Chapter 581: The General of the Ming Dynasty Conquers the North
On the frozen Yellow River.
The officers and soldiers were very decisive in their killing, and it didn't take long to kill all the White Lotus Sect rebels.
On the ice, hot blood was spread all over the ground. The blood melted into a shallow layer of ice water, and a little white smoke was emitted due to the temperature difference.
At this time, King Han Ming was so frightened that his liver and gallbladder were split apart. He was lying on the ground in a mixture of blood and ice water, trembling all over.
"Spare my life."
"I will tell you everything. I will tell you everything the White Lotus Sect does."
"Yes! I will also tell you about Liu Zongsheng's local arrangements and the people who have not been found out by the court!"
"Please spare my life, sir. I didn't do anything."
Sun Cheng and Tian Mai both saw that King Han Ming was of high status, so they kept him until now.
The two of them and Zhou Zongqi, who was checking out the rebel team, silently turned their attention to Zhu Yunwen, who had his back turned to everyone.
Zhu Yunwen just felt comfortable all over.
After personally killing Liu Thief, his blood was gushing and his heart was beating wildly, but now they gradually calmed down.
King Han Ming's begging for mercy also reached his ears at this time.
Zhu Yunwen stood up angrily, turned around and stared gloomily at King Han Ming who was still begging for mercy, and walked towards him step by step.
King Han Ming, who was lying on the ground begging, also saw Zhu Yunwen coming over. His eyes showed a trace of panic at first, and then he smiled with a smile on his face: "Zhu Yunwen... Mr. Zhu! You know that I was also held hostage by Liu Zongsheng, Bai Lian
Everything he does is done by his hands, and I have never been able to get involved. Please, please let me go..."
With calm eyes, Zhu Yunwen picked up a knife along the way and dragged it on the ice.
The blade sliced across the ice, making a hissing sound.
King Han Ming seemed to have noticed something.
He immediately kowtowed hard on the ice: "Please, let me go..."
The hissing on the ice stopped, and Zhu Yunwen's footsteps also stopped.
In front of King Han Ming's eyes, layers of tiny ripples appeared on the surface of the shallow blood.
"You were also there that night."
Zhu Yunwen was so calm that he seemed to blend in with the surrounding snow scene of northwest Shanxi.
"That night...that night I was also held hostage by Liu Zongsheng, and I was forced to be there. I didn't dare to say anything, I didn't dare to say a word to dissuade him."
Zhu Yunwen looked indifferent: "An anti-thief is an anti-thief."
King Han Ming showed fear in his eyes, and just when he opened his mouth, a long whimper came out from his throat.
Then, his eyes were filled with fear and gradually became lifeless.
His neck twitched a few times, and then a large ball of blood poured out of his mouth.
In front of King Han Ming's chest, Zhu Yunwen had already sent the long knife in his hand to the opponent's chest.
Zhu Yunwen squatted half-crouched, holding the handle of the knife sideways with both hands, and twisted it hard with both hands.
A huge hole appeared on King Han Ming's chest.
Sun Cheng and Tian Mai hurried forward.
Zhu Yunwen released the handle of the knife and looked back at the two of them with a smile on his face: "Thank you for your hard work these days."
Tian Mai nodded, and Sun Cheng said: "Now that the matter is done, let's go back to the customs station to rest for a night, and then rush back to Taiyuan City tomorrow."
Zhu Yunwen did not answer immediately, but turned his head and looked north.
The heavy snow covered the mountains.
The frozen Yellow River, like a continuous jade vein, descended from the Heavenly Palace and stopped between these mountains.
Tian Mai and Sun Cheng looked at each other, confused, worried that Zhu Yunwen would not want to go back.
Zhu Yunwen didn't give the two of them much time to wonder, so he said: "The rebellion in northwestern Shanxi has not yet been resolved. I want to stay here and go back after the rebellion is quelled."
Qiuniang is currently staying in Taiyuan City, and she has probably been arranged to stay in Prince Jin's Mansion. With people from the Prince's Mansion taking care of her, she probably won't have anything to worry about.
And the third child is still running around, and the world is not really stable yet.
I can't do anything big by myself, but I can still do it with the soldiers on the border to kill thieves.
Tian Mai fell silent.
He is a secret guard. At first he was only responsible for the prince, but now he is only responsible for the grandson. In all his thoughts, he puts the grandson first.
Naturally, Tian Mai would have more thoughts about Zhu Yunwen's desire to stay at the border and participate in suppressing the rebellion.
Sun Cheng pondered for a moment and said, "Then I will stay here with you. Brother Tian can go back to Taiyuan and report to Taisun that he knows about this."
After finishing speaking, Sun Cheng gave Tian Mai a look.
Tian Mai understood, nodded and said: "That's fine."
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"How are you doing, Fourth Uncle?"
Under Shouyang City, the imperial army gathered and blocked Shouyang City for three full days.
In front of the Chinese army's formation, Zhu Yunxi, who led the army here, looked at his fourth uncle Zhu Di, whom he had not seen for a long time, with a smile on his face.
"You are darker, more capable, and more heroic." Zhu Di looked at the eldest nephew in front of him with a smile on his face: "Your fourth uncle is still the same. He feels comfortable in this army. There is nothing wrong with him."
not good."
Zhu Yunxi smiled and looked at the surrounding army of King Yan. The army formations were neat, the military discipline was strict, and the soldiers were high-spirited to fight. He said, "Fourth uncle, you have to be careful. The people who patrolled the Lidu Procuratorate in the north said that they want to impeach.
Fourth uncle, you leave the country privately."
Zhu Di was stunned for a moment, and then laughed loudly: "I led the army to help my eldest nephew. As long as my nephew is fine, I am guilty. Just take me to heaven and call our old man
Just give me a severe punishment."
Zhu Yunxi also smiled and said: "My nephew is really grateful to my fourth uncle for coming to help me. If our uncles and brothers can gather together in Yingtian again, my nephew will definitely give my fourth uncle a few more glasses of wine."
Zhu Di smiled happily.
Gao Yangzhi on the side watched silently with a smile on his face.
Taisun certainly would not have any doubts about King Yan secretly leading troops southward, but he just reminded him, which is reasonable.
On the other hand, Jin Wang Zhu Fan, who was on the side, stepped forward and punched Zhu Di twice on the shoulder: "You kid, you ran over without saying a word. This time with brother He here, we can have a good drink."
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This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Zhu Di's face showed bitterness.
One's own brothers know each other.
The older brothers among them, except for the eldest brother, the prince, who has been in the capital for a long time, are not very good at drinking.
The second and third children are the best at drinking.
Nowadays, the second brother is working in the capital and is still out of reach. But the third brother in front of me is also a person who can drink.
Zhu Fan looked at Zhu Di without saying a word and glared: "You don't want to drink with your third brother? You want me to tell you in front of Brother Xi that you peeked at that young lady in Xicheng taking a bath in Zhongdu?
come out?"
As Zhu Fan finished speaking, everyone present was stunned for a while.
Gao Yangzhi and others wisely chose to shift their gaze and look aside.
Zhu Di, who had become the target of public criticism, turned red in the face and stared at Zhu Fan with resentful eyes. In the corner of his eye, Zhu Yunxi beside him had a suppressed smile on his face, looking like he was eating a melon.
Zhu Di glared: "Why are you laughing? Can you believe what your third uncle said?"
Zhu Yunxi suppressed his laughter, but his face was already suppressed red. The fingers hidden in his sleeves pricked the palm of his hand hard, and then he said: "What did the fourth uncle say? What did the third uncle say just now?"
Having said that, he had already seen the opportunity and took two steps back, pretending to watch the movements of the Japanese pirates at the top of Shouyang City, but the corner of his eye was directed at Zhu Di, whose face was full of embarrassment.
Zhu Di snorted coldly, his face a little unhappy.
He couldn't help but glare at Zhu Fan again: "The matter of Chen Zhizhi and rotten millet is also nonsense in front of a junior!"
Zhu Fan laughed loudly, grabbed Zhu Di's neck, and put their heads together: "Isn't it what you did back then?"
Zhu Di was helpless for a moment.
Except for the eldest brother, the prince, the rest of the brothers in my family are all rogues.
Zhu Fan smiled, and his face regained some seriousness: "Should I say it or not, I didn't expect you to bring people to Shanxi this time. Come to think of it, Brother Xi didn't expect you to do this. You
You are really brave, and you should lead the troops to leave the feudal clan without an edict."
Zhu Di hummed: "Originally, I just asked Zhiyuan to take the guards of Prince Yan's Mansion to Shanxi, but later I thought it would be safer for me to come and see it in person.
Halfway through, as I was about to enter Shanxi, I happened to encounter an urgent message from Yingtian Kuaima. The old man said that he wanted me to do what an uncle should do.
Tell me, what should we uncles do?"
Zhu Di also did not expect that the old man specially sent an urgent delivery from Yingtian.
However, the old man's urgent delivery made it legal for him to personally lead the troops south this time.
Zhu Fan turned his eyes and looked silently at Zhu Yunxi in front of him. He couldn't help but nodded, with a smile on his face: "Brother Xi is really good. This time, everything in Shanxi Road was handled and decided by him. Yes.
Be brave and resourceful, dare to fight and fight hard.
That night, he dared to enter the city with more than a thousand people, and was able to dig out the secret passage into the city in advance, and was able to contact Brother Wen early.
In my opinion, after Brother Xi returned to Beijing from his northern tour this time, he will probably be the one presiding over the new policies of the DPRK and China."
The words of the third child made Zhu Di recall that a few years ago, when he returned to Beijing, Brother Xi, who was still relatively unknown at that time, found him.
In addition, in the previous series, all his brothers and nephews gathered in Yingtian to talk about the royal family and family ties. Zhu Di saw it in his eyes.
Throughout the ages, many emperors' families have become bloody because of mutual suspicion.
But right now, Zhu Di can't see that his family will become like that.
Because Brother Xi is here.
Thinking of this, Zhu Di thought again of his fat Crown Prince Yan, who was still in charge of the tax office in Beijing that was in charge of national tax audits.
And when Zhu Di thought of Zhu Gaochi.
Among the mountains from Henan Road to Shanxi Road, above the official road.
A thick body unexpectedly sneezed violently.
Seeing that Zhu Di didn't speak for a long time, Zhu Fan said, "It's just a pity, Brother Wen..."
"What's wrong with Brother Wen?" Zhu Di asked.
He didn't have much impression of Zhu Yunwen. He only knew that he was a child who could read in the past. Later, because of those things that happened in the palace, he was banned in the Fengyang Imperial City in Zhongdu.
"I heard that he was kidnapped by the White Lotus Sect last time. It seems that he was also in Taiyuan City?"
Zhu Di muttered and looked around, but found no sign of Zhu Yunwen.
Zhu Fan sighed: "His wife, Qiuniang, was pregnant this year. During the turmoil in Taiyuan City, the gang of thieves probably saw Brother Wen lurking during the period, so they felt resentful. It turned out to be...
It was a disaster for Qiuniang, causing the fetus in her belly to die."
A wave of confusion suddenly appeared in Zhu Di's eyes, and he immediately asked: "Where is Brother Wen now?"
When asked about this, Zhu Di also had some anger in his eyes.
No matter how much discord there is between brothers and nephews, it is not something that an outsider or a traitor can interfere with, nor is it a reason for these people to hurt their brothers and nephews.
Zhu Fan shook his head. He only admired Zhu Yunwen for daring to go north alone to seek revenge.
"He... asked Brother Xi and me to take care of Qiuniang, so he asked for a horse and a sword, and then left Taiyuan City and headed north to seek revenge."
Zhu Di's eyes widened and he opened his mouth.
My heart was filled with emotion, but in the end I didn't say a word.
Zhu Fan looked at Zhu Di who was silent and smiled slightly.
"I think they have already let go of each other regarding the matter between their brothers. This time, Brother Wen also gave the gold medal and the documents for troop deployment. Brother Wen is a smart man. If he leaves the border, he will naturally bring it with him.
With soldiers and horses around us, and considering the time of year, I think nothing will happen."
Zhu Di shook his head: "I was thinking that if Brother Wen could come back with revenge this time, based on his current temperament, I would like to talk to Brother Hen and bring Brother Wen with me."
The most amazing things in the world always happen unexpectedly.
Zhu Yunxi, who had been standing at the front, couldn't help but have mixed feelings in his heart when he heard the words of the old fourth uncle.
Fourth uncle Zhu Di actually wants to take Zhu Yunwen with him?
This Ming Dynasty seems to be no longer the Ming Dynasty that I am familiar with.
"what are you up to?"
Zhu Fan was a little puzzled.
Zhu Di smiled and said: "With all the constraints on doing things in Beijing, and the talk of those civil servants, it is best to put Brother Wen at the border and guard the border with me. Although it is a bit cold at the border, it is better as long as he dares to fight
If he dares to fight, no one will say anything about him."
Zhu Fan frowned and thought.
Zhu Yunxi, who was in front, turned around with a smile on his face.
"Fourth Uncle, if everything goes well after the new year, you can lead the frontier army to march north and sweep the grasslands. When the time comes, let Brother Wen stay by your side as a soldier, and you will be our Ming Dynasty's Northern General.
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Zhu Di and Zhu Fan turned their heads at the same time and looked at Zhu Yunxi with sincere eyes.
Zhu Yunxi smiled and said: "The Ming Dynasty cannot always invest too much outside the northern border. There are still many things in the court that have to spare their energy to do.
The nephew is thinking that east of Datong, the fourth uncle will be the general to conquer the north. To the west of Datong, the second uncle was supposed to go, but now he is on duty in Beijing, so he can only trouble the third uncle to be the general to conquer the west."
The Generals of Zhengbei and the Generals of Zhengxi are both advanced versions of the four generals with heavy titles inherited from the former Han Dynasty, and are unique in the whole dynasty.
In today's Ming Dynasty, the General of the Four Expeditions has become the highest general title for the general who leads the army abroad.
Zhu Di and Zhu Fan looked at each other.
Both of them could see that Zhu Yunxi really wanted to do something big during his northern tour this time before returning to Beijing.
They both nodded at the same time.
"The only way to repay the grandson's order is to clear away the outside world!"
In the distance, there was the sound of a large army marching from the south of Shouyang City.
Soon there were military scouts coming on horseback.
"Little God of Killing, General Zhang is here with his troops!"