Chapter 31: The Little Prince Is Coming.

Everything is in place.

Zhengde has already arranged the men and horses, ordered Datong to hold on, the mobile forces that the Xuanfu can draw, plus the elite of the Beijing camp and the four foreign armies led by Zhengde himself. There is also a certain number of Liaodong Army, which has been assembled in Xuanfu.

Zhengde's intention is already obvious, that is, to have a battle with Mongolia in Datong.

It's just that the little prince will act according to Zhengde's will?

Will he come to Datong?

This question made Zhengde very irritable, wandering alone like a wounded beast. Except for a few close ministers. There is no one to tell Zhengde how he is in his mood, but every day during the day, he still receives generals from all over the world, or encouragement, or condolences, so that these generals are grateful. Zhu Houhuang followed behind Zhengde, and had to admit that the emperor's means of buying people's hearts were almost innate. After every general was received by Zhengde, they all followed Zhengde with all their hearts.

It's just been a month of waiting, and the little prince hasn't come yet. The cabinet clerks have already chased after them. Zhengde had no intention of dealing with it, so he simply let the cabinet deal with it on his behalf. However, Zhengde didn't expect that his temporary measure would make him suffer in the end.

Autumn gradually cooled down, Xuanfu already had a haze in the morning, Zhengde got up early again, looked to the west, and finally sighed and asked, "You said the little prince, will you come?" In what direction will it come from? ”

Zhu Houhuang knew that Zhengde was the first to control more than 100,000 people and conduct a decisive battle, and the psychological pressure was quite great. Now what he needs is relief. Zhu Houhuang said: "The little prince will definitely come, because of the intelligence of Jinyiwei, the little prince has already summoned all the ministries, and all the ministries have begun to assemble, the little prince has at least gathered tens of thousands of horsemen this time, and these tens of thousands of horsemen can't enter the customs, what else can he do." His Majesty sits in Xuanfu, Xuanfu is on the left of Shanxi, and Liaodong on the right, no matter how the little prince attacks Shanxi, Xuanfu, and Liaodong, His Majesty can directly support, and the only thing that worries people is Shaanxi. ”

"yes. Shaanxi. ”

Shaanxi is a place that Zhengde can't take care of.

In fact, it's not that Zhengde can't lead the army over, it's just that the road is far away, thousands of miles away, the army can drive over, and there can still be some combat power, and second, it is grain and grass. Xuanda is the focus of the Ming Dynasty's border defense. Grain and grass can still supply the army, but Shaanxi is different, Shaanxi has been ravaged by the little prince several times, and it is originally a poor place. Plus the scourge of Mongolia. The Mongols regarded it as a place without oil and water, how could it be able to supply the army. If it is said that the consumption of grain from Xuanda is huge, I am afraid that Xuanda and other places will not have so much grain at all.

It is the so-called thousands of miles of food. It costs almost one stone to transport one stone.

This is exactly what Zhengde is worried about.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty." Qiu Ju ran over, almost out of breath, and said, "Your Majesty, the little prince, the little prince has entered the customs." ”

"What? From where did you enter the customs? Zhengde was so anxious that he almost jumped.

Qiu Ju didn't have time to calm down the violent wheezing, so he said weakly: "Yulin." ”

"Yulin." Zhengde and Zhu Houhuang said together.

"Why is it Yulin?"

Yulin is in the northwest of Shaanxi, and there are many elm trees to get its name. But this is not an important question, the most important thing is where will the little prince go after entering the customs from Yulin? If it goes west, Zhengde's plan will be completely frustrated. Not to mention the four legs of the Mongolian cavalry, although there are some cavalry in Zhengde's hands, but in general, they cannot compete with the speed of the Mongolian cavalry. Not to mention that Yulin and Xuanda are thousands of miles apart, and when they rushed over, the daylilies were cold.

The little prince entered the customs from Yulin, and the people who were shocked were not only Zhengde and Zhu Houhuang. After a while, all the generals in the Xuanfu appeared in front of Zhengde.

The people below kept whispering, and Zhengde sat on the chair with his head up, looking at the ceiling with blank eyes. I don't know what to think about anymore.

Everyone is talking about one thing, which is what to do now? Xuanda's assembly here should be the most powerful field group in the entire Ming Dynasty. But they can't chase them to Shaanxi. It was simply impossible, but let the little prince invade, holding heavy troops and being indifferent. I'm afraid it's not good.

Zhengde suddenly said, "Zhu Bin, where do you think the little prince's goal is?" ”

Zhu Bin took a deep breath and said, "Shanxi." ”

Zhengde said: "You are sure. ”

Zhu Bin said: "The habits of the grassland for thousands of years have been the same, which is conducive to rabble and unfavorable to cloud dispersion. Even if the little prince can't change the habits of the grassland, even if he has the intention to use troops to the west, he can't stop the union of all the tribes, so the little prince will definitely come east. His target must be Shanxi, and he is more ready to go to Datong, the little prince's habit of using soldiers is from west to east, he has disabled Ningxia Town, and now he has broken into Yulin, so Yansui Town can not be used, the little prince must also want to collapse Datong Town, and he will only be left with Xuanfu in the face. ”

Zhu Houhuang was sweating profusely when he heard this, he never thought that before the Qing Dynasty, Mongolia would be able to break through the customs many times, as if entering a no-man's land. The capital camp of the Ming Dynasty has long been decayed, if the little prince will cripple the nine border towns one after another, when he is determined to attack Beijing, where will the troops be used for King Qin?

Zhengde said: "Okay, order the troops, order the Liaodong Army, garrison Yanghe, and Datong as horns." I took my own army and headed for Shunshengchuan. ”

Zhengde gave an order, and the entire Xuanfu was mobilized, and the army that had been assembled was divided into two routes and began to move in the direction of Datong.

Che Lili Ma Xiao Xiao, pedestrian bows and arrows at the waist, fifty or sixty thousand soldiers, although the soldiers divided the road, but have paved all the roads to the west, although Zhengde rode horses, but must take care of the speed of the infantry, the speed of the advance is not fast. It took several days of hard work to reach Shunshengchuan.

This journey is not an easy thing for Zhu Houhuang, the long-distance march is a test for any army, and fortunately there is Wu Ming, Wu Ming prepared a people's carriage for Zhu Houhuang in advance, carried food tents along the way, and followed behind the three hundred musketeers, so that the three hundred musketeers did not have non-combat attrition. For the army, there is no need for this method, because they have an easier way, which is water transportation.

The reason why Zhengde came to Shunshengchuan with the main force is because of a river, which is the Sanggan River.

The Sanggan River is the upper reaches of the Yongding River, and the water is quite abundant, and it can directly transport the baggage, so the marching speed is much faster.

In ancient times, marching and fighting relied heavily on transportation, and large armies moved along rivers. Because it makes logistics easier. However, because the Sanggan River flows from east to west, the army must transport baggage upstream, but it is still much more convenient than the carriage on the road.

As soon as I came to Shunshengchuan, there was news of the little prince, and the little prince and the Yellow River from Fuzhou had reached the boundary of Shanxi at this moment.

Zhengde slapped his hands fiercely and said excitedly: "Okay, the little prince is here, I'm just afraid that you won't come." Order, go all out to the west, and order Wang Xun to attack, so that he does not seek victory, only to stick to the little prince, the army is behind, if he can stick to the little prince, this time it is his first merit, and the Liaodong army went forward, followed behind the Datong army, and cooperated with the Datong army, do not let the Datong army be eaten in one bite, and let the Liaodong army return to Wang Xun's control. And Ningxia, have all the people in the two towns of Yansui died? Let them attack at the same time, do not fight hard with the Mongols, and follow behind. If this battle is successful, their previous problems, a purchase and sale, I will have a heavy reward, if not, the two crimes will be punished together. ”

Zhengde's eyes followed the map, his fingers moved along the course of the Sanggan River, and finally drew a circle in the north of Yanmen Pass, south of Datong, Shuozhou, Mayi, Shanyin, Yingzhou, these cities.

Zhu Houhuang understood that the current situation was that the little prince entered the northern part of Shanxi from the west, and Zhengde led the army from the eastern part of Shanxi into the northern part of Shanxi, and the place where the two sides met was between these cities. It depends on the foot strength of both sides and the strength of Wang Xun. If Wang Xun is strong and fights resolutely, then the place where the two sides will fight should be a little west, and if Wang Xun's strength is too poor and he is defeated, then the place where the two sides will fight will be a little east, such as in Yingzhou.