Daming: From the end of Hongwu

Fang Xiaoru looked at the expressions of the ministers, and felt very bad in his heart, thinking that if they wanted to defend the whole city, they must strengthen the hearts of the ministers.

And firm belief, killing to see blood is the best way.

Fang Xiaoru slowly put his eyes on Li Jinglong.

Li Jinglong has a high status and high official position, so he is most suitable to be the chicken who warns the monkey.

After thinking about it, Fang Xiaoru decided in his heart, stood up and said to Zhu Yunwen: "Your Majesty, those who ruined His Majesty's great affairs and brought His Majesty to this situation are all thanks to this thief. Please kill this thief, Your Majesty, so as to stabilize the heart of the city. "

As he said that, Fang Xiaoru directly contacted the iron rods in the court hall, and those people were not stupid, knowing that at this time they could no longer hesitate, a dozen people joined forces to take down Li Jinglong's court, and knelt down in front of Zhu Yunwen. Then they all kowtowed and begged Zhu Yunqi to kill Li Jinglong.

Li Jinglong was shocked.

Immediately, he knew that he was on the verge of life and death.

Immediately without thinking about it, he opened his mouth and cursed: "Hey, those who brought His Majesty to this situation were all done by you treacherous ministers. It was you who forced the King of Yan to raise troops to calm the situation. I didn't expect that you would dare to go your own way now. Could it be that you are really going to kill Your Majesty?" Did you just give up?"

After all, Li Jinglong quickly kowtowed to Zhu Yunwen and said: "Your Majesty, the blood relationship between the King of Yan and His Majesty is all in the hands of these people. Please order to kill these treacherous ministers. I am willing to join the Yan army and help Your Majesty and Yan." Wang Zai continued his family friendship, and to appease King Yan's spirit, it is certain that King Yan would not do such a transgressive act."

The irritable Zhu Yunwen's eyes lit up: "Then you will join the Yan army again for me, and you can go and have a good talk with my fourth uncle, and say that I already know that I was wrong, and I am willing to cede the land to him. He should go back to Peiping."

Fang Xiaoru and the others were startled and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, you can't, if you go to make peace again, wouldn't you be breaking your heart to fight to the death?"

Li Jinglong didn't care about these people, he only took the four words of Jun Wu's jokes as a life-saving straw, and kowtowed directly: "My minister takes orders."

After finishing speaking, Li Jinglong looked at Fang Xiaoru and the others, and asked Zhu Yunwen, "Your Majesty, then these people..."

Zhu Yunwen looked at these people.

These people also persuaded Zhu Yunqi not to ask for peace and to kill Li Jinglong.

But at this time, Zhu Yunqi was really scared of being beaten by Zhu Di, and he really didn't want to fight any more, but he didn't want to miss any chance to sue for peace.

But he saw that these people were all loyal to him, and he didn't want to embarrass them.

Zhu Yunwen sighed, waved his hand and said, "Cao Guogong, let's go first."

Li Jinglong felt a great pity, but it was not important to him, saving his life was a good thing, after the next court, Li Jinglong couldn't care less about doing anything, and brought the other peacemakers that Zhu Yunqi had arranged for him, and hurried They went to Yan Jun.

When Li Jinglong and Zhu Di met in the Yan army, they looked at each other and smiled tacitly.

After Li Jinglong once again talked about Zhu Yunqi's cession of land for peace, Zhu Di was prepared, and still confidently brought out his rhetoric that he only wanted treacherous officials, which was regarded as rejection of Li Jinglong and others.

It's just that this time I gave Li Jinglong a bit of face. In front of all those who asked for peace, he swore that as long as the treacherous officials were punished, he would not delay even sending his troops back for a moment.

Li Jinglong smiled knowingly.

This has an explanation for him.

For Zhu Di, it is also a way to disintegrate the unity of the capital.

Li Jinglong and others got a reply, and after leaving, they returned to the capital and left.

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Chapter 314 – Jinchuan Gate

Outside the capital city, there is a lively scene.

Countless military and civilian merchants are dismantling houses, and then transporting the dismantled wood to the city, trying to clear the outside of the city and not giving the Yan army materials to build siege equipment.

It's summer now.

The border of Jinling is hot, and the busy soldiers and civilians are sweating profusely. Even some common people, who do not have the strength to dismantle the gatehouse and transport the wood, are forced by the imperial court's decree to set their teeth on fire. dwellings.

When Li Jinglong and his group returned to this place all the way, after seeing this scene, they all frowned in unison.

The Minister of the Ministry of War, Ru Yu, who went to Yanying with Li Jinglong, couldn't help but sigh a long time.

He came to Li Jinglong's side and whispered: "Mr. Cao, look at this..."

Li Jinglong snorted coldly, and said: "Don't look at it, I think it must be the emperor who was bewitched by Fang Xiaoru and others. They have damaged the country several times for the sake of their own heads. Is it tolerable or unbearable? Kill these thieves."

Ru Yu nodded. He had always been at odds with Huang Zicheng, not only had he argued with Huang Zicheng many times, but also been suppressed by Huang Zicheng several times. Naturally, he was looking forward to the downfall of Huang Zicheng and others.

But he was a little worried and said: "But the emperor has made such a firm posture, if the emperor wants to punish Huang, it will be difficult for Qi and others."

After speaking, Ru Yuan secretly looked at Li Jinglong's expression.

Thinking of this, Li Jinglong sighed and said, "Do your best and obey the destiny."

"That's the only way to go now."

As Ru Yu said, she seemed to be pointing and said: "It's just for the sake of the world and the people. Ru will definitely advance and retreat with Cao Guogong, and don't think about it. I also hope that Cao Guogong will not dislike Ru's meager power. .”

Li Jinglong's heart skipped a beat when he said this, and he looked at Ru Yuan, only to see that Ru Yuan's expression remained the same as before.

Ru Yuan smiled at Li Jinglong.

There seemed to be some deep meaning in this smile, but it didn't seem like there was any.

Li Jinglong wasn't sure what Ru Yu meant, so he also exchanged hypocritical greetings with Ru Yu.

Afterwards, a group of people quickly entered the city and headed towards the palace.

And Zhu Yunwen in the palace looked like he had gambled all night, and the gambler who lost big was full of negative energy. When he heard Li Jinglong and others came back, he hurriedly announced them in.

Without waiting for them to meet, Zhu Yunqi asked anxiously, "How is the trip? My fourth uncle is willing to retire and go back to Peiping?"

Li Jinglong nodded.

Before Zhu Yunqi was overjoyed, Li Jinglong's next words followed.

"However, the King of Yan is still the previous request. As long as His Majesty can kill the traitors, King Yan will send his army back to Beiping to assist His Majesty and guard the border town."

Zhu Yunwen was taken aback for a moment, and fell silent.

Li Jinglong, Ru Yu and others began to report in detail what they said and did after they entered Yanying.

But when they finished speaking, Zhu Yunqi remained silent.

When Li Jinglong saw this, he understood what Zhu Yunzheng meant, and knew that Zhu Yunzheng would not give up on Fang Xiaoru and the others, but what Li Jinglong and the others did not expect was that after being stunned for a long time, Zhu Yunzheng suddenly raised his head and said a very innocent sentence.

"If you tell Fourth Uncle that the person who raped... the criminal has been ordered to be arrested, but he is still on the run, and he will give it to Fourth Uncle after he is captured. You say, if this is the case, will Fourth Uncle withdraw from the army?"

Li Jinglong opened his mouth, a little speechless: "Does Your Majesty think that King Yan will believe this?"

Zhu Yunwen froze, but after thinking for a while, he still said: "Believe it or not, it's always good to try. Duke Cao, would you like to visit Yanying again?"

Li Jinglong was a little helpless.

This seemed to him completely unnecessary.

He asked Zhu Yunwen: "When I came back, I saw the houses being demolished outside the city. Does your majesty plan to stick to the capital and wait for the king's teacher?"

Zhu Yunqi nodded a little embarrassedly.

Li Jinglong's demeanor suddenly became a little uncomfortable, and even the tone of his next words was full of dissatisfaction.

"Since your majesty intends to listen to Fang Xiaoru and others, why should you let me enter the Yan camp again? If your majesty thinks that my words are trustworthy, then I will kill Fang Xiaoru and others according to my plan, and I will definitely enter Yan again. The army, with the head of the item as a guarantee, will make the king of Yan retreat."

Zhu Yunwen heard the dissatisfaction in Li Jinglong's tone, and instinctively felt a little angry, but the next moment, he thought of the discord between Li Jinglong and Fang Xiaoru, and even the attitude of life and death, and the slight anger in his heart dissipated in an understandable way. .

He looked at Li Jinglong, who was a little disappointed and dissatisfied, and comforted him: "Mr. Cao doesn't have to be like this. It's not that I don't believe what Mr. Cao said. It's just... just that I think that if we really have a disadvantage in defending the city when the Yan army is attacking the city, we will go to the Duke of the country again." It's not too late to say it, if it's direct now...it's always a bit inappropriate."

"In this case, I will go back and wait for His Majesty to call again." Li Jinglong said.

Seeing Li Jinglong's lack of energy, Zhu Yunqi couldn't bear to hurt Li Jinglong. After thinking for a while, he said, "I need to rely a lot on Cao Guogong to defend the city. Cao Guogong can't be so slack."

Speaking of this, Zhu Yunqi paused, and then said: "Maybe Cao Guogong and King Gu go to help defend Jinchuan Gate?"

In his thinking, Li Jinglong should know how much he valued Li Jinglong if Li Jinglong was entrusted with a heavy responsibility. Under such circumstances, Li Jinglong would never have any unpleasant things with him again.

Hearing this, Li Jinglong was taken aback for a moment, then raised his head in disbelief, and even revealed the surprise in his eyes uncontrollably for a moment.

Can there be such a good thing?

Seeing Li Jinglong like this, Zhu Yunwen was very satisfied, thinking that Li Jinglong was happy that he valued Li Jinglong, so he smiled and asked, "What does Cao Guogong think?"

"My minister... my minister leads the decree, and I will live up to your Majesty's entrustment." Li Jinglong nodded in haste, and even stammered a bit.

Zhu Yunqi nodded: "I trust Cao Guogong."

Afterwards, Zhu Yunqi gave Li Jinglong a few more instructions, and then let Li Jinglong go down.

But after Li Jinglong left, Zhu Yunwen thought about it for a while, and still summoned the kings, and wanted them to go to Yanying to talk about it.

It is said that the criminal minister is fleeing, and he will sacrifice it to King Yan after he is caught.

Since Li Jinglong didn't want to say it again, he let the kings say it.

But the kings did not refuse, took orders, and went to the Yan army.

Zhu Yunwen looked at the back of them leaving, and sighed worriedly in his heart. He didn't know whether the king of Yan would believe his words, but as long as it was possible to make the king of Yan retreat, he wanted to try even the most stupid thing. try.

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On the other side, after the kings left Beijing, they went straight to Longtan where the Yan army was stationed.

After the kings met Yan Wang, they told Zhu Di what Zhu Yunqi had said.

Zhu Di just sneered twice, and then asked the kings: "You are all my younger brothers, please tell me whether this statement is true or not, if you say it is true, then I, as an elder brother, will believe you My brother's words."

The kings looked at each other when they heard Zhu Di's words, and then smiled wryly: "Brother's eyes are like a torch, and he can see the truth by himself, and I don't want to lie to my brother."

"Since that's the case, let's not talk about those meaningless words. Speaking of which, we brothers haven't seen each other for a long time. Today, the fourth brother is hosting a banquet. Let's have a good drink."

Afterwards, Zhu Di hosted a banquet in honor of the kings, and after a few people talked about their brotherhood, Zhu Di asked the kings to go back to meet their errands.

After the kings told Zhu Yunwen what he had seen and heard in the Yan army, Zhu Yunwen sighed and remained silent in the study for a long time. At dusk, he came out with a lonely face, and then he ordered people to speed up repairs day and night City defense, while continuously sending people to all sides to urge Qin Wang's division.

After finishing all this, Zhu Yunqi looked up at the sky.

He recalled what he had done in the past few years after he ascended the throne, and it suddenly gave him a feeling of a dream. He put his hands in front of his eyes, and looked carefully, as if he could see the country that was originally tightly grasped from between his fingers. Slip away slowly.

In June, all the people and officials in the capital were panic-stricken. They inexplicably remembered a song that had been widely circulated in the capital.

"Don't chase swallows, chase swallows and fly high, fly high with God's ki. '

Many common people and merchants sighed.

That flying swallow did not fly to the capital now.

However, all the soldiers in the Yan army became very excited during this time. They understood that after fighting for so many years, they finally saw the dawn of victory.

On this day, Zhu Di condemned Liu Bao, the vanguard, and Hua Ju went outside the Chaoyang Gate of the capital.

After learning that there was no ambush outside the capital, he swung his army and marched towards the capital. All the generals looked valiant along the way, and even Zhen Wu couldn't contain his excitement.

Three years.

Played for three years.

Now we will finally see Nanjing City again.

But Zhu Yunqi and others in the capital learned that King Yan's army had come towards the capital. Zhu Yunqi and the hardcore ministers who cut down the vassals gathered in the study and quickly discussed countermeasures.

But a group of people in the study room fell into a sad silence without saying a few words.

So far, there is nothing to discuss.

We can only hope that the defenders of the city can defend the capital.

Zhu Yunqi asked, "Is there any news about King Qin's teacher?"

Fang Xiaoru shook his head.

Since the commander of the Yan army drove Yangzhou in May, he has not seen a single person leading the army to serve the king. It is not known whether Zhu Yunqi has lost the hearts of the people, or everyone can see that Zhu Yunqi will definitely lose and dare not come to help.

Zhu Yunwen asked again: "What about Qi Shangshu and Mr. Huang, they both went to recruit soldiers early, and the two of them saw that the capital was besieged, so there must be no movement."

Fang Xiaoru sighed, and shook his head with a bitter face.

Zhu Yunwen was stunned, and after a long time, he hammered the table in a frantic rage, but when he vented his emotions, he collapsed on the chair.

He cried: "It's all because they persuaded me to cut down the vassal. Now it has become like this, but they also abandoned me and left. I regret that I listened to what they said."

Fang Xiaoru sighed, intending to persuade Zhu Yunwen with a few words.

But the disheartened Zhu Yunxuan didn't want to listen to what they had to say, so he waved his hand and told them all to retreat.

Zhu Yunwen closed his eyes and was speechless. At this moment, he inexplicably thought of Zhu Yuanzhang's voice and appearance.

He cried and said: "Grandpa, you are alive in heaven, help your grandson, grandson knows you are wrong, grandson shouldn't listen to you, shouldn't be close to people in the army, shouldn't want to cut down the feudal clan... "

I don't know how long it took.