"Open the gates of the city! Grandpa is back! ”

"Wang Lao Liu! Hurry up and open the city gate, are you trying to kill your grandfather? You still owe Grandpa three hundred taels of silver! ”

"That's the end of it, he owes you money, and if he pits you to death outside, won't he have to pay it back?"

“……”

There was a mess outside Xuzhou City, and some of the Southern Sergeants who had fallen behind returned to Xuzhou City in the dark, shouting loudly.

The guards of the city were surprised, and the nobles who stayed in Xuzhou were also flustered and anxious when they saw this situation.

Zhu Guobi, the Duke of Baoguo, looked at the soldiers who kept shouting outside the city, his face could be described as extremely flustered, he held his forehead, and sighed: "How should this be!" ”

Nanjing's nobles have more or less read military books for several years and know how to arrange troops, and if they are given one or two hundred or even a thousand people, they will command them very properly.

However, the army in Xuzhou City is close to 100,000, while the entire Jiangnan region can produce 200,000 troops, which is far beyond their ability.

Therefore, in the face of Xu Da's command, whether it is Zhu Guobi, Zhu Zhilong or Xu Hongji, they are all wine bags and rice bags, and under the premise of no information-based combat, they are full of confidence and plan to reproduce the operation of the famous generals of the ancients, so this situation will occur.

Zhu Guobi was in a state of confusion, and at this moment, he saw that the troops under the banner of 'Wei Guogong' in the distance were rapidly approaching Xuzhou.

After seeing the banner of 'Wei Guogong', Zhu Guobi analyzed it carefully, and he didn't see whether this was Wei Guogong on the opposite side or Wei Guogong on his side, so he did not hesitate and ordered: "Take me the clairvoyant mirror!" ”

A personal figure next to him immediately took the gold wire telescope that Zhu Guobi bought from Westerners at a high price, looked at the torch on the banner side, and vaguely saw Xu Hongji who was downcast.

It's just that he now looks embarrassed all over his body, there are still a few red marks on his face, and the armor on his body has lost its former brilliance.

It's just that Xu Hongji is followed by a veteran who looks a little familiar, and the veteran is not chaotic in the face of danger and has the style of a general.

Zhu Guobi didn't think much about it, he just thought that he was the general of the Xu family, and he suddenly had a center of gravity.

Okay, you Xu Hongji, there are veterans around you who have been in battle for a long time, you don't need it, you have to do it yourself! This is a loss of troops, right? Now hurry up and let the old general preside over the big move to resist the enemy army!

Zhu Guobi decisively recognized Xu Da, who held Xu Hongji hostage, as a veteran of the Xu family, so he decisively wanted to invite this veteran general to preside over the overall military situation in Xuzhou.

Compared with Xu Hongji, Zhu Guobi is still a little self-aware.

The only problem is ...... He doesn't seem to have a good eye.

"Open the gates, open the gates!"

With Zhu Guobi's order, the gate of Xuzhou City was opened, and Xu Da, who had kidnapped Xu Hongji, couldn't help but be stunned.

Before he could shout, why did the city gate open inside?

Under such an inexplicable situation, he saw Zhu Guobi come to the city gate at the speed of light, and smiled enthusiastically at Xu Hongji and Xu Da: "Wei Guogong has lost his troops this time, and he still has to listen to the old general's words in the future!" ”

"Old general, I am Zhu Guobi, the Duke of Baoguo, I neglected the old general before, and please don't blame the old general."

Zhu Guobi was very polite and virtuous, and then said to Xu Da: "Next, I hope that the old general will command the military affairs, defeat the Xiaoxiao enemy army outside the city, support King Lifu to ascend the throne, and defeat Chongzhen Xiao'er!" ”

Xu Hongji: ......

When Xu Da heard this, his face was expressionless, and he just asked, "Baoguo Gong?" Who were the first ancestors of your family? Where is the family? ”

Hearing Xu Da ask, Zhu Guobi was a little puzzled, but he still said proudly: "My family is from the Yongle Dynasty, and the ancestor of the family is Zhu Qian, a native of Xiayi!" ”

Hearing this, Xu Da nodded heavily, and then under the incomprehensible gaze of Baoguo Gong, he turned around and shouted, "Is there anyone named Zhu Qian present?" ”

After being silent for a long time, a general who looked quite strong stood up and said: "General Qiqi, the last general left behind to guard the left guard and commanded Zhu Qi, who is from Xiayi, and the eldest son of the last general is named Zhu Qian, but he is now sixteen ......years old."

Xu Da nodded and said indifferently: "It should be the descendant of Ling." Your eldest son is good, and he can be crowned the prince of the country, and this boy will teach you a lesson. ”

Zhu Guobi: ?

And when Zhu Guobi looked confused, Xu Hongji had already shown pity...... And a little bit of schadenfreude.

"Quickly report the results of the battle to Your Majesty, Xuzhou has conquered!"

……

In August, the blazing wind had swept across the entire Central Plains, and officials at all levels on the Shandong border found a huge army marching in a straight line towards Qufu.

Zhu Houxi sat in the dragon bowl, holding the battle report from Xuzhou in his hand, and couldn't help but feel a little surprised, but also felt that it was expected.

I don't know if the Nanjing court is too weak, or Xu Da is too strong, or both.

All in all, it took only three days for Xu Da to take Xuzhou, a military town, to defeat the main force of the Southern Army, to take the city of Xuzhou, and after a short rest in Xuzhou, he joined forces with Huang Degong's 30,000 army soldiers in Huai'an, and continued to march towards Nanjing.

In this way, Nanjing does not need to do it itself, but only needs to reach the most loyal Nanjing.

Zhu Houxi thought indifferently.

The Nanjing Imperial Court......

Since Zhu Di moved the capital, the north and south of Beijing have been in a state of separation for a long time, and the life of Nanjing Xungui is drunk with money and money, which naturally constitutes two completely different situations from Beijing, and the emperor's decree is difficult to promote in the Jiangnan region.

Therefore, whether it was in Zhu Houxi's Jiajing Dynasty or now Zhu Youzhen's Chongzhen Dynasty, the army marched towards Nanjing, suppressed everything with absolute force, and wanted to free the people of Jiangnan from the exploitation of the nobles.

Suddenly, a horse galloped from a distance, bringing up smoke and dust, and quickly reported to the general of the army, and Yu Dayou heard this, and immediately rode his horse and reported to Zhu Houxi:

"Your Majesty, outside the city of Qufu, King Lu, King De and King Heng with hundreds of officials, welcome Your Majesty's holy drive in Yanzhou!"

When Zhu Houxi heard this, he was slightly surprised.

He is now close to Qufu, Qufu is located in Yanzhou Mansion, but it is not controlled by Yanzhou Mansion, and the relationship is somewhat similar to that between Beijing and Hebei, which is an independent place, and only belongs to the territory of the Confucian family of Yansheng Gong.

As soon as he arrived at the boundary of Yanzhou, it was natural for King Lu of Yanzhou to notice it, but it was strange that King Heng of Qingzhou and King De of Jinan also came to meet him.

The vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty in Shandong were the three feudal lords of Lu, Heng and De, and as for the Qi domain, they were deposed as early as the Yongle period, so there were only these three vassal kings in Shandong.

These three vassal kings, Zhu Yihai, the king of Lu in Yanzhou, was a very enterprising vassal king, after Chongzhen was hanged on the coal mountain in history, he was actively supervising the country in Shaoxing, but unfortunately the talent seemed to be a little crooked, and he insisted on fighting with the Tang king who was the emperor in Fujian to see who was orthodox, and finally these two guys were killed by Jiannu......

Zhu Youli, the king of Jinan, the mediocre vassal king, belongs to the key target of Jiannu's attack, and the previous generation of Dewang, that is, his brother, was captured by Jiannu in the twelfth year of Chongzhen and died outside the fortress.

And he was luckier than his brother, he was not taken to the outside of the city, he just surrendered on the spot, and then he didn't know what he did, and he died two years later.

It is worth mentioning that the first King De was the second son of Zhu Qizhen of Ming Yingzong, so the sixth King De was captured by Jiannu and finally died outside the Saiwai, which can be regarded as a replica of the classic operation of the ancestors, and the match with Zhu Qizhen is much higher than that of the boss Zhu Jianshen.

And Zhu Youdi, the king of Heng in Qingzhou, is even more heavyweight.

Qingzhou is an important military town in Shandong, but King Heng actively surrendered, before Li Zicheng called, he had already voted, Li Zicheng sent a general to take over Qingzhou, King Heng's loyal minister Li Shiyuan decisively killed Li Zicheng's general, and found King Heng, persuaded him to be emperor, resist the invasion of Jiannu Manchuria.

As a result, King Heng said that he was resigned to his fate, and surrendered decisively after the Qing army came, and was killed by the Qing court the following year on the grounds of rebellion.

Hearing that these three vassal kings came to ask for a meeting, Zhu Houxi couldn't help sneering, and through the curtain of the dragon, he looked at the towering Qufu City that was faintly in his sight, and couldn't help but smile lightly, and said to Lu Bing: "Order the Lu Domain, the De Domain, and the Heng Domain to wait in Qufu City, and the entire Confucian family!" ”

After saying that, Zhu Houxi seemed to be talking to himself, and seemed to say to Lu Bing:

"The relics of the saints, today, should be beheaded."

And when Lu Bing heard this, he was stunned and couldn't believe his ears.

On the top of the main hall a while ago, he only heard that Zhu Houxi was going to deal with Yan Shenggong, but he didn't expect that it would be such a contribution.

Saint's legacy.

This name is too big, too loud, in the past dynasties under the layers of the increase, the Qufu Confucian family has a tendency that is close to mythology, even if Yan Sheng Gong is a crime, in most cases, it is only to investigate the responsibility of Yan Sheng Gong alone, and it will not reduce the title and treatment, but will replace another person to continue to serve as Yan Sheng Gong, truly hereditary replacement.

After hearing Zhu Houxi's words, Lu Bing was both a little worried and a little excited.

However, since it is His Majesty's will, then all the members of Jinyiwei should fully support it, even if the Kong family is beheaded, he Lu Bing is willing to be the first to wave the butcher's knife for His Majesty Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty!