Chapter 771 Chance

Out of Dunhuang, the southwest is Yangguan, and the northwest is Yùmén Pass.

The Yellow River is far above the white clouds,

A lonely city and ten thousand mountains.

Why should the Qiang flute complain about the willows,

chūn wind does not do yùmén off.

Naturally, the chūn wind can blow through the Yùmén Pass, but at this time, there is only snow and howling cold winds outside the Yùmén Pass.

Fortunately, the chūn day is approaching, and there are fewer cold winds, and most of the winds are relatively gentle, so the silver snow in the distant mountains, the blue sky and white clouds give people only the feeling of emptiness and vastness.

Xia Xun had left Dunhuang and set off for Hami.

The situation in Hami is different from that in Dunhuang, and the king of Hami cannot take the same measures against Hami as he did with Dunhuang. However, it is still necessary to go to Hami, the temporary gains and losses can not be considered, but the people's backs must be taken into account, and some preparations must be made as soon as possible, once Hami falls, it will be easy to govern after the recovery in the future.

Today's sky is a bit yīn, the clouds are not very white, but the sky is still so blue, and the distant mountains are stuck in a mist.

The banner and horse team walked on this vast land, as the only active group, adding a bit of vitality to this desolate and tragic desert Gobi.

At some point, someone in the team pulled their throats and sang a high-pitched and loud Xiliang folk song

Sister to a carpenter's house,

will build buildings and smash rafters,

The willow leaves are green,

will build buildings and smash rafters,

Two gave a blacksmith's house,

and can strike iron and pull the wind box,

The willow leaves are green,

I can strike iron and pull the windbox......"

The loud and melodious singing voice made the team traveling between the heavens and the earth a little angry, Xia Xun also listened attentively, when the voice stopped, he sighed, looked back at Liu Yijue, Chen Dong, and Ye An who were accompanying him on the left and right, and said If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have run to this sky, it's very hard, right? No less words"

Chen Dong Ye'an rode on a horse, his spirit was full of energy, such a world, if it was in Jinling City, how could we see it, we like it very much. ”

Liu Yijue stared at Xia Xun and said that living happily is a lifetime; Sadly, it is also a lifetime. In good times and adversity, sometimes we can't help it, confidants and long-term companions, isn't it happiness? ”

"Good"

Xia Xun's big hand slapped heavily on Liu Yijue's shoulder, turned his head and said to Xilin and Jeanna, who were sitting in front of the car, looking at the eternal desolate scenery with great interest, Don't let the brothers in the army be beautiful in front of you, you are people from the ancient country of Qiuzi, and what you are best at is music, and you also sing two tunes, so that everyone can mention the god of jīng."

After leaving the Yùmén Pass, but heading west, Celine and Jeanne became more and more excited, and now the weather was not so cold, many times, they ran out of the car, sat outside, and looked at the clouds, the mountains and the trees that day with great interest, like a little bird out of the cage. For your hometown, no matter whether the memories left there are sad or joyful, there is always a heavy feeling when you think about it.

Celine glanced at Xia Xun affectionately, stood firm in the carport, and suddenly sang loudly When lovers are happy in the orchard, my whirling wood finch will sing indulgently. I couldn't sleep that night and missed you, and the fire of love in my body burned even more. Will the lark cry and soar, and will the sweetheart sing while walking. A couple of lovers will eventually become married, will they get their wish? ”

The singing voice is crisp and crisp, like a lark, and the gentle eyes are always focused on Xia Xun's body. After singing, the aftermath lingered, and the thunderous cheers of the sergeants marching left and right did not stop, and another more high-pitched and clear voice sang a piece of snow again, towards the convergence of the Tarim River, the rushing Tarim River, moistening my heart...... whether you came to visit me, or love to tell your heart, whether you will rekindle the extinguished fire more vigorous......

Jean Na is more enthusiastic and unrestrained than Xilin, when she sings, the big hot eyes stare at Xia Xun for a moment, the expression and pursuit of expressions in the Western Regions NV are warm and unrestrained, obviously there is no kind of subtle and introverted in the Central Plains, the shyness and timidity of the two in the face of Xia Xun in the past are more caused by the huge gap in status.

These days with Xia Xun day and night, gradually, the huge gap in status seems to be not so big, day by day approaching their hometown, but also awakening the kind of generous and passionate pursuit of love in their bones.

It's a pity that this eternal primitive scene evokes their homesickness at the same time, but also touches Xia Xun, who is looking up at the clouds that seem to be extremely low, and his thoughts go straight up to his distant hometown with the sound of singing. His hometown can never go back, when he was there, he never felt anything to love, but now when he thinks about it, it is difficult to give up everywhere......

The winning eyes were thrown to the blind man

The two beautiful NVs glanced at Xia Xun who raised their eyes and looked at him angrily, until they were lying on their stomachs in the car and napping in the car, and Tang Sai'er, who heard the singing and drilled out with great interest, woke him up I also sing and I sing godfather, you listen to Sai'er singing cough"

"See-saw, pull-saw, grandma mén mouth singing big opera, pick up the boudoir nv, please, in-laws, you also go to Laba porridge, drink for a few days, mile la la twenty-three; Twenty-three, sugar melon sticky; Twenty-four sweep the house; Twenty-five, frozen tofu; Twenty-six, go buy ròu; Twenty-seven, Zai Gong jī; Twenty-eighth, put the face hair; Twenty-nine, steamed steamed buns; Thirty nights to stay up for one night; The first and second days of junior high school are full of ......"

Tang Sai'er clapped his little hands and sang a children's song rhythmically, and the childish children's song was exchanged for Xia Xun and Saihazhi, Feng Crackyan and others who laughed so well, just count Sai'er sang well, hahahaha......"

On the way west, there was a lot of laughter.

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Qiu Futi's 100,000 troops went out of the fortress, but Qiu Fu was so happy that he ignored the repeated persuasions of his generals, ignored the emperor's prior advice, and stepped into the trap of the Tatars. With a large group of people and horses who could not catch up with the Hou Huozhen of Tong'an and Hou Wang Zhong of Jing'an, they were shocked when they heard the news.

The commander is dead, the two will be forced to have to follow Qiu Fu's last words, retreat to Liaodong nearby, and send a horse to Liaodong to report first, ask for support, the army to the east, can reach the territory of Liaodong, it was pursued by the Tatar cavalry, the commander of the Ming army died, the morale of the three armies was depressed, almost no battle, at the critical moment fortunately, Liaodong sent a large army, under the leadership of Kaiyuan Hou Ding Yu rushed to the rescue. The two joined forces in one place, and then forced the pursuers to retreat, took them to Liaodong, borrowed Liaodong, and returned to the pass in a panic.

Zhu Di received the war report and was furious, 100,000 troops out of the fortress, but was beheaded a duke and two marquis, if it were not for the help of the Liaodong military, the 100,000 army would be wiped out in the north of the Saibei, the angry Zhu Di ignored the pleading of the generals, and deprived Qiu Fu of the hereditary title of the duke, and moved his whole family to Hainan. The two Hou Ye who died in battle and the two Hou Ye Wang Zhong and Huo Zhen, who fled back in embarrassment, were also stripped of their titles and removed from their military positions.

Zhu Di is meritorious must be rewarded, and if he is punished, he punished these remnants of the defeated generals, and he immediately decided to go to Saibei in person from the Beijing camp to conquer the Tatars. The civil and military officials persuaded him to temporarily calm the wrath of the thunder, wait for the war in the Western Regions and Southern Xinjiang to slow down a little, and then carry out the Northern Expedition, Zhu Di only had two words not allowed, "The civil and military officials retreated and asked Zhu Di to send the generals again, and there was no need to drive the expedition in person, Zhu Di still did not allow two words"

Zhu Di was really angry this time.

Zhu Di immediately issued an order to announce the world, saying that it was all the young and strong people in Shandong and Hebei, plus the soldiers and horses of the Beijing camp, a total of 500,000 troops swept north

In fact, Zhu Di did not use so many soldiers, he did not fight with the ancients when he was the king of Yan, what is the strength of the Tatars now, he knows it clearly, with the combat power of the Ming army today, 100,000 troops to conquer the north, it is enough, if you really send 500,000 troops, not waiting for the Tatars to be scared, the country will be eaten poor first.

It's just that this time it's a personal expedition by the imperial driver, and if there are fewer people, the civil and military officials are really not at ease, so they brought 50,000 soldiers on the base of 100,000 soldiers and horses, which is considered to be the imperial forest army, dedicated to protecting the emperor's safety. It is said that it is 500,000 troops in general, which is completely a ploy of propaganda warfare.

This kind of propaganda warfare, ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, has long been used by people. For example, in the Battle of Hot Springs, in the Xi Bō War, it is said that Emperor Bōs led an army of five million, but what about the Spartans? There were only 300 men, but during the Battle of Mén, Sparta spent a long time and many allies to get together about 5,000 men, and the hostile Argos also managed to gather 4,000 or 5,000 men, which was the largest battle in the Peloponnesian War in the Greek native army.

Another example is the Battle of Changping, the legend that the Qin army killed 400,000 Zhao soldiers, and Zhao State poured its whole country into it at that time, and it couldn't get together so many soldiers. In Sima Qian's era, the Han Dynasty went on an expedition to Dawan, and the Han Empire tossed for several years before it gathered 50,000 troops. In the battle of Yiling of the Three Kingdoms, Liu Bei sent less than 40,000 troops, plus Wuling Man's reinforcements of up to 40,000, but it was claimed to be 750,000, in fact, the entire army of Shu at that time was only 100,000 people.

Of course, appropriate exaggeration can be míhuò enemy troops, excessive exaggeration can not deceive the enemy generals, but it is also good to brag, scare the people of the other side, and strengthen the morale of the military of one's own family.

Zhu Di was in full swing preparing to go on the expedition, and Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Han, couldn't help but turn his mind again.

After the news of Qiu Fu's defeat and killing came, Zhu Gaoxu was like five thunderbolts, and his heart was dead. Qiu Fu has always been his biggest reliance, and now that Qiu Fu is dead, and he is defeated, his biggest backer has fallen, how can his black-bellied eldest brother and those civil officials not take the opportunity to purge his faction in the army? The general trend has gone, and the general trend has really gone

However, after the news of the Yongle Emperor announcing the royal expedition came, Zhu Gaoxu suddenly saw a ray of light in the darkness, he had fought side by side with his father, and it was because of the martyrdom that his father had the idea of easy to lose

Zhu Gaochu just thought of this, Chen Ying, who also thought of this method, had rushed to the mansion in a hurry, and the two of them made amends, only a little discussion, Zhu Gaochu hurried to the palace, he wanted to ask his father for instructions, accompany the expedition, and then make military achievements