In any case, the matter will have to wait until I meet Lao Zhu to talk about it, anyway, it will not be a few days.

At the end of the letter, Zhu Yuan explained that he could act cheaply again to make personnel arrangements for the Yinghai Division, and at the same time, he also mentioned some of the situation and war situation in the north, after reading this paragraph, Zhu Yuan planned to chat with Zhao Xu and the two of them, and read the rest of the documents after dinner, however, he couldn't help it.

Because of two of them.

Putting down the letter, Zhu Yuan went to find a battle report: Feng Sheng and Li Wenzhong conquered Kaiping, the capital of Yuanshang.

Found the battle report and opened it, the cause and effect were very detailed.

Originally, this strategy was proposed by Tu Xiao in the surveying and mapping division to Chang Yuchun, the deputy general of the expedition, and Chang Yuchun went out of Juyong Pass to enter the Yanmen Pass, running thousands of miles, and the guide was very important.

Chang Yuchun attacked all the way like fire, but when he arrived in Taiyuan, he pounced on it, and let Timur run away, it was depressed, Tu Xiao gave another suggestion, and went out of the customs again, and attacked Kaiping by surprise.

Tu Xiao also elaborated on the significance of doing so.

Conquered Dadu and captured the Yuan court, the Yuan Dynasty was nominally destroyed, but in fact, the Yuan Dynasty had another political center, Kaiping. This is not only the capital of the Yuan Dynasty, but also inhabited by many descendants of the Yuan royal family.

This may have become the basis for the Mongols to continue the Yuan Dynasty Qi lineage.

If the army can sweep Kaiping again, it can largely cut off the possibility of the reunion of the Yuan Dynasty's qi veins in Shangdu, after all, once that city is broken through by the army, at least in the next few years, it is impossible for any more Mongolian feudal towns to be stationed, and the north is destined to be scattered.

In the final analysis, this strategy is similar to the fundamental goal of the Battle of Dadu, which is to 'attack the heart'.

Tu Xiao personally walked a section of the road from Dadu to Shangdu, ensuring that the guide was worry-free, and Chang Yuchun was very moved and wrote to his father-in-law.

Then things got interesting.

Lao Zhu agreed, but he didn't completely agree.

What I agree with is Tu Xiao's surprise attack plan, because according to the map provided by the Surveying and Mapping Department, it is only about 500 miles away from Juyongguan to Yuanshangdu, and the terrain is relatively flat, which is very suitable for cavalry combat.

What I didn't agree with was that Chang Yuchun himself wanted to lead troops to raid the matter.

Lao Zhu sent an order to Chang Yuchun, Feng Sheng, Tang He, Fu Youde and other troops who were still stationed in Taiyuan, appointing Governor Tongzhi as the right deputy general of the conquest, which is equivalent to the third person in the Northern Expeditionary Army after Xu Da and Chang Yuchun, and asked Feng Sheng to take 20,000 from the cavalry carried by Chang Yuchun and go north along the Shanxi Basin.

Surveying and Mapping Division Lang Tu Xiao is the guide.

At the same time, the deputy general Chang Yuchun was captured, led the rest of the troops and Taiyuan to surrender more than 100,000 troops, went out of Tongguan, and oppressed Li Siqi and other troops in Shaanxi.

In the direction of Dadu, Lao Zhu ordered his nephew Li Wenzhong to lead an infantry army of 10,000 who were good at horseback riding, to leave Yongguan, join Feng Sheng, and go north to Kaiping.

The whole army of 30,000 people is still configured with one person and two horses, and only carries seven days' rations.

Lao Zhu also set a strategic goal again: to destroy Kaiping.

There is a precedent for this.

It happened to be ten years ago, the Dragon and Phoenix Northern Expedition, one of the armies broke through Kaiping, and then, just like the overlord of Chu entered Xianyang, he destroyed the city wall of Kaiping Palace, and then retreated. Kaiping was originally a summer retreat for the Yuan family, and after that time ten years ago, Emperor Zhizheng rarely went north to hunt in the summer.

Feng Sheng and Li Wenzhong only need to repeat what happened ten years ago this time.

Lao Zhu gave a strict order, arrive in Kaiping within two to three days, attack the city in three days, if it can't be broken, it must be withdrawn immediately, and no love is allowed to fight.

The fact is that after most of them were broken, there was already chaos outside the Guan, and Kaiping City was broken ten years ago, because of the financial constraints of the Yuan Room, and it has not been repaired much. The 30,000-strong army arrived, and it easily broke through Kaiping City in one go.

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What happens after that......

The battle report does not describe it in much detail, except that the army returned to Juyong Pass on the sixth day with almost no casualties.

Some of them also mentioned a sum of money, 'abandoning tens of thousands of cattle and sheep'.

It's a very regrettable tone.

It turns out that even if it has been established for nearly a hundred years, Mengyuan still has not changed the fundamental habit of the tribal system, and the surrounding area of Kaiping is equivalent to the fiefdom of the Zhizheng Emperor, with quite rich grassland, and at present, it is the season of autumn high horse fat, hundreds of years ago, this season is often a good time for Jin, Liao, Mongolia and other Guanwai tribes to enter the customs 'grass valley', but I didn't expect that this time, feng shui took turns, and in turn was beaten by the Han people in the grass valley.

It's a pity that because of Lao Zhu's cautious strict orders, in order to ensure the speed of the march, except for some important prisoners, not much else was brought back.

Of course, it is conceivable that the 30,000 soldiers who went out of the customs can make a small fortune after breaking the city, after all, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and it is the capital of the Yuan Dynasty anyway.

Zhu Yuan felt that this was what the soldiers deserved.

In six days, a surprise attack shattered the possibility of the Yuan Chamber's qi veins reuniting in the political center outside the gate for at least the next three to five years, an absolutely beautiful battle.

Apart from......

For Chang Yuchun, who likes to fight this kind of battle the most, it's not beautiful!

In order to avoid Chang Yuchun from getting out of the jam, Lao Zhu's arrangement is very reasonable, but as a special 'bystander', Zhu Yuan understands Lao Zhu's thoughts.

In the past history, in the second year of Hongwu, Chang Yuchun led his troops to attack thousands of miles, all the way from Shaanxi to Hebei, not only relieved the siege of Beiping, but also took advantage of the situation to break through Kaiping, and drove Emperor Zhizheng to the depths of the desert.

A tragedy ensued.

On the way back to the army, he often encountered the spring storm and the willow river.

Lao Zhu posthumously sealed himself as a confidant and a favorite general, and he was the 'King of Kaiping'.

Come to think of it, this time, even if Kaiping can't be broken, Lao Zhu definitely doesn't want a dead 'Kaiping King'.

This is clearly a superstition.

Zhu Yuan felt that if he put it on himself, he would most likely prevent Chang Yuchun from taking this trip.

Zhu Yuan is also quite superstitious.

sighed, Zhu Yuan went to find a second battle report, strictly speaking, it is not a war report, because there was no fight.

Exactly the Western Front.

Zhu Yuan knew that Lao Zhu had arranged it, broke the capital, took Shanxi, and then planned to rest and recuperate, and there was no plan to enter the army again immediately. Sending Chang Yuchun to Shaanxi is only a reason that is not humane to outsiders. It is conceivable that when the matter in the north is over, in the west, Lao Zhu will also call it a halt in due course.

It's just that I didn't expect that everyone underestimated the oppressive power of 'Chang 100,000' on various ministries in Shaanxi.

Chang Yuchun had just led his troops out of Tongguan, and the former Yuanyin Qingguanglu doctor, who had retreated from Tongguan to Chang'an, was in charge of Pingzhang in Zhongshu Province, and the prince Zhan was also in charge of Sichuan and other places to serve in the Privy Council, and to solicit Li Siqi...... It's down!

This is actually not surprising.

Breaking the capital, eradicating the foundation of the Yuan Chamber in one fell swoop, the surrounding military towns have lost their legal legitimacy, Lao Zhu asked Emperor Zhizheng, who was named the 'Marquis of Destiny', to write letters to the military towns at the same time, but also as usual in a very active surrender.

Moreover, in the first battle of Shanxi, Chang Yuchun attacked and plundered all the way, what happened in it, even if it is destined to be lightly mentioned in the history books, but those who should know will definitely know.

Since you can't fight, it's better to surrender on your own initiative than to be defeated and die, so that you can still save your wealth.

Lao Zhu's reputation in this matter is still very good.

As a result, Chang Yuchun led more than 100,000 troops and entered Chang'an without bloodshed, and easily took over the same 100,000 troops of Li Siqi's various departments.

After Li Siqi surrendered, Li Siqi, who was also entrenched in Shaanxi and supported the army and Li Siqi, also led the army to surrender to the former Yuan Shaanxi Province, Zuocheng Zhang Liangbi, also known as Zhang Sidao.

This military report, which is not considered a military newspaper, also mentions at the end that after the surrender of Zhang Liangbi and Zhang Liangchen's brothers, the Ming army has gone to take over Qingyang.

In the relevant description, someone deliberately circled it with a red pen.

Zhu Yuan knew that this must be Lao Zhu's handiwork.

Zhu Yuan also understands why.

The Battle of Qingyang was a battle that Zhu Yuan focused on describing in the Book of Heaven.

Although the Ming army successfully took Shaanxi that year, the process was very bumpy, and even, Chang Yuchun's death, to a large extent, also stemmed from the protracted battle of Qingyang.

This time, the brothers Zhang Liangbi and Zhang Liangchen have surrendered to the Ming army, and Timur does not know where to 'recuperate', and the Ming army takes over Qingyang, and it is unlikely that there will be any more variables.

Having said that, the battle of Qingyang is related, in addition to the death of Chang Yuchun that year, there is actually another interesting person who also died unexpectedly.

Zhang Huan.

People who are not familiar with the history of the Hongwu Dynasty have certainly not heard of this person. But if you pay attention to this history, you will find that Zhang Huan appears very frequently.

There is a paragraph in the handwriting left by Zhu Yuanzhang in later generations, 'Let all the armies report all the existing horses, let the little pioneer personally see it, and sign it for me', the original text is not like this, but it is roughly what it means.

Among them, the 'little pioneer' is Zhang Huan.

Zhu Yuanzhang asked this little pioneer to personally check the horses of each army and sign for himself, which shows his trust in Zhang Huan.

In addition, after crossing the river, Zhu Yuanzhang personally conquered Wuzhou, went out on patrol at night, and was stopped by the patrol, saying that Lao Zhu personally set the rule that no one is allowed to move after the night ban, Zhu Yuanzhang rewarded the patrolman and never went out at night again.

This is a very traditional story about the emperor.

There is a detail in it, after being stopped, Zhang Huan, the little pioneer who accompanied Lao Zhu, came out and said, 'This is an adult', but unfortunately he was not accommodated.

Then, in the same history, after breaking through the capital, Xu Da ordered Zhang Huan to lead thousands of people to guard the Yuan Imperial Palace and the corresponding treasury.

Or Zhang Huan.

I don't say here whether it was ordered by Lao Zhu, but Xu Da's point to the conductor is obviously not a loss. Because it was very clear, Lao Zhu believed this person.

All signs show that Zhang Huan, even if he is not Lao Zhu's other righteous son, is close enough.

However, it was the Battle of Qingyang, Zhang Liangchen surrendered, and Xu Da sent two generals, Zhang Huan and Xue Xian, to investigate. As a result, Zhang Huan was captured, and Xue Xian was wounded and fled.

Then, Hongwu Dynasty had no record of Zhang Huan.

Obviously, this promising general should have died after being captured.

You must know that Xue Xian, who was injured and fled at the same time, was named the Marquis of Yongcheng for three years after Hongwu's third year. It is conceivable that if Zhang Huan does not die, with Lao Zhu's partiality towards those close to him, he will at least be a marquis.

Once Zhu Yuan was able to pay attention to this seemingly inconspicuous but recorded a lot of characters, the main feeling was that in addition to Lao Zhu's 'cronyism', it was more of another one. It is said that 'one will succeed and ten thousand bones will wither', Lao Zhu fights the country, but it is a typical 'one will succeed in a hundred and will die'.

Whether it was before the founding of the country or after the founding of the country, the senior generals around Lao Zhu, even if there are no historical statistics, give people the impression that the mortality rate is quite high!

Zhu Yuan even thought of a word.

Gram!

Phew, it's superstitious again! But, if you don't believe it, you can't do it.

Come to a random string, Chang Yuchun, Hu Dahai, Liao Yongan, Kang Maocai, Miao Daheng, Deng Yu, He Wenhui, Cao Liangchen......

Thinking about it, Zhu Yuan even felt that he should stay away from Lao Zhu?

Just thinking about it for now.

History has changed a lot, just like this time, at least, Chang Yuchun and Zhang Huan will not die because of the battle of Qingyang again, as for the future, the future will be talked about in the future.

Inside the Mingxin Hall.

After reading this battle report again, Zhu Yuan couldn't help but smile again.

It is conceivable that the belligerent Chang Yuchun should be quite depressed when he takes Shaanxi so bloodlessly.

Putting down this battle report, Zhu Yuan casually flipped through other documents.

Lao Zhu set up six guards in Beiping, 30,000 people, and stationed them in the capital.

In addition, a number of wealthy households from most of the capital were migrated, and so on, to Bianliang Tuntian.

Zhu Yuan felt that it should be sent to Shandong.

There are too few people over there at the moment.

However, there don't seem to be many people in Henan, before the Yuan army started from Shandong, it has always been a strategy to clear the wilderness, and when the Ming army hits there, the Yuan soldiers will drive the local people away as much as possible in advance.

Anyway......

One can imagine how dilapidated the North will be at the moment.

However, before Lao Zhu, he only exempted all parts of the north from grain tax for one year.

Zhu Yuan knew that this was also something that could not be helped.

Although the sea passage has been opened here, the army at the front must still solve the grain and grass on the spot. However, if you think about it again, even after a year, you won't be able to get it back.

Restoring the damaged agricultural production will not be achieved overnight.

Zhu Yuan thought of Tuntian.

It is necessary for the government to organize, unify manpower and material resources, and carry out large-scale tuning of land in order to resume production in the shortest possible time.

This, today's log, can be written down.

When I returned to Jinling, I talked to Lao Zhu.

In fact, there are so many things I want to talk about and can talk about that I can't be busy.

After flipping through other documents, Zhu Yuan looked at the two people sitting on the side, and said to Zhao Xu: "In this case, let's start preparing tomorrow, we had better set off within three days." ”

Today is the sixth day of September.

If it is three days later, on the ninth day of the ninth month of September, there are only seven days left before Lao Zhu returns on September 16.

This time it is the Shuojiang River, and it has to cross Hangzhou Bay, seven days, which is theoretically abundant, but Zhu Yuan must ensure sufficient surplus. After all, in this era, long-distance travel has never been accurate, let alone by boat, in case he only goes back after Lao Zhu arrives in Jinling, or even misses his ancestor's birthday, it will be embarrassing.

As for a lot of unfinished things here in Mingzhou, since he is still a naval envoy, he will continue to be busy in Jinling, anyway, the communication between Jinling and Dinghai, if it is urgent, it will only take four or five days to go back and forth.