Father can be an enemy to the country

Northern Territory of the Ming Dynasty.

After sealing Lang Juxu and Zen in Guyan, the army escorted the prisoners and returned to the court along the route of Huo Piao's riding army.

This route roughly goes from Hulan Huwenwen to the mouth of Sanxia, ​​then crosses the Yinma River to Kaipingfu, the former capital of Yuanshangdu, and then returns to Gyeongju.

Changed to the place names of later generations, it would be from Ulaanbaatar to Xilin Gol and then to Chifeng... the whole journey is "only" more than 2,200 miles, which is already the nearest route.

When Zhu Zhen and Lao Er sent troops to meet Lao Si before, they also took this route. The military situation was urgent at that time, so they marched with high intensity throughout the whole journey and arrived at Langjuxu Mountain in less than a month.

Now that there was no urgent military situation on the way back, the army was tired, and they still had prisoners with them, so the marching speed naturally slowed down a lot. They only walked fifty miles a day, and it took a month and a half before they returned to Gyeongju.

It was already late winter, and the grassland was covered with snow again, and it was covered in snow again, just like when they set off on the expedition.

But the difference is that when the expedition was launched in February, this land still belonged to Beiyuan. But now, it is already the territory of the Ming Dynasty and belongs to the Daning Dusi.

Fu Youde and Lan Yu led the generals to welcome Wang Jia's triumphal return forty miles outside Gyeongju City.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, for your great work. Feng Langju Xu will be famous forever!" The two came to Zhu Zhen's mount, bowed their heads and bowed.

"Hahaha, the two generals are exempt from the courtesy." Zhu Zhen got off his horse, helped the two of them up with his own hands and said: "The real credit belongs to you, I just borrowed flowers to offer to Buddha, and it just happened to happen!"

"Hey, how could we not know that the prince has made great contributions to this Northern Expedition, but he just left all the limelight to us." Lan Yu said with a smile.

Zhu Zhen looked at him deeply. Perhaps it was because she had been worried about losing her fourth child at the last moment, but there was no arrogance on Lan Yu's face.

"Okay, very good." Zhu Zhen patted his shoulder with satisfaction and said with a smile, "I will leave all the credit to you."

"I will bow to you, Your Majesty." The generals bowed again happily, and then Fu Youde smiled and said, "Your Majesty's memorial ceremony for sealing the wolf to stay in Xu is known to the whole world, and the Emperor will definitely reward you all."

"This is the effect we want." Zhu Zhen laughed, and from the corner of his eye he caught a glimpse of a dense row of empty prison cars behind the welcoming team. Then he asked: "Is this prepared for prisoners?"

"Yes, after the Emperor has granted permission to the Emperor of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, the prince can ride in a carriage to show his dignity. The remaining captive princes and nobles will be sent to the capital to let the people of the world know that the residual Yuan has been destroyed!" Fu Youde said loudly first.

After a pause, he whispered again: "But there are still three prison cars prepared for King Yan, Governor Ping and Commander Zhang."

As he spoke, his eyes drifted behind Zhu Zhen, but he didn't see the one he was looking for among the kings.

"Don't worry, my fourth brother will not defect." Zhu Zhen said calmly: "Because I had a decree to send him to the capital, so I locked him in the carriage."

As he said that, he pointed to a tightly covered carriage behind him. The guard opened the door, and Zhu Di was lying inside.

In fact, Zhu Di has rough skin and thick flesh, and with the help of Lao Wu's masterful rejuvenation, he has long been able to stand up and get off the ground. But he put on a whole show and let the soldiers see him take eighty military sticks and run around all over the place in more than a month. What would they think?

Anyway, I don’t think it’s just because of his extraordinary talent...

So Zhu Di stayed in the carriage honestly. Even if he couldn't hold it any longer and came out for some air, he would still use crutches. Coupled with his superb acting skills, everyone thought that His Highness King Yan was still lame.

After inspecting the goods for Fu Youde and others, Zhu Zhen ordered someone to close the car door, and then whispered to Fu Youde: "It's so cold, if you have to take the prison car, can you surround it with felts?"

"Yes, but it must be removed when passing through prefectures and counties so that the people can see clearly..." Fu Youde said with a bitter smile, took out an edict from his sleeve, handed it to him and said: "It's not that the general wants to be this evil person. Your Majesty, it’s better for you to see it yourself.”

"Of course I know." Zhu Zhen shook his head, but refused to accept the imperial edict and said, "Can you still not trust your master?"

"Alas..." Fu Youde sighed and said, "The prince is always so considerate of his subordinates. To be honest, I am prepared to be scolded by the prince in the future and in the future."

"Hey, this is my father's will. What does it have to do with you?" Zhu Zhen smiled and said: "Besides, my fourth brother did something wrong and should be punished."

"Having said that, I am really worried that His Highness King Yan won't be able to bear it..." Fu Youde said with a distressed look on his face: "It's better that Daning is so vast and sparsely populated, but after entering the customs for more than two thousand miles, you have to pass through more than a dozen The government, dozens of counties, and tens of millions of people lined the streets to welcome him, and they will see His Royal Highness sitting in the prison car. Isn't this too humiliating? "

Behind him, Lan Yu only felt relieved and almost couldn't help but laugh, secretly saying: 'You deserve it. ’

Zhu Zhen glanced at Lan Yu, who was so frightened that he immediately shrank and did not dare to rejoice in his misfortune.

"Old Fu, what you said makes sense," Zhu Zhen pretended to think for a while, then said seriously: "But the will cannot be violated, let the fourth brother change the car."

"Prince..." Fu Youde wanted to persuade him again, but Zhu Zhen glanced at him, and he understood and said in a deep voice: "Push up the prison cart!"

During the meal, dozens of senior prisoners and Zhu Di, Ping An, and Zhang Yu were all sent into the prison car.

The army escorted the prison car slowly towards Gyeongju City.

~~

The army planned to rest in Gyeongju City for three days and then continue southward.

Brother Zhu Zhen returned to his former residence, bathed and changed clothes, had a good meal, and then slept like crazy for the whole day.

Early the next morning, Zhu Zhen summoned Fu Youde.

"Why don't you take a rest, Your Majesty?" Fu Youde asked respectfully after greeting him.

"I've had enough sleep. I'm free anyway, so I asked you to come and chat." Zhu Zhen smiled and asked him to sit down.

"It's good to be young." Looking at Zhu Zhen, who was full of energy again, Fu Youde enviously said, "If it were me, I wouldn't be able to rest for at least ten days or half a month."

"Haha, if I were your age and had a physique like yours, I'd be thankful." Zhu Zhen laughed, took a sip of tea and said, "It's finally over."

"Yes." Fu Youde also said with deep emotion, "On the second day of February, we swore to go out to fight in Tongzhou. On the twenty-second day of the winter month, the prince returned with the Yuan Lord in triumph, exactly two hundred and ninety days!"

As he said this, he smiled and said, "Fortunately, God Bless you, the emperor is wise, the prince is wise, we did a good job and won thoroughly. "

"What do you mean?" Zhu Zhen laughed and said, "It means we did a good job! We won thoroughly!"

"Yes, yes." Fu Youde laughed and said, "Am I used to being modest? We did a good job. In the whole war, we killed more than 100,000 enemies and captured nearly one million people. We also captured the Northern Yuan royal family and Nahachu. We also destroyed the Wala and Dorji tribes. The brilliant results and thorough victory are unprecedented not only in this dynasty, but also in the Han and Tang dynasties!"