Zhu Yunwen was disappointed.

Jianwen's two wars in the past nine years have not achieved the expected results.

If the Battle of Tongliao was just accidental, the Battle of the Conquest reflected another problem, that is, the Ming army's ability to conquer had reached a limit.

Perhaps in the eyes of later generations, the Wa Kingdom is not far away, it is an hour away by plane, and it is completely a second to call and send WeChat, but in this era, the Wa Kingdom is just a group of barbarians on the island in the ambitions of the Ming Dynasty, and its so-called emperor is just a monkey and a crown.

However, it is undeniable that this contempt also reflects a kind of helplessness that can't eat grapes and says that grapes are sour.

The cross-sea expedition to the Wa Kingdom was a kind of innovation for the Ming Dynasty, which to some extent could be similar to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's attack on the Xiongnu, and the government and the opposition were full of doubts.

The successive military victories of the conquest could not hide the dilemma in reality.

First of all, it is much easier to transport supplies by sea ship than by land, but once an accident occurs, it is the fate of the fish, which is difficult for many people to accept, but according to today's navigation conditions and technical level, it is difficult to avoid sinking two ships occasionally.

Secondly, for the expeditionary force, everything in the Wa Kingdom is unfamiliar, the clothing, language, food, village layout, etc., of the Wa people, etc., are completely unfamiliar, not to mention the Buddhist temples and shrines all over the country, all of which make the expeditionary officers and soldiers have a feeling of entering the ghost, everything is not used to, they don't like it at all, they don't like it at all, they don't like it at all, they don't ......

Therefore, the morale of the expeditionary force began to decline gradually, and it reached a low point during the expedition to the main island of Wakoku, and everyone had a question, how far do we have to fight? How long are we going to fight? At the same time, everyone is also worried about another question, that is, after these places are laid, do you want us to settle here? Are we never going to be able to return to our hometown?

All of this caused Sheng Yong's 30,000-strong army to arrive in Kyoto for fifteen days, which indirectly caused Ashikaga Yoshimitsu to escape.

Of course, Zhu Yunwen didn't care much about Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's escape, which was more convenient to implement the strategy of dealing with the Japanese in the future, but before that, Zhu Yunwen needed to solve the problems of military morale, morale, and generals.

Therefore, on the second day after receiving Sheng Yong's military report, Zhu Yunwen issued an order, Sheng Yong and Yang Rong immediately returned to Beijing to report on their work, and Qu Neng temporarily took over the post of commander-in-chief of the Japanese army, and the battle line was temporarily stabilized in the area west of Lake Biwa for the next year.

......

Mobei.

After entering September, the sun gradually lost its former edge and hung lazily in the sky, only willing to sprinkle a small amount of light and heat on this boundless, vast and miserable grassland.

In the afterglow of the setting sun, in the bitter cold wind, the migrating army is encamped, the camp is busy, and Tara, who is in charge of coordination, is busy, scolding constantly, but the matter is handled in an orderly manner, which is why everyone believes in him.

"Alas! It's almost there! ”

Ta stretched his waist, raised his right hand and was about to scratch his back, but when he squinted, he found a person standing near the door, and couldn't help but hit a spirit, and said, "Your Royal Highness Princess, when did you come?" Why don't you give a command? ”

"Hehe, Chief Tara," Samur walked up slowly, dressed in a military uniform and holding a horsewhip in his hand, and smiled, "I just came to see, nothing special." ”

"Oh," Tara smiled innocently and whispered, "Is there something wrong with the leader of the Eseku?" ”

"He's fine!"

Samur hesitated, lowered his voice and said, "Is there any news from the Great Khan?" ”

"Yes, things are going well......"

......

"Your Highness the Princess!"

Samur nodded to the guard at the door, and said with some hesitation, "How is the pony-sama?" ”

"It's okay, I drank a bowl of mutton soup just now, and I drank a little wine!"

"How's the mood?"

"I'm in a good mood!"

"Oh,"

Samur nodded, then hesitated for a while before saying, "I'll go in and see the horse-sama, you stand guard at the door, and no one is allowed to come in!" ”

"Yes, Your Highness Princess!"

Samur gently opened the curtain door, passed through the maid's outer tent, and entered the inner tent.

In the inner tent lay a large bed, on which lay a middle-aged man, who was none other than the great chief of Warat, the Eseku, and beside the bed stood two maids.

"Get out!"

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Hearing Samur's voice, Eseku's eyelids moved, but he didn't open them.

Samur walked over to the bed, sat down slowly, stroked the hand of the Eseku, and then pressed it to his face, which showed a hint of tenderness.

"Is there something wrong?"

Long.

A hoarse voice sounded, and the sallow-faced Forehead, who was lying on the bed, opened his eyes, but looked not at Samur, but at the top of the tent.

"......" Samur pursed his lips, turned around and lay on the side of the bed, looked at Eseku, and said, "Great Chief, are you okay?" ”

"Okay," Eseku was silent for a while, and suddenly said, "Of course it's okay, with you, what's the difference?" ”

Listening to Eseku's cold voice like a hungry ghost in hell, Samur couldn't help but shudder, she slowly put down Eseku's hand, tears welled up in her eyes, and she sobbed: "Great Chief, how many times do you want me to say it?" Why don't you believe me? ”

"Trust you?"

"Smack!"

Eseku suddenly waved his hand and slapped Samur fiercely: "You femme fatale, the great cause of Warat is completely ruined in your hands!" I regret that I should have killed you in the first place! Cough! Ahem! ”

Samur was beaten, a red palm print quickly appeared on her white and tender cheeks, she couldn't help covering her face, but she didn't get angry, but rushed over, picked up the forehead, gently patted her back, and sobbed: "Big leader, your body is still very weak, don't be angry, if you have something three long and two short, me, me and Jida can do what?" ”

Cold sweat broke out on Eseku's forehead, and the slap just now seemed to exhaust all the strength in his body, and he was powerless to push Samur away at the moment.

After a while, Samur's crying gradually stopped.

Eseku sighed slightly and said, "Samur, help me sit up!" ”

"Yes, Grand Chief!"

Samur lifted Eseku up, put two pillows behind him, and tuck the quilt for him.

Noticing Samur's carefulness, Eseku couldn't help but feel a hint of tenderness in his heart, but in an instant, this tenderness was dispelled by the resentment in his heart.

In order not to let Samur notice the hatred in his eyes, Eseku closed his eyes, and Samur did not dare to disturb him.

"Samur, where are we now?"

"Great Chief, we have crossed the Golden Mountain and entered the hinterland of Warat, and we are still about five days away from the West Sea!"

"Got to Warat?"

Eseku's eyes lit up, and he immediately wanted to get up, but unfortunately he didn't have the strength in his body, but coughed violently.

Looking at the violently coughing Eseku, a trace of desolation passed through Samur's eyes, but she did not hesitate, and quickly patted Eseku on the back to stop his cough.

"What about them?"

"They are all with the Great Khan, who has already reached the Western Sea!"

"What? That's—"

Looking at the eyes of Eseku, Samur shook his head and said, "Now Warat is in the hands of the Great Khan!" ”

"How is that possible?" In a hurry, Eseku blurted out.

"The concubine summoned the major tribes to redistribute the pastures, causing quarrels among the tribes, and they were all stranded in the West Sea and did not return, and the Great Khan was at the right time, so-" Samur hesitated for a moment, and continued: "The Shuote tribe is the first to be loyal, and the other tribes are also loyal one after another, so ......"

"Ortongauva, she...... How dare she? ”

Hearing all this, Eseku was disillusioned, and just muttered in his mouth.

"The concubine's original intention seems to be to establish the prestige of the young leader, but I didn't expect ......"

......

"What about the national teacher?"

Eseku suddenly remembered Wang Xing and hurriedly asked.

"The national teacher has passed away!"

"What?"

"On the night of the allegiance of the Shuote Department, the national teacher committed suicide by taking poison!"

"National teacher! National Teacher! Teacher! Teacher! Eseku regretted it, he pumped his mouth hard, shouting as he pumped, "I'm sorry for you!" I should listen to you! Teacher, I regret it so much! ”

Samur hurriedly grabbed Eseku's hand: "Great chief, don't do this! Don't do this! Now, you need to pay more attention to your body! ”

Eseku cried for a while, wiped his tears, and said, "What did the Great Khan do with Warat?" ”

"The Great Khan divided Mongolia into the left and the right, and the left was the Eastern Mongol tribes, which were led by the Great Khan himself; The leader of the right part is the big leader, but the heir of the right part is Jeddah! ”

"Left? Right? Jeddah? Eseku groaned for a moment, then burst out with a wild laugh!

......

That night, Samur was at the bedside of Eseku.

Eseku slept very badly, and had nightmares, as if he had dreamed of his father Ugqi, kowtowing to him and confessing; Later, it seemed that he dreamed of the national teacher Wang Xing again, and he also said sorry repeatedly.

What's the use of saying I'm sorry now?

Samuel leaned against the edge of the bed and barely slept all night.

She knew that in the eyes of anyone, she was a femme fatale, a bad woman who murdered her husband and usurped her husband's inheritance.

However, Samur himself knew that he had no such thoughts, but at this point, he was already at a loss for words, and now he could only hope that the Great Khan would keep his promise, and that Jeddah would grow up and understand him......

Samur gently stroked the hand of Eseku, and a silent sigh appeared in his heart:

Eseku made many mistakes, but his biggest mistake was that when the Shuangliao army was defeated, he did not return to the west in time, if he could return to Tongliao as quickly as possible and return to Gegen's army, then everything was possible, but unfortunately, his choice was to collect soldiers and horses in the same place and let Gegen come to greet him, but he was not waiting for Gegen, but the army of Dibaonu......

At this point, everything is irretrievable......