Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 404

What Zu Dale said made Zu Kuan shut his mouth involuntarily, and he had no choice but to hum a few times angrily.

And Zu Dale just shook his head at this, and walked towards Zhu Youjian, Zhu Youjian smiled calmly at Zu Dale: "Zujunmen, it's time for us to go."

The two of them were determined to become people who were abandoned by His Majesty Zhu Youxiao, so they felt a little sympathy for each other, and neither of them said much.

"Reply to His Majesty, set off in half an hour, and strive to arrive at Yumen Pass in the afternoon. According to the report from the sentinel, there are now [-] Tartars from the Chijin Department stationed at Yumen Pass, because during the Jiajing period, Governor Zeng had once recovered Yumen in Hexi. There are not only five thousand Tartars in the city, but also thousands of Tartars cruising around Yumen Pass. When the Tartars go to the Dulanggou in the south of Yumen Pass to fetch water, they must quickly break through the city of Yumen Pass, otherwise it will be even more difficult to break through Yumen Pass once and for all!"

Although Zu Dale was the commander-in-chief and Zhu Youxiao was only the deputy commander-in-chief, Zu Dale did not despise Zhu Youjian because of this. Since Zhu Youjian asked, he answered truthfully.

Zhu Youjian just smiled and nodded after listening. From Yumen Pass to Hamiwei, there are not many strong cities that need to be attacked, but the difficulty lies in the countless Tartar cavalry along the way.

Therefore, Zhu Youjian couldn't help asking Zu Dale curiously: "How much do the army think the Western Expedition will be worth?"

"To be a general is to act according to orders, and to serve the country with death. As for the odds of winning, it is just a matter of concern for the court cabinet and the Ministry of War. The last general is a warrior, so how dare you speculate at will."

Zu Dale made an excuse to laugh, he has always acted cautiously, even in front of Zhu Youjian, he did not dare to show his dissatisfaction with the court.

Seeing that Zu Dale was so cautious, Zhu Youjian could only sigh and said: "Zu Junmen is right, the only way for a general is to serve the country with death. The Xujue, but in fact he is just a martial artist, unlike your commander-in-chief who has tens of thousands of Guanning troops, I, the deputy commander-in-chief, don't even have half a private soldier, and the only thing I want is to be buried in a horse leather shroud For this green hill."

Apart from comforting Zhu Youjian with good words, Zu Dale didn't say much. He didn't have any political ambitions, so Zhu Youjian, the prince, was just a poor man in front of him, and he couldn't talk about political resources. .

Besides, Zu Dale also knew that even if he united with Zhu Youjian, he would not be able to fight against the imperial court now.

Instead of this, it is better to keep a distance from Zhu Youjian, a politically sensitive person, so as not to even have the opportunity to wrap the corpse in horse leather.

After lunch, the Western Expeditionary Army rested for a few quarters of an hour before heading towards Yumen Pass.

Why should the Qiang flute complain about the willows? The spring breeze does not pass Yumen Pass. The area around Yumen Pass is already a place of harsh wind and sand. Now it is spring, and it is even more serious. The army is marching on the vast desert. Drilling in the nostrils, coupled with the dry climate, it didn't take long to feel thirsty.

And because of the higher altitude, the air is obviously thinner than that in Liaodong, so the sun is more venomous, and the face is hot and painful.

But in order not to miss the opportunity, the Western Expeditionary Army had no choice but to move forward. If high-ranking generals such as Zu Dale and Zhu Youjian were forced to do so, then the soldiers of the Guanning Army at the bottom were used to following the Zu family for decades. The general fought and did not choose to flee.

However, after the distance traveled became longer and the weather became harsher and harsher, many Guan Ning troops also chose to become deserters.

However, Zu Dale didn't stop him, he was like a moth who willingly chose to jump into the flames to die, and he no longer cared about whether his soldiers were willing to follow him to seek death.

In short, the morale of the entire Western Expeditionary Army is dull, without vigor or decadence after the defeat. Everyone seems to be muddling along and waiting for the verdict of fate.

And when they successfully avoided the cruising Tartar cavalry and arrived at the Yumen Pass, they did not show a little joy, but naturally followed the siege procedure.

That is to say, the organization log that should be assembled and hit by the log, and the ladder that should be erected, Zhu Youxiao also took the initiative to invite Ying, and Zu Kuan each brought a force to attack the east and west gates of Yumen Pass.

The Tartars stationed at Yumen Pass did not expect that the army of Ming Dynasty would appear after decades, and they were a bit caught off guard, but as one of the few Tartars who controlled the important town in the northwest Unwilling to give up Yumen Pass.

Therefore, these Tartars quickly organized a counterattack. Although they were not familiar with defending the city as cavalry, and the weapons for defending the city were not so colorful, they were very good at archery, so under the rain of arrows, they managed to stop the attack. The first attack of the Ming army.

However, Zhu Youjian, Zu Kuan and other Ming troops, who had made up their minds to die, did not fear this and climbed up the city wall.

Zhu Youjian himself fell heavily from the ladder once, but fortunately the height of the fall was not high, and the ground was sandy, so there was no damage, so he got up and continued to rush.

But precisely because they were not afraid of death, they finally rushed to the city of Yumenguan. Zhu Youjian and other Ming troops also ignored the exhaustion and the fact that there were not many troops rushing to the city wall on their side, so they began to kill the Tartars on the city wall.

Zhu Youjian didn't know how many Tartars he had killed. Anyway, after sunset, he didn't die, but Yumen Pass successfully changed hands because of this!
After the city was broken, the Tartars stationed at Yumen Pass did not choose to stick to it but withdrew decisively from Yumen Pass.

As soon as the Ming army occupied Yumen Pass, they immediately sent troops to report to Shaanxi Xingdusi, who then reported to the trilateral commander Sun Chengzong, who then reported to the Ministry of War and the court, and finally the court and the Ministry of War decided who to send to guard Yumen Pass.

This procedure was relatively long, and Zu Dale only had to allocate part of his troops to take charge of Yumen Pass temporarily, while he and Zhu Youjian continued to march westward with most of the main force of the Guanning Army.

But not long after they left Yumen Pass, they encountered a large group of Tartar cavalry attacking.

Obviously, the Tartars are not stupid, if you take my Yumen while I am inconvenient, then I will also take advantage of your inconvenient and directly attack you in the wild.

However, Zu Dale, Zhu Youjian and other Guan Ning troops didn't care how many Tartar cavalrymen they had or how powerful they were. Anyway, they came to ask for a shroud in horse leather, so they didn't care about it.

kill!

Seeing the killing sound of the Ming army rushing forward, the Mongolian Tartars of the Chijin tribe were shocked, and wondered when these Han cavalrymen were so brave and fearless.

The Mongol Tartars were astonished and did not dare to hesitate, so they rushed over immediately.

The fighting didn't stop until after dusk. These Tartars composed of various ministries were finally defeated because of the fearlessness of the Ming Dynasty's Western Expeditionary Army, and the Western Expeditionary Army continued to march westward after killing nearly a thousand people. advance.

(End of this chapter)