Chapter 113: Li Rong's reaction
Zhu Di, the king of Yan, rebelled, and the news quickly spread throughout the Ming Dynasty like a tide.
The news naturally reached Zhu Song's hands, and Zhu Song received the news and was excited in his heart.
Fourth brother, you still haven't disappointed your younger brother, and you've finally started to have trouble Fengtianjing, haven't you?
Similarly, Li Rong also received the news that Zhu Di had rebelled.
After receiving the news, Li Rong's first reaction was to immediately gather all his forces and surround Kaiyuan, if nothing else, to control Zhu Song, the king of Han.
This Li Rong is also a master of art and bold, relying on the defenders in the city are his own descendants, he does not hide his whereabouts at all, and he does not hurry or slow to command the envoy to come out of the yamen, and ride a horse out of the city leisurely.
Li Rong's reaction was beyond Zhu Song's expectations, Zhu Song thought that Li Rong would not take action, after all, he was not rebelling, but he never expected that at the same time as he received the news, Li Rong also received the news, and immediately reacted and immediately went out of the city.
As soon as he left the city, he ordered all the gates to be blocked, and no one without his generals, including Zhu Song himself, could leave the city.
Now that his own escort team is also outside the city, the escort team can't come over in time to protect the palace, even if they can come, how can more than 10,000 people compare with 50,000 or 60,000 people.
The most important thing is that Li Rong acted too cautiously, he simply did not leak, and closed the city gates tightly, and the defenders in the city, Zhu Song, did not have the authority to transfer, so he was afraid that he would completely fall into passivity.
At this critical moment, Zhu Song had to pin his hopes on Liu He and Tian Xuelin in the barracks.
Li Rong returned to the camp outside the city and immediately summoned the generals to begin the ceremony.
Li Rong sat in the position of the commander and looked at the generals on both sides, half of them were the generals of the Kaiyuan Division, and they were loyal to Zhu Song, which was also what Li Rong was most worried about.
"Ladies and gentlemen, King Yan usurped! Although we haven't received the generals of the imperial court, we don't need to send troops to crusade against King Yan, but at this critical time, we have to react! I Kaiyuan soldiers must be immediately retracted, no generals of this general, no one is allowed to act rashly, otherwise they will be beheaded according to the military order! ”
These soldiers have Li Rong's people, and naturally there are Zhu Song's people, and Zhu Song's generals are naturally unconvinced after hearing this.
"General, if the general receives His Majesty's order, it is okay for us to crusade against Yan Rebellion, we should serve the country!"
"But now that the general has not received His Majesty's order, he has asked us to gather our soldiers, and if we take back all the fronts, how should we deal with the tribes of the steppe attacking us at this time? What's more, after the front, but I opened up the fields of the people, what if the tribes on the steppe of the front rushed to grab the grain and trampled on the fields? ”
Li Rong looked at the general and snorted coldly: "It's just some field food, even if it is given to them, what can it do?" Do they still have the ability to attack my Daming? ”
"To tell you the truth, General Ben is worried that there will be people in Kaiyuan City who will echo with the Yan thieves and harm the country, so General Ben has to prevent it, as for the fields and grain, if they are trampled and destroyed by the grassland tribes, the court will punish them, and Ben will bear it alone!"
The general was clearly not convinced.
"What does the general mean by that? Is the general insinuating our Royal Highness the King of Han? ”
Li Rong slapped the table, pointed at this Kaiyuan descending and scolded angrily: "You bastard, you dare not listen to the arrival of this general, are you planning to disobey the military order?" I have the military law of the Ming Dynasty, if I disobey the general's order, I will be killed! ”
At this moment, Tian Xuelin hurriedly stood up and came out.
"The general is angry!"
Tian Xuelin walked to Li Rong's side and said in a low voice: "General, half of the generals present are the generals of His Royal Highness King Han, His Royal Highness King Han is especially popular with the army and the people in Kaiyuan, and the general's actions like this are tantamount to splitting my Kaiyuan army." ”
"The dog will jump off the wall when he is in a hurry, not to mention the people, not to mention that these Kaiyuan generals are all soldiers who can fight and dare to fight, if the general suppresses it like this, it is certainly happy, but it is easy to force people to be anxious, and when the time comes, I am afraid that it will still be a general."
Li Rong also understood, but he was really angry just now, and now when he heard Tian Xuelin's words, he snorted coldly and did not continue to answer, which can be regarded as giving Tian Xuelin this face.
Tian Xuelin walked in front of the Kaiyuan general.
"You are the same general, after all, General Li is also thinking about the stability and stability of our Ming Dynasty! It's just their own duties, and no one has said what's wrong with His Royal Highness King Han, right? ”
The general is also a person who can go down the steps, and nodded after listening to Tian Xuelin's words.
"The last general was also in a hurry just now, so I'll apologize to the general here."
Li Rong snorted coldly and didn't answer.
This time, the discussion of the generals ended in a hurry, and everyone went back to their own homes to find their own mothers.
In Li Rong's handsome tent, only Tian Xuelin is left now.
Tian Xuelin looked at Li Rong and said, "General Li, no matter how much trouble King Yan makes, hasn't King Han done nothing?" If you're doing this now, aren't you just waiting to cause a military mutiny? ”
"Kaiyuan still has half of the generals loyal to His Royal Highness King Han, the court has been for so many years, and it has not said that these generals will be paid, until now these soldiers are still issued by His Royal Highness King Han, and the court has an IOU."
Li Rong snorted coldly: "No matter who gives the money, King Han is also the son of Emperor Taizu Gao, he is also the prince of the Ming Dynasty, and he should be worried about the king, no matter who sent the money, is the King of Han not a soldier of the Ming Dynasty?" ”
Tian Xuelin poured Li Rong a cup of tea with a smile.
"General Li, the problem is not here, the problem lies with His Royal Highness King Han, and the people are not rebelling now! It was King Yan who rebelled, Beiping is thousands of miles away from Kaiyuan, even if you control Kaiyuan City, what can you do? Far water can't quench your thirst. ”
Li Rong breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, what Tian Xuelin said made sense, but Li Rong always felt so unsteady in his heart.
"General Tian won't tell you, I have always suspected that His Royal Highness King Han and His Royal Highness King Yan have private dealings, you think, although His Royal Highness King Han is not as heroic as His Royal Highness King Yan, but His Royal Highness King Han has grain and grass!"
"If you look at it from the perspective of King Yan, King Yan naturally can't go near and far, and run to get grain and grass, not to mention that there are King Ning and King Liao blocking it along the way, even if it is thousands of miles away, it will stretch the supply line very long."
"But if King Han takes the initiative to send grain and grass over, it will be different, Kaiyuan has enough grain and grass, and Kaiyuan will support King Yan to fight, I dare not guarantee the long, but it will be enough in the short half a year to a year!"