Ming Dynasty: Evolution from snake to national guardian beast

Chapter 139 Li Jinglong leads his army back, and Zhu Di is in the process of proclaiming himself emperor!

"If the prince's decree is given, the life of Li Jinglong's 400,000-strong army can be cut off."

"In addition, behind Li Jinglong is Zhang Yu's 300,000-strong army."

"If he dares to make any move, Li Jinglong will die the next day."

"Just stay calm, there won't be any problems."

Bai Chu's tone was calm from beginning to end. Although he seemed casual, it stabilized the morale of the army.

The deputy general looked restless, but because of Bai Chu's indifference, Zhuzhan calmed down.

At this moment, not far ahead, the sound of horse hooves suddenly came from the end of the road.

"coming!"

Bai Chu's eyes suddenly opened, a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes, and he immediately said: Come forward with me to welcome the return of the imperial army. "

The honor guard of more than a thousand people began to play and play on the roadside, and then stepped forward to welcome the arrival of Ji Jinglong and other generals.

Bai Chu controlled the horse and walked forward slowly. After seeing Li Jinglong, he smiled and said:

"Mr. Bai, I have met all the generals."

Although Bai Chu was famous among Zhu Di's army, no one knew about him.

But in the Southern Army, few people knew about it, mainly because there were too few opportunities for these people to confront Bai Chu.

Seeing that it was just an unknown person who came to greet him, Li Jinglong didn't know what he was muttering, but he still handed it over to save his face and replied:

"I've seen the envoy, but where is King Yan now?"

"Your Majesty has many things to do. He is currently convening the morning court, so he cannot come out to greet you. I hope you will forgive me."

The smile on Bai Chu's face remained unchanged, and then he said:

"But the prince has prepared wine, meat, and cotton clothes for the soldiers to keep you away from the cold." "

"Please camp outside the city for now. You can only enter the city after the prince gives the order."

Hearing that he and others could not enter the city yet, Ping An was a little angry and asked:

"May I ask the envoy, since the prince has exempted us from our guilt, why can't we enter the city?"

"Now that home is right in front of me, you can't let me wait to go home. What's the point?"

Qu Neng and his son, Geng Bingwen and Li Jinglong all looked at Bai Chu with piercing eyes, as if they would take action if they disagreed.

Bai Chu's face was calm and calm, and he just said:

"The army is stationed outside the city because the Beijing Camp Campus has not been completely cleaned up. It will take two days to clean it up."

"If you generals want to enter the city, you can of course do so at any time. King Yan will even welcome you."

"I just don't know who among the generals is willing to go with me to the city to see King Yan?"

Li Jinglong and others were immediately dumbfounded and looked at each other, wondering whether they should go or not.

After a while, it was Qu Neng and his son who took the lead in saying:

"We are willing to follow the envoy to the palace and pay homage to His Highness King Yan."

Now that you have decided to surrender, why bother?

What is the most fearful thing about surrendering? Of course, it is duplicity and hesitation. In the end, even if you really surrender, you will not gain the trust of your new master.

Seeing Qu Neng and his son speaking, several other people also said in unison:

"We are also willing to enter the city."

Bai Chu nodded with satisfaction. Things went smoothly and did not exceed his expectations.

In fact, what Bai Chu didn't know was that the Southern Army was already at its wits end.

Although there was a supply of food and grass along the way, they were looked down upon. As the defeated, these people failed to serve the emperor, but they came back in disgrace.

Coupled with the cold weather in winter, without the blessing of winter clothes, it is even worse.

During this period of time on the road, more than 3,000 soldiers froze to death, which shows the harsh conditions and the cold weather.

Li Jinglong and other generals were naturally fine. After all, no matter how hard it was, the leaders could not bear the pain. The cotton clothes they bought from the local people were enough to support their return to the capital.

It was just a hardship for the soldiers. If it were not for the belief in going home that supported them, they would have mutinied and ran away long ago.

Now Zhu Di finally returned to Yingtian City. After setting up camp outside the city, Zhu Di directly sent cotton-padded clothes and wine and meat.

Eating fragrant rice and drinking a glass of strong wine made these soldiers feel alive again.

Needless to say, their loyalty to Zhu Di has also increased significantly. (To read exciting novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

Compared to Zhu Yunwen, who did not treat the soldiers as human beings, Zhu Di was the superior who knew the sufferings of the soldiers. Only such a person was worthy of their loyalty.

Although I haven't been able to return to the city and see my wife, children and children yet.

But the imperial edict has been issued. As long as he stays for a few days, he can return to the capital camp and then go back to visit his family. This made everyone feel warm and at ease.

Li Jinglong led a group of generals and slowly entered the capital. Everything in front of him was still so familiar, even more prosperous than before.

Seeing the specious reception, Li Jinglong staggered toward the palace.

At this moment, his mood was extremely complicated. Zhu Di, who was supposed to be his enemy, was now about to become the co-owner of the world.

I will crawl at his feet and say long live.

But Li Jinglong was just thinking about it in his mind. In fact, Zhu Di's ascension to the throne had good results for him.

At least Zhu Di was his childhood playmate and his fourth uncle. In terms of closeness and distance, Zhu Di was much closer than Zhu Yunwen.

Moreover, Zhu Di was interested in marching and fighting, and was obviously much nicer to generals than Zhu Yunwen, who was literary and sinister.

I thought that although Li Jinglong had made several great achievements, he had not received any reward.

As for Huang Zicheng, he had not made any achievements yet, but he had been promoted repeatedly and was highly valued by Zhu Yunwen. This made Li Jinglong dissatisfied for a long time.

Not only him, but Qu Neng and his son, Ping An and other generals beside him, dared not speak out in anger towards Zhu Yunwen.

Since Jianwen ascended the throne, he implemented the Lao Shizi New Deal and arbitrarily elevated the status of civil servants, and did not regard their military achievements as human beings at all.

You must know that as first-class officials, their ancestors followed Taizu Emperor Gao and shot them with swords and swords.

What can these civil servants do?

They are just some talkers, how can they be equal to themselves and others?

Well now, Zhu Yunwen has been overthrown, Jianwen's New Deal will be abolished sooner or later, and even the reign name has been changed.

The generals were proud and proud, and were escorted by Bai Chu into the imperial city.

Zhu Di was holding a morning court meeting with Wuying Hall at this time. The main hall, Fengtian Hall, was burned down by that bastard Zhu Yunwen, so Zhu Di had to make do with the side hall.

Hearing that Li Jinglong and Qu Neng, Ping An and others entered the imperial city alone, a smile gradually appeared on Zhu Di's face.

The matter was left to Mr. Bai, and indeed he found the wrong person. Now that Li Jinglong entered the city alone, it already showed that the 400,000-strong Beijing army had been completely stabilized.

Zhu Di stood above Lord Dan. Although he was not the emperor yet, he was the veritable regent of the Ming Dynasty.

Looking at the generals slowly walking in from outside the palace, the smile on Zhu Di's face could no longer be concealed.

"I will finally pay my respects to the prince."

After Li Jinglong, Qu Neng and Ping An met Zhu Di, they immediately bowed down to apologize.

"We were fooled by the treacherous ministers and turned against the prince. We really do not know the wise king. Please punish the prince."

Since I have decided to surrender, I naturally don’t have any psychological burden.

Now that he takes the initiative to admit his mistakes, he can also make a good impression in front of Zhu Yang.

Zhu Di smiled from ear to ear and said slowly:

"What's your fault? It's just because of the deception of those rebellious ministers and thieves."

"I have decided to behead the culprit Huang Zicheng in public."

"As for his family, Fang Xiaoru, Qitai and others, God has shown their kindness, so I will not kill them."

These days, everyone was speculating on the fate of these three people. Unexpectedly, Zhu Di only killed Huang Zicheng, and all the civil and military officials were overjoyed. This shows that Zhu Di did not have the idea of ​​​​cleansing the entire court.

Moreover, if Zhu Di can even tolerate these old ministers of Jianwen, then their lives will not be in danger if they are melon-eaters.

All civil and military officials expressed their gratitude to Zhu Di for his kindness, and they all knelt down and said:

"Your Majesty is merciful."

Li Jinglong, Qu Neng and others finally felt the stone in their hearts fall to the ground and kowtowed:

"They will definitely be grateful for your kindness."

Zhu Di saw that people's hearts and what he had collected were almost over, and his eyes suddenly turned to Jie Jin aside.

After Jie Jin received Zhu Di's signal, he immediately stepped out of the queue without any hesitation.

Today, he Jie Jin is going to do something earth-shattering.

(End of this chapter)