Gao Yangzhi subconsciously turned his eyes and looked around.
The wind and snow outside the Great Wall have gradually become lighter.
The youngest cabinet minister in the empire lowered his voice and said: "Keystone has been in Yingzhou for several years, and it is known as the massacre. This time, this dynasty is pouring all its strength into the Northern Expedition, and the things to be done are far beyond those of the powerful Han Dynasty and the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
The country needs to spend tens of millions of dollars and use millions of manpower, involving hundreds of state capitals along several routes along the Nine Borders.
If the grassland is still unstable after this time, and the country wants to carry out the Northern Expedition again, it may take ten years to accumulate. "
Gao Yangzhi's tone was particularly heavy.
As a cabinet minister and the chief civil servant during this northern tour, all the past documents and materials have passed through his hands. Gao Yangzhi knew best how much the Ming Dynasty invested in this Northern Expedition.
Gao Yangzhi slapped his hands on the cold city wall, his eyes flickering towards the vast grassland outside the Great Wall.
He then stretched out his right hand, faced the void, made a knife, and slashed diagonally towards the grassland.
"Today, if there is no Han face, all will be killed!"
Gao Yangzhi murmured in a low voice, then turned to look at Zhu Yunxi with a nod and a smile on his face: "With this national policy, how can your majesty allow you to take charge of the overall situation? It's not that your majesty doesn't trust your highness, but because your majesty I love His Highness deeply."
Zhu Yunxi nodded silently. What Gao Chunfeng said was exactly what he had guessed.
This is probably because the Ming Dynasty has become increasingly powerful in recent years, and the imperial court's foreign policy has become increasingly strict.
The royal way that was respected in the past has gradually been replaced by domineering.
Even though there were still some officials in the court, they still had some objections to the changes that had occurred in the court's contacts with foreign countries.
However, matters above military strategy were assigned from the capital governor's office to various military units, and were naturally carried out in a domineering manner without any disadvantages.
"In response to Tianlai's words, does our Rentu have to go to Datong City first?"
Zhu Yunxi clasped his hands together and hid them in his sleeves. He turned his back to the outside of the Great Wall and asked softly.
Gao Yangzhi nodded: "According to the news from the scouts at the rear, the Iron Cauldron Stone will arrive in Datong City in about half a month."
"Then let's go to Datong City and wait for him."
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Datong City has been a military town since the beginning of the Warring States Period. In the fifth year of Hongwu, General Xu Da was ordered to once again lead the army and the people to build Datong City, making this military town city with rammed walls and blue brick cladding, making it more Strong and perfect, it is also known as the key to the north.
On the east side of Datong City, the Yuhe River flows from the mountains in the northwest. When it reaches the outside of Datong City, the water has slowed down. The river surface is wide. If there is no wind, the entire river surface will look like a single piece. Like a flowing mirror.
However.
During these days, the surface of Yuhe River was extremely unstable.
Since the imperial decree came to Datong City, Liang Guogong Lan Yu was deprived of his official position as a general, so he started to work as a military training officer. He spent the whole day with the troops and horses stationed in and outside Datong City, just outside the East City by the Yuhe River. Practice day and night.
As for Lan Yu, who was deprived of the rank of general and became a training officer.
The entire Datong City remained quiet.
No one dared to touch Lan Yu's brow at this time.
But it was beyond everyone's expectations, just when everyone thought Lan Yu might get angry at some point.
Lan Yu actually started working as a training officer honestly.
As the founding general of Conglong, Lan Yu's military training was definitely not inferior to that of any general in the Ming army at this time.
In fact, after having the experience of training soldiers in the northwest, Lan Yu is even more outstanding in training.
By the Yuhe River outside the East City of Datong.
These days, due to military training, a high earth platform has been built.
This earth platform was built up one by one by the soldiers in the army commanded by Lan Yu.
And on the earth platform at this moment.
Lan Yu was wearing his armor full of scars, holding the sword on his waist that had been with him for decades, holding his head high and taking general steps on the platform, constantly walking back and forth.
In front of him, under the earth platform was a whole group of guards and horses.
According to Lan Yu's own rules, every day he would personally train one guard's horse in front of the earthen platform, and he would assign other military generals to train other soldiers and horses at the same time on the bank of the Royal River.
"Stand firm with your legs. If you fail to stand firm when facing the enemy outside the pass, you will all turn into a puddle of flesh and blood under the horses' hooves!"
"You have to use your strength to swing a sword, don't act like a reckless man and waste your energy in vain."
"For the Lancer Battalion, not only must your steps be firm, but your waist must also be tight, and you must have the toughness to make steel a hundred times!"
On the earth platform, Lan Yu's eyes widened, constantly looking for officers and soldiers who were not practicing in accordance with the regulations in the crowd in front of them.
Unfortunately.
After so many years of practice, the wah-wah sounds in Yuheli are rarely heard anymore.
Wait until the basic military formation drills are completed.
Lan Yu suddenly pulled out the sword from her waist.
When the soldiers in the audience saw that Liang Guogong had begun to swing his sword, they immediately changed their formation.
The soldiers changed their rear formation into the front formation in the shortest possible time.
Opposite the earth platform are rows of wooden piles driven into the earth.
On the wooden piles are tied layers of dummies made of straw stalks.
"Charge!"
Sapphire's combat style is obvious.
He has always been courageous and never lost.
The troops who trained under him also inherited his style.
The soldiers of the Ma Army Camp began to charge towards the front of the formation from both sides with their horses, slashing and piercing the dummies with their swords and guns.
The knife needs to cut into the wooden stake, and the gun needs to penetrate the dummy.
This is the rule set by Lan Yu.
The cavalrymen of the Horse Army Battalion passed through the dummy army formation in a burst of wind, and then the firearms battalion, under the cover of the sword and shield soldiers of the infantry camp, began to rush towards the dummy army formation in groups.
In the rear, there were archers and crossbowmen who fired arrows to suppress the formation of the front army.
After more than half a month of hellish training, the officers and soldiers were basically able to perform the drills according to Lan Yu's requirements.
The military formation was neat and the attack was orderly.
However, Lan Yu on the earth platform simply glanced at the officers and soldiers who were facing away from him and charging toward the dummy army formation, but there was a trace of boredom on his face.
The soldier who had followed Lan Yu for many years quietly stepped forward: "General, the brothers below hunted some wild game at Mawu Mountain last night. After today's training, General, please drink a few more glasses of wine."
Lan Yu glared at the soldier with misfortune.
The soldier who spoke smiled and scratched the back of his head.
Lan Yu snorted coldly: "If it weren't for participating in the next Northern Expedition, do you think I would be willing to do the job of training soldiers so honestly?"
The soldiers immediately flattered their general: "My subordinates just knew that the general was going to take these trained soldiers and horses on the northern expedition, so they brought back more meat. When the general is fully replenished, he will arrive When the time comes, I will take my subordinates with me and kill more wolf cubs, so that my subordinates can work hard and get a general back."
"What the hell do you think you can become a general and have worked under labor and management for so many years?"
Lan Yu opened her mouth to curse, and slapped the soldier on the head hard.
The soldier put his head in his hands and smiled: "Isn't this my subordinate thinking that I can follow the general more and lead the horse and whip for the general?"
However, Lan Yu waved her hand, glanced at the other party lightly, and then said quietly: "My grandson's return to the Qin Fajun meritorious service has made you guys start thinking about creating military exploits."
The private soldier, who had his thoughts revealed, glanced sideways at several other close friends who had been private soldiers under Lan Yu for many years.
Lan Yu continued: "Forget it, you will follow us closely during the Northern Expedition. I will cut off a few more heads when the time comes. You have followed me for so many years. If it is not enough by then, I will think of another solution for you."
Since the emperor's grandson has gradually grown up, he has become more and more obvious as the country's heir apparent.
Lan Yu's temperament slowly calmed down.
There is no such thing as a banquet that lasts forever, even for these soldiers who have followed him for many years.
Furthermore, among the people in the court now, the Duke of Liang, Lan Yu, has the least foundation in the army.
This foundation refers to the number of military generals he brought out.
Previously, it was because Lan Yu had the courage to move forward in every battle. He was a general and a vanguard general.
But now, Lan Yu has other ideas.
He glanced briefly at the officers and soldiers who had already penetrated the dummy formation, then looked sideways at the soldiers beside him and asked, "When will Taisun arrive at Datong City."
The soldier immediately replied: "It won't take more than a few days to arrive. A few days ago, the Northern Patrol just visited Datong City and Prince Dai's Mansion over there, asking Datong City to be ready to pick them up."
"You guys have been going hunting in Mawu Mountain these days." Lan Yu retracted her hands, hugged and rubbed the arm armor on the outside of her forearm, her eyes were deep: "When the grandson arrives in Datong City, we still have to meet with His Highness. Crying hard."
The soldier smiled and said, "I understand."
…
A few more days.
On Mawu Mountain on the west side of Datong City, on a high ridge, Zhu Yunxi looked at Datong City at his feet. He could vaguely see the military formations training by the Yuhe River on the east side of Datong City. He couldn't help but frown slightly and murmured in confusion. .
"I don't quite understand. Could it be that my great-uncle has really changed his gender?"
By his side, as usual, were Gao Yangzhi, Cao Zhen, Wang Xinling, Ma Hongqing and others.
But today, there was an additional young man wearing the regular uniform of the Ming Dynasty clan vassal king.
The young man's appearance is somewhat similar to Zhu Yunxi's.
"I think that when Brother Hei enters the city, this uncle will return to his true nature."
Zhu Gui, who had been entrusted with the title of Dai Wang since the 25th year of Hongwu and guarded Datong, said this with a smile.
Zhu Yunxi glanced sideways at Zhu Gui.
My Uncle Wang's maternal background was extraordinary. He was the son of Guo Huifei, the daughter of Guo Zixing.
But as always, this Uncle Wang is like his other uncles. The words and deeds shown by the real person are always very different from those in the rumors.
For example, the acting king Zhu Gui in front of him is said by everyone to have a violent personality.
But the Uncle Dai Wang in front of him didn't look even remotely irritable.
Zhu Gui also felt the gaze of his great-grandson nephew who had just arrived outside Datong City.
He just smiled slightly: "When I go into battle today, Brother He will know what your thirteenth uncle's temperament is like."
Zhu Yunxi shrugged: "It's just the common people's hypothesis. But the thirteenth uncle said what my great-uncle said, but my nephew took it seriously."
After that, he looked at the few Lan Yu soldiers who were detained by Zhang Hui and his men at the foot of the high hill on the ridge.
Zhu Gui crossed his arms and smiled elegantly: "Uncle Lan is in a hurry. This time you... Bachelor Tie Xuan will lead the Northern Expedition, and you will have your third uncle and fourth uncle in the army." , Fourteenth Uncle. By the way, there are your Thirteenth Uncle, me, and Seventh Uncle who is currently guarding Kaiping in Xuan Mansion.
There are so many clan kings who can lead troops, and there are also a group of princes and nobles stationed at the border all year round. It may be difficult for my uncle to lead an army alone. "
After finishing speaking, Zhu Gui glanced at Marquis Jingchuan who was standing behind Zhu Yunxi.
According to my own calculations, this time the Ming Dynasty used all its strength to launch the Northern Expedition, and generals like Jingchuan Marquis Cao Zhen probably only led an army.
"Let's go to the Ministry of Industry's machine-making factory in Datong City first."
Zhu Yunxi did not talk about the imperial court's arrangements for the Northern Expedition, but instead mentioned the Ministry of Works.
Zhu Gui's eyes immediately flashed and he praised: "If you ask me, in the future the court should hire more people who can do practical things and are capable, just like the current minister of the Ministry of Industry.
This time during my Ming Dynasty's Northern Expedition, I had the artillery and firearms made by the Machinery Manufacturing Company. Your Thirteenth Uncle has made up his mind this time, and he will not return to the army until the grassland is plowed! "
Zhu Yunxi smiled and said nothing.
He just made a gesture of invitation and walked towards Datong City at the foot of the mountain.
The Northern Patrol was waiting at the headquarters of the Chinese Army at the foot of Mawu Mountain.
As soon as Zhu Yunxi arrived at the bottom of the mountain, he immediately started again and headed straight for Datong City.
A few moments.
Before noon, the army had already passed through the west gate of Datong and entered the city.
From the inside out, Datong City is a city built for war.
Apart from the Prince's Palace and numerous government offices, there are few residences for common people in the city.
Even if there are some, they all exist around war.
Such as shops that repaired clothes for soldiers, and workshops that made some minor equipment for the government.
This is a city built for war.
On the way to the machine-making factory of the Ministry of Industry in Datong City, Zhu Yunxi felt a little more enlightened.
"Originally, I just had some assumptions. Now that the military and national policies have been tentatively decided by the imperial court, I have more plans for how to thoroughly manage the grassland in the future."
Zhu Gui, who was guarding Datong, looked around with some surprise. He was already used to seeing Datong City.
He spoke softly and slowly: "With city construction as the core and roads as the link, we will advance step by step and plan it slowly?"
Zhu Yunxi raised his eyebrows slightly, but quickly suppressed the surprise in his heart.
Zhu Gui, who was sent to Datong by the old man to take charge, was such a person without vision.
He nodded and admitted: "Originally, according to the past practice, everything was to put the country first. But now, if this law can be implemented outside the border, it will not only be able to implement national policies, but also build cities to drive people inside and outside the border. The people become rich.”
Zhu Gui frowned and thought silently for a moment, then nodded and said: "It's a novel idea."
In front, there are several chimneys erected, and the Ministry of Industry and Engineering Machinery Works, spewing thick smoke, has appeared in front of us.
And on the other side of the street.
But there was the sound of horse hooves.
Immediately afterwards, a shout that was particularly familiar to Zhu Yunxi came into his ears.
"The person in front of me is my handsome nephew, Yunxi!"
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