Ming Dynasty: Evolution from snake to national guardian beast

Chapter 142: Promotion changes, Ming Dynasty suffers!

In the tenth year of Yongle, Zhu Di sent General Qiu Fu and an army of 100,000 people to set off from Yingtian City and head to the north, intending to wipe out the Wala army in one battle.

Since the 32nd year of Hongwu, the leader of Wala, Mahamu, led the Wala tribes to conquer the grasslands east and west.

At that time, Zhu Di was launching the Jingnan Campaign, so he had no time to pay attention to the rise of Wala.

Later, as Zhu Di succeeded to the throne, Zhu Yunwen's vassal reduction was also inherited by Zhu Di.

The nine great fortress kings on the northern border were all more or less affected, such as King Su and King Qing. Although the vassal kings in these places were not eliminated.

However, the number of troops on hand has been greatly reduced, and it is difficult to deter Vala.

As for King Ning and King Liao, it was even worse. Zhu Di directly changed the fiefdoms for these two people.

At this point, there is basically no place for the Ming army to gain a foothold outside the Pass, and all Ming territory is only within the Ming Great Wall.

Outside the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty, Hetao, as well as large areas in Daning and Liaodong, were all gradually invaded by Oira.

Especially places such as Hetao and Daning have brought Oara closer and closer to the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

The Hetao has been a place with abundant water and grass since ancient times. The Yellow River has nine bends, but only one of them. The Hetao is called the South of the Yangtze River.

It can be said that the loss of places such as Hetao and Daning caused the Oara power to expand rapidly.

The territory occupied by Wala now stretches from the Western Regions in the west to Liaodong in the east. Although it is not as good as the heyday of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, it has become a climate.

The Tatars, the original overlords of the grasslands, were completely driven away from the Monan area by Wazi and went to the north of Mobei to graze their cattle. They were extremely miserable.

This time, Wa Ci "Mahamu" led an army to attack Xuanfu. Datong was a test of the Ming Dynasty.

As long as Da Ming shows a little bit of weakness, Wala will pounce on him without hesitation. If he doesn't tear off a piece of flesh, Wala will definitely not let go.

Zhu Di naturally knew the threat of Wala, so he sent Qiu Fu, his most capable general, to personally lead his army northward, vowing to annihilate Wala in one fell swoop.

Since the Jingnan battle ten years ago, Zhu Di's generals have also fallen one after another.

Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng, two fierce generals under Zhu Di, both died of illness three or four years ago.

Especially Bai Chu, who has been missing since ten years ago, and his old friends are dying one after another, leaving Zhu Di feeling exhausted both physically and mentally.

Although he now holds great power, without one or two close friends around him, Zhu Di only feels very lonely.

The old monk also left him years ago. The man who had encouraged him to rebel from the beginning and who had firmly accompanied him to the throne ended his ordinary but glorious life at the age of seventy-three.

Throughout his life, Yao Guangxiao was scolded as a monster monk, but he didn't care. Since the success of Jingnan's uprising, he has been dressed in black and serving as a monk at Yingtianhuangjue Temple.

With the green lantern as your companion, you can comprehend the Dharma and be at peace with the world.

Zhu Di wanted him to return to secular life and become his prime minister, but the old monk shook his head and refused. Fame and fortune were like clouds to him.

What he pursues is a worthwhile life, and his dream is to assist a hero and achieve great things.

The old monk had achieved his wish the moment Zhu Di ascended the throne, and he had nothing else to seek in this life.

Finally, the old monk passed away in a quiet night without leaving any heirs. He just wrote in his suicide note before his death that he regretted not being able to see Mr. Bai again in this life.

In the old monk's life, Bai Chu was definitely one of the most important people in the rest of his life.

If it weren't for Bai Chu, the old monk felt that his wish might not be achieved in this life. Because Zhu Yunwen was too powerful, so powerful that even Yao Guangxiao could not see hope. The reason why he persuaded Zhu Di to rebel was just the obsession in his heart.

As for whether it can succeed, he doesn't know.

But Bai Chu was different. When he appeared at Prince Yan's palace, he clearly told Zhu Di that he would become the emperor in the future.

It was this unparalleled self-confidence that strengthened Zhu Di's confidence in rebellion, and also infected the old monk, making him more confident in his beliefs.

Unfortunately, ten years ago, after Bai Chu transformed into a dragon and left, the old monk knew that he would not see Bai Chu for a long time.

But he didn't expect that he would never see Bai Chu again until his death. This made the old monk regretful, and he eventually died of regret.

Zhu Di recalled the old city around him, and now only Yang Shiqi and Qi Guogong Qiu Fu were left.

Yang Shiqi was still young and in his prime. Zhu Di felt that it would not be a problem for him to live another twenty years.

But Qiu Fu is now sixty-seven years old.

To be honest, Zhu Di was a little worried when he asked Qiu Fu to go out. After all, Qiu Fu was so old. If there was someone on the battlefield, wouldn't the 100,000-strong army just go to the battlefield?

Buried in Mobei? But if Qiu Fu is not allowed to go on the expedition, Zhu Di really can't find anyone else to replace Qiu Fu and be able to make the northern expedition.

Zhu Di had done this kind of thing himself in the past. After all, Zhu Di, the famous King of Yan in Mobei, had killed all the flourishing Tatar tribe, let alone a Waci.

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But now, Zhu Di has reached the rank of Ninth Five-Year-Old, and can no longer go to the battlefield again, nor can he personally kill people.

And among the generals in the court now, none of Zhu Di liked him. After all, there were only a few who had rich combat experience on the battlefield.

Qiu Fu had been following him the longest and had extremely rich combat experience in Mobei. Zhu Di had no choice but to choose him.

Before the expedition, Zhu Di specifically told Qiu Fu that after arriving in the north, he must not underestimate the enemy and advance rashly. Although Wa Ci looks powerful, he is completely vulnerable to the iron army of the Ming Dynasty. The only thing worth worrying about is the terrain of Mobei.

Once a lone army goes deep and loses contact with the front and rear, it is very likely that the enemy will wait for work and set an ambush.

Moreover, if the food channel is too deep, it will be easy for people to invade the food channel, causing a hundred thousand troops to be short of food and ultimately defeated.

Therefore, Zhu Di repeatedly emphasized that Qiu Fu should not be greedy for merit and that the best strategy would be to work steadily and steadily.

Qiu Fu nodded solemnly on his old face, then bid farewell to Zhu Di, turned around and meandered towards the north with a hundred thousand wooden army. Zhu Di looked at Qiu Fu's back. He didn't know why there was always a little haze in his heart. He always felt as if he had forgotten something.

Just when Zhu Di appointed Qiu Fu as the general to conquer the captives, and was about to lead his army to the north, an earth-shattering dragon roar came from an island far away in the East China Sea.

At this moment, in a temporarily opened cave, an extraordinary young man was sitting on a jade futon, meditating and practicing.

The divine light that was originally extremely strong on his body suddenly shrunk a bit just now, and the young man who was practicing hard with his eyes closed suddenly opened his eyes and spat out a mouthful of blood.

This person is Bai Chu, who has been missing for ten years.

Since being granted the title by Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty, Bai Guang's cultivation has skyrocketed, and countless fortunes have converged on Bai Chu from all over the Ming Dynasty.

Originally, the luck of the Ming Dynasty was scattered around and controlled by the major vassal kings. Due to Zhu Di's ascension to the throne, most of the luck of these vassal kings was immediately recovered by Bai Chu.

In addition, Bai Chu and Zhu Di stole Zhu Yunwen's hometown by sea, so the battle of Jingnan, which originally lasted four years, ended in only one year.

(End of this chapter)