With Zhu Di's order, the Ming army quickly moved according to the plan formulated by the emperor.

Zhu Gaoxu obtained the temporary command of the Zhongyi Guard, and the emperor's Praetorian Guard, with the rank of man and horse bound to the hooves, began to march westward, quietly approaching the Troubled River.

Zhu Neng, on the other hand, was responsible for leading the slow-moving infantry of the Fifth Army Battalion and half of the Shenji Battalion firecrackers and heavy artillery to stay in place, and only after the cavalry completely left could they march northeast along the Yuma River to build blocking fortifications.

At the same time, Zhu Di was in charge of the Chinese army, and he was closely following the progress of the war situation, and was carrying out the work of dispatching troops and distributing grain and grass to cope with Zhu Gaoxu's actions.

Facts have proved that Zhu Di's decision is completely correct, on the map of Mobei, which is shrouded in the fog of war, Zhu Di is like opening the eyes of heaven, not only accurately judging that Benjamin is fleeing westward, but also the forward cavalry of the Ming army led by Zhu Gaochu happened to be on the bank of the Trouble River, blocking the tribe sent by Benjamin to explore the way.

This is a very large tribe, there are more than 2,000 men, they take women and children, drive tens of thousands of cattle and sheep, together in the wind and snow from time to time to move forward with difficulty, their leader is deeply trusted by Benjamin, was the first to be sent out is to prove that the old people can remember the fear of the battle of fishing and the sea of fishing by the Ming army light cavalry cluster, so when they heard that the Ming army was coming, they all hoped that they would evacuate first, as for where to retreat it does not matter, anyway, for ordinary tribes, the vast grassland, where is grazing.

Relying on the advantage of being one step ahead and flexible tactics, the loyal cavalry led by Zhu Gaoxu sent Tong Xin to lead a small number of elites to successfully bypass the Tatar cordon and quietly touch the enemy's back.

Zhu Gaoxu led most of the cavalry to hide on the east bank of the Nan River, preparing to attack the enemy at Bandu, and attack while the enemy had not yet reached the west bank of the river.

Zhu Gaoxu's plan was very good, although the weather was cold at this time, and the river was frozen, the ice was not thick, and if the Tatars wanted to cross the river, they had to erect pontoon bridges, otherwise the ice would not be able to support it at all.

However, before they were ready to strike the fatal blow, the Tatar sentry spotted them alertly, and the long sound of bull horns sounded.

These sentinels paid with their lives.

"Whew! Shout! ”

The arrows of the Ming army shot them off their horses.

But alas, the Tatar sentry behind heard the trumpet, and the news was quickly transmitted back to the tribe, and the whole migratory tribe fell into a brief panic, the women and children were at a loss, and the cattle and sheep were also restless.

The spirituality of the animals is trustworthy, and soon, the news becomes a reality.

Seeing that the surprise attack turned into a strong attack, Zhu Gaoxu did not hesitate, and led a large force of Ming cavalry to rush out, and the whole earth seemed to be trembling, they were wearing iron armor, holding sharp blades, and their momentum was like a rainbow.

Seeing this, the leader of the Tatars knew that something was wrong, and he hurriedly organized the warriors of the tribe to resist, and at the same time ordered the women, children, cattle and sheep to retreat as quickly as possible, away from the battlefield.

The Tatar warriors waved their weapons in their hands, and let out an earth-shattering shout of killing, and the two armies quickly clashed, and the battlefield suddenly fell into chaos.

The Tatars, on the other hand, relied on the belief of protecting their own women and children, and constantly launched counterattacks in an attempt to redeem the defeat.

At the height of the battle, Zhu Gaoxu personally led a group of elite cavalry into the enemy's ranks, and their target was directly aimed at the Tatar leader, and this elite cavalry was like a sharp knife deep into the heart of the Tatars.

Under his leadership, the Ming cavalry broke through the most densely populated Tatar forces like a torrent of unstoppable momentum.

They rushed to the right and left in the enemy's ranks, invincible, and soon reached the wolf's head of this Tatar tribe.

Seeing this, the warriors around the head man stepped forward one after another to try to protect their leader, obviously, the Tatars' combat effectiveness was not weak, especially the tribe that was sent to take the lead, and it was the best of the Tatar tribes.

With their skillful riding skills and accurate arrows, they also caused some trouble to the Ming army.

However, just when the battle was deadlocked, Tong Xin led a small army to attack from behind the Tatars in response to Zhu Gaoxu's actions, and the addition of Tong Xin's new force immediately changed the situation on the battlefield.

"Let them scatter and flee! Delay some time! Waiting for reinforcements from the Great Khan, there are two more tribes behind us. ”

However, the speed of the Ming cavalry was too fast, and before the Tatar orders were given, they caught up with the women, children, cattle and sheep who were moving slowly, and for a while, the battlefield resounded one after another with cries and screams, which were intertwined with the shouts and killings of the Ming cavalry, forming a tragic picture.

Tong Xin did not order the slaughter of these innocent women and children, but ordered the Ming cavalry to drive them aside, and then launched a back attack on the Tatars.

The Tatars, flanked from both sides, began to show signs of complete defeat.

At this time, although Zhu Gaochu could not overlook the battlefield, his years of war experience and keen battlefield intuition made him realize that the time had come to win, and Zhu Gaochu decided to seize the opportunity and lead the loyal guards to launch a decisive charge to completely defeat the Tatars.

Zhu Gaoxu personally led a team of elite cavalry to continue to attack the Tatars under the wolf's head, and he knew that as long as the beheading was successful, the battle would be basically won.

The Tatar leader was not an idle man, and when he saw the menacing Ming cavalry, he knew that he could not resist, so he led the warriors around him to retreat, and at the same time ordered the others to defend and buy time for their retreat.

But the invading Zhu Gaoxu did not give him this opportunity, he led the loyal guards cavalry to chase all the way over, and soon broke through the blockade and surrounded the Tatar leaders.

The cavalry of the Ming army are all elite soldiers with extremely strong combat effectiveness, and although the cronies of the Tatar head people are also brave and good at fighting, they gradually show fatigue under the attack of the Ming cavalry.

In the end, Zhu Gaoxu personally went out and stabbed the Tatar leader under the horse with a shot, and with the fall of the leader, the Tatars, who were already demoralized because they did not protect their women and children, also completely collapsed, and they scattered and fled.

This is the case with fighting on the steppe, where mass surrenders are rare, and once defeated, it is common to scatter and regroup.

Zhu Gaoxu took the lead and pursued the remnants of the enemy for dozens of miles, until he confirmed that the men of this tribe had been almost killed by him, and then ordered the troops to be withdrawn.

The opening battle that broke out at the Martyrdom River was a complete victory for the Ming army, capturing and beheading thousands of Tatars, as well as tens of thousands of cattle and sheep.

The battlefield was littered with discarded knives, guns, bows, and dead horses, and the smell of blood was thick in the air.

Zhu Gaoxu looked at the tragic situation on the battlefield and took a deep breath, he knew that this victory that belonged to him was not easy to come by, and it was won by Zhongyiwei with a high-intensity long-distance attack.

As for the order to withdraw the troops, Zhu Gaoxu did not give it immediately, he let the Ming cavalry rest on the battlefield for a period of time to recover their strength and morale.

Then, Zhu Gaoxu ordered the troops to begin to retreat, and when retreating, the Ming cavalry still maintained a tight formation and vigilance to prevent the Tatars from taking the opportunity to surprise attack.

At the same time, Zhu Gaoxu also ordered the troops to collect all the weapons, armor, horses, cattle and sheep discarded on the battlefield and bring them back to the camp as trophies, especially cattle and sheep, which can provide supplies for the subsequent army.

On the way to join the follow-up troops, Zhu Gaochu was constantly thinking about the next strategy, he knew that this victory was just the beginning, it was an appetizer, and there was a bigger challenge waiting for them next, that is, how to completely annihilate or severely damage Benjamin's westward fleeing troops.

At the same time, Zhu Di also received the news of Zhu Gaochu's victory in the first battle and the safe withdrawal of the army, his hanging heart finally relaxed, for Zhu Gaoxu's outstanding performance, Zhu Di felt very satisfied and proud, with such a son who can fight by his side to assist him, the future of the Ming Dynasty must be brighter and more brilliant.

Zhu Di admires the fighters more.

And through the cross-examination of a number of prisoners, the Ming army also learned a crucial piece of news.

The main force of Benjamli, now on the Ugulza River north of the Krulun River, is moving slowly in the direction of the Martyrdom River.

"Benjamin knows that our troops are here, then he will definitely not dare to come to the troubled river, we will catch up, we can't let him turn around and join Arutai!"

Zhu Di knew very well that the fighter plane was fleeting, he reacted very quickly, decisively traveled lightly, and led the cavalry to carry twenty days of grain and grass to immediately set off to pursue Benjamin, and even left the artillery of the army behind.

It's not that Zhu Di doesn't know how fierce the artillery is, but at this time, the Ming army's combat effectiveness and numerical advantage are too great, and they only need A to go up to win, and the key is whether they can catch up with Benjamin.

"There are less than ten small and medium-sized tribes following Benjamin, quick!"

The cavalry cluster of the Ming army led by Zhu Di finally caught up with this group of enemies near the Wugulzha River after thirteen days and nights of fast horses and whips.

The wind swept the sand and dust, forming yellow dragons on the vast grassland, and the sky was obscured by thick clouds, as if to herald the coming bloodshed and carnage.

This is the battlefield of the battle between the Ming army and the Tatar tribes fleeing west led by Benjamin, and an air of slaughter fills the air.

The Ming army was neatly arrayed, the soldiers were dressed in heavy and warm cotton armor, armed with spears and shields, their eyes were firm and cold, staring at the Tatar army in the distance, and their eyes revealed a desire for battle and a firm belief in victory.

The Tatar warriors, on the other hand, were wild and fierce, most of them dressed in leather armor or dirty robes, wearing felt hats, armed with scimitars and bows and arrows, and mounted on sturdy horses, ready to fight to the death.

The cavalry of the Ming army was too much, and they had surrounded them from the east, west, and south, and they had no way to retreat.

With an order, the light cavalry array of the Ming army began to advance slowly, and the iron hooves flew and the dust flew.

The Tatar army did not show weakness either, shouting, brandishing their weapons, and rushing towards the Ming army like a pack of the most primitive beasts.

The two armies approached rapidly, and the sound of war drums, shouts, and horses' hooves intertwined to form a magnificent symphony of war.

On the battlefield, swords and swords are flying, and flesh and blood are flying.

The soldiers of the Ming army either swung their swords and stabbed the enemy with spears, their movements were skillful and powerful, and each attack made the enemy fearful.

The elite warriors of the Tatar tribe relied on their superb riding and archery skills to shuttle freely on the battlefield, their bows and arrows were like the sickles of death, and they also harvested life in the Ming army's array.

But the numerical and well-equipped Ming army did not give them this opportunity, surrounded from three sides, and the battle soon entered the white-hot stage, both armies were red-eyed, and on the battlefield, people kept falling, but these meat grinder-like casualties did not make either side flinch.

Zhu Gaochu took the lead as always, brandishing the horse lance in his hand and leading the loyal guards to charge into battle, his figure quickly shuttling across the battlefield, each swing taking the lives of one or more Tatar warriors.

In this desperate struggle, both sides paid a huge price, but in the end, the Ming army gradually gained the upper hand by virtue of its numerical superiority and sophisticated equipment.

The Tatar army began to retreat under the onslaught of the Ming army, and their morale also declined.

The gap between the two armies was soon revealed, although the Tatar sabers and arrows could cause casualties to the Ming army, but the Ming army relied on the progress of iron-smelting technology to equip a large number of cotton armor, far more than the Tatars who only had leather armor and even wore robes on the battlefield in terms of defensive attributes.

Soon, Benjamin's men were completely dispersed.

When the last Great Khan fell, only the wind was howling and the sand was flying.

Benjamin's cowardice, of course, is not the same thing as Genghis Khan and Kublai Khan's cowardice, but it is just in name, the golden family ancestor, during the war, the cowardly Xue was directly ordered by the Great Khan, and the Great Khan went to the battlefield, and there must be a cowardly Xue to escort him.

And today's Tatar cowardly Xue army can't even protect the Nine White Silk that symbolizes the past glory of the Mongol Empire.

Seeing that the Jiu Bai Xuan was cut off by Zhu Gaoxu with a big axe, and then fell heavily to the ground, the soldiers of the Ming army cheered for victory, their eyes were full of pride and glory, they knew that this battle that took place 200 miles away from the Wuguerzha River was the fruit of victory that they exchanged for their blood and lives, and it was also the great military exploits they made for the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Di watched Jiu Bai Xuan slam on the ground with his own eyes, stirring up a burst of dust, and his heart was inexplicably emotional.

"Yuan History, Taizu Benji" records that in the first year of Bingyin, the emperor's kings and ministers, built Jiu Bai Xu, that is, the emperor is located at the source of the difficult river. Now we have hit the River of Trouble, cut down the Mongols' Nine Hundred White Silk, and the backbone left by the Northern Yuan Dynasty has finally been broken by my own hands. ”

Looking at Benjamin, who was tied up by five flowers, this poor puppet Khan, Zhu Di did not have any sympathy, in his life logic, it is a very natural thing to become a king and lose a king, and war is so rough.

But Zhu Di didn't kill him either, because there was another crucial thing, which is said to be here in Benjamin.

"Where did you hide the jade seal of the heirloom country?"

The jade seal of the country, that is, the famous Heshi Bi, as the seal of the emperors after the Great Qin, was engraved by the order of Qin Shi Huang.

The jade seal of the country is four inches in circumference, and the five dragons are handed over to New York, and the front is engraved with the eight seal characters of Li Si's book "Ordered by the Heavens, Both Shou Yongchang", which is used as the orthodox token of the imperial power.

Since the Great Qin, the emperors of all dynasties have taken this seal as the mandate of heaven and enshrined it as an artifact of the country.

If any emperor ascends the throne without such a thing, he will even be ridiculed as a "tabula rasa emperor".

When Lao Zhu ascended the throne, he didn't seem to care about it on the surface, and he got a bunch of jade seals, but in fact, he cared very much in his heart, in the battle of fishing in the sea, Lan Yu's only regret was that he couldn't find the heirloom jade seal, if he could find it, then the reward he got was probably not only Liang Guogong.

And this thing, at the end of the Yuan Dynasty by the Yuan Shun Emperor in the twenty-eighth year of the Zhizheng from the capital after the escape into Mobei, the Northern Yuan experienced a series of battles such as Shangdu, Yingchang, Helin, Yuerhai, etc., basically has collapsed, but no matter how embarrassed the posture of the escape, the Northern Yuan Emperor did not leave the jade seal of the country, its importance can be seen.

And Zhu Di, as a usurper, is naturally extremely eager to pass on the jade seal, and if he retrieves this thing, coupled with the great merit of clearing Mobei, then his legitimacy as emperor will be greatly increased.

It's a pity that Benjamin failed to let Zhu Di get his wish.

"In the hands of Arutai. Arutai never gave it to me, and he printed all the edicts. ”

"Arutai"

Zhu Di's eyes turned to the east.

After Zhu Di achieved a great victory on the east side of the Wugulzha River, he began to merge with the main infantry led by Zhu Neng non-stop.

And in the process, there is also bad news.

Some of the Tatar tribes who had not followed either Benjamli or Arutai learned of the news and began to flee south in a panic.

Yes, to the south.

They thought that the large-scale cavalry cluster of the Ming army was still in the west, so they didn't dare to go west, and they didn't want to go to the east to follow Arutai, and the north was an ice field that couldn't survive at all, so they began to run south.

This caused some trouble for Zhu Di, because the south was the supply line of the Ming army, and these Tatar tribes who did not plan to run were all poor people, and they only had ghosts when they saw that the supply line of the Ming army was not robbed.

Zhu Di ordered Guangenbo Liu Cai to take a part of the cavalry to transport the wounded back to the south, and cooperate with Xu Huizu, the Duke of Wei, who was responsible for maintaining the supply line, in case the supply line was lost.

And after Zhu Di joined the large army led by Zhu Neng, he learned about the situation in Arutai.

Arutai was as cunning as ever, and after learning that the main force of the Ming army had built a city and camped near the Yuma River, he led his subordinates to change the route of the march.

However, this can't change anything, there are too many people in Arutai, even if he is allowed to run for a few more days, the Ming army can still catch up.

Arutai also knows this, but he can't help but bring these people, because these are all his family background, without these people, if there are only a few of his cronies, then they can't gain a foothold on the grassland at all, and there are so many enemies in Arutai, the Warat tribe, the Uliangha tribe. And then there are the tribes that can't be named.

There is only one Genghis Khan, and he wants to make a comeback after losing power, which is really a very unlikely event on the grassland.

So after Arutai continued to receive information from the Ming army, he didn't run away.

Taking advantage of the time difference, after Arutai placed the women and children, he began to prepare a pocket formation, to deal a heavy blow to the Ming army who were eager to catch up with him.

In fact, Arutai's strategy is very old-fashioned, if it is commanded by Qiu Fulai, the Duke of Qi Kingdom, maybe he will really fall into the trap.

In Jiang Xinghuo's previous life, Qiu Fu's cause of death was to underestimate the enemy's rash advance.

Qiu Fu led the Ming army to the north, that is, after defeating the Tatar rangers south of the Yuma River, he took advantage of the victory to cross the river and get the false information of the prisoners, Qiu Fu was convinced, and decided to gallop to go, the generals objected, and suggested waiting for the arrival of the main army, and then send troops to pursue after finding out the reality of the enemy army, but Qiu Fu refused to take it, and as a result, he fell into the trap of Arutai, and the Tatar army surrounded Qiu Fu and others, and a duke, four marquises, plus thousands of Ming elites, were wiped out.

However, in this time and space, it was Zhu Di who commanded the Northern Expeditionary Army.

As the world's number one general, Zhu Di was not carried away by the huge victory of defeating Benjamin, on the contrary, unlike the previous long-distance attack with tens of thousands of cavalry despite fatigue, this time Zhu Di's rhythm slowed down.

Zhu Di can be aggressive like fire, and naturally he can also be like a forest.

Although he didn't know Arutai's ambush plan, Zhu Di still led the three battalions of more than 100,000 people to continue to advance eastward along the Yinma River and the Kuoluan River at a constant speed, preparing to completely annihilate Arutai and recapture the jade seal of the country.

In order to find the traces of Arutai, the Ming army only lit fires and cooked before dawn and dusk every day, and sent a large number of scouts to cover their side.

Eventually, the Ming army stopped at the Wuerguna River.

Arutai gathered all his main forces in a natural valley called "Feiyun Gully" and rushed out of the valley while the Ming army was crossing the river.

It is true that Arutai's painstaking concealment and surprise attack did not achieve any suddenness at the tactical level, because the Ming scouts who went to Feiyun Gully to investigate were no longer heard, and the Ming army quickly realized that the situation was wrong, so they had already prepared, but at the battle level, Arutai undoubtedly took the lead.

Zhu Di was not in a hurry, and took hundreds of horsemen of the loyal and righteous guards to climb a small hill, and then commanded the Ming army to deploy along the river.

In the initial stage of the campaign, the speed of the Ming army's crossing of the river, it surprised Arutai, the Ming army's boat bridge was extremely well prepared, all these things were carried down, so dozens of pontoon bridges made the Wuerguna River on both sides of the river not much obstacle at all, a large number of Ming troops with a very high degree of organization, orderly across the pontoon bridge to the east bank.

Zhu Di commanded the generals of the Ming army at all levels to begin to arrange military formations according to the terrain, forming a front twelve miles apart from the left and right.

Dressed in red cotton armor, he sat on a tall warhorse, his eyes like torches, and he looked straight ahead.

The soldiers of the three battalions below, like iron and bronze walls, lined up on the east bank, their armor shining coldly in the sun.

With the sound of trumpets and drums, the sound of the soldiers' uniform footsteps shook the earth.

Arutai, on the other hand, made a mistake due to poor information.

A mistake he didn't know was wrong.

——The Ming army in Arutai's cognition is still the Ming army during the Battle of Yuerhai.

Since the Battle of Yuerhai, the Mongols have not fought a large-scale battle with the Ming Dynasty for seventeen years.

And these seventeen years are enough for the Ming army to be reborn.

It's a pity that their understanding of the Ming army is still stuck in the past.

Therefore, Arutai sacrificed the "Mangu Gang" tactic.

That is, let the Tatar light cavalry give full play to its strong mobility characteristics when advancing and retreating, deliberately keeping a safe distance from the invading Ming army, this distance will be outside the range of the Ming army, but must be within the range of the bow and arrow, so that the Tatar cavalry as the main force of the archers can avoid being hit, and constantly use the bow and arrow in their hands to kill and wound the Ming army.

It was with this hand that the Mongols successively smashed the Jin, Song, Western Xia, Khorezm and even the Eastern European coalition forces.

However, times have changed.

The Tatar tactics of "mangus" collided head-on with artillery.

The Ming army was dragged all the way without firing the artillery, and for the first time, they showed their might in front of the Tatars.

The primitive flowering shells let the Tatar hussars who charged in a dense formation know what it means to fall from the sky, and at the same time, the poor defensive equipment of the Tatars allowed the power of the artillery to be maximized.

There were also brave Tatar generals who were unwilling to give up, and continued to howl and lead their troops to continue the charge towards the Ming army, intending to return the color when they were within range of the cavalry bow, and then use their superb horsemanship to cut out sideways.

However, the fire guns of the Shenji Battalion began to line up to kill.

There was nothing to say about the whole process, in the face of the generation difference in weapons, the bows and arrows of the Tatar light cavalry were almost useless, and when they realized that they could not complete the predetermined campaign goal of "giving the Ming army a half-crossing attack", the Tatars played another fine tradition they inherited from the Northern Yuan and began to scatter birds and beasts.

Aru Tairun is very fast, and the women and children of the various tribes have already arranged to run separately in all directions, how much can they run, since this battle can't be fought, then he will also run.

The Ming army began the pursuit, and the cavalry pursued it for hundreds of miles in one go, until the supplies were exhausted.

And in the pursuit, the Ming army also had an important gain.

In Changxiuchuan, the Ming army bit the tail of the Arutai troops, and Arutai was forced to break his tail to survive, he left behind a large amount of baggage, in the words of Jin Youzi, who came to be responsible for counting the baggage, that is, "cattle and sheep and miscellaneous animals are full of valleys, and on both sides of the river, stretching for more than 100 miles."

Moreover, the cavalry of the Ming army captured his wife and children, who were abandoned by Arutai because he was running slowly.

Well, Liu Bang gave a thumbs up.

And here in Arutai's current wife, the wife of the former Great Khan who has the blood of the golden family in her veins, the Ming army unexpectedly obtained the heirloom jade seal.

No one expected that when she was kicked off the horse, she took this vital prop from Arutai.

For this reason, this woman who presented the heirloom jade seal was richly rewarded by Zhu Di.

Under the calm command of Zhu Di, the Ming army inflicted heavy losses on the Tatars, recaptured the jade seal of the country, won this decisive battle, and successfully completed the goal of the first northern expedition.

Although Arutairun is run, but the impact is not great, his strength is far less than before, the decline of the Tatar department has become inevitable, and it is impossible for them to stab the Ming in the back when they deal with Timur who came from the expedition.

However, for the Ming army, this northern expedition was undoubtedly a brilliant victory, they not only annihilated a large number of enemy troops, but also brought back more than 200,000 cattle and sheep, recaptured many lands occupied by the Mongols, established a new guard in Monan, and pushed the northern border of the Ming Dynasty thousands of miles north.

Zhu Di knew that this victory was not easy to come by, and also understood that behind it was the blood and sacrifice of countless soldiers, after the battle, he immediately ordered to reward the preparation squad of the three armies, and at the same time sent an envoy to Beijing to report the news.

And Zhu Gaoxu, the heroic and fearless second prince on the battlefield, also showed his wisdom and less mature political skills after the victory.

Zhu Gaoxu was guided by Jiang Xinghuo, and he understood very well that although the war against the Tatars had achieved a great victory, the following governance and pacification work were equally important.

It is impossible for the Ming Dynasty to be stationed in Mobei forever, and it is very important to pull one faction to fight another.

Therefore, he took the initiative to talk to the captured Tatar nobles.

Zhu Gaoxu's prestige and his bravery won the respect of these Tatar nobles, and a considerable number of small and medium-sized tribal leaders were willing to pledge allegiance to the Ming Dynasty and move south with the Ming army as a buffer zone for grazing in Monan.

Zhu Gaochu did a very good job, Zhu Di didn't say anything on the surface, but he highly recognized what Zhu Gaochu did in his heart.

This northern expedition made him understand that this second son is not only brave and fearless on the battlefield, but also has a good talent in governance, and Zhu Di really seriously considered whether to give Zhu Gaoxu more power (draw a bigger pie), so that he can continue to contribute to Zhu Di in the future.

But no matter what happened between father and son, in general, the end of this war was brilliant.

After the end of the First Northern Expedition, the internal and external situation of the Ming Dynasty underwent some significant changes.

First of all, militarily, the Ming Dynasty consolidated its rule in the north and improved the security of the northern frontier by defeating the Tatar Mongols, and this victory also boosted the morale and combat effectiveness of the newly formed three battalions of the Ming army, creating favorable conditions for subsequent large-scale operations.

Secondly, politically, Zhu Di further consolidated his throne through this war, he succeeded in winning a great victory that was not inferior to the Battle of Yuerhai, knocked the Tatars back to the barbarian era, proved his military talent and leadership, and recaptured the heirloom jade seal, which represented the legitimacy of the imperial throne, thus strengthening the imperial power and his own legitimacy.

In addition, Zhu Di also further won the hearts of the army by rewarding the three armies and promoting meritorious soldiers, enhanced the loyalty and combat effectiveness of the army, and made some of the non-Yan army descendants who were reorganized into the Beijing camp also become loyal to him.

However, the victory of the First Northern Expedition did not completely solve the problems within the Ming Dynasty, and within the imperial court, there were still complex power struggles and factional struggles.

At the same time, due to the supply consumption that was enough to make Xu Huizu mentally collapse in this war, the economy of the Ming Dynasty also faced new difficulties and challenges.

But in any case, the second year of Yongle is a turning page.

(End of chapter)