At the end of March of the third year of Jianwen, when the spring flowers were blooming.

Tie Xuan stood at the head of the wall of Jinan City, looking to the north.

"It's spring, and King Yan's army is almost here."

There is also a person standing next to Tie Xuan, this person is an old acquaintance of Tie Xuan, who serves as an official in Liaozhou, Shanxi.

Zhu Di's army quickly occupied Liaozhou after arriving in Liaozhou, and when the Liaozhou officials surrendered to Zhu Di and showed their loyalty, he was the only one who broke away from Liaozhou alone, and the two met when Tie Xuan gathered his rout.

Gao Wei is also a literati and advocates integrity, so when he and Tie Xuan reunited, the two hugged each other and cried, he and Tie Xuan are the same kind of people, and they are willing to pledge their lives for the country.

In addition to Tie Xuan and Gao Wei, there is also a general standing on Tie Xuan's left, and this general is the emperor's personal bodyguard, Sheng Yong.

Originally, Sheng Yong was ordered by Emperor Jianwen to rush to the aid of Li Jinglong with soldiers, horses, grain and grass, but he didn't expect that after he arrived in Shandong, Jinglong would have run away without a trace.

Gao Wei looked at Sheng Yong and asked, "The Holy General and the daughter saw that the Yan Wangjun set off from Beiping, how long will it take to reach Shandong?" ”

Sheng Yong thought for a while and replied: "The Northern Army has always been known for its cavalry being good at fighting, the speed of the cavalry is very fast, it will take about two days or so, and the infantry will be slower, but it will take about five days to arrive, and as for the grain and grass, it will be made up within ten days." ”

"It is estimated that this winter, King Yan should be very well prepared, there should be a lot of grain, grass, ordnance, and baggage, and the next thing we will face is a vicious battle."

Tie Hyun smiled when he heard this.

"No matter how many soldiers and horses he comes, the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, I Tie Xuan doesn't believe it, is King Yan really invincible?"

"Give the order to go down, order the whole city to be on alert, and fight hard! As soon as King Yan arrives, we will immediately go to war! ”

……

Tie Xuan, Sheng Yong, and Gao Wei guessed well, as soon as the spring was not yet civilized, Zhu Di couldn't wait to take the soldiers and horses out of Beiping City, pointing directly to Shandong.

Although there are two more people in the army this time, it is Zhu Di's second son Zhu Gaochu, and the youngest son Zhu Gaosui, the eldest son Zhu Gaochi fought in Beiping to defend the city, and his performance was very satisfactory to Zhu Di, so Zhu Di handed over all the Beiping City and grain and grass to Zhu Gaochi.

Zhu Song knew that Zhu Di now valued Zhu Gaochi very much, because the two armies were fighting, and sometimes the number of soldiers and horses was not the only winning factor, and sometimes it was not even the most important winning factor, the most important thing was logistics, especially the national war between the Ming Dynasty and the Northern Yuan Dynasty.

Why was Da Ming able to win, just because Zhu Di and Lan Yu were too brave and good at fighting at that time? Not exactly, because the logistics supply of the Ming Dynasty was very sufficient at that time, and the national strength was against the national strength, so the Ming Dynasty was invincible?

And now Zhu Di can no longer be completely summed up in the counterinsurgency, Zhu Di has now almost taken the entire northern part of the Ming Dynasty, and after taking Shandong next, he will point his sword at Ying Tian, condescendingly, Ying Tian is trying to push the front back, and it is as difficult as climbing back to the north.

At that time, the Ming Dynasty will be like the Southern Song Dynasty at that time, the sixteen states of Yanyun have been in the hands of others for so long, and there is no force to take it back, wealth is wealth, but without fighting, if you want to maintain it, you can only pay compensation, and compensation is still compensation.

Therefore, whether Jinan can be captured next, and the entire Shandong has become the top priority of the Jingyan Campaign, and it can even be said that it will play a turning point.

Yan Wang Shuai's tent.

King Yan led a group of generals around the sand table.

"This king has already sent someone to inquire, and now there are two guards in Jinan Mansion, the first one is an old acquaintance, his name is Sheng Yong, Jianwen's personal guards, it seems that Jianwen is really no one around, and even his own personal guards have been taken out to save the scene?"

After hearing this, the generals laughed, and King Yan continued.

"As for this second one, his name is Tie Xuan, a native of Henan, as far as this king knows, he was a civil official in Shandong who participated in politics before, and was in charge of transporting grain, grass and ordnance to Li Jinglong.

"This king feels very sorry for this king's eldest nephew, let him be the emperor, it really hurts him."

"Hahahaha......"

The soldiers laughed loudly, and Zhu Song also smiled slightly next to him to show his gregariousness, Zhu Song knew that Tie Xuan would be the most troublesome opponent Zhu Di had encountered since his rebellion.

This time, the strategy set for Jinan has also changed Zhu Di's style in the past, Zhu Di's previous battles have always been elusive, and to put it mildly, it is timid.

But Zhu Di decided not to use the previous tactical style this time, this time he wanted to prove to the whole world that he was going to take down Jinan City with an absolutely strong style, so that most of the Ming Dynasty would submit to him, and he wanted to prove to everyone in the world that he was the one who could succeed Emperor Taizu Gao.

The other generals were ordered to perform their own duties, and now only Zhu Di and Zhu Song were left in the camp.

Zhu Di looked at Zhu Song and said: "Twenty brother, this time the four take the lead, you are in charge of the Chinese army, and the safety of our battalion and the retreat route will be fully handed over to you, although this king has always disliked to formulate a retreat route before the war." ”

Zhu Song arched his hand towards Zhu Di and said: "Fourth brother, don't worry, I will definitely be able to take care of my home, and the retreat route will definitely be handled well, the logistics and supplies are too long, I have asked Gao Chi to send the logistics supplies through Texas and then from Texas." ”

Zhu Di nodded and praised.

"It's so good, as long as I go through this battle, I can condescend and despise Jianwen."

Zhu Song thought about it carefully, thought about it and decided to say to the fourth brother.

"Fourth brother, I don't mean anything else, I just want to remind the fourth brother, I have been in contact with Sheng Yong, when he came to Kaiyuan, if it wasn't for the bitter trick I used, I'm afraid I wouldn't have just gotten out."

"I have quietly watched him march and set up the formation, especially when he led the troops to Kaiyuan City, I can see more clearly, this person is indeed not simple, at least he is much stronger than Li Jinglong in terms of fighting."

"As for that Tie Xuan, although I have never seen this person, but I have also heard of his reputation, although he has only been a politician in Shandong, he is very loyal, although he has never led troops to fight, but he can advocate integrity, if he is really forced to hurry, it is very likely that he will lead the whole of Jinan to die with us."