Daming: From the end of Hongwu

Zhen Wu followed behind the two of them.

As we walked, Xie Gui suddenly said: "Madam Zhen is indeed as brave as the rumors say, but after we meet Queen Yan, if we ask King Yan to tie up Madam Zhen and give it to us first, Mama Zhen will guess that Yan is the most brave one. Will the king tie you up?"

After finishing speaking, both Xie Gui and Zhang Bing looked at Zhen Wu with great interest. They knew that Zhen Wu was extremely loyal to King Yan and never thought of what King Yan said, and King Yan also valued Zhen Wu very much.

Zhen Wu's expression was a little shocked, as if he had never thought about this question, his face kept flickering, and he gritted his teeth for a moment to make up his mind, he bowed half of his body solemnly facing Xie Gui and Zhang Bing.

"It was Zhen Wu who was unreasonable just now. I hope that the two adults will not forget the faults of the villain. Don't embarrass my father. When I was in my infancy, my father has treated me preferentially. Zhen Wu has never repaid me. As long as the two don't embarrass my father. The king is in trouble, Zhen Wu is willing to bind his hands and make an apology to the two of them, there will be no difference between killing and cutting."

Both Xie Gui and Zhang Bing burst out laughing, wanton laughter, this is exactly what they want, when the time comes, they want to humiliate Zhen Wu, a warrior on the battlefield, for a while they look at Zhen Wu It's like looking at a wild animal waiting to be slaughtered in a cage.

Xie Gui snorted coldly, so what if he is wild and can fight? !As long as you pinch the weakness, you are not letting him be slaughtered.

And Zhang Bing's aggrieved feeling of being threatened by Zhen Wu just now disappeared instantly. He saw Zhen Wu begging them like a dog, and he felt as refreshed as drinking a glass of ice water.

He first glanced at Xie Gui with gratitude, and then looked at Zhen Wu condescendingly, as if he was thinking about how to torture Zhen Wu.

Whipping?Let him beg for mercy?Not enough, you need to think of some ingenious insults.

"Zhen Jun Ma, wasn't he very arrogant just now?" Zhang Bing couldn't help but said disdainfully.

Zhen Wu was speechless.

Zhang Bing taunted again: "I thought it was amazing, but after all, it's just a stinky mound." Zhang Bing stretched out his hand and insulted Zhen Wu's head: "You must learn to use your brain, learn to use your brain, and learn how to use your brain." See the situation clearly, understand?"

Zhen Wu clenched his fists secretly, but on the face he could only nod honestly.

He knew what he looked like, and the few people who had just changed continued to move forward.

soon.

Following Zhen Wu's humiliating patience, several people came to the side hall.

Zhu Di had been waiting at the gate of the side hall for a long time. When he saw Zhang Bing and Zhang Bing, he hurried over to greet Zhang Bing and them. Two of you, come, come, let's go to the palace first to rest for a while, it just so happens that some melons and fruits have been brought in as tribute from the mansion, it is most suitable to quench the heat and thirst, let's eat some melons and fruits first, and then talk about other things."

Both Zhang Bing and Xie Gui were very satisfied with Zhu Di's attitude.

The refreshment brought by this kind of status difference greatly satisfied their low self-esteem.

Several people entered the hall to sit down, and after a while, the maid of the palace came in with cut melons and fruits, Zhu Di said with a smile on his face, "Eat, eat, you're welcome, you've been standing outside for a long time, you should be thirsty too, we Let's eat something first."

Zhang Bing and Xie Gui were indeed thirsty. Looking at the juicy melons and fruits, they began to articulate. After hearing Zhu Di's words, they picked up the melons and fruits and ate them.

While eating, the two of them were still discussing as if no one was there, with an expression on their faces and a wanton attitude, as if the side hall of King Yan's Mansion was their pavilion.

"This fruit is not bad, it's really sweet."

"Not only is it sweet, but it also has a lot of water."

"How good the water is, the water often comes out of the fertile fields, and it's the most enjoyable to go in and out of the fertile fields."

……

While talking, Zhang Bing looked at Zhu Di with interest, as if pointing something: "As the saying goes, twisted melons are not sweet, but twisted melons can quench your thirst. Whether he is sweet or not, His Highness King Yan, do you think so?"

Zhu Di picked up a piece of melon and fruit and took a bite, chewing on the melon and fruit, as if he was chewing on Zhang Bing's words, and sighed in his heart, if Zhang Bing was a civil servant, the words he said were nice.

He murmured and repeated on his mouth: "The twisted melon quenches thirst, that's the reason, then..." Zhu Di's tone suddenly became gloomy: "I'll twist this melon under the sky to quench my thirst, no matter how sweet it is. not sweet."

After finishing speaking, before Zhang Bing and Xie Gui realized what Zhu Di meant by what he said, Zhu Di suddenly became furious.

He stood up from his seat in a hurry, and dropped the melon and fruit heavily to the ground.

"Today, all the people in the world, brothers and clans are still sympathetic and tolerant to each other, but as the uncle of the emperor, my life is kept in the middle of the day, how absurd, how unfair the emperor treats me, what else can I do, think of me Zhu Di Guarding Beiping for more than [-] years, conscientiously and conscientiously, taking the responsibility of guarding the frontier, not daring to be negligent, and even lying on the ice and climbing snow in Mobei and Liaodong, fighting the enemy, disregarding life and death, what crime do I have? Let the Son of Heaven cut me down? I must be put to death. I, Zhu Di, have several younger brothers who have been murdered. I dare not say a word for them. Now the sword is hanging on my head. How can I bear it."

Zhu Di seemed to have been holding back these aggrieved words for a long time, and he questioned Zhang Xin and Xie Gui angrily.

The generals who were ambushing outside the hall felt the same after hearing these words, and burst into anger.

Zhu Di gritted his teeth and shouted, "Where are all the soldiers!"

Zhen Wu, Zhang Yu, Zhu Neng, Qiu Fu, Zhang Wu and others rushed into the side hall together, holding gleaming waist knives, and rushed towards Xie Gui and Zhang Bing without waiting for Zhu Di's order to kill.

There is no need to order, it has already been negotiated, and it is an order!

Xie Gui and Zhang Bing wanted to flee in shock, but they were in such a hurry.

Only one thought flashed through their minds, how dare Zhu Di really rebel, isn't he afraid of the [-] soldiers in the city and the million troops of the imperial court? !

Just as this thought flashed across, the fastest Zhen Wu had already rushed over.

He went straight to Zhang Bing: "Dog, let's see if I'm brave enough! Do you have any brains!"

After finishing speaking, Zhen Wu slashed like lightning, splashing the blood directly from Zhang Bing, and Zhu Neng yelled from behind: "Zhen Wu, slow down your mother, I haven't killed any one yet, give me an opportunity."

But these words were buried in the chaotic voices scrambling to be the first.

Zhen Wu slashed, and then he didn't want to fight and was squeezed out of the crowd.

He and Zhu Di looked at the chaotic scene, and no one stopped them. They knew that everyone needed violence to express their inner aggrievedness.

The screams of Zhang Bing and Xie Gui in the side hall soon gradually weakened.

After a while, he was hacked to death by random knives and could not die again.

Everyone didn't need to clean up, just let the miserable corpses of Zhang Bing and Xie Gui be placed in the side hall, and let the smell of blood reverberate in the side hall.

This smell also stimulated the accelerated blood flow of everyone.

As for the sergeants that Zhang Bing and Xie Gui brought into the palace, they had been secretly killed by the people of the palace long ago, so far people outside did not know that Zhang Bing and Xie Gui had died.

Zhu Di took a cold look at the corpses of Zhang Bing and Xie Gui, snorted coldly, and led the generals back to the main hall again.

In the main hall, a large map of Beiping City has been spread on the ground.

Zhu Di looked around at the generals, and asked in a cold voice: "Now Xie Gui's confidants control the Nine Gates, and there are 800 defenders in the city, and we only have more than [-] elite soldiers in armor. Let me ask you, is it scary?"

"Not afraid."

"Not afraid."

"Whoever is afraid is the grandson."

……

"Okay." Zhu Di praised, and then led everyone to look at the map: "There are four walls and nine gates. Our [-] elite soldiers can only attack four places. Let's talk about the south wall first. There are three gates here. The front gate, haha Demen, Xuanwumen, and the commander-in-chief Ma Xuan is guarding the front gate. Ma Xuan is known as a mighty general and is also Xie Gui's confidant. , but I still can only give two hundred soldiers and generals, in such a situation, who is willing to lead troops to attack here?!"

Zhen Wu and the others said in unison: "Xiaozhi is willing to attack the southern city wall."

Zhu Di glanced at everyone, and finally his eyes fell on Zhen Wu. In such a dangerous battle, he could only pick the best one to fight, so Zhu Di said in a deep voice: "Zhen Wu obeys the order, and you will lead two hundred soldiers. Attack Nancheng at night, I don't care what method you use, you must take Nancheng and control the three gates before dawn."

"The humble official took the order. Before dawn, we will take down Nancheng and control the three gates."

"Okay, all the generals of the right guard will obey the order." Zhu Di said in a deep voice again: "From Guantong down to over a hundred households, all the generals are subject to Zhen Wu's restraint."

"The humble ranks take orders."

Zhu Di nodded and looked at Zhen Wu: "Go and discuss how to attack as soon as possible. We delay until dark at the latest. Maybe the soldiers outside will find out that Xie Gui and the two are dead in advance, so we have a secret case earlier. Can also adapt.”

Zhen Wu took the order, and then took Tan Yuan, Wang Zhen, Zhang Wu and other generals of the right guard to a place to discuss how to attack Nancheng.

On Zhu Di's side, Zhu Di is still assigning tasks.

It’s just that when Zhen Wu heard that Zhang Yu was leading troops to attack the East City Wall, he paid a little attention. There was Qihua Gate on the East City Wall, which was later Chaoyang Gate. However, when he went out today, he had sent the third child to Qihua Gate, and under the arrangement of the pillars, the two of them mixed among the defenders.

Seeing that Zhang Yu was also ordered to lead people to discuss, Zhen Wu told Tan Yuan and others to discuss first, and he came to Zhang Yu by himself.

Zhang Yu looked at Zhen Wu suspiciously.

Zhen Wu smiled, and whispered next to Zhang Yu: "My third child was secretly arranged by me among the defenders of Qihuamen. I don't know if he was discovered by the other party. If he didn't, when you attack Qihuamen There must be an internal response, they will all tie red scarves around their arms, and when they are down, they will ask General Zhang to take care of them, so as not to hurt their own people."

Zhang Yu was surprised, followed by surprise, the city gate was difficult to attack, no one knows, if there is an internal response, it will be much easier, not to mention taking care of it, he can hold it as a treasure.

"Did you expect the battle of the Nine Gates?" Zhang Yu asked Zhen Wu softly.

Zhen Wu shook his head and said, "It's just a slight guess, and it's just a random arrangement in my spare time. I didn't expect it to have much effect."

This is considered modest, Zhang Yu understood, he cupped his fists and said to Zhen Wu, "I admire you."

Zhen Wu smiled and didn't answer his words.

Afterwards, the two dispersed, each busy discussing their tasks for tonight.

At this time, Zhu Di also assigned all the tasks, and he said loudly again: "All soldiers."

Everyone looked at Zhu Di.

Zhu Di said in a deep voice: "Only by taking Beiping can we have a chance. Tonight is the time to witness life and death. I am here waiting for all the soldiers to win the Nine Gates, fight bravely, and finally return with success!"

His voice was deep, as if hidden thunder.

But this kind of voice just happened to be able to inspire Zhen Wu's generals.

Zhen Wu's blood boiled all of a sudden, and tonight was bound to turn the world upside down, whoever stood in the way would die.

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Chapter 248 - Winning the Nine Gates (continued)

Beiping, Dongcheng, Qihuamen.

A general flag team waited in the tower until the night shift, because there was still some time before night, so these soldiers stayed in the lounge and chatted.

Chatting and chatting, I don't know why they suddenly talked about Yan Wangfu.

During the day, Dusi assembled troops and horses to besiege Prince Yan's mansion. Even though they were small people, they were very interested in this matter.

"Hey, what do you think King Yan will do this time?" Someone asked aloud.

Someone answered quickly.

"What else can we do? Now, except for our city guards, all the seven guards and horses have been dispatched, and there is no escape. According to me, whether there will be King Yan in Beiping City is another matter."

"Hey, speaking of this, the current emperor is quite ruthless. One after another, it's not because he wants to clean up all the sons of the great grandfather."

"It's really possible, but it's just a pity for King Yan. Speaking of which, I haven't heard of any absurd things that King Yan has done in these years, but now I can't protect myself, and I don't know what to say in this world. And you Talk about a good prince, who can bear to be demoted to a commoner all of a sudden."

This sentence provoked many people to sigh, and most people would feel pity for the prince in distress, even if the prince was in distress, the treatment would be better than them, because they would feel sore as long as they experienced it a little bit, and because They understand how difficult an ordinary life is, and how rare a rich life is.

But there are also people who don't care, this person said: "Why talk so much, no matter what, in short, whether King Yan is good or bad, has nothing to do with us little people, I don't know why you are so idle. , I really complied with the saying that eating salty radishes is not enough to worry about."

Many people were upset when they heard this, but they had nothing to refute.

After all, this matter has nothing to do with them.

But at this moment, their main flag pillar spoke. He first sighed, and then said: "Actually, you can't say that."

Everyone looked over in puzzlement.

Zhu Zi paused and explained: "Think about it, who can guarantee that he will not be drafted in the future? You need to know that the army led by King Yan has never been defeated in these years, but if there is no King Yan, another general will lead the army. , Maybe a defeat will hurt us. As the saying goes, one general’s incompetence will affect the three armies. Then think about it, if you fight the Mongols at that time, it’s okay to win, and you can kill fewer people, but if you fight If we lose, if all of us here go out to fight, half of them will die, do you think it matters?"

"Hey, that's really the truth." Someone agreed.

Immediately afterwards, another older veteran echoed and said: "No, I think that when I followed Xu Shuai to the North, it was a net victory. The Mongols ran away when they saw us. We just need to chase and cut. It’s called Shuxin. At that time, it was called Dadu, and I didn’t feel tired. I fought here, and the Mongolian dog emperor ran away in fright. You said you followed a good general, okay?”

After speaking, the veteran laughed, as if that time was the best memory in his life.

Many younger soldiers listened with yearning.

The old soldier pretended to stroke his beard and said, "You guys don't believe me. If you don't believe me, you can go back and ask your elders. The Seven Guards of Beiping were all left by Xu Shuai. As long as there are elders in the family, they will definitely remember this matter." Woolen cloth."

As soon as the words fell, Zhu Zi immediately continued with a smile: "Why do you need to ask, my father tells me every day, my ears are callused, and when I mention this, I suddenly remembered, King Yan is still Xu Shuai As for my son-in-law, my father always told me to be more loyal to King Yan, but now that King Yan is in trouble, we can't help, hey, I only hate us for being small and weak."

This sentence seemed to hit the heart of the veteran.

The veteran sighed, and then muttered: "Yes, King Yan is still Xu Shuai's son-in-law. Speaking of which, when King Yan was young, he practiced under Xu Shuai's tent, and I watched Xu Shuai punish Yan Wang from afar. Well, the King of Yan didn't eat those boards for nothing, and he didn't feel ashamed of Xu Shuai's teachings. He has led troops to win many battles these years. If Xu Shuai knew, he would be happy underground, but... hey..."

After that, the veteran didn't say anything.

But everyone present knew that the veteran was lamenting that King Yan was deposed by the emperor.

Zhu Zi took everyone's expressions into his eyes, and seeing the heavy atmosphere, he said, "It's fine, let's not talk about this, or someone will hear and punish us later, let's hurry up and get ready, and those who want to rest are fine." Let’s rest and rest, it’s time for us to stand guard soon.”

Everyone responded and scattered to rest.

But the pillar didn't rest, instead he turned around and came to a little soldier who kept his head down and didn't say a word, and the two sneaked away to a place where there was no one else.

When there were no one around, the little soldier raised his head and smiled at Zhuzi: "Brother Zhuzi, you did a good job. I didn't expect Brother Zhuzi to have this kind of ability. In just a few words, I can test everyone's attitude towards His Highness King Yan." out."

Zhu Zi scratched his head honestly, and said embarrassedly: "Zong Zongqi, don't praise me, it's all taught by you."

Xiao Bing said unhappily: "No matter what I teach, you have to do a good job. Also, don't call me Zongqi, now you are also Zongqi. Besides, our relationship doesn't have to be so polite. I'm about to get engaged to my uncle, so why not be polite, just call me Sanyong, that's what my brother and others call me."

This little soldier is the third son of the Zhen family, Zhen Yong.

Zhu Zi chuckled and said, "Okay, then I won't be polite. By the way, did you observe clearly just now?"