"Kill! Kill! Kill! ”

"Pay attention to the formation, don't rush to the step, if you make a wrong step on the battlefield, you will die!"

On June 20, there were shouts of killing outside the city of Beiping, but this was not the southern army coming to attack the city, but Zhu Di was training soldiers recruited from Beiping and Yongping.

Due to Zhu Gaoxu's persecution, Zhu Di's troops were two months earlier than in history, and the advance of time led to the fact that the materials and soldiers and horses of the southern army had not yet had time to assemble.

Originally, Zhu Yunwen was preparing to mobilize 130,000 troops in Kaifeng, and then start cutting the feudal domain when Geng Bingwen was under control.

As a result, Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Di started ahead of schedule, so that the assembly of the southern army was not over.

In addition, Fang Zhao was quickly defeated by Zhu Di, and Zhu Gaoxu also made a mess in Liaodong, Zhu Di was not restrained by Wu Gao and Yang Wen, but he could settle down to train troops to deal with Geng Bingwen, who was about to go north.

The current situation is like this, Zhu Di already thinks it is very good, he didn't expect his second child to be able to beat Wu Gao to the point of defeat.

It's just that if Zhu Gaoxu was beside him, he might pat him on the shoulder and say that he was too slow, just like now......

"What did the man say?"

When Zhu Di took Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaosui to inspect the soldiers and horses trained outside the city, Zhang Yu sent someone to deliver the news.

It's just that the content of this news made Zhu Di a little incredulous.

The person who came to report the news was Meng Ying, who had been promoted to the official of a thousand households, and seeing that His Royal Highness didn't believe it, he had no choice but to speak again:

"His Royal Highness sent someone from Jinzhou to cross the sea to Yongping, saying that the four prefectures in southern Liaoning had all been taken, Liaoyang and Fushun surrendered, Liu Zhen was defeated and took Jiulian City, and only Geng Zhen was still guarding Shenyang."

"In addition, His Royal Highness has already sent 10,000 troops to cross the Liao River, and I am afraid that the troops have already arrived in Guangning now."

"Second Highness, I hope that Your Highness, you can send someone to storm Shanhaiguan and Ningyuan, and fight with him to attack the soldiers and horses of Liaoxi, this is the Bohai seal letter brought by that person."

After Meng Ying explained everything, she also handed over a wooden box.

After Zhu Di took the wooden box and opened it, he saw the seal of the commander under the Bohai Palace, and the white paper under the seal of the Bohai County King.

Seeing this blank piece of paper, Zhu Di already believed that the person was sent by Zhu Gaoxu, but he still couldn't believe that Zhu Gaochu actually took southern Liaoning, northern Liaoning, and Liaoyang so quickly.

"How many people are there on the second side, did that person say it?"

Zhu Di looked at Meng Ying in disbelief, Meng Ying shook his head: "I didn't say it, but from his words, Commander Zhang deduced that there should be no less than 30,000 people on the side of the Second Highness, otherwise it would be impossible to surround Geng Zhen and repel Liu Zhen, and at the same time launch an offensive towards Guangning." ”

There is nothing wrong with Zhang Yu's analysis, at least in Zhu Di's opinion.

He didn't believe that his second brother would dare to call out the Liaodong Metropolitan Division with the 16,000 people in his hands, and he could also defeat the Liaodong Metropolitan Division, which had 60,000 troops.

"It's okay, it's not as much as us anyway."

Zhu Di touched his beard and looked at his soldiers and horses with a smile.

After defeating Fang Zhao, he moved the Huailai population to Changping, and recruited 30,000 troops from the surrendered army and the people of Beiping and Yongping.

Counting Liu Zhen, the commander of Huailaiwei who defected to him, and the five guards and horses of Kaiping, he already had 70,000 troops in his hands.

At present, the total number of soldiers and civilians in his hands is only more than 380,000 people, but the grain is more than 2.4 million stones, which is enough to support the soldiers and civilians for a year and a half.

In Zhu Di's opinion, the only thing that his second brother is better than him is that he only needs to defend Zhaozhou, Fuzhou, and Jinzhou, and he is surrounded by enemies on all sides, the situation is more complicated than him, and the number of troops mobilized is also limited.

However, if he really does what the second brother said, then he can first take Liaoxi, and then command the second child to take Daning, and the two divisions will meet the troops to deal with the 130,000 army in Geng Bingwen's hands.

With 100,000 against 130,000, Zhu Di is confident that he can deal with Geng Bingwen.

"Let Zhu Neng lead the Yanshan Sanwei to attack Shanhaiguan, if he can't take it, I will personally lead the troops to help him in half a month."

Zhu Di gave an order to Meng Ying, and Meng Ying also responded.

When he turned to leave, Zhu Di turned to look at Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaosui, who had been in surprise just now.

"Dad, will we be able to meet the second brother soon?"

Zhu Gaosui was frightened all day long, for fear that the million-strong army in the south would move north.

Now that he heard that his second brother had taken all the cities east of the Liaohe River except Shenyang and Jiulian City, he naturally relaxed a lot in his heart and was in a happy mood.

"Naturally!" Zhu Di touched his beard: "When the time comes, I will take your second brother south to see if I can let Zhu Yunwen's little cub hand over Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai." ”

With Zhu Gaochu's help, Zhu Di was more sure about talking about peace, but when he looked at Zhu Gaochi, he was puzzled: "Why doesn't the boss speak?" ”

Zhu Gaochi listened to the cavalry affairs of his father and his second brother throughout the whole process, but he didn't say anything, which made Zhu Di puzzled.

Seeing this, Zhu Gaochi was also uneasy: "If the imperial court in the south knows that the second child has taken Liaonan, I am afraid that it will increase troops to the Marquis of Changxing." ”

"It's ......" Zhu Di laughed: "But it's okay, you can watch me and the second child show their skills." ”

Zhu Di could still laugh now, and he still thought that after joining Zhu Gaoxu, he would command Zhu Gaochu to fight Daning.

Compared with the happiness on his side, Zhu Yunwen in their mouths was thunderous at the moment......

"Shenyang held on for 29 days and still contained the thief army, but why didn't Gaizhou and Fuzhou hold on for even five days?"

In the Wuying Hall of the Forbidden City, Zhu Yunwen took the note sent by the Shandong Dusi and questioned the three of Bangzhao, Qi Tai, and Huang Zicheng to his heart's content.

Among the three, only Qi Tai is proficient in military affairs, so Qi Tai also said helplessly: "Your Majesty, the artillery of the Bohai Shu people is sharp, and Fuzhou is not without defending the city, but it is really impossible to defend it, and its generals above the rank of 100 households are all gone, so it can be seen that they have defended to the last moment." ”

"Then Liu Zhen couldn't take Jinzhou, which had a garrison of 6,000 for nine days, with a number of ten thousand and nine, and it can also be seen that the elite of the Bohai pirate army is not comparable to the southwest bandits."

Qi Tai was also very helpless, before they started to cut the domain, how did they know that Zhu Gaoxu would hide so many soldiers.

Originally, they estimated that Zhu Gaoxu had at most 20,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, and excluding the remaining soldiers and horses, he could bring 15,000 people south at most.

But the facts slapped them in the face again and again, and Zhu Gaoxu led nearly 40,000 troops with him when he went south, and he fought more and more soldiers and horses all the way south.

Counting the surrendered cities of Liaoyang, Haizhou, Gaizhou, Jinzhou, and Sanwanwei, Zhu Gaoxu's troops are probably close to 60,000.

His 60,000 plus Zhu Di's 60,000 together is 120,000, almost compared to Geng Bingwen's army that has not yet been assembled.

"Now the soldiers and horses of the Bohai Shu people have crossed the Liao River and attacked Guangning, and the king of Ning also refused to enter Beijing because of the danger of Guangning, only the king of Gu and the king of Liao went south to enter Beijing, what do they say?"

Zhu Yunwen glanced at Qi Tai and them, and explained the implementation of the decree issued by the imperial court before.

Needless to say, Zhu Zhi, the king of Liao, and Zhu Sui, the king of the valley, Zhu Zhi's army was trained with the help of Guo Ying, and Zhu Zhi himself did not have time to take over the army before Zhu Yuanzhang collapsed, and Zhu Yunwen took over the power of the three guards.

Not to mention Zhu Sui, the king of the valley, he was controlled by Fang Zhao before, after Fang Zhao's defeat, his three guards were less than 5,000 people left, and there were no less than 10,000 officers and soldiers in Datong not far from him, so after receiving the order, he simply handed over the military power and went south.

There is a reason why they are so refreshing, whether it is Zhu Sui, the king of the valley or Zhu Zhi, the king of Liao, they are actually a group of people who grew up at the same time as Zhu Yunwen, and their role is only to prevent the collusion of the two strong feudal clans of Yan and Jin, so how can they not be cut off the feudal domain.

Compared with them, Zhu Quan, the king of Ning, led people to close the gate of the palace as early as after Bu Wan took over the military power, and took 3,000 guards to live his life in the palace.

Zhu Yunwen passed him into Beijing, but Huailai and Kaiping were captured by Zhu Di, and Guangning was attacked by Zhu Gaoxu.

Zhu Yunwen may not make a move against the King of Liao and the King of Valley, but once he Zhu Quan goes south, even if Zhu Yunwen will not do anything to him at first, he will be ruthless to him after the success of cutting the feudal domain in the future.

In that case, it is better to wait and see.

His thoughts, how could Zhu Yunwen not know?

If it weren't for the fact that Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Di were making too much trouble right now, Zhu Yunwen would probably have asked Bu Wan and Chen Heng to take down Zhu Quan and escort him to the capital.

Zhu Yunwen's thoughts, Huang Zicheng, Qi Tai, and Tyrant Zhao also knew that they also didn't want to make extraneous branches, so Tyrant Zhao took the lead in standing up and admonishing: "The King of Liao is going south, and Guangning and Shanhaiguan are garrisoned by Wu Sheng and Wu Shou'an, even if they are defeated, they can hold out until the Marquis of Changxing goes north." ”

"That's right, please rest assured Your Majesty......" Huang Zicheng echoed.

At this time, Qi Tai once again stood up and sang the opposite.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that now we should transfer Changxinghou to the north to Zhending to garrison, and at the same time transfer troops and horses from Shaanxi, Sichuan and other places to Changxinghou."

"In this way, the Marquis of Changxing will have about 200,000 troops, and the chances of victory against Yan Rebellion will be greater, and at the same time, he can also enter Liaodong after pacifying Yan Rebellion, pacify the Bohai pirates, and return peace to the north."

"In addition, troops and horses should be dispatched from Daning to Liaoxi, whether it is invested in Guangning or Shanhaiguan, Liaoxi can be stuck between Yanyi and Bohai pirates, so that the two divisions cannot meet."

Qi Tai was also very tired, if Zhu Yunwen listened to him from the beginning and took the lead in making a move on Zhu Di and Zhu Gaoxu, where would there be so many things, but he would prefer to listen to Huang Zicheng and others to cut down other vassal kings, thus giving Zhu Gaoxu time to prepare.

"Mobilize 70,000 soldiers and horses from Sichuan, Huguang, Shaanxi, and Jiangbei to gallop to aid Zhending, and return to Changxinghou moderation."

Zhu Yunwen was obedient this time, and he didn't know much about Daning, so he could only entrust Qi Tai: "Please ask Mr. Qi to transfer Daning soldiers and horses to Guangning and Shanhaiguan." ”

"In addition, Yang Song and Pan Zhong of Songpan will lead Songpan's 9,000 elite horsemen to help, and they must arrive in Zhending before July 15."

"The minister commands ......" Qi Tai responded, and said at the same time: "Daning is mostly the old department of Yanshu, so this battle can be adjusted Liu Zhen's eldest son, Xinchengwei commanded Liu Song to lead Xincheng, Yingchang, Muyu, Huizhou and other guards and horses to gallop to aid Guangning. ”

"Quasi-play!" Zhu Yunwen responded, and at the same time asked again: "Is the war in the southwest going to be calmed down?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, our army has taken Garai, and now the Marquis of Xiping may have arrived in Longchuan, and he will be able to take Luchuan Yun Jiemu in a few days, and he will be able to capture the sword and kill Meng." Qi Tai also gave everyone a morale boost.

"Good ......" Zhu Yunwen slowly bowed his head: "If you can quell the sword and dry Meng, then the 100,000 troops in the southwest can be transferred to Beiping to quell the rebellion." ”

"Your Majesty, rest assured, I still have 200,000 available soldiers in Zhili, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi, and 100,000 soldiers and horses in Fujian and Liangguang.

Huang Zicheng followed Qi Tai to be inspiring, but Zhu Yunwen didn't have the heart to listen to this now, he wanted to end this out-of-control situation as soon as possible.

Seeing that the emperor didn't have the heart to continue the discussion, the three of them also left the Wuying Hall with interest.

Zhu Yunwen returned to Jintai and sat down, but before he could take a breath, he heard the news that Hubu Shangshu Yuxin asked to see him.

Withstanding his impatience, Zhu Yunwen asked Xuan Yu to enter the palace.

"Your Majesty is blessed and healthy......"

After Yu Xin entered the temple, he bowed five times and bowed three times, and then began to talk about business.

"Since the beginning of this year, the north has lost no less than 3 million money and grain due to the rebellion of the bandits, and in the direction of Kaifeng, no less than 2 million money and grain have been allocated to the Marquis of Changxing."

"These are only the north, and the south is even more ......"

"The war in the southwest has drained the treasury of the yamen government envoys of Yunnan, Sichuan, and Guangxi, and Sichuan is still self-sufficient, but Guangxi and Yunnan need to allocate 500,000 stone each of money and grain to maintain it, totaling 1 million."

"All of the above are added up, and the imperial court has already spent six million dollars and grain, and now Fang Zhao in Shanxi, Wu Shou'an in Liaodong, Wu Sheng and Liu Zhen and others have asked the court to allocate money and grain, and the amount before and after is added up, no less than two million."

"Daning sent a message, saying that most of the money and grain transferred by Hongwu in the past 30 years have been spent, which is only enough to last for 7 months, please transfer 1.3 million stone of grain."

"These add up, a total of 3.3 million, plus losses, probably not less than 4 million."

Yu Xin really came with a headache question, Zhu Yunwen just listened to it and understood what Yu Xin wanted to say, and Yu Xin's next words were really as he expected.

"This year, the imperial court has already cut the taxes in the south of the Yangtze River, and exempted the world from arrears of taxes, plus military salaries, it is already more than 3 million, and now it is increasing by 10 million, and if it continues, it will be 13 million."

"If this continues, even if Emperor Gao leaves such a rich amount of money and grain, he can't help but squander it, so I ask Your Majesty to stop this year's Jiangnan tax deduction."

Yu Xin's words were sincere, and Zhu Yunwen could naturally listen to it, but it was one thing to be able to listen to it, and it was another thing whether he would do it.

"My court owes Jiangnan for a long time, and at the beginning of the year, I promised the people of Jiangnan to use money to deduct taxes in Nanzhili, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi, but now it is going to be interrupted, what prestige does this make the court?"

"Besides, Emperor Gao left the money and grain for three years of taxation in the dynasty, isn't it just to let the new dynasty and new policy come to benefit the people?"

Zhu Yunwen has his own views, and these views are also from reality.

The foundation left by Zhu Yuanzhang is too thick, and the money and grain stored alone is the financial income of the Ming Dynasty for three years, not to mention the 20,000 tributes and millions of troops of the Guozijian.

With the foundation left by Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yunwen's exemption from the world's tax arrears will not affect the normal operation of the imperial court at all, even if the three provinces in the south of the Yangtze River use banknotes to offset taxes.

What really affected the imperial court was the current boiling rebellion in the north.

"If Your Majesty insists on paying taxes with money, then the minister can only ask Zhishi to return to his hometown......"

Yu Xin was very helpless, he knew very well the faces of those squires and wealthy families in the three provinces south of the Yangtze River, once the three provinces began to use banknotes to offset taxes, then don't want to stop.

The total amount of summer tax and autumn grain in the three provinces is more than 1,260,000 stones, and if the tax is deducted with banknotes, I am afraid that even one-third of it will not be collected this year.

This year, and next year......

If this is the case every year, even if there is no current rebellion of the vassal kings and the military affairs in the southwest, the foundation left by Zhu Yuanzhang will only be consumed for seven or eight years.

In this case, it is better for you to go to the office as soon as possible, so as not to be implicated at that time.

"Yu Xin, do you think that if I leave you, the household will not be transferred?"

Seeing that Yu Xin actually "coerced" himself, Zhu Yunwen stood up and scolded.

It's just that he seems to have thought of Zhu Yuanzhang's deathbed entrustment, and he still suppressed his temper: "In this way, this year, the tax will be deducted with banknotes, and the limit of four million yuan will be given to the three provinces, even if the tax deduction with treasure banknotes can only be deducted from four million yuan, how about it?" ”

Zhu Yunwen thought that he had made a big concession, and in order to prevent Yu Xin's old matter from being brought up again in the future, he added: "After pacifying the Bohai pirates and Yan Wei, if you still think about Zhishi, then I won't stop you." ”

"Minister......" Yu Xin said to his lips, but he couldn't say anything.

In his opinion, Zhu Gaoxu's "Theory of Cutting Domains" was very good, and the current situation was completely caused by Xinjun himself, no wonder others.

It's just that he thought about it, and with Xinjun's attitude towards himself, he was afraid that it would not be pleasing for him to say it, so he didn't say it.

"Thanksgiving ......"

"Stand down."

Zhu Yunwen turned sideways, not wanting to continue to look at Yu Xin's appearance.

Seeing this, Yu Xin also knew the situation, shook his head and left the Wuying Palace.

Soon after he walked out of the Wuying Palace, he met Li Jinglong, who had been waiting here for a long time, at the gate of the Wulou.

Seeing Yu Xin, Li Jinglong immediately frowned and asked, "How?" Did Your Majesty agree? ”

"......" Yu Xin shook his head, and Li Jinglong was also silent.

"Cao Guogong should do it himself." Yu Xin seemed to see something clues, and specially reminded Li Jinglong.

Seeing this, Li Jinglong didn't say anything, just made a fool of himself and made way for the old minister to pass.

After he left, Li Jinglong looked at his back and only felt like a mountain, although the peaks were no longer tall, they were still tall and tenacious.

It's just that time passed, and the mountain was gradually filled in, and finally only a sharp corner was exposed on the ground.

People used to know that it was the summit of a mountain, but later people only thought it was a raised rock.

Yu Xin, an important minister entrusted by Zhu Yuanzhang, was treated like this, what about himself......

Li Jinglong thought of Yu Xin's words just now, and then turned around and walked out of the outer court in silence.

He rode in a carriage at Xihua Gate, and after a long detour, he stopped in front of a mansion.

After the rumor, the door of the mansion was soon opened, and Li Jinglong stepped out of the carriage and walked into the mansion.

On the gate of Nafu, there are many plaques hanging, but only the largest one is worth boasting about...... [Jiangyin Marquis Mansion].

"Misty ......"

The sound of pouring tea sounded, Li Jinglong sat in a pavilion, and the person in front of him was Wu Gao, who had just been transferred back to the capital.

"Thank you ......"

Li Jinglong kowtowed his fingers to express his gratitude, and at the same time picked up the teacup and sniffed it a few times, before he spoke: "Has the Hou Ye entered the palace to report on his work?" ”

"Your Majesty asked me to re-enter the palace at twenty-five." Wu Gao's voice came, and Li Jinglong also looked up at him.

He was dressed in a plain robe, and his face seemed to be a little older, I don't know if it was because he was tired from fighting with Zhu Gaoxu.

Li Jinglong thought of Zhu Gaoxu, the person who instructed him how to calm down.

But I don't want to, time has passed, and now the two have become enemies.

"What does Master Hou think of the Bohai Shu people?"

Li Jinglong asked knowingly, but Wu Gao took a sip of tea unhurriedly, and then shook his head: "The strange soldiers are commendable, the regular soldiers are general, and they all rely on the sharpness of firearms." ”

"Master Hou thinks that Liaoxi can stop him?" Li Jinglong asked again, but Wu Gao still shook his head:

"The less troops he has against the enemy, the better his chances of victory, and the more he has, the easier it is to lose."

"What's the explanation?" Li Jinglong frowned suspiciously, and Wu Gao also said truthfully: "I saw it when I was in Tieling, and their various departments are not cooperative and uncoordinated, and once they confront our army's heavy troops, it is easy for things to change in the war. ”

"I tried to attract him by feinting, but his men and horses began to disarray after only a few dozen paces, and if he hadn't ordered the pursuit to stop in time, I might have won in Tieling."

"At first, I thought that he was not good at training soldiers and horses, but I never thought that when I withdrew from Shenyang to southern Liaoning, I saw that the soldiers and horses under his command were stable and difficult to shake."

"Later, I figured out that he had never led tens of thousands of troops against the enemy, and in order to hide the soldiers and horses, many of the soldiers and horses under his command had never been seen, so once they were forcibly organized together, it would cause the troops to be in chaos and the lineup was not smooth."

"However, when the tens of thousands of people under his command were scattered, their positions were stable, and they could not be shaken unless they were multiplied by their troops."

Speaking of this, Wu Gao took a sip of tea, and said unhurriedly: "Fight against him, don't defend the city, choose the wilderness, gather several times his heavy troops, force his army to concentrate, and then encircle and annihilate." ”

"What about firearms?" Li Jinglong asked Zhu Gaoxu about the firearms under his command, and Wu Gaoye said:

"Its firearms are sharp, but its guns can only be used once in one word, and after they are used, they need to wait another word."

"The time of this word is enough to change the situation of the battle, and the fire gun in his hand is still sharp, and there is more heroic style of King Qianning Dingbian's victory, but as long as he rushes to the front of the battle, his fire gun cannot be used, so I said that it needs several times the number of troops."

Wu Gao's meaning was obvious, that is, to fill it with human lives, gather heavy troops and rush to the front of the formation within a quarter of an hour when the artillery stopped firing, and crush the Bohai Navy with absolute numbers.

"The number of the Bohai pirate army is probably no less than 60,000......"

Li Jinglong spoke softly, but Wu Gao shook his head: "The people who can fight are still those 40,000 people, and there is only one chance, and there is no way to use it again after using it, he has a keen sense of smell and will not be fooled twice." ”

"I've been taught......" Li Jinglong stood up, and Wu Gao also got up to salute back.

After a while, he saw Li Jinglong leave the pavilion and walk out along the corridor.

Looking at his back, Wu Gao shook his head and said nothing......

(End of chapter)