Overhead, the sun was radiating from the sun, and the ground was roasted and hot rippling, and the closer Tang Ming's team got to Kaipingwei, the more they felt a serious drought. A breeze rose on the flat ground www.biquge.info the pen, and the loess that raised the charming eyes had lost the nourishment of water, and the earth had long since dried up and cracked.

This time, Tang Ming was the general who led the team, so he couldn't hide in the carriage like other times, and the flying loess drilled directly into his body, which was uncomfortable in addition to being uncomfortable.

Sweat mixed with flying dust had formed a thick layer of dirt on the surface of the body. Dirt always falls every time the body moves, and when I climb over a small hill in front of me, I stop here and look down the sky.

Through the dust flying all over the sky, Kaipingwei can already be vaguely seen, and the face that has not been smiling for a long time is rarely revealing a trace at this moment, and after three days of hard work, he is finally about to reach his destination, no longer need to sleep outside the wilderness, and then wash off the dirt all over his body.

Zhu Yong also saw Kaipingwei, and as soon as he turned around, he shouted to the team behind: "Let's work hard, speed up and climb over this small hill, Kaipingwei is in front, we have arrived!" ”

On the long mountain road, the whole team lined up in a long snake shape, which was a taboo for soldiers. But there is no way to change the environmental limitations, so you can only walk like this, fortunately, this is still the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and it will not be attacked by the Tatar troops, and this road is also peaceful.

When the sergeant learned that he had arrived at his destination, he became excited, and helped the horses push the cart hard, and the speed gradually became much faster.

The team was braving the scorching heat and blinding dust when suddenly the hoofs of several fast horses sounded ahead. Zhu Yong's face changed slightly, and he immediately gave the order to stop advancing, and the whole army entered a combat state.

A moment later, from the flying dust, a few fast horses could be faintly seen galloping in, and it was impossible to see its appearance but could distinguish the armor it was wearing, which turned out to be the sentry arranged by Kaiping Wei nearby.

After confirming the identity of the person who came, Zhu Yong immediately breathed a sigh of relief, but he still carefully ordered a few guards to come forward to confirm. After the guards confirmed the identity of the visitor, they were brought to Zhu Yong and Tang Ming.

I saw a big man with a beard on his face, wearing a cloth towel on his face, walking quickly, and behind him were two heavily armed guards.

As soon as the big man arrived in front of Zhu Yong, he immediately tore off the thin cloth towel, knelt down on one knee and said in a loud voice: "General Qiyu, the emperor has an order, ordering the general and others to arrive at Kaipingwei, not to delay here, and to rush to Huerhot as soon as possible, there must be no mistake!" ”

Hearing this, Tang Ming and Zhu Yong were both slightly stunned, and they didn't understand why Zhu Di was in such a hurry, could it be that there was something wrong at the front line?

Tang Ming asked Dahan suspiciously: "I don't know if the general knows what the emperor means by urging him so urgently." ”

Tang Ming was wearing his own newly made armor at the moment, and he couldn't judge his identity from what he was wearing, so he looked at Tang Ming very suspiciously and didn't reply.

Zhu Yong hurriedly explained: "This is Weihaihou, Tang Ethics, and the supreme commander of the unified army this time. ”

A marquis, but his position in the army is only integrity, but he can lead the troops to the battle as an actor, and such a strange job relationship makes the Han very confused. But he knew Zhu Yong, and Kaipingwei belonged to the category of Zhu Neng's command, so they knew Zhu Yong.

"Lord Qiqi, I don't know what the emperor means, but three days ago, a holy decree came, ordering me to wait here, if you arrive at Kaipingwei, you will continue to travel without delay. As for what happened, the last general guessed that it might be that the emperor was in urgent need of military rations, and he heard that the army on the front line did not have much food in stock, and the soldiers were about to be unable to open the pot. ”

"Nonsense!"

Zhu Yong broke off his drink, glared at the big man angrily and snorted coldly: "When we set off from Shuntianfu a few days ago, we already learned that a batch of grain and grass was transported to the emperor three days before us. What's more, before the emperor set out on the expedition, he had already filled the various guards on the border with grain and grass, so as to provide military rations for the army at any time. ”

The big man smiled bitterly and said: "The general doesn't know, the emperor's army was stopped by a mysterious army in front of him, and it was delayed for more than ten days. The scattered Tatar troops took advantage of this time to launch a surprise attack on the guards of our Ming Dynasty that stocked up on military rations. Not to mention the strange means, the purpose is still mainly military rations, especially the means of fire attack. ”

"Every time they sneak attacked, they brought catastrophe to the various guards, and everything that could be taken away by them was taken away, and what could not be taken away was burned. Kaipingwei was attacked two days ago, but fortunately we were already prepared, so we didn't let them succeed, thanks to the reinforcements sent by Marshal Zhu Neng, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable. ”

I didn't expect this war to deteriorate to such a point, which was completely beyond Tang Ming's expectations. The wheel of history has also confirmed that it has deviated from the original trajectory, but such a big thing happened, why didn't Zhu Di mention it in the first two holy decrees, or did he mention it, but the news was blocked by the queen?

It seems that it is not by chance that Zhu Di suddenly summoned Tang Ming to the front, but when did the Tatar army become so powerful, Zhu Di and Yao Guangxiao can be said to be experienced in a hundred battles, why did they fall to such a point here?

There must be a reason for it, it seems that there is a huge conspiracy hidden behind this expedition, Tang Ming has a worried look on his face. Zhu Yong also looked incredulous, he thought that this expedition was an easy way to make military merits and capital, but he didn't expect that he had already learned about the bad situation of the Ming army before he arrived at the battlefield.

Tang Ming hesitated for a moment, then said goodbye to the big man and pulled the team on. Knowing that the Ming army was in such a situation, he could no longer complain that this ghost weather was difficult to hurry. Now the only way to get to the emperor as soon as possible is to thoroughly understand the truth and solve the doubts in my heart.

Bypassing Kaipingwei, we have reached the real border, and at this time the march is naturally no longer as easy as in the territory, in addition to the necessary personnel to help push the carriage, half of the people have to be drawn out as escorts.

The soldiers who were on guard were also sent out, and the team walked more slowly, but for the sake of safety, it was worth walking even slower.

Tang Ming borrowed the method of the big man to resist the dust flying in the sky, that is, he wrapped his face with a cloth towel, which was indeed much better. At least the eyes, nose and mouth don't have to be disturbed by dust.

Human beings are the most intelligent animals, and they are also the most adaptable to the bad environment, and after living in this bad environment for a long time, the big man naturally knows some ways to get rid of the trouble. This small piece of cloth made the hurried team feel much better. (To be continued.) )