Yanwang Palace.
All the confidants are here.
The counselors include monk Daoyan and chief historian Jinzhong.
The eunuch has the burly and majestic Wang Gou'er, and the clever and wise Horse Sanbao.
The generals are the three elite guards headed by Zhang Yu, Zhu Neng, Tan Yuan and others.
Seeing the many talents under his command, Zhu Di couldn't help but feel proud for a moment.
Well, it would be great if that boy Su Yang was here, Zhu Di would be more confident!
At this moment, everyone is discussing how to seize the city of Beiping without any blood after raising the army, where to go next, and what kind of reasons and excuses the Yan Palace should find for raising the army.
Seeing that the weather is gradually getting warmer and the cold winter is about to pass, everyone in Prince Yan's Mansion naturally cannot sit still.
Although during this period of time, there has been peace between everyone in the Peiping court and Prince Yan's palace.
But both parties knew in their hearts that this was just a temporary hibernation due to the cold winter.
As soon as the cold winter passes, spring returns to the earth, and everything revives, the two sides will completely break up!
Therefore, there is not much time left for Prince Yan's Mansion, and they must make all preparations in advance!
The first problem now is how to capture Beiping City without any bloodshed!
You must know that the three guards of Yanshan are now in Xishan outside the city, and there are a large number of spies from the imperial court near Xishan.
If there is any trouble among the three guards of Yanshan, Zhou Shu, Xie Gui and others will receive the news immediately!
And in Beiping City, the only real troops in Prince Yan's Mansion were the 800 dead soldiers who were secretly raised!
On the imperial side, there were not only the 500 brave imperial troops brought by the great eunuch Zhou Shu, but also the 3,000 Peking garrison commanded by Xie Gui, the commander of the Peking Capital Division, and the thousands of government officials affiliated with the yamen of the Chief Envoy of Peking. !
A rough calculation showed that the imperial court could mobilize 5,000 soldiers and horses, not including the 500 brave Forbidden Army!
As for the 800 dead soldiers in Prince Yan's Mansion, it is a difficult problem to kill as many as the 500 brave Forbidden Army, let alone the 5,000 soldiers and horses in Beiping City.
Monk Daoyan pointed out the key to breaking the situation.
"We must find a way to let the three guards sneak into Beiping City!"
Hearing this, Zhang Yu shook his head decisively.
"This is impossible!"
"Xie Gui has deployed a large number of sentinels at the foot of the Western Mountain!"
"If we have any trouble, we can't hide it from Xie Gui!"
"As soon as the three guards of Yanshan go down to the west mountain, Xie Gui will immediately start in the city and kill Prince Yan's Mansion!"
"When the prince falls into the hands of the imperial court, even if we storm Beiping City, it will be useless, so the three guards cannot move lightly!"
I have to admit that Zhang Yu's worries are not unreasonable.
After all, Xie Gui is someone who has led troops in battles, and is also familiar with the art of war. Although he is a little arrogant, he is not a complete idiot!
The reason why he allowed the three guards of Yanshan to train in Xishan was because he saw through the lack of troops under the command of Yan King Zhu Di. As long as the three guards of Yanshan were still in Xishan, King Yan Zhu Di would not act rashly.
And if the three guards of Yanshan move, it can only prove that King Zhu Di of Yan has rebelled!
At that time, even with the protection of the people of Peiping, Xie Gui would dare to go directly into Prince Yan's Mansion to arrest the traitors!
You have launched an army to rebel, what else does the court have to fear?
Any unruly people who dare to assist the traitors will be treated as traitors and will be killed without mercy!
It is precisely because of this that the three guards of Yanshan cannot move and must find another way!
"You don't need all the troops of the three guards!" Monk Dao Yan shook his head, "The number is not too many, but five thousand elites are enough!"
"As long as we withstand the first wave of offensives from Xie Gui's troops, and then wait until the three escort armies arrive, we can naturally capture Beiping City by cooperating inside and outside!"
Chang Shi Jinzhong also nodded after hearing this. This is indeed a feasible method.
"It's not difficult to let five thousand elite soldiers sneak into Beiping City!"
"Whether it's a refugee or a caravan, there are always plenty of ways!"
"Isn't Xishan transporting a large amount of anthracite coal to Beiping City every day? The soldiers can lurk in this anthracite coal caravan and no one will notice it!"
Upon hearing this, everyone's eyes suddenly lit up.
Zhu Di nodded hard and made the decision directly.
Although this period of time was peaceful, it was filled with an aura of danger that a storm was coming.
Zhu Di asked himself that there were not many soldiers and horses in the city, so he always felt guilty, fearing that Xie Gui would go crazy one day and lead his men into Prince Yan's Mansion.
So Zhu Di agreed to the plan without hesitation and immediately ordered Zhang Yu to go back and start preparations.
Zhang Yu also understood that the situation in the city was dangerous, so he did not object.
Next, everyone discussed the general strategic goals after taking control of Beiping City.
When the discussion was over, Monk Daoyan mentioned the name of raising an army.
The division has its own reputation, this is the rule of marching and fighting.
What's more, Prince Yan's Mansion is now planning to rebel!
If they don't find a reasonable excuse and at least let the people of Peiping believe it, then they will be no different from real traitors and will lose the hearts of the people of Peiping in an instant!
After hearing Dao Yan's words, everyone was a little silent.
Rebellion is rebellion, no matter how you try to cover it up, it is difficult to change this fact!
But even if everyone understands this truth, they still have to rack their brains to think of an excuse.
When Zhu Di saw this, he smiled and gave the answer directly.
"I have already made a plan."
"The reason why Prince Yan's Mansion raised troops is to appease Jingnan!"
"Jingnan?" Upon hearing these two words, Monk Daoyan's eyes suddenly lit up!
Zhu Di explained enthusiastically: "When Emperor Taizu Gao was still alive, something happened where Prime Minister Hu Weiyong was in charge of dictatorship, which led to a major case of 'Hu Ni'!"
"Even though Hu Weiyong's party was finally wiped out in time by Emperor Taizu Gao, Taizu was still worried that powerful ministers would usurp power in the future, so he left a 'Jingnan Instruction' in the "Huang Ming Ancestor Instructions", which states that there are no honest ministers in the court. If there is a treacherous official in the country, he must raise troops to punish him and clear the emperor's side. This is equivalent to giving the vassal king the right to move to the central government to demand treacherous ministers and raise troops to clear the emperor's side!"
"With this Jingnan legacy, if I raise the army, it is not rebellion, but following the ancestral teachings and raising troops to attack the traitors in the court!"
"For example, Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng, and Fang Xiaoru are out-and-out treacherous ministers. They tempted the new emperor to promote the reduction of vassals and made the world uneasy. If not they are treacherous ministers who bring disaster to the country and the people, what are they?"
Zhu Ditian shamelessly stole Su Yang's words and added his own ideas with dignity.
As for the traitors in the court, they must be Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng and Fang Xiaoru.
If these three bastards hadn't beguiled the new emperor Zhu Yunwen and focused on promoting the reduction of the vassal state, how could Zhu Di, the king of Yan, be forced by the imperial court to rebel?
If he could really break into Jinling, Zhu Di would definitely be the first to chop off this bastard's head and kill all three of them!
The last problem is solved perfectly.
Now we have a plan to raise troops, a battle strategy, and even the slogan for raising troops.
For a time, everyone was in high spirits and their morale was greatly increased. As soon as spring arrived, they would raise troops to suppress Jingnan and conquer the traitor!
