Zhu Di could see the reluctance of Wenchen's smile, but he didn't care, he turned his head and returned to the topic: "I ordered Arutai to come to the capital to meet him, is he here?" ”

"Back to the emperor," the white-haired běijīng Xing hurriedly said in the military department Shangshu and Taining Marquis Chen Qi: "A few years ago, he had sent a messenger to tell King Hening, and he agreed at that time, but at the beginning of this year, when the minister sent a messenger to urge him to set off, King Hening said that he was sick and could not ride a horse, so he ......."

"I think he's sick of the heart. ¤:¤" Zhu Di sneered.

"It's a heart disease," Yuan Rong, the Marquis of Guangping, who was guarding běijīng with Chen Qi, said softly, "He is still worried that he will kill Qiu Fu and them......

"Hmph......" Zhu Di snorted, and the atmosphere in the hall was cold, it was the first fiasco since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, because Qiu Fu, the prince of Qi, was domineering and domineering, constantly admonishing, and lightly admonished the enemy, so that 100,000 troops were all lost in the hands of the Tatars. Although Zhu Di immediately raised an army of 500,000 troops, he beat Warat into a sieve and avenged his deep hatred. But this scar is left behind, and it will not go away...... Otherwise, with Zhu Di's old temper, he would not have sent all the bereaved family members of this great hero to Hainan Island.

It is also thanks to Yuan Rong's identity that he is Zhu Di's eldest son-in-law, and he has always won the trust of his father-in-law, so he dared to say this.

"If I want to blame him, how can I make him the king of Hening?" Zhu Di exhaled a breath of turbidity and laughed: "The dog Tartar thinks that I am the Son of Heaven, and I am as untrustworthy as them."

The ministers said in their hearts, "There are few things that you say and don't believe in, such as that, that, and that."

"But the minister has already ordered him to go south," Chen Qi said: "The minister said that the emperor raised 500,000 troops to fight Mahamu for you, if you don't listen to the summons, you are only afraid that the Sacred Heart will be wrathed, and you will have the disaster of the pond fish." ”

This was very much in line with Zhu Di's heart, and the emperor said with a smile on his face: "What did he say?" ”

He knelt down in panic and said that as soon as he could ride a horse, he would go to Xuanfu to greet the emperor. Chen Qi replied.

"I don't think he's really scared, otherwise why would he sacrifice the near and far to meet him in the Xuanfu?" Yuan Rong was obviously full of ill feelings towards Arutai and said: "Your Majesty, although this fang has been called a tribute, but it is just an expedient measure under heavy pressure, the minister has been capricious for many years, and he is wary of our dynasty, and he will never be sincerely attached to him and take advantage of his illness to kill him, and he can no longer raise tigers for trouble."

"Arutai is not a capricious person," Zhu Di sneered: "Everything he does now is to survive, when his survival is guaranteed, he will pursue strength When he is strong enough, he will come to rob our dynasty, this is the heaven of the Tartars, whether he is Mahamu or Arutai, it is the same." ”

"Emperor Shengming," Lao Chen Qi trembled and hugged his fists and said: "The truth that the ministers have been trying to understand for many years, but the Pope has broken the truth. ”

Zhu Di smiled faintly, in fact, he also thought about it for a long time before he understood that the Mongols were like grass on the grassland, wildfires could not be burned, and chūn was blown and born. Even if he kills Arutai and Mahamu, there will still be Azitai and Hamu donkeys, and it is almost endless. So instead of letting the stunned young people who have never suffered to make trouble, it is better to fix the rules of the old things and plant awe in their hearts, so that the border of the Ming Dynasty can live in peace.

However, he will never say these words, if he understands, he will understand, if he does not understand, he will never understand, and the emperor has no obligation or interest to explain to anyone other than Zhu Zhanji. "Let's not talk about Arutai, that old guy has been crippled by me and Mahamu in turn, I am personally recruiting this time, the purpose is to solve Mahamu in one fell swoop" Zhu Di's voice was sonorous and powerful, showing the emperor's strong self-confidence, and this self-confidence was also rendered to the ministers in the palace, only to hear him sneer: "Since the eighth year of Yongle, since this guy picked peaches, I have been tolerating him...... To be honest, I've never been as kind to my son as I was to him."

Hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui brothers were in tears, are we biological......

But Zhu Di's focus was not on the two of them, so he listened to the emperor continue: "I have only one purpose, that is, to be able to complete my work in one battle and not let Mahamu swell to the extreme, I don't have this opportunity."

The generals suddenly realized that yes, no matter how broken the Mongols were, there was one thing that the Han would never be able to compare with - they were a people on horseback, and the Ming army could not catch up if they fled away. For example, in the battle of the difficult river, in fact, the Ming army killed less than 2,000 enemies, and the Mongols fled, and the Ming army chased and did not catch up, so they had to collect their troops.

Therefore, a common saying among the generals is, when can the Tartars fight with us in a dignified manner, and don't always hide like rats?

Zhu Di also thinks so, the world's No. 1 general, is better than others in that he can not only think of it, but also do it...... After nearly four years of arrogant military tactics, Mahamu began to fantasize about becoming the Great Khan of all Mongolia.

"With this thought in his heart, he will run less cleverly" Emperor Ming stood on the imperial steps, exuding the momentum of heaven and earth, he is the only protagonist of this era, Mahamu in his eyes, but a reckless man who sells his head

"The emperor has no last resort, and this time he will definitely persuade the ugly captives, and I will never have trouble in China," Hu Guang hurriedly sang praises.

This sycophant sentence is a bit out of standard, Zhu Di ignored it, his eyes returned to the map, and said in a deep voice: "I am not worried about the battlefield planning and Mahamu, the most worrying thing is grain and grass" According to the information provided by Arutai, Mahamu is now in Hulan and hypothermia, which is two thousand two hundred miles away from Běijīng, and if the enemy army has to retreat, it is possible that the journey will be as long as three thousand miles. In such a situation, the most terrible thing is not the enemy on the battlefield, but the logistical supply of the disaster.

Zhu Di's personal expedition is to win, not to give his life, as long as the grain road continues, even if there is a small defeat in the military, it will not hinder the overall situation. But once the supply is not smooth and the whole army is short of food, he, the Ming Emperor, along with hundreds of thousands of troops, will stay in the depths of the desert forever.

All the generals looked at Xia Yuanji, the head of the household who accompanied the expedition, and Xia Shangshu slowly reported: "Xuanda City has hoarded enough grain and grass for the army and the people to support for five months, and this year, the summer grain north of the Huai River will not be solved in Nanjing, and all the food will be sent to Xuanfu, and the army will be greeted first, so that the supply should be guaranteed if the grain is not exhausted and the grain will arrive." ”

"Very good" Zhu Di looked at Xia Yuanji with a smile, after he was angry last time, this super capable Shangshu was very injured, although the emperor couldn't say sorry, but the expression on his face was already very clear: "Aiqing is very relieved to do things, after the expedition, there is also Lao Aiqing shouldering the heavy responsibility of the general needs of the whole army." ”

"The minister originally wanted to ask for a decree to stay in the rear to supervise the grain." Xia Yuanji said in a low voice.

"Have you ordered the transportation of grain and grass in various places?" Zhu Di asked.

"It has been reported to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Xia Yuanji said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has always been steady, there should be no problem." ”

"Where is the grain road?"

Every fifty miles, a military station was set up, and the people were stationed in sections and transported in sections, so that the people could also maintain their physical strength, and the speed of transporting grain would be doubled. Xia Yuanji said: "And the safety of military rations is also guaranteed." ”

"It's all a matter of experience." Zhu Di said with emotion: "In the eighth year of Yongle, it seems that you still remember it. "Last time I drove the expedition, Xia Yuanji was the head of the household department and the quartermaster.

"The minister is heartbroken, because the minister couldn't dispatch that time, he made the emperor and the soldiers hungry for eight days." Xia Yuanji said with a look of shame: "That's why the minister wants to sit in the rear this time, not because he is afraid of the hardships of the journey."

"I know the way, I know the way." Zhu Di nodded, looked at him deeply and said: "But the grain and straw of hundreds of thousands of troops, it really can't be done without you, there are rules you have set in the rear, there are King Zhao and the horses and the Marquis of Taining, what else are you worried about?" ”

"Yes" If Xia Yuanji said anything more, he would offend the three nobles, but what he was most worried about was here...... In his opinion, it is necessary to use a steady and serious person like the prince to dispatch military supplies, but from the past, especially the call to redo military rations, it can be seen that King Zhao is bold and reckless, and he is not a suitable person...... Moreover, King Zhao is still at odds with the crown prince, in case he is a seedling, he will suffer hardships and suffer from the army

But his son is his own good, but Zhu Di trusts King Zhao and is willing to let him take on this important responsibility, what can he say?

Hearing that his father still handed over the responsibility of transporting grain to his third brother, Zhu Gaosui of the Han Dynasty smiled mysteriously, and Zhu Gaosui also smiled faintly, everything went well.

Zhu Di saw Zhu Gaosui's smile, frowned and said: "Hugh should take it lightly, this is a military plane, and if I make a mistake, I will also kill my relatives in righteousness."

"The retainers obey." Zhu Gaosui was busy with the sè said.

Three days later, the army marched again, the army went out from the north gate of the capital, and when it arrived at the camp of Qinghe, it began to rain, and the rain became heavier and heavier at night. The next morning, when it was clear, the army began to rain again not long after it set off, and for several days in succession, it rained continuously, the roads were muddy and difficult to walk, and the army was full of baggage, and it could not walk thirty miles in a day. Zhu Di couldn't help but smile bitterly: "The last time I went on an expedition, I caught up with the heavy snow at the beginning of the year that I hadn't encountered for many years, and this time in order to avoid the snow, I was deliberately a month late. "He was in the army at the age of sixteen, fought for half his life, and had seen all kinds of bad situations, which was not difficult for him at all, but on the contrary, it inspired him to be happy in his suffering, and spoke witty words for the first time.

"The young master's calculation is very accurate, he only said that he would win a big victory, but he didn't say that it would not rain heavily." Hu Guang was drenched in the rain and said with a wry smile. He could hide in the carriage, but the emperor still rode with the soldiers, did he have a choice as an attendant?

As a result, it was only four days later that Juyong Pass was passed, not only was it windy but also rainy, and the army trudged through the wind and rain, and it took twenty-five rì to arrive at Xuanfu.

It's really infuriating, as soon as the front foot of the army arrives, the back foot will be closed and the rain will stop.