Daming: From the end of Hongwu

"Eldest sister is coming too? What is she coming for?" Yongping didn't know why.

Zhu Gaochi explained: "Someone from the elder brother-in-law's clan also had an accident."

"Big brother-in-law?"

Yongping muttered something, and the next moment she was still crying, she suddenly laughed happily: "Yes, yes, the elder brother-in-law holds such great power in the army, how could the court let the elder brother-in-law go, Only for Li Rang."

After saying this, Zhu Gaochi frowned slightly.

But at this time, Zhu Yuying's cold voice came in from outside: "We are all a family, you can also say this kind of thing? Why do you listen, it seems that you are hoping that something will happen to your elder brother-in-law. "

Following the voice, Zhu Yuying walked in step by step.

In fact, Yongping regretted a little after saying that sentence, but when he heard Zhu Yuying complaining to her, and seeing Zhu Yuying's indifference to her, he suddenly felt unhappy again.

As soon as she got emotional, she couldn't help but said: "What's wrong with me? I'm not allowed to say a few words? Besides, I was right. If something happened to Li Rang's family, the father would be lazy to take care of it, but Zhen Wu may not Now, who in Beiping doesn't know that my father likes Zhen Wu, and his family has an accident, and my father will be willing to work hard to take care of it, so why don't you just save my Li Rang's family by the way."

Zhu Gaochi frowned even deeper, and reprimanded: "Yongping, be careful with your words."

Zhu Yuying was not happy when she heard Yongping's words, but fortunately the two sisters grew up together and knew Yongping's temperament. General knowledge.

She looked at Zhu Gaochi and asked, "What happened? Why does it sound like something happened to the Junma family?"

Zhu Gaochi nodded, opened his mouth and wanted to tell him personally, but thought of the detailed description in the letter that Mrs. Zhen committed suicide, leaving only a few women, suddenly he was a little speechless.

He took out the letter, gave it to Zhu Yuying, and motioned Zhu Yuying to read it for herself.

Zhu Yuying took the letter, only glanced at it twice, and couldn't help but take a step back in panic. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, and then mustered up the courage to read it in detail again.

After reading it, Zhu Yuying's head was dizzy, and her heart was in a mess. She suddenly wanted to see Zhen Wu, and even wanted to hug Zhen Wu. She knew that Zhen Wu paid special attention to her family, so she guessed that this matter must be for Zhen Wu. It was a big blow, which filled Zhu Yuying's heart with worries about Zhen Wu.

But rationality told Zhu Yuying that she couldn't cause trouble for Zhen Wu at the moment, all she needed to do was to settle down her family and wait for Tang and others to take good care of them when they arrived in Beiping.

Zhu Yuying was in a state of confusion, and after returning the letter to Zhu Gaochi, she didn't want to stay in the palace any longer, and said: "I know about this, I'm a little confused now, so I won't stay any longer."

After speaking, Zhu Yuying walked out in a daze, she needed to go back and calm down.

Seeing this, Yongping suddenly became anxious: "Sister, you don't want to save people anymore?"

Zhu Yuying stopped, turned to look at Yongping, and finally put her eyes on Li Rang. She smiled wryly: "Saving people? You think this is a few years ago? How can my father have the energy and ability to go to the capital to save him?" people."

This sentence is like a death sentence.

Both Li Rang and Yongping took two steps back in despair, Li Rang even went limp and fell to the ground.

But Yongping was completely anxious all of a sudden, pointing at Zhu Yuying and said: "Impossible, why can't I save it, did my father only save Zhen Wu?"

Thinking of this possibility, Yongping suddenly became more excited: "It must be like this, you and Zhen Wu are so affectionate, if something happens to Zhen Wu's family, how can you let it go."

Yongping, who was so excited, looked like a shrew.

"Zhen Wu, Zhen Wu, you don't even want to call out your brother-in-law?" Zhu Yuying said dissatisfied.

"Why should I call him brother-in-law?"

Yongping was dissatisfied by Zhu Yuying, and his irritated anger also rose, as if he still thought of the unfair treatment he had received since he was a child. For a while, these emotions gushed out in unison: "My father has loved you since I was a child." , I want you first, even when you get married, I will personally buy the princess mansion for you, what about me? I have nothing, you have everything I have, and you have what I don’t have. Why, just rely on you Is it sister?!"

"It's better now, I'm more biased, save your husband-in-law, why not save mine, your husband-in-law holds a lot of power in the army, and is trusted by his father to discuss everything, how about me? Why should my husband-in-law Just idle in Beiping, just because you are the boss? I don't accept it!"

Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Yuying looked at the somewhat hysterical Yongping, both of them were a little shocked.

They never thought that Yongping would feel unfair for the few people of the same mother and compatriots, and hid their complaints for a long time.

Zhu Yuying's face darkened, she had to talk to Yongping about some things, so she walked towards Yongping step by step.

She said with great pain in her heart: "Royal father loves me first, because of what, you don't know, but they know Gao Chi Gao Xu, father, queen, mother and concubine, they know, if you don't have a conscience, I'm not afraid of you complaining about me and jealous of me , but you shouldn't say your brother-in-law."

Zhu Yuying's back was straight, and there was a sense of pride that Zhen Wu often had in her demeanor. She said proudly: "Your brother-in-law holds great power because he fought with his father for ten years and was never absent. It's because He always goes first in every battle, leaving countless scars on his body, and it is because of his unparalleled bravery that he overwhelmed all generals, and no one refused to accept him. Do you think that the reason why the father trusts him is because he married me? You think about Li Rang marrying me? Even if I lost you, I should be trusted?! You are so wrong! The father agreed to marry me because he respected your brother-in-law, not because he got the trust because he married me. You must do this to me Clearly, with or without me, your brother-in-law will be the proud general in the hands of the father, and it will not affect the slightest bit, and with your brother-in-law's ability, there is no need for me to pave the way for him, you understand this for me."

Zhu Yuying paused when she said this, she calmed down the excitement just now, and finally said deeply: "It doesn't matter if you blame sister, but your brother-in-law's achievements and glory cannot be smeared like this, by the way, about the imperial court Threatening matter, let me tell you one last thing, my father’s current situation is difficult, if you want to beg your father for help, you just beg, don’t involve me, because your brother-in-law’s family members don’t need to help, your brother-in-law’s In order not to embarrass your brother-in-law, grandfather committed suicide by throwing himself against a pillar, and only a few women in the entire Zhen family escaped, so there is no need for rescue!"

After finishing speaking, Zhu Yuying looked at Zhu Gaochi and said, "I'm not feeling well, so I'm leaving first."

Zhu Gaochi nodded again and again: "Eldest sister can do whatever she wants, Yongping...Yongping, I will persuade her."

Zhu Yuying nodded, then turned and left.

After Zhu Yuying walked away, Zhu Gaochi sighed and said: "Yongping, you are too much. Why did the elder father always favor the eldest sister since he was a child? It is because the elder sister not only does not fight or grab, but also often divides her things. Give us a few, not to mention more, when my father caught four rabbits, how did the eldest sister divide them? We each have one, but the eldest sister didn’t keep one for herself. Do you want to say that the eldest sister also has one? The eldest sister is just the father. The king ordered people to buy it overnight, but the father did not catch it with his own hands. Do you understand the difference? With such a heart, how can the father not take care of it."

After speaking, Zhu Gaochi looked at Li Rang again.

He sighed again: "Brother-in-law, don't blame the father, the father is really difficult now, and there is really no way to go to the capital to rescue your father and the others, but the father also sent a message, saying that you want to go to the capital Let you go to save your relatives, father and king will not blame you, and we will not blame you either."

In the room, following Zhu Gaochi's two words, there was a sudden silence.

But not a few breaths.

Li Rang suddenly burst into tears, crying heartbroken, as if he was saying goodbye to his family members, and also as if he had decided to accept the ending of his family members' death, crying made people feel pitiful.

Zhu Gaochi couldn't bear to look at each other.

But when Li Rang cried and bowed his head, when no one saw him, there was a thick hatred in his eyes, as if it had materialized, and this hatred was even more confusing, because it It was not aimed at the imperial court, but aimed at King Yan, Zhen Wu, and Zhu Yuying.

In Li Rang's view, if King Yan hadn't raised his troops, how could his family have suffered such a life-and-death disaster, and if the old master of Zhen Wu's family committed suicide, how could he turn his back on King Yan, and how would the world treat him like this? Lee's.

As for Zhu Yuying, how could he turn a blind eye to the embarrassment of his wife like this today.

For various reasons, how could he not hate.

Li Rang cried for a while, and suddenly made a decision in his heart, and soon became firm.

He looked at Zhu Gaochi with tears in his eyes and said: "Your Highness, in such a critical situation, Li Rang is determined not to turn his back on His Highness. It's just that the court has harmed my family, and Li Rang's anger is hard to dissipate. Please allow Li Rang to enter Zhuozhou to participate in the war. I want to stand against the imperial court!"

Zhu Gaochi wanted to persuade him again, but seeing Li Rang's resolute look, he didn't know how to persuade him.

In the end, Zhu Gaochi had no choice but to nod, and promised to arrange a hundred soldiers to escort Li Rang to the south to join the battle.

Zhu Gaochi stood up and sighed.

Hey.

I don't know when this family will return to the peace and friendliness of the past.

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Chapter 260 - Investigation and Controversy

Zhuozhou city.

Since Zhen Wu ordered the Tang family and others to be sent to Beiping, all his thoughts have been devoted to the next battle to the south. At the same time, he also got the latest developments of the court and the current situation from Zhu Neng.

Zhuozhou City extends in all directions, leading to Beiping in the north and Shanxi in the west. These two roads pose no danger or pressure to Zhen Wu and the others. Zhuozhou City was out of breath.

Even when the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, none of the generals, including Zhu Di, has the slightest thought of celebrating the festival, but is full of worries.

There are two roads going south, one leads directly to Zhending Mansion, and Zhending Mansion has now been designated by Zhu Yunqi as the Chief Secretary of Pingyan. There will be no less than 30 troops.

30 million!

Even if Zhu Di kept surrendering and reorganizing all the way, there are only [-] soldiers at full strength.

It's like having a deposit of only 7 yuan, but you have to pay for a house with a down payment of 30 yuan. Zhu Di, who is so stressed, can't sleep every night.

And this is just one of the imperial court's several routes to the north, the other route to the south is even more terrible for them, as if the fire has already reached their eyebrows.

This other route leads to Shandong, counting from north to south. Starting from Zhuozhou, it is Xincheng County, Xiongxian County, Mozhou (now Renqiubei), Hejian, and then directly to Dezhou, Shandong.

Zhu Neng came out of Beiping before and went all the way south to Xiong County, but after the imperial army attacked aggressively, Zhu Neng saw that Zhu Di and others were too late to help him, so he had no choice but to abandon Xiong County and retreat to Xincheng County.

As a result, the current situation is a bit difficult, because Xincheng County is not as strong and broad as Xiong County. If the imperial army attacks, Zhu Neng and the others cannot use Xincheng to defend, and they have to retreat to Zhuozhou.

It was as if the barrel of the court's gun was about to stab Zhu Di in his mouth.

Zhen Wu looked at the garrison situation of Shandong soldiers and horses on the map, and frowned deeply. Xu Kai's [-] troops who marched from Shandong had already stationed in Hejian. The vanguard Yang Song led [-] soldiers to occupy Xiong County. Pan Zhong led more than [-] people to station in Mozhou as a response.

He tapped his fingers on the location of Xiong County irritably.

This city must be in their hands. Otherwise, Xu Kai's Hejian soldiers and horses can continuously enter Zhuozhou from Xiongxian County. As long as Xu Kai wants to fight, he will attack Zhuozhou city at the first time. This is too bad for them. , and if Xiong County is in the hands of Zhen Wu and others, and there is Baigou River between Xiong County and Mozhou, Xu Kai's soldiers and horses want to cross the river, and they have to weigh their troops stationed in Xiong County.

Only in this way can they effectively contain Xu Kai's advance.

Once it can't be contained, wait for Geng Bingwen to send troops from Zhending, and the two sides attack together, and everyone doesn't have to fight, just vote and forget it.

Speaking of which, after Yang Song occupied Xiong County, he did not move. He was waiting for Geng Bingwen to gather 30 soldiers from Henan and other places. With the strong city wall of Zhuozhou City, it can also hold on.

But the problem is that Geng Bingwen's 30 people can't tell when they will be assembled and start going north.

Zhu Neng, Zhu Gaoxu, and Zhu Gaosui all had a bit of guilt on their faces, and Zhu Di comforted the three of them: "You three don't have to be like this. Speaking of it, we are still slow, but if we come a few days earlier, even if we face Xu Kai's army of [-], Xiongxian will not be afraid. If you can keep it, now it’s nothing more than fighting it down.”

Although Zhu Di's tone was relieved.

But the three of Zhu Neng didn't feel well either.

There are only three words to fight it down. Kexiong County is so strong, and Yang Song's [-] soldiers are sticking to it. If they don't use up all their strength, how can they be defeated.

But once they use up all their troops, how can Pan Zhong from Mozhou and Xu Kai from Hejian not support them, and when they fall into a war of attrition, how will they be able to afford it?

Everyone can think of these issues. After some discussion, they ended up breaking up again like the previous few times. There is no good solution.

After the meeting ended, Zhen Wu planned to have a break with Zhu Neng and the three of them. He also saw that the three of them were holding back their energy and wanted to comfort them.

But at this time Zhang Yu came to Zhen Wu's side and said, "General Zhen, is there anything else for a while?"

Zhen Wu shook his head, then smiled and said: "General Zhang, you don't have to be too polite. If you don't mind, you can call me Da Wu. Almost all the elders in the family call me that."

Zhang Yu was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Then I'll take care of you, but you don't have to call me General Zhang, you can call me Lao Zhang. I've been in the army for most of my life, so I don't care much about it."

"That's it, that's it."

Zhen Wu was even less particular. Unless it was necessary, he didn't pay too much attention to what other people called him. He looked at Zhang Yu's expression and saw that he seemed to have something to do, so he asked: " Is there something looking for me?"

Zhang Yu nodded, looked in the direction of Xiongxian County and said, "It's nothing serious, I just wanted to ask you if you want to go to Xiongxian County for a visit."

"Xiong County?"

Zhen Wu understood Zhang Yu's meaning in an instant. He planned to see the garrison in Xiong County with his own eyes, so as to determine whether he could fight or how to fight.

He immediately became interested and asked, "Just the two of us?"

"Yes, at most one person can bring a personal guard to act as a servant. If there are too many people, it would be inappropriate."

"No problem, let's go right away?"

"Let's go."

Zhang Yu was in a good mood, thinking that it was a smart idea to fool Zhen Wu to go with him, and the safety factor would be doubled.

The two then went down to prepare separately. After meeting outside the city, they quickly headed towards Xiong County. After reaching Xincheng County on the way, the two changed into a private carriage and pretended to be wealthy households who fled from Xincheng and wanted to go south. , Not long after, they merged into many people who went south to seek refuge.

Among the many people who went south, they were not too conspicuous.

However, Xiong County was taken over due to war preparations, and the inspections in front of the city gate were very strict. Ordinary people were not allowed to enter the city at all. Even Zhen Wu and the others were allowed to enter the city after spending some money because of their status as wealthy gentry.

However, he was still told that he had to leave the city before the curfew, or he would be arrested as a spy.

Zhen Wu and Zhang Yu looked at each other, which basically cut off the possibility of a large number of soldiers being mixed in for internal response. Even if a hundred or ten people were mixed in, it would not be of great effect.

After they entered the city, they observed the city defense of Xiong County without any trace.

Zhen Wu has to say that Yang Song is a bit capable and the city defense arrangements are tight, but there is one thing that makes Zhen Wu a little excited, that is, whether it is the people or soldiers in the city, they all have very strong feelings for the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival. Everyone seemed to not pay attention to the Yan army in Zhuozhou City, and planned to have a lively festival.

Zhen Wu thought it was a bit funny.

When Zhen Wu and Zhang Yu found a restaurant and sat down to eat.

He even heard the conversation of a team of changing soldiers.

A soldier at the captain level, after drinking a bowl full of wine, said carelessly: "It is said that the Northern Army can fight, but it seems that it is nothing more than that. Didn't Zhu Neng hear that he is very good? How did you see that?" We ran away in despair."

"That's right. At that time, I was still preparing to fight a tough battle. Who would have thought that I would just run away, and I ran all night for fear that I would run too slowly."

The crowd suddenly burst into laughter.

Then someone said, "That's normal. No matter how much the northern army can fight, it's because they didn't meet our southern army. If we were put on the border, I dare say the Mongols would be fucked if they continued to fight."

"Yes, yes."

"Speaking of which, we don't know what's wrong with King Yan's mind. He is only a few people, and he dared to raise troops to fight against the court. Isn't this old birthday star eating arsenic, and looking for excitement when he has nothing to do."

……

A few people said a word and said it with great joy.

In fact, not only them, most people in this world are not optimistic about Zhu Di. After all, his strength on paper is too bad. No matter how imaginative people are, they would never expect Zhu Di to fight back and forth and win in the end.

But other people's underestimation is good news for Zhen Wu and others.