North Zhili, Hejian Prefecture, Deshengdian.
In the night, clusters of bonfires illuminated the surrounding areas. A piece of grassland on the edge of Desheng Lake was occupied by a passing cavalry at some point and became their camping place. This cavalry consists of two regiments of the Zhangqian Army, with a total of more than 2,500 regular soldiers, more than 2,000 auxiliary soldiers, and more than seven or eight thousand horses.
The movement of such an army marching on the ground in Beizhili was shocking enough. But along the way, the arrangements were extremely good. The prefectural capitals in Northern Zhili, where the troops passed, received orders early in the morning and arranged guides, food and accommodation for the cavalry.
According to the plan, the food and accommodation for this cavalry are not arranged inside the city, but are all placed outside the city - the regiment training troops in each prefecture will transport the food to the designated camping sites and help set up the tents.
Therefore, when the passing cavalry arrived, they ate, slept, drank and washed their horses, and continued marching after dawn. The march was extremely fast, going straight to Shanhaiguan at a speed of almost 200 miles a day.
And it was the Ming Emperor Zhu Youjian who led this cavalry - and only Zhu Youjian's will could make the state capital of Beizhili fully cooperate and arrange everything for this kind of cavalry.
However, Zhu Youjian did not display his own emperor's banner, but acted in the name of Wu Sangui, deputy general of the cavalry in front of the tent.
The main reason why he didn't use the banner of emperor was because Zhu Youjian was still hunting rats in Shanxi in name!
Rats are really hard to catch!
At least until Zhu Youjian left Taiyuan, Datong and the northern states and counties in Taiyuan Prefecture had not reported the epidemic. The absence of anyone reporting does not mean that there is no epidemic, and of course it does not mean that there is an epidemic. There are indeed certain accidental factors in the outbreak of plague.
Although the plague bacteria definitely exist in Taiyuan and Datong - it happened once during the Wanli period! It can't be gone by itself, can it? But there are real variables as to whether it will be passed on to humans.
After all, in the fourth to sixth year of Chongzhen's reign in the previous life, the rebels from Shaanxi crossed the river in large numbers to enter Shanxi and fought in various places in Shanxi. This not only caused damage to agricultural production, but also caused a large flow of population. The destruction of agricultural production may allow farmers to capture animals carrying the plague virus for food, thereby increasing the risk of the plague being transmitted to humans.
The large flow of people also made it possible for the plague to spread between places.
But now the population flow in Taiyuan and Datong is controlled, and agricultural production in various parts of Shanxi is considered stable... so there is a possibility that the germs will not spread.
However, Zhu Youjian still dared not take it lightly.
In order to prevent the blockade measures in Taiyuan and Datong from being lifted by the officials below, Zhu Youjian did not dare to leave Taiyuan openly, and he also wanted to maintain the illusion that the emperor was still in Taiyuan... Therefore, Zhu Youjian's Personal conquests can only be carried out quietly and not with great fanfare.
So Zhu Youjian not only went on the expedition in the name of Wu Sangui, but also just covered his head along the way and refused to meet with local officials and garrison generals... This Wu Sangui was really a bit unhuman!
However, Zhu Youjian continued to send out cavalry during the march, taking the tokens from the military superiors in front of the tent to Shanhaiguan to inquire about the news. Almost every day, riders would return from Shanhaiguan and find Zhu Youjian's army.
When the Chuanqi who came back from Shanhaiguan today found Zhu Youjian's camp, the Ming emperor was talking to his beautiful concubine Batma Hong.
Duoyan Imperial Concubine Batma Hong has been following Zhu Youjian in front of and behind him for the past two years, and has never returned to her fiefdom of Kaiping. Because Zhu Youjian was very comfortable with him along the way, and he was proactive when he took refuge with Zhu Youjian, so Batma Hong is very favored now.
As for being defeated by the two-year-old Funing on the Jinlianchuan grassland and almost being captured alive, of course it was all fiction.
But now, Zhu Youjian plans to let Batma Hong go to Jining to assist Concubine Wu Liangha in solving the siege of Ping. The news of the siege of Kaiping was brought back by the messenger Zhu Youjian sent to Shanhaiguan to inquire about the news. of.
At the same time, there was also news about the two-year-old brother's expedition to the Monan Grassland - this is true, the battlefield of the Monan Grassland has become the three children playing the leading role. In the Ming Dynasty, there is a five-year-old nephew of the emperor and a three-year-old King Xin. On Houjin's side is the two-year-old Funing. The three children are only 10 years old in total... This joke is a bit too big!
"Hong," Zhu Youjian held a rice bowl and said to Batma Hong, "the number of slaves besieging Kaiping seems to be quite large, and they need to be dealt with carefully... and the safest way is to maintain Engage the enemy, but avoid a decisive battle. When I defeat Huang Taiji in Jinzhou, Liaoxi, Funing on the western front will naturally withdraw its troops, and we can win without a fight!"
It turns out that Zhu Youjian, like Huang Taiji, didn't know that the other party's boss had already personally conquered the war.
Because Huang Taiji also blocked the news of his departure from Shenyang, he also quietly went to the expedition in person, and no one wanted to raise the flag!
So Zhu Youjian was also fooled, thinking that Huang Taiji was in Jinzhou!
When he was meeting with Batma Hong to discuss the matter, Chen Qiyu, the military chief counselor in front of the tent, walked over quickly.
"Long live my Lord, good news from Jinzhou Army!"
"Good news?" Zhu Youjian was stunned, "Yuan Chonghuan defeated Huang Taiji?"
"We were not completely defeated," Chen Qiyu said with a smile, "but we won the first battle and killed more than 100 people! We also pushed the battle line to the south bank of Xiaoling River."
Yuan Chonghuan did not make a false report this time. He indeed drove Hauge's cavalry back to the north of the Xiaoling River. He also thought that he had defeated Huang Taiji. He also thought that Huang Taiji's army was north of the Xiaoling River, so he did not dare to act rashly.
"Okay!" Zhu Youjian laughed, "Victory in the first battle...Hong, it seems that I can defeat Huang Taiji within a month!"
He was quite confident and only gave himself a month's deadline...
"I'd like to congratulate you in advance, Long Live the Lord!" Batma Hong said with a smile, "Long live your Lord, I'll tell the noble concubine and ask her to wait for your good news... and then return to the army to open a battle after you defeat Huang Taiji!
In this way, the imperial concubine is willing to wait no matter how impatient she is. "
Zhu Youjian smiled and nodded, "Hong, you better understand the noble concubine... She is really willing to give me all the good things, including good opponents!"
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Xuanfu, Imperial City, Chengyun Hall.
The rebellious son Zhu Cixiang had just finished his classes, and instead of playing with Wu Sanmei, he came to the Chengyun Hall to go to court.
In fact, it doesn't matter if he doesn't come, because most of the decisions are not made by him. But now he is still working very hard to learn to be a wise king, and he also wants to figure out the relationship between Funing, Zhu Cixuan and himself.
"My dearest concubine, what is the relationship between this two-year-old Fu Ning and Er Bao?"
Imperial Concubine Wu Liangha and Zhu Cixuan arrived at Xuan Mansion just the day before yesterday.
The purpose of the eldest concubine coming to Xuanfu was to join forces and march to the Jinlianchuan grassland to break the siege of Ping.
Although the city of Kaiping is strong and not easy to fight, it doesn't look good to be besieged by the enemy for a long time, right?
Imperial Concubine Wu Liangha is still holding the Luokulitai Conference!
If a big victory can be achieved on the Jinlianchuan Grassland, then Zhu Youjian will easily get cover from various Mongolian nobles.
"Young master," the noble concubine Wu Liangha said with a smile, "this Funing is Xuan'er's cousin, and his mother is my sister, Princess Taisong."
"Oh, it turns out he's our cousin..." Zhu Cixiang nodded. He obviously hadn't fully understood the situation yet. "Concubine, can you capture him and bring him to the Xuan Mansion?"
"It's hard to say," Imperial Concubine Wu Liangha smiled, "I can only give it a try!"
Zhu Cixiang nodded: "Then I will wait for him at Xuan Mansion!"
…
"Ama, E Niang, Funing wants Ama, Ama hugs, woo woo..."
At the same moment when Zhu Cixang was thinking about Funing, Funing finally met his Ama Huang Taiji and Princess Erniang Taisong in a large golden-domed tent outside Qingping Town.
Seeing his son crying and rushing towards him, Huang Taiji could hardly keep the smile on his face.
This child looks more filial than Hauge. He must be a filial son!
(End of chapter)
