News from the imperial court continued to reach Beiping, and Emperor Jianwen appointed Guo Ying, the only veteran of the founding of the country, to assist Li Jinglong, the Marquis of Wuding, and cut off the marquis of Wugao in Liaodong and demoted him to Guangxi.

The scheming Wu Gao left, leaving only the brave and unscrupulous Yang Wen to guard Liaodong alone, and the generals under his command were suspicious of each other, almost powerless to threaten Beiping.

The four-way official army was broken by the king of Yan, relying on the weather was still cold, Li Jinglong did not dare to go north to help, after the first month, the prince of Yan commanded 40,000 elites to go west to Juyongguan, and the soldiers pointed directly at the military town of Datong Mansion at the northwest gateway.

The invincible King Yan personally led the army, making the Hebei Guangchang guard Tang Sheng surrender the city, and the neighboring counties were all attached to the city, and the Yan army kept coming to the city of Ulzhou, and the commander Li Cheng, nicknamed Chongtian Li, went out of the city from the ditch in the middle of the night to ask to see Zhu Di, and made an appointment to sacrifice the city in the coming day.

I didn't want Li Cheng to be exposed by his generals as soon as he returned to the city, and the conspiracy was exposed and he was imprisoned. The next day, Zhu Di saw that Li Cheng was missing, and ordered the artillery to open fire, and the city wall was blown down in an instant, and the Yan army swarmed up, and the generals such as Wang Zhong and Li Yuan decided to surrender in despair.

Effortlessly, the two big cities were connected, which made the morale of the Yan army high, and they were pleasantly surprised by the great power of the new artillery.

After a few days of repair, Zhu Disheng Wang Zhong and other surrendered generals were appointed as the commanders of Beiping Commander, and ordered them to still lead the elite of their headquarters to march into Datong with the Yan army, leaving the Yan generals to defend the city.

In addition to his trust in the general, Zhu Di invited all his relatives to go to Beiping, nominally giving preferential treatment, but in fact he was nothing more than being a hostage.

But Zhu Di underestimated the combat power of the Northwest Army, just like the warlike Beiping Army, Datong is no less than the largest fortified city in Beiping City, and the most elite 80,000 troops in the northwest have been stationed in the city for a long time, and at this time, Zhu Gui, the acting king who lives in Datong City, has been placed under house arrest and cannot be used as an internal response.

The King of Qin and the King of Jin were horrified by Uncle Wang's attempt to encroach on the northwest. coincidentally, they ordered their cronies to resist the Yan army.

Li Jinglong, who learned the news, also sent 100,000 people to quickly go west out of Bauhinia Pass, seeing that he was about to be surrounded by hundreds of thousands of troops, King Yan had to order the troops to retreat, and Chen Zhen, the governor of Datong, immediately led his division to recapture Ulzhou and Guangchang.

In view of the cold weather, Li Jinglong knew that the Northwest Army did not obey the orders of the imperial court, so he went his own way, and reluctantly led 100,000 horses back to Dezhou.

Zhu Di, who returned in vain, was not discouraged at all, stayed in Beiping for more than ten days, and led the generals to gather 100,000 troops to go south to Baihegou.

In the blink of an eye, in early spring and March, the Beiping Arsenal began to take shape. Xu Hao completely handed over the management of the newspaper and the factory to Zhu Gaochi.

In addition to developing technology, what Xu Hao wanted to do most was to build warships to sail the four seas, so he shifted all his attention to Zhigu, that is, Tianjin in later generations, as well as several Ming naval divisions in Liaodong and Shandong.

Xu Song continued to follow Zhang Fu to command the Shenji Battalion to accumulate credit, Xu Hao left Mu Hui, Mu Yi, Li Qiu and other brothers, and Mu Hui had been promoted to a commander because of his merits.

And Xu Hao's actions in these days have made Zhu Di's trust in him undiminished, Mu Hui took office as the commander of the Beiping Left Guard, with 5,600 sergeants under his command, and arranged for Mu Yi and Li Qiusheng to become a thousand households.

Inside the Yanwang Mansion. Xu Hao pointed to the Shanhaiguan on the map and said, "You can't let Yang Wen go in and out unscrupulously. ”

Zhu Gaochi said: "What are you going to do? Yang Wenke has an army of more than 100,000 people. ”

Xu Hao said: "When you occupy the mouth of the sea, you will immediately gather and train a naval army, harass the hinterland of Liaodong and block the grain road, and see how he Yang Wen leads his troops to fight." ”

Zhu Gaochi's eyes lit up. smiled: "This is a very good idea, I know that Mu Hui is from a water master, that is, how do you deal with the water master of the imperial court?" The warships are far superior to yours, so do you have to use artillery? ”

Xu Hao said: "Unless necessary, you can't be tough. The lives of both warships and sailors are precious, and in short, if a strong attack fails, it can be outwitted. ”

After finishing speaking, Xu Hao's eyes looked at the biggest secret of Yanwangfu, the second grandfather Xu Da, intentionally or unintentionally.

It seems that spring will return to the earth overnight. The cold winter is gone, everything is reviving, the geese are moving north, the grass is sprouting, and the green scene inside and outside the city is full of vitality.

The eldest lady Wang didn't say goodbye the day before yesterday, and took her concubine and a few people to Shandong to join her son, and the brothers Xu Wen and Xu Hao have parted ways so far.

The old lady let his daughter-in-law leave, at least the two grandchildren are their masters, no matter who wins or loses in the end, the Xu family may be able to retain a trace of blood.

Wang Xuanqing chose to stay, and the Xiao family had persuaded her to remarry, but Wang Xuanqing was unwilling and would rather stay in the Xu family to be a widow. Fortunately, the mother family is close at hand, and I don't feel lonely when I come and go every day.

The Xiangling and Xiangxuan sisters also returned to Xu's house, it turned out that before a farce at home began, the official army was killed, and the father and mother unfortunately both died in the city.

Xu Hao took pity on the two of them, and their status in the Xu family after returning was equivalent to half a young lady, but the sisters politely refused the kindness of being served and said that they wanted to go to Zhu Qiaoqiao's side.

And Zhu Qiaoqiao refused, bluntly saying that you two are free bodies, and in the eyes of the whole family, they are almost equivalent to Xu Hao's concubines, and it is inevitable that people will be criticized if you follow me, so it is better to stay in the second grandmother's room.

On this day, early in the morning, Xu Miaojin came to look for Mu Ningxue, and saw a few old mothers in the inner courtyard cleaning the plane tree, and Zhiyun and other maids fiddling with several piano tables under the tree and playing the piano.

Xu Miaojin didn't want to alarm them, and tiptoed into the main room, and saw Qingwen and a few other girls playing chess with their heads down, and entered the study and smiled at Mu Ningxue, who was reading: "You are elegant people up and down here, and the piano and chess book is a painting." ”

Mu Ningxue hurriedly stood up and said with a smile: "Didn't Xiangling Xiangxuan clamoring to paint yesterday, I begged Hao'er to help buy paints, but unfortunately there was no famous teacher to guide me." ”

Xu Miaojin said: "It's that pair of twin sisters? It's pitiful to just lose my parents, but I'm good at Danqing, so I simply taught them to paint. ”

"It's really good, I'll tell them the good news in a moment." After Mu Ningxue finished speaking, she invited her little aunt to sit on the bamboo couch and ordered Zhiqing to bring tea, "If you come half an hour early, you can see us learning fist and foot kung fu with Hao'er in the courtyard. ”

"I'll come and see it tomorrow." Xu Miaojin said again with great interest: "I have heard that the snow girl is good at playing the piano, come and listen to a song for me." Although I am a cow person, I am used to all kinds of songs. ”

Mu Ningxue smiled: "My aunt came to make fun of me again." "I can't say that I can't clean my hands and incense, and I played a song of Yangguan three stacks.

Xu Miaojin listened with bated breath, today Mu Ningxue was wearing a palace dress with purple ink fine flowers and blue lotus trim, a pleated long skirt embroidered by silver snow and Xiang, with long hair hanging down her shoulders and no jewelry, looking extremely elegant and pure.

Before the bullet was finished, Musk Yue walked in and said, "Miss Zhang Hai is here." ”

Soon Zhang Chai came in with a smile, and Mu Ningxue said with concern: "The girl is safe?" It looks a little lighter. ”

Zhang Chai turned to a wry smile and said: "I'm tired of my sister-in-law." I was seriously ill last month, but I've been getting better these days. ”

Looking at the handsome and tall girl of the Zhang family in front of her, Xu Miaojin sighed slightly, knowing that she would also be given to her brother-in-law Zhu Di as a concubine in the future.

Without asking, it was known that she fell ill because of this matter, obviously the girl of the Zhang family was unwilling to be a concubine, which made Xu Miaojin have a good impression of Zhang Hai.

At the same time, Xu Hao stood in front of the couch to visit the third uncle who had just fallen asleep, and Liu wiped his tears and said: "If there are three long and two short, how can you live!" ”

Xu Hao comforted: "Lang Zhong said that there is no worry about his life. It is to slowly recuperate at home for a few years, auntie don't worry. ”

Liu couldn't help but complain: "Why do you have to come to King Yan?" How many people died in the family? Knowing this, how good was it for our family to live in seclusion in the countryside? ”

Xu Hao said sadly: "What Auntie said is true. ”

Liu sighed: "I can't blame you, who would expect him King Yan to raise an army?" Now your third uncle and your father are injured. Your brother is still young, and the whole family is counting on you, so you must take care of your safety, and you can't make any more mistakes. Otherwise, our family will be finished. ”

Xu Hao said: "I am now ordered to stay in Beiping, safe and sound, and my aunt can rest assured." ”

Liu said: "I don't know when this battle will be fought. Your sister is about to reach the age of leaving the cabinet, is she related to Gao Xi? ”

Xu Hao was stunned for a moment, and quickly explained: "It's better to forget about this family matter." To tell you the truth, this may involve fighting for the position of the prince, and if Hongye marries Gao Xi, our family will immediately offend Zhu Gaochi, and in the long run, it may be a curse. ”

Liu said disapprenously: "Everyone says that Gao Xi's temperament looks like King Yan, and King Yan has never been waiting to see the prince, in case King Yan becomes the emperor in the future, Gao Xi may be able to ascend to the sky in one step and be made the crown prince, then won't your sister become the crown princess by then, then in the future?" ”

Xu Hao shook his head and said: "It's because I'm worried about this, I can't let Hongye marry the royal family, since ancient times, there have been countless things of cannibalism in order to compete for the throne, and my aunt never thought about what to do if Gao Xi failed?" Even if you don't die, you will be imprisoned for life. ”

Liu Shi said without giving up: "Isn't it okay to have your help?" If Red Leaves can be the mother of a country, wouldn't our family be prosperous and rich from now on. ”

Xu Hao said helplessly: "King Yan is worried about this, so he didn't mention the family matter later, and my aunt still died." ”

After bidding farewell to the unwilling third aunt, Xu Hao walked alone in the inner house, and couldn't help thinking about it in his heart. Since the beginning of the army, Zhu Gaochu has been very active in the army, brave and good at fighting and not afraid of death, and has been praised by many generals as the champion of the three armies.

Because Zhu Gaochi can only stay, Zhu Di will inevitably rely on the remaining two sons, Zhu Gaochu is now commanding 3,000 battalions, guarding the life of King Yan, how important is his status? And Zhu Gaosui is younger than Xu Song, but he has been continuously entrusted with important tasks, and he is the de facto general of Beiping.

However, the biggest flaw of the two princes is that they will not deal with civil officials, Zhu Gaochi has an absolute advantage in this regard, no matter how many generals Gao Xi can gather, without the support of civil ministers, it may be difficult to shake Zhu Gaochi's status as a prince.

Speaking of which, Zhu Gaoxu is not a ruthless person, Xu Hao can see that he will not poison his brother, of course, some intrigues behind his back will be essential.

However, Zhu Gaosui was moody at a young age and acted somewhat unscrupulously, and Xu Hao didn't like him very much. (To be continued......)