Xin Lei rushed to Jinling, went to the East Compilation Factory to see Mu En, Mu En was overjoyed to see Xia Xun's secret letter, first rewarded Xin Lei, sent him away, immediately summoned Chen Dong and Ye An, the three of them closed the door and discussed for a long time, then burned Xia Xun's letter, as soon as he left, Chen Dong began to secretly arrange manpower, close to the Ji family, and find out the news of Ji Fu.
On the side of the imperial court, Zhu Di received news from Annan again, and Chen Jikuo, who had surrendered earlier and had been appointed as the deputy envoy of Annan's political secretary, had rebelled again Zhu Di was furious when he heard the news, this Chen Ji expanded his head at both ends, when the situation was favorable to him, he would be the king, and when it was unfavorable, he would surrender, and when the imperial army withdrew and the troops were empty, he rebelled, so capricious, teasing the court in the palm of his hand, Zhu Di'an could tolerate him again.
Zhu Di immediately issued an edict to Zhang Fu and Mu Sheng, pardoning the two of them to levy Annan again, collect the money and grain of the soldiers and horses on the spot, and the taxes that should have been sent to Beijing by the local people should be deducted from the account.
In this way, it is an emergency, and the only requirement is that Chen Jikuo must be captured no matter what this time, and he will never be allowed to go free, nor will he be allowed to repeat his old tricks.
Zhang Fu got the holy decree, so he and Mu Sheng sent troops again, and entered Annan in a mighty way, and a fierce battle began again.
A few days after the decree was issued, Xia Xun and Ji Gang's joint secret recital arrived in the capital, Zhu Di had seen the secret recital Longyan Dayue, and at this time the imperial grandson Zhu Zhanji was reading beside him.
Zhu Di's love for Zhu Zhanji is indeed extraordinary, although he has set up Zhu Gaochi as the crown prince, but generally speaking, he will not overstep his responsibilities and set up a prince for his son.
Moreover, Zhu Gaochi has more than one son, although Zhu Zhanji is the eldest son, and it is a sure thing to be the prince in the future, but the early death of a young man or a major loss of morality is still theoretically possible.
But Zhu Di actually established the crown prince and the crown grandson, and his love for Zhu Zhanji is indeed extraordinary.
Usually when he has time, Zhu Di often calls Zhu Zhanji to his side, compares his homework, teaches him the truth of being a king, and enjoys the joy of family.
At this time, Zhu Zhanji was working the desk, Zhu Di laughed happily after reading the secret music, and Zhu Zhanji couldn't help but raise his head when he heard it.
In the past few days, because Annan has been peaceful and reversed, reversed and flat, and rebalanced and reversed, Zhu Di has been very unhappy, usually with a gloomy face, not to mention the palace up and down, civil and military officials, even the crown prince is trembling when he sees him, for fear of provoking his nameless fire, only Zhu Zhanji dares to say and laugh in front of him, at this time, seeing that his grandfather is happy, Zhu Zhanji is also happy, so he put down his pen and asked: "Grandpa, what is so happy?"
Zhu Di said with a smile: "Yang Xu and Ji Gang did a very good job in Yanjing, Ji Gang did a good job in Wara, and Yang Xu planned the overall situation very well."
Okay, very good, the north side was originally a more headache than the south side, they solved the problem in the north, and if there is only a small piece of land left in Cochin, then what else is there to worry about, I can't believe it haha" Zhu Di patted the piece in his hand with a smile, and said to Zhu Zhanji: "When your imperial grandfather was in trouble, the future was uncertain and there was little hope, and they had already loyally followed your imperial grandfather at that time to understand that these two people are really capable and able to do things.
However, when they are idle in the capital, they have to intrigue and form gangs, send them out, and make them feel in danger, which is like a boat in the middle of a river, and the waves are about to capsize, and the people in the same boat can not let go of their selfish thoughts and make concerted efforts to stabilize the boat."
Zhu Zhanji saw that he was quite interested, so he smiled and said: "The emperor's grandfather is a wise monarch in the world, and his skill of controlling people is naturally extremely clever, and his grandson will keep it firmly in mind." ” Zhu Di laughed, beckoned him to his side, asked him to sit down beside him, and took advantage of the interest to explain: "The book of sages is to be read, but you can't stick to books, the same rice raises a hundred kinds of people, people are different, and the methods used are different, and what is said in the book will not be so comprehensive."
Some people know respect, some people don't know respect, some people are generous, some people are cautious, some people are arrogant, some people are modest, some people have to spur, some people have to praise, for the monarch, the most important thing is to know people, because people do things, can not be generalized.
Everything is divided into two levels, one yin and one yang, there are always two surnames, people are the same, no matter how incompetent a person is, there is always the most suitable place for him to play his strengths, and no matter how omnipotent a person is, there are always things he can't do.
A world, never worry about no one available, no talent available, and there is no possibility that the sky will collapse without someone, the Confucian saint died, is it said that the moon does not rise, and the world will not be the world from now on If you are surrounded by mediocre and incompetent ministers, it is not because the courtiers are incompetent, but because you do not know how to use people.
Knowing people is certainly one thing, but more importantly, it is necessary to establish a meticulous system that everyone to follow, and the methods adopted by a large group of people, a small group of people, and one or two people are all different, and when there are few people, you can rely on feelings, such as the king of the mountain who falls into the grass, and when there are many people, you must rely on rules to govern a country, especially so. ” Zhu Zhanji knew that these were all the lessons of the emperor's grandfather's life, so he silently recited them in his heart, and he remembered these words firmly and never forgot them, so he said to Zhu Di: "Grandpa, my grandson has already written it down." ” Seeing that he was so sensible and studious, Zhu Di smiled happily and slapped his thigh habitually.
It's cold, and the winter in Jiangnan is wet and cold, and his old cold legs can't stand it.
Zhu Zhanji was well-behaved, and when he saw that his grandfather's legs were uncomfortable, he hurriedly went down the kang edge, squatted on the ground and gently beat his legs, and at the same time instructed the attendants in the palace: "Quickly move the brazier closer" Zhu Di happily stroked his grandson's hair, looked out of the hall with his eyes, and said leisurely: "It's cold, it should have begun to snow in the north now, grandson, the imperial grandfather wants to take you to Yanjing again, this time let's stay there for a longer time, do you say it's okay?"
Without waiting for Zhu Zhanji to answer, Zhu Di sighed and said sadly: "Grandpa hasn't seen snow in the north for a long time."
In Yanjing City, Xia Xun and Ji Gang meet every day these days, and they are very busy.
The plan to plot outside the pass is in full swing, because Sakura has informant in advance, Arutai recruited warriors from various tribes to make precautions in advance, and the Warat army really killed the Tatars with great momentum, but was cleared by the Arutai fortified wall that had already been prepared, withdrew several tribes in the battle area, concentrated the superior main force, and completely annihilated more than 20,000 people in the vanguard army on the right side of Warat.
In the snowy winter, it is very difficult to move a tribe, and the recruitment of warriors from various tribes is ready in advance, and there is no city and other important places to be guarded, which is also an extremely difficult thing for the waiting side, but the Tatars actually did it, which shows that the Tartars were ready when the Varat army was far from arriving in the territory of the Tatars.
This realization made the Warat tribes not die down because a main force was wiped out, but became even more angry.
If it wasn't Arutai who planned to assassinate Hashha and Mahamu, how could he have been on guard so early knowing that this military operation was extremely secret, and that the unreliable tribal leaders were not aware of the full plan.
It was only when it was time to transfer troops that they were ordered to be transferred by Tokhtar, so even if they were Tatar-minded people, they would not be able to provide such accurate information to the other side in advance.
What's more, some Western Mongolian tribes who originally had their hearts set their hearts on Tatar was because at that time the Tatars were the Mongol Zhengshuo, and they had the Khan of the Golden Family, but now it is not, the Mongolian Great Khan of the Golden Family blood is in the Warat Department, and the Tatar Arutai is the one who turned his back on the Great Khan, and it is very unlikely that these original pro-Tatar factions will collude with them.
Therefore, the Warat tribes were furious and even more angry, and this time, Arutai's crime was completely implemented.
The small defeat in the early stage, they did not take it to heart, the military plan should have been changed at any time according to the battlefield situation, fighting on the grassland, unlike in the Central Plains, some transportation arteries you have to go, some dangerous passes you have to attack, so the clever opponent can anticipate your actions and make corresponding countermeasures, the grassland extends in all directions, you can march anywhere, the enemy can only take the lead once, but not the second time.
In addition, the winter migration tribes are very difficult, and there have been several heavy snowfalls, which has increased the difficulty of migration, and in this great migration, the non-combat attrition is very serious, and a large number of cattle, sheep and horses have left the sheltered mountain cols and the snow walls to protect them from the cold, and a large number of them will freeze to death on the road.
And now that Varat is the attacker, the Tatars can migrate several tribes, but it is impossible and does not have enough strength to move all the tribes, and this is the weakness of the Tatars.
Therefore, after reviewing the mistakes of the first battle defeat with the leaders of Princess Samur, Huo'ahatun, Taiping, and Balpolo, the "Tokh Buhua" reformulated the battle plan to attack the Tatar tribes, forcing the Arutai Taishi to take the initiative to find him for a decisive battle.
There are not many places on the steppe that use winter grazing, and those Tatar tribes usually live in winter, they basically know something, and they can be said to grasp one by one.
This time, Arutai was struggling to cope, but fortunately, he had annihilated one of the opponent's main forces, greatly increased his morale, and had the advantages of geography and people in the home battle, so he could barely compete with the fierce Warat "revenge" army.
What Xia Xun and Ji Gang are busy with is to carefully analyze the growth and decline of the power of the Tatars and Warats according to the information sent back every day, whenever there is a major change in the strength of the two sides, they have to use the Wansongling buried in Warat and the Ulan Tuya hidden in the Tatars, the two super spies who have penetrated into the core of the opponent's power, to influence the outcome of the next battle and ensure that the strength of the two sides is still balanced, only in this way will both sides have the confidence to continue fighting.
Xia Xun and Ji Gang are like two businessmen who are indulging in a cockfighting competition, which cockfighting is slightly stronger, they will suppress it, and which fighting will lose its spirit, so they will tease it, although they have already decided the result of the game, but they deliberately make the game difficult to solve, in full swing, and a group of spectators are fascinated.
In the afternoon of this day, Xia Xun and Ji Gang were carefully analyzing the latest battle report sent from the front in the room, assessing the growth and decline of the power of Tatar and Warat, when someone suddenly knocked lightly at the door, and the voice of a servant of the pavilion came, saying: "Grandpa Guo, someone came to the pavilion to look for you" Xia Xun was thinking about it, and said slightly angrily when he heard this: "Didn't you say that your country will not see any guests every afternoon?"
The man outside said expectantly: "Grandpa Guo, that girl cried very sadly, so the little one" Ji Gang gave Xia Xun an ambiguous glance when he heard it, and said with a smile: "The next thing, the next official will do it, and the prince will take care of it."
To be continued: