At the beginning of September, the news of the defeat at the front had been transmitted back to Beiping, and the defeated soldiers of the Beijing camp fled back without permission.

Not to mention that the information of merchants from all over the world follows the ship, which is still relatively fast.

After Zhu Di was defeated, he didn't even return to Jingshi, and went directly to Beiping.

A few days later, news came that He Yunzhong raised 30,000 troops to surrender to Xiangyang, and also broke Wuchang and captured Jin Zhong, the political envoy of Pinghan who stayed in Wuchang, to the king of Xianhan.

Jingshi was even more flustered.

But the prince was furious and asked Jinyiwei to capture and kill Heyunzhong's family.

Jinyi Wei calmed Mu Su some time ago and jumped up and down to help the prince with his heart.

Ji Gang was sent out on an errand, supposedly to arrest Jiangnan businessmen who were smuggling grain to the rebels, and never returned.

Ji Gang was not there, and Mu Su was reused.

Don't look at Mu Su and Ji Gang when they are together, they are more stupid, but Ji Gang is not there, and he is not bad at doing things.

Some time ago, the prince said that the Beijing division was short of food, and Ji Gang was sent out to investigate the merchants who colluded with the rebels, and Mu Su quietly sent people to investigate the rice merchants in the Beijing division, and seized the opportunity to arrest a few rice merchants, and on the premise of trying not to offend the high-ranking officials, in just a few days, more than 300,000 stone were searched, and the prince praised him.

These merchants hoarded Juqi, hid a large amount of grain and rice in the courtyard, and sold a little bit every day, raising the price of grain in Beijing, and also making the front army fall into the predicament of lack of food.

Mu Su tried his best to do things at first, but after the news came that the imperial court was defeated and was ready to retreat to Beiping, Mu Su's brain also became active.

Zhu Di, the emperor, has not been sitting for a long time, can he return to Beiping to appease again? Phew, don't look at who he's up against.

The Han King who won all battles.

But Mu Su didn't have a good way, he didn't usually move around like Ji Gang, and he didn't have a relationship with King Han, so he was a little anxious for a while.

However, he was a little procrastinating at this time, and the prince's work of checking grain and carrying goods was handed over to him, and now he is becoming less and less concerned, thinking about who he can have a relationship with all day long.

On this day, he received the task of catching and Yunzhong, and he was more cautious.

After arresting the people, he didn't kill them immediately, he locked them up first, and then reported them, asking the prince how to kill them and when to kill them?

When I returned home from the Zhenfu Division after all the official duties that day, a servant suddenly reported, and a colleague came to the door at the back door, Pang Ying.

"What?" Mu Su hurriedly asked people to call Pang Ying in.

Pang Ying and Ji Gang went out together, but they didn't expect to come back quietly.

"Where's Brother Ji?" Mu Su hurriedly asked.

"The commander is now in Suzhou." Pang Ying was dressed in civilian clothes and a hat, obviously not wanting to be recognized.

However, he usually came to the door many times, so everyone in Musu's mansion knew him.

After waiting for the servant who served the tea to retreat, Mu Su hurriedly said, "Is there something wrong with Brother Ji?" ”

Pang Ying thought about it, looked at his eager expression, and seemed to understand something in his heart: "Zhu Di, the emperor, won't be long in office." ”

Mu Su was stunned for a moment, and then laughed, Ji Gang deserves to be a fellow villager, and he actually thought of a piece.

"That's what Lao Tzu thinks too, hahaha." Mu Su smiled.

"Now there's an opportunity to let the Pacification Envoy serve the King of Han, I don't know-"

"The villain is willing to serve the King of Han." Mu Su hurriedly said.

It's really a tree falling apart, Pang Ying sighed in his heart.

——

The only sailors in the imperial court were now divided into two parts.

Part of it is in the hands of Meng Shan, but Meng Shan is not a sailor general, but because he is a close confidant of Zhu Di, he forcibly assigned Chen Xuan's sailor to him a part, and then added the sailor in Shandong, there are about three or four hundred ships, and now he has arrived in Beijing, and is helping the prince to transport goods and people to Beiping.

But there are too many people and things that need to leave in Beiping, and such a boat is obviously not enough.

The other naval division and the only remaining ships were in the hands of the chief officer of Caoyun, Pingjiang Bo Chen Xuan, including the two provinces south of the Yangtze River (directly under Zhejiang) and part of Shandong, about seven or eight hundred ships of all sizes.

But although Chen Xuan owned so many ships, the actual number of soldiers and horses was less than 10,000, and many of the ships were only sailors sailing back to Zhenjiang.

There was no way, the officers and men of the Navy Division were either buried in the Huguang and Jiujiang battlefields, or surrendered in the Fujian battlefield.

At the end of August, Chen Xuan and Meng Shan returned to Zhenjiang from Suzhou, and then Meng Shan took some boats back to Beijing first, because Meng Shan didn't know that Zhu Di was going to evacuate Beijing, so he didn't take many boats away, after all, after there were more ships, Longjiang Wharf couldn't be lined up.

Chen Xuan was stationed in Zhenjiang, blocking the river with iron chains and boats, and the ships were full of flammable materials and gunpowder, and once they could not be stopped, they could sink the ship.

In addition, Zhu Di built a lot of forts in Zhenjiang, and the rebel sailors who came from the sea could not capture them for a while.

Within two days, the rebel sailors in Suzhou also chased after them, and like them, came in from the Changzhou waterway.

However, the waterway in Changzhou is relatively narrow, so large ships cannot come in, and all that come are small boats.

The rebels attacked Zhenjiang on two fronts, and Zhenjiang was in danger.

At this time, in early September, Chen Xuan received two letters at the same time and received two messengers.

The first to come was Tan Guang sent by the prince, who brought a letter from the prince, asking him to take all the ships and sailors, and forcibly levy another wave of grain in Zhenjiang, and retreat to Qingzhou.

"Hiss" Chen Xuan saw the last sentence, gasped, clenched his fists, and his expression was ashamed and angry.

After the battle of Huguang, Emperor Zhu Di moved the families of some important generals to Beiping, and now even he Chen Xuan has not let go, and the prince is obviously threatening, that is, he is afraid that he will surrender.

Who made Chen Xuan surrender once in the Jingjing.

At this time, Tan Guang was carefully looking at Chen Xuan's expression below, and after seeing this, he couldn't help but ask tentatively: "When will Ping Jiangbo leave?" ”

Chen Xuan took a deep breath, stabilized his mind, and said slowly: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants to levy a wave of grain, can you give Ben Bo two days?" ”

Tan Guang nodded and clenched his fists: "Then will you go back to your life?" ”

Tan Guang went out with his front foot, and with a bang, Chen Xuan overturned the table in the room.

The prince did this, not only did he not trust him, but after he arrived in Qingzhou, he would definitely be deprived of military power.

, what should I do? Chen Xuan was having a headache, and suddenly the soldiers outside came to report again: "Pang Ying, a thousand households in Jinyi Wei Town, asks to see." ”

"What?" Chen Xuan didn't know this person, let alone that he was Ji Gang's confidant.

But when they asked to see him, he hesitated and let him in.

Pang Ying came in quickly, first met Ping Jiangbo, and then went straight in.

"Jingshi Jinyiwei Zhenfu envoy Mu Su and Jinyiwei commander Ji Gang are fellow villagers and brothers, and the last general has already met Mu Su and is willing to join the King of Han together."

Chen Xuan smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I can't descend." ”

"The last general knows that Pingjiangbo's family is in the hands of the prince." Pang Ying smiled: "The last general is here to solve this problem." ”

“？” Chen Xuan's eyes widened suddenly.

"Mu Su was responsible for transporting grain, grass and money for the crown prince, including the families of the department's foreign generals, who were brought to Beiping by Jinyiwei."

"Pingjiangbo, this is a letter from Chen Zuo (Chen Xuan's eldest son), please rest assured that Pingjiangbo, the family is all right, and they will definitely wait for you to go back and reunite in Beijing."

"What?" Chen Xuan took the letter excitedly, and saw that it was indeed his son's words.

"Hahaha" He glanced at it a few times, first laughing excitedly, and then with a hideous look on his face: "Someone." ”

Immediately, a pro-soldier ran in from outside.

"Chen Xiong, you immediately lead the team, catch up with that Tan Guang, and cut down this dog thing."

"Whoa."

"Chop it up and feed it to the dogs." Chen Xuan roared.

Pang Ying didn't know why Chen Xuan was so angry, so he talked to Chen Xuan, and said that Ji Gang was in the water division of the rebel army opposite, and he could enter Zhenjiang today.

After the two said a few words, Pang Ying asked, what are the arrangements on the side of the imperial court?

Chen Xuan said, the prince asked me to collect grain on the spot, and then go to Shouqingzhou.

Pang Ying's eyes rolled: "If this is the case, it just occupies Qingzhou, if the prince's people come over, they can still face it." ”

“。。” Chen Xuan.

“？” Pang Ying.

Chen Xuan's face was flushed, he knew that this was the case, so he wouldn't kill Tan Guang?

Pang Ying looked at him helplessly, feeling that this Chen Xuan's level is really not good, and I, a brocade guard, know better than you.

——

In early September, Liu Sheng and Chen Mao, who were stationed in Henan, decided to meet in Kaifeng after receiving the order.

Because the two are in-laws, they are in the same boat.

If the two of them can follow the decision of the imperial court, Liu Sheng will retreat to Dongchang, Shandong with his soldiers and horses, and be responsible for the defense of Dongchang and Linqing, and guard the west wing of Jinan.

Chen Mao led his troops into Beiping (Hebei) and garrisoned Shunde.

In addition, Meng Shan guarded Jinan, and Chen Xuan retreated to Qingzhou.

The imperial court was heavily garrisoned on a line in the north of Shandong, and Shunde and Zhending were heavily garrisoned in the south of Beiping, plus Zhang Wu and Zhao Yi in Shanxi, firmly guarding the southwest of Beiping.

Zhu Di is based on Beiping, as long as he can resist Zhu Gaoxu's siege, it is still possible to defend it for a period of time.

But before that, during the war in Huguang, in late July, Qu Neng Shengyong of Shaanxi Province led his troops into Shanxi, and the county capitals surrendered when they heard the news, and some prefectures and counties had slight resistance.

By the end of August, only Taiyuan and Datong were still in the hands of the official army.

The terrain in Shanxi is not good, and it is not convenient to fight, and Qu Neng and Sheng Yong are not making fast progress.

After entering Shanxi, the two soldiers divided into two routes, Qu Neng took 50,000 to Datong, and Sheng Yong brought more than 100,000 to Taiyuan.

Originally, it was too difficult to fight Taiyuan, but the Datong guard would be Wu Gao, which was also the reason why Qu Neng came over with a small number of soldiers and horses.

Although he has not been able to conquer Yongping garrisoned by Guo Liang, it has involved a lot of Zhu Di's energy, because Yongping was the eastern wing barrier of Beiping at that time, Wu Gao went to fight Yongping every time he waited for Zhu Di to send troops, and Zhu Di often went back and forth in order to save Yongping, and he was very disgusted with Wu Gao.

So Zhu Di used a discord strategy to make two letters, in which he praised Wu Gao and belittled Yang Wen, and deliberately exchanged the letters and sent them. Emperor Jianwen was suspicious when he found out, so he demoted Wu Gao to Guangxi and let Yang Wen guard Liaodong alone.

At that time, Zhu Gaoxu was shocked when he found out, he didn't expect the ancients to be so easily fooled, and he changed the commander by writing two letters casually, this was the first time he felt that his superiority over the intelligence of the ancients turned out to be real.

After Yongle, Zhu Di knew Wu Gao's ability, and used Wu Gao again, so that he could guard Datong, the original history to Yongle eight years, Zhu Di returned to the north to return to the division, Wu Gao said that he was ill, and was impeached and deposed as a civilian.

In the first year of Hongxi, Akihitozong saw his name and said, "This person used to be rude to me in the past, so let's go to Hainan." At that time, Wu Gao was dead, and his family was forced to move to Hainan.

So Wu Gao's fate in history was still very miserable.

In a word, anyone who embarrassed Zhu Di in the Jing disaster did not end well.

This is the Emperor Zhu who will repay him.

Zhu Di prepared to retreat to Beiping after the Huguang troops retreated, and continued to resist stubbornly.

The first time I thought of Datong, the barrier on the west wing of Beiping, so I secretly believed to the prince and asked Zhao Yi to go to Datong quickly and replace Wu Gao.

Zhao Yi had just entered Datong with the prince's secret decree and a hundred personal soldiers, and a quarter of an hour later, Qu Neng's 50,000 army appeared outside Datong City, and it was a quarter of an hour late.

(End of chapter)