Gao Yangzhi subconsciously rolled his eyes and looked around.

The wind and snow outside the Great Wall have gradually become lighter.

The youngest cabinet minister of the empire said in a suppressed voice: "Keystone has been in Yingzhou for several years, and some people say that it is slaughtered. This time, the power of the country and the northern expedition of the whole country have to do far more than the strong Han and Tang dynasties.

The country needs to spend tens of millions of dollars and mobilize millions of manpower, involving hundreds of state capitals along several roads along the nine borders.

If after this time, the grassland is still unstable, and the country wants to carry out another northern expedition, it may take ten years to accumulate. ”

Gao Yangzhi's tone was particularly heavy.

As a cabinet minister, he is also the minister of the civil service and consul general who is on this northern tour, and all the past documents and materials have been in his hands. Gao Yangzhi knows best how much the Ming Dynasty invested in this Northern Expedition.

Gao Yangzhi clapped his hands on the cold city wall, his eyes flickering and looking at the vast grassland outside the Great Wall.

He then stretched out his right hand, faced the void, and slashed it diagonally at the grassland.

"Today, if there is no Han face, they will all be killed!"

Gao Yangzhi muttered in a low voice, and then turned his head to look at Zhu Yunxi, with a smile on his face: "This national policy is like this, how can Your Majesty let Your Highness preside over the overall situation?" It's not that Your Majesty doesn't trust Your Highness, but because Your Majesty loves Your Highness deeply. ”

Zhu Yunxi nodded silently, what Gao Chunfeng said was exactly what he guessed.

Probably because the Ming Dynasty has become stronger and stronger in recent years, and the imperial court's foreign policy has become more and more severe.

The royal road that was admired in the past has gradually been replaced by domineering.

Even some officials in the court still had some slander about the changes that had taken place in the court's contacts with foreign countries.

But the things above the military strategy, from the Metropolitan Governor's Office to the various military departments, are naturally carried out in a domineering way.

"Ying Tianlai's text, is our person Tu going to Datong City first?"

Zhu Yunxi put his hands together, hid them in his sleeves, turned his back to the outside of the Great Wall, and asked softly.

Gao Yangzhi nodded: "According to the news of the scouts in the rear, in about half a month, Tie Dingshi will arrive in Datong City." ”

"Then let's go to Datong City and wait for him."

……

Since the beginning of the Warring States period, it has become a military town of Datong City, in the fifth year of Hongwu by the general Xu Da was ordered, once again led the army and the people to build Datong City, so that this military town city, the city wall is rammed, and the blue bricks are covered, so that it is more solid and perfect, and it is more rich in the name of the northern lock key.

On the east side of Datong City, the Royal River flowing down from the mountains in the northwest has become slow when it reaches the outside of Datong City, and the river surface is wide, if there is no wind, the whole river surface is like a whole flowing mirror.

However.

These days, the surface of the Yuhe River is extremely unstable.

Since the will of the imperial court arrived in Datong City, Lan Yu, the Duke of Liangguo, was deprived of the official position of a general, so he took up the errand of a military training officer, and took the military horses stationed inside and outside Datong City all day long, and practiced day and night by the imperial river outside the east city.

For Lan Yu, who was deprived of his rank as a general and took up the errand of a military training officer.

The entire city of Datong remained quiet.

No one dared to touch Lan Yu's brow at this time.

But to everyone's expectations, just when everyone thought that Lan Yu might go crazy at some point.

Lan Yu really did the thing of a military training officer honestly.

As the general of the founding of the country, Lan Yu's training was definitely not inferior to any general in the Ming army at this time.

Even, after having the experience of training in the northwest, Lanyu training is even more of a leader.

The royal river outside the east city of Datong.

These days, because of military training, it has been a high earthen platform.

This earthen platform was built by Lan Yu commanding the soldiers in the army, bag by bag.

And on the earthen platform at this moment.

Lan Yu was wearing his scarred armor, his palm against the sword that had followed him for decades at his waist, his head held high, and he walked back and forth on the earthen platform.

In front of him, under the earthen platform was a whole guard of soldiers and horses.

According to Lan Yu's own rules, every day he had to personally train a guard and horse in front of this earthen platform, and the other soldiers and horses were trained by him by the generals in the army at the same time.

"Stand firm on your legs, if you don't stand firm against the enemy outside the gate, you'll all be a puddle of flesh and blood under the horse's hooves!"

"Wield a knife to borrow strength, don't be the courage of that reckless man, and waste your physical strength in vain."

"Gun barracks, not only must you stand firmly, but your waist must also be tightened, and you must have the toughness of a hundred steels!"

On the earthen platform, Lan Yu's eyes widened, constantly looking for officers and soldiers who did not follow the regulations in the crowd in front of him.

It's a pity.

After so many years of practice, the sound of waw in the river is rarely heard anymore.

Wait until the basic military formation drill is completed.

Lan Yu suddenly pulled out the saber at his waist.

The soldiers in the audience saw that Liang Guogong had already begun to swing his sword, so they immediately changed their formation.

The soldiers changed from the rear formation to the front formation in the shortest possible time.

On the opposite side of the earthen platform are rows of wooden piles that have been driven under the dirt.

On the wooden stake, layers of dummies made of straw stems are tied.

"Charge!"

Sappy's fighting style is obvious.

It has always been courageous and invincible.

The army that trained under him also inherited his style.

The soldiers of the horse battalion began to rush to the front of the formation from both sides on horseback, and the swords and guns in their hands slashed and pierced the dummies.

The knife is to be cut into the stake, and the gun is to be stabbed through the dummy.

This is the rule set by Lan Yu.

The cavalry of the horse battalion passed through the dummy army formation in a gust of wind, and then the firearms battalion, under the cover of the sword and shield soldiers of the infantry battalion, began to rush towards the dummy army formation in groups.

In the rear, there were also crossbowmen throwing arrows to suppress the front army.

After more than half a month of hellish drills, the officers and soldiers were basically able to drill according to Lan Yu's requirements.

The army was in good order, and the attack was orderly.

However, Lan Yu on the earthen platform just glanced at the officers and soldiers who were facing away from him and rushing towards the dummy army, but there was a trace of boredom on his face.

The personal soldier who had followed Lan Yu for many years quietly stepped forward: "General, the brothers below hunted a few wild animals on the side of Mawu Mountain last night, and when today's drill is over, the general will drink a few more glasses of wine." ”

Lan Yu glared at his own soldier angrily.

The pro-soldier who spoke smiled and reached out and scratched the back of his head.

Lan Yu snorted coldly: "If it weren't for the fact that you could participate in the next Northern Expedition, would you be willing to do such an old job of training soldiers?" ”

The soldiers immediately patted the general's ass: "The subordinates knew that the general was going to take this group of trained soldiers and horses to the north, so they got more meat to come back." When the general has grown enough, when the time comes, he will take his subordinates and kill more wolf cubs, and his subordinates will be tired of getting a general back. ”

"Fuck your mother, you want to be a general, and you have been working under labor and management for so many years?"

Lan Yu scolded when he opened his mouth, and slapped his hand on the head of his own soldier.

The pro-soldier held his head in his hands and smiled all over his face: "Isn't the subordinate thinking that he can follow the general more and lead the horse and whip for the general." ”

Lan Yu waved his hand, glanced at the other party lightly, and then said faintly: "Taisun's resumption of the Qin and French military merits has made you people also think of creating military merits." ”

The pro-soldier who was broken out of his mind glanced sideways at several other friends who had been a pro-soldier under Lan Yu for many years.

Lan Yu continued: "Okay, this time with our Northern Expedition, a few of you will follow me closely, and cut off a few more heads when the time comes." You have also followed Ben for so many years, and if it is not enough by then, Ben will think of a way for you. ”

Since the emperor's grandson gradually grew up, he has become more and more revealing of the appearance of the country's prince.

Lan Yu's temperament also slowly calmed down.

There is no banquet in the world that will not be dispersed, and the same is true of these soldiers who have followed them for many years.

Moreover, now above the court, he counts the Liangguo Gong Lanyu, who has the least foundation in the army.

This foundation refers to the number of generals in the army brought out by him.

Previously, it was because Lan Yu was brave and indomitable, he must be the first in every battle, he was a general, and he was also a pioneer general.

It's just that now, Lan Yu has other ideas.

He hastily swept through the officers and soldiers who had already chiseled through the dummy army formation, then looked sideways at the soldiers around him and asked, "When will Taisun arrive in Datong City." ”

The soldier immediately replied: "I think it won't be a few days." A few days ago, the Northern Patrol traveled to Datong City and the Acting Wangfu over there, asking Datong City to prepare for the ride. ”

"You guys are going to hunt on the side of Mawu Mountain these days." Lan Yu withdrew her hands, hugged and rubbed the arm armor piece on the outside of her forearm, and her eyes were deep: "When the grandson arrives in Datong City, we have to cry with His Highness." ”

The soldier smiled: "My subordinates understand." ”

……

The more days.

On Mawu Mountain on the west side of Datong City, on a ridge high hill, Zhu Yunxi looked at Datong City at his feet, and faintly saw the army formation of the imperial river on the east side of Datong City, and couldn't help frowning slightly, and muttered suspiciously.

"Lone doesn't quite understand, is this uncle and grandfather really changed?"

On his side, as usual, were Gao Yangzhi, Cao Zhen, Wang Xinling, Ma Hongqing and others.

It's just that today, there is one more young man dressed in the regular clothes of the prince of the Ming Sect.

Between the young man's appearance, he still has a bit of resemblance to Zhu Yunxi.

"This king thinks that when you enter the city, this uncle will have to recover his true nature."

Since the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu was renamed the acting king, Zhu Gui, who guarded Datong in the feudal town, said with a smile.

Zhu Yunxi glanced at Zhu Gui sideways.

The maternal background of his uncle Wang is extraordinary, and he is the son of Guo Huifei, the daughter of Guo Zixing.

It's just that, as always, this Uncle Wang, like his other uncles, always shows words and deeds that are very different from the rumors.

For example, the acting king Zhu Gui in front of him, everyone in the world says that he has a violent personality.

But the acting uncle in front of him, where does he have half a point of irritable appearance.

Zhu Gui also felt the gaze of this grandson and nephew who had just arrived outside Datong City.

He just smiled slightly: "When you go into battle today, Brother Xi will know what your thirteenth uncle's temperament is." ”

Zhu Yunxi shrugged: "It's just a hypothesis of the world." However, the thirteenth uncle said what his uncle and grandfather said, but the nephew thought so. ”

After saying that, he looked at the few blue jade soldiers who were detained by Zhang Hui and others at the foot of the ridge.

Zhu Gui crossed his arms and smiled quite elegantly: "Uncle Lan is in a hurry." This time you ...... The university scholar Tiexuan led the Northern Expedition, and there were your third, fourth, and fourteenth uncles in the army. By the way, there are also your thirteenth uncle and me, and the seventh uncle who is now guarding Xuanfu Kaiping.

There are so many clan princes and vassal kings who can lead troops, and there are a group of princes and nobles who are stationed in the border fortress all the year round, and it may be difficult for my uncle to lead all the way alone. ”

After finishing speaking, Zhu Gui glanced lightly at Jingchuan Hou who was standing behind Zhu Yunxi.

According to his own calculations, this time the Ming Dynasty went on a northern expedition with the strength of the whole country, and generals like Jingchuan Hou Cao Zhen were probably just leading a military horse.

"Let's go to the machinery manufacturing institute set up by the Ministry of Industry in Datong City first."

Zhu Yunxi did not say what kind of arrangements the imperial court made for this Northern Expedition, but re-mentioned the matter of the Ministry of Industry.

Zhu Gui's eyes immediately flashed, and he praised: "If you want me to say, in the future, the imperial court should have more people who do practical things and have the ability, just like the current secretary of the Ministry of Industry."

This time, I have the Northern Expedition of the Ming Dynasty, and there are those artillery and firearms built by the machine, and your thirteenth uncle has made up his mind this time, not to plow the grassland, and swear not to return to the army! ”

Zhu Yunxi smiled and said nothing.

Just made a gesture of please, and walked to Datong City under the mountain.

The northern parade was waiting at the headquarters of the Chinese army at the foot of Mawu Mountain.

As soon as Zhu Yunxi arrived at the bottom of the mountain, he immediately restarted and went straight to Datong City.

Less.

Before noon, the army had already passed through the west gate of Datong and entered the city.

From the inside out, Datong City is completely a city built for war.

In addition to the palace of the king and the official yamen, there are few residences for the common people in the city.

There are some of them, and they all revolve around war.

For example, a shop for repairing clothes for soldiers, and a workshop for the government to build some trivial equipment.

This is a city built for war.

On the way to the machinery manufacturing institute set up by the Ministry of Industry in Datong City, Zhu Yunxi had a little more understanding.

"Originally, I just had some ideas, but now that I have the military strategy and national policy tentatively set by the imperial court, I have a little more plan for how to completely govern the grassland in the future."

Zhu Gui, who was guarding Datong, looked around with some surprise, and he had long been accustomed to seeing Datong City.

He spoke softly and slowly: "With the construction of the city as the core, the road as the link, advancing layer by layer, slowly drawing?" ”

Zhu Yunxi raised his eyebrows slightly, but he quickly suppressed the surprise in his heart.

Zhu Gui, who can be sent to Datong by the old man, is not such a visionless person.

He nodded and admitted: "Originally, according to the past practice, everything was based on the country first. It's just that now, if this law can be implemented outside the border, not only can the national policy be implemented, but also the people inside and outside the border can be enriched by building cities. ”

Zhu Gui frowned, thought silently for a moment, and then nodded: "It's a novel idea." ”

In front, several chimneys were erected, and the Ministry of Works' Machinery Factory, spitting thick smoke, had already appeared in front of you.

And on the other side of the street.

But there was the sound of horses' hooves.

Immediately afterwards, a shout that Zhu Yunxi was particularly familiar with, but familiar, came into his ears.

"It's Ben Shuai's nephew and nephew in front of me!"

………………

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