At the beginning of the civil castle, the Ming God of War was a little panicked

Chapter 118 Foreigner's Taro

On the Mobei grassland, the roar of artillery can be heard continuously.

Yexian felt very sad, because the Ming army's fighting style was too steady, and every time they would send a small group of troops with light artillery to attack and harass them. If they fought back, they would be the main force.

If you ignore it, or retreat, then the other side will be constantly harassed, and there will be no peace for a moment.

Moreover, after the Ming army gained an advantage, they were not greedy for merit, and moved their positions forward every time, and then set up camp.

Then, it will continue to be a small group of troops to mess with your mentality, and a large army will dominate the formation.

Faced with such a steady style of play, the Wala army retreated steadily.

Before he knew it, he had already retreated to the bank of the Kerulun River, and if he retreated further, he would almost see the Onan River.

However, the Ming army's rear continued to build camps, migrated people out of the customs, and stationed defenders. It was almost impossible to sneak attack on the rear's food and grass.

On my own side, the troops were constantly being consumed, and there were less than 15 of the [-] horses left.

It can be seen that the goal of the Ming army is not to win or lose this battle at all, but to completely occupy the grassland.

This battle was too useless!

At night, Yexian's large tent of the Chinese army.

Officers above the centurion were called and an emergency meeting was held.

"The Ming army is determined not to leave this time. The situation is already very critical. It even concerns the life and death of our troops. Don't be cautious. If you have any ideas, feel free to speak up."

Everyone has been suffocated for a long time, and now you talk to each other, and the discussion is very intense, but most of them have the same meaning, a decisive battle with the Ming army!
Ye Xian's face was heavy, and he said in his heart that if he could fight, I don't need to ask you?
"I understand everyone's opinions, but the firepower of the Ming army is too fierce, and this matter needs to be discussed in the long run!"

Seeing the profuse hesitation, everyone couldn't help feeling a little discouraged.

"Grand Master, the Ming army has already reached the door of the house, should we just keep retreating like this?"

Ye first frowned and said: "Even if you want to fight, it's not now, what's going on over there?"

"Our scouts were blocked by the Ming army, and we couldn't get in touch with the Dayan Ministry."

The Dayan tribe was the Tatar tribe. In the Ming Dynasty, Eastern Mongolia was called Tatar, and Western Mongolia was called Wala.

Oala called himself Oirat and called Tatar Dayan.

The Tatars called themselves Dayuan orthodox or Mongolian orthodox. No matter how powerful Oala was, in the eyes of Tatars, only the blood of the Golden Family was eligible to become the overlord of the grassland.

He also thought about it for a while, and finally made up his mind, saying: "At this point, our army has no way to retreat. The order will be passed on. All men over the age of 14 and under the age of 60 from all grasslands will go into battle and fight the Ming army!"

There is no way to retreat, we can only fight with our backs.

After winning the battle, the army marched southward, approaching the capital, where the fertile land of the Central Plains has countless women and food.

If you lose...

I didn't dare to think about it first.

In the desert, the high-ranking ones are the brave ones.

This battle is about life and death.

Zhu Qizhen, oh, Zhu Qizhen, I thought I was just an ignorant baby emperor, but I didn't expect that you made me look down upon you!
Whether it is life or death depends on this final battle.

What I didn't know was that Yu Qian was in charge of commanding the Ming army, because Zhu Qizhen had already run away.

Three days ago, Wang Zuo, Minister of the Household Department, sent a memorandum to the front line, saying that the potatoes were in possession, and now he has personally brought people to Yumu River.

Zhu Qizhen was immediately very excited. If he could get potatoes, the problem of emigrating to the grassland would be completely solved.

Now that the morale of the Ming army is high, Yu Qian's command is as stable as an old dog, and it doesn't make sense to stay on the front line by himself. He might as well go to the rear and see how the construction outside the pass is progressing.

All the way to the south, there are camps rising every ten miles. The buildings are all made of cement concrete, which is very efficient.

Yumuchuan Daying has been built into a town scale, and the people are distributing grain seeds and reclaiming wasteland, and the deserted grassland in the past has begun to breathe life.

Hubu Shangshu Wang Zuo, Wu Canghai and others have been waiting for many days.

Zhu Qizhen looked at the potato in front of him with great interest, and then the smile on his face gradually froze.

Wang Zuo asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, what's wrong with this thing...?"

Zhu Qizhen scratched his head and asked, "Is this a potato?"

"This this……"

Seeing that the situation was not right, Wang Zuo immediately became nervous, secretly glanced at Wu Canghai, and said to himself that you have made me miserable!

Wu Canghai had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "Criminal Wu Canghai, long live my emperor!"

"Criminals?" Zhu Qizhen asked puzzledly, "What is the crime?"

Wu Canghai hurriedly replied: "The criminals are people from Guanzhong, Shaanxi. Ten years ago, there was a severe drought in Shaanxi, and there was no harvest. He didn’t dare to use his own name anymore, so he gave himself a new name called Wu Canghai.”

This time Wu Canghai learned his lesson, and didn't mention anything about robbing the rich family's granaries in the county, only saying that he went out to sea to smuggle for his livelihood.

Sure enough, Zhu Qizhen didn't care about his experience, but asked: "So, you found this thing?"

Wang Zuo was extremely nervous. It could be seen that the emperor attached great importance to potatoes, and it seemed that the thing Wu Canghai got was not quite right...

"The sinners have met some Nanyang merchants during the years when they went to sea. The sinners bought these at a high price from foreigners. They said they were called potatoes. I don't know if they are the potatoes the emperor said."

"Potatoes?"

Hearing a groan, Zhu Qizhen pulled out the sword at his waist with his backhand. Wang Zuo and Wu Canghai were so frightened that they lay down on the ground, not daring to breathe.

At this moment, Wang Zuo regretted it in his heart. If he couldn't find it, he said he couldn't find it. Now it's better, and it's self-defeating.

Zhu Qizhen raised the sword and cut open the potato in front of him, then picked it up and took a bite.

Potato, as the name suggests, is the taro that foreigners eat, um... it is really taro!

"It's not potatoes, it's taro, but it's bigger than ours."

Zhu Qizhen raised his head, only to find that the two were lying on the ground trembling, and asked in surprise, "Wang Aiqing, what's wrong with you?"

Wang Zuo was thinking about how to put the blame on Wu Canghai, when he heard what the emperor said, he felt a little relieved.

It turned out to be a false alarm and scared the old man to death!
"The emperor said that this is not a potato, it is... taro?"

"Yes, it's taro!"

Zhu Qizhen sighed, the yield of this kind of taro must be very good, but it's a pity that this kind of taro is not resistant to cold, so it can only be promoted in the south.

Wang Zuo wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, and said: "The old minister is incompetent, he can't find potatoes, so please punish him!"

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