This may be the most difficult moment in Zhu Di's life.
At the same time, Zhu Di also felt a little regretful.
The early campaign was too smooth, which also made Zhu Di want to go deeper and achieve greater success.
But he forgot that the grassland was not his home field, and there was no place to hide in the endless plains.
The falcons high in the sky above Beiyuan are like maggots attached to their bones, with no possibility of getting rid of them.
Perhaps in Genghis Khan's time, people could still shoot giant eagles with bent bows, but now everyone uses light bows, and the range is completely out of reach.
This also makes Falcon even more unscrupulous.
"This falcon is really a good thing. I will definitely raise a few of them in the future."
After escaping, Zhu Di said with emotion.
Zhang Yu looked sad and looked back from time to time. He could vaguely see the Mongolian cavalry chasing him.
"Your Majesty, I forgive you for not being able to follow me any longer."
Zhang Yu's eyes flashed and he said with a bit of sadness in his tone.
Zhu Di immediately understood what Zhang Yu meant and said in a deep voice: "I don't allow it!"
Now Zhu Neng has already broken an arm. If Zhang Yu breaks it here again, it will be equivalent to losing both his left and right arms.
This will be a real loss of vitality for Zhu Di in the future.
We can practice again without the soldiers, but it is extremely difficult to have such a general.
"But...."
"No but!!!"
The wind was roaring, and Zhu Di almost roared, interrupting Zhang Yu's words.
"They don't dare to do anything to me. Even if you delay it for some time now, it's meaningless. A hundred horses can block a few breaths."
"With just a few breaths of time, will I be able to spread my wings and fly away?"
"If they are captured, then they will be captured together. With me here, they will not dare to do anything to me. They will have to serve me with good wine and meat."
"With my king here, your life will naturally be safe."
"Don't forget, Beiyuan also came from the Central Plains. They are not grassland people who grew up barbarically."
Zhu Di knew very well that under the current situation, Bei Yuan was at a great disadvantage compared to Daming.
After he was captured, he also used it as a bargaining chip in negotiations with Daming.
Although he lost a bit of face, his father had taught him since he was a child that failure on the battlefield was not something to be afraid of, but that he was afraid of being knocked down.
People like Zhu Di have a firm mind and a strong will, and Bei Yuan would not say there is anything to be slacked off about.
At most, he was used to discuss the embargo with Ming Dynasty.
Moreover, he is the fourth eldest son and is just a vassal king. Even if he is killed, what will it mean.
When Zhang Yu heard what the prince said, his eyes filled with tears and his heart choked.
But at this time, the horses on Zhu Di's side had slowed down after a long period of running.
On the Mongolian side, one person and two people were riding, still maintaining a very high attitude, and they quickly surrounded them.
"Put down your bow and arrows."
Zhu Di stopped his horse and gave instructions to the guards beside him.
By this time, there is no need for any unnecessary struggle.
Thousands of Mongolian cavalry quickly surrounded Zhu Di's cavalry, but they just watched and had no intention of approaching.
Obviously waiting for the commander from behind to come over.
Although Zhu Di was surrounded, he looked calm, without any trace of decadence or despair. He still looked at the surrounding Mongolian soldiers with arrogance in his eyes.
As the vassal king of the Ming Dynasty, he had this confidence.
Soon, a path was opened among the dense Mongolian cavalry.
A Mongolian wearing light armor and wearing the clothes of the Northern Yuan Dynasty came over slowly on horseback.
"Haba, Minister of the Ministry of War of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, met the king of the Ming Dynasty.
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Haba sat on the horse, bowed from a distance and said to Zhu Di.
At least there is nothing wrong with the etiquette. It is not the attitude of a winner at all, but more like a friend.
Zhu Di shook his hand and said, "Go to Haba Shangshu's tent?"
Haba bowed slightly and made a gesture with one hand: "I would like to invite King Yan to come."
Zhu Di did not take off his armor, and just rode his horse like a guest, following behind Haba.
Zhang Yu wanted to follow behind, but was stopped by the Mongolian cavalry.
Haba paused for a moment and said, "The servants here may be a little ignorant. King Yan only needs three or five servants."
Hearing this, Zhang Yu handed over his weapons to the guards next to him, then led two people to follow Zhu Di.
At this time, Haba's mood was unparalleled.
Not only Haba, but all the Mongolian cavalry and generals were extremely excited.
This is the vassal king of the Ming Dynasty, and among the many vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty, he is extremely high.
Ordinary Mongolians naturally don't understand, but Bei Yuan knows too much about these things.
Who would have thought that such a day would really appear.
Haba's name will be completely spread throughout the Beiyuan Grassland.
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No one would have thought that King Yan of the Ming Dynasty would actually be captured by Bei Yuan.
This news, in just three days, had completely spread throughout the grassland border.
The army thundered.
All the guards affiliated with the border were summoned.
There were still some smuggling traders, but all of them were completely cut off at this time.
Any general or commander with some brains knows what it means at this time.
One bad thing, there will be a decisive battle of unprecedented grandeur and scale between Beiyuan and Ming Dynasty.
Seven days later, the news reached the capital.
The capital was shocked.
This is Zhu Di, King of Yan.
To become a prisoner of Beiyuan is a slap in the face of the entire Ming Dynasty, and it is also a slap in the face of the entire Ming Dynasty army.
No one thinks that King Zhu Di of Yan is easy in terms of military ability. Too many achievements are enough to prove his ability.
But this is the current situation.
In the Fengtian Palace.
Zhu Yuanzhang sat on the dragon chair again, and the previous curtain was also lifted, which meant that Emperor Hongwu returned to power again.
Zhu Ying stood quietly in front of the dragon chair as before.
The civil and military officials below were all trembling with fear, not daring to make the slightest move.
In fact, most of the ministers knew very well that although King Yan and His Highness Taisun had some disagreements, among the many princes, except for the deceased prince, King Yan was the most favored by His Majesty.
If King Yan had not been ranked fourth, or was in the position of second child, he might have been established as the new prince after the death of the prince.
And such King Yan has now become a prisoner of Beiyuan.
This is definitely an extremely angry thing for His Majesty.
"We have been fighting in the north and south for many years, and we have had a lot of dealings with Bei Yuan, but our Ming Dynasty has never suffered such a big loss."
"Are our soldiers old, or are the new soldiers incompetent? In a place like the grassland, something like this would happen."
"There is not much use in pursuing these matters now, and we are too lazy to bother with them anymore."
"Let's just discuss it and see what we should do now."
Zhu Yuanzhang's voice was calm with a hint of anger. If it had been different before, a large number of people might have been killed.
In terms of temperament now, it is because of Zhu Ying's relationship that he has restrained himself a lot.
Just saying this, which minister dares to come and pick him up?
Stubble.
If this is a bad answer, it will inevitably result in the head being moved.
For a long time, the entire Fengtian Hall was quiet, no one spoke, and even the sound of breathing was extremely subtle.
The hundreds of ministers were like sculptures, motionless at all.
Such an atmosphere made the entire Fengtian Hall eerily quiet.
"Why, our son has been kidnapped. Don't any of you ministers who usually talk about showing your ambitions and ambitions dare to speak up?"
"Isn't there anyone who can give us advice? Then why should we keep you? You are all just freeloaders."
Zhu Yuanzhang's roar continued to echo throughout the entire Fengtian Palace. People in the entire hall could hear it very clearly without the need for the eunuch to send a message.
At this moment, all the ministers immediately fell to their knees.
Zhu Yuanzhang stood up from the dragon chair, then looked coldly at the kneeling ministers in front of him, and finally his eyes fell on Rujun, the minister of the Ministry of War.
"Rujun, come and tell us what we are going to do now."
Hearing His Majesty's personal roll call, it was naturally impossible for Ru Yu to say no. He bowed slightly and said, "Your Majesty, Beiyuan is now under a total embargo and the people in the grassland are living in misery. Naturally, I want to use His Highness King Yan as my representative." quality, and then negotiate with our Ming Dynasty."
Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly and said, "Of course we know what you said."
"But the anger in our hearts can't go away. You have to think of a way to make the anger in our hearts go away."
"Since the founding of our Ming Dynasty, such a thing has never happened. This is a shame and a shame for our Ming Dynasty!"
After listening to His Majesty's roar, Ru Yu didn't dare to stop for a moment, for fear that His Majesty would directly punish him after a few moments of delay.
Immediately he replied: "Your Majesty, Wei Chen believes that at this moment we should mobilize the border troops to give Beiyuan the maximum counterattack and let them clearly understand their own situation. In this way, they can also protect King Yan very well. His Highness’s safety.”
"It can also let Beiyuan know that the current Ming Dynasty is no longer the Ming Dynasty of the past, and it is an existence that they cannot afford to offend at all."
After hearing these words, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly and said with a bit of anger: "Don't kneel down here all over the place. What we want is that you can help us solve our problems, not say anything. I just kneel down on the ground."
"Did you ministers kneel down to create our Ming Dynasty? We led millions of soldiers to defeat it inch by inch."
"If something big happens again in the future, you will just kneel down like this one by one. Then you can all become officials. It will be useless for you and it will be a waste of rations."
"All the books I have read over the years have been in vain."
Zhu Yuanzhang was really disappointed with these ministers.
It seems that there are no capable ministers in the entire Fengtian Palace.
In fact, this situation also reflects the suppression of courtiers by imperial power.
In the early days, such a situation rarely happened. No matter what happened at that time, there would be talents like Li Shanchang, Hu Weiyong, and Liu Bowen who would come forward to make suggestions.
And as they died one by one, all of them have been completely suppressed by Zhu Yuanzhang in today's court.
When encountering something, the first thing that comes to mind is not to deal with it, but to protect your own life first.
Zhu Yuanzhang killed too many ministers in the court before, which also led to many ministers' first reaction sometimes being to weigh the pros and cons instead of thinking about how to deal with the matter.
Of course, if you force yourself, you can figure out a way.
Rujun is a good example.
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Zhu Ying actually didn't expect that Zhu Di would be captured alive.
In fact, speaking of it, the possibility of Zhu Di being caught is very slim.
After all, on the vast grassland, seven or eight thousand people seemed to be a lot, but the movement of tens of thousands of troops was even more obvious.
Although the falcon is magical, unless the enemy is directly discovered, there are many ways to avoid it.
Strictly speaking, the reason why Zhu Di was captured alive is actually inseparable from Zhu Ying.
It's not that Zhu Ying deliberately wanted Zhu Di to be captured alive, but he just wanted to make Zhu Di's progress on the grassland not so smooth, and to open up a better situation.
I just didn't expect such a situation to arise.
Of course, in a sense, the current situation is very beneficial to Ming Dynasty.
It sounds a bit confusing, but in reality, it is relatively simple.
Most of the soldiers at the border were not very happy about conquering the grassland, because the grassland was a hard nut to crack for the Ming Dynasty.
The main manifestation here is that the grassland is too vast, and the grassland tribes move frequently and do not have a fixed residence. It is more difficult to completely eliminate this threat.
The infantry's presence on the grasslands was not very strong, so they had to stick to the border and face the battle more passively.
Now that Zhu Di is captured alive, he is more powerful in name.
At least the commanders of these border guard posts know very well that at this time, they must not be passive and slack in their work, but must really use their strength.
Otherwise, if the news reaches His Majesty the Capital, no matter who he is, there will be absolutely no room for mercy.
As for the current border crossing, after Zhu Yuanzhang's edict arrived, all the guards were completely mobilized.
The city gates at the border gates were opened one by one, and a large number of soldiers began to go into battle, directly advancing towards the depths of Beiyuan.
This gave Beiyuan a great deterrent effect, and all tribes who received the news immediately began to migrate.
No one wants to face an angry Ming.
Anyone who stands in the way will be forcibly destroyed.
This news was quickly passed to the Northern Yuan court.
Zhu Di suddenly became a hot potato.
