Daming: From the end of Hongwu

At this time, Zhu Di finally arrived at Dongchang City. He had already received the letter from Zhen Wu, and he couldn't help feeling a little anxious.

He even couldn't help complaining about the son of a bitch, it rained for several days, blocking his way and ruining his event.

But things have come to this, he can only seize all the time to attack the city.

Therefore, Zhu Di summoned Zhang Yu and others that night to discuss the matter of siege.

As for Xu Kai in Dongchang City, he had been in Sichuan before, and Zhu Yunqi was transferred to Linqing to garrison the canal after Zhu Yunwen took office. Therefore, although Xu Kai has a lot of troops at this moment, most of them are not his direct descendants. He voted for Zhu Di, but he was not sure that he would surrender with everyone.

And since Zhu Di wanted to attract the attention of all the soldiers, he had to fight Zhu Di.

At this moment, Xu Kai was thinking about his subordinates, which ones intend to surrender to Zhu Di, which ones will definitely not surrender, and which ones are indifferent and double-faced.

Only after he has thought through these things can he arrange defenses, let the damned die in the war, and let those who are easy to persuade to surrender survive.

As time passed, the next day came soon.

Zhu Di and the others built a fire to make food, and after making the soldiers full, they began to attack the city vigorously. In this battle, Zhu Di knew that he didn't have much time, so he directly led the army to attack the city.

The strength of resistance in Dongchang City was somewhat beyond Zhu Di's expectations. The two sides fought until the afternoon. With a sudden riot in the city, Zhu Di and the others broke into the city.

In this battle, Zhu Di, Zhu Gaoxu, Zhu Neng, Zhang Yu, etc. all fought hand-to-hand, beheading nearly ten thousand people to control the entire Dongchang City.

Xu Kai surrendered without any surprise.

He's already tired of acting.

And the rest are commanders, like Cheng Xian, Yu Qi, Zhao Hu, Hu Yuan, Li Ying and others are very entangled. Zhu Di wants the soldiers in their hands, so he naturally persuades them with good words, but these people Most of them are worried.

In fact, Zhu Di also understands them, and also doesn't want to embarrass them.

In the end, Zhu Di thought of a way.

As long as they obediently hand over their military power and make their soldiers willingly sacrifice their lives to Zhu Di, Zhu Di promised to send them to Peiping to watch from the sidelines.

The meaning is obvious.

If Zhu Di wins, they are credited.

If Zhu Di loses, they can argue with Zhu Yunqi whatever they want at that time, no matter whether they are coerced by Zhu Di or detained by Zhu Di in Beiping, everything is up to them.

As soon as this method came out, these people all turned against each other immediately, and promised to cooperate with Zhu Di.

After all, who wants to fight this kind of battle.

The uncle and nephew robbing the throne has something to do with them, why did they fight to death.

What's more, Zhu Di is still the son-in-law of their boss Xu, who is Zhu Yunqi?Are you on good terms with them?If they weren't afraid that their positions would be taken away by Zhu Yunqi, they wouldn't even want to come to the battlefield.

Besides, now Zhu Di came up with a way to get the best of both worlds, and they would be damned if they disagreed, so they were all happily discussing where to go for a drink or go hunting after arriving in Peiping.

Of course, at this moment, some people are happy and others are sad.

These people were all captured alive in Dongchang City by Zhu Di, but some people took advantage of the chaos to break out, such as Zhang Pu, the commander of the Dongchang Guard, and Zhao Guang, the commander of the Gaotang Guard.

After breaking through the siege, the two led the remnant army all the way south, chatting with their hearts on the road.

Zhao Guang said, "I never expected that the situation would turn around so quickly. I think King Yan has already become a leader. It will be difficult for the emperor to deal with it later."

Zhang Pu didn't speak, but sighed heavily.

Zhao Guang suddenly reacted: "By the way, Brother Zhang, what will your family do if you escape like this?"

Zhang Pu glanced back at Dongchang City, where he had lived for many years. After withdrawing his eyes, he said, "To be honest, I have long felt that Shandong is not stable, so I arranged for my family to live in a village at the foot of the mountain. They're all right."

Speaking of this, Zhang Pu changed the subject: "Brother Zhao, we have known each other for many years and have been fighting side by side. I wonder what your plans and ideas are going to be?"

"Go to General Sheng Yong, what other ideas do you have..." As he spoke, Zhao Guang came to his senses: "You don't have any other ideas, do you?"

Zhang Pu was silent for a while.

When Zhao Guang couldn't help but wanted to ask again, Zhang Pu said again: "Now that the war has been fought, to be honest, I don't want to fight anymore. I want to pick up the whole family and return to my hometown in Anqing."

Zhao Guang looked surprised: "When the battle is so lively, aren't you afraid of hurting the clansmen of your hometown? Disarmed and returned to the field? Our current emperor is not tolerant to us warriors."

"Scared."

Zhang Pu sighed, "So I'm still in the army."

These words were accompanied by the night wind, and Zhang Pu, covered in blood, seemed to have endless melancholy on his face.

Zhao Guang followed with a sigh. He understood Zhang Pu, but he didn't agree with Zhang Pu's idea in his heart. In this world, as a military officer, he can do whatever he wants.

Looking around the world, after all, there are only a few people who are free, and have time to be sad and worry. It is better to think about how to make contributions. Zhao Guang thought of this and looked back at Dongchang City, which was no longer visible in the distance.

He sighed in his heart, if he wasn't old enough to be brave, he would really like to help the emperor destroy the Yan army.

This credit should be enough for him to climb a few more steps.

pity.

The two walked with the remnant army all night, and on the second day, the soldiers could no longer hold on, so the two of them chose a place to rest and rectify.

Zhang Pu and Zhao Guang were also very tired. After arranging everything, they both fell into a deep sleep.

They slept soundly, and they were not woken up by the panicked soldiers on duty until the afternoon. After Zhang Pu came back to his senses, he was about to reprimand the unsteady soldiers when he heard the soldiers anxiously say: "Thousands of troops are surrounding us outside." .”

Zhang Pu was startled and jumped up from the bed.

what? !

Could it be Yan Jun?

After they occupied Dongchang, so many soldiers were not dealt with, so it is possible that they still have the energy to chase them.

But when Zhang Pu and the others came outside, they found out that they belonged to their own camp. After Zhang Pu asked, they realized that General Sheng Yong had learned that Zhu Di was attacking Dongchang and led his army to help. Has entered the territory of Dongchang Mansion.

The generals who surrounded them were originally Sheng Yong's vanguard. He heard that Zhang Pu and the others were the ones who had retreated from Dongchang, so he directly invited them to meet Sheng Yong.

Zhao Guang looked indifferent, he had originally planned to find Sheng Yong, and this would touch his heart even more.

But Zhang Pu sighed.

The desire to disarm and return to the fields has failed again.

Afterwards, Zhang Pu and the others followed Sheng Yong's vanguard generals to meet Sheng Yong, and at Sheng Yong's inquiry, they told Sheng Yong the details of the Battle of Dongchang City.

After hearing this, Sheng Yong thought for a while, then incorporated them into the army, and ordered them to advance towards Dongchang City quickly.

By the evening of the next day, his army finally arrived near Dongchang City after a high-intensity march.

Zhu Di can't run away now, Sheng Yong thought happily.

But Sheng Yong was happy, but he didn't lose his reason. He carefully camped the army five miles away from Dongchang City, let the vanguard circle around Dongchang City, and pretended that he would definitely not attack the city, but would die. Staring at Zhu Di, waiting for Zhu Di to take the initiative to come out for a decisive battle.

And Zhu Di on the top of the city looked at this scene, his heart sank a little. After all, he was a step too late, but it didn't matter, he had never been afraid of any scenes in his life.

Zhang Yu sighed next to Zhu Di: "Your Highness, since we have become like this, we have to go out for a decisive battle. The longer we delay, the more and more soldiers Sheng Yong will have. Don't forget, Your Highness." There must be tens of thousands of Wu Jie's soldiers and horses, but we in Dongchang have no reinforcements, the more we are delayed, the more dangerous it will be."

Zhu Di nodded, he understood this, but he couldn't figure out who gave Sheng Yong the courage to come and fight him.

Underestimate him? !

Zhu Di looked at the arrogant Shengyong vanguard under the city, and inexplicably felt a little anger in his heart. He thought of his victorious victories in these days, and his eyes suddenly burst into confidence. Afterwards, Zhu Di said disdainfully: "The decisive battle is the decisive battle. I’m afraid of him? Since he’s come all the way here, and he still looks like a decisive battle, let’s fight. I don’t believe that he can beat me. There are many cases where I beat more with less, and I’m almost one more Sheng Yong.”

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Chapter 295 - Mother Zhang Yuqing

Zhu Di is a very firm person. Whenever he makes a decision on something, he will overcome all difficulties and carry it out. At the same time, he is also an extremely confident person. He never thinks that anything can really stump him .

Therefore, when he planned to fight Sheng Yong decisively, he summoned all the generals vigorously and began to arrange a battle plan.

The generals were not surprised by this.

Since Sheng Yong didn't give them time to deal with Wu Jie and the others, and didn't want them to increase their chances of winning, they should deal with Sheng Yong first.

After Zhang Yu, Zhu Neng and others took orders one by one, they started to get busy.

And this moment.

On a small hill a few miles behind Sheng Yong's army, Zhen Wu stood alone on the hill with his back straight, looking at Sheng Yong's continuous barracks in the distance, his legs were like two nails, firmly Nailed in place, even though the mountain wind howls past, the figure is not moved at all, only the cloak behind him is blown and blown.

He sneaked here to meet someone.

Zhang Pu.

In this battle, Sheng Yong aggressively chased up and tried to fight decisively. If he said that he had no trump card and support, Zhen Wu would not believe anything. Moreover, Zhen Wu always had a faint uneasiness in his heart these days, which made him have to do so. Just do more considerations and think more ways.

He has been fighting for many years, and there are very few situations where he has early warning and uneasiness. This is also an important reason why he took the risk to meet Zhang Pu today.

Otherwise, he really didn't want to see Zhang Pu again.

Because whether it was from Zhang Yuqing or Zhang Pu's younger brother Zhang Qi, he was unwilling to have too much contact with Zhang Pu, lest Zhang Pu's clansmen be persecuted by Zhu Yunqi because of Zhang Pu's contact with Zhen Wu.

It is the best choice for him and Zhang Pu to clearly distinguish the camps.

But now, he has no other choice.

As time passed, three fast horses appeared on the road down the hillside. After Zhen Wu saw it clearly from a distance, his expression relaxed a little. Zhang Pu did not bring a large group of horses to chase him, but only brought two people over. , at least it means that the two sides have the opportunity to talk.

After a while, the three of Zhang Pu came to the front of the hillside. Zhang Pu looked up at Zhen Wu, who was alone on the hillside. He asked his two subordinates to wait in place, and he walked towards Zhen Wu by himself.

After the two approached, Zhen Wu took the lead with a smile and said, "General Zhang, long time no see."

Zhang Pu looked at the extraordinary Zhen Wu in front of him, and he seemed to recall the scene when he saw Zhen Wu for the first time in his mind. At that time, he really thought that Zhen Wu was a scholar who was entangled with his daughter. He was directly beaten to death with a stick, but he didn't expect that later he gradually realized that it turned out that he had eyes that did not recognize the true Buddha.

This young man not only turned himself into a Yong'an county horse, but most importantly, by virtue of his bravery and intelligence, he became one of the most popular people in the Ming Dynasty in the past few years. King, stirring up the world.

"It's been a long time since Zhen Junma, but the duel between the two sides is imminent. I don't know why Zhen Junma asked me to come out to meet at this time." Zhang Pu asked lightly.

Zhen Wu watched Zhang Pu walk slowly to his side, spread his hands to feel the wind of the world, and said casually, "I want to persuade General Zhang to defect before the battle."

As soon as these words fell, Zhang Pu turned around suddenly, with a hint of disdain on the corner of his mouth, and said, "Do you think it's possible?"

Zhen Wu watched Zhang Pu's reaction and sighed, he shook his head lightly and said: "I can't see it, it's impossible, and I know the reason roughly, although the Zhang family is not a big family, there are still some people living in Anqing , if General Zhang turns against him before the battle, Jianwen will definitely blame the Zhang family after the incident is over."

"You checked me?!" Zhang Pu glared at Zhen Wu.

Zhen Wu responded as usual, and after the two sides were silent for a while, Zhen Wu said again: "So, my real intention is not to make General Zhang defect before the battle, but I just hope that when the battle begins, General Zhang will secretly let go of a gap and let us Leading troops through General Zhang's defense line is not difficult for General Zhang, and my people have found out that General Zhang is now in charge of defending Sheng Yong's rear, so General Zhang should not try to shirk."

Zhang Pu frowned, feeling displeased in his heart, but he couldn't help being moved again.

What does it mean to pass through his defenses?

It means that Sheng Yong's central army will appear under Zhen Wu's soldiers.

And in the past two years, following Zhu Di's rise of troops, Zhen Wu's popularity has been the same for a while, and his files have even appeared on the desks of every middle and high-level official in the court and the army.

According to Zhen Wu's style, Zhen Wu's intentions are ready to come out.

Zhang Pu's expression darkened and he said, "Is it possible that the Zhenjun horse is planning to step on the Chinese army again, intending to kill the general and capture the flag?"

Zhen Wu's attitude was beyond Zhang Pu's expectation. He didn't intend to hide it at all, and he generously admitted his purpose directly: "General Zhang guessed right, that's what I planned."

The trees near the two of them on the hillside rattled, and the sound came to Zhang Pu's ears. At this moment, Zhang Pu felt like the sound of swords and soldiers clashing.

He remembered the scenes in Zhen Wu's dossier, looked at Zhen Wu's calm expression, and for the first time felt that it was not funny when someone said they wanted to kill the general and capture the flag, but it made him feel that Zhen Wu might succeed again.

Zhang Pu's face was dark, and he said in the same tone: "You think I'll agree if you just ask me to release water? Are you underestimating me, Zhang Pu?"

"Why don't you agree?"

Zhen Wu turned his head and looked at Zhang Pu with a serious and puzzled expression: "Since Jianwen came to power, has the King of Yan done anything wrong? It's fine to cut the vassals so blatantly, but to leave a rich and noble life for the King of Yan. It’s not difficult for Jianwen, right? Why are you unwilling to give it? Within a few months of being in power, he took King Zhou by force, even demoted King Dai, King Min and others, and King Xiang was forced to set himself on fire with his whole family. What are you doing? Outsiders don't know how to deal with such cruelty, not to mention they are all a family, so General Zhang is indifferent to these things and feels nothing?"

Zhang Pu was silent.

Zhen Wu then said confidently: "There has been an old saying since ancient times, a rabbit knows how to bite when it is in a hurry, not to mention that there are more than [-] people in Yanwang's mansion, if you dare to say that if you are Yanwang, you will let the entire Yanwang's mansion be humiliated." , You obediently lead your neck to slaughter? Everyone is a member of the army, who has no blood, and anyone with a discerning eye can see who is right and who is wrong. Why do you bother to sacrifice your life for Jianwen? What about the blockage?"

Hearing this, Zhang Pu couldn't help retorting: "Do you dare to say that King Yan is just seeking a way out? Do you dare to say that King Yan doesn't think about the emperor's position at all?"

This……

Zhen Wu took a deep breath and said without temper: "Yes."

Everyone is not a fool. It is obvious that the battle has come to this point. If you tell lies, it is an insult to Zhang Pu.

Zhang Pu snorted and said: "That's fine. Since you have thoughts, then don't just say anything about grievances. After all, you are not a traitor."

Hey.

Zhen Wu also lost his temper. He found a big rock and sat on it: "Since you want to talk about this, I will talk about it with you. Do you think it is a good thing for Jianwen to sit on the throne? Think about it. He has done it since he took the throne. I don’t need to say anything about it, you understand it yourself, and I’ll tell you one more thing, the war in the Mongolian tribes on the northern grasslands is ending, I can assure you that if our Ming Dynasty doesn’t care about the grasslands, it won’t be a few years The grassland will definitely rise to a hegemonic regime, let me ask you, with Jianwen's temper, does he care about the grassland's dynamics?"

Zhang Pu was speechless again by what Zhen Wu said.

"You understand that Jianwen can only defend at most. He is not close to the military. Taking the initiative to fight in the grassland will damage the interests of his subordinates and gentry, and it will also help the military's arrogance. Neither he nor his subordinates will Allow this kind of thing to happen, but what will be the result of letting the grassland grow on the side of the couch, I believe you also understand, you must know that the Ming Dynasty is not only for Jianwen and those civil servants and gentry, but also for the people of the whole world, it is for us Han people The world, how can we let the hooves of foreign races step on our territory?"