Chapter 191

The new capital city, this land that was once the capital of Northern Yuan, has now been firmly controlled by the Great Ming army.

Looking around!

Flags are fluttering on the city walls, and it is the Great Ming's military flag rustling in the wind.

At the city gate.

Great Ming soldiers are guarding every place, their gazes vigilantly watching the four directions.

Inside the city.

There are also quite a few Great Ming soldiers patrolling.

And although the commoners in the city still carry a bit of panic, under the orderly governance of the Great Ming army, they are gradually recovering some vitality.

Ming army soldiers patrol past the streets, their footsteps neat and powerful.

Some of the shops on the street have reopened, and those former Yuan people are cautiously greeting customers, but their eyes cannot hide their trepidation about the future.

After all.

Their world has already changed.

More than a month ago.

As the decree for continuing the Northern Expedition was transmitted, more than ninety percent of the Great Ming army's military strength galloped towards the north without looking back, swearing to completely wipe out the remaining forces of Northern Yuan.

And only ten percent of the military strength was firmly guarding the captured Northern Yuan cities and territory.

Among these occupied lands, the new capital city was undoubtedly the most critical priority.

Guo Ying, the Grand General of the Northern Expedition, and Zhu Di and Zhu Quan, who possessed royal titles, were also in this new capital city at this moment.

As the army continued the Northern Expedition.

Guo Ying naturally wouldn't let these two princes, Zhu Di, go into danger.

The former Northern Yuan Chancellor's manor!

Now it has become Zhu Di's temporary residence. Although this manor has gone through the baptism of war, the dignity of the past can still be vaguely distinguished.

"Your Highness."

Zhu Neng's voice broke the silence in the hall. He walked respectfully to Zhu Di, bowed slightly, and presented a secret letter with both hands: "This is the news transmitted from Ying Tian."

On Zhu Di's originally calm face, there was a trace of curiosity at this moment. He raised his eyebrows slightly, reached out to take the letter, and unfolded it slowly.

Only to see his gaze sweep quickly over the letter, his originally indifferent expression gradually changed, and the hand holding the letter also tightened slightly unconsciously.

"The Crown Prince accepted the Champion Marquis's son Zhu Xi as a foster grandson, and bestowed the Crown Prince's 'Sun' generation name 'Wen', allowing the Champion Marquis's descendants and legitimate sons to inherit the generation name transmission."

"Now this matter has already caused a sensation in Ying Tian."

"Everyone says that the Crown Prince's favor has never reached such a level."

"Accepting an official's son as a foster grandson, in the future, the Champion Marquis will definitely be a powerful figure in the Great Ming imperial court."

Zhu Neng continued to add, his tone carrying a kind of amazement.

Zhu Di sat on the chair in the main seat, seemingly calm on the surface, but the slightly trembling fingers revealed the ripples in his heart.

"This matter."

Zhu Di was silent for a moment, then spoke slowly, his voice low but carrying a meaning that was hard to fathom: "This Prince knows. You may withdraw."

Saying this, Zhu Di waved his hand calmly.

"Yes."

Zhu Neng bowed respectfully and then turned around quickly, leaving the hall quickly.

When he left, he also carefully closed the hall door by the way.

After Zhu Neng left, the expression Zhu Di had been pretending to be calm collapsed immediately. His brows were tightly knitted, and his eyes were full of worry.

"You say, will Big Brother discover that Zhu Ying is Zhu Xiongying?"

Zhu Di said in a deep voice, his tone carrying strong worry, completely pressing on his heart.

"Impossible." Yao Guangxiao's voice came from the inner hall.

Only to see him wearing a black monk's robe, walking out of the inner hall with steady steps, his eyes revealing wisdom and confidence.

"The Prince discovering it was also based on that jade pendant. If it weren't for the Prince bathing with him, it would be impossible to discover the existence of that jade pendant."

Yao Guangxiao said while walking to Zhu Di's side, clasping his hands together, bowing his head slightly, seemingly thinking about how to phrase it.

"This time the Crown Prince accepting Zhu Ying's son as a foster grandson should also be with the intention of winning him over."

"After all, for such a young general, his legitimate wife is already married, and the Crown Prince cannot win him over through marriage. The Crown Prince's daughter cannot be a concubine, so accepting Zhu Ying's son as a foster grandson is naturally the fundamental way to win him over."

"Besides this, there is no other possibility."

Yao Guangxiao added again, his tone very confident, as if he believed in his own deduction deeply.

He was good at power schemes, and in the speculation of this matter, he was also mainly based on power schemes. In his view, all of this was just a power game in the imperial court.

"This time if Zhu Ying returns from the northern frontier, he will definitely enter Ying Tian to face the Emperor. With Father Emperor and Big Brother's memory of Zhu Xiongying, it's hard to guarantee they won't think of something."

"If he is really recognized back, what else can be done?"

Zhu Di had a look of worry, stood up, showing his inner unease.

Ever since he knew that Zhu Ying was Zhu Xiongying through that jade pendant, Zhu Di had been like falling into a nightmare, unable to sleep, full of unease.

This had too great an impact on him.

"Your Highness."

Yao Guangxiao looked at Zhu Di's anxious appearance and comforted him softly: "This poor monk still says that sentence, the world is big, and everything is possible."

"This world is very big, with countless people."

"Not to mention those who look similar, even people who look exactly the same will exist."

"Perhaps in some place in the world, there exists someone who looks the same as the Prince."

"So the Prince's worry is completely overthinking."

Yao Guangxiao said in a peaceful voice, trying to soothe Zhu Di's uneasy heart.

"Furthermore."

Yao Guangxiao paused slightly, his gaze looking into the distance, as if he could see the situation in the northern frontier through the wall: "It also depends on whether Zhu Ying can return from the northern frontier."

"Penetrating deep into the northern frontier, penetrating deep into the hinterland of Northern Yuan."

"Even if he has fifty thousand cavalry, in the northern frontier, it is just a drop in the ocean."

"He can't stir up any waves."

"And Northern Yuan also knows the detailed military strength of this northern frontier entry, as well as the situation of the troop movement."

"Although Northern Yuan was repelled back to the grassland by the Northern Expedition army, don't underestimate their ferocity, and don't underestimate their hatred for the Ming army."

Yao Guangxiao sneered, that smile carrying strong certainty, as if he had determined that Zhu Ying would not be able to return.

Regarding this!

Zhu Di did not speak again.

He stood quietly in place, his eyes looking blankly towards the north, seemingly not wanting to continue this topic.

For him, perhaps by this point, the matter was already irreversible for him.

Northern frontier!

The vast and boundless grassland and desert were intertwined, the strong wind whistled and swept past, and yellow sand danced all over the sky.

Zhu Ying's army was moving steadily towards Mount Langjuxu.

At this time!

It was not far from Mount Langjuxu, and the Northern Yuan royal court also seemed to be close at hand.

"General."

"Along this way, it's too strange."

"Our army hasn't encountered any main force of the Northern Yuan army along the way. Is Northern Yuan so lacking in ferocity that they even abandoned their tribes?"

"Are they going to watch our army destroy all their tribes?"

In a place less than ten miles from the Northern Yuan royal court, Zhu Ying's subordinate troops temporarily stopped their northward pace and rested on the spot.

Many generals were all surrounding Zhu Ying, saying one sentence after another, everyone's face carrying confusion and incomprehension.

Before killing into the northern frontier, many generals thought that they would encounter many bloody battles with Northern Yuan. They even simulated the scenes of battle countless times in their hearts. However, now that they had entered this Northern Yuan hinterland for more than a month, their army had already slaughtered quite a few Northern Yuan tribes, beheaded countless, and blood-washed all the young and strong males of Northern Yuan. This was definitely a huge loss for Northern Yuan.

But even so, the Northern Yuan imperial court, and even the tribes under Northern Yuan, did not organize a war that truly faced the Great Ming cavalry.

It seemed that they completely abandoned their own people, letting the Great Ming army slaughter them at will.

In the eyes of Zhu Ying's subordinate generals, this was too strange and completely inconsistent with common sense.

"This matter."

Listening to the generals' words, Zhu Ying frowned slightly, and also nodded with a thoughtful look: "It is indeed revealing a bit of strangeness."

"General."

Zhang Wu's expression was serious, his eyes carrying vigilance: "Could there be a trick in this?"

"Trick?"

Hearing this, Zhu Ying still had a thoughtful look.

However.

At this moment, Zhu Ying thought of another layer.

"You say."

Zhu Ying came back to his senses and looked at the generals, his gaze like a torch: "If Northern Yuan knows that our army's purpose is their royal court, is their Emperor, what will they do?"

"Naturally, wait for the rabbit."

Chen Heng replied without thinking, and his voice also sounded in everyone's ears.

"Exactly so."

Zhu Ying nodded slightly, a sharp look flashing in his eyes: "This time our army marched north, the purpose is clear, which is to capture and kill the Northern Yuan Emperor and completely end Northern Yuan."

"The reason why Northern Yuan ignores the lives of its subordinate tribe people is that they clearly know our army's purpose."

"But..."

Zhu Ying had a thoughtful look, carrying a bit of caution, and his brows knitted again: "Even if it is waiting for the rabbit, they must have a deployment of strength that can absolutely deal with us, know how many troops our army has, and how the combat power is, otherwise the so-called waiting for the rabbit would become a joke."

When saying this.

Zhu Ying's tone carried a bit of caution.

Hearing this, Zhang Wu couldn't help but guess: "General, Northern Yuan wouldn't know our military strength situation, right?"

"Impossible."

Chen Heng said immediately, shaking his head while speaking: "This time marching north, our army used one hundred thousand cavalry, which was also deliberately shown to Northern Yuan."

"One hundred thousand iron cavalry in this northern frontier desert is invincible combat power."

"Their cavalry has already been defeated by the General, and it is impossible to have the power to face our one hundred thousand cavalry."

"But you say it this way, if Northern Yuan really waits for the rabbit in its royal court, then it must know our army's military strength situation, otherwise, how would they deploy to meet the battle?"

"One hundred thousand iron cavalry charging, Northern Yuan dare not. Unless they know our army's cavalry is no more than fifty thousand."

Zhang Wu said in a deep voice, his expression serious, his eyes carrying deep worry.

As this word fell!

Chen Heng's face also changed slightly. His eyes flashed with panic, seemingly hit by Zhang Wu's words.

Thinking back and forth, Chen Heng still said: "Shouldn't be, right?"

"The specific number of troops is a top secret in the army, how could it be leaked?"

"And how could it be known by Northern Yuan?"

"There is no reason for this! Could it be that there is a traitor in the upper level of the army?"

Clearly, Chen Heng also couldn't think of the reason at all, which was why he guessed groundlessly.

And listening to the generals' discussion, Zhu Ying's expression was still in a thoughtful state.

And in Zhu Ying's heart, he already had a deduction: "More than a month, penetrating deep into the northern frontier for more than a thousand miles, slaughtering more than dozens of Northern Yuan tribes!"

"Even if the Champion Marquis Huo Qubing killed into the grassland in the past, he also suffered the full counterattack of the Xiongnu tribes."

"But now that I lead the army to kill in, I haven't encountered any counterattack from the main force of Northern Yuan."

"Deducing this, Northern Yuan is waiting for the rabbit."

Zhu Ying pondered, his heart like a mirror, his analysis of the situation clear and thorough.

"But the news in the grassland desert is blocked, and it is impossible to fully grasp our army's situation. At the beginning of the troop movement, what was given to Northern Yuan was the full army expedition, with hundreds of thousands of troops."

"But they dare to wait for the rabbit, waiting for our army to enter the urn, that is because they are clear about how many troops we have, which is the reason why they have been avoiding battle and waiting for the rabbit in the royal court."

"This time the troop movement, the specific military deployment is only known to Guo Ying and the main generals of the two routes of the army."

"Could it be..."

Zhu Ying secretly pondered in his heart, and at this time, he also keenly deduced a key point.

"Zhu Di?"

Zhu Di's figure floated quietly in Zhu Ying's heart.

The first feeling was Zhu Di.

A trace of complex emotion flashed in Zhu Ying's eyes, carrying both surprise at this guess and thinking about its possibility.

"No, shouldn't be."

After pondering for a moment, Zhu Ying shook his head slightly, trying to deny this thought.

"Although Zhu Di often shows the intention to win me over, shouldn't he go as far as leaking information?"

"There is no life-and-death hatred between him and me."

"As for his rebellious heart, that is a matter for the future. Who can say for sure about the future?"

"Shouldn't be him."

Zhu Ying thought while constantly weighing various possibilities in his heart, trying to find a reasonable explanation.

But after thinking of Zhu Di, Zhu Ying was still a bit unable to figure it out.

After all, thinking back and forth, Zhu Di shouldn't have a reason to leak information. First, Zhu Di himself is a prince with ambitions, and he dreams of marching north to expand territory and prove himself in front of Old Zhu. Second, Zhu Ying doesn't have any hatred with Zhu Di, so he should have no reason to pit himself, right?

Zhu Ying felt a burst of confusion.

Thinking back and forth, Zhu Ying couldn't figure it out in his heart.

However, Zhu Ying didn't care too much. Under his command, with the blessing of the official seal, he had a double combat power, morale, and other blessings for his subordinate soldiers. With this double blessing, the combat power of fifty thousand troops was not inferior to one hundred thousand troops at all.

This also belonged to Zhu Ying's unique advantage, which was his reliance on the battlefield.

As for Northern Yuan wanting to ambush in its royal court?

Zhu Ying had the golden eagle looking down from the high sky, no matter how they ambushed, they were all invisible in Zhu Ying's eyes.

That golden eagle was like his eyes, able to insight into all enemies hiding in the dark.

Coming back to his senses, looking at the generals around still discussing, Zhu Ying said immediately: "Alright."

"No need to think too much."

"This place is not far from the Northern Yuan royal court."

"If Northern Yuan wants to wait for the rabbit, then let them wait."

"Everyone, are you afraid?"

Zhu Ying looked around at the generals, his eyes full of dominance and confidence.

"Swear to follow the General to the death."

Feeling Zhu Ying's fighting spirit and dominance, the generals also came back to their senses one after another, all clasping their hands and bowing to Zhu Ying.

Their eyes were full of firmness and loyalty, as if as long as Zhu Ying gave an order, they would rush to the enemy without hesitation, even if it meant going through fire and water.

This was their absolute trust in Zhu Ying.

"Let the brothers have a good rest for one night."

Zhu Ying looked at the generals, his gaze carrying concern: "Tomorrow, it will be the day our army blood-washes the Northern Yuan royal court."

"If Northern Yuan really sets an ambush, with me here, who can block our army's charge?"

Zhu Ying smiled very confidently, that smile carrying a kind of heroic spirit that no one else could match.

The power of the cavalry is unstoppable in this vast desert.

Really not afraid of any ambush.

Furthermore, there is the golden eagle, and Zhu Ying's domineering bravery.

Even more fearless.

"Yes."

The generals echoed one after another.

Zhu Ying's confidence naturally infected the generals.

After all, in the heart of every soldier, Zhu Ying was the incarnation of the God of War, the incarnation of invincibility. As long as they followed their General, they were an invincible army.

They believed that under Zhu Ying's leadership, they would definitely be able to trample the Northern Yuan royal court.

"The Northern Yuan royal court is at Mount Langjuxu."

Zhu Ying looked into the distance, as if he could already see the existence of Mount Langjuxu, his eyes also full of longing: "Brothers."

"Sealing Mount Langjuxu is right before our eyes."

"Leaving a name in history is also right before our eyes."

At this moment.

Zhu Ying's voice was impassioned and exciting.

Hearing the sound!

Chen Heng, Zhang Wu, Wei Quan, and the generals' eyes all became burning: "Sealing Mount Langjuxu."

These four words, like a lightning bolt, crossed everyone's heart, making their blood boil.

These four words are enough to move any general of the Huaxia Han family.

These four words, no Huaxia man can refuse.

This is the supreme glory belonging to Huaxia military generals and Huaxia men.

"Brothers."

Chen Heng shouted excitedly: "After tomorrow, follow the General to slaughter this Northern Yuan royal court, and our Great Ning border army will leave a name in history."

"The future history books will definitely have a thick stroke of our Great Ning border army."

"That's right." Zhang Wu also followed and shouted: "Sealing Mount Langjuxu, in the past, the Champion Marquis Huo Qubing created a prestige of thousands of years, and now our Great Ming's Champion Marquis is also going to lead us to create such battle results."

"Tomorrow, it will be the day our Great Ning border army seals Mount Langjuxu."

"As long as it is achieved, even if we die here, we will have no regrets."

"Brothers." Another general shouted loudly: "Eat and drink enough, tomorrow follow the General to fight the Northern Yuan royal court to the death and raise the heavenly prestige of our Huaxia Great Ming."

His voice echoed in the air, stirring up the ten thousand feet of heroic spirit in the hearts of the generals and soldiers.

Many generals were all excited, shouting loudly to the soldiers resting around.

How could these four words, Sealing Mount Langjuxu, not make people excited.

The soldiers stood up from the ground one after another, gripped the weapons in their hands tightly, their eyes full of fighting spirit.

Their shouts gathered together, like rolling thunder, echoing in this desert.

"Swear to follow the General to the death."

"Sealing Mount Langjuxu."

"Didn't expect that I would have such a day."

"Swear to follow the General to the death..."

Countless soldiers around were all shouting excitedly, full of eagerness for Sealing Mount Langjuxu, and even more absolute trust in their General.

Seeing this scene.

"Hope tomorrow's battle."

"Can have fewer brothers die."

Zhu Ying looked around, thinking secretly in his heart.

Tomorrow.

It can be foreseen that it will definitely be a bloody battle.

A bloody battle that cannot be avoided.

Zhu Ying is not a god, and he does not have the power to turn the tide of battle alone and slaughter the enemy army.

What he can do is to bring the soldiers who went on the expedition back in triumph as much as possible.

Do human efforts, listen to Heaven's will!

And at this moment.

Under the night curtain.

Northern Yuan royal court.

After many days of migration.

The people in this royal court have already migrated towards Buyuer Sea with the Yuan Emperor.

In this royal court area, it is already waiting for the rabbit, preparing to meet the Yuan army of Zhu Ying.

The Yuan army led by Ma Ma Erke Er.

"Report to the General."

"The army on the north side of Mount Langjuxu has been deployed."

"Report to the General."

"The armies on the west and east sides have also been deployed."

"Our tribe's thirty thousand cavalry have also ambushed on the east flank."

"Three routes of the army, three-sided encirclement, just wait for the Ming army to enter the urn, and we can surround them heavily, and our army can annihilate this invading Ming army."

"That Ming general Zhu Ying, will definitely die!"

Many Yuan generals came to Ma Ma Erke Er and reported respectfully.

Listening to the report of the subordinate generals.

Ma Ma Erke Er's face also floated with a kind of confidence that mastered everything.

(End of chapter)