-- The book continues --

After Zhu Di handed over the emperor to the crown prince, he once again personally conquered Arutai, and in September, the Ming army heard that Arutai was defeated by Wara and its tribes were scattered, so they did not send troops to fight.

Jin Zhong's original name was Yexian Tugan, who was originally the lord of the Tatar tribe and was known for his fierceness and cunning.

Because he was canonized as the governor of the Ming court and often corresponded with the Ming court, he was jealous of the Taishi Arutai. When Ming Chengzu launched the Fourth Northern Expedition, Jin Zhong led his wife's subordinates to surrender, and was given the name of Chengzu, and was named the King of Loyalty and Yong, and was highly favored.

Just when he was preparing to eliminate the remnants of the Yuan Dynasty at one time, Zhu Di, who was preparing to return to the dynasty in November of the 21st year of Yongle, received news that his third son, King Zhao, suddenly united to surround the Tatar leader Arutai and chase down Zhu Zhanji.

Zhu Di couldn't help but be furious, and immediately asked Jin Zhong's whole army to pursue quickly, and then Zhu Di mobilized the troops of the five capitals of Shan-Xi, Shan-Dong, He-Nan, Shaanxi-West, and Liao-Dong to gather Zhu Di's troops, preparing to completely eliminate Arutai and Zhu Gaosui, the unfilial son of Zhao.

When Emperor Hongxi Zhu Gaochi received the news of his father, he immediately prepared soldiers and horses for them to quickly meet Emperor Zhu Di to save the crown prince Zhu Zhanji.

At this time, Zhu Gaoxu, who was recuperating from his injuries in the Han Palace, couldn't help but secretly rejoice, and said in his heart: "Third brother, the second brother will take care of your family, it depends on whether Zhu Zhanji dies this time!" ”

Zhu Gaoxu sat down and looked at the book of soldiers with an expressionless face, as if everything had nothing to do with him.

On the other side, Emperor Hongxi Zhu Gaochi led troops to surround Xu Miaoyun's Taoist temple.

"Are you high?" Xu Miaoyun was dressed in a purple robe and moved without wind.

"Bold, dare to call His Majesty's name......" Before this brocade guard finished speaking, he was knocked away by Xu Miaoyun's sleeve.

"What do you mean by that?" Xu Miaoyun ignored everyone, but asked Zhu Gaochi directly.

"Auntie, why are you harming my father and my son?" Emperor Hongxi Zhu Gaochi saluted and asked.

"Why?" Xu Miaoyun looked confused.

Emperor Hongxi Zhu Gaochi immediately chased down King Zhao to kill Zhu Zhanji, and all the things about Zhu Di's crisis were said.

"Didn't I tell him not to go?" Xu Miaoyun asked in surprise.

"He said that he would die only the fifth time, so he would completely destroy the foreign race on the fourth time!" Hongxi Emperor Zhu Gaochi said.

"Confused! Yongle 21 personal expedition to Arutai, Yongle 22 July personal expedition to Tatar, July 18, Zhu Di died in the northern expedition back to the division of the Yumu River! Xu Miaoyun said.

"What?" Emperor Hongxi Zhu Gaochi was shocked.

"It's November now, Zhu Gaochi, hurry up and prepare 20,000 cavalry for me, 10,000 to be responsible for transporting food, and 10,000 to follow me to save the fourth brother!"

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At this time, Yao Guangxiao became a monk in his early years. Through Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, good poetry, Zhu Yuanzhang selected senior monks to serve the kings, and recited scriptures for the late Queen Ma. Yao Guangxiao was recommended to be selected, and after following Zhu Di, the king of Yan, to the abbot of Beiping, Daqingshou Temple, he still praised and plotted more, and finally made Zhu Di win the throne.

Now Yao Guangxiao is restless, using Taoism to calculate the heavenly opportunity, only why did he die? What does this mean?

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Arutai sat in front of Zhu Gaosui with a serious expression: "Zhu Zhanji still didn't know that you were coming, so King Zhao, I think this time it should be resolved quickly." ”

"Quick fix." Zhu Gaosui's index finger of his right hand knocked on the table one by one.

"Then King Shunning is also thinking about a quick solution at this time." Suddenly, Zhu Gaosui evoked a sneer.

"The battle to defend the city should have been fought steadily, but since Zhu Zhanji replaced the stubborn general and ordered Wu Cheng to ask for help, I think the food is not enough to consume." Shunning King Arutai said.

"Emperor Yongle won't have a problem if he is drugged by you!" Arutai, King of Shunning, asked.

"Don't worry, this is the medicine ordered by King Han, there is absolutely no problem!" Zhu Gaosui said with a smile.

"King Han? Emperor Yongle really has two good sons! Arutai, the king of Shunning, smiled and said, "Remember the fifty cities in the north that you want to give!" Otherwise......"

"Don't worry!"

"We just wait for Zhu Zhanji to have no food and no help, so naturally we can only come out and fight our army to the death. I waited for a while, there was no food and grass, and it was only three days at most, and I was self-defeating. Zhu Gaosui said with a smile.

"In the past few days, I have sent light cavalry to call for battle in front of Zhu Zhanji's formation every day, and in addition, after sending out 10,000 rear troops, I am ready to start a battle by detouring in the mountains and forests, and when Zhu Zhanji's main force comes out, he will die!" Zhu Gaosui took a sip of wine and said to Arutai.

"Zhu Zhanji's battle has already been fought, and he has to fight if he doesn't fight." Arutai laughed.

Zhu Gaosui nodded, stood up and bowed down and said, "There is the army of King Lao Shunning, drag my old man for three days!" ”

In the middle of the night, Zhu Zhanji led his horse back to the camp, and the soldiers at the camp gate saw that it was Zhu Zhanji and hurriedly opened the door.

"His Royal Highness the Prince."

Zhu Zhanji nodded at the soldiers and smiled: "If you are tired from guarding the camp at night, it will not hurt to rest for a while." ”

"His Royal Highness the Prince." The soldier shook his head: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, rest assured, we will close the camp gate, and we will not let King Zhao's rebels attack the camp at night." ”

Third uncle? Zhu Zhanji sighed, his face was full of bitterness: "The second uncle has no threat, I can't imagine that the third uncle is actually ......"

The soldiers couldn't understand Zhu Zhanji's words, but he knew that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was really treating them well and was very sympathetic to them.

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, we are not tired." Zhu Zhanji looked at the appearance of the soldiers, shook his head, and led the horse away.

Zhu Zhanji tied his horse to the horse stake in front of the tent, lifted the curtain of the tent and walked in.

But he found that in his tent, his own soldiers were standing inside waiting for him.

Teng Ding, Fei Xuan, Li Ying, Wu Guanzhi, Li Xian and others saw Zhu Zhanji walking in, and Wu Guanzhi hurriedly handed over the bamboo slips.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the documents sent by the envoy sent by King Zhao." Wu Guanzhi explained.

Zhu Zhanji frowned, the documents at this time could never bring any good news, opened the bamboo slip in his hand, just glanced at it a few times, and a wry smile appeared on his face.

Zhu Zhanji stood in the camp for a long time, holding the bamboo slip in his hand.

"His Royal Highness the Prince." Li Ying saw that Zhu Zhanji had been standing there, without saying a word, and asked worriedly, "What's wrong?" ”

"His Royal Highness the Prince, what did Zhu Gaosui, the king of Zhao, say?" Fei Xuan asked.

"Wu Cheng was arrested, the imperial grandfather was surrounded, and my third uncle asked me to surrender!" Zhu Zhanji smiled bitterly, Zhu Di couldn't hold it anymore, he needed a quick solution.

Zhu Zhanji felt that his hands were cold, put down the bamboo slips, and said something that even he felt cold.

"In the evening, our whole army is ready to fight to the death."

Zhu Zhanji wants to use his remaining 40,000 to attack the coalition army of nearly 600,000 Arutai and King Zhao, Zhu Zhanji's vision is blurred, he should die in battle!

Anger is generated, and the moment of the decisive battle will always be higher in momentum.

Zhu Zhanji closed his eyes, then opened them again, picked up the pen and wrote on the empty bamboo slip, he wrote a suicide note and a false holy decree, he Zhu Zhanji wanted to learn from Zhao Kuo in the Warring States Period to tell a big lie.

And with this outrageous lie, he will fight to the death with foreign enemies.

After this battle, I, Zhu Zhanji, am afraid that I will leave a reputation for eternity, and it is not a pity to die.

In the evening, Zhu Zhanji gathered his army to start a fierce attack, preparing for a dark area-breakthrough-encirclement!

——To be continued——