Father can be an enemy to the country

"Yes." Zhu Zhen said, "Then who should we send?"

"According to the rules, since it was planned by the last general, he should go." Mu Ying said.

"That won't work. If you are surrounded in Dingyuan City, who will lead the entire army to fight Silunfa?" Zhu Zhen shook his head decisively.

In fact, the theoretically best combination is for Muying to defend the city and Lan Yu to lead the army to fight Silunfa. But it's just a theory. Given the incompatible relationship between the two, Lan Yu might deliberately trick Mu Ying...

So even if he couldn't bear to part with these two aces, he was determined to separate them, otherwise problems would arise sooner or later.

But in this case, the candidate to replace Mu Ying in guarding the city will be a lot of thought.

It was not because there was no one available. Twenty-six years before Hongwu, the Ming Dynasty was most in need of famous generals. Now there are stars gathering in Yunnan. Even if the Hou Yingchuan and the Hou Yongchang return to the court, there will still be five princes there - in addition to Mu Ying, there are also Runan Hou Mei Sizu, Xuande Hou Jin Chaoxing, Jingchuan Hou Cao Zhen, Fei Ju, the Marquis of Pingliang, and Lu Zhongheng, the Marquis of Ji'an. Not to mention the senior generals at the level of governors and commanders below, there are a lot of them.

But it’s really hard to decide who to send to Dingyuan City.

There are two difficulties with this matter. First, the task is extremely difficult.

Dingyuan City is said to be a city, but in fact it is just a small earthen castle built with rocks and adobe using local materials.

Previously, there was only one officer and soldier from the Qianhu Station stationed there to monitor the movements of the Luchuan regime... You can't rely entirely on unreliable local officials like Etao and others for all information, right?

Someone may ask, why didn't the army and the army build a serious castle for a whole year?

It's not like the Ming army never thought of establishing a solid stronghold on the left bank of the Lancang River. Yunnan had just been pacified last year. Didn't Fu Youde send commander Wang Zhen into Luchuan's sphere of influence, build a city in Yongchang, and prepare to garrison troops?

The results of it? Silunfa sent tens of thousands of troops to attack, captured Wang Zhen alive, and razed the city...

How can I allow others to snore on the side of the couch? Moreover, in Silunfa's view, everything outside the Three Rivers was his sphere of influence. Even if he surrendered to the Ming Dynasty for the time being, if the Ming army dared to cross the river to establish a stronghold, he would still send a large army to exterminate them without hesitation.

This small earthen fortress was built under the cover of Ertao.

But even with Etao's cover, Silunfa would still go berserk if the amount of work was larger. But the Ming Dynasty was in full swing poaching the corner of Luchuan. How could it give Silun a chance to get mad and flip the table?

So before the Battle of Jingdong, such a small earthen fort was built.

Now that Silunfa suddenly started a war without warning, the shortcomings of the small earth fort are undoubtedly obvious...

The number of troops it can accommodate is very limited, and the defense it can provide is also very limited. And after losing Jingdong Mansion, it was left alone on the left side of the river without any support...

In short, it is too difficult to defend.

The Lucchuan Army's performance in attacking Yongchang City and Zheji Village was very good, which fully demonstrated that they had strong attack capabilities.

"To be honest, it is very difficult to stop Dao Silang's 50,000-strong army." Zhu Zhen said with a sad face:

"What's more, we will probably have to face Silun's 300,000-strong army... Asking anyone to defend the city at this time is almost like asking him to die."

This is the second difficulty. It’s not an absolutely iron-clad relationship, so I can’t open my mouth at all…

"Yes." Mu Ying nodded and insisted again: "So the general said that I will defend the city and let Marquis of Runan and Marquis Xuande lead the army in a decisive battle."

"No, absolutely not." Zhu Zhen shook his head categorically: "If you insist on defending the city, then we will honestly follow father's method and wait until the army arrives."

The contribution made by Mu Ying and his descendants to Yunnan is the key to Yunnan's eternal return to China. It would not be an exaggeration to say that God gave birth to his family just so that they could stay in Yunnan forever. How could Zhu Zhen let this man with the luck of Yunnan take risks because of small things?

Based on the same considerations, he couldn't let Lan Yu get involved... although he estimated that if he spoke at this time, Mu Ying would probably agree to keep Lan Yu.

But the older Zhu Zhen Jianghu gets, the less courageous he becomes. If he doesn't feel good, he simply won't do it.

~~

After going through all five princes again, Zhu Zhen felt that none of them were suitable. Mei Sizu is too old, Jin Chaoxing is too dissolute, and Cao Zhen’s ability is questionable...

As for Fei Ju and Lu Zhongheng...these two well-known members of the Hu Party were just two time bombs. Zhu Zhen did not want to get involved, so from the day he arrived in Yunnan, Zhu Zhen asked them to step aside.

In desperation, he let out a long sigh and said, "Oh, I finally understand why my father sent my cousin to guard Hongdu."

"It's true." Mu Ying agreed: "Don't say it. This time it's really a bit like the Hongdu defense war."

In the Battle of Hongdu, Zhu Yuanzhang used 20,000 defenders to resist the attack of Chen Youliang's 600,000 troops. Everyone felt that going to defend the flood would lead to death, so Zhu Yuanzhang sent his nephew to go...

However, Zhu Wenzhong was also very ambitious. He actually held on for eighty-five days under Chen Youliang's fierce attack, buying precious time for the army to prepare for the decisive battle. It's absolutely a miracle.

Now, Zhu Zhen also needs someone to create a big miracle and guard Dingyuan City for a long time, but he can't find his Zhu Wenzheng.

"Why don't I go?" Finally, he seriously suggested.

"Your Majesty, don't be joking." Mu Ying said dumbfounded: "Xie is thousands of times more important than a small Dingyuan city, and even the whole of Yunnan is not as important as the prince. If Xie has three advantages and two disadvantages, the loss to the Ming Dynasty will be as great as that of two Yunnan provinces. It can’t be made up!”

The result was that he wouldn't let Mu Ying go, and Mu Ying wouldn't let him go. In the end, the two of them had no choice but to make a plan to let everyone out first and see how the generals would react.

Wouldn't it be okay if someone took the initiative to ask for a fight?

~~

As a result, when the news came out, there were actually people asking for military service, and there were more than one.

The first one to ask for a fight came to see him tied up.

"The guilty minister deserves to die!" Feng Cheng was stripped of his official robe, his arms were tied behind his back, and he was brought into the silver palace.

The Ming army had strict military discipline. Anyone who escaped from the battle would definitely die, and the defeated generals would not escape the blame. As the commander of the capital, Feng Cheng suffered such a huge defeat, so he would naturally be blamed.

Zhu Zhen sighed, ordered his fifth brother's brother-in-law to be untied and said:

"The situation on the battlefield is ever-changing, and it is inevitable that a careless mistake will lead to someone else's mistakes. If you have committed a crime, you will be punished, and you will not be held responsible for the crime."

"Thank you for your generosity, Your Majesty..." After Feng Cheng was released, he didn't even bother to move his arms, so he knelt on the ground to thank him.

If there were another coach who refused to take responsibility, he would definitely report his case and respectfully ask for a referee.

With Boss Zhu's violent temper, he might even die if he gets angry...

But as the king of Dian, Zhu Zhen controlled the civil and military affairs of Yunnan and settled his matter first, so that Boss Zhu would not be able to mess with him again.