Now the efficiency of the Ming court is still relatively high, and it is the slack season now, so by the 20th, the 20 guards to be mobilized out of the 48 guards in the capital are fully ready to go.? ? The other six to be mobilized
Individual guards, Yangzhou guards near the capital, and state guards are almost ready.
Yunxi decided to let Cao Zhen command the troops from the various guards in the capital to go out first. Along the way, he could also take the Hezhou guards, Fengyang Zhongwei and the left-behind Zhongwei to Xuzhou.
The general in charge of the army, Yunxi, has already chosen Cao Zhen and will not change again. The general Yunxi below feels that these commanders are enough, and there are also a few princes sent out, which is almost enough.
However, Yunxi, a middle- and low-level general, had a lot of people packed in. They were all students from the martial arts hall. Even if they were arranged not to join the army but to serve as thousands or hundreds of households, but as decorations in the headquarters, Yunxi still wanted them to go.
In addition, Yunxi also stuffed two people into the counter-rebellion army.
One of them is Chang Sheng's eldest son, Chang Jizong. Before Chang Sheng's mother, Chang Mu, told Yunxi to give the Chang family a chance to train Chang Jizong. Although Chang Sheng felt sorry for his eldest son, before his mother died,
He told him that if there was a chance, he would definitely let Chang Jizong go to fight. At the same time, Chang Sheng also had other sons, so he told Yunxi about this matter after the counter-rebellion army started to be organized, and let Chang Jizong enter.
Military training.
The second person who was thrust into the army was Lan Zhen. As one of the most promising young Ming generals, Lan Zhen had commanded tens of thousands of troops to pursue the Mongols, but that time he had already determined the opponent.
Due to the location and the terrain on the grassland, there was no possibility of hiding, so it could only show some aspects of Lan Zhen's talents, but it was not yet certain whether Lan Zhen was a real general. So Yunxi asked him to learn from Cao Zhen.
In addition, Chang Sheng was sent by Yunxi to Fengyang to take charge of the army's logistics. Yunxi still felt that it would be better for his mother's natal brothers to be of some use.
As for another very important relative, his father-in-law Xue Ning, Yunxi once considered whether to let him go to war, but Xiyao himself declined, and Yunxi did not consider it.
However, it was not that no one raised objections. Yunxi, Yunxi’s younger brother, found Yunxi the next day after learning that Yunxi had asked Ji Ye and others to lead troops to fight, and said: "Brother, why don’t you let me go?"
Leading troops to fight?"
Yunxi said: "You are still young, study hard in the school for a few more years, and then the emperor will let you go to fight."
Yunzhen said: "Brother Emperor, I am not young anymore. I am already fifteen. According to royal practice, I have already been crowned."
Yunxi said: "When a man reaches the age of twenty, although according to the clan's rules we are crowned earlier than the common people, you are still underage and cannot go to war."
"Moreover, you are not even married, and you have no children. If there is any problem, how can I explain it to my father?"
The reason why Yunxi actually didn't let Yunxian go to the battlefield was that he only liked martial arts, whether it was horsemanship or ground skills, but he didn't like military strategy. Then he could only be a person who leads troops to charge, that is
It is possible to die in battle.
Yunxi could not let his brother die in battle when he had no children. If Yunxi really died on the battlefield now, there would definitely be many rumors about Yunxi. It would be good for the Confucianism that Yunxi wanted to maintain.
There will also be troubles on one side.
In the end, although Yunzhen was still unwilling, he could only go back unhappy.
Another change was that Gao Xu suddenly had a fever on September 19. It is said that he drank too much at night. When he was sleeping, he rolled out of bed and his stomach was down, and then he fell asleep and became cold, and then he had a fever.
Naturally, Yunxi could not let the sick Gao Xu go to war. After Yunxi asked Gao Xu personally, he exempted Gao Xu from going to fight. Gao Xu himself also acted very regretful and kept holding on to Yunxi.
He held his hand and said: "Brother, as soon as I recover from my illness, I will go to fight! This is a fighting opportunity that I finally got."
Of course Yunxi said: "Okay, okay, brother Huang will leave you a chance. As long as you recover from your illness, I will let you go to fight."
But after coming out of Prince Gaoyang's Mansion, Yunxi was thinking: 'Did Gao Xu become ill on purpose?'
'Gao Xu's illness came too suddenly and was too strange. Although it makes sense logically, I always feel that something is not right.'
Yunxi then found Qin Song and asked him to conduct some investigations into the Gaoyang Palace. The name was to investigate whether someone in the palace was plotting against Zhu Gaoxu. However, Qin Song understood what Yunxi actually meant.
On the morning of the 21st, a ceremony was held in the northern suburbs of the capital to send off the generals for battle. Yunxi did not like complicated ceremonies, especially those related to passing the war. History has proved that too many bells and whistles in the army will have the opposite effect.
It will weaken the combat effectiveness of the army.
Therefore, Yunxi simplified the etiquette except for the ceremony of giving the festival ax in Fengtian Hall and the ceremony of building a temple and shrine, so that he could complete the etiquette early today and let Cao Zhen go on the expedition.
But when Yunxi was talking to Cao Zhen, a person who looked like a messenger rushed near the stage, and then seemed to be saying something to the people nearby.
Then this man called Yunxi's bodyguard Li Bo over. Then Li Bo walked up to the stage and said softly to Yunxi: "Your Majesty, there is an urgent report from Shandong that Jinan was captured by Cheng Ni on the 14th."
Yunxi then said to Cao Zhen: "Cao Zhen, I just got the news that Jinan was captured by Cheng Ni on the 14th."
Cao Zhen was not surprised by this. He immediately said: "Your Majesty, Jinan City has fallen on the 14th, and Dongping Prefecture will probably not be able to survive on the 18th. Although Yanzhou City's three guards are basically intact, I don't think they can defend it.
The city is too long."
"When I lead my army to the north, it will take at least ten days to bring everyone to Xuzhou. By that time, it is estimated that Yanzhou and Jining have already been lost, so I thought it would be safer to take the loss of Yanzhou as the premise."
But Yunxi's confidence in Yanzhou City far exceeded Cao Zhen's imagination. Yunxi said: "General Cao, Yanzhou City will not be lost! Let's make plans based on the fact that Yanzhou City has not been lost!"
Although Cao Zhen was very dissatisfied with Yun Hei's confidence, he didn't dare to show it on his face. He just lowered his head and agreed.
However, after Cao Zhen officially led his troops on the expedition, Cao Zhen decided to make plans from both perspectives, and not just make plans based on the condition that Yanzhou City was not lost.
Three days later, on the 24th, a horse galloped into the capital of the Ming Dynasty. After that, he continued to gallop through the city until he arrived in front of the Gaoyang County Prince's Mansion. The man on the horse dismounted and immediately asked the gatekeeper.
: "Can His Royal Highness the Prince of Gaoyang be in the mansion?"