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

Chapter 278 Go to Third Brother to borrow troops?

Worried that Guilichi might become a potential threat, Zhu Zhen quickly prepared his army and embarked on the pursuit again.

One of the reasons for being so anxious is that he is worried that Gui Lichi may recruit hundreds of thousands of troops again if he gathers other troops.

Another thing is that it is impossible for Zhu Zhen to stay on the grassland forever and never return to the Central Plains.

But once he leaves, if Guilichi comes back, who can stop him?

At that time, what is the meaning of everything Zhu Chu is doing now?

Therefore, before leaving the grassland, Zhu Zhen must resolve all hidden dangers. For this reason, even the reform and liberation of the Wuyuntana tribe were solved in a hurry.

Fortunately, Zhu Chu's troops have become more and more numerous. In addition to Qiqige and Minminte's female troops, even the Ming army and many prairie men have spontaneously gone to help.

In just one day, this huge tribe with a population of [-] was transformed.

No wonder Wuyuntana had to sacrifice herself last night. She finally understood that she had been completely ignored. All her power was given by Zhu Zhen, and she could only rely on Zhu Zhen completely.

As a result, the Holy Khan just stayed calm in his arms, making Wuyuntana unable to get up or down. She even felt more uncomfortable than when she relied on the ghost power of the red fox to pretend to be a tiger.

This also made Wuyuntana look at Zhu Zhen with a look of resentment.

That's right, Wuyuntana also sent troops together, bringing more than [-] women from the tribe to form another army.

The reason for this is that these women are the family members of the strong men who died before.

When they saw that there were so many female soldiers under Qiqige and Minminte, they curiously inquired about them at first. After learning the cause and effect, they all volunteered to join the army.

In their words, they knew that their men or brothers were killed by Zhu Chu's people, but they wanted to ask Guilichi more, what did he do to his subordinates? He actually abandoned his subordinates and fled alone.

There were also three thousand women among them, and they went out with the army wearing sackcloth and filial piety, because their families were the three thousand men who were deliberately released by Zhu Zhen, but were beheaded by Guilichi in public.

Now they want to seek revenge from Guilichi.

These women can also ride horses to fight, and are equally proficient in riding and shooting, but their physical strength is not as good as that of men, but their other lifestyles are no different.

Like men, they also herd horses, herd cattle and sheep, and they also rode horses, shot arrows, and hunted wild beasts on the grasslands. They considered themselves no worse than men.

I didn't have the courage before, but now that I have seen the female soldiers who went out with the army, I naturally don't want to lag behind.

As a result, Zhu Chu's troops had almost reached [-].

However, Zhu Zhen would not be complacent. He knew that it would be the first time for the female soldiers of the Wuyuntana tribe to go to the battlefield. I am afraid that it would be good if they were not scared out of their wits. It would be almost impossible to fight.

Moreover, more than half of the troops are made up of female soldiers. If you really want to fight against an enemy force of the same size, you will have to rely on male soldiers in the end.

So Zhu Zhen had his own plan. This time he pursued Guilichi to Datong Town, and he had to find a way to borrow troops from his third brother.

But he was not familiar with the third brother, because the previous vassal kings were too old. The eldest brother Zhu Biao was twenty-four years older than Zhu Chu, so he could be his father.

Zhu Biao treated the younger brothers behind him as if he were an eldest brother and protected them like a father.

Therefore, Zhu Ming himself was unsure, and he might not really be able to succeed. What's more, he himself was disobeying orders, so he asked his third brother to help him?

Then Jin King Zhu Fan must be brave. Now that his in-laws are about to be beheaded, why add to the chaos?

Let's not mention these for now.

There is another special feature of Zhu Chu's army, that is, the entire army is a regular army. There is no food, grass and baggage troops with logistical supplies. This means that each person brings their own dry food, dried meat, dried meat, etc., which is only enough for them. Eat for three to five days.

This is for the sake of speed. Gui Lichi is now focused on running to the northeast. If he still has to bring a bloated and slow logistics force, can he still catch up?

At this time, Zhu Min was quite similar to Huo Qubing's approach. The whole army went into battle lightly. It can be said that the soldiers were very fast. Within a few days, they had arrived at Jining Road.

Then, Zhu Chu looked at the high-walled and thick door in front of him, turned around and asked Batu Buhua, who also came with the army, and said angrily: "You call this a village, right?"

The Jining Road in front of him was completely the size of a fortress outside the customs. He would believe it if you said it was an important border town built by the Ming Dynasty to defend against the grassland forces. It was even comparable to the size of Ningxia Town.

You must know that Ningxia Town is a fortress built on the Great Wall. You are building it on an open grassland, so the difficulty is completely different.

Just kidding? Are you here to attack the city? Where is the promised prairie tribe?

Since Zhu Chu went deep into the Mobei grassland, there is only one reason why he has been victorious in every battle. He does not need to attack the city, he only needs to attack the camp and break out the stronghold, or fight with the enemy on the grassland. All he needs is a brave man who meets on a narrow road. win.

Things are going well now. A city suddenly appears in front of us. If we want to attack the city, how many people will die?

In fact, Zhu Chu ignored one thing. This Jining Road has the word "路", which is not just a simple word.

In ancient times, a road was actually the name of an administrative region, which first started in the Song Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, the administrative level of a road was even equivalent to a province.

In the Yuan Dynasty, the level of roads also had the scale of a palace in the Ming Dynasty.

So what is the level of Jining Road? Just think about Kunming or Dali, it’s that level.

Even if Dali was not worthy before, it was only after Zhu Chu's vassal land was sealed there that it had such specifications.

This Jining Road was established in the Yuan Dynasty. For more than a hundred years, it is not outrageous to be able to build a high city and thick walls.

But Zhu Chu was speechless. He originally thought that this place was just a small village and village, so he never thought that he might be attacking the city.

"Holy Khan, don't be anxious. Altan, the leader of the Tumut tribe, is a smart man, and his father had a good relationship with me during his lifetime. So I asked the old minister to call me as a lobbyist to persuade him to surrender. This can be regarded as the first contribution that I have made under your account," Batu Buhua looked confident. It seems that he had already planned this before he came.

Zhu Chu glanced at Batu Buhua and secretly sneered in his heart, old guy, are you treating me like a child?

In any case, Gui Lichi arrived here one step ahead of Zhu Chu. In other words, Gui Lichi might have already entered the city, or was hiding in the city.

If Guilichi was in the city, how could Altan come to seek refuge with him in front of Guilichi?

If Guilichi has left, perhaps Altan has followed Guilichi.

Regardless of the outcome, Zhu Chu knew that Batu would not succeed without spending money.

This is just a cheap remark. Maybe Batu Buhua still wants to find a chance to find and talk to his son Batu Timur. Is this true?

So Zhu Ming said: "No need. Now that our army is approaching the city, the people in the city have naturally known it for a long time. I will let them choose whether they want to fight or surrender."

Do you really think he can't break through the city wall? He still had at least five explosive bags in his hand, and they were all more powerful. Five of them detonated together were enough to blow open the city gate.

He doesn't even need to borrow the power of the system, otherwise he would buy an Italian cannon and blast him directly.

"Don't rush to attack now. The whole army will be stationed outside the city for the time being. Wang Fu, Niu Sheng, and Peng Yue obeyed the order and led the Ming army to Datong Town with me. I have something to do," Zhu Zhen shouted, and then gave Xu Miaojin winked, and the two of them moved forward together, with the Ming army naturally following closely behind them.

Among the rear troops, Peng Yue sighed secretly. His Highness used to put his name in front of Niu Sheng, but now that stupid cow has gained His Highness's attention. It seems that he will be rejected by His Highness.

Thinking about it, Peng Yue turned to look at Niu Sheng, feeling unwilling to do so, but he did not dare to imitate Niu Sheng and swear allegiance to Zhu Ming.

Good fellow, Your Majesty is not dead yet.

Niu Sheng didn't know the sour thoughts in Peng Yue's heart, so he caught up with Zhu Chu on horseback and asked, "Your Highness, why don't you fight? Lao Niu is willing to be a pioneer and is willing to help His Highness be the first to kill on the city wall. Just wait and see." "

"What the heck, old cow, please be honest. Although you are brave and brave, the brothers who follow you can't stand your torment like this," Zhu Xi scolded angrily.

However, he did not dare to say that those dead brothers were killed by Niu Sheng. In fact, if Niu Sheng was not like a sharp knife, he could always follow Zhu Zhen and Xu Miaojin into the enemy formation. The huge pressure would only threaten the lives of more brothers. . What's more, how could Zhu Chu be so stupid as to affect his military morale?

"Your Highness, did you do this on purpose?" Wang Fu suddenly asked thoughtfully.

Zhu Ming nodded, looked back at the troops in the distance who were preparing to set up camp, and sneered: "I still don't know what Batu's not spending is thinking about, but for Wuyuntana's sake, it's hard to ask Or deal with him. Simply give him a chance and let him contact people in the city."

Xu Miaojin on the side snorted, that Wuyuntana was indeed very attractive, but she also knew that Zhu Zhen was looking at Wuyuntana's role before Wuyuntana, because Wuyuntana's surrender saved a lot of trouble and time. Otherwise, we still have to figure out how to conquer those two hundred thousand people.

But when he thought of Wuyuntana's dress and appearance when she seduced Zhu Chu that night, Xu Miaojin became furious. How dare that coquettish bitch compete with her for a man?

"Fortunately, I came with you, otherwise His Highness might have been harmed by many women. These women on the grasslands are so bold," Xu Miaojin couldn't help but said sourly: "Do they think His Highness is that Tang Xuanzang?" ?Brother Yudi?"

Xu Miaojin's words made Zhu Miao roll his eyes angrily. This was their boudoir anecdote and their mood.

When he had nothing to do, Zhu Zhen told Xu Miaojin all about Journey to the West, and also asked Xu Miaojin to imitate the king of his daughter's country and call him his younger brother, and he had a lot of fun.

But when he said it in front of outsiders, he couldn't help but blush, and scolded: "Am I a lustful person? They want it, but I won't give it to them. Okay, sister, don't be jealous, you I live in a tent with my brother every day, and you don’t know what women come and go?"

This time it was Xu Miaojin's turn to blush, glaring at Zhu Zhen, can you say this?

The three commanders behind them lowered their heads one after another, holding back their laughter and deliberately falling back a few steps, not daring to listen to the young couple's flirting.

Even the one hundred confidant guards who had returned to the team did not dare to approach and just followed from a distance.

It's not far from Jining Road to Datong Town, but it's not close either. Even if we were riding a horse, it would take us until the evening to finally reach the gate of Yanmen Pass.

When such a cavalry unit suddenly arrived at the pass, the officers guarding the pass suddenly became nervous.

However, they did not panic too much, because Yanmen Pass was not an isolated pass. Not only was it backed by the important town of Datong, but Taiyuan was the second pass. If the war failed, Jin King Zhu Fan would lead his army to support them.

This was the role and significance of the nine vassal kings in the beginning. They defended the capital while guarding the border and protecting the country.

This is the meaning of Zhu Yuanzhang's canonization of kings.

However, soon, soldiers on the city discovered something.

"That seems to be what our Ming army wears?"

"Eh? That's the flag of the Ming Army? But why is it called Dian? Dian? Isn't that Yunnan? Why did the Yunnan army end up in the Mobei grassland? Which direction did it come from and ran to our Yanmen Pass? ?”

The defenders on the city were soon dumbfounded.

Good guys, did you come all the way from Tubo and the Eastern Chagatai Khanate?

Dian, that was Zhu Chu's vassal title, because now he has been officially changed from the originally canonized King of Min to the King of Dian by Zhu Yuanzhang, and finally his title of King of Yunnan has been confirmed.

In fact, this army was supposed to be the bodyguard of Qin King Zhu Ping, but since it was taken away by him, it was necessary to set up his banner.

"Listen to the defenders on the city. We are the troops of His Royal Highness Zhu Chu, King of Dian. We are the genuine troops of the Ming Dynasty. We followed His Highness from Xi'an to support the Ningxia Town campaign, and then went to the Mobei grassland. Today we fought at the gate of Jining Road. I have come to visit you at this time. I have something important to discuss with His Highness King Zhu Fan of Jin. Please open the door quickly." Zhu Chu asked someone to go up and call the door.

There was another commotion among the defenders on the city.

Is it really our Ming army? Moreover, there are still many differences between the grassland people and the people from the Central Plains. You can tell whether they are people from outside the country or people from the country.

In fact, the ancestry of the prairie people is very complicated. Not only have they experienced countless races and ethnic groups from ancient times to the present, they may even have the blood of white people mixed in with them.

For example, Na Minte, Qiqige and Wuyuntana, their skin is fair and delicate, like a piece of jade, but they don't look like they live in the grassland and are exposed to the sun and wind.

Qi Qiqi was a little embarrassed before, but he has gotten a lot better recently.

Far away.

Most of the defenders on the city were ordinary soldiers, with only two thousand households at most, so they naturally did not dare to make decisions easily.

So soon, the Datong Town Army Commander hurried over and stood on the city. He was stunned for a long time when he looked at such a troop that suddenly came out from the depths of the grassland in front of him.

"What? Do I have to ask for Shang Fang's sword? Shang Fang's sword is a gift from His Majesty. If I come in person, why don't you open the door quickly?" Seeing that the defenders on the city were not responding for a long time, Zhu Zhen finally became impatient. He pulled out the sword from his waist and pointed it at the commander on the city, with a threatening tone.

Shangfang Sword?

Now the defenders did not dare to delay any longer and quickly opened the door of Yanmen Pass.

So, after more than a month of fighting on the grasslands, Zhu Chu could finally return to the Central Plains.

I don't know if it was a psychological effect, but just after entering Yanmen Pass, even the soldiers seemed to feel a little different, as if the temperature had become much warmer.

Outside Yanmen Pass, or inside the pass, outside Datong Town, many people who asked questions spontaneously came out. Looking at the troops entering the pass in an orderly manner, a burst of cheers suddenly broke out.

"Good."

"They actually came out from the grassland. Our Ming army is so powerful."

Datong Town, like Ningxia Town, is an important border town, responsible for the important task of defending and resisting the invasion of enemies outside the border.

Only people living on the border understand more and more how abominable those Tatars are.

Not only is Ningxia Town often subject to plunder, which is commonly known as Daqiufeng by prairie people, but other important border towns also have this threat.

The reason is that trade between the Central Plains and the grassland is now prohibited, so Zhu Zhen was still surprised before. How did Shen Rong bring the caravan to the grassland?

To put it bluntly, this is smuggling.

At least the state doesn't allow it.

In this way, once the grassland people are short of food, clothing, or something, they will habitually make a tentative attack. If they get in, they will plunder and go back. If they can't get in, they will be defeated. Escape back quickly.

So now I see Zhu and the others fighting their way out of the grassland, exiting from Ningxia Town, and entering from their side. How many tribes have they killed?

Even the commander of the garrison came over in person, knelt down on one knee, and shouted: "His Royal Highness the King of Dian, I would like to ask you how many tribes you eradicated during your expedition to Mobei? How many Tatars did you kill?"

"What? Are you suspecting that this king has gained nothing and just traveled to the grassland for a tour and then came back dejected?" Zhu Zhen asked with a sneer.

"Don't dare," the commander lowered his head, but he still couldn't help but have doubts in his heart, because Zhu Xi and the others were just their own team. They had neither prisoners nor cattle or sheep as trophies. Could they really be walking around on the grassland? In vain?

Then they are too shameless, right?

Zhu Ming snorted softly: "I want you to know that my king swept through all the grassland tribes. Wherever he went, the grassland Tatars knelt down and surrendered. They even called me their holy khan."

Xu Miaojin looked at Zhu Ming with a funny face, isn't it your own brand name, Sheng Khan?

In fact, it's because when you get to the pass, how dare Zhu Zhen talk nonsense, you are the Holy Khan of your own name? This is no longer a question of rebelling or not, but you have already proclaimed yourself emperor, okay?

Your Majesty is still alive today, and you are proclaiming emperor on the grassland?

If this reached Zhu Yuanzhang's ears, Zhu Xinxin said that he would not be able to escape the brutal beating.

The second thing is that Zhu Yu was too lazy to deal with the noisy impeachment of the ministers, and he was also afraid that Zhu Yuanzhang would listen to others, which would be bad if his plan to conquer the grassland was disrupted.

"Stop talking nonsense, I don't plan to stay long. Send someone to send a message to my third brother, the King of Jin Zhu Fan. I am currently pursuing and exterminating the Tatar leader Guilichi. I need troops. Ask him if I can borrow them. I have [-] soldiers."

One hundred thousand? Do you think they all have super-staffed troops just like you?

Think about it, King Zhu Fang of Qin, as the head of the vassal kings, only has a staff of [-] people, not to mention King Zhu Fan of Jin?

(End of this chapter)