"Then how did you know that he had colluded with Lao Si?" Zhu Biao turned his head and looked at Han Du.
Han Du raised his head slightly and looked from the city gate to the tower above.
He had prepared his words a long time ago and said with a calm smile: "Actually, I didn't expect it to be him at first. When I was in Xuzhou, I discovered that the Yan army knew me very well. If I hadn't entrusted all the defense to Marquis Changxing, maybe Without Zhu Di blowing up the Yellow River embankment, the city of Xuzhou would have fallen long ago."
"When I arrive in the capital, I will start investigating the matter."
Zhu Biao took a deep breath and exhaled slowly: "After you returned to Beijing, you found out that I asked Li Jinglong to take charge of the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion, so you thought it was him?"
"Yes, it is precisely because of this that I noticed Li Jinglong." Han Du nodded slightly, indicating that this was the case, "But this is not enough to prove that Li Jinglong and Zhu Di colluded, until... ..."
"Until Li Jinglong takes the initiative to ask for orders to guard Jinchuan Gate?" Zhu Biao said immediately without being polite.
"Yes." Han Du responded in a low mood, "He is Cao Guogong and the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion. He doesn't sit in the Governor's Mansion and plan the whole plan. Isn’t it too strange that the defense of the capital actually invited Ying to guard a small Jinchuan Gate?”
In fact, what Han Du said was just to find some seemingly reasonable reasons to persuade Zhu Biao. Li Jinglong's real problem is that he knows that he will open the Jinchuan Gate for Zhu Di. There was no way to explain this to Zhu Biao, he could only know it himself, Han Du added silently in his heart.
But in Zhu Biao's opinion, these evidences are enough. Li Jinglong, a prince, has to come to guard Jinchuan Gate. This is the biggest unreasonable thing.
Zhu Biao glanced at the top of the city and asked preparedly: "There should be a lot of Yan troops outside the city now, right?"
Han Du was silent for a moment and said directly: "Yes."
Zhu Biao looked at Han Du again and asked proactively, "What do you think I should do?"
Without hesitation, Han Du said seriously: "I think the emperor should go to the city wall and stand with the soldiers."
Zhu Biao smiled, very satisfied with Han Du's opinion, and nodded with a smile: "Okay! Just in time, I haven't seen the fourth child for a long time, so I should ask him what he wants to do?"
His tone was relaxed, not at all panicking about impending disaster, but rather as unmoving as Mount Tai.
...
When Zhu Di saw the signal sent by Li Jinglong, he excitedly led the army to press forward, but he did not see any sign of the city gate opening for a long time.
He couldn't help but murmur in his heart, was Li Jinglong lying to himself?
This is impossible! Zhu Di shook his head.
Not to mention his close relationship with Li Jinglong, if Li Jinglong wanted to lie to him, why would he write letters one after another to tell him the truth about the Ming army?
You know, these are all written by Li Jinglong himself. Once he loses, it will be his evidence! When the time comes, the emperor will definitely not let him go, and he will inevitably die!
Without this evidence, Zhu Di would not believe Li Jinglong easily.
But now, there is no movement at the city gate.
Just when Zhu Di was confused, he saw a figure wearing a bright yellow dragon robe slowly walking up to the top of Jinchuan Gate.
Looking at the somewhat fat figure, the smile on Zhu Di's face gradually disappeared and became extremely solemn.
Zhu Biao stood in the middle of the tower and looked at Zhu Di's cap in the distance. Although Zhu Di's armor was not much different from that of others, Zhu Biao couldn't see clearly Zhu Di's appearance and could only see the shadowy figure.
But he knew that the person under his command was Zhu Di!
An emperor, a prince! After many years, the two brothers met in this situation.
I am afraid that before this, none of them had imagined the scene of meeting like this today.
Han Du saw with his own eyes that the Yan army was all pressing forward. Although he was careful not to enter the range of the cannon, he was completely within the range of the fire dragon cannon.
"Your Majesty, don't miss this God-given opportunity!" Han Du was so nervous that his voice was hoarse, and he looked at Zhu Biao expectantly.
Zhu Biao didn't react for a moment and looked at Han Du doubtfully.
Han Du stepped forward quickly and whispered three words: "Fire Dragon Cannon!"
Fire Dragon Cannon!
Zhu Biao suddenly turned his head and glanced at Yan Jun who was close at hand, and couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart.
This position...this distance...seems like it can be completely covered by the Fire Dragon Cannon!
The right time, the right place and the right people, such a perfect moment could appear so timely. If he didn't hit him, Zhu Biao would feel uncomfortable all over.
Immediately understanding what Han Du meant, Zhu Biao took a deep breath and nodded with great satisfaction: "Go ahead, I'll chat with the Fourth Brother here!"
Han Du immediately stooped down the city wall, galloped towards the fire dragon cannon array.
The Fire Dragon Cannon position is between Jinchuan Gate and Shence Gate. Han Du found Lin Mo and Tao Qian who were in charge here.
"How are you preparing?"
Lin Mo handed over first.
Han Du waved his hand quickly and said, "The situation is urgent, so stop talking. How are you prepared?"
Lin Mo immediately replied: "Sir, all the fire dragon cannons from the Ordnance Bureau have been moved here."
That's good, Han Du felt slightly relieved.
Then he looked at Tao Qian, "Where are your people? How are they prepared?"
"All the fire dragon cannons are already in place, waiting for the master's order." Tao Qian bowed slightly.
"Okay!" Han Du quickly motioned to Tao Qian to take out the terrain map and point it upwards. "Wait for my order in a moment. All the fire dragon cannons will be fired here."
"All?" Lin Mo's eyes widened in surprise.
"All of them, no one left!" Han Du gritted his teeth.
"Yes!" Both of them raised their hands.
Han Du returned to the Jinchuan Gate Tower again and unexpectedly found many officials here, including envoys from vassal states.
Taking a few steps forward and walking to Zhu Biao's side, Han Du lowered his head and said softly: "Your Majesty."
Zhu Biao glanced sideways at Han Du and asked with a warm smile: "Are you all ready?"
"Ready, just wait for the emperor's order!" Han Du nodded heavily.
At this time, Zhu Di saw Han Du coming out and shouted loudly: "Brother Emperor, I have no choice but to raise the army. There are traitors in the court, so this move is also out of necessity!"
Zhu Biao smiled faintly and replied loudly: "Who is the traitor you are talking about?"
"It's none other than Han Du who is beside the emperor!" Zhu Di suddenly pointed at Han Du, his eyes widened and he gritted his teeth.
His hatred for Han Du is overwhelming and cannot be eliminated. Han Du must die! "Then what do you want? If you bring hundreds of thousands of troops to the capital, I won't kill Han Du and you will retreat back to Peking, right?" Zhu Biao asked with a strange expression.
Zhu Di's expression froze. He just killed Han Du and wanted him to retreat. This was of course impossible. But the reason why he raised the army was that there was a traitor in the court, and this traitor was Han Du.
If Han Du dies, then he will naturally have no reason to raise troops to suppress the situation. If he does not withdraw his troops, the world may accuse him of having ulterior motives.
This was a fatal flaw for Zhu Di, who wanted to occupy the great righteousness.
Han Du burst into laughter immediately, "If King Yan is willing to withdraw his troops immediately, Han Du will let you handle it, how about it?"
Knowing that in the current situation, it was impossible for Zhu Di to retreat, Han Du dared to use this to counterattack him boldly.
Zhu Di didn't know how to answer. If he agreed and Zhu Biao really killed Han Du, what would he do? Do we really want to withdraw our troops and return to Peking?
In order to raise the army, he promised countless benefits and gathered so many people. If the benefits cannot be realized, the people under his command will be enough to eat him alive.
Seeing Zhu Di in a dilemma, Feng Sheng immediately rode forward to rescue him: "Your Majesty, you and King Yan are brothers. Let's talk about anything. We are still a family. As long as the emperor opens the city gate, King Yan will naturally not embarrass the emperor!"
The moment Zhu Biao saw Feng Sheng, his face turned green with anger.
"Feng Sheng! You are such a wolf-hearted person, you actually have the nerve to persuade the emperor." Han Du immediately accused loudly, "When you were convicted and imprisoned, if the emperor and I had not risked their lives to plead for you in front of the late emperor, you would have been imprisoned long ago. If you are beheaded, how can you have the chance to sing in this period?"
"As a human subject, you conspired to usurp the throne, which is disloyal; if you are kind and don't think about repaying it, you are unjust! Your sin is so serious that heaven and earth will not tolerate it! You are an unfaithful and unjust person who does not think about the kindness of the king, friends and righteousness. , I have never seen such a shameless person!"
After Feng Sheng heard this, his chest filled with anger. He felt a surge of energy and blood, had a splitting headache, vomited blood, screamed, and fell off his horse.
When Zhu Di looked down, he saw Feng Sheng's eyes widened and motionless, as if he had stopped breathing.
Zhu Di was shocked when he saw this and wanted to retreat.
Unable to control himself, he reined in his horse and took two steps back, shouting in fear: "Handu, don't be complacent. When I conquer this city, I will cut your body into pieces and execute you in Lingchi!"
Feng Sheng was so scolded by him that he vomited blood. Han Du's spirit suddenly perked up. He still had the ability to be so verbal and quarrelsome?
Seeing Zhu Di's nonsense, Han Du responded loudly: "Do you think you will win? Zhu Di, today I will show you the true power of firearms!"
Han Du suddenly turned around, looked at the envoy of a vassal state, and sneered: "I know that some of you are dissatisfied with the Ming Dynasty, and are even deeply hostile. But I am here to give you a friendly advice, regardless of whether you are dissatisfied or not. , regardless of hostility, when facing Daming, show me a smile! Otherwise, you will be responsible for the consequences!"
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When the envoys heard this, many of them looked dissatisfied. In their view, King Yan's army can break the city at any time, and Han Du's threat is as weak and ridiculous as the struggle before death. Of course they will not be afraid!
But Han Du ignored the envoy, drew out the sword from his waist, and drew a signal to fire.
Shouted loudly:
"Gentlemen, listen to the dragon's roar!"
