Since there is no place for suppression, then there is only...
Suddenly, everyone thought about it. Since there are no enemies of the Ming Dynasty in Liaodong, there is only the west of Liaodong. The Meng Yuan tribe is entrenched there, and Ming's target must be those Meng Yuan people.
Thinking of this, everyone felt a little relieved. Although Liaodong is very close to the Mongolian and Yuan tribes in the west, they are still in a state of mutual hostility and have no contact at all.
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There are 20,000 people in Shanzi camp, plus the six guards and horses, for a total of 50,000 people. But among the 50,000 horses, only the Shanzi camp has 5,000 cavalry, and the others are all infantry.
This is the strength of Han Du's troops now.
Han Du doesn't care if there are few people, nor does he care if there are few cavalry. What Han Du cares about are cannons, gunpowder, shells, bullets and other materials. As long as these supplies are sufficient, Han Du will dare to face any enemy.
After a simple night's rest, Han Du set off with his army early the next morning.
Even in order to leave quietly, Han Du didn't even conduct the ceremony of setting off, and directly ordered the departure.
Now Han Du is going to Guangning. Guangning is not far from Youtunwei, only about three hundred miles away.
Guangning is the fiefdom of Zhu Zhi, king of Liao Dynasty. He established the vassal state here in the 25th year of Hongwu, and it has been seven years now.
Since Zhu Biao wanted to complete his success in one battle and completely wipe out the Tatar tribe, it was impossible to leave the soldiers and horses of the vassal kings unused. Hesitation King Yan had many soldiers and horses, and he would often go deep into the grassland to fight with the Tatar tribe, and the fighting was back and forth. Therefore, Zhu Biao felt free to let him lead his troops and form their own way.
In view of the fact that Han Du had too few soldiers and horses, Zhu Biao ordered King Ning and King Liao to lead their soldiers and horses to join Han Du. Zhu Biao ordered Han Du and King Ning to go to Guangning to join the King of Liao.
Therefore, Han Du led his troops to Guangning.
When they arrived at Guangning City, in order to avoid misunderstanding, Han Du first handed over the imperial transfer order.
The soldier guarding the city saw tens of thousands of troops suddenly appearing in front of him. If it weren't for the fact that these people were dressed like Ming troops and wore the same banners as Ming troops, he would have sounded a warning gong.
Now I got the order from the court and hurriedly went to see the King of Liao.
After seeing the transfer order, the King of Liao hurried to the city gate.
When Han Du saw the King of Liao appear on the city tower, he immediately rode forward alone and shouted: "My lord, Han Du, pay homage to the prince!"
When the King of Liao saw that it was Han Du, he laughed quickly, waved his hand and said, "Open the city gate and welcome the army into the city!"
As the city gate creaked open, Han Du crossed his legs and rode into the city first.
Walking into Guangning City, Handulema stood on the street, looking at the rows of houses in front of him, his eyes filled with shock.
Seeing the King of Liao coming down from the tower, Han Du sighed:
"I think when I came here, this place was just populated by some people. I didn't expect that in less than ten years, a big city would rise out of thin air here, and so many people would gather here. The king has guarded this bitter cold land all these years, and he has really managed the country well!"
Although Zhu Zhi is only twenty-two years old, he has been here for seven full years. Hearing Han Du's comments today immediately warmed his heart, as if even the cold wind whistling in his ears was much lighter.
He gratefully replied: "If you hadn't taught the people here how to burn kang, look at the weather like this, it would have been extremely difficult to survive. How would there be so many people there? Speaking of which, this is also your contribution. .”
After hearing this, Han Du smiled and said sincerely: "I don't dare to take credit. I admire you very much for your prince's ability to manage such a world in this cold and freezing place."
Zhu Zhi said: "Haha, you don't have to flatter me. Since it's freezing here, let's go to the palace to talk. By the way, Seventeenth Brother also sent someone here a few days ago. It's expected that He will arrive tomorrow. I will take care of you today, and when the seventeenth brother arrives tomorrow, we will get drunk before resting!"
"Then thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty." Han Du replied with a smile.
That night, Zhu Zhi held a banquet to entertain Han Du. After the banquet, the two chatted for a while.
After hearing these things, Han Du said goodbye and left the palace.
Although Han Du was Anqing's consort, since Zhu Zhi was not the daughter of Empress Ma, and Anqing didn't have much contact with him, Han Du naturally didn't have much old friendship with him.
In the afternoon of the next day, Zhu Quan finally arrived with his army.
Zhu Zhi had a much closer relationship with Zhu Quan than Han Du. He not only went out of the city to greet him personally, but also hurried up to Zhu Quan as soon as he saw him. After all, the two of them are sealed in this bitter cold place. If they cling to each other, they can still keep each other warm. It doesn't matter if the relationship between the two is not good.
"Brother Seventeen, we haven't seen each other for half a year. You are still pretty strong, but you must take care of yourself."
Zhu Quan smiled and joked with Zhu Zhi, and then looked at Han Du.
Han Du took a step forward, smiled and saluted, "Greetings to Prince Ning."
After hearing this, Zhu Quan waved his hand and said, "You are the general appointed by the emperor. We are in the army now. Even if I am a prince, you don't have to be so polite."
"Your Majesty, you're welcome. There is a difference between a king and a minister. Rules are rules." Han Du behaved in every move and did not give others a chance to harm him.
Although he is now a general and can indeed issue orders to Zhu Zhi and Zhu Quan, what will happen after this battle is over? If these things are secretly recorded by someone, then one day when you are unlucky in the future, you will inevitably become a weight for the enemy to attack you. Han Du would not leave hidden dangers for himself in the future just for the sake of temporary convenience.
"Let's go, seventeenth brother, I have prepared a banquet for you to catch the wind and wash away the dust for you." Zhu Zhi said with concern.
"Thank you." Zhu Quan was quite moved, nodded and followed Zhu Zhi in front.
Han Du smiled from behind and quickly followed.
Early the next morning, Zhu Zhi sent someone to find Han Du.
As soon as Han Du entered the door, he saw Zhu Zhi and Zhu Quan sitting side by side in the hall. Seeing Han Du walk in, the two of them did not get up. Instead, they sat quietly, waiting for Han Du to step forward alone.
This condescending and scrutinizing attitude made Han Du's eyes pause for a moment, and then he resumed his smile and walked towards the two of them.
"Your Majesty, Han Du, pays homage to the two princes."
Zhu Quan had enough time to stuff a piece of meat jerky into his mouth, picked up the tea cup and took a sip. After slowly swallowing the meat jerky, he said: "Brother Huang has appointed you as the general. Let us and Fifteenth Brother obey your orders." Dispatch. Now that the army has been assembled, what are you going to do next?"
Han Du could see that Zhu Zhi's attitude was relatively calm. He didn't have too many thoughts. Even if he had to obey his own orders, he always seemed to obey his words.
However, Zhu Quan is not like this. He had wanted to be tit-for-tat with him from the beginning. Although he was asking questions now, Han Du could tell by looking at his expression that Zhu Quan's intention was obviously to put him first and to obey his orders.
Looking at Zhu Zhi again, I saw him holding a tea cup and drinking tea calmly.
Han Du knew that Zhu Quan must have convinced Zhu Zhi last night.
Is this an attempt to take away military power? Han Du smiled inwardly.
Unfortunately, Zhu Biao had already prepared.
Han Du looked serious, took out an imperial decree from his arms, and shouted loudly: "The imperial decree has arrived, King Liao and King Ning will receive it!"
The two of them were stunned for a moment, and Zhu Quan's face darkened even more. A bad thought suddenly came to his mind.
But facing the bright yellow imperial edict in Han Du's hand, the two of them had no choice but to kneel down.
"Your Majesty, please accept the order~"
After hearing this, Han Du opened the imperial edict with a smile and preached: "The emperor is destined to be blessed by heaven. The edict says: I heard that between the battle formations, there is a place of life and death. The son of a rich man will not sit down in the hall. King Ning of Liao is my brother by blood. If there is any injury, I am in pain and sad. The two kings will hand over the soldiers and horses to Han Du, and then return to the palace respectively to save their bodies, hair and skin. I only hope that the two kings will live long and grow old with me. I admire this!"
Zhu Zhi and Zhu Quan were stunned when they heard this imperial edict, and they did not react for a while. Judging from the imperial brother's will, the whole article is full of care and concern for their comfort. It can be said that a kind-hearted imperial brother's love for his younger brothers is expressed to the extreme, and even
Don't let them take any risks.
But why did the two of them feel that something was wrong, especially Zhu Quan, who frowned deeply.
Han Du saw that the two men were indifferent and did not bow to accept the order, so he smiled and reminded: "You two princes, please accept the order."
Zhu Zhi and Zhu Quan looked at each other. They looked at the imperial edict in Han Du's hand and had no choice but to talk about it first.
"My brother accepts the order, long live my emperor, long live long live~"
Han Du smiled and handed the imperial edict into Zhu Zhi's hand, and said with envy in his eyes: "The emperor is really affectionate towards the prince."
Zhu Zhi took the imperial edict, opened it, and read it carefully to confirm that the content and the imperial edict were true.
This imperial edict was written by Zhu Biao's imperial pen, so Zhu Zhi could not misread it. Coupled with the large seal of the imperial seal, this seal is even more difficult to forge.
Zhu Quan also looked over and looked at it carefully to confirm that it was correct.
Han Du saw that the two of them were confused, but did not give him what he should give.
Then, Han Du suddenly coughed twice, then stretched out his hand towards the two of them and said with a smile: "Two princes..."
"What?" Zhu Quan frowned suddenly for some reason.
"The military talisman! Since the emperor ordered his ministers to take over the troops, he also asked the two princes to give them the military talisman." Han Du kept his hands spread out.
Zhu Zhi and Zhu Quan roughly understood what Han Du meant. Although they were a little reluctant, they still took out the military talisman and handed it to Han Du.
There is no way, not even if they don’t give it. With the emperor's imperial decree, they would have no way to explain to the emperor's brother if they didn't give it.
As soon as the two military symbols fell into Han Du's hands, Han Du grabbed them tightly. But there was a calm smile on his face and he nodded: "Thank you two princes. I will take my leave!"
Han Du took the two military talismans and exited the hall. The moment he turned around, he stuffed the two military talismans into his arms with the fastest hand speed in his life and covered them tightly.
