Compared with the Daqing City at the foot of Daqing Mountain, which has not yet been built, but everything is already on the right track.

The hundreds of thousands of troops who walked out of the Great Wall and entered the grasslands outside the gate did not seem to be going well.

Such unhappiness needs to be compared.

If it is said that the army advanced hundreds of miles in half a month, and was not blocked by Tatar soldiers and horses throughout the whole process, it can be regarded as smooth.

However, as the army continued to penetrate into the steppe, it was never possible to find the main force of the Tatar department, so it was extremely unsmooth.

The supply lines in the rear are getting longer and longer.

The three-way army, led by the King of Jin, the King of Yan, and the King of Dai, began to focus more on consolidating the supply lines of military grain and grass behind the army.

The three-way army is ready for a protracted war.

In order to prevent the grain route from being attacked by the Tatars who did not know where to hide, starting from the Great Wall, the three grain routes were heavily defended.

The officials of the Ministry of Industry who were sent to the Nine Sides are almost going to have their heads full of hair these days.

In order to meet the requirements of the three-way army, they can be said to have mobilized the forces of the entire nine sides day and night to build forts along the grain road, so that the people of the household department can have a safe place to store the grain after it is transported to the front line.

Then take these forts as the core point, and then advance and transport them to the north in turn.

On the vast grassland, the sun is already far away in the west.

The golden sunset shines on the prairie and shines brightly on the endless meadows.

Behind a leeward slope, an army of more than 10,000 men was encamped.

Tie Xuan took a group of civil and military generals from the camp to the slope, looking at the desert wasteland in the north except for grass and grass.

This scholar of Wuyingdian, who had already decided to be a lonely minister of the Ming Dynasty, had a solemn gaze and even some anger.

"The construction of the fort in Guangwu Town has been slow for three days, and according to the plan, 30,000 stone grain and grass will be stored there for the Eastern Route Army and the Middle Route Army, and now they are all blocked in Lingji Spring Fort."

Tie Xuan's voice spread calmly across the grassland.

However, everyone present could hear that a cloud of anger had accumulated in the heart of this Imperial Tu.

"Back to the university, the soil on the grassland has only hardened a little harder after a cold winter. However, the cement and stone in the rear are heavy, and the road will always become muddy if it is repeatedly rolled......"

"It's not an excuse." Tie Xuan said calmly, looking back at the Ministry of Works official who had spoken.

The other party immediately lowered his head.

No one dared to offend the bad head of this cabinet scholar.

Tie Xuan sighed: "At the beginning of the Northern Expedition, this official is unwilling to be killed for his crimes. But you should understand that in front of us are the three princes of my Ming Dynasty, who are leading hundreds of thousands of soldiers to search for the Tatars.

The supply of grain and grass must be guaranteed, and if anyone makes the soldiers hungry and thus drags down the northern expedition, the official will not be held accountable, and the court will definitely punish him severely. ”

In this Langzhong, who is the leader of the household department, he can't help but raise his head, and his face is a little hesitant.

Tie Hyun quickly caught the other party's movements.

"Say what you want to say."

The household Langzhong immediately bowed his head: "The officials are discussing, and they think that they should requisition and send people from Shanxi and Hebei." and carry the grain on their shoulders and on their backs. ”

There was silence among the officials on the slope.

Now outside the entire Great Wall, the total number of troops on the three routes has exceeded 200,000, and the number of people mobilized has already exceeded 500,000.

If we recruit and send people from the Guannai again, I am afraid that this year's farming in the north will be completely delayed.

"Enlist!"

Tie Hyun made a decision on the spot, and the board confirmed this matter.

He then narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice: "Send a notice to inform the people of Shanxi and Hebei that anyone who transports a stone of grain to the outside of the customs will have merit!" After the war, cattle and sheep were rewarded or money and salt. ”

The officials immediately whispered.

The officials present immediately hesitated: "Whether this matter should be ......?"

"Draft the documents, send them to Daqingshan, and ask His Royal Highness Taisun to use the seal."

Tie Hyun spoke immediately.

This scholar has already taken the decision on the entire Northern Expedition from the hands of the imperial grandson.

This is already an open secret within the Northern Expeditionary Army.

The officials present also knew it by heart.

Seeing that Tie Hyun had made a decision, everyone stopped talking.

Tie Xuan, the person who slaughtered the matter between the scholar and the grandson, it was not their turn to put their beaks.

The grandson didn't speak, and the court didn't speak, so they didn't have the qualifications to speak.

As for how the imperial court will reward and punish the northern expedition after this war, it will have to be discussed after the war.

……

"If we don't completely break the Tatars this time, we will all be national sinners after this war!"

As night fell, the grassland was lit up with a little light.

The Eastern Route Army of the Ming Dynasty's Northern Expedition, in the big tent of the Chinese army.

Zhu Di, the king of Yan, was wearing heavy armor and stood in front of Kanyu in the tent, slapping his palm on the wooden frame next to Kanyu.

Cao Xing, Marquis of Huaiyuan, stood in front of the generals, looked at King Yan in front of Kanyu, frowned and said in a deep voice: "The scouts in the army have gone out for a hundred miles, and they still haven't found the main force of the Tatars. In the opinion of the old ministers, it is better to fight slowly and advance slowly, and wait for the Yingguo Gong and them to make a detour to the north, drive the Tatars to the south, and then have a decisive battle. ”

Wang Bi, the Marquis of Dingyuan on the other side, immediately spoke: "What if Yingguo Gong and others can't find the Tatars?" ”

Cao Xing's brows furrowed more and more, and he pondered for a long time before he said again: "Unless the Tatars leave this steppe!" ”

It was impossible for the Tatars to leave this steppe.

According to recent news from the DPRK, the Warat people are also rearming and fighting, trying to occupy the entire grassland after the Tatars were wiped out by the Ming Dynasty.

To the east, it is Liaodong.

Liaodong!

Zhu Di's frowning brows were a little loose.

He turned around in front of Kanyu and looked at the generals in the tent: "This king originally thought that my army of the three routes should meet the army of the three routes, and suddenly lost his temperature and smashed the Tatar lair. For now, however, it seems likely that the Tatars had fled eastward. ”

"Then our army should deviate from the established march route to the east, approach the side of the Troubled River, set up a military formation in the east in advance, and block the Tatars!"

Huaiyuan Hou Cao Xing's eyes widened, and his hands slapped on the table in front of him.

Wang Bi, Marquis of Dingyuan, also nodded and said: "According to the past, if the Tatars want me to stretch the grain route of the army, they will go east and flee east of the difficult river.

As the Eastern Route Army of the Northern Expedition, it is understandable that our unit deviated slightly eastward from the route and blocked the Difficult River. Even if the Tatars can't be stopped, they can continue to wave westward and sweep the entire steppe when the time comes.

The last general didn't believe it, these Tatar wolf cubs could still hide under the grass! ”

Zhu Di did not continue to make a conclusion.

Instead, he looked back at Kanyu behind him again.

After a long time, he slowly spoke: "The fort in Guangwu Town has not yet been built, and the grain and grass needed by the army are now hoarded in Lingji Spring Fort.

And from Guangwu Town to the Yan River, there is also the Yuqu River in the middle to block, the river is turbulent, and now there is more than a month in the summer.

Even if our army can cross the river, I am afraid that the supply of grain and grass will also be delayed. ”

"Then eat the enemy!"

Huaiyuan Hou Cao Xing's eyes were full of murderous aura: "Anyway, Tie Xuan also said that all the Tatars who can lift a knife this time are within the scope of our army's conquest."

The wolf cubs on the steppe don't all say that the Yuqu River is their mother river, and a large number of tribes gather here.

Our army is slaughtered, just rob them of their rations! ”

With the murderous words of Huaiyuan Marquis Cao Xing, a low laugh sounded in the tent.

With the relationship between the Ming Dynasty and the grassland for so many years, the generals in the army who have fought against the Yuan people since the beginning of the founding of the country are naturally aware of all kinds of rumors on the grassland.

Zhu Di also smiled slightly.

He thought of the rumors he had seen as a child.

The Yuqu River is the hometown of Genghis Khan and the imperial tomb of the former Yuan emperors.

Zhu Di couldn't help clapping his hands: "Order all battalions, the whole army will start early tomorrow morning, cross the Luqu River, and reach the Difficult River." This king really wants to see if he can step on the tomb of Emperor Qianyuan! ”

……

"Niu Dafu."

"Here!"

Lan Yu rode on horseback, looking at the Niu Dafu he had asked for from his grandson.

At the beginning, Niu Dafu, who was still in Yingzhou and was a hundred-household official in the Eastern Expeditionary Army, is now completely developed.

So much so that he often wonders if he should go back to his hometown to see if his ancestral grave is really smoking.

The standard armor of the commander and the same knowledge on the body is heavier than the armor of the officials of a hundred households, or even a thousand households.

Lan Yu admired this commanding colleague with a hint of naivety.

has taken more than 10,000 cavalry, marching on the grassland for more than a month, his face is full of vicissitudes of blue jade, looking at Niu Dafu who rushed to his side on a horse, with his head down.

He smiled faintly: "Have you ever heard of how those emperors of the former Yuan were buried after they died?" ”

Niu Dafu glanced up at the surrounding grassland and nodded.

"The last general has heard from his brothers in the army these days that the emperors of the former Yuan Dynasty were buried under this grassland."

Lan Yu nodded and snorted twice.

"A bunch of barbarians, only these barbarians who don't understand etiquette, can do things that trample on the buns of the ancestors' graves on horseback."

Niu Dafu was noncommittal.

It can be said that Niu Dafu, who really started from the end of Weimo, even if he is now an official commander, leads the 3,000 cavalry of the Chinese army in the army of Lan Yu.

But he has always adhered to the principle that whatever he says above is what he says, and he will never say a word more.

Lan Yu said again: "Thirty merits, dust and earth, eight thousand miles of clouds and moons." Our Lanyu can't do the feats of Lord Yue, but Lao Tzu also took the brothers to walk three thousand miles this time. ”

Niu Dafu nodded.

Starting from Datong, they have now walked almost 3,000 miles.

Lan Yu snorted heavily, and the horsewhip in his hand made a loud sound in the air.

He gritted his teeth and said, "But what about the Tatars! Where's the wolf cubs! Lao Tzu didn't even see a dirt bun! ”

Niu Dafu glanced up at the surrounding grassland again.

Although the snow on the grasslands has long since melted, the snow on the mountains in the distance seems to be unmelting all year round.

Stretching out his hand, the air was also cold.

They have walked three thousand miles, and they have come to the very north, very north.

You shouldn't be able to touch the Tatars.

After all, on their marching routes, the scouts were scattered to the left and right for a hundred miles every day, alternating between the headquarters of the Chinese army.

And they don't just walk in a straight line.

But even so, it was impossible to find where the Tatars were.

Niu Dafu lowered his head and said sullenly: "According to the general's military order, the army has interrogated the Tatars captured along the way with capital punishment, except for finding out the news that the Tatar royal court has evacuated, no one knows where the main force of the Tatar royal court has gone." ”

"Bad luck!"

Lan Yu's face was full of anger but there was nowhere to vent it.

At this time, there were several war horses in front, stepping on patches of grass, and came towards the front of the battle.

Lan Yu's eyes narrowed slightly.

Waiting for the scouts from the front to arrive in front of him, Lan Yu spoke: "Is there any news?" ”

The scouts shook their heads, but instead said, "Back to the general, there is a big lake ahead. ”

Lan Yu immediately stretched out his hand: "Take it." ”

Niu Dafu quickly took out a copy of Kanyu from his horse, unfolded it and put it in front of Lan Yu.

Lan Yu asked, "How is the Great Lake going?" ”

The scout replied, "From southwest to northeast, the lake is as deep as ink, and bitterly cold. ”

"Beihai?"

Lan Yu narrowed her eyes, hesitated slightly, and glanced sideways at Niu Dafu.

Niu Dafu nodded and said slowly: "It should be Beihai......

A muffled sound sounded in Lan Yu's mouth.

"Lao Tzu has gone to the North Sea, Tatars!"

Turn.

The army had marched to the north coast.

More than 10,000 cavalry, these days thousands of miles to attack, can be said to be sleepy and lacking horses, for a time one after another, one after another, to get water on the shore to drink.

The water is cold, but it is sweet and delicious.

Niu Dafu went to the shore for a while, and then returned to Lan Yu, who had just ordered to set up camp here, and then decided where the army would go.

"General, my subordinates have just taken someone to measure it, and the depth of the water here is unknown. The subordinates have ordered that the officers and men of the army are strictly forbidden to enter the water. ”

Lan Yu just nodded slightly.

Looking at the dark, blackened water in the middle of the lake, I knew that the depth of the water here was unimaginable.

He glanced at the soldiers under his command who were fetching water on the shore for himself and his horses.

Lan Yu's face couldn't help but smile.

"I heard that when our scholar Tu was in Yingzhou, he would erect a boundary monument of our Ming Dynasty on the place every time he went."

Niu Dafu, who was born in the Eastern Expeditionary Army, knows this matter best.

A smile finally appeared on his face, and he nodded: "The scholar said that those are the markers, and a boundary monument is buried, and the land is ours." ”

Lan Yu also laughed: "Order the rear army to erect a boundary monument for this duke here." Be big! Be thick! Be firm! Even if it is thousands of years, it will not be broken or decayed! ”

Niu Dafu was about to turn around and go to the rear army to give orders.

Lan Yu shouted again.

"Tell them again, bury another slate."

Niu Dafu asked, "What words does the general want to write?" ”

"Just write ......"

"Daming Liang Guogong Lanyu is here for a visit."

………………

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