"Your Majesty, since Uncle Jingnan is fine, why are you still frowning?"
Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang's solemn expression, Gong Yonggu asked again with concern.
Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Gong Yonggu and said, "Do you know Huang Degong?"
Gong Yonggu thought for a while and said: "Huang Degong was originally from the Beijing Army. I have met him a few times before, but we don't have much friendship."
"I heard that although he is rough, he is very brave. He just has a good drink..."
As soon as Gong Yonggu finished speaking, he thought that he shouldn't talk about Huang Degong behind his back, so he stopped hastily and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang worriedly.
Zhu Yuanzhang had just learned from Chongzhen's memory that Huang Degong was not very educated. Only because of his loyalty and bravery in battle, he had forced the troops of the fifth left battalion to surrender, beheaded Wang Xingguo, and defeated Zhang Xianzhong before he was promoted to the rank of commander-in-chief.
It's just that although Huang Degong's achievements were good, most of them were based on orders, and he didn't see much strategy.
Zhu Yuanzhang asked Gong Yonggu because he was worried about Huang Degong's talent.
At this moment, I heard that Huang Degong was good at drinking wine, and I was even more worried.
Seeing that Gong Yonggu remained silent, knowing that he was afraid of causing misunderstandings, he said in a deep voice: "Ping Xihou, Huang Degong's conduct has a great influence on this battle. You must tell us in detail what you know."
Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang's serious face, Gong Yonggu told some rumors.
It turns out that Huang Degong lost his father in his early years, and it was his mother, Xu, who raised him.
Because Huang Degong did not have the control of his father and his family was poor, he had not read many books and had a wild temper.
When Huang Degong was twelve years old, he secretly drank the wine brewed by his mother Xu. After being scolded by Xu, he took a knife and sneaked into the military camp in anger. He beheaded two heads on the battlefield in exchange for fifty taels. Silver to Xu.
After the incident spread, Huang Degong was appreciated by Qianhu of Kaiyuan Guards. Later, because of his bravery in battle, he was accepted as a personal soldier by a manager.
From then on, Huang was like a fish in water, and within a few years he accumulated enough achievements to become a guerrilla.
Because he likes to drink, he will drink several buckets of wine before every battle, and uses the strength of wine to bravely break into the enemy camp, regardless of life and death, so he is nicknamed "Huang Chuangzi".
In the ninth year of Chongzhen, Huang Degong was promoted to deputy chief military officer due to his military exploits, and was in charge of the capital's garrison.
Since the rebels were raging at that time, many places borrowed the help of Beijing troops to quell the rebellion, so he soon led his troops out of Beijing.
Gong Yonggu didn't know much about what happened after leaving Beijing.
All we know is that although he made many achievements in countering rebellions, he was often impeached by the censor because he liked to drink and was not strict with his subordinates. Therefore, he was not promoted to the rank of chief soldier until the fourteenth year of Chongzhen.
After Zhu Yuanzhang listened to Gong Yonggu's story, his brows could not help but frown even more.
Gong Yonggu knew that Zhu Yuanzhang was worried that Huang Degong's character would cause problems, so he comforted him: "Your Majesty, although Uncle Jingnan likes to drink, he is also a measured person. I have never heard that he caused problems because of drinking. On the contrary, he established a bad relationship because of it." Less military exploits.”
"As for the affairs of the emperor, I feel that everyone has his own approach. I heard that the eight general soldiers under Uncle Jingnan obeyed his orders. No matter how dangerous it was, they never defected."
Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said: "Ping Xihou, this is what we are worried about."
"If Huang Degong is an incompetent person, or if his generals are disloyal to him, there is nothing to worry about."
"But now Huang Degong is brave and reckless. If he continues to be led by the Xing family, we are worried that a second Zuo Liangyu will appear!"
Hearing this, Gong Yonggu said with some confusion: "Your Majesty, even if Mrs. Xing has some calculations, she is a woman after all, so she shouldn't be in too much danger!"
Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice: "Ping Xihou, you are wrong. Li Ruolian still has no prestige in the army, and Huang Degong's generals are loyal to him."
"If they hear that Huang De has been defeated and retreats, and want to lead his troops back for reinforcements, do you think Li Ruolian can stop them?"
"Even if Li Ruolian has the courage to leave some people behind, he may not be able to carry out the ambush plan. Then won't our plan be in vain?"
Gong Yonggu was only thinking about Huang Degong's defeat before, and did not think about the soldiers disobeying his orders. Now when he heard this, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.
He calmed down and said with some hesitation: "Huang Degong's generals are also experienced in the battlefield. They shouldn't be so bold and dare to openly disobey military orders, right?"
Zhu Yuanzhang sneered and said: "Dare you disobey military orders? If all the generals in the world can obey orders, how can Thief Li be so rampant!"
Gong Yonggu heard the sadness and anger in Zhu Yuanzhang's words, and thought that Zhu Yuanzhang had worked day and night to suppress the rebellion, and he felt very sad in his heart.
So he comforted him again: "Your Majesty, we have just received the news, and Commander Li has been marching, so he may not know about it."
Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said: "Ping Xihou, when marching and fighting, you must not take any chances. Moreover, the transfer was led by the Xing family. I believe her purpose is to make Huang Degong's troops withdraw."
"When our side loses the battle, she can gain 40,000 to 50,000 troops without spending a single soldier. If Guo Sheng falls into the trap again, the Xing family's troops may reach nearly 100,000."
"Once Gao Jie obtains these soldiers and horses, and his strength is still higher than that of Wu Sangui, the balance we finally established will be broken."
Gong Yonggu was also surprised after hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's analysis.
However, he then thought that he had never heard of the Xing family, and that the Xing family was just a female, so it was impossible for her to have such great abilities.
Thinking of this, he calmed down. Just when he was about to speak to comfort Zhu Yuanzhang, he saw Zhang Dabiao running in with a panic face to report, saying that after Huang Degong's subordinates Tian Xiong, Ma Degong and others learned of the news of Huang Degong's defeat, He once clamored to return to the division for rescue.
After being stopped by Li Ruolian, Tian Xiong and others were unwilling and united with the generals to force Li Ruolian. After failure, they secretly took more than 10,000 people to Hengshui.
Worried about missing Zhu Yuanzhang's plan, Li Ruolian had no choice but to lead the remaining 10,000 people to ambush him, and at the same time sent someone to report.
When Gong Yonggu heard this, he couldn't help but froze.
Zhu Yuanzhang was silent for a while and then said to Zhang Dabiao: "Dabiao, go to Commander Li's camp in person and tell him not to worry, everything will go according to plan!"
After saying that, Zhu Yuanzhang took off the sword from his waist, handed it to Zhang Dabiao and said: "Give this emperor's sword to Commander Li in public and tell him that if anyone dares to violate military orders again, he can use this sword to kill him first and then show off!"
After Zhang Dabiao took the sword respectfully, and was about to leave, he heard Zhu Yuanzhang's voice again: "Also, you can bring two...thousand heavy armored cavalry back, and come with us for a meeting." Zuo Liangyu!"
When Zhu Yuanzhang said this, both Gong Yonggu and Zhang Dabiao were shocked.
"Your Majesty, you must not..."
"Ping Xihou, the war is about to begin. Do you understand that there are orders and prohibitions?"
After Zhu Yuanzhang loudly interrupted Gong Yonggu's words, he continued: "Our original plan was for you to resolve the battle within half a day and capture Guangling within one day."
"In this way, even if Zuo Liangyu comes, there will be no opportunity to take advantage of it. But now Li Ruolian has insufficient troops. Not only will he not be able to defeat the main force of the rebels, I am afraid that the time will be delayed."
"In order to prevent Zuo Liangyu from affecting the situation of the battle, we decided to meet him in person. It would be best if we can restrain him, otherwise we will buy you a day."
"After you pretend to be defeated in Yu County, don't participate in luring the enemy anymore. Instead, take the opportunity to go back behind the rebels and seize Guangling..."
Gong Yonggu listened to Zhu Yuanzhang's instructions with a sad face. He wanted to dissuade him several times, but in the end he endured it.
Because he knew that Zhu Yuanzhang would never change what he decided, and he couldn't think of a better way at this time.
If Zhu Yuanzhang is not allowed to go, once Zuo Liangyu comes to Yu County, all their previous efforts will be in vain.
Thinking of this, Gong Yonggu felt unwilling.
Suddenly, he thought of a person, maybe he was the only one who could help Zhu Yuanzhang now.
