From Xuanfu to Běijīng, three hundred fast horses and whips arrived overnight.

I heard that Wang Xian returned to Zhu Zhanji, played a horse and went out of the city twenty miles to welcome the two of them, and bowed down at the same time

"Your Highness, this is going to kill Wei Chen." Wang Xian hurriedly went to help Zhu Zhanji.

"Your life is for you to deserve this worship," Zhu Zhanji insisted on bowing.

Wang Xian had no choice but to bow four times and return it, Zhu Zhanji helped him up, the two held hands and looked at each other in tears, Zhu Zhanji looked at Wang fixedly, and suddenly raised his hand and gave himself a slap, and half of his cheeks were red at that time

"Your Highness, what is this?" Seeing that he was going to hit his ear, Wang Xian hurriedly grabbed Zhu Zhan and cried: "Are you trying to force Weichen to death?" But I secretly shouted in my heart that Lao Tzu's performance was not wiped out by the original life.

"At the beginning, I didn't listen to your persuasion and smoked you, but you didn't care about exchanging your life for your life, and you exchanged me back for these rìzi, every time I thought of me, I burned all the inside," Zhu Zhanji shook his head and wept and said: "Invite the heavens, you return safely, otherwise I will regret and apologize for the rest of my life."

His Royal Highness the Taisun's sincerity made Wang Xian feel a lot better...... He is also flesh and blood, at the beginning, Zhu Zhanji was bent on being alone, Wang Xian really wanted to let go, and he would not let him die. Although Wang Xian wanted to risk his life to rescue him because of everything he had pressed on him, he wanted to say in his heart that if he didn't complain, then Wang Xian was muddy.

Zhu Zhanji's apology was like a surging river, and Wang Xian had to interrupt him: "Your Highness, I rushed back because I heard that you and the prince are in trouble......

"Alas......" Zhu Zhanji said with a sad expression: "This time the trouble is big, and if it is not done well, it will be a catastrophe."

"Ah," Wang Xian exclaimed, "Why is this so? ”

"Listen to me tell you slowly." Zhu Zhanji motioned for him to get on the horse and poured a cup of tea for Wang Xian, and he also picked it up, looking at His Royal Highness the curly Bai Taisun, and fell into that too unpleasant memory.

Time back to two months, the Ming Dynasty army gave up the complete annihilation of Mahamu's aircraft division in the great victory, and returned to the dynasty. At that time, Zhu Di's explanation to the generals was that he couldn't beat Warat to death, otherwise it would make the Tatars take advantage of it, and maintaining the balance of power between the two sides was the king.

But when the army returned to Guangwu Town, the soldiers tasted it...... Although the emperor's reason for withdrawing troops was no, Zhu Di would not let go of Ma Hamu so easily, either if he didn't do it or did it. The reason for the hasty harvest is the lack of grain and grass

Before, the emperor had already said that because the grain supply was too large, the army changed to one rì and two and said that it would be good to wait until Guangwu Town. However, when the army arrived in Guangwu, it was learned that the grain depot here had suffered a heavy loss of grain, and the follow-up military rations that should have been transferred were nowhere to be found.

Zhu Di thundered and beheaded more than a dozen civil and military officials in charge of the granary, but he could only clear himself that he could not solve the problem of food shortage.

The army couldn't sit down, so they had to shrink their clothes and pull their belts, hoping to meet the team carrying the grain as soon as possible, but the team transporting the grain was long gone, and the only remaining 100,000 stones of grain and grass in the army could only be changed to one rì, and they had to rely on killing horses...... At first, the horses, mules, and camels that pulled the carts were killed, and then they attacked the horses. Those are all good breeds worth 100 gold, war horses, heroes who have made great achievements, the soldiers are full of tears, not only in order to prevent the cattle from fighting with people, but can only kill the horses.

At this time, the atmosphere in the army was completely reversed, and there was no excitement after the great victory, but instead there was sadness and resentment, and the soldiers hated those in the rear, and they fought desperately in the front, but they could not even transport a military ration

In this difficulty, even the Yongle Emperor, who was accustomed to seeing strong winds and waves, felt that he was untied, and sat on the throne with no worries, and the courtiers who were not accompanied did not dare to make a sound. These literati also suffered from the old sin, and they couldn't eat at all in one nest a day, so hungry that they didn't even have the strength to speak.

"The minister has asked His Majesty to kill the heart of the army." Xia Yuanji, the head of the household book, came out of the column and kowtowed.

"What does it have to do with you," Zhu Di sighed and said, "I really regret that I didn't let you sit in the back at the beginning, otherwise how could there be a situation today?" ”

"Yes, the minister didn't think about it, he just wanted to rely on the grain storage to barely enough for the army to return, who would have thought that the fire would burn Guangwu Town. This situation will only occur when the summer grain is not delivered in time. Xia Yuanji, who was so thin that he only had a handful of bones left, said gloomily: "If it weren't for the minister's insistence on opening only one-third of Changping, the army may not be short of food now." ”

"The common people also have to fight for whom? Not for the sake of the people. Zhu Di shook his head and said, "Don't blame yourself, Xia Ai, you didn't get up quickly." ”

"Your Majesty." Xia Yuanji supported himself to get up and listened to Zhu Di say: "You all go back and rest and stand here, it's weird and tired." The ministers thanked the emperor but listened to the emperor: "Xia Ai, you stay."

Only the emperor and Xia Yuan Zhu Di were left in the big tent and sighed: "How did you say this happened?" ”

"The emperor also felt strange." Xia Yuanji said slowly: "In terms of time, at least the Xia in the north should be enough to transport it, I don't know where the Lu Dao is wrong, and it has not been transported until now." ”

"You're not a god but a **?" Zhu Di asked coldly.

"The minister does not dare to speculate." Xia Yuanji only felt dizzy and said, "I have to let the people in the rear talk about it themselves."

"Not bad." Zhu Di nodded and said, "I have already sent an edict to let King Zhao come to see him as soon as possible, and then deal with it then."

"Yes." Xia Yuanji responded.

"I have summoned officials to encourage them," Zhu Di took a long breath to remove the worry on his face and replaced it with a smiling face, "You go with you too." ”

"Yes." Xia Yuanji accompanied Zhu Di out of the big tent.

The soldiers in the camp have been summoned, and all of them sat on the ground, and seeing that the emperor drove up one after another, Zhu Di waved his hand and said, "Don't be restrained, sit down." ”

He patted this and that along the way, came to the venue, stood on a car, and said to everyone: "I know that after the big victory, no one can accept this game in the face of this change." But there are unpredictable winds, and the army will encounter any problems when they go on the expedition. The lack of food in my thirty years of life was not a matter of one or two expeditions to the north, because the front was too broken when we returned, and we survived by boiling belts and eating cotton wool. It's much better than last time, at least there's still livestock to kill. Everyone must grit their teeth, you must know that this battle has been fought for at least ten years, and you are the one who knows the Tao, how can I treat you great heroes badly? Saying that, Hu Lang laughed and said: "The good rìzi in the second half of his life is waiting for everyone, what is the point of this hardship now?" You're right? ”

When the generals heard this, they all clicked on the emperor, and his mood really improved a lot...... Is it to go back, and you have to live a good life in terms of meritorious deeds, can you drop the chain at this time? What's more, the emperor and the others are all the same and fifty-year-old people insist on it, what can't they insist on?

"I'll tell you a good deal after the last," Zhu Di announced loudly: "I have ordered King Zhao to mobilize every grain in Xuanda and bring it to us." After a pause, he said: "It should be ten days at most."

Under Zhu Di's encouragement, the team re-summoned the soldiers to continue, but there is only a pot to cook white in the world, and there is no reason to set up a pot to cook. Zhu Di's great truth is incomprehensible, if he doesn't come after a few more grains, the horses will be killed, and he will only be able to eat people

And there is a problem about eating horse meat, that is, many people's stomachs are not adaptable, and hundreds of people have died. Zhu Di learned about this and vowed to severely punish the murderer who caused all this

Fortunately, the sky is endless, and finally in the army, the king of Zhao, Zhu Gaosui, personally led two thousand carts of grain to arrive. The soldiers immediately cheered and shouted Emperor Wan Zhao Wang Chitose with excited hands and tears

Hearing that the military rations were finally charged, Zhu Di couldn't hold back and went out in person, Zhu Gaosui was accepting the joy of the soldiers, and when he saw his father coming, he hurriedly jumped down and knelt down in front of Zhu Di, and he couldn't cry and said: "Father, your dragon body has been reduced, and if you don't let you eat such a son, it is really a crime and deserves death."

"It's good to say that the food can be delivered." Zhu Di responded with a smile on his face and ordered: "Quickly spread the word and bury the pot immediately so that the soldiers can have a full meal."

Immediately, there was another burst of joy, and the entire barracks became a sea of joy.

Zhu Di did not send it immediately, but asked King Zhao to rest, until he came to ask for peace in the evening, he retreated, and said lightly: "This time, you didn't show that you first solved the problem of military rations, but now you have solved the urgent need of the army." ”

"The sons have no place to be ashamed." King Zhao hurriedly got up and said, "It is too dereliction of duty to let my father and the soldiers endure hunger and repercussions. ”

"What the hell is going on?" Zhu Di and Yan Yue asked, but there was a cold light in their eyes, and his hand was tightly gripping the town on the table, in fact, he was restraining the anger in his heart. "Let the food be delayed."

"The son wants to ask his father for the guilt," Zhu Gaosui suddenly knelt down and said.

"What is the sin?" Zhu Di smiled.

"Erchen killed the prefect of Xuanfu in order to prepare for the army," Zhu Gaosui kowtowed.

"Why kill him?" Zhu Di asked lightly.

"Erchen, the prince who oversees the grain, wants to open the grain of Xuanfu, but he insists on not saying that Shanxi has been affected by the disaster, and the people have flocked to Xuanda to help the victims, and the sons, seeing him, have deduced in every possible way, thinking that his father and hundreds of thousands of troops are hungry, and he took his head to show for a while, which forced the officials from all over Xuanda to open warehouses and hand over the grain," Zhu Gaosui kowtowed and said: "Erchen is bold and asks his father to punish him."