Seiwa

The imperial court wanted to remove King Ning's guards, and King Yan was so happy that he slapped his thighs, but he can't directly discuss rebellion with King Ning Zhu Quan, he must first solve Geng Bingwen.

King Ning was quite dissatisfied with Emperor Jianwen's will, but he was not as determined as King Yan, and there was no one like Dao Yan around him, so he was still hesitating about raising the flag to rebel.

The envoy sent by Emperor Jianwen has been keeping an eye on Zhu Quan, and once he finds that King Ning is trying to rebel, he will immediately take action according to the order.Qi Tai became smarter this time, and he stopped playing tricks of checks and balances, and the edict to arrest King Ning's officials and King Ning himself was in the hands of one person.But whether these two edicts can play a role is still unknown.

At this time, the situation in Daning was just like that in Beiping before Jing Nan. The firewood pile had been set up by Emperor Jianwen himself, and it only needed a spark to ignite it.

When Geng Bingwen, who was stationed in Zhending City, learned of the situation, he tore off a lot of his beard.

No way to compare, really no way to compare!Not to mention Emperor Taizu Gao, even the former prince Zhu Biao would not do such a stupid thing.

Think about King Yan who is marching towards Zhending City, and then think about King Ning who was pushed towards King Yan by the court. Marquis Changxing sighed. The rotten scholars around the emperor couldn’t see the situation clearly. Failed to persuade the emperor.In case King Ning is also rebellious, and the two most powerful vassals in the north unite, how can this battle be fought?

Geng Bingwen's worry was not unreasonable. Although King Ning hadn't shown any objection, a group of people under him couldn't sit still.

The first to bear the brunt are the three guards of Duoyan, Taining and Fuyu, which are composed of Mongolian cavalry.Duoyanwei is the most powerful, so it is also collectively referred to as Duoyan Sanwei.

These Mongolian cavalry returned to the Ming Dynasty during the Hongwu period. First, because of the strong military power of the Ming Dynasty, they were cut off from the west of Daxing’an Mountains. With stable jobs, on-time salary, and extra rewards every now and then, they are naturally willing to work for the Ming Dynasty. In order to support the whole family, who should they fight or not?

From its establishment in the 22nd year of Hongwu to the administration of King Ning in the 25th year of Hongwu, Duoyan Sanwei, composed of Wuliangha, Wengniute, and Uziyet, has always been conscientious in its work and never dared to slack off.When Bei Yuan came to thresh grain and grass, he rushed up with a saber without an order, and chopped like relatives and friends. He was commended by Emperor Hongwu many times, and he can be called a model worker.

After years of hard work, Duoyan Sanwei's life has made great strides towards a well-off level compared to the fellow villagers of Beiyuan who are struggling on the poverty line.

No worries about eating and drinking, no worries about grazing.

The Mongolian cavalry of the three guards were very satisfied with such a life. They didn't want to be forced to lay off their jobs with a single order from the court, and their jobs could not be kept.

Take away King Ning's guard?This is not bad!

Once he was fired by the Ming Dynasty and cut off his source of livelihood, how would he live!Go back to the grassland to graze?Get used to luxury cars and villas, who is willing to squeeze the bus and sleep in the bunk?

Learn from fellow villagers to thresh hay?As wage earners in the Ming Dynasty, they understood the fighting power of the Ming army better than the fellow villagers on the grassland, so they did nothing but seek beatings.

The leaders of the three guards got together to discuss it, and they didn't want to be laid off. The best solution is that King Ning, like King Yan, rebelled against the emperor!

If King Ning went to Jingnan like King Yan, the imperial court would cut off X's guards!

The leader of Duoyan Sanwei was looking forward day and night, waiting for King Ning to pull up the banner of rebellion.

How good it is to rebel, why doesn't King Ning rebel?

God may have heard their prayers, even if King Ning couldn't make up his mind to take the initiative to rebel, under the joint promotion of King Yan and Emperor Jianwen, sooner or later he would be pulled into Jing Nan's big boat.

This day is destined not to be too long.

In late August, on the way to Zhending, the Yan army met Zhang Bao, a general sent by Geng Bingwen to investigate the military situation.Zhang Bao knew that his more than 1000 men were not Zhu Di's opponents at all, so he simply led his men to surrender directly, and told King Yan an important information.

"The imperial court claims to send 30 troops, but the number has not yet been gathered. At present, only 13 are camped in the north and south of the Hutuo River. If we attack at this time, we can take advantage of the army's unstable foothold and win a big victory."

Hearing this, all the generals in the tent were happy. If this is true, it will be another great victory.

So they spoke one after another, with only one central idea, "My lord, let's fight!"

King Yan didn't make a decision right away, so he ordered Zhang Bao and more than 1000 surrendered soldiers to be placed in the camp first, and then he and the generals closed the door to discuss whether they should fight or not.

Zhu Neng agrees with most people, fight!Must fight!

Zhang Yu is mature and prudent, and believes that it is necessary to find out whether Zhang Bao's words are true, and beware of Geng Bingwen's use of time.

Zhu Di cast his eyes on the other generals in the tent, and finally landed on Shen Xuan.

"Xuan'er, what do you think?"

It was Shen Xuan who plotted to attack Xiong County and set up the Fuyueyang Bridge. As soon as King Yan spoke, everyone turned their attention to Shen Xuan at the same time.

"Go back to the prince, I think that Zhang Bao can be sent back to Zhending, and tell Geng Bingwen that our army is coming."

When this statement came out, everyone was in an uproar.

"Absurd!" He Shou was the first to object. "Our army knows the real military equipment, but Geng Bingwen doesn't know our army. We should take advantage of it's unpreparedness! What's the reason for sending Zhang Bao back?!"

When He Shou spoke, Li Bin, Meng Shan, Fang Kuan and others all agreed.

Zhu Neng frowned, also thought that Shen Xuan's words were inappropriate, because of the friendship between the two, he did not publicly object.But Zhang Yu was deep in thought, and grabbed He Shou's son Zhang Fu who wanted to post a message, not allowing him to speak out.

Mao Sui, who had joined King Yan not long ago, Zheng Heng was well versed in the principles of newcomers in the workplace, he would not speak easily unless necessary, but he was thinking in his heart, looking at the situation in front of him, King Yan's subordinates were by no means monolithic.The discord between generals can be good or bad, depending on what King Yan thinks and how to deal with it.

King Yan didn't say whether He Shou was right or wrong, but turned to Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui brothers who were standing in the ranks of generals, and said, "Gao Xu, Gao Sui, what's your opinion?"

Zhu Gaoxuan is still young, and has always followed Zhu Gaoxu's lead.

Zhu Gaoxu was also thinking about the mechanism in Shen Xuan's words, but he really couldn't figure out whether it was because he didn't have enough battlefield experience.

"Returning to my father, my son is ashamed. I don't understand Commander Shen's words. Please ask Commander Shen to clarify."

"Okay!" Zhu Di smiled, "Anyone who doesn't understand should ask, it's not shameful! Do not ask for a deep understanding, and stubbornness is the taboo of a general!"

The meaning of the words was obvious, and He Shou Fangkuan and the others immediately showed embarrassment.

King Yan ordered He Shou and saved him face, and then continued: "Geng Bingwen's army is stationed on the north and south banks of the Hutuo River. If our army attacks the north bank, even if we win, the army on the south bank must have Get ready, cross the river to attack while our army is exhausted, the outcome is unpredictable. Why don't we let them join forces and annihilate them in one fell swoop."

Everyone suddenly realized.

Zhang Yudao: "First, there was the defeat of Xiongzhou in Xiong County. I heard that our army is coming, and Geng Bingwen will join forces!"

Tan Yuan and Zhu Neng also nodded one after another, Shen Xuan didn't say anything, sometimes it's not a good thing to get too much limelight.

Everyone agreed on a strategy, and the king of Yan ordered Zhang Bao to be invited, and given a generous reward, he was ordered to return to Geng Bingwen's camp, informed Geng Bingwen that Yan's army was coming, and took the opportunity to spread the news of Yang Songpanzhong's defeat in the army, in order to shake the morale of the army , A blow to the fighting will of the Southern Army.

King Yan promised in front of all the generals that as long as Zhang Bao completed the matter, he would be reused for him.

"The prince rewards you generously, and you must do your best in a humble position."

Zhang Bao took the order to leave, and more than 1000 soldiers took away only two or three confidantes.It is not easy for Geng Bingwen to believe that he met the Yan army and escaped with his horse after a narrow escape.If something goes wrong, the high officials and rich salary promised by the King of Yan will not be obtained, and his life will have to be ruined.

Yan Jun marched overnight after Zhang Bao left, and the time was just a plan. At the same time, King Yan was ready to be attacked by Geng Bingwen who saw through the plan.

It was about to enter September, the weather was getting cooler, and it rained again at night, so the army had to stop advancing and set up camp on the spot.

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and when the tents were pitched up, many soldiers were drenched in the cold.

The strong soldiers don't care about these things, they just take a cold shower in the rain.Drink a bowl of hot soup, take a nap, and still be alive and kicking.

Meng Qinghe couldn't do it.

His body was originally thin, and he had been subjected to [-] army sticks in the ice and snow. Although he had the pills carefully prepared by Dr. Zhao, he couldn't take care of him slowly, leaving some roots of the disease to some extent.

After several days of marching and fighting, the temperature difference between day and night was already exhausting, and it was raining heavily, so I couldn't support it anymore.

As the command officer of the Yanshan guard, Meng Qinghe slept in a tent with two other officers.It was raining outside, and the two came back from patrolling the camp. Seeing Meng Qinghe lying on the ground unconscious, his forehead was hot, and his expression changed.

"No, go find a doctor!"

Meng Qinghe had rich experience in the workplace, and his interpersonal relationship in Yanshan Guard was pretty good. They not only sent someone to find the doctor, but also did it themselves, wrapping Meng Twelve Lang tightly with a quilt, leaving only a place to breathe.

Wrapped in three quilts, Meng Qinghe was still shivering from the cold.

Fortunately, the soldier who went to call for someone returned in time, and Dr. Zhao, who accompanied the army, came in with a medicine box on his back, followed by Commander Shen.

The two conductors didn't expect to alarm Shen Xuan, so they hurriedly stood up and saluted.Shen Xuan signaled that there was no need for it, and watched Dr. Zhao diagnose Meng Qinghe's pulse, and frowned.

"Meng Chen suffered from the wind and cold, which caused his old illness."

Dr. Zhao explained the situation in a few words. The pills are ready-made, and they need to be mixed with warm water. It's just that Meng Qinghe is unconscious and confused from the fever. How to take the medicine?The night rain was suddenly cold, and it was not warm in the tent. I was afraid it would aggravate the condition.

After a lot of situations came to light, the two friends in the same account were also scratching their heads.The frontier soldiers are all rough men, and if they are sick, they just sleep indiscriminately. For things like Meng Qian, they are probably not as strong as their own mothers-in-law.

Shen Xuan didn't say much, he lifted the quilt, took off the cloak and wrapped it around Meng Qinghe's body, and hugged him up, "Meng Qian's matter is in my tent tonight, and we need to march tomorrow, Zhao Qian's matter and Qian Chen's matter will be earlier Rest."

Zhao Qianshi and Qian Qianshi were moved instantly, Commander Shen is a good man, a good boss!

Where can I find a Shangguan who takes the initiative to take care of patients and loves his subordinates so much!

The two immediately said that they can take care of their colleagues without labor command.

They are all of military origin, with rough skin and thick flesh, stronger than cattle, so let them take care of Meng Chen.The responsibility of command is even more important, and it will be bad if you are overwhelmed.

"It wasn't warm in the tent, so we slept together with a few quilts pressed down to ensure that Meng Chen's affairs would not be cold. When guarding the frontier fortress, the brothers just huddled together to keep warm, and they wouldn't freeze to death even if it snowed heavily."

sleep together?Cover with a quilt?Huddle together for warmth?

Shen Xuan's eyes were cold, and his face was a little dark.

Feeling the evil spirit overflowing from Commander Shen, Zhao Qianshi and Qian Qianshi instinctively shut their mouths.

Looking at Shen Xuan's increasingly cold expression, he was very puzzled, where did he offend the conductor?

Dr. Zhao coughed, "Commander Shen, Meng Qian needs to take medicine as soon as possible."

Shen Xuan glanced at Dr. Zhao, not sure if the old man did it on purpose.

"Commander Shen, what the old man said is the truth."

In the end, Shen Xuan hugged Meng Qinghe and went back to his tent. Zhao Qianshi and Qian Qianshi couldn't get their heads together, so they simply stopped thinking about it and went to sleep.

Compared with Meng Qinghe's three-person room, Shen Xuan's tent was another level higher, with blankets on the raised couch and hot water in the tent.

Opening the medicine box, Dr. Zhao took out a porcelain bottle, thought for a while, and handed the whole bottle of medicine to Shen Xuan.

"One pill a day, swallow it with warm water. It will be fine if the fever subsides, but you need to take good care of it in the future."

Shen Xuan took the porcelain vase, "Please trouble Dr. Zhao."

"Don't bother."

"Doctor Zhao can go back to the tent and rest."

"Does Commander Shen know how to get Meng Qian to take the medicine? I don't need the old man's help?"

"Doctor Zhao better rest earlier."

After the words fell, he lifted the curtain and chased away people directly.

Doctor Zhao: "..."

The daughter-in-law married into the house, and the matchmaker threw it over the wall!

Shuzi lacks and seeks!

Well, Dr. Zhao also caught a cold and had a fever.

The curtain was lowered, Shen Xuan poured out a pill from the porcelain bottle, and tried to open Meng Qinghe's mouth, but repeatedly failed.He simply put the medicine in his mouth, drank some warm water, bent down and put it into Meng Qinghe's mouth.

Fiery breath, soft touch.

Stains of water slid down the corners of his mouth, and the bitter taste of medicine spread in his mouth.

In a daze of consciousness, Meng Qinghe frowned, and wanted to turn his head, but a force fixed his jaw, unable to move at all.

The brow frowned even tighter, it was too bitter.

Shen Xuan propped himself up with one arm, rubbed his thumb against his lips soaked in water, his black eyes gradually deepened, he lowered his head again, his lips touched lightly, with unprecedented curiosity and heartbeat, slowly fused with the breath of another person.

The shadows of the two were reflected on the tent, and disappeared into the darkness as the candles were extinguished.

As the rain gradually subsided, soldiers patrolling the camp walked by and accidentally stepped into the mud pit, splashing a splash of water.

Meng Qinghe felt cold all over, ignoring the bitter taste of medicine in his mouth, he instinctively hugged the only source of heat around him.

Shen Xuan lay on his side on the bed, with the back of his hand pressed against Meng Qinghe's forehead, the heat seemed to subside a little.

Pulling up his cloak, he closed his eyes.

The next day, Meng Qinghe woke up on Shen Xuan's horse, the team had already pulled out the camp, and everyone was not surprised that Shen Xuan would bring Meng Qinghe on the horse.

Brothers in the army were injured and could not walk on horseback. Everyone would help each other. Zhu Neng and Zhang Yu had done this before, and King Yan was no exception.

The only difference is that Meng Qinghe is not injured, but sick.

Meng Qinghe blinked, as if he still couldn't understand the situation in front of him. Seeing him wake up, Shen Xuan lowered his head and pressed his forehead, saying in a low voice, "The fever has subsided."

The action was too sudden, Meng Twelve Lang was a little silly.He still remembered that after returning to the tent, his head became dizzy, he fell to the ground, and he vaguely heard the voices of Zhao Qianshi and Qian Qianshi, and he couldn't remember anything after that.

Zhu Gaoxu rode his horse past, saw Meng Qinghe woke up, and said, "Is things better with Meng Qian? If it doesn't work, how about letting Ti Tiao empty a grain cart."

Seeing that Zhu Gaoxu's concern was not fake, Meng Qinghe tried his best to sit upright, and replied: "The humble official Xie Junwang, don't bother to transfer the officer, if you don't have a fever, the humble official should be able to act on his own."

Zhu Gaoxu nodded, "We're going to the Hutuo River soon, Meng Chen still needs to pay more attention to his health."

"As humble as possible."

Thousands of households from the Chinese army came to look for Zhu Gaoxu, and the King of Yan summoned him. Zhu Gaoxu immediately turned his horse's head, and Meng Twelve Lang finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He raised his head and wanted to ask about what happened last night, but the words came to his lips but he couldn't ask.

Don't ask at all, the big battle is coming, it's not the time to think about these things.

At the beginning of September, the Yan army arrived in Zhending.The vanguard found traces of the southern army's grain convoy, and Shen Xuan immediately led his men to chase after them, intercepting a large amount of grain and grass. He also learned from the captured southern army that the troops on the south bank of the Hutuo River had camped on the north bank, and Geng Bingwen went out of the city to dispatch and command.

The king of Yan sent people to investigate and found that Geng Bingwen was indeed in the trap. He was gathering troops on the north bank of the Hutuo River, waiting for the arrival of the Yan army.

"Gu then help the old general."

In order to save time, King Yan ordered Zhang Yu, Zhu Neng, Tan Yuan and others to lead the soldiers under his command to divide into small groups to harass the southern army.When they saw those who were alone, they went up and beat them fiercely, not letting anyone go.This move really made Geng Bingwen speed up the speed of joining forces.

Geng Bingwen is also very helpless, he is best at defense, leading the army to attack is not his strong point.Yan Jun, who has been fighting against Beiyuan all the year round, is just used to attacking. Even if Geng Bingwen found out that Yan Jun was consciously forcing him to join forces, for safety reasons, he could only do so.

There are many people and strength is great. In terms of numbers, if you go head-to-head with the Yan army, your side will definitely not lose the wind.

Geng Bingwen was experienced and decided to fight steadily and face-to-face, but Zhu Di was too cunning and determined not to give him this chance.

When Geng Bingwen was waiting for Zhu Di to come to fight, Zhu Di ordered Zhang Yuzhu Neng and other generals to raise the king's flag and lead troops to attack fiercely. Make a raid.

Under the front and rear attacks, the Southern Army with superior numbers fell into chaos. King Yan led the cavalry into the crowd, hacked left and right, and killed freely. The soldiers and generals of the Southern Army surrounded him, but there was nothing they could do about him. .

Is King Yan invulnerable?

No.

With 10,000+ people, Zhu Di could be drowned by the spittle of a single population.King Yan killed several times in the army as if he had entered a land of no one, all because of Emperor Jianwen's famous saying "Don't make me bear the name of killing relatives".

Emperor Jianwen personally put on a body armor for the rebellious uncle. Under such circumstances, almost no one dared to directly greet King Yan with a sword.

Ever since, under the leadership of Zhu Di, the Yan Army defeated the Southern Army, and King Yan, who entered and exited the Southern Army several times, was even more mythical.

Surrounded by tens of thousands of people, without even scratching a piece of skin, what else could he be if he wasn't a true Dragon Emperor?

Seeing that the defeat was irretrievable, Geng Bingwen made a decisive decision and led the team back to Zhending City.Yan Jun was chasing after him, and Geng Bingwen suddenly stopped running as soon as he caught up.

It turned out that Zhu Neng, who was leading the chase, ran too fast, and only Shen Xuan and the other 30 people could keep up with him.

Geng Bingwen was angry, tens of thousands of troops were chased by 30 people, this is too absurd!Do you really think he is soft persimmon and soft tofu, which will break everything when pinched?

Seeing the southern army lined up, Zhu Neng was unambiguous, without saying a word, raised his saber, and rushed over, absolutely desperate.

Thirty people followed closely behind, as if they were not facing tens of thousands of Southern troops, but a group of lambs waiting to be slaughtered.

crazy?

It is indeed crazy.

Zhu Neng, Shen Xuan and others went crazy, and the Southern Army who was fighting them almost went crazy with fright.

Are you a human?

Just like a group of killing gods!

In the rain of swords and blood, the southern army completely lost their will to fight. In the chaos, they trampled on each other, not a few of them slashed at their own people with knives, and more than 3000 people surrendered by abandoning their armor.

When Zhang Yu and Tan Yuan led more Yan troops to catch up, Geng Bingwen had no choice but to sever his wrists, abandon the soldiers surrounded by Yan troops, and retreat into Zhending City with the remaining tens of thousands.

The Yan army wanted to take advantage of the victory and pursue it, and took down the city in one go, but hit a rock in one fell swoop.

In the field battle, Geng Bingwen was at a disadvantage, but defending the city was his strong point. With tens of thousands of people in his hands, Zhending City was defended as solid as gold. King Yan personally led the army to attack the city for three days, but he couldn't eat a single city brick.

Changxing Marquis Geng Bingwen, who regained his confidence, stood at the top of the city, looked at the Yan army outside the city, and shook his finger at Zhu Di, thinking that even Zhang Shicheng back then could do nothing with a certain family, and neither could you, boy!

For the rebel Zhu Di, time is money and time is life.

Geng Bingwen could stay in the city and spend time with him, waiting for the court to send another army, but he couldn't.

If you can't attack Zhending City, you can't open the way to attack southward, and the logistics and food can't keep up, it's hard to keep the morale of the army unstable.If someone has a different heart and doesn't want to continue to rebel with him, then there will be a big problem.

King Yan was worried here, and his generals also began to worry.

At this time, what should we do?

It was impossible to fight, and it was even more impossible to persuade Geng Bingwen to surrender. It was difficult to raise troops to calm down. King Yan finally encountered the first hard nut to crack.