Zhu Yuan has always felt that his body is getting better day by day, but he didn't expect that maybe he was busy until late the day before, or maybe it was because he was cold at night, and there were too many ice cubes in the house, in short, early the next morning, he was sick again.

Summer cold.

For the next three consecutive days, there was fever and cough, and he was in a coma for a while, and as a result, the whole Mingzhou was jumped because of the illness of the adults in Yinghai, and all the civil and military officials who should have come came to visit him as soon as possible, and even some officials from the next state and county heard the news.

I didn't see anyone.

The Governor of the Navy personally guarded it, and after a few months, he once again thought of his lord's explanation, when someone was his own son.

Little Ancestor can't have anything to do.

I have to say that the cold in summer is indeed more tangled than in winter.

To a certain extent, Zhu Yuan saved himself this time, because he remembered a medicine.

Dai Sanchun's prescription for Zhu Yuan did not have much effect for two consecutive days, and Zhu Yuan, who was misty in the lake, asked Nizi next to him if there was Huoxiang Zhengqi water, and then led to a series of them.

This is still the memory of a past life.

Once when I was a child, my family would prepare Huoxiang Zhengqi water in the summer, whether it was heat stroke or cold, the effect was very good, so even decades later, or even two lives, Zhu Yuan's memory is very deep.

Dai Sanchun is considered to be the top doctor at the moment, and he is well-read, but after all, he can't escape the limitations of this era's lack of broad vision, even if he has seen the corresponding prescription before, it is impossible to use it rashly, and he is still accustomed to his own way of treatment.

In comparison, Huoxiang Zhengqi Water hundreds of years later, since it can stand out among the countless prescriptions left over thousands of years and be widely promoted, it must have its merits.

When Zhu Yuan was half unconscious, he proposed, and he hurriedly looked for Dai Sanchun, and when he heard 'Huoxiang Zhengqi Shui', Dai Sanchun didn't need to turn the book, and immediately thought of the corresponding 'Huoxiang Zhengqi Dispersion', which was a recipe recorded in the official medical dictionary of the Song Dynasty "Taiping Huimin and Pharmacy Bureau".

He also recited the prescription in front of Hua Gao, and explained the theory of medicine with his own experience.

also said that the corresponding volume of the medical codex, dozens of prescriptions, are all for the treatment of typhoid fever, such as large and small chaihu soup, large and small green dragon soup, etc., he thinks, it seems to be ...... This herb is dissipating, and it is not suitable. Because of this recipe...... General...... It is more suitable for the treatment of cholera, and Xiao Hanlin does not have symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhea.

Hua Gao, who was in a hurry, wanted to hit someone.

Huada's thinking is very simple, the little ancestor Mi Huhu put forward something, that must be the right symptom, otherwise, could it be that you Dai Sanchun is more talented than Zhu Hanlin?

Dai Sanchun couldn't refute it.

The original prescription did not have much effect for two days, and the prescription had to be changed.

Then give it a try.

Then, just one day, after three meals of decoction, Zhu Yuan obviously improved a lot, and Dai Sanchun was puzzled, and solemnly listed a case.

It's July 27 in the blink of an eye.

Zhu Yuan probably recovered, but Hua Gao felt that this Dinghai, the little ancestor really couldn't stay anymore, it was too hot, it was best to find a place to escape the heat.

Zhu Yuan also has no opinion.

According to the standards of later generations, Zhu Yuan feels that these days, the maximum temperature may be 40 degrees, even if he can enjoy the cooling of ice cubes that are difficult for ordinary people to feel in this era, but he can't stay in the house all the time, once he goes out, he will be more likely to get sick.

However, there are differences in the direction of summer retreat.

Hua Gao wanted Zhu Yuan to go to Jiulong Mountain, which is located in Cixi County to the north of Dinghai, and Zhu Yuan wanted to go to sea.

Finally there is a reason.

In the end, the Governor of the Navy failed to defeat the Camp Sea Envoy, and still went to sea, and the destination was the main island of Zhoushan Island in Changguozhou.

In order for Zhu Yuan to travel, the 2,000 sailors of Yinghaiwei were mighty, escorting Zhu Yuan's 5,000 material boat, first to the ancient city of Changguo in the center of the southern part of Zhoushan Island, on the island, and then into the central mountain, and settled down in a summer resort by the lake.

I have to say that although the distance is only about 100 miles, on this island, especially in the mountains, the temperature has dropped by at least half, even during the day, it is more than 20 degrees, and Zhu Yuan has to wear a thick shirt at night.

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Seeing that Zhu Yuan was getting better and settling down again, Wen Zao, who had been staying in Mingzhou for several days, finally hurried north again.

Prior to this, there was news in Jinling that Queen Ma sent someone to visit Zhu Yuan's condition, and also sent a bunch of precious medicines, and told Hua Gao and Zhu Yuan's people to take care of him.

After making such a fuss for a while, whether active or passive, Zhu Yuan slowed down.

When you go to the island, it is impossible to go to sea, and to deal with things, you are also limited to two hours every day by the Navy Governor, and the rest of the time is rest.

You can only rest.

……

Bianliang.

Wen Zao came from Mingzhou, and the time was already the first day of the seventh month of the leap month.

Before, the messenger team was divided into three, and Lao Zhu came to Bianliang, and it didn't change.

Therefore, Lao Zhu also knew the news of Zhu Yuan's illness in advance, Wen Zao arrived in person, explained the details in detail, and learned that it was summer heat and fatigue, but it had improved, and he went to Zhoushan to escape the summer.

After all, everything that kid can do has already been done.

In the camp of the Ming army in the east of Bianliang City.

sent away the news, because the summer heat was also a single shirt, Lao Zhu dealt with the military affairs of the eucalyptus.

Arrived in Bianliang on the 16th of last month, it was half a month.

Set a plan, and many things are going smoothly at the moment.

West.

Xu Da personally led 30,000 troops out of Tongguan a few days ago, and had already fought a few battles with Li Siqi's troops entrenched in the pass, because of the established strategy, the Ming army deliberately showed weakness and did not advance too much, so the two sides were deadlocked.

It was confirmed that the news of Xu Da's westward expansion must have spread to the north, and at that moment Xu Da was already secretly returning, leaving only his own banner, and the department was replaced by Fu Youde, who continued to entangle with Li Siqi.

Northwest.

The day after the plan was decided in the middle of last month, Chang Yuchun also led 30,000 troops all the way to Taiyuan City, and Wang Baobao retreated into the city and made a stubborn posture.

Wang Baobao did not come out of the door, and Chang Yuchun also left a flag and returned in a hurry.

The department was replaced by Feng Sheng.

The military order given by Lao Zhu, the siege continues, and it can't be too urgent, if you can take Taiyuan, it's the best, you can't fight, as long as you can stalemate until the end of the battle of Dadu, it can be regarded as Feng Sheng's contribution.

The flaws in this are actually obvious.

Chang Yuchun has never attacked like fire, but he boldly changed his strategy and began to turn to a stalemate, with Wang Baobao's intelligence, he must be able to see the difference.

Lao Zhu was not too worried.

Since the beginning of the year, because of the internal struggle in the Yuan court, Wang Baobao has completely turned his face with Dadu, and even killed all the court officials in Taiyuan City for a time, and Emperor Zhizheng also stripped Wang Baobao of all his positions.

According to the judgment of the twenty-third grandson of his baby, Wang Baobao is still loyal to the Yuan room in his bones, but, with the ignorance of the father and son in Dadu, unless he is in a desperate situation, he will not make peace with Kuokuo.

At the moment, the Ming army did not approach Dadu on the surface, but turned to the west, and Emperor Zhizheng and his son must be happy to see Wang Baobao's army defeated, let alone easily contact the other party. Wang Baobao is a proud person, and no matter how loyal he is, on the premise that most of them don't give him an explanation, they won't stick their hot faces to the past.

Therefore, even if Wang Baobao sees the clues, there is a high probability that he will not inform Dadu. Even...... Even if it is told, can Emperor Zhizheng and his son believe it?

And then there's the northern route.

Also according to the plan in the middle of last month, Lao Zhu sent his nephew Li Wenzhong to advance step by step, and he has successfully taken Cangzhou.

According to the intelligence from the front, when Cangzhou was captured, there was indeed a change in the direction of Dadu.

However, when Prime Minister Yuan also defeated Li Wenzhong in a quick battle, killing and wounding nearly 2,000 Ming troops, and filling the Wei River from Cangzhou to Dadu for dozens of miles by digging boats and piling stones, the two sides were deadlocked on the Cangzhou line, and Dadu also returned to calm.

This is also a problem.

After all, Li Wenzhong's qualifications are not as good as Xu Da, Chang Yuchun and other generals, therefore, according to Lao Zhu's personnel deployment, the Yuan court judged that the Ming army would not go north in the short term, and the Yuan Prime Minister also quickly filled the canal, which gave Dadu a sense of security, which was regarded as stabilizing the father and son of Emperor Zhizheng.

The thing is, the canal is really important.

If it weren't for the strategy of a certain dark Chen Cang, the next route of the Ming army's march was to follow the line of the Wei River, which belongs to the northern line of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, which connects the Yellow River and Dadu, all the way north.

Advancing along the waterway was the consistent practice of the Ming army.

After all, most of the Ming army were southerners, and, crucially, by doing so, they could replenish supplies all the way through the waterways, which not only reduced the requisition of the people, but also reduced the consumption of the journey.

Traditional army expeditions, often 100,000 troops, to follow hundreds of thousands of people, but the Ming army broke this convention, relying on waterway and river transportation, even if the current front line has been north to Cangzhou and west out of Tongguan, the whole army requisitioned less than 100,000 people in charge of logistics.

At the moment, Prime Minister Yuan also quickly filled the Wei River, and when the time came, the section from Cangzhou to Dadu, the Ming army could only turn to the land.

Fortunately, this is the established strategy.

River transportation can transport a large number of supplies, but in terms of speed, a small number of ships may be faster than land, but it is faster for a 100,000-level army to move in, or by land.

The problem is that the subsequent delivery of supplies can only be taken by land.

If the siege of the capital is protracted, it will be very troublesome.

In any case, after the smooth closure of the north, this side also launched a surprise attack, first besieging Dadu, and then talking about other things.

At the same time that the front lines of the various departments were deployed, just two days earlier, Chang Yuchun also led the first batch of 15,000 elite cavalry down the Yellow River.

Because most of the Ming army were southerners, over the years, Lao Zhu attached great importance to it, and now gathered a total of 380,000 troops in the north, and the number of cavalry is only in the early 30,000s.

There is not much shortage of horses, mainly lack of people.

Cavalry is too difficult to train.

Chang Yuchun directly took half of it this time, and it was still the most elite half, which can be regarded as Lao Zhu's heavy bet. Even, for these 15,000 people, Lao Zhu gave 30,000 horses at one time, and in the future, when he landed in Zhigu, he would go straight to Juyongguan, Gubeikou and other passes in the north of the capital.

There are no people, 30,000 horses, transported by water, and a lot of effort has been wasted, so Lao Zhu specially secretly dispatched a group of sea ships from Laizhou to come.

Lao Zhu also gave a strict order to Chang Yuchun, these 15,000 people, even if they are gone, must close the 'door'.

Of course, the strength of the dark Chen Cang will not be only this fifteen thousand.

Next, there will be 30,000 elite infantry troops will also rush to Bohai Bay, this group of people will be led by Lao Zhu's other righteous son, He Wenhui, after joining Wu Zhen's army, the total strength will reach 60,000.

According to the plan, the 15,000 cavalry troops of Changyu Chunbu need to arrive at the passes in the north of the capital within two days.

The other 45,000 people will also travel lightly, with only seven days' rations.

It is estimated that the journey of about 300 miles will be completed in four days at most, and Lao Zhu also promised that if all departments can arrive at each target pass within three days in advance, they will be credited once from top to bottom.

There are also many problems.

The first is the sea route from Laizhou to Zhigu, a distance of more than 500 miles, Lao Zhu is not worried that the various departments will get lost, but is more worried about the weather conditions.

Only when encountering tailwinds, the navies of various ministries can raid Zhigu.

This needs to wait for the time to come, the navy of the coming state moves, and this side has to follow up and cooperate, and there is great uncertainty.

Moreover, after the landing of Zhigu, the cavalry rushed, not to mention in case of bad weather, most of the surrounding areas of the capital are also rivers and rivers, and crossing the river is also a problem.

The Department of Surveying and Mapping has given a route that can be detected in advance to wade across the river.

Lao Zhu was not very relieved, and had already sent officials from the Surveying and Mapping Department to quietly go to the vicinity of Dadu to investigate again to ensure that nothing went wrong.

The plan is that even if they can't wade through the water, the Ming army is very good at building pontoon bridges, but boats are needed to build pontoon bridges, which is also the focus of the officers of the Surveying and Mapping Department this time.

The Ming army couldn't let the ships fall from the sky, but in the north, since there was a river, there would be no shortage of boats.

When the time comes, it will be forced to requisition or robbery, and it will be cheap.

The big picture counts.

Just like the next march from Cangzhou, the Ming army marched in the past, and there were also strict military orders, and it was not allowed to trample on crops.

This time, even if it is close to the autumn harvest, many things cannot be taken care of.

It's still the big picture.

Constantly reviewing the various reports on the book in front of him, Lao Zhu sorted out these in his mind, and he couldn't help but suffer from gains and losses.

Over the years, although he has experienced ups and downs, except for the decisive battle with Chen Youliang on Poyang Lake, Lao Zhu has not been in a similar mood for many years.

Not a fear of failure.

The Yuan court is decaying, internal divisions, and he has hundreds of thousands of troops under his control, and it is impossible to be defeated.

The question is, this time, can we completely get rid of the foundation of the Yuan Court in one go?

Thinking about it, Lao Zhu had an idea, and quickly made a decision, planning to send another team of envoys to Dadu, and stabilize it to Emperor Zheng's father and son, and not let them escape.

Lao Zhu even quickly thought of the reason.

Regardless of whether Emperor Zhizheng's father and son believe it or not, anyway, everyone takes Cangzhou as the boundary and does not invade each other for the time being.

As for what will happen to the pair of envoys sent, I don't care.

As long as you can stabilize Emperor Zhizheng's father and son, and buy enough time for yourself, you can't take care of anything else, even if it's your own reputation.

Reputation is where victory or defeat matters!