Chapter 147 Geng Bingwen’s Thoughts
What King Jin said seems to be very similar. The incident between King Jin and Nanjing has spread throughout the upper echelons of the imperial court. It seems that King Jin went to extreme lengths to avoid making Zhu Yunwen suspicious. But everyone who knows understands it. There is only one piece of paper that has not been revealed between the King of Jin and Nanjing.
Geng Bingwen knew that King Jin was talking nonsense. But I won’t force it anymore. Just snorted coldly. Just throw away your hands and leave.
When he reached the entrance of the camp, Geng Bingwen suddenly stopped and looked back suddenly, only to see that the camp seemed like a beast lurking in the darkness, with only clusters of bonfires like the beating eyes of the beast.
Geng Bingwen suddenly had an idea deep in his heart. That's this battle, can it still be won?
At the beginning of the war, Geng Bingwen felt that he was within reach.
After all, the contrast between the strengths and weaknesses of Beijing and Nanjing is so obvious.
But from last year to now, the problem he has faced the most has never been his own enemy, but His Highness Prince Jin. His Royal Highness the King of Jin is holding us back. Geng Bingwen could do almost nothing, and military operations were protracted.
Now, Geng Bingwen has smelled a different atmosphere. It seems that a big war is brewing.
Geng Bingwen's risk-taking attack regardless of his own life and death was actually just to increase the chances of winning this war.
Unfortunately, his efforts appear to have failed.
"No." Geng Bingwen said to himself: "I have to find a way. We can't let the northwest army sit here and watch the success or failure."
Geng Bingwen couldn't do this, and he didn't want to be punished by Nanjing for such a thing.
I secretly thought about what to do tomorrow.
But he didn't expect that his time window was only so short. It passed quickly.
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In the dead of night.
A man was holding a horse, and suddenly a river rushed out of the water. Immediately, a large number of cavalry came from behind to cross the river. .
The leader is none other than others. It is peace.
As one of Zhu Xiongying's most trusted generals. Ping An lives up to his reputation. He is also worthy of Zhu Xiongying's trust in him. It only took seven or eight days since he led the army to set off from Beijing. He lurked near the Confederate camp all night.
Ping An seized the slightest gap in the lack of tacit understanding of the army caused by the disagreement between Geng Bingwen and King Jin. That is, the scope of the two sides' night-time explorations overlapped in some places. But the two monks had no water to eat.
Both sides are responsible for this, but no one cares about it, thus creating a loophole that is not a loophole.
In the eyes of others, it is nothing. But in Ping An's view, it is a fatal flaw.
So, in the dead of night. A shout of peace ascending high. Thousands of horses galloped out, and Ping An was already prepared. He piled gunpowder barrels directly under the wall of the village. Just a roar was heard, and a gap was opened. Ping An took advantage of the situation and struck out.
Rush straight into King Jin's camp.
As for why it is King Jin’s camp?
Without him, a veteran like Geng Bingwen would do things flawlessly. Ping An judged that even if he rushed in, he would not gain much, and he would probably be in trouble. Even escaping unharmed is impossible.
As for the King of Jin, it is a bit exaggerated to say that the King of Jin cannot lead troops.
But compared with Geng Bingwen, he was indeed the one who was compared.
Of course, Ping An is like picking a soft persimmon.
As for whether Ping An knew about the deal between King Jin and Beijing, of course he didn't know. Of course, even if I knew, I wouldn’t care. Ping An doesn't care about those arrogant people. Even if you know, treat it as if you don’t know. Even if Zhu Xiongying knew it. Don't care too much.
It was just a delaying tactic before, and King Jin may not understand it.
Everyone is plotting against each other. It's just a matter of who is better.
But King Jin couldn't bear such a blow.
The King of Jin scraped land in Taiyuan to build three guard posts. Each of these three guard posts was divided into left, right and center. Because among the imperial establishment, the vassal king only had three guards. No more. Everyone knew that the King of Jin was secretly expanding his army, but they did not reveal it.
Now in this battle, King Jin suffered heavy losses.
He is not the Nanjing court.
The Nanjing court has a strong foundation, and no matter how many people are lost, they can always make up for it. However, once the Jin King's military strength was reduced, it was almost impossible to make up for it. The Jin king's troops were all in power after Zhu Yuanzhang had just died, and Nanjing was busy seizing power. When he had no time to take care of it, King Jin secretly did it.
Now, in the small city of Taiyuan, Zhao Yong, Geng Bingwen and other generals gathered in order to check and balance the King of Jin. How could the King of Jin continue to replenish his troops unscrupulously?
At this moment, King Jin's camp was engulfed in raging fire, and King Jin, protected by countless guards, said with his eyes about to split, "Zhu Xiongying, you are cruel, you are cruel enough."
I felt infinite regret in my heart, thinking I had fallen into Zhu Xiongying's trap.
If Zhu Xiongying knew about it, he would naturally cry out that he was wronged, write a letter to the King of Jin, and adjust Ping'an to support Zhending. These two things were done at the same time. Zhu Xiongying didn't have clairvoyance and ears, so how could he know the situation today.
All I can say is that it’s really unfortunate.
Then the King of Jin hated Geng Bingwen again and asked: "Didn't you send someone to ask for help from Geng Bingwen? Why haven't you arrived yet?"
King Jin didn't know that the person he sent to ask for help had turned into a corpse.
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In Geng Bingwen's camp, all the soldiers and horses were assembled. Just stay put and don't attack.
While Geng Bingwen was riding on the horse, he dozed off every now and then. It seems that this veteran didn't get enough sleep because he got up in the middle of the night. While catching up on their sleep here, the sounds of killing people in the distance were clearly visible, and the light of the fire was soaring into the sky that it could even be reflected on their faces.
For a moment, everyone looked at each other, wondering what Marquis Changxing was thinking.
Upon seeing this, Geng Bingwen's son Geng Rui stepped forward and said, "Father, father, it will be too late if you don't take action."
Geng Bingwen's eyes seemed to wake up from his sleep and glanced at his son. Then he closed his eyes again, as if he didn't hear anything.
Geng Rui didn't know what to do for a while.
He took the prince's daughter and was connected by blood with the prince. This is also the reason why Geng Bingwen became the chief general of the Northern Expedition in history. It's just that the princess Geng Rui married was not born to the Lu family or the Chang family. This is also the embarrassment of the Geng family.
Fortunately, Zhu Yunwen still trusts the Geng family.
It's just that Geng Bingwen felt helpless that his son shared his father's worries without any understanding.
In fact, in the middle of the night, when the war broke out, Geng Bingwen wanted to rescue King Jin immediately for a moment. But soon this idea was suppressed by himself. Without him, Beijing is his enemy, so isn’t King Jin?
In today's situation, Geng Bingwen has no hope for the future Zhending battle.
But it doesn't matter. Even if there is no light in the east, it doesn't matter if there is light in the west. If you can't defeat Beijing, taking the king of Jin will be enough to send a message to Nanjing. Not to mention, King Jin has done many things during this period, which has actually offended Geng Bingwen severely.
Don't underestimate these veterans.
Geng Bingwen is affable most of the time. He even somewhat imitates Xu Da's behavior style, which is never domineering.
Even if others offend him, he is still very self-restrained. Will not express anger.
But when he really decided to take action, he would do it accurately and ruthlessly.
For example, now, Geng Bingwen has already sent people to monitor the battlefield. The people sent by King Jin to seek help all died somewhere in the darkness. Anyway, on the battlefield, swords and guns are blind. Geng Bingwen looked drowsy now.
Actually waiting for news. what news.
Waiting for the news that King Jin died in battle.
Once King Jin dies. That's it.
If King Jin is not dead, then wait a little longer. Not in a hurry.
But Geng Bingwen was waiting for news he didn't want to hear. That means King Jin has escaped. At this moment, he led his guards straight to Geng Bingwen's camp.
Geng Bingwen hoped to see King Jin die, and he also knew that Nanjing was also looking forward to King Jin's death. But King Jin was determined not to die in his own hands. After all, once King Jin dies in his own hands, Zhu Yunwen will
No matter how happy you are, you must give an explanation to the feudal kings in the world.
Geng Bingwen thought to himself: "If you die, you can't die. If it's not enough, it doesn't matter. It's better for the King of Jin to save his life."
Since Geng Bingwen has already launched. Then there is no possibility of stopping. After all, many things today cannot be hidden from others. If King Jin does not fall, then King Jin will have a deadly feud with the Geng family.
Geng Bingwen is the most peaceful among the ministers. Worst of all is trouble. How could Geng Bingwen stay with such trouble?
