Chapter 272: Acting Against the Heavens

Zhu Di stroked his palms and laughed when he heard this: "Qi Tai, the secretary of the military department of the central government, Huang Zicheng, Taichangqing, took advantage of the young and shallow knowledge of His Majesty the Emperor, controlled the imperial program, and changed the will of the first emperor without permission, which is really an unforgivable crime......" At this moment, there was a sound of rapid footsteps outside the door of the living room.

Zhu Di looked up and saw that it was Zhang Yu, who was currently in command of the palace guards, so he waved his hand and summoned him into the hall.

Zhang Yu looked around and saw that there were only two people in the living room, King Yan and Yu Daoyan, so he said softly: "Your Highness Qiqi, Beiping Commander Zhang Xin, Lord Zhang asked to see him at the back door of the palace, saying that there is something important to tell His Highness." ”

Rao is Zhu Di was not surprised, Dao Yan was scheming, and when he heard that Zhang Xin came from the back door, he couldn't help but be suspicious in his heart, and he was stunned.

Dao Yan recalled that he had repeatedly explained the Buddhist scriptures to the old mother of the commander, and asked in a slight whisper in his heart: "How many subordinates did this Lord Zhang bring?" ”

"Dressed in civilian clothes, without his subordinates, he came alone." Zhang Yu said categorically.

When Zhu Di heard that Zhang Xin did not lead the military horses, he was relieved, and said with a frown: "Just lead him to the study to meet." ”

Zhang Xin, who was frowning deeply, wearing civilian clothes, dressed as an ordinary rich man, walked through several corridors under the guidance of the people in the palace, and walked into Zhu Di's study, seeing Zhu Di's scene at the moment, he couldn't help but be stunned. ”“

It turned out that it was already hot in July at this time, and Zhu Di, the king of Yan in front of him, was wearing a thick quilt and a charcoal basin in front of him, and his forehead was sweating like a pulp, but he was trembling slightly, as if he was still cold.

If Zhang Xin, the commander who was responsible for cutting the feudal domain in the past, was still vacillating between the imperial court and Zhu Di, the king of Yan, and the third son of the king of Yan returned to Beiping safe and sound, which had already made him completely recognize the mediocrity of His Majesty the emperor of the court and the incompetence of a corrupt Confucian, today's political envoy Zhang Yuzhao saw the handwriting of Emperor Jianwen with his own eyes, and ordered the three of them to immediately lead the army to capture Zhu Di, the king of Yan, after entering Beijing, he quietly came to report the news, seeing Zhu Di's pretending to be crazy like this, knowing that the other party did not dare to believe in himself, he immediately bowed down and said: "Your Highness has a planAt this moment, it is necessary to make a decision immediately, and His Majesty's personal will has been sent to the political envoy's yamen. ”

Zhu Di has been on guard everywhere since the three of them came to Beiping to take office and grasped the military and political power, for fear of missing the horse's feet. still pretended to be demented and was silent.

Zhang Xin took the risk of killing his head and exterminating the clan to report the news today, and at this moment, he was anxious to see that Zhu Di was still like this, he gritted his teeth fiercely under the look, ran to the side wall of the study, stretched out his hand and pulled out the three-foot sword hanging on the wall, and turned around.

Although Zhu Di deliberately pretended to be crazy and stupid, at this time, he saw that the other party was holding a bright long sword, but he couldn't pretend anymore, if the other party didn't say a word, he started his sword and fell, took his own life, and then took out Zhu Yunwen's will, saying that he was ordered to get rid of the traitor, wouldn't he die unjustly? I saw that after he jumped up, he rolled up the quilt he was draped on, held it to his chest and barely used it as a shield, and shouted angrily: "Be bold and dare to draw your sword in front of this king." ”

Zhang Yuneng, who was already lurking outside the door of the study, heard King Yan's angry shouting, and rushed into the study with a sword in his hand.

Seeing that Zhu Di couldn't pretend anymore, Zhang Xin hurriedly held the long sword in his hand, knelt down on one knee and said: "Shi Gecheng, the head of the palace, has already secretly reported to the two political envoys, saying that His Royal Highness is plotting against him, and now His Majesty's will has arrived at the Yamen of the political envoys. ”

Zhang Yu and the others rushed to him, and were about to divide Zhang Xin's body with a knife, and when they saw Zhu Di with a calm face and waved his hand to stop it, they immediately stopped, and they still didn't dare to put down the sword in their hands, for fear that Zhang Xin would break out.

Zhu Di's face couldn't help but change when he heard this, he stretched out his hand to help Zhang Xin up, and said earnestly: "Zhu Di's life is full of people of all ages, all thanks to Lord Zhang. ”

On the long street, a team of Ming soldiers armed with spears and wearing armor were in a group of thousands of households on horseback, and hundreds of households shouted to drive away the people of Li on the long street around the Yan Wangfu, and firmly surrounded the palace in three steps.

Zhang Yu and Xie Gui, the political envoys of Beiping, saw that the commander Zhang Xinqin led a group of his subordinates to come, so he no longer took a group of henchmen in the yamen, smashed open the gate of the palace, and drove straight in.

A group of subordinates in the palace saw the three adults leading their subordinates murderously, and they scattered one after another.

When the group came to the wide courtyard in front of the living room, Xie Gui ordered someone to set up the incense table needed to convey the decree. Zhang Hao's face was frosty, and he shouted loudly into the living room: "Yan Wang Zhu Di quickly came to receive the order. "I didn't know that on the roofs around the courtyard, there were already dozens of Yanwang Mansion guards armed with strong bows and crossbows.

With the sound of footsteps, Zhu Di, who was wearing armor, held a three-foot long sword, Shi Shiran stepped out of the living room, and sneered: "Qitai in the court, Huang Zicheng is in trouble, and he is cruel to Zhongliang, such an edict, don't accept it." ”

"Bold, my emperor's personal will is here, to take down this rebellious minister and thief for this official." Zhang Hao saw that Zhu Di was wearing armor, and it was obvious that he had already prepared, and he was not afraid to give a sharp order.

Several of the officials of the yamen rushed up with swords in hand, and before they could rush up the steps, they splattered blood from the crossbow arrows shot from the roof, screaming and falling down the steps.

Zhang Xin drew his long sword and led a group of his subordinates to rush towards the gate of the palace.

Groups of Zhu Di's subordinates rushed out of the palace everywhere, and under the leadership of Zhang Yu, Zhu Neng and others, they waved their swords and rushed forward viciously, and fought with a group of officials.

Although the officials who followed the political envoy to arrest Zhu Di were also considered strong, compared to Zhang Yu's leadership, they had experienced battles on the battlefield, and the fierce Yanshan guards were far inferior, and they were outnumbered and screamed and were cut down.

But a moment later, the huge courtyard was already full of corpses and bloodstains, only Zhang Yu and Xie Gui were alone.

Zhu Di came slowly with a long sword in his hand, looked at Zhang and Xie, and sneered: "This king is unwilling to be framed, and he dies in vain. ”

Zhang Yu flicked his sleeves and said angrily: "Chaotic ministers and thieves, everyone will be punished." ”

Zhu Di stopped talking nonsense when he heard this, and stabbed it with a sword, his life experience of fighting had already made him understand a truth, if he wanted to let himself die, he could only let him die first.

A group of Ming soldiers stationed on the periphery of Yanwang's Mansion have many Yanshan Sanwei people, and all of them are subordinates of the commander Zhang Xin, when the two political envoys were killed, they can't help but be in turmoil, most of them are in Zhu Neng, Qiu Fu, Zhang Xin's collection of submission, and a very small number of them hurriedly took advantage of the chaos to escape.

Zhu Di stood on the steps at the door of the living room, glanced at the hundreds of palace guards in the courtyard, and said sharply: "His Majesty the Emperor is young and shallow, the traitor Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng is demagoguery, divides my royal flesh and blood, and perversely changes the law of the first emperor. ”

At this moment, the blue glazed tiles on the roof were torn off by the sudden wind, and they shattered on the bluestone-paved steps. A group of soldiers fled one after another, lest they would smash their heads and break the bloodstream, and the morale in full swing couldn't help but be depressed. It turned out that when a group of palace guards who were lurking on the roof stood up and fired their bows and arrows, they had already stepped on the glazed tiles loosely, and at this time, when the wind blew, several pieces naturally fell.

Wearing a black monk's robe, Dao Yan, who was standing on Zhu Di's side, saw this scene, smiled slightly, turned his head and said to Zhu Di loudly: "Your Royal Highness, according to the court etiquette, all the princes are not allowed to use bright yellow glazed tiles, otherwise it will be a big crime of trespassing. It seems that the will of heaven should be so, and when he is done, he will make all the tiles of this roof bright yellow. ”

Zhu Di immediately ordered his subordinates Zhang Yu, Zhu Neng, Zhang Xin, Qiu Fu, Liu Sheng and others to lead their troops and horses to attack various city gates in Beiping, in order to control the whole city in the shortest possible time.

A group of Yan Wangfu generals and soldiers have already known in the past, and the palace where everyone is now is transformed by the palace of the former Tartar Emperor, at this time, they can hear such reasonable words as Daoyan, and the disaster that may be brought about by rebellion and rebellion in their hearts is gradually covered by the fanaticism of Conglong Yougong and his wife, and they all raised their bloody swords in their hands and roared, expressing their allegiance to His Royal Highness King Yan, and followed the generals to rush out and rush down the long street.

Zhu Di stepped out of the gate of the palace, turned over and rode on the sweaty BMW, and when he looked back, he saw Dao Yan standing alone in the courtyard, and he couldn't help but secretly think to himself: The statement of the Mandate of Heaven is purely false, so I have to deceive those fools and fools, even if the Mandate of Heaven is not in me, Zhu Di can only act against the sky today, making the world turn upside down. Thinking of this, he spurred his horse and led a group of Yanshan three guards and horses to rush forward.

Since the edict of his father Zhu Yuanzhang, the commander of the army went out of the fortress to surrender to Nerbuhua, and bit tens of thousands of yuan of troops in the headquarters, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, has a good prestige in the Beiping army, and Zhang Xin, the commander who holds the command of the soldiers and horses in the city, has rebelled, making the soldiers and horses in the city chaotic, and the commander Lu Zhen and the professor Yu Fengchen refused to rebel and were killed. Seeing that the situation was impossible, he commanded Ma Xuan to go to Jizhou, commanded Yu Yao to go to Juyong, participated in politics Guo Zi, commanded Lu Zhen to surrender, and the whole city of military horses except for more than 1,000 people to follow Ma Xuan and Yu Yao to escape, all of them were under the command of Zhu Di. When the sky was not yet completely dark, Zhang Yu, Zhu Neng, Qiu Fu and others had already led the army to occupy all the city gates, and firmly controlled a huge city in Beiping in the hands of the Yan army.

In Beiping City shrouded in night, the common people were already terrified when they saw the fighting during the day, so there was no curfew measures for the Yan army, and they also closed their doors early and did not go out, and there was a dead silence on the wide street.

Zhu Di, who was wearing armor, inspected the guards of each gate, his heart was slightly wider, and he rode back to his house under the escort of more than 100 guards armed with torches, and said in a deep voice to Guo Zi on his side while walking: "Early tomorrow morning, all those who were caught during the day to rob by taking advantage of the fire will be displayed to the public and hung at the city gates everywhere to set an example." In addition, a list was posted to tell the soldiers and civilians of the whole city, etc., that the king was in trouble with heaven, and those who were willing to submit to the government lived in their original positions, and the people lived in peace, and if there was any wanton behavior in the army, those who burned and killed the looters would be beheaded for public display. ”

Zhang Yu, Guo Zi and others all obeyed the order.

It turned out that when the city was chaotic during the day, it was inevitable that those who fished in troubled waters would come out to rob the rich, or even break in, ** people's daughters, which made the people in the city panic. Zhu Di knew that the whole city of Beiping under his control was the base camp for fierce battles with the imperial army in the future, so in order to stabilize the situation in the city as soon as possible, he gave such an order.

Two days later, Zhu Di saw that the situation in Beiping City was a little calmer, so he summoned a thousand households in the center of the palace and ordered him to lead hundreds of brave men under his command to pretend to be untidy and embarrassed, and go on the road first. He personally led Zhang Yu and about 18,000 Yanshan guards out of the city and followed.

Juyong Pass is built by Xu Da in the past, which means to garrison heavy troops to prevent the comeback of the Northern Yuan Tartars, seize the fortress of Beiping, and build it according to the terrain to be easy to defend and difficult to attack, which can be described as the key to Yanjing. Yu Yao, the commander of Zhang Xin, who originally belonged to the commander of Beiping, heard yesterday that the two political envoys were killed by the king of Yan, and he did not want to rebel and led hundreds of his subordinates to escape from Beiping in a hurry, and immediately took over the command of 20,000 soldiers and horses in Juyong Guanzhong after entering this pass.

In the afternoon, Yu Yao, who was wearing armor, heard the advice of the guards and guards, hurriedly climbed the city wall, and saw a group of hundreds of Ming soldiers under the city, covered in blood and slanted armor, calling the pass in embarrassment, and the hoarse explanation for the first thousand households was to command the soldiers and horses under the command of Lord Lu Zhen, and the top boss Lord Lu was unwilling to rebel after being killed by Yan Rebellion, and fled from the city of Beiping at night.

Seeing this, Yu Yao did not doubt that he had him, and thought that if he had more strength to guard the pass, he would be more sure, and immediately ordered the switch to be put in.

At dusk, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, personally led 18,000 cavalry soldiers of Yanshan Sanwei to the city, and ordered people to shout, so that Yu Yao immediately surrendered to Shun.

Yu Yao knew that although the guards and horses of Yanshan were brave and good at fighting, they were cavalry, and it was useless to attack such a dangerous pass, so he was not afraid at all, and the three-foot long sword pointed at Zhu Di and scolded angrily: "If the rebellious Zhu Di dares to do something rebellious, sooner or later it will be a defeat and execution." ”

When the two of them were scolding each other from afar, the gate suddenly screamed again and again, and the swords and swords were slaughtered, and it turned out that the thousands of households and hundreds of subordinates who had defected to Yu Yao earlier were all dead soldiers under the command of King Yan in disguise, taking advantage of the attention of everyone on the wall to be attracted by Yu Yao and Zhu Di's scolding, they broke out and killed the guards guarding the gate.

Zhang Yu, who was tall and carrying a spear, had already been instructed by Zhu Di, and seeing that the gate was pushed open by Neiying, he immediately rode his horse up, leading a group of his subordinates to avoid the arrows that came from the city like rain, and drove straight in.

In addition to more than 1,000 generals and soldiers under Yu Yao, about 20,000 soldiers guarding Guan Ming in Guanzhong saw Zhang Yu and his men covered in blood, and their fierce demeanor was even more taken by the prestige of King Yan, and they all returned to the Yan army. Yanjing's key is Yongguan, and Zhu Di is drummed down.