Is this the city wall of Guangning? Zhu Zhi couldn't believe his eyes. At most, the city walls of four meters high were all built of soil, and only the city towers were made of bricks. In the setting sun, a flag fell obliquely at the corner of the city wall, and a crow stopped on it. The ruins in front of him were the king of Liao.

Zhu Zhi pulled his horse and looked silently at Guangning under the sunset on the high ground several miles away from the city. It is hard to believe that there is such a city in the central area of ​​Liaodong. Even if he doesn't know how to fight, he dares to promise that he can smash it open in less than a day. It's too insecure to stay here.

The guards following behind were also muttering: "Just break the city, look, there is still a collapse over there."

"Yes, yes, I guess I can get on the wall after two runs." The person next to me responded.

Xiao Chenzi turned around and glared at the two guards: "Shut up, no one said you are mute." The two guards were so scared that they hurriedly stopped.

Zhu Zhi sighed and said, "Why don't you let them say that, don't talk about you, even I am angry when I see you. The dignified border guard center looks like this."

The Liaodong Metropolitan Office, who was responsible for the reception, experienced the sacred eloquence, said: "Your Highness said, "Isn't this the case of guarding important cities here and defending major cities and wars for years? In the tenth year of Hongwu, Naha launched 50,000 powerful soldiers to attack. General Sun Hu and his 5,000 loyal and brave men used this city wall to resist the Tartar cavalry ten times his own. For more than twenty days, General Sun and three thousand people died for their country, but Guangning still remained tall. The city collapsed and the people were still there. This is General Sun's last words."

Yu Yi's words were so thunderous that Zhu Zhi's heart was shocked. He never expected that the seventh-rank sesame official in Liaodong Dusi was so straightforward that he dared to speak in person, and his words were full of disdainful tone. It was not bad, there were indeed many tragic people in Yanzhao, and this Yu Yi was quite good.

"The city has collapsed, and people are still there." Ru Hong Zhongda echoed in Zhu Zhi's ears. Zhu Zhi immediately bowed slightly and bowed to Yu Yi and said, "Mr.'s words are so thunderous that I have received the teachings." Yu Yi did not dare to accept such a big gift, so he quickly got out of the saddle and knelt on the ground.

"Sir, please get up quickly." Zhu Zhi asked Yu to be righteous, raised his voice and said to the generals behind him, "Did you hear it? 'The wall collapses, and the people are still there' This is Guangning's glory. The father sent us here to inherit this glory. Although its wall is so dilapidated, and its radius is so narrow. However, Guangning, with the might of General Sun, is enough to become a heroic city. Now that the King of Japan has come here, this is my king's home and your home. We must build our home with our own hands and keep the door guard. Have you heard it?"

"I heard it!" Zhu Zhi's soldiers knew what his prince liked and shouted loudly.

Zhu Zhi immediately ordered: "Camp outside the city tonight and enter the city early tomorrow morning."

Zhu Zhi's army left the capital on April 18th, crossed the Guazhou Ancient Ferry, and passed through Yangzhou, Huai'an Prefecture, Jinan Prefecture, Tianjin Sanwei, Yongping Prefecture, and came out of Shanhaiwei. Along the way, Zhu Zhi ordered the brigade not to harass the place, and would camp outside the city every time he went to. Especially when passing through Tianjin Sanwei, out of his natural hostility towards Zhu Di, he also specifically told his subordinates to be careful. Of course, there was nothing wrong with the journey. The group of more than 20,000 people, after more than 50 days, finally arrived at Guangning City on the first day of June.

The next morning, Zhu Zhi got up early. He ordered the army to remain in the camp. He only led the guards of a thousand central camp to slowly advance towards the southern gate of Guangning. There were three cannons at the end of Guangning city, and the gate opened wide. Two cavalrymen stepped out from the city and stood in two rows one mile outside the gate.

Zhu Zhi walked in front of the horse and saw a red-robed general standing from afar. He looked over 40 years old, with a burly figure and a pockmarked face. He looked a bit scary. This person was Ye Wang, the commander of the Liaodong capital. As a subordinate of the Liao King, Zhu Zhi naturally reviewed his files and found that this person was quite famous.

In the fourth year of Hongwu, Ye Wang went to Liaodong as the commander. In the tenth year of Hongwu, Naha came out of an internal siege, and Wang first blocked the Zha River with his troops. From Lianyun Island to Kutuzhai, more than ten miles away, the ice was built as a wall by the river. He also set up ambush in Gaizhou. Naha came out and came up, and the flags of the two mountains covered the sky, and the arrows and stones were raining. Naha went out in a hurry to Lianyun Island, encountered the Bing City, and walked beside them, and they were all trapped in a trap, and then they were greatly defeated. Ye Wang led his army to pursue the General Mountain and Bili River, and the people who were frozen were killed and frozen, so he took advantage of the victory to chase Zhueryu. Naha was only exempted from his own life. He was appointed as the commander of the Liaodong Capital.

The comment in the Ministry of War archives is: It was prosperous to conquer Liao, cut down on thorns, set up military palaces, and foster military and civilians, and cultivate more than 10,000 hectares of land, so it was Yongli.

When Ye Wang saw Zhu Zhi approaching, he rolled his saddle and got off the horse. He knelt down on one knee and said, "Welcome to the King of Liao for thousands of years, and the armor of his subordinates cannot be fully polite. Your Highness forgives his crime."

Qu Neng had met this person several times, and he praised him when talking about him. He had been promoted to the Governor's Office of the Five Army for his military achievements and had no problem at all, but this person was in a straightforward mood and was unwilling to rely on the powerful and powerful, so he had been in the army for more than 20 years and was only a third-rank commander.

When Zhu Zhi saw this, Qu Neng said it was indeed good. He was not fighting a war, and he was wearing armor when he came to pick up the prince. He looked solemn, neither humble nor arrogant, which made him feel a little favor.

Zhu Zhi took off his horse and helped Ye Wang up, and said with a smile: "Gen Ye, get up quickly, you have come all the way from Liaoyang, thank you for your hard work." The Liaodong Dusi station is Liaoyang, and there are more than 500 miles away from Guangning. It is conceivable that Ye Wang has made many twists and turns to welcome his boss.

Although Ye Wang was in Liaodong, he had heard of Zhu Zhi's name. At this time, the Liao King, who was born with a noble family and the dragon son and grandson, spoke kindly to him. Ye Wang secretly praised in his heart that the Liao King was a handsome figure. It seemed that the rumors in the capital were not false. He replied: "It's not hard work, it's just that military affairs are in place, so it's not as good as welcoming."

Zhu Zhi said: "Oh? Military affairs, there is still war in Liaodong?"

Ye Wang said: "It's not a big deal. After the spring flowers bloom, the Jurchens often touched the Liaohaiwei and Tielingwei to harass him. Your Highness, you are exhausted all the way. Please stay in the city first before talking."

Zhu Zhi laughed and pulled Ye Wang's hand and said, "No, no, let's talk while walking."

Along the way, through Ye Wang's introduction, Zhu Zhi had a basic understanding of the situation in Liaodong. All the territories of the Liaodong Dushi were border military jurisdictions. Before the Liao king entered the vassal state, the military and government affairs of all sizes were basically undertaken by the Dushi. The Shandong Provincial Administration Office did not send civil servants to manage the place at all.

Currently, the Dusi has a total of twenty-one guards, namely the Dingliao Left Guard, Dingliao Right Guard, Dingliao Central Guard, Dingliao Front Guard, Dingliao Front Guard, Tieling Guard, Dongning Guard, Shenyang Zhongwei, Haizhou Guard, Gaizhou Guard, Jinzhou Guard, Fuzhou Guard, Yizhou Guard, Liaohai Guard, Guangning Zuo Tun Guard, Guangning Right Guard, Guangning Qiantun Guard, Guangning Houtun Guard, Guangning Zhongguard, Guangning Left Guard, and Guangning Right Guard. The latter three are the three guards belonging to him Zhu Zhi, which means that the number of Yulin Right Guard will become one of these three in the future.

The Liaodong Dusi has enjoyed several years of peace since Naha surrendered in Hongwu in the 20th year of Hongwu. However, in recent years, the Jianzhou Jurchens have gradually grown up and have gone south from time to time to provoke small frictions on the border. The remnant Yuan court has been driven to the north of the Mo and has not harassed them in Liaodong for several years. Zhu Zhi has also known the situation in Liaodong before. It seems that the Mongols are no longer afraid of it, and the Jurchens have become a more difficult problem before them.

Zhu Zhi did not dare to be careless about the Jurchens at all. The saying "Not tens of thousands of people are invincible, tens of thousands of people are invincible." It seems that the strategy of Pinghu is to start with the Jurchens.

Zhu Zhi's residence was the mansion of a prince of the former Yuan Dynasty. He seemed dilapidated due to his disrepair. Ye Wang also knew that the Liao King would build his own palace sooner or later, and arrangements were just a temporary solution.

That night, Ye Wang held a banquet at the Liao King's headquarters to invite Zhu Zhi and his civil servants and generals. Zhu Zhi generously opened the ten jars of Jiangnan No. 1 Hong brought from the capital. Ye Wang's subordinates had been in Liaodong for a long time and drank mostly knives and other things. He had never smelled such a fragrant wine. The generals thanked Zhu Zhi again.

Ye Wang didn't know if he wanted to try the alcohol content of this white-faced prince, so he specially arranged for Liaodong generals to come up to toast. Zhu Zhi could drink it, and he also wanted to establish a good relationship with his subordinates through drinking. Naturally, everyone refused. After drinking this round, he drank 13 bowls of top scholar red, and brought Ye Wang to welcome him to pass the level. These generals had a very simple idea. They usually decided to measure a person with a generous amount of alcohol. At this moment, Zhu Zhi was so generous, and he treated his subordinates with a friendly and unpretentious attitude, and admired this natural nobleman from the bottom of his heart.

Qu Neng and Ye Wang were old acquaintances when they were invading Mongolia, and both sides hit it off at first sight. However, when he saw the Liaodong general "siege" Zhu Zhi, he was not willing to be outdone. He brought the generals from the capital to attack Ye Wang. Who knew that Ye Wang was also a huge number, and he kept drinking eight big bowls and his face was not changing.

Seeing that everyone was drinking so hard, Zhu Zhi quietly pulled Ye Wang up: "The wine is a bit overwhelming, General Ye will accompany me to the yard for a walk." Ye Wang quickly put down his bowls and chopsticks and followed him out.

Zhu Zhi said: "General Ye is a huge number. I heard from my father that to see how a person is, the first thing I need to do is to drink. The general will not refuse anyone, and he should be a handsome and heroic person." Of course, Zhu Yuanzhang had never said this, and Zhu Zhi just talked nonsense.

Ye Wang said respectfully: "Your Highness is too much. My subordinates don't have much hobbies in this bitter and cold place. They just like hunting and drinking a few sips of wine. Your Highness laughs."

Zhu Zhi said: "General is humble. I have read your file. If you don't have you in charge in Liaodong, there is no place in Beiping to rest assured. With the general's merits, he should have been promoted to the governor of the Five Army Mansion Dangdang, but it's just, haha."

Ye Wang said: "In the 18th year of Hongwu, the emperor asked me if I was willing to be a governor in the capital or to keep the gate for him in Liaodong. I am not talented, but I only want to keep the gate for the emperor for the rest of my life. If this governor is not a governor, I don't care."

Zhu Zhi said sincerely: "General Ye is really a pillar of the country and a loyal and brave man of the country. I will not say secret words in front of my wise people. Although you are my subordinates, when I first arrived in Liaodong, everything is unclear. I need General Ye to give me some advice everywhere. Strong generals have no weak soldiers, and they will have any kind of subordinates. Yesterday, when Dusi was outside the city, Dusi experienced the integrity of the righteousness. I have already seen it. This is the straightforward nature of my king. I also ask General Ye and the generals of Liaodong to tell me. I am not the kind of person who does not listen to loyal words."

Ye Wang said: "Your Highness has killed his subordinates. Lao Ye has long heard of the story of Your Highness in the capital. The name of "Yi Wang" is well-known, and his subordinates admire it very much. But Lao Ye is usually straightforward and doesn't know how many people he offended, but he just can't change his temper. If Your Highness says this, then Old Ye will do his best to assist and dare not neglect it."
Chapter completed!