Chapter 552: The Son of Heaven's Edge and Suspicion

The so-called Uliangha is just a general name for the Ming Dynasty's Duoyan Sanwei, just like using Tatar and Warat to distinguish between the Mongol headquarters and the Oirat department after retreating to the desert. Now Fuyuwei's Korqin Adaitaiji was afraid that the Ming Dynasty emperor would sprinkle fire on his head and ran away with Arutai, so the remaining Wuliangha people originally didn't expect that the Ming army would suddenly kill a horse gun after going north. When the Ming army's vanguard five-way army killed a total of 20,000 people, everyone from princes and nobles to ordinary herdsmen was stunned.

Compared with the Duoyan Sanwei who followed Zhu Di to the south to Jingjing, the current Wuliangha people still maintain considerable combat strength, but Arutai took away some people, and others did not expect such a catastrophe at all, so they were defeated and retreated in a hurry. Several tribes barely gathered thousands of military horses to entangle the Ming army, and the rest of the old and young fled west in panic with cattle and horses. However, on the other side of the open pocket was an army that was even more terrible than the forward of the Ming army.

What was waiting on the side of the Qu Split River was the Chinese army camp led by the emperor himself!

Zhu Di, who hurried for three days, completely forgot that he was the king of a country and the son of heaven who owned the world. Riding on the snow-stepping horse that was carefully selected from the thousands, carrying the sword that accompanied him who didn't know how many people he had killed, and wearing the heavy armor, he once again felt the endless vitality rolling in his limbs. Almost without hesitation, he gave a deep order to the flag officer, and then rushed over with his army.

Although it was not the first time he had seen this scene, Yang Rongjin Youzi still felt a tingling in his scalp. It is not common for the emperor to go into battle in person, and even if it is a royal expedition, the Son of Heaven has always stood under the great army to supervise the battle, so as to improve morale, where is there a person like the emperor who goes into battle in person? Zhang Yue, who was left behind to accompany the two ministers, watched the Ming army suddenly break into the enemy's battle formation from afar, and for a while his blood was also full of blood, and his fists were clenched together unconsciously.

"The overall situation has been decided, using the forces of the Tatars to deal with the small Wuliang Ha Sanwei is completely a knife for killing chickens!" Yang Rong muttered to himself, then turned his head to Zhang Yue and said, "The emperor is very impressed by your previous proposal, but the ancient city of Daning has been abandoned for almost twenty years, and it costs money to repair the ruins and broken walls, and the garrison also needs money. ”

This assertion doesn't sound wrong, but Zhang Yue still couldn't help but ask: "Master Yang, in the past, the Tang Dynasty also reused the generals, first when the dynasty was strong, most of the generals and the army were loyal and did not dare to rebel, but the so-called non-our race will have different hearts, and if they are weak after a few generations, they will inevitably take advantage of loopholes to find opportunities." The Song Dynasty also used the Fan army and generals in the border areas, but sometimes even the main generals would fall in the mutiny, not to mention others? They are now obeying because they are afraid of military might, how can they be sincere? ”

"Whether it's sincere, fake or fake, it's not advisable to be tired of the Central Plains."

Jin Youzi interjected a sentence at the right time, which can be regarded as ending the controversy. And whether it is Yang Rong or Jin Youzi, they are all scholars who abide by tradition, and they always have objections to raising troops for no reason, although they can't convince the emperor, but in the face of Zhang Yue, they can naturally show their old qualifications. In their opinion, relying on the army to sweep away Meng Yuan is the next strategy after all, and using a blockade to make him surrender is the best way to surrender without a fight. Whether it is Daning's hometown or Jiaoluan, it is a pity to abandon the chicken ribs that are tasteless.

The fierce battle lasted two days, more precisely, a one-sided battle lasted two days. On the first day, Zhu Di personally led his troops to chase and kill the Wuliangha people for thirty miles, and even the chieftain and the soldiers did not know how many people they had killed. The next day, he searched and swept along the west of the river again, and he also made great gains, and on the second day, Zhang Yue was also able to accompany the army.

The fire that had accumulated for several months was poured on Duoyan Sanwei's head, and when the leader returned to the camp, Zhu Di's face was full of indescribable satisfaction. Although the guards on the left and right were dutiful, he personally killed several people with his sword. The only regret is that this sword, which has been with him for many years, has collapsed into a gap this time and is completely unusable. Because of the sweat, ash and blood on his body, he was quite discouraged, but the whole person seemed to be in good spirits, except for his voice was a little hoarse.

"Long live the emperor, long live!"

Facing the tsunami-like cheers of the mountains, the complacent Zhu Di only waved his hand and did not make much fuss. He was really angry that he didn't catch Arutai and kill him as he wished, but this annoyance is now over. This crusade against the Uliangha people, beheading nearly 2,000 people, capturing countless cattle and sheep, and more importantly, those who disobeyed him, exchanged markets with the Ming Dynasty on the one hand, and Tatar eyebrows on the other, have now become lost dogs.

The excited Zhu Di met with several generals who had returned from great victories in one go, but he still did not rest, but summoned Yang Rong and Jin Youzi to inquire about the various music passages transferred from the Beijing Division. After listening to the two of them for an hour, he showed a little tiredness, but he still didn't want to rest, and after the two retreated, he summoned Zhang Yue again.

"How do you feel about seeing the field battle after defending the city?"

Yesterday he ate soft and hard nails in front of Yang Rongjin Youzi, although Zhang Yue did not feel discouraged, but he was always depressed. At this time, the emperor asked such a question as soon as he came up, and he bowed his head and replied after a little groaning: "The minister just feels that the strong and domineering Duoyan Sanwei is not as good as before. Not only Duoyan Sanwei, but also when he faced Arutai in Xinghe in the past, the minister also felt that it was not as powerful as the Meng Yuan Iron Cavalry that he had heard of. ”

"It is said that the generals of the defeated army are not brave, and in my opinion, the generals who are defeated are even more courageous!" After seeing a lot of people, Zhu Di's originally hot head gradually regained its consciousness now, and after hearing Zhang Yue say this, he laughed suddenly, and said thoughtfully, "If you want to compete with the cavalry, I'm afraid these Tartars are still slightly superior, but since they have lost the world, then there is only a little capital left of the cavalry." They don't have artillery, they don't have firearms, it will take them decades to train a cavalry with both cavalry and archery, but it only takes two or three years for my Shenji battalion to train an elite! ”

Although I really want to say that the Mengyuan Iron Cavalry has degenerated, the combat power of the Daming Infantry Cavalry is not as good as that of the founding of the country, and I don't know what kind of erosion it will become after a long time, Zhang Yue didn't say it after all. Others often say that he is honest, which is of course some benefits, but if he is honest without principles, he will be stunned. Just as he was trying to try to mention the ancient city of Daning again, a voice suddenly came from outside.

"Your Majesty, the secret report of the Beijing Division."

Hearing these four words of Jingshi's secret report, Zhang Yue instinctively remembered Jinyiwei and Dongchang, and hurriedly planned to retire. But he didn't have time to say anything, but he was stopped by Zhu Di's look. Seeing a little eunuch come in with a copper cylinder and present it respectfully, Zhu Di actually opened the seal of the copper cylinder in front of him, took out a roll of paper and looked at it carefully, he could only wonder in his heart whether Liu Yongcheng was mentioned above.

"What a benevolent prince, what a prince who knows how to be considerate!"

Hearing this voice, Zhang Yue couldn't help but raise his head, saw Zhu Di's angry face, and knew that this must be another complaint against the prince. Thinking that Yuan Fang should not be so "conscientious", Lu Feng even turned to the East Palace to show goodwill, if there was no extremely important matter, they would definitely not do such a harmful thing in the future, he couldn't help but wonder.

"He just will blindly be a good person, that is, he will blindly be lenient and give favors, what is the use of me wanting such a prince who will buy the hearts of hundreds of officials! The last time I exiled that Chen Qianhu, but he pardoned people back without authorization, I killed Zhou Mian and degraded Liang Qian, he should be vigilant, this time he actually wants to let go of Zhang He, who lost his honor in the court, just because Zhang He is Lu Zhen's son-in-law? He disappointed me so much, what is this soft ear, this is ...... This is clearly ill-intentioned! ”

Zhu Di, who was furious, dropped the pen holder on the desk, and then glanced at the neat handwriting on the paper, and saw that there were other things on it, so he continued to read. After reading it all, he only felt that his mind was full of anger, and he couldn't help but slam his fist on the table at the moment.

His chest rose and fell for a while, and he finally couldn't support it a little, and suddenly sat down, clutching his chest and gasping for air. At this time, the eunuch serving on the side couldn't help but feel terrified: "Your Majesty, do you want to send the imperial doctor to take a look?" ”

"Get out, I'm still leading the army to fight fiercely during the day, and I'm still in good spirits at this moment! Zhang Yue, come here! ”

Zhang Yue, who had been beside him hoping to pretend to be a perfect stake, sighed in his heart, but after all, he didn't dare to disobey the Son of Heaven, so he stepped forward. The moment he lowered his head, he caught a glimpse of the Son of Heaven's eyes full of bloodshots, and something shuddered in them.

"The crown prince and the crown prince grandson, father and son, who is more worthy of the throne?"

Even though Zhang Yue was already prepared to face the problem, he never expected that the emperor would smash down such a difficult problem, and this time he was completely stunned, and even raised his head directly. Seeing Zhu Di's two sharp gazes directly locked on him, he felt that his heart almost stopped beating, and it took him a long time to remember the etiquette of the royal prelude, and he hurriedly bowed his head and bent over.

Some of the princes of these dynasties were crown princes, some were the emperor's younger brothers, and there were also records in the uncommon history books such as the emperor's grandson and the emperor's uncle. But since the Han and Wei dynasties, there have been crown princes, and there are rules for not establishing princes, except for Tang Gaozong and Zhu Di, and he doesn't remember such examples after that. And after all, Li Chongzhao was sealed at a young age, and he was abolished with his father after a few years of glory. Zhu Di is different, he often takes Zhu Zhanji with him every time he goes on a hunting tour, isn't this clearly telling the prince that your position as a prince is because you have a good son? However, the legitimacy of the imperial grandson comes from the fact that he is the eldest son of the crown prince, if the crown prince is not the crown prince, how can the grandson still be the grandson?

"Back to the emperor, whether it is the crown prince or the crown grandson, the emperor personally chooses it. The crown prince is benevolent and filial, and the crown prince is the grandson of Yingguo, who can protect me from the two generations after the Ming Dynasty. ”

"I don't want to hear this kind of generalization!"

This is unreasonable! Zhang Yue smiled bitterly in his heart, secretly thinking that he should have found a reason to retire as soon as possible, and he would not fall into such a trouble. At that moment, he turned his heart sideways and said in a sonorous voice: "Since the emperor should not talk in generalities, the minister can only say that father and son are always respectful and inferior, which is the truth since ancient times." ”

Since ancient times, an emperor has been ordained, and his father is not the emperor and is alive, he only remembers the late Qing Emperor Puyi. Although it is not certain that other dynasties will not have them, at least the four prosperous dynasties of the Han, Tang, Song and Ming dynasties should not have happened. Zhu Di asked this on a whim in anger at this time, if he thought that the opportunity had come and dared to say something rebellious, Gai Ming'er would be dead, and no one would be able to save him!

To Zhang Yue's great joy, Zhu Di stared at him for a while, and finally ended the questioning, and then sent him back. When he came out of the imperial tent and saw that the sky was already full of stars, he couldn't help but squint his eyes, and he felt endless sympathy for the crown prince Zhu Gaochi in his heart. With such a difficult monarch to serve, he often has to work thanklessly to supervise the country and manage government affairs, how can Zhu Gaochi, who has always been in poor health, survive!

Back in his tent, he didn't show a little bit of a tone to Yang Rongjin Youzi, and simply went to bed early. In a daze, he didn't know how long it was, but he suddenly heard movement in the tent, and couldn't help but open his eyes, but just in time to see two figures coming out of the tent one after the other. Half sat up and looked around, he found that he was the only one in the tent, and even Peng Shisan didn't know where to go.

Could it be that something happened?

Just when his heart was slightly cold, a person flashed in quickly, and when he sat up, the man hurriedly stepped forward with an arrow, and his voice was very low: "The movement on the other side of the imperial tent seems unusual, and when I just went out to relieve my hands, I found that the garrison had increased several times at once, and there seemed to be many figures shaking in the tent." Most of the two bachelors of Yang Jin rushed over for this matter, I am afraid that they either want the class teacher, or there is something wrong with the emperor's body. ”

Do you want the class teacher to use the three watches in the middle of the night to invite two bachelors over? This Peng 13 has also learned to be sloppy!

This clearly shows that Zhu Di has gone wrong...... Looking at Zhu Di's unbearable anger during the day, coupled with the fact that he was too excited to lead the army in battle, it is conceivable what kind of situation will happen at this time. He really doesn't know exactly which Northern Expedition the Yongle Emperor in history was, the problem is that he doesn't know how many times his butterfly has flapped its wings, and if he is still superstitious about the so-called history, then he probably doesn't even know how he died!

Although he wanted to go out and ask what was going on, Zhang Yue still suppressed that urge and lay down again. And Peng Shisan, who was standing there, saw Zhang Yue's scene, so he retreated to his straw mat in the corner, and sat cross-legged and looked at the top of the tent. This unbearable silence lasted until dawn, and Yang Rongjin Youzi never returned.

For three days in a row, Yang Jin and the two never returned to the account, Zhang Yue was extremely uneasy in his heart, although the military regulations in the army were strict, there were already some whispers. Fortunately, Zhu Di finally showed his face when the rest of Wuliangha knelt at the military gate and begged to surrender, which can be regarded as calming the army's heart. In the evening of that day, although Zhang Yue did not see Zhu Di, a little eunuch came to convey the emperor's original words.

Kaiping reported that the military rations were not continuous, and the horses and carriages of the people were insufficient. Hundreds of thousands of troops are outside, and the military rations are not continuous, are they ready to trap me? You give me back, transfer from Kaiping to Xuanfu, and then go back to the capital, and see what my generals, my scholars, and my princes are doing! ”

In the face of this vague dictation, Zhang Yue really had a headache - if he saw the prince and people asked the Son of Heaven how it was, how should he answer?