On the prairie, 100,000 horses, 100,000 cattle and sheep, driven by more than 30,000 captives, kept marching towards the south, and behind them was an army of 10,000 led by Wang Xuan and Zhu Youxiao.

A battle, but did not bring many casualties to the army, or in other words, the entire operation of the expedition to the grassland, from the beginning to the end, casualties were less than 1,000, compared with the number of enemies killed and the results achieved in this expedition, it really cannot be regarded as a loss.

With such a large team, no one would dare to disturb them when marching on the grassland, and they approached the Great Wall unimpeded.

When I set off from Beijing, I took Xifengkou, and when I returned, I went to Zhangjiakou.

"Why don't you go back the way you came?" Zhu Youxiao turned his head and asked Wang Xuan.

"Hearing is false, seeing is believing, and walking around with these captives and captives is more useful than sending a hundred holy decrees to you." Wang Xuan continued: "By the way, let's also conduct a field investigation, if you pave roads and build cities in the grassland in the future, it is better to build there, just looking at the report, it is not so true. ”

The speed of return is actually not slow, in the final analysis, even the captives are cavalry, and they can easily walk more than 100 miles a day, not only approaching Zhangjiakou in half a month.

When the scouts sent by Wang Xuan went to Zhangjiakou to report, the entire checkpoint was being tensely armed, and the scouts who were outside early saw this huge team with binoculars, especially the Tatars who walked in front, which naturally made the scouts misunderstand, and the garrison general in Zhangjiakou naturally did not dare to slack off, and began to be nervously armed.

Even if the scout took out Wang Xuan's token, the general had no intention of stopping the defense, and still insisted on completing it.

This is not that he suspects that this token is fake, or that he is prepared to disobey orders, but that the military regulations require that whenever a large army approaches the defense area, whether it is friend or foe, it must be armed, and the relevant documents must be closely checked, and if he dares to be negligent in the slightest, the political commissar of the army alone will not let him have good fruit to eat.

What's more, it's Wang Xuan who came, which will only make the requirements more stringent.

But when 100,000 war horses, 200,000 cattle and sheep and 30,000 captives entered from the pass, the entire checkpoint, regardless of the military and civilians, all fell into a state of sluggishness, and then came a burst of ecstasy, and the entire Zhangjiakou fell into a sea of joy.

As a border checkpoint, who has no one died in the invasion of the steppe, at this moment, I saw with my own eyes, Mr. Wuzhou and the emperor drove the expedition in person, captured countless Tatar Khans and cut off their heads, naturally to vent.

For a while, the cry of 'Long live the emperor, long live the Ming Dynasty' resounded throughout Zhangjiakou City, and Zhu Youxiao's heart boiled with enthusiasm, and the whole seemed to float up.

Of course, not everyone is happy, some businessmen who specialize in the grassland business have become sad, and the grassland people have been scattered, so what about their goods that are sold exclusively to the grassland? ?

Starting from Zhangjiakou, the news spread rapidly in all directions like wings, and many people in the vicinity ran to Zhangjiakou to watch the official road from Zhangjiakou to Beijing after hearing the news.

Fortunately, these people still have a sense of awe in their hearts, and they do not dare to intercept them in the front, but just watch carefully near the road they must pass.

At the same time, Zhangjiakou also sent a six-hundred-mile expedited to send good news all the way to the capital.

……

The capital, the Imperial Palace, the Taihe Palace.

At this moment, the atmosphere in the hall was depressing, and all the civil and military ministers had gloomy faces, especially Li Shantang, who was standing at the forefront, his brows were tightly locked, his teeth were gritted, and his face was very ugly.

"It has been more than a month since Mr. Wuzhou took His Majesty on the expedition, and there has been no news until now, which is a bad omen." An official's face was gloomy, but if you look closely, the corners of his mouth are slightly upturned, and a trace of excitement flashes in his eyes from time to time.

"Yes, Lord Li, it's been more than a month, no matter how good or bad the news is, there must be some news back, there is a way that the country cannot be without a king for a day, how many major events in the court are waiting for the emperor to deal with, this emperor is missing, there is no owner in the hearts of all the people in the world, and something big will inevitably happen in the long run." Another said with a sad face.

The corners of Li Shantang's mouth couldn't help twitching a few times, and he cursed secretly in his heart, for such a long time, I haven't seen how much you respect the emperor, and why do you want the emperor to deal with national affairs, what things need to be handled by the emperor himself over the years!

"More than a dozen waves of people have been sent out, and after crossing the Great Wall, I saw some slaughtered tribes, but after going deeper, I completely lost the traces of the army, and the border guard also said, Mr. and others only brought three days of supplies, so long, I'm afraid it has already been consumed, and it is not so easy to feed the war by war, after going too deep, I am afraid that I will be surrounded and suppressed by the army!" Another civil official stood up and made a tirade, saying that the head was the truth.

Dingguo Gong and other nobles did not speak, although now the military strength of the Ming Dynasty has undergone earth-shaking changes, but the military power is still firmly in the hands of Wang Xuan, and they can't interfere in specific matters, although the current Xungui family will not be suppressed by the civilian group, but it is only relatively noble, like this kind of thing, they still don't have much right to speak.

Of course, these guys who questioned Li Shantang did not necessarily really care about military issues, so this group of nobles just watched coldly and did not express any opinions.

"A few of you should take care of your own affairs, military issues are not within the scope of your authority, and it is better not to exceed your authority." Li Shantang blushed and went back, Wang Xuan and the emperor had lost news for more than a month, and the military was quite stable, but in the civil official department, there were still people who couldn't help but jump out and test it.

"Lord Li's words are wrong, how can you say that I am nosy!" One of them looked angry, as if he had been wronged, "We also care about the safety of Mr. and the emperor, and care about my Ming Dynasty and the society, a piece of sincerity, heaven and earth can be learned!" ”

"Yes, Mr. is my Ming Dynasty Optimus White Jade Pillar, the sea purple gold beam, if it disappears, then it will not be a great chaos in the world, I am a Ming courtier, how can I not care."

"If everyone sweeps the snow in front of their own door and doesn't care about the safety of the court and the people of the world, wouldn't it be a disappointment to Mr.'s teaching."

I can't find fault with this set of rhetoric, but everyone knows what internal force means.

In the past few years, Daming has been thriving, sweeping away the decline, which really makes everyone ecstatic, but there is also Wang Xuan on the top with a big knife, which may be cut on everyone's head at any time, how can this make everyone feel at ease, the best result is that Wang Xuan is completely missing, and there is no such a mother-in-law above, and everyone is completely free of hand and foot restraints.

These guys are just stepping stones that have been pushed out, looking cautious, they have no bottom in their hearts, after all, Wang Xuan's reputation for winning a hundred battles is not fake.

Li Shantang's gaze swept over the group of people, and he smiled coldly and said, "So I have wronged you for the pillars of the country." ”

"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be, it's also unintentional to think about adults, and caring is chaotic."

I'm messing with your uncle! Li Shantang was just about to get angry, when he heard a sharp voice outside the main hall shouting: "Good news, good news, Mr. Wuzhou and the emperor have won a complete victory, the two armies have beheaded Lin Dan Khan in front of the battle, broken the Tatar Golden Tent, captured 30,000, and countless cattle and horses!" ”

As the shouter ran closer and closer, everyone heard the second half of the sentence clearly.

"What, isn't this ......" Li Shantang, who was still at the top, was complacent just now because he had nothing to say, and when he heard such a sudden news, he was immediately frightened, but fortunately, he didn't completely lose his mind, and finally swallowed it back.

Li Shantang was reluctant to deal with him, and hurriedly followed up with the eunuch who came to deliver the news to confirm, "Say it again!" What the hell is the news! ”

"Zhangjiakou came with six hundred miles of urgent good news, our army won a great victory, destroyed the Tatar Golden Horde in one fell swoop, and beheaded Lin Dan Khan!"

"Ha, haha, hahaha......" Li Shantang laughed wildly, and the haze on his face was swept away, "Mr. God, God bless the Ming Dynasty, the grassland disaster is gone, and I will open the peace of the world!" ”

A few guys who were still testing just now seemed to have opened a printing and dyeing shop on their faces at the moment, and a burst of blue, red, yellow, green, orange, blue and purple kept changing, and they shouted in their hearts that they were unlucky, why couldn't the damn Wang Xuan send back the good news a few days earlier, and he didn't wait until he entered Zhang's mouth to send the news back, so that he didn't grasp it and said some inappropriate words.

Fortunately, I didn't say too much, but I just stopped at the point in meaning, and there was room for redemption.

Mr. Wuzhou has a lot of them, and he definitely won't bother with a few of them...... Yes, yes!

It's just that when they raised their heads, they saw Li Shantang's slightly hideous face, and several people couldn't help but tremble with fright.

"Mr. Godless, God bless Daming!"

"Mr. Godless, God bless Daming!"

"Mr. Godless, God bless Daming!"

No matter what he thought in his heart just now, now, there was only one voice in the entire hall.