Daming: I can’t kill such a greedy prince-in-law?

Chapter 597: I was tricked again! (Subscribe please!!)
You were so resistant just now, but now you agree so firmly.

This change happened too quickly.

Is there some conspiracy?
Zhu Yuanzhang grumbled to himself, but now that Ouyang Lun had already agreed, if he questioned him again, it would make people think that he, Zhu Yuanzhang, was deliberately making things difficult for him.

Seeing Ouyang Lun agreed.

Lan Yu said proudly, "Prince Consort Ouyang, this time His Majesty has asked me to lead the three armies to conquer the Northern Yuan Dynasty. I'll leave the logistics to you!"

After a pause, Lan Yu continued, "This incident happened suddenly, and supplies and military funds must be tight. I have to trouble Prince Consort Ouyang to take more care of it. If it is not done well, I will complain to His Majesty and the Emperor!"

"Of course, we cannot rule out the possibility of military prosecution!"

Ouyang Lun simply ignored Lan Yu's smug look and remarks.

Ouyang Lun saluted Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao, "Your Majesty, please rest assured, since I have accepted this task, I will definitely do it well!"

"In fact, this logistics matter is the simplest!"

After hearing what Ouyang Lun said, Zhu Yuanzhang's worries were immediately reduced by half. After all, in his impression, Ouyang Lun was a man who could do what he said and had never failed. With Ouyang Lun speaking, the logistics problems of the Ming army would definitely be solved.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang was still a little worried. This time the decision to attack the Northern Yuan Dynasty was a completely temporary one. You must know that before this, the Ming Dynasty's plan to attack the Northern Yuan Dynasty was not to be implemented until the Beijing-Pingcheng Railway was completed and put into use, which took at least several years.

Therefore, the Ming Dynasty was not well prepared to attack the Northern Yuan Dynasty.

However, it was very difficult for Ouyang Lun to solve the problems of military expenditure and supplies in a short period of time.

It depends on how Ouyang Lun handles it.

As for the civil and military officials, they were quite supportive of Zhu Yuanzhang's appointment of Ouyang Lun as the chief logistics manager. Both the Huaixi Party and the centrists, although they were either hostile to Ouyang Lun or jealous of him, they all recognized his abilities.

In their opinion, the only person who could raise enough military funds and supplies in a very short period of time and do it well was Ouyang Lun!

Moreover, as the chief logistics manager, he would not get much credit if they win, but it would be easy to take the blame if they lose. Such a troublesome task naturally cannot be done by one's own people. No matter how you think about it, Ouyang Lun has to be the chief logistics manager.

Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a moment and spoke again: "This time, dealing with the Northern Yuan Dynasty is related to the stability of the borders of our Ming Dynasty for the next few decades, so we must not be careless. Therefore, the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty must also join in. Of course, the main responsibility of attacking the Northern Yuan Dynasty is still on your side, Lan Yu."

When Lan Yu, who was smiling just now, heard what Zhu Yuanzhang said, her smile froze instantly.

Although Lan Yu was impulsive and reckless, he was not stupid. What Zhu Yuanzhang meant by this was to let the princes guarding the border get involved and have a share of the pie.

Ouyang Lun, who was in charge of logistics, certainly could not take away the credit from Lan Yu. However, it was different for the vassal kings who guarded the border. Once the war began, the entire vassal army would be mobilized by the vassal kings, and their strength should not be underestimated. If they were not careful, these vassal kings would be the first to defeat the Northern Yuan army, and then wouldn't Lan Yu's credit be lost? !

Being a general commanding an army but not getting the first credit, it would be not an honor but a shame!

Lan Yu was extremely dissatisfied when he thought of this, but this was arranged by the retired emperor Zhu Yuanzhang himself. If he objected at this time, Zhu Yuanzhang might replace him with someone else as the commander-in-chief of the three armies, which would be even more of a loss. So Lan Yu could only endure it.

The news from the Embroidered Uniform Guard was indeed quite accurate and timely.

The Ming Dynasty had just made up its mind to take action against the Northern Yuan Dynasty, but soon news came from various border tribes that they had noticed that the grassland had become somewhat unstable recently, with frequent troop movements and many more Northern Yuan cavalry outside the Great Wall!
These Northern Yuan cavalrymen may seem to be just one or two in number, but in fact they are scouts of the Northern Yuan army. They are responsible for collecting information from the Ming Dynasty and then using it to help the Northern Yuan army commander formulate a battle plan. The appearance of these Northern Yuan cavalrymen means that the Northern Yuan is indeed going to take action!
However, the Ming Dynasty court had already learned the news in advance and had made arrangements in advance, so everything became orderly.

Lan Yu, the Duke of Liang and the General of the Military Cabinet, was appointed as the General who Defeated the Enemy and personally led the army north. The frontier vassal kings, Prince of Yan Zhu Di, guarded Beiping, Prince of Ning Zhu Quan guarded Daning, and Prince of Jin Zhu Gang guarded Taiyuan, forming the three centers to coordinate the other vassal kings who guarded the border.

Of course, the imperial court has issued an order, but in order to assemble the army and have enough supplies to go out, all these need to be prepared.

Before this, most of the Ming Dynasty's resources, manpower, and material resources were allocated to the Beijing-Pingcheng Railway and other major projects. Now that war has broken out, these projects cannot be stopped, conflicts have arisen on many things, and the speed of allocation is extremely slow!

Looking at this progress, the most anxious people are Lan Yu and others.

As the General who defeated the enemy and was personally appointed by Zhu Yuanzhang and his son Zhu Biao, and the appointment was announced to the world through an imperial edict, Lan Yu was so proud when he was appointed and conferred the title, and now he was so anxious and angry!
What made Lan Yu even more uncomfortable was that he didn't even know where his army was, when they could gather and when they could set out!

Not only Lan Yu felt uncomfortable, but even the generals under him felt uncomfortable.

When they learned that Lan Yu had become the General Po Lu and was going to lead troops to destroy the Northern Yuan Dynasty, they were overjoyed!
They all dug out the general's armor that had been put away, wiped it clean, and put it on, ready to go into battle with General Lan Yu at any time. However, they wiped the armor over and over again, put it on and took it off countless times, but still did not receive any news from General Lan Yu.

Now the generals were anxious, and countless thoughts popped up in their minds.

"Could it be that the general doesn't think highly of me and won't take me with him to conquer the Northern Yuan Dynasty?"

"Could something have happened?"

"The imperial decree has been issued, why is there no movement outside?"

"No, I can't wait at home, I have to go find the general!"

In this way, the generals of the Huaixi Party came to the Duke of Liang's mansion one after another, clamoring to see the general.

"We are all the general's confidants, please let us in!"

"The army is about to set out. If you dare to stop me again, watch out for your head!"

"Get out of the way!" No matter how the servants of Duke Liang's mansion tried to dissuade him, the general wouldn't listen. They just wanted to see Lan Yu.

No matter how many servants there were in the Duke of Liang's Mansion, how could they stop these battle-hardened generals? Soon, these generals rushed in together.

Come to the hall.

Just then I saw Lan Yu sitting in a chair, thinking with a sad face.

Seeing Lan Yu, the general calmed down a little, but soon started yelling again.

"General, what's going on?!"

"Didn't we say we were going to send troops to conquer the Northern Yuan Dynasty? Why are you still sitting here?"

"That's right! Hasn't the imperial court issued an order? We should act quickly!"

"General, I am not being nosy. Our Huaixi Party has been suppressed by Ouyang Lun and the Prince Consort Party for so long. We are in such a mess that we can hardly even raise our heads in front of them! This expedition to the Northern Yuan Dynasty is a great opportunity!"

"Especially for the Beijing-Pingcheng Railway project, we have been so tolerant. For the sake of the so-called overall situation, the sons of Lao Hu and Lao Li have been exiled to the frontier! We must take this opportunity to teach Ouyang Lun a lesson!"

Although the Beijing-Pinggu Railway incident has passed and various forces have reached a consensus, the middle and lower-level generals of the Huaixi Party have been holding back their anger and have been looking for opportunities to retaliate!

Now that the battle with the Northern Yuan Dynasty is about to begin, the importance of these generals is becoming more and more important, and the weight of their words is becoming heavier. This is something everyone knows.

As long as they can successfully take down the Northern Yuan Dynasty this time, they will have made a huge contribution. Not only in the short term, Ouyang Lun and the Prince Consort's party will not dare to do anything to them, they can even ask the court to severely punish Ouyang Lun and suppress the Prince Consort's party in one fell swoop!

This is the logic of the Huaixi Party generals. Because of this, they seem particularly excited. However, after days of waiting, there is no definite news, which makes their excitement even more anxious!
"General, we have a great opportunity this time!"

"We really have to thank those people from Beiyuan. If they hadn't suddenly attacked us, we might not have had this opportunity!"

"Given Bei Yuan's current strength, this is like sending us merits!"

"My only worry now is that the Northern Yuan Dynasty is weak and will be defeated by us in a short time. Then we won't be able to show our strength, haha!"

"Yes, yes, I'm going to kill as many people as I can on the battlefield this time! I've been feeling so pent up these past two years!"

Perhaps it was because they saw the presence of General Lan Yu, the generals felt less worried. Even though Lan Yu did not respond to their concerns, they were still very positive and excited, showing that they were fully confident about this expedition!
The Huaixi generals had fought battle after battle with Zhu Yuanzhang, and they all crawled out of piles of corpses and had rich combat experience.

At this time, a general said, "But there is one thing we must be careful about. Although His Majesty has asked the general to lead the three armies this time, he has arranged for Ouyang Lun to be in charge of logistics. Although Ouyang Lun is well-known for his strong ability and good at solving various problems!"

"But, the Prince Consort Party led by Ouyang Lun is ultimately at odds with our Huaixi Party. In a war, the battlefield is one part, and logistics is another. Moreover, this time we are going to fight in the enemy's territory, and it is all grassland. Once there is a problem with logistics, let alone annihilating the Northern Yuan Dynasty, it will be a problem whether we can survive!"

Once these words were spoken, the worries in the hearts of the Huaixi generals were completely exposed.

"Yes! Speaking of which, I have long felt that something is wrong. Your Majesty and the Emperor have issued the decree for several days, but we still haven't figured out when to set out. Isn't this ridiculous!"

"It's not like we haven't been on a campaign before, but this is the first time we've encountered such a strange situation!"

"That's right. The conditions weren't so good before, but once the court issues an order to issue the certificate, we won't have to wait too long to set off!"

"Will Ouyang Lun take revenge on us after becoming the logistics manager?"

"Take out the three words 'will or will not'. I think Ouyang Lun is already taking revenge on us! Otherwise, how could we have waited for so many days? How could we have come to the general?"

The Huaixi generals talked to each other, and the atmosphere in the hall became more and more tense and serious.

To be honest, the reason why they came to find Lan Yu today was that they were unsure. At first, they felt much better when they saw Lan Yu sitting well, but as the discussion became more in-depth, their worries became more serious.

When it comes to fighting, these Huaixi generals are experts among experts, but logistics is their weak point. The key is that logistical supplies are very important. Without sufficient supplies, even the most powerful generals and soldiers cannot win the battle!
The Huaixi Party led by Li Shanchang and Lan Yu and Ouyang Lun and the Prince Consort Party have been at loggerheads with each other in the past two years. Officials on both sides dislike each other, and before, it was mostly the Huaixi Party that targeted Ouyang Lun and the Prince Consort Party!
Now that Lan Yu has become the commander-in-chief of the three armies to conquer the Northern Yuan Dynasty, everyone with a discerning eye knows that as long as Lan Yu successfully conquers the Northern Yuan Dynasty, the good days of the Prince Consort Party will be over. So if Ouyang Lun deliberately fights against them at this time, it will easily lead to their failure!

In addition, the expeditionary army has been inactive recently, which makes people think of this.

While the Huaixi generals were worried, Lan Yu had been worried for a long time. This was also the reason why he had not spoken before the Huaixi generals came in. He thought of everything the Huaixi generals said and was worried about it. He also thought of things that the Huaixi generals had not thought of and was worried about it!

After thinking for a long time and listening to the words of the generals, Lan Yu slowly spoke, "To be honest, Ouyang Lun is a very capable guy. He came from a remote county in Northern Zhili and worked his way up to the highest position in the court today. Who would believe you if you said he was just an ordinary person?"

"There are so many rumors out there. Many people say that Ouyang Lun is the biggest corrupt official in the Ming Dynasty, but he is still safe and sound. Is it because the Emperor and His Majesty do not hate corrupt officials and do not punish them? It is not that Ouyang Lun is too capable. If they really killed Ouyang Lun, the Emperor and His Majesty would definitely not be willing to do so!"

"What a pity that someone like Ouyang Lun is not one of our Huaixi disciples!"

Although Lan Yu was reckless, as the commander-in-chief of the three armies, he was naturally no mediocre person. He was also well aware of Ouyang Lun's abilities. If Ouyang Lun was a member of the Huaixi Party from the beginning, how could the Huaixi Party have reached this point today!
Of course, this assumption is just a thought and does not have much reference value.

Lan Yu was also waiting for the military funds and resources to be in place. He was also worried that Ouyang Lun would take advantage of this opportunity to control logistics to attack his Huaixi Party. If that were the case, it would be a big problem.

After all, although Lan Yu is now the commander-in-chief of the three armies, he also has competitors.

(End of this chapter)