The heavens start from saving Daming

Chapter 138 Eight years!

"It's really a majestic army!"

Before the expedition, Zhu Di routinely inspected the armed forces.

When they inspected to the regiment camp of Li Yunze, even an old soldier was amazed by its momentum.

This is by no means a lie, even the brothers Zhu Gaoxu who followed behind him couldn't fault him.

As for the reason, it is also very simple. The whole battalion of soldiers and horses is arranged neatly, horizontally and vertically like a straight line.Even in the scorching sun, he remained motionless, like a huge piece of tofu.

Compared with the other queues that are loose around, it is really in the cone, which is extremely conspicuous.

Since he was arranged in the barracks, as a 'good grandson', it is natural to assign a soldier.

Zhu Di didn't give much, only three thousand soldiers per battalion.

During the few months in the camp, besides enriching himself, Li Yunze devoted a large part of his energy to training the soldiers.

The other regiments practiced once every ten days, and practiced once every five days.

But here at Li Yunze, he practiced intensively almost every day, and the worst thing was, he even showed up in a military posture.

Not to mention the actual combat effect, at least it looks like a strong army.

Zhu Di looked at Li Yunze with satisfaction, "The soldiers are trained well."

Li Yunze, who was expressionless, responded with a military salute.

Well-trained soldiers cost money.

Others practice once every ten days and once every five days.Li Yunze's side practiced almost every day, which was absolutely unimaginable in the cold weapon period.

Those who practice once in ten days can be called elite soldiers.

Those who practice every five days are the real elites.

What are the soldiers and horses that are drilled every day, special forces?
The soldiers of Ming Dynasty were not so enlightened, Li Yunze wanted them to practice every day, there was no other way but to feed them enough.

One is that there are enough meals to be supplied, and there must be meat to eat every meal.

If you don't have enough food and meat, you can't handle this high-intensity training level.

The other one is to pay the sergeants full and full salary without paying for it themselves, and then open a training reward out of their own pockets.

It is equivalent to paying double pay and double salary to the sergeants.

Only when they are full of wine, meat and silver can they train such an elite army.

Zhu Di was very satisfied with this, and made a special circle around the battalion. After waiting for a while, he felt that everyone was standing like a benchmark, and then he laughed and walked down.

"I really don't understand this big nephew."

Zhu Gaosui whispered next to his second brother, "Writing can make money, and Yang Rong can be settled. Faced with the temptation and suppression of the old man, he should hold on without saying a word. When fighting, he can actually train such an elite soldier. This can be both literary and military. I really can't understand it.
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Zhu Gaoxu with a dark face did not reply all the way.

Capable and discerning, but also know how to endure, and even more know how to please the old man.

If Zhu Gaochi was like this, he would have no intention of fighting for reserves, and he should have voted early.

'The boss must never be allowed to take over. '

Zhu Gaoxu's only thought at this time is to prevent the boss from ascending the throne.If that was the case, he would really have no chance at all.

In the autumn and July of the 21st year of Yongle, Zhu Di personally led an army of 20 to march to the north of the Great Wall.

The army was so powerful that the entire grassland was shaken.

"Zhanji." On a certain hill in the prairie, Zhu Di looked at the mighty army marching below, and was full of energy, "How mighty is the Imperial Army?"

"The army is mighty." Li Yunze said truthfully, "If it is in the Central Plains, it will run rampant in the world and destroy the country and establish a unified system."

"Ok?"

Zhu Di, who heard something in the words, immediately turned his head and thought for a while, "You mean, it will be impossible when you get to the grassland?"

"The thing about the grassland is not the strength of the troops, but the failure to find the enemy."

Li Yunze didn't change his face and his heart beat, "The grassland is as big as the Central Plains. There are cities in the Central Plains, and the army goes straight to the city for battle. But there are no cities on the grassland, as long as the tribes live by water and grass. We Those who are unfamiliar with the place come here to find someone
Home, let alone 20, even 40 is salt thrown into the sea.If you want to find someone, it's pure luck. "

Zhu Di looked back, noncommittal, "How do you say to fight?"

"Of course, he should learn from the champion, recruit herdsmen who are proficient in grassland geography as guides, and lead elite cavalry to attack Huanglong in a detour!"

Throughout the dynasties, from Yanzhao in the Warring States Period to the present, Huo Qubing is the most brilliant and capable person in dealing with grassland tribes.

He was the one who really grasped the weakness of the nomadic tribes, using cavalry against cavalry, attacking them will save them and destroying their main force in one battle, and the nomadic tribes they fought directly collapsed.

It's a pity that after a thousand years, there is only one Huo Qubing.

Zhu Di said no more, rode his horse down the hill and entered the army.

Li Yunze asked for battle three times, wanting to lead the army alone to go out for a long-distance attack, but Zhu Di refused all of them.

Zhu Di was not afraid that he would be in any danger. After all, after he went to the battlefield, Zhu Di was not the emperor, but the commander-in-chief of the three armies.

On the battlefield, everyone may die in battle, and of course they don't care about this.

The reason why he disagreed was because he felt that Li Yunze wanted to follow Huo Qubing's example.

And the success rate of this kind of thing is too low, and it is more likely to completely disappear in the vast prairie.

The soldiers and horses trained by Li Yunze are so elite, how can they be thrown away at will.

The huge army just wandered around on the grassland, trying to find the main force of the grassland for a decisive battle.

But they are not stupid, how could they take the initiative to give away the heads, they all hid far away, and did not give the infantry-based Ming army a chance for a decisive battle at all.

After going around for a few months, there are not many victories. On the contrary, the loss due to various reasons is more than the victories.

Zhu Di, who was suffocating anger in his heart, had to retreat back to the frontier before the snow fell in winter.

He didn't return to the capital, because he could feel that his time was running out, and he was afraid that after returning to Beijing this time, he would never have the chance to go out again.

In the city of Guansai, the large tent of the Chinese army.

"Don't ask the prince for money from now on." Zhu Di, leaning sideways on the bed, fiddled with the walnuts in his hands with his eyes closed. "Take the money from me."

Of course, Li Yunze didn't drive a forklift from the modern world to fork the money that Li Yunze paid for the double salary.

He asked Zhu Gaochi to come.

Even if there is a shortage of money, Zhu Gaochi will not be short of money for his military training here.

Zhu Di naturally knew about this a long time ago, but he kept turning a blind eye.

Now that this matter is suddenly brought up, there is naturally another reason.

"Expand your army and horses." Zhu Di, who was spinning walnuts in his hand, said again, "Expand to [-], half a step and half a ride."

Except for the [-] Battalion, this is considered to have the highest proportion of cavalry in the Ming Army.

Of course Li Yunze understood Zhu Di's meaning, this was after the failure of the last expedition, he moved his mind.

That's what Li Yunze said, doing the things of a champion.

Zhu Di was not reconciled to leaving before destroying the grassland, and was determined to make a final fight in the last time.

Now that Li Yunze has shown his talent and ability, of course Zhu Di must give him enough support.

The double salary of 1 people is not a difficult task for Zhu Di who still holds several million taels of silver in his hands.

"Train your troops well, and you will go on an expedition in a few months. At that time, I hope your troops will be useful."

What else could Li Yunze say, he could only bow his hands and salute, "Yes."

The emperor lived in the frontier fortress, which was very close to the capital, but he was unwilling to return to the capital.

From the prince to all civil servants, they sent memorials to invite the emperor to return to Luan.

Zhu Di ignored all of these.

However, he insisted on mobilizing all kinds of soldiers and horses to gather at the frontier fortress, and at the same time constantly urged Beijing to supply various food, grass and military supplies.

If it were another emperor, the civil servants could still delay and prevaricate.

But facing an immediate emperor like Zhu Di, the civil servants could only complain secretly while having to obey orders.

As time went by, more and more soldiers and horses gathered around the border.

Zhu Di, who wanted to do his best in the final stage of his life, gathered almost all the capable soldiers in the country here.

The time came to the end of March in the 22nd year of Yongle. The spring had just bloomed and the cold wind had left. Zhu Di, who was getting sicker and sicker, couldn't wait to lead the army to Mobei again.

The total number of soldiers and horses this time has reached an earth-shattering 40 troops!
In order to supply such a huge military cost, Da Ming mobilized millions of civilians to maintain the logistics supply continuously.

Just like what Li Yunze said, a force of this scale, used in the Central Plains, is a proper battle to destroy the country.

The kind that can kill anyone.

The tyrannical national power of the early Ming Dynasty can be seen from this.

At this time, Li Yunze, who was just an ordinary general in the army, was nothing to do with himself.

He followed Zhu Di and worked hard to learn how to control such a huge army.

After these days of study and practice, Li Yunze alone led 40 soldiers with ease, but with [-] troops, let's go to sleep.

If Zhu Di could do it, Li Yunze watched and learned from the side, accumulating experience for himself.

On Zhu Di's side, of course he could see clearly.

Instead of scolding him, he often took the initiative to solve doubts and taught Li Yunze his experience in leading the army.

This made Zhu Gaoxu's eyes tear open, and his teeth itched with hatred.

But he has no choice, because Zhu Di has extremely strict control over the army, and no one can move except the soldiers and horses of the headquarters.

This time, Zhu Di, who was cruel, built a large camp of military depots every hundred miles along the way to transport food, grass and luggage forward layer by layer.

And no matter what, just lead the army all the way north and north, as if to fight to the horizon.

It was not easy for Wala either. Hundreds of thousands of Ming troops surged in, which greatly squeezed their living space.

The various tribes retreated again and again, and the loss of a large number of grasslands has already caused them to encounter an existential crisis.

Now that he has retreated to Mobei, if he retreats further, there is no way to retreat, and he can only fight desperately.

On June 22th of the [-]nd year of Yongle, the Ming army marched north and finally arrived at the banks of the Dalan Namur River north of Harahelin.

Harahelin was the capital of the Mongols at that time, and once brought together gold and silver wealth from all over the world, craftsmen and beauties.

And not far from the side of the Lanamur River, there is the famous North Sea, Lake Baikal!
By the banks of the Yinma River, look around at the Xiongshan Mountains in the surrounding grasslands.

Zhu Di raised his head and raised his hooves, riding his horse and shouting to the sky, "500 years! The iron cavalry of the Han family has returned after 500 years!"

(End of this chapter)