Chapter 135 The righteous brother

Ping'an rushed out of the east gate of the camp with a long halberd and a slammed his horse. There was already a chaotic crowd outside and a fire.

He turned around and saw that countless officers and soldiers were driven into the trench he dug. He saw that there were crowds of people in the trench, and the howlings of ghosts were shaking and screaming.

He sighed and turned back to the barracks.At this time, a group of soldiers from the Yàn division rushed over. Ping An looked carefully and saw who was the one in front of him?

Now that the defeat is decided, Ping An is really shameless to scold him.He raised the long spear and simply did it directly, wanting to fight Zhu Gaoxu to the death!

Damn it!Ping'an cursed in a low voice and rushed out.

Unexpectedly, King Gaoyang Zhu Gaoxu shouted first: All General Ping can do now is to surrender to my father early, and he can reduce the unnecessary sacrifices of soldiers!

Ping An glared at Zhu Gaoxu clearly. In the fire, Zhu Gaoxu's face was not mocked at all.

Zhu Gaoxu clasped his fists and said: General Ping always calls himself brother.Brother Yi!We each have their own masters, just to decide the outcome.What are the benefits of continuing to fight now, besides having more orphans and widows?

Ping'an was very surprised by his righteous brother. He gently pinned the horse and stared at Zhu Gaoxu in the fire, seeing that he looked sincere.Ping An suddenly turned red.

The two looked at each other, but Zhu Gaoxu did not rush over.Ping An was silent for a long time, holding the long halberd tightly in his hands, and finally threw the weapons to the ground with a clang. Seeing this, the cavalry around him also lost their weapons one after another.

All the cavalry rushed forward and rushed towards Ping An.At this time, Zhu Gaoxu's voice said: Take him everywhere and shout to the officers and soldiers: General is safe here, don't resist unnecessary resistance!

So Ping'an was still riding a horse and was taken away by the cyclist. He walked in front of him. Along the way, he heard the yachts shouting: General Ping'an is here... Wherever he went, the soldiers of the officials and soldiers indeed abandoned their swords and surrendered.

Zhu Gaoxu slapped the horse and approached Ping'an and whispered: From today on, I will no longer be General Ping's enemy. General Ping must remember this sentence.

Ping An turned his head and saw the light of a torch reflected in Zhu Gaoxu's eyes. The sound and words he spoke just now were strange.

Ping An was a little confused and didn't understand for a moment. Zhu Gaoxu asked himself to remember what he did so mysteriously.

Ping'an finally said: Those three cannons have made me feel so painful!He happened to rush with Master Yàn, why is it so coincidental?!If it weren’t for bad luck, the victory or defeat would have been unpredictable... Alas!Now that things have come to this point, I will be killed or cut.

Zhu Gaoxu smiled bitterly and said in a low voice: Brother Yi will understand what I said in the future.

...In the Battle of Lingbi, the Northern Army won a great victory!The government army had almost no escaped, more than 30 military officers above the third rank were captured, and more than 100 civil officials and eunuchs were arrested, but there was no other general of the government army, He Fu.

The sky was white and the soldiers had not been asleep all night, but the inside and outside of Lingbi was still lively, and cheers were heard one after another.The unprecedented victory made everyone feel sleepy.

In the central army's tent, the generals of the Northern Army were shouting and shouting for killing, and they asked King Yàn to chop off Ping An on the spot!

Zhu Gaoxu was in a complicated mood in the crowd. When he saw such a scene, he felt that the general of peace was more important. It must have caused too many generals of the Northern Army to suffer losses and were hated.

On the other hand, he was a little worried about Ping An, for fear that this capable man would be cut.

But Zhu Gaoxu was powerless, and all the power of life and death was in the hands of King Yàn.

No matter what reasons everyone has, the final decision is decided by King Yàn... Because King Yàn also has his own reasons and may not necessarily listen to others.

At this moment, King Yàn raised his arm and calmed down the generals. Sure enough, he said: Taizu raised a scholar, but now only Ping Baoer is left to use, and I can't bear to kill him.And sent him to Peiping.

No one called for killing the generals again. Seeing this, Zhu Gaoxu had to admire his father's control.

Then King Yàn ordered people to release more than 100 civil servants and eunuchs, showing great kindness!

Zhu Gaoxu remembered the legendary violence of King Yàn at the nine tribes of the barbarians, and saw King Yàn’s kindness at the moment, and occasionally he was a little confused.

He has been trying to speculate on his father, but he still doesn't know how deep the heart of King Yàn is.

However, Zhu Gaoxu has some understanding of King Yàn's actions at present:

King Yàn's methods of dealing with various forces are very experienced.

Now that the Jingnan has not won, he is very generous to civil servants; because civil servants have not played a big role in the war, they are in a stage where they can be put on hold for the time being.

When King Yàn can really control the world, maybe the situation will be different.

King Yàn is not Emperor Jianwen. Their biggest difference is that Jianwen will suddenly make many enemies for himself; but King Yàn will not, he will divide the enemy, prevent his opponent from roaming, and then defeat them one by one.

But the result of the superiors' carefulness may be the same, that is, to maintain their own power and arbitrary decision.

Zhu Gaoxu was just a villain in his previous life, with a low education and little interest in matters that had nothing to do with life.

After coming to the backward Ming Dynasty, he felt that his knowledge was improving... not only because he was influenced by powerful people, but also because he had an advantage, that is, he could think by himself and not follow others.

...He was addicted to gambling in his previous life, but later he finally realized that he could think.

Once I saw a probability theory in my cousin's textbook.

The probability of one thing tends toward a fixed value because of too many repetitions, just like throwing a coin.

As a gambling idler, the probability of winning is no more than 50%. The more he bets, the more he loses, the fate is basically destined.

Only then did he realize how stupid it is to be gambling indiscriminately.

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On the south bank of the Huai River, Sheng Yong looked at the river surface with a very lonely expression.

It was already the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, and the first light snow in Huainan came early, and fine snowflakes floated on the water and disappeared in an instant.

The snowflakes fell on Sheng Yong's hair and turned gray, and he seemed to have grown much older all of a sudden.

Marshal, it’s snowing, let’s go back to the camp.The general advised.

Sheng Yong sighed: I suddenly felt that there was only one person left in this world.

He rarely has times when he is sad about spring and autumn.At this time, the generals advised: The general has family and relatives, and so many brothers in the army are still there.

Sheng Yong said: Actually, I don’t have a deep relationship with Ping An. Before the Battle of Ping Yàn, we didn’t have much contact.But once peace is lost, I feel that the world is so lonely!Thinking of the Beiping Administration and the governors, I echoed each other step by step. I was a general who had been in war for a lifetime and had countless battles, but never so compatible with others...

The civil servant who came back said that peace was fine.King Yàn treated him like a guest of honor, served with good wine and food, and sent elite soldiers to escort to Peking.The general said again.

Sheng Yong shook his head and sneered: Sooner or later it is a word of death.

Ping'an's father was the adopted son of Taizu, and he got close to the emperors and powerful people; Sheng Yong was an ordinary military general, but he knew the struggles in the court better than Ping'an... It is precisely because Sheng Yong climbed faster than Ping'an, formed an alliance with Tiexuan, flattered Huang Zicheng, and finally got the title of General Ping Yiàn as he wished.

Sheng Yong continued: Yàn rebelled and did not kill Ping'an, but was actually pretending to be the only one who was left to show us the remaining military generals.No matter what the situation is, peace will die!

Two generals asked in a row with confusion: Why?

Sheng Yong did not answer.

The possibility of the unfavorable war between the Yàn King is very small. Now the official army is defeated again, and there are few soldiers left to fight. The situation is completely inferior to the early stage of the Yàn War.

Even if King Yàn is not good, Ping An will die. There are too many generals over there who hate Ping An.

If King Yàn defeated... Jingnan There are so many heroes who rebel with their heads on their backs, will it be the turn of peace who is completely in the wrong position?Sooner or later, they will be cleared and freed up!

Sheng Yong felt sad when he died of a rabbit and fox.But maybe his feelings are wrong, and in the end, I'm afraid he should be sad about peace?

The Ping'an family at least has a good relationship with the Ming Dynasty royal family... What does he have in Sheng Yong? Those who hate peace hate Sheng Yong even more! He also had the danger that Ping An had caused to Master Yàn even more.

Thinking of this, Sheng Yong realized that his sadness was not because he had any friendship with Ping'an. In fact, he didn't care much about Ping'an's life or death!

What he cared about was peace's talent and was very helpful for the court to win the war.Ping An was captured and could not fight side by side with him, and this war was even harder to fight.

Sheng Yong was very unwilling to give up. He tried his best to get the status he is today.We are born and die on the battlefield, rack our brains behind our backs, but once the battle of PingYàn fails, all this will be gone!

He does not want to lose his glory, wealth, and glory that is recognized by the world, nor does he want to die.

Sheng Yong said: We have another chance!The reinforcements from various provincial garrison stations that were added to the increase six months ago are finally coming.What I want is the elite soldiers!As long as we get this force, we can still fight.

The general hurriedly praised: In the face of national crisis, the one who is most loyal to the emperor is the Grand Marshal Ah!It is really necessary for the eunuchs and Jinyiwei in the army to report the words of the commander back to the court.

Sheng Yong did not argue that he was so persistent in working for the court, not because the civil servants said morality and righteousness, but because he was trying to win opportunities for himself.

Walk!Sheng Yong put away those useless sadness.Anyway, the past has become a foregone conclusion, so it is better to plan more things for the future.Sheng Yong has always been a calm and calm person.

He led a few generals to leave the river bank.

After Sheng Yong returned to the camp, he wrote a secret letter to his son-in-law Mei Yin, asking him to defend the city and seek capital in the east, and not let Master Yin go south by taking the way.

While writing a letter to remind Fengyang Prefect Xu An to burn all the floating bridges and boats in the territory.

Then the military officials were sent to the upper reaches of the Huai River, and the ships were burned down in various prefectures and counties, and all the Huai River lines were martial law.

After he deployed, he personally inspected the river section near the camp and determined that the soldiers would control all the boats.

Although Sheng Yong has many people in his hands, most of them are composed of local brave men and yamen runners.After he went from Shandong to Huaihe, he had been recruiting troops, but when he dealt with the elite troops of the Yàn division, these troops could not be arranged in field battles!

His consideration was that relying on the Huaihe River would take as long as possible.Everything I do now is to delay the speed of Master Yàn's going south.

Sheng Yong just waited for the reinforcements of the court to get them, and then looked for an opportunity to compete with the Yàn Division in the final battle!