"Your Majesty, the sound of gunfire seems to be coming from the direction of Changui Gate!"
Liu Wenbing heard the sound of cannons, and after Zhu Yuanzhang's signal, he went out to check, and then came in to report.
"Changgui Gate?"
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and pondered for a while, then said: "The Changyi Gate has just been adjusted. Jin Xuan may not be able to calm down this time."
"Xin Lehou, you immediately rush to Zhangyi Gate and take charge. If the opponent is just feigning an attack, ignore him. Don't expose your true strength."
Liu Wenbing responded respectfully and hurried out.
Seeing this, Shen Zhanran said with some worry: "Your Majesty, the rebels have just suffered a setback and their morale has not been restored. Logically speaking, they will not launch a meaningless attack."
"This time they forcibly attacked Zhangyimen, and Zhang Jinyan's dead soldiers were also ambushing near Zhangyimen. Could it be that they were attacking in the east and west to deliberately attract our attention, and what they really wanted to open was Deshengmen or other cities? Door?"
Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a while and said: "Soldiers are deceitful, and those who are good at using soldiers can turn the imaginary into reality, or the reality into imaginary, but no matter how it changes, military strength is the foundation."
"When it comes to military strength, whether it's Li Mou's confession, today's siege situation, or Li Laiheng's ambush, the target is all at Changui Gate, so we think the rebels are most likely to attack Changui Gate."
"Therefore, we still have to focus on Zhangyi Gate. Of course, other gates cannot be ignored. You quickly go to the Minister of War, Wang Jiayan, and ask him to strengthen the patrols of each gate. If there is any abnormality, report it immediately!"
After Shen Zhanran agreed respectfully, he hurriedly walked out.
"Are you trying to make an attack in the east or in the west, or are you trying to confuse the public?"
"Liu Zongmin is at Zhangyi Gate, and Li Guo is at Desheng Gate. Although both of them are Li Zicheng's confidants, Liu Zongmin has been on the battlefield for a long time and should be more capable than Li Guo, not to mention he has more troops."
"But the art of war is all about winning by surprise. Would Li Zicheng deliberately do the opposite?"
"And he knows about the arrests of Li Mou and Lady Hong. He should also know that we are aware of his plan. Will he change his strategy temporarily?"
"But it has been more than two or three days since Li Laiheng and others entered the city. The arrest of Li Mou and others happened not long ago. Even if Li Thief knew about it, he should know that he could not change his plan in a hurry..."
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned, dodged Fang Bu back and forth, and kept deducing.
Suddenly, he stopped and shouted outside: "Here comes someone!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a little eunuch ran in tremblingly and stood up with a bow.
Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at the young eunuch and said: "Immediately pass on our orders, tell the rebels to attack the city, and advance the curfew by half an hour!"
The young eunuch was originally worried that Zhu Yuanzhang would be angry with him because of the rebel army's attack on the city. Now that he heard that it was just a decree, he felt much relieved. He responded in a hurry and ran out in a hurry.
At this moment, the sound of gunfire also came from the direction of Deshengmen.
Soon afterwards, the other parties fired cannons, as if they were about to blow up the capital.
However, when Zhu Yuanzhang heard the gunfire one after another, a smile appeared on his lips.
At this time, Shen Zhanran hurriedly walked in again and said: "Your Majesty, I just met Mr. Wang. He said that the rebels showed no signs of attacking the city except for the louder cannons. Please rest assured, Your Majesty."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "Okay, we understand. Just prepare yourself and follow us to Zhangyimen in a moment."
When Shen Zhanran heard this, he was a little surprised and said: "Your Majesty, won't you wait for Mr. Li? After all, Li Laiheng has not been arrested yet, and there may be other changes in this matter."
Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said: "If the rebels only attack Zhangyimen, we are still a little undecided, but now he is attacking all the gates together, obviously to confuse the public."
"And it's only more than half an hour before the curfew. If Li Laiheng hadn't opened the Changui Gate, he wouldn't have been able to station troops there."
"So we estimate that the city gate Li Thief will open this time is Zhangyi Gate, and the time should be between Xu and Hai, and then enter the inner city through Zhengyang Gate, so that he can enter the imperial city on the so-called auspicious day."
Shen Zhanran pondered for a moment, then came to his senses and bowed: "Your Majesty's analysis is very reasonable, but it's still too early, and you don't have a trustworthy person to protect you. Do you want to wait until Mr. Li comes back?"
Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Shen Zhanran with satisfaction and said: "Shen Qing, you are mature, but you worry too much. Yesterday we took Wang Chengen and others and dared to leave the city."
"Today, Xin Lehou, Li Ruolian and others are in charge of the army, and you are accompanying them, so why should we be afraid?"
Hearing this, Shen Zhanran bowed and said: "Since His Majesty's holy will has been decided, please let me make some preparations and then go out with Your Majesty!"
"Go to war! Okay, Shen Qing, this is what we want to say. You can go and come back as soon as possible!"
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard the word "camp", Long Yan was overjoyed and praised with a smile on his face.
Shen Zhanran saw Zhu Yuanzhang's proud face, as if he didn't care about the war, and he couldn't help but be curious about Zhu Yuanzhang.
After he bowed and saluted, he hurriedly sent someone to notify Li Ruolian.
Unexpectedly, he did not arrive for a long time, so he had no choice but to go to Dongnuan Pavilion to wait for him.
When he came to Dongnuan Pavilion and saw Zhu Yuanzhang in military uniform and majestic, his previous frailty was gone, he felt admiration in his heart and his face became more respectful.
When Zhu Yuanzhang saw this, he laughed and said: "Shen Qing, let's go, follow us to Dang Ping Xiaoxiao!"
After that, he took Shen Zhanran's hand cordially and walked out quickly.
Zhu Yuanzhang and his party had just left Chengtian Gate and were preparing to go to Zhangyi Gate via Xuanwu Gate when they happened to see Li Ruolian coming in a hurry with dozens of horses.
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and shook his head, and said to Li Ruolian: "Li Qing, since you are here too, let's talk while walking."
After saying that, he took the lead and galloped forward.
Seeing this, Shen Zhanran and others hurriedly followed him.
When it got dark, Zhu Yuanzhang and his entourage arrived near Zhangyi Gate and happened to see Gong Yonggu leading his troops.
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned when he saw that although the soldiers led by Gong Yonggu had high fighting spirit, their equipment was somewhat crude.
When Gong Yonggu saw Zhu Yuanzhang, he quickly got off his horse and saluted Zhu Yuanzhang.
After Zhu Yuanzhang helped him up, he asked about the extermination of Zhang Jinyan's dead soldiers.
After learning that everything was going well, he looked at Li Ruolian and said: "Li Qing, we have arrived at Zhangyi Gate, and now we have Gong Qing as our guard. Go quickly and thoroughly investigate Wei Zaode's mansion. You will dig three feet into the ground and still have to pay for it." I will find people.”
"In addition, we entrust the safety of the Imperial City to you tonight. You must guard the prison for us and don't let even a fly fly out!"
It turned out that on the way here, Li Ruolian had already informed Zhu Yuanzhang about the arrest of Li Laiheng and others.
Since Zhu Yuanzhang had advanced the curfew time, Li Ruolian rounded up Li Laiheng very smoothly. Not only did he capture them all, but he also found the communicating arrows and found out that the rebels would attack the city at the beginning of Haishi.
But what surprised Li Ruolian was that the person who captured Wei Zaode failed.
After he learned the news, he hurried to the Wei Mansion to check. At the same time, he rigorously interrogated the Jinyi guards who monitored the Wei Mansion, but to no avail.
In desperation, he was about to report the matter to Zhu Yuanzhang, when he happened to meet Shen Zhanran who sent someone to teach him, so he hurriedly followed him.
At this moment, seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang did not reprimand him, but instead entrusted him with important tasks, he immediately responded respectfully and then drove away.
