Bright Spring

This kind of eagle is called Haidongqing, produced in Liaodong, and is said to be able to detect the enemy's situation; Liaodong officials boasted in their memorials, claiming that after Haidongqing's training, they can even distinguish the different flags of the enemy and ourselves.However, when the Eagle Trainer performed before, Zhu Gaoxu found that its reliability was relatively low, and it was better than nothing.

Only the eagle trainers who are familiar with Costin can understand and understand Costin's "language".Zhu Gaoxu didn't understand it at all, but he could conclude that there was no enemy situation south of Aikou Pass (Zhangjiakou); so he guessed that the eagle's cry just now was not an early warning of enemy situation.

Perhaps Hai Dongqing was shocked by the scene and let out an exclamation when he overlooked the mighty people and horses on the ground?

In addition to things like Costin, Zhu Gaoxu also made other preparations for the Northern Expedition.The compass, compass, etc. are naturally not mentioned...they also include technical officials transferred from the navy fleet. They can use tools such as the star board and the nine-star map to locate the position. These are all things used by HNA.

Zhu Gaoxu looked at those things for a long time, but he didn't fully understand them; but he knew what they were for.It is roughly a few rough latitude and longitude positioning methods, with the capital as the center, to determine the approximate distance and direction from the current location to the capital; and then use the map to calculate the local area where it is located.

In addition, there are many Mongolians with the army, and they are natural guides.

The dynasty before the Ming Dynasty was the Yuan Dynasty established by the Mongols.Throughout the Hongwu period, the Ming army fought many battles with the Mongols; in all previous wars, the Ming army captured a large number of Mongols.The most time, the Battle of Yuerhai, the Ming army captured nearly [-] Mongols at one time!

Even during the "Battle of Jingnan", one of the generals under Zhu Gaoxu's command called Chicken was a Mongol.This time also in the army.

Therefore, it is very easy for the Ming army to find the Mongols who know their way...

Zhu Gaoxu looked around at the marching scene, thinking: this time the Northern Expedition should not get lost, and there is almost no danger of destruction.

After all, Mongolia is no longer in the period of Genghis Khan.Not only are they falling apart, but with their current population and strength, they may have almost no way to deal with the 25-strong army registered under their real names.

And the Ming army at this time is not the mob of the last years of the dynasty, it has considerable combat power!Even if the Mongolian army occupies all the geographical advantages and besieges, it is impossible to gnaw down such a huge army.

So he decided: Whether or not the Tatar army can be captured in this expedition is the biggest problem!

Zhu Gaoxu, who was wearing heavy armor, was very agile, and he stepped on the stirrup and turned on the horse in one fell swoop.Holding the reins, he looked back to the left and right and said: "No matter what, we must find a group of Tatars this time and annihilate them to deter the north!"

All the generals bowed one after another: "I will obey the imperial decree!"

Nearly 30 people have various WISCO carts, mule carts, donkey carts, horse-drawn carts, and wheelbarrows, carrying artillery | artillery ammunition, and a large amount of food and fodder.However, the area south of Aikou Pass is flat and open, and the army was able to spread out and march, still maintaining a daily marching speed of more than 40 miles.The army passed through the pass that afternoon.

Just north of Aikou Pass is a large mountain, so the people and horses went northwest and detoured from the area with gentler mountains. It took only one day to reach Xinghe Shouyu Qianhusuo (Zhangbei County).From here, the Ming army will soon enter the area where the Mongolian tribes are active.

Xinghesuo is now occupied by the Ming army, and there is a military town of Qianhusuo there.However, during the Hongwu period, there were repeated battles for this place; at the end of last year, the Qianhu House did not play a role in resisting the Mongolian cavalry...

In the northwest of Aikouguan, between Zhixing and Shouyu Qianhusuo, there is a section of road passing through a valley.The mountains on both sides are not high, but very large. The mountains are covered with weeds and trees, and there are not many people around.But at the foot of the mountain, you can see cemeteries everywhere, and there are some decayed wooden monuments!

Countless soldiers passing by looked sideways at the overlapping graves.

Zhu Gaoxu gradually remembered the past.

There are not many people here, and those buried in those graves are all soldiers of the Ming army who died in battle on the grassland!

Zhu Gaoxu still has impressions in his memory. At that time, he was only more than ten years old, and he walked this road more than once with Zhu Di.Every time the brothers who died on the battlefield, if the weather was not hot, they would try their best to transport them back to the land of Daming for burial|burial, as if they were afraid that the souls of the dead would not find their way back home... That's why there are so many graves.

He doesn't feel such memories now, but now that he sees so many graves, his heart gradually becomes a little heavy.

Zhu Gaoxu, who was sitting on horseback, couldn't help leaning his upper body forward to the left, cupping his fists and saluting.Soon the civil and military officers and soldiers around understood the reason, so people turned sideways one after another and bowed to the wild graves by the roadside.

After a while, Zhu Gaoxu turned his head and couldn't help saying to Qi Tai, Minister of the Ministry of War: "This time the Northern Expedition, I realized that the border is so close to the Beiping Chief Envoy."

Qi Tai made a bow and said, "Your Majesty is wise. Therefore, since Hongwu in my Ming Dynasty, the north side has always been the most important frontier defense."

Zhu Gaoxu nodded his head and looked up at the northern sky.

Thinking back to the place where Sapphire attacked Beiyuan back then, the Yuerhai area was the area where the Tatar tribes often camped; that place was about two thousand miles away from here.The journey has just begun.

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However, the eunuch Huang Yan was the first to go to Yuerhai (Baer Lake), more than two thousand miles away.

Huang Yan sat on the horse's back weakly, drooping his head.A group of more than ten of them had just crossed a large uninhabited desert.With the scorching sun in the sky, eyes full of yellow sand, the depressed Huang Yan was drowsy.

But when he opened his eyes and suddenly saw Fishing Fishing Sea, his eyes suddenly widened!

Beyond the vast expanse of sandy land, the endless blue water surface suddenly appeared in front of the eyes, which was very shocking.Huang Yan hurriedly raised his head to look in the direction of the sun, looked around, and almost thought that he had gone in the wrong direction and came to the east coast!

A Wuliangha man next to him said in Chinese: "Fishing Yuerhai, have you heard of it?"

Huang Yan immediately nodded and said, "Our family knows, knows."

After a while, there was a burst of excited yelling and strange yelling from behind, and several Mongolians rushed to the lake, jumped into the water, and laughed loudly.Huang Yan also followed, dismounted by the lake, bowed his head to drink a few mouthfuls of water, and poured water on his face.With a long sigh, he stood up straight and squinted his eyes at the wonderful landscape in front of him.

Huang Yan turned his head and asked, "When we arrive at Yuyuerhai, the king's tent of the Great Khan of Mongolia is not far away, isn't it?"

Wuliangha said: "This desert is not big. If we go further north, we will find the ranch of Arutai. Tuotuo is under the account of Arutai, and he will speak for Eunuch Huang."

Another big man with oily yellow skin and deep wrinkles on his face nodded coldly to Huang Yan.

Huang Yan asked again: "Is the gold and silver that our family gave you useful in front of the Mongols?"

"Of course it works! There is no one who doesn't love gold!" the Wuliangha people laughed, "The Tatars and Ming are enemies, so it's not easy to do business, but we Wuliangha people are friends of Ming! The Tatars need iron pots, Horseshoes, tea, and salt will be traded with Uliangha people. Cattle, sheep, horses, gold, silver, and copper coins are all useful!"

The man from Wuliangha said again: "Eunuch Huang promised to give me five times as much gold and silver after the matter is completed. Don't forget it!"

Huang Yan said calmly: "Don't worry, you know what our family's status is in Zhao Wang's Mansion. For that little property, our family can just take a painting and it will be worth it."

Huang Yan said while slandering: Damn, last year the Wuliangha people pretended to be Tatars and followed them to the border to plunder. How dare they say they are friends?

The Wuliangha man shook his head and said, "Paintings and antiques are not good. Those things are useless on the grasslands. Copper coins are too heavy. Gold and silver are needed."

Huang Yan nodded in agreement.

The Wuliangha people asked again: "Eunuch Huang can talk to the King of Zhao, why did he flee to vote for the Great Khan of the Tatars? Can you still get what you promised?"

Huang Yan said: "Our family said we can get it, we will definitely get it! You don't have to ask more, our family can't explain clearly in a few words. In short, Ming and Mongolia are enemies, but Han people and Tatars are not necessarily equal. It's the enemy. Do you understand?"

Wuliangha shook his head and said, "I only care about the money."

"Fill the cowhide water bag, we're on our way," the Wuliangha people greeted after saying that.

Huang Yan filled the water and climbed back on the horse.He looked at the boundless sand in the north, and the fear of the unknown in his heart made him sigh again.

If it wasn't really helpless, how could Huang Yan run to this barren land?

At that time, he had just heard that Yang Pu and others had been exposed, so he knew that the matter was completely over!Can only wait to die, or run away.

At that time, rumors were very tight. It was difficult for him to hide his identity as an eunuch in Daming Kingdom, and it was too easy to be noticed.Near Beiping, North Korea is a vassal state of Ming Dynasty, only Mongolia has not had much contact with Ming Dynasty and has been fighting all the time.

And Huang Yan knew some Mongols, even some Wuliangha people in the past, who still bowed their knees in front of him.In a hurry, he decided to go to Mongolia to join Benjali Shihan through this Wuliangha man who was doing business.

Perhaps, Huang Yan's knowledge of Daming, connections | wealth, can make Ben Yali sweat?But who knows the result?Now Huang Yan is just a desperate dog.

Chapter 681 God's Arrangement

Huang Yan and the group headed north through a desert, and it didn't take long before they saw endless pastures.

Between the pastures, a meandering river tens of steps wide flows into Yuyuerhai (Hulun Lake). There are large reeds on both sides of the river, and the snow-white reed flowers dance up and down in the wind.Cattle and sheep, people on horseback, and tents gradually came into sight.