Jinyi Night Walk

Chapter 286

"Wait a minute!"

Gu Cheng stopped Zhang Bao's stupid movement, fixed his gaze, and said to Xia Xun, "What do you mean?"

"What do you mean?"

Xia Xun's expression became more calm, and he said with a smile: "Princess Xiao went south with Xie's family and got stuck here. You also met by chance. How could I know before you?"

Gu Cheng's face changed, and Xia Xun said calmly: "As the saying goes, knowing yourself and knowing the enemy, you will win every battle. His Highness King Yan's eyes and ears are all-pervasive. All the movements of the imperial army, and even the actions of various places in Hebei, are all under our control. Geng Bingwen If you know yourself but don't know your enemy, even if you have a strong army, what are your chances of winning?"

Gu Cheng's eyes flickered, and he said suspiciously: "Impossible, the King of Yan hastily raised his troops and risked trouble with a mere 800 people, but there was a mistake in one place, and his head was already in a different place. Like a net?"

Xia Xun smiled and said: "It turns out that the general didn't believe that King Yan had objected, so you also understand that the court imposed an 'unnecessary' crime on King Yan?"

Gu Cheng snorted and refused to answer.

Xia Xun nodded and said, "That's right, King Yan did act hastily, but he was able to capture the nine cities of Beiping with a mere 800 people, and conquer Jizhou, Zunhua, Miyun, and Juyongguan with thousands of soldiers recruited in a hurry, and then he was able to take it on foot." Eight thousand soldiers defeated Song Zhong with [-] soldiers and captured Song Zhong alive. Could it be that the soldiers and horses that King Yan commanded were all heavenly soldiers and generals, and one of them was worth a hundred? Of course not. Everyone, especially among the few soldiers, most of them are surrendered soldiers who have just surrendered. You are all leaders, so you should know how difficult it is.

There were two guards in Jizhou, Ma Yi fought to the death, Mao surrendered, and the guards of Zunhua and Miyun even surrendered without a fight.Wang Zhen, the guard of Juyong Pass, only pretended to resist for a while, and then retreated. Song Zhong used [-] troops to fight against the [-] soldiers of King Yan, but his own soldiers turned back, so he fled back to the city in a hurry, and hid in the latrine to escape. Can't the two generals see that King Yan is what people want?King Yan has such support, so why is it difficult for us to control your every move? "

Zhang Bao said unconvinced: "This is because King Yan often guards the border and has been in charge of the army for a long time. Sufu is very popular in the Northern Army. He has led those generals!"

Xia Xun nodded and said emphatically: "Yes, the King of Yan brought them, and the King of Yan brought them for the court. Only during wartime, they were under the control of the King of Yan, and they were dispatched by the court and paid for by the court, isn't it? Because of the injustice of the court, their heart is for King Yan? Is it because the soldiers on the frontier are timid and afraid of death? A mere 800 people raised their troops to calm the situation, but they fled before surrendering to the King of Yan, and had no intention of fighting? Didn’t the two generals think about the reason for this?”

Geng Cheng said with a faint smile: "Now the soldiers and horses under the Marquis Changxing are all from the south, not the soldiers that King Yan once led. Such a good thing will never happen again."

Xia Xun said solemnly: "The soldiers are divided into north and south, but people's hearts are not divided into north and south. Besides, the soldiers are naturally southern soldiers. What about the generals? They will be the soul of an army. If the general's heart is for King Yan, who will object to it?" The two generals thought that the generals of the southern army were monolithic and dedicated to the court? Hehe, Yang was able to take away the prince of Yan and the two county kings in the city of Nanjing, at the foot of the emperor, and the court could not find any Clues, do you think Yang alone can do it?"

Xu Ming'er has been listening and watching by the side, her big smart eyes sometimes glance at the boastful Xia Xun, and sometimes look at Gu Cheng and Zhang Bao whose expressions have changed, thinking: "This guy is starting to lie again. !"

The complexions of Gu Cheng and Zhang Bao suddenly changed, and Zhang Bao said suspiciously: "Is there any party in the imperial court?"

Gu Cheng was more concerned about the generals of the Northern Expedition, and blurted out, "Has anyone in the army secretly voted for King Yan?"

Xia Xun smiled without saying a word, Gu Cheng thought for a moment, then turned pale and said, "Could it be Wu Gao, Marquis of Jiang Yin!"

This time, the imperial court mobilized 30 troops, and there were at least three marquises in command. The chief general of the Chinese army was Changxing Hou Geng Bingwen, with 13 imperial soldiers.The leader of the right army, Wu Jie, Marquis of Anlu, had [-] soldiers under his command, and the leader of the left army, Marquis of Jiangyin, Wu Gao, had [-] soldiers under his command.If Wu Gao really turned against him and attacked the heart of the Chinese army from the left wing, and then King Yan rushed in from the front, Geng Bingzhong's originally foolproof defense deployment would collapse and be vulnerable to a single blow.

When Gu Cheng asked this, Zhang Bao's expression also changed.Wu Gao, Marquis of Jiangyin, is the father-in-law of King Zhu Bo of Xiang. His biological daughter is Princess Xiang. People care about each other and lose color.

Xia Xun didn't know who Princess Xiang's father was, so she didn't intend to point the finger at Wu Gao. What she said just now was just suspicious. I didn't expect that these two people were in the right place. Xia Xun neither admitted nor denied it. He just said: "Don't be suspicious, there are many people in the court's rebellious army who complained about King Yan, and there is not only one person who wants to vote for King Yan, not only because they are wronged by King Yan, but more importantly, they Seeing it in the longer term than the two generals..."

Gu Cheng couldn't help asking, "What's the long term?"

Xu Ming'er secretly sighed: "You two stupid fellows, if you go straight to the knife, nothing will happen. If you want to keep asking, ask, you must be deceived by him like me. I went to sell it, and happily counted the silver for him.”

Xia Xun's expression froze, and he spoke solemnly: "Fan screen feudalism, this is the legacy of the Taizu, it is the ancestral instruction! Does the emperor's cutting down the feudal clan violate the custom of the ancestors? Yes! He is the emperor, and he wants to change it. Yes, it’s enough to cut off the military power, why kill them all? What is a feudal clan? A feudal clan divides its land, governs its people, and leads its own soldiers. This is a feudal clan!

Cut down their fiefdoms and accept their soldiers, then the vassal king is just a king, not a vassal king. The prisoner, the murderer, and the exile are exiled, why is this? "Don't let me bear the name of killing my uncle." Don't you all know the emperor's edict, "Just die fourth uncle, not live King Yan?"

"Two generals, the Tianxia Sheji is the ancestor's Tianxia and Sheji first, it is the Tianxia and Sheji of the Zhu Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty, not the current emperor's lineage and one person. The kings are the descendants of the Taizu, the blood of the first emperor, and they are born royal family members. Enjoying the prince's salary, not the common people, Fang, Huang, Qi Tai and others alienated the royal relatives and persecuted the clan. Isn't it righteous for the King of Yan to "side the Qing emperor"?

In the Song Dynasty, martial arts were suppressed and literature was promoted, and literati were often ordered. o.Standing directly above the warriors, telling them what to do, the battles that shouldn't be fought are often fought, and the battles that should be won are often lost, causing the heroes to stain the battlefield with blood and struggle to achieve their ambitions.The territory of my Ming Dynasty is only twice as large as that of the Song Dynasty. The emperor is still worried about his close relatives, and he is not at ease when he cuts their military power and withdraws their vassal state. Will he sit and guard Nanjing with peace of mind, and let generals with foreign surnames command heavy troops to guard the border and drive thousands of miles away?

impossible!No way!Using literature to suppress martial arts and using literature to control martial arts will inevitably become more severe than that of the Song Dynasty. At that time, how will you generals feel about yourself?If the King of Yan is defeated and the kings are cut down, the emperor's scholarly court will not be limited to only one Jinling City. "

Xia Xun raised his voice, and said sternly: "Meng Yuan in Mobei still has very powerful armed forces, and the army of King Tie Muer in the Western Regions is eyeing. At that time, under the command of Hu Luan, a group of literati sao, our Ming army will Can you reproduce the glory of Taizu? If the Hulu were allowed to re-enter the Central Plains, wouldn’t your actions today be helping the tyrants? You want to make us Han people fall into the fourth class again, working for the Hu people as cattle and horses, as slaves Maid, are you a sinner through the ages?"

Gu Cheng's voice weakened, and he said earnestly: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty sits on the world, King Yan's land is only a corner, and his soldiers are only tens of thousands. What can... what can be done?"

Xia Xun asked back: "How is King Yan now compared to when Emperor Taizu raised his army?"

Zhang Baodao: "That's different. At that time, the Meng Yuan court lost the hearts of the people, the world was in chaos, and heroes rose together, but now the world is unified, and the world is unified!"

Xia Xun immediately said: "You are wrong! Now the world is ruled by only one face! It is the face left by Emperor Taizu! The emperor cut down not only the troops, but also the people. Willing to follow the King of Yan to calm down together, do you think they will stand on the side of the emperor?

The emperor was in charge, and in just a few months, he promoted two teachers to the positions of prime ministers who had no relatives. Those ten years of poverty, starting from humble beginnings, were dedicated to their duties and conscientiously, hoping to one day become important ministers of the court. Are the civil servants convinced?

The two teachers commanded the officials and assisted the emperor; their ears, eyes, confidantes, and close-knit ministers were all sour literati who only knew what they wanted to do. Will the dukes, marquises, generals and powerful men be reconciled? "

Xia Xun's burning eyes glanced coldly over the faces of Gu Cheng and Zhang Bao, and said in a deep voice: "The unity of the world has been smashed to pieces by the current emperor from the inside! The return of the world has been smashed by the current emperor." Monarchs and ministers, civil and military, have separated their virtues!"

Zhang Bao glanced at Gu Cheng, and the blade that had been steadily pointing at Xia Xun's throat slowly fell down.

In fact, since the King of Yan joined forces, the court soldiers and horses fell to the King of Yan in an organized way, surrendering without fighting.The King of Yan led soldiers, but this is not the absolute reason for them to fall to the King of Yan. Their promotions and salaries, management and command during non-wartime are all from the court, not the King of Yan. They fall to the still weak King Yan. , Isn't it the court's own problem?

For the situation where Fang Huang and others pointed out the situation of the court, and Jianwen's bloody means of cutting down the vassal kings, the military generals in the court have long been dissatisfied, especially Xu Zengshou and the generals around him. Xia Xun's words directly denounced him. to their hearts.

Xia Xun saw that the fire was almost ready, and added one last weight to their vacillating position: "Yang has said so much, if the two generals feel that what Yang said is wrong, they can do it now." . Yang came here to persuade Princess Xiao to return to Nanjing. Now that the two generals are here, Yang can rest assured that he will die without regrets!"

As soon as Xia Xun said "You can do it", Xu Ming'er stepped in front of him. Hearing Xia Xun's words, Zhang Bao was very surprised, and couldn't help but asked again: "Why didn't you go to protect the princess?" Peking?"

Xia Xun said firmly: "Because, Nanjing, King Yan will definitely go!"

Gu Cheng's hand trembled, and the blade pointing straight at Xia Xun also slowly fell down...