Daming: I asked you to hang yourself, but I didn’t ask you to rebuild the Ming Dynasty

Zhu Youjian walked quickly all the way, and when night fell, he was already between Tanghe and Xinye.

In the pre-Qin period, Xinye was still a swamp. Later, the water surface gradually receded and land was formed, so it was called Xinye——

The newly formed fertile fields!

Zhu Youjian reached out and touched the horse's neck. He kept running so fast that the horse could no longer bear it.

Not only was his breathing heavy, but he was even covered in sweat. If he continued walking, these horses would be destroyed.

"Dismount the entire army. Take the time to feed the horses first, then eat. We will set off immediately in a quarter of an hour!"

Zhu Youjian gave the order to rest.

"Where is Yuan Zongdi?"

Zhu Youjian said.

Wang Guoxing drew a circle on the map with his finger:

"Your Majesty, according to the information from the previous spies, Yuan Zongdi should be more than fifty miles behind us at this time, within this position."

fifty miles?

Turning his head to look at the land that was completely shrouded in night, Zhu Youjian raised the corners of his mouth.

A plan is formed in the mind.

Immediately, Zhu Youjian pulled over the generals and started discussing in detail.

Not long after, torches stood on the vast plains, and the Ming army wrapped the hooves of their horses one after another...

The Nanyang Basin is peaceful.

It's so flat that even if you look for tens or even hundreds of miles, you can't find a protruding high ground.

There is no raised high ground, which means that if you want to find a place to hide the army, you can't!

In the endless plains, trying to hide the whereabouts of the army is simply a dream.

In the same way, at night, as long as the enemy is holding a torch, it will naturally be visible!

However, near Huguang (Hubei), there are undulating hills.

The hills are parallel to the valley. Although the height difference is only a few dozen meters, they can hide the figure well...

These hills are said to have been formed by the huge ice blocks that condensed on the Qinling Mountains and slid on the ground during the Ice Age.

Zhu Youjian left a torch on the spot and led the army to the hillocks on the western border of Dengzhou overnight.

There is only three hundred miles of road from Zijingguan.

Let’s talk about Yuan Zongdi.

At night, the torches lit by the Ming army were like lighthouses, attracting ships entering the port.

Seeing that the Ming army was motionless, Yuan Zongdi ordered spies to investigate first in order to prevent fraud.

The Dog Emperor's bull-exploding technique blew up Liu Fangliang, a veteran who was as famous as him.

Yuan Zongdi didn't want to overturn his boat in the gutter.

Yuan Zongdi ordered the entire army to suspend and only sent spies to check. Unexpectedly, they got the news that it was a suspicious formation deliberately set up by the Ming army.

He rushed to the Ming army camp and took a look. Sure enough, there were only extinguished torches stuck in the wheat field.

In fact, the Ming army did not even set up camp.

Just by inserting hundreds of torches in place, I deceived myself...

Yuan Zongdi was furious.

If Zhuge Liang borrows arrows from a straw boat, at least Cao Cao will be fooled by the straw man and the heavy fog!

On the contrary, he, a veteran, was fooled into stopping with just a few torches.

Yuan Zongdi's face was ashen.

Unexpectedly, his moment of caution actually gave Emperor Ming time to escape!

I wasted two hours in vain!

Thinking of this, Yuan Zongdi loudly ordered:

"Look for the Ming army's horse hoofprints for me immediately. Within a quarter of an hour, I want to know the direction in which the Dog Emperor is escaping!"

The spies who broke into the right camp of the Ming Army came out in all directions, constantly searching around the Ming Army camp.

After a while, Yuan Zongdi got a piece of news that made him extremely angry again.

"General, we searched all around. The Ming army must have wrapped their horses' hooves and deliberately trampled the surrounding fields. For a moment, we couldn't tell the direction in which the Ming army was heading."

Hearing this, Yuan Zongdi waved his hand feebly, signaling the spies to retreat.

As a veteran, he naturally understood that Emperor Ming did this on purpose!

If it were during the day, on the soft ground like Nanyang where there was no wilderness and full of farmland, even if the horses' hooves were wrapped around them, they would not be able to hide their whereabouts.

Although it is said that after wrapping the horse's hoof, it will not leave a deep pit that is deep in the front and shallow in the back, and there is also a small arc sunken in behind.

However, in the soft farmland all over, you can see at a glance the trampling marks of war horses from far away, even if the horses' hooves are wrapped, they are very obvious.

As long as you send people around to find the boundaries of the horse hoof prints and see if there are any marks on the farmland in the distance, you can identify the true direction of the Ming army!

However - it's night!

Yuan Zong looked helpless for the first time.

This insidious dog emperor deliberately disturbed the surroundings. Under the night, it was too difficult to accurately judge the direction of Emperor Ming's progress!

"That's all, that's all. Let the brothers rest early. We'll look for you tomorrow..."

Yuan Zongdi waved his hand feebly.

……

The midday sun shone on the faces of the Ming soldiers who were lying on the ground. The tired soldiers turned over and fell asleep again.

At sunrise, Zhu Youjian led the Ming army to Dengxi Hill. The soldiers had been traveling all day and night, and they could no longer hold on.

Fortunately, this place is undulating hilly land, and one can see very far away at a glance. If equipped with a telescope, on such a sunny day, the army marching more than ten miles away can be clearly seen.

Zhu Youjian immediately decided to let the soldiers sleep before talking.

Zhu Youjian woke up the ministers and came to the top of the slope.

He pointed to the south and said: "After a day and night of mobilization, Yuan Zongdi, who was originally in the north of us, is now in the south of us.

The news just came from the spy. He has found the traces we left and is quickly pursuing us. "

Wu Ganlai was good at arithmetic. He calculated silently and blurted out immediately: "In other words, in three hours, he will catch up to here."

Zhang Luofu frowned, with a firm look on his face: "Your Majesty, please go first, I will use your banner to drive him around!"

Zhu Youjian looked at him and sighed, Zhang Luofu was using his own life in exchange for his chance to escape!

Yuan Zongdi has too many soldiers and horses. Once surrounded, Zhang Luofu will definitely not be able to escape!

By then, the furious Yuan Zongdi would definitely kill Zhang Luofu to vent his anger.

Niu Chenghu and Niu Wancai both stepped forward and asked for orders:

"Your Majesty, I still have some friendship with Yuan Zongdi. If we are not allowed to stay, even if we are caught by Yuan Zongdi, we will be able to survive."

Wang Guangxing and others also bent down and asked for orders.

Along the way, they saw that His Majesty's behavior was very different from before.

According to His Majesty's current performance, as long as he is given time, the Ming Dynasty will be restored!

Why not sacrifice their lives in exchange for the rebirth of Ming Dynasty!

……

"No!"

Zhu Youjian shook his head.

He stopped the officials who were noisily vying to serve him, but there was a smile on his lips.

"I have no intention of escaping!"

The ministers were stunned:

What do you mean?