The autumn breeze is bleak, and it is late autumn in a blink of an eye, and it is the most important autumn harvest season of the year. The vast fields outside Daning are scattered with farmers and soldiers busy harvesting.

More than ten miles west of Daning City, under the lofty mountains and mountains, a horse with a pitch-black body and four hooves like snow galloped. Immediately sat a young man in Tsing Yi with clear eyebrows, it was Xu Ying. I saw her looking up at the mountain peak, smiling like a flower, and after stopping her horse, she turned around and waved to Zhu Quan, who was dozens of feet away behind her, and the group of black-armored cavalry under her command, meaning that they should hurry up.

When Zhu Quan rode his horse to the front, Xu Ying couldn't help but say angrily: "How are your riding skills or are they so bad?" ”

Zhu Quan is wiping the sweat from his forehead with his sleeves, looking up at the mountain, hearing the words, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, looked at the love horse "dark clouds covering snow" that Xu Ying was riding, and was still calm and relaxed after galloping for more than ten miles, and secretly thought to himself: Such a good horse that is unique in a thousand is something that can be met but not sought, and I don't have Zhu Laosi's sweat-blooded horse-like mount, but where can I catch up with you?

Feng Tieling rode his horse to Zhu Quan's side, pointed to the mountain and said in a deep voice: "This mountain is called Xiangtai Mountain, and after this mountain, dozens of miles to the west is the grassland. "He had lived in Liaodong for a long time, had many battles with the Yuan army under Nahachu, and was very familiar with the terrain near Daning.

Zhu Quan looked at the mountain from afar, his heart couldn't help but move, and he said in a deep voice: "This mountain is located in the west of Daning, and the top of the mountain should be able to see the grassland in the distance, so it's better for me to wait for the mountain to take a look." ”

Xu Ying was very happy when she heard this, reached out and took off the long sword and bow and arrow on the side of the saddle, and walked forward in a hurry. It turned out that a few people were talking at the bottom of the mountain, and the birds flew up in the forest a few feet away, and two or three pheasants in the grass were frightened and fled. She is very depressed these days in Daning, it is rare to come to such a barren mountain range, where birds and animals inhabit, and naturally she also wants to hunt.

Feng Tieling immediately ordered his 100 black-armored cavalry to camp at the foot of the mountain to rest, and after taking the steel knife, he immediately walked towards the mountain with his old friends Qin Zhuofeng, Zhu Quan, and Xu Ying.

Xiangtai Mountain is densely forested and inhabited, and there are few roads feasible. Fortunately, the four of them were all martial arts, and they cut off the thorns blocking the road with the swords in their hands all the way, and slowly climbed towards the top of the mountain.

The mountain road was rugged and difficult to walk, but the craggy rocks and the steaming, boiling hot springs made Xu Ying open her eyes and be amazed, and she couldn't help but be elated. Around noon, the four of them finally climbed to the top of the mountain to a slightly flat place.

Today's wind and sunshine are beautiful, Zhu Quan, who is standing on the top of the mountain, looks back at Daning City, which is clearly visible more than ten miles to the east, and then turns his head to look at the vast grassland between heaven and earth in the northwest, and his mind can't help but be happy.

Qin Zhuofeng looked at Daning from afar, and said in a deep voice: "Daning is all a flat river here, if the Tatar cavalry comes from the grassland, I am afraid that our army will be caught off guard in a hurry." ”

Zhu Quan's heart couldn't help but sink when he heard this, and he suddenly recalled that the reason why His Majesty Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, let himself command the army and settle in Daning, was not to play in the mountains and rivers, but to prevent the invasion of nomadic tribes on the grassland. In my mind, I recalled the scene I had seen all the way since I left Daning, not only ordinary people, but also Ma Yun, the governor of Liaodong, and the soldiers under the cavalry general Yang Ling were also pouring out, busy harvesting the grain in the tuntian. Autumn is not only the season when the nomadic tribes are the most powerful in combat, but also the busiest season for the garrisons of the various border guards that use the military cantonments, if the cavalry of thousands of nomadic tribes suddenly attack at this time, I am afraid that the soldiers and civilians outside the city of Daning will inevitably suffer heavy casualties under the panic, and it is quite insufficient to rely solely on the scout posts in the army to probe the military situation within dozens of miles near Daning.

Xu Ying hunted two pheasants and hares when she was climbing all the way to the mountain, found a mountain spring and washed and peeled it and returned to Zhu Quan and the master, seeing that the flame that had just been ignited was very small, she secretly took the wine gourd placed by the master on one side, poured some of the liquor to help burn, and burned a pile of firewood to the fire, and roasted it happily.

Qin Zhuofeng couldn't help but feel distressed when he saw his lover pour his own wine into the fire, and couldn't help but say that he snatched his own wine gourd with his hand.

When Zhu Quan turned around, he saw the blazing bonfire in front of Xu Ying, and his heart couldn't help but move, and he turned his head to Feng Tieling and said in a deep voice: "Old man Feng, master, the mountain top here has a wide field of vision, if we send our men and soldiers to garrison here, and find that the Tartar cavalry on the grassland is coming to light fireworks to warn, then our army in Daning should have discovered the enemy situation earlier." "He had followed Feng Sheng and Lan Yu to fight, and naturally understood that when the two armies were fighting, the most dangerous thing was to be caught off guard by the opponent, Lan Yu raided Gyeongju, and Yuer took advantage of the wind and sand to raid the Northern Yuan Golden Horde army, and the way to win was to be taken by surprise and attack it unprepared.

Feng Tieling casually threw a dead branch into the fire, and said in a deep voice: "Yes, if the top of the mountain here is used as a beacon fire warning, it can be seen dozens of miles away, but it is far better than the beacon tower built by manpower. ”

The mountain wind stirred the clothes and swayed the bonfire.

Xu Ying was in a good mood today, and when she heard Zhu Quan and his master talking about the battle again, she couldn't help but be a little sullen, and said coquettishly: "The wind on the top of the mountain here is so strong, even if the fireworks are lit, I am afraid that the smoke will be blown away by the wind in an instant, but how can we see it in Daning City?" ”

"What does the little girl know? After lighting a bonfire and covering it with wolf dung, it is wolf smoke. This kind of wolf smoke rises straight into the sky, and it is difficult to blow away even if it is a strong wind. After Qin Zhuofeng raised his head and poured a sip of spirits, he handed the gourd to Feng Tieling, wiped his lips and scolded with a smile.

Zhu Quan had also heard Dingyuan Marquis Wang Bi, Yang Ling and other generals in the army talk about this kind of wolf smoke in the past, and knew its efficacy, and when he heard the master talk about it at this time, he couldn't help but be very happy, and turned his head to Feng Tieling and said: "So please ask the old man Feng to select a few brothers with high martial arts and clever skills, and take turns to garrison here. Saying this, he knew in his heart that even if the tens of thousands of horses stationed in Daning under his command could only detect the enemy's attack half an hour earlier, it was far better than being caught off guard by the enemy's cavalry raid.

Feng Tieling shook his head when he heard this, and said in a deep voice after carefully looking at the surrounding terrain: "The mountain here is extremely steep and difficult to walk, and it is difficult for the Tartars to be arranged with thousands of troops and horses. ”

In Yingtian City shrouded in night, on the long street, the rapid sound of horses' hooves broke through the silence of the night, and went all the way towards the Hongwu Gate. The war horse galloped to the Hongwu Gate of the Forbidden City, covered in dust, and the exhausted soldiers turned over and dismounted, took off the military intelligence report on their backs, and walked towards the Jinwuwei Forbidden Army stationed at the Hongwu Gate.

The lights in the imperial study were bright, and Zhu Yuanzhang carefully read this military intelligence report from Biansai, and couldn't help frowning slightly.

It turned out that this military intelligence report came from the commander of Wanquandu near the Great Wall in the north, but it was said that tens of thousands of troops and horses of the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty attacked the Ming army guard near the Great Wall under the commander of the prime minister named Biting and Pingzhang Ner, and there were signs of gradually coming towards Beiping.

"These dog tartars, I'm afraid that they will dream that one day they will be able to return to their former capital." Zhu Yuanzhang muttered curses in his mouth, his eyes suddenly stopped on Nell Buhua's name, and he couldn't help but have a headache.

The reason why Nell Buhua gave Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang a headache was not because he was brave and good at fighting, but because there was another reason. This person had escaped by chance at the hands of Xu Da, the Duke of Wei, in the past, but was defeated by Fu Youde and escaped again. When the blue jade army defeated the army of the Northern Yuan Prime Minister Ha Razhang, they fled again. It can really be described as repeated defeats and repeated defeats.

Such a guy who can fight and run away if he can't beat is the most annoying. It may not be difficult to defeat him, but if you want to inflict heavy damage and annihilate the remnants of the Northern Yuan army under him, I am afraid that it will be even more difficult. It is necessary to have a general who is good at commanding the cavalry in order to be able to accomplish the battle.

At present, although there is no shortage of people in the Ming Dynasty who can fight well, if you are good at commanding cavalry battles, you should be the most virtuous Duke of Yingguo and Lanyu of Liangguo. Recalling the recent impeachment of Lan Yu in the imperial history of the DPRK, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was leaning on the back of the chair and closing his eyes to recuperate, had already made up his mind, opened his eyes and took a brush from the desk, dipped it twice in the ink ground by Xue Jing, the head of the imperial study, and then wrote down the will and said to Xue Jing in a deep voice: "Go to the Yingguo Mansion immediately to spread my will, and order him to rush to Beiping immediately after dawn." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the back of Xue Jing who hurriedly left after receiving the order, and suddenly recalled a past incident many years ago in his mind, and a child said to himself confidently: Father, don't kill all the tartars, you must leave some for the child to fight when he grows up. This former child is the Yan King Zhu Di who has high hopes for himself today, and commands the army in Beiping. Zhu Yuanzhang, the Hongwu Emperor who had never been smiling, couldn't help but show a rare smile on his face, and muttered to himself: "Di'er, wait and see for your father, it depends on how you beat the Tartars." ”

In the city of Beiping, there is a mansion covering a very wide area, which is the Yanwang Mansion built on the basis of the imperial palace of the capital of the Yuan Dynasty in the past.

On the martial arts arena in the palace, a horse that was as red as a charcoal and almost had no stray hair flew over its hooves and galloped like a storm. I saw that the knight sitting upright was a young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, a sturdy figure, and the fish scale armor on his body was scorching in the sun, it was Zhu Di, the king of Yan in Beiping.

On the side of the martial arts arena, an old Mongolian man with a thin face and gray hair stood on one side and watched quietly, but it was the deputy of Nahachu, the commander of the Northern Yuan Dynasty who had supported the army and was entrenched in Liaodong, and the general of the Yuan Dynasty, Guan Tong. It turned out that Zhu Di had also followed Lan Yu on an expedition to the desert, and after the battle, he knew the benefits of cavalry. Therefore, before Beiping, he quietly implored his father Zhu Yuanzhang to return to the Ming Dynasty and then the marquis of Guantong to serve as a staff member in the palace of King Yan, not only to guide his bow and horse skills, but more importantly, to assist himself in training an elite iron cavalry that can fight well.

Guan Tong saw Zhu Di's ape arm stretched out when he rode the horse, and an arrow broke out of the air when the bowstring sounded lightly, and the straw man more than ten zhang away was in the middle, and he couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart. When he was a teenager, he was also a famous knight in the Zazier tribe, and he practiced the art of riding and archery since he was a child, Zhu Di's archery skills were naturally far from impressing him, but he recalled in his heart that when he was in the Yuan Dynasty, those generals were addicted to wine one by one, and then saw His Royal Highness King Yan, the son of Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of the Han people, practiced his bow and horse every day, and couldn't help but feel a little sad, and sighed secretly in his heart: Zhu Yuanzhang destroyed the Great Yuan Dynasty as a commoner cloth and ruled the world, it was really a fluke.

Zhu Di rode his horse slowly to Guantong's side, turned over and dismounted, handed the reins of the sweaty BMW in his hand to the palace guard, took the sweat towel handed by the maid to wipe the sweat of his head, and was about to ask Guantong for the art of riding and archery, but saw a palace servant come to him to tell him, saying that his teacher Monk Daoyan, henchmen Zhang Yu, Zhu Neng and others were already waiting for him in the palace living room.

It turned out that earlier today, Fu Youde, the prince of Yingguo, came to the palace of Yan Wangfu in Beiping to meet Zhu Di, and he came with a holy decree about the military situation of the Northern Yuan Dynasty.

Guan Tong heard that Zhu Di had a military discussion, and immediately bowed to Zhu Di to say goodbye, and wanted to leave. Although he was quite courteous to King Yan, he also understood in his heart that his identity was a former Northern Yuan general, and he was in a rather embarrassing situation, how could he be in a good relationship with the military plane?

Zhu Di smiled when he heard this: "As long as you are loyal to this king, you don't need to have so many scruples." With that, he waved his hand and motioned for Guantong to follow him, and walked quickly towards the living room.

In the spacious living room, there sat the old monk Daoyan wearing a moon-white monk's robe, as well as Zhang Yu, who was tall and dignified, and Zhu Neng, who was rough and majestic. There is another man who is also wearing armor, about thirty years old, thin and tall, with a Chinese face, but it is Qiu Fu, who was promoted from the lieutenant general of the army after Zhu Di took Beiping, and is now also regarded as a confidant.

Zhang Yu and the others heard the sound of footsteps in their ears, and when they turned their heads, they saw His Royal Highness King Yan and Guan Tong coming together, and hurriedly stood up, hugging their fists with a respectful face, and the scales of the armor on Huo Ran's body couldn't help but make a slight friction sound when they got up.

After Zhu Di and Dao Yan, who got up slowly, greeted each other and sat down on the main seat. After glancing at the confidants in the living room, he said in a deep voice: "Today, I received the will of my father, and all the garrisons north of Zhending Mansion, Zhu Quan, the king of Ning, and the prince of Yingguo, are all under the control of this king. ”

From the border fortress, Zhu Di and others received the news earlier than Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang about the military situation that Nell did not spend on the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty. Zhang Yu, Qiu Fu, as Zhu Di's confidant, has already been gearing up, and what he is looking forward to is to fight with the army and make meritorious contributions. Zhu Neng's temperament is more than Zhang, Qiu and the two are calm, hearing such news at this time, seeing that Ying Guogong, who came from afar, is not present to hear the military situation, he can't help but wonder a little in his heart.

This book was first published.

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