Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 1347 Everyone is united
Although the city of Nanjing is thousands of miles away from the northern border, the nerves of the imperial court have been strained by the Northern Expedition over the past year.

In order to ensure unity and win this crucial final battle, Boss Zhu even suspended the investigation of the Guo Huan case to give all officials a chance to atone for their crimes.

As mentioned before, the biggest problem with the Guo Huan case is that it exposed all the malpractices and practices in the officialdom. If it were investigated, almost no one from top to bottom would be spared.

Therefore, all the officials, both high and low, across the country, without exception, hoped that this battle could be won.

And not only do we have to win, we have to win completely.

To this end, all those who can contribute have done their best, and those who cannot contribute have been very conscious and have not said or done anything that is not conducive to the fighting on the front line.

It can be said that since its founding, the Ming Dynasty has never been as united in mind and effort as it is now.

The scene of unity, harmony and vitality really calmed down Boss Zhu.

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As for Boss Zhu, he certainly took this national war very seriously. But to be honest, he was not as nervous at first as he was during the Yunnan campaign.

After all, that was the 'first time a young lady got married', and he had no idea about the situation in Yunnan. Naturally, he was very worried that the army would follow in the footsteps of their predecessors and be swallowed up by the hot weather, rampant miasma, terrifying jungles, and continuous mountains.

This time, the Northern Expedition was like a "widow remarrying - familiar with the road". Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang has always regarded the Mongols as the top enemy and has never stopped the Northern Expedition. The entire army is well aware of the situation in the grasslands, and the Northern Yuan Dynasty was frightened.

What's more, this time he sent out the trump card combination of Zhu Zhen, Fu Youde and Lan Yu, and Xu Da was in charge of the rear for them. Zhu Yuanzhang was more cautious and didn't know what he should be nervous about.

The development of the war was initially as he expected. After the Ming army went out of the border, they captured Gyeongju at lightning speed, and won a great victory in Tongliao, successfully blocking Nahachu in the foothills of Qingyun Mountain.

The Ming army then followed his instructions, besieged Nahachu but did not attack, and actively tried to persuade him to surrender. They successfully persuaded Nahachu to waver in morale, and he was deserted by his friends and relatives. Finally, he had to surrender and revealed the location of the Northern Yuan Dynasty court!
Then, Lan Yu led his army to the Buir Lake and defeated the Northern Yuan Dynasty in Hailar. Although the battle was full of dangers, when Boss Zhu received the report in the capital, Lan Yu had already won a great victory, so there was nothing to worry about.

Boss Zhu was pretending to be Boyi that day...

When the good news from Builuerhai came that day, all the ministers were excited. The civil and military officials hugged each other excitedly, tears in their eyes, and thanked God and their ancestors, feeling lucky that their lives were finally saved.

But Zhu Yuanzhang was not as excited as his ministers. He sat quietly on the dragon throne and let out a long sigh.

Nineteen years ago, when Xu Da drove Emperor Shun of Yuan back to the grassland, he never imagined that the war would continue to this day.

Thirty-two years of hard work and thirty-two years of war. It was so long that he once doubted that he would never see the end of this war.

Fortunately, today, everything is finally over, and his greatest mission is accomplished. This damn war finally ended with his great victory!
After the excitement, the ministers looked at their emperor, waiting for Boss Zhu to give his victory speech.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the civil and military officials in the court and said calmly: "It's a pity that Boren, Boyan and Baoer didn't see this day."

Boren is Chang Yuchun's courtesy name, Boyan is Deng Yu's courtesy name, and Baoer is Li Wenzhong's nickname...

The officials were so confused that they didn't know whether to laugh or cry. ~~
Unfortunately, after leaving the court, Boss Zhu’s plan failed.

He had just returned to Wuying Hall and sat down, preparing to write a corny imperial edict to praise Lan Yu. Boss Zhu even thought of the words, preparing to compare Chang Yuchun's brother-in-law to his own "Zhongqing, Pharmacist".

Zhongqing is the pen name of Wei Qing, and as for Yaoshi, as everyone knows, it is the pen name of Li Jing.

Boss Zhu praised Lan Yu to such a high position, which shows that his inner joy far exceeded his outward expression - the Yuan Dynasty was destroyed, and from then on the world completely belonged to his Ming Dynasty! How could Boss Zhu not be extremely happy?
Just as he was racking his brains to use every possible word to praise Lan Yu and the victory, he heard the prince's footsteps at the palace gate.

Zhu Yuanzhang raised his head and asked with a smile: "What else is there to be good about..."

Before he finished speaking, he saw that the prince had a very ugly expression on his face.

Zhu Yuanzhang's heart suddenly skipped a beat. Over the years, the prince had also mastered the art of nourishing his qi to the point of 'remaining calm even when faced with a collapse of Mount Tai'. He didn't know what kind of bad news would make him lose this skill.

"What's wrong?" Zhu Yuanzhang changed the topic.

Zhu Biao walked to Zhu Yuanzhang, calmed down a little, and reported in a low voice: "Father, Lan Yu reported that Toghon Temur did not go north to join Duoerji and Kharajang, but went straight west."

"This coward completely ignores his subordinates." Zhu Yuanzhang sneered and asked, "Has Lan Yu arranged troops in the west?"

"We did, but not many, only two guards and horses." Zhu Biao said with a complicated expression, "So they only stopped Toghon Temur's queen and second son Dibaonu and others, allowing the Northern Yuan emperor and crown prince Tianbaonu to escape."

"Alas..." Zhu Yuanzhang sighed regretfully upon hearing this, but soon accepted the reality and said, "If I can catch up, I will. If I can't, forget it."

He had fought wars all his life and knew that it was wrong to demand perfection. It was extremely difficult to capture the enemy's emperor in one battle.

Besides, an emperor alone cannot make a country. He also needs a court, officials, and an army. In the past, no matter how bad the Northern Yuan emperors were, they retreated from Dadu to Shangdu, from Yingchang to Helin, and then to Buirhai. No matter how bad the place was, the court officials and the army were still there. So his regime was not destroyed and he could make a comeback.

Now the Northern Yuan emperor is left alone and can do nothing.

"Yes. The two guards followed the Northern Yuan Emperor and chased him out." The prince nodded and said with determination, "But the one who led them in the pursuit was the fourth brother."

"What?!" Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment, and asked in disbelief: "Old Four, the Fourth in our family?"

"Whose fourth son could this be?" the prince said with a bitter face.

"How is that possible?! We personally ordered him to stay in Daning and not interfere with Lan Yu's command!" Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly raised his voice and asked, "Why did he go to the front line? Why didn't Lao Liu stop him?!"

"Because he hid it from Lao Liu and everyone else, disguised himself as an ordinary soldier of the Yanshan Left Guard, and mixed in with the expeditionary army." The prince said helplessly: "When Lao Liu found out, he was already far away in the desert and could not be contacted. He could only wait for news from the front line. As a result, the first piece of news was a victory report, and the second was the news that Lao Si went to chase the Yuan Lord..."

(End of this chapter)