Ming Dynasty: The ghost betrays the Confucian sage, my son Zhu Yuanzhang

Chapter 254 Zhu Di: Where is my destiny? What should the prince do?
Songting Pass.

The throat connecting Peiping and the grassland is a battleground for military strategists. Yongchang Hou Lanyu guards this pass. Now, he is directing the battle at the top of the city because the 30,000 grassland army is attacking fiercely.

"General, the reinforcements haven't arrived yet. We can't hold on any longer. You should retreat quickly!" the guard said urgently to Lan Yu, "Your arrow wound can't delay us any longer."

Sapphire was covered in blood, and there was an arrow stuck in his shoulder. The arrow had not penetrated half of his body, and the blood from the wound was still gurgling out.

scold!
Lan Yu cut off the arrow with one stroke, put the long knife on the ground, stabilized his swaying body, and said in a deep voice: "Quickly, tie me to the pillar, and then put me up, let the whole army watch, I Although we can't move, we still have people. We must hold on until reinforcements arrive. If Songting Pass is lost, the grassland army will march straight in and march to the gates of Beiping City."

"General!" the guard wanted to persuade.

"Quick, this is my general's military order." Lan Yu shouted.

The guard had no choice but to find a pillar, tie Lan Yu to the pillar, and then hold the pillar up. Lan Yu looked around and said in a thunderous voice: "Brothers, hold on, reinforcements are coming!"

Whoosh whoosh!
Arrows shot from below, but he showed no fear. He turned his head to look south, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. This time, he felt that he could not go back.

At this moment, a person flew down in front of him, slowly lowered the pillar, and loosened the rope around him. When he saw the person coming, he exclaimed: "Your Highness, King Yan, why are you here?"

……

The enemy commander shouted in horror when he saw Zhu Di getting closer and closer. However, it was already too late. Zhu Di slashed away with his sword, and all the guards in front of the Captain fell down. With one foot, he swept towards the captain of ten thousand men and slashed him with his sword.

"Look! King Yan has penetrated the formation and is charging towards the enemy's army. It is unstoppable."

Zhu Di helped him up and looked at the surging grassland army coming from Guanxia.

In the blink of an eye, Zhu Di had already attacked the enemy's center. With the Seven Ultimate Divine Gu in his possession, the wounds on his hands healed themselves at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the power in his body was endless.

"King Yan! King Yan! King Yan!"

Songting Pass was defended.

……

"Isn't King Yan going to capture the enemy general's head directly from the entire army?"

Everyone exclaimed, and saw King Yan landing steadily, unsheathing the long sword in his hand, and rushing towards the enemy formation alone. Wherever he passed, a rain of blood poured out, and people fell on their backs.

The enemy army was completely in chaos. At this time, the door was opened wide and the Ming army came out. It turned out that reinforcements had arrived. The situation on the battlefield was reversed. The grassland army fled in panic, and the Ming army fiercely pursued them. Two hours later, the Ming army was victorious, and only a few of the enemy troops fled to the grassland. Zhu Di rode his horse back to the pass, and the defenders on the tower shouted in unison:
"King Yan! King Yan! King Yan!"

Peking City.

The person who came was Zhu Di. He patted Lan Yu on the shoulder and smiled: "The reinforcements will be here soon. I dare to come first. Fortunately, they came in time, otherwise you would be dead!"

"Reinforcements have arrived?" Lan Yu was overjoyed.

Next, the gate tower defenders only saw a shadow flying down from the gate tower. They were stunned. Who dared to jump from such a high gate tower? Don't want to die?
"It's His Royal Highness King Yan!"

"Quick, shoot the arrow, shoot the arrow!"

Fourth Master Zhu checked Xu Da's injuries, used internal energy to heal him, and then prescribed medicine. He frowned: "What a risk, Duke Wei, you almost died. Who hurt you?"

The defenders of the city tower were full of momentum, and their eyes were fiercely looking at the Ming Dynasty King Yan who was charging into the battle alone. At this time, the enemy troops were in chaos and did not care about attacking the city. They were all returning to protect the general.

"Stop him!"

scold!
The head of the Captain flew out of his body. Zhu Di grabbed the head and shouted: "The Captain is dead!"

Lan Yu looked at the young Prince Yan with disbelief. In just a few years, he had become so terrifying, and he still had the aura of a king.

"I don't know!" Xu Da smiled bitterly and shook his head. "At that time, we were ambushed by Wang Baobao. A grassland man came and killed him directly. My personal guards couldn't stop him at all."

As soon as he finished speaking, Tang He, Feng Sheng and other generals filed in. They respectfully saluted Fourth Master Zhu: "See the Supreme Emperor."

Fourth Master Zhu raised his hand to signal them to get up, "Everyone, get up. Since you are here, let's talk about the specific situation of being ambushed by Wang Baobao in detail."

The generals looked ugly and obviously did not want to mention this defeat. Xu Da, who was lying on the bed, glanced at everyone and said in a deep voice: "You all listen carefully, the emperor's will is clear. From now on, the Supreme Emperor will be in charge of the military and administration of Northern Xinjiang. You all must obey the orders of the Supreme Emperor, do you understand?"

"Yes..." Although the generals agreed verbally, they were obviously unwilling.

Fourth Master Zhu raised his lips slightly, gaining insight into the generals' thoughts. He understood that these generals were sincerely convinced by Duke Xu Da of Wei, but they had doubts about his military ability as the supreme emperor. At this time, Tang He stood up and reported with a smile: "Your Majesty, please allow me to describe the battle situation that day in detail for you." Tang He began to tell that it turned out that they rushed to rescue Yingchang City that day, but were guarded by Wang Baobao on the way. Setting up an ambush was not what Xu Da had expected. He had thought about the possibility of being ambushed, so they were not afraid. They would attack across the board and defeat the enemy. However, what surprised them this time was that the army led by Wang Baobao was Rakshasa soldiers, at least 50,000 Rakshasa soldiers.

"Although the prairie cavalry are brave and good at fighting, the combat effectiveness of our cavalry has also increased significantly in recent years, so we are not afraid of them." Tang He frowned and said, "However, when we faced the Rakshasa soldiers, we were suddenly beaten They were in disarray. They were tall and powerful, and they could even knock us to the ground with a single slash."

"Those people look so strange! Their eyes are all green, they don't look like humans at all!" a school captain agreed.

"Yes! Our soldiers were scared when they saw them, and there were even rumors that they drank human blood directly!" Another captain said in horror.

After hearing these descriptions, Fourth Master Zhu couldn't help but frown. He secretly speculated that these so-called Rakshasa soldiers were probably soldiers from the Golden Horde. The Golden Horde annexed the Rus Principality. Aren't the people in the Rus Principality tall and green-eyed?
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"What Rakshasa soldiers? They are just different races. You should really go out and see it. My second senior brother came back last time and told me that there are people with dark skin outside." Zhu Di strode in, followed by Lan Yu and other generals have just returned from Songting Pass. All the generals saluted Zhu Di neatly: "See His Highness King Yan."

"We are all seniors, so these etiquettes will be waived from now on." Zhu Di waved his hand, "I want to become one of you now, starting from an ordinary soldier. Which of you is willing to accept me?"

Generals, look at me and I look at you. We all know that King Yan is very powerful in martial arts, but he is the prince after all. If something happens, who can afford it? Therefore, everyone remained silent.

"Uncle Tang, it seems I can only follow you." Zhu Di turned to Tang He and said.

Tang He spread his hands in embarrassment, "I don't raise idle people here, I'm afraid that your highness, Prince Yan, won't be able to bear the hardship."

"Hey, Uncle Tom, are you making ugly remarks? Don't worry, I'm definitely not afraid of hardship." Zhu Di said firmly.

Lan Yu stood up and saluted the generals with clasped fists: "Generals, King Yan can defeat a thousand armies with his own strength! Yesterday at Songting Pass, it was King Yan who single-handedly took down the enemy's captain of ten thousand soldiers. level, we were able to turn defeat into victory.”

He quickly told what happened, and all the generals' eyes fell on Zhu Di, full of disbelief. Zhu Di shrugged very proudly: "It's an exaggeration. Yesterday, the enemy army was at most 30,000 people. It doesn't matter. Taking the enemy general's head out of a million-strong army is what we are capable of."

"Your Highness, you are such a boaster, we dare not accept you." Tang He said with a smile, "You go to the battlefield and play like this at every turn, why should we be on tenterhooks? How can we explain to His Majesty that you, King Yan, are good or bad? ?”

"What do you want to tell me? Death on the battlefield, wrapped in horse leather, isn't it the destiny of a soldier?" Fourth Master Zhu waved his hand, "Let Zhu Di become an ordinary soldier under your command, no special treatment is needed. If he wants military merit, let him do it himself Go earn it.”

"I obey." Tang He saluted.

Since the Supreme Emperor said so, he no longer refused and could only accept Zhu Di's joining.

……

Night falls.

Fourth Master Zhu and Grandfather Zhu Di were drinking together. There were three plates of side dishes and a jug of wine on the table. Zhu Di took a sip and said, "Grandpa, I will go to the army tomorrow, but no one will accompany you."

"You kid, start as a soldier and learn carefully." Zhu Siye said, "When you become the commander-in-chief in the future, you will understand everything from top to bottom."

"I know, I want to become a general like Duke Wei." Zhu Di nodded.

"Boy, work hard, maybe you will be the final destiny." Fourth Master Zhu took a sip.

"Grandpa, don't trick me. You still said that I will become the Yongle Emperor?" Zhu Di rolled his eyes, "My destiny has been restored. What should I do with my eldest brother, the prince?"

Fourth Master Zhu frowned.

He is also worried now that it will be Hongwu's fifteenth year in a few years. Will Zhu Xiongying and Queen Ma die? Then in the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu, will the crown prince of Ming Dynasty die?
"Who can say for sure what will happen in the future?" Fourth Master Zhu said, "Since our grandfather and grandson are in charge of northern Xinjiang, we should make good arrangements. In the past, in the capital, I had to take care of your father and couldn't use my hands and feet. This time, I’m going to show off my skills.”

"One north and one south, two capitals system, hehe, grandpa, we want to surpass my father." Zhu Di raised his wine glass.

"That's necessary." Fourth Master Zhu laughed.

Half an hour later, Zhu Di lay on the table and fell asleep. Fourth Master Zhu smiled silently and picked up the glass to drink. At this time, a man came in and bowed to him: "Ding Xiu, the deputy commander of the Jinyi Guards, is here to see the Supreme Emperor."

"Ding Xiu? Why are you here?" Fourth Master Zhu was surprised.

"Your Majesty, I will stay in Beiping and command the imperial guards here." Ding Xiu paid his respects again.

"Why are you so polite? Get up quickly and drink with me." Fourth Master Zhu raised his hand.

"The Supreme Emperor, I have something to report. There are more detectives in Beiping City than in the capital. The Supreme Emperor should not be careless. Also, the generals are dissatisfied with the fact that the Supreme Emperor is in charge of the northern border and has replaced the Duke of Wei, Xu Da." Ding Xiudao .

Fourth Master Zhu frowned and raised a sneer at the corner of his mouth.

(End of this chapter)