"It doesn't matter what you think, it's naturally useful to leave your life behind."

Wang Xiao sat on a chair and looked at him, "You cooperate with the King of Han, but it is only for the benefit of your own tribe. What he can give you, I can give. ”

Ma Hamu smiled silently, "You're right, I can cooperate with Zhu Gaoxu, and I can also cooperate with you." ”

"You can understand, it's good. I like smart people because talking to smart people doesn't get tired. You're a smart guy. ”

"What do you want to do?" Ma Hamu looked at Wang Xiao curiously, "Leak the military information and kill Zhu Gaoxu, or do you want to kill your emperor like him?" ”

"You don't need to worry about how I do things. After you return to the grassland, the letter will be contacted. You are the overlord of one side, and I can't command you, but I think as long as it is in your interest, you will definitely do it. Right? ”

"Of course." Mahmu nodded and said, "A friend can become an enemy, and an enemy can become a friend." ”

Wang Xiao handed over the wine jar in his hand with a smile, but he thought in his heart, "You old dog, just wait to eat the soil under Lao Tzu's feet." What Lao Tzu really thinks, how can you figure it out with such a miscellaneous thing. ”

Ma Hamu, who was also smiling, took the wine jar and poured it with his head up, but he thought in his heart, "Han people just like to fight in the nest." But that's fine, we only have a chance if they fight on their own. ”

Ma Hamu, who was leaving, paused when he walked to the door, and turned his head to look at Wang Xiao with a strange expression: "Before leaving, I have something I want to ask you." ”

"How did I know your identity?"

Wang Xiao's words broke Ma Hamu's thoughts.

This is also where Maham is puzzled. He has been working with Zhu Gaoxu for many years, and he knows Zhu Gaoxu and knows that this Han prince is not a person who will unload and kill donkeys before things are reached. Obviously, it is not a problem on Zhu Gaoxu's side.

Quietly in and out of the Ming Dynasty for twenty years, Mahamu is sure that he has been properly arranged in all aspects. But why was he hit by Wang Xiao, a young man?

In the past few months, Mahamu has broken his head and doesn't know how he was exposed.

Wang Xiao clapped his hands and got up, "If I say that I dreamed about it while I was sleeping, do you believe it or not?" ”

I believe you're a ghost!

Knowing that he couldn't get an answer, Mahamu laughed and turned to leave.

Leave all grievances to the battlefield and settle them with a sharp blade!

Wang Xiao let go of Ma Hamu, in addition to strengthening Zhu Gaoxu's confidence, the bigger reason was that his eyes looked farther.

Zhu Di's gaze is very far-reaching. Expedition to the north, south to the West. For thousands of years, there are very few emperors in China who can have the same long-term vision as him.

But Wang Xiao was thinking about the whole world.

His vision is bigger than Zhu Di, and a mere Mahamu is insignificant at all. In Wang Xiao's heart, the hundreds of thousands of Ming troops who fought in Tumubao were all annihilated, and they were all much stronger than Mahamu.

Not only to go to the north, but not only to continue to go to the South Seas. He also wants to plant the dragon flag of the sun and moon in Australia, in the New World, in Africa and even in the land of Europa.

He wants the Chinese people to be able to proudly point to the land under their feet and say, "This is the inherent territory of China since ancient times!" ”

In order to achieve this goal as soon as possible, Wang Xiao can let go of Mahamu and let him continue the trade with Zhu Gaoxu. Because he needs to master the artifact of Da Ming as soon as possible, the sooner the better.

After some more time, the fierce quarrel in the court finally came to a conclusion.

Under Zhu Di's strong insistence, the matter of sending troops outside the fortress was finally decided.

Among them, Wang Xiao also has the credit, and the millions of taels of silver he contributed filled a big hole in the budget for sending troops. made Zhu Di have enough confidence when the ministers called him poor.

The dispatch of hundreds of thousands of troops is not something that can be done with a simple single sentence.

It takes a long time for intelligence reconnaissance, the establishment of military stations, the recruitment of civilian men, the mobilization of soldiers and horses, and the preparation and transfer of grain, grass, tents, military uniforms, and other materials.

During this time, Zhu Di decided to do two things.

The first thing is a military parade, to see with your own eyes how effective the Ming army is at this time.

The second thing is to move the capital, and he wants to move the capital to Shuntianfu before he goes on the expedition.

Before the parade, Wang Xiao removed all the flintlock pistols in the Shenji Battalion and replaced them with the tattered muskets from before.

Wang Xiao is not hypocritical, nor does he want to hide it. He is pure prudence.

The scale of this Northern Expedition was very large, and the soldiers and horses alone claimed to be 600,000. There are millions of people in charge of logistics and supply.

Zhu Di regarded himself as a tiger and wanted to swallow the various tribes on the grassland in one bite. But there are still many people who secretly regard Zhu Di as a prey and want to be a tiger fighter.

In such a complicated situation, Wang Xiao was unwilling to add a trace of trouble to himself.

They are all veterans from the military, and they have seen with their own eyes that the combat effectiveness of the Shenji Battalion has suddenly increased dramatically, and it is not impossible to make personnel adjustments when there is still a period of time before the expedition.

Therefore, Wang Xiao remained cautious, instead of directly exposing the power in his hand with a big grin.

When the army arrives in Saibei, it doesn't matter if the strength is exposed.

This kind of thing is something that a commander in his right mind will not do. Especially Wang Xiao, the commander of a battalion with a special status, once he is deprived of military power on the front line, the impact will not only be great, but also seriously affect the imperial court in the rear.

If this really happened, the princelings in the court would think. What does it mean that the officially canonized imperial grandson was suddenly deprived of military power? Did the emperor mean it or did the Han king start a rebellion? Will the imperial grandson be in danger, and will the King of Han have another battle of martyrdom?

With this kind of thinking, let alone transferring grain and grass materials to the front line, the next step is to urgently mobilize troops and horses to block various passes and wait for their own people to fight their own people.

Zhu Di is a smart person, and there is no way he can allow this kind of thing to happen. At that time, even if he noticed the rapid changes in the Shenji Battalion, he would only make adjustments slowly after returning to Beijing.

Unfortunately, many people don't want him to come back from Saibei.

The parade was naturally grand, with three thousand battalions of cavalry galloping across the country. The infantry of the five military battalions are elite and capable. The guns of the Shenji Battalion roared like thunder. Not to mention anything else, at least from the scene, the momentum is extremely huge.

Compared with the Beijing camp that had already existed in name only in the late Ming Dynasty, the Beijing camp under Zhu Di did have the strength to defeat any grassland tribe.

But the problem is that the maneuverability of the Beijing camp is very poor. The tribes on the steppe, on the other hand, were dominated by cavalry.

If the battlefield is narrow, the powerful Beijing camp doesn't care about mobility. But the prairie is so vast, and the various tribes live by water and grass. Once the Ming army, which dragged a large number of artillery pieces and baggage, and carried many people, could not find the main force of the grassland tribes, it could only fall into a protracted war of attrition.

And as the army continues to move north, the logistics supply lines in the rear will become longer and longer.

Anyone who knows a little about military knowledge knows that unless the expedition of a large army is like the Mongol army, it will eat wherever it goes. Otherwise, logistical support would have to be provided by long supply lines.

The expeditions of the Napoleonic Empire and the Third Reich to Russia were lost in long supply lines.

The supply lines of hundreds of thousands of troops and millions of people, and the harassment of tribal cavalry, will be in danger of breaking at any time.

Coupled with the cold in the north, there is also the internal and external collusion of the Han King to betray intelligence. Zhu Di's Northern Expedition was actually doomed before it began.

The parade ended perfectly, and Zhu Di was full of self-confidence, believing that his expedition to Saibei would completely eliminate the hidden dangers on the grassland and leave a hundred years of peace for future generations.

After that, he announced that he would carry out his last wish, which was to move the capital to Suncheonfu.

Wang Xiao was reappointed as the emperor's agent to go to Suncheonfu to check the progress of the construction of the palace and the city, and to reward the officials and workers who built the city.

Also following Wang Xiao to Shuntianfu were Sun Ruowei and Hu Shanxiang, as well as Yao Guangxiao.

As a generation of heroes, Zhu Di knows very well how terrible a person like Yao Guangxiao who has learned dragon slaying is a threat to the imperial power.

When he Zhu Di was still alive, he could say anything, but once he died. Regardless of whether Yao Guangxiao defected to the crown prince or joined the camp of the Han king, the second battle of Jingjing would inevitably break out.

Feeling that his body was gradually inferior to before, Zhu Di sensed the crisis, so he decided to let Yao Guangxiao disappear before leaving for Saibei.

As a smart man, Yao Guangxiao actually sensed the danger when he assisted Zhu Di to ascend to the throne. However, as a master of acting, Yao Guangxiao did not show the slightest expression along the way, and laughed and chatted with Wang Xiao and them, preaching and preaching, as if it was really just an easy journey to find a place to stay.

Wang Xiao, who accepted the secret mission, also didn't know what to do, and his acting skills were excellent, and he talked and laughed with Yao Guangxiao all the way.

Although the Sun Ruowei sisters next to them were quite smart, they didn't notice the shadow of the sword in the shadow.

When he was about to arrive at Shuntian Mansion, Yao Guangxiao, who had always been smiling, sighed, "Taisun, Daming is really a hundred years blessed to have you." ”

Wang Xiao smiled slightly and did not speak. He knew in his heart that Yao Guangxiao still had something to say, that is, the bad luck of him Yao Guangxiao.

Yao Guangxiao learned dragon slaying. What is dragon slaying, that is to teach people how to rebel.

The inheritance of the Ming Dynasty is smooth, and there is a Ming monarch in his reign. Those of them who learn dragon slaying have no chance of getting ahead. And not only did he not have a chance to come out, but people like him were the focus of the attack.

"Master, what kind of place do you want to stay?"

Hu Shanxiang, who knows nothing about these and only has experience in the struggle in the back house, is idle and bored to find topics.

"Where people are, where the heart goes. As long as there is a Buddha in the heart, there is the other side. ”

Yao Guangxiao's style of pretending to beep was very high, and the flickering Sun Ruowei sisters were stunned.

It's just that this set is meaningless in front of Wang Xiao. In his later life, he had long seen through the demeanor of the so-called masters who needed a high degree of education to get started, and drove a BMW to live in a high-end hotel with a woman when they had nothing to do. For the so-called monks, there is only contempt in their hearts. Whatever they say, Wang Xiao will not believe a word.

Looking at the majestic Yanjing City gradually revealed in front of the road, Wang Xiao's smile became more and more cordial.

"Master, you're home."