"Your Highness, Sheng Yong from Shandong is leading 30,000 people to attack Beiping. It seems that he wants to rescue Wang Tong's army."

Qiu Fu walked in at this time and informed the situation in Shandong. "There is also Shandong governor Tie Xuan, who is now convening the remnants of Li Jinglong. If he gets what he wants, he may have a team of hundreds of thousands of people."

"Sheng Yong? Tie Xuan? They are all people that the boy said. They seem to be difficult to deal with. However, Ping An, who was good at fighting before, was a little greedy for life and feared death, surrendered easily." Zhu Di was shocked. When he returned to Beiping before, he was blocked by Miyun commander Ping An after Miyun. But how could he be the opponent of the three guards of Duoyan? Ping An persisted for less than a day and chose to surrender.

If it weren't for the time being to hire people now, Zhu Di wouldn't have used such surrendered generals.

But now there is a good opportunity to test him, so how could Zhu Di miss this opportunity?

"Qiu Fu, you bring Ping'an with you and lead 20,000 troops to Hejian Prefecture to block Sheng Yong. Don't give Ping'an too much advice, and test whether he really surrenders." Zhu Di ordered.

"Yes, I will do it now."

Qiu Fu took the order and left. This old man, who was nearly sixty years old, followed Zhu Di in battles across the country, and charged forward every time, which made great contributions to Zhu Di. Therefore, Zhu Di trusted him very much and was very fortunate that Hu Ye protected him.

It was not until this moment that Zhu Di understood what Hu Ye said to save Qiu Fu, "I want to give you a general."

"What day is today?"

Zhu Di asked after taking Qiu Fu to leave.

"Go back to Your Highness, today is the 20th day of the twelfth lunar month." Zhang Fu replied.

"Are you twenty? You have been besieging Wang Tong for a month, and they must have had food and supplies." Zhu Di frowned, and then tapped the table with his fingers, "Come on, use hot air balloons to airdrop supplies to the army on the mountain. You must not lose any wine and meat, and you cannot starve them to death."

"Your Highness, it would be better for us to rush up to deal with them when they are hungry? Why do we have to airdrop supplies for them? Wouldn't it be a disaster for raising tigers?" Zhu Neng was so stupid that he knew how to fight and kill. Earlier, Zhu Gaoxu said that he would lead his army to attack the mountain, and he was his biggest supporter.

Now that the soldiers on the mountain are about to be hungry, why do you still have to give them food?

"Father! When they besieged our Beiping City, they never thought about our feelings!" When Zhu Gaoxu heard this, his emotions were even more intense than Zhu Neng.

"I'll ask you. How many people do I have in my hands now?" Zhu Di did not get angry, but instead asked a question.

"In addition to the people borrowed from King Ning, there are 80,000 people in total, and the thousands of old, weak and remnants established, there are 90,000." Liu Sheng replied.

"Do you know how many people there are in the imperial court?" the resident asked again.

Zhu Neng and Liu Sheng thought about it, then shook their heads, saying that they could not even count this.

"I'll do some calculations for you." Zhu Di murmured, "Even if we wiped out all Wang Tong's 30,000 soldiers, there were still more than 300,000 soldiers who had fled before. Even if Tie Xuan could only summon half, there were still nearly 200,000. On the plane, there were at least 300,000 troops in Shandong."

"In other words, even if we defeat Li Jinglong's attack, we will soon face the 300,000 army led by Tie Xuan and Sheng Yong. Tie Xuan and Sheng Yong are not comparable to Li Jinglong's idiots. With the few people in our city, there is no problem to defend Peking. But it is not difficult to fight out of Peking, so tell me. There are 30,000 people in front of me. Should I take it away?" Zhu Di asked.

"And these are just people from Shandong, as well as the elite 16 guards of the imperial court, and the guards from all over the country. Do you think we have enough people?"

When Zhu Di asked, Liu Sheng and Zhu Neng stopped talking because they really couldn't find a reason to refute.

"But Your Highness, they have been resisting for a month. Will they surrender willingly?" Liu Sheng asked.

"You don't have to worry about this problem. Most of them are soldiers brought by Li Jinglong from the south. They have been in Peking for several months. Homesickness is inevitable. As long as people send food from the south and play the melody of the south, aren't they afraid of being surrounded by enemies?" Zhu Di smiled. If he was dealing with the Mongols, he would starve them to death without hesitation, because even if the Mongols went together, they would not be afraid.

But his enemy was the emperor, an orthodox emperor. The whole country followed his orders. His people combined were millions and he could still recruit troops at any time. Such an enemy was difficult to deal with. He could not give up any opportunity to strengthen his team. What's more, there was one-third of his current army on the other side, which was definitely a force that should not be underestimated.

It was not until after his rebellion that he understood why the vassal kings in history had never succeeded, because the vassal kings and emperors were not at all heavyweight. Even the Anshi Rebellion or the Seven Kings Rebellion in history were far more powerful than him, but neither was successful.

In the past, he thought that those rebels were incompetent, but now he realized that it was because of the gap in strength that he accepted Ping An's surrender and wanted to take over Wang Tong's troops.

The situation that followed was no different from what Zhu Di expected. As hot air balloons dropped food in the sky, the local accent sounded in his ears every night, the soldiers on the mountain no longer had any fighting spirit, and gradually someone went down the mountain to find Zhu Di's army to surrender because they didn't want to live a hard life on the mountain anymore. For a month, they had been extremely thin.

The troops that Sheng Yong came to rescue were blocked by Qiu Fu and Ping'an's counterattack, and could not enter Peiping at all, let alone rescue Wang Tong.

Zhu Di was also very tolerant of those surrendered soldiers. He could pay for travel expenses if he wanted to go home, but the deserter was charged with a considerable crime. He was caught by the court and wanted to behead him. Therefore, the soldiers also knew how powerful they were and chose to stay and follow Zhu Di.

So there were hot Goubuli buns serving and delicious mutton noodles greeting. The soldiers were crying and hung all the bitterness of the month on their faces.

"Miaoyin, how do you think you are doing for your husband?"

Standing in front of the Yan Prince's Mansion, Zhu Di hugged Xu Miaoyin's waist and asked in a low voice.

"Silang, I didn't expect you to be so tolerant." Xu Miaoyin lay on Zhu Di's shoulder. This was the first time she saw Zhu Di treating the enemy so tolerantly. In the past, Zhu Di was a murderer without blinking. For this reason, she had dissuaded Zhu Di many times.

"It's forced by the situation." Zhu Di sighed. He was still bloodthirsty in his bones, but bloodthirsty must be determined by the situation. In this case, bloodthirsty is to force himself to the dead end.

"By the way, you should pay more attention to Xu'er in the future. Although he is good at fighting, he is stubborn. Last time, he almost lost his life, and his elder brother almost lost his life." Xu Miaoyin murmured.

"You don't have to worry about this. After the New Year, I will take him out for exercise. I believe that after a few big battles, he will know how powerful it is." Zhu Di comforted Xu Miaoyin. He knew his sons very well. The boss Zhu Gaochi was kind and lacked fighting spirit. However, this time the danger in Peking was that Zhu Gaochi's ruthlessness was exerted, and the scars were proof.

The second son Zhu Gaoxu is the kind of thorny man. He can be seen by studying under Li Yangming in the early years. The last time he left the city to fight was proved. As a father, he knew where the second son should be, and it would be better to use it to attack the city and capture the village.

As for the third son Zhu Gaosui, it was because it was between the eldest son and the second son. It was not enough for the second son to be fierce, nor was it enough for the eldest son to be kind.

As for the younger son, he has not grown up yet, but it seems that he will move closer to his elder brother when he grows up.

So when Zhu Di came back this time, he had already decided on the plan for the coming year and continued to let Daoyan follow Zhu Gaochi to guard Peking, and he took Zhu Gaoxu out to conquer the world.

"When you don't have to worry about them, you'd better have a good rest. I heard that you fainted several times a while ago, and see how thin you are."

Zhu Di said as he took Xu Miaoyin's hand, it was completely different from a few months ago.

“This is what I should have done.”

Xu Miaoyin smiled faintly, but her pale face told him that her illness had not yet been cured.

"It's all my fault. I'll throw such a big burden to you, which will cause you to have an old illness again. From now on, you will be well prepared and I will let that kid come back to see you as soon as possible. By the way, the prescription he told me last time, you must take medicine on time. If you haven't had an illness for more than two years, those medicines will definitely be effective." Zhu Di said gently.

"It's nothing, as long as you're all safe."

...

Peiping is now far away from the war, and the people can also go out of the city to renovate the fields and wait for the spring to plant. They cannot abandon the best farmland just because of a war. That is the foundation left by our ancestors.

But Nanjing was not so peaceful, especially in the Forbidden City, Zhu Yunwen's face was not as good as that, because he learned that the army led by Sheng Yong was blocked in Hejian Prefecture, and the old subordinates summoned by Tie Xuan could not be classified as long as possible.

What's even more terrible is that Wang Tong's army has defected. It won't take long to get the nail in Peiping. This time, the 500,000 troops sent by Li Jinglong will be useless.

"Emperor, although Tie Xuan is good at fighting, he is not the commander of those soldiers after all. His appeal is obviously not good." Qi Tai said.

"What? What do you mean is that I still ask me to reuse that waste of Li Jinglong? Is it not enough that he defeated so many soldiers?" Zhu Yunwen said coldly.

"Your Majesty, if you want to gather all the soldiers scattered near Peiping, you probably have to really need Li Jinglong." Huang Zicheng also echoed.

"Damn it! Damn it!"
Chapter completed!