Chapter 17: Let Me Be Quiet
"Yuan Qi has no heart to fight to the death, drums, decisive battles."
After Mu Ying was divided into ten strands of heavenly maidens and scattered flowers, Mu Ying immediately issued the order for a decisive battle.
The war drum, which was estimated to be about to freeze through the drum skin at the head of the city, was beaten fiercely by a soldier.
Mu Ying ordered the last hundred cavalry of Lanzhou Wei to rush out.
Ning Zheng, who heard the agitation, intercepted and killed to the west, Sun De intercepted and killed to the east, and Wu Yan and Guo Ying faced each other from due north.
Zhang Xingzheng, the deputy Qianhu who was chasing in the rear, went down to the south to intercept and kill, and the cavalry soldiers who came down from the Lanzhou avant-garde were intercepted and killed in two flanks.
The huge encirclement encircled and annihilated more than 500 Yuan cavalry.
Thirty miles.
The battlefield is on the verge of erupting.
Yuan Qi was defeated with a touch.
Zhu Di and many Lanwei hundred households stood at the head of the city.
Zhu Di was still nervous, the hundred households seemed very calm, and the soldiers standing on the city wall were very excited to expect the Yuan Cavalry to come to the city, but unfortunately not.
Zhu Di is now trying his best to pull the bow and take fifty steps to the head in the ninth and tenth rings.
Ordinary soldiers can each draw a full bow, a hundred steps within the head of the eight rings.
And for Mu Ying, Guo Ying, and Ning Zheng, generals of this level must have ten rings within a hundred steps.
And the requirements of these thousands of households around him are not bad, they are accurate within 100 steps, and they are more accurate than the distance 100 steps away.
Chen De, who taught him to ride and shoot, can draw a full three-dan bow, which can pierce armor within 100 steps, ten rings in 300 steps, and shoot ten arrows in a row during riding, and still have the strength to fight after contact.
Such a person is basically already a character with full combat power.
How to say it.
If it is a multi-denier bow than La, there are also ten-denier thousand-pound bows, but there are only a few in the army, and they are not usually practiced and played.
The bows from Sandan to Wudan are basically used by foot archers.
The basic configuration of the cavalry is a repeating crossbow and a two-denier bow.
Once a hundred pounds, the difference is only between a full string and a half string.
Zhu Di practiced riding and archery for two and a half months, and understood a truth, the same distance, bow and arrow.
Eight points of force are needed on the ground, and twelve points of force are needed on the battlefield.
It would be good to be able to hit the ten rings on the ground, and to be able to hit the eight rings on the battlefield.
Especially.
After the cavalry hedged and fired at each other, it was necessary to maintain enough strength to fight in close quarters.
After the brilliance of the temporary teacher Chen De, Zhu Di felt that this was not a profession that ordinary people could do.
Half an hour.
There is no Yuan Qi in the wilderness.
3,000 cavalry surrounded and suppressed 524 yuan cavalry, and more than 100 cavalry were escaped.
There were no serious injuries or deaths on their side, more than 170 people were slightly injured, and 72 horses were injured.
Mu Ying returned to the town with a gloomy face.
Ning Zheng, Sun De, Wu Yan, and Luo Rujing did not return to their towns, and after several commanders met in the field, they each returned to their respective guard posts with supporting cavalry.
After the cavalry from the Lanzhou vanguard participated in the encirclement and suppression, they left the wounded soldiers, and the rest returned the same way.
Suddenly, there was a quiet return to Lan County.
The troops who came south divided into three routes, and the Yuan cavalry that went straight to the Gaolan Thousand Households retreated at the touch of a button, and without dividing the troops again, they went north from the edge of Qinchuan and disappeared into the Tengger Desert.
Dongchuan Qianhu sent scouts to report before dark, the Yuan cavalry heading west to Liangzhou had no idea of fighting at all, 1,500 cavalry pursued to Liangzhou and killed 120 Yuan cavalry, gave up the pursuit, and the Yuan cavalry went west all the way without stopping all the way from Dunhuang Jiayu Pass.
The 1,100 yuan cavalry on the eastward line was the same as the Lanzhou avant-garde, and after contacting the Baiyin Qianhu, they divided their troops into three ways to penetrate Jingyuwei, but were stopped by Jingyuwei.
Before dark, the 1,000 cavalry of the Shaanxi Commander arrived at Lanzhou Wei, and it was Xi'an Wei who came.
Without resting, after talking with Mu Ying and Zhu Di who was listening for nearly half an hour, he took away the details of the battle, left a hundred cavalry, and returned to Xi'an overnight.
Facing the strange way of going south of the Yuan Cavalry.
It was characterized as spying on the garrison in Hexi.
It can be understood as:
At this time, the Northern Yuan Dynasty ruled the Central Plains for a hundred years, and was driven out of the Central Plains and retreated to the Mobei grassland, in an awkward position.
Semi-nomadic, semi-agrarian and wants to get into farming.
Beiyuan didn't want to rob the border, rob money and grain, and then go back to live without a fixed place.
After Emperor Xuanguang stabilized his regime in Helin, he prepared to recapture the Central Plains, recover the Mengyuan Dynasty, and restore the glory of his ancestors.
However, Lao Zhu established the 59 guards with the nine-sided town as the core in Saibei, which is connected to the east and west, internal and external, and randomly echoed, all over Saibei.
If the Northern Yuan wanted to go south, it had to figure out the border situation of the Ming Dynasty.
It may be necessary to wait until this force of 3,000 cavalry heading south returns to the Red Division.
There is no guard north of Liangzhou, and the northernmost unknown guard has at least 1,000 cavalry, and cavalry support arrives within half an hour of attacking this guard, and there are 2,000 cavalry after arriving at the boundary of Lan County.
The night in Saibei became colder, and the cold wind howled outside.
Zhu Di felt very tired, although he didn't do anything during the day.
Temporary Blue City Palace.
The soil kang, the quilt, Ah Qiu has just finished warming the bed, because he is grasping the coal, his face is black and he can't wait to get into the furnace, and he feels dizzy and adds coal with his head, but the result is that the coal block has been added to make the fire not burn, and the temperature of the room is five or six degrees, and the loss is not below zero.
Ah Dong, who was sitting opposite Ah Qiu, was only named Ah Dong, and he had given up making his room like someone else's, and he could take off his mattress when it was warm.
"That's not good, tomorrow I have to find a few northern maids, the age must not be more than twenty years old, the face must be clean, and the figure must be slender."
"And this room, it also has to be tidied up, and everything is replaced with a new one, Your Highness has grown so big, where has he suffered like this."
"Pity our Highness, hey, I don't know what Your Highness thinks, obviously His Highness is only nine years old, and Zhu Wei, the King of Qin, is twenty years old, why should we let His Highness go to the northwest."
Ah Qiu muttered a very dissatisfied opinion in the temporary palace of the Emperor of the Mountain.
Squeak.
The door was pushed open, and Zhu Di walked in wearing a heavy armor with a cold wind.
"Your Highness, Your Highness, you are finally back, tired or not, cold or cold." Ah Qiu got up in surprise and was about to pounce on Zhu Di, but he couldn't help but shudder and stopped in place.
The armor looks like an ice lump, it's really ......
Ah Dong walked to Zhu Di's side gently, "Your Highness, the slave maid will unload your armor." ”
"Poof!" Zhu Di almost couldn't straighten up with a smile, and his hands, which were not so fat, were coldly pasted on Ah Qiu's dark face.
"Your Highness, woo!" Ah Qiujiao let out a dissatisfied mutter.
"Gauntlet, our Aqiu is the most delicate." Zhu Di let go and shook his head.
I opened the window with my own hands, removed the heavy curtains, and pulled the two doors to the maximum.
Thanks to his early return, and if he comes back late, the two stupid and cute maids will hang up.
Extremely bad nitric oxide filled the room, and the two fools had come to serve him, and they had come to murder him.
"The arrangement of the subordinate management is improper, please atone for the sins of the prince."
Liu Jiang, the county lieutenant who heard the news with a smile on his face outside, and the county Cheng Ma Chen knelt on the ground and pleaded guilty.
It seems that he has not yet adapted to the arrival of a prince, and during the day, Yuan rode south, organized the defense of the city in the city, and left the affairs of the Blue City Royal Mansion out of the sky.
"Get up, I don't know what the two adults are doing?" Zhu Di really wants to sleep now, and he doesn't welcome visitors very much.
"This, go back to the prince, and the next official will come to see what the prince needs, so that the county government can prepare." Liu Jiang got up and replied cautiously.
"Let's talk about it tomorrow, this king is tired!" Zhu Di shook his head, and the armor had been removed.
"The next official retired." Seeing that Zhu Di had no intention of communicating, Liu Jiang and Ma Chen retreated and turned around and left the courtyard.
There are shogunate soldiers guarding the courtyard inside and outside the courtyard, and Guo Ying lives in the courtyard next door.
When the air was almost open, Zhu Di closed the doors and windows, opened the stove, looked at the tight stove that was being smashed by the idle and had nothing to do, and said in person: "Come on, come on, let's teach you two stupid how to add coal to warm." ”
And there's no carbon.
Coal mining is very difficult, and it is not something that ordinary people can afford to use.
Lanxian uses coal blocks mixed with carbon slag and soil, which are dried and stored for winter heating.
"Your Highness, your status is noble, this kind of thing should be left to the slave maid." Ah Qiu said the most, smiling stupidly.
"If I hadn't come early, you would have been beaten to death inside, come back, hurry up and wash your pretty faces." Zhu Di pressed Ah Qiu's head and turned around on the spot.
But Ah Qiu's eyes were muttering, and there were only three people in the room at this time, pouting and pulling away Zhu Di's hand, and pushing Ah Dong with a smile:
"Ah Dong, you go outside and keep guard, don't let anyone get close to His Highness's room."
This blunt and abrupt turn, Ah Dong, who was quiet next to him, was stunned and looked up suspiciously.
"What the hell are you doing?" Zhu Di was also stunned, it was cold outside, and he was only seventeen years old.
"Hurry up, my sister wants to do something big with His Highness, you can go to the courtyard to relax, and people will make a noise." Ah Qiu coquettishly ignored Zhu Di's consent, pushed Ah Dong out of the room, and then closed the door tightly and plugged in the door bolt.
"Crooked, you're getting bolder, aren't you begging for a beating?" Zhu Di slapped Ah Qiu's buttocks, then sat down and waited for the rest of the story.
According to his understanding, although Ah Qiu is naughty, it is impossible for him to be brutal.
"Hehe, Your Highness, this lonely man and widow, dry firewood, what does Your Highness think the slave and maid want to do?"
"Your Highness is not young, it's time to know something about men and women, let the slaves and maids teach and learn, this is a compulsory course in Your Highness's life!"
Ah Qiu looked at Zhu Di with a lustful look, and really took off the mattress jacket on his body, wearing a blue waist-length wide-sleeved shirt on his lower body, and a skirt that was higher than his waist underneath, which was about to be dragged to the ground.
"Are you serious, I've really grown up!" Zhu Di didn't turn a corner and looked at the small and exquisite, beautiful Ah Qiu.
But in the midst of his serious gaze, Ah Qiu had already taken off his wide-sleeved shirt, untied the belt of his skirt, and there was still a layer of cotton clothes inside, but Ah Qiu did not stop taking it off at all and said:
"The slave maid was originally selected by Concubine Jing to serve Her Highness, and His Royal Highness is happy to do anything to the slave and maid, and His Royal Highness also needs to learn bed skills."
Zhu Di couldn't bear it anymore, and in the blink of an eye, Ah Qiu had already taken off his cotton clothes, and only one belly pocket was left on his upper body.
With a red face, he was still removing his belly pocket.
"Ahem, okay, okay, you get dressed up, I'm kidding." Zhu Di swallowed his saliva, Ah Qiu, who had grown up, had everything he should have.
Seeing that Ah Qiu had no intention of stopping, he stepped forward to put on a mattress jacket for Ah Qiu.
Right now.
Ah Qiu took off his belly pocket, and Zhu Di's eyes were locked between Ah Qiu's ravines.
A mutilated jade pendant, a letter rolled up and sandwiched.
"Your Highness, before leaving, Concubine Jing will explain to the slave maid, and when His Royal Highness arrives at the fiefdom, let the slave and maid hand over this letter and this jade pendant to His Highness." Ah Qiu approached Zhu Di and whispered: "And Concubine Jing specially explained, she must not let the third party know, this thing slave maid can only hide it like this for the sake of insurance, and dare not take off her clothes and sleep day and night, and now she has finally completed the task and is no longer worried." ”
"The mother concubine gave it to me, so mysterious, what did you say?" Zhu Di took the envelope and the jade pendant, the jade pendant was still warm, and by the way, he draped the mattress jacket on Ah Qiu's body.
"How does this slave and maid know, anyway, Concubine Jing was very mysterious at that time, and repeatedly told the slave and maid that she must not let a third person see it, and it should be a very important thing to think about it." Ah Qiu's head shook like a rattle, and he put on his belly pocket in his mattress.
Zhu Di pinched Ah Qiuhong's little face dotingly: "I'm sorry for you." ”
Speaking, by the candlelight, Zhu Di looked at the jade pendant repeatedly, only half, the complete jade pendant should be round, with an oval hollow in the middle.
The two ends of the jade pendant are mortise and tenon structures, and they should be combined with the other half to complete the jade pendant.
What made his eyes lock was that there was a word on this half of the jade pendant, Ying!
"What does this mean, grandma's jade pendant?" Zhu Di couldn't help but wonder.
Again his eyes fell on the envelope, which was painted with fire paint, sealed, rolled into a circle, and could still smell a faint fragrance.
"Ahem!" Zhu Di couldn't help coughing, and glanced at Ah Qiu's body.
Opening the envelope, Zhu Di glanced at it quickly.
Moment.
Zhu Di was stunned as if he had been struck by lightning, and almost got rid of the letter.
"Who knows what's in the envelope?" Zhu Di's whole gaze became very bad, and he asked Ah Qiu in a low voice.
The matter is big, the five thunders are thundering, and there are many things that seem unreasonable during this time, and he has figured out a lot in an instant.
"The letter slave hasn't left since she put it here." Ah Qiu assured that he had no desire to explore the contents of the envelope.
"Let me be quiet, be quiet, you look outside." Zhu Di sat anxiously by the fire.
It's about to blow up.
Originally, he was enjoying himself in Jingning Palace, but the completely unreasonable king smashed a stick on his head.
Before that, he also thought that he was affected by the empty seal case, and the situation in Saibei was serious, and Lao Zhu needed a prince to boost morale.
Facts have proved that there is indeed this reason, the Northern Expedition is written, and the soldiers of Saibei have a lot of respect for him.
He also felt that Lao Zhu's expectation for him was to hold Lanxian County and prepare for the Northern Expedition.
But seeing the content of this letter, he was completely speechless.
In the twenty-second year of Zheng, the Yuan Dynasty sent the forty-two-year-old Hubu Shangshu Lü Chang to sail to Qingyuan to recruit Lao Zhu, and granted Lao Zhu the position of Pingzhang in Jiangxi Province, but Lao Zhu did not agree and detained Lü Chang.
Lu Chang, formerly known as Zhang Chang, was born in the seventh year of Yanyou, born in Wanping, and his ancestral home is Qinghe County.
In the fourth year of the Yuan Dynasty, Zhang Changying married Qinghe Cui, the eldest daughter of Cui Siyi, the eldest daughter of Cui Siyi, a great Confucian in Xingningli, Changzi County, Shanxi, and gave birth to two daughters of Tranquility.
Zhang Chang Guangjiao wanted to enter the office to show his talents, there was no chance, 12 years of apprenticeship in Zhongshu Province Peng Lu Yu as a teacher, and changed his surname to Lu Chang, as he wished, he was able to get his position and Zhizhou, but the Mengyuan class was clear, but he was not allowed to enter again.
In the seventeenth year of Zheng, the eldest daughter Zhang Ning married the son of the prime minister of the Yuan Dynasty, and Lu Chang, who was seven years old at the same Chinese New Year's Eve time, served as the head of the Yuan Dynasty.
In addition to the descendants of Kublai Khan, the Yuan Dynasty also had the descendants of the four khanates, the Jochi, Hulegu, Chagatai and Ogedai who could also become first-class kings.
So in the twenty-second year, when Wang Baobao raised troops and horses to prepare to sweep away Lao Zhu, Lü Chang recruited Lao Zhu with the will of the Yuan Dynasty and asked Wang Baobao to ensure Lü Chang's safety.
Lü Chang was detained by Lao Zhu, and Wang Baobao immediately changed his attack on Zhang Shicheng, but after failing to retreat, Wang Baobao was subsequently deposed.
In the twenty-sixth year of Zhizheng, Lao Zhu married Lu Chang's youngest daughter, that is, his mother concubine Zhang Jing and Concubine Feng Jing.
In the first year of Hongwu, Lü Chang served as the head of the household department of the Ming Dynasty.
In March of the ninth year of Hongwu, a letter from Queen Mu Mu Ning of the Northern Yuan Dynasty from Saibei to Nanjing was passed to Lu Chang, and Lu Chang burned the letter after reading the contents.
Then in September, the empty seal case broke out, and the most seriously affected were the old Yuan officials led by Lu Chang, who also had his trip north.
What the content of Saibei's letter said, the mother concubine did not know.
As for the de-fire red wood fungus of the Duke of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, that is, today's 3,000 cavalry went south to spy on the de-fire red part of the northern defense.
The eldest aunt was not a simple person, and he didn't know much about this defire red part.
But with the Meng Yuanzun number Mu Luning Queen, Lu Ning's aunt.
It can be seen that the status of this queen in the fire is not low.
The contents of the letter were shocking.
Summarize a kinship chart.
Mother Zhang Jing, grandfather Zhang Chang, grandmother Cui Ying, aunt Zhang Ning, and aunt red fungus.
This half-faced jade pendant engraved with the word Ying, is the love token of grandfather and grandmother, when the daughter was married, the grandmother gave the jade pendant engraved with the word Chang to Zhang Ning, and later sent the mother to the palace when the grandfather gave the jade pendant engraved with the word Ying to the mother concubine Zhang Jing.
Although this is just a simple family tree, the meaning behind it is too big.
Zhu Di's face was cloudy in the firelight, and he reached out several times to throw the letter into the furnace.
With this letter, he could basically conclude that except for his mother, Ah Qiu, and him, no fourth person knew.
But what he hesitated was what Lao Zhu meant by getting him to Lan County.
This requires deep thought.
In the whole incident, no one mentioned the half-word letter from Saibei, Lu Chang's crime was to deceive the upper and lower levels in the empty seal case, and the old Yuan officials were arrested and locked by the seal, which had nothing to do with the letter from Saibei.
But if so many coincidences are superimposed, you can imagine that Lao Zhu knew the letter from Saibei, and knew that Queen Mu Mu Ning was his sister Zhang Ning, and checked the relationship map.
This is intriguing.
Obviously, Lao Zhu asked him to face this eldest aunt.
Moreover, this is a big net that has already been compiled.