Daming, originally wanted to destroy it, but the system came

Chapter 260 Zhu Chu’s modernization methods
The first day of December in the 26th year of Hongwu.

Seeing that it was already the end of the year, but just before the new year was approaching, Zhu Min was not in the capital waiting for the arrival of the New Year. Instead, he was far away in the grasslands outside the pass, leading a mighty army, walking on the ice and snow. On the grassland.

With the arrival of this natural month, Zhu Zhen harvested a full 680 million resources this time, which also brought his total resources to exceed the 260 million mark, reaching [-] million resources.

This is his biggest trump card and confidence. Even if the lone army goes deep into the grassland, in addition to the 200 million stones of food and grass in his backpack, he can also rely on the system to feed the army at critical moments.

What's more, at this time, the rear army was carrying about [-] shi of food and grass, which was enough to eat and drink for a while.

With Min Minte delivering a batch of food, Zhu Chu was finally ready to take the initiative today.

Because they were attacked unexpectedly last time, and Alutai's headquarters and Tumu's tribe suffered a lot of blows and casualties, Zhu Zhen naturally didn't want to be passively beaten all the time.

What's more, he had asked Qiqige to mark the location of the enemy tribe on the map. Now that everything was ready, how could he still slack off in defense.

Naturally, we have to take the initiative.

And this time the troops were sent out, the size of the troops had also grown a lot. In addition to the [-] Ming army soldiers and horses that Zhu Zhu brought all the way from Xi'an, there were now [-] female soldiers formed by women from the grasslands.

These 2 people were divided into two troops, with the Ming army in the middle, and they were lined up on the left and right by Minminte and Qiqige respectively.

In fact, this female soldier was commanded by Xu Miaojin. After all, Xu Miaojin was the person Zhu Miao trusted the most.

It's just that we are still on the road at this time, so Xu Miaojin is still following Zhu Chu.

Xu Miaojin looked at the two female soldiers from time to time, feeling very happy that she could finally lead the troops in battle and give full play to her true talents.

Next, let Zhu Ming see what she is capable of.

Xu Miaojin was feeling proud, but Zhu Min let out a light sigh.

"What's wrong?" Xu Miaojin asked quickly.

Zhu Chu was riding on the horse, holding the map in his hand, looking up and looking around.

"That's not right. It stands to reason that the area around here should be the tribe of Tengger Lige, but now there is no trace of it," Zhu Zhen murmured.

At this time, when Tengger Lige's name was mentioned again, Zhu Zhen could already ignore the heavenly melody that spontaneously sounded in his mind.

"Your Highness," Qiqige drove his horse over from one side and explained, "Maybe after the first heavy snow, their tribe migrated elsewhere."

Prairie tribes do not stay in one place, but migrate along with pastures and water sources.

Whenever one pasture is almost eaten out, it moves on to the next pasture.

Especially in winter, it’s time to change to a better place.

It's just that the first snow of the year has just arrived, so before the Arutai tribe and the Qiqige tribe had time to migrate, various things happened, especially conflicts and wars.

Zhu Ming nodded, took the map, and continued to lead his army forward.

Near the Qiqige tribe, there are three other neighboring tribes, the nearest of which is the Tengger Lige tribe.

According to Qiqige, Tenggerlig's tribe is similar in power to their tribe. Now that all the men in the Qiqige tribe have fled, they are even less likely to be opponents of the Tenggerlig tribe.

Once Tengger Lige obeys Guilichi's order, even if he does not join forces with the other two tribes, his tribe alone will be enough to conquer or destroy the Qiqige tribe.

Since this is the biggest threat at present, Zhu Zhen naturally wants to take advantage of him.

But in the vast expanse of snow-white grassland, trying to find the location of a tribe is as difficult as finding a needle in a haystack.

This is also the reason why it was difficult for all the dynasties in the Central Plains to completely conquer the grassland. Once they concentrated on hiding, even Emperor Yongle's Northern Expeditions twice turned into tourists, and they could only return without success. .

At this time, Zhu Zhen was also in such trouble. Since he left the Qiqige tribe on the first day of the year to go on an expedition, he had been wandering around for several days and found no trace of the enemy at all.

Good guy, he has also become a traveler?

Is it okay?
Fortunately, before the expedition, Min Minte not only sent food and grass, but also dismantled many yurts from various Qiqige tribes and took them away, so whenever they set up camp, they could still have warm yurts to live in.

Otherwise, if we sleep on the ground in this ice and snow, countless people may freeze to death the next day.

The main reason was that Zhu Zhen left in a hurry and had no time to demolish the camp near the Arutai headquarters, so he had to act cheaply.

Fortunately, the Qiqige tribe has left countless ger yurts vacant due to the flight of those men, so they will not let the current [-] mixed men and women live in the snow.

But there's no way to continue like this. We can't just go around in circles, right?

Naturally, Zhu Chu would not be willing to return without success, not to mention he couldn't just be passively beaten all the time, right?So what became of him?Easy to bully?
So on the seventh day, when the entire army continued to penetrate several kilometers, there was still no sign of the enemy.

That night, Zhu Xi quietly turned on the system, opened the tax store directly, and then decisively bought an inconspicuous little thing from it.

"What is this?" Xu Miaojin nestled lazily in Zhu Chu's arms. Except for special days, the two of them are now a constant couple, sticking together every day, and their relationship is heating up rapidly.

Especially Zhu Chu's arms were like a warm stove, which made her extremely comfortable.

Zhu Chu leaned his upper body, holding Xu Miaojin's shoulder with one hand, and playing with the gadgets he just bought in his hand with the other, but he couldn't help but feel pain in his body.

Because this thing cost him a full 30 yuan in resources, which was close to the value of a big pineapple.

But he felt it was worth it.

"Sister, this is called a drone," Zhu Zhen said the name of the thing in his hand.

"Drone? What do you mean?" Xu Miaojin certainly didn't know what it meant.

Only Zhu Zhen understood that once we have high technology like drones, we can easily find traces of the enemy.

No wonder such a seemingly inconspicuous little thing requires 30 resources, although it is not a real airplane, let alone a fighter jet.

But this drone has an aerial photography function and can record the footage.

Although there is no wireless network now, Zhu Zhen did not waste resources to buy a smartphone, because it is meaningless. Even if there is a mobile phone, but there is no signal and network, what can he do?As a decoration?
But as long as Zhu Zhen releases the drone, then uses the remote control to let the drone explore the surroundings, and finally watches the video, he will know where the missing Tenggerlig tribe has migrated.

"There should be a result tomorrow. There should be a result," Zhu Zhen sneered. Did he really think he wouldn't be able to find it if he hid?
Because he had a way to break the situation, Zhu Ming was very happy, turned around and hugged his beautiful lady and fell asleep deeply.

It was already midnight at this time. After all, Zhu Zhen wanted to practice dual cultivation with Xu Miaojin, and with his physical strength, he would not give up until Xu Miaojin was pushed to the limit.

But even so late, in a tribe far away, Tengger Lige couldn't sleep.

"It always felt like something big was about to happen," Tenggerlige finally sat up and there were several sleeping women beside him.

As the leader of a tribe, he not only has several wives, but also many domestic slaves in his tent, who not only take care of his daily life, but also take care of him to sleep at night.

Even if you don't do it, you can still warm the bed. It smells so good when you sleep with Xiangyu in your arms.

This is the ultimate enjoyment.

But now Tengger Lige couldn't enjoy it anymore. Instead, he sat there distractedly and took a big gulp of wine.

He couldn't help but recall the time he went to Master Guilichi's tent some time ago.

Since being summoned by Guilichi that day, the first thing Tengger Lige did when he came back was to migrate all the tribes.

There are ten tribes in Tengger Lige, and they usually live separately.But with the arrival of winter, he called all the tribes to the headquarters and gathered all the scattered tribes.

No wonder Zhu Zhen took the map and marked it according to its grid, but he couldn't find the location of the nearest tribe.

The reason why Tengger Lige did this was not only to cope with the arrival of winter, but the most important thing was that Guilichi had assigned him the task of destroying the Ming army.

"It's just a Ming army, and the number is only more than 5000, so why should we care?" Tenggerlige murmured to himself.

The reason why he has such confidence is that his tribal power is not much different from that of the Natula tribe in its heyday, and he can also pull up a force of [-] people.

What's more, when he came back from Master Guilichi this time, Guilichi gave him more than 2 people who originally belonged to the Natula tribe.

As a result, Tengger Lige's power nearly doubled. Now he can even pull up a force of 5 troops.

Not to mention the more than 1 Ming troops, Tengger Lige even planned to dispatch a large army after a few days of rest. Not only would he destroy the Ming army, but he would also conquer the Natula tribe in one fell swoop, and even further conquer the Ah. The tribe of Lutai.

He also has great ambitions. Maybe from this time on, he will become the second largest lord on the Tatar grassland after his master Guilichi.

Even if he had no intention of betraying Gui Lichi, his power and status would increase, and he would become a real noble.

"If Master can really become a Great Khan, with my current status, maybe I can become a Grand Master, Prime Minister or something like that?" Tengger even began to fantasize.

But the feeling of boredom in my heart still lingers.

This was the first time in Tengger's life that he felt this way, but he didn't know why.

"It can't be that a catastrophe is coming, right? It's just a mere 1 Ming army. Now I can pull up an army of [-]. I have the advantage. The Ming army is nothing to be afraid of." Tengger narrowed his eyes. His eyes and face looked a little cold and fierce.

The men on the grassland are ruthless in killing, and if they encounter the Ming army, they will definitely not leave a single person alive.

If the Ming army is not taken seriously by him, then what's going on?
Could it be that the master wants to fight for the throne and there will be setbacks?
"Forget it, let's not think about it. As long as I assist the master with all my heart, the master will naturally not treat me badly. And until tomorrow, I will recruit troops to clear up this trouble for the master first," Tengger insisted again. After taking a sip of wine and relying on the numbness of alcohol, he returned to the couch. Regardless of the fact that the women had already fallen asleep, he reached out and casually pulled the two soft jade bodies, and finally fell into a deep sleep.

As expected, early the next morning, Tengger Lige came together and ordered the whole tribe to gather all the adults.

This is familiar to every grassland person, and with the more than 2 fleeing men from the Natula tribe joining them, many people have vaguely heard the news.

As a result, a large force of more than 5 people was quickly assembled.

The men took their weapons and mounted their horses, and took the dry food prepared by the women, and were about to follow their leader to the battle.

At the same time, on the other side, Zhu Min also got up, but today he was not in a hurry to put away the tents, that is, the yurts and yurts. Instead, he took Xu Miaojin to the outside of the temporary military camp.

Standing there, I saw Zhu Zhen holding the remote control in his hand. After getting a little familiar with the operating system, he successfully sent the drone into the sky.

Xu Miaojin opened her mouth in surprise and exclaimed: "Is this a plane? It actually flies?"

Even the others were alerted. Min Min Te and Qi Qi Ge came hand in hand. Peng Yue and Niu Sheng also followed. Several people raised their heads and looked at the so-called plane in disbelief.

In fact, this drone is not big. If it really flies to a higher place, it will only be regarded as a bird, right?
And this drone is not the most expensive. A truly expensive drone must be an unmanned fighter jet with combat functions, but that is also extremely expensive, easily costing millions or even tens of millions.

Even Zhu Zhen didn't want to waste so much.

So he only chose a very ordinary drone with aerial photography function. As long as it could find the location of the enemy tribe, it was enough.

According to the settings, the drone enters the automatic cruise function, and the maximum patrol range can reach a radius of several kilometers. In addition, the drone takes aerial photography at high altitudes, and with a wide field of view, it can capture images from further distances.

This is much easier than Zhu Zhen, who is like a headless fly, leading a large army around, trying to find the location of the enemy tribe like a blind cat encountering a dead mouse.

Now he only needs to wait until the drone completes its mission and returns automatically, and he will be able to know what is within a few miles of the surrounding area.

Even if the enemy tribe is not nearby, you can go in a straight line instead of leading the army to continue in circles.

The worst case scenario is to go deeper and then send out drone patrols.

Then, Zhu Zhen, who was in a good mood, told the whole army to prepare for making rice.

Because the camp was established, it was natural to cook warm meals. In addition, there were now [-] female prairie soldiers accompanying them. Although they lived separately at night, they spontaneously took the place of the Ming army men and became busy at this time.

They have to be good at cooking.

The Ming army was not idle either. Some people were responsible for chopping firewood, and a few teams went out to patrol on their own initiative.

Zhu Chu was good at information warfare in Yunnan, so he never underestimated the role of scouts. He always let the scouts explore the surrounding situation before setting up camp, or in front of the army, he would always send scouts to investigate to avoid accidents. Fall into a trap.

After breakfast, the drone also completed its patrol and returned automatically.

Zhu Ji turned on the aerial photography function of the drone and played the video footage with the accompanying player.

Xu Miaojin was naturally shocked again, but thinking that Zhu Zhen could even practice Kung Fu, he thought it might be some kind of immortal method?

"Ok?"

As Zhu Zhen quickly pulled the progress bar, he suddenly let out a light sigh and realized that the drone had actually made a discovery.

"Have you found the enemy?" Xu Miaojin hurriedly came over, looked down, and found a video on the screen. On the vast white grassland, there was a large-scale cavalry unit heading towards this place. direction.

Xu Miaojin turned her head and looked outside the camp in surprise, but she could not see the enemy yet.

"Inform the entire army that the enemy has been discovered. It seems that they are still a few kilometers away from us. There are probably at least 5 to [-] people. This is a powerful enemy." Even Zhu Zhen's expression looked a little solemn.

He would not be arrogant enough to think that he could easily eliminate so many enemies with 5000 men. As for the more than 2 female soldiers, they might become a drag.

Because this was actually their first time on the battlefield, at least the first time they had to fight with prairie men in person.

Therefore, Zhu Chu did not count them as part of the army at the first time, and even told Xu Miaojin: "Go and call Peng Yue and Niu Sheng, and then you go and take Qiqige and Minminte, and lead the female soldiers first. Move somewhere else.”

"What? Your Highness, are you looking down on us?"

Qiqige and Minminte suddenly came over. They saw the mysterious plane coming back, so they guessed that something happened and came over on their own initiative.

Hearing Zhu Ming's words, the two women were a little dissatisfied. They were going to the battlefield when they were ready, instead of doing chores.

Zhu Ming looked at the two women and the female prairie soldiers in the camp behind them, and fell into deep thought.

Suddenly, Zhu Chu had an idea and said to the three women in front of him: "In fact, female soldiers can also be helpful. They are preparing to dig holes in the camp. This cavalry must not have thought that we had discovered them in advance, let alone We can set up a trap here. It doesn’t need to be too deep, but I want to set up a horse trap here. Even if it is only a dozen centimeters deep, once the horse’s hoof steps in, the cavalry will definitely be thrown away by surprise. go out."

"Then we can ambush near here. Once the enemy is in chaos, we can take advantage of the situation to cover up and come out. This battle can be easily won."

Zhu Chu's mind came to life quickly. He had not forgotten the importance of strategy. He was not only able to hold a machine gun, or lead an army to confront the enemy head-on.

In fact, many times, he prefers to outwit others. He is not a reckless man.

So Zhu Zhen had an idea and immediately mobilized the entire army and began to dig a large number of holes on the enemy's advance route, that is, here.

There is no need to dig a terrifying deep pit that can kill tens of thousands of people. Just bury a pit full of pits in this camp to make the enemy suffer.

Xu Miaojin looked at Zhu Ming with a special kind of brilliance. She didn't expect that he had such a strategy. No wonder he could conquer Yunnan in the north and south without losing a single victory.

As long as Zhu Chu's plan succeeds smoothly, Xu Miaojin believes that this enemy is no longer something to be afraid of.

(End of this chapter)