In the night, a dark carriage drove quietly into the back door of Prince Yan's Mansion.
Zhu Di paced back and forth in the room, acting like a little daughter-in-law. He had not experienced this kind of panic in himself for many years.
Ever since he conquered Beiping, he has never been so uneasy even when faced with the intrusion of the Mongolian and Yuan cavalry.
"Your Majesty, we are here." Yao Guangxiao stepped in and bowed with a smile on his face.
Zhu Di was stunned for a moment, and then he asked eagerly, "Where is he?"
"Waiting outside the door for the prince's summons."
Zhu Di was immediately anxious, "How can you wait outside? Why don't you come in quickly? Forget it, I'd better go and greet you in person!"
Ignoring Yao Guangxiao's surprised expression, Zhu Di hurriedly rushed out of the hall in three steps and two steps at a time.
Yao Guangxiao took a deep look at Zhu Di's back and felt very uncomfortable when he saw that Zhu Di respected that person so much. He, Yao Guangxiao, had followed Zhu Di for so many years and had been giving him painstaking advice, but in the end Zhu Di only regarded him as
Just a confidant.
They don't even have an attitude of treating each other as equals, let alone respect.
Zhu Di came outside the palace gate and saw an old man's figure looming under the candlelight, and saw his head full of white hair.
His eyes turned red, he pushed the golden mountain and fell the jade pillar and bowed deeply, "I bid Zhu Di and pay my respects to the commander-in-chief!"
A pair of old but very strong hands suddenly held Zhu Di up.
"Your Majesty, this is a great gift. As an old man with no soldiers and no power, I cannot bear such a great gift from you."
Zhu Di straightened up and said emotionally, "With the merits of the commander-in-chief, I can afford this gift from Zhu Di. Besides, when Zhu Di first stepped into the military camp, wasn't that how he paid homage to the commander-in-chief?"
"There's no need to call us Marshal. We don't have a single soldier under our command now. How can we have such a polished Marshal? Your Majesty, please call us Feng Sheng. It sounds friendly." Feng Sheng sighed.
Zhu Di immediately patted his chest and said, "With the reputation of the Duke of Song, even the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army Commander's Office did this. It's only my fault that the Emperor's brother didn't know people well and allowed Tang Ding, a kid with a yellow mouth, to occupy a high position!"
"If the commander-in-chief can still remember that Zhu Di has served the commander-in-chief and is willing to help Zhu Di, then the commander-in-chief can choose Zhu Di's army!"
When Feng Sheng heard this promise, a smile finally appeared on his face.
He stretched out his hand and said, "Your Majesty, shall we go inside to talk?"
"Look at this king's memory!" Zhu Di put his hand on his forehead in annoyance, "Commander, please come quickly!"
The three of them walked into the hall. Zhu Di deliberately did not sit on the main seat, but sat opposite Feng Sheng. Yao Guangxiao could only stand behind Zhu Di.
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Feng Sheng glanced at Yao Guangxiao with a faint smile and said nothing more.
"The commander-in-chief is willing to help, and my heart is finally at ease."
Zhu Di quickly flattered him.
"The prince is serious. I am a dying man. I hope the prince will not dislike me." Feng Sheng took a sip of tea and said calmly.
How could Zhu Di dislike him? Feng Sheng's arrival instantly boosted his confidence more than tenfold. Zhu Di knew Feng Sheng's abilities very well.
It can be said that since Xu Da's death, in terms of the way of fighting, there is no one in the entire Ming Dynasty who can compare with him except his father.
Now, Feng Sheng has no opponent!
Zhu Di lowered his head and glanced at Feng Sheng, and deliberately sighed, "Alas, I have encountered a great difficulty now."
"What the prince wants to say is that the emperor ordered Fu Youde to take over Beiping and Yanshanwei?" Feng Sheng smiled.
When Feng Sheng saw that Zhu Di insisted on calling him Marshal in a low profile, he no longer stopped him. For him, this title was indeed the most satisfying.
Zhu Di arched his hands and said, "The commander-in-chief is still as bright-eyed as ever."
After a pause, he continued, "The commander-in-chief also knows that once Fu Youde is allowed to take over Beiping and Yanshanwei, then I will be like a piece of fish on the chopping board, and others can do whatever they want."
"How can a man who stands upright with heaven and earth be killed at the slightest sign of his neck, only to be humiliated at the hands of a slave?"
"Okay!" Feng Sheng grabbed Zhu Di's hand, opened his eyes and shouted loudly, "The prince has such ambitions, Feng Sheng is willing to obey the prince's orders!"
"Handsome"
"Prince"
The two looked at each other and clasped their hands tightly together, showing a deep and affectionate posture.
After the two of them had almost vented their feelings, they sat down again.
Zhu Di personally poured tea for Feng Sheng, "Commander, Fu Youde is coming soon. What should I do?"
Feng Sheng took the tea cup with both hands and glanced at Yao Guangxiao with a smile.
Then he said to Zhu Di, "Your Majesty wants Fu Youde's 100,000 troops, right?"
Zhu Di nodded straightforwardly, "I don't want to hide anything from the commander. With the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in my hands now, if I really want to go against the emperor's brother, I'm afraid he will be escorted to the capital soon."
"The king needs soldiers and horses now, the more the better!"
Feng
Sheng nodded slightly and suddenly said, "Then the prince should let Fu Youde come to Peiping."
Zhu Di had always been afraid of Fu Youde coming to Peiping. From the beginning to the end, he was thinking about how to keep Fu Youde trapped in the same place, or at least get rid of him on the way here.
"Asking Fu Youde to come to Peiping? The commander-in-chief is joking, right?"
Zhu Di couldn't help but look at Feng Sheng a few more times. Now he began to doubt in his heart. Was Feng Sheng here to help him, or was he sent by Zhu Biao?
Yao Guangxiao also frowned. Once Fu Youde came to Peiping and took over the Yanshan Guards, wouldn't they be completely powerless to resist?
Feng Sheng slowly explained, "My lord, it is not easy to get rid of Fu Youde in the army. Even though Liu Zhen is the prince's man, he is only a deputy general. Fu Youde has been in charge of the army for many years, and he will not be able to control even a deputy general."
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"Even if the prince forces Liu Zhen to assassinate Fu Youde, the possibility of success is very small, but there is a great possibility that Liu Zhen will be caught."
Zhu Di was shocked. He had really been prepared for this, but he didn't expect it to be revealed by Feng Sheng.
"Does the commander have a better way?"
Feng Sheng nodded, "This is what I just said, let Fu Youde come to Peiping so that we can have a chance to get rid of him. Not only that, we can even let the prince take down the 100,000 troops in a logical way."
"Oh? Marshal, can you tell me more about it?" Zhu Di felt excited.
Zhu Di had two biggest concerns about dealing with Fu Youde. One was as mentioned just now, it is not easy to assassinate Fu Youde.
The other one is the 100,000-strong army. Although they have the deputy general Liu Zhen, those 100,000 people are not dead. Once Fu Youde dies, it is very easy to arouse their common hatred. When the time comes, they may even fight with Zhu Di, and even more
Don't call it recovery.
Feng Sheng waved slightly, "Please come over, Your Majesty."
Zhu Di leaned over suspiciously, and his eyes couldn't help but become brighter and brighter as he listened to Feng Sheng's words.
When Feng Sheng finished speaking, Zhu Di couldn't help but slapped his thigh with joy, "Okay, the commander is indeed a mastermind!"
When Yao Guangxiao saw Zhu Di's behavior, he couldn't help but pursed his lips. You must know that in the past, such compliments from princes were always directed at him.
Unexpectedly, after Feng Sheng came, he would no longer be qualified to listen.
Fu Youde always kept the emperor's instructions in mind, and while training his troops, he paid attention to King Yan in Peiping.
Now that he had received the imperial edict, he saw that the emperor had finally made up his mind to let him take over Beiping City and Yanshan Guard. Fu Youde immediately sneered and sent the generals to find him.
After arriving, he broke camp and commanded the army to march towards Peiping.
In his opinion, the emperor should have done this a long time ago. Now that the grassland has been pacified, why does King Yan still have hundreds of thousands of troops under his command? He should have cut off the Yanshan Guards long ago and let King Yan become a prince of peace.
Fu Youde led his army to the gates of Peiping City. To his surprise, Zhu Di went out of the city thirty miles to greet him.
"The Duke of Ying is finally here. I have been looking forward to the stars and the moon these days!" Zhu Di took the initiative to step forward.
Fu Youde looked at Zhu Di with a strange look on his face. He didn't understand that this was going to take away the military power in his hands. How could he be happy instead?
Moreover, his face was full of flattery. Fu Youde had never been with such a bitch in his life.
However, no matter how dissatisfied he was with Zhu Di in his heart, Fu Youde did not dare to let Zhu Di take the initiative to greet him. The courtesy cannot be discarded.
Fu Youde quickly got off his horse and took the initiative to kneel down.
"Meet His Highness King Yan."
Zhu Di's plan failed, and he couldn't help but feel embarrassed on his face. Originally, he wanted to deliberately lower his posture in front of everyone so that others would think Fu Youde was arrogant.
But he didn't expect that Fu Youde could do a better job than him and actually knelt down directly towards him.
This hit Zhu Di's Achilles' heel. As a majestic King of Yan, he couldn't kneel down to Fu Youde in full public view, right?
Even if he kneels down, it will not have the same effect as Fu Youde. Who gives him a higher status?
In desperation, Zhu Di had no choice but to reach out quickly and said, "Duke Ying, please get up quickly."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Fu Youde didn't want to keep kneeling, so he naturally stood up.
Zhu Di glanced at Fu Youde indifferently, and sighed in his heart that he had thought Fu Youde was too simple. If he had followed the original plan, he might not have been able to kill Fu Youde at all.
But fortunately, with Feng Sheng's reminder, he didn't believe that Fu Youde could escape from the palm of his hand.
Next, Zhu Di praised Fu Youde fiercely in public, saying that Fu Youde had made great achievements in guarding the border for many years, and that Fu Youde sent troops many times to save him when he was in danger. He was extremely grateful, etc.
In short, he praised Fu Youde all the way, as if he was a flower!
Fu Youde didn't realize there was any problem here, and Zhu Di told the truth, which gradually made him happy. In the end, he even laughed warmly and talked with Zhu Di, looking like they were having a great time talking.
However, he did not expect that Zhu Di changed his tone, pointed at the deputy generals and vanguard generals under Fu Youde, and scolded them all as useless.