Ming Dynasty: Evolution from snake to national guardian beast

Chapter 48 The war is about to begin on the frontier

"I don't want to, sir."

A trace of sadness flashed in Ma He's eyes. He had given up hope in the Holy City.

Seeing this scene, Bai Chu shook his head and said:

"I can feel it in your eyes that you're lying."

"Would you do this if I told you I didn't lie to you?"

"What? You, you, can you really lead me to worship in the Holy City?"

As expected, after hearing Bai Chu's words, Ma He suddenly became energetic and asked in disbelief.

Bai Chu nodded and said:
  "Of course, the premise is that you have to complete a task for me."

"My lord, it doesn't matter. As long as my subordinates are within their ability, I will go through fire and water without hesitation."

Ma He spoke firmly.

From this point of view, the power of religion is very powerful. Even Mahe, a man who has left the Muslim world for nearly twenty years, is willing to sacrifice for his beliefs.

Bai Chu didn't say a word, but just focused his eyes on Zhu Di.

When Zhu Di proposed to let Ma He be his naval commander, Ma He was completely confused.

"But, my lord, I have never...never been to the sea."

Zhu Di turned to look at Bai Chu. Bai Chu ignored him, just patted Ma He and said:
  "It doesn't matter, as long as you have a firm heart, you can light your way."

"If we can't sail on the sea, how can we cross the mountains and reach the holy city?"

When Ma He heard about the holy city and the pilgrimage, his whole body seemed to have been injected with a shot of cardiotonic. His spirits were lifted, and they all expressed their willingness to go on an expedition for King Yan to wipe out the Japanese pirates.

With the joining of Ma He, the entire navy's structure has been completely established.

The next day, Zhu Di allocated another thousand elite soldiers to Bai Chu and asked Bai Chu to lead the troops for training.

While training the navy, Bai Chu was busy building shipyards, recruiting shipbuilders, and materials needed to build ships.

While busy, time flies, and one month has passed in the blink of an eye.

In the past month, everyone in Prince Yan's palace has been preparing for rebellion.

Bai Chu worked day and night to prepare Tianjin Wei's dock, and at the same time he was also training sailors.

The old monk is recruiting soldiers, training the army, and forging weapons at the racecourse.

Zhu Gaochi recruits refugees, runs coal mines, and loses weight every day.

Zhu Gaoxu was sent to Miyun to take charge of guarding the Miyun Iron Mine, and he did not dare to relax at all.

Zhu Di sat in Prince Yan's Mansion, handling government affairs and dispatching troops on weekdays.

As for Princess Yan, she is in charge of finances and has a lot of money in her account every day, but she will soon be transferred to the repair factory in Tianjin.

Prince Yan's Mansion is growing every day.

In this case, within two years, Prince Yan's Mansion will become a behemoth.

Although it is not as good as the imperial court, it is much better than the beginning of Zhu Di's difficult battle.

Just when everyone was gearing up and preparing for a big fight, a piece of news from the north broke the peace.

January 30, 1th year of Hongwu. In the Blackwood Forest area, there were already traces of the Tatar army, and soon, beacon smoke broke out in all directions in the north.

The beacon tower stretched from north to south, all the way to Beiping. As the supreme commander of Beiping, Zhu Di immediately sent the battle report to the sky.

Later, Zhu Yuanzhang personally issued an imperial edict, saying that he would pacify Mongolia and wipe out all the remaining forces of the Northern Yuan Dynasty. When the snow melted, he could send troops to Liaodong.

For this reason, Zhu Yuanzhang appointed Zhu Di as the military commander of Beiping, Liaodong, Xuanfu and Daning. The 150,000 troops in the north were all under Zhu Di's jurisdiction, vowing to wipe out the Tatar army in one fell swoop.

It is said that the purpose of this expedition was to conquer the Liao Tatar king Azha Wuli and the Tatar Ping Zhang Xiyangha.

When soldiers come, they will be blocked, and when water comes, the soil will cover them. An army must be carefully deployed, which usually takes two or three months.

Whether it is food or labor, it must be recruited, marching routes must be planned, and enemy information must be collected. These are very tedious tasks.

Zhu Di left all business matters to Princess Yan and the old monk, and rushed to the Peking camp, leading a group of generals to intensively plan the plan to go north.

Before leaving, Bai Chu could still feel that Zhu Di was in a good mood. Marching and fighting was probably the Yongle Emperor's favorite thing to do in his life.

Riding the strongest war horse, holding the fastest sword, conquering the world, conquering the world, and being a wolf, this is probably Zhu Di's lifelong dream.

However, Zhu Di had a good nephew, and Zhu Yunwen was begging for nothing to pass on the throne. If it weren't for Zhu Yunwen, Zhu Di would have only been a feudal vassal king in his life.

Zhu Yunzhen made Zhu Di the first emperor in history to enshrine the wolf as his subordinate, and his name will go down in history.

The war broke out again, Zhu Di felt his blood boiling, and he would not stop until he killed the Hulu.

The carriages and horses rumbled, and the horses rustled.

The infantrymen's bows were tied around their waists.

March 33, Hongwu 3, was an auspicious time and a good time to send troops.

This winter, it snowed five times in a row, and countless cattle and sheep froze to death on the Mobei grasslands.

When the Tatar tribe faced food shortages, the first to be abandoned were the old people. They starved to death, but still failed to survive the cold winter.

In order to survive this severe winter, the Tatar men decided to use their special skills to rob.

The original Beiyuan was greatly damaged by Zhu Yuanzhang's several attacks. Even the Dayuan was abandoned and changed to Mongolia. However, the Ming Dynasty still liked to call them "Tatars".

After Enkhhan's death, Lebuk personally ascended the throne of Nikonsu Keqi.

This time, Lebbock led an army of 100,000 troops and marched south to the Ming Dynasty, just to make more money in this cold winter.

However, Lebbock was not so lucky. He went around and around from Datong to Xuanfu for more than two months. He could not even touch the edge of the Ming Dynasty Great Wall. He could only go to the periphery to loot, but the harvest was not good. It was so big that it destroyed many tribes.

As March approached, Lebbock's subordinates were all trying to persuade him to retreat, especially Aru, who was very dissatisfied with Lebbock's recklessness and wanted him to retreat to Mobei to avoid being overtaken by the Ming army.

LeBock, on the other hand, is a bastard who has made up his mind to make things bigger.

After being frustrated, Lebbock turned east and launched an attack on Ming Dynasty and Liaodong.

No one expected that after two months of preparation, Zhu Di was already ready to go in Peiping.

This time, Zhu Di mobilized a large number of troops from Shanxi, Xuanfu, Shandong and other places, totaling 150,000 people, and recruited another 50,000 people, disguised as 500,000 people.

Since Peiping, the army has marched towards Liaodong, vowing to keep the Tatar Khan Lebuk in Liaodong forever, and determined not to let them come back.

This time, Zhu Di gathered his most powerful army. Zhang Yu, Zhu Neng, Qiu Fu, and other fierce generals were all summoned by him.

In addition, this time Zhu Di brought a special person.

(End of this chapter)