In the first year of Jianwen, Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunwen had just succeeded to the throne, and he decided to cut down the vassal vassal. Regardless of the fact that his grandfather Zhu Yuanzhang's body was still cold, in a very short period of time, he cut down several of his uncles, including King Zhu Ji of Zhou, King Xiang, King Qi, King Dai, and King Min. The princes who were deprived of their royal titles were all deeply humiliated. Among them, King Xiang committed suicide because he did not want to be humiliated by the jailers.
At this time, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, who was stationed in Peiping, was undoubtedly Zhu Yunzhen's biggest thorn in his side and flesh. At that time, Zhu Di had only 800 personal guards of King Yan who could absolutely obey his orders. And Zhu Yunwen, who is the leader of the world, can mobilize more than one million troops?
There was such a huge gap between the enemy and ourselves, but Zhu Di was still able to make up his mind to send troops to quell Jingnan. Starting from a mere 800 men, he finally defeated Zhu Yunwen and truly became the leader of the world. Jing Nan's "go all out and take a gamble" mentality at the beginning was probably the same as what he just said about Zhang Li.
"I also agree with what Fourth Brother said. Zhang Li will definitely find a way to seize the city." Putting away his inner thoughts, Zhu Su stood up and said.
"Although Zhang Ren and Chen Hui failed, since they chose to launch an attack on New Year's Eve, they must have been sure that Zhang Li would come soon. And Ma Fengsun also used this as a bargaining chip to persuade Chen Hai..."
"Wait... Your Highness?" Below, the conductor Yang Lu, who was sitting opposite Wei Guan, suddenly stood up. "You just said, what happened to Ma Fengsun?"
"Huh?" Zhu Su was a little unhappy when he was interrupted mid-sentence. But after thinking about it, it suddenly dawned on me. "Oh, I forgot to explain this to you all."
"Ma Fengsun, our salt merchant, is actually one of the remnants of Zhang Chen. He was the one who led the crowd to attack the reserve warehouse last night... Why does Commander Yang know him?" He said and looked at Yang Lu.
"No, I don't know him." Yang Lu shook his head, and his face turned pale for some reason: "It's just that this person always takes the opportunity to come and go around because of his distant relative who is somewhat out of reach."
"I have been very annoyed for a long time. I didn't expect that this person is also a remnant of thieves... Your Highness, continue, continue..."
"In this way," Zhu Su glanced at Yang Lu suspiciously. However, he couldn't find any flaws in what he said, so he put aside his doubts and continued: "Judging from the time of Zhang Ren's action and what Ma Fengsun said to Chen Hai, Zhang Li must have set off at this time."
"There is no turning back. Since they have already arrived, even if no one cooperates, as my fourth brother said, they will definitely try to capture a city."
Everyone was silent. Wei Guandao, the prefect, said: "If we fortify the wall and clear the country at this time, I'm afraid it will be too late. Sure enough, we should quickly call the Taicang guards back to defend our Suzhou in case of any eventuality..."
"Otherwise." Zhu Su shook his head. "What Ru Yushi just said is reasonable."
"Those Japanese pirates came from the sea, but they couldn't bring the equipment for attacking the city. No matter how capable those thieves were, they couldn't break the city wall with their heads."
"Let's let the Taicang Guards continue to garrison Taicang. With their support from outside, they can also contain these thieves: What if they can't defeat our Suzhou Prefecture and flee to Changzhou Prefecture, Zhenjiang Prefecture, or Yangzhou Prefecture?"
"As for our Suzhou Mansion, we have more than 10,000 people from the Suzhou Guards Station, which is enough for us! Don't you think so, Commander Yang?" He turned to look at Yang Lu.
"Ah? Oh, yes, what His Highness said is true!" Yang Lu seemed to be thinking about something, and only came back to his senses after hearing this.
Zhu Su was a little dissatisfied, but he didn't say anything. Instead, he continued: "Now that the discussion has been decided, everyone should be ready."
"The enemy will come soon. This is the time for us to unite as one and unite."
"Prefect Wei, please continue to arrange the preparations for the Japanese. Although the enemy is probably coming to Suzhou, it is difficult to guarantee that the mob will take advantage of every opportunity to plunder the surrounding counties. You immediately send people to notify Wuxian, Kunshan and other places, so that County magistrates from various places quickly gathered people from surrounding villages and entered the city."
"With the county city wall as a support, the people can feel more secure."
"Okay, old minister, go right away." Wei Jian nodded and accepted the order.
"Ru Yushi, I also have something to trouble you." Zhu Su continued. "In order to prevent thieves from escaping into the surrounding prefectures, I ask you to write in various places so that they can take precautions and not be caught off guard by Japanese thieves coming down the waterway."
"In addition, we don't want them to send troops to rescue Suzhou. I will go to Wenjingzhong on my own and ask my father to mobilize the surrounding garrison for reinforcements."
"That's very appropriate." Ru Taisu also stroked his beard and nodded.
Next, Zhu Su arranged everything in detail, one by one, one by one to prepare for the Japanese affairs. Almost everyone present received a job and went about their business one by one. The entire Suzhou Mansion, centered on Zhu Su, the prince who patrolled the sky for hunting, quickly started to move. By the time Zhu Su's arrangements were completed, the people in the hall were almost gone.
Zhu Fang looked at Zhu Su and said with envy: "Lao Wu, you are so majestic just now! You are so young, how can your father trust you to hold such power... You really are a real man!"
Zhu Su just smiled. He would rather not hold this power. But if he doesn't come forward, Ru Taisu and Wei Guan don't have the same opinions, and they don't know how long they will continue to fight. If you don't become a rope now, will you, along with the people in the city, be slaughtered by others?
Moreover, the greater the authority, the greater the responsibility... Just the life and death of the people in this house made Zhu Su feel quite overwhelmed... When he drew up the plan to prepare for the Japanese war, he was very worried Because of one of my improper thoughts, the thief took over.
"Speaking of Lao Wu, these ideas you made are just to defend the city..." Zhu Di thought for a while, "Aren't you going to take the initiative to attack?"
"Abandoning the advantages of a fortified city and going out to fight outside the city is reckless." Zhu Su said speechlessly. "If the remnants of Zhang Ren are still in the city and I am worried that they will take advantage of the situation to cause chaos, I may also consider the option of leaving the city to respond to the enemy."
"But now those remnants are dead. As long as the city doesn't lose its position and defends the city properly, we will definitely win this time."
"Why take that risk."
"That's it..." Zhu Di still had some unfinished thoughts. He licked the corner of his mouth and said regretfully: "I thought I would have the opportunity to unite the army and fight together this time."
"If you really get the pleasure of fighting on the battlefield and get your butt kicked by dad when you get back, it will be worth it."
"Just defending the city is not satisfying enough... Lao Wu, are you really not considering leaving the city?"
"If the enemy is defeated, why don't you and I, the three brothers, lead an army out of the city to pursue us..." Zhu Laosi's eyes were bright and shining with a light called "excitement".
"Don't consider it!" Zhu Su gave him a big eye roll. No matter how high the command value of Emperor Yongle is and how famous he is in the future, Zhu Di at this time is just a teenager who doesn't understand anything.
What's more, the opponents in this battle are only "thieves". As the three brothers, if they bump into each other here, I am afraid that for Lao Zhu, winning this battle will be considered a loss.
"Whether we want to leave the city or not depends on whether the gift will give us this opportunity..."
"But if we really want to leave the city, it won't be your turn, Fourth Brother!"
(End of chapter)
