According to the deployment of the Southern Army, in Shandong, about 150,000 people, plus many Xiangyong, a total of more than 300,000 troops, while the real main force of the forbidden army was placed on the line of Xuzhou and Huai'an, with 250,000.

Their intention is very clear, that is, they hope to use Shandong as a battlefield, delay the Jingnan army, wait until they are exhausted, and then use the new force to go north and defeat Zhu Di.

But contrary to Zhu Yunwen's expectations, within ten days, the Jingnan army broke through Jinan, the Shandong defense line collapsed, and the Jingnan army advanced to Lianghuai, and the whole Jiangnan was shaken, and the people were panicked.

After Zhu Yunwen discussed overnight, he sent Liuyuan Huangguan to the north, asked to meet Zhu Di, reprimanded him for sabotaging the peace, and asked the Yan army to return to Hebei.

At the same time, he mobilized people from Yangzhou, Gaoyou, Fengyang and other places to go north, preparing to resist the Yan army to the south.

After Huang Guan received the order, he went straight to Jinan day and night.

Just after he was out of breath and rushed to Jinan, all that was waiting for him was an old acquaintance, Zhao Mian, the former secretary of the ministry.

"Huang Liushou, the old man was ordered by His Royal Highness King Yan to serve as the political envoy of Shandong, intending to eliminate the pain of war, implement law changes, flatten the family, and benefit the people of Shandong. Six songs are recognized as literary stars, I don't know if you are not interested in benefiting the people? ”

Huang Guan's eyes widened angrily, "Lord Zhao, I want to see King Yan, I came by the emperor's order, what about King Yan?" He has broken his word and broken the peace, why didn't he dare come out to see me? ”

Zhao Mian laughed loudly, "Huang Liushou, you are too arrogant, how could His Royal Highness King Yan not dare to see you!" Your Highness has no kung fu! Because His Royal Highness wanted to go to see Zhu Yunwen in person and personally ask him why he turned his back on the teachings of the first emperor and mutilated the living beings! ”

"What?"

Huang Guan was shocked, he asked again and again, confirming that Zhao Mian was not lying, Zhu Di was going to see Zhu Yunwen, how could he go? Is it a person, or is it leading a large number of soldiers? If he leads his troops south, where will his men and horses start from? Where will it pass? Why is there no news at all?

Looking at Huang Guan's stupid appearance, Zhao Mian laughed heartily, "His Royal Highness King Yan has the heart to swallow the sun and the moon, and Lord Liu has unpredictable opportunities. Zhu Yunwen's defeat is imminent, Huang Liushou, the old man advises you to turn back as soon as possible, so as not to burn the jade! ”

……

Zhao Mian's rainbow fart was fresh and extraordinary, but Zhu Di and Liu Chun knew that they were completely forced.

In the first battle of Jinan, although it was fought beautifully, in less than ten days of fighting, more than 100 cannons were damaged alone, and the rest were seriously worn.

As for the logistical pressure, it is even more staggering.

The more advanced the army, the more dependent it is on support, and if it fails to keep up, it will only end up worse.

Now the problem of restraining the Jingnan army is not how strong the fighting power of the Yugoslav Army is, but logistics! It's financial resources!

"Zhu Yunwen betrayed his relatives and left, but we could only follow the steps and conquer Jinan, as well as Xuzhou, and after Xuzhou, there will be Gaoyou, and Yangzhou, how much wealth will be lost and how much people's power will be wasted if we continue to fight along the way?" Zhu Di gritted his teeth and said: "Do we still have to rely on the common people to save food from their mouths and supply military supplies?" Do we still want to sit back and watch Zhu Yunwen ruin the Ming Dynasty? ”

"Then there is only one way, bypass the heavily guarded Xuzhou, go straight to the weak rear of the Southern Army, cross the Yangtze River as soon as possible, and capture Jinling." Liu Chun replied naturally.

Zhu Di blinked his eyes and said with a smile: "Don't you like to be safe?" ”

Liu Chun said with a smile: "In the first battle of Jinan, if the people's hearts are there, they can already see it clearly, and the melons are ripe, so you might as well take risks." ”

Zhu Di said happily: "Even if you say that, then it doesn't seem like there's a problem!" ”

"Let's go!"

Zhu Di raised 30,000 troops and quickly went to Jiaozhou, and at the same time, Tianjin's fleet and Shuangyu's warships also gathered, which were originally responsible for transporting grain and grass, but all of them were requisitioned by Zhu Di at this moment, and thousands of ships were concentrated alone...... The army marched south by sea, and the journey was unparalleled.

But Zhu Di was not happy at all, if he was given a choice, he would be willing to call over from the road, it turned out that Zhu Di, like Lan Yu, was guilty of seasickness.

These generals, who are accustomed to galloping on war horses, will not be able to play when they reach the sea.

Zhu Di couldn't eat, he spit out the bitter taste of bile in his mouth every day, the world was spinning, he couldn't distinguish between east and west, north and south, His Royal Highness King Yan even wanted to jump into the sea, forget it!

It's so unpleasant.

Fortunately, the time is not long, if it takes a month or two, Zhu Di estimates that it will be over.

But even so, Zhu Di has lost a lot of weight, and the original helmet and armor are much larger, worn on his body, swaying back and forth.

"Lord Wang, bear with me, there is Yancheng in front, and the army will land immediately!"

Zhu Di stretched his face and pursed his mouth, he didn't dare to speak, for fear of squirting, and endured it for another half an hour, the fleet finally approached the coast, Zhu Di couldn't wait, stepped on waist-deep water, and quickly rushed onto the beach.

When he stood on the land with his feet, Zhu Di almost wanted to cry.

Who would have thought that the hardest part would be taking a boat!

"Liu Chun, why is there such a big difference between this sea and the canal?"

Liu Chunxin said that these two can be compared?

"Lord Wang, I will have to run rampant in the future of the Ming Dynasty, I think the Lord should not be afraid of the ocean, he should actively embrace the sea, sit a few more times, and get used to it."

Is this a human talk?

Zhu Di was so angry that he didn't want to speak, and he was still on a boat, so he simply asked for my fate!

Just as they were resting, someone suddenly came to report, saying that there was a team of people in front of them, and they were approaching quickly, Zhu Di hurriedly got up, he was too weak, and he almost fell, but fortunately Liu Chun held him up.

"Leave me alone, go meet the enemy, meet the enemy!"

Zhu Di shouted angrily.

Liu Chun didn't dare to laugh if he wanted to, for so many years, it was the first time he had seen Zhu Di so embarrassed!

He beckoned Qiu Fu and Zhu Neng and asked them to divide their forces to meet the enemy.

A quarter of an hour later, the two generals brought one person to meet Zhu Di.

"The villain Xie Yong is the guard general of Yancheng, and he is here to return to the prince!"

When Zhu Di heard this, he came to the spirit, and sure enough, it was not in vain, he said in a deep voice: "Xie Yong, why do you want to surrender to this king?" ”

Xie Yong hesitated for a moment, took out a large handful of money from his arms, and put it in front of Zhu Di.

"Lord Wang, please look!" He was full of grievances, and almost cried, "The faint king treats us like this, the big guy has long wanted to rebel, and now that the prince is here, we are willing to be a pioneer for the prince!" ”

Zhu Di grabbed the new banknote in his hand and looked at it carefully.

When Lao Zhu was alive, the new banknote designed by Liu Chun passed through Jiangnan and was praised by everyone, but in the hands of the Ma family, it turned into a piece of waste paper.

Look at the watermark of Zhu Yuanzhang again, it is already blurred.

"Humph! corrupted the first emperor and enshrined the army and the people. Such perverse acts, how can the people of the world not rebel! Zhu Di said loudly: "Xie Yong, you will now be the front of this king and capture Gaoyou!" ”

"Yes!"

Xie Yong led 3,000 men, perhaps south.

His men and horses killed Gaoyou, shouted loudly, and made the people inside surrender.

I have to say that there are still loyal people in the southern army, such as Wang Bin, who supervised the imperial history, and he was ordered to stay in Gaoyou. Seeing that the Jingnan army suddenly came, he didn't say a word, and ordered the whole city to resist, closed the four gates, and asked Ying Tian for advice.

It's a pity that his distress letter was not sent out, and he was tied into a rice dumpling by his subordinates.

"Hahaha, let's give our lives to the faint king, wishful thinking, open the city gate, and welcome King Yan!"

"Welcome King Yan!"

"His Royal Highness King Yan is a thousand years old!"

……

After Zhu Di entered Gaoyou, he did not stay, and still took the surrender of troops as the forerunner and went straight to Yangzhou.

As an important town in Jiangbei and the gateway to Jinling, it has always been necessary to capture Yangzhou, Zhu Di has recovered from the exhaustion of seasickness, he cheered up and prepared for a bloody battle.

It's just that when he arrived in Yangzhou, he found that the city gate was open! “

"The grass people greet His Royal Highness King Yan!"

It was the salt merchants of Yangzhou who came to greet Zhu Di!

To say that the Royal Bank is indeed the biggest lore arranged by Liu Chun, this thing is used well, there is no problem, and it can provide sufficient financial resources, but once something goes wrong, the consequences are terrible.

Unfortunately, Zhu Yunwen did the worst and worst treatment of the Royal Bank, and these salt merchants had saved too much money in the Royal Bank back then.

Can they be willing?

When Zhu Di's army appeared, all the salt merchants bribed the officials and soldiers of Yangzhou and surrendered the city together...... In this way, Zhu Di's soldiers were bloodless, and directly took three cities, and casually incorporated a water division.

He originally only brought 30,000 horses, but by the time he arrived in Yangzhou, the number of soldiers and horses had exceeded 50,000, and the momentum was huge, shaking Jiangnan!

Crossing the Yangtze River, it is Jinling.

Zhu Di has gone to Beijing more than once to congratulate the old Zhu Chao, and more than once, gazing at the Yangtze River in Jiangbei. Now, he is about to cross the Yangtze River and officially become the master of the world, it is false to say that he is not excited, but Zhu Di is more frightened. Zhu Yunwen has been the emperor for more than two years, and he has caused chaos in the world, and everyone has rebelled and left.

Of course, there is a reason why he was not in the right position, and there is a reason why the Jingnan army took the opportunity to make an incident...... But in the final analysis, it was Zhu Yunwen who went against the grain and brought humiliation on himself.

"My father has worked hard for more than ten years, and he has worked hard for thirty years, but he can't withstand two years of chaos. This river water can irrigate and nourish the fields of several provinces on both sides of the river, or it can overflow, swallowing thousands of living beings, success or failure, life and death, all in one thought! ”

Although it is a bit hypocritical to say this, Zhu Di still feels that the most difficult person in the world is the emperor.

The dragon chair is really hard to sit on!

At this time, suddenly a big boat appeared on the other side of the river, coming towards Yangzhou, and there was a flag on the boat.

Lord Keesung!

A moment later, a half-aged woman set foot on the land of Yangzhou.

"Fourth brother, fourth brother! My sister came to see you, you see, this is the osmanthus cake that my sister made for you, try it, or is it not that taste? ”

Zhu Di stretched out his hand to take it, but at this time, someone took it in advance.

"Lord Qingcheng, do you still know me?"

The old county lord glanced at Liu Chun, and said angrily with a stiff face: "Young Master Liu, do you suspect that the old woman wants to harm the fourth brother?" You pay me back, in front of you, I will eat it all! ”

Liu Chun smiled, "You really know how to tell jokes, when you were in the capital, not only the three highnesses, but even me, a cheap master, went to the house many times to disturb, your old craftsmanship, but the world is unique, even the first emperor praised it!" I'll send it to His Royal Highness, and he will like it. ”

"It's Xu'er! He's also in the military? The county lord of Qingcheng said happily: "Fourth brother, you are a successor, our Zhu family is blessed!" ”

She paused, and then said: "Speaking of which, I am just the niece of the first emperor, but the first emperor treats me better than his own daughter!" Fourth brother, when today's son is also your nephew, can you bear to take his world? ”

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