If you want Xie Jin to tell these things that have not happened, Xie Jin will definitely not be able to say them.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, most of the readers will still have to nod their faces.

You have to let Zhang Wu and Qiu Fu, who have never read and are illiterate, say these things, and they can't say them, because these people are uneducated, they can't even use idioms, and they are homeless to say anything evil.

Therefore, Xu Huizu made up for Zhu Di's current talent vacancy.

Judging from the fact that Xu Huizu sent troops to arrest Zhu Gaoxu first, and then reported this matter to the emperor, we know that Xu Huizu knows how to do things, dares to do anything, and is not the kind of rigid person.

Zhu Di's heart to kill Xu Huizu had been greatly reduced at this time, and he hurriedly asked again: "The Kaichun Imperial Court wants to fight the rebels again, according to the Duke of Wei, where should the battlefield be placed?" ”

Xu Huizu thought for a while: "The country of abundance in Sichuan is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and Zhu Gaoxu's rebel son occupies Hanzhong again, and obviously only intends to defend it. ”

"The imperial court should send a group of soldiers and horses to defend Guanzhong, and the rest should be transferred to other places, complete their work in one battle, and fight the main force of the rebels as soon as possible."

"Fujian and Guangdong, the soldiers and horses are limited, Li Yuan is capable, but the two places must not lose, to maintain the rebel sea trade, it must also be based on defense."

"Guizhou and Guangxi have little grain, and it is easiest for the rebels to supply in Huguang, so the best battlefield should be in Huguang."

Xu Huizu believed that in other aspects, the official army should minimize the number of troops and horses, also adopt a defensive position, and then concentrate most of the troops to fight a decisive battle with the rebels in the Huguang area.

The waterways in the Huguang area are vertical and horizontal, and the local area is an important place for grain tax in the Ming Dynasty, which is suitable for supply, so the main force of the rebels must be in Huguang.

Zhu Di asked again: "Who can be the main general?" ”

He deliberately tested Xu Huizu, of course, if Xu Huizu really volunteered, Zhu Di would definitely not be at ease and would not agree.

Xu Huizu really said: "Except for your royal conquest, no one can help that rebel." ”

Zhu Di thought so.

Not long after Xu Huizu left, Zhu Di heard another piece of news that made people angry.

Jin Yiwei commanded Ji Gang to report, he took people to Xu Zhong's mansion and found that Xu Zhong's son, daughter-in-law and grandson were missing.

Xu Zhong's wife, Wu Miaoshun, gave birth to three sons (Xu Yanbao, Xu Seng Bao, and Xu Sanbao), all of whom died young.

Now only one concubine, Xu An (not Xu Xiang's son Xu An), is still alive.

When Jinyiwei came to the door, the rest of the Xu family was there, so Xu An's family went out.

Zhu Di was furious at the time, and he was helpless, because Ji Gang came to the door when he got the order, it was daytime, and it was possible for Xu An to go out, if he came to the door again at night, then he would be able to block the house.

Later, I learned that it was the death day of Wu Miaoshun's eldest son, Wu Miaoshun was not in good health, and Xu An took the whole family out to worship on behalf of his mother, but he was not at home.

Now that Jinyi Wei is looking for Xu An all over the city, Zhu Di feels that things have not been going well recently.

Just when he was thinking, Hou Xian suddenly came to report, and Xu Zhenren asked to see him.

Zhu Di asked her to come over.

Xu Miaojin came to Zhu Di, first saw the emperor's ceremony, and then said that she wanted to wait for the eldest sister to finish her affairs in a few days and return to Beiping.

When Zhu Di entered Beijing, she didn't want to come over, but because of the invitation of her sister Queen Xu, she was reluctant to make it difficult, and now that her eldest sister has died, she is naturally not in the mood.

Zhu Di's face sank when he heard this, he wanted to say uncertainly, but he couldn't find a reason, and Xu Miaojin deliberately chose this time, Zhu Di thought about it helplessly, so he had to nod his head.

He also took it and let it go, Xu Miaojin directly rejected him in the name of becoming a monk in history, and he didn't take Xu Miaojin well.

So he said to Hou Xian, gave something to Xu Miaojin, and asked her to return to her hometown, and Hou Xian agreed one by one.

A few days later, Xu Miaojin left Beijing from the Shichuan Gate with several carts of belongings, and just arrived at the city gate, he found that in addition to the sergeants, there was also a team of brocade guards at the city gate.

Jin Yiwei saw her carriage passing by, and was about to stop and inspect it.

Suddenly, driving, several horsemen galloped in the distance, and the brocade guards looked up and found that it was the top boss, commanding Ji Gang.

Ji Gang said angrily, do you know whose carriage this is? She is the younger sister of Empress Xu.

The brocade guards were half frightened to death, and the guards at the gate also looked at each other, watching Xu Miaojin leave.

Not far from the carriage out of Beijing, Xu An, his son Xu Qi, and his wife Yang hurriedly got off the car and thanked Xu Miaojin.

After Ji Gang revealed that day, the Li family immediately sent Yizha to inform the Xu family, and the Xu family did not dare to run away, because it was impossible for so many people to run away, after thinking about it again, Xu An ran away with the family, and hid in Xu Miaojin's house first, and his mother and other relatives were all executed.

Xu Miaojin sighed at this time: "It's a pity that our ability is limited. ”

Xu An held back his grief and was already very grateful to King Han and Xu Zhenren, King Han's great kindness, and he never dared to forget it.

After the family came out of Beijing, they immediately turned to Zhejiang, and then fled to Fujian by sea.

Xu Zhong's son was not killed, of course Zhu Di was unhappy, but he couldn't care about it now.

The day after Empress Xu's death, Zhu Di summoned all the civil and military forces and decided on his grand strategy.

After the beginning of spring, 70 guards in Beijing, nearly 400,000 soldiers and horses, leaving 10 guards, that is, more than 50,000 to stay, and the remaining more than 300,000, all transferred, another from Beiping Liaodong about 200,000, Shanxi and Henan provinces more than 100,000, Jiangnan provinces 50,000, Huai'an more than 100,000 (the original Mei Yin in this training army 300,000 part), a total of 800,000, and Huguang and the rebels a showdown, then he will drive the personal expedition, in one fell swoop will be the rebels level.

In fact, from last year to now, Jingying has gone through several batches, like Liu Sheng and Chen Mao, all of whom left Beijing ahead of schedule with Jingying last year.

Considering the importance of the decisive battle in Huguang, Zhu Di decided that the place that needed to be defended was even more important.

Ling led Liu Sheng to lead the four guards to defend Kaifeng, and Chen Mao led the four guards to guard Nanyang.

In addition to the eight guards in Henan, the basic soldiers and horses have been evacuated, and the county governments only leave a few hundred soldiers, and then order the local recruits to recruit young and strong, plus the archers of the inspection department to defend the city, the effect can of course be imagined, if the rebels come in, all over the country will definitely fall, but as long as the rebels do not come in, it still has some effect.

Kaifeng and Nanyang are the only places for the Central Plains to enter Shandong, one is behind Huguang, one can support Shanxi and Guanzhong at any time, and the other can go to Wuchang at any time.

Therefore, it can not only protect the Huguang official army, but also support Shanxi and Guanzhong.

The generals were shocked when they heard this, because Zhu Di was too bold, and only left ten guards in Beijing, more than 50,000 people.

When Jing was martyred, Zhu Yunwen left 200,000 people without worry, and he felt that there were few soldiers, but he didn't expect Zhu Di to be so bold.

Of course, Zhu Di also did this in the Jingjing, every time he led the army out to fight, only more than 10,000 people were left in Beiping.

Jin Zhong asked, what if the rebels were more bold, concentrated their troops and horses, and attacked the Beijing division from the coast of Zhejiang and from the waterway?

Zhu Di said, Meng Shan was stationed in Zhenjiang, and the rebel son was in the army, and I built a fort in Zhenjiang to control the waterway, and it was almost impossible for foreign sailors to pass through Zhenjiang smoothly, unless the guards over there surrendered to Zhu Gaoxu.

Meng Shan, as Zhu Di's confidant of the martyrdom, will definitely not descend.

Yao Guangxiao said slowly at this time: "In the direction of Liaodong in Beiping, how many soldiers and horses are there?" When more are drawn to Huguang, the rebels must not be given the slightest chance of victory. ”

Now they are still in Guanzhong, so in the direction of Beiping, there is no possibility that the rebels will come in.

In the Jing Rebellion, the Southern Army had organized an army of 600,000 at most, but it was still defeated by the Northern Army.

So Yao Guangxiao felt that 800,000 was still not enough.

"In the direction of Beiping, I only left more than 30,000 people to garrison the border passes and Beiping, and the rest that can be transferred have been transferred."

In addition, Qiu Fu is recruiting and training new soldiers in Huai'an, and there are still about 100,000 there, but most of them are recruits, which can be sent to various places for reinforcements.

Zhu Di analyzed to the generals that the rebels pay more attention to the territory and will leave a large number of soldiers and horses in Sichuan, Guangxi, Guizhou and other provinces, and there are definitely not as many soldiers and horses in Huguang as ours.

We can win with less and more in the Jingjing, but we are still afraid that there will be many rebels?

Everyone suddenly thought of the big battle at the time of Jingjing, thinking about following Zhu Di, it seemed that they were not afraid of anything, even if they lost, they could still turn over.

When it was difficult, they also lost a lot, and in the end they won again.

This strategy was decided by Zhu Di when he convened many civil and military forces, including the participation of the six Shangshu, and it was also proposed by Xu Huizu.

But after the meeting ended, Zhu Di left Yao Guangxiao, Yuan Hui, Jin Zhong, Qiu Fu, Zhu Neng, Chen Zhi, Wang Cong and several others alone.

"Jin Zhong, don't go back to Wuchang, go to Jiujiang to re-establish the Pinghan Bu Political Envoy Department, and make every effort to transfer resources from all over the country to Mianxi."

"Your Majesty?" Several henchmen are unknown.

Jiujiang is considered to be the flank of Huguang, which is quite important, and the imperial court also intends to defend it with heavy troops.

Now Zhu Di suddenly wants to move the political envoy of Pinghan to Jiujiang, which seems to be a little different.

Sure enough, Zhu Di said.

"With my understanding of the rebel, every time the rebel fights is unexpected, in the past, the imperial court had the upper hand, but he attacked everywhere, and now the rebel has the upper hand, and he may defend instead."

“。。” The crowd was noncommittal.

Zhu Di continued: "Our million-strong army is heading to Huguang, and the rebel may want to avoid the edge first to wait for work. ”

"So, I'm thinking, I have to go to another battlefield and give him a hard blow."

"What does Your Majesty mean?" Zhu Neng asked puzzled.

"Fuzhou is an important source of grain, grass and silver for him, and there are not enough soldiers and horses in Fujian and Guangdong."

"If we can capture Fuzhou and cut off all kinds of support from the rebels, even if we can't fight the rebels in Huguang, we will be able to drag the rebels to death sooner or later."

It turned out that Zhu Di said on the surface that he was going to fight a decisive battle with the rebels in Huguang, but in private he actually had the idea of attacking Fuzhou.

I have to say that Zhu Di is really bold.

Just like when Jing was in trouble, he dealt with the officials and soldiers of the imperial court while still having time to sneak attack Daning.

That's right, Zhu Di knew that Zhu Gaochu was rich, and Fuzhou was now Zhu Gaoxu's logistics base, a transit station, and a large number of businessmen went there to do business with Zhu Gaoxu, bringing him a steady stream of wealth and grain.

Therefore, Zhu Di wanted to draw a salary from the bottom of the kettle, raid Fuzhou, and knock out Zhu Gaoxu's roots.

"Your Majesty is wise." Yao Guangxiao rarely exclaimed: "This trick is very good, hitting the snake and hitting seven inches, Fuzhou, can be regarded as the seven inches of the Han King." ”

"If you can break Fuzhou and then go south to Guangdong, you will have a chance to enter Jiaozhi, and then the overall situation will be alive." Yuan Heng's eyebrows fluttered, and he was excited, as if if he broke Fuzhou, and the imperial court would definitely win.

(End of chapter)