The next morning, nearly 300,000 soldiers and strong men from the Ming army expedition (real numbers) set off.
Amid the sound of trumpets, the people and horses moving on the vast land between Yanghe and Qingshui River seemed to be a sea of people.
The red rising sun hangs in the sky, but the earth is covered with yellow sunlight.Under the slanted sunlight, the color of everything is very saturated, and the soldiers seem to be covered with a layer of orange-yellow pigment.
Countless helmets surged, and looking around, many wide-eaves iron helmets were different from those in the north.Because more than half of the troops were troops mobilized from the capital, it was rainy in the south and the helmets were all wide-eaved.
The sound of horse hooves and grand footsteps mixed together, and a thick rumble noise echoed between the world.
Xiū!A high eagle crow came from the sky.
Zhu Gaoxu held the reins in his hand, and looked up at the high blue sky when he heard the sound, and saw an eagle hovering in the sky.
This eagle is called Haidongqing, produced in Liaodong, and is said to be able to detect enemy situations; Liaodong officials boasted in the memorial, claiming that after Haidongqing training, they could even distinguish the different flags of the enemy and us.
However, when the Hawk Training Man performed before, Zhu Gaoxu found that his reliability was relatively low, which was better than nothing.
Only the eagle trainer who is familiar with Hai Dongqing can understand and understand Hai Dongqing's language.
Zhu Gaoxu didn't understand at all, but he could conclude that there could be no enemy situation south of Viakou Pass (Zhangjiakou); so he guessed that the eagle crow just now was not an early warning of enemy situation.
Perhaps Hai Dongqing was in the sky, overlooking the vast crowds of people on the earth, shocked by the scene and exclaimed with a sigh?
In addition to things like Hai Dongqing, Zhu Gaoxu also made other preparations for this northern expedition.
Naturally, there are no mentions of compass, compass, etc.... They also include technical officials transferred from the naval fleet. They can use star-pulling boards, nine-star maps and other tools to position the position. These are things used during HNA.
Zhu Gaoxu looked at those things for a long time but couldn't fully understand them; but he knew what they were for.
It is roughly several rough longitude and latitude positioning methods, with the capital as the center, determine the approximate distance and direction between the position and the capital at that time; then use the map to calculate the local area where it is located.
In addition, there were many Mongolians in the army, and they were natural guides.
The dynasty before the Ming Dynasty was the Yuan Dynasty established by the Mongols.
Throughout the Hongwu period, the Ming army fought with the Mongols many times; in previous wars, the Ming army captured a large number of Mongols.
The most common ones were the Battle of Fisher Sea and the Ming army captured nearly 100,000 Mongolians in one go!
Even during the Jingnan Campaign, a general named Jier under Zhu Gaoxu was the Mongols.This time, it's also in the army.
Therefore, it was very easy for the Ming army to find the Mongolians who recognized the way...
Zhu Gaoxu looked at the surrounding marching scenes and thought: This northern expedition should not be lost, and there is almost no danger of destruction.
After all, Mongolia is no longer the Genghis Khan period.
Not only are they divided, but with their current population and military strength, they may be almost helpless in dealing with the 250,000-strong army that has created a large number of 250,000.
Moreover, the Ming army at this time was not the mob of the dynasty at the end of the dynasty, and had considerable combat power!Even if the Mongolian army takes up all geographical advantages and sieges, it is unlikely that such a huge army can be chewed down.
So he decided: whether the Tatar army can be captured this time is the biggest problem!
Zhu Gaoxu, wearing heavy armor, was very agile and stepped on the stirrup and turned over the horse.
He held the reins and looked back and said: No matter what, we must find a group of Tatars this time and annihilate them to shock the north!
All the generals bowed and said, "I will obey the imperial edict!"
Nearly 300,000 people, including various Wuhan Iron and Steel Carts, mule carts, donkey carts, horse carts, and wheelbarrows, carrying artillery, ammunition, and a large amount of grain and supplies.
However, the area south of the Pass Pass was flat and wide, and the army was able to march, and it still maintained the speed of more than 40 miles of Japanese marching.
The army passed through the Pass that afternoon.
The mountains are directly north of Aikou Pass, so the people and horses go northwest and go by from a relatively gentle area. In just one day, they can reach Xinghe Shouyu Qianhu Station (Zhangbei County).
From here, the Ming army would soon enter the area where Mongolian tribes were active.
Xinghesuo is now occupied by the Ming army, and there is a Qianhusuojun Town there.But during the Hongwu period, there were repeated competitions here; the Thousand Houses Office at the end of last year did not play a role in resisting Mongolian cavalry...
There is a large road passing through a valley between Zhixinghe Shouyuqianhu Station in the northwest of Aikou Pass and across the river.
The mountains on both sides are not high, but very large. The mountains are covered with weeds and trees, and there are not many people around them.
However, at the foot of the mountain, you can see cemeteries everywhere and some decaying wooden monuments!
Countless soldiers passing by looked at the overlapping graves.
Zhu Gaoxu gradually remembered the past.
There are not many people here, and those buried in the tombs are all Ming army soldiers who have been killed on the grasslands all the time!
There is still an impression in Zhu Gaoxu's memory. He was only over ten years old at that time, and he followed Zhu Di and walked this path more than once.
Every time a brother who died on the battlefield would try to transport it back to the Ming Dynasty to bury it if the weather was not hot, as if he was afraid that the dead souls would not find the way back to his hometown... so he had so many graves.
He didn't feel any memories like this now, but now he saw so many graves, and his heart gradually became a little heavy.
Zhu Gaoxu, sitting on the back of the horse, couldn't help but lean forward to the left and hold his fists.Soon all the civil and military soldiers around them understood the reason, so people turned sideways and bowed to the wild grave on the side of the road.
After a while, Zhu Gaoxu turned his head and couldn't help but say to the Minister of War Qi Tai: This northern expedition, I felt that the border was so close to the Beiping Administration Commissioner.
Qi Tai bowed and said: The emperor is wise.Therefore, since Hongwu, our Ming Dynasty, the north has been the key to border defense.
Zhu Gaoxu nodded and looked up at the horizon in the north.
Thinking about the place where Lan Yu attacked the Northern Yuan Dynasty, the Fish Sea area was the area where the Tatar tribes often stationed; that place was about 2,000 miles away.The journey has just begun.
……
However, the first person to go to the fishing sea (Bear Lake) more than 2,000 miles away was the eunuch Huang Yan.
Huang Yan sat weakly on the horse's back, drooping his head.They had just passed through a large desert of uninhabited people in Liao.The scorching sun was in the sky, the yellow sand was everywhere, and the depressed Huang Yan was drowsy.
But when he opened his eyes and suddenly saw the sea of fishing, his eyes suddenly widened!
Outside the vast sandy land, the endless blue water surface suddenly appeared in front of you, which was very shocking.
Huang Yan hurriedly looked up at the direction of the sun, looked around, and almost thought he had gone in the wrong direction for a moment and came to the coast to the east!
A Urianha man next to him said in Chinese: Fishing, have you heard of it?
Huang Yan nodded immediately and said: Our family knows, knows.
A moment later, there was a burst of excited shouts and screams from behind. Several Mongolians rushed to the lake, jumped straight into the water, and laughed loudly.
Huang Yan also followed, got off the horse by the lake, buried his head and took a few sips of water, and watered his face again.
He sighed, stood up straight, squinted at the wonderful landscape ahead.
Huang Yan turned his head and asked: When we arrived at the Fishing Sea, the tent of the Mongolian Khan should be not far away?
The people of Urianha said: This desert is not big. If we walk further north, we can find the ranch in Arutai.Tutuo is a person under Alu's ledger, and he will speak for Eunuch Huang.
Another big man with yellow skin and deep wrinkles on his face nodded coldly to Huang Yan.
Huang Yan asked again: Is the gold and silver we give you effective in front of the Mongolians?
Of course it works!No one doesn't love gold!The people of Urianha laughed and said, the Tatars and the Ming Dynasty are enemies and it is difficult to do business, but we, Urianha, are friends of the Ming Dynasty!The Tatars needed iron pots, horseshoes, tea and salt, and they would trade with the Urianha people.Cattle, sheep, horses, gold, silver and copper coins are all useful!
The people of Urianha said again: After the promise is completed, I will give me five times the amount of gold and silver. I must not forget it!
Huang Yan said calmly: Don’t worry, you know what our family is in the Zhao Prince’s Mansion.That little property is worth it if we take a picture at home.
Huang Yan said while complaining: Damn, the Urianha people pretended to be Tatars last year and followed them to the border to rob, and they were embarrassed to say they were friends?
The Urianha man shook his head and said: neither painting nor antiques are good. Those things don’t work on the grassland. The copper coins are too heavy and they need gold and silver.
Huang Yan nodded in agreement.
The people of Urianha asked again: Eunuch Huang can speak in front of King Zhao, why did he escape and surrender to the Tatar Khan? Can you still get what you promised?
Huang Yan said: Our family said that we can get it, we will definitely get it!If you have more, you don’t have to ask, and we can’t explain it clearly in just a few words.In short, the Ming Dynasty and Mongolia were enemies, but the Han and Tatars were not necessarily enemies.Do you understand?
The Urianha man shook his head and said: I only care about the money.
Fill the cowhide water bags and we are on the way.The Urianha people said hello.
Huang Yan filled with water and climbed onto the horse again.He looked at the boundless sand in the north, and his fear of the unknown road in his heart made him sigh again.
If it weren't for the fact that there was no way, how could Huang Yan run to this barren land?
At that time, he just heard that Yang Pu and others were exposed, and he knew that things were completely over!You can only wait for death or run away.
The news was very tight at that time. He, a eunuch, was not easy to hide his identity in the Ming Dynasty and was too easy to be noticed.
Nearly from Peking, North Korea is a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. Only Mongolia did not have much contact with the Ming Dynasty and was always fighting.
Huang Yan knew some Mongolians, and even some Urianha people used to be servile in front of him.
In a hurry, he decided to go to Mongolia to join Benjali Shikhan through this Urianha people who were doing business.
Perhaps, Huang Yan's insights and connections and wealth in the Ming Dynasty could make Ben Yari fall in love with him?But who knows the result?Now Huang Yan is just a desperate dog.
Amid the sound of trumpets, the people and horses moving on the vast land between Yanghe and Qingshui River seemed to be a sea of people.
The red rising sun hangs in the sky, but the earth is covered with yellow sunlight.Under the slanted sunlight, the color of everything is very saturated, and the soldiers seem to be covered with a layer of orange-yellow pigment.
Countless helmets surged, and looking around, many wide-eaves iron helmets were different from those in the north.Because more than half of the troops were troops mobilized from the capital, it was rainy in the south and the helmets were all wide-eaved.
The sound of horse hooves and grand footsteps mixed together, and a thick rumble noise echoed between the world.
Xiū!A high eagle crow came from the sky.
Zhu Gaoxu held the reins in his hand, and looked up at the high blue sky when he heard the sound, and saw an eagle hovering in the sky.
This eagle is called Haidongqing, produced in Liaodong, and is said to be able to detect enemy situations; Liaodong officials boasted in the memorial, claiming that after Haidongqing training, they could even distinguish the different flags of the enemy and us.
However, when the Hawk Training Man performed before, Zhu Gaoxu found that his reliability was relatively low, which was better than nothing.
Only the eagle trainer who is familiar with Hai Dongqing can understand and understand Hai Dongqing's language.
Zhu Gaoxu didn't understand at all, but he could conclude that there could be no enemy situation south of Viakou Pass (Zhangjiakou); so he guessed that the eagle crow just now was not an early warning of enemy situation.
Perhaps Hai Dongqing was in the sky, overlooking the vast crowds of people on the earth, shocked by the scene and exclaimed with a sigh?
In addition to things like Hai Dongqing, Zhu Gaoxu also made other preparations for this northern expedition.
Naturally, there are no mentions of compass, compass, etc.... They also include technical officials transferred from the naval fleet. They can use star-pulling boards, nine-star maps and other tools to position the position. These are things used during HNA.
Zhu Gaoxu looked at those things for a long time but couldn't fully understand them; but he knew what they were for.
It is roughly several rough longitude and latitude positioning methods, with the capital as the center, determine the approximate distance and direction between the position and the capital at that time; then use the map to calculate the local area where it is located.
In addition, there were many Mongolians in the army, and they were natural guides.
The dynasty before the Ming Dynasty was the Yuan Dynasty established by the Mongols.
Throughout the Hongwu period, the Ming army fought with the Mongols many times; in previous wars, the Ming army captured a large number of Mongols.
The most common ones were the Battle of Fisher Sea and the Ming army captured nearly 100,000 Mongolians in one go!
Even during the Jingnan Campaign, a general named Jier under Zhu Gaoxu was the Mongols.This time, it's also in the army.
Therefore, it was very easy for the Ming army to find the Mongolians who recognized the way...
Zhu Gaoxu looked at the surrounding marching scenes and thought: This northern expedition should not be lost, and there is almost no danger of destruction.
After all, Mongolia is no longer the Genghis Khan period.
Not only are they divided, but with their current population and military strength, they may be almost helpless in dealing with the 250,000-strong army that has created a large number of 250,000.
Moreover, the Ming army at this time was not the mob of the dynasty at the end of the dynasty, and had considerable combat power!Even if the Mongolian army takes up all geographical advantages and sieges, it is unlikely that such a huge army can be chewed down.
So he decided: whether the Tatar army can be captured this time is the biggest problem!
Zhu Gaoxu, wearing heavy armor, was very agile and stepped on the stirrup and turned over the horse.
He held the reins and looked back and said: No matter what, we must find a group of Tatars this time and annihilate them to shock the north!
All the generals bowed and said, "I will obey the imperial edict!"
Nearly 300,000 people, including various Wuhan Iron and Steel Carts, mule carts, donkey carts, horse carts, and wheelbarrows, carrying artillery, ammunition, and a large amount of grain and supplies.
However, the area south of the Pass Pass was flat and wide, and the army was able to march, and it still maintained the speed of more than 40 miles of Japanese marching.
The army passed through the Pass that afternoon.
The mountains are directly north of Aikou Pass, so the people and horses go northwest and go by from a relatively gentle area. In just one day, they can reach Xinghe Shouyu Qianhu Station (Zhangbei County).
From here, the Ming army would soon enter the area where Mongolian tribes were active.
Xinghesuo is now occupied by the Ming army, and there is a Qianhusuojun Town there.But during the Hongwu period, there were repeated competitions here; the Thousand Houses Office at the end of last year did not play a role in resisting Mongolian cavalry...
There is a large road passing through a valley between Zhixinghe Shouyuqianhu Station in the northwest of Aikou Pass and across the river.
The mountains on both sides are not high, but very large. The mountains are covered with weeds and trees, and there are not many people around them.
However, at the foot of the mountain, you can see cemeteries everywhere and some decaying wooden monuments!
Countless soldiers passing by looked at the overlapping graves.
Zhu Gaoxu gradually remembered the past.
There are not many people here, and those buried in the tombs are all Ming army soldiers who have been killed on the grasslands all the time!
There is still an impression in Zhu Gaoxu's memory. He was only over ten years old at that time, and he followed Zhu Di and walked this path more than once.
Every time a brother who died on the battlefield would try to transport it back to the Ming Dynasty to bury it if the weather was not hot, as if he was afraid that the dead souls would not find the way back to his hometown... so he had so many graves.
He didn't feel any memories like this now, but now he saw so many graves, and his heart gradually became a little heavy.
Zhu Gaoxu, sitting on the back of the horse, couldn't help but lean forward to the left and hold his fists.Soon all the civil and military soldiers around them understood the reason, so people turned sideways and bowed to the wild grave on the side of the road.
After a while, Zhu Gaoxu turned his head and couldn't help but say to the Minister of War Qi Tai: This northern expedition, I felt that the border was so close to the Beiping Administration Commissioner.
Qi Tai bowed and said: The emperor is wise.Therefore, since Hongwu, our Ming Dynasty, the north has been the key to border defense.
Zhu Gaoxu nodded and looked up at the horizon in the north.
Thinking about the place where Lan Yu attacked the Northern Yuan Dynasty, the Fish Sea area was the area where the Tatar tribes often stationed; that place was about 2,000 miles away.The journey has just begun.
……
However, the first person to go to the fishing sea (Bear Lake) more than 2,000 miles away was the eunuch Huang Yan.
Huang Yan sat weakly on the horse's back, drooping his head.They had just passed through a large desert of uninhabited people in Liao.The scorching sun was in the sky, the yellow sand was everywhere, and the depressed Huang Yan was drowsy.
But when he opened his eyes and suddenly saw the sea of fishing, his eyes suddenly widened!
Outside the vast sandy land, the endless blue water surface suddenly appeared in front of you, which was very shocking.
Huang Yan hurriedly looked up at the direction of the sun, looked around, and almost thought he had gone in the wrong direction for a moment and came to the coast to the east!
A Urianha man next to him said in Chinese: Fishing, have you heard of it?
Huang Yan nodded immediately and said: Our family knows, knows.
A moment later, there was a burst of excited shouts and screams from behind. Several Mongolians rushed to the lake, jumped straight into the water, and laughed loudly.
Huang Yan also followed, got off the horse by the lake, buried his head and took a few sips of water, and watered his face again.
He sighed, stood up straight, squinted at the wonderful landscape ahead.
Huang Yan turned his head and asked: When we arrived at the Fishing Sea, the tent of the Mongolian Khan should be not far away?
The people of Urianha said: This desert is not big. If we walk further north, we can find the ranch in Arutai.Tutuo is a person under Alu's ledger, and he will speak for Eunuch Huang.
Another big man with yellow skin and deep wrinkles on his face nodded coldly to Huang Yan.
Huang Yan asked again: Is the gold and silver we give you effective in front of the Mongolians?
Of course it works!No one doesn't love gold!The people of Urianha laughed and said, the Tatars and the Ming Dynasty are enemies and it is difficult to do business, but we, Urianha, are friends of the Ming Dynasty!The Tatars needed iron pots, horseshoes, tea and salt, and they would trade with the Urianha people.Cattle, sheep, horses, gold, silver and copper coins are all useful!
The people of Urianha said again: After the promise is completed, I will give me five times the amount of gold and silver. I must not forget it!
Huang Yan said calmly: Don’t worry, you know what our family is in the Zhao Prince’s Mansion.That little property is worth it if we take a picture at home.
Huang Yan said while complaining: Damn, the Urianha people pretended to be Tatars last year and followed them to the border to rob, and they were embarrassed to say they were friends?
The Urianha man shook his head and said: neither painting nor antiques are good. Those things don’t work on the grassland. The copper coins are too heavy and they need gold and silver.
Huang Yan nodded in agreement.
The people of Urianha asked again: Eunuch Huang can speak in front of King Zhao, why did he escape and surrender to the Tatar Khan? Can you still get what you promised?
Huang Yan said: Our family said that we can get it, we will definitely get it!If you have more, you don’t have to ask, and we can’t explain it clearly in just a few words.In short, the Ming Dynasty and Mongolia were enemies, but the Han and Tatars were not necessarily enemies.Do you understand?
The Urianha man shook his head and said: I only care about the money.
Fill the cowhide water bags and we are on the way.The Urianha people said hello.
Huang Yan filled with water and climbed onto the horse again.He looked at the boundless sand in the north, and his fear of the unknown road in his heart made him sigh again.
If it weren't for the fact that there was no way, how could Huang Yan run to this barren land?
At that time, he just heard that Yang Pu and others were exposed, and he knew that things were completely over!You can only wait for death or run away.
The news was very tight at that time. He, a eunuch, was not easy to hide his identity in the Ming Dynasty and was too easy to be noticed.
Nearly from Peking, North Korea is a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. Only Mongolia did not have much contact with the Ming Dynasty and was always fighting.
Huang Yan knew some Mongolians, and even some Urianha people used to be servile in front of him.
In a hurry, he decided to go to Mongolia to join Benjali Shikhan through this Urianha people who were doing business.
Perhaps, Huang Yan's insights and connections and wealth in the Ming Dynasty could make Ben Yari fall in love with him?But who knows the result?Now Huang Yan is just a desperate dog.
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