After leaving the imperial city, the two separated, Yao Guangxiao got into a carriage, and Yuan Heng rode a horse himself.

"Go to the Duke of Wei's house." Yao Guangxiao said in a deep voice. Xu Huizu, the Duke of Wei, was confined at home after the martyrdom, and Mei Yin and others often went to see him in the first two years of Yongle, and later Zhu Gaoxu raised troops, and Mu Sheng's son disappeared in the capital, Zhu Di was furious, not only had restrictions on the generals of the provinces in front, but also left some family members in Beijing when the commanders and chief military officers took office, and officials of the Jianwen Department could not meet again in private, and since then, Xu Huizu has no knowledge of the outside affairs.

But Yao Guangxiao discovered one thing at that time. There don't seem to be many generals on Zhu Di's side who can be used now, and there don't seem to be many who can fight.

In the later period of the Jingnan period, Zhu Di had many generals, and most of them surrendered. Like Xu Zhong, Li Bin, Fang Kuan, etc., they all surrendered one after another, and many people had a good relationship with Zhu Gaoxu in the Jingjing.

Everyone mainly agreed with Zhu Gaoxu's military merits in the Jingjing disaster. So this led to Zhu Gaoxu's army, and Zhu Di didn't dare to appoint the general with confidence.

For example, in the direction of Guangxi, it was most suitable to send Xu Zhong to command, and Zhu Neng's ability was obviously below Xu Zhong.

But Zhu Di was not at ease, especially Xu Zhong had a good relationship with Zhu Gaoxu in the Jingjing. So Zhu Di asked Zhu Neng to be the conductor.

Of course, Yao Guangxiao and Zhu Di didn't know that Guangxi had been defeated miserably, and Zhu Neng had lost his teacher and lost his land.

Zhu Di is still relatively strong, so although there are not many generals who can be used, he still sent troops to quell the rebellion.

After Yao Guangxiao noticed this, he thought about it carefully, Xu Huizu can use this. Xu Huizu's ability is no worse than Xu Zhong, Li Bin, and Li.

But Xu Huizu is a stone in the pit, smelly and hard, and he still refuses to call Zhu Di His Majesty. Zhu Di is not a good stubble, if Queen Xu was not alive, Xu Huizu would have been killed long ago.

It was impossible for two hardened men to compromise. Therefore, Yao Guangxiao became the only person who had the right to come to see Xu Huizu after Zhu Gaoxu raised his army.

Xu Huizu didn't pay attention to him at first, but Xu Huizu didn't know what was going on outside, in fact, he was itching in his heart, especially after hearing that Zhu Gaoxu raised troops, his attitude towards Yao Guangxiao was much better.

In less than two quarters of an hour, Yao Guangxiao came to Xu Huizu's mansion. There are several doors on Xu Huizu's house, most of them are sealed, and they are built with mud and stone, and there are two teams of officers and soldiers left at the main gate.

It's just a net, and it's impossible for Xu Huizu to escape. As soon as Yao Guangxiao arrived at the door, a hundred households at the door walked over quickly, and quickly lifted the curtain of his carriage, with a very respectful attitude.

"The master is here." Yao Guangxiao nodded to him with a smile, jumped out of the carriage, and then asked, "How is the Principality of Wei's appetite lately?" ”

"Very good, almost all the dishes and meals delivered in the past few days have been eaten."

"Do you still practice martial arts?"

"Practice, he practiced in the yard by himself." Hehe, Yao Guangxiao smiled, he was still practicing martial arts at home under house arrest, this is trying to make a comeback?

I really can't guess Wei Guogong. He nodded to Baihu and entered the mansion. There are also a lot of people inside, and Xu Huizu's family is now from his wife, family and a personal servant, from the girl to the cook, all of whom are sent by the emperor.

He also has a son named Xu Qin, who is still young, should be a teenager, and now he is also confined to his home. Yao Guangxiao soon saw him in Xu Huizu's room.

When Yao Guangxiao pushed the door open, Xu Huizu was staring at the wall. Seeing Yao Guangxiao come in, Xu Huizu looked back and saw the wall again.

Yao Guangxiao looked up and saw that it was actually a map of the Ming Dynasty.

"The court lost?" Xu Huizu asked a little gloating at this time, because he saw Yao Guangxiao's disgraced face.

Yao Guangxiao smiled bitterly, found a place to sit down, and after a while, someone outside came in with tea, put it down and left.

Waiting for the man to close the door, Yao Guangxiao said: "Xue Lu went to the rebels to fight in the field without permission, and did not wait for the support of the official army, which caused a fiasco in Guizhou, and Guizhou has been lost." Xu Huizu's expression was more interesting, I guess I wanted to laugh a little, but I was embarrassed.

"How much is the loss?"

"At least 100,000 people." Xu Huizu smiled: "It's okay, it's not much, Zhu Si still has a chance." ”

“。。” Yao Guangxiao was speechless, so he could only pretend that he didn't hear it.

"What is the high opinion of the Principality of Wei?" He hurriedly changed the subject.

"What can I say?" Xu Huizu said: "Zhu Si is conceited and strategic, if he can't beat his son, he will drive the expedition in person, and it will definitely be a battle." Yao Guangxiao knew that he hated Zhu Di, but he hated another person even more.

"I heard that there is a thousand-mile horse under the throne of Han that belongs to the Duke of Wei? These thousands of miles have taken the King of Han with him in the Jing Tribulation and escaped many catastrophes. ”

"It's not a good thing." Xu Huizu was really furious. Yao Guangxiao guessed correctly, Xu Huizu hated Zhu Di, but he hated Zhu Gaoxu even more.

Zhu Gaoxu was disobedient when he came to his house when he was a child, and he was not serious about going to school in Beijing, and Xu Huizu hated him at that time.

Zhu Di raised troops because the emperor cut the domain, and there was always an excuse for returning. Zhu Gaoxu, an unscrupulous son, because he didn't become the prince, brazenly raised troops, regardless of the stability of the people of the world and the Ming Dynasty, he deserved to die.

Thinking that before Zhu Gaoxu left, he deceived his Maxima, deceived his subordinate Li Xuan, and killed Qu Neng's son he sent, Xu Huizu gritted his teeth angrily.

"Father and son don't have a good thing, Zhu Si has today, it is his retribution, but that unscrupulous son, there will be no good result, although Guizhou is defeated, as long as the imperial court holds Sichuan and defeats unscrupulous son in Guangxi, you can't be defeated again." Of course, Xu Huizu does not recognize Zhu Di as the emperor, but if Zhu Gaoxu also wants to be the emperor, he would rather be Zhu Di.

Because he can imagine that if Zhu Gaoxu wins, he will inevitably come to him in the future: Uncle, you have always felt that Gao Xue is not learned and has no skills, look, now Gao Xu is going to be the emperor, hahaha.

It's infuriating to think about.

"The Sichuan lord is Song Sheng, what is his ability?" Yao Guangxiao hurriedly asked.

"How many soldiers and horses are there on each side?" Xu Huizu asked.

"The rebels are probably less than 100,000, and Song Sheng should have 200,000." Xu Huizu nodded: "That Xue Lu, Lao Tzu has never heard of it before, how many times has he been the chief general in the Yan army?" Song Sheng has been the main general for decades, and he has always guarded one side and crusaded against one side. ”

"With him plus Qu Neng, and the number of troops is doubled, not to mention victory, there will be no problem in holding Sichuan." Yao Guangxiao said at this time: "Qu Neng has been defeated repeatedly before and lost a large part of the Sichuan Prefecture, can he really do it when Wei Guogong Jue?" Xu Huizu was stunned for a moment, and quickly said: "Qu Neng's son was killed by Buxiaozi, and he may be eager to take revenge, but don't worry, when Song Sheng arrives, with Song Sheng presiding over the overall situation, it will be fine." Yao Guangxiao still trusted his ability, and was slightly relieved when he heard this, and after thinking about it, he asked again, how is Guangxi.

He said that Guangxi had Zhu Neng and an army of 350,000. Xu Huizu said directly, I am not familiar with Zhu Neng, I don't know.

However, with so many officers and troops, if you defend the city and don't fight in vain, or fight steadily, at least it is no problem to hold Guilin.

In addition, Guilin must not be lost. Yao Guangxiao was more relieved to hear it, if he wanted to get some comfort from Xu Huizu, because Xu Huizu didn't say any strategic advice.

Before leaving, he looked at Xu Huizu again, and said, "If you want to see Your Majesty, the poor monk can think of a way-——

"Nope." Xu Huizu said angrily.

"Hey." Yao Guangxiao shook his head and left helplessly. At the same time that Yao Guangxiao went to see Xu Huizu, Yuan Hui came to the prince's mansion.

As a result, they met Liu Sheng and Chen Mao at the door. Liu Sheng inherited his father's position in the early days of Yanshan to guard hundreds of households, followed Zhang Yu in the Jingjing, participated in more than 20 battles, after the Jingnan, Zhu Di promoted him to the governor of the left army, and the commander of Huguangdu.

This time, Zhu Neng gathered troops and horses in Huguang, and Liu Sheng cooperated a lot in the early stage, but because the commander was Zhu Neng, Zhu Di transferred Liu Sheng back to Beijing, which should be reused.

Chen Mao is the son of Chen Heng, the great hero of the Jingnan, and Chen Heng's contribution to the Jingjing is more important than that of Xu Zhong's just in Huguang.

Xu Zhong only brought 50,000 soldiers and horses to surrender to Cheng, and he pretended to be held hostage. Chen Heng took more than 100,000 soldiers and horses of Daning Xingdu Division to surrender to Zhu Di in the Jing Disaster, and Zhu Di saw the soldiers and horses skyrocketing at that time, and regarded other major heroes.

Then Chen Heng died in Jingnan. After the martyrdom, his son Chen Mao was crowned Ningyang Bo with merit. The two of them didn't have much contact with the prince in Jingnan, but after Jingnan succeeded, they got closer to the prince in recent years, and it is estimated that they are also planning for the future.

Of course, Yuan Hui likes such generals to support the crown prince a lot.

"Is the prince here? Are you gone? Yuan Heng asked them at the door. The two looked at each other, and after looking at each other, Liu Sheng had a bitter face: "Just now Yuan Zhong said that the prince is a little uncomfortable, and he doesn't want to see anyone today, if there is anything important, I'll talk about it in a few days." ”

“。。” Yuan Heng was a little surprised. Seeing his puzzled expression, Chen Mao had no choice but to lower his voice and tell the truth, and he whispered: "The prince heard about the fiasco in Guizhou, and he was in a bad mood, and he heard that he didn't even eat meat at noon. ”

“。。” Yuan Hui. The prince likes to eat meat the most, especially big fat meat, and everyone knows it. I can't even eat my favorite meat, this, this, Yuan Heng knew that the fiasco in Guizhou was a big blow to the prince.

But Guizhou was defeated by no more than 100,000 officers and soldiers, and there are still more than 1 million in the imperial court, what are you panicking about, prince? In particular, the generals below came to visit, this is to take refuge in the prince, the prince is like this, it is easy for people to deviate from morality.

"Come in with me and meet the prince together." Yuan Jue said angrily. The two looked at each other again.

Sure enough, the three of them were stopped halfway through. Yuan Zhong smiled at Yuan Jue: "The prince is not feeling well, please forgive me." ”

"I'm not seen either?" Yuan Heng grimaced: "You go and ask again." ”

"Nobody is seen." Yuan Zhong stubbornly said: "The slave doesn't dare." After that, he pounced and knelt in front of Yuan Jue: "Please also Lord Yuan, don't embarrass the slave." Liu Sheng and Chen Mao's faces were not good-looking, and the two looked at each other behind Yuan Hui, wondering if they would regret joining the prince so early.

Yuan Hui originally wanted to push Yuan Zhong away and break in, but when he saw him kneeling on the ground and pretending to be miserable, after thinking about it, he shook his hand fiercely and turned away: "If the prince wants to see the lower officials, please ask the prince to send someone over." With that, he turned around and left angrily.

Liu Sheng and Chen Mao hurriedly followed. Outside the prince's mansion, Liu Sheng said thoughtfully: "The prince may be really unwell. Yuan Heng smiled bitterly: "People are like this, those things that were obtained with great difficulty, I don't want to lose them again." ”