On February 11, the 31st year of Hongwu, Qu Neng and He Fu led 5,000 troops to climb over the dangerous Gaoligong Mountain and smashed Nandian City.

Since this day is the Dai New Year, the guard sword name Meng only left a small number of troops in the city, and the rest of the large number of soldiers and horses and people all went out of the city to spend the festival.

In the face of the Ming army that seemed to be a divine soldier descending from the sky, hundreds of thousands of people were in a mess, and the sword name Meng tried to retreat into the city as a whole, but Qu Neng grabbed the horse and rushed into the battle and beheaded his people.

After the sword name Meng was killed, more than 100,000 people and nearly 10,000 Luchuan soldiers and horses collapsed, the news reached the Song Pass, the knife was scared, leaving more than 10,000 soldiers and horses to defend the city, he led 20,000 soldiers back to the division to rescue Nandian City.

Mu Chun, who found that the banners of Song Pass had become fewer, immediately ordered the whole army to attack the city.

On that day, the artillery of the Ming army fired stone throws in unison, and the Song Pass was in an emergency.

The next day, He Fu and Qu Neng captured Nandian City, leaving Wang Zhao and his 800 men to defend the city, and the rest of the soldiers and horses went to the Song Pass to kill.

On the afternoon of February 12, the Ming army and the Luchuan army encountered at the Nangluo River.

After the two armies met, Daogan Meng led the Luchuan army to drive the war elephants into battle.

Faced with the charging of more than 30 war elephants, the Ming army lit torches to intimidate the war elephants.

However, after the crushing defeat of the Battle of Dingbian, the Luchuan army had already undergone strict training for war elephants.

The brave war elephants were not afraid of the fire, but continued to attack the Ming army's main formation with the arrows of the Ming army.

In the face of the impact of more than 30 war elephants, Qu Neng and his son led their troops into battle, holding strong bows and arrows, and cooperating with spears to kill six war elephants, like gods.

At the critical moment, the Luchuan cavalry crossed the river like sharp arrows to kill.

I have to say that Dao Ganmeng's strain is indeed amazing.

Even if the elephant soldiers of the Chinese army suffered, if he could win on both flanks and then flank the center of the Ming army, he could still win.

It's just that he is not facing an unknown young general, but Qu Neng and He Fu, who have participated in the Northern Expedition and have experienced a hundred battles.

Because the Luchuan cavalry fought with spears, it was a melee fighting cavalry, and because of the lack of armor because of the horse breed, when they rushed into battle, He Fu controlled the three armies, and the pikemen of the large army scattered from the left and right flanks, and the Chinese army was divided into two, cutting and surrounding the Luchuan cavalry.

The 2,000 Luchuan cavalry were cut and surrounded by more than 4,000 Ming army foot soldiers, and there were constantly casualties in the formation, which made the chaos of the Luchuan army more and more aggravated.

The unwilling Dao Gan Meng still wanted to fight the trapped beasts, so that the elite warriors under his command went straight to the left army of the Ming army.

These warriors were in the chaos of the army, the order was not chaotic at all, first bid for guns, the hit rate was extremely high, causing huge damage to the Ming army, and then wielding a knife to kill, the left flank of the Ming army was forced to retreat for a while.

At the critical moment, Mu Chun broke through the Song Pass, and Daogan Meng led the army to retreat in fear.

In this battle, the Ming army won a complete victory, beheading more than 7,000 ranks, capturing more than 47,000 people, and capturing 17 war elephants.

After this battle, the Luchuan war elephant in the hands of Daogan Meng was almost lost, in addition to being killed and captured by the Ming army, the soldiers were also separated due to injury, illness and hunger on the way back.

"Good! All right! ”

At the end of February, when the good news of Yunnan reached Yingtian, Zhu Yuanzhang in the Qianqing Palace looked better.

He took the good news in his hand and said to Zhu Yunwen who sent the good news in a show-off manner: "Mu Chun is worthy of being a member of my family, this battle against Dao Gan Meng has already caused him heavy casualties, and he will not be able to fight again in a short time." ”

"What's more important is that the imperial court has taken Nandian, and now it can go straight to Mengla (Yingjiang)."

Zhu Yuanzhang was very happy, and his complexion became ruddy.

Zhu Yunwen saw that he was happy, and also took the opportunity to hand over the promotion book he had written.

"After the war, Daogan Meng retreated to Mengla, although he was still calling on the Quartet chieftains to resist the imperial court, but he didn't think he could last long."

"This is the promotion document written by my grandson based on this exploit, please take a look at it."

Zhu Yunwen said what he thought was self-righteous, but Zhu Yuanzhang retorted softly when he took the document handed by Zhu Yunwen:

"Although this Dao Ganmeng has suffered a heavy blow, the chieftains of all sides of Naluchuan have always been of the same mind as us, and they must not be taken lightly."

"Although this battle has achieved a great victory, for the Luchuan side, it is just a loss of a pass and a city."

"Besides, the officers and troops are deep, and the supply of grain and grass in the rear is difficult, and Mu Chun's kid can't launch an attack in a short time, and it must take a few more months to go further."

He refuted Zhu Yunwen's optimism and gave his opinion, while looking at the promotion book written by Zhu Yunwen.

Originally, he was very satisfied, but when he saw a certain part, he frowned and put the document on the table, and asked Zhu Yunwen: "This Wang father and son should be the first merit of this battle, why is only Wang Xuan promoted to the next level?" ”

"This ......" Zhu Yunwen's heart tightened, and he hurriedly said the words he had prepared earlier: "Sun Er thinks that if the three fathers and sons are promoted according to what Xiping Hou said, I am afraid that the three of Wang's father and son will further control western Yunnan." ”

"What's wrong?" Zhu Yuanzhang was dissatisfied and asked rhetorically, this move let Zhu Yunwen know his current mood.

"Sun Er just thinks that if he is cultivated as a hero, I am afraid that it will be inconvenient for the imperial court to govern the western part of Yunnan in the future, and the situation will be ......."

"That's it!" Zhu Yuanzhang interrupted Zhu Yunwen, he pushed the book to the front, and said in an unquestionable tone:

"You are the prince, if you can't even use people without suspicion, how can you make the hundred officials in the temple obey?"

"Besides, if you are really so mean to the three of Wang's father and son, what will the military attachés think when they find out?"

After he finished what he wanted to say, he finally tapped his finger on the table: "Take this promotion document back and change it, and give it to me after it is corrected." ”

"Wang's father and son have three merits, among which Wang Xuan has the greatest merit, promoted him to the commander of the Yunnan Metropolitan Division, and his father Wang Zhao was also promoted to the commander of the capital, and his brother Wang Kui's merits are not obvious, but there is also merit at all, and he was promoted to the commander of Yongchangwei."

"The rest, you weigh it yourself, don't look too stingy in the court."

"In addition, Cao Guogong and the Western Tea Horse Exchange have more than 10,000 horses, if these horses are well shepherded, they will definitely be able to select a lot of military horses in a few years, and you need to send someone to treat them well."

Zhu Yuanzhang quickly changed the topic and did not give Zhu Yunwen a chance to continue.

In this regard, Zhu Yunwen could only return the salute.

Seeing that he was still a little unwilling, Zhu Yuanzhang was not very happy, he continued to knock his fingers: "Spring is about to start in Liaodong, and the Governor's Mansion of the Left Army, I have already hailed the longevity general system this time." ”

"Last year, the three divisions had their own actions, Daning grain and grass has been scarce, this time the sea grain from Shandong, Zhili out of 1.92 million stone, respectively to Daning Division 960,000 stone, Liaodong Division 520,000 stone, and then Jilin 540,000 stone."

Zhu Yuanzhang gave his own arrangement, but Zhu Yunwen frowned secretly, and asked slowly: "Grandpa, is it too much to transport 540,000 stones to Jilin City?" ”

"Not much." Zhu Yuanzhang had his own arrangement, and he explained to Zhu Yunwen: "I ordered Gao Xu to choose a place between Sanwanwei and Jilin Wei to build a city after the spring of this year, so that the imperial court can control Guanwai in the future." ”

"In addition, although the Wuliangha tribes have been driven out by the officials and soldiers for two consecutive years, they still have Hu Ting as their support after all."

"After the beginning of spring this year, I want your fourth uncle to lead the troops to the north again, and it is convenient for Gao Xu to send troops, so let him explore the way as a pioneer."

"As for the Liaodong Metropolitan Division, last year, many soldiers in the four prefectures of Liaodong were reduced to garrisons, and the expenses have come down, so you don't have to worry."

Although he is old, Zhu Yuanzhang still did not make a mistake in his grand strategy.

Let Zhu Gaoxu build the city in order to better control him.

The purpose of continuing to attack Uliangha was to enable the troops in Liaodong, Jilin, Daning, and other places to engage in production well.

If you don't send troops to attack them, you can only wait for them to recuperate and go south to fight the grass valley.

Regularly sending troops to weaken Hu Bing is a grand strategy set by Zhu Yuanzhang.

If it weren't for the current Yuan Ting's escape to the west, he might have to let Zhu Di lead the troops and stage another 'great victory in fishing'.

"540,000 stone of monthly grain and rations, so will the cotton cloth, the smelt, and the beans still be allocated?"

Zhu Yunwen wanted to ask for more details, but his careful thinking couldn't avoid Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes.

Regarding his question, Zhu Yuanzhang raised his hand to stroke his beard, and after a moment of silence, he replied again: "Cotton cloth is rationed according to the number of military households, as for the bean material, the kid has so many fields, he can grow his own bean material and be self-sufficient." ”

After Zhu Yuanzhang finished saying everything, he raised his hand and waved: "It's not early, you go back to the East Palace early, and preside over the morning court tomorrow." ”

He signaled that Zhu Yunwen could retreat, and the eunuch on duty also picked up the promotion book from the table and handed it to Zhu Yunwen.

Seeing this, Zhu Yunwen didn't say much, but respectfully took the promotion book from the eunuch on duty, and then returned the salute and withdrew from the Qianqing Palace.

When he left, Zhu Yuanzhang also looked to the side dissatisfied.

In the corner, Song Zhongzheng, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, was standing there, but he didn't wait for Zhu Yuanzhang's errand, but waited for questioning.

"Whose person are you?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's words frightened Song Zhong to kneel on the ground: "Naturally, it's Your Majesty's people!" ”

"My people?" Zhu Yuanzhang squinted and asked, "What is the background of the three Wang father and son?" ”

Song Zhong's heart tightened, but he still replied dutifully: "It is rumored that Wang Xuan ate and lived with the King of Bohai for a few months in the early years, and the three of Wang Zhao's father and son were promoted, which was also the ...... of the Duke of Wei."

Song Zhong told everything about it, although he kept saying that it was 'rumor', but Zhu Yuanzhang thought of the twists and turns.

"You told the grandson about this, right?"

"Yes......"

As soon as the two asked and answered, they put the matter in front of Zhu Yuanzhang as it was.

Obviously, Zhu Yunwen didn't act so honest, but Zhu Yuanzhang didn't blame him when he knew it, but simply skipped it: "This matter ends here, don't do this Jinyi guard's errand, go to Kaiping Zhongwei as the commander." ”

"Ministers, Commanders, ......" Song Zhong's face turned pale, although it was a flat tone, but the power of the commander of the Jinyi Guard and the commander of the Kaiping Zhongwei could be said to be one in the sky and one underground.

He got up dejectedly, bowed respectfully and withdrew from the hall.

Looking at his back, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't speak for a long time, and a figure also walked into the Heart Nourishing Palace.

"Just skipped it?"

A familiar voice came, and when Zhu Yuanzhang looked up, he saw that the person who came was Guo Ying, who had just returned from the rebellion.

Obviously, Guo Ying was also a little dissatisfied with Zhu Yunwen's move, after all, he was also a military attaché, and he must be uncomfortable when he saw that meritorious people could not be rewarded.

As for whether the Wang father and son were Zhu Gaoxu's people, he didn't care about it at all.

One is in Jilin and the other is in Yunnan, which is too far away to play a role.

Of course, he knew that the emperor could not punish the grandson, but he also wanted to know why the emperor did not punish Song Zhong further.

Zhu Yunwen can't be punished, but he can be killed and set an example.

"There's nothing wrong with what he's doing." Zhu Yuanzhang spoke softly, and sighed at the same time: "If you can succeed, you must first have this scheming and ruthlessness." ”

"In this regard, your grandson-in-law is far behind......"

Zhu Yuanzhang talked about Zhu Gaoxu, but Guo Ying kept silent after hearing it, as if he was not familiar with Zhu Gaoxu at all.

It's just that he doesn't speak, but Zhu Yuanzhang will answer himself by himself, he sighed: "Gao Xu's kid is good to say about marching and fighting, but when he encounters big things, he is still too indecisive." ”

"With his temperament, he can't make a big deal, so don't worry about him."

He sighed, as if he was rejoicing, but also a little disappointed.

"This kind of temperament is a good thing compared to his position......"

Guo Ying finally spoke, obviously very satisfied with Zhu Gaoxu's character flaws.

Character can make things happen, such an evaluation is not a good thing to say at the moment.

As far as he knows, the only person who has been evaluated by Zhu Yuanzhang as being able to achieve things is Zhu Li, the king of Jin, and Zhu Li's temperament and mind are already well-known.

"How's it going?"

Walking out of the gate of the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Yunwen saw Li Quan, the eunuch of the East Palace, who was guarding here early.

Li Quan helped Zhu Yunwen to get on the chariot, and instead of walking on the slightly cold palace road, he said cautiously: "Everything is almost done, and it should be effective soon." ”

"Good ......" Hearing Li Quan's answer, Zhu Yunwen leaned back in his chair as if he was relieved, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, obviously something good will happen.

Soon after he returned to the East Palace, Li Quan told him the latest news.

"Your Highness, Song Zhong has been transferred to Kaiping Zhongwei as a commander."

Li Quan whispered to Zhu Yunwen on the golden platform, but Zhu Yunwen was not shocked after hearing it, as if he had long thought that Song Zhong would suffer like this.

"Tell him to wait in Kaiping Zhongwei, and he will have a place to be useful in the future."

After giving Li Quan an answer without raising his head, Zhu Yunwen continued to deal with the recital.

Seeing this, Li Quan also sent someone to send a message to Song Zhong.

However, not long after the word was spoken, Huang Zicheng, Storm Zhao, and Qi Tai came up.

After the scene of the salute, Zhu Yunwen put down the Zhu pen in his hand and reluctantly took his eyes off the music.

His Qi cultivation kung fu is much better than last year, but it's not that he is good at kung fu, it's that there are fewer and fewer things that make him feel bad.

"How did the 3,000 households who were selected to go to Jilin choose?"

Zhu Yunwen set his eyes on Huang Zicheng, and Qi Tai replied without thinking: "It's all chosen, and you can go north one after another in half a month." ”

"But after this time, Ji Linwei's monthly grain and travel grain will be raised to 200,000 stones, plus salt, cloth, cotton and other things, I'm afraid it will be ......."

He didn't continue, because Zhu Yunwen calmly told everything that happened in the Qianqing Palace just now.

After learning that Ji Linwei was going to go out of the fortress again, and also obtained 540,000 stone monthly grain and supplies for the grain, Huang Zicheng's face was a little dignified, and Qi Tai spoke more directly:

"Yang Bin, a merchant in the Bohai Palace, has been buying grain in the Guannei in recent years, selling furs for the Bohai King, and conducting trade."

"Come to think of it, there is already enough grain in the Jilin Weifu warehouse."

"At present, the imperial court has allocated another 540,000 stone to Jilin City, if Yang Bin is not restricted from buying grain for Bohai, I am afraid that Bohai will soon be self-sufficient."

Qi Tai's concern was very reasonable, after all, from the information they had obtained from Song Zhong, the fields in Jilin City were already hundreds of thousands of acres.

If you let it go and let it develop, I'm afraid that Jilin City will be out of the control of the imperial court in a few years.

It's not a fantasy, it's something that could happen.

The focus of the imperial court's ability to control the Bohai Sea at present is on grain, and the reason why the grain gap in the Bohai Sea is so big is also related to the fact that Zhu Gaoxu raised so many soldiers and horses.

If the imperial court restricts him, does not allocate military households for him, and expands the number of soldiers and horses.

Judging from the speed of his reclamation in the past two years, with the current scale of people in Jilin City, they will be able to be self-sufficient in two or three years at most.

For Zhu Gaoxu, it is necessary to take restrictive measures, because he already has a lot of soldiers and horses.

"What do the three gentlemen think?"

Zhu Yunwen deeply agreed with Qi Tai's words, so he asked the three of them for their opinions.

Faced with the inquiry, Qi Tai replied without thinking: "It is supposed to let Bohai appease the Jurchens, and put the appeased Jurchens in Jilin City to be controlled." ”

"With three thousand military households as eyeliners, it is unlikely that those Jurchens who have been appeased will be trained as soldiers, so the burden on Jilin City will only increase."

"Only by making Jilin Wei more and more dependent on the imperial court can we better control the outside of the Guan."

For Zhu Gaoxu, Qi Tai wanted to use food to contain him as always, and Zhu Yunwen also agreed very much.

After all, the net on King Jin's side has been arranged, and it can be solved just by collecting the net, and after King Jin solves it, what needs to be chosen is one of the people between King Zhou and King Yan.

Among them, due to the sudden rise of Zhu Gaoxu, the power of Yanfu has gone further, and the soldiers and horses directly under Zhu Di and Zhu Gaoxu's father and son alone have exceeded 30,000.

Not only that, Zhu Di also has the military power to control the three capital divisions of Beiping, Daning, and Liaodong.

Although this military power is very large, Zhu Di always has this military power.

In comparison, Zhu Hu, the king of Zhou, who only had 16,000 guards, was not so threatening.

The only thing to pay attention to is Feng Sheng's old department in Henan, but it is very simple to clean them up.

Therefore, no matter what, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, is the most dangerous person after Zhu Li, the king of the Jin Dynasty, and Zhu Gaoxu, the king of the Bohai Sea, is his most powerful wing.

Mixing sand into Zhu Gaoxu's Jilin Wei is a move that must be taken, and this move has now been completed.

Then the next thing to do is to wait step by step.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yunwen's thoughts gradually drifted north.

In the Jin Palace, Taiyuan, Shanxi, Zhu Lizheng's face was pale at this moment, and he stretched out his hand to let the royal medical officer diagnose his pulse.

Looking at the medical officer's solemn expression, Zhu Li clenched his other hand and said gloomily: "How?" ”

"This ......" The medical officer got up and knelt down, bowing his head: "The minister is incompetent, and His Highness's pulse is still a disease of physical weakness." ”

"Body weakness, you have been diagnosed for a few months and said that the lonely body is weak, and you have taken so many deficiency medicines to the lonely, why don't you see the effect!"

Zhu Li impatiently reprimanded the medical officer, and the medical officer was also confused, and looked at the people with a look of wanting to speak: "Get out!" ”

"The minister retires ......" Hearing Zhu Li's words, the medical officer hurriedly withdrew from the carrying hall.

Watching him retreat, Zhu Li couldn't stop coughing, and the voice was so loud that even the medical officer who withdrew from the palace could hear it more than ten steps away.

Such a situation undoubtedly worries the entire Jin Mansion.

The first prince died at the age of thirty-seven, and the symptom before his death was the disease of physical weakness and qi deficiency, and now he ......

Thinking of this, everyone in the Jin Mansion became busy, some offered Zhu Li medicinal materials to replenish qi and body, and some offered pills, that is, even the kitchen was busy making medicinal food for him.

It's just that such busyness has not changed Zhu Li's body, but has deteriorated.

On the second day of the first month of March, despite the advice of the guards and subordinate officials in the palace, Zhu Li decided to go out to inspect Dongsheng's pasture.

It's just that before he led the troops out of the eccentric pass, he had to return to Taiyuan to recuperate because of the aggravation of his condition.

As the days passed, Zhu Li's originally burly figure gradually lost weight.

Gradually, Zhu Li even had some difficulty in handling the affairs of the palace.

The medical officer did not make any progress in his diagnosis and treatment.

Since the sixth day of the first month of March, urgent reports have been sent to Yingtian.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was far away in Yingtian, also sent his own medical officer to Taiyuan, hoping that Zhu Li's body would recover.

However, Zhu Li did not wait for the medical officer of Laitai Hospital after all.

In the middle of the night on March 12, his condition suddenly worsened, and his whole body was as emaciated as dry bones.

Lying on the Babu bed in the Cunxin Hall of the Jin Palace, Zhu Li looked at the top of the Babu bed, he didn't understand why his body suddenly deteriorated to such a point when he was only forty years old.

In his ears, the crying of the royal concubines and subordinates made him irritable, but he could not do anything to stop them.

In such a situation, a military attache he was familiar with walked to the bed and found his princess, Concubine Xie.

"How could he do that?!"

Concubine Xie seemed to have heard something humiliating, she anxiously questioned the military attaché, and the military attache could only return the salute when she saw that she couldn't hide it: "At the moment, you can only wait for Your Highness to recover before you can transfer the person who was transferred back." ”

"Transferred?" Zhu Li heard these two words, and he didn't have to think much about it to know that it was Zhu Yunwen's little bastard who took the opportunity to transfer away his cronies.

At this moment, he thought of the deaths of Fu Youde, Feng Sheng, Wang Bi, and Xie Cheng, and even more thought of the group of old troops he was transferred from.

"Little cub, what a ruthless ......"

His face turned red, and finally turned pale.

As if sensing something, Concubine Xie looked at Zhu Li, and at this time, tears also slipped from the corners of Zhu Li's eyes.

"Your Highness?" Concubine Xie knelt in front of the stepping bed, holding Zhu Li's wrist at the same time, she felt the stopped pulse.

"Your Highness!!"

Accompanied by Concubine Xie's shouting, the crying in the Xinxin Hall reached its peak.

Soon, with the eight-hundred-mile expedited Tang cavalry rushing out of Taiyuan City, the news of the death of Zhu Li, the king of Jin, also spread to the south.

"Ming Taizu Record" has not been Jin Wang Li, the third son, born to the Empress Xiaoci, at the age of thirteen years to be entitled, and seven years of the country, smart and heroic, studied in the Hanlin bachelor Song Lian, learned in the record Du Huan, eyebrows shrugging, beautiful beard, Gu Xuan has a dignified appearance, many wisdom, so to the disease.

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