After the end of the Lingbi War, the Yan army did not spend much time sorting out the armament and receiving the surrendered soldiers, but it only took one day to pack up and prepare to continue the march.

It's time to see the poor dagger, and there are only two words left in everyone's hearts, that is, go south, go south with the speed of milk, go south before the imperial court reorganizes its forces, and go south to capture the capital with the speed of thunder!

It is almost a straight line to go to Jinling from Lingbi, the Yan army is naturally marching in a straight line in the southeast direction, on the first day of the fifth month, after receiving an order from the imperial court, Yang Wen, who traveled thousands of miles from Liaodong to the sea to go south to help, was defeated by the Yan cavalry in Zhigu, and Yang Wen himself was killed.

On the seventh day of the fifth month, the Yan army arrived in Sizhou, and Zhu Di paid homage to the ancestral tomb.

On the ninth day of the first month of May, the Yan army took Huai'an and Fengyang, and the remnants of Sheng Yong, who were not gone, led the remnants of the army to defend the river, and Zhu Di punished Gu Huai and Gu Cheng to lead 5,000 cavalry to cross the river upstream, and raided around the rear, Sheng Yong was defeated, and the Yan army was defeated by Xuyi.

On May 11, the Yan army sent Yangzhou, arrived in Tianchang on May 17, the imperial court supervised the imperial history Wang Bin called on the whole city to hold on to the army and the people to wait for help, but the subordinates rebelled, took advantage of its bathing to bind it, and then Kaicheng surrendered, Yangzhou surrendered without a fight, Gaoyou also changed the flag when he heard the wind, the Yan army passed through Yangzhou City and did not enter, and the soldiers pointed directly at Jinling.

Yangzhou fell, the Beijing division shook, no need to look at the map, as long as a little geographical knowledge, you know how far Yangzhou is from Jinling, almost separated by a Yangtze River, the battle of Jingyan finally reached the final stage, Zhu Di only needs to take another step, you can step into the capital of the morning and twilight.

Zhu Yunwen, who was sitting on the dragon chair, had been hit by the ensuing bad news, and he was panicked to the extreme, he never expected that the cutting of the feudal domain would actually cut his own throne and not protect it, and the hundred officials in the court were obviously stunned by this series of military affairs. The Yan army actually hit Yangzhou!

At this time, Zhu Yunwen urgently needed someone to give him a sense of security, but Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng were not in the capital at this time, and only Fang Xiaoru was left in his think tank, so Zhu Yunwen set his eyes on this nerd with pleading, and this nerd also came up with his plan.

I have to say that Fang Xiaoru is also a wonderful... The officials of the entire court were about to go crazy, Zhu Yunwen himself was already about to cry, Fang Xiaoru still looked confident, I saw that he was not in a hurry to take out the attitude of doing knowledge, and after satisfying Zhu Yunwen's appetite, he put forward several countermeasures:

First of all, it is necessary to send ministers to the local area to recruit troops, and it does not need to be too far, just near Jinling, and there are always brave people in the people who will stand up to defend Your Majesty; The second is to call on the king of the world, you must know that the Ming Dynasty is very big, don't look at Zhu Di all the way to Yangzhou, but the area he actually controls is still only so little, and other places are still loyal to His Majesty, as long as His Majesty gives an order, there are officials from all over the country who will bring troops to help; And finally, and the most important point, is to buy time, to send someone to negotiate with Zhu Di, and make a promise to cede land and seek peace, so as to paralyze Zhu Di, and when the army arrives, he will completely turn his face with Zhu Di.

I have to say that the reader does have a level of speaking, whether these strategies can be successful is another matter, at least Fang Xiaoru's appearance looks like a pillar of the country that has turned the tide and is about to collapse the building, Zhu Yunwen sees that he is so sure, and he can only act according to his plan, hoping that this nerd can pull him at the last moment.

It's still a style that dares to say and do... Zhu Yunwen didn't want to think about it, there was no way to fundamentally solve the problem by going out to recruit troops and calling on King Qin, Zhu Di had hit the door, how could it be too late?

And the so-called summoning Zhu Di to negotiate the cession of land to gain time is even more funny, Zhu Di doesn't like to follow the rules when he fights, and playing tricks to gain time is his strength, where will he be like this? After four years of hard work and diligence, a piece of land can be disposed of?

Zhu Yunwen still hasn't figured out what Zhu Di wants.

But having said that, Fang Xiaoru put forward his opinion, Zhu Yunwen wanted to do it, and the ministers who also had no six gods and no masters in the court had no choice but to arrange everything according to Fang Xiaoru's deployment, among which the so-called most important task of delaying Zhu Di was handed over to the county lord of Qingcheng.

It stands to reason that this kind of military affairs should be the minister's relatives who should come forward, how can a county lord go? But this county lord is really not simple, she is not Zhu Yunwen's sister or daughter, but the niece of the first emperor Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Yunwen's elder, if you really want to talk about it, she is still Zhu Di's cousin.

Come on, everything is in order, several ministers were sent to Beijing to recruit troops, Qitai Huang Zicheng, who had previously raised military rations in Suzhou and other places, was recalled, and the prefects of Suzhou, Ningbo, Huizhou and other places received the will, and they also said that they would immediately bring troops into the king of Jingqin, and the county lord of Qingcheng also packed up and left the capital, and crossed the Yangtze River to negotiate with Zhu Di, at least on the surface, everything is developing in a good direction.

May 22, on the north bank of the Yangtze River, the Yan army camp.

The river wind was howling, blowing the military flags in the camp, and the county lord of Qingcheng, who was over fifty years old, walked down the boat and walked into the Yan army camp with some cramped nervousness.

She is just a woman's family, when Zhu Yuanzhang was still fighting the world, she was already a big girl, she was so poor at that time, and there was no opportunity to read and write. It's just that she can't come if she doesn't come.

Since it is the county lord, or the relative of the king of Yan, the matter of body search, the Yan soldier does not dare to do it, a few guards respectfully greeted the county lord of Qingcheng and walked inside, along the way the county lord of Qingcheng looked left and right, everywhere or patrolling or resting Yan soldier soldiers, the military appearance was neat, murderous, couldn't help but be secretly frightened, and when they arrived in front of the big tent, several guards stopped, signaling the county lord of Qingcheng to go in by himself, after all, relatives meet to talk about family affairs, it is not suitable for outsiders.

The lord of Qingcheng County settled his mind, picked up the curtain and walked in, and saw Zhu Di who was sitting and reading the book of soldiers at a glance, since Zhu Di was in Beiping in the thirteenth year of Hongwu, the two have not met again, and now more than 20 years have passed in a blink of an eye, the original heroic young man has reached middle age, and he has become a fortune old woman, time... It's really unforgiving.

Zhu Di put down the military book, in the past few years, he has been sleeping in the army, sometimes for a few days without disarming, fighting day after day, he has already been full of wind and frost, but he is in the prime of life, but his temples are gray, and he can see that the county lord of Qingcheng is uncomfortable, and he choked up and shouted: "Little Si'er..."

After all, it is a woman, easy to touch the scene and hurt, this little Si'er shouted out, and he was already in tears, Zhu Di saw his cousin who often played with him in Jinling and had simple family affection from a farmer's family, and couldn't help but feel a little sour, stood up and looked at the county lord of Qingcheng up and down, and said sadly: "Sister Min, you also... I'm old! ”

When the sister and brother saw each other, they naturally sighed for a while, seeing that Zhu Di did not speak coldly, and the tension of the county lord of Qingcheng who had just entered the barracks disappeared, and after a long time in the parents' meeting, she turned the topic back to business: "Little Si'er, in the final analysis, whether to cut the feudal domain or not, is it all our Zhu family's family affair, can you use a knife and a gun?" No matter what you say, Your Majesty is your own nephew after all, and you have to let him be your uncle, right? Cannibalism is a joke for outsiders after all, do you think that's the truth? ”

Zhu Di listened very carefully, and kept nodding his head yes.

The county lord of Qingcheng suddenly felt that the situation was very good, and those senior officials had also given her emergency training before, so she naturally knew that she should strike while the iron was hot and go further: "Your Majesty is Your Majesty after all, don't you know Wow, Your Majesty is ready to make an edict!" Little Si'er, when my sister came, Your Majesty said that as long as you are willing to withdraw from the army and don't fight any further, Your Majesty is willing to cede the northern border and rule the world with you, Your Majesty is already so generous, why do you have to make trouble to the point of being the most embarrassing? ”

Zhu Di still nodded, the county lord of Qingcheng was a little dry, and he felt that what he should say was almost enough, so he stopped and drank a sip of water, waiting for Zhu Di's reply, Zhu Di saw that she had finished speaking, and finally spoke.

His face was calm, and his tone was indifferent: "I am only trying to sort out the government and politics, exterminate the traitors, and imitate the auxiliary government of Zhou Gong back then, I only hope that Your Majesty will agree to my request, don't make it difficult for me." ”

The county lord of Qingcheng was stunned: "What request?" ”

Zhu Di glanced at this cousin meaningfully, and then said: "Cutting the head of the domain, Fang Xiaoru, Huang Zicheng, and Qi Tai, must die!" If Your Majesty does not agree to my request, on the day I break through the city, I hope that your brothers and sisters will go to your father's mausoleum for a while, otherwise when the time comes, I am afraid that you will be scared. ”

As soon as the words fell, he took out a fold from his sleeve and handed it over, obviously prepared.

The county lord of Qingcheng didn't dare to pick it up at all, she looked at her younger brother with unbelievable eyes, these words were clearly intimidation! It turned out that what he said before was all nonsense, this younger brother not only insisted on going his own way, but even after being melted and hardened by family affection in an instant, he immediately returned to his original appearance, he was actually threatening himself and the entire clan!

Only then did she understand that in Zhu Di's eyes, there were no brothers and sisters, and there was no clan affection, he had already hit here, and in his eyes, there were only two kinds of people in the world, one was for him, and the other was against him.

The county lord of Qingcheng didn't know Zhu Di, she couldn't imagine how many painful choices and sufferings Zhu Di had gone through to get to where he was today, seeing that Jinling was on the other side of the Yangtze River, if he wasn't afraid of the imperial court, he would have waved his troops to the city at this moment, and wanted him to leave in a few words? Daydreaming!

Seeing that the county lord of Qingcheng understood everything, Zhu Di nodded with satisfaction, his tone was gentle, as if the words just now were not from his mouth, and he reverted to the younger brother who was rampant and domineering in Jinling in the impression of the county lord of Qingcheng: "In this case, the army is in chaos, sister, please go back, if Your Majesty refuses to get rid of the traitors and needs me to do it for you, then I will enter Jinling City, pay homage to the tomb, and worship the Son of Heaven, and then visit my sister!" ”