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 state of panic for many years.
Ever since he conquered Beiping, he has never been so uneasy even when faced with the intrusion of the Meng 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, it would be better for me to 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 a confidant.
There is not even 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.
"Your Majesty, this is a great gift. We, an old man with no soldiers and no power, 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 bear this courtesy 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, you should 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 Grand Governor of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion did this. It's only my fault that the emperor brother didn't know people well and let that yellow-mouthed kid Tang Ding steal the high position!"
"If the commander-in-chief can still remember that Zhu Di has served the commander-in-chief before and after, and is willing to help Zhu Di, Zhu Di's army will be chosen by the commander-in-chief!"
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.
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 it? 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, sighing deliberately: "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 lowering his profile and calling him commander-in-chief, he no longer stopped him. For him, this title is 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!"
"Commander..."
"Your Majesty..."
The two looked at each other and clasped their hands tightly together, showing a deep and affectionate posture.
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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, and now he began to doubt in his heart. Is Feng Sheng here to help him, or is he sent by Zhu Biao?
Yao Guangxiao also frowned. Once Fu Youde came to Peking and took over the Yanshan Guards, wouldn't they be completely powerless to resist?
Feng Sheng slowly explained: "Your Majesty, 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. .”
"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 was really prepared for this, but Feng Sheng said it to him unexpectedly.
"Then...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."
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"Oh? Marshal, can you tell me more about it?" Zhu Di felt excited.
Zhu Di has two biggest concerns about dealing with Fu Youde. One is what I just mentioned, it is not easy to assassinate Fu Youde.
The other one is the one hundred thousand army. Although Liu Zhen is the deputy general, those one hundred thousand people are not dead. Fu Youde's death would easily arouse their common hatred. At that time, they might even fight Zhu Di, let alone recover.
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-in-chief really has a clever plan!"
Yao Guangxiao couldn't help but pursed his lips when he saw Zhu Di's behavior. You must know that in the past, the prince's compliments were all directed at him.
Unexpectedly, after Feng Sheng arrived, he would no longer be qualified to listen.
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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 has received the imperial edict, the emperor finally made up his mind to let him take over Beiping City and Yanshan Guard. Fu Youde immediately sneered, called for the generals, and then broke out of camp and commanded the army towards Peiping.
In his opinion, the emperor should have done this long ago. Now that the grassland has been pacified, why does King Yan still have hundreds of thousands of troops under his command? We should have cut off the Yanshan Guards long ago and let King Yan become the Prince of Taiping.
???????????????Fu Youde led the army to Peking 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. Why was he 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 embarrassment appeared 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: "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 simple. If he still followed the original plan, he might not be 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 in public, saying that Fu Youde had worked hard and accomplished in guarding the border for many years, and that Fu Youde was extremely grateful for sending troops to save him in danger many times, etc.
In short, he praised Fu Youde all the way, as if he was a flower!
Fu Youde couldn't detect any problem here, and Zhu Di told the truth, which slowly made him feel happy. In the end, he and Zhu Di even laughed warmly and talked about it, looking like they were having a great time talking.
Unexpectedly, Zhu Di changed his tone, pointed at the deputy generals and vanguard generals under Fu Youde, and scolded them all as useless.
