As soon as Zhu Houzhao came out of the capital, he was like a wild horse on the loose, Zhang Mao, Yang Yiqing and others were driven away early, and no one around them nagged and advised, would Liu Jin dare to say Your Majesty? Zhang Zhong will say Your Majesty, of course not, the three pavilion elders who want to preside over the overall situation in the DPRK and the Central Committee will naturally not come, and now is the day I want.

But I didn't be happy for long, and I was disturbed by the people along the way, one by one, skinny, lying crookedly on the side of the official road, dragging the family with a little miserable appearance, where can I see such a situation in the capital, even if there is, it will not appear in front of the eyes of the Son of Heaven.

The last time it appeared, the world was rectified once, if the Son of Heaven saw such a scene again, I don't know what the emperor is going to do.

Zhu Houzhao sighed in his heart; "This is the so-called peaceful and prosperous era."

The more he saw, the more urgent he was in his heart, there was not much time, this time he leveled the Tatars, so he asked Qi Jingtong to go to sea immediately, go and get the potatoes back to me, as well as corn and sweet potatoes, it is estimated that it will take a year or two, and he will waste so much time, he still thinks that he is following the trajectory of history, Zhu Houzhao is a short-lived ghost, he is also a short-lived ghost.

The mood was destroyed and clean, and there was no more thought, Zhu Houzhao ordered the army to rush to Datong Mansion at full speed.

The imperial court did not requisition the people to transport supplies, and the 5,000-strong army carried dry food and traveled lightly, and the marching speed was naturally much faster.

Along the way, non-stop, the army saw the city through the city, and the rest was a short rest for an hour or two, eat some dry food, fortunately, this army, brought out by Zhang Zhong, the quality is relatively good, otherwise it would have been stepped over a long time ago.

Zhu Houzhao didn't do anything special, what the soldiers ate, what he ate, and he didn't ride along the way, and gradually got the more loyal support of these big-headed soldiers, people are flesh and blood creatures, even the emperor who is high above is so approachable and praises them, without the slightest shelf, what else do they have to be dissatisfied, not to mention that they are still the secret guards of the first emperor, and they are only loyal in their hearts, which is even more rare.

And Zhu Houzhao, like a military instructor in his previous life, did ideological work with every soldier, encouraging them not to be afraid of sacrifice, to carry forward the fighting spirit of courage and hard work, and to make wishes and promises.

"You are the people's soldiers, you are the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty, and you are the supreme glory of the Ming soldiers······!"

"If you die in battle, I will let the court support your wife and children, parents and parents until their death, don't be afraid, I will be with you."

Zhang Zhong silently followed behind Zhu Houzhao, seeing His Majesty's impassioned encouragement to the soldiers, in his heart, the blood that had already cooled gradually became warm, with tears in his eyes.

As a soldier, they also need to be recognized, especially to be valued by the emperor, which is more important than anything else.

The soldiers were originally tired and exhausted, and were transformed by Zhu Houzhao's thoughts, and immediately had a high fighting spirit, and they couldn't wait to appear on the Datong city wall immediately, and the Tatars had a showdown, and the emperor said that they were heroes, and they were the city walls of the Ming Dynasty, and the honor and pride of the soldiers came naturally.

"The dynasty has treated you badly, but it won't be in the future, everything is inferior only to study, without you to protect the family and defend the country, how can there be a peaceful life for scholars, so you are the solid and thick shield of the Ming Dynasty, with you, the Ming can be peaceful, with you I can be peaceful, in order to be peaceful in the world, pick up your weapons, let everyone see, who said that it is better to study as a soldier."

Roar~! For the emperor, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, kill and kill.

The enthusiasm of the soldiers was mobilized, the momentum was like a rainbow, screaming, red eyes, and quickly rushed towards Datong Mansion.

Zhu Houzhao said with relief in his heart, although I have a weapon that transcends the times, but this strength comparison, the disparity is too great, do not add a little to you not afraid of sacrifice, dare to fight and dare to kill, this battle is really impossible to fight, don't blame me for being ruthless, I am gambling, if I win, Daming will have an infinite future, if I lose, I will never recover, more than ten years later, when I die, Daming will still return to the original, so you must win, Tumubao broke your backbone, I will pick you up again.

Yingzong's 500,000 army marched in three ways, Yingzong led 200,000 troops by himself, and was wiped out one by one by 50,000 troops.

The Tatars, the Tile Thorns, are not terrible, they can win more with less, every year they come to the Ming border wall, loot and kill the people, the Ming Dynasty has no good way except to drive away and comfort, then Zhu Houzhao will use a more exaggerated war method, to find back the decadent courage and fighting spirit of the Ming army, so that all vassal states can see clearly, the Ming is still strong, not you want to come, you want to go, you have to pay the price.

Thermal weapons will be the general trend in the future, now, the Ming Dynasty has the opportunity to be absolutely ahead of other countries for hundreds of years, this war, it can be said that it is very critical, it will be an elite war in the future, how many troops are there in the Ming Dynasty now, plus the local guards, almost two million.

And the imperial court only has a lot of taxes, more than one million, and it can't make ends meet, so it has caused the current predicament.

Jiangnan is full, the world is abundant, if there is a natural disaster in Jiangnan, then the world will be in chaos.

In order to change this situation, when Zhu Houzhao took the throne, he tried to raise the commercial tax, but he never succeeded, and until now, Zhu Houzhao is to lay a good foundation for the first war, first learn from the Yongle Emperor, and hold the military heart steadily, who dares not to be convinced, the court will win half.

Wait for the grain to be retrieved, the people have food, then they will get half more, what can the ministers of the court do at that time, that is when he really says the same, where the emperor wants to go to the waves, then go to the waves, see if you are unhappy, he will destroy you, this is the life that Zhu Houzhao wants, the current emperor, is really delicious.

Engage in a royal manufacturing bureau, be said a few words by the minister, and a few words discussed by the minister, there has not been a day of peace, Zhu Houzhao is secretly ruthless, and he must find an opportunity to make these turtle ancients convinced.

The sky is as people wish, the Tatars came, Zhu Houzhao also successfully seized the opportunity, the imperial drive was conquered, the court was boiling, and the people also watched to see if the young emperor, who had just ascended the throne, could sing a great victory and return and play the prestige of the Ming Dynasty.

Datong Province.

"Minister Zhu Chongyi, welcome the holy driver." The acting king bent down and bowed to the prince's courtesy.

"Minister, Wang Shouren, the chief soldier of Datong Mansion, greets the holy driver." Kneeling down to worship the monarch and courtesy, he did not regard himself as a military general, he still regarded himself as a minister, this famous Confucian general, in his heart, he still boasted of being a minister.

"Minister, the commander of the Anning Wei of Datong Mansion will make Hu Zan greet the holy driver." This is also a famous figure, and in history, he also saved the driver and left his name in the annals of history.

"Weichen and others welcome the holy driver." The rest are prostrategies.

Under the leadership of Zhang Zhong, the five thousand iron eagle guards all looked cold, murderous, and held their heads high, carrying a spear on their shoulders, carrying an artillery barrel on their backs, and only brought out ammunition, which was a military secret technology, but it could not be leaked, and it was not too late for the rest of the fire and thunder to be made, anyway, there were no hard requirements for what the earth cannon thrown, so Zhu Houzhao did not bring it.

But this strange-looking army appeared in Datong, and Wang Shouren and others were surprised!

When Zhu Houzhao was approaching Datong, he went up to his own chauffeur, dressed in golden armor, carrying a sword symbolizing the Son of Heaven at his waist, walked down the imperial chariot, looked at the acting king first, looked at this imperial uncle, and said; "Uncle Huang, please get up."

He helped the acting king Zhu Chongyi up, Zhu Chongyi smiled, the vassal king could not leave the fiefdom without an edict, so the first emperor Daxing, he was only on the expression of grief, never thought that the emperor actually came to Datong, as a landlord, he naturally came all the way to greet the holy car, his heart was really frightened, he was relatively timid, but he didn't dare to think of anything else, so the generation of the king line, has not changed much, until the last acting king was killed by Li Zicheng.

Zhu Houzhao smiled again and said to Wang Shouren and other courtiers.

"You can wait and get even."

"Thank you for the emperor's grace."

"Emperor Xie, the minister has prepared a banquet in the palace, please move to the palace for a while." The Acting King cautiously asked.

Zhu Houzhao shook his head lightly and said; "When Datong Mansion is settled, I will definitely go to the emperor's palace to play and live for three or five days, I have been famous for the scenery of the palace for a long time, hehe." He was just talking about it.

Zhu Chongyi was terrified in his heart, the emperor has been famous for the scenery of the palace for a long time, that is to say, the scenery of the palace is not as good as the palace, isn't it to say that he violated the rules, the emperor, are you warning the old ministers?

Zhu Houzhao didn't care what he thought, turned to Wang Shouren and said; "Go to the city and have a look, I want to know the current state of the war."

"Zhang Zhong, you take the Iron Eagle Guard to the city tower to set up first."

"Vice General Zhang, Yang joins the army, you go with you." Zhu Houzhao commanded.

Seeing this, Zhu Chongyi didn't dare to make any more noise, followed him carefully, looking at the situation, the emperor came prepared, or don't disturb the emperor.

Wang Shouren was called to Zhu Houzhao's side, and Liu Jin and the acting king followed behind them and walked towards the city gate tower.

Zhang Mao and Yang Yiqing followed Hu Zan and led the army to the city tower to set up defenses.

The five Iron Eagle Guards walked side by side, taking uniform steps, and followed behind the emperor without squinting, which was terrifying.

The army passed through the city, and the people looked at it curiously, and then they all sank their heads, as if they had no strength.

Zhu Houzhao was very worried, what he saw was that the bleak faces of the people, even if the soldiers of the defenders saw His Majesty coming, they were all angry and godless, although the voice was shouting high, but there was no spirit, except for so many days, they had been fighting, and the rest of the soldiers were basically like this, Wang Shouren explained helplessly to the emperor; "Your Majesty, Weichen is guilty, these days, Datong Mansion is cold, and the soldiers lack food and clothing, it's really..."

Zhu Houzhao didn't blame him, and said to himself ashamedly; "You're not wrong, it's me who is sorry for them, it's me who didn't let the soldiers be fed and clothed, I'm the one who is guilty, I don't blame you, the food is coming, it's almost there, you can bear with it again." His words made everyone behind him sad, and they felt ashamed.

Wang Shouren's eyes were red, is the emperor blaming himself? Your Majesty, you are really a benevolent monarch, the minister is ashamed, the emperor is so well aware of righteousness, and has the style of an ancient benevolent monarch, following an emperor like you, the minister is worth it.

What can he say, the current situation of Daming is like this, Jiuda Border Town, that place is not the same, if you want to supply so many military funds, there is always a place that cannot be taken care of, the situation in Datong is okay, if the slave does it, I am afraid of gnawing the bark, Wang Shouren knows the situation in some other places.

It's all food trouble, and this damn ghost weather, it's only in October, it's freezing cold, and it's not going to let people live.

Zhu Hou looked at their tired bodies, and then looked at the official grandfathers in the capital, and suddenly became angry, sad and annoyed, no way, what can I do, I have to work hard, go into battle in person, and then play the role of an instructor for a while, cheering them up.

I saw him take a few quick steps, climb the city tower, stand by the battlements of the city tower wall, and command Wang Shouren; "Gather all the soldiers."

"Yes."