Ming Dynasty Strategy Notes [Transmigration Book]

In this Northern Expedition, fighting is second, and the key is to find the enemy.In fact, the battle between the Ming Dynasty and the Northern Yuan Dynasty in recent years is roughly the same. As soon as the Ming army retreated, within a few days, the Tartars forgot the pain and came south in groups to rob. their expertise.Of course, this is also related to Zhu Yuanzhang's ruthless beating, driving the Mongols to Mobei, where birds do not lay eggs, and their livelihood is worrying.

But in general, Beiyuan's method of changing places with one shot caused a lot of headaches for the frontier soldiers of the Ming Dynasty.It's not that Zhu Yuanzhang didn't want to completely pull out the thorn in Bei Yuan's eye, he changed his name to this. If Bei Yuan is not completely eradicated, he really can't go to the grave with peace of mind.

However, the Tartars are just like the weeds that "the wild fire will never burn out, and the spring breeze will regenerate", no matter how you fight, they can still escape with the seal of the Yuan Dynasty that has been passed down for hundreds of years.According to the practice of the past dynasties, the seal of the previous dynasties will be considered as the complete end of the previous dynasty. No matter how far north Zhu Yuanzhang drove Beiyuan, the seal of the Chuan Kingdom is still there, and the Yuan Dynasty is still not truly destroyed.

However, this time, before the expedition, Zhu Yuanzhang had a strong premonition that he would pacify Beiyuan in one fell swoop, which is why he and Lanyu said "advance twice as far, reach the captive court, clear the desert, and do this in one fell swoop".

For Xia Ziling, this expedition was almost at the same time as the southern expedition to Yunnan two years ago, but the journey took longer.

According to the information received, there is basically no possibility of encountering the Yuan army before arriving in Gyeongju.That is to say, although the route of this trip is similar to that of the southern expedition to Yunnan, it is different from the whole journey two years ago. The route is flat, and finding the enemy is more important than fighting the enemy.

After going deep into Mobei, the food and grass cannot last for too long. There are two possibilities for their trip: one is to "go straight to the imperial court" as Zhu Yuanzhang said, and then fight heartily and make great achievements; Before the enemy arrived, the 15 army ran out of food and grass, and returned to Yingtian in despair.

Many people in the army are struggling between these two possibilities, but Xia Ziling already knew from the history books that Lanyu's first command was a perfect performance. Of course, the premise is that his appearance will not change history. general direction.

Therefore, Xia Ziling, who had great trust in the general, was more comfortable during the march than in Zhongdu.In order to help the king of Shu to perform hard in front of the emperor's father, he worked hard day and night without a moment of leisure.For this expedition, let go of those chores in the temple. My subordinates are all brothers who are familiar with the army, and there is no need to worry about interpersonal relationships in the army.

So, at the end of January, Xia Ziling ate and slept well, and even gained a little weight.

On this day, the camp was set up early, and after dinner, it was still not dark.Xia Ziling sat in the open space outside the tent and enjoyed the scenery.

At that time, the grain and grass officials were counting the grain and grass.The 15 army is not a small number. The chief dispatcher of the army's grain and grass is a very experienced household servant named Wang Geng.But he brought a very young adjutant with him, named Lan Yan, who was said to be Lan Yu's nephew.

This Lan Yan is estimated to be two years younger than Zhu Chun. He is fair-skinned and handsome, and his big eyes are like two bays of autumn water, making people unable to look away.With such an alluring beauty, in the army, besides Zhu Chun, he is the only one.

It's just that although the King of Shu is handsome, his masculinity is still undiminished. Moreover, the vassal king is so noble that ordinary soldiers would dare to look up when they see him.But Lan Yan is different, even though he is Lan Yu's nephew, he has no rank after all, so the sergeants haven't seen women for a long time, after dinner, admiring Lan Yan, who looks more feminine, can be regarded as a kind of entertainment.

This fresh way of entertainment was first told by Wang Si to himself.Since then, Xia Ziling has also started to pay attention to this handsome man, Lan Yan, but his starting point is different from those honest sergeants.

Now that he has been busy for a while, the fair skin on Lan Yan's face showed a slight blush, perhaps because he had sweated a little, and he pinned the few strands of hair that usually hang around his ears behind his ears. Looking at the evening sun, Xia Ziling finally smiled happily.

So, after observing for a month, he finally confirmed his inner guess.This Lan Yan is clearly the second Hua Mulan.

At first, he just thought that Lan Yan's face was too delicate, a man who had worked so hard during the march without shaving cream or beeswax hair-plucking techniques in ancient times, and didn't even have a bit of beard on his face , I am afraid there are only eunuchs.But is it possible that Lan Yu's nephew is an official?Since there was no possibility, Xia Ziling suddenly made a bold guess seeing that Lan Yan was good-looking and about fifteen or sixteen years old.

But this guess...is really too bold.Until today, in the afterglow of the setting sun, Xia Ziling saw the inconspicuous piercing in Lan Yan's ear, which was usually covered by the hair hanging around the ear, and it was finally confirmed.Sure enough, Lan Yan is Lan Yan, right?

Unexpectedly, the future princess of Shu would be interested in going out with the army. Although the food and grass officer basically has no risk, the act of a woman disguised as a man and mixed into the army is already weird enough.

But...thinking that it is said that Princess Xu, the concubine of King Yan, also followed her father Xu Da to fight against the enemy, maybe the atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty is not as conservative as he imagined, and the women of the Ming Dynasty are not as boring as he imagined.

"What are you looking at?" Zhu Chun's cold voice suddenly came from behind.

"Oh, I didn't see anything." Xia Ziling withdrew his gaze and turned to look at the King of Shu.Since Zhu Chun was his fiancé, he didn't find anything wrong, so he didn't bother to talk too much in front of him.

Zhu Chun pursed her lips tightly, seeming a little annoyed.He has been watching Xia Ziling for a long time. Xia Ziling has been staring at Lan Yan outside the account since he had dinner. No, it should be said that he likes to stare at Lan Yan like this every day when he has nothing to do. What are you looking at?" This is simply unreasonable!

Just now, when he saw Xia Ziling staring at him for a while and then laughing to himself, he suddenly had a strange idea in his heart.He used to be suspicious of Xia Ziling and Mu Sheng because he thought Xia Ziling was the passive one. Could it be that he is not a manly man, but he prefers to be the active one, and the person he likes... is that kind Feminine and handsome man?

For example Zhou Ting and Lan Yan.That being said, Xia Ziling seemed to have cared about Zhou Ting before.He concealed it for Zhou Ting in front of him, and before going out for the expedition, the two of them held hands and said goodbye one by one.Of course, this hand in hand was made up by the King of Shu.

After figuring this fact out, Zhu Chun's face seemed to turn darker.

"..." Seeing that His Royal Highness King Shu seemed to have a tendency to smoke from the top of his head, Xia Ziling didn't know where he had offended him, but he was a big-hearted person anyway, so he simply yawned and said, "Now that the weather is getting colder, I feel sleepy early, my lord, I will pay the bill first, and you should rest earlier."

Cool ass!Zhu Chun felt that the unknown fire in his heart made his whole body extremely hot, but he had no reason to stop Xia Ziling, so he could only watch him walk back to his tent leisurely.

Xia Ziling thought that the army would go all the way to Gyeongju without incident, but when they arrived in Daning, a small incident happened—soldiers got food poisoning.

After setting up camp the first day, everything was fine after eating dinner, but the next morning, hundreds of soldiers in the forward camp were vomiting and diarrhea, unable to march. The military doctor diagnosed that it should be food poisoning.

When the army arrived in Daning, it was already winter, and in addition to the severe cold in the Northeast, it is said that diarrhea is not easy to occur in this season.Although there were not many soldiers who were poisoned, and it would be fine to take some medicine for two days, but the place where this incident happened was very unfortunate, in the eventful Daning.

Daning has been a gathering place for Mongolians since the Yuan Dynasty. At the beginning of the year, Feng Sheng led his army to crusade against Nahachu. The Beiyuan army was defeated in the Battle of Jinshan. Only then had to belong to the Ming court.

Emperor Hongwu's initial idea was to confer the title of a brave and skilled vassal king here, and later he also practiced this idea, entrusting his favorite seventeenth son Zhu Quan as King Ning to rule this place.However, since Emperor Hongwu soon launched the sixth Northern Expedition, the issue of ownership and resettlement of the Mongolian tribes in Daning has not yet been included in the agenda.

At this time, the main Mongolian tribes in Daning were the Wuliangha tribe, the Wengniute tribe and the Uqiyet tribe. This was the predecessor of the famous Duoyan Sanwei under King Ning.

At such a sensitive moment and in such a sensitive place, the soldiers of the Ming army suffered from food poisoning. Could it be the ghosts of these Mongols who had just surrendered and whose loyalty is still unpredictable?It is impossible for the whole army to say that no one is suspicious.

As Sapphire is the main general, the decision at this moment is very important.As soon as the military doctor's diagnosis was made, Lan Yu immediately called Wang Geng, Lan Yan and others who were in charge of the food distribution to the tent.

Lan Yu said: "Who is responsible for the distribution of food yesterday?"

"It's a subordinate." Lan Yan immediately stepped forward and replied straightforwardly.

"Is there any difference between the food given yesterday and the usual one?" Hundreds of people were poisoned, and the food they ate came from the hands of several cooks. It is unlikely that the cooks were poisoned. question.

Lan Yan said: "Back to the general, there is no difference. The food distributed to the cooks yesterday was rice and dried meat, and the vegetables were locally sourced from nearby farmers. The subordinates have checked and found nothing unusual."

"Have you checked the vegetables?" Sapphire's eyes turned cold, "Have you checked the rice and jerky?"

Lan Yan paused, and said: "No... But these are all brought along with the army, and they are guarded by special personnel. They have been assigned in this way recently, so I haven't checked them carefully."

"It is stipulated in the army that the food and grass officer must first inspect the grain and grass before it is distributed. You have checked the local materials, but you have not checked the rice and noodles brought with the army. This is your negligence. Come and take Lan Yan down. Lock it up and wait for Ben to investigate the whole story before releasing it."

Lan Yan bit her lip, her eyes flickered, looking a little aggrieved.

"General..." Wang Geng stepped forward, wanting to ask for mercy.Although the rules are set there, those dry food stores are kept there and guarded, and the food and grass officer rarely checks every meal in person.This has almost become a routine that everyone sticks to. Before checking whether there is a problem with the distributed food, the general blames Lan Yan first, which seems a bit arbitrary.

But Lan Yu interrupted him and said, "I've made up my mind, don't say any more!"

He took the people who distributed the food and grass so directly, because he wanted to tell the Mongolian tribe in Daning that he had no doubts about their attachment.Furthermore, this disobedient girl should be disciplined.