If this victory is achieved, the prestige of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will naturally rise, and at the same time, the country will see the hope of victory, and the resistance against the Northern Expedition will be much smaller, and the Ming Dynasty will fundamentally change something. However, if this battle is defeated, the prestige of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will naturally plummet, and the attitude of the DPRK and China towards the Northern Expedition can be imagined at that time.

Such an important battle, how could Qin Hong let go of it in his heart, but he also knew that if this battle was not fought, the Ming Dynasty would not change.

The breeze is blowing, the climate on the grassland is still a little cool, but the ground is hard, it is suitable for large-scale cavalry dispatch, and then out of the Guyuan City for a hundred miles, the road is not very peaceful, you can always meet the rangers of the fire screen, some are out to hunt, some are wandering horses, when they see the cavalry of the Ming Dynasty, these people are naturally very surprised.

Did the cavalry of the Ming Dynasty get out? How could the cavalry of the Ming Dynasty get out of the customs? However, none of these people escaped the pursuit and siege of the scouts.

The army can be said to be a starry night, setting out before dawn in the morning, and encamping in the evening until it is impossible to continue the march.

Under such a marching intensity, the most worrying thing is naturally the morale problem, Zhu Houzhao has to patrol the camp every day to boost morale, and Wang Shouren is also doing the same job. Of course, unlike Zhu Houzhao, Zhu Houzhao mainly shows his face, and there are some things that he is still inconvenient to say directly, but Wang Shouren is different.

What more beheading, more killing, more meritorious service, go back to buy a house and land to marry an aunt, this kind of encouragement is still very useful for morale.

The army marched all the way, and Zhu Houzhao held a map in his hand, which was a very accurate map in this era, but in Zhu Houzhao's opinion, it was still very simple, much worse than the maps of later generations. However, Zhu Houzhao couldn't ask too much, because after all, this was the limitation of the times, and when the war was over, he could organize people to draw a map.

The collection of information in the field is the most labor-intensive, and the need for an accurate map is not so difficult, just scaled down.

"It's about to enter the scope of Ordos!" Zhu Houzhao sat on the ground, pointed to the map and said, while reaching out and touching the grass on the ground, Zhu Houzhao felt it since yesterday, because the grass here is much denser than the previous days, and it is also more verdant, obviously there is more precipitation here than in the previous place.

"Indeed, it's coming!" Wang Shouren also nodded, marching was a very exhausting thing, which made Wang Shouren look a lot tired.

Just when Zhu Houzhao was about to persuade Wang Shouren to have a good rest, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves in front, and then a scout jumped off the horse suddenly, and then came directly to Zhu Houzhao and Wang Shouren, clasped his fists and bowed down and said: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, I found a tribe in front of me, with a lot of horses, cattle, sheep and tartars. ”

Zhu Houzhao was stunned for a moment, then stood up suddenly, his eyes flashed with joy, and said to Wang Shouren beside him: "Found it!" ”

In fact, Zhu Houzhao has found traces of herdsmen's activities around him in the past few days, but he has never found anyone, obviously this is to learn the news of the arrival of the army he led and ran away. After this period of familiarity, the scouts have made very rapid progress, and these days they have been released hundreds of miles away, riding horses every day to deliver news back and forth from all directions.

The grassland is so big, although Zhu Houzhao wants to hide the news of his arrival, it is impossible to hide it completely.

Zhu Houzhao was still a little disappointed that he hadn't found the tribe in the past few days, because it meant that the news had leaked and he was late, but now it seems that it is not the case at all, and he is not late. Zhu Hou glanced at Wang Shouren, and then said, "You take the team, take a look at the palace!" Without waiting for Wang Shouren to speak, he directly turned over and got on the war horse.

Zhu Houzhao's three thousand black dragon guards were naturally dispatched, and they broke away from the brigade like a gust of wind and rushed towards the place where the tribe was found.

Looking at the back of Zhu Houzhao leaving, Wang Shouren was very helpless, and he didn't know what the expression on his face was, could this be what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said? This is what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said about not going to the battlefield?

Regarding Wang Shouren's slander, Zhu Houzhao naturally doesn't know, even if he knows, Zhu Houzhao will answer like this, this is to investigate the enemy's situation, know yourself and know that the other side will win all battles, do you understand? The horse galloped on the grassland, which felt really good, Zhu Houzhao was very excited, and soon Zhu Houzhao took three thousand black dragon guards to kill.

When Zhu Houzhao arrived here, this place had been surrounded by the scouts of the Ming Dynasty, and the scouts drove around the tribe, and blocked the way, shooting arrows into the tribe from time to time, which was slowing down their advance. The tribe was also surrounded by cavalry, and from time to time they fought back with bows and arrows, but the scouts basically ran away after the fight, and basically did not fight them.

The warriors of these tribes did not dare to pursue, because their number was too small, and the scouts of the Ming Dynasty were in all directions, once they divided their troops to pursue, the scouts of the Ming Dynasty would definitely rush up directly, and once the tribe was scattered, it would really be over. can only guard carefully, while urging to hurry up, even if the cattle and sheep are left behind, they don't care.

When Zhu Houzhao saw this scene, he waved his hand directly, and the black dragon guard behind him rushed up directly, not at all like the scouts.

In fact, this is also related to Zhu Houzhao's positioning of scouts, scouts are all treasures, they are not used to attack fortifications, so scouts are strictly forbidden to attack, and they are absolutely not allowed until they have to, and violators will be severely punished. Obviously, the general of the scout also knew that this was not what he should do, and after discovering the tribe, he only delayed and blocked, and did not really rush forward.

The Black Dragon Guard's horse was fast, and it rumbled even more when it rushed, and the plate armor on his body reflected the light in the sun.

Seeing the black dragon guard rushing up, the cavalry around the tribe ran without the slightest hesitation, the speed was very fast, and they directly broke away from the tribe and rode towards the distance, this scene made Zhu Houzhao stunned. However, it was impossible for Zhu Houzhao's Black Dragon Guard to rush up and pursue, but the scouts next to him were not idle.

Seeing this scene, the scouts rode directly after him, and it was all credit, all of which were moving silver.

The Black Dragon Guard didn't chase either, they were the prince's personal guards, and it would be a big sin to really catch up, so they just surrounded the tribe.

Zhu Houzhao rode over and directly ordered: "Collect the horses, replenish them into the Black Dragon Army, pull the livestock away and kill them, add food at night, and separate the people according to men and women, let's do it!" If anyone resists, they will be killed. ”

Hearing Zhu Houzhao's words, the Black Dragon Army quickly began to act.

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