Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 263 My name is Li Dingguo

"kill!"

"call out--"

On the first day of July, when Ming Dynasty was busy with natural disasters and party disputes, a large-scale war broke out in the vast land of Liaobei.

Looking down from the dome of the sky and wearing white armor, Jianlu of the two white flags is leading tens of thousands of Mongols to kill other Mongols in a city.

Not only that, there are tens of thousands of Mongols colliding and confronting each other outside the city.

This is the fried flower city of the native tribe (Neikarka), and today was supposed to be the annual meeting of the native tribe, but the meeting was disrupted by uninvited guests.

"Tell Huang Taiji! I want [-]% of people and iron!"

On the edge of the battlefield, in the center surrounded by thousands of guards, under the big flag representing the Mongolian Khan, a very young Mongolian is giving orders to a Han beside him.

"Hehe, don't worry, Big Khan. Lord Belle said that you can take all the iron, and all the armor is yours. We only need all the Han Chinese and [-]% of the Mongols among the barbarians."

A familiar voice sounded, and the flattering Fan Wencheng was respectfully returning the salute to the young Mongolian, and this person was naturally Lindan Batur, who was called the Great Khan of Mongolia, and Chaha who was called a tiger and a rabbit by the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Erlin Dan Khan.

While they were chatting, a large army on the battlefield charged towards where they were, and when they were about to reach the front of the formation, they were quickly blocked by Chahar's cavalry.

But even so, the distance between the two sides was only a few hundred steps.

Lin Dan Khan could clearly see that the Mongols of the barbarian tribe were slaughtered by his own men, but he had no idea about it.

Anyway, the barbarians have always disobeyed him. If so, it would be better to slaughter them and annex them!

"Abu! Huang Taiji led troops into the city, in case the city falls..."

Among the rebellious army, Chaohua's son spoke to Chaohua, and Chaohua also took a look at the situation on the battlefield, but found that there was no way to divide the troops.

Lin Danhan, Huang Taiji, and Oba, the leader of the Horqin tribe, together entangled [-] soldiers and horses to go south, but they only had [-] soldiers and horses here.

The army suffered a surprise attack, causing thousands of casualties. Now that they have no strength to protect themselves, how could they break through?

"Lindan Batur, you actually colluded with Huang Taiji to kill my followers!"

Thinking of this, Chaohua roared angrily, but his voice disappeared completely within a few feet in the chaos.

He turned his head to look at Zhong Nenbeiler, and asked loudly: "Daning's reinforcements haven't arrived yet?!"

"It will take at least two hours!" Zhong Nen responded loudly while killing the enemy.

It is at least ninety miles from Chaohua City to Liaohe County, the northernmost place of the Ming army. Today's Chaohua only hates that when Xiong Tingbi proposed to station a Ming army in Chaohuacheng, he rejected the other party's suggestion.

If I agreed to it at the beginning, at least one battalion of Ming troops would be stationed here now.

That was a battalion of the Ming army with a battalion of vehicles. If they were there, tens of thousands of people might not be able to enter the formation without the enemy's artillery.

It's just that it's too late to say anything now, it's impossible for the Ming army to come across a distance of nearly a hundred miles in an instant...

"kill!"

In anger, Chaohua led people to kill Lin Danhan, and was finally swallowed by the enemy.

Two hours later, the setting sun appeared, and He Shixian who arrived here with [-] cavalry only saw thousands of corpses and the Chaohua City being burned.

"Clean the battlefield, pass the news to the other barbarian tribes, release the Tangqi, and see where the enemy troops have retreated!"

Riding on horseback, He Shixian commanded the soldiers and horses under his command in an orderly manner, much more mature than two years ago.

When the soldiers and horses under his command started to do what he said, he also took a look at the burned city of Chaohua, and couldn't help cursing:
"Desperate to save face, now I have to come and wipe your ass for you!"

He Shixian cursed and cursed, and two quarters of an hour later, his men found the decapitated Chaohua and the corpses of the leaders of the barbarian tribes on the battlefield.

Seeing this, He Shixian also knew that this was a good time to annex the barbarians, so he immediately said to the people behind him:
"Eight hundred miles, hurry up, send the news back to Shenyang and tell Xiong Jinglue!"

"Yes……"

The cavalry rushed back to Shenyang overnight, and He Shixian also divided the soldiers and horses into three groups, and went to the three major tribes of the barbarians, preparing to stabilize the survivors of Taiji in each tribe.

And when the news was sent back to Shenyang, it was already dawn the next day. Xiong Tingbi who received the news was so angry that he didn't even drink the porridge, so he cursed directly:
"At the beginning, I heard that when I stationed a battalion of soldiers and horses, nothing would happen. I was desperate to save face. Now I have ended up with a head separated!"

"The most important thing right now is to solve the barbarian matter. Your Highness is far away in northern Shaanxi, and it will be too late when the news arrives." Just as Xiong Tingbi finished scolding, Yuan Yingtai continued:
"According to His Royal Highness's temperament, I'm afraid he will take advantage of the fact that Chaohua and Tuman have many Taijis killed, and take the opportunity to recover the tribes of Tuman and establish Taining Mansion."

"It's just that Jianlu, Horqin, and Hutudun are getting mixed up right now, and we don't know whether they are forming a short-term alliance or a long-term alliance."

"If it's a long-term alliance, will they win over Harqin? Bo Yunai has always been my enemy in the early years."

"If they are wooing Bo Hannai, and we take the opportunity to recover Taining, then things will be difficult."

Yuan Yingtai's words are not without reason, they are blind at the moment, Jin Yiwei has not sent back the news of the alliance between Jianlu and Chahar, it is normal for them to not know how to do it for a while.

In this regard, Xiong Tingbi was also in a dilemma, but when he thought about the Hetao, he immediately made a decision:

"His Highness has already taken the Hetao, and this indirectly threatens Harqin."

"If Uncle Huanai is moved, then he will definitely send troops, regardless of whether we take back the three tribes of Tuman or not."

"What's more, there are Shangzhi guards in Beizhili. Although there are no four cavalry guards and Daning three guards, there are other nine guards and many Shangzhi arch guards."

"What I mean is, take back the three tribes of Tuman first!"

"Yes, but I'm afraid we need to play Long Live, and we will continue to increase troops to temporarily stabilize the three major departments." Yuan Yingtai was much more thoughtful than Xiong Tingbi.

"Send another six battalions. Counting He Shixian's three battalions, there will be a total of nine battalions. The old man will personally lead the troops."

Xiong Tingbi is going to personally go to the three tribes of native barbarians, such a move also shows the urgency of the matter.

Yuan Yingtai didn't stop him either, but sent someone to send the news to the capital after the two parties discussed it.

It's just that they didn't know that at the same time as they were leaving, Bo Yungai of Harqin had already raised his troops to attack Baima Pass...

"put!"

"Boom bang bang-"

Outside the White Horse Pass, the exchange market in the mountain road at the moment has been burned down, and Bo Yunai outside the pass is leading more than [-] cavalry from the Karaqin tribe, and [-] rangers are plundering the exchange market.

At the moment of Baima, He Shouyi, a thousand households of the Jinwu Guard, took a telescope and saw the scene of the burning market and the [-] cavalry in Karaqin.

"The Hulu's heart is cunning! When reinforcements arrive, he will be killed!"

He Shouyi slammed his fist on the female wall, and the deputy Qianhu next to him tried to persuade him:

"Fortunately, everyone has withdrawn. Fortunately, the people below have noticed that these guys have bad intentions. Otherwise, the market will be burned down, and the merchants in the imperial store will also be intercepted and killed."

"What's the matter? It means that we are not cavalry, otherwise I would have rushed out and chopped off the dog's head!" He Shouyi cursed.

Why did they suffer from being stabbed in the back?The more than ten thousand iron cavalry of this uncle are all accumulated by relying on the trade in the past few years, but now it is better, use Daming's iron to fight against Daming!
"The news has already been sent back to the Yanshan camp. The camp is only seventy miles away from here, and there are two guards, Shence and Baotao. At most, the army will arrive tomorrow."

Deputy Qianhu was still comforting He Shouyi, but He Shouyi was gnashing his teeth:

"If it wasn't for the fact that the cavalrymen of the three guards hadn't come back after they were transferred to fight Hetao, Bo Dao would definitely be bleeding here today."

"Okay, don't talk about it, let's calculate the loss of the Huangdian. The news of Bo Yunai's rebellion has been known by His Highness. I am afraid that the second sweep of the North is not far away."

"If His Highness sweeps north, I would rather be a pawn of the four cavalry guards. In short, I have to kill a few barbarians in Harqin to get rid of my hatred."

He Shouyi was still cursing, and there were not a few people who were cursing like him. After all, what Bo Yunai had done could be said to be a slap in the face.

Not only the Shangzhi troops at Baimaguan, but also when the news came back to the Yanshan camp, the guards of Shence and Baotao, who were resting today, also loaded their armors into vehicles and started a rapid march north to help.

The students of Yanshan Academy heard the whistle of the siren, and all of them ran out of the academy and saw the army going north.

Listening to Dajun's abuse, they also understood what was going on.

"I just said that this group of barbarians cannot be trusted. Your Highness should have dealt with them before going out!"

"Shouldn't you be able to call in?"

"How could it be possible to break in? There are a thousand households at Baima Pass, and even Bo Yun has artillery and can't break in."

"In the future, it seems that you have to be careful when you go to the battlefield. These Hulu don't recognize their kindness, so be careful of stabbing them in the back."

There were shouts and curses at the gates of several universities, some were worried, while others were venting their anger.

"Brother, do you think His Highness will send troops to sweep the North again after he comes back?"

In the crowd, a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy pulled a young man with a weak crown in front of him, and the man turned his head and subconsciously replied:

"Of course! How could His Highness be at a disadvantage! That is, we haven't graduated this year, otherwise I would join the army and kill two tartars after all!"

"Okay, okay, Li Zicheng, stop bragging, and you still kill Tartars, and my elder brother didn't say anything!"

Just as Li Zicheng opened his mouth, he was ridiculed by a young man next to him.

Li Zicheng heard the sound and looked around, and suddenly saw his deadly enemy Cao Ruijiao, and next to Cao Ruijiao were the burly and tall Cao Bianjiao, and the well-proportioned Cao Dingjiao.

Although Cao Bianjiao was only sixteen years old, he was far taller than Li Zicheng, reaching a height of five feet six inches, and his figure was very burly.

Cao Bianjiao almost dominated all kinds of martial arts such as riding and archery in the previous examinations of the university, and Li Zicheng could only be inferior to him.

But this does not mean that Li Zicheng's force is comparable to Cao Bianjiao, but that there is no other ranking among them.

In the Jiaozhi competition, Li Zicheng was thrown to the ground by Cao Bianjiao almost in a face-to-face encounter, and he never even had the chance to resist.

So after discovering that Cao Bianjiao was looking at him, Li Zicheng avoided the other person's eyes with a guilty conscience, but the next second he realized that he was crowded, and immediately looked back.

As a result, in such a short time, Cao Bianjiao turned around and took Cao Dingjiao and Cao Ruijiao away from the crowd.

Obviously, in Cao Bianjiao's view, cursing and cursing are meaningless, it is better to study martial arts and the art of war diligently, and after graduation in September next year, go to the battlefield and kill a few tartars.

There are not a few people who think like Cao Bianjiao, even if it is Li Zicheng, if his younger brother Li Zijing hadn't asked, I am afraid he would not bother to speak.

Therefore, after their group of leaders from all walks of life left, the remaining group of students also slowly dispersed, until finally when the army completely disappeared on the horizon, all the students also left the gate of the city.

It's just that the abuse of the students is over, but it has just begun in the capital.

"Bastard! How can I, Ming, feel sorry for these barbarians?! It's only been five years since I surrendered, and I rebelled again while my younger brother was leading the army?!"

"boom--"

In the Yangxin Hall of Qianqing Palace, when the sound of smashing things sounded, Zhu Youxiao's furious and cursing voice also made the maids and eunuchs in the hall tremble, and their hearts were terrified.

Not to mention them, even the five eunuchs shut their mouths at this moment, bowing their heads and waiting for the emperor to dissipate.

It's just that they obviously underestimated Zhu Youxiao's temper.

Perhaps it is the addition of many achievements that gave Zhu Youxiao a feeling of being a powerful Ming Dynasty, so he is now more proud than he was in history, so proud that he cannot allow anyone other than Zhu Youjian to offend him.

Even the Ke family has been complained by him in recent years, and this phenomenon has never happened before.

Thinking about it, no matter in terms of territory, martial arts, or Wenzhi, the five-year Ming Dynasty of Tianqi far surpassed the dozen or so emperors of the previous Ming Dynasty, and only Hongwu and Yongle could beat Tianqi.

Being stabbed in the back by the tribe of the subordinates and burning down the Huangdian Bazaar, which was the royal purse, is undoubtedly a slap in the face, slapping Daming in the face, slapping Zhu Youjian and Zhu Youxiao in the face.

At this moment, Zhu Youxiao doesn't want to know how Huang Taiji and Lin Danhan persuaded Bo Yungang to rebel. He just wants Bo Yungang to die and Karaqin to be wiped out!

"deliver an imperial order!"

Zhu Youxiao spoke suddenly, holding back his anger and said:

"Let Sun Yingyuan, the governor of the Governor's Mansion of the Eastern Army, be the governor of the North, and mobilize the Eastern Army from all over the place. I want to see Bo Yunai's head placed in front of the Taimiao before the end of the year!"

"Long live..." Hearing these words, Cao Huachun and Wang Chengen knelt down on the ground no matter how frightened they were, and said in mournful voices:

"The Battle of Hetao has just ended, Shaanxi and Shandong have suffered major disasters, and the rewards and pensions for the soldiers in the Battle of Hetao have not yet been distributed. If troops are mobilized at this time, the Yumajian and the Six Departments and Four Temples will not be able to pay for the money. "

Once the words of the two were spoken, Zhu Youxiao's suppressed anger could not be suppressed. He waved the expensive inkstone on the table and smashed it on the gold bricks in the hall:
"It's only three months before the autumn harvest, why can't you give me money? Why? My brother is not here, and even you are going to disobey me?!"

"I don't dare, it's just..." Cao Huachun wanted to explain, but Zhu Youxiao raised his hand and said:
"Wei Zhongxian, you draw up a decree and order Sun Yingyuan to return to Beijing as soon as possible to discuss the matter of conquering the North!"

"Slave maid... lead the decree..." Wei Zhongxian was also a little embarrassed. He was afraid that if he didn't do it, he would make the emperor unhappy, but he was afraid that if he did, Zhu Youjian would be dissatisfied with him afterwards.

"Let's all go out!"

Hearing that someone was doing something, Zhu Youxiao signaled everyone to go out, but the helpless Cao Huachun and Wang Chengen could only agree, stood up, bowed and saluted, and then exited the hall.

However, when the five of them left within a quarter of an hour, Zhu Youxiao regretted it.

He was angry just now, that's why he lost his composure, but now that he has calmed down, he also feels that this is not a good time to fight.

It's just that, as the emperor, the majesty of the emperor cannot be lost, so even though he knew he was wrong, he still held his face.

"It will be delayed until my brother comes back..."

Thinking that although he could not stop the imperial decree from being issued halfway, but he could delay Sun Yingyuan from leading the army for the time being, Zhu Youxiao had an idea, so he immediately said to Wang Ti at the door:
"Wang Tiqian, ordered people to hurry up and urge my brother to return to Beijing quickly."

"Your servant takes orders..." Wang Tiqian breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.

He has followed Zhu Youxiao for so many years, so he naturally knows what kind of character Zhu Youxiao is like.

Although the other party has not stopped the transmission of the imperial edict, urging His Royal Highness King Qi to return to the capital is the best way to give in.

I'm afraid that when His Royal Highness King Qi returns to Beijing, the commander-in-chief of Zhengbei will have to change.

Thinking of this, Wang Tiqian also ordered eight hundred miles to rush to Yan'an, and this rush was delivered to him almost within a quarter of an hour after Zhu Youjian took over the military information from Cao Wenzhao.

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"Your Highness, Long Live, please return to Beijing as soon as possible and take charge of the overall situation. As for the affairs of northern Shaanxi, I will leave it to Xu Bu Zhengshi."

In the snow, Jin Yiwei, who came from the capital in a hurry, bowed to Zhu Youjian in the car to convey the emperor's meaning, and Zhu Youjian also slightly nodded with a pale face:
"Understood, you return to the capital after a day's rest, and tell Brother Huang that you will leave for Beijing in a short time. As for the matter of sweeping the North, let's do it first, and I will talk about it when I go back."

"I take orders from a humble position..." Jin Yiwei returned the salute upon hearing the words, then got up and returned to the Jin Yiwei who followed the army according to his official rank.

When Zhu Youjian received the military situation in Liaodong, he had already issued an order to return to Yan'an Mansion. Now this Jinyiwei is also going to go back to Yan'an to rest for a night, and set foot on the way back tomorrow morning.

When he returned to the team, Wang Kentang, who was sitting in front of Zhu Youjian, closed the window, and then looked at Zhu Youjian worriedly:

"Your Highness, you should take good care of your current state. If you travel long distances, your condition may worsen."

"Guyou doesn't know..." Zhu Youjian, who pinched Shangen and felt a little more comfortable, sighed and said:
"All living beings are suffering, so how can one escape? A person's body is small, which delays the war, and the state's affairs are big."

"Take a two-day rest and return to Beijing after the four cavalry guards are assembled."

"This..." Wang Kentang didn't know how to answer Zhu Youjian's words, so he could only sigh and bow: "Yes..."

After all, he pushed open the door, got out of the car before the convoy moved, and returned to his carriage.

Not long after, the convoy continued on its way back to Yan'an until dusk, when the convoy returned to Yan'an Mansion, and after drinking the medicine, Zhu Youjian also wrapped himself in a bedding and fell into a deep sleep.

He just had a good night's rest, and he had to get up to deal with the military situation sent by Xiong Tingbi and Yuan Yingtai the next day.

The military situation was drafted and sent by Huang Taiji four days after he attacked the local barbarians. At the same time, he also sent Lu Wenzhao the reason why Beizhen Fusi did not respond to the attack.

Zhu Youjian first looked at Xiong Tingbi's handwriting, which only briefly described the barbaric things.

The matter is very simple, nothing more than the three major departments panic after learning that the Chaohua Department was razed, Chaohua and many Taiji and Baylor died.

According to what he and Yuan Yingtai agreed, Xiong Tingbi took the opportunity to confiscate the remaining military power of the three major ministries, and then agreed to move them to Daning Mansion to graze, and easily resolved the matter of the three major ministries.

Daming's territory in Liaodong opened up to the northwest for more than [-] miles, and together with the recovered Hetao, it completely surrounded Harqin in the middle.

Later, Xiong Tingbi asked to set up Taining Mansion, but the capital had not responded, so the handwriting was sent to Zhu Youjian.

Regarding Xiong Tingbi's approach, Zhu Youjian felt that there was no problem, so he just replied to ask him to strengthen the defense, and at the same time increase the small-scale war against Jianlu, so as not to let them idle.

Later, he opened Lu Wenzhao's letter, and the contents of the letter made him frown a little.

The content is very simple. Nurhachi killed all the North Korean smugglers, and the channel Beizhen Fusi had been using to obtain information was cut off.

It seems that Nurhachi noticed that there were spies from Jinyiwei among the Koreans and Han people, so he simply killed him.

As for the matter of Harqin, Beizhen Fusi learned about it through some tribal leaders who were dissatisfied with Bo Yunai.

The matter is very simple. Huang Taiji sent Fan Wencai, the brother of Fan Wencheng, to lobby Bo Yunai, and the words of the lobbying were very straightforward and simple.

"Zhu Youjian wiped out the three major ministries of Hetao today, the local barbarians tomorrow, and the Harqin the day after..."

A simple sentence, coupled with Huang Taiji's promise to use the iron ore in Cilu City to trade with the Karaqin tribe, Bo Yungai defected to Jianlu's side in this way.

In this regard, Zhu Youjian did not feel that Bo Yunxie's defection could affect the overall situation.

The reason why he was able to coerce so many small tribes to defect was also because of his strong headquarters.

However, judging from the information obtained by Beizhen Fusi, there are many tribes who are dissatisfied with Bo Yunai's destruction of the trade market.

In other words, as long as Bo Yunai's headquarters is destroyed, the other thirty-five tribes of Karaqin will obediently surrender, and Daming can regain the north of Yanshan Mountain and open up another three hundred miles of territory to the north.

So after reading the two reports, Zhu Youjian was not so worried about Liaodong. Instead, he fell asleep again shortly after drinking the medicine.

Until he was woken up the next day, he got into the carriage and set foot on the road back to the capital.

It's just that a scene he didn't expect appeared when the carriage drove out of the yamen.

Many people wearing cotton coats issued by the imperial shop surrounded both sides of the road, with unkempt hair and faces, looking eagerly at his carriage.

"Slow down, Your Highness!"

"Your Highness' kindness, we will remember forever!"

"Slow down, Your Highness!"

When some people dared to speak, the sound of farewell began to resound throughout Yan'an City.

Zhu Youjian didn't open the window, but he could hear the people's farewell sounds, and while his heart warmed, he couldn't help but lament how easy it was for them to be satisfied.

Perhaps for them, the dozens of catties of rice and the cotton coat on their hands are the best gifts this year.

It's just that these things are nothing more than one or two years of taxes collected by the Ming Dynasty from the land in their hands.

"Although there are tricky people...but if the imperial court is benevolent, how can the common people be tricky..."

Zhu Youjian sighed, but it was the carriage that stopped suddenly.

"who?!"

The sound of drawing a knife and yelling suddenly sounded, and Zhu Youjian also opened the car door upon hearing the sound.

Such a move made the Jin Yiwei on both sides very nervous, and they all stood in front of him, fearing that some assassins would secretly attack the people on both sides of the road.

Zhu Youjian didn't care about this. After he got off the carriage, he glanced at the place surrounded by four cavalry guards not far in front of the carriage, and walked over.

"Your Highness!"

"Your Highness!"

The people who saw Zhu Youjian became excited, and Zhu Youjian also walked into the surrounded place.

He thought he was some kind of vicious person, but he didn't want to push away everyone, but what he saw was a four or five-year-old child wearing a cotton padded jacket issued by the imperial store, with only ripped cotton trousers on his lower body, and one bare foot.

"Your Highness! That's my baby!"

"Your Highness, please forgive me, the baby is ignorant and was pushed to the front."

Two old peasant couples wearing brand-new cotton coats issued by the imperial store, but wearing tattered cotton trousers and cotton shoes with holes shouted for mercy. Zhu Youjian glanced at them, and then said to the people around him:

"Have you checked?"

"Return to Your Highness, I checked it, this is an ordinary child, there is no sharp weapon on him."

A general flag of Xiaoqiwei reported back, and Zhu Youjian nodded when he heard this, and his subsequent actions surprised everyone.

He bowed and picked up the doll, he didn't care that the dust on the doll made the expensive clothes dirty.

Holding the doll in his arms, he walked up to the dazed old peasant couple, lowered his head and asked the doll, "What's your name?"

After all, he was about to deliver the doll to the hands of the old farmer and his wife, but at this moment the doll turned to look at him and said:

"My name is Li Dingguo!"

(End of this chapter)