The Xu family's convoy had just entered the house, and suddenly the sky changed suddenly, the dark clouds pressed on the top, and a gust of wind made the cyan eaves and tiles on the Zhu wall of the Yanwang Mansion were blown over and fell to the ground one after another, with a crisp sound.

Everyone couldn't help but look at each other, some people were even more frightened, the great changes in the sky often indicate that the teacher is unfavorable, many people can't help but look towards the handsome flag, if the flagpole is broken again, it can be seen that what King Yan said is a lie, the real intention is to rebel.

At this juncture, Monk Daoyan calmly walked up to the high platform and said loudly: "This is an auspicious omen! From the wind and rain, the temple tiles fell to the ground, indicating that the prince will be easy to cover the palace with yellow tiles. ”

The bright yellow glazed tiles have always been reserved for the emperor, Zhu Di was stunned for a moment, his face was calm and he didn't speak, and he looked a little embarrassed, there is no doubt that Monk Daoyan revealed his final attempt with a word, which can be regarded as a slap in the face of the previous oath.

Xu Hao said with a smile: "I will abandon my family and follow my uncle, because you are the son of the first emperor, and it is difficult to be justified in Fengtianjing." If the court insists on going against the sky and not repenting, I am afraid that the big guy will support the prince to ascend the throne as the emperor in the future, who in the world will dare to disobey? ”

The soldiers were stunned at first, and then they were overjoyed, and they all thought that Xu Hao was right, since most people had sacrificed their lives to rebel, they naturally had to rebel to the end. Now even if King Yan is not happy, he has to force the prince to be the emperor at that time.

After some dialogue, Zhu Di suddenly found that the soldiers were not only disheartened, but all of them were highly motivated, and they were even more motivated than before, and immediately turned their worries into joy.

At this moment, the sky was clear again, which seemed to confirm that King Yan was really the true son of heaven, and the soldiers immediately thundered with joy.

As the saying goes, the soldiers are fast, and after the Yan army took a short rest, Zhu Di led 10,000 people to set off from Beiping City immediately.

Left behind the political envoy Guo Zi and the general soldier Tang Yun. He commanded Zhang Xin and other civil and military officials to assist the prince Zhu Gaochi in defending Beiping, and the whole army wanted to take Tongzhou in one go.

When Xu Da was on the Northern Expedition, he first controlled Tongzhou, cut off the Cao Yun shipping, and the Yuan Dadu, who had lost the gateway, could no longer hold on for a long time, and finally forced Emperor Yuan Shun to take the initiative to flee outside the Saiwai.

After only half an hour of marching, the forward general Qiu Fu sent good news, and the commander of the guard guarding Tongzhou made Fang Shengju the city annexed.

All the generals of the Chinese army looked happy, and Zhu Di said with a smile: "Commander Fang will live up to this king." ”

Xu Hao immediately said: "My nephew has taken a step first.

Zhu Di said happily: "Go ahead, you must be careful." This king is waiting for good news in Tongzhou. ”

"Yes." Xu Hao said with a smile.

Monk Daoyan hurriedly said: "Lord Wang, you forgot to appoint Xu Gongzi as an official, otherwise you will not be able to make the guard general sacrifice the city with peace of mind." ”

Zhu Di said with a smile: "Xu Hao has made a lot of contributions, so he has done a good job of supervising the Shenji Battalion, can you be convinced?" ”

Xu Hao's status and role in the Yan Wangfu are all well known, first of all, he is the nephew of His Royal Highness, the princess's favorite junior of the Xu family. Secondly, Xu Hao and Monk Daoyan are both strategists who give advice, and they are the henchmen of the prince's henchmen, and their identities must be ranked above the generals.

Secondly, Xu Hao was valued by the first emperor, and he was in charge of Jinyiwei and also a civil official. Although he is young, he has deep qualifications, which even Zhu Neng, Zhang Yu and other thousands of households cannot compare. At the same time, Xu Hao is humble and never makes enemies of others, and respects older people as elders, and has a friendship with Zhu Neng, Qiufu and other generals very early. Zhu Gaochi's brothers are friends with him, Zhang Yu's eldest son Zhang Fu is Xu Hao's brother-in-law, and no one in Beiping treats Xu Hao as an outsider, and he has always been very popular. Therefore, no one is unconvinced at the moment.

As a result, Xu Hao's official position is firmly at the top of the generals, and Xu Hao sighed when he remembered Xu Da's warning. In the face of the congratulations of the generals, there was not the slightest hint of pride, he nodded and said hello with a calm expression, and quietly left with Mu Yi and Li Qiu.

Later, Zhu Di led the army into Tongzhou, an important northern town without fighting, reorganized the troops, appointed officials, and convened the generals to discuss. ”

Qiu Fu said: "There is news from Tanma, and there is no movement in Kaiping for the time being. ”

Zhu Di said satisfied: "Time is in favor of our army, Song Zhong has to wait at least three days before he can coordinate the 30,000 army and grain and grass and other baggage, without the imperial court military order, I am afraid that he will not dare to attack without authorization, and it will take at least ten days to go back and forth, which is enough for our army to take the opportunity to recover the entire Beiping Mansion." Since there is enough time and there is no need to join forces, General Zhang led 6,000 soldiers and horses to capture Suzhou, General Qiu led 3,000 troops to recover the neighboring prefecture capitals, and General Zhu waited for 3,000 people to go to Miyun, and after integrating the troops and horses, he could attack Zunhua City and resist the defenders of Shanhaiguan. ”

At this time, Xu Wen was not qualified to participate in the military meeting, and stood bored outside and walked back and forth, full of jealousy that the third brother was the governor, and said that the old man was innocent and unfair, and he was also born and died for King Yan, I only made a thousand households, and when I saw the third brother, I had to march and obey his orders, how could this be true? Uncle is too partial.

Xu Wen didn't know that Xu Hao had left, and after Qiu Fu came out, he hurriedly stepped forward to inquire, but Qiu Fu didn't hide it from him, and briefly explained the plan.

Xu Wen, who was eager for meritorious service, pondered that the city wall of Suzhou was strong and easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there was no need to fight it down in three or five days, and the danger was too great, and he might suffer heavy casualties and return in vain, and he would lose his life if he was not careful, and he could not go.

Zhu Neng is afraid that the process of going to Miyun is similar, not to mention the hard fight, Zhu Neng's temper is not good, what if he forces himself to die?

In the end, Xu Wen decided to follow Qiu Fu to sweep the surrounding counties, there is no danger, the credit is not small, and he can also take the opportunity to snatch gold, silver, treasures and beauties, why not? Even if King Yan explicitly forbade harming the people, the benefits would be great.

In this way, Xu Wen asked Zhu Di to send him to fight with Qiu Fu, Zhu Di agreed without thinking too much, and rewarded Xu Wen with a sword.

Monk Daoyan knew Xu Wen's details, and even knew that he and Xu Hao were not in harmony, and said: "The counties have their own officials loyal to the prince to preside over the overall situation to pacify the people, you can leave some soldiers everywhere to maintain law and order, the top priority is to eliminate the stubborn enemy, and the aftermath has its own accompanying scribes, you don't need to worry, remember not to kill innocents." ”

Although Zhu Di said that he didn't care about casualties, Beiping Mansion was his fiefdom, which was the people he had ruled for many years, and it was the capital that he relied on to confront the imperial court in the future, so naturally he couldn't lose the hearts of the people.

Zhu Di immediately said: "After you go, you must supervise the soldiers and the people to make no mistakes, and no one is allowed to take advantage of the chaos to do evil, otherwise the military law will be ruthless." ”

"Yes!" Xu Wen had no choice but to agree and leave in a huff.

Monk Daoyan frowned and said: "The prince has always had clear rewards and punishments, and orders are forbidden, and no one among the soldiers dares to disobey military orders. However, in the future, there will be more restrictions on relatives like Xu Wen or generals, and after the province violates the military law, it is inconvenient for the prince to deal with it in order to take into account the overall situation, which makes the army unconvinced. ”

Zhu Di nodded and said, "This matter will be handed over to you in the future, um!" It's good to send a prison army to Xu Wen's side. ”

In this way, Xu Wen had an eunuch named Ergou by his side, and Qiu Fu was also instructed by Yao Guangxiao to order Xu Wen to follow him and not let him lead his troops to attack.

Xu Wen, who was sullen, could only dispel the tempting idea of making a windfall, followed Qiu Fu to recover the county one by one, and vented his anger on the sporadic officers and soldiers who dared to resist, which can be regarded as a lot of credit.

Qiu Fu did not treat him badly, it was undoubtedly delusional to expect the army to really be innocent, the money, fields, houses, etc. left by the families of those officials who fled in a hurry, and even the subordinates who did not leave became spoils of war, half of them were handed over, and half of them were distributed on the spot, and Xu Wen got more than two hundred taels of silver and three or four women.

Xu Wen had to continue to lead the troops to attack, so he ordered Wang Yu to send people to Tongzhou first, who knew that when passing through the grove halfway, Wang Yu instigated a few elders to forcibly insult a few women, the most beautiful of which was about sixteen years old, was originally a county official's maid, and her temperament was very strong, and she had never been willing to be accepted as a concubine by her own master, and she was left alone when the county official with a grudge fled.

The maid was the most beautiful, and the men scrambled to play with her, but they bit their tongues and committed suicide because they were so humiliated that Wang Yu abandoned the body in the woods, and when they were done, they put on their pants and continued on the road with the crying women.

Three days later, Xu Wen returned to Tongzhou exhausted, and learned that the beauty he was worried about had died, and he was furious and forced his subordinates to ask the next person, and after learning that Wang Yu had done a good deed, he beat forty whips in public and drove Wang Yu home to recuperate.

After venting his anger, Xu Wen casually chose two women to sleep with, and he was very proud of his own great achievements, and secretly said that he could compare the third child this time, right?

Under the city of Suzhou, the commander Mao Sui angrily pointed at the loud Yan army outside the city, and said sharply: "The anti-thief is bold, who is willing to go out of the city to fight the enemy." ”

Ma Xuan, the deputy commander, advised: "The enemy army is in full swing, my lord, you should stick to it as the best policy." ”

Mao Sui said angrily: "How dare you destroy the morale of our army? This official ordered you and Qianhu Zeng Jun to lead a thousand people to attack, and if you don't win, you should be beheaded. ”

Ma Xuanqiang endured his anger, and the military order was like a mountain and did not dare to disobey, but with a thousand people was easily defeated and captured by Zhang Yu, Mao Sui, who had already been bought by the Yan Wangfu, removed the biggest obstacle, and then surrendered the city, and the Yan army easily took the important town of Suzhou, and the officials of the nearby counties abandoned the city and fled when they heard the news.

Zhang Yu said to Xu Hao, who was smiling: "The Governor is clever, and I will admire it." ”

Xu Hao turned over and said with a smile: "Without the prestige of the prince and the bravery of the soldiers, how can you easily convince Mao Sui?" ”

Zhang Yu obeyed Xu Haojian, divided 5,000 men to occupy the surrounding county seats, leaving 3,000 Yan troops to defend the city, he took 3,000 Suzhou defenders to run outside Zunhua City after a day of non-stop, and ambushed in a valley thirty miles away.

While waiting for news from all sides, Xu Hao did not allow the whole army to bury the pot to cook, and gnawed on the dry food brought on the spot, and the valley was full of dense forests, so that the three thousand men and horses would not be discovered in a short time.

Zhang Yu patrolled around and seized the time to appease people's hearts, while Xu Hao sat at the mouth of the valley, drinking a cool mountain spring and staring ahead.

Soon, several figures appeared in the distance, and Xu Hao stood up in good spirits. (To be continued......)