Chapter 54 Qu Neng’s meeting gift
He Xi said: "Others can be postponed, but the last thing cannot be postponed. You must give an accurate letter. I will not force you. I will hear the battle between King Yan and Wasi next spring at the latest. The news is that when the time comes, I will remove some guard posts in Monan and Liaodong, which is good for everyone."
Lian Zining said: "Okay. I will give you an answer within a month."
Lian Zining felt that King Yan would agree to this condition, but he had to report to King Yan that this month would be his time to communicate. It's extremely compressed.
He Xi's report to Zhu Xiongying was very convenient.
After hearing what He Xi said, Zhu Xiongying was actually a little unhappy deep in his heart. Although He Xi said it was a report, everything had already been discussed. All it takes is Zhu Xiongying to say whether he agrees or not.
As far as Zhu Xiongying was concerned, he was actually more willing to take in King Yan's 100,000-strong army and serve as a pioneer for the march south. How to arrange the king of Yan in the future? There are ways to arrange it. At that time, it will just be up to him.
It's just that King Yan is not a fool, and Zhu Xiongying can accept this result of settling for the second best.
In this way, there is no need to worry about King Yan, and there is no need to worry about Wa Ci.
It would be best if King Yan and Wa Ci fight each other for several years before going south to decide the outcome.
Zhu Xiongying said: "My uncle can arrange it. I have a letter here, uncle, take a look."
He Xi took it over and took a look at it, and immediately said: "Congratulations, Your Highness, congratulations to Your Highness, you have gained another tiger general."
This letter was written by Qu Neng from Dongshengwei.
To be precise, Qu Neng was not only the commander of Dongsheng Guard, but also the commander of Shanxi Xingdusi. Shanxi Xingdusi refers to dozens of guard posts outside Yanmen Pass in Shanxi, all the way to Dongshengwei. Datong area is left.
During the Hongwu period, Zhu Yuanzhang paid unprecedented attention to Dongshengwei, also known as the Hetao area. Place the capital in Dongsheng instead of Datong.
Of course, although Qu Neng is the commander of Shanxi's capital, he may not be able to lead the entire capital to defect to Beijing. After all, Datong is an important border defense area, and the Nanjing nobles have no influence on the northern frontier army. Qu Neng could only make the Dongsheng guards listen to him.
Qu Neng's letter expresses Qu Neng's attitude.
He also proposed a plan to go south to Datong. .z.
Today, Quneng is connected to Beijing by detouring through the Monan area, while there is a shortest road between Dongsheng and Beijing, which is Datong. Taking Datong would not only free the Monan region from the threat of the Southern Army, but also allow Beijing to occupy a prosperous place outside the Great Wall. It even made Datong *** vote for Beijing.
You must know that the Datong Army was a very powerful presence in the early Ming Dynasty.
As a result, the nine-border strong army, Liaodong, Datong, Dongsheng, including the Beijing camp, were almost all in Zhu Xiongying's hands.
Of course, there are pros and cons for He Xi.
The advantage is that He Xi has more chips in his hands. The disadvantage is that Zhu Xiongying has more chips.
It is quite disadvantageous for He Xi to control the overall situation.
However, He Xi didn't care.
Under Zhu Yuanzhang, his hands were tied, but even if Zhu Xiongying had the strongest soldiers in the world, He Xi might not care. Not only in terms of strength, but also in character. Zhu Yuanzhang is the kind of ruthless person who, for political gain, will kill his son if he says to kill his son, and rape his grandson if he says to kill his grandson.
Zhu Yuanzhang said that one person must be killed to kill the whole family, including the chickens and dogs in the family. But Zhu Xiongying does not have such a strong heart. After Zhu Xiongying was born, Ming Dynasty was already quite peaceful. Zhu Xiongying's psychological endurance is also quite limited. If Zhu Xiongying really makes up his mind, either you die or I die, Zhu Xiongying may not be able to make this determination.
Therefore, He Xi just congratulated him for this.
Zhu Xiongying observed He Xi carefully, trying to see some dissatisfaction or fear in He Xi. But he didn't find it, and he was slightly happy in his heart, thinking to himself: "Although my uncle is a bit domineering, capable people have tempers, and he doesn't have many bad thoughts towards me." Zhu Xiongying said: "Then uncle feels that
Okay, what should I do? "
He Xi said: "Hurry up and join General Qu and head south to Datong. The troops are valuable and quick."
Zhu Xiongying said: "Okay."
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So tens of thousands of troops headed west from Daning to join the main forces of Jining Haizi and Dongshengwei.
The main force of Dongsheng, with Dongsheng Five Guards as the core, has about 50,000 or 60,000 troops. At this moment, Qu Neng has brought only 30,000 cavalry. After joining Zhu Xiongying, the main cavalry forces of Monan Dusi, Daning Dusi, and even Shanxi Xingdusi have already Converged.
These more than 100,000 cavalry were not the entire strength of the Ming Monan Defense Line, but they were all the mobile forces.
The entire Ming Dynasty's northern frontier defense line, except for Shaanxi, is all in the hands of Beijing.
At this moment, Beijing can really compete with Nanjing. Of course, Nanjing still has the advantage.
When the two armies met, they were still separated by a few miles, so Qu Neng came alone with his son Qu Liangcai, came to Zhu Xiongying's horse, got off his horse, and apologized: "I am late, please excuse me."
Zhu Xiongying dismounted and helped Qu Neng up, saying, "Old General, what crime are you guilty of?"
Qu Neng then looked up at Zhu Xiongying and burst into tears. Said: "I think of Emperor Zhenzong."
When He Xi saw this, he secretly muttered in his heart, old fox.
Sure enough, at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, most of these civil servants and military generals were quite capable. No matter what aspect, at least it was above the standard, Qu Neng cried, not for anything else, but to remind Zhu Xiongying that he was the old man of the prince.
He is the direct descendant of the prince.
However, Qu Nengzhi's cry is also true.
He could only fight small battles in Sichuan at the beginning. After all, Sichuan's war of going deep into the mountains and old forests to quell the rebellion really had no merit to speak of.
Qu Neng was transferred to the north from Sichuan by the prince, and he even drew a plan for the Northern Expedition. In the future, the first army of the Northern Expedition to Liaodong would come out from the east, and his army would come out from the west, cross the vast sea, and go straight to Helin. Incorporate Monan into the territory of the Ming Dynasty.
At that time, he was in Dongshengwei, and he got whatever he wanted. Under the care of the prince, he was treated as the first-class main force of the Ming Dynasty.
But he never expected that King Qin would die and the situation would take a turn for the worse. Later, the prince would die. He became useless in Dongshengwei. All his chances were gone. For Qu Neng, isn't it worth crying?
Now this situation is not easy for Qu Neng to handle.
Everyone knows that he is a prince. But he can't rely on either of his two grandsons.
Generally speaking, there is still some communication between him and Zhu Xiongying. As for Zhu Yunwen, there was no communication at all. There are even some grudges, including Lan Yu's death. Qu Neng also took orders under Lan Yu's tent when he was in Sichuan.
With the way Zhu Yunwen was handling the Lan Jade case in Nanjing, Qu Neng didn't know whether he was considered a remnant of the Lan Jade case in Nanjing.
Even so, Qu Neng was hesitant. It is very difficult to ask him to raise troops to respond to Zhu Xiongying. It wasn't just Qu Neng's own hesitation. There was even more hesitation among the whole Dongshengwei army. It's very simple. Although Dongshengwei has opened up a lot of fertile land, it seems to be self-sufficient. But everyone knows that this kind of self-sufficiency is actually very fragile once there is no support from the rear. Dongshengwei's good situation cannot last long.
And where is the rear of Dongshengwei?
Naturally it is Datong.
Qu Neng did not dare to take risks, because if he did not bring his army to Zhu Xiongying, he would be of little use. As for the young family in Nanjing, he had no choice but to think too much in such a major change that affected the world.
Fortunately, my son is with me and my mother is no longer here. My wife and daughter-in-law can't be taken care of at this time.
After all, Qu Neng knew very well that after Zhu Xiongying placed him in the cabinet, he had reached the point where he had to make a decision. First, Zhu Xiongying gave him such a high status. If he hadn't expressed it yet, he would have offended Zhu Xiongying. Second, Nanjing cannot give him such a high status. Even if he defected to Nanjing, he would still be suspected because of the price Beijing gave him.
The price Beijing offered him made everyone in the world know that he had something to do with Beijing.
After all, there are so many old people in Ming Dynasty
Jiang is still here, and he, Qu, is the oldest one. He doesn't even have a count. If it doesn't matter, will he give it to him? Qu Neng could only write a letter and defect to him immediately.
