Chapter 110: Zhu Di: Zhu Ying was originally from my Beiping army!

For Nahachu at this moment.

Anger.

Despair.

After planning so carefully for so long, he actually failed.

"How did we lose?"

"Where is Alishili?"

Nahachu suppressed the anger in his heart and asked hoarsely.

"Reporting to the Grand Marshal."

"The Grand General, he unfortunately died in battle."

"Killed by the Ming general Zhu... Zhu Ying."

Guantong reported with an ugly expression.

"Died in battle?"

"That Zhu Ying again?"

Nahachu opened his eyes wide, at this moment he really couldn't figure it out.

Under his careful layout, he completely formed an encirclement of the Ming army in Tieling City, there were almost no loopholes, under such encirclement, even if the Ming army escaped, it absolutely could not exceed a thousand.

How could the careful encirclement of one hundred and fifty thousand troops be broken?

"Tell me in detail."

"How exactly did we lose?"

"This layout was so tight, how could it end up with such a result!"

Nahachu asked in a deep voice.

However.

After learning that Alishili had already died in battle, Nahachu's anger also subsided slightly, after all, the commanding Grand General had already died in battle, what could he do?

"Reporting to the Grand Marshal."

"We underestimated the Ming's Daning border troops."

"This defeat is all because of these Daning border troops, because of that Daning border troop general Zhu Ying." Guantong said through gritted teeth.

Then he reported the situation after surrounding Tieling and igniting Tieling to Nahachu one by one.

After Tieling City was ignited, the original victory was settled, Zhu Ying led the troops to charge, broke the encirclement, and also commanded the Ming army to carry out a counter-encirclement of their ambushing army.

All of this.

Was reported exactly.

Hearing this!

Nahachu's expression was extremely ugly.

"I counted Lan Yu's one hundred thousand army, and I also counted Fu Youde's one hundred thousand army."

"But I didn't count these Daning border troops."

"A mere few tens of thousands of troops."

"Actually made my last strike fail, the originally certain victory, actually lost."

"My one hundred and fifty thousand army, collapsed in one strike!"

Nahachu's expression was extremely ugly.

Such victory!

Gone.

"Grand Marshal."

"Although we lost this time, our army also suffered many losses, but many sons escaped from Tieling."

"Just wait to reorganize the army, our army can still defend Liaoyang and fight."

"These years we have accumulated enough food and baggage, we can definitely hold on."

"At worst, we will fight the Ming army to the death, even if we drag them down, we will drag them to death." Guantong gritted his teeth and said with a look of madness.

Nahachu's expression was calm, and he no longer had any spirit.

"How many sons escaped from Tieling this time?" Nahachu asked in a low voice.

"Three or four tens of thousands of brothers escaped." Guantong immediately replied.

"One hundred and fifty thousand sons."

"Only three or four tens of thousands escaped back."

"My Liaodong, has no chance."

Nahachu smiled bitterly, his face full of frustration.

One hundred and fifty thousand!

And one hundred thousand were veteran soldiers he integrated from all over Liaodong, which could be said to be the elite combat power of the entire Liaodong.

Now a tragic defeat.

Even if they escaped back.

His entire Liaodong's true combat power had plummeted, now even counting the seven thousand troops in Gaizhou, plus the one thousand plus army guarding Liaoyang, Liaodong's total combat power was less than one hundred and thirty thousand.

And half of them were new soldiers, forcibly conscripted by Nahachu.

"Grand Marshal."

"Do you want to give up?" Guantong said unwillingly.

"No foreign aid! The imperial order does not allow withdrawal."

"Only fight the Ming army to the death."

"Pass my order, gather all the sons who withdrew from Tieling to Liaoyang, even if it is a defeat, I want to lose magnificently, even if it is a defeat, I want to make the Ming army pay the price."

"At worst, perish together, to repay the imperial grace."

Nahachu said with a look of madness.

"This subordinate swears to follow to the death." Guantong immediately said.

"Go."

"Integrate the army."

"Also, tell Hong Baobao who is guarding Gaizhou, if he cannot defend, let him withdraw to Liaoyang." Nahachu said in a deep voice.

"This subordinate obeys." Guantong immediately obeyed.

Then walked away with large strides.

"Zhu Ying."

"First it was Jincheng, then it was Kaiyuan, and now it is Tieling."

"How many of my good things have you ruined."

"If this child doesn't die, he will definitely be a great enemy of my Great Yuan in the future." Nahachu's expression was extremely ugly.

At this moment!

He had completely put Zhu Ying in his heart.

But even so, everything was too late.

If he had counted Zhu Ying in when setting the ambush in Tieling, and left a force to guard against the Daning border troops, this battle would not have been defeated so easily, it was ultimately Nahachu's strategy that was not comprehensive, which led to this defeat!

Beiping City, Prince Yan's Mansion!

"Every time a secret report comes from Liaodong, the Prince is in this mood, it seems that this Zhu Ying really gives the Prince a different feeling."

Yao Guangxiao looked at the secret report in his hand and smiled slightly.

"This child, every time I see a secret report, it has something to do with him, and every time he is always able to be more brilliant."

"What kind of person is Nahachu, both military and political are top-notch, in my opinion, the Battle of Tieling City also almost shows no loopholes, Lan Yu falling into Nahachu's trap is not because his commanding is not good, but this strategy is almost unavoidable, after all, Lan Yu shoulders the responsibility of recovering Liaodong, attacking is inevitable."

"Nahachu used ease to wait for work, used months of time to layout, used the death of tens of thousands of people to achieve this strategy, turning defeat into victory! This battle, if not for the Daning border troops, Lan Yu would inevitably be wiped out."

"But..."

Zhu Di had a thoughtful look, his eyes filled with deep fear: "This ambush that almost had no flaws was actually seen through by this Zhu Ying, and he even followed the trend, giving the Yuan army a counter-encirclement, heavily damaging the Yuan army, beheading and capturing nearly one hundred thousand enemies."

"Such battle results."

"Truly unimaginable."

"At the age of seventeen, so amazing."

"Fierce in battle, it is rumored that he has the courage of the former Western Chu Overlord, and the Battle of Tieling confirms his talent for commanding troops."

"Such a strange talent who is both civil and military, I really can't imagine it would be a seventeen-year-old person."

"And he has no background, and no help."

"Could it be that heroes are born in every generation?"

At this moment.

Zhu Di couldn't help but ask this question.

"Perhaps."

"However, the poor monk sees that what the Prince is concerned about is not Zhu Ying's talent for commanding troops." Yao Guangxiao smiled faintly, as if seeing through the essence of Zhu Di's ugly expression at this moment.

Hearing this!

Zhu Di raised his hand, holding another secret report in his hand.

"Do you know Zhu Ying's ancestral home?" Zhu Di asked in a deep voice.

"Only the Ministry of War knows about this, didn't the Prince send someone to the Ministry of War to investigate, but to no avail?"

"Thinking about it."

"Now Zhu Ying's status and position are different from before, the news of his ancestral home has been increased in confidentiality, perhaps it was personally asked by the Crown Prince and the Emperor, naturally no one dares to leak it." Yao Guangxiao said calmly.

"Zhu Ying."

"His ancestral home is in my Beiping Prefecture!"

Zhu Di said almost through gritted teeth.

Clearly.

When saying this, he was already angry.

"His ancestral home is in Beiping Prefecture, why did he go to Daning to join the army?" Yao Guangxiao asked in surprise, his expression also changing.

"There must be a hidden reason for this."

"However, when Zhang Yu reported in the secret report, he only learned from Zhu Ying that Zhu Ying's ancestral home was in Beiping Prefecture, Zhang Yu doesn't know the specific reason why he was assigned to Daning Prefecture." Zhu Di said in a deep voice.

"Such a talent, originally should be under the Prince's command."

"Actually ran to Daning?"

"This matter must be suspicious." Yao Guangxiao said in a deep voice.

Zhu Di nodded: "Yes!"

"This is the reason for my unhappiness today, such a hero, he should have been serving under my command, such a capable general, such a brave general, if he had served in the Beiping army under my command, I would have gained a helper."

"But now it was in vain for Daning Prefecture, and also caused me to lose a wise and brave general."

Saying this.

Zhu Di felt like his heart was bleeding.

Clearly.

In Zhu Di's view.

If Zhu Ying was in his Beiping army, he could also be brilliant.

After all, he also strictly adheres to the Great Ming military merit system in using people, rewarding merits and punishing faults.

With Zhu Ying's ability in the Beiping army, perhaps he could have achieved greater military merit.

"Prince."

"This ancestral home matter, perhaps we need to investigate clearly."

"Great Ming military law, where soldiers are recruited, the people of the folk should be prioritized to join the army in their ancestral home, only after the soldiers recruited in the prefecture are full, can they go to other prefectures to join the army, and this time the Beiping army was ordered to go on an expedition, and there were still soldier quotas, clearly it was not full."

"Being able to let Zhu Ying, whose ancestral home belongs to Beiping Prefecture, go to Daning Prefecture to join the army, this is not something ordinary people can do."

"It must be collusion between powerful people, it must be the power of authority."

"Otherwise, it is impossible." Yao Guangxiao analyzed carefully.

"You mean, Zhu Ying was harmed by someone, deliberately sent to Daning Prefecture to join the army?" Zhu Di thought carefully and immediately understood Yao Guangxiao's words.

"Except for this possibility, Zhu Ying could not have gone to Daning Prefecture to join the army." Yao Guangxiao said with certainty.

Zhu Di nodded thoughtfully: "It seems that Zhu Ying was really harmed by someone and transferred to Daning to join the army."

"Before the Liaodong war started."

"The most dangerous prefecture in my Great Ming was Daning, not only were there Jianzhou Jurchen bandits in Daning Prefecture, but the Daning border troops also suffered heavy casualties because of bandit suppression."

"If Zhu Ying was really deliberately sent to Daning Prefecture, someone must have wanted his life."

"And it was to make Zhu Ying die justifiably, without any handle." Zhu Di analyzed carefully.

If Zhu Ying heard the conversation between Zhu Di and Yao Guangxiao here, he would also be very moved.

Relying on an ancestral home, they actually analyzed so much, they are indeed the Yongle Emperor and the Black-Clad Monk in history.

"Prince."

"Investigate with this as a breakthrough point."

"If we can investigate clearly, we can use this to send Zhu Ying a favor."

"Perhaps with this favor, we can let Zhu Ying return to Beiping Prefecture." Yao Guangxiao said with a planning tone.

Zhu Di's eyes lit up and he immediately asked: "How to let Zhu Ying return to Beiping Prefecture?"

"Start with his ancestral home."

"Of course."

"Still have to wait until we investigate clearly why Zhu Ying went to Daning Prefecture to join the army, and then make a plan, after all, Zhu Ying's ancestral home is now a secret, the Prince cannot mention it actively, otherwise that suspicious Emperor in the capital will definitely be suspicious of the Prince." Yao Guangxiao said in a deep voice.

Zhu Di nodded: "I naturally understand this matter."

"However, what you said is right."

"Everything still needs to be investigated clearly first."

"If we can really let Zhu Ying return to my Beiping Prefecture to command the army, and let him be used by me, that would be truly great."

Great Ming Capital, the capital!

Step step.

Step step step.

Outside the city.

A burst of rapid stepping sounds.

"Get out of the way."

"Liaodong urgent report."

"Liaodong urgent report..."

A fast rider holding a command flag shouted loudly.

Looking at this formation, no one dared to block, the soldiers guarding the city gate moved away one after another, clearing the road.

The urgent report soldier entered the city unimpeded.

And inside the city.

Countless people looked in surprise.

"Liaodong urgent report."

"Did something happen?"

"No."

"It is said that on the Liaodong battlefield, my Great Ming fought extremely beautifully, now the expedition to Liaodong has been half a year, I think it will soon be able to pacify Liaodong."

"Liaodong was originally my Huaxia Han family territory, lost for so many years, finally about to return to my Huaxia control."

"Indeed."

"The Emperor's civil and military achievements are the blessing of my Huaxia Han people, reshaping the glory of my Han family."

"Look, it must be good news."

"Perhaps it is the victory report that Liaodong will be settled..."

Looking at the urgent report soldier galloping into the city, countless people were in awe, not believing that this urgent report would be bad news.

This is also after Zhu Yuanzhang founded the Great Ming, reshaping the dignity of the Huaxia Han family.

Especially the people of the capital Prefecture, they were incomparably confident in the current Emperor and the Great Ming army.

Inside the palace, Fengtian Hall!

"Report."

"Liaodong urgent report."

"Presented by the Grand General."

The urgent report soldier came to the hall, knelt respectfully, and held up the urgent report in his hand to present.

"Urgent report?"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Biao, slightly puzzled.

The Liaodong war has been going on for half a year.

The Ministry of War would directly memorialize various battle results, if there was no truly urgent military situation, there would naturally not be an urgent report presented.

"Present it."

Zhu Yuanzhang felt some unease in his heart.

Immediately waved his hand.

Yun Qi, who was serving on the side, immediately walked down quickly, picked up the urgent report, and turned respectfully to hand it to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang immediately opened the urgent report and took a look.

His expression immediately became ugly.

After finishing reading.

With a bang.

Zhu Yuanzhang directly threw the urgent report in his hand onto the table.

Suddenly!

The expressions of the ministers in the entire court changed.

Zhu Biao, who was standing on the steps, also looked over with doubt.

"Father."

"What happened?"

"Is there a change in Liaodong?" Zhu Biao asked immediately.

"Lan Yu."

"Too disappointing." Zhu Yuanzhang shouted coldly.

Picked up the urgent report again and threw it to Zhu Biao.

Zhu Biao took it and looked, his expression also became slightly ugly.

"Father."

"The situation on the battlefield is unpredictable."

"This time Nahachu planned carefully, and even used the death of a city to plan, only then did this ambush result."

"Marquis Yongchang is good at commanding troops, but did not expect Nahachu to be so ruthless, only then did he fall into the ambush."

"On the battlefield, victory and defeat are common."

"Fortunately, this time Zhu Ying led the Daning border troops to reinforce in time, avoiding the entire army being wiped out by Nahachu, our army suffered losses, but also avoided being wiped out." Zhu Biao said to Zhu Yuanzhang immediately after reading the urgent report.

Hearing this.

The ministers in the hall also understood one after another.

"Lan Yu suffered a defeat in Liaodong, and was finally saved by Zhu Ying."

"Hahaha."

"Lan Yu is arrogant and domineering, acting recklessly, relying on his superior commanding, not putting anyone in his eyes, now actually there is a day of defeat."

"Ridiculous, ridiculous."

"This Lan Yu truly deserves it."

"If I don't memorialize against him this time, it would be too much of a waste of opportunity."

"Must memorialize, although losing the battle on the battlefield is not a capital crime, but being able to have this opportunity to target Lan Yu, and that group of fierce Huaixi generals, this opportunity is rare."

"..."

After understanding the situation.

Many ministers who didn't like Huaixi had ideas.

Such an opportunity, they would definitely not miss it.

However.

At this moment they still didn't know the full picture of the urgent report, so they hadn't stood out yet.

Because according to convention, the urgent report entering the court would naturally cause discussion in the court.

"Emperor."

"Did my Great Ming suffer losses in Liaodong?"

Tang Duo stood out and asked respectfully.

As the Minister of War, he naturally had the power to ask this question.

"Nahachu used Tieling to set an ambush, burned the whole city, and laid an encirclement!"

"Lan Yu's one hundred thousand army fell into this ambush circle."

"Almost ended up with the entire army wiped out."

"Fortunately, Zhu Ying led the Daning border troops to reinforce, and gave the Yuan army a counter-encirclement, turning defeat into victory at the critical moment, and annihilated nearly one hundred thousand Yuan troops, achieving a great victory."

Zhu Biao said slowly.

"I don't know how many casualties Marquis Yongchang's army suffered this time?"

"Please clarify, Crown Prince." Tang Duo said with an ugly expression.

"Nearly thirty thousand killed in battle, over twenty thousand injured, most of whom were burned, difficult to survive."

Zhu Biao also said with an ugly expression.

This time the casualties were more than the half year of conquering Liaodong.

Casualties intensified!

First, it affects military morale.

Second, it increases the pension.

For the Ministry of War's statistics, and for the national treasury's finance, it was a big impact.

So why going to war, if the casualties are too large, they will be held accountable, the reason is exactly this.

Military generals lead troops to gamble for military merit, this is profit!

And military generals lead troops to do nothing, losing soldiers and generals, this is a fault!

It is two-sided.

As Zhu Biao's voice fell.

Immediately.

An imperial censor stood out.

"Reporting to the Emperor."

"This time the army was ambushed, almost ended up with the entire army wiped out."

"This fault, should be held accountable."

An imperial censor stood out and memorialized loudly.

As this word fell.

Immediately several imperial censors stood out: "This subordinate agrees."

"This time being ambushed, it must be Marquis Yongchang's greed for merit and advancing rashly, which caused many soldiers to be injured innocently, this is a crime."

"Should be held accountable and severely punished."

"Should severely punish Marquis Yongchang..."

One imperial censor after another spoke.

One stood out at first, then five, then some other ministers in the court, all echoed.

It can be seen.

How many people Lan Yu offended in this court.

Looking at the memorials of many ministers in the court.

Zhu Yuanzhang's brows were also locked.

Clearly.

Lan Yu's unfavorable commanding this time, losing soldiers, and almost being wiped out, also made Zhu Yuanzhang somewhat angry.

"Lan Yu."

"Should be punished."

Zhu Yuanzhang said slowly.

In the memorializing sound of punishing Lan Yu, it was like a final decision.

"Father."

"Although Marquis Yongchang suffered heavy losses on the battlefield this time, it was not intentional, but an unintentional mistake."

"Although he can be punished, it cannot be too much."

"Otherwise it will definitely shake the military morale of recovering Liaodong."

"This son thinks."

"A small punishment and a big warning is enough."

"If he is severely punished because of this, I am afraid no one will dare to lead troops in the future." Zhu Biao turned around and said neither humble nor arrogant.

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