"Your Highness, we're leaving......"

In the early morning of April 20, at the gate of Jixi Fort, there were only more than 400 people left in the Shenyang Zhongwei Left Army, who had been reorganized at the beginning.

On the cart not far away, there were dozens of seriously wounded soldiers of the Left Army, as well as an altar of ashes.

This was the fourth day after Zhu Di pursued Harawu, and before he returned to Jilin City to rest, the brothers of the Qianhu of the Left Army could not wait to return to the south.

For them, the more than ten days they have come to Jilin City will never be forgotten in their lives, and many of them have left their comrades and brothers in this land.

"Go for it......"

At the gate of the city, Zhu Gaoxu bowed his head, and at the same time looked at the altar of ashes, and reminded Jiang Ji, who was currently in the left army on behalf of thousands of households:

"If the families of the fallen brothers are unable to support themselves, let them wear the military registration cards of the fallen soldiers to Jilin City, and the pension field will always be waiting for them at any time."

"Yes!" Jiang Ji lowered his head, and many of the soldiers behind him were also infected.

Many of them wanted to stay after the war, because Zhu Gaoxu's generosity and Ji Linwei's policies were obvious to all.

However, after all, they entered the military registration of Shenyang Zhongwei early and were the military households of Shenyang Zhongwei.

Therefore, in the absence of an order from the imperial court, they could not defect to Zhu Gaoxu.

"Slow down on the way and watch out for the injured brother."

patted Jiang Ji on the shoulder, Zhu Gaoxu waved his hand to signal that they could leave, and he also turned around and walked towards Jixi Fort.

Looking at his back, Jiang Ji and the brothers of the Qianhu of the Left Army all looked at Zhu Gaoxu.

"Woo woo woo ......"

At the head of the city, Lin Su, Zhang Chun, Wang Yi and other Bohai Navy brothers who had recovered from their injuries sounded the horn and played a war song for Jiang Ji and them to return home in triumph.

Listening to the war song and feeling the reward money from Zhu Gaoxu on his chest, Jiang Ji and the many brothers of the Zuo Army turned around and left with loss and happiness.

They lost that they were not soldiers under Zhu Gaoxu, and they could not meet such a generous official as Zhu Gaoxu.

But they were also glad that they survived the battlefield and were able to return to Shenyang City alive to reunite with their relatives.

The only regret is that compared to the team they came, there are too many fewer teams to return.

At the same time as they left, Zhu Gaoxu also walked back to the exit of Jixi Fort, preparing to return to Jilin City.

His injuries were still there, so he was helped by Yishaha to get on his horse.

After helping him get on the horse, Yishaha also found a horse to ride, and at the same time stepped forward and said to Zhu Gaoxu:

"Your Highness, the Liaodong Metropolitan Division in the south has sent a letter, and the soldiers, horses and teams that have been sent to transport grain have been dispatched, and they will arrive in about half a month."

"Got it." Zhu Gaoxu bowed his head, but his eyes looked ahead.

In front of the dirt post road they walked, the barren fields on both sides of the road were being cultivated by thousands of people in Jilin City, who were ploughing cattle and pulling horses.

People are one of the most resilient animals, and many people who were grieved a few days ago are now engaged in the work of reclamation.

Perhaps only in the future, at an ordinary moment, when they see that familiar object and think of a familiar person, will they be sad again.

Passing by the fields, many people who were driving the cattle to plough the fields cast their eyes on Zhu Gaoxu, and they were far away.

After feeling their respect, Zhu Gaoxu also waved in response, and at the same time turned back to Yizha and said:

"When the next batch of grain arrives, we will distribute the bereavement food first, and there can be no delay at all."

"Your Highness, don't worry, the slave knows." also lost his head and nodded solemnly, and Zhu Gaoxu also turned his head when he saw this.

They sent away the left army of thousands of households, but in this way, the strength of Jilin City was a little empty.

Therefore, after returning to Jilin City, Zhu Gaoxu asked people to find Fu Rang and Lin Su.

The expansion of the army has undoubtedly become the top priority of Jilin City at present.

Due to the increase in the population of the city, Zhu Gaoxu's manpower was much more abundant than before, and he asked Fu Rang and Lin Su, Zhang Chun, Wang Yi and others to select soldiers from among the men in the city, and did not force those who did not want to join the army.

Regardless of whether they are Jurchens or Han Chinese, as long as they take a fancy to them, with their personal consent, they are immediately admitted to the academy to study, learn the official language, and participate in exercises.

The process was cumbersome and slow, and Zhu Gaoxu did not wait for the news of the end of the recruitment, but received another piece of news that he had been waiting for a long time on the fifth day after the departure of the Qianhu of the Left Army.

On April 25, the news of Zhu Di's class reached Jilin City and also reached Zhu Gaoxu's ears.

"Back to His Royal Highness, His Royal Highness King Yan is leading the army to the south with the generals at this moment, and needs to camp outside Jixi Fort, so His Royal Highness King Yan ordered to come and deliver a message, asking His Royal Highness to order someone to build a barracks, bury pots and make rice, and reward the soldiers of the three armies!"

In the carrier hall, a hundred household officials half-knelt on the ground and told Zhu Gaoxu about his affairs.

"Came back so soon......"

Hearing that Zhu Di was back, Zhu Gaoxu still couldn't believe it.

Based on his understanding of Zhu Di's character, Zhu Di was rational in chasing and killing Harawu for two or three months, but this time he was about to return to Jilin City after only nine days of pursuit.

Calculating the time, it is estimated that Zhu Di led his troops to pursue near the Songhua River on the south bank of Zhaozhou City, and decided to divide the class.

While Zhu Gaoxu was thinking, the hundred household officials also said in a stiff voice: "His Royal Highness King Yan sent a message to let His Highness prepare some delicious food, and he arrived at the palace in two hours, wanting to have a family banquet with His Highness and the princess." ”

"Good!" Zhu Gaoxu bowed his head, and then asked, "What is the situation of Harawu and Hu Bing?" ”

"We pursued them to the Songhua River, and they went northwest, and our army was short of food and horses, so we had to withdraw our troops." The Baihu official explained:

"Along the way, Hu Bing should have been killed or wounded no less than 8,000, and our army has captured more than 16,000 horses."

"That's ......" Zhu Gaoxu was a little disappointed, he thought that Zhu Di could kill Haragu, but he didn't want Haragu to still be able to run, not only did he escape successfully in history, but he also successfully broke his arm to survive in this world.

But fortunately, Zhu Di's damage to the Wuliangha Zhuwei was large enough, counting the damage of Jilin City, this time the Wuliangha Zhuwei was more than half of the array, which can be called a devastating blow.

An even better piece of news is that Zhu Di actually captured 16,000 horses.

This horse, if calculated according to the probability of selecting a military horse after Lin Su's capture, would at least bring a huge number of at least 5,000 military horses to the Ming army, and increase the military horses of the Hongwu Dynasty by one-tenth at once.

"Lao Zhu should be happy when he hears it, if I want some horses, I can only take advantage of the news before it is sent to Nanjing, and start early."

Zhu Gaoxu still wanted to pluck the wool on Zhu Di, so he instructed Yisha beside him:

"The family banquet of the palace and the military banquet of the army, but all the meat that can be served in the city has been served, and let the princess prepare it, and go with me to the north gate to meet my father in an hour and a half."

"Your Highness, rest assured, the slave and maid know." He also lost his hand and got up to do it.

Fu Rang on the side also stood up when he saw this, and Zhu Gaoxu saw him get up, and asked suspiciously: "You don't eat together?" ”

"Forget it, I don't want to deal with the rest of your Zhu family, I'd better go to the barracks for training." Fu Rang shook his head and walked out.

Zhu Gaoxu knew that he had a problem in his heart, so he could only give an additional order to Yisha: "Prepare meat at the barracks, don't suffer your own people." ”

"Yes......" also lost his answer, and Fu Rang did not reply, just raised his hand and waved and walked out of the palace.

Zhu Gaoxu looked at his back and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

The things that Lao Zhu did for Zhu Yunwen chilled the hearts of many people.

Thinking like this, the whole person relaxed a lot, got up and left the palace.

But he was not idle, but went to the armory.

There, thousands of Uliangha armor weapons were melted into molten iron and then reforged.

Zhu Gaoxu watched the weapons stained with the blood of his brothers being melted, although he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, but it was not particularly smooth after all, and he always felt a little aggrieved.

Perhaps only when he personally led his troops to smash the lair of Uliangha would this tone be completely smooth.

With this in mind, Zhu Gaoxu stayed in the armory workshop for a long time, and watched Hu Bing's armor and weapons being refined into molten iron before returning to the palace on foot.

However, when he came to the gate of the palace, he saw the neatly dressed Guo Yan leading the maidservants and eunuchs of the palace to stand at the gate of the palace, preparing to board a carriage.

Zhu Gaoxu looked at the sundial at the gate of the palace, and then realized that the time was almost up, so he also walked to Guo Yan's side.

"Get in the car, I'll ride over."

Zhu Gaoxu said to Guo Yan, but Guo Yan worriedly stretched out his hand and put it on his chest: "But your injury ......"

"It doesn't affect horseback riding anymore." Zhu Gaoxu turned sideways and motioned for her to get in the car, Guo Yan saw this and did not delay any longer, and watched Zhu Gaoxu turn over and get on the horse with his own eyes after getting into the car.

After a while, the convoy drove out of Jilin City and headed for Jixi Fort.

Zhu Gaoxu on horseback thought that he had set off early enough, but he didn't want them to go out of the city for a few miles, and he saw more than 100 cavalry on the earthen post road in front of him.

The scattered sound of horses' hooves began to come from the front, and everyone was attracted to the sound.

When the cavalry in front approached, everyone really saw the Yanfu cavalry who was responsible for opening the way.

The person who was surrounded by everyone in the center, riding a tall horse, wearing a red fat jacket, some black skin, and a big beard, needless to say, was Zhu Di.

Zhu Gaoxu and Guo Yan were looking at Zhu Di, and Zhu Di was also looking at them.

After nearly three years, Zhu Di saw Zhu Gaoxu again, but after a distance of dozens of steps, he felt that this kid had changed too much.

He quietly said to Qiu Fu and Zhu Neng on the left and right: "That kid is the second? Why does it look taller than me? ”

"Your Highness, Your Second Highness is seventeen years old, and it's time to grow tall."

"The last general thinks the same way."

When Qiu Fu saw Zhu Gaoxu, his face was unconsciously filled with a smile, although Zhu Neng on the side had not cultivated any relationship with Zhu Gaoxu, at least he often saw him, so he echoed Qiu Fu.

"You don't understand...... Zhu Di said a little uncertainly: "After all, it's mine, anyway, I feel that this kid has changed too much than before, and I have become a little afraid to admit it." ”

Zhu Di has seen too many times when he returns triumphantly, and the scene where Zhu Gaoxu greets him begins with Zhu Gaoxu's babbling.

Only this time, Zhu Gaoxu sat quietly on horseback like an irrelevant person.

Such a personality gap made Zhu Di a little unacceptable for a while.

It's a pity that no matter what he thinks, he can't think of such a thing as rebirth, so he just thought that Zhu Gaoxu went to the capital and was scared like this by Lao Zhu.

In Zhu Di's view, this is the only way to make sense.

"Appeal ......"

"See Father (His Royal Highness King Yan) ......"

As time passed, the two parties approached, and Zhu Tip immediately stepped forward to Zhu Gaoxu and their team, and then reined in the horse.

On horseback, Zhu Gaoxu also led the guards to attack Zhu Di one after another.

The father and son dismounted at the same time, and their movements were uniform, and the posture and body of the dismount looked like a family.

"High ......"

Before dismounting, Zhu Di was quite happy, but when he turned over and dismounted, he felt that something was wrong.

This kind of wrongness reached its peak when he walked in front of Zhu Gaoxu.

"Mother, why is the second child so much taller than me......"

Zhu Di was speechless in his heart, but his face happily stepped forward to help Zhu Gaoxu, who was doing it again, and patted his arms: "I have been in Yingtian for a few years, but I am much calmer." ”

He commented here, and Guo Yan in the carriage over there also got out of the carriage, walked to Zhu Di and saluted slowly: "Daughter-in-law Guo Yan, I have seen my father-in-law......

"Okay, good ......" Hearing his father-in-law's title, Zhu Dile couldn't close his mouth, and said with a smile: "You are the granddaughter of Marquis Wuding, my second daughter-in-law, right?" ”

Zhu Di's self-title made Guo Yan speechless for a while, before meeting Zhu Di, she never thought that the mighty Yan King would actually use a self-title like "I".

Fortunately, after experiencing Zhu Gaoxu, the prince of the county who has always called himself "I", she has some resistance to Zhu Di, who calls himself "me".

She saluted again unhurriedly: "It's the daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in-law has also heard the prestige of her father-in-law from Grandpa before." ”

"Hehe, it's good, it's good......" Zhu Di's face bloomed with joy, although he still couldn't accept the fact that he had become someone else's father-in-law, and felt a little wonderful, but this did not prevent him from being happy.

Happy, his generous nature was also revealed: "Zhu Neng, choose 1,000 military horses and 2,000 horses from the horses we have captured to leave for the second child." ”

"Yes!" Zhu Neng grinned, but he didn't think there was anything wrong with disposing of the seizure privately.

"Thank you, father-in-law......" Guo Yan's eyes curled up with a smile, like a crescent moon.

Zhu Gaoxu, who was on the side, also took the opportunity to say: "Lunch has been prepared in the palace, I want to come to your father, you are also hungry, and the boy will show you the way." ”

"Good!" Zhu Di agreed, after all, they were really hungry.

In the past few days, except for the first day when they had a boiled mutton, they have been eating cold rice and dried meat.

Now that you are in the city, you naturally have to eat hot food.

Thinking like this, Zhu Di also led people to turn over and get on the horse, and went to Jilin City under Zhu Gaoxu's lead.

Along the way, Zhu Di talked to Zhu Gaoxu about the details of the pursuit of Harawu, and at the same time observed Jilin Bay with a torch.

Before entering Jilin Bay, Zhu Di thought that Jilin Bay would be very poor, but he didn't want the people here to be able to drive a ploughing ox or pull a horse for every three people, and they were reclaiming wasteland at a very fast speed.

In addition, Zhu Di also saw the people who were planting millet, wheat, and bean feed, as well as the gray-white special water canal.

Regarding the canal, Zhu Di asked Zhu Gaoxu curiously, and Zhu Gaoxu also gave an explanation, saying that it was a building material similar to Sanhe soil, but he did not say the formula.

Zhu Di didn't have that much thought, so after listening to the explanation, he didn't say anything, after all, the construction of the city and the construction of the canal were all the responsibility of the Sandu Division of Beiping, and it had nothing to do with him King Yan, so he didn't need to care about these things.

Rather than caring about these things, he was more concerned about his merits in inflicting heavy damage on Uliangha this time.

"Listening to what you said, our father and son almost killed half of the Hu soldiers of this Wuliangha, so that this Hu soldiers will not dare to go south for three or five years."

Zhu Di listened to the story and results of his defense of Jixi Fort from Zhu Gaoxu, and laughed out loud.

Qiu Fu, who was behind them, also smiled and echoed: "One door and two generals, if this matter is transmitted back to the south, Your Majesty will be very happy to think of it." ”

"That's it!" Zhu Di was not polite at all: "I said it a long time ago, Gao Xu is just playful, it's good to wait until he gets older, now you can take a look at ......"

Zhu Di proudly patted this capable son, and then said to Zhu Gaoxu:

"You played well this time, but you were a little reckless in the end."

Regarding the course of Zhu Gaoxu's battle, Zhu Di pointed out as a person who came over: "If the first cavalry does not have light cavalry or foot soldiers to protect both sides, it is best not to rush into battle, even if you want to rush into battle, do not wear a vest and ride with armor, but abandon the vest and use the advantage of our army's bow and arrow to repeatedly disturb the enemy, until the enemy's position is disrupted and then rush into the enemy formation, fighting left and right." ”

"Although you said that you are trying to save Zhao from besieging Wei this time, there are more soldiers and horses than you, and there are more people than you, so I am afraid that you will only go out of the city on your side, and he will learn the news and bring the troops back to the camp to wait for you."

"If you hadn't led someone to release rockets outside the camp, I might not have been able to hold out and I would have been lost in the Hu camp."

Zhu Di's tone gradually intensified between education, obviously he was very satisfied with the results of Zhu Gaoxu's battle, but he was not satisfied with the process.

For his guidance, Zhu Gaoxu humbly accepted it, after all, he also knew in his heart that he didn't fight very well in this battle.

"You're respectable......"

Suddenly, Zhu Di opened his mouth to say this, Zhu Gaoxu looked around, and sure enough, he saw many people saluting him as before.

"It's just giving the people a way to live."

Zhu Gaochu groaned and spoke, and this answer made Zhu Di sigh at how much Zhu Gaochu had changed.

In the past, Zhu Gaoxu would not say anything about the people, and his mouth was mud legs or other words that belittled the people.

"This should be heaven, the second child is not in vain......"

Sighing in his heart for a moment, Zhu Di also came to the north gate of Jilin City with Zhu Gaoxu in silence.

After entering Jilin City, there were more people saluting Zhu Gaoxu, which made Zhu Di and even Zhu Neng, Qiu Fu and others frightened.

Not to mention Zhu Gaoxu's means of this battle, just governing the people's livelihood and making the people's hearts belong to this, everyone can't admire it, because their eyes can't deceive them.

Among the people who saluted, there were a large number of Jurchens.

can make the Jurchens so happy and convinced, which is enough to show that Zhu Gaoxu is not bad to the people of Jilin City.

Thinking about it like this, Zhu Di felt even more distressed.

"If the second child goes to Beiping, it is estimated that there will not be so many Tartar rebellions in Beiping......"

Zhu Di was uncomfortable, but compared to the discomfort in his heart, the hunger in his stomach made him unable to lift his strength.

"Father, it's time to go to the palace."

Zhu Gaoxu's voice sounded, and Zhu Di immediately swallowed his saliva when he heard the words, as if something delicious would appear soon.

It's just that he looked left and right, but he didn't see the gatehouse of the palace.

"In the ......" Following Zhu Gaoxu's point, Zhu Di saw that it was not as shabby as the Qianhu Mansion.

"This is your palace?"

Not only Zhu Di, it should be said that everyone who came with him was shabby and shocked by the short Bohai Palace.

"It's a little small, but there aren't many people in the boy's house, so it's ...... to live there."

Zhu Gaoxu smiled embarrassedly, it is estimated that only at this time will this shabby Bohai Mansion make him feel embarrassed.

"This palace is a little smaller......" Zhu Di was a little disgusted, but more distressed by Zhu Gaoxu.

turned over and dismounted, walked straight into the palace, and looked at the shabby main house with the plaque of 'Carrier Palace', Zhu Di only felt that Zhu Gaoxu was not having an easy time.

"Your palace, if you let your mother see it, I'm afraid I will have to say that I don't care about you again."

Zhu Di sighed, looked at the guards and slaves in the mansion at the same time, and continued:

"You slaves and maids are not many, I'll have someone bring some from Beiping another day."

Saying this, Zhu Di also shouted behind him: "Ma He! Remember to pick some young and capable slaves and give them to the second child. ”

"Slave and maid command!"

In the crowd, a high-nosed and deep-eyed general responded when he heard this, and Zhu Gaoxu also followed Zhu Di's gaze and looked at the general.

He was about twenty-six or seventeen years old, and was the only one of the people who did not have a beard.

"This is the ...... of Zheng He in the future"

Looking at Ma He, Zhu Gaoxu searched for the memories of his predecessor.

In the memory of his predecessor, he and Zheng He were often together, but mostly when they practiced martial arts and horseback archery.

"You really rely on your love of martial arts, so you can mix in the lineage of the Yan Palace."

Recalling the memory of his predecessor, Zhu Gaoxu himself couldn't help but sigh that the predecessor relied on martial arts to make friends.

It's a pity that these people he befriended, whether it was Qiu Fu, Zhu Neng, or Zhang Yu, these people either died in battle or died of illness, and the remaining three or five young generals were directly killed by Zhu Di's order, making the predecessor a lonely person, and Zhu Zhanji was manipulated at will.

But that's just the precursor, and I won't make such a low-level mistake.

"What did you prepare?" I chased the barbarian for a day and a night, and I was so hungry that I couldn't do it. ”

Zhu Di walked to the carrier hall, Zhu Gaoxu took Guo Yan half a position behind, and at the same time said in his mouth: "Jilin City is not rich, but there are some game, I don't know if you are used to eating it." ”

"What is not used to eating, I even ate horse meat when I climbed the ice and snow, ordinary people said that it was not delicious, but I ate it fragrant."

Zhu Di happily talked about his glorious deeds back then, and at the same time, he couldn't stop disgusting after walking into the carrier hall:

"Why is your carrier hall not as big as the place where you put forage in Beiping'......s house?"

(End of chapter)