Early Ming Dynasty: Turning Clouds and Rains into New Learning Saints

Chapter 228 It's Impossible
"Your Majesty, I am so happy. King Yan fought against the Tartars and annihilated nearly [-] enemy prisoners, and captured countless cattle, horses and sheep!"

The chamberlain who delivered the good news shouted loudly before he could step through the gate of Wuying Palace.The unique high-pitched and soft voice spread throughout the Wuying Hall.

Everyone was stunned when they heard it!

what's the situation?Peking won such a big victory?No, there are countless cattle, horses and sheep captured. Are they out of seclusion?When did you leave...

A series of questions immediately appeared in their minds.

Even Zhu Yuanzhang, who had won countless victories in his life and conquered the world, was not calm, and immediately ordered: "Submit it quickly!"

He did have expectations for his son Zhu Di, but he never thought that his son, who was only 20 years old and had been transferred to the north to join the feudal clan for less than a year, would be able to win such a big victory!Nearly [-] enemy prisoners were wiped out. This was a rare achievement even for the founding generals!
His son is extraordinary outstanding, and he is definitely happier than he himself has achieved such a great victory!

However, when the victory document was presented to him, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly became a little worried again.

His son was only 20 years old. He had never fought such a large-scale war before, only against Japanese pirates. How could he win such a big battle?

Could it be that he lied about military information and exaggerated military achievements?Or, this is simply due to Xu Da's contribution, and it was put on his son's head...

In just a moment, he thought a lot.The excitement I felt just now when I heard that my son was going to be successful immediately subsided a lot.

He was even a little worried. What if he opened the victory document and found a problem?
Whether it was lying about military information, exaggerating military achievements, or taking other people's military achievements for himself, he would not tolerate it!As the founding emperor, he knew that this kind of trend was unacceptable, especially before the powerful enemy was eliminated!

Thinking of this, the smile on Zhu Yuanzhang's face disappeared, he silently opened the victory document, checked the paint, and then started reading.

Underneath, Zhu Biao didn't think too much, he just smiled stupidly, happy that his brother could have such a promising future.

However, others don't think so.

None of these people present are accustomed to fighting. It can be said that all of them are famous founding generals of the Ming Dynasty!
Therefore, they know very well that a great victory in the north today is definitely not easy.

Those Tatars who retreated to the steppe have learned cunning again.If they encounter a strong imperial army, they will definitely avoid fighting. If they encounter a small imperial army, they will attack fiercely.

Those Tartars have become cunning wolves.It is definitely not an easy task to wipe out so many Tatars at once.Sufficient effort must be put into preparation before the war.

However, they had not heard at all that the north was preparing to launch a new round of offensive against the Tatars.

This sudden great victory, at least in their eyes, is definitely a great victory. Is there something fishy about this great victory?

Normally, it is unlikely that there would be such a great victory in the north, let alone under the command of His Highness King Yan.

With this in mind, they went to see the emperor, but some people turned to see Li Shanchang. Didn't they hear the grand master's praise just now?

He had just returned from the north, and the situation was definitely more familiar to them than them.The Grand Master has praised it so much. Could it be that it was really a great victory?
In fact, even Li Shanchang himself was confused.

what's the situation?He had just returned to the capital, and Peiping had given him such a great victory?
This is impossible!When I was in Peiping, there was no sign of leaving the fortress at all. Instead, it was because the Great Wall defense line was incomplete and I was worried that the Tatars would invade in the winter!
Such a great victory must be exaggerated, right?

Anyway, Li Shanchang didn't believe it, so he turned to look at Zhu Yuanzhang, trying to get a clue from the emperor's face!
Zhu Yuanzhang, who had calmed down at first and had stopped smiling, was staring at the victory document, and his expression slowly changed.

Zhu Yuanzhang's expression was surprised at first, then he nodded slightly, then showed a smile, and in the end, he smiled with relief.

Upon seeing this, all the ministers below had the same thought: Could this good news be genuine?

When they were thinking this, they saw that Zhu Yuanzhang had raised his head, looked at them, and said with a smile: "Yes, this is indeed a great victory. The prince-in-law should take the lead. Lan Yu is brave and performed well. King Yan has done a good job this time, it can be of great use!"

Under this comment, everyone was a little dumbfounded and thought they had misjudged him!

No matter how much they thought about it, they never thought about how the Prince Consort, a scholar, seemed to be not even a scholar, but not a warrior anyway, so how could he be the first to achieve a great victory?

Is it possible that after he arrived in the north, he became a brave and capable general again?This makes no sense, it’s impossible!
Even Zhu Biao was dumbfounded after hearing his father's comments!

He thought he knew this eldest brother-in-law very well.In terms of governance, he was not surprised at all that his eldest brother-in-law could make achievements; but in this matter of war, he was a little bit unconvinced that he could get the first achievement.

Li Shanchang was stunned, but he quickly came to his senses.He immediately thought that King Yan was the vassal king and the commander-in-chief of Beiping. He had a good relationship with the boy from Liujia Village. It seemed normal that he should give a share of the credit to that boy.

He was praising just now, but he didn't really praise it!Now that he heard that the person he hated had achieved such a great victory for the first time, he didn't believe it for the first time, so he asked: "I don't know who wrote this victory document. Does Wei Guogong know about it?"

Upon hearing this, everyone came back to their senses.

That's right, does Wei Guogong know?To say that Peiping won the battle, it must be the credit of Wei Guogong!Only Wei Guogong has made such a great contribution, and they will believe it.

In other words, if Wei Guogong didn't know about it, you can imagine the content of this victory document!
After Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he immediately laughed and motioned to his chamberlain to forward the victory document to the Grand Master. At the same time, he replied: "This victory document was written by Wei Guogong and printed by King Yan."

Li Shanchang: "..." Others: "..."

At this moment, they were all stunned. It was actually written by Wei Guogong. Did Wei Guogong approve it?
This is really unbelievable!
You want to say that all the credit goes to King Yan, but in fact, people present can still imagine it.After all, King Yan is the eldest in name and is also the son-in-law of Wei Guogong.Whether the credit goes to the son-in-law or something else, you can imagine.

However, the prince-in-law and the Duke of Wei do not have such a close relationship. It is impossible to give such a great contribution to the prince-son-in-law. Can the military generals be convinced?
Zhu Yuanzhang obviously saw what they were thinking and didn't take it seriously.Because at the beginning, he didn't believe it either.At this time, he could understand what his ministers were thinking.

It was precisely because of this that he was in a very good mood. He said to his ministers: "This eldest son-in-law of mine really surprised me. To be honest, I actually felt that the grand master had praised me so much. I was exaggerating. I didn’t expect it. It really wasn’t exaggerating. It really surprised me!”

Li Shanchang was a little dumbfounded when he heard this.But at this time, the victory document happened to be delivered to him.So, he immediately grabbed the victory document and read it at a glance.

On the other side, Zhu Biao finally couldn't help it anymore and asked Zhu Yuanzhang curiously: "Father, what did Yifan do? Was he leading the troops to surround and annihilate the Tatar vanguard, so did he get the first credit?"

After asking, he himself felt a little incredible. It was impossible for his weak brother-in-law to have this ability, right?The fourth child often bullies him in this regard. He can't always pretend to be a pig and eat the tiger, right?
"Haha!" Zhu Yuanzhang laughed immediately when he heard it, shook his head and replied, "How could Yifan lead the army in battle? However, his contribution is real, and he is indeed well-deserved for his first contribution!"

At this point, he saw that all the famous founding generals below looked confused, and he said with a smile: "This kid Yifan invented a signal tower similar to a beacon tower, which can transmit signals over long distances. Detailed enemy information. On the day the Tatars invaded, in just half a day, before all the Tatars had entered the customs, Peiping received detailed military information about the Tatars through the signal tower!"

Li Wenzhong, Fu Youde and other famous founding generals of the Ming Dynasty were shocked when they heard this.

They are all accustomed to fighting, and they know that the most important thing in a war is to know yourself and the enemy, which is the news about the enemy.

According to what the emperor said, the Prince Consort actually invented a signal tower similar to a beacon tower, which could report detailed military information to Beiping as soon as possible. This is really amazing!
No wonder the north was able to win such a big victory. No matter how cunning the Tatars were, they probably wouldn't have imagined that such a thing would happen, right?This is equivalent to watching the Tatars making moves, and then the imperial government and army will make the best arrangements for the Tatars' moves. It is strange that they can't win!
The soldiers and horses have not moved, but the food and grass go first.But these famous generals present knew that there was still a piece of news that needed to be heard clearly before the food and grass could be sent first.

And the means of long-distance communication is the best way to verify the news. With this signal tower, in the future, the chance of winning will be increased even before the war begins!
Li Wenzhong was the first to come to his senses and couldn't help but ask: "Your Majesty, how can this kind of signal tower, which is similar to a beacon tower, be so miraculous?"

This great prince consort is really surprising.There was a telescope before that could incredibly magnify things in the distance; now there is a signal tower that can transmit messages from a long distance. This is really a case of clairvoyance and ears!

God!

When he asked, the others immediately stared at Zhu Yuanzhang, wanting to know what such a miraculous thing is like?

After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile: "It is a tower similar to a beacon tower. It is similar to a person. It is built on the top of the mountain. You can use a telescope to observe clearly. Through different gestures, you can pass numbers and then translate them into words to know the location of distant places." News. The success report has confirmed that this method is very effective."

It has not been tested in actual combat, so Peiping dare not report it to the capital.Now that I have experienced an actual battle, it has been confirmed to be very useful, so it is naturally impossible not to report it.

The general below listened and seemed to understand, but he didn't seem to understand.

The general meaning is that you can know the news by standing on the top of the mountain and making gestures like a person. If you look at that gesture through a telescope, you can know the news?In this case, how to make this gesture?To be honest, I’m so confused that I can’t think of anything!
At this time, Li Shanchang had finished reading, and couldn't help but shook his head and sighed: "Incredible, incredible!"

With his status and experience, he naturally understands the role of signal towers.That boy took the lead, so there was really nothing wrong with it.But how is this done?He also really can't figure it out!
After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said, "It's still the Grand Master who has vision. I really didn't expect that you would praise them too much, but they turned out to be so outstanding! Not bad, not bad!"

Li Shanchang: "..."

I was flattering you!
After coming back to his senses, he could only accept Zhu Yuanzhang's compliment with a forced smile.

At this time, the victory document in his hand had been snatched away by other famous founding generals, who were eager to see the detailed description of the battle.

In this victory report, in addition to his contribution to the signal tower, Zhang Yifan also truthfully reported his suggestions for interrogating the prisoners and advocating the attack on Gray Mountain.

Therefore, the comprehensive evaluation in the victory document recommends Zhang Yifan as the chief contributor.

In addition, on Sapphire's side, the first is to defend Yongping, and the main force of the Tartars was also defeated by Sapphire.In addition, there is also the credit for winning the battle, so his credit ranks second.

The King of Yan did have the merit of being a commander, not the Duke of Wei.Because of this war, Wei Guogong was just sitting in Peiping. It was not considered that Wei Guogong took care of his son-in-law and gave the credit to his son-in-law.

Tang He, the Duke of Xin Guo, also contributed a lot. He led the car camp to block the way for the Tatars to escape from the customs.And in the middle of this, there is actually Zhang Yifan's contribution, that is, the suggestion from the car camp, which came from Zhang Yifan.

This actual combat proved that the vehicle battalion can play a very important role when used in key places, such as important checkpoints. It is indeed a service worthy of deployment in the army.

The victory document was passed into the hands of everyone, and they were convinced by the merit evaluation contained in it!

This was indeed a great victory. Not only did they completely wipe out the invading Tatars, they also took advantage of the situation to attack and directly wiped out the Tatars from the grassland outside Peiping.

From then on, either the Tatars deep in the grassland would move forward to fill the gap, otherwise, the imperial court would open a way to regain Liaodong and attack Nahachu.The front line of the Ming army could face Naha directly.

After this battle, Naha is probably going to have a headache!
"This is really an excellent New Year's gift, and I am so relieved!" Finally, Zhu Yuanzhang cheerfully commented on the great victory.

Afterwards, it’s time to discuss merit!

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