It turned out that Zhu Yuanzhang originally wanted to use the power of the rebels to consume the strength of Gao Jie, Zuo Liangyu and others. Seeing that the rebels had not attacked Xi'an for a long time, he suspected that they would attack the capital.
In fact, even if the rebels attacked the capital, he would not be too worried.
Because the capital city has high walls and thick walls, and Shen Zhanran and others are in charge, there will be no loss.
But he was well aware of the power of the rebel Xuanjia cavalry, and was worried that even if Shen Zhanran could hold the capital, the damage would probably be huge.
So when he heard that Li Guo and Liu Zongmin appeared in the Yan'an area, he let go of his worries and showed a hint of joy.
However, he immediately thought that Li Zicheng abandoned Xi'an and took Yan'an, indicating that the other party was aiming at the capital.
Because he couldn't think of where the rebels were attacking the capital, he frowned again.
While Zhu Yuanzhang was deep in thought, Wang Fuzhi suddenly said: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid you have to rush back to the capital immediately!"
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he pretended to be puzzled and said: "Now that Li Guo has appeared in Yan'an, it means that the main battlefield is still in Shaanxi. We should rush to Shanxi to consolidate the defense line. Why should we return to the capital?"
Wang Fuzhi glanced at Zhu Yuanzhang, shook his head and said: "As far as the common people know, although Gao Jie, Zuo Mengeng and others have many troops, they are mostly ragtag and are no match for the rebels."
"If the rebels want to regain Shaanxi, even if they don't attack Xi'an, they should attack Datong with ease, so as to form an encirclement."
"Now that Li Guo has led his elite cavalry to appear in the Yan'an area, he clearly wants to cause panic, attract the attention of the court, and prepare for a sneak attack on the capital."
Seeing that Wang Fuzhi didn't know about Li Mou and others, Zhu Yuanzhang actually analyzed that the rebels would attack the capital, and he also tested: "Li Guo and Liu Zongmin are both in Yan'an now."
"Although Gao Yigong and others have not shown up, they were all in Xi'an before. It is impossible to reach the capital now. How can the rebels attack the capital?"
Wang Fuzhi pondered: "The common people don't understand the overall situation, and they don't know who attacked the capital for a while, but judging from the rebels' strategy, there is no doubt that the target is in the capital."
At this time, Zhang Dabiao on the side suddenly said: "Your Majesty, could it be the wolf soldiers that were chasing the last general?"
Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said: "Judging from Guo Sheng's journey south, Thief Li has no contact with the people behind Jiangnan. It should be impossible for them to join forces."
"Furthermore, it's okay for the wolf soldiers to act secretly. If they attack the capital openly, their identity will be exposed even if they succeed. But if they openly commit rebellion, with the wisdom of the people behind the scenes in the south, they will never act like this!"
Wang Fuzhi thought for a while and said: "If it is not the enemy of Shaanxi, it may be the rebels in the south."
"The grassroots people heard that Dang Shousu had led an army to besiege Linyi, but judging from the situation at the time, he could not win at all, but he did it knowing that he couldn't do it, fearing that there was another mystery behind it."
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he pondered: "Do you suspect that Dang Shousu built the plank road openly and secretly visited Chen Cang?"
"On the surface, he led the army to attack us and mobilized troops from Shandong to help us, but secretly he let the rebels... hide in the southern grain and move north?"
The king's husband said: "The common people don't know the details, but the rebels did not hesitate to expose the soldiers and horses lurking among the vassal kings. It should be impossible for them to just fight a battle with no chance of winning..."
In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang had also thought of this possibility before, but he felt that there were many obstacles along the way to Nanliang, and even if the rebels could lurk into the capital, they would only have two or three thousand people, so they would not be able to accomplish anything, so he did not think about it further. m.
At this moment, after listening to Wang Fuzhi's analysis and excluding Li Guo's black armor cavalry, he felt that this was the only possibility.
Just when he was about to instruct Zhang Dabiao to send a message to Zhu Cixiang to strengthen his vigilance, Wang Shoulin hurriedly walked in and reported: "Your Majesty, Gao Yigong appeared in Yiling..."
It turned out that after Zuo Xianmei's cronies left the city, Li Ruolian, who pretended to be captured, with the help of Yan Yingyuan, killed those loyal to Zuo Liangyu while letting He Tengjiao organize his army to go out.
He Tengjiao was a little hesitant, but when he saw Li Ruolian covered in blood, he immediately agreed.
Li Ruolian led the Wuchang soldiers to march day and night, and finally caught up in time to encircle Bai Wang and Li Dingguo.
Originally, Bai Wang and Li Dingguo's troops were slightly better than Li Ruolian and others, and Li Dingguo's eight thousand elites were even more brave.
However, when Li Ruolian arrived, he used the two thousand cavalry in his hands to tear apart Li Dingguo's defense line.
Then Shen Yunying's cavalry and Qin Liangyu's white-armed soldiers took advantage of the situation and immediately defeated the Li and Bai coalition forces.
Just when the rebels were trapped in a tight siege, Gao Yigong unexpectedly burst out, rescued Bai Wang and Li Dingguo, and retreated to the Chengtian area.
After Zhu Yuanzhang listened to Wang Shoulin's story, he said in a deep voice: "Do you know where Yuan Zongdi's troops are now?"
Wang Shoulin said: "Yuan Zongdi was originally attacking Sichuan, but since he was defeated by Madam Qin, he retreated to the border between Shaanxi and Sichuan to rest, and there has been no movement."
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he was silent for a while and said, "Where's Zuo Xianmei, has she ever entered Wuchang?"
Wang Shoulin said: "Zuo Xianmei seems to be wary of Yan Yingyuan, so more than 10,000 people under her command are resting in the Hanchuan area and have not entered the city."
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and said, "Can you confirm that she is in the army?"
Wang Shoulin shook his head and said: "Zuo Xianmei's army is under strict surveillance, but our people have not found any information."
"However, Jinyiwei's spies accidentally obtained the documents of Duke Qian and sent them along with this news."
He said, and respectfully handed over another memorial.
Zhu Yuanzhang took the memorial and browsed through it, and found that it was roughly the same as the previous information from Jinyiwei. He said solemnly: "The incident in Yunnan has been spread for a long time. Why did Mu Tianbo's memorial arrive just now?"
Wang Shoulin said: "According to the news from Jin Yiwei, the messenger sent by the Duke of Guizhou to the capital was hunted down, which delayed a lot of time..."
"Chasing the person who sent the message?"
Zhu Yuanzhang pondered: "But they are from Sha Dingzhou?"
Wang Shoulin nodded and said: "Although the Jinyi Guards did not capture the pursuer, judging from their weapons and moves, they should be from Yunnan Chieftain."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "Immediately send someone to ask Sha Dingzhou about Yunnan. In your words, you can praise his contribution to suppressing the rebellion."
"At the same time, Mu Tianbo was secretly ordered to prepare his troops secretly and prepare to kill Sha Dingzhou. And..."
After Wang Shoulin agreed one by one, he hurried out.
Zhu Yuanzhang was silent for a while, then looked at Zhang Dabiao and said, "Is An Guogong still in Funing now?"
Zhang Dabiao was stunned and said: "There is no news from Jin Yiwei. I think An Guogong should be in Funing."
Zhu Yuanzhang looked back at Kun Yutu and ordered: "Immediately send someone to inform Duke An and ask him to pay close attention to the movements on the canal of the capital. If anyone is suspicious, he will be arrested. If there is any resistance, kill him on the spot!" "
After he finished speaking, he said to Wang Euzhi: "Do you have the guts to follow us to meet the Jurchen cavalry?"
Wang Fuzhi originally felt that Zhu Yuanzhang was killing some people indiscriminately. Now that he heard that he was going to fight against the Jurchens, he felt a surge of pride in his heart and said respectfully: "The common people are willing to go!"
Some people died, but not completely...
