When Qi Tai heard this, he couldn't help but recall that in Geng Bingwen's letter to himself, he had recommended Sheng Yong as a general, but after careful consideration, he didn't speak. He is a person who is stable by nature, although Sheng Yong is quite knowledgeable, but his qualifications and prestige are far from enough, although there is a lack of the former Song Guogong in the court, Ying Guogong is generally handsome, if the seniority and prestige are better than Sheng Yong, there is still no shortage of people. In addition, Geng Bingwen was defeated, which made it difficult for him to speak on the matter of who would take over his position.

Huang Zicheng pondered for a long time and suddenly said softly: "Cao Guogong Li Jinglong is the son of General Li Wenzhong, I have heard that he is familiar with military books, and he was quite familiar with Zhu Di in the past. ”

This is a big fallacy, although General Li Wenzhong has experienced a hundred battles, but his son Li Jinglong is really unbearable, and he has never led an army to fight in battle, how can he deal with the cunning Zhu Di? If he led the troops to the north, it would be tantamount to repeating the catastrophe of the Battle of Changping and Zhao Kuo acting as Lianpo. Although Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng have a very good personal relationship, at this time, they can't help but be shocked by their friend's wild ideas, and can't help but reprimand him. Turning his head to Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunwen and said: "Weichen is bold and recommends Wuding Marquis Guo Ying to lead the army to quell the rebellion and exterminate the rebel Zhu Di. Since he was promoted to the secretary of the military department, Li Jinglong, the prince of Cao Guo, was quite appreciated by His Majesty the Emperor for leading the army to catch Zhu Di's younger brother and Zhu Hu, the king of Zhou, and was promoted to the squire of the military department and became his subordinate, so he knew a lot about this person, and he couldn't help but oppose it at this time.

Only because of the defeat of Geng Bingwen in the first battle of Changxing, although Zhu Yunwen's anger towards Qi Tai has disappeared by a few points, but in his heart he inevitably lacks confidence in the person he recommends, and when he is in a dilemma, he recalls that Li Jinglong, who is now a soldier of the military department, has been trained outside when the former emperor's grandfather was alive, and the first knife to cut the domain after he inherited the unification was also led by him to lead the army to catch and scoop the Zhou king Zhu Hu, and secretly made up his mind in his heart: This time, I Qiangang will make up my mind and mobilize a large army to march north, and wipe out the anti-thief Zhu Di in one fell swoop.

In the early morning of the second day, on the Fengtian Palace, His Majesty Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunwen ignored the opposition of the civil and military forces, and asked the eunuchs to announce the decree, and Li Jinglong, the Duke of Cao Guo, went north on the same day to receive Geng Bingwen, who was stationed in Zhending City, in order to capture the general, and lead 500,000 troops and horses, so as to sweep the cave and plow the court, and exterminate Zhu Di and other rebels who were entrenched in the north.

Li Jinglong had no choice but to kneel down to receive the decree, and when he received the holy decree of Huang Aya with both hands, he couldn't help but tremble his arms slightly, and he felt the invisible pressure of Mount Tai in his heart. You must know that there were countless famous generals under the command of Emperor Hongwu, even if they were such as Xu Da, the king of Zhongshan, and Chang Yuchun, the king of Kaiping, his father had never led an army of 500,000 to go on an expedition. When Fu Youde, the Duke of Yingguo, pacified Yungui, there were only 300,000 troops and horses, and Feng Sheng, the Duke of Song, made an expedition to Liaodong and forced Nahachu in the Battle of Jinshan, but there were only 200,000 horses. Today, he wants to lead 500,000 imperial court troops to deal with Zhu Di, and he is afraid that he will be afraid of any person in this situation.

Thinking about what His Majesty the Emperor said in his will that he wanted to go north to quell the rebellion on the same day, Li Jinglong thought about it for a while and said boldly: "Weichen has received the grace of the saint, how dare he not serve the death and fight to wipe out the rebellion." But there is a reluctant request, and I hope that Your Majesty will grant it. ”

"As long as Aiqing can live up to my expectations and exterminate the rebels, nothing is allowed." Wearing a five-clawed golden dragon robe and sitting on a high place, Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunwen thought that Li Jinglong was worried about the grain, grass and equipment needed by the army, and immediately agreed.

Li Jinglong has followed his father Li Wenzhong since he was a child, and he also followed Feng Sheng on an expedition to the Naha Chu Yuan army in Liaodong in the past. Most of the troops led by Weichen are soldiers and generals in the south, and it is not as good as the military horses under the anti-thief Zhu Di who have lived in the bitter cold land in the north for a long time, and they are afraid that they will not be able to occupy the time. In addition, Zhu Di, a thief, has been in the north of the domain for a long time, and the location is far more familiar than ours. In Weichen's view, it is better to raise grain and grass this year, and at the beginning of spring next year, Wang Shi will go north to quell the rebellion, and he should be able to exterminate a group of rebels in one fell swoop. ”

Since learning that Zhu Di killed officials and rebelled, Zhu Yunwen has long hated him in his heart, and he hated that no one could command Wang Shi to sweep the cave and plow the court, and cut off Zhu Di's head. At this time, he heard that Li Jinglong was quite prevaricating about the counterinsurgency in front of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military forces, so he couldn't help but come slowly, walked to Li Jinglong, who was kneeling on the ground, and asked with a frost on his face: "I heard that Cao Guogong had a very close personal relationship with Zhu Di and Zhu Quan in the past, could it be that today he is hindered by the past and refuses to beg for thieves for the country?" "Although Zhu Di is the only one of the vassal kings who is in rebellion, Zhu Quan, the king of Ning of the domain, pretended to be sick and resisted, and refused to return to Beijing Yingtian, and his rebellious behavior is like Sima Zhao's heart, which can be said to be obvious, so although Zhu Quan did not openly rebel at the moment, but in the heart of Zhu Yunwen, the emperor of Jianwen, and Zhu Di are just a raccoon dog.

Li Jinglong couldn't help but be shocked when His Majesty the Emperor said such non-angry and self-righteous words, and cold sweat broke out slightly on his forehead. Recalling that in the past, although he was forced to go to Kaifeng to scoop the next Zhou King Zhu Hu, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, was guilty of his brother for no reason, and was demoted to a concubine, but he was afraid that he would not be able to crush his bones and ashes. Thinking about this, he had to reluctantly accept the order in a deep voice: "Weichen respectfully obeys His Majesty's will, and goes to Zhending to lead the king to the north on the same day, vowing to wipe out all the rebellious thieves. ”

Qi Tai, the secretary of the military department, heard what Li Jinglong said in his words, if the imperial army rushed north to quell the rebellion, then the time and the location were all in the words of the Yan army, and his heart couldn't help but be heavy and indescribable, and secretly wondered: When the time comes, the location is in the hands of the anti-thief Zhu Di, and the imperial army can occupy the advantage of people only by far superior to the opponent's military strength? When Li Jinglong, the commander of the counterinsurgency army, had not yet gone north, the heart of this military secretary had been quietly clouded.

In October, in the tent of the Yan army camp outside the city of Yanzhou, Zhu Di, who was wearing a python robe, recalled the reports of several scouts, and the imperial army divided the road and galloped to the aid of Zhending and Hejian. Li Jinglong, the Duke of Cao Guo, took over the post of Geng Bingwen, in order to capture the general, commanding a total of 500,000 troops and horses from all walks of life, and he was about to come to conquer himself in the near future.

Dao Yan, who was wearing a black monk's robe, took a sip of the teacup, and couldn't help but say on his old face: "His Majesty the Emperor is so bold today, the army of 500,000 is surging, and the ancients have thrown whips to cut off the division of the river, I am afraid that it is nothing more than that." ”

Zhu Di saw this dangerous situation, and his teacher was so tidy, and said angrily: "If this king is defeated, I am afraid that the first evil of rebellion will be the teacher." ”

Hearing this, Dao Yan pointed to his shiny head with the index finger of his right hand, and said with a smile: "Lao Yan is a monk, and he has nothing to worry about, only a bald head on the neck." ”

Rao is such a situation like Mount Tai overwhelming, Zhu Di couldn't help but laugh after hearing this, the pressure in his heart couldn't help but lighten, and the advantages and disadvantages of the enemy and me were more clear in his mind, and he suddenly understood that Dao Yan's pretending to be a good time at this time was really well-intentioned, and after thinking for a while, he said in a deep voice: "Li Jinglong's army is too huge, and the army and horses under the eyes of this king are inevitably overstretched.

Dao Yan couldn't help but feel comforted in his heart when he heard this, he was resourceful and sophisticated, how could he not see the uneasiness in Zhu Di's heart in the face of the 500,000 army led by Li Jinglong? How to fight, there is no need to dictate to His Royal Highness King Yan by himself, but if the commander who is the lifeblood of the army faces a fierce enemy and loses his way when making decisions, that is the most dangerous thing. He said with a smile: "Thinking back to the time when His Majesty Hongwu was defeated, the Han King Chen Youliang was defeated and killed in the first battle of Poyang Lake, and created the foundation of the Ming Dynasty. In the humble opinion of the old man, whether it is His Majesty the Emperor today or Li Jinglong, it is far from being comparable to Chen Youliang. ”

Zhu Di bowed slightly, hearing Dao Yan's words about his father's feat of the battle of Poyang Lake, he couldn't help but feel a cloud of pride in his heart, and the trace of panic and uneasiness in Fang Cai's heart had already disappeared unconsciously, and he was nowhere to be found.

Seeing the expression on Zhu Di's face, Dao Yan couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart: It is no wonder that His Majesty Hongwu in the past thought of taking King Yan as the prince and ruling thousands of miles of rivers and mountains after the early death of Prince Wenwen.

In the wide tent, there were more than a dozen Yan army generals with solemn faces standing in armor. Zhang Yu, Zhu Neng, Qiu Fu and others recalled the news they got during the day, the 500,000 soldiers of the imperial court counterinsurgency army divided the road, and gradually assembled in Zhending and the river, and they would be overwhelming in the near future. The number of 500,000 troops is something that has never been done by any famous general since the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Di, who was sitting behind the handsome case, saw that the generals were silently under the light of the butter candle, and the faces were uncertain, and he suddenly laughed in his mouth, breaking the gloomy silence in the handsome tent.

If you talk about the most brave and good fighter in the Yan army, it is none other than Zhang Yu. Seeing Zhu Di smiling, he immediately clenched his fists and bowed down and asked, "Why is Your Highness laughing?" ”

"The commander of the army is the life of a group of generals and soldiers, although the imperial army has 500,000 people, but unfortunately Huang Zicheng, Qi Tai and others have no eyes, but they sent Cao Guogong Li Jinglong, a lotus young man, to lead the troops. How can this king not laugh? If the former blue jade led 200,000 troops, this king is still afraid of him, Li Jiujiang is scheming and arrogant, fierce and discouraged, why is this king afraid? Zhu Di's eyes swept over the generals, and waved his hand to signal the generals to sit down and speak, with a sneering smile on his face.

Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng have been following Zhu Di for a long time, in the past, when Feng Sheng, the Duke of Song, led the army to conquer Nahachu, they had already known Li Jinglong, the Duke of Cao Guolong, and at this time, when they heard Zhu Di's words of avoiding the important and trivial, they remembered that the imperial court actually handed over 500,000 troops to the hands of this gentleman, which was like child's play, and he couldn't help but feel relieved and sat down.

Zhu Di said in a deep voice: "The enemy is outnumbered, if our army guards everywhere, it is easy for the enemy to break through under the dispersion of military strength, but it is in the hands of the enemy." Therefore, this king decided to lead the army back to the north, and when the weather was cold, he would fight Li Jiujiang Xiao'er under the city of Beiping. ”

All the generals looked at each other, and they all bowed their heads. Originally from Zhu Di since the rebellion, although the Yan army has won one after another, but did not capture a big city, even now in the hands of the Juzhou is also difficult to resist the siege of the imperial army, rather than scattering forces to the enemy to break through, it is better to return to the vicinity of Beiping, take advantage of the gradually cold weather and the geographical decisive battle, it is the best policy. The generals have lived in the north for a long time, and naturally know that in the middle of winter, the severe cold in the north will deal a heavy blow to the morale of the generals and soldiers of the imperial army, who have lived in the warm places of the south for a long time and cannot endure the cold weather. Thinking of this, everyone stood up and agreed.

Seeing that the generals had no objections, Zhu Di said with a smile: "Hundreds of thousands of troops are gathered in the north, and it can be completed in the next day." Before Li Jiujiang's soldiers came to the city, the king had to go to Daning and his party, so that Zhu Quan, the kid, could no longer sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and follow the king Fengtianjing. ”

Zhu Neng was a relatively calm person among the generals, and after hearing Zhu Di's words, he couldn't help frowning and asked: "Since His Royal Highness led the army, although King Ning pretended to be sick and resisted the decree and refused to return to Beijing, he was still obedient to the imperial court on the surface, and it was probably not safe for His Highness to go to Daning." It turned out that Zhu Di had other eyes and ears in the court, and Zhu Quan pretended to be sick to resist the decree and refused to return to Beijing to face the king, which was already known to the generals of the Yan army.

Zhu Di said in a deep voice: "When it comes to Daning, this king will act again, and he must let Zhu Quan, this kid, lead the army to follow this king, if he fights a decisive battle with the imperial army, Zhu Quan, this kid suddenly leads the army into the pass, won't this king suffer from the enemy?" He said this, but he secretly sighed in his heart: The enemy is outnumbered, and the strength of our army is already quite stretched, and Zhu Quan's kid also has tens of thousands of military horses. Thinking of this, he turned his head to Zhang Yu and said, "The king of Ming Japan led two thousand Yanshan escort cavalry to Daning, and the camera acted. If Li Jinglong leads the army to attack, it is only advisable to hold on to the city, and not to fight easily, so as to give the enemy an opportunity. ”

Zhang Yu frowned and persuaded when he bowed down to receive the order: "King Ning has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and His Royal Highness only brings two thousand guards, isn't it too dangerous?" "Enlightenment Book Network