Bright Spring

After hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu secretly breathed a sigh of relief.In any case, let's save their lives first, after all, no matter how powerful the dead are, it's useless.

At this time, the soldiers of King Yan's tent took Qu Neng and others down.

King Yan quickly said: "Li Jinglong fled to Jinan City. Tomorrow morning, we will pack up our soldiers and horses to cross the river, and take advantage of the victory to conquer Jinan first, and then take the whole of Shandong!"

All the generals said one after another: "My lord is wise!"

After the deployment of the order of crossing the river and the orientation of the formation of the various ministries, everyone dispersed one after another, and each returned to nourish and store up energy.

Zhu Gaoxu also came out of the big tent, when he met the eunuch Zheng He.He looked at Zheng He, but he saw that the eunuch was still wearing mountain armor and holding an iron helmet in his hand. If he hadn't had hair on his mouth, he would have looked like a general.

"General Zheng, haha!" Zhu Gaoxu laughed.

Zheng He waved his hands and laughed, "Go slowly, King Gaoyang."

But Zhu Gaoxu didn't intend to leave immediately, and said in a casual tone: "As I said before today, I just don't remember to eat, haha! If someone treats me a little better, I can't forget it .”

Zheng He laughed and said, "Is King Gao Yang boasting?"

The two looked at each other and smiled "hehe".Zhu Gaoxu said with a smile: "I just want to be steadfast and open-minded. Now that I have paid back the favor, I will have nothing to do with me in the future. Thank you, Eunuch Zheng, for fulfilling..."

After he finished speaking, he sighed again, "Sentiment is a thing, one is paid back, and the other is owed."

"Where are you, King Gaoyang, don't say that, it's just a matter of raising your hands." Zheng He gradually stopped his smile, and said solemnly, "Besides, the servants serve King Yan, and they naturally think of the prince in their hearts. If the servants speak too much, they have a clear heart. Let's not kill Qu Neng is a wise way, otherwise, what would the officers and generals think? Anyway, if you surrender, you will be killed, and it will be even more difficult for us to fight."

Zhu Gaoxu nodded in agreement.

At this moment, Zheng He said calmly, "Last time Wang Gui asked about Zhang Yan..."

"The book of Prince Yan's Mansion?" Zhu Gaoxu asked.

Zheng He nodded and said, "That's right. Later, the maidservant heard something, that Zhang Yan was originally a spy, and he was inserted in Hongwu, so he has never been suspected."

"It's hidden so deeply!" Zhu Gaoxu sighed.

"Isn't it?" Zheng He said, "If Zhang Yan hadn't sent himself to death, it would have been hard to be discovered."

Zhu Gaoxu asked curiously: "How did he die?"

Zheng He thought for a while and said, "Master Daoyan and others tracked down the spies and got some clues from the traitor Ge Cheng, so they arrested the monk Xukong of Huiju Temple. Xukong was beaten to death, and Yuan Changshi (Yuan Gong) ) sent someone to check his nationality, and found that the monk had married a wife and had children before he became a monk!

Yuan Changshi then sent someone to secretly bring Xukong's wife and children to Peiping... Later, he wanted to use Xukong's wife and children to force him to submit, to make him confess that he was a spy and what he knew.

Unexpectedly, at this time, Dian Bu Zhang Yan did something bad! "

Zheng He paused and continued, "That Zhang Yan found a doctor, pretended to enter the cell to see Monk Xukong's injury, and took the opportunity to hide the dagger in his arms. After Zhang Yan entered, he locked the cell first, and then stabbed Monk Xukong more than a dozen times." Knife! Xu Kong was killed on the spot! Zhang Yan drank poisonous wine by himself in the cell again, and died."

After hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu kept nodding his head: "I see."

Zheng He said again: "The one who asked someone to look at Monk Xukong's wounds was also Master Daoyan. This is really unpredictable. No one expected that Zhang Yan was actually a spy! This is even more troublesome, and the doctor will also got caught..."

Zhu Gaoxu pondered for a moment, and said, "Murder to silence? Zhang Yan, the traitor, is not trying to protect himself, otherwise the best way for him is to escape by himself, not kill to silence."

Zheng He gave a thumbs up and said, "King Gaoyang is a sensible person, he thinks things really fast!"

Zhu Gaoxu hurriedly smiled and said: "I'm just talking casually, I shouldn't take care of these things. Hey, it's getting late! Farewell, Eunuch Zheng stays for a while."

Zheng He clasped his fists and said, "Respectfully send off King Gaoyang."

Chapter 75 Boya and Ziqi

"The next step is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the army, and the second is to attack the city."

King Yan's army crossed the Daji River, defeated Li Jinglong's remnant soldiers again, and had arrived at the city of Jinan.At this time, Yao Guangxiao came to the army and said something first when he saw King Yan.

There were not many people around, they were all confidantes of King Yan, and Zhu Gaoxu was among them.

Shu rode under the city of Jinan, watching from a few hundred steps away, not daring to approach.The black muzzle of the cannon on the top of the city is facing the outside. Jinan is the largest city on the ground in the Chief Secretary of Shandong Province, and it has all kinds of heavy weapons.The majestic city towers and tall city walls make people feel very depressing.

Yao Guangxiao's voice said again: "Sun Tzu's Art of War is about the battles of princes during the time of Emperor Zhou. However, his military knowledge is still used today. The king's plan to attack Jinan is really the next strategy."

"If there is a good policy, why should I use a bad policy?" King Yan frowned.

Several people fell silent suddenly, looking helpless.Zhu Gaoxu remained silent, and there was nothing he could do. He was not very good at defending or attacking the city; this time he had to follow King Yan and learn from the sidelines.

At this time, Zhu Gaoxu was also very curious: Jinan is such a big city, the walls are so thick that cars can drive on it, and modern howitzers may not be blown up. How on earth is King Yan going to take it down?

King Yan turned his head and said, "All the remnants of the government army are inside. If Jinan can be captured, the government army will be wiped out completely! Daoyan, tell me, what good methods have you used to attack and break the city from ancient times to the present?"

Yao Guangxiao said: "The best way is to surround them and wait for the people in the city to starve to death."

King Yan was stunned, but seeing Yao Guangxiao's serious face, it didn't look like he was joking at all.

After a while, Yao Guangxiao's voice said again: "Instead of attacking the city, it is better to try to persuade Li Jinglong to surrender."

"Will Li Jinglong surrender?" King Yan asked doubtfully.

Yao Guangxiao said: "The people in power in the city, apart from Li Jinglong, one is Sheng Yong, the other is Tie Xuan, the latter two have no reason to surrender.

Sheng Yong was expected to use "Jing Nan" to rise to the top and become the commander-in-chief of the army, but he was not qualified enough, so Li Jinglong snatched the opportunity; now that Li Jinglong has become a dog in the water, he just showed his performance and strived for the top position.At the moment, I am afraid that I have exhausted my strength, and I am trying to rely on Jinan City to make meritorious service and show loyalty, so it is impossible to surrender.

Tie Xuan is the chief envoy of Shandong Province. He was in charge of supervising the transportation of food and grass for the officers and troops. He is also a capable person.Tie Xuan is backed by Huang Zicheng, the emperor of the court, and now Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng have a quarrel, and Li Jinglong's performance is not good, Huang Zicheng intends to promote Tie Xuan as his right and left arm.Tie Xuan's promotion is in sight, and there is only one thing missing. He is also eager for King Yan to attack the city. "

Zhu Gaoxu listened to Yao Guangxiao's familiarity with the civil and military affairs inside and outside the court, as well as the grievances and grievances between them, and he also admired him in his heart.Helplessly, this person is loyal to the King of Yan, and he has taught the prince in the prince's mansion long ago, and he is also old.

Yao Guangxiao's voice continued: "That's why the old man said that the worst strategy is to attack the city, which fell into the arms of Sheng and Tie. Only Li Jinglong is in a bad situation now, and he has more or less a chance to surrender. It's a pity..."

King Yan hurriedly asked, "What a pity?"

Yao Guangxiao said: "The timing is not right. Li Jinglong's situation has not yet reached that stage, so he must be lucky. Therefore, the old monk came here today to persuade the prince to retreat and not to attack Jinan.

It would be extremely detrimental to the prince if Sheng Yong and Tie Xuan were to be put on the throne.These two people are not comparable to the generation of Li Jinglong and Huang Zicheng! "

King Yan was noncommittal, and the horses under his seat were digging the soil with their hooves. He looked up at Jinan many times, his eyes full of longing.

The most difficult thing for people to restrain is desire|desire!

Take Jinan and slaughter the main force of the officers and soldiers; then capture the entire Shandong, and the Yan army can point south to Xuzhou and Huaihe, and the situation of dividing the world between the north and the south will gradually take shape!

Such a big ambition is really hard to stop.

Sure enough, King Yan finally issued a military order to besiege the city.Using Jin Zhong's strategy, the king of Yan asked someone to shoot the letter of persuasion into the city with arrows, in an attempt to break the fighting spirit of the officers and soldiers.King Yan claimed that in order to eliminate traitors, he would be kind to officers and soldiers.

Unexpectedly, there was an article "On Duke Zhou's Auxiliary Becoming King" published in the city, describing King Yan as Duke Zhou, which made him unable to step down.The person who wrote the article was Gao Xianning, a student, and it was a coincidence that he was Ji Gang's classmate.

It didn't make sense, so I had to use force directly.

The Yan army built fortifications outside the city, transferred a large number of artillery confiscated from Baigouhe, and rushed to make ladders, rush cars and other equipment. The artillery of the two armies fired at each other, and the war broke out again.