A knife in love

Chapter 2828
The leader of Jinyiwei led Li Qiufeng to the front door of the main room in the backyard, and a Jinyiwei standing on the stone steps greeted him immediately, and exchanged greetings with the leader of Jinyiwei.The leader of Jinyiwei bid farewell to Li Qiufeng, turned around and walked towards the middle courtyard.The guard in Jinyi who walked down the stone steps cupped his hands to Li Qiufeng, and said: "Master Commander and Governor are in the room, please go and meet Li Baihu."

Li Qiufeng thanked him, and walked up the stone steps with Jin Yiwei.The two stopped in front of the door, and Jin Yiwei said respectfully, "Master Commander, Li Baihu has arrived."

After a while, someone in the room said: "Please come in and talk to Li Baihu."

The Jin Yiwei agreed, carefully pushed the door open, took two steps back, and made a gesture of invitation to Li Qiufeng.Li Qiufeng nodded, and strode into the room.I saw a large round table in the center of the main room, with more than a dozen dishes on it.The one sitting on the main seat is Yang Zhenzhong, and Xu Yingyang is sitting on his right.There were also six Jinyi guards standing in the room, standing on the north, east, and west sides, each of them stood with their hands down, but there was no Xiuchun knife hanging from their waists.

After Li Qiufeng entered the room, he stretched out his hand to untie the long knife at his waist, and a Jinyi guard from the west walked up quickly and took Li Qiufeng's long knife.Yang Zhenzhong smiled slightly, and said in his mouth: "Li Baihu is one of his own, and he has just made great contributions to the imperial court, why is it so deliberate?"

Although Yang Zhenzhong said a few polite words, he didn't ask Jin Yiwei to return the long knife to Li Qiufeng, but just invited Li Qiufeng to sit down.Li Qiufeng bowed his hands to Yang Zhenzhong and Xu Yingyang, then went to Yang Zhenzhong and sat down.As soon as Li Qiufeng sat down, three Jin Yiwei came over, filled the wine glasses for the three of them, and retreated quietly.Yang Zhenzhong picked up his wine glass and said with a smile: "Although the Japanese pirates have fled overnight, Mr. Feng and Mr. Zhang are worried that the Japanese pirates have other plots, so they can't be careless, so they still lead the troops to guard by the seaside. Let's take a break from our busy schedule and have a few drinks. , When the overall situation is settled, we will have a big banquet and have a few drinks."

After Yang Zhenzhong finished speaking, he raised the cup.Li Qiufeng and Xu Yingyang also toasted, then put the glass to their lips and took a sip, then put the glass on the table.Yang Zhenzhong went on to say: "Li Baihu, Master Xu and you made great contributions to the imperial court in the battle of Dongliao County. If you and I return to the capital together, as long as Master Lu accepts the papers and the emperor is happy, there will definitely be a decree of grace to be issued." For the two of you. In the future, Master Xu and Li Baihu will have to sit and ride horses, and maybe I will ask you two to help me a lot. Haha, haha."

As soon as Yang Zhenzhong finished speaking, Xu Yingyang immediately stood up and said respectfully: "This campaign is all up to the commanding officer to make the Lord look forward and take care of it. We are only acting on the order of the Lord. How dare we pretend to claim credit for it?"

Yang Zhenzhong shook his head, pressed his right hand weakly, and signaled Xu Yingyang to sit down.Xu Yingyang sat down with confidence, and said in his mouth: "Every sentence of the next official comes from the heart, and it is definitely not exaggerated."

Yang Zhenzhong smiled slightly, glanced at Xu Yingyang, and then said slowly: "I am not a god, how could I have thought that the people of Fusang would have such ambitions, dare to attack Tianjin Wei, and wait for the opportunity to go straight to the capital? Although I and Liu Zongyan After more than ten years of dealing with each other, I knew that this person was ambitious, but I never expected that when he was at the end of the road, he would still think about winning in defeat and struggling to the death."

When Yang Zhenzhong said this, he paused for a while, and then he continued: "I am wrong, it should be Liu Sheng Zongyan. This traitor has been hiding in the Central Plains for many years, but he has gained a lot of knowledge. In the past, Emperor Jianwen ascended the throne. Afterwards, after listening to the instigation of Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng's treacherous officials, they wanted to depose all the vassal kings everywhere. Emperor Yongle was forced to have no choice but to raise a rebel army in the name of the Qing emperor in order to save his life In addition, the treacherous ministers around Jianwen must be killed to maintain the Ming Dynasty. This is the Battle of Jingnan.

"At the beginning of the war, Emperor Yongle had only tens of thousands of soldiers, and there was not enough food, grass, and military equipment. The southern army had millions of people, and occupied the rich land in the south of the Yangtze River. Naturally, it had the upper hand. Although Jianwen sent the Northern Expedition Li Jinglong and other generals who commanded the army were of the same generation, and were repeatedly defeated by Emperor Yongle. However, the Southern Army still had a large advantage, and Emperor Yongle could barely hold on to the land of Youyan. Later, Yao Guangxiao advised Emperor Yongle, thinking that the Southern Army was powerful, There are also Tie Xuan and others defending Jinan. Whether it is defense or attack, it is not the best strategy. It is better to abandon the right and take a surprise. Emperor Yongle will lead the elite soldiers and horses, regardless of the southern army who besieged Youyan. Go straight to Hebei and Henan, bypass Jinan Mansion and go straight to Nanjing. In this way, the hundreds of thousands of southern troops who besieged Youyan could only watch helplessly as the surprise soldiers led by Emperor Yongle went straight to Nanjing. Although Tie Xuan was tough and good at fighting, he only He was able to defend Jinan, but he was unable to rush to Nanjing to help. Although this plan was extremely risky, given the general trend of the world at that time, only by following Yao Guangxiao's strategy could there be a chance of a comeback."

While talking, Yang Zhenzhong glanced at Li Qiufeng and Xu Yingyang, and then said: "If someone else weighs the pros and cons, worrying about gains and losses, most of them would not dare to act according to Yao Guangxiao's plan. But Emperor Yongle is a man of great talent and strategy. Even compared with Liu Bang, Li Shimin, Zhao Kuangyin and other horse emperors of the previous dynasty, he is not inferior. After listening to Yao Guangxiao's strategy, he immediately led an elite army to bypass the southern army besieging Youyan and Jinan, which was firmly defended by Tie Xuan. Mansion, after a circle, went straight to Nanjing.

"Jianwen Jun and his ministers never expected that Emperor Yongle would have such a conspiracy. They were frightened and at a loss. They wanted to mobilize the army of the Northern Expedition and soldiers from all over the world to serve the king. It was too late. They could only stay in the city of Nanjing and watch helplessly. Emperor Yongle led troops into Nanjing.

"If the two sides fought a battle with dignity on the battlefield, although Emperor Yongle was wise and mighty, it would be tantamount to wishful thinking if he wanted to defeat a million southern troops. Until he used Yao Guangxiao's strategy and personally led his troops to avoid the truth and drive straight into it , Only then did they capture Nanjing City in one fell swoop. The old thief Liu Sheng has been in the Central Plains for many years. He thought he had heard about the old story of Emperor Yongle sending out surprise troops to defeat the southern army. First supply food, grass and military equipment in Dongliao County, then sneak attack Tianjin Wei, and finally go straight to the capital. This strategy is quite similar to Yao Guangxiao's conspiracy for Emperor Yongle, although the old thief Liu Sheng can't compare with Emperor Yongle at all. Capturing the capital is nothing short of a fool's dream, but Ming Dynasty is a kingdom of heaven. If soldiers from small barbarians like Fusang come to the city, I am afraid that the Siyi will despise the Celestial Dynasty because of this. Officials in Zhili, Hebei, Henan, Shandong and other places are ignorant. Once the Fusang army attacks Tianjin Wei and covets the capital, even if the Fusang people are finally driven away, the court will definitely set up a big prison. The enemy invaded the bandits, and their family was ransacked and their family was wiped out, and they died. Master Xu and Li Baihu joined forces to defeat the old thief Liu Sheng's plot, not only made great contributions to the court, but also saved the lives of countless officials.

(End of this chapter)