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Chapter 303 Xuanfu
Zhu Di could see the forced smile of the civil servant, but he didn't care. He changed the subject and returned to the topic: "I ordered Alutai to come to the capital for an audience. Has he come?"

"Report to the Emperor," the white-haired Beijing Minister of the Ministry of War and Taining Marquis Chen Gui hurriedly reported, "I sent an envoy to He Ning Wang a few years ago, and at that time he agreed, but at the beginning of this year, I sent an envoy to urge him. When we set off, I told King Ning that he was ill and could not ride a horse, so..."

"I think he has a heart disease." Zhu Di sneered.

"It's a heart disease," Yuan Rong, Marquis of Guangping, who guarded Beijing with Chen Gui, said softly, "He's still worried that he'll kill Qiu Fu and the others..."

"Hmph..." Zhu Di snorted, and the atmosphere in the hall suddenly became icy cold. It was the first fiasco since the founding of the Ming Dynasty!Because Qiu Fu, the Duke of Qi, was domineering and domineering, he kept admonishing and underestimated the enemy, so that one hundred thousand troops were lost at the hands of the Tatars.Although Zhu Di immediately raised an army of 50, he beat Wala into a sieve and avenged his deep hatred.But once the scar is left, it won't disappear... Otherwise, with Zhu Di's nostalgic temper, he wouldn't have dispatched all the survivors of Jing Nan's great hero to Hainan Island.

Thanks to Yuan Rong's status as Zhu Di's eldest son-in-law, he has always won the trust of his father-in-law, so he dared to say this.

"If I want to blame him, why would I designate him King Hening?" Zhu Di let out a foul breath, and said with a smile: "The dog tartar thinks that I am honored as the Son of Heaven, and I am just as dishonest as they are!"

All the ministers said to themselves, there are still few things that you keep saying... For example, that, that, and that...

"However, I have already ordered him to go south," Chen Yu said, "I said that the emperor sent 50 troops to attack Mahamu for you. If you don't obey the summons, I'm afraid that the Holy Heart will be angry, and you will be killed."

These words were very in line with Zhu Di's wishes, the emperor said with a smile on his face, "What did he say?"

"He fell to his knees in fear, and said that he could ride a horse, so he went to Xuanfu to meet the emperor." Chen Gui replied.

"I don't think he's really scared, otherwise why would he choose to go far away and have an audience at the Xuanfu?" Yuan Rong obviously felt bad for Alutai and said, "Your Majesty, although this dog has been honored as a vassal and paid tribute, it's just a matter of respect. It is an expedient measure under pressure, I see that he has been capricious for many years, and he is wary of us, and he will never really surrender! Take advantage of his illness to kill him, and stop raising tigers as trouble!"

"Arutai is not a capricious person," Zhu Di said with a sneer, "Everything he does now is for survival. When his survival is guaranteed, he will pursue being strong! When he is strong enough, he will come to plunder again." I face, this is the nature of the Tartars, whether he is Mahamu or Alutai, it is the same."

"Your majesty is wise," old Chen Gui clasped his fists tremblingly and said, "The truth that I have been trying to figure out for so many years after guarding the border has actually been clarified by the Pope."

Zhu Di smiled lightly. In fact, it took him a long time to understand that the Mongols are like the grass on the Liliyuan on the grassland.Even if I kill Alutai and Mahamu, there will still be Aqitai and donkey Hamu, almost endless.Therefore, instead of letting the ignorant youths who have never experienced hardships to make troubles, it is better to fix the rules of the old things and plant awe in their hearts, so that the border of Ming Dynasty can survive.

But these words, he will never say, if you understand, you will understand, if you don't understand, you will never understand, the emperor has no obligation or interest to explain to anyone other than Zhu Zhanji. "Let's not talk about Arutai first, that old man has already been disabled by me and Mahamu in turn. The purpose of my personal conquest this time is to solve Mahamu in one fell swoop!" Zhu Di's voice was sonorous and powerful, showing the emperor's strong confidence , This kind of self-confidence was also exaggerated to the officials in the palace, only to hear him sneer and say: "Since the eighth year of Yongle, when this guy picked peaches, I have been pampering him... To be honest, I have nothing to do with my son." Like being so nice to him!"

After hearing this, brothers Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui were crying, father, are we biological...

But Zhu Di's focus was not on the two of them, so he heard the emperor continue: "I have only one purpose, and that is to be able to complete all my achievements in one battle! Don't let Mahamu swell to the extreme, I, Ming, will not have this opportunity!"

The generals suddenly realized that yes, no matter how poor the Mongols are, there is one thing that the Han people will never be able to match—they are a nation on horseback, and the Ming army cannot catch up if they escape.For example, in the Battle of Onan River, in fact, the Ming army killed less than [-] enemies, and the Mongols fled. Get together again, and you can recover your vitality in a short time.

So what the generals often say is, when will the Tartars be able to fight us in a dignified manner, and stop hiding in Tibet like rats?

Zhu Di also thinks the same way. The No.1 general in the world is better than others because he can not only think, but also do it... Nearly four years of arrogant tactics have made Mahamu start to fantasize about becoming The whole Mongolia is sweating profusely.

"With this idea in mind, he will not run so smart!" The Emperor Daming stood on the imperial steps, exuding the aura of the world's dominance. He is the only protagonist in this era. Mahamu is in front of him. Here, it's just a reckless man who sells his first bid!

"Your Majesty has no plans to spare. This time I will send troops to persuade the ugly captives, and we will never end the border troubles for China!" Hu Guang hurriedly sang praises.

This flattery was a little out of standard. Zhu Di ignored it. He turned his eyes back to the map and said in a deep voice, "I will lead the three armies and Mahamu will hunt Mobei. I don't worry about the battlefield plan. The most worrying thing is the food and grass!" According to the information provided by Arutai, Mahamu's current location in Hulan is suddenly cold, and it is 2000 or [-] miles away from Beijing. If the enemy forces want to retreat, the journey may be as long as [-] miles.In such situations, the most terrifying thing is not the enemy on the battlefield, but the catastrophic logistics supply.

Zhu Di's personal conquest is to win, not to die. As long as the food supply continues, even a small military defeat will not affect the overall situation.But once the supply is not smooth and the entire army is short of food, he, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and his hundreds of thousands of troops will stay in the depths of the desert forever.

All the generals looked at Xia Yuanji, Minister of the Ministry of Finance who accompanied him on the expedition, Xia Yuanji slowly reported: "In Xuanda City, enough food and grass for the army and civilians have been stockpiled for five months. This year, the summer grain north of the Huaihe River will not go to Nanjing. It’s over, let’s go straight to the Xuan Mansion, and help the army first, so that the food will arrive before it’s exhausted, and the supply should be guaranteed.”

"Very good!" Zhu Di looked at Xia Yuanji with a smile. After he lost his temper last time, this super capable Shangshu was hurt very much. Although the emperor couldn't say sorry, the expression on his face was already very clear: "I love you Rest assured, after the expedition, there will still be Lao Aiqing who will shoulder the heavy responsibility of the entire army."

"I originally wanted to ask for an order to stay behind and supervise the food." Xia Yuanji said in a low voice.

"Have you ordered the transportation of grain and grass from various places?" Zhu Di asked.

"All have been reported to His Highness the Crown Prince." Xia Yuanji said, "His Highness the Crown Prince has always been prudent, so there shouldn't be any problems."

"Where is the grain road for transporting grain?"

Every fifty miles, a military station is set up, and the civilians are stationed and transported in sections, so that the civilians can also maintain their physical strength and the speed of food transportation will be doubled. " Xia Yuanji said: "Moreover, the safety of the military rations is also guaranteed. "

"This is all based on experience." Zhu Di said with emotion, "The time in the eighth year of Yongle, it seems that your memory is still fresh." The last time the imperial conquest came, Xia Yuanji was the secretary of the household department and the quartermaster.

"I remember deeply, because I couldn't manage that time, I actually made the emperor and the soldiers starve for eight days." Xia Yuanji said with a look of shame on his face: "That's why I want to sit in the rear and dispatch this time, not because I'm afraid of the hardships of the journey! "

"I know, I know." Zhu Di nodded, looked at him deeply and said, "However, the hundreds of thousands of troops can't do without you. There are the rules set by you in the rear, including King Zhao, his son-in-law, and Taining. Hou Zuozhen, what else do you have to worry about?"

"Yes..." If Xia Yuanji said anything more, he would offend the three nobles, but what he was most worried about was here... In his opinion, a stable and serious person like the prince must be used to dispatch military supplies, but From the past, especially the use of Changping warehouse to redo the military rations, it can be seen that Zhao Wang is a bold and reckless person, and he is not a suitable candidate... Moreover, Zhao Wang is still at odds with the prince. It is the army who is going to fight abroad who endures hardships and suffers!
But his son is his own good, but Zhu Di has a lot of trust in Zhao Wang, and he is willing to let him take on this important task, so what can he say?
Hearing that the father still handed over the important task of transporting grain to the third younger brother, Zhu Gaosui of the Han Dynasty smiled mysteriously, and Zhu Gaosui also smiled lightly, saying that everything went well.

Seeing Zhu Gaosui's smile, Zhu Di frowned and said, "Don't take it lightly. This is a military plane. If I miss the mission, I will kill my relatives righteously!"

"Your servant obeys the order." Zhu Gaosui hurriedly said seriously.

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Three days later, the army marched again. The army set out from the north gate of the capital. When they arrived at Qinghe and set up camp, it started to rain, and it rained harder and harder at night.The next morning, the sun cleared, but soon after the army set off, it started to descend again. After that, it rained continuously for several days, the road was muddy and difficult to walk, and the army was full of luggage. They could not walk thirty miles a day.Zhu Di couldn't help but smiled wryly and said: "The last time I went out, I caught up with the heavy snow in the early spring that I haven't seen in many years. This time, in order to avoid the snow, I deliberately delayed it by a month. I didn't expect to catch up with the rainy season earlier. It seems that the days counted by the young master are not very good. It’s like that.” He was in the army at the age of 16, and he has fought half his life, and he has seen all kinds of bad situations. For him, this difficulty is not difficult at all, but on the contrary, it arouses his character of taking pleasure in suffering, For the first time, he spoke a wisecrack.

"Young Master's day is calculated very accurately. He only said that there will be a great victory, but he didn't say that there will be no heavy rain." Hu Guang was wearing a coir raincoat and drenched in the rain, and smiled wryly while shivering.He can hide in the carriage, but the emperor still rides with the soldiers, does he have any choice as a servant?
As a result, it took four days to pass Juyongguan. Not only was it windy, but it was also raining. The army trudged through the wind and rain, and arrived at Xuanfu on the 25th.

It's really frustrating to say that as soon as the front legs of the army arrived, the wind and rain stopped on the back legs.

(End of this chapter)