Chapter 178

"Your Majesty, a man of great worth does not sit near the edge of the house!"

"…"

Zhu Houzhao forcibly dragged two young eunuchs onto his horse.

Amidst the warhorse's neigh and the eunuchs' nearly desperate screams.

Zhu Di's lips twitched slightly.

How could he have let his guard down for a moment—this brat had already taken the field himself?

Not even Zhu Houzhao.

Even Zhu Di rarely rode into battle himself in his later years.

He is the commander of an entire army.

One misstep and it would be a catastrophe of heaven-shattering proportions!

Zhu Yuanzhang in the chat group couldn't help but curse aloud.

"Who does this brat think he is? Wei Qing? Huo Qubing?!"

"Fourth Brother, are you just watching? Stop him right now!"

Zhu Di had no time for words.

He instantly mounted his horse and led a detachment of border troops straight toward Zhu Houzhao's position.

Meanwhile, Zhu Houzhao had fully let loose.

Seeing the Tatars before him, he repeatedly tried to charge forward and slash at them himself.

Zhu Qizhen in the chat group also showed an envious gaze.

Wasn't this exactly the Tumu Crisis he had imagined?!

This wasn't the life of a grandson.

This was the dream of an ancestor!

Even with his personal guards tightly surrounding him.

Zhu Houzhao still found an opening—when a Tatar officer wasn't looking, he thrust his sword forward.

The Tatar officer died on the spot.

Looking at the fallen body.

Zhu Houzhao burst into loud laughter.

"Hahaha, glorious, so glorious!"

Jiang Bin nearby hurriedly flattered Zhu Houzhao.

"Your Majesty is mighty!"

And at that very moment.

One man in the chaos had noticed this scene.

Beneath Yingzhou City, a force was advancing toward this man.

And from afar, so many elite troops.

Could this man be…?

As the Great Ming's sworn enemy, Dayan Khan had long known that the Great Ming had a reckless young emperor.

Could this be the Emperor himself leading the campaign in person?

Thinking of this.

Dayan Khan instantly grew excited.

If he could capture the Great Ming's emperor now.

What would the Great Ming do?

Back then, Zhu Qizhen had left a regent behind.

Who was acting as regent in the Great Ming's capital now?

Forget whether he wanted to or not.

This young emperor was the late emperor's only son.

And the current emperor had no heir.

There was not a single person in the Great Ming's capital with a legitimate claim to the throne!

If he could capture this young emperor, the Great Ming would collapse into chaos instantly!

Just as Dayan Khan was about to act.

Zhu Di, far away, had clearly noticed this scene.

He immediately roared at Zhu Houzhao in the distance:

"You little brat, if you keep running wild, your head's gonna be cut off and used as a chamber pot!"

The familiar Qixie troops, the familiar numbers.

Zhu Di knew.

This man, even if not the Khan of the steppes, was at least a Grand Tutor like Yexian.

Without time to think further, Zhu Di instantly nocked an arrow and shot toward Dayan Khan in the distance.

Then he picked up his firelock.

After three shots, he charged toward Dayan Khan's position, brandishing his three-barreled firelock.

Though he was the Son of Heaven, he could not hide the fact that Zhu Di was a fierce general.

Dayan Khan's Qixie troops were thrown into disarray in a single charge.

The Tatars, whose nerves had already been stretched to the breaking point, finally shattered completely.

A suddenly emerged veteran general.

Often implies there is another force of troops.

This force could be fifty thousand, or it could be one hundred thousand.

In any case, the moment Zhu Di charged out.

Dayan Khan's troops completely entered a rout mode.

Vast numbers of grassland cavalry retreated like a receding tide.

And just at this moment.

The decoy functions Zhu Houzhao had arranged in advance at various locations had already shifted.

Liaodong Vice General Xiao Zi, Xuanfu Mobile Corps Commander Shi Chun, Deputy Regional Commander Zhu Luan, and Mobile Corps Commander Zhou Zheng, respectively, surged forward to attack from the east, west, and south.

Dayan Khan's troops were completely beaten into a rout.

In a state of fleeing for one's life.

It is impossible to notice exactly how many people are chasing oneself.

Normal combat flows smoothly.

Even Zhu Yuanzhang could not help but cry out "Good" in the chat group.

After the battle.

Zhu Houzhao, still in full military attire, walked up to Zhu Di and bowed with clasped hands, saying:

"Your son Houzhao pays his respects to Emperor Taizong Wen."

Zhu Di nodded slightly.

Only Zhu Yuanzhang's expression gradually became solemn.

"Fourth brother, something is wrong with this matter."

Zhu Di's expression was also extremely solemn.

Fifty thousand against fifty thousand.

Fighting the Tartars into a rout.

In any dynasty, this would absolutely count as a great victory.

But it is precisely this great victory.

Zhu Youjian, as a ruler of a later generation, had not even heard of it much!

Emperor Taizu Gao:

"@Emperor Sizong Lie, have you found the things I asked you to investigate?"

After Zhu Youjian was @ by Zhu Yuanzhang.

He finally came slightly to his senses.