The journey to the heavens starts from the underground station

Chapter 250 Returning to the court, building roads, and reporting victory
"Father, wouldn't it be easy for us to hollow out the vast sea and completely exterminate the Tatars?"

"No, after a few months of northern expedition, it coincided with a great victory. Oirat was defeated and captured a large number of people, cattle and sheep. All the soldiers were looking forward to returning to the court and rewarding them for their merits; and being hindered by the food road, the army could no longer enter the vast sea. What's more, Alutai won't just stay where he is and wait for us to fight him. It won't take him three to two years to kill him! Grandpa, according to my grandson, it's better to go ahead and return the court."

Three days later, in the big tent of the Chinese army, all the generals of the Ming army came together to discuss the next step of the whole army's battle plan.

After Wala was destroyed, Zhu Gaoxu wanted to lead his troops to continue to the north. He rushed to catch up with Alutai and wiped out the Tatars completely, but Li Yu opposed it.

But Li Yu objected, and generals such as Liu Sheng and Zheng Heng also opposed Han Wang's proposal, because it was really a reckless view.

It's not that they don't want to fight, but that they can't.

After the scouts inquired, Alutai's troops fled north, all the way north, looking at the direction as if they were heading for the North Sea.

The herdsmen drove their cattle and sheep, grazing while fleeing. The cattle and sheep were the food and grass; but the Ming army was different. The food and grass of the 300,000 army were transported by the [-] people from the Great Wall, which was far away from the Onan River. ?The consumption along the way is more than that used by the army!Moreover, troops must be divided to guard the grain roads to prevent the audacious tribes on the grassland from sneaking in.

If they go north again and increase the distance of grain transportation, the grain road may not be guaranteed.

The simplest reason is that if you go north again, you have to pass through the Oala territory. Although the Oirat headquarters was defeated, many of the small and medium tribes attached to Oara are still there!If they sent troops to rob the food road, how many troops would it take to guard the transportation distance of thousands of miles?

Besides, Alutai is not stupid. If Kent Mountain ran away in the first battle, Beihai would not run away?

If you run, you have to chase. If it takes two or three years to fight, it will be a waste of national energy, and the prince behind will have to scold her.

What's more, after Oala was destroyed in this battle, the soldiers couldn't wait to be rewarded for their merits!
It's better to take pictures slowly!

For a while, the generals talked a lot and expressed their opinions, but most of them agreed with what Li Yu said, leading the army back to the court; seeing that there were few generals who supported him, Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help feeling a little anxious.

"If you let Alutai go, give him a chance to breathe, and wait for him to cultivate for a few years..."

"Second shut up!" Before Zhu Gaoxu finished speaking, Zhu Di frowned and let out a soft drink.

"Hey, yes, Dad." Zhu Gaoxu shut up immediately, but still gave Li Yu a resentful look.

Zhu Di closed his eyes and considered for a long time, thinking about it constantly in his mind, weighing the pros and cons, finally opened his eyes, and let out a long sigh.

"I can't kill the tiger, I can't get my wish! Forget it, let Alutai live a little longer! The army will stay here for half a month, and after half a month, the whole army will return to the court!"

"Although Wala is destroyed, the foundation still exists. The second and third children, bring three thousand battalions, and give you half a month to gather the herdsmen of those small tribes in the territory of Wala. Capture as many as you like, and bring them all back! If there is anyone who defies the great tomorrow, Cut them all!"

"Yes!" Zhu Gaoxu received the general order, and when there was a battle, he no longer pursued the matter of hunting down and killing Alutai, and called Zhu Gaosui to make preparations together.

There are so many Wara captives, men, women, old and young herdsmen held in the big camp, as well as tens of millions of cattle and sheep, stretching for thirty miles, which is not a long-term solution after all; The soldiers of the Fifth Army Battalion escorted all the captives and [-]% of the cattle, sheep and horses back to Daning, and told them not to worry, just walk slowly.

The generals dispersed, and only the grandfather and grandson were left in the tent. Zhu Di took off his boots and sat curled up on the camp couch with an irritable and unhappy expression.

Li Yu stepped forward and stood beside the old man: "Grandpa, don't worry, you only need to lay out the layout outside the Great Wall, step by step, even if you don't send troops to the Northern Expedition, for a long time, you can take all the grasslands, and the Tatars will die. What's more, wait After two or three years, we will send out another large army, and it is not too late to wipe out the Tatars."

"Hmph! It's all your fault. If you hadn't got muskets and quickly defeated the Tatar Horqin tribe, then Alutai wouldn't have fled in fright. This battle was a happy one, but it wasn't smooth at all." Zhu Di snorted twice, and complained angrily, but these words were obviously throwing a child's temper.

The majestic Emperor Yongle only showed this gesture in front of his most beloved children and grandchildren.

"Grandpa is afraid that he will grow old?" Li Yu said rather amusedly.

"Old? I'm not old! I can still mount a horse and kill the enemy! But when I know my destiny, how can I talk about old? Concubine Pu, grandpa is still...forget it! I'm sorry, I'm sorry for grandpa and go for a walk." Zhu Di just wanted to brag, but suddenly came to his senses There are some things that cannot be said in front of children and grandchildren, so he simply got up, put on his boots, and asked for a bow and arrow, obviously intending to go hunting on the grassland.

Bringing a team of personal guards and riding horses, the grandparents and grandchildren traveled down the Onan River next to the camp for more than [-] li.

This is a river valley, it is June, and wild flowers are blooming on the grassland. There was a drizzle during the war a few days ago, and the air smells quite refreshing.

It's a pity that there are only some wild mice and hares in the valley, and there is no prey, so the bow and arrow Zhu Di brought is useless.

This is normal, the army camped for thirty miles, and the beasts and the like would have dispersed long ago.

Zhu Di didn't care. He found a place with a gentle current and rode his horse across the Onan River. He went up to a gentle hillside on the other side of the river.

"Wonanhe, the starting point for their ancestors to dominate the world. Hehe, 500 years have passed, and I am the only one who has reached here!"

Zhu Di got off his horse and pointed at the river he had just crossed from a distance, his words were full of complacency.

Li Yu stood beside the old man, without saying a word, quietly listening to his emotion and expressing his feelings.

Zhu Di did not brag. The last time the Han army went on an expedition outside the Great Wall was in the reign of Taizu, but the furthest was the Northern Expedition in Hongwu's 23rd year. The leader of the battle was King Zhu Di of Yan!In that battle, Nairbuhua was surrendered in Yidu; next, it was the battle of Sapphire's Yuerhai.

Going forward, it is the battle to kill Hushan, which is the last glory of Datang!

And later, Li Yu sighed leisurely, if he hadn't come to this world by himself, and the Han army appeared in Mobei again, it would be another 500 years later!That time, Xiao Xu only brought two regiments...

"I said this when I fought Alutai last time. This is the second time I have seen the Onan River!"

"Such a great river and mountain, how can you allow the Hulu to steal? I am not old, it is only three or two years, I can afford to wait!"

"When I come next time, I will build a city here, connect Mobei, and dig through the vast sea!"

Zhu Di's eyes are full of hope. With the help of the good grandson, he has obviously found a way to completely calm down the grassland.

Half a month later, the King of Han and the King of Zhao each returned with the last cavalry of [-] battalions.

In the past half a month, more than [-] battalions of more than [-] cavalry have been divided into ten groups, plowing and sweeping holes in the Oala territory. All tribes, large and small, they encountered were forced to migrate by force, and those who did not follow were killed.

More than [-] herdsmen were captured, and hundreds of thousands of cattle, sheep and pack horses were still sent to the vicinity of the Great Wall along the grain road.

On June [-], the army set off and officially returned to the court.

Different from the cautious march when they came, this time it was a triumphant return, the Oirats were defeated, and the Tatars fled north. The only threat was Uliangha, but they were thousands of miles away to the east.

There were no enemies on the marching road, and the soldiers walked extremely "presumptuously", driving the remaining cattle and sheep, putting the armor on the cart, talking and laughing along the way.

at the same time.

Outside Daning City, a three-foot-wide, gray-white flat avenue extends from the south gate of Daning City, all the way south, disappearing into the valley to the south.

In the valley to the south, countless tents were pitched, and countless people were moving in the valley. Whether it was day or night, billowing thick smoke would rise from the valley. Every day or two, there would be more The sound of the explosion in the distance spread directly to Daning City a few miles away.

Every day from early morning to evening, the road is full of carts going back and forth, pulling baskets of cement and entering Daning City along the road.

The same road also stretches from the north of the city to the north.

Looking from the top of Daning City, you can vaguely see countless people busy along the road tens of miles away, and there are also countless shacks built at the end of the road. Every morning, small traders come out of the city, pulling large The car headed north along the flat and solid road to the settlements of those people.

Daning City formed two settlements at the same time, one in the south and one in the north. It seemed that their prosperity was comparable to that of some prefectures and counties in the Central Plains.

In the gathering place in the north, many soldiers of the Ming army with whips are occupied along the road. Cement is mixed with sand and gravel, and after adding water, it is laid section by section along the opened roadbed.

These people are shorter and darker than the Ming people, obviously not the Ming people, but the native laborers "dispatched" by Zhang Fu from Jiaozhi.

Two middle-aged officials in green government clothes, riding on horseback and carrying a flag of soldiers, patrolled along the roadbed. When they saw lazy laborers, without waiting for the officials to order, some soldiers went over with whips smoke.

"This place is forty miles away from Daning. According to the plan, a Wubao guard city should be set up here so that the troops can be stationed here to ensure the safety of the grassland."

"I'm afraid it's not necessary? I don't know how the Ministry of Industry plans it." The younger green-robed civil servant on the left laughed and complained: "This place is only forty miles away from Daning. It's a grievance. The herdsmen around Daning are all devoted to Daming. That blind-eyed person dares to come here to make trouble? Only Wuliangha, a few hundred miles to the north, but according to me, there is nothing left in the hundreds of miles. The Acropolis is enough."

"This is His Majesty's plan, how dare you do something reckless?"

"forget it."

This is the construction site of the cement road.

Since the emperor led the army to conquer, with the cooperation of the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of War and the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, all the cement accumulated for half a year has been put to use. At a speed of [-] miles, it extends northward along Shuntian City, and now it has connected to Daning, and it is still continuing northward.

Of course, no matter how much cement you have accumulated, it is not enough for this kind of use, but there are laborers who don't need to pay wages and just eat!
Coincidentally, the British government "recruited" [-] laborers to the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion, and the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion sent them to Suncheon, where they fired cement on the spot in the Yanshan Mountains in the south of Daning.

The cement that is currently fired cannot supply hundreds of thousands of laborers, and the construction period has also slowed down. Now we can only build one or two miles to the north every day. These hard-working road workers can finish their day's work early every day. .

However, the officials from the household department were all brought out by Xia Yuanji, and they were all stingy and calculated: these laborers don't work, and they still have to eat three meals a day?Think beautifully!
Reduced!Reduce it to a dry meal in the morning and gruel in the afternoon!
The principal sent by the Ministry of Industry has already handed over the report. We don’t need too many people here. We need to cut down [-]% of the labor force and send them back to the mainland to build the road from Shuntian to Yingtian.

Yingtian City, Wenhua Palace.

Since Li Yu resigned from the position of supervising the country and followed the army to the north, the important task of supervising the country returned to the prince again, and his daily range of activities became very regular.

Wenhua Palace, Chunhe Palace, are as tired as Baimaoge University Scholars every day, and there is still time to take care of those foxes.

The sun was in the west, the crown prince Zhu Gaochi finished handling today's government affairs, stood up tiredly, rubbed his fat back, and two attendants hurried up to help the prince rub his shoulders.

"Oh yes, put in more effort, oh! I'm still free when that little bastard is around! With him helping to supervise the country, I feel so at ease, unlike now, look, have I lost weight again?"

The little eunuch accompanied him with a smiling face: "My lord, the imperial doctor has already said, it's better to be thinner, thinner and healthier."

"That's right, the provincial concubine always blames me, so..."

Just as Zhu Gaochi was babbling, there was a rush of footsteps outside the Wenhua Hall, and then, Jin Zhong, Minister of the Ministry of War, staggered into the hall with the support of Xu Bin, the head of the Ministry of War.

Zhu Gaochi hurriedly stood up to greet him, and stopped Jin Zhong from saluting.

"Hurry up and bring a stool to Old Shangshu! Why did Old Shangshu come here in person? Could it be that something happened to the Northern Expedition?"

Jin Zhong was born as the Chief History Officer of Prince Yan, Minister of the Ministry of War, Zhan Shi of Zhan Shifu, Chief Minister of the Eastern Palace, and one of the Taisun's teachers. He is old, so he naturally has the treatment of sitting and playing.

Xu Bin, young man, it's better to stand still.

"Thank you, Your Royal Highness, it is good for me to stand." Jin Zhong held a document in both hands, his palms trembling slightly, and his tone was mixed with excitement: "It is true that there was an accident in the Northern Expedition, but it is a good thing, great victory! I am so excited , came here at the first time! This is a victory document!"

"Great victory!" Zhu Gaochi's eyes lit up, he immediately took the document, unfolded it and read it carefully.

"Good! Good! Good!"

Even the crown prince has always disliked swordsmanship, so he couldn't help saying hello three times.

"The grandson came to the battlefield in person, captured Mahamu among the thousands of troops, and established the victory in one fell swoop. Your Majesty has appointed it as the first achievement of the Northern Expedition. I congratulate Your Highness the Crown Prince!" Xu Bin obviously knew the content. from ear to ear.

"At present, Fan Zhong, the commander of the young army who returned from Mobei to the capital to report victory, is waiting outside the Fengtian Gate. May His Royal Highness summon you?"

"See! Summon Fan Zhong immediately, I want to ask about the details of this battle."

(End of this chapter)