Chapter 41

Great Ming capital, Yingtian City!

As the capital of Great Ming, it gathered economy, trade, authority, and population; in this era, it could definitely be called the most prosperous city in the world.

Among the people.

Everyone knew that Emperor Emperor Hongwu hated evil as much as he hated his enemies and hated corrupt officials to the bone.

Yingtian City, at the feet of this emperor, naturally developed very well.

Inside and outside the city.

People came and went, in an endless stream.

There were merchant caravans entering the city, and government runners from various prefectures of Great Ming.

It could be said.

Yingtian City was bustling every day.

The places entering the city were extremely lively.

At this moment!

Only to see a fast rider carrying a command flag, galloping rapidly toward Yingtian City.

Seeing this fast rider arrive.

The Kyoto army guarding the city gate immediately opened a separate passage, without any obstruction.

It had been like this in every dynasty.

Urgent reports from the border, urgent military affairs from local areas, no one was allowed to obstruct them.

Whether it was local government offices or mountain bandits and villains, no one dared to obstruct them.

Because major events that could be reported by a messenger were national events, affecting the people of the whole country; anyone who dared to intercept and kill a messenger with an urgent report would be committing a crime punishable by the extermination of nine generations.

Yingtian Imperial Palace, Hall of Heavenly Abundance!

It was still a solemn and majestic scene, with civil and military officials divided into ranks, all wearing red official robes.

Crown Prince Zhu Biao still stood majestically on the steps, with an extraordinary bearing, filled with majesty.

Compared to Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang who was a bit old, Zhu Biao was young and vigorous, with more majesty.

"Report to Your Majesty."

"Through the allocation of the Ministry of Revenue, from the national treasury, and from the treasuries of various prefectures."

"The first batch of grain and baggage has been transported to Daning Prefecture, enough to support our Great Ming's two hundred thousand soldiers for half a year." Zhao Mian stood out and reported loudly.

"Zhao Qing has worked hard."

"Subsequent grain and baggage allocation must not be delayed."

Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang nodded with satisfaction.

"Subordinate obeys the decree." Zhao Mian respectfully accepted the decree and retreated.

"Report to Your Majesty."

"According to reports from various prefectures, the mobilized troops have all been transferred to Daning Prefecture, and the Duke of Song has personally arrived in Daning to take over military power."

"Now, I suppose they are already planning the matter of destroying Nahachu." Tang Duo respectfully reported.

"With the Duke of Song personally commanding the troops, and Lan Yu and the others as deputies."

"Nahachu is not a major threat." Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang nodded.

The Huaixi faction were all valiant generals, all generals who were good at commanding troops.

Although arrogant, they were absolutely the most skilled at fighting.

"Father."

"The troops and grain from various prefectures have arrived."

"The situation on the battlefield is ever-changing; apart from grain and baggage, it is better for the imperial court not to interfere too much."

"This time, Father, just wait for the good news." Zhu Biao said with a smile.

"Lao Da."

"Do you think I would have that kind of leisure?"

"With the Duke of Song there, I don't worry at all."

"Nahachu, Northern Yuan, I haven't put them in my eyes anymore."

"Today's Great Ming is not the Great Ming that had just been founded, and Northern Yuan is even less the Great Yuan of the past." Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile.

"Father is wise." Zhu Biao immediately echoed with a smile.

At this time!

"Report."

"Daning Prefecture military report."

"Present to Your Majesty."

The urgent report messenger ran quickly into the main hall and bowed respectfully.

The civil and military officials in the hall immediately gathered their gazes.

"It seems the Duke of Song is going to report the matter of mobilizing troops to Father." Zhu Biao said with a smile.

"Please read it, Your Majesty."

The urgent report soldier took the military report from his back and handed it over respectfully.

The eunuch serving beside Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang immediately walked down the hall and held up the military report with both hands.

Respectfully handed it to Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang smiled, took the military report in his hand, opened it and looked, and a look of astonishment immediately appeared on his face.

"Zhu Ying."

"It's this Zhu Ying again."

Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but say out loud.

The voice was not loud.

But it resounded throughout the entire Hall of Heavenly Abundance.

Hearing this name.

Many ministers were stunned, looking at Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang with confusion.

There were also many ministers who remembered Zhu Ying's name and had thoughtful expressions.

"Zhu Ying."

"Isn't this the valiant soldier who killed a hundred people in Daning border army a month ago?"

"Could it be that he has made some other battle merit?"

"It should be."

"If he hadn't made a great battle merit, a valiant soldier wouldn't have appeared in Hall of Heavenly Abundance time and again to be known by His Majesty."

"It seems this battle merit is not small; this time the Duke of Song has already taken over the military power of the northern border, any urgent report submitted needs to be approved by the Duke of Song to be presented; this battle merit is definitely not small."

"Zhu Ying, being able to appear in Hall of Heavenly Abundance again as a soldier is indeed rare..."

Many officials in the hall who remembered Zhu Ying's name felt even more curious.

Of course.

The vast majority of people didn't take it to heart at all.

After all, the officials in this Hall of Heavenly Abundance were all the powerful elite class of the Great Ming Empire; a valiant soldier who killed enemies was not worth mentioning in front of their authority, and even if he became a Regional Military Commissioner in the northern frontier, or a higher official position, it was not worth mentioning in front of them as capital officials.

"Lao Da."

"Our Great Ming is really going to have a future general."

Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang held the military report in his hand and said to Zhu Biao with a look of joy.

"Father, you are so happy."

"It seems this Zhu Ying has made another not-so-small battle merit for our Great Ming." Zhu Biao said with a smile.

"Yun Qi."

"Read it out for me."

"Let the civil and military officials listen to how our Great Ming has produced another valiant general."

Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang laughed out loud and directly handed the military report to the eunuch beside him.

"Yes."

The eunuch Yun Qi respectfully took the military report.

Then he walked to the front of the steps, faced the civil and military officials, and read loudly: "Subordinate Feng Sheng reports to Your Majesty, Crown Prince!"

"Now."

"I have arrived at Huizhoucheng in Daning Prefecture, and the mobilized troops from various prefectures have all arrived under Huizhoucheng, with a total strength of twenty-three thousand."

"When arriving at Huizhoucheng."

"Nahachu of the Yuan court had already sent tens of thousands of Yuan troops to attack the city, fortunately, the Daning border army defended to the death, breaking the Yuan army's intention to break the city, and now our main army has arrived."

"The Yuan army has already retreated from Huizhoucheng and turned from offense to defense."

"I am ready to choose a day to counterattack and wipe out Nahachu."

"This time, Daning Prefecture was able to resist the Yuan army's fierce attack for many days without breaking, which is the merit of the Daning border army."

"Among them, there is a capable general named Zhu Ying."

"When the main army was still half a month away, and the Yuan court had already sent troops, the Daning border was in danger, and there were Jianzhou Tatars assisting the Yuan court; with Daning Prefecture's fifty thousand border troops, it was fundamentally impossible to defend."

"Therefore."

"When our Daning Prefecture's twenty thousand border troops charged into the northern frontier, Zhu Ying proposed a strategy of dividing troops to delay, on one hand, dispersing the ten thousand army to raid the Yuan court's control of Liaodong, and on the other hand, leading four thousand cavalry to raid the Jianzhou Tatar tribe, dragging down the Jianzhou Tatars so they could not reinforce the Yuan court."

"Up to today."

"Zhu Ying led the army in the foreign land for nearly a month, the first battle broke the Tatar Blue Flag Tribe, beheading ten thousand people."

"After that, in the battle, the Tatar ten thousand cavalrymen were all slaughtered by Zhu Ying leading the army..."

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