Chapter 54: Qu Neng's greeting gift

He Xi said: "The others can be delayed, but the last thing can't be delayed, you have to give a quasi-letter, I won't force you, at the latest next spring, I want to hear the news of the war between King Yan and the Tile Thorn, when the time comes, I will remove some guards in Monan Liaodong, which is good for everyone."

Lian Zining said, "Okay. I'll give you an answer within a month."

Lian Zining felt that King Yan would agree to this condition, but he had to report to King Yan that this month was the time for him to come and go. It's already extremely compressed.

He Xi's report to Zhu Xiongying is very convenient.

Zhu Xiongying listened to He Xi's words, and there was actually some unhappiness in his heart, although He Xi said that it was a report, but in fact, everything had already been discussed. It only takes Zhu Xiongying to say yes or no.

As far as Zhu Xiongying is concerned, he is actually more willing to pocket the 100,000 army of King Yan and be the pioneer of the south. What will be how to place King Yan in the future, and there are ways to place it. When the time comes, it's just a matter of his arrangement.

It's just that King Yan is not a fool, and Zhu Xiongying can also accept this result of retreating.

In this way, there is no need to worry about King Yan, and there is no need to worry about tile spurs.

It is best for King Yan and Tile Thorn to fight each other for several years, and wait for the winner to be decided by going south.

Zhu Xiongying said, "Uncle will arrange it. I've got a letter here, uncle."

He Xi took it and looked at it, and immediately said, "Congratulations to Your Highness, Congratulations to Your Highness, you have another tiger general."

This letter was written by Qu Neng from Dong Shengwei.

To be precise, Qu Neng is not only the commander of Dongshengwei, but also the commander of Shanxi Xingdu, Shanxi Xingdu Si refers to Shanxi outside Yanmen Pass, all the way to dozens of guards in Dongshengwei, but in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, only the Datong area remains.

During the Hongwu period, Zhu Yuanzhang attached unprecedented importance to Dongshengwei, that is, the Hetao area. Place the capital in Dongsheng instead of Datong.

Of course, although Qu Neng is the commander of the capital of Shanxi, he may not be able to lead the entire capital to Beijing, after all, Datong is an important border defense area, and the nobles of Nanjing are not without a little influence on the northern border army. Qu Neng could only keep Dongsheng Zhuwei listening to his words.

Qu Neng's letter is to show Qu Neng's attitude.

There is also a plan proposed, that is, the plan to go south to Datong..z.

Nowadays, Qu Neng is connected to Beijing, which is a detour to the Monan area, and between Dongsheng and Beijing, there is the nearest road, that is, Datong. Taking Datong will not only make the Monan region no longer threatened by the southern army, but also allow Beijing to occupy the place of prosperity outside the country. Let Datong *** invest in Beijing.

You must know that the Datong Army was a very strong existence in the early Ming Dynasty.

As a result, the Nine-sided Qiangjun, Liaodong, Datong, Dongsheng, including Beijing Jingying, are almost all in Zhu Xiongying's hands.

Of course, there are also advantages and disadvantages for He Xi.

The advantage is that He Xi has more chips in his hands. The disadvantage is that Zhu Xiongying has more chips in his hands.

It is quite unfavorable for He Xi to control the overall situation.

However, He Xi didn't care.

Under Zhu Yuanzhang, he is tied, but even if Zhu Xiongying has the strongest soldiers in the world, He Xi may not care. Not only in terms of strength, but also in his heart, Zhu Yuanzhang is the kind of ruthless person who kills his son for political interests, and kills his grandson when he says he kills his grandson.

Zhu Yuanzhang said that killing the whole family is indispensable to one person, including the chickens and dogs in the family. But Zhu Xiongying does not have this strong heart. After Zhu Xiongying was born, the Ming Dynasty was already quite peaceful. Zhu Xiongying's psychological endurance is also quite limited, if Zhu Xiongying really wants to make up his mind, either you die or I die, this determination, Zhu Xiongying may not be able to make it.

Therefore, He Xi is just congratulating on this.

Zhu Xiongying observed He Xi carefully, wanting to see some dissatisfaction or jealousy from He Xi. But he didn't find it, and he was slightly happy in his heart, and said secretly: "Although my uncle is a little arrogant, people with ability have tempers, but they don't have many bad thoughts about me." Zhu Xiongying said, "That uncle

What should I do?"

He Xi said: "Quickly join General Qu and go south to Datong, and the soldiers are fast."

Zhu Xiongying said, "Okay."

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So tens of thousands of troops went west from Daning to join the main forces of Jining Haizi and Dongshengwei.

The main force of Dongsheng is centered on Dongsheng Wuwei, there are about fifty or sixty thousand soldiers and horses, and at this moment Qu Neng brought only 30,000 cavalry, and after converging with Zhu Xiongying, the main cavalry of the Monan Division, the Daning Division, and even the Shanxi Xingdu Division have converged.

These more than 100,000 cavalry are not all the troops of the southern defense line of the Great Ming Desert, but they are also all mobile troops.

The entire defense line in the northern part of the Ming Dynasty, except for Shaanxi, was all in the hands of Beijing.

At this moment, Beijing really has the strength to wrestle with Nanjing, and of course, it is still Nanjing that has the advantage.

When the two armies met, they were still separated by a few miles, so Qu Neng took his son Qu Liangcai and came alone, came to Zhu Xiongying's horse, turned over and dismounted, and asked for sin: "The old minister is late, please surrender your highness."

Zhu Xiongying dismounted and helped Qu Neng up, and said, "Old general, what is the crime?"

Qu Neng looked up at Zhu Xiongying at this time, and then cried bitterly. said, "The old minister remembered Emperor Zhenzong."

Seeing this, He Xi muttered secretly in his heart, old fox.

Sure enough, at the beginning of the founding of the country, most of these civil and military generals were quite capable. No matter in what aspect, at least above the level, Qu Neng's crying is not for anything else, but to remind Zhu Xiongying that he is the old man of the prince.

It is the descendant of the crown prince.

However, Qu Nengzhi's cry is also real.

He could only fight a small battle in Sichuan at the beginning, after all, Sichuan went deep into the mountains and old forests to quell the rebellion, and there was really no credit to speak of.

And Qu Neng was transferred from Sichuan to the north by the prince, and even drew a pie for him of the Northern Expedition, and in the future, the Northern Expedition Liaodong Army came out of the east, and his first army came out of the west, crossed the Hanhai Sea, and went straight to Helin. Incorporate Mo Nan into the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

At that time, he was in Dongshengwei, what he wanted, under the care of the prince, he was treated as the first-class main force of the Ming Dynasty.

It's just that I never expected that the king of Qin died, and the situation took a turn for the worse, and then the crown prince died. He became a chicken rib in Dongshengwei. All his chances were gone. For Qu Neng, isn't it worth crying bitterly?

Now in this situation, Qu Neng is not easy to handle.

He is the person of the crown prince, everyone knows. But the two grandsons, he can't rely on anyone.

In general, he still has some communication with Zhu Xiongying. And for Zhu Yunwen, there is no communication at all. There are even some mustards, without him, it is the death of Lan Yu, and when Qu Neng was in Sichuan, he also obeyed Lan Yu's orders.

With Zhu Yunwen's posture of handling the blue jade case in Nanjing, Qu Neng didn't know if he was a remnant of blue jade in Nanjing.

Even so, Qu Neng was hesitant. It is very difficult to ask him to raise troops to respond to Zhu Xiongying. It's not just Qu Neng's own hesitation. There was even more hesitation from top to bottom of the whole army of Dongshengwei. Very simply, although Dong Shengwei has opened up a lot of fertile land, it seems that he can be self-sufficient. But everyone knows that this kind of self-sufficiency is actually very fragile, once there is no support from the rear. The good situation of Dong Shengwei can't last long.

And where is the rear of Dong Shengwei?

Naturally, it is Datong.

Qu Neng didn't dare to take risks, because if he didn't defect to Zhu Xiongying with his army, he would be of no use at all. As for Nanjing's small family, in this kind of great change related to the world, he has no way to think about it.

Fortunately, my son is by my side, and my mother is gone. Wife and daughter-in-law or something, I can't take care of it at this time.

After all, Qu Neng understood very well that after Zhu Xiongying placed him in the cabinet, he had reached the point where he had to make a decision. First, Zhu Xiongying gave him such a high status, if he hadn't said it yet, it would offend Zhu Xiongying. Second, Nanjing will not be able to give him such a high status, even if he defects to Nanjing, he will be suspicious because Beijing gives him this price.

The price that Beijing gave him let everyone in the world know that he has a relationship with Beijing.

After all, Da Ming is so old

Will still be there, he Qu is the oldest, not even an earl, if it doesn't matter, will he give it to him? Qu Neng could only write a letter to him immediately.