The sky is blue, the wild wind blows the grass to see cattle and sheep, except for the mosquitoes that can bite people to death at night, everything is in line with Madu's fantasy of the grassland. Li Wenzhong didn't sleep well at night, in fact, Ma Du didn't sleep very well, and when he opened his sleeves and trouser legs, he could see dense mosquito packs, as if he had measles.

The weather was already very hot at the end of May, and it was really pleasant to wear a suit of armor, but fortunately the armor was leather. At noon, he touched Li Wenzhong's iron armor, which was called a hot man, not much worse than the temperature on the hood.

It is rare that Li Wenzhong did not sleep in the middle of the night, and he can still command 80,000 foot soldiers to march on the vast grassland, it seems that these famous generals and commanders are not so easy to be. The old Zhu Ding, who was born in the army, also knew the hardships of marching and fighting, except for Li Shanchang, the title of Wenchen was not high.

After galloping on the grassland for more than a day, he finally met Chang Yuchun who led his troops in Jinchuan. Jinchuan is the only place to go to Quanning, the old nest of Yesu, where thousands of troops were stationed, and the preparation led by Guogong Jiang Wenqing harassed and intercepted Chang Yuchun.

According to Jiang Wenqing's estimates, it would take at least two days for Chang Yuchun's 80,000-strong army to arrive at Jinchuan. But he never imagined that Chang Yuchun threw down the army and only took 10,000 cavalry forward, and caught them off guard, thousands of cavalry didn't even have time to put on their saddles, and only half of them fled to Luerling in a hurry.

The Mongol cavalry on the steppe came and went like the wind, and if they couldn't beat them, they would run, and it would be easy to defeat them, but it would be too difficult to annihilate them all. It is not easy to inflict two percent casualties on the Mongolian cavalry in the steppe, and Chang Yuchun has won nearly half of the battle, and it is not a loss to kill the gods.

Madu saw no captives, only a small river stained red with blood, and the murderous man had to turn around and run a long way to reach the clear water. In the evening, Ma Du had just eaten a bowl of fried noodles in oil and was called away by Chang Yuchun's personal soldiers, and he became a person today than yesterday, that is Qi Xiang.

As soon as Chang Yuchun saw Ma Du coming in, he said: "Ben Shuai is galloping all the way, his head is not idle, the more he thinks about it, the more he feels that it is impossible for the Tartar Emperor to stay honestly and wait for us to catch him." He shook his head slightly, as if he was possessed by Emperor Zhizheng.

Li Wenzhong asked: "Is the big boss trying to change his previous strategy?" ”

"No!" Chang Yuchun said categorically: "If the threat from the back of the side is not removed, even if the Tartar Emperor is caught, he will have to be given dumplings." Ben Shuai wanted to divide a team of troops and horses to raid Shangdu. ”

Lan Yu said: "Our army has a total of 10,000 cavalry, which is already overstretched, where are there still soldiers to be divided." ”

Chang Yuchun stretched out two fingers, "Two thousand!" And another 2,000 cavalry! If it were any more, I wouldn't be able to fight this battle. Of course, it is impossible to attack with 2,000 cavalry, so some foot soldiers are needed, and the Shenji Battalion is the best. Their combat power is still a little stronger than ordinary foot soldiers. ”

"Hehe......" Ma Du smiled: "It's more than a little stronger." ”

"It's hard to say, the Shenji Battalion has never been pulled out to do it alone. The Shenji Battalion is still the emperor's heart, if it is lost by 30% in the hands of Ben Shuai, he doesn't know how to explain to the emperor. Listening to the meaning of Chang Yuchun's words, it was very risky to go, and it was the first time that Ma Du had seen him look so hesitant.

"Since it is a soldier and it is used to fight, if you can't use it, why spend so much money to raise it, even if it is damaged, it deserves it!"

Chang Yuchun said with a smile: "Since you, the chief officer, have said so, then this handsome can be used with confidence." Li Wenzhong and Lan Yuben ordered the two of you to lead 2,000 cavalry and 3,000 Shenji battalions to Daxingzhou and raid Shangdu through Xinkailing. ”

Li Wenzhong and Lan Yu agreed in unison, but Li Wenzhong immediately said, "What about the Chinese army?" By whom! ”

Chang Yuchun stretched out his hand and pointed at Qi Xiang, "Old Qi, don't think that Old Qi is a soldier leader, he has been with the emperor for a long time and is most familiar with the Chinese army, and he will definitely be stable and steady." ”

Madu asked, "What about me?" ”

Chang Yuchun said: "Of course you are following Lao Qi in the Chinese army." ”

Without waiting for Ma Du to speak, Lao Qi suddenly said: "I don't bring the Chinese army, I want to arrest the Tartar Emperor." "Lao Qi didn't come to the Northern Expedition simply to join in the fun, but to make meritorious contributions, is there a greater merit than catching Emperor Zheng?

Chang Yuchun said angrily: "Qi Xiang should listen to my orders under my account, otherwise I won't spare you!" ”

Qi Xiang took out his waist card and shook it, "Chang Dashuai, you are mistaken, my old Qi doesn't seem to be the general under your account." You can't let your own brother-in-law go if you have a good thing, but you take out the emperor's brother-in-law, you are not kind like this. ”

"You!" Chang Yuchun gritted his teeth in anger, and said with red eyes: "Since you are not a soldier under my account, then let the people with you get out of me!" "Chang Yuchun didn't dare to kill Lao Zhu's personal soldiers no matter how ruthless he was, and Qi Xiang really didn't belong to him.

"Get out of here!" Qi Xiang took the waist card and swaggered out of the handsome account.

Lan Yu hurriedly said: "The marshal, or the Chinese army should be brought by his subordinates." ”

Chang Yuchun suppressed his anger, "That's it, the matter of the raid on Shangdu has to be all left to Siben." ”

Li Wenzhong gritted his teeth and said: "Subordinates receive orders!" ”

Ma Du smiled bitterly and asked, "It's all like this, won't you let me go to Shangdu?" ”

Chang Yuchun snorted inside his nose, "Do you really think it's a good errand to sneak attack?" Didn't you see that Siben was gritting his teeth just now? His voice was unexpectedly softer, "You're going to die, you're going too?" ”

Madu swallowed a mouthful of spit, "I'm the commander of the Shenji Battalion, I should go." ”

"Haha...... A little bold, I often looked down on you in the past, in that case, then you and Siben together! Chang Yuchun hugged his head and said very melancholy: "If the emperor's nephew and brother-in-law die together, how can I explain!" ”

When Ma Du heard this, a villain suddenly popped up in his mind, "Regret it, it's still too late, let Chang Yuchun continue to look down on you!" ”

Chang Yuchun and Li Wenzhong worked together on the map until midnight, Ma Du was so dazed that he was about to fall asleep, until a big hand patted his shoulder, then he opened his worried eyes, and saw that Chang Yuchun was the only one left in the tent, so he asked: "What about Si himself?" ”

"He's gone to order troops!" Chang Yuchun began to take off his armor, Ma Du thought he was going to sleep and was about to say goodbye, but Chang Yuchun asked him to help remove the armor, and the heavy iron armor was stripped off, leaving only a trivial soft armor and a white silk coat.

Chang Yuchun took off the soft armor and carefully folded it and handed it to Ma Du, "Take this to Brother Mao to wear, they don't have armor, if they are hit by an arrow, they may be able to save their lives!" ”

The father and son seem to have a very tacit understanding, Chang Yuchun has never asked his son these days, Chang Mao has not come to the handsome camp to find his father, and he behaves more regularly than usual, and occasionally meets like an ordinary handsome and a pawn, this is the first time Ma Du has seen Chang Yuchun show his father's side.

Seeing that Ma Du's expression was a little excited, Chang Yuchun asked: "I know what you want to say, since Chang Mao has joined the army, he should abide by the rules of the army, and this soft armor is the only thing I can do for him as a father." ”

"It's not! Dashuai misunderstood, I want to ask me if it's too late to regret it now, right? ”