Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang's angry look, Wang Shoulin immediately knelt down and begged him: "Your Majesty, this general was negligent. Please punish me!"
Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said: "Shandong Jinyiwei has suffered heavy losses, and Zhao Lixin has rebelled. It is not your fault. Please stand up and speak."
Upon hearing this, Wang Shoulin kowtowed and thanked him, then slowly stood up.
Zhu Yuanzhang was silent for a while, then looked at Gao Wencai and said, "Do you know the situation with Li Chengdong?"
Gao Wencai said: "I heard from the rebels that after Uncle Xinyi knew about this, he led his troops to pursue him, but later he retreated for unknown reasons."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "He was right to retreat..."
He stopped again as he spoke, pondered for a while, and then continued: "Can the vassal kings recruit rebels be confirmed?"
Gao Wencai heard this and said hesitantly: "That's what the rebels said. As for the specific situation, it's not clear yet."
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "You must go find out about this matter, because the rebels are coming from Liaocheng, Jinan and other places, so we think it is justifiable."
"After all, Li Chengdong originally only had more than 10,000 people. Even if he knew the movements of the rebels, he did not dare to come rashly because he was worried that there were still rebels in the army."
"But there are only six to seven thousand rebels in Huai'an and other places. Although their march north is beneficial to siege the city, it is easier to alert the army in Huai'an. Some of the gains outweigh the losses..."
After Gao Wencai agreed, just as he was about to stand up, his body felt another sharp pain and he immediately fell down.
When Zhu Yuanzhang saw this, he remembered that he was injured. After asking Wang Shoulin to help him up, he said with concern: "You should take good care of your injuries first, and leave the matter to Wang Qing to handle!"
At this time, a Jin Yiwei came in to report that the rebels had begun to attack the city.
After Zhu Yuanzhang signaled the other party to go out, he looked at Wang Shoulin and said, "Wang Qing, you immediately bring five hundred tiger warriors to assist Chen Mingyu in defending the city."
Wang Shoulin was a little worried and said: "Your Majesty, the city is not at peace. It is enough for the general to bring three hundred tiger warriors to the death!"
Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said: "We still have eighteen riders here, so there will be no problem. And you are not just helping to defend the city this time..."
As he spoke, he glanced at Wang Shoulin again and said in a deep voice, "We must also try to contact the Jinyi guards outside the city and ask them to lure the rebels lurking in Daizongmen to kill the escapees."
"If this method is not feasible, send some people out of the city, disguised as rebels, and kill those who escaped from the Dai Zongmen, but be sure to leave some alive to bring the news back."
"Otherwise, if the defense of the city fails and everyone escapes from Daizongmen, the situation will be over!"
Wang Shoulin was stunned for a moment, then bowed and responded.
After Wang Shoulin and Wang Shoulin left, Zhu Yuanzhang slowly walked towards Kun and Tu, gestured for a while, and murmured to himself: "How did Dang Shousu enter Shandong... Could it be that Guo Sheng's previous attack on Huai'an was from His instruction?"
"If that's the case, why did he mobilize the rebels who infiltrated the feudal lord? You know, although these six or seven thousand people are not many, if used properly, they can also disrupt Jiangnan!"
"Or is it that he wants to use this to force the feudal kings to rebel?"
"But the vassal kings are just living in the south of the Yangtze River. Now there are no soldiers, so even if they cause rebellion, it will not cause much trouble..."
"Yes, now there is no hope for the vassal kings to return to the vassal, and the Jin Yiwei has been reorganized. He is worried that we will find the infiltrated rebels, so he decided to concentrate his troops to attack Linyi."
"If this battle succeeds, everyone will be happy. If it fails, we need to punish the feudal kings. Although the kings in the north have lost power, there are still many feudal kings in the south..."
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"Dang Shousu arrived six or seven hours late and has lost the opportunity. There is not much time left for him to attack the city. As long as Chen Mingyu can withstand his first wave of attacks, it will be a big deal."
"However, since the rebels can sneak into Li Chengdong and the vassal king's troops, I think there are also rebels in this city..."
At this moment, there was a sudden sound of killing outside the house.
Zhu Yuanzhang sneered, and when he was about to take off the sword on the wall, he suddenly heard Chen Mingyu's voice outside the mansion.
He smiled slightly,
He put the sword on his waist and walked out slowly.
When he walked outside the house, he saw dozens of soldiers escorting a group of rebels dressed as civilians away.
When Chen Ming met Zhu Yuanzhang, he hurriedly stepped forward to apologize and said, "I came late to escort you, your majesty, please forgive me!"
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said: "You..."
"Your Majesty, be careful!"
Just when Zhu Yuanzhang opened his mouth, one of the Eighteen Riders suddenly emerged from the darkness, stood in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, and cut off a flying sharp arrow.
At the same time, a scream came from the house opposite, and then another person was seen running out in a hurry.
Only the man ran a few steps and then fell to the ground, motionless.
Chen Ming was shocked when he saw the case. He was about to send someone to search, but was stopped by Zhu Yuanzhang.
Just when he was panicking, he heard Zhu Yuanzhang's voice again: "Chen Qing, you are serious, but a few rebels can't hurt us, you just need to defend the city... "
Chen Mingyu thought he would not be able to escape punishment, but he did not expect that Zhu Yuanzhang not only did not blame him, but instead smiled and tried his best, which made him admire Zhu Yuanzhang even more in his heart.
After he bowed respectfully, he led everyone away, but his figure was slightly taller than before.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Chen Mingyu's back, hesitated for a while, then sent two more people to secretly protect Chen Mingyu's safety, and then slowly walked into the study.
Near dusk, Wang Shoulin came to report that the rebel offensive had weakened and no one from the Daizongmen had fled.
In addition, news came from the Jin Yiwei outside the city that Liu Zeqing from Huai'an has arrived with an army of 20,000 people and will arrive tomorrow morning at the latest.
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he frowned and said, "Have you checked clearly? Are you sure it's Liu Zeqing?"
Wang Shoulin nodded and said, "It shouldn't be wrong, because the only one who can mobilize 20,000 people in Huai'an in a short period of time is Liu Zeqing, and he has not recovered from his injury last time, and there is still silk wrapped around his head, which is very obvious..."
Zhu Yuanzhang was silent for a while and said, "Where are the others? Do you have any news?"
Wang Shoulin shook his head and said, "Not yet, but I guess there will be news from Huai'an by midnight."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "Ask the tiger warriors outside the city to closely monitor Liu Zeqing's movements. If he behaves differently, try to get rid of him!"
After he finished speaking, he called five of the eighteen riders and asked them to go with Wang Shoulin.
At this time, a guard in Jinyi hurried over to report that there was a mutiny in Huaimen.
Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked when he heard this, and immediately rushed to Wanghuai Gate with Wang Shoulin. ..
When they arrived, they found that Wanghuai Gate had returned to normal. Then they saw Chen Mingyu's busy figure, but Huang Zhicheng, who was originally guarding the gate, was nowhere to be seen.
Due to the previous mutiny, the morale of the soldiers and the people was greatly reduced.
The rebels seemed to have gotten the news and gathered a large number of troops here.
Soon, some rebels rushed up.
Upon seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately asked Wang Shoulin and the Huben soldiers to come forward to support him.
However, there were too many rebels. Although Chen Mingyu and others resisted desperately, they still could not prevent the rebels from ascending the city.
After a while, the number of rebels rushing towards Wanghuai Gate was more than double that before.
