On the twenty-eighth day of the first month of the twenty-sixth year of Jiajing, Chen Di, the governor of the capital, led 12,000 Flying Tiger troops to the Northern Expedition at Deshengmen. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

A swearing-in platform was temporarily set up in front of Desheng. Chen Di and Yu Dayou, Marshal of the Flying Tiger Army, Qi Jiguang, commander of the First Division, Tang Shunzhi, chief of staff, and Li Chengliang, commander of the cavalry brigade, were held high on the oath-taking platform. The hundred officials of the imperial court are listed on the left side of the oath-taking platform.

Under the oath stage, there were 12,000 soldiers of the Flying Tiger Army. Of these, 7,000 were musketeers, 2,000 were artillerymen, and 3,000 were cavalrymen. The morale of these more than 10,000 generals is high, and the military appearance is neat.

The remaining 1,000 firefighters of the Flying Tiger Army did not participate in the oath because they stayed in the capital.

Taichang Temple did not play big music. Chen Di thinks that the great music of Taichang Temple is not imposing. He personally taught the Taichang Temple musician "Flying Tiger Army Song".

The musicians of Taichang Temple first sang the "Flying Tiger Army Song":

"Flying Tiger...

There are only 100 musicians in Taichang Temple, and as soon as these 100 people open their mouths to sing military songs, more than 12,000 soldiers of the Flying Tiger Army sing along. The chorus of more than 12,000 people soon drowned out the voices of the musicians of Taichang Temple.

"Flying tiger, go to my rivers and mountains.

Blood is not shed, and death is not a truce.

There is the Ming Dynasty in the east, such as the rising sun.

A hundred years of national hatred, the sea is difficult to peace.

The world is in turmoil, how can we get Corning.

There are flying tigers, who will compete! ”

The chorus of more than 12,000 people resounded in the sky. All the soldiers sang with enthusiasm.

After playing the military song, Chen Di said loudly on the oath platform: "Brothers, the northern Hu'er has invaded my China for thousands of years. Han had the Xiongnu, Tang had the Turks, sent Liao, Jin, Mongolia, and this dynasty had Warat, Tatar. Last year, the Tatars attacked our capital. From Datongwei to the capital, everywhere the Tatars went, they were all devastated! How can we avenge the dead Ming compatriots? ”

More than 12,000 soldiers shouted in unison: "Kill!" Kill! Kill! ”

At this moment, Yan Song was also standing on the left side of the swearing-in platform, and the loud shouting of the Flying Tiger Army made his heart furious.

Chen Di said loudly: "Okay! On this expedition, we will go deep into the hinterland of Hu'er, and we will definitely solve the northern border trouble of my Ming Dynasty in one fell swoop! Tang Shunzhi, the secretary of the military department and the chief of staff of the Flying Tiger Army, led a thousand musketeers to stay in the capital. If someone with ill intentions takes advantage of the fact that my Flying Tiger army is going north to attack Hu, Tang Shunzhi has the right to cut it first and then play it! To engage in a conspiracy in the capital is to help the Tatars, and to commit treason! It doesn't matter whether it is a civil official or an ordinary person, those who dare to commit treason will be killed without mercy! ”

Chen Di's words seemed to be for Yan Song. Yan Song and Yan Shifan were terrified. Yan Shifan swore a few days ago that he suggested to Yan Song to get rid of Chen Di. But now, in the face of Chen Di, the killing god, Yan Shifan's legs and stomach are about to turn tendons.

Yu Dayou is the marshal of the Flying Tiger Army, Chen Di said to Yu Dayou: "Yu Dayou, please order the whole army to be pulled!" ”

Yu Dayou ordered loudly: "The cavalry brigade is the vanguard!" The musket pistol is the backbone, the gunner is the rearguard, and the gun is drawn! ”

The army methodically changed its ranks, assembled and marched westward.

There are three tribes of Tatar, Varat, and Uliangha, with Warat in the west, Tatar in the center, and Uliangha in the east. Now that Varat has been conquered by the Tatars, only the strong Tatars and the weak Uliangha remain in the northern steppe. Chen Di's strategy was to advance westward first, reach Datongwei and then go north to attack Tatar.

Wuliang Habe has a lot of connections with the Ming Dynasty. At the beginning, Emperor Yongle was in trouble with the heavens, and the Duoyan Sanwei cavalry once vigorously helped. The three of these faces are Uliang Habe. Therefore, since the Yongle period, Wuliangha has been at peace with the Ming Dynasty.

Chen Di had sent Lu Shan, the head of the secret service, to Uliangha, and his mission was to persuade Uliangha Khan Chikun to cooperate with the Flying Tiger Army and attack Tatar from the east.

An army of tens of thousands of people traveled thousands of miles, and I don't know how much grain and grass we needed. Fortunately, Hu Zongxian, the logistics manager, did his best, and there was no problem with the supply of grain and grass.

When he arrived at Niangzi Pass, Chen Di asked Qi Jiguang: "Our Northern Expedition to Tatar, didn't the second brother's Helan Snow Princess stab you with a knife?" ”

Qi Jiguang smiled: "She can see this matter. Prairie women have always married chickens and dogs. Before the expedition, she told me that her mother was a princess of the Varat tribe, and that she would marry into the Tatar tribe when she became an adult. Every time her father Khan went out to Warat, her mother would pray for her husband's victorious return. ”

Yu Dayou rode a horse to find Chen Di: "Governor Dadu, if you enter Niangzi Pass, you will be Shanxi!" ”

Chen Di nodded: "Shanxi is a good place, the wine of Xinghua Village, the vinegar of Qingxu, and the coal all over the mountains." ”

Yu Dayou said: "It's a pity that the Tatars are not lightly harmed. The villages that the army passed through just now were already uninhabited. It should have been slaughtered by the Tatars. ”

Chen Di said: "I hope that those blind dates who have suffered are in heaven and can bless us with a great victory in this expedition." ”

While the three were saying this, a young man dressed as a traveling merchant rode up to them on a donkey.

The young man turned over and got off the donkey and made an officialdom salute: "The subordinate Nanzhen Fusi has experienced the official Tang Yong, see the three adults." ”

Chen Di asked, "Are you Lu Bing's person?" ”

Tang said: "Exactly." Commander Lu has sent a message to our brothers in Datongwei, asking them to cooperate with the Flying Tiger Army to fight the Northern Expedition. Our brothers from Nanzhen Fusi have been painstakingly exploring for the past six months, and have drawn a map of Tatar, and this time I came to Niangzi Pass to greet the Governor of Dadu, and I also brought it. ”

Chen Di was overjoyed and said: "Okay! Present it quickly. ”

Tang Yong walked up to Chen Di's horse and took out a scroll of maps. He was holding the map in both hands, and just as he was about to hand it to Chen Di, he suddenly took out a dagger from the map scroll and stabbed it at Chen Di!

Fortunately, Yu Dayou, a fierce general who has been licking blood from the knife for many years, was beside Chen Di, and Yu Dayou took out the command knife and opened the dagger used by Tang.

"Catch the assassin!" Yu Dayou shouted.

The two soldiers immediately took Tang Yong down.

Chen Di was shocked into a cold sweat. was defenseless just now, but fortunately, this Tang Yong didn't seem to be a professional assassin, the speed of the knife was extremely slow, and there were Yu Dayou's guards, so he escaped.

The soldiers of the Flying Tiger Army tied Tang Yong into zongzi in an instant.

Chen Di asked, "Tang Yong, who are you?" ”

Tang Yong replied: "If it falls into your hands, I know that I will die." Alas, it's just that I've been in the cold for ten years and haven't practiced swords, so you picked up a life! I don't change my name, I don't change my surname, Tang use! Tang Xiaojiang, the former envoy of Zhejiang, is my father! ”

Chen Di exclaimed: "You are Tang Xiaojiang's son?" ”

Tang Yong said: "At the beginning, in order to seek the position of Zhejiang as an envoy for your subordinates, you deceived my father into asking for his resignation from the imperial court. Originally, you promised to intercede for him in the imperial court and ensure that he would be a pension official in the Sixth Department of Nanjing. I didn't expect him to write his resignation, and you didn't care about him anymore. My father was so depressed that he died of depression this year! If it weren't for the guidance of someone superior, I wouldn't have found this opportunity to assassinate you! ”