The commander of the West Route Army was Feng Sheng, and the vanguard general was Fu Youde. This is a line of suspicion. The offensive route is to go out of Jinlan and attack Gansu. The strategic goal is to contain the Northern Yuan forces in Gansu and prevent them from aiding Helin, the capital of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty.
This is also a tired division. Most of the soldiers are those who defeated Shu in the fourth year of Hongwu a year ago.
Shu is easy to defend but difficult to attack. This army has just conquered Shu. It has not been repaired for half a year before it will go out again. Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang and other officials and nobles did not place high hopes on this army.
Just ask them to stick to the Western Front and make the Gansu Yuan Army fearful.
They are just a tired army. As generals, Feng Sheng and Fu Youde are not as famous as Xu Da and Li Wenzhong of the other two groups, who can stop the children of Meng Yuan from crying at night.
The main forces in the middle and east routes are bound to be defeated. What can a mere west route army do?
What's more, Zhu Yuanzhang had previously received a battle report from the West Road coach Feng Sheng, saying that pioneer Fu Youde had an impromptu decision to lead a mere 5,000 cavalry and left the team to test Yuan General.
Fu Youde took five thousand cavalry and went out into battle. Now you, Zhu Su, are telling me that he goes deep behind enemy lines and is invincible?
Still fighting in a row, winning seven games in a row?
impossible! Absolutely impossible!
Lao Zhu didn’t believe it ten thousand times. What time-travelers and history books are absolutely nonsense!
"Fu Youde, the Marquis of Yingchuan, led five thousand cavalry in Xiliang (now Wuwei, Gansu Province) and defeated the general of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, Shilahan..." Zhu Su said to himself.
Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned again. Fu Youde only led five thousand cavalry to test Shilahan. This was a top-secret battle report sent by the red feather messenger on the front line.
Only a few ministers in the DPRK knew about it. It is impossible for my son, who has been studying in the main hall, to get the news!
Could it be that he also deduced this? But Fu Youde obviously just had a temporary idea!
Could it be that the so-called time-travelers are real?
Not knowing the horror in Lao Zhu's heart, Zhu Su continued: "Then, Fu Youde worked non-stop and defeated Beiyuan Taiwei Duo'er Zhiba in Yongchang."
"Later, Fu Youde and Feng Sheng joined forces and defeated the main force of Bei Yuan's returning reinforcements at Saolin Mountain. They beheaded more than 400 people and captured several Bei Yuan Taiwei and Ping Zhang (both high-ranking officials in Bei Yuan) alive."
"Then, on the third day of June, the West Route Army accepted the surrender of Shangdu Lu, the general of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, and then turned to Yiji Nai Road. The Northern Yuan guard Boyan Timur also surrendered in the city."
"Okay!" Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but applaud when he heard the dazzling achievements of the West Route Army.
The third day of June is another exact day. He kept it in mind. At the same time, I was thinking, if what Lao Wu said was true, how great would it be?
"It's a pity." Zhu Su's tone changed and became regretful. "At this time, the West Route Army received news of the defeat of the Central Route Army. Feng Sheng believed that 'the land beyond the border cannot be defended' and decided to burn the city and return."
"The Western Route Army defeated Bei Yuanqi King Duo'erjiban at Biedu Mountain Pass and captured Bei Yuanping Zhang Changganu and other 27 people and more than 100,000 livestock. Fu Youde pursued to Guazhou (today's Anxi, Gansu) and Shazhou (today's Anxi, Gansu) northwest of Dunhuang, Gansu), won another great victory, captured King Qi's gold and silver seal and 20,000 livestock, and then defeated the army in victory."
"This battle was enough to make the Northern Yuan Dynasty fully realize the bravery of our Ming army and not dare to invade the south."
As Zhu Su said this, he couldn't help but shake his head. After all, Feng Sheng still couldn't escape the confinement of the vision of the times, and he had traveled thousands of miles! If you say give up, just give up.
What's the use of grabbing the seal of Prince Beiyuan?
Of course, at that time, the Ming Dynasty was just established, and many places such as Gansu had been assimilated by foreigners. The Ming Dynasty was temporarily unable to establish a foothold in the local garrison, and there were not enough people in the interior to move.
If it is forcibly stationed, it will inevitably fall into a quagmire. This is also an indisputable fact.
However, Zhu Su still felt pity when he thought that all the land he had worked so hard to gain was abandoned in the blink of an eye.
Lao Zhu also took a breath. He got up from the bottom step by step and has always been stingy. Back then, a copper coin with one petal wanted to break it into two petals. Now I heard that Feng Sheng and Fu Youde abandoned nearly a thousand miles of land as soon as he threw away his hand, which made my heart throb with pain.
The two father and son shook their heads and sighed in unison, looking like they hated the prodigal son.
"You two are having a good time here." Looking at the two father and son who were in sync with each other, Empress Ma burst into laughter. "According to this, Fu Youde only accepted the surrender of Xanadu Donkey on the third day of the sixth lunar month. Today is only the twelfth day of the fifth lunar month, and there is still some time left before the West Route Army abandoned the land."
"Isn't it too early to sigh here now?"
As soon as these words came out, Lao Zhu suddenly realized that these were only one-sided remarks made by his son.
It is not certain whether the West Route Army will win a great victory.
I thought that when I came here, I was still worried about whether Ming Yuan would change their offensive and defensive positions. Unexpectedly, now, I am struggling with whether to take down Meng Yuan's Gansu land. Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help laughing.
However, the haze that filled my heart when I arrived has indeed completely disappeared. Zhu Yuanzhang stood up and regained his demeanor as the confident Hongwu Emperor. He smiled at Queen Ma and said, "That's enough. I've asked all the questions I need to ask. Today's business hasn't been dealt with yet. Let's go back to Jinshen Hall first. My sister will accompany me for a while."
"Wait a minute." Zhu Su stopped Lao Zhu. "Now it can be proven that I am a time traveler, right? Dad, you promised me that you don't have to go to the main hall..."
"When did we promise you?" Lao Zhu raised his eyebrows. This traitor wants to continue to lie to him!
Just as he was about to scold him, Zhu Su's predictions suddenly flashed through his mind. After all, he hesitated a little and said, "...We'll talk about it later when the dust of the West Route Army has settled!"
"Okay!" Zhu Su's face turned happy and he said confidently: "Then you are not allowed to regret it!"
Lao Zhu waved his hand to Zhu Laowu, opened the door and walked out. Queen Ma turned her head, glanced at her happy son with an unclear expression, and followed him out.
"Chongba, have you made a decision?"
"Do you really believe that Su'er is the time traveler from 650 years ago?" Queen Ma whispered to Lao Zhu.
"Whether you believe it or not, you have to look again." Zhu Yuanzhang replied. He looked north, his eyes already filled with pride. "But we have indeed made a decision whether to increase troops on the Great Wall!"
"We still don't believe it. Meng Yuan's stinky salted fish that we stepped on will really find a way to turn around!"
As he spoke, he rolled up his sleeves and strode out.
Queen Ma was left speechless, with a worried look on her face.
She looked at her husband who was leaving, and then at her youngest son who was excited in the room behind her. The worry and entanglement in my heart became more and more intense.
...If the younger son is really some kind of time traveler,
So, will he still be the son he was pregnant with in ten months?
