Bright Spring

Soon there were several people in the ranks of generals who subconsciously nodded their heads lightly, seeming to agree with Qi Tai's words.

"Don't we still have tens of thousands of horses?" Zhu Gaoxu said calmly.

Qi Tai froze for a moment.

The voice of Xincheng Hou Zhangfu said: "On the way back, if the food runs out, the soldiers can kill horses to satisfy their hunger!"

The big tent was suddenly very quiet, even Qi Tai didn't say anything.War horses are expensive, and Zhu Gaoxu is actually planning to use them as rations for the army. Only the emperor dares to make such a decision in advance!

Everyone was quiet for a while, at this time Zhu Gaoxu said in a deep voice: "We are fighting a war! There is no way to have enough abundance all the time. To achieve victory, it is inevitable to find ways to do everything possible."

Seeing that no one agreed, he said again: "As long as we have the determination, we can overcome many difficulties. But if we want to find reasons, we can easily find a hundred excuses to back down for any major event!"

Finally Wang Bin, Zhang Fu, Liu Sheng and other generals stood up and bowed one after another: "Your Majesty, please follow the will, please make a decision!"

Qi Tai, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, also said: "Where to go, the Holy Majesty still has to make a decision."

Zhu Gaoxu sat down and was silent for a while.After a while, he opened his mouth and said: "If we are lucky, we will seize a large number of livestock near the 'Lake Like the Sea' and find those camps stockpiling grass, so we don't have to slaughter horses. I'm considering, even in the worst case Next, we are not completely helpless."

When he said this, he slapped his palm on his thigh and his eyes froze: "That's it! Deploy the whole army and continue to pursue the Lake Like Sea area."

People in the big tent performed their salutes one after another, "Your servants must obey the imperial decree!"

Then Zhu Gaoxu arranged the marching routes of the armies.The order is heading northwest to respond to the left post of Qu Neng's department, and after joining up with Qu Neng's former army, march eastward; the remaining armies, together with the camp of the Chinese army, march toward the northeast.

The snow fell more and more unconsciously.This snow seems to be "real"; and the first light snow on the grassland just fell one day, and it cleared up soon.

All the troops pulled out their camps and continued to march in the snow.The whole world seemed to be shrouded in snowflakes.

The main force of the Chinese army and other armies, roughly in the area west of Yuerhai, began to march north-east.The vanguard has sent several small caravans to the front to search and monitor the Tatar king's tent.

Five days later, the army joined Qu Neng and other troops on the southeastern shore of the "Lake Like the Sea".

The Tatar king's tent had already left this place, but the soldiers dug through the snow and found a large amount of ash burned by cow dung everywhere, and found a large number of traces of camping.

The endless "lake like the sea" is already in sight.As long as people look north, they can see the vast lake surface; but at this time the lake surface is not very obvious, the lake water has been frozen, and the snow has covered the lake with snow for several days in a row.

For five days, there was no further fighting.The Ming army only burned down some tents of the Tatar tribes, and robbed a few haystacks and some livestock.

Zhu Gaoxu felt that it would be difficult to have another decent battle in the future.The Tartar army is assembled, and it will not last long; after the battle west of Yuerhai, their cavalry should be scattered.

The Tatar army gathered tens of thousands of cavalry, and if they wanted to maintain it for a long time, they would usually harass the territory of Ming Dynasty, because they could grab|grab food from the villages.But on the grasslands, if the enemy has tens of thousands of people deployed for a long time, it will be difficult to guarantee supplies in winter.

At night, Zhu Gaoxu stood on the shore of the "lake like the sea" and observed the scene to the north.Although there is snow on the ground, but pay attention to wait and see, you can distinguish the junction of the lake and the land.On the east bank of the lake like the sea, the lake bank seems to extend in the shape of "丿".

In the vast sky, there is nothing unusual on all sides.However, Zhu Gaoxu still reminded himself repeatedly that the Tatar king's tent must be ahead, and sooner or later he will catch up with the target!

Pursuing this way, Zhu Gaoxu hopes that the army will be able to let the Tatar king's tent come within the attack range of the Ming army cavalry in the north of the "lake like the sea" and in the Xueshui River (Hail River) basin...

Looking at the snow-covered lake, Zhu Gaoxu stood for a long time in the wind and snow.When he came back to his senses, he felt very cold all over.

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Chapter 694 Believe It's True

Under the gradually dimming sky, the snow on the earth is whiter than the sky.Zhu Gaoxu left the shore of the frozen "Lake Like the Sea" on foot, with general Chen Wu leading his brown horse behind.

Fires flickered in the military camps everywhere, and the sky was filled with smoke.The heavy soldiers had already prepared dinner, and the soldiers were queuing up to scoop up food with iron cups.

There were not many people around Zhu Gaoxu; when he entered the barracks, he was still recognized by many people.The soldiers stepped forward to hold the military salute with fists in their hands, and paid homage to the Holy Majesty one after another.Although the light was not very good, the group quickly attracted the attention of many soldiers.

"Soldiers who are not on duty, please enter the tent early after dinner." Zhu Gaoxu walked up to a sergeant, reached out and patted the snow off the sergeant's shoulders.The sergeant stood there bent over with fists folded, not daring to move.

Zhu Gaoxu looked back to the left and right and said: "Brothers followed me to this wasteland in Mobei, endured the wind, snow and cold, and looked around with few people. But I want to tell you, there is a saying in the Ming Dynasty. Chen Wu clasped his fists to accept the order, and went straight forward stride.

Not long after, Chen Wu and another general came back, and brought Zhu Gaoxu and others into a tent.

Zhu Gaoxu sat down by the fire inside, and after a while, the sergeant Zhang Yong who spoke just now was brought in.Just as Zhang Yong entered the tent, he quickly knelt down and kowtowed to the ground.

"No, sit down." Zhu Gaoxu greeted.

Zhang Yong turned his head and glanced at the general who brought him in, and carefully sat down beside the fire.

Zhu Gaoxu didn't say a word for a while, and was silent for a while thoughtfully, then raised his head and stretched out his hand, "Where's your letter?"

Zhang Yong quickly took out the letter from his pocket, and handed it up with both hands.

While looking at the words on the paper, Zhu Gaoxu asked, "Did you have a marriage contract with the lady surnamed Feng?"

Zhang Yong shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, we have no engagement." He paused and hurriedly said, "It's not because of the cold spring, we just met by coincidence. Feng's family is well off, and it's normal not to want to marry a military household thing."

A wry smile appeared on his face in the firelight, "Otherwise, she will almost become a widow this time!"

Zhu Gaoxu nodded his head.

Zhang Yong quietly raised his head and glanced at Zhu Gaoxu, he was quiet for a while, and then said: "On the day of spring this year, many people in the city of Datong Prefecture went out for spring; It was raining heavily. The young one was sheltering from the rain in a yard next to the post road, so I saw Feng Chunhan, and she and another woman were also sheltering from the rain at that time..."

Zhu Gaoxu nodded from time to time while listening carefully.The generals on the left and right may be a little strange, after all, it is rare for the emperor of the Ming Dynasty to be interested in the private affairs of a small soldier's children while still on the battlefield.

Zhang Yong roughly said something about the letter, and Zhu Gaoxu quickly understood it.

Because of a spring rain, the sergeant Zhang Yong met Feng Chunhan who was out of the spring to hide from the rain.The two fell in love secretly, and later secretly met again.However, due to their different family backgrounds and identities, they were unable to achieve a positive result in the end; just before Zhang Yong set off for the expedition, they received a letter saying that Feng Xiaoniang was about to enter into a marriage contract with someone else.

This is not a touching thing, and there is no tortuous and moving process, full of too many ordinary realistic factors.

Zhu Gaoxu glanced at the crumpled letter in his hand, and suddenly threw it on the fire without making a fuss!In an instant, the letter burned and turned into a mass of ashes.

The people around showed surprise on their faces, and they all looked at the cloud of ashes.Zhang Yong stared, and immediately froze there.

"I asked someone to write a new copy for you. You just need to follow his arrangement." Zhu Gaoxu said, "After the army's class teacher returns to China, if Mrs. Feng is not married yet, how about letting her marry you?"

"This..." Zhang Yong seemed at a loss for a moment.

The general next to him reminded in a deep voice: "Don't you hurry up and thank you?"

Only then did Zhang Yong fall to the ground and kowtow: "The little man kowtows to thank you for your grace!"

"Flat body." Zhu Gaoxu stood up, picked up the helmet on the ground and put it on his head.

Zhu Gaoxu and others walked out of the tent first.Then Zhang Yong was also called by Chen Wu, and they left the place together.

... The group returned to the camp of the Chinese Army.

The sergeant Zhang Yong was arranged to wait in a tent, and Hou Hai, the left envoy of the garrison officer, came here not long after.The two exchanged some pleasantries, Hou Hai took out a written letter and handed it to Zhang Yong, raised his chin and said, "Zhang Yong, take a look first."

Zhang Yong stepped forward, bent down and took the letter paper.

The related story has been changed... The new content is roughly that "Feng Chunhan" encountered rain on the way to spring, and met the young and handsome guard sergeant Zhang Yong while hiding from the rain. "Feng Chunhan" heard Zhang Yong's deeds. When the Tatars harassed the city of Datong at the end of last year, Zhang Yong fought bravely with the army to protect the people. She respected Zhang Yong very much and secretly fell in love with him.