Jinyi Night Walk

Chapter 771 Opportunity

Out of Dunhuang, the southwest is Yangguan, and the northwest is Yumenguan.

The Yellow River is far away among the white clouds,

A piece of lonely city Wanren Mountain.

Why should Qiang Di blame the willows,

The spring breeze never stops Yumen Pass.

The spring breeze can naturally blow through Yumen Pass, but there is only white snow and howling cold wind outside Yumen Pass at this time.

Fortunately, as spring is approaching, there are fewer cold and windy days, and most of the wind is relatively gentle, so the silver snow in the distant mountains, the blue sky and white clouds give people only the feeling of emptiness and vastness.

Xia Xun has left Dunhuang and is on his way to Hami.

The situation in Hami is different from Dunhuang, and Hami has a king, so he cannot take the same measures against Hami as he did against Dunhuang.However, it is still necessary to go to Hami. Temporary gains and losses can be ignored, but people's support must be taken into account. Early preparations should be made. Once Hami falls, it will be easier to govern after it is regained in the future.

Today's sky is a bit cloudy, the clouds are not very white, but the sky is still so blue, and the distant mountains are covered in mist.

The banners are in full swing, and the horse team is walking on this vast land. As the only active group, it adds a bit of vitality to this desolate and tragic desert Gobi.

At some point, someone in the team sang a high-pitched and loud Xiliang folk song

My sister gave it to a carpenter's house,

Can build buildings and smash rafters,

The willow leaves are green,

Can build buildings and smash rafters,

The second was given to a blacksmith,

Can strike iron and pull bellows,

The willow leaves are green,

Can strike iron and pull bellows..."

The loud and melodious singing made the team marching between the sky and the earth a little bit angry. Xia Xun also listened attentively. When the sound stopped, he sighed and looked back at Liu Yujue, Chen Dong, and Ye An who were by his side. , Said that if it weren't for me, you wouldn't have come to this end of the world, it was very hard?Not many words”

Chen Dong Ye An rides on a horse, his spirits are high, the prince of the country, if you are in Jinling City, how can you see such a world, we like it very much. "

Liu Yujue stared at Xia Xun, and said that a happy life is a lifetime; a sad life is also a lifetime.Prosperity and adversity sometimes cannot be controlled by us, and our confidant is always with us, isn't it happiness? "

"it is good"

Xia Xun's big hand patted Liu Yujue's shoulder heavily, and he turned his head to face Xilin and Rianna, who were sitting in front of the car, looking at the everlasting desolate scenery with great interest, don't let the brothers in the army specialize with you A while ago, you are from the ancient country of Kucha, and what you are best at is music, so I will sing two songs to cheer everyone up."

After leaving Yumen Pass, they headed west. Sirin and Jeanna became more and more excited. Now the weather is not so cold. Many times, they ran out of the car and sat outside, looking at the clouds and mountains that day with great interest. The tree was as happy as a bird out of its cage.For your hometown, no matter whether the memories left there are sad or joyful, there is always a heavy feeling when you think of it.

Xilin glanced at Xia Xun affectionately, supported the carport to stand firm, and suddenly began to vibrate and sing When lovers are having fun in the orchard, my wood sparrow will sing with all its heart.When I miss you when I can't sleep at night, the fire of love in my body burns even more.Will the lark sing and soar, and will the lover sing while walking.A pair of lovers finally get married, will they get their wish? "

The singing was clear and sweet, like a lark, and those gentle eyes were always focused on Xia Xun's body.After the singing, the lingering sound curled up, and the thunderous applause from the soldiers marching left and right did not stop, another louder and clearer voice sang a piece of snow water, converging together, the rushing Tarim River, nourishing my heart... ...Whether you come to visit me, or express your love to me, and whether you will rekindle the extinguished fire to make it even hotter..."

Let Nabi Xilin show more enthusiasm and unrestrained. When she sang, her big fiery eyes stared at Xia Xun for a moment. The expression and pursuit of expressions and pursuits of women from the Western Regions were enthusiastic and unrestrained, obviously not as reserved as women from the Central Plains. Introverted, the shyness and timidity the two faced Xia Xun before was more caused by the huge gap in status.

Getting along with Xia Xun day and night these days, gradually, the huge gap in status seems not to be so big. Getting closer to their hometown day by day also awakens the generous and passionate pursuit of love in their bones.

It's a pity that while this unchanging original scene aroused their homesickness, it also touched Xia Xun. He was looking up at the cloud head that seemed to be extremely low, and his thoughts followed the eerie singing all night long. Back to his distant hometown.He will never go back to his hometown. When he was there, he never felt that there was anything to love about.

winking eyes cast to the blind

The two beauties glanced angrily at Xia Xun who was staring up and down, until Tang Sai'er, who was lying in the car and dozed boredly, woke him up when he heard the singing and excitedly came out. , you listen to Saier singing cough"

"Saw the saw, see the saw, sing a big show at the gate of the grandma, pick up the daughter, please, mother-in-law, you also go to the Laba porridge, drink it for a few days, la la la 23; 23, sticky melon; 24 sweep the house; 25, frozen tofu; 26 , go to buy meat; 27, butcher a rooster; 28, make noodles; 29, steam steamed buns; stay up overnight at [-] o'clock; walk all over the street on the first and second day of the new year..."

Tang Sai'er clapped his little hands, and sang nursery rhymes rhythmically. The childish nursery rhymes were exchanged for the laughter of Xia Xun, Sai Hazhi, Feng Liyan and others. It's a good song, hahahaha..."

The westbound road is full of laughter.

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Qiu Futi went out with an army of [-] troops. In the end, Qiu Fu was very pleased with his achievements. He disregarded the repeated persuasion of his generals and ignored the emperor's prior instructions. The army was wiped out, and only a few people escaped.Tong'an Hou Huozhen and Jing'an Hou Wang Zhong, who were unable to catch up with a mixed team of infantry and cavalry, were shocked when they heard the news.

Since the commander died, the two members had no choice but to withdraw to Liaodong as close as possible according to Qiu Fu's last words, and sent scouts to Liaodong to report and ask for support. The commander-in-chief was killed, the morale of the three armies was depressed, and they were almost powerless to fight. Fortunately, at the critical moment, Liaodong sent an army to rush to the rescue under the leadership of Kaiyuan Hou Dingyu.The two soldiers joined forces in one place, and then they were forced to retreat and pursue them. They were taken to Liaodong, and returned to the pass in a hurry by way of Liaodong.

Zhu Di was furious when he received the battle report. One hundred thousand troops marched out of the fortress, but they were beheaded by one duke and two marquises. If not for the help of the Liaodong army, the hundred thousand troops would have been wiped out in the north of the fortress. The furious Zhu Di disregarded the pleas of his generals and deprived Qiu Fu inherited the title of duke of the country that had not been replaced, and moved his family to Hainan.The two Marquis who died in battle and the two Marquis Wang Zhong and Huo Zhen who fled back in a panic were also deprived of their titles and their military posts.

Zhu Di was rewarded for meritorious deeds and punished for demerits. After punishing these remnant soldiers and defeated generals, he immediately decided to go to the north of the Great Wall with the elite of the Beijing camp to conquer the Tatars in person.All the civil and military officials advised him to suspend his anger and wait for the war in the Western Regions and southern borders to slow down before proceeding to the Northern Expedition. Zhu Di had only two words against him." The civil and military officials asked him to send another general. Zhu Di is still inaccurate about the two words that the imperial driver personally conscripted."

Zhu Di was really angry this time.

Zhu Di immediately issued a decree, declaring to the world that all young and strong men from Shandong and Hebei, plus the Beijing camp, will have a total of 50 troops to sweep the north.

Actually, Zhu Di did not use so many soldiers. When he was king of Yan, he fought many battles with the Mongols. He knows exactly how powerful the Tatars are now. With the current strength of the Ming army, a hundred thousand troops are enough to conquer the north. Well, if we really send an army of 50, before the Tatars are afraid of being beaten, our country will be poor first.

It's just that this time it's the Imperial Army's personal conquest. If there are fewer people, the civil and military officials are really worried, so based on the base number of 50 soldiers, they brought another [-] soldiers.It is said that the unified army of [-] is completely a strategy of propaganda warfare.

This kind of propaganda war has long been used by people in ancient and modern China and abroad.For example, in the Battle of Thermopylae in the Hippo War, it is said that the Persian emperor brought 500 million troops, but what about the Spartans?There were only 300 people, but during the Battle of Mentinia, Sparta spent a long time negotiating with many allies, and only got together 5000 people, and the hostile Argos also managed to gather [-] people. The largest battle fought by the mainland Greek army during the Loponnesian War.

Another example is the Battle of Changping, the legend that Qin Jun killed 40 Zhao soldiers.In the era of Sima Qian, the Han Dynasty conquered Dawan, and the Han Empire struggled for several years before it could gather 75 troops.In the battle of Yiling in the Three Kingdoms, Liu Bei sent less than 10 troops, and the reinforcements from Wulingman were up to [-], but it was claimed to be [-]. In fact, the total army of Shu State at that time was only [-].

Of course, proper exaggeration can confuse the enemy army. Excessive exaggeration cannot fool the enemy generals, but bragging, scaring the opponent's common people, and strengthening the morale of the army is also good.

Zhu Di's side was busy preparing for the expedition, and Han Wang Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but change his mind.

After the news of Qiu Fu's defeat and killing came, Zhu Gaoxu was like a thunderbolt, and he was ready to die.Qiu Fu has always been his greatest support. Now that Qiu Fu is dead, and the army has been defeated, his greatest support has fallen. How can his black-bellied elder brother and those civil servants not take the opportunity to cleanse his faction in the army? ?The trend is gone, the trend is really gone

However, after the news of Emperor Yongle's announcement of the royal conquest came, Zhu Gaoxu suddenly saw a ray of light in the darkness. He once fought side by side with his father. If you want to march in person, father and son can accompany you on the expedition, and then make military exploits, not only can you protect your power in the army, but it might not be possible to make a comeback.

Zhu Gaoxu had just thought of this, and Chen Ying, who also thought of this method, had already rushed to the mansion, the two of them agreed to make peace, only after a little discussion, Zhu Gaoxu hurried to the palace, he wanted to ask his father to accompany him Go out and make another military exploit