Bright Spring

Sheng Yong suddenly interrupted Qi Tai, with anger in his tone: "Huang Zicheng and Li Jinglong were not used by Emperor Jianwen himself? Now that Emperor Jianwen has collapsed, we are also ruined. What else can we say? When the capital city was destroyed, I surrendered." Unexpectedly, he wanted to surrender but failed, and the imperial court only gave him a way to die in humiliation!"

Sheng Yong stood up and knelt down in front of Zhu Gaoxu, "The king of Han will not repay the kindness of saving his life and knowing his fate, but only his life. I wish to do my best!"

Zhu Gaoxu hurriedly helped Sheng Yong up: "General Sheng please get up quickly, your old partner Ping An is also in Yunnan, and you can support each other on the battlefield again."

Qu Neng also brought Qu Liangcai to his knees and said: "If the King of Han doesn't give up, the last general is willing to be the pioneer of the King of Han!"

Zhu Gaoxu grabbed Qu Neng's arm with both hands, and raised it straight up: "Good brother, let's do great things together!"

Zhu Gaoxu looked at the troubled Qi Tai again, and said: "Moral rights and wrongs are all written by ancient sages. If Duke Qi can't let it go, he will become a sage after he becomes famous, and write a set of things by himself to become a sage." Isn't it a good idea?"

Qi Tai couldn't answer King Han's words, but he quickly stood up and bowed, "Thank you King Han for saving my life."

"Come on, drink!" Zhu Gaoxu shouted.Everyone raised their bowls and drank together.

Miao Jin got up and picked up the wine jar to pour wine for everyone, but kept looking at Zhu Gaoxu.

After Qi Tai finished drinking a bowl of wine, he said, "The story about the red pills that the King of Han heard about on the way may be due to the intention of respecting the empress of the Eastern Palace, or because he had already decided on a strategy, so there is room for it. Otherwise, the King of Han would call the Eastern Palace a conspiracy If the king killed his father, the crown prince should blame the King of Han for the crime of killing his father instead of using any red pills."

After Zhu Gaoxu heard this, he thought to himself: This Qi Tai is also strange, he is so entangled in the question of whom he should be loyal to, almost pious, while opening his mouth to conspire and lie.

Zhu Gaoxu was almost killed before, and he was very angry when he heard the nonsense of the capital's public opinion.But when he heard what Qi Tai said at this time, it really made some sense...Since everyone is tearing their faces, anyway, the left and right are talking nonsense.

At this time, the crime of plotting the king with a minister and killing his father with a son is a great treason that is struck by lightning and cannot be forgiven by the world at all; so no matter how the prince talks nonsense, as long as he does not frame Zhu Gaoxu for killing his father, but uses red pills to explain the emperor It is already a limited compromise.

However, what makes Zhu Gaoxu angry is not any father's enmity, but the crown prince wants to kill his brother, at least wants to imprison him, and wait for him to "get sick and die suddenly" in the future!Then call him a funny rebel and kill his whole family!

Qi Tai said abruptly: "The crown prince hastily took control of the court, and the parties have not yet subdued it. The Eastern Palace party members must want to delay the time, so as to have a breathing space and stabilize his position."

After hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu nodded slightly, pondering.

Qi Tai continued: "The crown prince is in a hurry. I'm afraid the King of Han is also in a hurry. It will take time for you to stabilize the guards of the Three Guards Palace first, and then control the guards in Yunnan, so that you can have soldiers and horses to compete with the court."

He picked up the wine bowl and took a sip by himself, and said with a contemplative expression, "I only have these ideas at the moment. First, in the long run, the King of Han has no way out, but right now there is still some room for mediation. Second, the timing of raising troops It is very important not to miss this opportunity."

Zhu Gaoxu kept nodding, feeling more and more that what Qi Tai said made sense.

Everyone chatted at the table for a while, and even the fish, shrimp and vegetables in the wooden basin were a little cold.Qu Neng was the first to come to the Wushan Peach Blossom Spring. At this time, he said in the tone of a master: "The King of Han and everyone should be hungry, please eat."

Chapter 358 I'm Not Here

After dinner in the wooden house, everyone sat down and drank tea together.The tea leaves are made from raw leaves, and Zhu Gaoxu couldn't tell what kind of leaves it was, the taste was very strange.

During the day, the valley with beautiful mountains and clear waters, the blue sky, white clouds and strange rocks and cliffs, the scenery is very beautiful.But when you live here at night, you will understand that poetry and poems written in a paradise are only kept in romantic feelings, and it is quite uncomfortable to live in this place.

Supplies are scarce and everything is simple.There were so many mosquitoes, and Zhu Gaoxu had been bitten by many red bumps on the back of his hands and neck. While drinking tea and chatting, everyone was slapping the mosquitoes with straw fans.There was a dirty mosquito net on Qitai's bed, and it might be better when he was sleeping.

And they have nothing but a few books.Those of them who used to be military officials of the Ming Dynasty can spend a few years in this place, and their concentration is still good.If living in seclusion is really that good, perhaps the common people would not have to endure so much corvee in the Central Plains.

Everyone talked slowly for a while, and probably finished a bowl of tea.Zhu Gaoxu also roughly talked about what happened in recent years.

At this time, many things about the government are not public. If you are not a powerful official, you may not know so much; let alone go out once a few months and buy things.

Qi Tai pondered for a long time, and said: "For the time being, I think that Sichuan must be advanced first, and Huguang will be attacked later! Yunnan has a long-term population of Han people and is surrounded by mountains on several sides. Once the imperial court encircles Yunnan, it will be in a dilemma. territory.

Sichuan has been rich and densely populated since ancient times, and it is a land of abundance.However, it is not easy to get out of Sichuan, so after occupying Sichuan, it is king to enter Huguang. "

Zhu Gaoxu pondered while listening.In the past, he really thought about the route of rebellion too carefully, because he always thought that he might change the fief in the Yongle Dynasty; after conquering the Southern Kingdom, he even had a guess that he would soon change the fief to the north.

Sudden sudden change in the capital, he has been busy escaping, survival is the most important thing, and he didn't have time to think too far.

Now that Qi Tai had mentioned this matter, Zhu Gaoxu also listened humbly.

Qi Tai talked eloquently: "The King of Han's rise of troops this time is somewhat similar to the battle of Jingnan. The battle cannot be dragged on for long, and the victory or defeat can only be won in a few important battles. This kind of battle within the royal family is not a foreign invasion. Once a certain The situation is unfavorable, and there must be many surrenders.

The common people, and even most of the soldiers, are not willing to sacrifice their lives for this kind of battle for power and profit.Only the ministers and generals, either want to use this to make meritorious deeds to become princes and worship ministers, or worry about being liquidated and ruined.

However, among the nobles of Wu Xun, there are many marriages, and the relationship is complicated and difficult to distinguish between ourselves and the enemy.Therefore, if the king of Han does not fight, he is fine. If he wants to fight, he must win in order to gather people's hearts. "

Sheng Yong also quite agreed: "At that time in the battle of Zhending, Geng Gong and Chang Xinghou had insufficient troops and used defense instead of attack. This battle killed each other, and the officers and soldiers did not suffer a big loss. But the commander Geng Gong was beheaded by the King of Han. Guo Gong and Wu Dinghou Stay behind closed doors, lose your momentum a little.

Later, when Li Jinglong's reinforcements came, he was a playboy, and the situation became more and more out of hand. The army of 60 was defeated in Beiping, and the morale of the officers and soldiers was taken away. Fang made the situation worse and worse, and he was unable to advance northward. "

Sheng Yong sneered: "What puzzles me the most is that Li Jinglong can still command the Second World War after the 60 official army was defeated."

Qi Tai scolded: "It's not that Huang Zicheng wronged the country! When I was in the court, I tried my best to dissuade the late emperor from using Li Jinglong, but Huang Zicheng was good at power, and I was at a disadvantage in the court battle, so Huang Zicheng had the upper hand."

Zhu Gaoxu said: "Forget it, you'll be working in the Palace of the King of Han, and you won't have to fight for a general anymore. I am the head coach myself, who can do it and who can't, don't you know?"

Qi Tai no longer behaved elegantly, grabbed the bowl and took a sip of tea, finally calming down his emotions.

Qi Tai went on to say: "However, there is no rush to prepare for a big battle recently, the King of Han has to try to win over two people, one is Mu Sheng, and the other is Zhang Fu!

The Mu Mansion has been operating in Yunnan for many years, if they can get their help, it will be of great benefit at the beginning of the army.Otherwise, it will be troublesome, if Mu Sheng joins the court and goes to Dali to gather troops to fight against the King of Han, will the King of Han attack or not?

If you attack it, you will waste time and almost miss the opportunity to fight.After the King of Han finished cleaning up Yunnan, the deployment and dispatch of the officials and troops in Guizhou, Sichuan, Annan, and Guangxi was completed, and all the roads out of Yunnan were blocked!The king of Han wanted to come up with Yunnan, and fought over and over again at the pass in that mountainous area, until the Year of the Monkey!

If there is no attack, the King of Han will not be able to gather the soldiers of the Yunnan Guards, and there will be threats in his back.What if the King of Han's army is weak and fails to enter Sichuan, and the family members of the military households in the rear are captured by Mu Sheng, the morale of the army is in turmoil, and the situation is urgent! "

Qi Tai paused and said: "The second Zhang Fu. His younger sister is the imperial concubine of Emperor Yongle, and she is also an honored noble who lives in the capital, and her whole family is in the capital; many of her subordinates are military households in Zhejiang and Jiangxi, and her family members are in the court's sphere of influence. within.

It is much more beneficial for Donggong to win over Zhang Fu.The king of Han had better use the strategy of rights and interests, as long as Zhang Fu watched the fire from the other side and stood still for a period of time; to prevent Zhang Fu from sending his army north to Yunnan and threatening his back, it would be a good situation. "

Zhu Gaoxu said calmly: "Mu Sheng's only son, Mu Bin, is also in the capital."

Qi Tai was stunned after hearing this, and did not speak for a long time.

At the beginning, Zhu Gaoxu was full of anger and excitement for revenge, but when he just cleared up the situation in detail, he gradually realized that the situation was far worse than he had intuited.

At this time, I have to admit a fact: the cards in my brother Gao Chi's hand are very stable, and the situation is very good!

Qu Neng finally opened his mouth and said: "The matter in front of me is not about Mu Sheng and Zhang Fu, but how to get to Yunnan Mansion. The road from Sichuan to Yunnan is not comparable to the inland area. There are only a few roads, and there are many guards along the way. A little Accidentally, the few of us will not even be able to go to Yunnan."

Everyone was silent for a while, and Qu Neng continued: "I have been the commander of the Sichuan capital, and the roads are relatively familiar. From Sichuan to Yunnan, there are about three official roads. Among them, there are two old roads and one new road.

The ancient roads are Lingguan Road and Wuchi Road; after the Yuan Dynasty, Usada Luzhou Road and Ruhuguang Road were opened in Yunnan, and only Usada Luzhou Road passed through Sichuan.

The Zero Pass Road leads to Dali. We are going to Kunming, and it will take a long detour.

There is a section of Luzhou Road in Usada that passes through the capital of Guizhou, but the advantage is that the road on Xinyi Road is easier to walk, and there are many post stations along the way.

The ancient five-foot road was called Shimen Road in the Tang Dynasty, and it went south through Yibin, the capital of Syria, Zhaotong, Wumeng, and the military and civilian mansion of Qujing.This road is the closest, but the road is poorly repaired and rough.

Since the Yuan Dynasty, when the Central Plains entered Yunnan, most of them took the Wusada Luzhou Road and the Ruhu Guang Road. Many guards and post stations were abandoned along the Wuchi Ancient Road.If we take the ancient road, we may encounter fewer inspections and guards, but it is more difficult to walk. "

Qu Neng is very familiar with various road systems, not only the chief envoy of Sichuan, but also very clear about Yunnan, which he has never been in charge of.

After Zhu Gaoxu heard this, he thought to himself: Qu Neng was the governor and general in charge of a province's troops before "Jing Nan", and his talent is not limited to the commander of a battle at all; Even Qiu Fu, Zhang Yu, Zhu Neng and others are hard to compare on a high level.