At the beginning of February, Beiping was extremely cold, but Zhu Gaosui's heart was even colder.

Recently, the soldiers and horses of Beiping City have been frequently mobilized, and a large number of soldiers and horses from Beiping have been gathered and driven to Huguang.

The imperial court was preparing for the decisive battle of Huguang, and Zhu Di ordered all the three guards of Zhu Gaosui, the king of Zhao, to be transferred.

These days, the soldiers of Beiping City have entered and exited, Zhao Wangsan's guards have been transferred out, and soldiers and horses from outside the city have been transferred in.

Zhu Gaosui saw it in his eyes, and felt a little uncomfortable.

When the second brother Zhu Gaochu raised troops, he was very unoptimistic, but he did not expect Zhu Gaochu to suddenly break out, occupy several provinces in a row, and soon form a trend of confrontation with the imperial court.

At this time, his heart was alive, the second brother can raise troops, can I raise troops?

But he still has points, and if you think about it a little, you can understand that not all cats and dogs can raise troops.

Zhu Di was able to raise troops back then, and Zhu Gaoxu can raise troops now, because they are military generals themselves, and they have lived and died with other generals on the battlefield, not only can they fight, but also win people's hearts, as well as their own territory and money and food, and they have a large number of henchmen.

He, King Zhao Zhu Gaosui, is now raising troops, who will follow him?

Who will believe him?

Zhu Gaosui is a smart person, and if he understands this, he knows that it is impossible for him to raise troops, and the only thing he can think about is to get benefits from Zhu Gaoxu's rebellion.

When Zhu Gaochu first raised the army, Zhu Gaosui immediately expressed his support to his father and supported the imperial court, and under Zhu Di's instructions, he sent an article angrily reprimanding Zhu Gaoxu.

But no one expected that in just half a year, the situation in the world suddenly reversed, Zhu Gaoxu won victory after victory, and the court was in trouble.

Now that even the soldiers and horses in Beiping have been transferred, Zhu Gaosui began to regret his original decision.

Just when he was thinking nonsense, the door outside the hall opened, and a gust of cold wind blew in, Zhu Gaosui's whole body trembled, and his expression was not good.

The next moment, the eunuch Huang Yan walked in.

"Close the door, it's cold." Zhu Gaosui hurriedly said.

Huang Yan hurriedly closed the door and walked cautiously in front of him.

"How's it going out there?" Zhu Gaosui asked.

"After the king's three guards were transferred, the seven guards of Beiping were transferred to five guards." Huang Yan said helplessly: "It seems that we have to support Huguang." ”

Zhu Gaosui's face was a little unsightly, and now it was useless for him to think about anything, and the soldiers and horses were gone.

"I just came in today, and the slave inquired about it, and it was from Huai'an."

"Huh?" Zhu Gaosui looked incredulous: "Huai'an soldiers and horses are here? ”

"Not only the regular army, but even the family members seem to have come." Huang Yan said: "The imperial court transferred a large number of officials and troops from Beiping to Huguang, and then transferred soldiers and horses from other places to take over Beiping, and even brought their families over. ”

"According to the slave maid, will His Majesty want to move the capital?" Huang Yan said, raised his head and looked at Zhu Gaosui carefully.

Zhu Gaosui's face became even more ugly, even if he didn't move the capital, his father Zhu Di seemed to have no confidence in guarding the Jingshi.

Zhu Di has no confidence in guarding the Beijing Division, not because the walls of the Beijing Division are not tall and there are not many soldiers and horses, but because he does not trust the civil officials of the Beijing Division.

Only Beiping is his foundation, and he can feel safe when he comes back.

Zhu Gaosui felt that his father might not be able to kill the second brother, because he was planning to retreat to Beiping.

Just when he was talking to Huang Yan, someone outside came to spread the word, and Guo Zi, the political envoy of Beiping and the secretary of the administrative department, asked to see King Zhao.

In the first year of Yongle, Zhu Di changed Beiping to Beijing (we still call it Beiping first), placed the Beijing department, set up two Shangshu, and served as the same political envoy.

Guo Zi is the political envoy of Beiping and the secretary of the ministry, and he is in charge of six ministries.

After that, Zhu Di ordered the construction of the imperial city in Beiping, which was also under the responsibility of Guo Zi.

Therefore, Zhu Gaosui has more respect for Guo Zi, because he knows that Guo Zi is his father's confidant.

"Let him in." Zhu Gaosui hurriedly said.

After a while, Guo Zi also entered the main hall, and with him, there was actually an acquaintance.

"Qi Guogong?" Zhu Gaosui didn't expect Qiu Fu to come.

Qi Guogong laughed and stepped forward to meet King Zhao.

Qiu Fu said that today he and Fang Sheng (Fu Changbo), Guo Liang (Cheng Anhou), Fang Kuan (Si Enhou) Xu Li (Wu Kangbo), Sun Yan (Ying Chengbo), Chen Qi (Taining Hou) and so on came to Beiping, and then several of them, with Zhao Wang, responsible for the city defense affairs of Beiping and the north, I will leave in two days, when I leave, I will take away the elite of the seven guards in Beiping, and there will be three guards of Huai'an to participate in the defense of Beiping.

Zhu Gaosui felt even more that Zhu Di had made two preparations, drawing elite soldiers to participate in the decisive battle of Huguang, and Huai'an's new guard to participate in the defense of Beiping.

Qiu Fu then said: "Your Majesty asked me to come and say hello, the court is short of money now, and this year's Prince's Mansion will be postponed." ”

“。。” Zhu Gaosui was stunned for a few breaths, but immediately made an expression of concern for his father: "The son and the emperor gave everything to him, of course, he fully supports his father." ”

"If only King Han could think like King Zhao. Ay. Qiu Fu shook his head.

Everyone was speechless.

After the two left, Huang Yan looked at Zhu Gaosui and said with a smile: "So many generals have come to Beiping, and they have seen the excitement of the Jingjing disaster." ”

"Mother's." Zhu Gaosui scolded in his heart, and said that there is no need to cut Lao Tzu's fortune.

But the father's arrangement is quite interesting.

Qiu Fu is more familiar with the seven guards of Beiping, before the Jingjing, he was a thousand households in the Northern Army, and he was known as a prestige in the Northern Army, so he should have come to extract the elite and quietly put the elite of Beiping into the Huguang battlefield.

Fang Sheng and Guo Liang, one guarded Tongzhou and the other guarded Yongping in Jingjing, and the entire Jingnan fought for several years, and they tried their best to ensure that they did not lose.

Especially Guo Liang, the defense of the city is very level, there are only a few thousand subordinates, facing tens of thousands of officers and troops in Shanhaiguan and Liaodong, they do not move at all, and they are stuck in place like nails.

Sun Yan has also been stationed in Tongzhou during the Jingjing disaster, partnering with Fang Sheng.

But this time he was transferred back to Beiping, which meant that he was a hostage.

Because his daughter married Zhu Gaoxu.

After Zhu Gaochu raised his army, Sun Yan was in Kaiping at the time, and he immediately expressed his stance to draw a clear line with Zhu Gaoxu, but Zhu Di still recruited him back to Beijing and put him under house arrest.

This time it was brought to Beiping, which also means control.

Because his son, Zhu Gaoxu's eldest brother-in-law Sun Heng, is still in Henan.

After Sun Heng was martyred, he was promoted to the commander of the Henan capital.

Zhu Gaoxu raised troops and also expressed his stance to draw a clear line with Zhu Gaoxu, but Zhu Di immediately sent a new commander to Henan, so that Henan, like Beiping, had a situation of two commanders, and the main affairs in the army were all in charge of the other commander.

Sun Heng is equivalent to being idle, and Sun Yan is controlled in the Jingshi.

After the martyrdom of Chen Qi (Marquis of Taining), he stayed in Beiping with his son, and Yongle was responsible for cooperating with Guo Zi in the fourth year (last year) to rebuild Beiping City and repair the Imperial City.

But as soon as this matter was done, Zhu Gaoxu reversed, so he stayed in Beiping.

When Zhu Di first became the Fifth Army, he was the chief general of the First Army, and his subordinates were very numerous, and this time he was brought to Beiping, obviously to prevent Fang Kuan from surrendering to Zhu Gaoxu, because Fang Kuan voted, many of Fang Kuan's subordinates of the original Northern Army may follow suit.

After Xu Li was martyred, he has been stationed in Beiping with Guo Zi, and he is the commander of Beiping, and he is also one of Zhu Dixin's generals.

Zhu Gaosui found that Zhu Di's arrangement not only made Beiping as solid as a mountain, but the surrounding provinces would also strengthen their defenses.

Sure enough, within a few days, important prefectures and counties such as Changping, Baoding, and Jizhou nearby, as well as important guards, all changed generals, and soldiers and horses were replaced.

Zhu Gaosui was still silently thinking about his father Zhu Di's layout in Beiping, and Huang Yan on the side whispered at this time: "The situation is getting more and more serious, and the king should also prepare early." ”

"What?" Zhu Gaosui raised his head and glared at Huang Yan.

Huang Yan remained silent and said cautiously: "When the King of Han raised his army, the king expressed his support for the imperial court, and if the King of Han wins in the future, he will definitely come to investigate the king." ”

Zhu Gaosui was stunned for a moment, and then forced a smile: "The second brother loves me the most, and he knows that I am also forced to do it, not to oppose him." ”

Huang Yan immediately said: "I'm afraid that the King of Han will be red-eyed and unreasonable, it is rumored outside that the King of Han is very unfriendly to the clan." ”

When Zhu Gaosui heard Huang Yan's words, he carefully recalled Zhu Gaoxu's past in his mind.

Zhu Gaoxu was relatively close to him back then, and he didn't seem to get along with the son.

I also told him many times in person that we are brothers.

But Zhu Gaosui is not a fool, he will also say good things when he says them.

Back then, he felt that Zhu Gaoxu seemed to be a different person since he came back from Beijing, more difficult to figure out than before, and in short, he seemed to be smarter than before.

What Huang Yan said seems to make sense, in case this guy kills his red eyes, he may also take this opportunity to eradicate me?

Zhu Gaosui is not thinking about whether he can raise troops now, but thinking about how to keep his wealth and nobility if Zhu Gaochu wins.

He couldn't help but look at Huang Yan and sighed, "What can this king do?" Beiping is full of his father's people, and the three guards are also transferred. ”

Huang Yan said: "Of course, we still have to support Your Majesty on the surface, but we must also be careful in case of accidents." (King Han wins)"

"In your opinion, what are the chances of my second brother winning?" Zhu Gaosui asked directly.

Huang Yan smiled bitterly: "The slave is a eunuch, and he doesn't understand military affairs, how can he see it, do you want the slave and maid to see it, Your Majesty is eloquent and strategic, and you have a million troops in the imperial court, it must be Your Majesty's victory." ”

"But the war is not based on the number of people, when Jing is difficult, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses from the imperial court came over, and in the end, His Majesty won."

"You dog minion, if you say it, you don't say it." Zhu Gaosui scolded with a smile.

But he knew that what Huang Yan said was right, he was not afraid of what happened, he was afraid of 10,000, on the surface, his father was strong, but he also had to prevent his second brother from winning.

So, how to prepare?

"What's your idea?" Zhu Gaosui asked: "The second brother loved this king very much back then, and this king actually wanted to care about the second brother." ”

Huang Yan was silent for a while, and he still had Zhu Gaoxu's words in his head.

Zhu Gaosui is a very smart person, don't be clever in front of him.

"Beiping City is rebuilding its city defenses." Huang Yan said in a deep voice: "Let's quietly collect the place and troop configuration map of the reconstruction of Beiping City Defense, pinch it in our hands, and see the situation at that time. ”

"If King Han wins, maybe it will be useful in the future?"

"This dog minion, let this king step on two boats." Zhu Gaosui scolded, and then laughed again: "But what you said is good, just do it." ”

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