At this time, it has been more than a month since Zhu Gaoxu entered Beijing, Mao Xin left the Beijing Division very easily, and the guards lifted the curtain and didn't see anyone, so they let him go directly, not paying attention to the fact that there would be a layer of splints inside.

After the two arrived outside, Song Changlin and Zhou Hu were already waiting for them with their horses.

This time, they did not dare to go from Longjiang Pass, and went south along the river first, crossed the river from Taipingfu, and went around the distance.

Although it was far away, the investigation here was not so strict, and there was no general who knew Zhu Gaoxu, so it was easy to cross the river.

Along the way, they also tried their best to bypass the big city, take the trail, and re-took the road that Zhu Gaoxu escaped from Beijing, detoured to Henan to avoid the main force of the official army, and re-walked Hanling Mountain.

Zhu Gaoxu went to Hanling Mountain, and there are also some important people here here.

For example, Qu Neng's son Qu Tao, Huang Yan's mother, and his woman Jing Shu.

Walking to the familiar narrow road, there was an unfamiliar feeling in front of me.

I remember the last time I came, there were canyons on both sides, and in the middle was a path less than half a meter wide.

This time there are towers built above the canyon, and many new trees have been planted on both sides, and the branches are flourishing along the way, and if you don't look closely, you can't see that there was once a passage here.

Zhu Gaoxu knew at a glance that now this place is more concealed and more defensive.

He stood at the intersection and looked left and right, and couldn't help but ask, "How long is this?" ”

Song Changlin said proudly: "About one hundred and eighty steps." ”

Then he added: "As long as we hold on, even if 18,000 people come to attack, we won't be able to attack it." ”

It's a real one-man affair.

In the absence of heavy artillery and advanced gunpowder in later generations, it was impossible to attack it with the existing equipment in the early Ming Dynasty alone.

"No other intersections?" The first time Mao Xin came, he was a little unbelieving.

This passage is surrounded by mountain walls on both sides, and the mountain road is narrow, so it is indeed difficult to walk.

And before they came, they were still the same as when Zhu Gaoxu first came, they had to go through the hanging basket first, and then they came here.

The gondola can be overcome, but this passage can hardly be overcome.

"The entrance to the east side is blocked." Song Changlin said: "We have been digging for more than a year and piled up a mountain. ”

Originally, they planted a lot of trees on the east side, and there were also very graves, forming a gloomy area, and there were no people for so many years, but after Zhu Gaoxu was sure that this place needed to stay, in the past year or so, they slowly dug and filled it, and the passage on the east side was completely blocked.

After coming in, Zhu Gaoxu felt that the inside was also different from before.

Chen Ye, who was in charge of staying behind, was the brother (cousin) of the Chen Wen clan, and according to Zhu Gaoxu's meaning, he replanned the layout inside, with the east side being the residence, the west side being the training office, and the north and south were all fields.

In the past, Han Xin had hoarded troops here, so the middle of this valley was very large, and only their leveled training ground, two or three thousand soldiers and horses could be trained at the same time.

And now there are fertile fields, orchards, vegetable fields, poultry cattle and sheep, and if there are two or three thousand people, it is completely self-sufficient.

After a while, Chen Ye brought people to meet Zhu Gaoxu.

Zhu Gaoxu asked happily: "How many people are there here now?" ”

"Three hundred and twelve." Chen Ye said with a smile: "According to His Highness's instructions, every time we go out to replenish, we will pay attention to some wandering beggars, orphans or fleeing people, select some people to bring in, teach them to read and write, and practice military practice." ”

Chen Ye took Zhu Gaoxu to the training ground, where there were fifty or sixty teenagers who were training in the queue, using the later generation queue training method written by Zhu Gaoxu himself, he had never been a soldier, and his only memory was university military training, so it was definitely not perfect, but at least it was stronger than the training of the Ming army.

These teenagers were brought in by many of them during the year, and most of them were orphans.

"Okay, good job." Zhu Gaoxu was very satisfied.

These people can be trained to be dead soldiers, and the key is to keep brainwashing them.

Now Han Wangsai has become his logistics base, hiding his biggest secret.

Fortunately, the safety here is quite large, and you have to use a hanging basket to come in, and you have to go through a narrow road of more than 100 steps.

It's even more impossible to escape.

For example, when Qu Tao first came, he wanted to escape several times, but he couldn't escape the first pass, and the narrow road of more than 100 steps was guarded day and night, and it would be blocked at night.

He has been here for more than a year, and he has been in the plug for a long time, and finally knows that there is no hope of escape, and now he can live in peace.

Just a month before Zhu Gaoxu came, Qu Tao and Chen Wen's daughter-in-law Duan Lanxin got married.

Zhu Gaoxu went to see Qu Tao for the first time.

Qu Tao seems to have gained a little weight, probably because the food here is good, and there is nothing to do.

However, it is said that he still insists on practicing martial arts every day and does not dare to relax.

Seeing Zhu Gaoxu coming, Qu Tao was stunned at first, and then hurriedly stepped forward to pay respects.

"Meet King Gaoyang, my father?"

He thought that Qu Neng was also here, because he had heard that Qu Neng was defeated and arrested.

"Your father doesn't know that you are here, don't worry, this king assures you that there will always be a day when your father and son meet, and the Qu family at that time will definitely be far more than now."

Qu Tao thought thoughtfully: "King Gao Yang seems to be playing a big game of chess?" ”

Zhu Gaoxu looked into the distance and said slowly: "I want to play a good game of chess, but I don't know if the result will be satisfactory." ”

"Our father and son are also chess pieces in the chessboard of King Gaoyang, right?" Qu Tao sighed.

Zhu Gaoxu said quietly: "Some people will throw away the chess pieces after they use them, but I, Zhu Gaoxu, will never forget those who helped me." ”

Qu Tao was slightly moved, and he didn't know if he believed it.

After a while, he said, "I see that King Gaoyang is training dead soldiers, all of them are newcomers from outside, orphans--"

"Yes." Zhu Gaoxu looked at him meaningfully and continued to listen to him.

"Chen Ye, they trained very well, and it is said that they still use the queue training method written by King Gao Yang. But--" Qu Tao said, "King Gaoyang should be mentioned more." ”

"King Gaoyang may be trying to keep it secret, but I'm thinking, who the dead are loyal to, whose dead man is, you have to distinguish clearly."

"Oh" Zhu Gaoxu didn't expect the young Qu Tao to raise such an interesting topic: "What do you mean by Brother Qu?" ”

He opened his mouth and addressed his brother directly.

"When they are instilled, King Gaoyang is their master's will, and after many years, they will inevitably go deep into their minds and become King Gaoyang's henchman."

Qu Tao knew the role of brainwashing and propaganda at such a young age, Zhu Gaoxu used to keep it secret, but now that he thinks about it, it really makes sense.

After this dead soldier is trained, whose dead man will be in the future?

Chen Ye's? Or is he Zhu Gaoxu's?

"Brother Qu is reasonable, you should do it."

When it comes to brainwashing and propaganda, Zhu Gaoxu must be a good hand, and at that moment he called Chen Ye over, signaling him to strengthen brainwashing and propaganda on these teenagers in the future, and he must let him know that what they eat and what saves their lives is all from King Gaoyang.

Zhu Gaoxu patted Qu Tao: "You are still young, less than twenty years old, you still have a lot of time, practice martial arts and fitness, in the future, this king will definitely let you leave a name in history and be famous all over the world." ”

Qu Tao looked excited, and seemed to be faintly looking forward to the arrival of this day.

Zhu Gaoxu stayed in King Han for a few days, met with these young teenagers, and declared his identity as his master.

The most important thing is that Jing Shu is also here, and he rarely finds time to accompany Jing Shu for a few days.

Jing Shu also just returned here from the south last month, and took Zhu Gaoxu's son Zhu Zhancheng, Xiao Zhancheng is almost a year old, and he has been wandering outside since he was so young, and he has only seen his father until now.

Zhu Gaoxu hugged him every day and accompanied the mother and son for several days before reluctantly leaving.

He also had children in Beiping City, but he didn't behave like this, also to compensate Jing Shu.

When he left Han Wangsai and returned to Beiping all the way, it was already the beginning of January of the fourth year of Jianwen (1402).

After arriving in Beiping, he learned that his father, Zhu Di, had set out again with a large army at the beginning of December last year, and was already fighting with the southern army at this time.

And Zhu Gaoxu had just returned from Beijing after nine deaths, and he was really angry that King Yan asked him to negotiate, so he took advantage of the situation to rest in Beiping, and King Yan didn't call him anyway.

And when he came back, he found that this time King Yan went on an expedition and transferred his vassal rider Li Xian away.

When Li Xianbu first followed him, there were more than 1,000 horsemen, and the king of Yan fought a Dongchang battle, with heavy casualties, remaining seven or eight hundred horsemen, and then fought with the southern army, captured some of the southern army's feudal cavalry, supplemented it, and gathered more than 1,000.

But Li Xian and other feudal cavalry have already complained about King Yan, because King Yan is old-fashioned in fighting, he likes to use cavalry to charge, especially like to rush into the infantry formation, which is the strength of the Ming army, but not the strength of the feudal cavalry.

Their cavalry agreed with Zhu Gaochu very much, because Zhu Gaochu liked to take advantage of their strengths, the Mongols' cavalry shooting, the enemy advanced and retreated, and the enemy retreated and I chased, always pestering the enemy to plunder and shoot, and never rushed the enemy indiscriminately.

On this day, Li Xian's brother Li Cun (Mongolian name Bai Azhe) came to Zhu Gaoxu's mansion with his two relatives.

In the last war, he was hit by an arrow in the leg, this time he stayed in Beiping to recuperate, and when he heard that Zhu Gaoxu was back, Li Cun took his two relatives and soldiers, and also took some dairy products to visit him.

Zhu Gaoxu enthusiastically invited him into the mansion, asked about his injuries as soon as he opened his mouth, and took some expensive medicines, Li Cun was very moved, and couldn't help sighing: "This time King Yan asked my brother to send troops again, in fact, my brother is unwilling, but there is no way, he can't make King Gaoyang embarrassed." ”

Zhu Gaoxu's eyes lit up when he heard this, Li Cun meant this, Li Xian and his clan belonged to Zhu Gaochu by default, and Zhu Gaoxu was their master.

"It is precisely because of the fierceness of the two generals' subordinates that my father wants to use the two generals." Zhu Gaoxu said with a straight face: "I hope they return safely." ”

"King Yan won't use our soldiers and horses at all, he will only rush hard." Li Cun said directly at this time: "It's still better to use King Gaoyang, we all like to follow King Gaoyang." ”

Zhu Gaoxu's expression was suddenly embarrassed, and he looked left and right.

Li Cun's personality is very direct, and he said straight to the point: "What is King Gaoyang afraid of, this is your house, who else will eavesdrop?" ”

Zhu Gaoxu smiled bitterly: "General Li has spoken to my heart, but you can't say this nonsense outside." ”

"Of course, I also vomited in front of King Gaoyang."

Li Cun's personality is very bold, which is very different from Wang Yan's restraint and Li Xian's stability.

I talked a lot to Zhu Gaoxu that day, and before leaving, Li Cun thought for a while and said, "Is King Gaoyang free on the eighth day of the second month?" ”

(End of chapter)