Jinyi Night Walk

Who is Zhu Di?He has always been the only one who bullies others, how can others bully like this!

After the news that the Tatars beheaded the Ming envoys reached Jinling, the Ming court reacted as quickly as possible, the most forceful.

Regarding the atrocities committed by the Tatars, Zhu Di did not comment. His answer was straightforward: send troops!

The imperial decree was conveyed to Beijing Xingzai at a speed of [-] miles, and Qiu Fu was appointed as the general who conquered the captives and the commander-in-chief of the armies in the north of the Great Wall. Li Yuan, the Marquis of Anping, served as generals on the left and right, one duke and four marquises, and led [-] cavalry to attack the Tatars.

Qiu Fu was a veteran of the dynasty. Now that Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng had passed away one after another, in terms of seniority and ability, it was his duty to sweep up Mobei Qiu Fu. No one objected to this decree.

Zhu Gaoxu, the second son of the emperor, was overjoyed when he heard the news, and immediately sent his cronies to deliver a secret letter to Qiu Fu.In fact, Qiu Fu still needs to make some preparations after receiving the imperial decree. He also needs to explain the defense of Beiping. Urgent.

It's just that such an opportunity is really rare. Zhu Gaoxu keenly felt that this was the best opportunity for his own faction to rise again, so he immediately wrote a letter, telling Qiu Fu that this battle must be fought beautifully, and that he must fight immediately. If you make great military exploits, then not only will Qiu Funeng return to the center of the imperial court and control the power in the army with his military exploits, but he will also be able to use this military exploits to draw many of his relatives, headed by Wang Cong, Huo Zhen, Wang Zhong, and Li Yuan, into his ranks. camp.

On the other hand, Zhu Di was furious under the agitation, and after making the decree, he looked back and felt a little worried.Among his three gentlemen, Zhang Yu is resourceful and Zhu Neng is good at fighting, Zhang Yu is resourceful and brave, Zhu Neng is good at fighting and stable, Qiu Fu is worse than both of them in this respect, and he is also good at fighting fierce battles Tough battles, but far inferior to Zhu Neng's calm temperament, Qiu Fu's strength lies in controlling the generals and commanding the army.

Every time a battle is won, all the generals will scramble to offer up their captives, but Qiu Fu often falls behind. He is very kind to his subordinates, and he does not dispute the merits of his subordinates. Support some, so it is very morale.

This time the Tatars took advantage of the opportunity of Ming being attacked by enemies on both sides to provoke, and must have estimated the possible reaction of Ming in advance. In the eyes of the Tatars, although the possibility of Ming being able to send troops at this time is small, it must be considered. After all, the Tatars must have been more fully prepared in this way.Moreover, the Tatars were oppressed by Oara and eaten away by Liaodong, and their strength was much worse than that of the previous few years. Therefore, the possibility of taking risks must be very high, and Qiu Fu may not be able to consider these, in case he is eager to vent his anger... …

Thinking of this, Zhu Di immediately issued another secret order to Qiu Fu, which said: "Military affairs must be cautious. Since the north of Kaiping, Tartar invaders are not common. You should always be cautious, advance and retreat according to the camera, and not be stubborn. If the Tartars Kou is easily defeated, it may be a trick, don't believe it..."

Zhu Di's secret order left Jinling almost at the same time as Zhu Gaoxu's secret letter to Qiu Fu, and was rushed to Beijing.

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At this time, Xia Xun didn't know what happened in the Central Plains yet, and he had rushed to Zhangye, accompanied by Song Ying, the third son of the Song family who was welcoming his relatives.

Gansu Town, the mansion of Pingqiang Hou Songsheng.

Early in the morning, Song Sheng got up, and Song Hu, the son who was going to be the son-in-law soon, rushed to his father's room to greet his father. Seeing Song Sheng dressed in military uniform under the service of the maid, he couldn't help but say, "Father, the send-off team is here today." When we are about to arrive at the city, my son will just go and greet her, although Princess Ancheng is a nobleman, now that she is married to our family, she is our daughter-in-law, her father is her father-in-law, how can she lower herself and come out to greet her in person!"

Old General Song smiled faintly, and said, "It's not the princess who welcomes my husband, but the Duke of Fu. Don't be too wordy, go and prepare yourself, and go out of the city with my father in a while!"

Song Hu respectfully replied: "Yes!"

Today's weather is not very good, the wind is a bit strong, the weather is already very cold, and then it is blown by the wind, and the bone is chilled.

Outside the town of Gansu, there are thousands of miles of fertile land covered with snow. On the vast white snow field, the wind blows the snow foam flying to the sky and escapes the ground. No matter how tightly you dress, the snow foam can slip through all the gaps. Into your neck, ankles, and sleeves.

The wind blows like horses, the sky is cold and snowy like knives, the horns whine suddenly, the horses neigh, the armor clangs, and the flags fly. Groups of soldiers gallop out of the gate of Gansu Town, and quickly line up on the snow field. Neat and orderly.

The Ming army in the Central Plains changed their costumes into mandarin duck war jackets a long time ago, but the soldiers here still wore the early fat jackets, but the majesty and majesty were still somewhat better than the elites of the Central Plains.The gleaming swords and guns, the flying flags, the standing horses, and the soldiers sitting firmly constitute a majestic and mighty picture.

The cold wind was bitter, and the soldiers could not wear too bulky clothes in order to move quickly. The hands holding on to the reins and weapons had to be exposed to the wind and snow. In a short time, the weapons became as cold as ice. But their hands that were red from the cold held tightly to the barrels of the guns and the hilts of the knives without any relaxation.The snow foam whirled and floated into their sleeves and necks. They were motionless, as if they were made of fine steel, and they didn't even notice it.

This is the Ganliang iron cavalry built by the elites of Mongolian, Tibetan, Hui and Han nationalities for more than [-] years in the Song Dynasty.

On the battlefield, a large number of troops does not necessarily mean victory. An elite army can completely win more with less. In history, hundreds of fine cavalry defeated thousands of enemy troops, and thousands of fine cavalry defeated tens of thousands of enemy troops. The combat example is not that the tactics and tactics are superior to the opponent, but the quality of the army is far superior to the opponent. Ganliang Jingqi is such a team.

The generals of the guards and the officials at all levels in the Xingyuan, the governor of Song Cheng, also came out one after another, standing around one after another, waiting for the Duke Fu and Princess Ancheng to drive. Neck, sleeves with hands, and feet stomping from time to time, the snow foam penetrated into every hole, so many people complained that it was too early to come out because of the cold.

At this time, two rows of soldiers wearing red half-arm battle robes, holding red-tasseled long lacquer guns, and riding tall horses suddenly came out of the city gate, followed by an old general with a gray beard wearing his armor. Accompanied by the soon-to-be son-in-law Song Hu, he drove slowly out of the city gate. The officials at all levels were shocked when they saw it, and they all lowered their hands and stood still.

Lord Hou even came out to greet him in person!

Lord Hou has not been in good health for the past two years, and he has seldom attended public events. Many generals have no chance to see him. They never thought that the Marquis of Xining would come out of the city to welcome him in person in such bad weather today.

In the distance, on the snowy field, a team appeared, and the generals who were bathed in the cold wind were immediately shocked. Song Hu waved his hand and waved the flag, and nearly ten thousand cavalry slowly changed into a formation, and the angle was inclined Stepping forward, he made a greeting gesture.

The team was getting closer and closer. Song Sheng, who was more than seventy years old and with gray beard, shook his horse's reins and rode forward. Song Hu followed closely behind, and the generals immediately followed like stars holding the moon.

Song Sheng focused his attention on the front and was riding slowly when a pair of old but still sharp eyes suddenly looked forward with some doubts.On the road ahead, the guards of honor were parted, the flags fluttered in the strong wind, and a large BMW galloped out in the middle, and a person was seated immediately, wearing unicorn robes and the crown of a first-class duke.While Song Sheng was wondering, the man turned over again, jumped off the horse, led the horse forward, and came towards him, and the guard of honor behind the man stopped in time.

As soon as Song Sheng raised his hand, the generals on the left and right reined in their horses to stop, but Song Sheng galloped forward by himself for more than ten steps, the speed of the horse became slower and slower, and finally stopped.

The beard under Song Sheng's chin fluttered in the wind, and his face was full of surprise and uncertainty. He was a little confused about the identity of the person opposite him and the meaning of his actions.I heard that Nafu Guogong was about thirty years old, but he was similar to the person opposite.It's just... the duke of the country is superior to him, and he, the person who is waiting for him, has not yet met him, so there is no reason for him to come out on his own initiative.Especially...he also leads a horse to show his respect. There are at least sixty or seventy marquises in Daming, but there are only a handful of dukes. How could they treat him so courteously?

However, the person on the opposite side leading the horse on foot was really Xia Xun.

Xia Xun's move was by no means artificial, but because of his sincere admiration for a true hero.

Along the way, he tried his best to collect all the information about Tie Mu'er, and naturally he would not let go of his understanding of Song Sheng, the general who guarded the Western Regions for more than 20 years. The more he knew, the more he admired Song Sheng.

Song Sheng, who joined the army at the age of 11 and became a forward general at the age of 13, offered a plan to take down Huizhou, an important town in the Yuan court that the rebels had been fighting for a long time.Since then, he has repeatedly made military exploits, and at the age of 20, he became the acquaintance of the governor.From then on, he was mainly responsible for "aftermath work". He was often responsible for guarding the newly conquered places and clearing out the remnants of hostile forces.

In the 12th year of Hongwu, during the Lantern Festival, some meritorious officials pooled money to build a war boat, and invited many friends to board the boat, and wandered in the upper reaches of the Qinhuai River. All were severely punished.And Song Sheng happened to be one of the guests invited to board the ship, so he was demoted to Liangzhou, Gansu, and became a guard commander.

Thus, the Western Regions belonging to Song Sheng and the legend belonging to Song Sheng began.

At that time, Liangzhou was suffering from internal and external troubles, which was extremely bad.In the northwest and north, the armed forces of the Northern Yuan Dynasty came to attack from time to time, and the Tubo tribes in the south rebelled and surrendered from time to time, and often came to plunder. .And what about inside Liangzhou?It was even more chaotic.

There are a large number of Mongolian tribes who have surrendered in Liangzhou. They have constant conflicts with the Han people, and the contradictions are deep.Before Song Sheng took office, Liangzhou had changed nine commanders, four of whom died in battle, three were dismissed for investigation, and two died of mutiny.When Song Sheng was demoted to Liangzhou, all his relatives and colleagues believed that his life was over.

However, after Song Sheng took over this mess, he made friends with various ministries in Liangzhou, planted trees to resist wind and sand, dug canals for irrigation, enacted laws, and strictly enforced military discipline. In just three years, when Shi Jiangxing, the supervisory envoy, inspected Liangzhou, the place was already full of fertile fields. Ten thousand hectares, people of all ethnic groups live in harmony, the officers and soldiers of the guards are capable and brave, and Liangzhou has completely changed.

In the fourth year, it was time to test Song Sheng's martial arts.After more than ten years of recuperation, the Ming Dynasty decided to solve the problem in the northwest frontier. The first cut was on Yiji Nai Road, an important town in the northwest of the Yuan Dynasty. The guard here was "Wu Guogong" in the Northern Yuan Dynasty. Respected as "Black General".He sent troops to attack Liangzhou, Song Sheng evaded his attack, and used 2 fine horsemen to attack the heart, forced to pull out Yiji Nailu, and captured "Wu Guogong" Ba Ducichi and more than [-] Mongolian soldiers.

Song Sheng did not kill any prisoners. These Mongolian soldiers either became farmers, or were recruited into the army by him, and eventually became members of his elite troop "Ganliang Jingqi", which is proud of the Western Regions.

In this battle, Song Sheng was reinstated by Zhu Yuanzhang and promoted to the governor of the right army. He returned to Liangzhou as a feudal official to guard the northwest gate of Ming Dynasty.In the 24th year of Hongwu, Song Sheng made another move. This time, his goal was Hami, the throat of the Silk Road in the Western Regions opened by the Ming Dynasty.Hami was the fiefdom of Wu Nashili, the prince of the Yuan Dynasty.

Song Sheng marched thousands of miles in a hurry, took a small road and passed through the heavy defensive lines of the Mongolian army, and suddenly killed the city of Hami. At this time, he should have made a quick decision, otherwise, once the Mongolian army retreated, not only would he not be able to defeat Hami, but the entire army would be in danger of being wiped out. .However, Song Sheng detected in advance that the generals in Wunashili were discordant, and boldly used psychological tactics to force the defenders in the city to fight among themselves. Meng tied himself up with the prince, princess and dozens of officials loyal to Wunashiri to surrender the city.Song Sheng conquered Hami without bloodshed, and Hami, which had blocked the westward path of the Ming Dynasty for more than ten years, was pacified.

It is under the jurisdiction of Gansu, starting from Jingtai in the east, slanting to the northwest, passing through the counties of Minqin, Yongchang, Shandan, Zhangye, Gaotai, and Jiuquan, bypassing Jiayuguan, heading south, and ending at the northern foot of Qilian Mountain, with a length of more than [-] miles. .Among them, the main border pass to resist the enemies from the west is Jiayuguan, and the important town to fight against the Hulu in the north is Gansu town. If Huqi from the north and fan soldiers from the west break through Jiayuguan and conquer Gansu town, the gate of Guanzhong will be opened, and tigers and wolves will drive straight in.

However, there is Song Sheng, the tiger general here, so from the founding of Hongwu to the present, the frontier affliction of the Western Regions has never become a big Ming abdominal disease. For more than 20 years, those captured or killed by Song Sheng were Hulu's dukes, princes, and tribal chiefs... Not only did not a single enemy catch him, but he also managed Ganliang as a monolith.

Song Sheng is not only a general, but his martial arts is also excellent. Many of his ideas and methods of internal governance and external combat have a lot in common with Xia Xun's methods of managing Liaodong.However, the environment he faced at that time was far more dangerous than Xia Xun's environment in Liaodong. His power and prestige at that time, and the support he could get from the court, were far inferior to Xia Xun's. A miracle!

After reading Song Sheng's information, Xia Xun thought to himself that if he had been the commander of the Liangzhou Guard in Hongwu for 12 years, he would have died in battle, dismissed from his post and investigated, or died in a mutiny in the army, and he would never reach Song Sheng's achievements. .

But let the flying generals of Dragon City stay, and don't teach Huma to go to Yinshan Mountain!

This is how Song Sheng guarded the Western Regions.

Xia Xun was completely convinced of Song Sheng. Looking at the court, Song Sheng was the only one he admired from the bottom of his heart. How could he not show respect!

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