Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

"Western Expedition?"

Geng Bingwen was shocked.

"Mr. Cao Guo, we were only ordered to defend the Timur rebel army, how could we..."

Before he finished speaking, Geng Bingwen stopped talking and stared at Li Jinglong.

An edict appeared in Li Jinglong's hands at some unknown time!
"If we just defend against Timur's bandit army, General Geng is enough. Why does Your Majesty need to send me here?"

“That traitor Timur doesn’t want to stay in the West, but he has the guts to dare to attack our Ming Dynasty!

Since he dares to conquer the east, then I, the Ming Dynasty, can conquer the west. We must make that Timur thief pay the price! "

After hearing this, Geng Bingwen's face gradually turned red and he said excitedly.

"What Mr. Cao Guo said is absolutely true. A mere remnant of the Northern Yuan Dynasty dares to offend our Ming Dynasty!
This time, no matter what the reason is, they must pay the price!

In this western expedition, I would like to be the deputy general! "

Xu Huizu's eyes flashed and he asked directly.

Groups of Ming cavalry, with some Tatars in the middle, were chasing some Mongolian cavalry.

"..."

"Where!"

"Very good!"

Li Jinglong brought 40,000 elite troops, 30,000 of whom were capital soldiers.

The scout replied: "Report to the general, right at the Yili River!"

On the way, I don’t know what accident will happen.

You should stay in Ming Dynasty honestly. I don’t want to come back with your body! "

Xu Huizu was a little confused.

"How many soldiers and horses are there?"

"Reporting to the general, the general has found the place where Timur's army is!"

Geng Bingwen was furious.

"Send the order, raise the account!"

at the same time.

After passing the Hami Guards, they took away two thousand Hami Guards!

"Did you read that correctly?"

"General Geng, you are already seventy this year. His Majesty allowed you to come to guard the northwest of our Ming Dynasty because of your good health.

Hearing this, Xu Huizu, Liu Sheng, Song Sheng and other generals were suddenly surprised.

Xu Huizu laughed loudly and said, "You have made a great contribution this time. These Timurid thieves traveled thousands of miles to send me so many cattle, sheep, camels, grain, grass and baggage to the Ming Dynasty. I can't bear to take away these thieves!"

After passing the Red Gold Mongolian Guards, he took away two thousand Red Gold Mongolian Guards.

A group of Ming cavalry galloped past and rushed towards the dark army.

Leading 50,000 troops, they left the Hexi Corridor and chased in the direction of Timur's army.

"Ugh……"

The scout thought for a while and said again: "In addition, the late general and others discovered that the Timurids were carrying a large number of cattle, sheep, camels, and food, grass and baggage!"

One day later.

"Here!"

The scout said: "Reporting back to the general, I feel that the grain, grass, baggage, cattle, sheep and camels are enough for a million troops to go on an expedition!"

Several hundred miles north of Ganzhou City, some fighting was also taking place.

The scout quickly replied: "Back to the general, I couldn't believe it at first. I counted it many times before I dared to confirm it!"

"How can Mr. Cao Guo look down on me so much?"

However, the Timur Kingdom is more than a thousand miles away from our Ming Dynasty. Not only does it have to cross the Tianshan Mountains, but it also has to cross the desert!

In addition, you are stationed in Ganzhou according to the order. You should go back and reply to His Majesty's order. How can you march westward? "

Li Jinglong was unmoved at all, "Old General, please don't do this. No matter what, I can't lead you to the west.

"Report to the general, about two hundred thousand!"

In addition, all the soldiers from the Shenji Battalion and the Five Thousand Lower Battalion left Shaanxi Xingdusi and headed west.

In addition, deep in the grassland.

"The cattle, sheep, camels, and food and baggage of a million-strong army?"

Xu Huizu asked again.

"A large amount?"

Li Jinglong was stunned and looked at Geng Bingwen helplessly.

As the generals entered the big tent one by one, Xu Huizu issued orders one after another.

Half an hour later.

The army marched westward in a mighty manner!

Two days later.

The Northern Expedition army caught up with Timur's army and fought for two days.

Timur's army left behind countless corpses, cattle, sheep and camels, as well as countless grain, grass and baggage, and fled madly.

The Northern Expedition army is in hot pursuit!

Capital of the Ming Dynasty.

A group of fast riders rushed directly into Yingtian City from the west of the city.

He jumped off his horse at the gate of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion and shouted that Ganzhou is 800 miles away, hurry up!
Ran directly in.

After a while.

The governor on duty at the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion hurried into the palace with an urgent letter.

"Expediting Ganzhou 800 miles?"

Zhu Di took the letter and read it.

"How dare you!"

After reading it, Zhu Di was furious, "Timur's traitor actually dared to attack our Ming border!"

"Your Majesty, please calm down. With Duke Cao and Marquis Changxing guarding Ganzhou, Timur's traitors will definitely not be able to set foot in our Ming Dynasty!"

Xu Zengshou said solemnly.

Zhu Di sneered and said, "How can a mere traitor like Timur attack our Ming Dynasty?"

Then, he asked: "No news has been sent back from the Northern Expedition Army?"

"Back to Your Majesty, at this time, the Northern Expedition Army has already entered the depths of the desert, and news has not been sent back.

However, Wei Chen ventured to guess that it will be soon! "

"Ok!"

……

As the weather gradually cooled down, Guo An began to like lying on a chair again, sitting in front of the large glass window, basking in the sun and looking at the pond outside.

Golden carps, big and fat, were playing around carefree under the lotus leaves.

"Your second son has been out with the Northern Expedition for so long without any news coming back. How come you are not in a hurry?"

Zhu Di also shared the same posture as Guo An, half lying on a chair, holding a tea cup in one hand and taking a sip from time to time.

Guo An was very confident, "Wei Chen believes that Wei Guogong and Liu Sheng are just Wala, and they are no match for our Ming Dynasty!"

"Outside Hami, there are only 200,000 Timur troops. In this case, Timur must have other large armies, and they should collude with Navarre!"

Zhu Di said again, "So, you're not worried?"

"Your Majesty has learned clearly that there is no point in worrying about me!"

Guo An sighed slightly, "On the battlefield, the situation changes rapidly!"

Then, he glanced at Zhu Di and comforted him: "Your Majesty, don't worry, our Daming firearms and ammunition are several times ahead of Timur's army.

As long as their military strength is not several times greater than that of our Ming Dynasty, they will not be able to do anything to our army of the Ming Dynasty! "

Zhu Di immediately cursed angrily, "You Guo thief, you actually think that we don't trust our army?"

"Hahaha, Your Majesty has misunderstood, I have no intention of doing so!"

Guo An quickly explained with a chuckle.

If you, Zhu Di, are not worried, why would you have the leisure to come to my palace and talk to me about this?

Zhu Di glared at Guo An fiercely, then stretched out his legs and lay down completely.

"In the past, the Prince of Shunde, who had always planned everything, didn't worry about his second son, so we won't worry too much!"

As he said that, Zhu Di couldn't help but look outside the room.

"You, Guo Ningyi, enjoy it the most!"

Guo An said quietly: "Thanks to your majesty's praise, the power of Weichen's craftsmanship comes entirely from the yearning for a better life!"

Hearing this, Zhu Di couldn't help but slowly turned his head and looked at Guo An.

There was a hint of surprise in his eyes. "Guo Qing thinks your current life is not good enough?"

"not enough!"

Guo An said bluntly, "The cement straight roads have not been paved throughout the entire Ming Dynasty, and the trains and railways have not been paved yet?
Besides, if you send a message, you won’t be able to get it back within a month!
Your Majesty, it's night now and the lights are still too dim.

Nowadays, various diseases still occur in Ming Dynasty.

Also, those delicious foods..."

"I have looked through all the history books of the previous dynasties, and I have never seen such a greedy person as Guo Qing!"

After listening, the corners of Zhu Di's mouth kept twitching, and his face was full of weirdness.

"Perhaps no one has such lofty ambitions as Weichen!"

Guo An sighed slightly, looking like he was lonely in the world.

Zhu Di was helpless.

After a while, Zhu Di said again: "Guo Qing, that boy Guo Shen has grown up and can propose marriage to Xianning!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Guo An's face lit up and he said hurriedly: "Wei Chen will ask Guo Shen to ask Bao Gong tomorrow and let Shen'er start to propose marriage to Princess Xianning!"

"Very good!"

Zhu Di nodded with satisfaction.

Then, after another leisurely discussion with Guo An, Zhu Di left with satisfaction.

And at night.

After Guo Shen came back from the experimental field, Guo An called Guo Shen over and explained.

Day two.

Guo Shen went to the experimental field and asked Bao Zhao for advice.

Guo An began to prepare for marriage proposal.

A few more days passed.

There is an express route of 800 miles coming from Ganzhou.

"The Timur army outside Hami Guards has retreated?"

Seeing what was written in the memorial, a trace of surprise flashed in Zhu Di's eyes.

"Exactly, Cao Guogong has also led an army of 50,000 to pursue him!"

Below, Xu Zengshou, Li Zenzhi and others also had faces full of surprise and hope.

Expedition to the West!
They want to too!

Zhu Di did not continue to say more, but changed the topic, "Is there any news about the Northern Expedition Army?"

Xu Zengshou held up his hand and said, "Your Majesty, the news of the Northern Expedition Army has not been sent back yet!"

"Send someone to pay more attention!"

Zhu Di said in a deep voice.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Xu Zengshou and others responded quickly.

A few days later.

Guo An took his eldest son Guo Shen with him and asked the Ming Emperor Zhu Di to marry Princess Xianning.

Zhu Diyun!
Congratulations to all the distinguished civil and military officials of the entire dynasty!
A few days later.

Finally, news of the Northern Expedition came back.

After reading it, Zhu Di looked overjoyed.

"Great victory in Wala!"

"The Northern Expedition Army attacked the 160,000-strong army of the four major Oara tribes in one fell swoop on the grasslands of the lower reaches of the Selenge River.

Killed 70,000 enemies, captured 40,000 old, weak, women and children, as well as countless cattle, sheep, horses and camels! "

"The four leaders of Wala, Meng Ge Timur, Mahamu, Taiping, and Patu Polo, fled westward with the remnants of their troops.

The Northern Expedition army takes advantage of the victory and pursues it!

Half a month later, after killing 60,000 enemies, Oara leader Mengge Timur, Mahamu, Taiping, Batu Polo and others surrendered with the remaining troops..."

"I learned from Ba Tupolo that Timur's country was so ambitious that he wanted to mobilize the whole country to conquer the east.

Its 400,000-strong army was divided into two armies. One was led by Hari Sultan, the grandson of Timur. Together with the Hami Guard and other seven Kansai guards, they prepared to invade the Ming Dynasty from the Hexi Corridor.

As for Timur, he personally led an army of 200,000 to the east across the Altai Mountains and entered Mobei. He colluded with the Oara people and the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty such as Chagatai and Ilkhanate in order to attack from Hara and Forest. I am Da Ming!
However, Wei Chen and others were lucky enough to defeat the four Oara tribes in one fell swoop, and the Timur tribe was still near the Altai Mountains.

The minister wanted to lead the Northern Expedition army, take advantage of the victory to defeat Timur's tribe, then return to the Hami Guards, and attack the army led by Sultan Harry in front and back with the Shaanxi Xingdusi garrison..."

"it is good!"

"The Duke of Wei is truly worthy of being the son of the King of Zhongshan!"

"The Timurid Kingdom is so ambitious. Your Majesty's strategy for the Western Expedition is indeed correct!"

"This time, we must capture Timur and apologize to me, the Ming Dynasty!"

"A mere remnant of the Northern Yuan Dynasty dares to attack our Ming Dynasty?"

"..."

As the news of the victory of the Northern Expedition came back, Zhu Di suddenly felt refreshed.

The entire court was also filled with joy.

"Guo Qing, do you know why Timur's army suddenly retreated?"

At the Shunde County Prince's Mansion, Zhu Di asked with a puzzled look on his face.

"Your Majesty, could it be that Timur couldn't bear the fatigue of traveling all the way and died of illness at the foot of the Altay Mountains?"

"Timur died of illness?"

Zhu Di's eyes widened instantly, his face full of weirdness.

After being stunned for a moment, he smiled and said, "Guo Qing, this is a great joke!"

Guo An also smiled slightly, "In case the minister guessed it, the old thief Timur is a Mongolian barbarian. He has not been able to maintain health since he was a child. He also fights all year round. He must have many hidden wounds on his body.

Now, at the age of seventy, such an old man still wants to lead a large army and travel thousands of miles in an attempt to capture the Ming Dynasty and restore the Mongol Empire to its grand glory!

He is not afraid of being pushed to death, or of being backlashed by my Ming Dynasty..."

"What Guo Qing said makes sense!"

Zhu Di nodded slightly, "I hope that traitor Timur really dies in the army.

In this way, Timur's army will inevitably be in chaos.

And the two armies of Cao Guogong and Wei Guogong will definitely be able to defeat Timur's army in one fell swoop! "

"Ok!"

Guo An nodded slightly.

After talking about the northwest war, Zhu Di asked about the train again.

"Guo Qing, when will the train be cast?"

Guo Anggong said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the train is too long. If we want to complete the casting, we need to expand the steel workshop and build a train track outside the steel workshop.

So it will take another year or two.

However, your Majesty, no matter how relaxed you are, on the day when the train and railway are completed, the train will also be cast and completed! "

"It's us who have to worry about it. Prince Shunde is more worried about these things than we are!"

Zhu Di smiled lightly and didn't say much.

……

"Your Highness, the fleet heading to Guozhou has already set off!"

Guo Ang reported to Guo An respectfully.

"Now, Guozhou's food towns have been gathered together!"

Guo An put down the pen in his hand and asked slowly.

"Exactly!"

Guo Ang responded again.

Guo An asked again: "Have they not left behind the fine seeds and tools Erniu and the others need?"

Guo Ang said again: "Back to Your Highness, nothing is left behind!"

"That's good!"

Guo An nodded with relief.

Guo Ang thought of something again and said, "Since the land in Guozhou is so fertile and there are so many mines, why doesn't Your Highness recruit more craftsmen and send them to Guozhou?"

Guo An glanced at Guo Ang and explained: "No matter how good Guozhou is built, Guozhou is thousands of miles away according to my Ming Dynasty. Our foundation is still in the Ming Dynasty, and it is still in Guojiacun, Shunde Prefecture!"

"Moreover, there is only one guard guarding Guozhou. If it attracts thieves, it will be beyond the reach of the government and cannot be taken care of. Let's develop slowly for the time being!"

"Your Highness is wise!"

...(End of chapter)