Chapter 669: Zhu Ying's Pingliang Mansion
The dispatch of a large army is a big event, especially when there are three major princes and several marquis in this army, which seems to concentrate all the elites of the Ming Dynasty.
The 5,000 Shenji Battalion and 100 hot air balloons, in addition to the Praetorian Guards around Nanjing, almost emptied Nanjing's special forces.
This battle poured too much energy into Zhu Di, because Hu Ye said that the cripple Timur is an undefeated god of war, and he is also an undefeated king, of course, this is his self-styled, I don't want to be in Lingbi back then, being wrapped in dumplings, if it weren't for the three kings to save it, I'm afraid it would have become a pile of white bones.
Looking at a team of nearly 10,000 people, Zhu Di sighed in his heart, to be precise, this was the first battle since he ascended the throne, and the previous battle to conquer the Japanese Kingdom was not a tough battle at all.
And looking at that troop, there is also Bei'an Sanjin in the academy, this thing is looking up to the sky and sighing, why is there still a civil war in the country, why Ashikaga Yoshinori has not taken Kuramiya Minoruto. Such a good opportunity to argue with the Ming Dynasty was wasted.
Now the Ming Dynasty wants to send 350,000 people to fight a big war, if the Japanese state sends men and horses to land in Korea at this time, it can take Korea in one fell swoop, and the Ming Dynasty can't care about it at all.
Yingxue also came to the city wall with the child in her arms, looking at the back of her husband leaving, tears flowed from her eyes, thinking about how many years she had spent with Hu Ye, there was hardly much time together.
But she has never regretted it, not for anything else, just for what Hu Ye did to her, it was enough!
"Young lady, don't worry, the young master has five guards with him, and Uncle Qian is with him, and he also has the Shenji Battalion and the Flying Battalion by his side, so nothing will happen."
Saren also comforted Yingxue, it turned out that after the unanimous decision of everyone in the Nameless Mansion last night, the five generals were sent to Hu Ye, and Hu Ye had to take them. Otherwise, it would be a break with the Nameless Mansion.
In the end, Hu Ye had to compromise and brought five generals, including Lao Qian's personal guard, which was six, and he was despised by Zhu Neng before leaving.
Of course, there are also Xiaoqiang and Wangcai who set off with Hu Ye, which has become Hu Ye's standard, and they are all Hu Ye can't rest assured.
"Where is the grain and grass now?"
Standing on the wall, Zhu Di asked loudly.
"Your Majesty, the grain and grass have reached Pingliang. King An is sending people to collect grain in the territory, presumably now out of the territory of Pingliang, and will be able to reach Jiayuguan in many days. Xiao Yingzi replied.
"Jiayuguan? It is almost time to reach Hami, and Ankh Timur, the king of Zhongshun, now lives in Hami, and after all, he has a different heart. Zhu Di frowned, to be honest, the Ming Dynasty was also powerless in its jurisdiction over the Western Regions, especially after the civil war in the first few years, the national strength was consumed.
At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered to break through Hami. However, it was recaptured by Ankh Timur soon after, and many years later, the goods began to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty. Just last year, this product said that he sincerely returned to Zhu Di. was named the king of Zhongshun by Zhu Di, and he still ruled the place in Hami.
"It was decreed that Zhou An, the secretary of the ministry, should be the chief of the loyal and obedient king, and Liu Xingshan would be the discipline of the good, and jointly assist the king of loyalty. At the same time, give them a secret decree. If the king of Zhongshun has any different intentions, he can cut them off and let them set off immediately. Catch up with the army of the British dukes. After thinking for a while, Zhu Di ordered loudly, he still adhered to one sentence, if it is not in my clan, his heart will be different.
He didn't care much about it before, but this time he was attentive, if the army of the cripple Timur did not stay and went directly eastward, he was sure that Anke Timur would rebel again, fall directly to the cripple Timur, and then attack Gansu and Shaanxi together, this had to be guarded, so there was the holy decree just now.
"Your Majesty, according to the report of Xiping Marquis Musheng, Annan seems to be a little restless, and that scumbag seems to be stepping up military training." Jin Zhong suddenly came over to report, after all, this goods is now the book of the Ministry of War, and several big princes have left, so this is under his control.
"Jumping clown, why bother." Zhu Di sneered, then Annan is only tens of thousands of horses at most, where can he be stronger than this cripple Timur.
"Your Majesty, Weichen is willing to personally lead an army of 20,000 people and go to Ping'an South!" Jin Zhong said immediately.
"That's it, you should stay in Nanjing to assist the prince. Let Xiping Hou pay more attention to the movements of Hu Zha, as long as he doesn't act rashly, don't pay attention to him, and wait until the army returns. Zhu Di muttered, looking at the back of the army, he turned around and walked down the city tower.
Zhang Yu took Zhu Neng, Qiu Fu and Hu Ye all the way north, passed Fengyang, Xuzhou, Kaifeng, and then went all the way west, arriving at Xi'an, Fengxiang, and Pingliang, and then stopped to rectify and rest.
Fortunately, there are not many people, only about 10,000 people, otherwise they may not be able to catch up in a month.
So when they led the army to Pingliang, it was already October, and it was almost winter.
Hu Ye didn't have any objection to this, he didn't have Zhu Di's thoughts, as long as he could wipe out Harry Sultan's 250,000 horses, he wouldn't bother to use any method.
Zhu Ying has now become very mature, although he has only been in Pingliang for more than a year, he has managed Pingliang well.
In the past, Pingliang was deserted, and the desert was raging, except for the main urban area.
"The generals have worked hard, this king has prepared wine and food in the house, and will wash the dust for the generals!"
Under the city head of Pingliang Mansion, Zhu Ying said to Zhang Yu and the others.
"There's King Lao'an."
Zhang Yu arched his hand, and then led a few people into the city, as for the army, it was stationed outside the city, waiting to march to Jiayuguan.
Hu Ye looked at Zhu Ying, this product has grown a lot stronger now, and the lines on his body are also obvious, although he can't see clearly under the thick clothes, after all, it's October, and it's still very cold when the north wind blows.
As for Zhu Ying's side, there were several acquaintances standing, all of whom were recommended to Zhu Ying by Hu Ye before, including Huang Yu, Qi Song and Lu Xun.
"His Royal Highness King An, I don't know what the battle situation is ahead?"
After entering King An's Mansion, Zhang Yu asked straight to the point.
"It seems that Hari-sultan can't wait any longer, and is ready to move on the other side of the desert, and now he is afraid that he will wait for the temperature to drop sharply, and then he will cross the desert all the way to Hami. There is also Anke Timur, who seems to have made a move, and is dispatching troops, seemingly preparing for a decisive battle with Hari Sultan, but in fact, he has a ghost in his heart, and he is afraid that he wants to rebel again, and he may lead the army to attack Jiayuguan. Zhu Ying muttered.
The pressure on this goods is also great now, and in front of him is Jiayu Pass, and he needs to guard against the King of Zhongshun and the Mongols in the north.
"You don't have to worry about this, the emperor has already considered it, and will send two long histories to King Anshun, if he dares to act rashly, he will definitely destroy the Great Wall." Zhang Yu said loudly.
"How's the grain and grass?" Zhang Yu asked again.
"I arrived at Jiayuguan five days ago, and because the loyalty of the king of Zhongshun was suspicious, I did not let the grain and grass march, but stopped at Jiayuguan and waited for the arrival of the general." Zhu Ying replied.
"Can the army ahead be assembled?" Zhang Yu asked again.
"The 150,000 troops of Gansu and Shaanxi have been assembled, and as soon as the general arrives, they will be able to assemble at Jiayuguan within a day. Only the follow-up people from Sichuan, Henan, and Shanxi are ready to go, and they should have been pulled out now, and they will arrive in a few days. Zhu Ying also said as much as a treasure.
"Okay."
Zhang Yu yelled, then picked up a bowl of wine and drank it directly.
Although this cargo was a little dissatisfied before leaving, after all, it was not an easy task to destroy 250,000 enemies. But once he sets off, he is a soldier, so he must move forward bravely and not stop until he destroys the enemy!
That night, everyone stayed in King An's Mansion to rest.
As Hu Ye's student, Zhu Ying naturally wanted to visit the teacher, so this goods led Huang Yu, Qi Song, and Lu Xun to the place where Hu Ye stayed.
"Dean, how do you think I have built Pingliang in the past two years?" Zhu Ying said to Hu Ye with a hint of pride.
Hu Ye nodded and said casually, "It's not bad." ”
After listening to Hu Ye's words, Zhu Ying almost stumbled, and when he developed to this point, it turned out to be just not bad.
"By the way, how are your northern fortifications doing?"
Hu Ye asked suddenly.
"Dean, our main enemy now should be from the west, why should we pay attention to the fortifications in the north?" Lu Xun was a little puzzled, because he was responsible for digging fortifications, he was Ruan An's protégé, and he came to Pingliang with Huang Yu Qi Song last time to work for Zhu Ying.
"The enemy in the west still has Hami and Jiayuguan as barriers, and the depth is still hundreds of miles, which is not enough to rely on. However, the enemy in the north, only Ningxia Wei is the barrier, less than a hundred miles. Even if there is a Great Wall, you must be cautious. Hu Ye said loudly.
"Dean, now Mongolia is divided into three, its strength is weakened, and the emperor is united again, and now their three Mongolian kingdoms are restricting each other, where can they have the energy to go south." Zhu Ying smiled, he saw this point, so he would spend his energy on the west.
"Times are changing, you see that he is now divided into three, very weak, maybe tomorrow he will form a force, all the way south, have to guard. From tomorrow onwards, you will not be in charge of the war in the west, but only Mongolia in the north, and you can even go north to Ningxiawei to help the guards there build the city wall. Hu Ye muttered.
This is one of his considerations, although it will take a few years for the Mongols in history to rise, but now it is different, now the Ming Dynasty led 350,000 troops to act, to fight with Hari Sultan to the death, this must accelerate the unification of the three Mongolian countries, when the time comes, it will definitely take advantage of the situation, how can it be done without early precautions.
"It's the Dean."
Several people have learned Hu Ye's power, and since Hu Ye let them not worry about the war in the West, it shows that Hu Ye is confident that he will win this battle. Since Hu Ye asked them to pay full attention to the Mongols, it means that the Mongols are going to rise and must be strictly guarded.
"Then a few students wish the dean a victory." Zhu Ying took the three of them to drink it all, although the cup was only tea.
Seeing that his four students had grown up, Hu Ye suddenly felt that the opening of the academy had finally had a phased victory, this was the first batch of people, and there were many, many batches of talents in the future.
Moreover, this time, Zhao Kuo and Liu Guan, two strange people, also acted with the army, and they will definitely be able to establish miraculous achievements in the war with Hari Sultan. (To be continued......)