Chapter 55: The Heart of King Jin

Qu Neng cried bitterly this time, showing his identity as a loyal minister of the prince, and at the same time seemed to wash away the things that could not be delayed in Dongshengwei. Of course, Zhu Xiongying also understands that this time is not the time to settle accounts. After some reassurance, everyone looked forward and did not turn over old accounts.

After all, Qu Neng entered the army alone and made it clear that Zhu Xiongying would take over the 30,000 Dongsheng army.

This can be regarded as full of sincerity.

After doing so, it officially entered the military discussion.

Qu Neng immediately said, "Your Highness, the minister is the commander of the Shanxi Xingdu Sidu in Datong City, and there are also some people. The minister is willing to be the vanguard, assault Datong City, and take Datong in one fell swoop, Your Highness, the soldiers are fast, after all, Dongshengwei is such a big move, the minister thinks that he can't hide it for long. It should be decided immediately."

Zhu Xiongying looked at He Xi.

He Xi immediately said, "Your Highness, General Qu is right, if you keep interrupting, you will suffer from it."

Datong City was unexpected. But it's good to be able to take it.

Zhu Xiongying saw that the people around him agreed, and said, "General Qu is the vanguard and goes straight to Datong."

The distance between this place and Datong is only a few hundred miles, and the cavalry march is only three or five days.

However, Qu Neng was right. Dong Shengwei has such a big movement, naturally someone knows about it.

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Taiyuan, Nanxiong Marquis Zhao Yong was extremely angry at the moment.

Zhao Yong, as a veteran, is not very deeply related to the various factions in the army, he has served under Chang Yuchun, but he has a bad relationship with Lan Yu, and he has served under Li Wenzhong, but Li Wenzhong is dead, and he looks down on Li Jinglong, so he goes to hug Li Shanchang's thigh.

Historically, because of his wrong choice, the natural head moved.

After all, in Zhu Yuanzhang's view, such half-heartedness, this is not a young minister. If you don't kill him, do you have to keep it for the New Year?

Now he was beaten into Li Shanchang's party and suppressed, but he did not die. However, he has always felt very wronged, and he feels that he is not Li Shanchang's descendant. But Sapphire wouldn't reach out and pull him. Li Jinglong, as a second-generation national prince, although his ability is not good, his influence cannot be compared with several old national princes. But Li Jinglong is not a straw bag in politics, so he naturally stumbles on him.

Zhao Yong naturally couldn't get up.

Whether he is willing or not, everyone thinks that he is Li Shanchang's party, and he can only be Li Shanchang's party. However, he is not too popular in Li Shanchang's party. Otherwise, you won't come to Taiyuan.

Without him, when he arrived in Taiyuan, Taiyuan was already the world of King Jin.

The reason is simple.

In history, King Yan rebelled, why was it so easy to collect the people and horses in Beijing, because these people and horses were his old subordinates. For the same reason, King Jin also led his troops to fight, of course, not as well as King Yan. But many people in Shanxi are the old subordinates of King Jin, which is also wrong.

Moreover, the rupture between Beijing and Nanjing. Causing confusion in the minds of the whole world.

This is also the reason why the two sides have been standing side by side for several months, and there has been no major battle. Both sides are putting their minds to integrating internally.

And King Jin has been in Shanxi for more than ten years, so he naturally has influence. Close relationship with many people in the area. Under this confusion of thoughts, there were many people who got on the ship of King Jin, and there were many people who were certainly attracted by King Jin. But more people are not loyal to King Jin. It's to pull the king of Jin as a shield.

Without him, at the beginning, everyone thought that the rebellion in Beijing would be easy to quell. But the battle in Yuxian County made many people hesitate.

It's hard to say who will be the victor between Beijing and Nanjing.

Naturally, some people have the spirit of adventure and dare to bet, but for many conservative people, they have a third choice in addition to pressing Beijing and Nanjing.

What is this choice?

It is the king of Jin.

They didn't suppress the King of Jin to win the world, but used the King of Jin as a cover. Maintain a certain degree of independence, and wait for the world to be certain, they are naturally the most loyal ministers of the imperial court, and when the time comes, the king of Jin will be given to the imperial court, isn't it?

As a result, the power of the King of Jin immediately expanded in Taiyuan.

Zhao Yong went to work alone.

He had been away from the army for too long. There is certainly influence in the military. But specifically here in Taiyuan, the influence is quite limited, Zhao Yong with the help of the banner of the Nanjing Imperial Court, coupled with the influence of Fu Youde and others, can be regarded as winning a few guards.

But it can only compete with the King of Jin.

It was not enough for King Jin to listen to him.

After Zhao Yong came to Taiyuan, after discovering this situation, his focus was on winning over Qu Neng, in his opinion, Taiyuan, that is, the army of Shanxi Dusi, had no choice. But if Qu Neng defected to Nanjing, Qu Neng would be able to turn the situation around with the army of Shanxi Xingdusi.

Not only is it a threat to Beijing from the west, but it can also suppress the ambitions of the Jin king.

Therefore, Zhao Yong was very concerned about Qu Neng's movements, and he still had the authority to command Shanxi Jinyiwei, so there was a change in Dongshengwei, and Zhao Yong immediately knew it.

He went to see the king of Jin many times, and wanted to make a preemptive strike, and the army went out of Yanmen Pass, occupied Datong, and divided Dongshengwei and Beijing, so that Dongshengwei could choose again. But King Jin always uses such and such clichés to excuse himself.

But now Zhao Yong can't wait.

Zhao Yong judged that since Qu Neng had defected, Datong would be in danger. Datong is in danger. As soon as one enters and one exits, the situation in Shanxi is not good. There was even another line of attack for Beijing, which was to cross the Yellow River from Datong and attack Shaanxi.

You know, now because the river is in hand. Shaanxi is all hinterland, there is no army to garrison, tens of thousands of cavalry, enough to fight under the city of Xi'an.

In that case, the court will be passive.

In a word, although the gains and losses of Datong cannot reach the point of interfering with the gains and losses of the world, it does have a bearing on whether the northwest is stable or not, and whether the war between Nanjing and Beijing will open up another front.

Zhao Yong naturally couldn't sit idly by.

He immediately went to see the king of Jin.

King Jin was reluctant to see Zhao Yong, so he waited for a while before summoning Zhao Yong.

Zhao Yong didn't have time to be polite, and immediately said, "Your Highness, Datong is in danger, and the minister asks Your Highness to send troops immediately and go to Datong to defend it."

King Jin said, "Marquis Nanxiong, why do you say this?"

Zhao Yong told the King of Jin about his intelligence and analysis process, and said, "Your Highness, without further ado, once Datong is lost, it will directly affect Taiyuan. Your Highness, send troops quickly."

When King Jin heard this, he smiled bitterly and said, "Master Hou, you also have to be considerate of me. As the last vassal king in the imperial court, I am in a place of suspicion, and I am watching from all sides. There are some things that you dare not do. In this way, Hou Ye will go by himself. This king will definitely be optimistic about the back road."

When Zhao Yong heard this, he naturally refused.

The reason is simple.

King Jin said lightly, Zhao Yong can control not many people, as soon as Zhao Yong leaves, Taiyuan is the world of King Jin. Zhao Yong came to Taiyuan, not only with the mission of resisting Beijing, but also with the mission of watching the King of Jin.

Not to mention, once the King of Jin rebels, his influence is much more important than the loss of Datong.

After all, the mountains and rivers in Shanxi, since ancient times, Hebei has Shanxi, can break through the Guanzhong, Guanzhong has Shanxi, and can level Hebei.

Shanxi's gains and losses are related to whose hands the north is.

Now, there is an important problem with the Hejian defense line arranged by He Xi, that is, Shanxi. Several traffic routes between Shanxi and Hebei, that is, the Taihang Eight Paths, have to arrange heavy troops to block the intersection every day. But even then, it's not so easy to defend.

But once Beijing gains a foothold in Shanxi, it doesn't even have to take Shanxi. It was enough to shield the flanks of the interriver line.

The whole of Hebei is safe.

In this case, it is much more serious than the loss of Datong.

In Zhao Yong's opinion, the King of Jin is unpredictable, and Zhao Yong doesn't know if the King of Jin will do anything to surrender Taiyuan to the north.

Zhao Yong took a deep breath and said, "His Royal Highness the King of Jin, His Majesty ascended the throne, obeyed the heavens, and the world did not surrender

。 There are some things, if you make a mistake, even if you are the concubine of the former emperor and the head of the clan, you can't afford the price."

When King Jin heard Zhao Yong say this, his face suddenly became a little ugly, Zhao Yong's words reminded him of many things, such as what happened to him in Nanjing before and after the death of the crown prince.