"Everyone, be quiet! Everyone, be quiet! You wouldn't guess that it was our scouts who won the hounds. If you don't believe it, you can go back and ask the emperor, I don't dare to lie to everyone about the emperor. Don't think that our scouts are ordinary people, they have been specially trained for many years, they have the nose of a dog, the eyes of an eagle, the speed of a leopard, and a brain more developed than any other animal. Do you say that our scouts can not win? ”

Stone affectionately interprets the story he has written.

Dao Yan and Zhu Di wondered in their hearts, how did they not know about this wonderful human-dog competition.

"So the scouts are so powerful, I'm worried that I'm going to starve to death here!"

"I didn't wait like this in the past, I thought I couldn't go back!"

"This grassland is so big, we need to give the scouts more time!"

"Yes, we're in tents, scouts are in the snow, don't be content!"

Dao Yan's solemn face smiled: "Brothers, do you know what those Tatars are doing? Hahaha, they're dreaming! They thought that we wouldn't be able to find them and wouldn't attack. We're going to make a surprise attack and beat them to the ground! ”

"Good! Beat them so that they didn't have a piece of armor left! Long live the Emperor! Long live the Ming Dynasty! ”

The soldiers jumped on their stools without hesitation, waved their fists and shouted loudly, as if charging into battle on the battlefield.

Zhu Di, Dao Yan and Shi looked at each other and smiled.

Zhu did not step out of the tent to enjoy the goose feather snow flying in the sky, and felt the biting cold wind.

The little hope that was left of them had been buried in the barren desert grasslands when they were endlessly powerful.

He pondered by the fire for two days, and first made clear the purpose of this expedition - he had come to make meritorious contributions.

If Zhu Di took the lead, his father would treat him coldly, and the ministers of the court and the central government would even more believe that he Zhu Di was not as good as Zhu Di.

He then ruled out ways to get the job done.

Relying on two scouts to search for a non-spending army in the vast grassland is like looking for a needle in a haystack, and it will never work.

He couldn't trust Scouts, and he would never tie his fate to anyone else.

In the end, he made a decision - to lead an army, believing that he was smarter than the scouts and could find the enemy's position faster.

Compared with the deputy general Zhao Yong, the general Wang Bi often came to Zhu Yi's tent to discuss countermeasures with him and comfort him to calm down.

He was entrusted by Fu Youde, and it can also be said that Fu Youde asked Wang Bi to look at Zhu Yi.

"General Wang, I've been waiting for a few more days, and I still don't see the slightest shadow of the Yuan army, are we just sitting and waiting to die?"

"Your Highness, we are not sitting still, we must wait. We must wait for the Scout to bring us information about the enemy's location before we can act. ”

"Scout! Scout! The king sat in his tent every day and waited for the scouts to come back and report the news, and every time he heard it, "The enemy has not been detected!" There are only two scouts, why are we tens of thousands of people stupidly waiting for news of two people. General Wang, let me ask you, is it more likely that two people will find the enemy, or is it more likely that tens of thousands of people will find the enemy? ”

"King Jin, don't compare like this. Although the two are small in number, they are agile and not easy to detect. There is no precedent for an entire army to go out to find the enemy's position on the battlefield. ”

Wang Bi's face showed a look of worry, lest he would not be able to persuade Zhu Yi.

"There is a precedent for everything, so I, King Zhu of Jin, will set this precedent." Zhu threw a piece of charcoal in his hand into the carbon basin, and sparks splashed everywhere, as if applauding Zhu for his courage.

Zhu is stubborn and self-serving, and he cannot live forever. However, his biggest flaw is that he knows that he is arrogant, but he never corrects it.

"King ...... Jin" Wang Bi took a step forward and wanted to persuade Zhu again.

"Say no more!" Zhu waved his hand, "Pass my order, the whole army will be fully equipped today and set off tomorrow!" ”

Wang Bi stood quietly with his hands down, without receiving orders.

"General Wang!"

"Yes!"

"Order!" Zhu was full of emotion.

"Yes!" Wang Bi saw that there was no possibility of returning, so he reluctantly agreed, turned around and withdrew from the tent.

"Report!" A guard hurried into the tent.

"What?" Zhu was distraught, and although he firmly believed in his decision, the opposition of his subordinates still stirred up a splash in his heart.

"King Jin, there is a person outside the tent who claims to be a subordinate of Ying Guogong, and he wants to see you."

"Ying Guogong?" Zhu's eyes lit up.

If Fu Youde had traveled with him, he might have agreed with his approach. Is he bringing a message now to let him go as soon as possible?

Zhu was excited, stood up, and said busily: "Let him come in!" ”

After seeing Zhu Yi, the visitor took out a letter from his arms and handed it to him: "King Jin, the Duke of Ying Guo ordered his subordinates to hand over this letter to you, and asked his subordinates to pass the word: "Please King Jin must be calm and don't spoil the big thing." ”

Zhu frowned, the facts seemed to be different from his guess.

He hurriedly opened the letter, hoping to see what he wanted to see.

Ying Guogong's letter was very brief: stand still, wait for the spies to report the enemy's specific position, and then march with the whole army.

Hope was disappointed, and there was darkness in sight in front of him, Zhu was so angry that his whole body trembled, and he yelled at the messenger: "Get out!" ”

He crumpled the letter into a ball and threw it into the carbon basin.

A spasm struck his whole body, and he held the table with his hands, clutched his stomach, bent over, and swayed back and forth.

Before the letter appeared, he was merely depressed, but he eventually strengthened his faith.

But this letter destroyed his faith, and for a man who was about to starve to death, what he thought was a white fat steamed bun turned into a hard pebble.

"King Jin!" Wang Bi, who had been standing at the door, hurriedly rushed into the camp tent and stretched out his hand to support Zhu Yi.

Zhu used his last bit of strength to push Wang Bi away: "Get out!" Get out of here! ”

No one dared to speak, and they withdrew from the tent in fear.

The tent was as quiet as night, and even the sound of wind and snow did not dare to come in and disturb it.

However, the sparks in the carbon basin jumped unknowingly, "crackling" mercilessly laughing at Zhu's loneliness.

Zhu lifted a pot of water and poured it into a carbon basin. Mars suddenly lost its vitality and silently lingered in the carbon basin.

It is better to be controlled by others than to be controlled by others.

If he waits for more than 20 days, the soldier will be passive and tired, and the food and grass will be exhausted, and this trip will definitely become a stain on his life.

Zhu didn't know why Zhu Di didn't move, but he believed that his judgment was more accurate.

He didn't know why even Fu Youde had to oppose him taking the initiative to attack and let them all hell with it.

He doesn't expect anything anymore, he can only rely on himself.

Having chopped off all the thorns, Zhu and his army of 50,000 began to look for traces of the enemy in the vast desert northern grassland.

The fierce wind and ice and snow in Mobei greedily gnawed at the will of Zhu Di and the soldiers.

But every moment the expectation of getting closer to the dawn continues to nourish the will, and the will that is about to decline stands up vigorously and proudly in the wind and snow.

Half a month later, the scout finally appeared in front of a pair of eyes that looked through the autumn water with the good news that Na'er did not spend the position of the army.

"Let's go tomorrow and go to the capital!"

Zhu Di, Dao Yan and Shi personally ran to the tents to inform the soldiers.

Like a long-drought earth meets nectar, hungry wolves meet prey, and soldiers are ready and radiant.

They are glad that they have not compromised, excited by the hope that it will become a reality, and their long-accumulated strength will erupt like a torrent.

Zhu Di wiped his beloved swallowtail gun, humming a little song that Dao Yan and Shi had never heard before, and his translucent eyes showed impatience and eagerness.

"Does Your Highness have a specific battle plan?" Stone asked.

They never discussed a battle plan during their anxious month of waiting.

Shi originally thought that Zhu Di would make a specific layout according to the weather conditions at that time and the location of Nai'er Buhua, but he didn't expect that before the battle, Zhu Di still didn't say a word.

"Our people don't have to take a detour, take advantage of the heavy snow to attack their camps, and attack them unprepared." Zhu Di said.

This was his experience in several battles in the Central Plains, and it was also the most effective attack method in his opinion.

"King Yan, this vast grassland is different from the Central Plains. If the enemy flees, it will be like a grain of sand falling into the desert, and we will no longer be able to trace them, let alone pursue them. ”

Although it is on paper, although Zhu Di's combat experience is far richer than that of stone, he still puts forward his own opinions.

Dao Yan held on to the wig that refused to be tamed and nodded frequently.

Zhu Di pondered for a moment: "Stone, you are right, I was careless and forgot that the grassland operation is very different from the Central Plains operation. ”

Blaming himself, he put down his dovetail and stood up.

A palpitation slipped up his brow, but was immediately replaced by focused thought.

"What do you have to do?" He paced back and forth in the tent with his hands behind his back.

"Our army is pressing, but we won't attack for the time being." Stone Road.

"Not attacking?" Zhu Di stood still, staring intently at the stone.

"Hmm." Shi nodded, "Where the law of war is used, the whole army is the first, and the broken army is second; The soldiers who surrender without a fight, and the good ones are also good. ”

"How do you surrender without a fight?" Dao Yan narrowed his eyes, why didn't he think of another way?

"Stone, say it quickly!" Zhu Di was impatient.

"Hurry up and use all your tricks!" Dao Yan also urged on the side.

"Your Highness, Master, please come with me to meet someone."

Guan Tong was munching on freshly baked flatbread in the tent.

His abrupt cheekbones moved rhythmically up and down with the tenacity of the tortilla, pulling his flat nose and constantly turning out the large, round nostrils, sweeping away the steaming aroma of cornmeal.

Even though it's just a coarse tortilla with nothing but salt, it's like you're enjoying the most delicious food in the world.

Before that, he and his companions didn't have the heart to eat a good meal, and after that, I am afraid that they would not have time to experience the happiness that can only be born in this leisure.

He was ready to concentrate on this piece of bread and treat his body to the ready-to-go.