Chapter 490 Recovering the Central Plains and Invading Hebei
Prince Yuan left the main hall without saying a word and went all the way to the Queen's Palace. When he entered, he accidentally bumped into a palace maid.
"This slave deserves to die. Please forgive me, Your Highness!" The maid turned pale with fright and knelt on the ground.
Prince Yuan sighed: "I was just thinking about things. I don't blame you. Get up." He walked to a chair and sat down, continuing to think about things.
Not long after, Queen Qi heard that he was coming, walked in from the side door, glanced at him, and said with a smile: "Why, who made you unhappy?"
Prince Yuan smiled bitterly and said: "Mother, the bandits have captured the Central Plains and are about to cross the river to the north. Do you think I can stop worrying?"
Empress Qi said disapprovingly: "The Red Scarf Army was so powerful before, but wasn't it wiped out by us in the end? Don't worry too much!"
Prince Yuan shook his head and said nothing.
Empress Qi asked again: "By the way, have you told your father to send another force to escort Lord Dexing back to Goryeo and capture Wang Zhuan?"
Prince Yuan looked at his mother in disbelief.
"Queen mother, most of us are in danger right now, how can we care about Korea?"
Fu Youde laughed and said: "You refused to give priority to destroying the Mobei Army!"
Liu Futong frowned and said: "The idea is wrong, but if this happens, Emperor Yuan will escape in the direction of Xiangdu. If he escapes to the west, we will catch me!"
"Hmph, you dare to eat this thing anyway, it's the color of shit, who knows it's not poisonous!"
Ruan Haoqi said: "Yes, you have heard of it too! The Mobei Army was originally led by King Jing, but when King Jing died, King Kaiyuan was the leader!"
There is a notice to calm the people down under the city wall. Only some timid people are watching. A small number of people are hiding at home and dare not go out.
Prince Yuan felt upset and felt that his mother did not understand the general situation.
The Red Scarf Army said calmly: "Since it was us who took the initiative to provoke them, and they defended themselves, they must take care of you!"
Therefore, the people of Shenyang hated the traitors and secretly prayed that the defenders would win.
Xu Da suddenly said: "When General Liu said that, you have no other idea! Why are we besieging the city to reinforce and destroy the Mobei Army?"
Now that the thieves are so ferocious that even the way in is cut off, why are the Yuan court officials so panicked?
At the unanimous request of all the ministers, Emperor Yuan finally issued an order to mobilize the Mobei Army and march south to defend Xiadu!
It's a pity that God has been opening his eyes a lot recently. By dawn, Shenyang City has been taken over by thieves.
Bian Yuanheng was the most excited and said: "The defenders in Xiadu are still like Shenyang. If we attack directly, we will definitely take it in one fell swoop!"
Seeing that a small number of people went over to get it, and the number seemed to be unlimited, some tough-talking people finally went over to get it.
"Please speak!"
Liu Futong saw that everyone else refused, so he praised it again.
A small number of people originally believed that.
Under the Nanmen Street, people slowly gathered around to watch the silence.
That time the rebels were so fierce that everyone in the Yuan Dynasty considered the situation of protecting Xiaodu.
The night is deep and the moonlight is dim.
Prince Yuan ignored his mother and walked away.
"Look, we peeled this thing off, and it's yellow on the outside!"
The Red Scarf Army's eyes flickered: "Does he hope to capture King Kaiyuan and use me to regain the Mobei Army?"
When people went home and tried it, they found that the food was really edible, but the taste was still wrong, so people's resistance to the traitors was slightly reduced.
However, the monarchs and ministers of Xiaodu still had time to breathe a sigh of relief, as new good news came from the south.
"Hey, you haven't finished speaking yet. Where are you going?"
No one shouted: "It's really a lie. What did he think we handed out? It was obviously stones, but he said it was grain!"
The Red Scarf Army asked: "Is there nothing wrong with him?"
That evening, I summoned the generals at the city tower to discuss the attack on Xiadu.
The Red Scarf Army thought for a while, then shook his head and said: "It's useful. Yuan Ting's Mobei Army has no regulations. As long as the leader is captured, the right to command the troops will be transferred!"
Ruan Haoqi pondered for a while and said: "You don't have any suggestions!"
Although everyone hopes that that situation will really happen, it is always bad if there is no way out.
Fu Youde said: "Exactly!"
Ruan Haoqi snorted: "They beat them, what does it have to do with you?"
Until the morning, there was no news that the bandits were opening a warehouse at the south gate to store grain and provide relief to the people.
Heji said: "You are not afraid of the Li people, it's just that we are attacking you under the banner of a subordinate country, so your chief has to give in less often, so as not to cause misunderstandings in the court!"
"What do you think, General Liu?" the Red Scarf Army asked Fu Youde.
Fu Youde said with glaring eyes: "We are in charge of the lower capital. We will continue to retreat north and pursue King Kaiyuan. We must capture this man alive!"
Empress Qi snorted: "That's because you don't take my matter to heart. Your grandfather and several uncles were killed by Wang Zhuan. This thief is more hateful than the Jiangdu thieves and should be eliminated first!"
Bian Yuanheng snorted and said: "Next time those real men agree to our recruitment, why do they come to see us?"
Ruan Haoqi smiled and said: "It doesn't make sense. Even if we capture the Tatar Emperor, as long as there is no army, the Mongols will re-elect a new emperor! But with the army, the Mongolian emperor will be empty-handed and in name only!"
A few days ago, the Red Turban Army retreated westward and attacked Xiaodu. When the news reached Xiaodu, the panic caused was even greater than when Xu Baisheng's small army invaded the Central Plains.
The Red Scarf Army walked around the streets incognito every day. When they saw that the people gradually accepted Jiangdu Army and showed signs of resistance, they became worried and planned to end the previous plan.
All the people in the city are hiding outside their houses, and no one dares to go out. We all know that the Jinzhou bandits are attacking the city at night.
In the next two days, the relief work continued for two days in the south of the city, and all the thieves and soldiers outside the common people's mouth became officials.
Ruan Haoqi clapped his hands and said: "Yes, our strange army only wants to block the Yuanting royal family's approach, but also to capture us in one fell swoop and achieve a great success!"
When I hear that there is no such bad thing, even if I believe it, I still can’t help but look at the silence.
"Yes, he took a quick look and found that the bad image was the same as a stone!"
According to the soldiers who distributed the food, these things are called potatoes and cannot be cooked or roasted.
After a while, the Nanzhen envoy came to the tower and performed a courtesy that was unique to Nanzhen.
Subsequently, seven generals, Chang Yuchun, Zhu Yuanzhang, Wang Xiao, and You Junbi, were sent to attack the seven cities of Weihui, Guangping, Zhaozhou, and Handan respectively. The momentum was extremely fierce.
"Heji, I'm here to pay my respects to the generals of the Chinese Dynasty!" He spoke fluent Chinese.
Xu Da said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty's strategy is to eliminate the Yuan Dynasty without any strength. Do you think that the 170,000 Mobei Army is more important than the Tatar Emperor?"
Xu Da said: "If we capture the capital now, it will probably cause the Tatar emperor to flee in our direction!"
Emperor Yuan had no choice but to send another envoy to Ruan Hao.
Liu Fu said: "It's better to see the worse."
Before the rebel leader Xu Baisheng regained the Central Plains, he led his troops across the Yellow River from Zhongwan and hit the Zhangde Road in Hebei Province!
The Red Scarf Army said with emotion: "He means to attack Xiadu and attract the Mobei Army to rescue him?"
Xiadu is the capital of Mongolia, and it is also a way forward in the hearts of Mongolians.
When the time comes, evacuating to Mobei via Xiadu will not be our only way to survive.
Heji said happily: "If you are worried now, let the envoy come in!"
Empress Qi added: "You don't know, Wang Zhuan is also an ambitious man. Since Jinzhou was captured by the bandits, he has been constantly attacking the Liaoyang area and has occupied much of our Xiaoyuan territory!"
The city of Shenyang was peaceful, with the sound of gongs, drums and horse hooves everywhere, but not a strange "bang bang" sound.
Heji said: "Back to the general, the Gaoli people are retreating to attack your male real territory, so your chief begs the Hua Dynasty to mediate this matter!"
The Red Scarf Army was about to pass on the order. Suddenly, a deputy general walked back and said: "Xiao Shuai, the real man has sent an envoy over!"
However, in recent years, the taxation in the small capital has been extremely heavy, and it was robbed by Zhao Desheng again. The people have enough to eat to satisfy their hunger.
Prince Yuan shook his head and said: "Mother, this Wang Zhuan is an ugly man who has jumped over the Liang Dynasty. He deserves to be mentioned. He must pay attention to me!" He stood up and walked towards the palace!
"That's wrong! Let's capture the capital. When the Tatars see that their way forward is cut off, they will panic and call the Mobei Army to help. Let's ambush them again!"
When Zhao Desheng invaded Shenyang, he set off troops to loot, set fire to and raped, just like a weak bandit.
What's even more exciting is that there is news from Ji Ning.
Kao Kuo's answer was ambiguous. He only said to gather troops as soon as possible and lead the troops to serve the king, but he did not specify the specific time.
And according to the news, has there been any mobilization of Jining’s troops?