Daming: At the start of the showdown, Lao Zhu was stunned

Chapter 5 The Battle of Lingbei
Empress Ma is the adopted daughter of Zhu Yuanzhang's former boss Guo Zixing.Since marrying Zhu Yuanzhang, she has been virtuous and gentle, and has been devoted to her husband.Helped Zhu Yuanzhang out of the predicament many times.

Zhu Yuanzhang was imprisoned by Guo Zixing because of slander by villains, and Zhu Yuanzhang was not allowed to eat.After Empress Ma knew about it, she said, "Steal cooking cakes, hold them in your arms, and burn the meat." She hid the hot cooking cakes in her clothes and brought them to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Empress Ma is also a good helper in Zhu Yuanzhang's career.Zhu Yuanzhang once adopted some poor children as adopted sons, such as Li Wenzhong, Mu Ying, etc., are all listed here.Empress Ma treated these adopted sons as her own and taught them carefully.In the end, many of these righteous sons became the pillars of the Ming Dynasty, expanding the territory and guarding one side for the Ming Dynasty.

Empress Ma repeatedly advised Zhu Yuanzhang not to disturb the people and not to kill indiscriminately.Help Zhu Yuanzhang win the hearts of the people.In the 15th year of Zhengzheng, Zhu Yuanzhang was away on an expedition, and Empress Ma and some remnants of Zhu Yuanzhang were trapped in Gucheng and Zhouzhou.Empress Ma personally made shoes for the soldiers, encouraged them, comforted their families, and stabilized the rear.In the 20th year of Zhengzheng, when Chen Youliang's troops came to the city, people in the city were panicked, but Empress Ma was calm and calm. She took out all her gold and silk hairpin rings and exchanged them for gold and silver to reward the soldiers, stabilize the morale of the army, and played an important role in Zhu Yuanzhang's victory.

It can be said that Empress Ma contributed a lot to Zhu Yuanzhang's ability to expel Meng Yuan and establish Daming.

Not to mention that in the future, there will be countless loyal and good generals who were saved from being killed by the irritable and impulsive Zhu Yuanzhang because of the protection of Empress Ma.

Some people in later generations commented: Zhu Yuanzhang is an extremely sharp sword of the Son of Heaven.And Empress Ma is the scabbard of this sword.

This evaluation is very pertinent.

However, according to the original historical trajectory, Queen Ma will die of illness in Hongwu for 15 years, that is, ten years later.

After she died, the Tianzijian no longer has a scabbard.No one can persuade Zhu Yuanzhang anymore, the blood of the Daming Dynasty Hall that Zhu Yuanzhang will kill is flowing into rivers.

Zhu Su didn't care whether Zhu Yuanzhang killed or not.But this woman is his own mother in this life, and a mother who has been doing her best to protect her growth.

He naturally didn't want her to die so early.

It is a pity that in the annals of later generations, it is only said that Empress Ma died of an illness, without specifying what the illness was.Zhu Su wanted to prevent it from happening, but suffered from no specific direction.

I can only ask the old mother not to work hard, instill in her some health-preserving concepts, and hope that she can escape the serious illness.

However, Empress Ma is obviously a master who can't take time off... Even though she is a queen, she is still wearing coarse clothes and taking the ladies and noble ladies to spin cloth!

Zhu Su was helpless.

"I was almost led astray by you again." Empress Ma took the wet cloth from the maid and carefully wiped the dust off Zhu Su's wound.The movements were gentle, and Zhu Su didn't feel any pain at all.

"Although you are often naughty with your mother, but with your father in the school, you have always been low-key and unassuming."

"What's the matter today, the father who went to tease you is angry?"

"Also, mother, I heard that Mr. Song in Dabentang almost cried because of you?"

Speaking of Mr. Song who was crying with anger, Empress Ma's tone was still somewhat unfriendly after all.After all, I am a parent, and when I hear that my children are not studying hard, I will still be a little angry no matter what.

"Don't mention Master Song." Zhu Su rolled his eyes. "He, he only tells us to learn the Four Books and Five Classics over and over again."

"It can only be written according to Zhu Xi's ideas, with a slight deviation, and it is just a meal of a ruler."

"I just wanted to piss him off on purpose. He wanted me to write according to Zhu Ziji's annotations, but I didn't. I pissed him off to death."

"If you don't learn well, you will learn from your fourth brother." Empress Ma said angrily.He kept moving his hands, and applied the top-grade gold sore medicine specially brought to Zhu Su. "Zhu Zi is a Confucian sage. What he said naturally has his reasons. You are still young, and you must know it when you grow up."

"But his reasoning is to help the emperor and rule scholars." Zhu Su said.

"Mom, do you really think it's really useful for us princes to learn this kind of truth?"

"Our brothers are fine. But the eldest brother is a prince, and he is going to learn what a courtier should learn. Is this really good?"

"Brother, if you really believe what Zhu Zi said... then, is there any difference between him and those rotten scholars?"

Empress Ma was startled when she said these words.She turned her head and looked at Zhu Su: "Old Fifth, who taught you these principles?"

"Is it still necessary to teach?" Zhu Su shrugged. "Everyone who traverses knows."

Another time traveler.A few days ago, Zhu Su had a showdown with Empress Ma.But Empress Ma only thought it was a child's joke, and never took it seriously.

"Then today, why were you beaten by your father? Could it be to show off some time traveler to your father?" Empress Ma was angry and funny.

"Yeah!" Zhu Su admitted it as a matter of course. "Father didn't believe me either. I asked him to ask me some important events that could be recorded in the annals of history, and I told him that our Ming Dynasty failed in this Northern Expedition."

"He just beat me up like this..."

Speaking of this, Zhu Laowu was still a little bit aggrieved.

So barbaric!Beating people without waiting for the results, is there such a thing as a father?
I just want to be a prince of salted fish... I really can't, I can live in a high-walled mansion in Fengyang for the rest of my life, right?
Is this asking too much?
"You cheated and abducted in front of your father, and once your lips touched, you even rejected the most confident Bei Zheng in the entire Ming Dynasty." Empress Ma knocked Zhu Laowu on the head. "With your father's impatience, it would be strange if he didn't beat you."

"What I said is true!" Zhu Su was anxious. "Even if you don't believe me, at least wait for the report of the Northern Expedition to come back!"

"Mom, let me tell you, this time the Northern Expedition..."

Next, Zhu Su told Queen Ma the specific details of the Northern Expedition.

This Northern Expedition was known as the "Battle of Lingbei" in history.In the early stage of this battle, they fought very well. The pioneer of the Central Route Army, Lan Yu, first defeated the famous Beiyuan general Wang Baobao in Yemachuan, and then defeated Wang Baobao's reassembled troops in Tulahe.After that, Xu Da decisively chose to take advantage of the victory to pursue and lead the army into Lingbei.

"Uncle Xu has been cautious all his life, but this time he was careless." Zhu Su analyzed the battle situation to Empress Ma. "He didn't expect that Wang Baobao's two consecutive defeats were actually bait thrown to lure him to go deep alone!"

It's a pity that the Romance of the Three Kingdoms was not yet popular in the early Ming Dynasty. If you have seen the "Burning Bowangpo" section in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, where Zhao Yun feigned defeat several times and seduced Xiahou Dun, Xu Da would definitely realize that something was wrong.

Presumably, he defeated famous generals like Wang Baobao consecutively, and this kind of joy blurred the judgment of the famous general Xu Da.

"Uncle Xu fell for Wang Baobao's plan to lure the enemy into deep, while the coalition forces of Wang Baobao and He Zongzhe set up an ambush in Lingbei to wait for work. On the sixth day of May, the two armies fought. Our Daming Middle Route Army was defeated, with tens of thousands of casualties. Forced to flee south."

"The great plan of the Northern Expedition fell short. What a pity!"

Zhu Su was heartbroken.

Empress Ma listened quietly, intending to smile perfunctorily.But listening to Zhu Su's description, the time, place, and the situation of the battle are detailed, as if he saw it with his own eyes, he couldn't help feeling a little scared in his heart.

If what Xiao Wuer said is true, then...

No no no, impossible.This must be just a child's joke.In this world, how is it possible for someone to carry a memory and span a full 650 years?

"Okay. Don't talk about this for now. Mother has already applied the medicine for you. Go to bed early, or you will have to suffer tomorrow."

Empress Ma suppressed the panic in her heart, and carefully covered Zhu Su with a quilt.

(End of this chapter)