Daming: From the end of Hongwu

No matter if they were ordinary people, women in brothels, or wealthy families, almost everyone knew that King Yan of Beiping had a formidable general who beat the famous brothers Zhou Chong and Zhou Gao like two dead dogs.

It is even more confronting the hard resistance sapphire, without retreating.

Zhongshan Palace.

When Xu Zengshou heard the news, he was feeding the fish on the fish viewing platform at home. His hands shook in surprise, and the whole box of fish food fell into the lake, and all kinds of big and fat carp rushed out of the water to grab food. , with the surrounding pavilions, flowers and green bamboos, the scenery is so beautiful.

"What did you just say, two brothers Zhen Wu and Zhou Chong and Zhou Gao played one against two, not only did they win, but they also won without any suspense?" Xu Zengshou looked at his cronies in surprise.

"Fourth Master, this news is so true that it's almost spread all over the city." The attendant seemed to be afraid that Xu Zengshou would not believe him, he patted his chest with an affirmative look on his face.

"Be good."

Xu Zengshou stood up in surprise, and couldn't help muttering: "My nephew and son-in-law are too fierce."

"Isn't it? It's said that if you throw Zhou Chong up and throw him, you'll be reincarnated like an overlord." The attendant said.

Xu Zengshou clicked his tongue again, and couldn't help but said: "I only looked at Zhen Wu's body before, but I didn't see such bravery. Grandma, it's a pity that I always boasted that I know people well. Why did I just look at it last time?" Zhen Wu looks good."

As he was talking, Xu Zengshou laughed and continued: "I wondered before, no wonder such a picky person as my eldest sister also likes Zhen Wu. In such words, he is indeed a rare hero."

The entourage couldn't answer these words, so he took another box of fish food from the side and handed it to Xu Zengshou.

Xu Zengshou took it, just picked up some fish food, and then threw it into the box, he handed the fish food to the follower, and clapped his hands.

"Why am I kidding, go play with my niece and son-in-law." As he said, Xu Zengshou walked to the washbasin to wash his hands.

"Fourth Lord, this is probably a coincidence. It is said that after Liang Guogong was summoned by the emperor, Zhen Wu and others hurried out of the city and returned to Beiping. They probably left the city long ago."

Xu Zengshou paused as he washed his hands, recalling Lan Yu's past temper, and the next moment he said angrily, "Confused!"

After finishing speaking, Xu Zengshou didn't care about washing his hands any more, he flicked it twice in the air, and hurriedly walked outside.

The entourage hurriedly followed, and at the same time wondered: "Fourth Master, what's the matter?"

Xu Zengshou said irritably as he walked: "What's the matter? If Lan Yu didn't come back, it would be safe to go back to Beiping early, but Zhen Wu and Lan Yu caused such a big disturbance in the city. Zhen Wuping left safely?"

As he said that, Xu Zengshou cursed and said: "Why the hell is he so brainless? Don't you know this moment and that moment? Under such circumstances, you can't stay in Yanwang Mansion honestly, and wait for me to help him arrange to return to Beiping. What are you trying to do?" Yes, do you really think that Lan Yu is a good person who enforces the law?!"

The entourage immediately understood, but the entourage's face was full of doubts: "Then what should fourth master do now? It's been so long now, I'm afraid I won't be able to chase him back."

Xu Zengshou paused, then turned and walked towards his elder brother's yard.

His eldest brother is named Xu Huizu, the contemporary Duke of Wei, the leader of the Xu family.

Zhen Wu wants to return to Peiping as soon as possible, the fastest way is to go through Shandong, pass through Cangzhou, and then enter Peiping, and in the border of Shandong, his people from the Xu family are not afraid of anyone, but he wants to command the people of the Xu family faction in Shandong , but Xu Huizu's warrant is needed.

Xu Zengshou's first thought was to summon the people from Shandong to take care of them and escort Zhen Wu and others back to Beiping.

But when Xu Zengshou came to Xu Huizu's courtyard, he found that Xu Huizu was not at home.

Xu Zengshou went around in a hurry, and finally, in a hurry, someone directly notified Xu Huizu's daughter-in-law. After the two met, Xu Zengshou hurriedly asked: "Sister-in-law, do you know the whereabouts of my elder brother?"

"Aren't you on duty? What makes you so impatient."

Xu Zengshou didn't have time to explain, and he still hurriedly said: "Sister-in-law, why did you forget, I won't be on duty today. As for what happened, I will explain to sister-in-law later. I am really looking for my elder brother urgently."

"Don't worry, let me think about it, oh, by the way, your elder brother told me last night that Master Mu's coffin will arrive in Beijing in a few days, and you need to discuss it with the emperor today." , choose those people to greet them in advance, do you think your elder brother has entered the palace at this time?"

After Xu Zengshou thought about it, he felt that Xu Huizu was indeed likely to enter the palace to face the saint, so he thanked his sister-in-law in a hurry, and hurried out with others.

Just after he left the Zhongshan Palace, Xu Zengshou prepared with both hands, and at the same time sent people to chase Zhen Wu on horseback, while heading towards the imperial city.

But after arriving at the imperial city, he didn't dare to rush in, so he could only wait outside impatiently.

Xu Zengshou stomped his feet and looked into the imperial city from time to time. After an unknown period of time, he finally looked happy, saw Xu Huizu, and then waved to Xu Huizu again and again.

Xu Huizu was not the only one beside him at the moment, and Cao Guogong Li Jinglong was also walking outside while chatting.

Both of them are of the younger generation, and they get along very well, especially since the time difference between the two is less than a year. Xu Huizu was awarded the title in Hongwu's 18th year, while Li Jinglong was awarded the title in Hongwu's 17th year.

The fathers of the two were proclaimed king at the same time, and they were both royalists, so in the era when the veteran was still alive, the two young people naturally reported to the group to keep warm.

At this moment, Li Jinglong saw Xu Zengshou first, and smiled and gestured to Xu Huizu.

Following Li Jinglong's instructions, Xu Huizu looked over and saw that his fourth brother was irritable and unsteady at all, he felt a little unhappy in his heart, and his brows frowned unconsciously.

In his early years, he became a nobleman, dealing with various veterans, and it was quite hard work. In addition, he has always admired his father, so he pays more attention to family traditions, and does not want to fall into his father's prestige, so he pays more attention to him on weekdays. instrumentation.

Xu Huizu is eight feet five inches tall, with a face like a crown of jade. At the moment, he is wearing the court clothes of a prince. He has an extraordinary heroic posture. The shirt and the bun are a little messy.

So Xu Huizu just came to Xu Zengshou's side, and before Xu Zengshou could speak, he blurted out the words of reprimand.

"Look at you, what do you look like frizzy, and what are you wearing? Are you missing your clothes at home? Or are you missing someone to serve you?"

Xu Zengshou opened his mouth a little dumb.

If it was in the past, he would have been in the mood to let Xu Huizu talk about it, but he was not in the mood today.

"Big Brother said, I'll change it later, but Big Brother, I'm looking for you really urgently, it's still a big deal."

"You can't be so fussy about any major event. You haven't seen Cao Guogong face to face, but you still have to come and meet Cao Guogong." Xu Huizu still reprimanded him, he always felt that his fourth brother's temperament would not be promising in the future.

Xu Zengshou rolled his eyes helplessly, turned his head to look at Li Jinglong, leaned over and said, "I have seen Cao Guogong."

Li Jinglong smiled and helped Xu Zengshou up: "You're welcome, just call me Jiujiang, we brothers don't need to talk heresy, as I'll have time to go to a horse race that day."

"no problem."

Xu Zengshou endured his impatience, nodded and exchanged a few greetings.

After saying a few words about the wheel, the face passed.

Xu Zengshou couldn't bear it any longer, and pulled Xu Huizu to the other side.

This made Li Jinglong quite curious, and beckoned to his guards who were waiting outside the imperial city, and asked, "What happened in the city?" He entered the imperial city early today to wait for Zhu Yuanzhang to summon him, so he didn't listen. Talk about things in the city.

After the personal guard had a brief talk with him, Li Jinglong's eyes suddenly lit up. Speaking of which, he had once lost to brothers Zhou Chong, Zhou Gao, and he and Lan Yu were at odds. Zhou Chong and Zhou Gao were Lan Yu's subordinates. General, Sapphire teased him about his defeat several times, which kept him in the heart.

Now when he heard someone beat Brother Zhou Chong and Zhou Gao into dead dogs, this immediately made him happy.

"Interesting, I'll write down this Zhen Wu, no matter how you say it or why, but he gave us a sigh of relief, we will miss him for this love, and we Li Jinglong will not miss it for nothing. Sooner or later, we will definitely pay back him once."

……

On the other side, after Xu Zengshou pulled Xu Huizu away, he told all about the crisis that Zhen Wu might encounter, and then told Xu Huizu his plan.

But after Xu Huizu listened, he didn't intend to help as Xu Zengshou imagined, but kept silent.

"Brother, you don't intend to stand by and watch." Xu Zengshou doubted.

Xu Huizu glanced at Xu Zengshou lightly, and said meaningfully: "What reason do I have to intervene? Then what does Zhen Wu have to do with our Zhongshan Palace?"

"He is our elder sister's son-in-law."

"Miss?"

Xu Huizu raised his voice, and then said in a deep voice, "That's the princess."

Xu Zengshou looked at Xu Huizu in surprise. This was the first time he felt that he and Xu Huizu's three views were different. He paid attention to family affection, but Xu Huizu's eyes were full of status.

Xu Zengshou said in a deep voice: "Even if it is the princess, it can't change the fact that the princess is our eldest sister."

Xu Huizu fell silent again.

a long time.

Xu Huizu sighed and said: "Fourth brother, do you think our family can rest easy? There have been many disputes between the people under our family and the people under Liang Guogong these years, what is the critical point now, how can we act recklessly, and we can't For a little Zhen Wu, fighting with Duke Liang again is not worth the loss."

Xu Zengshou looked at the serious Xu Huizu, and his heart sank slowly.

He suddenly didn't understand Xu Huizu.

But Xu Huizu ignored Xu Zengshou and walked forward alone.

Xu Zengshou, who was free and easy in the past, looked at Xu Huizu's back and smiled bitterly. Is the trade-off really that important?So important that even family affection needs to be parted?

……

Outside Nanjing City, Zhen Wu and others headed straight for Jinan. By afternoon, they had already passed Gaoyou Lake and were about to reach Huaiyin City. Zhen Wu and Zhang Wu were riding fast, so the horses were drenched in sweat by this time, and they could not move. Don't stop and rest.

Zhen Wu recalled the map in his mind.

Knowing that there is a Wanji Town here, and talking to Zhang Wu, the two turned their heads and drove slowly towards Wanji Town, intending to eat something in Wanji Town and let the horse take a breath by the way.

The two found a restaurant, first served the horses, let the horses drink a lot, then told Xiao Er to bring some fodder to the horses, and then the two sat in the restaurant, ordered some food and ate slowly.

After the meal, the two of them were not in a hurry to leave, but rested instead.

Zhen Wu didn't call Zhang Wu to set off until the two of them were almost mentally relieved, but this time the two unexpectedly did not return to the official road, but went sideways to the east.

At this time, several people walked out of a shop opposite the restaurant.

"Hurry up, go and tell Zhang Baihu that Zhen Wu and the others have changed their route, we will continue to follow, you tell Zhang Baihu and them to catch up as soon as possible, so as not to lose them in the end."

"Yes." After a person came out to take orders, he quickly got on his horse and left.

Looking at the route, it was exactly the route Zhen Wu and Zhang Wu had taken when they came.

Not long after, the man bumped into Zhang Baihu who was leading the troops. After Zhang Baihu heard the report, he couldn't help but sneered and said, "You're really an idiot. You offended the Duke of the country. If you don't run for your life as soon as possible, you will still be killed." Do you have the time to travel around mountains and rivers?"

That's fine.

Zhang Baihu waved his hand, and said to a general banner beside him: "Notice to march down quickly."

His hundred households are nearby, and he has always wanted to curry favor with Sapphire, but now that Sapphire's people let him do something, it is tantamount to a blessing from heaven for him.

What's more, just kill a few people.

Hands up.

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Chapter 211 - Breaking the Army

Army horses passed by quickly on the official road, and the horseshoes raised dust for a long time.

Zhang Baihu led his army in pursuit all the way, and finally caught up with Zhen Wu and Zhang Wu after an hour. Then nearly a hundred soldiers led by Zhang Baihu quickly divided into two teams to outflank.

Seeing this, Zhen Wu and Zhang Wu reined in their horses at the same time, watching with cold eyes a group of soldiers approaching them.

"Lan Yu really sent people to chase us down." Zhang Wu drove his horse closer to Zhen Wu and said, "But fortunately, as elder brother said, Lan Yu didn't know that we still have [-] soldiers outside the city."

Zhen Wu watched the progress of Zhang Baihu's sergeant closing up, and said by the way: "This is actually predictable. Lan Yu hurried back to Beijing, and it is impossible to know our information well. So what about the two hundred sergeants, he doesn't know our route back to Beiping, so he can only follow our pace, how many people can he send to trap us in a hurry?"

As he said that, Zhen Wu's eyes narrowed, and he said in a deep voice: "If he wants to keep us with several times the army, unless he enters Shandong and Henan quickly, it will be possible for people to deploy control in advance, but it is only half a day away from Yingtian Mansion. On the border of the distance, he can only be hunted down by the nearby generals, this kind of chase cannot have too many soldiers and horses, although Lan Yu is a duke of the country, he is still just a duke of the country."

Zhang Wu nodded heavily, and said in a slightly worried tone casually: "I don't know if Xue Lu can hurry up."

"It will definitely work. Believe in Xue Lu. When we split up, I told Xue Lu to go to the barracks to pick up the soldiers and horses, and get rid of the people who followed him first. As long as there are no people who follow him, no one will." Stop Xue Lu, then Xue Lu will definitely be able to lead the army to arrive here on time." Zhen Wu said.

……

Speaking of which, when the three of Zhen Wu left the city, Zhen Wu knew that Lan Yu would not let it go, and there must be tails behind them, so Zhen Wu had no choice. If he wanted to go back to Beiping, he must pass Lan Yu to block the way This level.

This is also the reason why he decided to split up with Xue Lubing.

If the three of them head back home with [-] sergeants, Sapphire's stalkers will definitely not act rashly. position, there are too many ways to completely eat them.

So Zhen Wu can't do that.

In that case, even if they had [-] sergeants, they were still just a piece of fat in Sapphire's eyes.

Zhen Wu might as well take advantage of Lan Yu's lack of information and use Zhen Wu himself as a bait, so that those who chased and killed would all jump out when they don't know their specific situation. Instead, he used his two hundred soldiers to catch them by surprise and directly destroy them hunted down.

As long as they win the fight this time, if they don't have a tail and dare to follow them, and let Lan Yu lose their position, they will have a safe moment. At that time, the method for Zhen Wu and others to return to Beiping is an option. There is much more leeway.

At this time, the sergeants brought by Zhang Baihu had already completed the encirclement.

Zhen Wu looked at the leader Zhang Baihu coldly, and said in a deep voice, "Your Excellency, what is the meaning of this?"

"what for?"

Zhang Baihu looked at Zhen Wu with great interest, as if he was looking at his own prey, and said with a smile, "Why bother to ask questions knowingly."

"We are also soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, do you really dare to order us to be attacked and killed? Do you still have an emperor in your eyes, are you not afraid of copying your family and destroying your family?" Zhen Wu scolded coldly.

Zhang Baihu laughed disdainfully, and then said coldly: "Who knows that I killed you? This world is so unsafe, there are bandits and bullies everywhere, who knows where you died, how can you wrong me on the head."

"good very good."

Zhen Wu also laughed, his ears were sensitive, and he had already faintly heard the sound of galloping horseshoes in the distance. It was the sound of horseshoes belonging to his frontier army.

What is a horse.

The military horses carefully selected by his frontier army are fine horses.