After Wang Euzhi left, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Yang Qi again and said, "Is there any news from Gao Wencai?"
When Yang Qi heard this, he said with some sadness: "Since the high commander and Master Gong pretended to surrender, there has been no news. However, there are rumors among the rebels that..."
As he spoke, seeing Zhu Yuanzhang's face look sad, he hurriedly changed his words: "But General Mo heard that Li Mou seemed to be at odds with Liu Zongmin and others, so Liu Zongmin's army was delayed in moving. I wonder if it was the high command that made them secretly plan it. This matter."
Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said: "When Gong Yonggu was not defeated, Li Mou Shang refused to surrender. Now that our army has withdrawn, how could he, a lone army, switch sides at this time?"
"If our predictions are correct, this should be Liu Zongmin's trick to make us mistakenly believe that he is unable to advance eastward, and his elite may have quietly rushed to the capital."
Yang Qi was stunned, and then said with a complicated expression: "Your Majesty, should we inform Lord Shen of this matter? You must know that it is very difficult for him to stop Haoge now. If the rebels suddenly arrive, I am afraid... it will be difficult... Resist!"
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he glanced at Yang Qi dissatisfied.
When Yang Qi saw his sharp gaze, his body trembled slightly, and then he knelt down to plead guilty and said: "I am confused, please punish me!"
Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Yang Qi again, but did not let him get up. He said in a deep voice: "Is there any movement over Zuo Liangyu?"
Yang Qi said respectfully: "According to Jin Yiwei's news, Ning Nanbo had ordered Jin Shenghuan to withdraw from Shaanxi to Xinzhou, and he also quietly arrived in Xinzhou."
"It's just that there was no movement after they arrived in Xinzhou. Jinyiwei has stepped up the investigation. I believe there will be news soon."
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and said, "Where's Huang Degong? Has he withdrawn to the capital?"
Yang Qi shook his head and said: "No, the prince had previously ordered Jingnan Bo to guard the fortress leading to the capital, so he did not return to the capital."
"However, there are also rumors that Uncle Jingnan was assassinated, because before, Uncle Jingnan would personally inspect the fortress, but he has stayed in the camp these days."
"Jinyiwei went to check secretly, but because Uncle Jingnan's camp is very tightly defended, we haven't found out the accurate information yet!"
Zhu Yuanzhang saw that Jin Yiwei was not clear about the two incidents in succession. He snorted dissatisfiedly and asked again: "Where is the south? Is there any new news?"
Yang Qi's body trembled slightly, and then he whispered: "Not yet, but there are rumors that Shadingzhou has close contacts with Burma, Laos and other places, and it seems that some agreements have been signed, but Jin Yiwei hasn't yet determined what was specifically agreed. Find out!”
Zhu Yuanzhang was relieved when he heard that Sha Dingzhou had not sent troops.
After he signaled Yang Qi to go out, he slowly walked to the marching map, gestured for a while, and muttered: "Although the prince's temperament is a bit cowardly, he will never surrender. It seems that his move to negotiate peace is to paralyze Everyone, and then defeat the enemy in one fell swoop!”
"Although his move was a bit reckless, since even the Jin Yiwei didn't notice anything unusual, and Second Brother Yang has a thousand cavalry in his hands, as well as soldiers and horses in the capital, he has a slight chance of winning!"
"But why did Zuo Liangyu come to Xinzhou? We must know that Gong Yonggu's army has retreated to Datong, and he should not have the courage to attack the city. So what is his purpose of going to Xinzhou?"
"Does he want to take the opportunity to attack the capital?"
Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head slightly again.
Because he felt that if Zuo Liangyu really had such courage, he would not have been forced to surround and suppress Ma Chongxi last time.
"Could it be that the wolf soldiers have lurked in the capital and are planning to take advantage of the opportunity?"
Zhu Yuanzhang said, and after drawing on the marching map for a while, he pondered: "There were originally about 10,000 wolf soldiers, but there have always been only three or four thousand wolf soldiers in the south of the Yangtze River. The remaining people should have been lurking in the north. "
"Song Xiance's sudden defeat may have something to do with them. Now that the Jurchens and rebels have arrived in the capital, it is possible that they took advantage of the troubled waters."
"If this is the case, can we use Zuo Liangyu?"
Just when Zhu Yuanzhang was deep in thought, Yang Qi walked in with a panic and reported: "Your Majesty, it's not good. News just came from the Southern Jinyi Guards that Jingjiang King Zhu Hengjia may rebel!"
"Zhu Hengjia wants to rebel?"
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes flashed with murderous intent, and he said solemnly: "In what name did he rebel?"
Yang Qi said hesitantly: "It is said that King Jingjiang felt that His Majesty was bewitched by treacherous ministers, so he treated the clan harshly and imprisoned the vassal kings for no reason, so he wanted to send troops north to clear the king's side!"
"Qingjun side?"
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and said: "We didn't ask Shi Kefa to send people to appease the kings in the south of the Yangtze River. Not long ago, he sent a letter saying that the matter had been dealt with. Why did Zhu Hengjia suddenly want to sideline the emperor? Is there any inside story in this?"
Yang Qidao: "According to the information from Jinyiwei, after Mr. Lu Zhenfei went to Guangxi in person and told King Jingjiang about His Majesty's handling of the vassal kings, King Jingjiang repeatedly expressed support for His Majesty's decision." m.
"But for some reason later, Yushi Qu Shichun went to inspect Guangxi again and had a conflict with King Jingjiang. King Jingjiang was immediately furious. He not only detained Master Qu, but also secretly sent troops to occupy fortresses across Guangxi and prepared to raise his troops to go north! "
"Qu Shichun?"
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this unfamiliar name, he thought for a long time and then remembered that Qu Shishu was a student of Qian Qianyi. He was awarded the magistrate of Yongfeng County in Jiangxi Province after being awarded a Jinshi. He had considerable political achievements during his tenure.
In the first year of Chongzhen's reign, he was promoted to Huke again. Since he took office, he wrote many letters to denounce the sycophants in power. Chongzhen admired him quite a lot.
Later, he was excluded and framed by Wen Tiren, Zhou Yanru and others. He was demoted together with his teacher Qian Qianyi and returned to his hometown in Changshu.
Last year, he was recommended by Shi Kefa, and Chongzhen also thought of his uprightness, so he made him a censor and asked him to inspect Guangxi and other places.
When Zhu Yuanzhang thought of this, he knew that it was Qu Shiqi who discovered Zhu Hengjia's disobedience and did not know how to hide it. Zhu Hengjia found out the clues, so he rebelled against the emperor under the pretext of Qing Jun.
He suppressed the murderous intention in his heart and said in a deep voice: "Has this matter ever been spread in the south?"
Yang Qidao: "Prince Jingjiang did this very secretly. If a non-staff member of Jinyiwei had not had an affair with his concubine, and we had been secretly monitoring it, we would not have discovered it so quickly."
"When the news came, it was only circulated secretly in Guangxi. Even the Nanjing Ministry of War didn't know about it. But now that several days have passed, I'm afraid many people in the south know about it."
Zhu Yuanzhang was silent for a while and said: "Immediately notify Zhao Erhu in the south of the Yangtze River and ask him to lead the Jin Yiwei to block the news as much as possible. At the very least, the news cannot be spread to the north within ten days!"
"At the same time, a message was sent to Chen Zilong through the Jin Yiwei channel, instructing him to immediately send someone to investigate the matter, and try to appease Zhu Hengjia. If necessary, Qu Shichen can be killed!"
As Zhu Yuanzhang spoke, he thought that King Zhu Changying of Gui was recuperating in Guangxi. Now that Zhu Hengjia rebelled, Hunan might also respond, so he ordered: "Also, you inform Zhang Huangyan and Li Ruolian to suspend Shaanxi's plan and defend Wuchang with all their strength!"
"Then he sent an order to Yuan Jixian in Jiangxi to secretly organize his army and pay close attention to the movements in Guangdong, Fujian and other places."
After Yang Qi bowed in agreement, he hurried out.
Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while, put on his inner armor again, and walked out of the mansion with a few tiger warriors.
He secretly observed the ambush points in the pass and the defense on the city. After seeing that everything was in order, he quietly returned to the mansion.
Not long after, Wang Fuzhi came to report that everything was ready, just waiting for Duduo to be put into the urn.
What disappointed Zhu Yuanzhang was that after waiting for a day, Duduo still could not come.
Just when he suspected that Dodo had seen through his plan, two more bad news came.
Some people died, but not completely...
