According to Ye Yingwu's arrangements in the grand strategic direction when he left and the decision made by Zhang Shijie and Lu Xiufu after discussion, the Xuanwu army attacked Loufu, while the Jinghu army, which arrived in Taiyuan Mansion first, cut off the way for the Mongol army to retreat northward from Loufu, so as to achieve the elimination of the Mongol army in the Loufu Basin, and avoid dragging the battle into the rugged river valley around the Lanshui area, resulting in the Mongol army being in danger and difficult to annihilate. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Lu Xiufu sat in Taiyuan Mansion to dispatch money, grain and equipment, while Zhang Shijie went to Yanmen Pass, first, to sit in the northern fortress of Yanmen Pass, and secondly, to command the Tianwu Army to go south nearby, and completely seal the huge pocket array of Lou Fu.

But who would have thought that God would come out to make trouble at this time, this weather is not a nightmare for the Ming troops who are marching quickly, but it is enough for a headache. Of course, the weather was the same, and the Mongol army, which carried large baggage and even Kublai Khan's Golden Horde carriage, was even more unlucky than the lightly armed Ming army.

A few months ago, the Mongols were defeated in Qinshui, and Oduchi never thought that he would be so lucky, and after he died on the battlefield in Namkhan, he became the second person in the Mongolian army, and his father Khan has been sick in bed, so it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the first person. After all, among Kublai Khan's many sons, Odukchi should be regarded as a relatively unknown one, especially in the previous north-south campaign, he was repeatedly defeated even in the face of Ba Ra, and even his own tribe was burned clean by Ba Ra, and the most beloved concubine was also snatched away, and he wore a green hat on his head.

But sometimes good luck comes and no one can stop it, Kublai Khan led the army south to Shanxi, and the only people who can be dispatched around him are the soldiers and horses under the command of Namuhan and Odu Chi, which is better than nothing, so Odu Chi became one of the two generals who guarded his father Khan to the south, and this Qinshui battle, in order to break the enemy's edge in a battle, Namuhan led the most elite cowardly Xue army to cross Qinshui, who knew that he fell into the trap prepared by the southern barbarians, Namuhan died in battle, and several generals who led the army to cross the river also died cleanly, Kublai Khan's side can rely on only Oduchi.

It's better than nothing, and it's better to have a son like Oduchi here than to have no one to lead these armies, so Kublai Khan directly handed over all his military power to Oduchi.

It had not been two days before Oduchi, who had taken over the military power, realized that something was wrong, because the situation on the battlefield he was facing was a little too cruel. Youyan's Mongolian army was eaten and there was not even scum left, and even Boyan and Shi Tianze were captured alive, and the army that stayed behind in Helin was dragged to death by the sudden killing of Ba Ra, so there was no need to count on reinforcements, and now Aoduchi could only rely on these troops around him who had been defeated several times and had low morale.

Although the Mongol army fought fiercely at Yanmen Pass, in the end this lone army was driven out. In front of Kublai Khan, Oduchi and the Mongol army, there is only one way, and there is no choice.

When I thought about it, the army rushed through the majestic force of the Lan River and rushed straight to Taiyuan Mansion, and then looked at the messy and scattered team in the rain now, which may no longer be called an army, Ao Duchi's face became three points darker.

If he was really given a choice now, he would rather die in Qinshui instead of Namuhan. Now that Namuhan has become a hero of Mongolia, he is afraid that he will come to carry all the black cauldrons, and whether he can save his life in the end is not to say, this reputation is completely stinky.

This is the first person in the Mongolian military, in fact, so easy to be.

"Marshal, there is Lou Fu City in front." A commander rode his horse to Oduchi's side.

As a newly baked Mongolian marshal of the southern expedition not long ago, Odu Chiqiang cheered up and looked up, between the distant heaven and earth, although it was hazy and dark, but he could also vaguely see a huge black shadow, like a giant beast still sleeping in this wind and rain.

Maybe it's better not to bother with it?

Oduchi shuddered, and then secretly accused this idea in his heart of being ridiculous, and he had really eaten too much of the defeat of the battle, and he was even afraid of an empty city: "Tell the brothers, hurry forward, and when you get to Loufu City, you will make a fire to cook, rest and recuperate!" ”

The commander's face showed joy, everyone came all the way from Yanmen Pass in the storm, only six or seven out of ten could hold on to this, and now they finally saw a place to rest. There is a city, there are houses, there is a place where you can make a fire and cook, these days the whole body is wet and cold, even the food is wet and cold soaked in rainwater, now there is a dry place to rest, eat a hot meal, it is simply wonderful.

At this moment, there was a muffled sound in the wind and rain behind him, and the surrounding soldiers subconsciously looked back, the huge Kublai Khan Golden Horde carriage, one side of the wheel was deeply stuck in the mud, and the guards stepped forward in panic to support the body, but because the carriage was too heavy, and this piece of mud was really not small, even if more than ten guards were desperately lifting, the carriage only stopped sinking.

"Father Khan!" Ao Duchi's face changed greatly, and he hurriedly rode his horse over, seeing that he was about to arrive at Loufu City, but he couldn't delay too much at this time, especially if there was still the Great Khan of Mongolia in this carriage, if something happened, it would be a devastating blow to the morale that was already low to a certain extent.

And the surrounding soldiers also rushed to help, Kublai Khan is the Great Khan of Mongolia and the embodiment of the golden eagle, and in their minds he is a god-like existence, so he should naturally do his best.

The curtain of the car was lifted suddenly, and several attendants carefully supported Kublai Khan to come out, compared to the shore of Qinshui, Kublai Khan's face was pale at this time, without a trace of blood, if it were not for the support of several attendants around him, I am afraid that Kublai Khan himself would not be able to stand upright. An attendant draped Kublai Khan with a poncho, these young soldiers were not afraid of anything in the rain, but if they were Kublai Khan, they would fall ill directly.

"Father Khan!" Oduchi took three steps and made two steps and rushed under the carriage.

Kublai Khan looked intently at the city that had already appeared in the rain curtain, and said in a deep voice: "Don't care about Ben Khan, just leave a few hundred guards to follow Ben Khan, and the army will go to Lou Fu quickly, and then talk about Lou Fu!" ”

"Father Khan, the child is incompetent, I can't let Father Khan get into danger here!" The rain flowed down Oduchi's cheeks, and the young Mongolian Marshal of the Southern Expedition had a look of panic and worry on his face at this time, "We can already see Loufu City, and it will take less than half an hour to enter Loufu, so let the brothers push Father Khan's carriage ・・・・・・ harder."

Before Odyuchi finished speaking, a sentry rushed over in a panic, and the war horse stepped heavily in the muddy water, and the surrounding Mongol soldiers did not care to look at Kublai Khan's heroic posture, and panicked to avoid being hit by the oncoming sentry horse.

"What's going on?!" Kublai Khan held on to the sloping railing of the carriage with one hand, and the rain poured down from his cloak, drenching half of Kublai Khan's clothes. And the attendants behind panicked forward to cover, if they sweated profusely and went out of their gonorrhea, everyone was afraid that the word "death" would be indispensable!

The sentry rider fell off his horse and knelt directly in the muddy water: "Great Khan, marshal, the big thing is not good, the Southern Barbarian is annoying in Lou, our vanguard has already fought with the Southern Barbarian in Loufu City!" ”

"Southern Barbarian?!" Ao Duchi was startled, stood up suddenly, and suddenly looked back at the Loufu City that was still silent in the wind and rain, "Come so fast, how many people are there in the Southern Barbarians?!" ”

"No・・・・・・ I don't know!" The sentry said with a sad face, "Our vanguard has just entered the city, and the cavalry of the Southern Barbarians is fighting together, and there are two other teams of Southern Barbarians who are outflanking the flanks of our team entering the city, and the number of people is not tens of thousands!" ”

The wind blew Kublai Khan's white hair, as if the old man who had aged twenty or thirty years old in the past few months, silently looked at the Loufu City in the distance, as if he wanted to respond to what the sentry said, one after another light and flames pierced the darkness and the dark clouds that shrouded it, and appeared outside the Loufu City, and even the sound of killing could be faintly heard in the wind and rain. The flames of light converged into a flowing river of flames, illuminating half of the city.

There are more and more torches, like flowing lava, like a stream of iron rolling forward!

"One step late, one step late after all." Kublai Khan couldn't help but mutter.

In the wind and rain, although it was scattered, but still moving forward strongly, the Mongolian army also broke out a scream, and the enemy who appeared outside the city was like the last straw that broke the camel's back, completely destroying the last trace of the fighting spirit of the Mongolian army.

"Father Khan!" Ao Duchi's shout was already full of tears, he knew that although there were twenty or thirty thousand troops around him, how could this army, which had been repeatedly defeated and had no morale, withstand the impact of tens of thousands of troops of the Ming army? Not to mention 10,000 people, I'm afraid that a few thousand people were enough to collapse the Mongol army.

"Look, look over there!" There was another shout, and all the Mongolian soldiers subconsciously looked sideways, under the dark clouds, in the wind and rain, a point of light jumped out of the distant hillside, and in an instant, countless points of light followed closely behind that one point of light, rolling and flowing along the hillside, surging towards the scattered Mongolian army!

Another Ming army.

How many Ming troops are on this stormy battlefield, and how many iron streams are tumbling and surging over?!

Kublai Khan stepped out of the carriage tremblingly, his white hair fluttering and his clothes soaking wet, while the old man seemed to grasp Oduchi's hand with the last of his strength. Oduchi slowly raised his head and looked at his father Khan, who was close at hand, and had the impression that this was the closest he was to his father, the Mongolian god of war, and the Mongolian Great Khan.

"Father Khan?" Oduchi felt that he had a thousand words, and they all choked in his throat, and in the end he blurted out only these two words.

The surrounding wind and rain and the sound of killing seemed to dissipate at this moment, Kublai Khan just shook his head, and the Rong Ma Wei of this life flashed like lightning in his mind at this time, and the old man muttered: "Go, let's go, Ben Khan doesn't want to be a Jieli in this life!" ”

(Author's note: Tang Taizong often likes to make the captured Jieli Khan dance to show his national prestige)

"Daddy, your body ・・・・・・" Oducchi cried in his voice, and at this moment he finally knew how helpless he was in the face of the real killing, the real collapse of the heavens.

"Let's go! With Ben Khan, go! Kublai Khan roared, pounced on the war horse on one side in the wind and rain, his white hair and clothes dancing, like a trapped beast in the last fight.

And behind him, countless flames of light flowed, completely illuminating half of the sky.

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Nanjing, General Mountain.

After three checkpoints, Ye Yingwu and the others walked to this clearing, this is already the deepest part of General Mountain, if it weren't for Guo Shoujing to lead the way, I'm afraid no one would have imagined that there would be such a workshop in this deep mountain and old forest.

Compared to the huge workshops outside, several of the workshops here are not large, and they are not even called workshops, and all the houses are crawling with creepers and vines on the outside, making them seem to be completely integrated with the surrounding green hills, and it is not always possible to see that there are houses here from a distance.

This is the Ministry of Industry Research Institute built in accordance with Ye Yingwu's instructions, and its role is naturally needless to say, mainly to carry out theoretical research and demonstration of various equipment, which is the core and most confidential place of the Ministry of Industry in this General Mountain, and a large amount of information about new firearms is in these small houses that look inconspicuous. Of course, these small houses just look relatively ordinary on the outside, and even look like pets crawling under the feet of those huge giant-like workshops in the distance, but Ye Yingwu and Guo Shoujing and others know that these small houses are actually just an entrance, and in the underground and the mountains behind the houses connected, it is the key to everything.

The thousands of soldiers of the Ming army guarding the General Mountain and the hundreds of strong men drawn from the workshop were busy here for two or three years before they dug out a huge cave, and it can even be said that half of the mountain was hollowed out. In the mountains connected behind the house, all the things that are stored are related to the life and death of the Ming Dynasty, the sketches and structural drawings of various new instruments are all trivial, and the really important thing is the gold and silver treasury of the Ming royal family and the household department, and those who have been there will know how much capital this dynasty has.

It can be said that most of the wealth accumulated in the hundred years from the construction of Yannan to the Yongle Northern Expedition in China is in the cave behind it, which is also the guarantee for the reform of the silver standard system and the future reform of the gold standard system in the Ming Dynasty, which is the foundation of the real country.

Of course, Ye Yingwu didn't want to take these generals behind him to visit the Daming treasury, they walked to the location of this research institute, and what they did was the behemoth in the open space in front of the research institute. Because he had already received the news that Ye Yingwu was coming, this behemoth had been preparing for a long time, and the rising flames were reflected in everyone's pupils, and Wu Chucai, Zhang Shun and the others all subconsciously held their breath. And in fact, Ye Yingwu, who saw this thing for the first time in this era, couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and couldn't take his eyes off it.

The huge airbag slowly erected as the air burned, and a hanging basket was tied underneath the airbag.

What appeared in front of Ye Yingwu and many generals was a hot air balloon.

Although this hot air balloon still uses the most primitive way of burning air as the upward power, although the airbags of this hot air balloon are sewn with coarse cloth layer by layer, it looks quite simple and even ugly, and although this hot air balloon is not big, I am afraid that there are two people standing in the hanging basket below, but the whole hot air balloon is constantly going up, and the rope that fixes the hanging basket is hissing, obviously it will not be long before there is no way to stop the efforts of this big guy to rise into the air.

"This is ・・・・・・" Wu Chucai couldn't help muttering with emotion, looking up along the hot air balloon, it was an endless sky.

"This is the first test flight, whether it can be successful, the minister is not sure, and please give your majesty a will." Guo Shoujing said in a deep voice on the side. This is not that he wants to shirk responsibility, but to say a fact, hot air balloon flying in the sky is definitely not a trivial matter, in the history books, the real flying act is only rumored to be a trap bird made by the Mo family of the Warring States Period, as for whether it is true or not, no one knows now. And the hot air balloon in front of him should be able to fly into the air, and such a decision is definitely not something that Guo Shoujing can give as a secretary of the Ministry of Industry.

What's more, the possibility of failure in the first test is very high, and even Guo Shoujing, who has already figured out the hot air balloon thoroughly, does not dare to guarantee the ticket.

After all, there is often a big difference between theory and practice.

His Majesty is the true dragon emperor, and if he wants to conquer the sky, he should naturally be ordered by His Majesty.

All eyes converged on Ye Yingwu at this moment, and everyone present held their breath. Ye Yingwu's clenched fist slowly loosened, he looked sideways at the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry who were waiting around him and a team of Ming soldiers who were ready to escort Ye Yingwu's retreat at any time, and after taking a deep breath, Ye Yingwu Huo Ran waved his hand:

"Take off!"

Now that we've come this far, there's nothing to hesitate about.

Success or not, give it a try!