In the courtyard of the government office, Zhu Yi, Xia Qing and others all looked at Zhu Tianjiang. At this moment, every brother in the courtyard was waiting for Zhu Tianjiang's choice.
Zhu Tianjiang walked back and forth with his hands behind his back. He knew that this was a difficult decision. If he made the wrong move, he might fall into a place of eternal disaster. Chu Yun made it very clear when Xuan Le sent Zhu Tianjiang out of the city gate.
, is their last chance. Without this opportunity, Zhu Tianjiang has no choice but to hide in the world. The battle for the crown prince has always been about unscrupulous means, and no one will let go of this opportunity to kill a powerful opponent.
Emperor Chengwu's doing this was also a test for his two sons. If Xuanle fell into Zhu Tianjiang's hands, Xuanzhu could fully see Zhu Tianjiang's true face, and it would even wake up some important officials in the court. Of course.
, Emperor Chengwu knew in his heart that Zhu Tianjiang did not dare to kill Xuan Le, and he would use Xuan Le in exchange for survival. Not to mention Li Yuer, the daughter of Prince Jing, as long as Guo Ying was still in the capital, Zhu Tianjiang would not do anything to him.
Xuan Le took action. On the other hand, if Zhu Tianjiang gave up military power safely, Xuan Le would definitely write the word "kill" and pass it to Nian Gang. The king had no joke, this word "kill" was equivalent to Emperor Chengwu giving it to Nian Gang.
The subordinate's death order. If Xuan Le really did this, in Emperor Cheng Wu's heart, he also had the ruthlessness to be an emperor. The position of crown prince must belong to him.
Time was running out, everything had been organized outside, and everyone was just waiting for Zhu Tianjiang's order. Official Zhu finally stopped and glanced at everyone's faces one by one.
"Zhu Yi, order brothers, leave the city and return to the capital~!" Zhu Tianjiang thought for a long time and finally gave the order.
Everyone felt disappointed. Zhu Tianjiang's order was tantamount to completely giving up military power outside the Pass, and also giving up the best opportunity to use Xuan Le to divide Dafeng.
Zhu Yi and others said nothing, and walked out of the compound silently and began to make arrangements for the itinerary. Zhu Tianjiang did not want the Tianlei artillery carriage to appear in front of Xuan Le. Most of Zhu Si's thousand soldiers and horses had already brought the artillery carriage with them.
He went to Horseshoe City in advance. Zhu Tianjiang returned to his room and wrote two lines of words as a farewell message to Xuan Le.
Outside the city of Coba, Xuan Le held Zhu Daguan's hand with a smile and sighed. The two of them whispered to each other from time to time, as if they were their own mothers. Chu Yun did not ride a horse, and he did not even bring a sword. He was
Waiting for Zhu Tianjiang's decision, there is no need to resist if he really takes action.
"Brother Tianjiang, when I, Xuan Le, return to Beijing in the future, it will be your turn to take care of me."
"Xuan Le, it's freezing outside the pass. Your body is a bit weak. Take care of yourself." Zhu Tianjiang said, holding Xuan Le's right hand with both hands and squeezing it hard.
Xuan Le was slightly startled and nodded without saying anything. Zhu Tianjiang laughed and said goodbye to Chu Yun. Watching the group of people go away, Chu Yun sighed in his heart. I don’t know why, but Chu Yun really wanted to let Zhu Yun go.
Tiansheng took control of the situation.
Xuan Le looked at Zhu Tianjiang's team disappearing from sight with his hands behind his back. He held a piece of paper in his right hand. This was what Zhu Tianjiang had handed to him when he held his right hand just now. The team that saw them off returned to the city.
After that, Xuan Le quietly opened the paper ball and took a look.
Looking at the two short lines of words above, Xuan Le's face turned pale, he looked around carefully, silently tore the paper into pieces and scattered them in the air.
Zhu Tianjiang's entourage was not large. In two inconspicuous cars, Lin Feng and Zhan Ling were sitting respectively. Zhu Tianjiang did not tell them what Chu Yun said. The two cars were just before leaving the city.
Join the ranks.
Zhu Tianjiang saw that Zhu Yi and others were all depressed and silent, and couldn't help but smile, "Why, they are all mute. It is rare for me to ride a horse and not talk to me."
"Sir, we are not big guys, and we are not so rude." Zhu Yi said indifferently.
"I'm in a bad mood and don't want to talk." Xia Qing also said.
Zhu Er and Zhu Si looked at each other and simply shut up without saying anything.
Zhu Tianjiang smiled and said, "I know you are angry. Do you think I, Zhu Tianjiang, am a little hesitant in doing things?"
"Sir, if you want to achieve great things, you must not have the heart of a woman. Now that you have lost this opportunity, what are you going to do next?" Zhu Er couldn't help but ask.
After Zhu Tianjiang heard this, he suddenly laughed twice, "If a man wants to dominate the world, he really cannot be indecisive. There is a saying in my memory, which is called 'It is better to take advantage of the courage to chase the poor bandits, and don't imitate the overlord's empty name'. This sentence
You don’t know who King Chu Ba is, but you should be able to understand the meaning. Don’t worry, let’s go back to the capital openly. The more this happens, the less Emperor Chengwu will dare to kill me. A little impatience will ruin the big plan, and it’s not done yet.
time."
Everyone wondered where Zhu Tianjiang had such confidence. What would you do if Xuanle returned to the capital and said that you harbored evil intentions? They even said that Emperor Chengwu sent an army to secretly execute you outside the capital.
You don't even have a chance to argue.
"Sir, since you have made your decision, our brothers will say nothing. Anyway, if something happens, we will all go to hell together." Xia Qing said with a wry smile.
"Brothers, don't be so sad. We haven't reached that point yet. By the way, I have a letter here. I will send someone to the Guishan City camp immediately and hand it over to General Qin Wei." Zhu Tianjiang said, taking the letter from his arms.
He took out a letter written in advance and handed it to Zhu Er.
Zhu Tianjiang and others traveled less than eighty miles and met up with the Tianlei artillery team that had arrived from Madi City in advance. Now that they had made the decision to return to Beijing, no one stopped trying to persuade them. Zhu Tianjiang sat down to occupy
In Ling's car, Zhan Ling began to tell Zhan Ling about the local customs and customs in Guan. He even did not hide the affairs of Guo Ying and Yu Gege. When he learned that Zhu Tianjiang had two confidante, Zhan Ling suddenly felt a surge in his heart.
Feeling sore, she repeatedly asked Zhu Tianjiang to promise her that she would not bully a foreigner. Otherwise, she would kill the two people with a red blood sword. Zhu Tianjiang thought to himself that he was so worried about family and national affairs, would he be able to do it in advance?
aging.
In Coba City, Xuan Le did not immediately go to Guishan City to take over the military power. In the study room in the backyard of the government office, two Anzi from Coba City's sticky pole stood aside silently waiting for the secret letter from His Highness Xuan Le. Wei Zhan had already
Notify all spies outside the customs that as soon as His Highness Xuan Le comes out of the customs, all secrets outside the customs must be reported to him at any time. Especially after Xuan Le meets Zhu Tianjiang, an extremely important secret letter will be delivered to the capital. Wei Zhan
For safety reasons, he ordered that this confidential letter must be delivered quickly. He also did this to prevent flying pigeons from making mistakes in delivering it.
The two sentences on Zhu Tianjiang's paper ball kept flashing in Xuan Le's mind. He didn't know whether he should let this opportunity pass. He knew that once Zhu Tianjiang died, Xuan Zhu would not be able to compete with him for the position of crown prince. But
He wrote the word "kill". If Zhu Tianliang could not die, then he would completely lose the battle for the crown prince.
Xuan Le felt that the pen in his hand was as heavy as a thousand pounds, and he couldn't make a decision after thinking for a long time. Xuan Le gritted his teeth and finally made up his mind.
The two secret men packed up the secret letter and sealed the wax lead on the spot, and hurriedly left the government office through the side door. As soon as the people at the sticky pole left, Xuan Le immediately ordered the army to be assembled and began to march towards Guishan City. Only the only one who had the military power in Guishan City was
, Xuan Le can truly become the master outside the pass. Before obtaining the military power of Wen Ruhai's army, no one can say whether Zhu Tianjiang took precautions.
There was a sense of depression in the camp outside Guishan City. Since Zhu Tianjiang left, all the generals seemed to have lost their backbone. The news that Xuan Le had arrived in Coba City had come, and Qin Wei and others knew that Wen Ruhai was about to leave this place.
A team.
The current northern camp is basically the 20,000 soldiers and horses brought by Wen Ruhai from the Zhennan camp, plus the canopy army recruited by Zhu Tianjiang during the Battle of the Capital. It can be said that this army was created by Zhu Tianjiang
, the officers and soldiers felt at ease in Wen Ruhai's hands, but when it was replaced by someone else, these officers and soldiers felt very uncomfortable.
Regardless of the fact that at Hukou Pass, Xuan Ming also served as the commander-in-chief of this army. However, at that time, Xuan Ming divided the army into two camps. Wen Ruhai still commanded this army, and Xuan Ming was only the nominal commander.
.It is different now. Once Wen Shuai leaves, military power will be completely in the hands of Xuan Le and Chu Yun. Although Chu Yun is also a famous general in Dafeng, no one in this team buys his account.
Xuan Le and Chu Yun led a mighty force of 10,000 people to the outside of Guishan City. There was no greeting ceremony outside Wen Ruhai Camp. This approach not only made Chu Yun look bad, but also made Xuan Le look bad.
The prince's contempt. Seeing this result, Xuan Le felt even more that the decision he made was the right one.
As an army general, Chu Yun understands these things very well. Any army that changes its commander will be dissatisfied with the new commander. After all, these people follow Wen Ruhai and live and die together, and they are the cavalry trained by him.
If it were Chu Yun, he would also be dissatisfied.
"Your Highness Xuan Le, this is the front line of the battlefield, not as good as the rear. If you didn't show up to greet the ceremony, you are also preparing for a sudden attack in Guishan City." Chu Yun quickly explained to Xuan Le. He was also worried that Xuan Le would do something to the soldiers because of this.
Dissatisfaction arises. This is the front line of the battle. If there is a rift between the generals, it will be a disaster for the entire camp.
"Don't worry, Mr. Chu. Although Xuan Le has never led an army, he admires these warriors in the army the most. Before coming here, my father has told me that all commanding powers in the army will be subject to your arrangements, Mr. Chu. Xuan Le's mission is,
I'm just trying to appease these fighting warriors for my father." Xuan Le looked at Chu Yun with a smile, he knew very well that he had to rely on Chu Yun if he wanted to win Guishan City.
Chu Yun nodded. It would be great if Xuan Le could understand. He was afraid that Xuan Le would use his identity as the young prince to give random orders and let the soldiers bleed and die in vain.
There was no ceremony outside the camp, but everything was arranged inside the camp. Wen Ruhai didn't want to see the tense situation between the two sides before he left. With his insistence, Qin Wei, Fan Rong and others lined up in front of the coach's tent.
The welcoming ceremony was held.
Xuan Le walked into the camp as usual and saw the generals standing in front of the commander's tent. Chu Yun and Xuan Le walked over side by side.
Wen Ruhai was injured and had been sitting on the handsome chair. Seeing Xuan Le and Chu Yun coming over, Wen Ruhai reluctantly stood up.
Xuan Le hurriedly ran a few steps and supported Wen Ruhai, "Commander Wen is injured, so there is no need to be so polite. Although Xuan Le has a royal status, he is also your junior. All generals are not afraid of life and death to encircle and suppress the rebels."
The thief Zhou Yantian, Xuan Le, on behalf of my father, bows to everyone." Xuan Le said, clasping his fists with both hands, and bowed deeply to the two rows of generals in thanks.
The tense faces of the generals finally relaxed. These generals on horseback are not afraid of the hard ones, but the soft ones. Unlike the officials in the capital, no one of these people can guarantee whether they will still be alive in the next battle.
So they don't care about Xuan Le's identity at all.
Wen Ruhai laughed twice, "You're welcome, little prince. General Chu Yun, I'm relieved to leave these brothers to you."
Chu Yun looked at everyone with a majestic look, nodded silently and said, "As expected of Brother Tianxin's old team, they are all good. Old Wen, go back and recover from your injuries. I am just temporarily helping you lead the team.
"
Qin Wei came over at this time, clasped his fists and said, "Qin Wei leads the generals of the northern camp to greet His Royal Highness Xuan Le and Lord Chu."
Qin Wei is currently acting as the head coach, and all handovers must be completed by him. Qin Wei let Xuan Le and Chu Yun into the tent, and the first thing Chu Yun did was to read out the documents from the Ministry of War.
The two sides handed over the commander's seal in a solemn atmosphere. In name, Chu Yun was in charge of the northern camp. But everyone knew that the actual person in charge was His Highness Xuan Le. Chu Yun knew even better that the commander's seal was a dead thing and could not be obtained.
Without the support of all the generals, this battle could not be fought.
Wen Ruhai had already made preparations. Half a day after the handover was completed, he left the camp under the escort of a team of a hundred people. Xuan Le personally sent Chu Yun and Qin Wei out of the camp gate.
But it was sent ten miles away.
Watching Wen Ruhai's carriage disappear, Qin Wei and Chu Yun looked at each other on the horse. Chu Yun smiled and was about to talk to his deputy when Qin Wei spoke first.
"Master Chu, when you were the commander of the camp in the suburbs of Beijing, I, Qin Wei, was just a cavalry guard in the Zhennan camp. Later, by chance, I followed Master Zhu Tianjiang to relieve the difficulties in the capital, and was rewarded by the emperor as a general.
.At present, the officers and soldiers in the northern camp can be said to admire Commander Wen and are grateful to Zhu Tianjiang. Without Zhu Tianjiang, these generals might still be ordinary officers like Biao Tong. Therefore, everyone obeys Master Zhu's words.
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Speaking of this, Qin Wei took out a letter from his arms, "Before Mr. Chu came, I just received a letter from Mr. Zhu. There are some things I can't say more. I hope Mr. Chu will destroy this letter after reading it.
!" Qin Wei handed the letter to Chu Yun and ran forward with a dozen horses.
Chu Yun opened the letter in confusion, and after reading it, Chu Yun sighed. It seemed that this boy from Tianjiang still wanted to take the risk of returning to Beijing, but life and death were left to him. Chu Yun smiled bitterly, he felt that he simply
I shouldn't have accepted this job. If I had known this, I would have just pretended to be sick and not come.