"What did you say!" After Zhu Di heard the news of Tan Ma's report, he reached out and grabbed Tan Ma's clothes and pulled him up from the ground. He shouted: "Say it again!"
Tan Ma trembled and said: "Your Highness, there is already a large army stationed in Nanpi County in the north. The banners are the three guards of the King of Liao and the left and right guards of Yongqing. The commander is Yang Wen, the governor of Liaodong Dusi."
It turned out that after Yang Wen led his troops to land at Caofeidian, they first went west to Jinghai County. Then Yang Wen thought: 'Since King Yan's army went south, why don't I go and capture Beiping Prefecture first?' So Yang Wen led his troops from Jinghai.
The county is heading north to attack Beiping Prefecture.
On the way to Yongqing County, I almost got into trouble with the Yongqing left and right guards when I received an order from Zhu Zhi: tell him not to attack Peiping, but to go south to stop the Yan army from moving north.
Yang Wen could only lead his troops southward, and because he had resolved the misunderstanding with the Yongqing left and right guards, Yang Wen brought the Yongqing left and right guards over in order to increase his momentum.
Zhu Di released his hand holding Tan Ma's collar, and after a while he said: "You go down." Tan Ma hurriedly went down as if he had been granted amnesty.
In addition to Zhu Di, there were Dao Yan, Zhu Neng and many others in the big tent, but the tent was eerily quiet. Originally there were pursuers from Dezhou to the south of them, and pursuers led by Xu Huizu to the west, and then
Now there is another obstacle to the north. They have been surrounded on three sides and are almost in a dead end.
After a long time, Zhu Neng said: "It turns out that Xu Huizu knew that there was a large army blocking us in the north, so he was not in a hurry to fight with us and hold us back."
"Now we can only use 'go home' as an incentive to let the soldiers fight hard and fight bloody battles. As the saying goes, do not stop the soldiers from returning to the army, the soldiers will definitely fight with all their strength. Besides, we all know that Yang Wen is not a general who can fight.
You can rush over!"
Zhu Di said softly: "This is all we can do now. Go and order the soldiers and tell them that no matter what happens in the future, they must defeat the army in the north and go home!"
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At the same time, in the camp of pursuers coming from Dezhou, Lan Zhen said to Yunxi: "Your Majesty, the Yan army is now surrounded on three sides. Escape to the east is just to linger but will greatly reduce morale, so it will definitely happen."
Go north with all your strength to attack Yang Wen's army."
"But when the time comes, Xu Huizu's troops in the west and the army coming from the south can take advantage of the Yan army to attack the three guards of the Liao king. The Yan army has few soldiers, so it will inevitably lose sight of one thing and put down the rebellion. It is just around the corner."
After receiving the news from Lan Zhen about retaking Dezhou and annihilating Lu Yuan's army, Yunxi took Cao Zhen and Zhu Shou as commanders, leaving tens of thousands of troops coming from Qingzhou to stay under Jinan City to besiege Jinan, and then he himself
He and Zhang Wen and others led an army of 10,000 people to the north, and two days ago they caught up with the pursuers led by Lan Zhen and joined them.
Yunxi said: "Although it is a must-win situation at this time, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are all killed after killing. If they died in the battle against Mongolia and others, they would have deserved their death, but they died during the rebellion.
Isn’t it a pity to win?”
"So, if we can persuade the Yan army to surrender, it is better to persuade them to surrender."
Lan Zhen said hesitantly: "But Your Majesty, His Highness the King of Yan may not surrender, unless Your Majesty continues to make His Highness the King of Yan, but..." Lan Zhen did not finish what he said, but everyone understood what he meant.
Yunxi said: "Whether Fourth Uncle will surrender or not, there are always two considerations. One is the odds of winning, and the other is what will happen after surrendering."
"Although the rebel Yan army has almost no chance of winning now, they are still surrounded on three sides and have the possibility of breaking out from the north. The army of the three guards of King Yan are homesick and may not be able to break through Yang Wen's army. Although they can't break through Yang Wen's army even if they escape back to Peking.
There is a chance of winning, but we won’t surrender until we are completely cornered.”
"The other thing is the fate. When Uncle Wang in Nanchang was captured for trying to rebel, he was put under house arrest and died. The fourth uncle probably thought that he would end up like this in the future, so he didn't want to surrender."
"So now we need to completely dispel their confidence in breaking through the obstacles and returning to Peiping. Then I will send envoys to persuade them to surrender. I will definitely be able to persuade my uncle to surrender."
Is it possible, Your Majesty, that you can give other conditions to persuade us to surrender? Countless people thought so when they heard Yunxi say, ‘I can definitely persuade my fourth uncle to surrender’, but no one expressed their doubts.
Yunxi didn't care about their doubtful expressions, and said to Zhu Zhi: "Uncle Fifteen, although Yang Wen is not a mediocre general, he is definitely not as good as Uncle Wang in using troops. Uncle Fifteen is used to commanding the three guards of the King of Liao."
Uncle Fifteen hurriedly detoured from the west and returned to the three guards of the King of Liao to command the battle."
Zhu Zhi saluted and said, "I will definitely not let the Yan army pass!" Then he wanted to set off.
But Yunxi said again: "Fifteenth uncle, don't be anxious, I still have some instructions."
Then Yunxi turned to Zhu Gaoxu and said, "Gaoxu, is the accent in Yongqing the same as the accent in Daxing and Wanping County in Beiping City?" Because in later generations, the dialects of Beiping and Tianbo were very different from those of nearby places.
Yes, he has this question.
Zhu Gaoxu said: "Brother Emperor, in the entire Baobei Chief Envoy Department, except Daming Prefecture in the south and Guangping Prefecture in the south, the accent is similar to Henan Prefecture, Beiping Prefecture, Yong'an Prefecture, Xuanfu, Baoding Prefecture, and Hejian Prefecture in the north are Zhending.
The accents of the prefectures and other places are similar. Yongqing County is under the jurisdiction of Beiping Prefecture, and there is almost no difference between the accents of the people in Beiping City."
The later Peking dialect was formed after the Chinese accent spoken by the Eight Banners of the Manchu Qing Dynasty merged with the local accent after the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs. The Tianbao accent was formed after Zhu Di ascended the throne and established the Tianbao Three Guards because the soldiers of the three guards were all from (Southern China).
) were transferred from the Zhili area, so the accents in these places are still similar to those nearby.
Yunxi didn't know much about how the accents in these two places were formed, but that didn't matter now. He only needed to know that the accents were similar. Yunxi turned his head and said to Zhu Zhi: "Come up with your ears." Then he whispered to Zhu Zhi.
After Zhi explained the strategy, he said: "If we follow this plan in the evening, we will definitely make the morale of the Yan army plummet."
Zhu Zhi thought for a while and praised: "Your Majesty's clever plan is beyond my reach." Then he bowed and left the tent.
Yunxi then said to Lan Zhen, Zhang Wen and others: "Set up the camp and don't let your fourth uncle steal the camp. However, there is no need to make preparations for an attack. Send an order to Xu Huizu so that he does not need to make preparations for an attack."
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Everyone was puzzled, but since Yunxi had given the order, they could only agree. Afterwards, seeing that Yunxi had no other instructions, they bowed and left.
After they all left, Yunxi asked Wang Xi, who had been standing behind him, "Is that thing ready?"
Wang Xi said: "Your Majesty, it will be ready this afternoon."
Yunxi breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Now that all the preparations have been made, plus the conditions I gave to the fourth uncle, as long as the fourth uncle is not obsessed with phlegm and insists on fighting to the end, I can definitely persuade him to surrender.
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Yunxi, who breathed a sigh of relief, ordered again: "Go ahead and call Yang Shiqi over."
After a while, Yang Shiqi came, and Yunxi smiled at him and said: "Now the overall situation of quelling the rebellion has been decided. If we look at the process, although Yang Qing did not lead the troops in a bloody battle, Yang Qing's use of the strategy of 'rewarding the army to save the country' has made great contributions."
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"If Yang Qing hadn't pretended to be the magistrate of Wuqiao County and personally led people to send cattle, sheep, and pigs to the Yan army as rewards, the fourth uncle would not have been suspicious. Then the Yan army must have entered Dezhou City before Lan Zhen led the troops to capture Dezhou City. In that case,
Not only can Dezhou City be unable to be captured, but it also depends on whether the army led by Lu Yuan can be defeated and whether the army led by Lan Zhen can retreat intact, so Yang Qing can be said to have taken great credit."
Yang Shiqi immediately bowed and said: "Your Majesty, you are praising me unreasonably. I have only made a small contribution. How can I be praised by Your Majesty like this?"
Yunxi said: "You don't have to say that. I have always rewarded you for your merits and punished you for your mistakes. After the rebellion is completely put down, I will definitely reward you according to your merits."
Yang Shiqi was about to continue to evade, when suddenly Song Qingshu, the guard guarding the tent, walked in and said: "Your Majesty, please report the river disaster urgently."
Yunxi stretched out his hand to signal Yang Shiqi to stop talking, and then said to Song Qingshu: "Let the messenger come in."
Not long after, the messenger came in and knelt down to salute. When Yunxi saw it, he saw that it was Jian Yi, the patrol censor he had sent to Henan before.
Yunxi said: "Why did Jian Qing become a messenger? What happened in Henan?"
Jian Yi said: "Your Majesty, this is a letter of apology from His Highness the King of Zhou."
"A few days ago, someone in Kaifeng City suddenly spread rumors that His Highness King Yan had rebelled, and His Highness King Zhou was going to raise troops to respond."
"At that time, people in Kaifeng were panic-stricken. Fortunately, His Royal Highness the King of Zhou made a decisive decision and immediately handed over all authority. Cao Xing, the commander-in-chief of the Henan capital, and Zhao Haode, the chief envoy of the Henan capital, and the chief envoy Siyou, Zhao Haode, performed their duties on their behalf.
It would be better in vain to arrest those who spread rumors in the city."
"Then after it was found out that His Highness King Yan sent people to spread rumors, His Highness King Zhou hurriedly sent ministers to apologize to His Majesty. This is His Highness King Zhou's apology document. Please see it." Jian Yi took out a document and handed it to him.
He handed it to Yang Shiqi, and Yang Shiqi handed it to Yunxi.
But Yunxi threw it aside without even looking at it, and said, "How can I not believe my fifth uncle? Go back and tell your fifth uncle to reassure him that I will not blame him at all."
Then Yunxi thought for a while and said, "Forget it. I'll send someone else to send a message to my fifth uncle. You stay and wait to return to Beijing with me."
Jian Yi said, "It's useless for me to stay here. It's better to go back to the river. Besides, your majesty sent your ministers to leave the capital before to patrol the country to check the government. It has not been completed yet. It was only temporarily stopped because of the rebellion."
Returning to Henan to deliver a message to His Royal Highness the King of Zhou can also continue to investigate the local officials."
Seeing that what he said was reasonable, Yunxi said, "In that case, just go back to Henan."
Jian Yi bowed and left.
Seeing this, Yang Shiqi also said: 'Your Majesty, minister...'
Before he finished speaking, Yunxi interrupted him and said, "You are different. After the rebellion is put down, I will reward you based on your merits, so you stay here! We will discuss other matters after we discuss your merits and reward you."