twenty-two

On the tenth day of October in the first year of Jianwen, the suburbs of Beiping.

As the morning sun rose, the winter fog gradually dissipated, and a train of oxen drove far away on the main road into the city, and six oxen were used in front of each cart to pull the fiber. The wheels of the bullock cart are much wider than the usual style, which shows that they were specially made for the occasion. The train looked less than ten miles away from the city, the head of the car slowly stopped, uncovered the yellow cloth covered with a stone carving of the Buddha's head, followed from the back of the ox cart quietly walked down dozens of monks wearing robes, in front of the two columns of the head of the car, while chanting Buddhist scriptures, solemnly walked to the city to open the way.

Several scouts lying on the side of the road looked at each other, and the leading veteran decided to send someone to inform General Chen, the pioneer who was ambushing five miles away, although this group of monks did not look like they had blades, and for the sake of caution, they led their own people to sneak forward. The veteran didn't notice that a figure was behind his herald, following him like a shadow.

The people of the Shenyingmen led by Li Hongyuan also went out of the city at this time to act separately, and when they inquired about the news in the city, they learned that King Yan had led his troops to Daningwei for a period of time, and someone had witnessed Ma He and his attendants. Li Jian knew that the master was in a hurry to find the senior brother, and to put it bluntly, he naturally didn't want a rebellious disciple to come out of the door. The master and apprentice each led a few disciples to find the location of the Yan army who should be on the way back.

In July, Emperor Jianwen had issued an edict to abolish the throne of the King of Yan, the two sides openly tore their faces, the Yan army won the first battle, and in September defeated the 130,000 army of Geng Bingwen who led the north to attack Yan, and then sent troops to Daningwei, the King of Yan had taken the 3,000 Mongolian cavalry known as the elite for his own use, and was about to return to Beiping to relieve the siege of Li Jinglong's 500,000 army.

In October, when it was already snowing around Beiping and thin ice had formed on the rivers everywhere, the vanguard general Chen Hui camped on the south bank of the Baihe River and scouted to capture the vanguard of the Yan King and make a difference.

asked Zhu Neng to take the newly surrendered Mongolian soldiers to the battle array against the Jianwen army, which was mostly a child of the south, and he was extremely unsure. King Yan went north this time, and successfully brought the strong army under King Ning into his control, relieved the threat from behind Beiping, and went south after the army was integrated, and some of them had a tough battle to fight.

Although the prince asked Ma He, who was skilled in swordsmanship, to come over to help him, it was not as good as bringing his original men and horses. But with years of experience in fighting with the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, Zhu Neng did know that the combat power of the Mongolian cavalry was amazing, and the short-distance sprint on the battlefield against the infantry army was a 100% slaughter.

The northern men respect the heroes, Zhu Neng went out of the fortress with the king of Yan several times, led a few horses and dared to charge the Mongolian cavalry, and there was a great name for killing outside the pass, and Duoyan Sanwei already had the nobles in the clan to serve as the commander of a thousand commanders. Zhu Neng found these three people, and Ma He stood next to him, and simply said that he would govern the army through his own soldiers who knew Mongolian, and changed his military rank to deputy Qianhu, and the three of them obeyed the order awe-inspiringly, and led the troops to set off. After riding out quickly, find a small road to the south, arrive at Jizhou and then turn to the west, this road after a rapid trip and then about a day later can reach the eastern suburbs of Beiping. Zhu Neng could have cut through Xinglong through Miyun from the northeast corner, but due to the swiftness of the cavalry, it was in line with the arrival time required by the military order of King Yan. This night stopped dozens of miles away from the Baihe River for the night, Zhu Neng knew that he was now relying on his own personal prestige to suppress these fierce cavalry, and after the war started, he had to rely on lure to make these people desperate. After discussing with Ma He, he asked those with more than 100 households to listen to orders in front of their camp. Zhu Neng signaled to Ma Hewei, Ma He stood forward with both hands on his waist, and said loudly: "Now there are traitors around the child emperor in Nanjing, and he lied to the officials of the southern court that King Yan wanted to rebel against him as the emperor, so the child emperor sent a man named Geng Bingwen with an army of 130,000 to occupy Beiping City, and he was defeated by General Zhu in one battle. This time, he sent another man named Li Jinglong, who claimed to have led an army of 500,000, and I tell you, he is not enough for General Zhu to fight!" After the translation was finished, Ma He saw that there were already a few people running out with eager expressions, so he took out a few pieces of yellow and clear things and threw them into the air, followed by a few steps and jumped up in the air to draw his sword and stab it, only to hear a few ringing sounds, he raised his right hand, stood on a horse with his right foot, stretched out his sword and pointed to the sky, and the tip of the sword pierced three pieces of gold cake. This series of actions is like a smooth flow, everyone is knowledgeable, and their eyes can't help but show reverence. Ma He shouted, "I have ten pieces of these gold cakes, and tomorrow I will give them to the hero who beheaded the general of the Southern Army. After speaking, I only heard the sound of the scimitar coming out of the sheath, and all the Mongolian people were aroused to blood, and the knife in their hands was dancing again and again, and their throats were whirring loudly. Zhu Neng saw that these Mongolian people had been excited, and beckoned to the three deputy Qianhu, and went into the account to explain the plan for tomorrow's march.

Not far away, a man dressed in black was perched on a treetop, and he took these scenes to heart, and he sat cross-legged in the recess of the branches, waiting for the Mongolian cavalry to cease to sleep. About the time of the ugly he slipped down the tree, and approached silently along the grass, and the tent of the horse and the horse fell behind the tent, which had just been determined far away, and he cut the tent with a dagger silently like slicing tofu. The tent was not large, and he slowly approached the sleeping horse and his side, and gently rested the dagger against his neck.

Ma He was dreaming that he was returning to the Dianchi Lake at this time, and saw the master practicing the sword from a distance, the sword light was more shining than in the past and did not disappear, and he was hesitating whether he should come forward to salute, suddenly the master looked at himself coldly, he rinsed down in cold sweat, and the sword light swept towards him in a daze, only to feel that the body was icy and could not be moved, Ma He opened his eyes and was about to sit up, his neck was cold, and a blood mark had been cut. The masked man in black in front of him whispered, "Don't move if you want to die!"

Ma He was naturally awake at this time, and looked at the pair of shining eyes of the man in black: "Second junior brother, don't come to harm, it was the master who asked you to kill me?"

Li Jian said, "Who is your junior brother? You traitor!' Ma He said angrily, "Who am I betraying? Since ancient times, how do you think Tang Taizong became the emperor?"

Li Jian asked before parting from the master, what should I do if I met the senior brother, Li Hongyuan thought about it, and said that he was sure where Ma He was, and he would report it immediately, and don't do it. Li Jian thought to himself at the time, how do you know that I can't beat Senior Brother.

Li Jian was in trouble at this time, if the senior brother wanted to argue, he would definitely not be able to say that the senior brother would not be able to carry such a big guy as the senior brother to find the master, and he would not be caught up by the Mongolian cavalry!

Ma He saw Li Jian hesitating, so he said, "Second junior brother, you are still young, and you can't be blamed if you don't know the general trend of the world, so if you don't remove the knife, I'll go and explain to the master." Li Jian was slightly distracted, and suddenly the sound of the blade breaking the wind behind him came, and he jumped over the other side of the bed with a big flip in the air, and the dagger never left the horse and the neck. I heard someone whispering, 'Lay down your weapon, boy, and spare you from death.'" Ma He felt a cold circle of his throat pass by, and said helplessly, "You two might as well take it easy, after all, it is the throat that you accidentally cut."

The person who came was Zhu Neng, who originally wanted to talk to Ma He about something, but unexpectedly saw this debate between the brothers and sisters. He saw that Li Jian was extraordinary, and thought to himself that this miracle was full of talents. Ignoring Ma He's nonsense at the moment, he put the knife back into the sheath and said, "You are Brother Li Jian, right? I've heard Brother Ma mention many times that he has such a wonderful junior brother as you." Li Jian said, "I also heard my master mention that there is such a fierce man as you under the command of King Yan, who is good at killing generals, and the recent rumor is that the martial arts in the rebellion of King Gong Yan are you!" Zhu Neng took two steps and spread his hands and said: "Taizu will win the country immediately, and for more than 30 years, it can be regarded as the peace of the country and the people. It's just that there is no one in the court, the traitorous ministers are corrupt and corrupt, and they framed Taizu and the kings, and my lord endured humiliation for a long time, and finally he was forced to raise the army and clear the king's side, all of which were forced by this group of villains."

This passage is very high-sounding, Li Jian remembered that the master also mentioned that King Yan had written to the court after raising troops, and what he said was reasonable, but at this moment, the heavenly family was coaxing, and King Yan received King Ning's strength this time, and the blood flow would not stop if he didn't kill a bloody pestle. I urge the disciples to seek cleanliness and self-love, and not to intervene. Thinking of this, Li Jian said angrily: "Senior brother, the master has arrived in Beiping, and the junior brother is incapable of taking you to the noodle master, here is only a word for you, the master has already warned me that the people of the Shenying Sect are not allowed to participate in the royal fight, and you can do it to you whether you obey the orders of this master." After that, he struck lightly on the horse and temple, followed by Dou Ran jumped towards Zhu Neng's dagger, and the bright light splashed out like a horse, Zhu Neng was shocked, and hurriedly rolled aside, only to watch Li Jian pass out of the tent like a swallow and disappear into the night. Zhu Neng got up and was about to call someone to chase after him, Ma He sat up, rubbed his head and said, "General Zhu, forget it, my junior brother has no intention of hurting anyone." The heart is also shocked, the second junior brother's Tianyu true qi has reached the realm of sending and receiving freely, although it is not as strong as his own internal strength, but the fluency is naturally above himself. Dengshi's heart was sour, could it be that the master was really partial and kept a hand for himself?

Zhu Neng pondered for a long time and said, "I think Brother Ma might as well go back to King Yan first, so as not to cause inconvenience for your master and apprentice." Ma He smiled bitterly: "I have to wait until Brother Zhu defeats Chen Hui at the earliest, otherwise I will escape from the battle, how can I be worthy of the Lord." Zhu Nengdao: "Brother Ma is caught in the middle, and it is too ostentatious to go into battle directly to make meritorious contributions, why don't you help the baggage?" Ma He stood up: "How can General Zhu exclude his junior brother from such a meritorious opportunity? The younger brother pretended to be Brother Zhu's own soldier." Zhu Neng sighed: "This is to wronged Brother Ma." After that, Ma Heju dressed up as a small soldier and deliberately kept a low profile, resulting in all kinds of exploits in the Battle of Jingjing not being recorded in the history of later generations.

Although Zhu Neng is broad-minded, he has no relationship with Ma He, and a flying pigeon pass before dawn also arrived at King Yan, who was still outside the gate, Zhu Di burned the note, and muttered: "Li Hongyuan, what do you want to do? The Baigou River should be freezing at this time!" Yan Shanwei and Daning Wei, who combined 50,000 troops, then marched to Beiping.