In the first year of Jianwen, in 1399 AD, Zhu Song, the king of Han, launched a mutiny, seized the military power of Kaiyuan, killed Li Rong, the commander of Kaiyuan, and rebelled in the name of the Qing monarch, which is known as the Kaiyuan Mutiny......

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Zhu Song followed Zhu Di's example, and also rebelled in the name of the Qing monarch, and also gave the court a twist, which naturally said that it was also impassioned, and denounced the traitors of the court.

After listening to the recital of Zhu Song, the king of Han, Emperor Jianwen was already furious in his heart, forcing Emperor Jianwen, who had always been a man of grace, to expose the other side of his teeth and claws in front of the civil and military officials for the first time.

"Rebellion! Rebel! Rebel! ”

Emperor Jianwen got up from the dragon chair, strode down the steps, came to the civil and military officials, and looked at one of the officials and asked sharply.

"Are you going to rebel next? Isn't it? ”

Jianwen said and looked at another official and grabbed him by the collar: "Are you going to rebel next?" Whoever wants to rebel will stand up for me! ”

All the civil and military officials knelt down in unison, and pleaded in their mouths: "Your Majesty is angry! ”

Fang Xiaoru said at this time: "Your Majesty, please calm your anger, this King Han also rebelled with King Yan, naturally it is a capital crime beyond the expectations of the ministers!" But Your Majesty doesn't need to be afraid, although Kaiyuan has abundant grain and grass and fertile land, but in the end, it is a remote and bitter cold place, and King Han is destined to be a big thing. ”

Qi Tai, the secretary of the military department, also followed: "Your Majesty Lord Fang's words are reasonable, the top priority is to solve the problem of King Yan, there is a Great Wall in the north, even if King Han rebels, but he only has more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, not to mention that the soldiers and horses of Kaiyuan are mainly cavalry, and the cavalry field battle is acceptable, but the siege of the city is not the strength of the cavalry, and the horse's mouth can't open the city gate!" ”

"Now that the military department and the Governor's Mansion of the five armies have complied with Your Majesty's will and gathered 500,000 troops to prepare for rehabilitation, it is time to choose a good lord to lead the troops to rehabilitate and capture King Yan!"

"As for the King of Han, on the west side of Kaiyuan is the domain of King Liao and King Ning, if King Han wants to enter the customs, he must pass through Guangning and Daning, King Liao has just arrived in Guangning at the moment, and he is just preparing for war, if King Han wants to lead the soldiers and horses of Kaiyuan and enter the customs to meet the King of Yan, then he will have to face these two princes!"

"If King Han chooses to attack the city, then his soldiers and horses will be lost, and his strength will inevitably be consumed, if he does not choose to attack Guangning and decides to bypass, it is just sandwiched between Daning and Guangning, and the kings of the two places can send their own troops, and attack before and after, and King Han will be defeated!"

After Jianwen listened, his heart relaxed a little, nodded, thought about it and replied again, with a gentle and elegant appearance.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please get up, I was a little out of honor just now."

After the ministers of civil and military affairs thanked them, they all stood up, and Jianwen walked back to the dragon chair and sat down.

"Since I don't have to worry about King Han, which general will King Yan send to rehabilitate?"

Qi Tai stood up with a tooth card in his hand: "Your Highness, the minister thinks that Geng Bingwen, Marquis of Changxing, can take on this position, Changxing Hou follows Emperor Taizu Gao, and has made countless achievements in the southern and northern wars, and has been stationed in Changxing for ten years, Chen Youliang has never broken through once, and he is really my unparalleled general of the Ming Dynasty!" ”

Jianwen nodded with satisfaction, and then looked at the queue of generals.

"Where is the Marquis of Changxing?"

Changxinghou stood up: "The minister is here!" ”

"I will hand over this 500,000 army to you, Aiqing must sweep away Yan Yi this time! But I have a request not to make me bear the name of killing my uncle, and King Yan must be captured alive! ”

Geng Bingwen felt normal when he heard the previous sentence, but Geng Bingwen felt more and more that the latter sentence was not tasteful, the two armies were especially rehabilitated, and the sword had no eyes, how could it be possible to ensure that King Yan was safe and sound?

Geng Bingwen's mouth opened and opened, but he still didn't say anything, so he had to take the errand.

After going down to the court, the Empress Dowager Lu heard about the early dynasty today, and the emperor actually asked the rehabilitated general not to kill King Yan, what kind of operation is this?

Where is the ruthlessness you had when you slashed over?

The more Empress Dowager Lu thought about it, the more angry she became, and then she came to the imperial study in person, and at this moment, Jianwen had just changed his dragon robe.

"Mother!"

Jianwen saw his mother walk over happily.

Empress Dowager Lu frowned and looked at her son: "What do you think?" Zhu Di has already rebelled, but you are still a woman's kindness, and Changxinghou, who led the troops to the battle, don't let you be in the name of killing your uncle, are you confused? ”

Jianwen smiled slightly after hearing this, and then gave the subordinates next to him a look, and the steward eunuch in the palace immediately understood what His Majesty meant, and then waved his hand and retreated with all the subordinates in the imperial study.

"Mother, the child has to say this in front of the hundred officials and the subjects of the world, and has to do this, after all, the child stands up with benevolence and righteousness, even if the child's uncle rebels, the child can't ignore this blood and family relationship, right?"

After Empress Dowager Lu heard this, she almost didn't come up in one breath.

"You're really angry with me, is this what your mother usually taught you, how well Zhu Di knows how to fight and how much he can fight, don't you know, it's unknown whether Geng Bingwen can win him this time, and now you have put such a shackle on Geng Bingwen, doesn't this make him unable to let go?"

Jianwen looked at his mother with a smile: "Mother, children often hear how heroic the fourth uncle is on the battlefield, how he is the first soldier, the fourth uncle always rushes to the front every time he goes out to fight, in order to boost morale, the sword on the battlefield has no eyes, if there is a stray arrow, which soldier accidentally kills the king of Yan who rushed to the front, it has nothing to do with the child!" ”

When Empress Dowager Lu heard this, she suddenly realized, looked at her son and said happily: "My mother usually didn't teach you in vain!" ”

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The imperial court sent a general stationed in the throat of Beiping, whose name was Song Zhong.

A general whose name was not very auspicious, but who also had some courage and talent, wandered around Beiping after the rebellion of King Yan, and the imperial army, or the southern army, quickly assembled in Huailai.

said that it was an assembly, but in fact, to put it bluntly, it was an escape, the name of the person, the shadow of the tree, and the reputation of Zhu Di, the king of Yan, was too loud, and this situation could make him take down Beiping City, which was really shocking, and it was rare for these soldiers of the Southern Army to be frightened.

Song Zhong reorganized these panicked southern troops, opened the city gate and let them in, and gathered with the local soldiers who had been transferred from Beiping.

The atmosphere of panic quickly spread among the army, and the best way to quell the panic was anger.

So Song Zhong decided to tell a lie and sent people to spread a rumor in the army that after King Yan rebelled in Beiping, he killed all the families and relatives of the defenders outside the city.