu Youde's life experience can be regarded as one of the most tortuous among the senior generals of the Ming Army, Fu Youde is a general who entered the army earlier, he participated in Liu Futong's rebel army in his early years, and every time he fought bravely, he fought desperately, and took the lead, and then he moved to Sichuan, and defected to Ming Yuzhen in Sichuan, but how could Ming Yuzhen not be Bole, he could not recognize Fu Youde, a horse that could conquer and fight, and did not reuse it, Fu Youde was very annoyed and depressed about this, so he chose to leave. Taking advantage of a favorable opportunity, Fu Youde led his army to defect to Chen Youliang. But Chen Youliang also disappointed Fu Youde, he only wanted to enjoy every day, suspicion and power, and had no determination to forge ahead, and the motivation to create a hegemony, which made Fu Youde's heart feel cold, and he had the determination to give up Chen Youliang and switch to the Ming Lord again.

The opportunity soon came, in August of the twentieth year of Yuan Zhizheng, Zhu Yuanzhang personally led a large army to conquer Chen Youliang, and the soldiers pointed directly at Jiangzhou, the important military town of Chen Youliang. When Fu Youde heard this, he was overjoyed. He knew that Zhu Yuanzhang had clear rewards and punishments, knew people well, and was a leader with great talent, so he led his troops to defect to Zhu Yuanzhang.

In the twenty-third year of Yuan Zhizheng, Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang launched the Battle of Poyang Lake. In this battle, Fu Youde was extremely brave, he drove the boat alone to rush to the enemy position, slashing and slashing, killing countless people, but he was also seriously injured. When his soldiers saw this, they were all moved, so they desperately moved forward, bravely slashed and killed, and finally won a complete victory. After dozens of days of confrontation and scuffle, Chen Youliang's army was defeated. In this battle array of tens of thousands of people, Fu Youde commanded well, calm, and finally killed Chen Youliang, the leader of **, and eradicated the henchman for Zhu Yuanzhang.

Because of this, Fu Youde became the only one of the founding generals of the Ming Dynasty who had outstanding achievements, but he was not like Xu Da, who often met spring, and was born in the old department of Huaixi.

When Zhu Yuanzhang said this, he turned his head and pointed at a group of civil servants and said: "You sub-literati, when you talk about the Qin State, you are the tyranny and abuse of the people. I can have a deep understanding when I listened to the story of the Warring States when I listened to the sincere Bo Liu Ji tell me the story of the Warring States, the Qin State was cramped to the poor land in the Western Regions, and the national strength was poor. I'm afraid that the six kingdoms of Qi, Chu, Yan, Zhao, Han, and Wei will be divided early, where did Shang Ying become stronger? Where did you come from to dominate the world? Didn't Mencius, who you Confucian disciples worship as sages, also know a little about martial arts? Speaking of this, his eyes looked at Wang Jing, the head of the household.

Wang Jing sighed softly, bowed down and said: "Mencius is good at archery, not only that, many famous people of the Warring States at that time not only read poetry and books, but also possessed swordsmanship, which can be called both literary and martial arts. ”

"Isn't this it, in my opinion, the Song Dynasty died in the king, and the subjects already only knew pleasure, and they did not think about danger, forgot how to fight, feared to fight, and became lambs to the slaughter. And the territory of my Great Tomorrow Dynasty will never allow foreign races to touch an inch. Speaking of this, he had already stood up, his eyes swept over these civil and military generals, and he continued in a deep voice: "I have made up my mind, Feng Sheng, the Duke of Song, and the governor of Liaodong will accept the order." ”

Fu Youde saw that the northern expedition was very important, but he could not be the coach, and he was very disappointed.

Behind Lan Yu, a heroic young general in his thirties and Feng Sheng bowed down and said, "Weichen respectfully receives the will. Although Fu Youde understood that Zhu Yuanzhang's battle intention had been decided, he did not call Lan Yu to take the order, and couldn't help frowning slightly.

Zhu Yuanzhang said loudly: "Feng Sheng is the generalissimo of the conquest, Fu Youde, the Duke of Yingguo, is the deputy marshal, and Wang Bi is the vanguard general." On the same day, 200,000 troops were requisitioned from Gansu and Shaanxi Zhuwei, and after March, the troops were sent to Liaodong to conquer Nahachu of the Northern Yuan. He was reluctant to send Fu Youde to participate in the Northern Expedition, but when he thought that the Mobei Yuan Court was likely to send troops to reinforce Nahachu, he decided to send Fu Youde as the deputy marshal of the Northern Expedition after hesitation.

Feng Sheng, Fu Youde, Wang Bi bowed down to receive the order. Wang Bi was known as Lan Yu's deputy in Liaodong, and he thought that the forward general of this expedition was none other than his boss Lan Yu, but at this time, he unexpectedly got such an opportunity to make a contribution, and he couldn't help but be very happy.

Lan Yu couldn't help but be ecstatic when he saw Zhu Yuanzhang's determination to go north, but at this time, he saw that the emperor seemed to have completely forgotten himself, and actually sent his mediocre Wang Bi as the vanguard general.

Zhu Quan heard Zhu Yuanzhang's words at this time, and felt even more like pouring oil on the fire, and bowed down and said: "Erchen is willing to follow General Feng on an expedition to Liaodong and attack the Northern Yuan Tatars." When he said this, he had already forgotten that his original intention of asking for an expedition with the army was to take the opportunity to practice the art of war, and strive to command the army in the future, so as to confront the emperor's grandson Zhu Yunwen and Zhu Di, the king of Yan.

Zhu Di, the king of Yan, also bowed down and said: "Erchen is also willing to follow the Duke of Song to go on an expedition to Liaodong and conquer Nahachu." After a pause, he continued: "General Lanyu, brave and good at fighting, resourceful, and his sons implore his father to make him the vanguard of the army." ”

Zhu Quan heard Zhu Di's words, and at this critical juncture, he recommended Lan Yu, who had made himself in a mess yesterday, to be the vanguard general, and couldn't help but be stunned, and said in his heart: Lan Yu, this kid is arrogant and domineering, and he is also very hostile to me and Zhu Di. Did Zhu Di take the wrong medicine? even recommended him to make a contribution?

Lan Yu knew that he had defeated Sima Chao, Jing Jun, Zhang Yu, and Zhu Neng in the school military field yesterday. greatly reduced the face of King Yan and King Ning, if these two people have a grudge against themselves, it is logical to oppose their own expedition and meritorious service, but at this time, King Yan strongly recommends himself, and his heart is suddenly like a second King Kong, and he is confused.

Zhu Yuanzhang was relieved to hear that his two sons were fighting bravely, and said with a smile: "That's right." ”

The crown prince Zhu Biao is the eldest son of Zhu Yuanzhang, when he was a child, he had witnessed the tragic situation of the mountain of corpses and the sea of blood when Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang fought bloodshed, and at this time he looked at Zhu Di and Zhu Quan beside him, and he couldn't bear it, and persuaded: "Father, the fourth brother and the right brother are still young, why let the two of them go to the danger of the sword and soldier battlefield?" ”

Seeing that King Yan and King Ning were all asked to go on an expedition with the army, Qi Tai, the squire of the military department, couldn't help frowning tightly, and said in his heart: Look at Your Majesty, you have made all these sons princes, and today you intend to let King Ning and King Yan follow Song Guogong and go on an expedition to Liaodong. It seems that in the future, there may be the intention of letting the princes hold heavy troops and guard the border towns. If this is the case, the society is also in danger. Thinking of this, he was in a hurry, and hurriedly walked out of the queue and bowed down and played: "Song Guogong, General Lan are all generals who have been on the battlefield for a long time, and they are enough to defeat Nahachu, please take back your order, don't let King Yan and His Royal Highness King Ning join the army on the battlefield." Thinking of the great harm of the division of the prince's domain, his voice was already trembling slightly.

Liubu Shangshu and other scholars were surprised to see that Huang Zicheng, who had always been calm and composed, was surprised that King Yan and King Ning were on an expedition with the army as if they were facing a great enemy. Wang Jing, Huang Zicheng and other quick-thinking people recalled Zhu Yuanzhang's series of measures to wantonly crown the king and split the military power of his sons, and set aside Xu Da, the Duke of Wei, and couldn't help but be shocked, recalling the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms of Wu and Chu when Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty was in power, all of them spoke against King Ning, and King Yan went on an expedition with the army. Some people who were slow-minded saw that the crown prince Zhu Biao and the six Shangshu were resolutely opposed to this matter, and out of loyalty to the prince, they also became popular. In an instant, all the ministers knelt on the ground and begged Zhu Yuanzhang to take back his fate.

Feng Sheng and Wang Bi also bowed to the ground, asking Zhu Yuanzhang to take back his fate, and their minds were different, because they were afraid that these two "young masters" who didn't know anything about the military family would go to the army and restrict their own troops.

The military generals who had been arguing just now suddenly became the same camp at this time, and they stood firm and unanimously opposed to this matter.

Zhu Quan saw that these guys actually formed a group against himself and Zhu Di, and couldn't help but say in his heart: You all joined forces to oppose my expedition, so I want to join the army to kill the enemy, and strive to make a contribution, see what you can do? Thinking of this, he laughed and said: "As a prince, when the enemy invaded, I was fighting bravely to be the first, killing the enemy and protecting the people, and to be an example for the soldiers in the army, why did you oppose it?" ”

A cadre of civil servants looked at each other, and could only say some nonsense about His Royal Highness's noble status and no need to take risks. Although Huang Zicheng, Wang Jing, Li Xian, Zhao Heng and others were eloquent and wary of these princes, at this time Zhu Yuanzhang only decided to let his two sons go on an expedition with the army, but he did not order them to immediately divide the towns and form a separation. Therefore, he can only talk about his opposition left and right, and his words are very weak, and he cannot give a strong opposition to Zhu Quan's high-sounding words.

At this time, only Xu Da and Lan Yu did not express their position among the generals. Xu Da was very insightful of Zhu Yuanzhang and his ministers' thoughts, knowing that the emperor was very assertive in major matters, and it was definitely beyond the persuasion of his subordinates, although he was worried about the future situation in his heart, he was silent.

Seeing that he did not serve as a vanguard general, Lan Yu was extremely disappointed in his heart, and he was also indifferent and silent.

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand impatiently and said coldly: "I have made up my mind, and the ministers don't need to say much." ”

The ministers knew Zhu Yuanzhang's decision to kill, and when they saw that his face was not good, they were all a little afraid, so they had to stand up in a daze.

When Huang Zicheng stood up, his eyes swept over Lan Yu, who was as tall as a javelin on the opposite side, and his heart turned: Lan Yu is loyal to His Royal Highness the Prince, and today we can't oppose King Yan and King Ning's expedition, so we have to retreat to the second, let General Lan make meritorious contributions, and become the pillar of the defense of the country after His Royal Highness ascends the throne. After making up his mind, he bowed down and played: "General Lan Yu is loyal to the country, and he is also good at using strange tactics. Although we are civil ministers, we have always admired them, and I implore Your Majesty to change the title of General Lan Yu to the vanguard general. ”

Under the reminder of Huang Zicheng's words, all the civil servants suddenly woke up, and they all echoed their words, although there were many people who couldn't look at Lan Yu's arrogance, but they thought about state affairs in their hearts, and for the sake of the crown prince Zhu Biao, they didn't care too much about Lan Yu's sneer at all civil officials in public just now.

Li Xian, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, had just spoken to Lan Yu in public and ridiculed him, and he didn't want to say anything about him, so he didn't want to say anything in agreement, but when he turned his head and saw the cold gaze of Wang Jing, the head of his master's household, he had no choice but to reluctantly agree with the request of the ministers.

Feng Sheng, Fu Youde knew that Lan Yu's method of using soldiers was varied, and there were many surprising victories, so he served as the vanguard, and he was very helpful in the conquest of Nahachu, so he also unanimously agreed.