My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 486
In the Wuying Palace, Zhu Di called Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Zhanhe, and the entire cabinet to jointly analyze the information in his hands.

"Let's talk about it. Arutai wants to go south. You don't want me to just sit back and watch, right?"

Zhu Zhanhe glanced at everyone, and then asked with a sneer.

"Your Majesty, is this information credible?"

Unexpectedly, Fang Bin, the Minister of War, was the first to stand up and question.

"This is the news that Jinyiwei's spies lurking around Arutai risked their lives to send it out. Do you think it is credible?"

Zhu Di asked again angrily.

He was becoming more and more dissatisfied with Fang Bin, who was far worse than Jin Zhong, so he had secretly decided to replace him after this incident.

"Father, please calm down. Since the intelligence is accurate, the most important thing now is to prepare in advance. For example, you can send a large army to Xinghe to resist Arutai's attack!"

Zhu Gaochi also spoke at this time.

However, in response to Zhu Gaochi's answer, Zhu Di glared angrily and said: "What a fool, the other party is knocking on the door, and you only think about defense? With such a good opportunity, you never thought of keeping Arutai completely? "

As soon as Zhu Di's words came out, Zhu Zhanhe beside him also nodded secretly. This was the effect he wanted.

Everyone present did not know that the information about Arutai's invasion of Xinghe in March was actually sent by him through the hands of Jinyiwei, who arranged for Liu Ke to do so. In order to make the information more credible, he even used some people lurking on the grassland to make the information more credible. spies.

Zhu Gaochi was scolded by Zhu Di and had to retreat. Xia Yuanji, Fang Bin and others did not dare to object to sending troops at this time. After all, Arutai was about to kill them, so they would definitely send troops at this time.

"Your Majesty, if the intelligence is correct, then we have taken the lead. I think we can make a move in Xinghe and kill all the people in Arutai. After this battle, we can maintain peace in the border area for at least ten years!"

Zhang Fu finally stood up and offered his advice.

"Yes, that's what I planned too!"

Zhu Di finally nodded with satisfaction, then asked someone to fetch Xinghe's map, and discussed with Zhang Fu the specifics of sending troops.

Zhu Gaochi, Xia Yuanji and others couldn't get in the conversation at all and could only listen quietly.

Zhu Di and Zhang Fu quickly discussed a plan, which was actually very simple. On the surface, everything was business as usual to avoid arousing Alutai's suspicion.

However, they were loose on the outside and tight on the inside. They ambush a large army outside Xinghe City. When Arutai attacked Xinghe, the ambush army rushed out and directly responded to the internal situation and completely wiped out Arutai under Xinghe City. .

Of course, the whole plan seems simple, but it is not an easy task to implement it. The most important thing is to keep it secret. After all, it is very difficult to cover up the mobilization of a large number of troops. But fortunately, it is mobilized within the Ming Dynasty. As long as It can still be done with some means.

So after the plan was formulated, Zhu Di directly ordered Xia Yuanji, Fang Bin and others that they needed to do a good job in logistics, and the cabinet did not dare to have any objections to this.However, at the end, Zhu Di announced that he would personally lead the troops to birth Xinghe, but he encountered opposition from Zhu Gaochi, Xia Yuanji and others. However, Zhu Di waved his hand and ignored their objections. In the end, he not only wanted to lead the troops himself, but also He also brought Zhu Zhanhe with him.

Zhu Zhanhe had long known that this would be the result. Zhu Di had been holding back for so many years and finally found an opportunity to send troops. He must go into battle in person. As for him, Zhu Di had already said last time that he would take him to the battlefield to experience it. , so Zhu Zhanhe couldn't refuse.

The plan to send troops was confirmed, and with Zhu Di's order, the entire Ming Dynasty immediately mobilized. Although it seemed calm on the surface due to confidentiality, in fact there was already a storm under the water.

Because this was a secret march, Zhu Di prepared to dispatch an army of [-], which was considered the smallest of the previous Northern Expeditions.

Xinghe is not far from Beijing, next to Zhangjiakou, and to the south is Datong. It was originally the territory of the grassland people. Later, Zhu Di expelled the grassland people, built a city in Xinghe, and stationed heavy troops, making it an important military town in the northern frontier of the Ming Dynasty.

The [-] troops mobilized by Zhu Di were divided into two groups. Under the guise of changing defenses, the two groups rushed from the capital to Zhangjiakou, while the other group set out from Datong and entered Xinghe via Yanggao.

The two main roads were hidden day and night, and they entered the predetermined position very smoothly.

After Zhu Di arranged things in the capital, he ordered Zhu Gaochi to supervise the country, and then he and Zhu Zhanhe quietly left the capital with their troops.

Although Zhu Zhanhe had fought in battles before, most of them were water battles, and he was mainly responsible for logistics affairs. He had almost never been to a battlefield in person, and it was his first time to participate in such a large-scale land battlefield.

Therefore, when he left Beijing with Zhu Di, he was very excited. As a man, who doesn't have the dream of galloping on the battlefield?

But Zhu Zhanhe soon regretted it, especially after leaving Beijing. He followed the large team on horseback all the way. He looked majestic, but after a while, he felt tired and bored.

Especially riding a horse is actually not an easy task. In the past, when Zhu Zhanhe traveled far away, he would either take a boat or a car. Even if he occasionally rode a horse, he could rest when he was tired.

But marching was not possible. Even Zhu Di was riding a horse. Zhu Zhanhe must have been embarrassed to ride in a car. He could only endure it when he was tired. As a result, after a few days, both thighs were almost no longer his own.

Moreover, the army does not move very fast. It is normal to travel dozens or hundreds of miles a day. Sometimes, there are too many cars and horses, causing road congestion.

What's worse is that it's only March now. Although spring has begun, the weather is still very cold, especially when riding on a horse. There is no windshield. When the biting wind blows, the feeling is not to mention how sour and refreshing it is.

Fortunately, the capital was not very far from Xinghe, so after several days of trekking, Zhu Di and Zhu Zhanhe's army passed through Zhangjiakou and finally entered Xinghe.

Another army also arrived at Xinghe from Datong. The last two armies successfully joined forces in Xinghe, and then quietly stationed themselves in a mountain depression south of Xinghe City.

According to Jin Yiwei's information, Arutai will attack Xinghe in mid-March, and it is about to enter the middle of March, so time is very tight.

After Zhu Di integrated the army, he put the entire army into a kind of silence. No one was allowed to leave the military camp. If any civilians strayed into the military camp, they would be arrested immediately to prevent them from being spies from the prairie people. It will be released after the war.

As for Xinghe City, everything seems to be normal on the surface, but the guard Wang Huan has received Zhu Di's advance warning. The entire Xinghe City is loose on the outside and tight on the inside, and is ready to face the enemy.

(End of this chapter)