Early in the morning of the 21st, the place where the celebration banquet was held in Yiwu City was already full of people.

Although the celebration banquet will only start at the beginning of the time, but the first time to come to that is the emperor's exclusive treatment, the vast majority of people get up at the beginning of the morning, put on their cleanest military uniforms or imperial uniforms, under the service of the subordinates, carefully groom and try their best to make themselves able to enter the emperor's eyes, Chen Shizheng came to the banquet place, first registered his name at the registration office, and sat down slightly under the leadership of the waiter to the place where his name was written on the table, and then picked up the wine glass and took a little wine to talk to people around.

However, there are also some people who sit in their seats with a little gloom, and Li Mingfang is one of them. It stands to reason that Li Mingfang should be happy that he has made a great contribution to the battle of Yiwu this time, but his face is gloomy at this time, sitting at the relatively remote table in the entire venue, drinking alone and pondering something.

"Li Mingfang, what are you doing like this? His Royal Highness sent the two of us to fight in the Western Regions, it was originally the emperor of the Ming Dynasty who did not dare to disobey the holy decree, and the two of us just gangstered in the army, I have told you at least three times, why are you so disobedient! ”

"Dare to refute! I am the commander of this expedition, you are only the deputy commander, if it weren't for Your Highness's sake, you wouldn't even be this deputy commander! When I return to China, I will definitely see you in front of Your Highness! ”

He remembered what Jin Hancheng had said to him yesterday afternoon, and his face became even more ugly.

'You person who is afraid of death and dare not go into battle still has the face to reprimand me! If you weren't for Jin Han's brother, I'll knock your nose down with one punch! He thought hatefully, and at the same time with some sadness. Jin Hancheng is not useless, when Li Chenggui was still in power, he was in charge of tens of thousands of people's food and salary in the army, and the accounts were clear and orderly, which was quite praised by Li Chenggui. In addition, he is a close confidant of Zhu Fangyuan, so he was appointed as the conductor this time. But I didn't expect him to lead his troops to fight but behave so badly!

If you dare to impeach me, I will publicly impeach you for being greedy for life and fear of death, so that you will not be able to step down in front of everyone. Li Mingfang thought again.

But he just thinks about it. Jin Hancheng is a close confidant of Zhu Fangyuan, and his grandfather is a close confidant of Li Chenggui, and he has passed away. Their family can't afford to mess with the Jin family at all now. What's more, Jin Hancheng was personally appointed by Zhu Fangyuan as a conductor, so Jin Hancheng couldn't come to the stage, and Zhu Fangyuan's face was gloomy.

But in this case, if he wants the really wicked to sue first, how should I deal with it? ’

Li Mingfang was thinking with a sad face, when suddenly the chair next to him moved, and then there was a panting sound of a person, he couldn't help but look sideways, and saw a person wearing a very standard Ming Zheng Sanpin command uniform, but with a Fusang-style katana on his waist, sitting beside him. The man gasped as he picked up the teapot on the table and poured himself a cup of tea, drank it with a grunt, and sighed, "It's done!" ”

"I've seen Commander Zhu." Li Mingfang said immediately.

"It turned out to be Commander Li, disrespectful and disrespectful." The man also bowed sideways.

This person is Zhu Hengshi, the commander of Baiyiwei. Because the people who were sent to Yiwu were in all provinces, Song Sheng was afraid that he would be transferred to other guards to take charge of this matter, and he would do irrational things in his emotions, so he asked them to stay there after breaking through the Xilu camp in the early morning of the second day of the eighth month, protecting the rescued Ming people and guarding some prisoners.

In this Yiwu War, he has made two great achievements, and today he is naturally qualified to participate in the celebration banquet. But he drank with his men last night, and he didn't plan to drink more, but he accidentally drank too much, and this morning he got up a little late, and hurried over on horseback as fast as he could.

"Why is Commander Li drinking here alone?" Zhu Hengshi came first at the door of the venue, and Beibi Yuanxin and others went to store the horses, so he waited here for a while, and then chatted with Li Mingfang.

"I'm a North Korean, and I'm not familiar with the generals in the Ming Dynasty, so I don't have anything to talk about." Li Mingfang said.

"Even so, there is still ......" Zhu Hengshi originally wanted to say, 'There is also Kim Han-sung, the commander of your North Korean army, why don't you talk with him', but suddenly stopped.

After the completion of the execution of the Western captives, most of them had nothing to do except for some people who went around camping, and could only drink, gamble, and brag and fart, and the discord between the two commanders of the North Korean army had long been spread, and even their quarrels were translated by the Yongming Left Guard, who was stationed next door to the North Korean army. It was Zhu Hengshi who also knew what was going on, and realized that he shouldn't say such a thing.

"Commander Zhu doesn't have to be like this, this matter of our Korean army has long been known to everyone, and the face that should be lost has long been lost, and I am not afraid of people talking about it." Li Mingfang said with a smile.

Zhu Hengshi chatted with him for a few words, and couldn't help but say: "Commander Li, no matter what, Commander Jin is your boss, and it's better to save some face for your boss." It's not good for you to go toe-to-toe with your boss. Li Mingfang is very energetic, and it is easy to make people feel good, so Zhu Hengshi also persuaded him.

"I know that, but, hey, it's hard to talk about our domestic affairs. Forget it, Brother Zhu, drink. Li Mingfang raised his glass to signal to him, and Zhu Hengshi also raised his glass and touched him.

However, after a few glasses of wine, Li Mingfang took the initiative to complain to Zhu Hengshi. He was at odds with Kim Hancheng during this time, and there was no one to talk to, so he happened to meet Zhu Hengshi, who had nothing to do with North Korea's internal affairs, and couldn't help but talk under the influence of alcohol.

"This Jin Hancheng, relying on being His Highness's henchman, is rampant,......"

"His elder brother Jin Han Lao is the same, since the current highness succeeded to the throne, he has become more and more uncontrollable, although he rarely does evil, but connives, his family ,......"

"......, but our Li family in Qinghai is not a vegetarian, although I can't afford to mess with him, he doesn't dare to deal with me easily. But I am now worried that he has a grudge against this, and together with his brother Jin Hanlao, he secretly goes forward to slander His Royal Highness. My future doesn't matter, but I'm worried that my family will be 'looked at differently' by His Highness. ”

Seeing that he was drunk, Zhu Hengshi couldn't help but be joking, and said with a smile: "It really doesn't matter if your own future is it?" ”

"It's not as important as at home, but it's also important." Li Mingfang said smoothly. He immediately babbled on and on about his future.

At this moment, Beibi Yuanxin and others had already entered the venue, and after saluting Zhu Heng, they explained: "There are too many people who came today, and they have been queuing for a while, so they are only coming here now." ”

"You sit down and rest, and after a while we will go to find Nanmu Fangze." Zhu Hengshi said to them. Beibi Yuanxin and the others agreed, and then sat down to rest.

After resting for a while, Zhu Hengshi stood up, and finally said to Li Mingfang: "Brother Li, in my opinion, if you want your own future, you might as well think about the story of the Zhuge family in the Three Kingdoms. I think General Xu values you very much, and His Royal Highness King Gaoping and His Royal Highness King Yongxing also look at you differently. ”

After saying this, he left the table with Beibi Yuanxin and the others.

"The story of the Zhuge family? What does he mean? Who the hell is he? Li Mingfang opened his eyes and looked at Zhu Hengshi's back.

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"My lord, that person is Li Mingfang, the deputy commander of the North Korean army? What are you talking to him? Beibi Yuanxin asked.

"It's nothing, just a casual chat." When Zhu Hengshi said this, he had already come to a table in the middle of the venue, and said to one of the two people who were talking, "Fang Ze." ”

Hearing this, the man turned his head to look at it, with a surprised expression on his face, and then turned his head to say a few words to the person who was talking, and when he left, he turned his head to salute Li Mingfang.

Li Mingfang hurriedly stopped him: "Attention, this is in public, be careful to arouse suspicion." ”

"Yes, my lord, my lord, my subordinates have been rude." Nanmu Fangze whispered.

"Sit down and talk." Li Mingfang said again.

After a few people sat down, Nanmu Fangyuan pretended to be curious and looked around, Li Mingfang said to Nanmu Fangze: "How many of the warriors you brought this time can control?" ”

"My lord, of the tens of thousands of samurai brought by his subordinates this time, there are about 4,000 people who can control them, and more than 3,000 people are also samurai of the former Southern Dynasty, and they are dissatisfied with Hino Shinshige; Only 2,000 people were Minamoto Yoshimitsu's men and were loyal to the imperial court. Nanmu Fangze said.

This Nanmu Fangze is the deputy commander of the Fusang Army who was sent by Yuan Yoshimitsu to participate in the Western Expedition this time, and his status is equivalent to that of Li Mingfang, and his identity is similar.

Yuan Yoshimitsu hesitated for a long time after meeting with Zhu Mengjiong and getting Yunxi's hope that he would send troops to participate in the Western Expedition, and finally decided that in order to weaken the power of the former Southern Dynasties in China, he would take Nanmu Yoshizawa, the most prestigious Nanmu family in the Southern Dynasties, as a general and lead 8,000 Southern Dynasty warriors to participate in the Western Expeditionary Army.

However, Minamoto Yoshimitsu was worried that they would get a lot of rewards for this battle and make trouble with him after returning home, so he sent his confidant Hino Nobuyug to lead 2,000 Northern Dynasty samurai to participate in the war, and appointed Hino Nobuyigge as the supreme commander. He did not dare to confiscate his personal reward, but he would be cut with a knife; But the reward for the Fuso army as a whole can fall into the hands of Hino Shinshige.

"You have been walking among the former Southern Dynasty warriors for the past few days, trying to get them to obey your orders; I will also send Kusunoki Yoshigen and Kitanbi Motoshin to assist you. As for why they appeared in Iwu, he said that he had heard that Timur's expedition was to destroy the civilizations of the Eastern countries, so he came to volunteer to fight in order to defend them. Zhu Hengshi said. He then gave a few more commands.

Nanmu Fangze agreed one by one, but he waited for Zhu Hengshi to finish his instructions and asked in a low voice: "My lord, these things are easy to do, but why is this so?" ”

Zhu Hengshi hesitated for a moment, and said to him in Fusang dialect instead: "I overheard about something. His Majesty intends to send the King of Qin to lead an army west to Samarkand. ”

Because of Zhu Hengshi's unusual identity, he is often summoned by Yun Xi, and the frequency of seeing Yun Xi is similar to that of ordinary generals. Once when he saw Yun Xi, Yun Xi happened to be going to the toilet, he was waiting in the tent, and accidentally saw Xu Huizu's plan for Yun Xi's western expedition.

At that time, most of the document was covered by other documents, and he only saw a dozen words, but these two dozen words let him know the main content of this document. Later, after he went back, he secretly inquired about Xu Huizu's schedule, and learned that he was very busy every day, and he was sure that he was definitely planning a war. After some further deduction, he determined that he was going to go west.

"Because the battle of Igo was a defensive counterattack, most of the armor and horses of all colors were collected by the imperial court, so there were not many loot captured. If you can get to Samarkand and occupy this rich city, it will be completely different. From the end of the year before last year to the beginning of last year, the capital of such a small country seized countless property, and the city of Samarkand, which was a hundred times stronger than Thang Long, was naturally much more. Every samurai can make a fortune. Zhu Hengshi said.

"Is that so?" Nanmu Fangze couldn't help but show the richness of Suzhou Mansion when he passed through the mouth of the Yangtze River. He felt that even if the wealth of the entire Fusang was piled together, it would not be as good as the capital city of Suzhou. And Samarkand is a big country on a par with the Ming Dynasty, and their capital will not be worse than Suzhou even if it is not as good as Yingtianfu of the Ming Dynasty. Thinking of being able to plunder in a city comparable to Suzhou Mansion, his eyes suddenly lit up.

But then he thought of something else and asked, "My lord, the capital of Xilu should be very difficult to fight." If it is a strong attack, the samurai will not suffer less casualties. ”

"It's probably not easy to fight." He didn't see the full text of Xu Huizu's plan, and said according to his own speculation: "The emperor of the Ming Dynasty and the king of Qin probably have no plans for a long-term siege, and it must be a strong attack." But you don't have to worry too much about that. We will not be the only army attacking Samarkand. ”

"In this case, my subordinates will bring over all the eight thousand warriors of the Southern Dynasty and attack the city of Samarkand." Nanmu Fangze clenched his fist.

Zhu Hengshi was a little worried: "Yuan Yoshiman has always been reluctant to let the samurai in China go out. He didn't want to, after all, the families of the samurai were all in the country, and most of them would have scruples. ”

"My lord, don't worry about that." Nanmu Fangze smiled and said, "Gen Yoshiman can't wait to let these eight thousand warriors stay abroad. ”

"The rewards of the emperor of the Ming Kingdom have always been rich, and the warriors took the rewards of the Ming Kingdom and returned to the country to become rich people. Most of the samurai sent this time were former samurai of the Southern Dynasty, and if they opposed the imperial court, Gen Yoshimitsu would not be able to sleep. They don't have to worry if they stay abroad. ”

"It's just that Yuan Yiman has always been interested in face, and such things are not good to say, so it has been strictly prohibited. As long as Hino can be nodoked and agreed, Gen Yoshimitsu will have an excuse not to punish the samurai's family members who stay in the country for this. ”

"In that case, why didn't he send all his samurai?"

"Although Minamoto Yoshimitsu is envious of the Ming Kingdom's generous reward, he is also worried that the samurai sent out will lose too much."

"I see." Zhu Hengshi sighed and instructed Nanmu Fangze: "The matter of persuading Hino Shinshige will be handed over to you, and you must let him nod and agree." ”

"His subordinates will not be dishonored."