Daming: If I find a great-grandson, I will teach an emperor through the ages

Chapter 235 Chinese wisdom, river changes course

Cao Wei took Zhu Yuanzhang back to his mansion, but he didn't expect that Li Jinglong had been waiting at the door of Cao's mansion.

It seems that after Cao Wei left, he felt bored in the scientific research institute and had no other place to go. He didn't want to go back to his house to hold back, so he came here to wait for Cao Wei to come back.

He also didn't expect that Zhu Yuanzhang would come back with Cao Wei. Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang's carriage getting closer and closer, Li Jinglong couldn't help but a layer of sweat broke out on his head, and he stood at the door more respectfully waiting for the carriage to arrive.

He wanted to turn around and leave, but he didn't dare...

The luxurious car stopped smoothly at the door of Cao's mansion, and Li Jinglong lowered his name a little more.

First, Cao Wei got out of the frame and looked very surprised when he saw Li Jinglong, "Cao Guogong, why are you here?"

Li Jinglong smiled dryly and said nothing.

Then Cao Wei helped Zhu Yuanzhang off the carriage, and Li Jinglong looked even more humble and respectful, "I have met the Supreme Emperor."

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't look at him seriously at all. He passed by like air and entered the gate of Cao's mansion.

At this time, the maid Xiaoyu informed that Zhu Hanming, who heard Zhu Yuanzhang's arrival, came over. Now her belly had swelled again and her body was much plumper.

"Grandpa, eat it. This is delicious. My mother bought it for me. I don't give it to anyone else."

It's strange to say that Cao Lin was lawless at home and even dared to talk back to Cao Wei sometimes. But when he met Zhu Yuanzhang and Han, he was as docile as a kitten. He would be as obedient and obedient as he wanted. Be obedient.

Seeing Cao Wei, Cao Lin, who was stripping naked and stepping on the pond to catch the ornamental fish, turned around and was about to run away, but when she saw Zhu Yuanzhang with white hair and beard behind Cao Wei, Cao Lin smiled again.

Cao Lin was happily surrounding Zhu Yuanzhang again, and Cao Wei couldn't even get in the middle of the conversation.

Zhu Yuanzhang treated him like nothing and was too lazy to pay attention to him. After all, he had done such stupid things before, so Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude was understandable.

"Well, it's really good. We also have a lot of delicious food in the palace. If you go to Lin'er some other time, grandpa will give it to you."

If Zhu Yuanzhang was young, if anyone dared to tamper with the army's food and fodder and cause harm, he would have been killed long ago.

Cao Lin glanced at Cao Wei from the corner of her eyes and whispered, "Father won't let me go because he's afraid that I'll break things in the palace."

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed and said: "It doesn't matter, we are not afraid. You can go as long as you want. If your father doesn't let you go, just tell us and we will teach him a lesson."

Cao Lin said with a playful smile, while putting her wet feet into her shoes, ran over, held Zhu Yuanzhang's arm and walked in, looking like she respected the old and loved the young.

"Grandpa, you don't know, if you don't come during this time, I will miss you."

"Grandpa is the best," Cao Lin clapped her hands and said with a smile. The three of them walked around the garden until Zhu Yuanzhang felt a little tired and followed them to the lobby.

Now Zhu Yuanzhang is able to treat Li Jinglong as nothing because of the affection of his father Li Wenzhong. He forgives him to the maximum extent and leaves only Li Jinglong to be dealt with by Zhu Xiongying.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and picked up a piece, put it in his mouth and chewed it. Treating it differently can always give people a strange sense of satisfaction. Although this pastry is not much different from ordinary pastries, Zhu Yuanzhang finds it particularly sweet.

"Father is here and you don't even say a word to me," Zhu Hanming glared at Cao Wei.

"Grandpa, you are here."

Entering the mansion, he soon met Cao Lin at a rockery, who had been wandering around the mansion all day.

Cao Lin strangely took out many soft pastries.

"Oh? Then why don't you go to the palace to see us?" Looking at Cao Lin, Zhu Yuanzhang's state was different from the cold face when he was outside, and his eyebrows were full of kind smiles.

The carriage moved to the side, Cao Wei followed Zhu Yuanzhang, and Li Jinglong stood at the door for a while, then turned and left.

Cao Wei scratched his head, "He just arrived."

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said with a smile: "If you are pregnant, don't move around too much. I didn't want you to come out in the first place."

Zhu Hanming sat down on the side and said coquettishly: "How can that be done? I'm just pregnant, it's not that serious."

"Father, you are the same. When you are older, you should stop walking back and forth."

Zhu Yuanzhang pouted, "We miss our grandson, why don't we come and see him?"

"Then father can send someone to inform you, and I will go with Lin'er."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said slowly: "That's okay, now... I just want to take a look at you, just one less glance."

Zhu Hanming and Cao Wei looked at each other with a hint of sadness in their hearts.

They knew that what Zhu Yuanzhang said was true. At this time today, it was indeed Zhu Yuanzhang's destiny. Maybe in the next year or two, Zhu Yuanzhang would suddenly leave them.

Zhu Yuanzhang lowered his head and looked at Xiao Cao Lin:

"Lin'er, if we are no longer here, will you forget grandpa?"

Cao Lin shook his head without hesitation, "Grandpa is the best grandpa in the world. How could I forget? I will remember grandpa all my life."

Zhu Yuanzhang lovingly touched Cao Lin's round little head, raised his head and said to Cao Wei:

"Cao Lin is our grandson, and a grandson is also a grandson. When he grows up, if he is willing to inherit your title of Duke Zhong, then he can become a Zhuguo in peace, but..."

Zhu Yuanzhang turned around and laughed again, "In my opinion, Cao Lin's temperament is very similar to ours. He will definitely make a career in the future. If it doesn't work, let him go overseas to occupy a territory like the fourth child, and he can be free and easy. good……"

Cao Wei and Zhu Hanming looked at each other again. The old man seemed to be explaining the funeral arrangements...

...

After a delay of three months, the blue jade army at the Ottoman border finally waited for the supplies of food and grass provided by the court.

In order to reduce unnecessary consumption of food and supplies, Lan Yu led an army to capture Arda Han City and has been stationed here since then.

The two months' worth of food and supplies sent by Osman were so tight that they were finished just one day before the Ming Dynasty's logistics team arrived.

The person who sent the food this time was a close associate of Li Jinglong, a guard in the army with the same surname as Li.

Delivering food and grass this time is a thankless job. After all, we have to face an army of 200,000 people who have been without food for several months. After being hungry for several months, dogs will be anxious, let alone an army of 200,000 people. , how can you still look good?

Therefore, after the guard surnamed Li arrived at the military camp, he was cautious in everything, fearing that the soldiers would grab his pigtails, and only hoped to leave after handing over the batch of food and grass quickly. Lan Yu, Geng Bingwen and Guo Ying naturally knew that Guard Li had a close relationship with Li Jinglong, so how could they not vent the evil fire that had been held in their chests for several months.

So when the guard named Li handed over the food and supplies and was about to leave, Lan Yu had someone take him into his big tent.

"General, General," the guard surnamed Li entered the camp. He had a premonition that something was not going to happen. He deliberately lowered his posture and greeted Lan Yu with a flattering expression on his face. His shoulders were tightened on both sides.

Lan Yu's face was cold and her tone was malicious, "Are you the garrison officer under Li Jinglong? He asked you to come this time. You must also know what will happen if you come."

The garrison officer suddenly panicked, his face full of horror, and he waved his hands repeatedly.

"Sir, General, I am here just to deliver food and supplies. Everything else has nothing to do with me. Every injustice has its owner and its debtor has its owner. The destruction of food and grass was caused by Mr. Li. General, please don't embarrass me." Just running errands..."

Hearing that he dared to mention the destruction of food and grass, the man standing behind him became furious and kicked him in the back. The man screamed and fell to the ground.

"How dare you say that! Damn it! It has nothing to do with you? Didn't you benefit from Li Jinglong? You are Li Jinglong's person, I will beat you up!"

Geng Bingwen scolded and kicked him vigorously. Guo Ying, who had always been steady, didn't hold back and stepped forward to join in the beating.

Their food and grass were destroyed, and they almost starved to death in this foreign country. How could this debt be ignored?

At this time, it was only a fraction of the time to vent their anger on the guard. After they returned, they would have to find the rightful owner to "reason".

Lan Yu is the commander-in-chief of the army, and he hates Li Jinglong for almost harming their 200,000-strong army, and he will not let go of the defense.

What happened in the camp was unknown to the soldiers outside, but listening to the deafening screams coming from inside, they knew that the methods of the three generals were extremely cruel.

By the end, the screams in the camp had gradually weakened, and then the guard was thrown out with a plop, lying motionless on the ground, like a dead fish.

Naturally, Lan Yu and the others couldn't really beat someone to death. Although the guard had a fifth-grade official rank, he was also an official of the imperial court. However, the man was not dead and was not much better. He was lying on the ground with only air coming out and no air coming in.

The team that was transporting grain and fodder with him came over, carefully lifted him onto the carriage, and then left the camp in a hurry.

Lan Yu and the others felt a little relieved.

"Damn her, I really want to beat her to death!" Geng Bingwen was still cursing.

Lan Yu took out a map of Kanchi that he had drawn these days. Now that food and grass had been re-supplied, they could no longer delay.

It can be seen from the Kan map that the city of Ardahan where they were located was an outlying town of the Ottoman Kingdom, and the population of the Ottoman Kingdom was not as good as that of the Ming Dynasty and was very sparse.

Within a hundred miles southwest of Seoul in Arda, there was no human habitation. There was only one town a hundred miles away, which was also an important town. It seems that because the Ottomans were relatively wealthy, the cities were built in a large scale.

But there is a river between Ardahan and this city. The river is six or seven miles east of that city.

If it is a small river, there is nothing worth saying. Although this river cannot be compared with the Yangtze River and Yellow River in China, it is still more than ten meters wide.

Lan Yu sent scouts to investigate before. According to the reports from the scouts, the only stone bridge on the river has been destroyed. If you want to cross the river, you have to find another way.

Everyone knows that this bridge must have been destroyed by the Rohujia people who escaped from the Han city of Arda.

Now the Ming army has completely scared him, and they don't even have the courage to fight him. They can only destroy the bridge and directly avoid fighting the Ming army.

The three of them discussed it for a long time, but they couldn't come up with any good solution.

The total length of the river is not very long, but it protects the city tightly. It is a real moat. If we bypass the river, we will have to walk hundreds of miles more, which will waste too much time.

"The scout said that the distance was six to seven miles by visual inspection. I don't know if our artillery can hit it." Geng Bingwen said.

Lan Yu frowned, stared at the Kanyu map and said, "Soldiers can swim across the other side when the river is not in a hurry, but artillery cannot be launched into the water, and manual rifles can kill enemies from a long distance, but they cannot break the city."

"Is it possible that we really have to go around hundreds of miles to get there?" Guo Ying was speechless.

After marching hundreds of miles, this time was enough for them to capture three cities in a row.

"No, proceed as usual, go over and check the situation first," Lan Yu finally decided.

at night,

When the cooks who accompanied the army prepared the food, everyone looked at the sumptuous meal and was moved to tears.

Although the Ottoman country was rich, its main crops were only those two, and in order to eat as much as possible, the soldiers tightened their belts to live.

The Ming Dynasty brought more types of food, and the portions provided were quite sufficient, allowing them to eat with open stomachs.

Rice, potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, these foods are not only filling, but also sweet and delicious. Just smelling the aroma of the food makes the soldiers cry and drool all over the floor.

A truly satisfying meal from their motherland made the soldiers dream back to the Ming Dynasty while they were sleeping soundly.

The next day,

Lan Yu then reorganized his forces, ordered the army, and headed southwest.

After a journey of hundreds of miles, the army walked for ten days and finally arrived at the bank of the moat.

The river water is turbid and very fast. Standing here, you can see the city standing in the distance. Not far downstream, Lan Yu and the others also discovered the remains of the stone bridge. The bridge in the middle has completely disappeared. Only the two pillars are left.

Lan Yu took out the telescope, put it in front of her eyes, and saw a row of soldiers on the other side of the city. They seemed to be pointing and discussing at her side. One of them was very proud of himself, like the ruthless man who fled in a hurry that day. Ga.

Lan Yu's eyes grew colder, she put down her telescope, and began to think about how to cross the river.

The river is wide and deep enough. Even if people get in, it will be very dangerous. It is impossible for huge artillery to cross the river directly.

Do you really need to take a long detour?

While Lan Yu was thinking, she walked back and forth on the shore and inadvertently saw a low-lying piece of land in the southeast of the river in the south.

If the river can be diverted to that side, the water flow here will decrease. Can we cross the river?

Lan Yu immediately called Geng Bingwen and Guo Ying and told them his thoughts. They were not sure. Geng Bingwen suddenly said: "There is a person in our army who has followed the Yellow River before. Let's ask him to come and ask." ask."

Soon, the soldier arrived in front of Lan Yu. After listening to Lan Yu's words, he carefully observed the terrain to the south, and then nodded.

"General, this method will most likely work, but it will be difficult to completely cut off the river. It depends on how deep the diversion is."

ps: Happy New Year to my brothers and sisters-in-law on the first day of the new year!

(End of this chapter)