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Chapter 306 The Long March
Watching the Mongolian leader leave, Zhu Di was silent for a long time, he breathed a sigh of relief, and smiled at the grandson and several academicians standing beside him: "You guys, tell me, how do you deal with it like this?"

Zhu Zhanji saw it from the beginning to the end. Seeing that the emperor's grandfather used both kindness and power, rubbing and rubbing, and adjusted some rebellious Mongolian leaders like children, he was extremely admired in his heart, but he has no place to talk here I can only hear Hu Guang's flattering voice: "My minister was dazzled by the sight, and I didn't have time to think about it at the time. Now that I think about it, the emperor used both grace and power to subdue those Mongolian princes. To weaken Mahamu's strength, we don't have to worry about them flirting with Mahamu, disrupting our food roads, and spying on our military situation. In turn, we can use them to get a clear understanding of Mahamu's situation. Laying the groundwork for the Mongols' divide and rule of the capital... Your Majesty's plan to kill four birds with one stone is wonderful, really wonderful!"

The two cabinet ministers, Yang Rong and Jin Youzi, saw that their old boss had come back this time, becoming more and more immoral, and felt helpless... You have said all the good things, so what shall we say?
Yang Rong had no choice but to say softly: "What I'm worried about is, once Oirat falls, will the Tatars take advantage of the situation and make a comeback? Chen Guan is considered an outstanding person by mistake, and Arutai is a scheming man. This time he dispatched four thousand Jingqi, I am afraid that it is false to charge for us, but it is real to pick peaches after the battle."

Zhu Di said lightly: "That's nothing to do. Even if I want to avoid future troubles forever, the soldiers can't accept it. They will attack those who fought side by side just a moment ago."

Everyone present had followed Zhu Di for many years, and they had long realized that the older the emperor was, the more he would be different from what he was then.Back then he used all means to achieve his goals, but now he still has to speak morally. It seems that the saying 'what is lacking and what should be made up for' is not false at all.

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On the tenth day of the lunar new year, the army set off from Shacheng and went deep into the vast grassland. Perhaps Changshengtian did not welcome them, foreign conquerors. From the eleventh day onwards, it was cloudy again.The rain didn't stop, the road was muddy, and the soldiers were soaked and tired from the cold. Zhu Di had no choice but to order camp to avoid the rain and cold.

Braving the heavy rain and exhausting efforts, the camp was finally set up, and it was found that there was no way to light a fire for cooking. The soldiers could not even drink any hot water, so they could only eat some hard dry food. The situation was really bad.But it was a different situation in the young army. With the lessons learned from last time, the soldiers each carried a seven-day supply of fried noodles with sheep intestines, which they could eat with some raw water.But when Wang Xian was in the capital, he also bought a small charcoal stove for each team of ten. Charcoal that has not been damp can be lit with a torch.

As a result, there was a little bit of light and warmth in the tents of the young army, although the small charcoal stove was not good for cooking.The charcoal distributed by each team is only enough to boil a bowl of boiling water for each person, but it is enough for each officer and soldier to eat a bowl of hot, fragrant mush.

Zhu Zhanji presented the charcoal stove and fried noodles to Grandpa Huang as if he was offering treasures.No matter how bad the situation is, Zhu Di can naturally eat hot soup and hot rice, but the emperor who is about to win the world, deeply understands the importance of sharing weal and woe with officers and soldiers, so he only ate some dry food that night, the only one who was treated better than officers and soldiers The place is just a little hot water to drink.

Seeing the charcoal stove brought by Zhu Zhanji, Zhu Di was a little angry. He took him out to fight, just to let him experience the difficulty of leading troops, but this kid became special.But when he heard that each team of the soldiers of the young army had a small charcoal stove, after they could drink hot water, the emperor immediately turned his anger into joy and said: "My grandson has a heart. Hot water...Unfortunately, it's too small for cooking."

"You don't need to cook in this kind of weather." Zhu Zhanji offered the fried noodles again, and in front of Zhu Di, washed them with hot water to arouse the rich aroma. Zhu Di smiled and asked, "What is this?"

"Grind the fried grain into powder, add salt and minced meat, you can eat it dry, and it tastes better after brewing." Zhu Zhanji said, grabbing a handful and stuffing it into his mouth, "It's also after our military exercise. , something I came up with."

"It looks delicious." Zhu Di picked up the bowl, and the eunuch serving beside him hurriedly whispered: "Your Majesty, this is not in compliance with the rules." According to the rules, all the emperor's food and drink should be imported from Honglu Temple Xian, before eating, there must be a eunuch to taste it, in case of accidents.

"Ridiculous, if even my great-grandson wants to harm me, then I've failed too much." Zhu Di picked up the bowl indifferently, took a big sip, and suddenly felt the fragrance in his mouth, and the warmth in his stomach, and he couldn't help crying Zan said: "It's delicious, what's the name of this food?"

"I haven't named it yet," Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "Grandfather, why don't you give it a name, so that this thing can have a mark in history." Actually, this noodle is clearly called lamb intestine fried noodles, but Zhu Zhanji deliberately wanted to Don't get up, so that the emperor can give you a name.

"Okay!" Zhu Di said after a moment of deep thought: "Let's call it Desheng Noodles, eat this noodles to win the battle and win the prize!"

"The emperor is really wise. When I heard this name, I immediately thought of two meanings. One is to win the flag," Hu Guang immediately said: "The other is to win with virtue. The emperor has won the battle with virtue. The hearts and minds of the various tribes of Mongolia, our army has no reason to be invincible!"

After hearing Hu Guang finish playing with a smile, Zhu Di said to Zhu Zhanji, "How much chance do you have of winning?"

"There are still six days left."

"Can you give some to the friendly army? The soldiers are hungry and cold, and I can't sleep or eat!" Zhu Di said in a conciliatory tone: "Use a small charcoal stove to burn some hot water and let them eat a bowl of warm winning noodles. All the soldiers will be grateful for Taisun's kindness."

"Where is the emperor's grandfather talking? He is a fellow robe, and he is duty-bound!" Zhu Zhanji said seriously: "I'll go back and let them prepare!"

"Okay, good manners, he really is my good grandson." Seeing his grandson so happy, Zhu Di couldn't help praising: "Tell your subordinates, don't feel bad, when the rain stops, I will make them repay twice. Yes, whoever invented this winning side will be rewarded."

"Yes." Zhu Zhanji was praised by the emperor's grandfather, and his bones were crisp. He hurried out and went back to the camp to tell Wang Xianyi the emperor's request.Wang Xian couldn't help sighing: "This is the result of showing off."

"This is also a great opportunity to make friends with soldiers. Grandpa Huang also praised me for being magnanimous." Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "By the way, I will give you a credit." He cupped his hands in a pretentious manner and said: "Congratulations to the military commander! Well, it's only been a few days, and I've made two contributions, even if I go back now, I might be able to seal up a thousand households."

"Really?" Wang Xian immediately laughed and said, "Okay, it's a duty, a duty!" The two unscrupulous friends ordered the distribution of charcoal, and ordered the soldiers to boil water for the victory noodles and wait for the friendly troops to eat.It was busy until midnight, all the victory noodles were sold out, and nearly 10 people ate hot food.Although the objects of gratitude of the friendly army are the emperor and the grandson, but the so-called cannibalism is short-sighted, at least they will stop talking about the young army in the future...

After the sun clears on the [-]th, the first thing the hundreds of thousands of soldiers do is to make fried noodles according to the method of the young army, put the rations for seven or eight days into the sheep intestines cloth bags, and when they go on the road, the soldiers' hearts Much more practical.On the [-]th, the army continued to march. Although it was still drizzling in the sky, the officers and soldiers no longer worried about food, and felt that the muddy road under their feet was not so difficult.

The next few days cleared and the road was still difficult, but His Majesty's interest was very high. In fact, after returning to the north, his mood was obviously better than that in the south. After the army left the fortress, the emperor was even more excited as he moved forward While telling the grandson and ministers about the historical legends of the mountains and rivers along the way and the origin of their names, it was like returning to their hometown.

When passing by Lingxiao Peak, Zhu Di took Zhu Zhanji to the top, looked at Mobei, and saw the depression of thousands of miles.He turned his head and said to Taisun: "When the Yuan Dynasty was in its prime, this was the place where ordinary people lived, but now it is so desolate. The rise and fall of dynasties and the vicissitudes of life, as a king, you must observe."

Zhu Zhanji hurriedly wrote down, he knew that the emperor's grandfather was cultivating his emperor's spirit, and only by coming to this vast and boundless outside of the Great Wall can he arouse the infinite pride in the man's heart!

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In fact, this Northern Expedition is very similar to the route of the personal expedition four years ago, so for the Emperor Ming, it was a revisit of the old place, and there are so many places he named... such as when the whole army was short of water, to find For example, the "Qingliu River" named in Guangwu Town, and the stone monument by the riverside, written by the imperial pen, "The Sixth Division of Yu Shuo, Yong Choulu, Mountains and waters are clear, water Zhang Wowu'... Finding these memories is undoubtedly a pleasant thing.

But for Wang Xian and the others, this was purely a journey of hardships. When they first entered the grassland, the freshness of the high sky and clear sky and boundless expanse had long been exhausted by the hard march day after day. Rest for two days, and like the last Northern Expedition, the army will be stationed in the pre-built city fortress every time it marches to maintain the combat effectiveness of the army, but the fatigue is still accumulating like a mountain, even the young master Xianyun, who is facing the wind in Yushu, They were all unkempt, with disheveled beards, dull eyes, and a stench, let alone Wang Xian and the others.

"How many days have we been walking..." Wang Xian looked straight ahead, dragging his legs mechanically, and asked in a hissing voice.It's not that he can't ride a horse, but the officers and soldiers are exhausted, so he must lead by example and walk with everyone.

"It's been 38 days since I went out of the fortress. If I counted as leaving the capital, it's a full [-] days." Wu Wei has profound internal skills and can hold on better than others, but he has also changed from white and fat to dark and thin, and finally realized his wish to lose weight .

"It's been fifty days..." Wang Xian gasped and said, "Where are we now?"

"Capture Hu Shan." Wu Wei said.

"Oh." Wang Xian nodded, and after a long time Fang murmured: "It turns out that he has already left the border."

(End of this chapter)