Chapter Seventy-Two: Temptation
As the so-called army did not move, the grain and grass went first, and Yu Fei returned to Beijing for only three days, and there was no time to connect his wife and children, so he rushed to Zhangjiakou to personally inspect the grain and grass.
Yu Fei, as the logistics director, also has military power, after all, the grain road has to pass through the grassland, and it is absolutely impossible to have no soldiers and horses to escort it.
Don't look at the tribes around the Great Wall, they all seem to be extremely respectful, but if you really want to believe it, that is the number one fool in the world.
On the twelfth day of July in the seventh year of Zhengde, Zhu Houzhao rushed to Zhangjiakou with a large army.
"Mr. Thanks, I am really guilty, this minister of the Manchu Dynasty has different thoughts, and the only one I can trust is Mr."
In the tent of the Chinese army, the bonfire was uncertain, Zhu Houzhao's expression was a little gloomy, Yu Fei sighed, and persuaded:
"Your Majesty is prosperous in the Spring and Autumn Period, don't worry about it, the minister knows a miracle doctor, and after His Majesty has achieved great things this time, the minister will personally invite him to come and see His Majesty."
Zhu Houzhao smiled bitterly.
"Only sir, dare to talk to me."
There was some silence in the tent for a while, why is Zhu Houzhao like this? However, Li Dongyang and others couldn't persuade him to conquer the outside world, so they wanted to summon his uncle Zhu Youqi, the king of Xingxian, to return to Beijing to temporarily serve as a prisoner on the grounds that Zhu Houzhao had no queen.
It's no wonder that Zhu Houzhao is so depressed, Li Dongyang and the others almost pointed their noses and scolded him.
The firewood was crackling, and after Zhu Houzhao threw a piece of firewood into the bonpot, he said with a smile:
"Fortunately, I still have Mr., sit in the rear for me, otherwise I really wouldn't dare to go out."
Yu Fei arched his hand and said a fair word.
"Your Majesty should not be like this, although Lord Li and the others are a little cautious, they still generally know the severity, Your Majesty can only rest assured."
Zhu Houzhao nodded, and after thinking for a while, he still took out something from his arms and handed it to Yu Fei.
Yu Fei looked at it, but it was a talisman.
"Your Majesty?"
Zhu Houzhao smiled.
"This is the talisman of the Imperial Horse Prison Warrior Battalion, if I really have an accident, Daming will hand it over to Mr."
Yu Fei was shocked, and the talisman in his hand seemed to be extremely hot, and he exclaimed:
"Why did Your Majesty say such an inauspicious remark? However, a small Mongolian prince, Your Majesty will definitely be able to sweep his army, and this talisman is also requested to be taken back by His Majesty, and the minister will never accept it. ”
After Yu Fei finished speaking, he hurriedly presented the talisman to Zhu Houzhao.
"Sir..."
"Your Majesty, please take it back."
Zhu Houzhao sighed.
"That's it, then I'll borrow Mr.'s good words."
After saying that, he put the talisman into his arms.
Out of the big tent of the Chinese army, as soon as the cold wind blew, Yu Fei felt a cold silk on his back.
Yu Fei didn't know whether Zhu Houzhao's act of giving the talisman just now was sincere, or if after being provoked by Li Dongyang and others, the emperor's heart attacked, and he wanted to test himself.
It's just a short moment, Yu Fei's back is a little wet, no wonder the ancients often said that "a companion is like a tiger", which really makes sense.
After resting in Zhangjiakou for a day, Zhu Houzhao's army crossed the Great Wall and marched in the direction of Hetao.
The logistics baggage troops led by Yu Fei also followed him, and built a simple grain storage place every fifty miles, leaving more than 100 people to guard it.
If something really happens, these people will naturally not be able to resist the enemy army, but as long as they can ignite wolf smoke.
In order to ensure the smooth passage of grain, the entire 3,000 battalions of the forbidden army and more than 20,000 cavalry were divided into ten teams to cruise along this route, and as long as there were police, they could arrive within half an hour.
The battle of the army is not just the end of a fight when everyone pulls out people and horses to fight face to face.
Since entering the Hetao area, the scouts around the Ming army have been constantly coming and going, and Zhu Houzhao is also extremely calm, and did not send the Eagle Yang Army to strangle these Mongolian scouts, but just let the ordinary scouts in the forbidden army entangle with them, waiting for Dayan Khan to take the bait.
And this little prince is obviously not good at stubble, and he did not choose to fight hard with the Ming army, but wanted to cut off the Ming army's food channel.
In the past month or so, Yu Fei has led people to fight with him seven or eight times, and every time the army is about to arrive, he slips away, and it is really slippery.
And Zhu Houzhao saw that he was not fooled, and he was not in a hurry to find a decisive battle, but to appease these small tribes in the Hetao area, as more and more small tribes took refuge in the Ming Dynasty, Dayan Khan's topographical advantage in the Hetao area gradually lost, and his army slowly could not hide.
On November 9, with the last autumn wind blowing on the steppe, the Ming army finally blocked Dayan Khan's army in the Houtao area.
There is nothing to say about the process, Zhu Houzhao, who has 15,000 new troops in hand, broke Dayan Khan, beheaded more than 10,000 people, captured more than 70,000 people, and captured countless horses, cattle and sheep.
Dayan Khan fled into the depths of the steppe with more than 10,000 remnants.
And this battle also shook the entire grassland, and these tribes on the grassland shouted that Zhu Houzhao was the reincarnation of the Yongle Emperor.
In this way, even though the grassland has begun to drift snowflakes, there are still countless tribes who come to meet the Ming Emperor with gifts.
And Zhu Houzhao also met with these tribal leaders one by one, comforted them, and rewarded some captured cattle and sheep.
With the defeat of Dayan Khan, Yu Fei was also able to breathe a sigh of relief and returned to Beijing.
As for Zhu Houzhao, he will spend this winter on the grassland, after all, he not only wants to appease these tribes who came to take refuge, but also go deep into the hinterland of the grassland in the spring of next year and completely crush Dayan Khan to death.
When I returned to Jingshi, it was already the end of November, and it was already two months before Yu Fei's March deadline for Shaolin.
And Fang Zheng also sent those who escaped from Southern Shaolin to Dali Temple.
As soon as Yu Feicai returned to Beijing, he was blocked in the household yamen by Dali Temple, but it was Dali Temple that kept hundreds of monks, which caused the prison of Dali Temple to be insufficient.
And Li Dongyang and the others didn't want to get involved in these things, so they kept dragging it out and waiting for Yu Fei to come back to deal with it.
After knowing the reason, Yu Fei smiled bitterly, and could only follow Dali Temple to Dali Temple again.
After three days of interrogation, those who had broken the law were naturally sentenced to beheading, and those who had not broken the law, Yu Fei did not cut them all, but threw them to the front line to transport grain.
After Jingshi dealt with the backlog of affairs for more than half a month, Yu Fei was a little free and prepared to go back to Huashan to pick up Blue Phoenix and his son.
When he came to Huashan, Yu Fei saw his son sitting on the master's shoulder from a distance, smiling very happily, and Yue Buqun was still holding one in his arms, which should be the daughter of Lin Pingzhi and Yue Lingshan.
Lin Pingzhi and Yue Lingshan officially got married last year, and gave birth to a daughter in February this year, named Xi'er.
Yu Fei was in Jiangnan at the time, the situation was dangerous and evil, and naturally he couldn't come to drink the full moon wine, and today was the first time he saw this little niece.
"I've seen Master, and I've tired Master."
"Daddy."
Xiao He'er, who was sitting on Yue Buqun's shoulder, saw Yu Fei, and struggled to get down, Yue Buqun smiled, and after putting it down, Xiao He'er trotted and hugged Yu Fei's thigh.
"What are you tired of? It's too late to be happy for the teacher. ”
Yue Buqun smiled at the corner of his eyes, some gray hair was grabbed by Xiao He'er and scattered a few strands, after finishing speaking, Xiao Xi'er in his arms was upside down, and there was no difference from ordinary grandfathers.
Yu Fei picked up his son, hooked his head to look at his little niece, and said with a smile:
"It looks really similar to the little junior sister."
Yue Buqun nodded with a smile, and at this moment, the blue phoenix also came out of the courtyard when he heard the sound, looked at Yu Fei, leaned against the door, smiled on his face, and called "Yu Lang" softly.