In Beiping, the north wind swept the white grass and folded, and the wind blew the red flag and did not turn over.

This former capital city of the Yuan Dynasty has been transformed into the base camp of the Ming army's continuous northern expedition to the grassland.

Its former liberator, Xu Da, now the commander of the Northern Expedition, is wearing cold armor, standing silently on the head of the city, looking out at the gloomy clouds and snowy north.

Suddenly, several fast horses broke through the chaotic wind and snow curtain and galloped towards the head of Beiping City.

The hundred soldiers at the head of the city silently hung their bowstrings in preparation for the battle that might come.

The Ming army rangers scattered outside the city quickly stepped forward to investigate, and when they found that the comers were their own scouts, they let them into the city.

After a while, the soldiers led two dusty scouts to the city gate.

"General, the scout sent to Mobei is back."

"Well, get up." Xu Da nodded slowly, looked at the two scouts with frostbite on their faces and hands, and said softly: "You have worked hard. ”

"Hey, it's not hard." The joy of seeing the general made the two scouts forget about their pain and fatigue, and only knew to grin.

"How? Did you find out the news? ”

"Yes." The leader of the scouts hurriedly hissed: "The lowly man disguised himself as a fur merchant, went deep into the court of the Tartars in the Harana Sea, and found out that Wang Baobao had indeed died in August. Now in power is his younger brother Tayin Timur. It's just to continue to use his prestige that he has been keeping it a secret.

"We also found evidence that Wang Baobao's wives and concubines all committed suicide, and they should have been martyred for him according to Mengyuan customs. Extrapolating from the place where his wife and concubine were buried, we found the burial place of Wang Baobao on the shores of the Harana Sea.

"Although there is no tombstone, it is indeed a new tomb regulated by the prince of Mengyuan, and we managed to enter the tomb and rub the epitaph." As he spoke, the leader of the scouts took a copper cylinder from his bosom, opened it, and presented it with a page.

Xu Da has fought with the Mongols for half his life, and he has long been proficient in Mongolian characters, and after carefully reading the epitaph, he sighed and ordered: "Set up an offering table, and the commander will pay tribute to the mortal enemy." ”

"General!" The surrounding Zheng Guogong Chang Mao, Changxing Hou Geng Bingwen and others were pleasantly surprised when they heard this: "Are you sure Wang Baobao is really dead?" ”

"Sure." Xu Da nodded.

"Great, now even Wang Baobao is dead!" Young Chang Mao cheered. "It's really a Hu Yuan!"

As soon as there was a shout here, the news of Wang Baobao's death soon spread all over the city of Beiping, and the soldiers who were still frozen and expressionless cheered happily.

"Wang Baobao is dead, and Hu Yuan is dead!"

"Wang Baobao is dead, and Hu Yuan is dead!"

Xu Da didn't have half a smile on his face, and he didn't even have a relaxed expression.

After the soldiers set up the offering table and offerings, he personally served incense and wine to pay tribute to this Mongolian man who brought him the only defeat in his life.

Although it is your mortal enemy. But no matter what, this one can fight with him and protect the Hu Yuan court with his own strength; Boss Zhu's seven surrenders to the Northern Yuan Dynasty were all worthy of respect.

"I wanted to capture you alive, a shame for your life." Xu Da spilled a glass of wine in the direction of the Harana Sea in the north, and said infinitely: "It's a pity that you didn't give Ben Shuai this chance, and I will regret it for the rest of my life." ”

With that, he smashed the glass and turned to go down the city.

Chang Mao, Geng Bingwen and others will hurry up to follow.

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When he returned to the General's Mansion, Chang Mao was still persistently asking, "General, when will our army be launched?" ”

The rest of the generals also looked at Xu Da, since they got the news of Wang Baobao's death after entering the autumn, they seized the time to fight hard and hold back their strength, just waiting to fight with the general Huanglong and fight the last battle to eliminate Hu Yuan.

This ever-victorious army, full of meritorious deeds and the heart of a wife and son, did not pay attention to the harsh climate at all, and they once went out to the steppe in the first month of the year, and caught the Mongols by surprise......

Xu Da didn't speak immediately, he handed the helmet and the big coat to his soldiers, walked to the burning charcoal basin, and roasted the fire to calm down.

The orange flames danced in his eyes, but his expression was still as calm as autumn water.

"General......" Chang Mao couldn't help but call again.

"Old Geng, tell them the truth." Xu Da turned his back to the generals and slowly commanded.

"Yes." Geng Bingwen, Marquis of Changxing, nodded, and said to the generals in a heavy voice:

"Tongzhou Cang reported that so far, less than 30% of the food and military supplies needed for the army have been put into storage. If it weren't for the fact that the general had vigorously planted cotton in Yanyun in the past few years, the soldiers would have had a problem even having enough food and clothing. ”

"What?!" The generals were stunned when they heard this.

They have heard that it is unfavorable for the local government to transport military supplies this year. But they all felt that they must be like in the past, and the general would take care of everything.

But I didn't expect that this was almost a month, and the supplies were only one-third in place!

In the first month of the lunar month, let alone have supplies sent to the front line......

"Are those magistrates crazy?" Chang Mao said indignantly: "If you delay the military plane, aren't you afraid that the emperor will kill them?" ”

"They all have various reasons, floods, droughts, locust plagues, failed harvests, canal congestion, blocked transportation, sea transportation encountered wind and waves, and sea ships ......capsized," Geng Bingwen said depressedly.

"I have already written a petition form for the Ministry of Books. But there are too many counties that have been delayed this year, and it is impossible for the emperor to punish them all, and in the end it is nothing more than to deal with a few unlucky people with no background. ”

"What's the use of killing them all? didn't take advantage of Wang Baobao's death and the people of the Northern Yuan Dynasty were in turmoil, and they were wiped out in one fell swoop. When they settle down, they can't find anyone in a decisive battle with them! Chang Mao and other young Zhuang generals were so anxious that they beat their chests, as if they had been robbed of their daughter-in-law.

Yan'an Hou Tang Shengzong, Ji'an Hou Lu Zhongheng and several veteran generals were not so excited.

Because they know the reasons for this situation.

And even happy to see it happen......

This is revenge from the Korean Gong and from Huaixi.

The old brothers of Han Gong and Huaixi contributed money and efforts, emptied their family funds and pasted money, and built a magnificent middle capital city for Boss Zhu.

It's good that your boss Zhu is good, because of a little thing, if you don't move the capital, you won't move the capital!

You have saved your reputation, but where will the face of Han Gong and our Huaixi go?

Not to mention, Boss Zhu then let Han Yike, a cool official, set off a big prison in Fengyang.

Every family has children, relatives, and slaves are arrested. Those who return to the fields lose their fields, those who lose money lose money, and those who are tossed want to die.

So I'm sorry, let's make Huaixi lose money and make money like before, everything is important to your boss Zhu's great cause, sorry, I can't do it.

See, we're picking a pick, that's the situation.

(End of chapter)