When Zhu Yuanzhang heard Li Jing's voice, he couldn't help but feel happy.
After he signaled Zhu Yujian to let him go, he shouted loudly: "Execution!"
"Your Majesty, please spare my life!"
"The general will realize his mistake!"
"ah!"
"kill!"
"Okay, kill them!"
...
For a time, wailing and cheering mixed together.
At this time, Li Jing, dressed in military uniform, led Brother Li Wu and a strange general into the city gate.
When Li Jing saw the situation in front of him, he was stunned for a moment, then quickly stepped forward and saluted: "Your Majesty, Li Jing, came late to save me. Please forgive me!"
Zhu Yuanzhang saw that Li Jing's face was pale and there were blood stains on his armor. He was deeply moved when he thought that Li Jing had risked his life to go deep into the tiger's den in order to protect his reputation. Now he did not avoid danger and came to protect him. He was deeply moved.
He hurriedly stepped forward to help Li Jing up and said with concern: "Li Qing, you are suffering!"
Hearing this, Li Jing shook his head repeatedly and said, "I have received great kindness from Your Majesty. Even if my body is broken into pieces, it is difficult to repay it, let alone this small injury..."
Seeing Li Jing's sincere face, Zhu Yuanzhang knew that everything he said came from his heart, and he valued him even more.
After Zhu Yuanzhang encouraged Li Jing, because he still hadn't seen Zhao Erhu, he was a little worried and said: "We asked Zhao Erhu to pick you up before, have you ever met him?"
Li Jing glanced at Liu Zeqing, bowed and said, "Zhao Erhu came with me, but he encountered rebels fleeing south on the way. He was afraid that the rebels would cause trouble in the south of the Yangtze River, so he led his army to pursue them."
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he knew that Li Jing thought that there were too many people here and did not tell the truth.
He nodded, and just as he was about to speak, another Jinyi guard came to report that Li Chengdong and Ma Jinzhong had led their troops to Zhanmengmen and Daizongmen.
After Zhu Yuanzhang heard the report, he was silent for a while, looked at Zhu Yujian and said: "King Qin, let you handle this matter. If there is anything special, come and report it to us."
When Zhu Yujian heard that Zhu Yuanzhang asked him to command the troops in Shandong, he thought it was a test, so he handed over his military power as soon as he entered the city.
Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang's instructions at this moment, he was stunned and said with some hesitation: "Your Majesty, I am the vassal king, so it stands to reason..."
"It doesn't matter, we have already said before that if we ask you to command the troops in Shandong, just do it boldly!"
Zhu Yuanzhang saw Zhu Yujian's expression of hesitation and immediately interrupted him.
Upon hearing this, Zhu Yujian glanced at Zhu Yuanzhang again.
Seeing that the other party was not testing him, he bowed and left with a group of people.
At this time, Li Jing whispered: "Your Majesty, I heard that the vassal king in the south of the Yangtze River seems to be disobedient. Wouldn't it be inappropriate for you to let the King of Qin command the troops?"
Zhu Yuanzhang felt happy again when he saw that Li Jing could not avoid suspicion and confessed that they had met.
He glanced at Zhu Yujian who was walking away and said in a deep voice: "It doesn't matter, Zhu Yujian has suffered before and should know how to choose."
"Besides, both Li Chengdong and Ma Jinzhong are fierce people. Even if he wants to subdue them, he won't be able to do it in a short time."
After he finished speaking, he glanced at the strange general again and said to Li Jing: "That man is so strange, can he be trusted?"
Hearing this, Li Jing whispered: "That person is Zuo Yongmei's subordinate, but one thousand of his cavalry have been taken by Zhao Erhu to chase down the rebels, so there shouldn't be any danger."
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned when he heard that this matter was related to Zuo Yongmei.
It happened that the execution was over at this moment, so he took the opportunity to encourage the soldiers, and then left with Li Jing and others.
As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang returned to his residence, Gao Wencai hurriedly came to report that Dang Shousu had divided his troops and fled.
One of them goes south along the previous Guosheng Road, while the other goes straight to Jinan.
Zhu Yuanzhang was silent for a while and said, "Do you know where Dang Shousu is?"
Gao Wencai shook his head and said: "It's not clear yet, but I heard that Bo Yongfu has defected to the rebels, and there are already thirty to forty thousand troops going south. I'm afraid Dang Shousu is among the troops going south."
Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked when he heard this, then returned to normal and said: "Have you found out this matter?"
Gao Wencai said hesitantly: "Our people heard this from a general of the rebel army. The specific situation is still being verified!"
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "Verify this matter as soon as possible and send someone to Huai'an to send a message to them to be on guard."
"Also, you send someone to tell King Qin and ask him to come see us immediately after arranging Li Chengdong and Ma Jinzhong."
After Gao Wencai bowed in agreement, he hurriedly retreated.
Zhu Yuanzhang secretly sighed, walked slowly to Kun Yutu, checked it once, and murmured to himself: "Dang Shousu is just a defeated army, and his military strength is comparable to that of Bo Yongfu. How could Bo Yongfu show up to him?" He surrenders?"
"Could it be that Liu Zeqing is not here to rescue this time, but to help the rebels?"
"No, if Liu Zeqing wanted to help the rebels, he wouldn't have brought those troops. I'm afraid it was someone behind the scenes who did this."
"Now that Zhu Yujian and Liu Zeqing have gone north, the only ones left in Huai'an are Ma Shiying and Ma Huabao's troops, plus the other vassal kings..."
While he was meditating, a guard in Jinyi came in to report that Li Jing was outside asking for an audience.
Upon hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately asked someone to bring Li Jing in, and at the same time calmed down his expression.
When Li Qing came in, Zhu Yuanzhang saw that although he had changed into regular clothes, there were still blood stains on his chest. He also frowned frequently when he saluted. It was obvious that he was seriously injured, so he said with concern: "Li Qing, we are not asking you to rest first." Well!"
"Look at how badly you've been injured. If you don't take a good rest, how will you be able to share our worries in the future!"
Li Jing said respectfully: "Your Majesty, don't worry. Although I am a civil servant, I also practiced martial arts in my early years. This injury will not be a problem."
"I was ordered to rest because my armor was dirty and my face was disrespectful..."
When Zhu Yuanzhang saw that he was respectful and courteous, he admired him even more. After motioning him to sit down, he said, "How come you are with Zuo Xianmei's people, and what's going on with Zhao Erhu going after the rebels?"
After Li Jing heard this, he reported back: "I and Brother Li Wu were suddenly attacked by wolf soldiers on their way back. Fortunately, Zuo Xianmei's Qianhu Huangwushan..."
It turns out that Brother Li Wu was hunted down many times after rescuing Li Jing.
Fortunately, Brother Li Wu led all the elite members of the Jinyi Guards. In addition, they moved forward in a roundabout way and dispersed the opponent's forces, so the danger was averted.
Unexpectedly, when they arrived in Lanling County, they were suddenly chased by a thousand wolf soldiers.
Although Li Wuge and others fought bravely to kill the enemy, they were eventually outnumbered and were surrounded on a mound.
Just when everyone was determined to die, Huang Wushan suddenly led his troops to fight out and drove back the wolf soldiers.
Then he told them that Dang Shousu had secretly contacted the rebels lurking in Li Chengdong and the armies of the vassals, and was preparing to go to Linyi to capture Chongzhen alive.
Li Jing was shocked when he heard the news and hurriedly asked Huang Wushan for details.
When he learned that Dang Shousu only had 3,000 cavalry under his command and had not joined the army, he proposed to attack Dang Shousu halfway.
Huang Wushan was a little hesitant at first, but later Zhao Erhu happened to bring more than 300 people to find him.
He saw that although Zhao Erhu's number was not large, but they were all elite men, and Li Jing had a well-planned plan, he agreed.
But although their plan was good, they didn't expect that Dang Shousu was also very cunning. After being attacked, he actually hid in the mountains.
Li Jing had few soldiers and was unable to surround the mountain.
However, he thought that as long as the party was kept alive, the rebels would be leaderless.
With Chongzhen's ability, he will be able to defeat the rebels.
So he divided his troops to guard some important roads, and then led his troops into the mountains to pursue them.
But they killed several groups of rebels, but there was no sign of Dang Shousu.
Later, Zhao Erhu caught one of Dang Shousu's lieutenants, and found out that the other party had actually ventured away from a cliff.
So they immediately led their troops to Linyi. On the way, news came from people in Huangwu Mountain that the rebels had fled south and that Boyongfu intended to surrender to the rebels.
Li Jing knew that most of Boyongfu's men were new troops and their combat power was not strong. In addition, Huang
Wushan's cavalry was very powerful. He was afraid that taking it to Linyi would cause trouble, so he proposed a sneak attack on Boyongfu.
Unexpectedly, Huang Wushan received news at this time that Liu Zeqing had led his cavalry to Linyi.
Li Jing was worried that Liu Zeqing was disloyal and originally wanted Huang Wushan to lead his army to attack Boyongfu. Unexpectedly, the other party offered to let Zhao Erhu lead his army.
Li Jing was overjoyed when he heard this and immediately asked Zhao Erhu to lead his army to attack Boyongfu while he and Huang Wushan rushed to Linyi.
