"Did you find something too?"

Shen Yichen asked back, Zhu Yi's character is not one to let loose, he must know the secret.

"Um."

Zhu Yi nodded and did not say specifically what he found.

"Zhu Ji is currently in the border garrison. I'm worried that he will become a major hidden danger in the spring of next year. Is there any way to transfer him back to Beijing first?"

If there is no sufficient evidence to capture Zhu Ji, then at least he cannot be placed in a key position. After being transferred back to Beijing, he will take up a false position in the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, and he will still be under the control of Shen Yichen and Jin Yiwei. As long as Zhu Ji is

If you have any contact with the Waqi Department, you will be able to seize the opportunity.

On the contrary, being on the border, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, Shen Yichen does not have any power base in Xuanda, and it is beyond his reach to control it.

"It's hard."

Facing Shen Yichen's words, Zhu Yi shook her head.

"My father has always had great expectations for his second brother. Now he has expressed that he will turn around and is willing to go to the frontiers for military training. He will definitely not be transferred back to Beijing without any special reason."

"Unless I tell my father about his collaboration with the enemy and treason."

When he said this, Zhu Yi's expression was extremely serious. Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, had finally recovered from the decadence after Lin's death. If he was told that Zhu Ji had collaborated with the enemy and treason, he would not be able to withstand the blow.

Feng Tang Baishou, Zhu Yong today is no longer the stable and stable Duke of Ming Dynasty he was before. After being injured several times, his health is getting worse.

The biggest pride in Zhu Yong's heart now is that his three sons have become talented one after another and can support the future glory of Cheng Guogong. Tell him the truth straightforwardly, let alone whether it is acceptable, at least for a father

It's cruel to an old man.

"If you continue to break up, you will surely suffer chaos. If you are inconvenient to tell me, eldest son, you can go and complain to me."

Shen Yichen can understand Zhu Yi's difficulties as a son, but if this matter continues to be dragged on, and when there is a loophole in Xuanda's defense line, the consequences and losses will be difficult to estimate.

For example, in the failure of the Battle of Tumubao, the turning point was that Yang Jun, the son of Yang Hong, the commander-in-chief of the Xuanfu, fled without fighting and lost more than a dozen acropolis fortresses, thus cutting off the retreat route of the conquering army and ultimately leading to a complete defeat.

If Zhu Ji repeats Yang Jun's crimes, what should Zhu Yong, who does not have a title to defend himself, do to make amends? Should he rely on Zhu Yi's military position?

Many times it is difficult to achieve both prosperity and success, but it is very simple to suffer both.

"No need, I will take care of it myself."

Zhu Yi replied silently, then turned around and left, leaving a lonely figure on the snow.

As the eldest son who is responsible for the rise and fall of the family, he cannot borrow this kind of thing from Shen Yichen's hands and should shoulder his own responsibilities.

A hundred miles away in Jiufenggou, Zheng Xiang and others who failed in the assassination hid in a cave. Less than a hundred of the two hundred people returned alive, and almost everyone who remained was injured.

It can only be said that Wachi's elite cavalry field combat skills are indeed at the pinnacle of this era. Even though Cang Huotou and others are carefully selected brave men, they do not take advantage of their numerical disadvantage.

"Zheng Xiang, if we go back in such a state of disgrace, how can we have the dignity to meet the proprietor?"

"Tonight if I sneak into the Tartar formation again, I will either succeed in assassinating the Supreme Emperor, or I will die outside the wall. If I fail, I will die!"

Cang Huotou looked at the miserable situation of his brothers and said to Zheng Xiang with unwillingness that he could not accept such a failure.

"The Tartars are already on guard. Even if you lose your life tonight, you won't be able to hurt the Supreme Emperor at all."

In comparison, Zheng Xiang was much calmer. At the moment, he was thinking more about the reasons for the defeat. If Zhu Qizhen Yujia had 500 cavalry guards and could barely find a reasonable explanation, then the subsequent Tatar cavalry attack

The appearance of the troops was a completely bizarre event.

In the icy and snowy winter, the grand master ignored the rest of his horses and sent thousands of soldiers and horses to escort the Ming emperor back to Beijing. It was impossible no matter how he looked at it.

In this case, what on earth do most of the troops following the Tartars want to do?

Not only Zheng Xiang was thinking about this problem, Wang Neng next to him was also puzzled, so he couldn't help but said: "Brother Zheng, you said that the Tartar guards are so exaggerated, maybe it is not to prevent assassination, but for another reason."

Have a plan?"

"Do they want to take advantage of the opportunity to capture Datong Mansion while handing over the Emperor's guard of honor?"

Zheng Xiang thought of this possibility, but quickly rejected it in his heart.

When Datong Commander-in-Chief Guo Deng handed over the crown prince Mengke to the Tatar mission, Zheng Xiang and others witnessed everything in Datong City. For just a Mongolian proton, Datong Town sent thousands of soldiers and horses, and they lined up neatly.

A posture to welcome and demonstrate military might.

With General Guo's sophistication and experience, how could he possibly give the Tartars an opportunity to attack the city while they were respectfully welcoming the emperor's emperor?

Since it is not Datong City, where else can the entire Datong defense line be attacked?

After thinking of this, a ray of light seemed to go straight to Zheng Xiang's Tianling Cap, giving him an epiphany like waking up from a dream.

"Yiju Guard!"

"What Yiju Guard?"

Faced with Zheng Xiang's ambiguous words, Wang Neng asked a question.

"The reason why we encountered a large number of Tartar soldiers is that their goal was not to escort the Supreme Emperor back to Beijing, but to capture the Yizhou Acropolis where Zhu Ji was stationed!"

When Shen Yichen investigated whether Zhu Ji was collaborating with the enemy and treason, it was Cang Huotou and others who were sent out. They also knew the reason behind all this.

Zheng Xiang had always wondered why he and others were so unlucky to encounter most of the Tartar troops. If he thought more openly and connected the Tartars with Zhu Ji, everything would be explained clearly.

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Datong Town is garrisoned with Guo Deng and cannot be attacked, so just break through from Yiju Acropolis. With Zhu Ji acting as an internal support, it can be said to be effortless!

"Zhu Ji wanted to dedicate the city, so why did he do this?"

Cang Huotou still doesn't understand. With Zhu Ji's identity and background, acting as a Mongolian ghost is of immeasurable value. Unless there is another invasion at the level of a capital defense battle, it would be completely useless to just capture an acropolis in winter and loot some border property.

It's worth exposing Zhu Ji.

If we cannot find out the motive of the Tartars' actions, it is difficult to conclude that it is related to Zhu Ji.

"I suspect that the Tatar mission is escorting the Crown Prince Mengke into Beijing."

With Zheng Xiang's reminder, Wang Neng gradually broke through the clouds and saw clearly the context of the whole matter.

Wasi originally led his troops to rob and kill the Tatar mission, but happened to encounter the Ming Dynasty led by Guo Deng to welcome the troops. The value of Crown Prince Meng Ke as a proton was just like that of the Ming Dynasty Emperor Zhu Qizhen who was captured by the Mongolian army.

, can also play the role of "holding the emperor's hand to command the princes" at critical moments.

The Grand Master was also very ambitious, so he would definitely not put such an important bargaining chip in Ming's hands.

Exposing Zhu Ji is just for the sake of Crown Prince Meng Ke!

However, a practical question immediately posed before Zheng Xiang and others, that is, even if they knew the Tartars' intentions, what should they do?

Returning to the capital to inform the proprietor Shen Yichen, it was obviously too late. The remaining way to save the country was to go directly to Datong Mansion and inform the commander-in-chief Guo Deng. But the question was that he and others were the traitors who robbed and killed the emperor. How could they carry out the regicide?

Tell everything?

The rebels telling the officers and soldiers to be more alert is full of a sense of humor.

"Brother Zheng, what should we do?"

Wang Neng also thought of the difficulty and told Guo Deng that he might be killed, and even involve the proprietor Shen Yichen, and the consequences were unpredictable.

But if you choose to conceal it for your own safety, then the fall of Yizhou Guard will become inevitable. In addition to the crown prince being kidnapped, there is no telling how many border army brothers and people will die at the hands of the Tartars.

Loyalty to family and country is in a dilemma!

In silence, for a long time, Zheng Xiang looked at the faces of his brothers. This matter was completely beyond his ability, and any decision would have unforeseen consequences.

Even if he and others pay their lives, if the regicide involves the proprietor Shen Yichen, he may die in peace.

"Brothers, what do you think the proprietor would do if this matter were brought before him?"

Zheng Xiang said this question slowly, and in a sense, the answer was already ready to come out.

In order to seek justice for the victims of the disaster in three provinces and eight prefectures, Shen Yichen risked his career and life and carried out the act of killing the king.

In order to protect the hundreds of thousands of rebels in Fujian's counter-rebellion, they took the head of Song Zhang, the right chief minister, as a token of surrender, and there was no hesitation from the beginning to the end.

When the Tumu Fort was in danger, Shen Yichen led his troops to the capital without a call, and brought back tens of thousands of soldiers alive from outside the customs on charges of treason. And relying on the reinforcements from the Fujian Guards, he passed the most critical period of the capital.

We will not repeat the mistakes of the Northern Song Dynasty!

If this matter were put in front of Shen Yichen, he would put the world first!

After getting the answer, Zheng Xiang stopped talking and rode alone as fast as possible to Datong.

Previously, in order to be wary of Zhu Ji, Shen Yichen wrote a handwritten letter to Guo Deng, the commander-in-chief of Datong. The sender of the letter was Zheng Xiang. The two parties had a close relationship.

If you can convince Guo Deng, you can not only break Wac's layout, but also solve the hidden danger of Zhu Ji!

On December 30th of the 13th year of the orthodox year, the New Year's Eve was celebrated in other places in the Ming Dynasty. They were already saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new with joy, looking forward to the beauty of the coming year. But for a military town like Datong City, it was impossible to see

Any festive atmosphere, on the contrary, was filled with an atmosphere of chilling and heavy security.

The royal chariot of Zhu Qizhen, Emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty, has arrived in Datong City. Facing this former king, Guo Deng's heart is extremely complicated. But in addition, there is another more complicated matter, that is, Zheng Zheng was killed two days ago.

The news that Xiang brought.

As for Zhu Qizhen, when he saw Guo Deng, he didn't give a good look at all. When he came to Datong to knock on the door, Guo Deng couldn't leave the city, so he was humiliated by the Grand Master.

Coupled with the assassination outside the pass, Zhu Qizhen suspected that the elite assassins might be related to the Datong frontier army. Otherwise, how could so many people and war horses hide from the eyes of the Datong defenders and leave the city to ambush in Jiufeng Valley?

Although Zhu Qizhen did not give Guo Deng a good look, he greeted Liu An, the former Guang Ning Bo, who rushed to Datong Mansion to pick up the driver, with a smile. He even allowed him to ride next to the driver on horseback to facilitate conversation.
To be continued...