Seeing that there were many prisoners and the road to return was far away, Zhu Di reported the victory to the imperial court and passed down the military order, and dispatched his soldiers to rush back to the border guard post in the Great Wall first, and mobilized grain and grass to respond. On the one hand, he handed down a military order, asking the army to slaughter those seriously injured and difficult war horses as rations, and escorted more than 30,000 Yuan army prisoners to embark on the road of the class.

A few days later, when they returned to the Kaiping Guardhouse, the Yuan prisoners were already in rags and embarrassed. It turned out that the Ming army and the number of prisoners were huge, and the grain and grass were consumed a lot, Zhu Di only allowed the captives to eat one meal a day, but he had to drive dozens of miles with his feet.

Zhu Quan saw that the commander of Wanquan had already respected Zhu Di's military order, mobilized grain, grass and troops to come to respond, and there was no major problem when he went to Beiping, so he and his subordinates Yang Ling, Jing Jun and others commanded the Daning garrison to part ways with Zhu Di and diverted to Daning.

The tall city wall of Beiping gradually came into view, Nell did not flower, biting each other and smiling bitterly, the taste in his heart was extremely bitter, indescribable. When they were struggling to support themselves in the grassland, their dream was to one day return to the capital of the Yuan Dynasty and revive the remnants of the Yuan Dynasty. Today, I finally got my wish, but unfortunately I was not as a recovering minister of the Great Yuan Dynasty, and I came captive, but became a prisoner of the Ming army.

Zhu Di rode his horse slowly, but on top of the horse beside him sat a man wearing a black robe. Born with a pair of triangular eyes and a rather fierce appearance, the old monk Daoyan who received the good news of the Ming army and went out of the city for dozens of miles to greet him.

Dao Yan looked at Zhu Di, who was in high spirits, and suddenly smiled: "Your Highness, the victorious class, presumably Your Majesty will soon have a will to come to commend you." ”

Zhu Di was very happy when he heard this, but when he was about to speak, he heard Daoyan say lightly: "Your Majesty, Longyan Dayue, will naturally praise His Highness, but I am afraid that these tens of thousands of troops will return to their respective guards." ”

Zhu Di couldn't help but feel cold when he heard this, it turned out that there were only 18,000 guards under his command, and most of the men and horses who led the expedition this time were drawn from the guards near Beiping in accordance with the will of his father Zhu Yuanzhang. In the first battle, he captured more than 30,000 yuan troops, which made him faintly hold a trace of luck in his heart, hoping that his father could give him greater military power. It's a pity that this resentment is impossible to vent, although he used to be a commanding commander on the battlefield and took the lead, but in his heart he was deeply in awe of His Majesty, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and his father Zhu Yuanzhang.

Dao Yan seemed to be completely unaware of the anger in Zhu Di's eyes when he looked at him, and he still looked like he was in a good place, and said lightly: "If you lose the east, you will harvest the mulberry elm." What's the hardest thing in the world to get? In the eyes of the poor monks, His Highness's gains today are far greater than what he has lost. ”

Beiping was the capital at the time of the Yuan Dynasty, and after years of recovery after Xu Da's Northern Expedition to recover the capital, the population was even more victorious than before. At this time, outside the city gate, civil and military officials at all levels in Beiping gathered, and they were looking forward to welcoming Zhu Di, the king of Yan, who had returned from the expedition.

Outside the city walls, there was already a sea of people. Countless Han people, the Ming soldiers and generals stationed on the city wall saw that they were powerful in the past, and the high-ranking Tartar officials and soldiers who were wantonly bullied by their ancestors were escorted one by one, and they couldn't help but burst out one after another, landslides and tsunami-like cheers.

Tens of thousands of soldiers who followed Zhu Di on the expedition went through hardships and dangers, and they were lucky to return alive, and they heard such cheers even more surging, uncontrollable, all of them danced swords and guns and roared, not only cheering for themselves still alive, but also for the sake of leading them to sweep away the commander of the Northern Yuan army, His Royal Highness King Yan cheered.

Zhu Di stood tall and bloody, and walked proudly, and his eyes were full of awe in the eyes of all the officials of Beiping looking at him. The cheers in his ears were heard one after another, and Zhu Di was also full of pride in his chest, and it was difficult for him to help himself. The haze in his heart has long been gone, and he secretly thought: But if the king of the religion sits in Beiping for a day, he will never allow those barbarians to wreak havoc on the splendid country of my Ming Dynasty. At this moment, he suddenly understood the true meaning of Daoyan's words about losing the east corner and reaping the mulberry elm, and also really understood why his father, who was killed and killed, had supreme prestige, because he was not only the founding king of the Ming Dynasty, but also commanded thousands of troops and horses on the bloody battlefield, and regained the dignity and self-confidence of thousands of Han people all over the world.

Daning, in the back garden of the palace. Xu Ying lay quietly in Zhu Quan's arms, looking at the clouds in the sky that reflected the sunset very beautifully, and a sense of quiet and peace suddenly surged in her heart.

Zhu Quan couldn't help but smile and said, "Don't you want to ask me and Zhu Laosi about the results of this expedition?" ”

"Poor and uncertain riverside bones, like a person in a deep dream. Whether they win or lose, it is destined that some people will not be able to return to their parents, wives and children. Xu Ying sighed softly and shook her head slightly. Between the words, the heartstrings fluttered and couldn't help but be a little afraid, afraid of Zhu Quan's next expedition. Thinking of this, his hands involuntarily hugged Zhu Quan.

Zhu Quan felt that Xu Ying's soft delicate body trembled slightly, as if he was afraid of something, and said softly in his heart: "I think there will be a long time when I don't have to lead the army to the battle." He said this in his mouth, but he secretly thought to himself in his heart: Although the Northern Yuan is destroyed, Tatar Varat is bound to replace it, and I hope that the next war will come later.

Xu Ying was very happy when she heard this, and couldn't help but raise her head, looked at Zhu Quan and said softly: "Is this true?" ”

Seeing Xu Ying's eyelashes trembling lightly and her eyes full of expectation, Zhu Quan couldn't help but pause tenderly in his chest and bowed slightly.

Xu Ying said in a low voice: "I hope that the day my children are born, the world will be peaceful, and there will be no more battles." Speaking of which, his face was already flushed, and his voice was like a mosquito.

Zhu Quan was stunned when he heard this, he still didn't come back to his senses, and when Xu Ying was embarrassed, he grabbed his waist fiercely, and only then did he come back to his senses under the pain, and the joy in his heart was like a spring gushing down with excitement, hugging Xu Ying tightly and kissing her the side of her pink cheek.

Winter goes to spring, everything recovers, just when the military and civilians of Daning are busy with spring ploughing, an uninvited guest came uninvited, and stepped into the habitat of the three tribes of Wuliangha in Liaodong from Goryeo. But it was the envoy from the king of Goryeo, Lee Sung-won, and more than 100 of his followers.

Daning is the place where Zhu Quan is a vassal domain, and the three guards of Wuliang Ha are even more subordinate to King Ning, and the leaders of the three clans did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly sent his cavalry to escort Li Chengyuan to Daning to meet Zhu Quan.

In the living room of the palace, Zhu Quan looked at Li Chengyuan, who was about forty years old, with three long beards under his chin, dressed as a Chinese literary scholar, and listened to his fluent Chinese, and couldn't help but secretly wonder. He didn't know that Goryeo had been deeply influenced by the culture of Middle-earth since the Sui and Tang dynasties, and that people who studied in China were proud to be able to speak Chinese, play the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but they were very different from the nomadic tribes of the steppe.

Li Chengyuan is the younger brother of the current Goryeo king Li Chenggui, and Li Chenggui is the former general of Goryeo.

It turned out that Goryeo had always been afraid of the powerful dynasty of Middle-earth, and it was also a vassal state of the Yuan Dynasty when it was afraid of the brave and good fighting of the Mongol cavalry. The emperors of the Yuan Dynasty have always enveloped this small country in a friendly way, so the queen from the Yuan Dynasty and the concubines relied on the power of the Yuan Dynasty, which can be described as calling for wind and rain in Goryeo. Xu Da, often encountered the Northern Expedition in the spring to capture the capital, Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang unified China, and after the Yuan Dynasty emperor fled to the grassland, a pro-Ming force gradually emerged in Goryeo. Helplessly, Naha Chu, an important minister of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, commanded the 200,000 Yuan army of Liaodong and entrenched in Liaodong, which was close at hand, and it was still not a small country in Goryeo that could compete with it, so the harem forces of the Yuan Dynasty still had the upper hand. After Denahachu was forced to land by Feng Sheng's army, Li Chenggui was forced to lead the army to attack Tieling, and he was really unwilling to lead the army back to China with an egg hitting the stone, and after completely purging the pro-Yuan forces in the country in the name of the Qing monarch's side, he forced the king to give in and became the king of a country in Goryeo. Li Chengyuan was influenced by the Confucian culture of the Central Plains, admired the prosperous country of Middle-earth, and simply asked his brother for this errand to envoy to the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Quan saw that this Li Chengyuan was very humble between his words, and couldn't help but have a good impression, but the other party wanted to go to Yingtian to meet the Ming Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, remembering that this country not only killed the envoys sent to Goryeo by the former Ming Dynasty under the command of the harem of the Yuan Dynasty, but also raised troops to invade the Tieling Guard, and did not know what the attitude of Zhu Yuanzhang and a group of ministers in the court was towards this small country, and after a moment of silence, he said lightly: "Your envoy has come from afar, so please temporarily live in Daning, and wait for the king to play the court, and then make a decision." ”

Li Chengyuan was waiting to meet Zhu Quan after he set off to the south, to the capital of the Ming Dynasty Yingtian, at this time heard that the prince with heavy troops, stationed in Daning, so arranged, he couldn't help but be quite disappointed, his mind turned and he smiled and said: "In the past, the demon queen, the demon concubine bewitched the government and the opposition of the country, and now the country is the new ruler, and has already executed all the fox women who troubled the society......"

Zhu Quan was angry about the death of the Ming envoy and Li Chenggui's invasion of the territory, but at this time, when he heard that Li Chengyuan did not open the pot, he was even more unhappy in his heart, and he frowned and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty the Emperor has every opportunity, and this king thinks that your envoy has come from afar, and I hereby meet you." I hope to be patient. ”

The so-called people are under the eaves, they have to bow their heads, Goryeo from top to bottom, for the emperor of the current Ming Dynasty, for this Zhu Yuanzhang, who can dominate the situation in a few decades and destroy the Yuan Dynasty, is deeply afraid from the bottom of his heart, seeing that Zhu Quan is quite impatient, he does not dare to be verbose.

Zhu Quan rode out of the city, and when he was watching the drill of the Ming soldiers in the military camp, he suddenly received a report from Feng Tieling, and Ma Hamu, the leader of Wara, led his five hundred soldiers to the outside of Daning City, intending to see him, and he couldn't help but be stunned.

When he saw the white-haired Ma Hamu leading his five hundred soldiers to meet him in his military camp as if nothing had happened, Zhu Quan saw that the other party looked cold and calm, which was completely different from Li Chengyuan, and he couldn't help but admire it a little in his heart, and secretly thought to himself: These tribal leaders who can dominate outside the Sai Fortress have the courage and magnanimity of people who have to be convinced. Thinking of his cunning and wise son Tuhuan, he couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart: I didn't take the opportunity to kill Dehuan last time, but I'm afraid that the opportunity will never be rare in the future.

As night fell, in the study of the palace, Jing Kun heard Zhu Quan tell that after meeting Ma Hamu, the leader of Warat, and Li Chengyuan, the envoy of Goryeo, he said lightly after a little silence: "The strength of the small country of Goryeo is far from comparable to that of the Ming Dynasty, and it is quite influenced by the Confucian culture of the Central Plains. However, Warat took advantage of the rise of the Northern Yuan after the demise of the Northern Yuan, which was not comparable to Goryeo, and although Mahamu was willing to submit to the Ming Dynasty this time, the title he sought was debatable. Speaking of this, he looked at Zhu Quan, who was sitting on the side and listening attentively, and said with a smile: "Mahamu hopes that after the vassals of Warat belong to the Ming Dynasty, he will be crowned the Khan of Warat by His Majesty the Emperor. ”

"Is it true that the title is different, but the meaning is also different?" Zhu Quanhu said suspiciously.

Jing Kun shook his head with a smile, and said with a straight face: "The Khan has supreme power in ghostwriting on the grassland, and he is quite equal to His Majesty the Emperor of Middle-earth, and a prince can only submit to His Majesty the Emperor forever. Speaking of this, he took a sip of the teacup and said, "Therefore, Your Highness must state his opinion on this matter when he is playing. ”

More than 20 days later, the holy decree from the heavens arrived in Daning. Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang of Hongwu allowed Mahamu, the leader of Warat, and Li Chengyuan, the envoy of Goryeo, to enter Beijing to meet him. Unexpectedly, Zhu Quan personally led the army to escort the two to Yingtian.

Xu Ying was very worried about Xu Huizu, who was far away in Yingtian, but she was already a few months pregnant, and it was inconvenient to travel far away, so she couldn't help but feel unhappy, so she had to ask Zhu Quan to go to the Wei Mansion to visit when she returned to Yingtian.

Zhu Quan only promised to promise, but he couldn't help but secretly smile bitterly in his heart: This brother-in-law is loyal to the crown prince Zhu Biao, and Huang Zicheng, Fang Xiaoru generally regards me, the prince of the domain, as an enemy, and it is really better to ignore it.

Zhu Quan, Ma Hamu, Li Chengyuan and their entourage stayed overnight and came south. Spring is full of spring under the melting of ice and snow, and the scenery along the way is quite lonely. When I stepped into the territory of Jiangsu, there were suddenly many scholars wearing square scarves on the avenue, walking in pairs and threes, ranging in age from weak crown boys to people in their forties and fifties.

Zhu Quan asked the reception officials along the road with curiosity, and then he realized that this year coincided with the triennial exam, and the scholars studied hard in the cold window, and they all went to Yingtian to participate in the Spring Festival.

Yingtian under the cover of night, in the imperial study of the Forbidden City, Zhu Yuanzhang sat on the desk, looked at Zhu Quan not far in front of him, and recalled that this kid was bold in the past, and dared to marry Xu Ying in the first place, and his face couldn't help but be quite ugly.