Bright Spring

Zhu Gaoxu thought for a while, and reminded: "I looked at these maps, and the Great Wall can be crossed from Liujiakou. When Liu Baihu comes back, draw a few maps according to the actual terrain, and then talk to me."

"Order!"

...After a few days, Wei Da called the generals of the guard, and more than 2000 people gathered one after another.Zhu Gaoxu had no generals in his hands, so he directly asked Wei Da to take charge of the military power of the two thousand-man teams in the capacity of Qianhu; the deputy Qianhu, Baihu and other generals all used the generals in the guard. The scoop is promoted layer by layer.

The system of the Great Ming Guards is the same, but after being organized into an army, the establishment is similar, and generally it is slightly different because of the habits of the chief general.

After discussing with the generals, Zhu Gaoxu decided to reorganize the army according to the organization of the guard.A small flag of ten people, a general flag of 56 people, a centurion of more than 100 people, a rush of more than 300 people, and a thousand general battalion of more than 1000 people... There is nothing novel or inappropriate.

The newly recruited military households are all infantry, and the cavalry has already gone to Peiping with the banner of "Feng Tian Jing Nan".

Zhu Gaoxu asked Wei Da, together with the generals of the guards, to be responsible for the training of the newly gathered troops and the reporting of military supplies; he also wrote a letter asking people to take them to the government office to find the magistrate to prepare military supplies and fodder.

The magistrate soon came to cry for poverty, so Zhu Gaoxu had to bargain with him again, and then used the seal letters of Yongpingwei and Gaoyang King to write to nearby counties and counties to ask for money and food.

... Looking from the tower of Yongping City, it can already be roughly observed that the terrain here is gradually becoming uneven.There are faint shadows of mountains in the western sky, and the terrain in the south of the city is even more undulating, which cannot be endless.

Baihu Liu Ying has already returned, presented the map, and talked with Zhu Gaoxu for a long time.The guards were dozens of steps away, only Zhu Gaoxu and Liu Ying were talking here.

At this moment, Zhu Gaoxu patted Liu Ying on the shoulder and said, "Liu Baihu, do you want to be a thousand households?"

"The last general..." Liu Ying looked embarrassed, "The last general still thinks about it."

Zhu Gaoxu glanced at him, nodded and said: "I am short of generals now. I don't know most of the generals in Yongpingwei, but Liu Baihu is talented. I have wanted to promote you a long time ago, but you have surrendered not long after you came here. I will be a thousand households, for fear that the generals will say that I am unfair."

Liu Ying nodded hurriedly and said: "Yes, yes, I will finally understand the difficulties of the prince."

"But I still want to promote you." Zhu Gaoxu changed the topic.

"Ah?" Liu Ying raised her head.

Zhu Gaoxu patted him on the shoulder twice, and said in a deep voice: "The Palace of King Yan got the news that the imperial court summoned King Liao and King Ning to lead troops to retreat by sea. What are you thinking?"

Liu Ying pondered for a long time, and said, "Does he want to sit on the fence and watch?"

Zhu Gaoxu was noncommittal: "I'm not sure, I should have thought about it a lot."

Liu Ying: "..."

Zhu Gaoxu said again: "King Ning has a heavy army in his hands. Now that King Yan and the court dare not touch him, he is so confident. I guess he has already weighed it. So I guess he has thought a lot."

The court's cutting of the vassal has been roughly carried out so far, and King Ning knows that he will be cut down if he goes back. Of course, he is unwilling; but going directly to King Yan is too risky. If you fail, you will lose your life.

After hearing this, Liu Ying nodded in agreement.

Looking at the dark mountain shadow in the sky, Zhu Gaoxu sighed and said: "Uncle Seventeen is so thoughtful! But his method is really effective. Whoever dares to touch him now is a fool..."

Liu Ying pondered and said: "What the prince said is very true, whoever touches King Ning first will push him to the other side."

Zhu Gaoxu nodded and said: "So the best way now is to wait for the other party to move first... But there are so many people in the court, everyone can't be a fool, the court can afford to wait, so they won't move King Ning! King Ning just needs to stand still, It is the hidden danger in Beiping's back, even I can easily think of it, and there must be many people in the imperial court who want to get it."

He said thoughtfully: "If you treat everyone as a fool, I'm afraid you will find out that you are the fool in the end."

"The prince's words are profound." Liu Ying echoed.

The two were silent for a long time, and Zhu Gaoxu suddenly turned his head: "But we still have to do something, it's okay to try. You and Wei Da can do this matter, if it is done, I will give you a big credit! Come, I can go to the king of Yan to ask for credit for you and promote you to a thousand households."

"Please order, my lord, even if it is a mountain of swords and a sea of ​​fire, I will do it too!" Liu Ying said impatiently.

Zhu Gaoxu beckoned him to listen to him and made a call.

Liu Ying clasped her fists and said: "The general will obey the order, and I will do my best to complete it!"

Chapter 56 Tranquil Daning

Daning City in the east of Yanshan Mountain is still quiet.

Standing behind the crenellation of the city wall, Li Tai in military armor, with his left hand on the handle of the knife, squinted his eyes looking inside and outside the city wall.Everything the eyes see is so peaceful, but the heart is not peaceful.

It is because there is no movement in Daning City that it seems so unusual... If King Ning Zhu Quan would follow the imperial decree, he should have mobilized troops, packed up his things and headed to Liaodong now. How could it be as if nothing happened?

Li Tai can't pretend to be nothing, King Yan has already rebelled in Beiping!Daning will have an accident sooner or later!

At this moment, a general came up to the city wall, clasped his fists and said, "General, there is a man in the city who claims to be from the general's family. He insists on seeing the general."

"What kind of person?" Li Tai asked casually.

The general tilted his head and took a "hissy" breath, "Wearing a robe, he looks a bit like a literati, but he doesn't look like one, and he speaks with a southern accent... and his face looks like a woman's."

Li Tai was about to bring it up, but suddenly thought of something, and said, "I'll go down and see you."

Li Tai walked down from the top of the city, walked through the corridor to the outside of the city gate, and indeed saw a person waiting there.That person really looked like a woman, but Li Tai didn't know him.

Seeing that there was only one person here, still wearing common clothes, Li Tai gently raised his hand and waved it back.The following generals retreated in.

"You are..." Li Tai said.

The man said: "It doesn't matter who I am, I'm just on an errand. Your Excellency is General Li Tai?" The man nodded without hesitation when he saw Li Tai, and asked again: "Can you take a look at the seal?"

Li Tai frowned, took out a round waist card and held it out in front of the man.The man took a long time out of his pocket, took out a bamboo tube, and handed it over with both hands.Li Tai reached out to take it, and was about to open the bamboo tube.

The man said: "Slow!"

Li Tai stopped immediately, and looked up at him suspiciously.The man said again: "This is not a place to see things, let alone a place to talk. The general had better look at it later. I don't dare to enter the city. After an hour, how about we talk about the Shili Pavilion on the east side?"

After the man finished speaking, Li Tai was not allowed to answer, so he clasped his fists and said, "Farewell."

What is this thing?Li Tai put it in his arms, walked to the government office in the city, found a room to enter, and then opened it to look.

If you don't look at it, you will be shocked!Li Tai saw that inside was yellow silk embroidered with auspicious dragons, on which were written two lines of words: You can judge the priority and act expediently.

His hands were trembling, he hurriedly hid them in his arms, closed the doors and windows tightly, and then took them out to observe carefully.That's right, Li Tai is someone who has seen the emperor's imperial critic. After he looked closely, he was sure that it was written by the emperor himself!

This is a secret edict, I have never seen a secret edict before!Li Tai thought.For a general of his level, it is extremely difficult to even meet the emperor, let alone give a secret order.

After he checked, he immediately hid it carefully under his obscene clothes, and his chest thumped loudly.

After finally surviving for half an hour, Li Tai rode out of the city and headed east with two cavalry of his confidant soldiers.

The three of them were very silent on the road, and hurried to Shiliting.Li Tai looked around and saw that there was no one in Shili Pavilion. He looked around and found a person standing beside a small hill not far away. There was only one person and one horse.

Li Tai patted his horse and went over. When he was dozens of steps away, he raised his hand to stop the soldiers and rode over alone.

Li Tai got off his horse, bent down, cupped his fists and said, "What's your name, sir?"

As soon as the words fell, suddenly "bang bang..." two strings sounded.Li Tai was taken aback, and when he looked back, he saw a cluster of arrows protruding from the throat of a soldier, with flesh and blood coming out, and the two soldiers fell from the horseback together.

"Ah!" Li Tai stretched out his hand to touch the knife, suddenly there was a "bang", he saw the sky full of gold stars, and he passed out.