In fact, Zhu Qizhen had long wanted to lead the troops in battle himself.
Ever since Yan Keng told him about the bloody battles and the great achievements of his ancestors, he had been yearning for the iron horse.
It’s just that the past few times, I was either too young or too far away from the capital.
Now, first of all, it’s just delivered to his door. Isn’t this the military exploits God bestowed upon him?
He can finally fight across the battlefield and make immortal achievements like his father and ancestors did!
Zhu Qizhen issued an order to conquer Wala in person.
Although the ministers in the court also had objections, they were not strong. Seeing that the emperor was resolute in his willingness to personally conquer, they did not mention it again.
This time was not far from the beginning of the Ming Dynasty. The emperors before Zhu Qizhen, except Zhu Gaochi, all had records of personally leading troops, and they did not have the later "Tumu Fortress phobia", so there was not much resistance, and the ministers also expressed their concern for the emperor. Fighting in person is not unfamiliar.
Although they think it is enough for a truly good emperor to sit in the capital and command, but if you must leave, they will give you a few token objections and let you go.
Later, when the ministers were so panicked during the reign of Emperor Wuzong, they could only blame Yingzong for frightening everyone because of his "precious stones". In addition, coupled with a series of complicated reasons such as military power, they desperately opposed it.
When it was orthodox, there was no such thing!
So the war machine of the Ming Dynasty began to activate.
Although Zhu Qizhen, who had been taught by veteran Yan Keng, had never been to the battlefield in person, he was no stranger to the process of war.
Unlike in the original time and space, Wang Zhen only prepared for a few days and dared to go out with an army of 200,000. After receiving the emergency, he began to gather troops, prepare food and grass, and recruit civilians.
It was not until the end of August that the Ming army finally completed preparations for war.
The three major battalions in the Gyeonggi area plus the pro-troops totaled 170,000. 40,000 were left to defend the city, and the remaining 130,000 went out with the army. In addition to the troops gathered from Zhili and other places, there were a total of 180,000 troops. The civilians Hundreds of thousands, known as half a million.
Zhu Qizhen's younger brother, Zhu Qiyu, who was granted the title of King Jing, supervised the country and was assisted by Li Xian, the chief minister of the cabinet.
The rest of the ministers in the court, except for a few who held important positions or were too old to stay behind, the rest all accompanied the emperor on the expedition.
Since Yan Keng was in charge in the first seven years, and Zhu Qizhen also attached great importance to the army in the following years, although this time the three major battalions were eating empty pay, although it was not impossible, the vacancies were very small, and the statistics could not count more than 10,000 people. It was easily replenished without much impact on combat effectiveness.
Like a small city, they rolled towards the north, vowing to conquer Oara.
At this time, Ye Xian had given up attacking Datong and Xuanfu.
He is here to plunder the wealth of the Ming Dynasty, not to give military glory to the Ming army. If he continues to fight like this, the gains will outweigh the losses.
He also led his troops to bypass these two fortified cities and kill them in other directions.
The remaining cities did not have the strong defenses of Datong Xuanfu. They were like clay in front of the 80,000-watt army. In one fell swoop, several cities were conquered and turned into hell on earth.
Zhu Qizhen led his army to pursue Ye Xian, seeking a decisive battle.
Along the way, they passed countless towns that had been plundered by the Oara army.
Zhu Qizhen rode a snow-white war horse and stopped in a village.
This place had just been ravaged by a partial division of the Oara Army, leaving only countless ruins.
Most of the wooden houses and thatched houses have been reduced to ashes, with little sparks still remaining on them, exuding an unpleasant burnt smell.
Farm tools were scattered on the ground, corpses were everywhere, and there were a few copper coins left on the ground.
Zhu Qizhen couldn't help but froze as he looked at everything in front of him.
These are all his people of Ming Dynasty!
They paid taxes and did labor for the emperor, so the Ming Dynasty had the obligation to protect the people and let them live and work in peace and contentment without being disturbed, whether it was corrupt officials or out-of-town bandits.
This is what Yan Keng has always taught him, and Zhu Qizhen has always used this as his standard for handling government affairs.
However, at this moment, everything has been shattered.
According to reports from the front line, the Wara cavalry had ravaged hundreds of towns and villages in the Ming Dynasty, and even captured several counties and prefectures.
The Ora soldiers, who had been suppressed for a long time, could not suppress their inner desires in front of countless money, food and women.
There were countless corpses, but the Ming army did not dare to go to war and allowed them to act recklessly, causing the great rivers and mountains to turn into scorched earth.
In the report, these were just cold words, but when Zhu Qizhen came here in person, he realized for the first time what it means
Life is ruined.
Zhu Qizhen looked at the dozens of corpses lying around.
There are young people with immature faces, disheveled women, and even babies who are still in their infancy.
His eyes were blood red, and a few tears fell down.
The playful thoughts before disappeared with the purgatory-like scene.
Everything in front of him told him that this was not a place for him to play war games, and Wala was not here to play house with them. They were here to slaughter the people of the Ming Dynasty and want to overthrow the Ming Dynasty!
Now all he thinks about is defeating them and killing them to pay homage to the innocent people of the Ming Dynasty!
Yan Yan walked to a corpse and reached out to touch the flesh.
He pressed the corpse spots on it and saw that the dark purple corpse spots were a little lighter in color.
His pupils suddenly shrank.
Body spots fade, which means...
He said softly:
"The Wara cavalry left less than six hours ago."
Zhu Qizhen raised his head when he heard this. He gritted his teeth tightly, and a suppressed voice came from the gap:
"Chen Guogong!"
"I order you to lead five thousand cavalry to catch up. You must capture these evil bandits."
"Cut, kill, kill, kill!"
The deep voice was filled with murderous intent.
He bowed sternly and replied solemnly:
"My lord, take the order!"
…
This is a Wala partial army with only more than 3,000 people. It is a small and medium-sized tribe that has taken refuge in Yexian.
They were used to being poor outside the customs, but now they entered this colorful world and were completely addicted to it.
It is a pity that the prosperous places in those big cities are all occupied by powerful tribes, so their leaders can only choose to "accumulate a little and make a lot".
At this time, the tribal soldiers, who had no idea that the disaster was about to happen, were still talking and laughing relaxedly:
"These Ming people are really weak. There are still people who want to resist. Guess what? I cut off his head on the spot. His mother-in-law cried so much that I was upset, so I killed them too. It was a happy killing."
"Hahaha, so they have no qualifications to steal such a vast land. If it is used for grazing, I don't know how many cattle and sheep can be raised. It would be a waste to give it to Ming people."
"Hey, if it's used to raise cattle and sheep, where are we going to get so much gold and silver?"
As soon as this statement came out, it caused another burst of laughter.
"It's a pity that the Grand Master does not allow taking slaves, otherwise we can spare the lives of those wise men. Having so many slaves will be a blessing in the future."
"What's the hurry? When we return to the grassland, we can take Akito back!"
They wore wanton smiles on their faces, talked and laughed loudly, and did not take the lives of the people of the Ming Dynasty into consideration at all.
At this moment, the sound of rapid horse hooves suddenly came from behind the soldiers.
Looking around, I saw an Ora soldier with several arrow feathers stuck in his body and his clothes soaked in blood rushing over.
It's the sentinel knight at the rear of the palace!
"Ming Army, Ming Army is here!"
I would like to apologize to the more than 200 friends who watched the extra episode before 0:04 the day before yesterday. I don’t know when I deleted the last paragraph of the sixty-seventh paragraph. I didn’t notice the change until I read it at 0:04. Originally, I deleted it. I was thinking about what I said yesterday, but I was too busy and forgot about it. I'm really sorry. If you don't mind the trouble, you can go back and take a look. It may be slightly relevant to the following article.
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