Since Zhang Yu took advantage of the darkness to launch an attack on the Nine Gates, the defenders had no time to react.
The Nine Gates of Peking easily fell into Zhu Di's control.
It will be much easier to occupy the entire Peiping next.
The so-called closing the door and beating the dog is nothing more than this.
In just three days, the entire city of Beiping fell into Zhu Di's hands.
After all, Zhu Di has been operating here for more than ten years and has a deep mass base.
Song Zhong, who was outside the city, learned the news and had no desire to fight Zhu Di. He directly led his 30,000 soldiers and horses to retreat to Huailai.
At the same time, people were sent eight hundred miles away to rush the information back to the capital.
Zhu Di did not pursue Song Zhong immediately.
What he has to do now is to find a reason for his rebellion.
Since ancient times, it has been very important to rebel, hold righteousness, and be righteous.
Zhu Yunwen was a legitimate emperor, while Zhu Di was just a vassal king.
If he wants to rebel, he must have a sufficient reason.
Otherwise, the soldiers under his command would not be convinced.
After all, rebellion is taboo in this era.
We must let our soldiers understand that we are not rebelling, but just.
Only in this way will everyone follow you.
So Zhu Di and Dao Yan began to find reasons.
The hard work paid off, and they really found a reason.
There is a saying in the "Ancestor Instructions of the Emperor Ming": If there are no honest ministers in the dynasty and there are evildoers in the court, then the prince will train the troops and be on standby, and the emperor will give secret orders to the kings and command the troops to suppress them.
Therefore, Zhu Di openly declared that there were treacherous ministers in the court, namely Huang Zicheng, Qi Tai, Fang Xiaoru and others.
It is necessary to send troops to "pacify Nanjing" and clear the emperor's side.
The reason for the rebellion was thus settled.
For this reason, he and Dao Yan spent a lot of brain cells.
And in order to further prove that he is really "Jingnan", Qing Junzi.
They wrote their own theory into a memorial and presented it to the imperial court.
It can be seen from this that being thick-faced and black-hearted is an essential quality for rebellion.
…
Zhu Di is going to take action against Song Zhong.
It was impossible for him to watch tens of thousands of soldiers and horses surrounding him with eager eyes.
He personally led the army towards Huailai.
Facing the approaching Yan army, Song Zhong looked at the messy soldiers.
I thought of a good idea.
He spread rumors that Zhu Di had killed all their relatives.
I want to use this to arouse the anger of the soldiers, so as to unite the morale of the soldiers and enhance their combat effectiveness.
But unfortunately, he miscalculated.
His plan was known to Zhu Di in advance.
When he attacked the city, he specially arranged for the relatives of the soldiers to lead the charge.
These soldiers did not rush forward, but shouted when they were still some distance away from the city wall.
The content is probably "Lao San, Lao San, I am your big brother!"
"Cousin, is that you? I am XXX"
All kinds of things.
A good siege battle turned into a family recognition meeting.
Song Zhong's soldiers felt deceived.
They fled, and those who surrendered to Zhu Di surrendered to Zhu Di.
Seeing this, Song Zhong planned to personally go into battle to save it.
But the situation is no longer under his control.
Even he himself was kidnapped by his men and sent to Zhu Di.
In this way, Huailai fell into Zhu Di's hands, further increasing his strength.
Regarding Song Zhong, Zhu Di wanted to persuade him to surrender.
However, the other party was not moved at all.
He had no choice but to order beheading.
He could not keep an enemy.
…
Soon, Zhu Di raised troops, and news of Huailai's fall reached the capital.
There was an uproar in the court.
Zhu Yunwen finally realized that he was going to fight his uncle with swords drawn.
This will be a life and death struggle.
It will only end when one side is completely victorious.
As for the responsibility for the loss of Huailai, Huang Zicheng and others directly placed the blame on the dead Song Zhong.
Zhu Yunwen ordered his family to be confiscated, the men were exiled, and the women were sent to the Jiaofang Division.
This means that Mr. Song is dead, otherwise the fate of his family may be even worse.
After the responsibility has been investigated, the next step is how to deal with Zhu Di's rebellion.
Now, the whole court was quarreling over who should lead the troops on the expedition.
…
At the same time, Yang Xuan has also received a secret report from Peiping.
"This guy moves really fast."
Nowadays, the surrounding areas of Peiping, including Tongzhou, Jizhou, Zunhua, Juyongguan, and Huailai, have fallen under Zhu Di's control.
In this way, Zhu Di's strategic space will no longer be limited to the small city of Beiping.
After destroying the secret report sent back by the secret guard, Yang Xuan began to think deeply.
Next, the imperial court will send out troops, so the candidates to lead the troops will either be selected from among the veterans left by Lao Zhu, or from among the young generals.
But come to think of it, young generals are not qualified enough.
The court is likely to choose someone from among the veterans.
The only veteran generals who can still lead troops now are Wuding Marquis Guo Ying and Changxing Marquis Geng Bingwen.
Yang Xuan thought for a while and decided to talk to these two people.
…
It's still night time.
Yang Xuan first looked for Geng Bingwen.
"Prince-in-law, you came to me this late at night, what if someone discovers you?" Geng Bingwen looked at Yang Xuan, who was wearing night clothes, and asked worriedly.
"Old Marquis."
"I think you already know why I came to you."
Yang Xuan said.
"Please express it clearly, Prince Consort." Geng Bingwen cupped his hands, pretending to be confused.
He knew why Yang Xuan was banned by Zhu Yunwen.
Now Zhu Di rebelled, and Yang Xuan came to visit him at this time. Why?
Isn't this the lice on the bald man's head? It's obvious!
Yang Xuan took a deep look at Geng Bingwen, but did not reveal it.
Instead, he opened his mouth to explain: "Old Marquis, we all see what Zhu Yunwen did after he succeeded to the throne."
"Just because he treated the literati favorably and suppressed the generals."
"Do you think we can succeed in the future?"
"Now, it is God's will that King Yan raises troops to quell the situation."
"However, King Yan only occupied a corner of Beiping. It is extremely difficult to use this to compete with the imperial court."
"To put it bluntly, if you are not careful, you will be in ruins."
"But if we lend a helping hand at this time, King Yan will definitely remember this feeling."
"When I ascend to the throne one day, I will be rewarded generously."
“The icing on the cake is far less than providing help in times of need.”
After listening to Yang Xuan's words, Geng Bingwen did not respond immediately.
Although he looked down upon Zhu Yunwen, the young emperor, he was the late emperor's established successor after all.
It's orthodox.
Not to mention whether he was qualified as an emperor, but it was too difficult for Zhu Di to successfully rebel with the little power he had.
When it comes to who is more suitable to be emperor between Zhu Yunwen and Zhu Di, he is more optimistic about the latter.
But that's not the reason why he chose the latter carelessly.
He is responsible for his family.
It seemed that Geng Bingwen was confused.
Yang Xuan no longer hesitated and took out his trump card.
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