When it was wind and rain in Mingzhou, thousands of miles away in Laizhou, the 60,000 army was ready to go for more than half a month, but it still couldn't wait for a much-needed southeast wind.

Chang Yuchun, the deputy general of the conquest, only felt that he was about to go crazy.

He also made up his mind that if he didn't touch this Lao Shizi Navy again, he could really grind people to death, and after nearly a month of hard work, he felt that he could rush to the Yuan Court in the desert.

Today, I also took a big soft and quietly carried out a single sacrifice.

The reason is that a few days ago, after waiting for more than ten years, the general with a fiery personality couldn't help it, felt that God didn't give face, publicly scolded, and threatened to smash the nearby Tanah Lot Temple. Angry words, Chang Yuchun didn't feel anything, and the people around him saw it in their eyes, but privately thought that this wind had not come, and it might be because of the general's disrespectful remarks, which provoked many gods.

This is the punishment of heaven!

The wind never came, and this statement spread more and more, and finally reached Lao Zhu, who was also eager to wait for a long time, and immediately sent his courtiers over, and reprimanded Chang Yuchun with an oracle, and ordered him to plead to the gods with devotion to the gods.

Although he is still below Li Shanchang and Xu Da in the court, he is actually the only one who can suppress this fierce general on weekdays.

What else can I do if my father-in-law speaks?

Moreover, to be honest, the general himself has already started playing drums in his heart, and his own lord has given him a step.

After hiding on a remote beach to worship, Chang Yuchun rode back to Laizhou Harbor on horseback.

It's a busy scene.

An army of 60,000, and more than 20,000 people, of course, are not idle.

The first is the military dimension.

In addition to the daily rotational exercises, there are also tens of thousands of mounts, which are also the most labor-intensive.

In addition to the 15,000 cavalry that planned to be the vanguard raid, in addition to one person and two horses, nearly 20,000 mules and horses have been collected here recently, either squeezed out by Lao Zhu or requisitioned from the people.

It is not possible to fight on foot and horse, but it is still okay to ride on a hurry.

The problem is that these tens of thousands of mounts must be constantly adapted to the cabin environment, but they cannot be kept in the cabin all the time, otherwise, even if they are berthed and stay in the cabin for a long time, they will encounter bumps, and the result is the same as people, as soon as they go ashore, the sky spins around, and the road is unstable.

Therefore, a total of 50,000 mounts had to be constantly rotated or boarded or disembarked in order to keep the two states switched freely.

In addition, there are still redundant manpower, either sent to repair the port of Laizhou, or to start dredging the Jiaolai canal nearby.

Because the opening of the sea grain route provided enough food for the north, the soldiers could let go of their bellies to eat, and when they were full, they had to work.

But no one complained.

After all, this is not only enough to eat, but also to have a large supply of fish and meat, even if it is not fresh fish, it is something that was not dared to be imagined in the past.

Moreover, even if it is Chang Yuchun and other high-level generals, they are actually not idle.

In order to ensure the success of this raid, Lao Zhu not only sent surveying and mapping officials to the north to investigate the terrain, but also sent Tu Xiao, the surveying and mapping division who was becoming more and more favorable.

At present, the Laizhou camp already has the same sand table as the Bianliang camp.

According to the information that continues to be transmitted back from the north, Chang Yuchun, Wu Zhen, He Wenhui and other generals have repeatedly deliberated on the details of the next operation during this time, not only the layout of the 60,000 army is clear, but after landing on the shore in the future, they should march from that road, cross the river from there, and bypass the military village.

I just owe a southeast wind!

Two more days passed in this way, on the twenty-third day of the seventh month of the leap month, when the southeast wind rose when the spring almost couldn't help but scold the heavens and the earth!

The deputy general of the expedition was glad that he did not scold, and at the end of the summer, in the hot sunset, he felt the stronger and stronger southeast wind in the port shirtless, laughed wildly, and then ordered the army to go on the expedition!

Even though it was about to fall into the night, there was no opposition from all the armies.

Everyone has been up for almost a month, and no one wants to wait any longer. Moreover, the current Ming army, not to mention the night sailing, which is not a problem, is not a big problem, even if it is a night land march.

Because since two months ago, one thing has been widely added to the Ming army's meals.

Large yellow croaker liver.

His Majesty the Emperor personally ordered the blindfold in order to treat the sparrow.

It was later known as night blindness.

This is a very common disease in our current era, and the reason is also very simple, too little meat intake and lack of vitamin A.

Of course, no one knows about vitamins at this time, but some traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions for the treatment of blindfolds generally use animal liver, such as pig liver, chicken liver, and cod liver, and it can be seen that this disease is not difficult.

It's just that most people can't afford it in these days.

After all, a nutrition needs to be supplemented for a long time, and even if the people at the bottom eat meat once or twice, they can't change their long-term physical condition.

Compared with other animal livers, the large yellow fish liver, which is also one of the raw materials for refining cod liver oil pills in later generations, has a much better effect, and the corresponding dietary therapy has been promoted in less than a month, and the phenomenon of night blindness in the army has been generally improved.

60,000 elite soldiers, 20,000 people, and 50,000 mounts, plus enough baggage to support the whole army for a month, rode more than 1,100 large and small ships, in the night, mighty and mighty, rushing to the north.

To be precise, it was divided into two teams.

The direction of the main force is the port of Zhigu.

In addition, Zhang Cundao, a senator of the Navy Governor's Office, led 5,000 elite soldiers to the north, planning to raid Funing City in Yuguan and further take Yuguan, not only blocking the easternmost pass where Emperor Zheng might flee north, but also blocking the possible Qinwang Yuan soldiers in Liaodong.

Anyone with a discerning eye can find that this errand is done well, the credit is not great, it is messed up, and it is disgraced, unless it is very unlikely that Emperor Zhizheng will escape to Yuguan, otherwise, the standard effort is difficult to please.

Therefore, it will fall on Zhang Cundao, who lacks support in the army.

The first line of Zhedong is generally a civil official, just like the 'Four Mr. Zhedong' represented by Zhang Cundao's father Zhang Yi, a military general...... It's a lot less. Lao Zhu wanted to support the Zhedong family represented by Zhang Cundao to take root in the navy, but Zhang Yi himself did not give face to His Majesty the Emperor, and insisted on disbanding most of the Zhedong Township soldiers at the beginning.

Although Lao Zhu, who is sitting in Bianliang, is also anxious, he is also very stable.

The main reason is that there is sufficient food.

Not to mention the grain routes of China and the West, just by sea, in the past few months, it has provided enough rations for the army to support half a year, and it is still being delivered, with food in hand, and there is no panic in my heart.

During this period of time, while handling the government affairs step by step and remotely, Lao Zhu also personally sorted out the two places in Shandong and Henan that he had just taken, adjusted the garrisons, assigned officials, and provided relief to the people who had just experienced military disasters, and encouraged the resumption of production.

According to the suggestions of the ministers and considering the political significance of Bianliang, Lao Zhu also set up a Zhongshu province in Henan, and ordered Zhongshu to participate in politics and Yang Xian to act as the provincial minister. He also set up the Henan Metropolitan Command Envoy of Zheng Erpin, and appointed his son He Wenhui as the commander of the capital, planning to let him guard Henan in the future and take charge of the local guard towns.

Lao Zhu received a flying pigeon message that the Laizhou army finally set off the next day, and immediately began to deploy, informing Xu Da, the general who was secretly stationed in Cangzhou, that as long as he received the news that Chang Yuchun had landed in Zhigu, he did not need to report it, and immediately sent troops to the capital.

Xu Da received a message from the flying pigeon on the afternoon of July 25.

On the evening of the previous day, Chang Yuchun successfully landed in Zhigu, and the first batch of cavalry had set off overnight and rushed to various passes in the north.

Xu Da did not hesitate, and in the evening of the same day, he ordered the army to march.

With the Surveying and Mapping Department and the Gongwei Division as guides, the first batch of cavalry, also 15,000 people, bypassed the confrontation of Prime Minister Yuan, and after the land route that had been explored in advance, they went straight to Dadu, which was 400 miles away.

This was followed by the second group of cyclists.

and the third march on the morning of July 26.

These are all planned in advance.

The gambling component is huge.

The raid army successfully landed in Zhigu, which is considered to have completed the first stage of military objectives, and then, whether Chang Yu Chun can successfully 'close the door' within two days, no one dares to give ten percent of the guarantee, after all, in case of a sudden emergence of a fierce army for the life and death of the Yuan Room in various cities along the way, even if it only blocks Chang Yu Chun for half a day, it may also cause great variables.

There are many similar examples in history.

In the Anshi Rebellion, Zhang Xun defended Suiyang, and did not hesitate to eat human flesh to block the rebels for ten months, but it also relieved the Tang Dynasty, which was at a loss at the beginning of the rebellion.

This time, it didn't take ten months, it may have been just a few hours late, causing the father and son of Emperor Zhizheng to flee, and the primary strategic goal set by the Ming army at the beginning was tantamount to failure. After taking Dadu, the relative significance is not so great.

And the reality is that Chang Yuchun's march has been so smooth that it can't be smoother anymore.

First of all, this is because the Yuan court is too decayed.

As well, seriously caught off guard.

The key one is that no one could have imagined that the Ming army would raid Zhigu by sea, not to mention such a large-scale raid by more than 1,000 sea ships and tens of thousands of troops.

In comparison, because the prime minister also quickly dispatched soldiers to confront the Ming army on the Cangzhou front, there were less than 2,000 defenders left in Zhigu, and as for the naval forces that blocked the landing of the Ming navy, it was almost none. In the face of the overwhelming fleet like a tsunami, the Zhigu guards abandoned the city and fled as soon as possible, and the soldiers also collapsed in a blink of an eye.

There are already few people left in Zhigu, and they are crying and fleeing in all directions.

The first batch of fast oars and light boats of the Ming army raided the shore, and the Zhigu walled city was already empty, and after the inventory, only seven sea ships were obtained.

As an important port in the Bohai Sea and a port directly connected to Dadu, the naval force of Zhigu should not be said so, but the reason is very simple, it is still quickly transferred south.

Who would have thought?

Speaking of which, the Yuan court also knew that the Ming army had opened up the sea grain route, but for the capacity of the sea grain route, the Yuan court referred to the data of the last ten years, that is, in the past, Zhang Shicheng, Fang Guozhen, Chen Youding and other southeastern departments only sent more than 100,000 stone grain every year, so I felt that even if the Ming army was a little more, two or three hundred thousand stone a year, it was not a matter of worry.

What the Yuan court didn't know was that the Ming army had already reached the level of two or three hundred thousand stones.

As for the establishment of the Ming Navy, of course, most of them also knew about it, but they just felt that it had nothing to do with themselves. Perhaps, what kind of navy was established, and the emperor of the Southern Dynasty also wanted to fight a dozen Japan, which he had not defeated at home?

The result is the present.

The Ming army landed in Zhigu, and no one expected that it would be a miracle soldier.

Under the guidance of the Surveying and Mapping Department and the Gongwei Division, the cavalry unit rushed to the northwest by land, and it took only three hours from landing to departure, and some people also realized that the army was not without benefits in coming to the state for nearly a month.

At least, the war horse kept getting on and off the boat, and it was already unconsciously used to this kind of scene switching, so that there was not much dizziness reaction and could be put into use quickly.

The first batch of 15,000 cavalry, compared with the original plan, in order to carry more arrows and firearms, the rations were further compressed to three days, which was also considered a ruin.

In order to confuse the Yuan court, before leaving, the whole army also changed into the military uniform of the Northern Dynasty.

Towards the north, as far north as possible, the cavalry rushed through without a word, whether it was welcome or an obstacle.

Arrived at the boundary of Jizhou in the northeast of Dadu, 15,000 people began to quickly divide their troops, 2,000 people rushed to Zunhua, 4,000 people rushed to Gubeikou due north, and the remaining 9,000 people turned to the west, planning to sprinkle three thousand cavalry on the way to intercept the officers and soldiers who might go out of the city in the direction of Dadu at any time, especially in case the Yuan court escaped from the clan in the middle of the officers and soldiers. For this reason, the three teams of 1,000 people arranged in advance, not only did each of the soldiers repeatedly see the portraits of Emperor Zhizheng's father and son, but the corresponding sketches and portraits were directly distributed to the general banner.

The last six thousand, the goal, Juyongguan.

In the end, the army raided Zhigu unreasonably, and set out at night on the twenty-fourth and third watches of July, and marched rapidly for one day and two nights, during which the rest totaled less than three hours, and by noon on the twenty-sixth day of July, 6,000 men successfully arrived at Juyong Pass.

Emperor Zhizheng has been thinking about the way back since last year, so the defenders of the various passes in the north of the capital can be described as clan cronies, and there are enough defenders stationed.

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However, it was still too unexpected.

Seeing that thousands of cavalry troops came to the outside of the gate, and they were all wearing their own military uniforms, the Juyong guards didn't react at all, they really thought it was their own family, opened the gate of the pass in advance, and personally led the troops to meet them and wanted to ask.

The end can be imagined.

Chang Yuchun poked the guard in the heart of the guard, picking up the corpse of nearly two hundred catties with armor, as if holding a big flag, straight to the city gate, this kind of killing god passed, directly frightened the courage of thousands of defenders.

So, in one fell swoop, it was broken.

Some time in advance, another Gubeikou Pass, which was closer to Dadu, was also taken by the Ming army who raided it.

Dulu Timur, the Gubeikou guard who was frightened off by the hot air balloon some time ago, was worried that he would be punished by the capital, and did not report the 'miracle', but he also conscientiously strengthened the defense of the Gubeikou Pass.

However, it still failed to prevent the surprise attack of the Ming army.

Different from the carelessness of the Juyong Pass guards, the Gubeikou Pass was missed because the Ming army carried a large number of firearms.

Although it was not a blast to open the pass, but the sound of firearms such as thunder still made the Yuan army lose its will to stick to it in a short period of time, but it was less than an hour, and Dulu Timur, who didn't know what happened and didn't know why the Ming army would suddenly arrive, abandoned the pass and fled to the pass with more than a thousand remnants in disarray.