Daming: My boss Zhu Yuanzhang

After Ru Chang left, a guard hurriedly walked in, bowed his hands and said: "Your Majesty, the Jinyi Guards have recently received news that the southern expedition army led by Liang Guogong has made abnormal movements. Commander Mao ordered his subordinates to come to ask for instructions. Do we need to recall all the pro-military troops just in case?”

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted and said calmly: "Tell him and Guo Ying to search for Li Wei's whereabouts with all their strength, and don't worry about matters in Beijing for the time being!"

"Yes!"

The guard received the order and bowed down.

Zhu Yuanzhang was lying on the dragon collapse, with a fierce light flashing in his eyes: "Jump, we can solve it together when you all jump out!"

Now it is clear that Li Shanchang, Lu Zhongheng and others have disloyal intentions, and there is also Lan Yu. But this is not enough. There are still some people who are not making any move. He wants to give these people ample opportunity to let them all jump out together. .

His time is running out, and these hidden dangers cannot be left to future generations.

Zhu Biao is gone, and he has not yet decided who will succeed him, but no matter who it is, he is not as satisfied as Zhu Biao. Therefore, he is more worried that the successor will be incompetent and will be seized by these rebellious officials and traitors. These people must be dealt with in his lifetime. !

When Lan Yu mobilized the army, he also sent a memorial to the imperial court. On the surface, he said he was the victorious commander, but in fact, he led the army directly up the river and drove directly to the capital without waiting for the imperial court's permission.

At the same time, Li Shanchang and others finally got his reply and breathed a long sigh of relief.

With the addition of Lan Yu and Zhu Xi's personal guards, they finally had the strength to fight to the death.

Unlike Li Shanchang and others, Zhu Ping did not come forward directly, but hid behind the scenes, letting Chief Wei Mingjie and Yiwei Division Commander Jiang Bo lead the personal guards to act with them.

Nearly 100,000 troops arrived near Xijiangkou by boat. When the inspection department of Xijiangkou Inspection Department saw this situation, they quickly sent a boat to investigate.

The patrol inspector and several of his men tremblingly raised their hands to Lan Yu on the boat and shouted:
"General, aren't you conquering Shi Nan? Why did you come back suddenly?"

Lan Yu glanced at him and said calmly: "He came back naturally after the fight. What's so strange about that?"

"Yes," the inspector quickly agreed, but after a moment's hesitation, he asked, "Is it His Majesty's will?"

Lan Yu glanced at him coldly: "Why, do you still want to investigate this general?"

"Don't dare, I just want to remind you. Since the general is returning to the capital as a class teacher, I won't ask any more questions. General, please do so."

The inspection officer asked a few cursory questions, then quickly disembarked and ordered the ship to be released.

Lan Yu didn't even look at him, and the army even drove past them without even stopping.

The inspector looked pale and looked at the warships passing by, feeling hesitant in his heart.

"Boss, do we want to report to the court?" a subordinate asked.

"Of course you have to report it!" the inspector said in a low voice, "As soon as they go far away, we will send a horse to report to the court immediately!"

"Yes!"

This subordinate quickly responded.

They didn't dare to say much at the moment of the army, but it was their duty. After Lan Yu left, they still had to report the letter to the court. No matter what the situation was in the future, they had done their duty.

After Lan Yu passed through Xijiangkou, an army of nearly 100,000 composed of Zhu Xi's army, Lu Zhongheng's noble old troops, and Zhang Fengyi and others' current bandits also gathered in Lai'an County and marched towards the capital. The two sides quickly Join forces near the capital.

At the same time, news of the approaching army quickly spread to the capital. The ministers were panicked and hurriedly entered the palace to see Zhu Yuanzhang. However, because Zhu Yuanzhang was ill, it was not convenient to summon them one by one. They just passed down a decree to let them go to peace. His job.

The ministers had no choice but to gather together in twos and threes to discuss countermeasures. But they are just civil servants with no soldiers or generals. When encountering such a military situation, they can't do anything to help if they want to.

In the Qianqing Palace, the guards came over again, bowed and said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Your Majesty, Commander Mao and Wu Dinghou learned that there were rebels approaching the capital. Please ask for instructions whether to return to the capital immediately to help?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was silent for a moment and said: "Let them not be in a hurry, just bring a small number of soldiers and horses to contain them from the flanks!"

"Yes!"

The guard handed over and left.

Then Zhu Yuanzhang waved to Xu Shou who was waiting at the side.

Xu Shou stepped forward quickly: "Your Majesty?"

"Change our clothes." Zhu Yuanzhang said softly.

Xu Shou hesitated before nodding in agreement.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang was in poor health, the situation was urgent now and he could not lie down all the time. He had to show up to reassure the officials and soldiers.

In the Fengtian Palace, all the ministers gathered together. After more than half a month had passed since the sudden death of Prince Zhu Biao, Zhu Yuanzhang finally held another court meeting.

After the ceremony, Zhu Yuanzhang stood high above him. Although he was ill, he still sat upright with bright eyes.

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of War recently received a memorial sent by Duke Liang. Although he stated that he had suppressed the rebellious chieftains, he returned to the army without the permission of the court and without your Majesty's order. He has now passed the mouth of the Xijiang River. , I am afraid that he may be disobedient, so the court should make preparations in advance!”

Zhao Ren from the Ministry of War passed over the officials and others in front and hurriedly came out of the squad to report.

"Yes, Your Majesty, please immediately recall the Marquis of Dingyuan and the pro-troops who are out to defend the capital. In addition, you need to mobilize the garrison troops outside to prepare for any eventuality!"

Zhan Hui also said.

"I second the proposal, the capital cannot allow any mistakes..."

"Yes, Your Majesty..."

Others also understood the urgency of the matter and all agreed.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand: "No need to be anxious, we have our own arrangements for this matter, and you can each perform your duties!"

The ministers immediately became quiet after hearing this, but their hearts were still full of worry.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the generals. Fu Youde led his army in the Northern Expedition and took away many generals. Guards all over the world also needed people to garrison them. At this time, the only young nobles left in Beijing were Xu Huizu and Li Jinglong. The older generation There are only a few such as Geng Bingwen and Zhang Long.

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes fell on Geng Bingwen and he shouted: "Geng Bingwen."

"Chen is here!"

Geng Bingwen quickly walked out of the class to play.

"We have ordered you to lead the troops in Beijing to defend the capital. Are you confident that you can defend it?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"Your Majesty, don't worry. I will do my best to protect the capital!" Geng Bingwen replied in a deep voice.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly: "That's good, I'll leave this matter to you. I'll let Zhang Long and Xu Huizu be your lieutenants. You only need to guard the capital." "Yes!"

"The minister obeys the order!"

Zhang Long and Xu Huizu also rushed out to lead the order.

After simply settling the matter, Zhu Yuanzhang began to deal with government affairs as if nothing had happened.

Seeing this, the ministers felt uneasy, but they could only dutifully report on daily government affairs.

In Pukou Town, across the river from Yingtian, Li Shanchang and Zhang Fengyi finally met Lan Yu.

"Haha, we finally have the general. You made it easy for us to wait!" Li Shanchang stepped forward and said with a smile.

Lan Yu's face was a bit ugly, she cupped her hands coldly and then gave up.

This time he could be said to have been semi-forced by Li Shanchang to join forces with them to rebel, so naturally he didn't have a good look on Li Shanchang.

However, when Zhu Xi's cronies Wei Mingjie and Jiang Bo came to the front, Lan Yu immediately put on a smile and greeted them:
"Master Wei, Commander Jiang."

"I've met the general."

Wei Mingjie and Jiang Bo also responded very politely.

Lan Yu has a lot of troops, so they naturally don't dare to neglect them.

Lan Yu was polite to them because of Zhu Ping's face. After all, if they really succeeded in controlling the capital this time, then Zhu Ping would be the new king to succeed him.

Although he has a lot of troops, he is not stupid enough to think of becoming the emperor himself. You must know that the vassal kings everywhere are not vegetarians, and besides them, other nobles will not obey a rebellious minister like him.

On the contrary, if Zhu Ping ascends the throne, there will be no such big trouble. After all, he is the second son in the direct line and has the qualifications to succeed.

As the saying goes, if the name is not right, the words will not be right. Thousands of years of etiquette and the distinction between monarch and ministers cannot be easily bridged. The rebellion of the feudal kings still has the possibility of success. The rebellion of the ministers will never succeed unless they have the strength to suppress all the forces in the world.

Cao Cao had held the emperor hostage and commanded the princes for so many years, but he did not dare to proclaim himself emperor until his death. It was because of this that as long as the emperor was still there and his righteousness was still there, he could justify himself.

If the opposite ministers plot to kill the emperor and establish themselves as emperor when the world is not at peace, they will immediately be attacked by a group of people, and it will be difficult to survive for a long time.

Even Qin Shihuang succeeded Emperor Zhou and proclaimed himself emperor after annihilating the six kingdoms.

After everyone greeted Lan Yu, they began to discuss the battle.

"In my opinion, this time the army should be led by the Duke of Liang, with the Marquis of Ji'an and the Marquis of Yan'an as his deputy, and other generals as assistants." Wei Mingjie said softly.

Soldiers are valuable and quick, and he doesn't want to get involved in this kind of thing again.

Hearing his words, Lu Zhongheng and others frowned and fell silent. They were all nobles of the older generation, and they didn't really admire Lan Yu. But now that Wei Mingjie had spoken, it was hard for them to object. After all, Wei Mingjie represented Zhu Cang.

Li Shanchang looked at the crowd and immediately smiled: "I also think this arrangement is better. After all, General Lan has the most troops. His troops are the main force and everyone supports them. It is the best choice."

He was still very influential among the nobles. Although Lu Zhongheng and others felt a little unhappy, they all nodded in agreement.

Seeing this, Lan Yu nodded with satisfaction: "Then I would rather be respectful than obey your orders!"

Wei Mingjie smiled: "Of course it is."

After deciding on the priority, Lan Yu immediately began to command: "Later, I will lead the army to cross the river by boat and attack Jinchuan Gate. The two wings will be defended by the Marquis of Ji'an and the Marquis of Yan'an. I don't know when the Shangzhi troops will return after they go out. We must take strict precautions..."

Lan Yu roughly arranged the battle plan, and Lu Zhongheng and others did not have any objections to this. After all, Lan Yu was also an experienced veteran and would not make mistakes easily.

"Okay, let's make this arrangement, let's go!"

After the generals had finished discussing, Lu Zhongheng said something, and everyone was about to make arrangements for the march. At this time, Wei Mingjie suddenly stopped everyone: "Everyone, before we start the army, I want to ask you to remember that we are here because someone in the palace is planning to murder the prince and kidnap him. Your Majesty, we attacked the capital to rescue Your Majesty!"

Li Shanchang's heart suddenly moved when he heard this, and he quickly echoed: "Yes, Master Wei's words are very true. We all need to keep them in mind!"

Zhang Fengyi and the others smiled and nodded in agreement. They both understood that this was just a legitimate excuse.

But there is a difference between having this excuse and not having it. When the capital is captured and Zhu Feng returns to the capital to succeed, there must be an explanation.

Although Lan Yu, Lu Zhongheng and others looked down on the hypocrisy of these scholars, they also knew the importance of this matter and nodded in agreement before going out.

Two hundred thousand troops were mobilized in batches and launched an attack on the capital!
Geng Bingwen personally stood guard at the Jinchuan Gate in the outer city of the capital, looking at the river in the distance with an extremely serious expression.

Now there are only 30,000 troops in the capital, and it is quite difficult for Nuo Da's capital to defend. What's more, the enemy's troops are nearly 200,000, which is far superior to him. He, a veteran general, has to work up to 120,000 points.

As soon as the troops and warships led by Lan Yu started to move, Geng Bingwen immediately ordered the city defense artillery to adjust its angle and prepare for bombardment.

As the cannon fired, the battle officially began.

Installed on the city walls are divine machine guns and divine cannons made by the Ordnance Bureau, which are far more powerful than the shabby artillery of the past.

However, facing the moving ships on the river, the accuracy of the artillery was still a little poor. It could only occasionally hit one or two warships, causing some impact on the enemy, but it could not destroy the enemy in the process of crossing the river.

As the warships approached, the dock became the most important defense point. Geng Bingwen ordered his troops to guard the dock without hesitation to prevent the enemy from landing.

Both parties had been officials in the same court for many years, and they knew each other very well, and there was no nonsense. The fiercest competition started.

On Zhongshan Mountain, Zhang Sanfeng looked in the direction of the capital, frowning and saying nothing, while Li Wei sat listlessly on a stone aside.

After getting along with each other for the past few days, he gradually got to know this old man. In this old man's concept, personal life and death are not important at all, and he does not even care about the life and death of tens of millions of people. Only the harmony between heaven and man, all people The most important thing is to survive forever.

When he understood this, he knew that many of the reasons he had prepared would have no effect on this old man.

What foreign enemies invaded and killed tens of millions of people was nothing in the eyes of these foreign experts. After all, these were only a fraction of China's population at that time.

Every time a dynasty came and went, many people died. In comparison, the one in later generations was nothing.

"Hey, how many people are there in your Emperor Dao?" Li Wei asked somewhat boredly.

Zhang Sanfeng replied casually while looking into the distance: "To be precise, I am the only one in the Emperor's Way."

Li Wei opened his eyes in surprise: "You're lying, right?"

According to Zhang Sanfeng, the Emperor's Way controls the general trend of the world, and it is not an exaggeration to even say that he controls it. How could it be possible for him to be the only one?
Zhang Sanfeng glanced back at him and said calmly: "The way of the Emperor is not what you think. We will only be born when the dynasty changes. When the world is settled, we will hide in the world and wait for the next reincarnation. , the ultimate goal of the Emperor’s Way is to allow the world to maintain the stability of this cycle of reincarnation.” (End of this chapter)