If I fail to overcome the tribulation, I can only return to the Ming Dynasty and become a prince.

Chapter 217
Because the strategic decision to garrison Belan was established, some of the troops from the Northern Expedition needed to stay here to wait for the imperial court to redeploy troops to change defenses with them before they could return to the Ming Dynasty.

This is obviously a hard job. Although the army has only been out for a few months, it is bitterly cold in Mobei. Even though spring has begun, the north wind blowing at night still makes people feel chilly. Even standing guard at night has become a kind of torture.

If Zhu Zhanquan hadn't ordered people to prepare things like braziers and winter clothes, and allowed the sentries to turn on the fire and make hot soup at night, standing guard at night would have really become a chore.

Fortunately, as the weather gradually gets warmer, it is not too difficult to stay in Belan when the temperature suddenly drops.

After all, this place has been the royal court of the grassland tribes since ancient times, and the water plants are still plentiful. Now that it is being cultivated, it is unlikely that it will be able to catch up with the summer planting.

The remaining army needed to suppress possible harassment by the Mongols, and also needed to build several more branch cities in the mountains around Belan Huchanwen to defend the main city. Therefore, Zhu Zhanqi left his Tianjin guards behind. After he came down, Zhu Di also left behind one new army and two ordinary guardsmen.

After the army left, the Tianjin Guards would be responsible for building the remaining fortresses. The guardsmen would then be dispersed and stationed in these fortresses to guard the Belan Hutan in the valley and at the same time reclaim the land in the valley. , prepare for summer planting.

The new Yiwei Army will always be stationed in the main city of Belanhu, and will send cavalry to patrol from time to time to resist possible harassment from the surrounding Mongolian tribes.

Zhu Di's new army was trained according to the training methods of Zhu Zhanqun's Qingyu Guards, so they also had cavalry, and because their cavalry were elites directly drawn by Zhu Di from the Three Thousand Battalions, they were even better at riding and horse fighting. It's even stronger than the Qingyu Guard's cavalry.

The four guards and horses will be stationed here for three to four months until the court sends new troops to replace them.

Because Zhu Di had already adjusted his policy towards Mongolia, the defense and management of Belanhu Chiwen became the top priority of the Ming Dynasty's strategy towards Mongolia. Not only did they need to send troops to garrison, but they also needed to send officials to manage the place and preside over discussions. Field things.

Obviously, this requires a practical person who is versatile in both civil and military affairs to be able to take charge of all these large and small affairs and handle the matter of Belanhu's hypothermia.

Although it cannot be said that such talents are not available in the Ming Dynasty, they are indeed rare. Everyone is either an important minister in the court or a feudal official guarding one side. Candidates who can be sent to Belanhu have to be carefully discussed after returning. Selected.

But fortunately, this can be put back a little bit. In a short period of time, Belan is still a military city. There will be only garrison troops here, so there is no problem in letting the generals of the garrison take care of it temporarily.

After arranging these things, the army finally waited for the last batch of food and grass, completed the supplies, and left enough food and grass for the four guards stationed in the camp. After that, the army officially set off under Zhu Di's order, and the squadron returned. towards.

Although the 10,000+ army has gone to the four guards and horses, it is still a very large number. When walking on the grassland, the troops lined up in a line cannot be seen from the beginning to the end. Maybe the front army has gone out for several miles and the rear army has not yet Set off.

He came here to fight, and Zhu Zhanquan was acting as a vanguard, so naturally he didn't have much time to appreciate the spectacular sight of the army's formation.But now that the army was returning, Zhu Zhanyu gave up his vanguard position to Liu Sheng, and hid in Zhu Di's middle army. He ate and mingled with him every day, so he naturally had free time to watch the spectacular scene of the army marching.

"Now you don't look like Master Jindan at all. Instead, you look more like a prince and grandson who has perished in the mortal world." The voice of the Dragon Girl came to Zhu Zhanchun's ears, with a hint of teasing smile in her words.

"I am the legitimate second son of the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty. My great-grandfather is the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty. My grandfather is the current emperor of the Ming Dynasty. My father is the future emperor of the Ming Dynasty. My eldest brother will also be the future emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Even my nephew I will be the emperor in the future. I am not like the prince, but I am the prince." There was a hint of pride in Zhu Zhanqi's tone, and he continued to add with a smile: "I am now the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. A first-class prince is the most powerful vassal king in the world. Even if I want to compete with my eldest brother for the throne, I will be the future emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

How can I not allow myself to act more recklessly and live a more relaxed life?

Practice?I have been cultivating for 800 years to achieve what I am today, but I was almost struck by a heavenly tribulation to the point of being knocked out of my mind. I don’t want to continue practicing in a short time, and I don’t want to resist another heavenly tribulation.

And you and I both know that there is no way to practice cultivation in this world because of the lack of spiritual energy. Although there is a small spiritual vein in the cave gourd that can meet my cultivation needs, I can't stay in the gourd forever, right? "

If he were in the world of cultivating immortals, Zhu Zhanjuan might indeed find a blessed place with abundant spiritual energy, live in seclusion, and try to survive the catastrophe again after he recovers from his injuries.

But in Daming, he doesn't have such urgent pressure, so why not make himself happier?

"You want to be free and at ease, but you are bound by your family and royal status, and you seem to be unwilling to use the means of cultivating immortals to suppress everything. How can this be called free and easy?" The dragon girl asked Zhu seriously. Zhan Yun, this is what she most puzzles about Zhu Zhan Yun.

"Is it necessary? Use the method of cultivating immortals to conquer everything, and then be jealous of my grandfather, be wary of my father, be disgusted by my elder brother, and finally even my mother will treat me as a god and offer me up. What's the point of living like that?" Zhu Zhanjuan asked Long Nu a question that went straight to his heart, and said: "And now the entire Ming Dynasty is almost at my disposal. Even if I want to be the emperor, what restrictions does this world have on me?
Being free and carefree is not the kind of person who does nothing and hides in a cave and watches the clouds rolling and relaxing. It's what I call free and easy. It's when I do what I want to do and don't do what I don't want to do. This is called free and easy. . "

"Is this the way you have understood?" Long Nu did not argue with Zhu Zhanyu, but thought carefully about what he said.

Perhaps these words sound like a prince who is in love with wealth and wealth in the world and is reluctant to part with the power of the world. Zhu Zhanquan is indeed a prince, but his other identity is that he has been cultivating for 800 years and is almost able to The real Jin Dan who survived the catastrophe!
He has passed the stage where he needs to abandon worldly desires to strengthen his Taoist heart. As a Jindan master, his current behavior can also be called playing in the world of mortals.

Therefore, Zhu Zhanchun's words may not be a kind of epiphany after attaining transcendence to Longnu.

(End of this chapter)