Chapter 547: Instead of a momentary pain, it's better to nail a nail

Yang Rongjin Youzi accompanied the northern expedition twice, and won Zhu Di's attention, and his military account was equivalent to a Ying Xungui, so it was extremely open. When the two learned that Zhang Yue was going to move in together, they were extremely surprised. After all, although the cabinet ministers are lowly, their powers are extremely heavy, and they are not comparable to the ordinary officials of the six ministries. Even if Yang Rong felt that the expedition was dangerous and unpredictable, and he needed to pay more attention to Zhang Fu, who had a high reputation among the nobles, he really couldn't guess the emperor's intentions, let alone Jin Youzi.

And Zhang Yue, who originally lived alone and comfortable, was even more unaccustomed to living with such two important ministers. Although he doesn't have the habit of talking in his sleep, God knows what kind of pressure he encounters, will he get out of control for a while? So, when it was time to camp in the evening, he used the excuse of the stuffiness inside the tent to find a place to hang a horse lantern outside the tent, and then spread out the cowhide mat and read cross-legged books for more than an hour, and did not go in until it was time to sleep. When the army marched out of Yingchang, Yang Rongjin Youzi felt that Zhang Yue knew the balance and gradually didn't care that there was such an excessively young colleague in the tent.

And during the daytime march, the entire Ming army formation was extraordinarily spectacular. In the center is the Chinese army camp led by the emperor and the Marquis of Anyuan, Liu Sheng, outside the camp are the left post, the right post, the left sentry, the right sentry, the foot soldiers are inside, the cavalry is outside, and the Shenji battalion is even more outside the cavalry. Outside of these people are the elites selected by the provincial capitals, and the entire long enclosure covers a radius of twenty miles. Soldiers were not allowed to leave Changwei whether they were grazing or collecting firewood, and even the people who escorted the military rations were not allowed to leave after the army. And three hundred miles from the left and right of Changwei, there is Zhu Rong, the governor of the left capital, who led people to search, which can be described as foolproof.

After marching with the army for so many days, Zhang Yue was already surprised by the scene of the 300,000 troops plus tens of thousands of people. He is naturally not as agile as Wen Si, who can accompany Jin Youzi on horseback to record poems, but he also hurries up to record when he follows behind. However, along the way, I saw several abandoned yurts, but not to mention Arutai, even a small group of Mongol soldiers did not bump into them. Thinking of the arrogance of Arutai at that time, and then thinking about the avoidance and non-fighting now, he understands that this is the well-known principle of the grassland people.

Bullying the weak and fearing the hard, bullying if you can beat it, and running away if you can't beat it, this is simply a tried-and-true truth.

During this period, it was not uncommon to encounter situations, for example, when the army was about to arrive in Yingchang, Kaiping urgently reported to Kou Xinghe, but Zhu Di ignored the statement of returning reinforcements, and only grabbed the most important one - smashed Huanglong, and didn't care about anything except the thief's nest. Finally, after searching for nothing a few days ago, Zhu Rong finally captured some Tatars who had not had time to evacuate.

For Zhu Di, who is bent on solving Arutai at one time, catching a living mouth is naturally a boost of energy, and for Zhang Yue, who is not qualified to participate in this kind of occasion, the result of interrogating these people is really known with his toes. At this moment, he was ordered to go to the Chinese army's Anyuan Marquis Liu Sheng's place to pass the order, and on the way back, he happened to meet Zhou Bailing, who had been promoted.

"Lord Xiao Zhang, I heard that you caught a Tartar?"

"It's just a few scattered herdsmen, who are frightened when they see the battle, I'm afraid they won't be able to ask for much news." Zhang Yue saw that Zhou Bailing was wearing armor, so he said with a smile, "If I didn't pour cold water on you, I'm afraid this time is not like the previous two times, I can't fight." Arutai thought about provocation before all of his strength was restored, and when he learned that the chieftain was separated, he must have rebelled now. With the precedent of a defeat and defeat in the last time he ran into the army, he probably had to avoid the army and escape this time. He can keep running north, but we can't keep chasing north. After all, this time, Warat was only superficially submissive, but he did not send troops to accompany him at all. ”

"It's all a bunch of wolf cubs that can't be raised!"

The two of them were talking here, and Liu Yongcheng, the eunuch of the imperial horse eunuch who came to inspect with a few personal soldiers, happened to hear it clearly, so he ordered his entourage not to make a sound, and stood in place and listened carefully for a while. When both of them had passed, he frowned thoughtfully, and then continued his tour quietly. When I returned to the imperial tent, I learned that several Tatars who had been caught before said that many Tatar tribes dispersed in fear when they heard that the Ming army was pressing, and Arutai only retreated in a hurry with more than 10,000 people from his headquarters, although the little eunuch who revealed the news said that the emperor did not believe it, but combined with Zhang Yue's words, Liu Yongcheng already believed it.

waved his hand and ordered the little eunuch to go down, and he thought about it in his heart. At the end of February, it is now the beginning of June, and it has been more than three months, although the Jingshi and Xingzai have never broken the news, but the emperor is not worried about the Jingshi, and the crown prince is not worried about this line, and the thoughts at both ends are probably exactly the same. If it is true that Arutai escaped, then he could return to the division immediately, in order to avoid repeating the mistakes of Yongle in the twelfth year, it seems that he has to quickly communicate with the crown prince of Jingshi, at least he has a preparation in his heart.

With this thought, Liu Yongcheng hurried back to his tent when he came out of the imperial tent that night. He is an old man who has served in the Yanwang Mansion, although reading and writing is not superior, but writing letters is not a problem. After writing the letter in a hurry, he thought that it would be inappropriate to send it back in the post station military newspaper, so he called a young confidant.

"Mu Zheng, you prepare tonight and send a letter back to our family. Hmm, gotta find an excuse...... By the way, the emperor mentioned it today, saying that the weather is hot now and there is a shortage of military doctors, so it just so happens that our family will send you to Kaiping. When you get there, you will return to Beijing at night and send the letter to Ma Yunma's father-in-law, understand? ”

"Yes, little one understands!"

There are far more than one or two smart people in this army, and those military attachés who accompanied the Northern Expedition twice muttered in their hearts, and Yang Rong and Jin Youzi, who had been by Zhu Di's side during the day, also noticed the clues. There are so many ministers in the cabinet, and there are many books in the six ministries, and the two of them have never been belittled and reprimanded, and this ability to observe words and colors is naturally not trivial. The fact that they had not advised Zhu Di to go north before did not mean that they agreed to such a mobilization. It is true that there are fighting hearts on weekdays, but at this time they are unprecedentedly unanimous.

"If there is no result in the next few days, Brother Youzi, we should advise the emperor to go to work."

"Going deep into the hinterland of Mongolians, it is indeed impossible to be too careful."

"Brother Youzi, do you remember the last time we lost our way and almost died in the valley during the last Northern Expedition? The deeper this prairie goes, the more unfamiliar we are with the terrain, and with the warat eyeing it, we can't wait until the grain road is cut off to wake up. ”

"If you have the opportunity these days, persuade it, and I hesitate to see the emperor's appearance today...... Hey, that's Zhang Yue? ”

When Yang Rong was about to speak, Leng Buding heard this, and hurriedly looked up, and sure enough, he saw a person sitting at the door of the tent over there. It's just that reading on weekdays is different, at this time there is a small table in front of Zhang Yue, and people seem to be writing something, and there is a big man standing not far from him. Remembering that Zhang Yue often wrote on horseback during the march, he couldn't help but be surprised, and hurriedly pulled Jin Youzi and quietly walked around from the side.

Although the two of them were careful in their actions, they couldn't hide it from Peng Shisan. However, Zhang Yue first mentioned what he was going to write about at this time, and as soon as his eyes rolled, he decided to pretend not to see it, and stood there as if he didn't know anything. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse that Yang Rong and Jin Youzi had already circled behind Zhang Yue, and he couldn't help grinning.

"If you use a medicine spoon to fill the medicine, although the amount is easy to grasp, when you are in a hurry to respond to the enemy, it is still difficult to charge the medicine within a few breaths, even if you are familiar with it. If the craftsmen of the Soldier Division wrap the medicine stone with paper in advance and use the scale to quantify it, then the soldier should not stop the battle twice as fast! The experience gained by this minister in Xinghe defending the city, please try it in the Shenji Camp......"

Reading the words on Zhang Yue's piece of music at a glance and ten lines, Yang Rong and Jin Youzi straightened up almost at the same time, and the two of them looked at each other, feeling quite surprised in their hearts. They all knew that the emperor was willing to read Zhang Yue's notes when he had nothing to do, and he only thought that this sharp-edged young man was planning something big, who knew that it was such a trivial matter. In an instant, the thoughtful Yang Rong suddenly came to his senses, and a smile appeared on his face.

Sure enough, I have grown, and I used to blindly seek to be big, but now I understand that everything should be small.

It's June, camping every night, and mosquitoes are never less. Although Zhang Yue carried special insect repellent medicine with him, he still couldn't stand this endless stream of insects. Halfway through writing, he couldn't help but slap him the neck. Casually brushed his wet forehead with his sleeve, he suddenly felt as if there was someone behind him, and quickly turned his head, only to find two thoughtful bachelors standing behind him.

Because what Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di's father and son hate the most is the formation of literati parties, even the scholars and examiners in the imperial examination are not allowed to associate with teachers and students, so although Yang Rong is the main examiner in the past, Zhang Yueping is only called a bachelor, but if they meet, they still carry out the disciple ceremony. After standing up and saluting at this time, he thought that the two of them would treat him as if he didn't exist and went straight into the tent, but Jin Youzi opened his mouth and asked: "Yuan Jie, you were going to present the article to the emperor just now?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Yue immediately realized that the two of them were probably there for a while, and most of them read some of the content of their own writings. He quietly glanced at Peng Shisan, who was more than a dozen steps away next to him, and remembered that he had mentioned to him what he wanted to write, and he didn't know that this guy intended to release water. After a few thoughts, he explained: "The emperor is busy with military affairs now, so I will just write it down first and submit it when I return to Beijing." Since I'm in the arsenal of the military department, I should have paid attention to this weapon. ”

"It is necessary to pay attention, there is a way to sweep the world without sweeping a house, and it is appropriate to pay attention to one's own ministry." Yang Rong was worried about how to find an opportunity to mention the emperor's class teacher in the next few days, and as soon as he had an idea, he felt that Zhang Yue's recital was also a good opportunity, so he nodded and smiled, "But you don't have to wait to return to Beijing, you have written it for me to see, and I will help you hand it to the emperor if there is a chance in the next few days." Also, it's hot and humid inside, but after all, it's soaked in potion, so you don't have to hide outside every night. Brother Youzi and I said that we were doing the work of the machine, but there was nothing to leak in this tent. ”

Yang Rong agreed to help present the recital, Zhang Yue was not surprised, but the latter sentence made him breathe a sigh of relief. He was afraid of Zhu Di because the emperor was moody, but Yang Rongjin didn't mean to avoid it. It's just that the machine handled by these two people is too important, and if one of them is accidentally calculated by someone, he can't tell even ten mouths at that time. Otherwise, even if he likes to read, he will not put such a thing as reading under everyone's noses.

As most people expected, when the 300,000-strong army arrived at Kuluanhai, it was a mess, with only abandoned yurts, baggage, and hundreds of cattle, sheep, horses, and llamas that had not had time to take away. However, Zhu Di had learned the cunning of the Tatars and Warat during the first two expeditions, and he did not believe that Arutai had really fled north, and still stubbornly believed that this was a deception by the Tatars, so the army was stationed on the one hand, and sent more scouts in all directions to search.

However, the news brought back by Zhu Rong and others was very different from Zhu Di's thoughts - there was no trace of Arutai within 300 miles, and a few captured herdsmen were even more terrified that Arutai and his family had fled far away. Faced with Arutai's unwillingness to confront each other head-on, Zhu Di only felt angry.

"Collect the livestock, and burn the baggage and the yurts abandoned by Arutai!"

Although the emperor had not yet said it, in the evening of this day, the word "class teacher" spread among the army, and Wuwen Wudu had already expected this result. However, during the dinner in the evening, Zhang Yue, who had nothing to do for several days, was summoned to the imperial front again, and the reason was naturally because of his recital. Compared with the anger during the day, the emperor at this time only looked a little tired, and after asking Zhang Yue carefully, he nodded and said: "After returning to the division, you go to discuss with the Ordnance Bureau of the Ministry of Industry and the Internal Supervision and Military Bureau, and you will do it according to your wishes." Now that Arutai is gone, I plan to ask the guilty Uliangha and turn the teacher tomorrow. ”

Yang Rongjin Youzi had just tried hard to persuade each other, but unexpectedly, the emperor suddenly left such a sentence, and he couldn't help but be stunned. And Zhang Yue knows that this Wuliangha is Duoyan Sanwei, Sanwei has always been attached to the rebellion from time to time, and when he is attached, he can follow Zhu Di to the south to Jingnan, and when he rebels, he will follow Arutai to collude, which is the most headache character. Instead of hurting at this time and letting it come back on another day, it is better to directly hit a nail into it.

Glancing at Yang Rong and Jin Youzi, whose faces were sinking like water, he pondered for a moment before he spoke: "Since the Wuliangha people are attached to Arutai, they are like rebellions, and after the emperor waives his army to fight, why not move the Daning Sanwei from Baoding Mansion back to their original places?" The old city of Daning was abandoned for a short time, it can be used with a little repair, there are Daning Wei and Kaiping Xinghe are horns of each other, you can control Tatar in the east, control Wara in the west, and you can connect with Nuer Gandu Division into a line. ”

Daningwei moved back!

Zhu Di's face changed sharply, and his gaze became like a knife. The sharp eyes and Zhang Yue looked at each other for a long time, and he snorted angrily, but he didn't answer. And Yang Rongjin Youzi glanced at each other, and at the same time denied the original idea.

They still think wrong, this kid is still so bold!