King Yan made a decisive decision. Although the reason sounded quite unreliable, the Ming army did not say anything. The Ming army Xu Da used to attack was the elite among the elite, and these people were personally selected by Zhu Di to form the Shenji Battalion. Not to mention Zhu Di's origin and identity are here. His majesty, his parents and his children can spare no effort to travel thousands of miles to attack, what can those soldiers say?
Zhang Yu can be regarded as half a Yuan man, and among these Ming troops there are also Ye Bu Sheng Tan Ma who have been hanging out in northern Xinjiang all year round. Zhu Di and his group barely managed to get lost in the vast grassland. The group of people chased them all the way to Baiyan Well, but they didn't notice any trace of Emperor Beiyuan. Seeing that this place was only forty miles away from Yu'erhai, even Zhu Di suspected that he had found the wrong place. A soldier advised: "His Royal Highness, King Yan, has been chasing us here, but there is still no trace of the Yuan people. I guess the Yuan people are not here."
"The weather in the grasslands and the vast sea is unpredictable. It seems that it is going to snow. If you are trapped by the wind and snow, Your Highness will definitely be in danger. It is better to return quickly and join forces with Xu Shuai."
Zhu Di looked at the sky and realized that it was indeed getting colder these days. It was almost night at this time, and there were even places on the grassland where the ice was broken. He patted the cold red on his face and said, "If you return without success, how will you explain to your father and Commander Xu?"
"Instructions, brothers are still staying in the caves and are not allowed to see the fireworks. I have half a pot of shochu here, so everyone can drink it to warm themselves up."
"After resting, let's go to Yu'erhai at night to have a look. We're all here, we have to finish the journey, right?"
"Even if you don't find the Yuan people, you still have to urinate into the Yuu'er Sea before leaving. When you look back, you can tell the robes that we are also the ones who chased the Yuan people to the Yu'er Sea."
The soldiers all laughed, and the originally low morale was somewhat relieved. Zhang Yu looked at His Highness King Yan and felt that His Highness Yan's progress along the way was really rapid.
Well, if His Highness has made some progress, then the trip will not be in vain.
The army finished eating the dry food in silence, and rested for a while in the dug cave. When night fell completely, they emerged from the cave. It was extremely cold at night, and the dug earth-walled cave had turned into a hard ice-walled igloo. Zhu Di shook his body, shook off all the ice on his armor, and then called to the soldiers: "Let's go."
So the army of thousands of people, still carrying grass in their heads and horses in their heads, quietly headed towards the fishing sea.
Zhu Su and the genius doctor Dai Sigong had long popularized the treatment of night blindness in the Ming army. Therefore, in addition to distributing ordinary military rations, the Ming army generals would also pay attention to supplying river fresh food to their soldiers. Xu Da even inherited all of Zhu Su's military training methods, and even copied the meals that Zhu Su gave to his personal guards to naturalize, so these elite soldiers were not afraid of the darkness at night. On the contrary, Zhu Di was worried that the moon would be sparse tonight and the moonlight would be too bright. If the Yuan army discovered the traces of the army because of such a charming moonlight, it would really be like burning harps and boiling cranes.
However, there was still no trace of Yuan people along the way, and the army rushed all the way to the south of Yuerhai. Looking at the silence all around, with only a bright moon reflecting a reflection in the Yu'er Sea, Zhu Di felt quite disappointed, knowing that this attack would probably be in vain.
"This sea is so vast. In the map of Kunyu and Ten Thousand Kingdoms, it is only that big..." Zhang Yu noticed Zhu Di's disappointment and deliberately found a topic to divert his attention. As a general who was favored by both brothers Zhu Su and Zhu Di, he was naturally fortunate to have seen the map of Kunyu and Ten Thousand Kingdoms, and knew that the fishing sea was called "Bell Lake" in the map, and was only as big as the nail of his little finger. size.
But now when I visit this place in person, I see a vast "ocean" in front of me.
"The world is so vast, and you can understand it again when you come here," Zhu Di said. Zhang Yu's words made him regain his pride. Why not fail once? He, Zhu Di, was determined to lead his army to the west in this life and bring all the land illuminated by the sun and moon into China. In the future, we still don’t know how many countries will be destroyed and how many kings will be captured. It's just that I failed to catch a Yuanting Lord, it's not a big deal.
"Set up camp, but still don't light a fire. Stay here for the last night and leave to return south tomorrow." Zhu Di was extremely decisive and turned around to give instructions.
All the soldiers responded to the order and went about their business. Zhu Di also turned around and no longer looked at the fishing sea in front of him. Suddenly he heard a soldier over there being startled. He turned around and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Go back to Your Highness, just now...just now there was fire in the northeast!"
Zhu Di trembled suddenly, and his whole body became excited. "Northeast? Really?"
Without waiting for the soldier's answer, he turned around and said, "Zhang Yu, send the scout horse to the northeast to investigate."
"Be sure to pay attention and hide your traces! If you are really a Yuan person, you must not let him know that we are waiting here!"
"Don't worry, Your Highness, I'll go there myself!" Zhang Yu was also very excited, although even though he looked far into the distance, he didn't see any fire. But the people here are all the elite and loyal people of the Ming Dynasty. Since a soldier speaks, it will never be nonsense.
Zhang Yu ordered five people and just got on the horse. Zhu Di sent out other scouting horses to prepare for concealment in advance. A few hours later, snow began to fly over the Yuerhai Sea. Zhu Di saw Zhang Yu galloping out of the darkness of dawn with snow fog on his face. He was flushed from the cold and excited. He galloped to Zhu Di, dismounted from his saddle and said, "Your Highness, Your Highness! You are really the Master of the Yuan Dynasty!"
"The Yuan Lord's Golden Tent is located more than eighty miles northeast of Yu'erhai!"
"It's really the Yuan Lord!" Zhu Di was surprised and happy. He hurriedly asked again: "Has the trace been discovered by Yuan Ren?"
"No. After discovering Yuan Ren's footprints, the general handed the war horse to Pao Ze. The general climbed up on the ice and lay in the snow. He abandoned the horse and approached quietly to look around. No trace was found by Yuan Ren's scouting horse!"
"Okay!" Zhu Di was overjoyed. When he asked Zhang Yu, the Ming army officers and soldiers around him had already gathered around him. Zhu Di was so excited that he trembled all over, climbed onto the horse that had been fed, raised his arms and shouted: "Brothers, follow me!"
"We will break the golden tent today and capture the Yuan Lord!"
"Break the golden tent and capture the Yuan Lord!"
In the wind and snow, the weapons of the Ming army were raised high, forming a light that was more dazzling than the surface of the lake.
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The snow is gradually getting heavier, and the wind from the north is always biting. The snow is mixed with wind and sand, and it seems that even the sun is being blocked. Zhu Di knew that he only had a thousand people, but the Yuan Lord's guards must be more than a thousand. If he wants to succeed, he has only one chance, and that is to rush directly into the Yuan Lord's golden tent like a sharp blade and break down the Yuan people's resistance. If he failed to reach the golden tent in one fell swoop, he would have no choice but to die.
Zhu Di was not afraid of death, and was even a little excited. There is no dignity under the sword, and there is nothing that can guarantee immortality on the battlefield. He has often hung out in the military camp since he was a child. The experience he gathered from the soldiers and generals is: those who dare to fight hard are the ones who survive in the end.
Zhu Di was convinced that he was more courageous than the Yuanzhu who had only known about fighting for power with his father all his life and hiding behind Wang Baobao to enjoy the glory and wealth.
"Your Highness, Yuan Ren's camp is just ahead!" Zhang Yu said, protecting Zhu Di.
Zhu Di put away his thoughts and squinted his eyes in the wind and snow. The wind and snow were so strong that they covered the sky and the earth. But Zhu Di still saw the extravagant golden color in the distance and the panicked faces of the Yuan people.
"Da Ming!" he shouted.
"Wan Sheng!!!"
The soldiers rushed like tigers down the mountain and charged into the Yuan Lord's camp!
(End of chapter)
