People in Hongwu, from heavenly master to emperor master

At this time, it was already mid-May, and there was still one and a half months before the time Zhang Yi mentioned.

Chang Yuchun was not very familiar with the layout of the front in the north, because he was not the organizer of that battle after all.

All he can do is pass the news to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Let the emperor make his own choice.

When Zhu Yuanzhang received the news, it was already May [-]th.

He is in the imperial study, discussing the impact of the defeat with Li Shanchang and others.

In the imperial study room, there was endless debate.

Both Zhu Yuanzhang and Li Shanchang were caught in a tangle.

Among them, Li Shanchang was the most uncomfortable.

Within the Ming Dynasty, after three years of Hongwu, there have always been two voices regarding the response of the Beiyuan regime in the north.

One of them is that since the Ming Dynasty has taken back all the areas ruled by the Han Dynasty except the Hexi Corridor, it should use the Great Wall as a barrier to implement a defensive strategy so as to recuperate.

This set of strategies is also the strategy implemented by most dynasties in the past dynasties except the Han Dynasty.

From the perspective of the civil service group, if the imperial court launched too many wars, the resources would be shifted to military commanders. As far as the country was concerned, it was not good for recuperation, and it was also not good for the civil service group.

From the point of view of generals, even a relatively stable general like Xu Da could defeat the Mongols in one go.

Especially when Wang Baobao's main force didn't suffer too much damage.

Letting Wang Baobao and Bei Yuan grow up in Mobei is like raising tigers.

With such an army entrenched in the north, Ming's national defense pressure will become very large in the next dozen or so decades.

Rather than doing this, it is better to take advantage of Hongwu's three-year Northern Expedition victory and defeat the opponent in one fell swoop.

But Xu Da's victory became a reason for civil officials to oppose the Northern Expedition.

Madly admonished the emperor.

But what about Li Shanchang, where is his position?
As the head of the civil service, Li Shanchang knows very well where his foundation lies.
He is a civil official, but he is the old brothers and generals in Huaixi.

In the third year of Hongwu, besides Liu Bowen and Wang Guangyang, who were conferred by the emperor as the six princes and 28 marquises, they were the backers of Li Shanchang.

"Li Xiang, say something..."

When everyone was arguing endlessly, they finally focused all their eyes on Li Shanchang.

Everyone hopes that Li Shanchang will support his opinion, which makes Li Shanchang very embarrassed.

"Your Majesty, Chang Yuchun, Governor of Zhejiang Province, reports to the army..."

This military report finally saved Li Shanchang from the siege.

Zhu Yuanzhang asked people to come in and spread out the military newspaper.

When he saw Zhang Yi's name, his face changed drastically.

Zhang Yi went down the mountain, he knew it.

The boy asked his father to go down the mountain, but Lao Zhang refused.

The condition that Lao Zhang gave him was that he would be allowed to go down the mountain after three years of recuperation.

As a result, Zhang Yi grabbed Lao Mo in a blink of an eye and sneaked out.

It was precisely because Zhang Yi sneaked away that Zhu Yuanzhang also lost news of him.

So this kid sneaked into Chang Yuchun's place again?
General Zhu Yuanzhang read the newspaper up and down several times, with joy on his face.

"Everyone, the war is not over yet, and now is not the time to discuss this...

It's all gone! "

Originally, the emperor asked them to come to discuss the impact of this defeat, but Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly changed his mind.

Chang Yuchun's battle report seemed to play a very crucial role.

All the officials looked at each other in confusion. Hu Weiyong and Li Shanchang looked at each other, wondering what exactly Lao Chang said to make Zhu Yuanzhang so excited?
"Wei Chen retire!"

Lao Zhu didn't want to say it, and the officials naturally wouldn't ask.

They left the imperial study one after another and returned to their jobs.

"Li Xiang, it looks like our Daming's strategic change from now on is irreversible...

But His Majesty has not made up his mind! "

Li Shanchang glanced at his so-called student and pondered his true wishes.

He asked:
"Then what do you think about this matter? Should we defend the Great Wall, or continue the Northern Expedition?"

Hu Weiyong lowered his head and said:

"Li Xiang's opinion is the student's opinion!"

He was being cunning, but Li Shanchang understood that even Hu Weiyong, who was close to him, actually agreed to defend the Great Wall and opposed the Northern Expedition.

He sighed. Probably the only person in the court who could stand with him was the emperor in the imperial study behind him. ,

But even if he is an emperor, how long can he last?
Zhu Yuanzhang really didn't want to give up, and as Li Shanchang guessed, he also wanted to compromise.

Chang Yuchun's military newspaper gave him a glimmer of life.

Xu Dalingbei was defeated. Although Wang Baobao was frightened by his previous record and did not pursue the victory, it gave the Ming army a chance to breathe.

But this big defeat has almost set the stage for the failure of the Northern Expedition.

If Zhang Yi predicted the defeat of Duantou Mountain, if it really happened, Xu Da's Central Route Army would be completely irreversible.

However, if the Ming Dynasty's army can win back a city in the battle of Duolingshan.

At least in this Northern Expedition, we won’t lose too badly.

Even, you can bite off a piece of meat from the Mongols.

"This kid, I don't know whether to call him Crow's Mouth or my lucky star!"

Zhu Yuanzhang swept away the unhappiness of the past few days and laughed heartily.

This information from Zhang Yi was too timely for Zhu Yuanzhang.

He did not doubt the authenticity of this information at all, and it was not the first time for Lao Zhu to obtain information from history books.

In the second year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang witnessed the accuracy of Zhang Yi's intelligence on the Japanese pirates along the coast.

"Biao'er, grind it for me!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was so excited that he asked Zhu Biao to come over and grind it for him.

Zhu Yuanzhang copied Chang Yuchun's military report, and in a very solemn tone, asked Xu Da to make the best use of the battle at Guillotine Mountain!
After he finished writing, he ordered people to rush to the front line eight hundred miles away.

"Father..."

Zhu Biao had already read Chang Yuchun's military report, and his face was filled with joy.

The Battle of Lingbei put too much pressure on the emperor, whether it was for the court or not.

This defeat seemed to pour cold water on Daming.

It made the civil and military officials feel cold.

Zhu Biao was very worried about the situation in the court. The public opinion in the entire Ming Dynasty seemed to be going from one extreme to another.

The superiors, seeing such a trend, naturally have to work hard to balance.

But nothing could balance this emotion better than a front-line victory.

"The younger brother of the Zhang family is really the lucky star of my Daming!

I don't know when I can meet him again! "

Zhu Biao's voice brought back memories of Zhu Yuanzhang.

He smiled and nodded. He just said "brat" and didn't say anything more?
……

May 25,
Mobei,

Xu Da walked in the barracks, comforting the soldiers.

On his face, there was no sense of frustration caused by failure, but he was still full of confidence.

But only Xu Da knew that anxiety and self-blame had been bothering him.

It's just that as a commander, he couldn't express his emotions. After the Lingbei battle, the morale of the Ming army dropped at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Xu Da returned to his tent and sighed:

"Probably in the past few years, everything has gone so smoothly. Neither I nor the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty have experienced the baptism of failure..."

During these days, Xu Da, apart from dealing with the Yuan army's harassment, has been reflecting on his own mistakes.

It is not difficult for him to find that all this is because of his underestimation of the enemy.

The initial strategy for this Northern Expedition was for three armies to respond to each other and attack steadily to lure the enemy southward.

Mobei is not comparable to Shanxi and Shaanxi, which are traditionally controlled areas of the Central Plains dynasty.Here, Daming's army has too much strangeness.

The strategy that Lao Zhu decided at the beginning was that after the Ming army penetrated deep into Mobei, they would advance steadily and step by step.

But because he wanted a historical achievement so much, and Lan Yu's victory made him unable to see the situation clearly.

He fell into Wang Baobao's trick to lure the enemy.

The three-way army pulls and mobilizes the whole body.

Xu Da's aggressiveness also brought great trouble to Li Wenzhong.

Among the three armies, Xu Da's middle army has the heaviest task, but Li Wenzhong's east army is the easiest to achieve a wonderful victory.

But Li Wenzhong's performance was very disappointing...

"Li Wenzhong, after all, it's not Chang Yuchun...

It's good that Yuchun is here! "

When Xu Da sighed, the soldiers outside reported that the imperial court had a secret order from His Majesty.

He didn't dare to be negligent, so he hurriedly asked someone to present it. After letting the soldiers go out, Xu Da opened Zhu Yuanzhang's secret decree.

"Sleepy Mountain, Tang He is defeated!"

When Xu Da saw the contents of the secret decree, his face changed greatly in shock.

"prophecy!

July eleventh! "

Xu Da's face turned blue and then pale, he came to his senses and looked at it carefully again.

Zhang Yi, prophecy.

When it comes to the mysterious expert behind His Majesty, Xu Da probably understands that this is the prophecy of the little real person on Longhu Mountain.

Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang said clearly that Zhang Yi had already predicted the failure of the Northern Expedition before the war started.

He remembered the last time the emperor warned him not to be arrogant, Xu Dadeng blushed.

It turned out that people had seen his defeat a long time ago and reminded him, but he still did not change his destiny.

Zhu Yuanzhang also learned the lesson from last time, because he did not speak clearly last time, so Xu Da did not realize the seriousness of the matter.

This time, Zhu Yuanzhang explained Zhang Yi's prediction in detail.

Among them, it also includes the battle to ambush Japanese pirates in the second year of Hongwu.

Only now did Xu Da understand that Zhang Yi's incident was also the result of Zhang Yi's prophecy.

In other words, Tang He's big defeat at Broken Head Mountain will definitely happen?

Xu Da's hairs immediately stood on end. If this was the case, the Northern Expedition would fail completely.

The Central Route Army has the heaviest task, and one of its functions is to echo Li Wenzhong.

If the Central Army is defeated, Li Wenzhong will definitely not get any favors.

And the impact on the West Route Army is also great.

Xu Da stood up and was about to call someone over to write a letter to remind Tang He...

His hand was fixed in mid-air without moving.

If what happened at Sleepy Hollow was inevitable, why did he tell Tang He?
Lao Zhu explained to Xu Da the influence of glimpses of history.

If Tang He doesn't know, does it mean that he can use this inevitable ambush to fight a turnaround?

This is also what the emperor hinted at between the lines.

Xu Da breathed a sigh of relief.

Turn around, walk to the edge of the map, and find the location of Sleepy Hollow.

"I see!"

As a famous general, it is actually not difficult to predict the result of the battle in more than a month based on the past battle situation.

He had roughly predicted why Tang He would appear in Sleepy Hollow.

And if the opponent is at Sleepy Hollow, which troops will choose to set up an ambush?

If it works well, maybe there will be some turning points for this failed Northern Expedition.

Xu Da locked himself in the tent for three days and three nights.

For a while, the generals of the Ming army were in a hurry.

Even if the war is lost, if the coach fails to recover, it will be a devastating blow to the morale of the army.

Fortunately, Xu Da finally showed up on the third day, and unlike what others had imagined, his face was glowing red.

"You guys go away, this commander has his own plans, Lan Yu, come with me!"

Xu Da called Lan Yu into the tent.

"Lan Yu, I have an important task for you..."

Lan Yu was stunned, did General Xu have a back-up plan?
"Remember this commander, only His Majesty knows about this. You are the prince's in-law and Yuchun's younger brother. I trust you and am willing to give you this credit!

But if you mess up this matter, the emperor won't let you off easily! "

Xu Da knows Lan Yu's temperament. He is capable, but also has a very proud temper.

To put it bluntly, he is a bit unruly.

Apart from Chang Yuchun and himself, there probably weren't many people who could suppress him.

Xu Da trusted Lan Yu's ability, but not his temper.

Seeing that Emperor Xu Dalian had moved out, Lan Yu knew the importance of this matter.

"General Xu, what is it that is so important..."

"This matter is related to the victory or defeat of the Northern Expedition, just listen carefully..."

Xu Da gave Lan Yu some instructions, and the next day, Lan Yu left the station without a trace.

……

July [-]th,
Tang He and Chuzhou Commander Zhang Cundao and others led a fine cavalry to attack Yanghe, and the Yuan army ambushed at Duantou Mountain.

The Ming army was bound to be defeated, but a surprise soldier of the Ming army appeared on the battlefield, which completely changed the original situation.

The Mongols set up a game to deal with Tanghe, but they themselves became part of the game!

Tang He, who was originally ambushed, looked confused.

He really didn't know that Ming Dynasty still had a surprise army.

He couldn't believe it until he saw Sapphire's military flag.

But Tang He reacted immediately and killed the Yuan army!

This is the biggest good news after the defeat of the Central Army, Xu Da and Wang Baobao in the first battle.

The morale brought about by the Yuan Army's Battle of Lingbei was suppressed in this war.

Xu Da swept away the decadence of the past and started to attack.

At this time, he had completely let go of his complex of famous generals, and took the initiative to be a person who held back Wang Baobao.

He left the opportunity to the east and west armies.

Sure enough, there are checks and balances from the Central Army.

On the east and west roads, Li Wenzhong and Feng Sheng were finally able to let go of their hands and feet. The enemy on the west road was weak, and Feng Sheng was already invincible.

On the east side, Li Wenzhong swept away the decline and played several beautiful battles.

When the news reached the capital, Zhu Yuanzhang stood up excitedly and danced.

In the Battle of Lingbei, the strategic goals of Ming Dynasty’s third Northern Expedition were destined to fail.
But the battle at Duolingshan at least left some face to Ming Dynasty and defended some territory.

While Zhu Yuanzhang was excited, he remembered the key person in this matter, Zhang Yi.

In his heart at this moment, there is only gratitude to Zhang Yi.

"Ah!"

Qiongzhou, on Wuzhi Mountain.

Lao Mo wore a belt with a vigilant expression on his face.

He looked not far away, he was buying beru one mouthful at a time, and he sneezed at Zhang Yi, who was mingling with the local aborigines.

"Who is nagging me?"

Zhang Yi was stunned. (end of this chapter)