The cloudy drizzle poured in the breeze and swayed on the city road of Beijing, staining the vermilion walls and yellow tiles of the palace, the willows were verdant, the remnants of the flowers were in a mess, the lotus moon covered bridge on the lake in the palace was like a hazy staircase leading to the end of the sky, and His Majesty the Emperor with a black crane walked along the covered bridge, followed by a mysterious man covered with iron masks.

The eunuchs and palace maids near the covered bridge have all been dispersed, which makes this shadow-like mysterious person appear, but the clouds are shrouded, and he is not walking under the light of the great shore after all.

"When you're old, you'll be tired of walking two steps."

Zhu Di stretched out his arm, and the mysterious people understood, and helped His Majesty the Emperor to rest by the mahogany railing.

"I remember when I was young, when the snow blocked the road in the mountains north of Hanhai, I was able to lead the soldiers to march day and night, climb over the mountains to find the enemy to fight, and still have energy after the dark battle."

The old emperor chuckled, "At that time, I never thought that one day, I would take two steps and breathe, and when I get old, I will continue to remember my former self." ”

The mysterious man's eyes were also in a trance: "Yes, thirty years have passed in a blink of an eye, you are old, and I am also old." ”

He still remembers that Zhu Di, the king of Yan when he was young, was domineering and arrogant, like a rampaging wild donkey. It's just that these words are good to think about in your heart, and you can never say them.

"I remember, you fought with this Blue Jade General in the southwest at that time?" The Emperor asked coldly.

"The past is like smoke, I can't remember."

The mysterious man chuckled and brushed the matter on the side, not wanting to mention his past.

However, Zhu Di refused to give up, and scolded with a smile: "Don't come with Lao Tzu, I still remember clearly, you and General Lanyu were repairing the city in Sichuan at that time, and the two Xuanfu Divisions of the Southern Barbarians rebelled, and you and General Lanyu fought all the way, Duyun, Xifan and other places, all of which were fought by you and General Lanyu." If it weren't for Taizu's refusal to allow you to levy local people as soldiers, you would still plan to fight Duogan and Baiyi. ”

The mysterious man smiled bitterly: "Grandpa Tai asked me to look at this fierce general Lan Yu, don't let him make a mistake." Unexpectedly, as soon as the battle started, the eight cows couldn't pull it back, so they had to kill all the way, and I couldn't stop him. ”

"The territory of the Ming Dynasty was fought down by these arrogant soldiers." Zhu Di said with emotion, "Just like the current prince, isn't this kid the fourth also a reckless man, all the way through the Northeast, adding three provinces to the Ming Dynasty, and the reckless man has the benefits of a reckless man." ”

The mysterious man coughed lightly: "He is not a reckless man, he has more eyes than anyone else, he seems to be a horseman, but in fact he is strategizing and holding everything in his hands." ”

Speaking of this, the man paused for a moment, and then said lightly, "The shadows under my hand got the news, your prince ordered two guards from the northeast to Shanhaiguan, and the general soldier of Liaodong acquiesced without saying a word, don't you guard against him?" ”

Zhu Di asked calmly: "What to prevent, it's just a normal transfer, and it's not a transfer of troops to the Guannai." ”

"It's true that he didn't transfer his troops to Guannai, but he also did something in Guannai."

The mysterious man said coldly, "As far as I know, at least two of the guards in the nine gates of the Jingshi have received the silver from the East Palace, and I haven't found out who it is yet." You weigh it yourself, a line inside and outside the Guan, from Beijing City to Shanhaiguan and then to the Northeast, he has paved the way. ”

Zhu Di was a little puzzled: "He doesn't look like he's going to rebel, why does he look like he's going to run away?" ”

"There is no doubt that he is preparing for the runaway."

The mysterious man said firmly, "He neither got involved in the three major battalions, nor did he move the twelve guards, and he didn't even transfer the guards of the Qiwang Mansion in Nanjing to Beijing, so it can be seen that he didn't think about rebelling at all, he just wanted to run away to the northeast." ”

Zhu Di was happy: "It's not appropriate to let the prince go, he went to the Northeast, what is the picture, I won't be able to live for a few years, and when I die, won't the whole world become his?" ”

The man said faintly, "Have you ever thought that maybe it's your own reason? ”

His Majesty the Emperor's laughter came at once, and there seemed to be the sound of something breaking in his chest.

That person was undoubtedly hinting that he used to play his son to play a fool for his sons, and the sons were all made out of psychological shadows.

"Your fourth child behaves like this, aren't you going to make some preparations to prevent future troubles?" The mystery man was a little confused.

"What are you going to do, are you going to start a fight with your son before you die?"

Zhu Di chuckled lightly and said, "The heroes who make up for the sky with hot blood on their chests have buried half of their bodies in the soil.

The commander can be abolished, and the country cannot die. ”

He is old, tired, and no longer a teenager who will gamble on his entire net worth at a moment's notice, and now he is willing to do everything he can to protect this mountain and river. Although he still has a blazing belligerent battle, the flames of war can only burn outside the pass, not inside the pass.

As long as the Ming Dynasty can prosper, even if it is to give up this throne?

What's more, that kid doesn't have any intention of rebelling, he's just leaving a way back.

If he really wanted to rebel, Zhu Di could conclude that with that kid's methods, he would not leave such obvious traces, and even the shadow attendant would not be able to catch his tail.

The mysterious man was silent for a moment and said, "It's not like you. ”

The emperor held the mahogany carved railing, looked down, the white lotus bloomed on the blue wave and the pool, and said to himself: "Drinking horses to cross the autumn water, the water is cold and the wind is like a knife, you are not me, how do you know me?" ”

The breeze blew, he coughed incessantly, and the man in the shadow beside him walked over and gently soothed the emperor's back.

The man sighed, "Your health is getting worse and worse, how can it be like this, it is clear that it was not like this a few days ago." ”

Zhu Di said with emotion: "For more than 30 years, Rong Ma has been injured in the open and dark, knife and arrow wounds, and crawled out of the pile of dead people. Now that I see that this great river and mountain can be safe and sound even without me, the anger in my heart is gone.

In this life, I have taken away all the creation of heaven and earth, borrowed luck from heaven several times, and can I live a long life? ”

In the battle of Jingnan, against a country with the power of one place, eight hundred Yanshan Xiao cavalry troops, took away the right time, place and people, and defeated Emperor Jianwen's million-strong army. If it weren't for that strong wind again and again, he would have slept under the loess and become a defeated general under Emperor Jianwen.

The Emperor closed his eyes lightly, and he saw that he had died in the twenty-second year of Yongle, but he understood that he was actually far from seven years.

As Da Ming became stronger and stronger, his health became worse and worse, and he felt that he couldn't die in the past, and this empire couldn't leave him. Now seeing Da Ming gradually climbing to the top under the leadership of that kid, he suddenly felt that he didn't need to carry it anymore.

Zhu Di closed his eyes lightly and muttered to himself: "Queen, maybe it won't be long before I can meet you again." ”

"Daming, I can hand it over to my son with peace of mind."

……

To the north of Jiaozhou Mansion, there is a vast Huanggao Forest, which is a rainforest covering thousands of miles, with a great temperature difference between day and night, located in the lower reaches of the Zuojiang River, adjacent to the Taiping Mansion of Zuojiang Province in Guangxi Province of the Ming Empire.

It is rumored that some Jiaozhi mountain people went into the forest to collect medicine, and when they drank by the stream, they were caught in their arms by a water plant and it was difficult to break free. The man next to him immediately made a decision and cut off his arm with a scythe. The strange thing was that the grass swept away the arm in an instant, leaving only a blur of blood.

Locals believe that the Huanggao Forest is an ominous place where demons are rampant.

However, Li Bin, Li Li and others chose the battlefield of the 19th Route Alliance Army and the Ming Army in this ominous place, and wanted to separate the victory or defeat with the Ming Army here.

They know one thing very well, whether the Huanggao Forest is an ominous place, or whether there are demons infested, if the Ming army is really allowed to march smoothly to Qinghua Mansion, no one knows whether the Ming army will be unknown, but they know that they will definitely appear ominous.

Bai Qi, who led more than 20,000 Yunnan troops to the border of Huanggao Forest, did not make a conclusion, but first sent scouts to explore the terrain and the enemy's deployment, and the hostile 19th Route Coalition Army was also excluding the vanguard troops and testing the deployment of the Ming army.

Both sides did not rush to attack, and fighting in such a complex terrain, once a slight problem occurs, it is very likely to be magnified countless times. Top commanders clash and crush opponents with the slightest opportunity.

In the camp of the Ming army, Shen Qingyu whispered to Lu Chaoyang: "I still can't understand why the enemy wants to put the battlefield in this hellish place. ”

Lu Chaoyang said lightly: "It's right if you don't understand, I can't figure it out either." ”

He knew that his point on this battlefield was to command the scouts to explore the terrain and nothing else. Doing one's job is the greatest contribution.

"You didn't figure it out, but Li Bin figured it out."

Zhang Fu's voice came, which made Shen Qingyu lower his head: "It's too much of a mouthful, and I ask Grandpa Guo to forgive me." ”

"It doesn't matter."

Zhang Fu said calmly, "Do you also think Li Bin is ignorant?" He can clearly command the army to meet the battle in the eastern capital, and take advantage of the high walls and fortresses to wear down the living strength of our army, so that the loss can be minimized. But Li Bin chose the most incomprehensible way of fighting, he gave up defending in the eastern capital and fighting, and deployed most of his troops in the vast forest. ”

Shen Qingyu asked in surprise: "Dare to ask Grandpa Guo to show me." ”

"Li Bin is very smart and knows His Highness very well."

Zhang Fu said in a deep voice, "Fighting in the rainforest, not only his 19th Route rebels cocooned themselves, but also bound us. He knew that in the plains, His Highness had never lost, and His Highness was able to take eight hundred horsemen to chase and kill tens of thousands of iron horsemen of the Warat Division, and he Li Bin was also a person who participated in the Northern Expedition, how could he not know the weight of this?

He knew that if he exerted the commander's command to the extreme on the frontal battlefield, not to mention his nineteen-way coalition army, even if it was twenty-nine, the thirty-ninth route would be useless!

Therefore, he had to lock the battlefield in the rainforest, because the terrain of the rainforest doomed the commander to be unable to achieve flexible command, and could only rely on tug-of-war to decide the victory. Li Bin just wants to dye this rainforest red with his life, even if it is to pay twice the battle damage, they have too much advantage in total strength, if such a tug-of-war is fought to the end, he can always be invincible. ”

Zhang Fu is worthy of being the most outstanding commander of the Ming Dynasty on the battlefield in the southwest, even if the war has not yet broken out, he has already figured out Li Bin's tactics.

In other words, the other party did not intend to hide his tactics at all, this is a conspiracy.

Li Bin has decades of experience in leading troops, and he has been transferred to various places, even if he goes to the southwest, he still has suitable tactics.

After listening to Zhang Fu's explanation, Shen Qingyu suddenly realized, he gritted his teeth, and said viciously: "This traitor is really not a good person, his dirty heart and eyes are all used on his own family, exchanging human lives for human lives, his heart and liver are all iron?" ”

"Perhaps, he wished that the Nineteenth Route Coalition Army would have more people die on the battlefield."

Zhang Fu said coldly, "For him, once he retreats from the imperial court, his enemy will become the remaining Eighteenth Route Alliance, and he is treating the Jiaozhi rebels as pawns, so that we can fight with the rebels and lose both, so that he can finally benefit from the fisherman." ”

Even he felt that it was a little tricky, and when it came to fighting in the southwest, Li Bin was definitely not as good as him.

But Li Bin is not a simple character, he is also a famous general who was knighted by his military exploits at the end of Weimo, and he also has a huge advantage in troops, and here is his home field.

Bai Qi's eyes, who had been groping for the map, turned cold: "Silence." ”

The handsome camp, which was still a little noisy, was quiet in an instant, and everyone turned their attention to "Zhu Gaoxian" on the main seat.

"I will make the following arrangements, everyone, act according to orders, if there is anyone who disobeys the military order, he will be killed on the spot, and he will be punished with joint punishment afterwards!"

Bai Qi tapped the map on the table with his fingers and calmly ordered, "The British Gong Zhang Fu, commanding 15,000 soldiers and horses, will deploy defenses on the northern periphery of the rainforest, serve as the main defensive force, and set up camp and build defensive positions in the shortest possible time." ”

Lu Chaoyang, commanding the vanguard battalion, listened to Zhang Fu's order, there is no need for your troops to attack first, I order you to attack the enemy's left and right flanks, respectively in the east and west of the rainforest, to disrupt the enemy's offensive, and to retreat in the face of danger, without the need for continuous fighting, in order to retain the principle of vitality. ”

Shen Qingyu, who is responsible for the communications of the various departments to ensure the liaison between the northern defense line and the other battalions......"

Bai Qi arranged the deployment of each general and each military camp with a clear division of labor, and everyone only needed to do their own errands and did not need to worry about other matters.

Finally, he said slowly: "I personally led 6,000 soldiers and horses to serve as the main attack, in the middle of the rainforest, fighting the enemy. ”

The generals were all shocked when they heard this, and hurriedly advised: "Your Highness, how can you personally take the lead attack, how can this be done!" ”

"The enemy army has more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, even if some troops are divided, the main force in the central area is also 60,000 or 70,000, and you have to deal with the main force of the enemy army with 6,000 men and horses, this is too dangerous!"

"Your Highness, please take back the military order, this matter must not be allowed!"

They almost said to Bai Qi: Your Highness, you take 6,000 people to fight the 60,000 people on the opposite side, and it is not enough to stuff the teeth between the opposite side, so don't you treat yourself as a small dish and send it to the opposite side!

Zhang Fu couldn't help but persuade: "Your Highness, the minister thinks that this matter is slightly lacking, your identity is respected, how can you risk personally sweeping the battle, the minister thinks that when the minister is the main attack commander, there is no shortage of fierce generals in the army, but your safety must be put in the first place." ”

In the face of everyone's persuasion, Bai Qi frowned slightly:

"In the army, the commander's order should be the first, and the soldier should be led by obeying the order."

"You don't need to question, just obey orders."

(End of chapter)