Imperial Master of the Ming Dynasty

Jiang Xinghuo briefly recalled that as a university lecturer before time travel, he had a very clear memory of his professional courses and the preparations he made when he helped other teachers teach, and they were not blurred by time travel.

"This time I won't set an answer to choose." Jiang Xinghuo said slowly: "Let's start from the beginning. Zhu Qizhen ascended the throne at a young age and was in doubt about the country. However, with the support of the Queen Mother and the Sanyang Cabinet, the Ming Dynasty was fairly powerful. smooth."

Zhu Di narrowed his eyes slightly, "Three Yang Cabinet". Now there are Yang Rong and Yang Shiqi in the cabinet. Who will be the other Yang?

Suddenly, a person's name appeared in Zhu Di's mind, Hanlin editor Yang Pu, who was a Jinshi in the same year as Yang Rong.

Perhaps, this is also a rare talent, and I need to pay attention to it later.

"But as Sanyang grew older, Zhu Qizhen, who had been suppressed for a long time in the deep palace, became more and more eager to personally exercise the power of the emperor and prove that he was as heroic an emperor as his father and great-grandfather. So in the years when he was in charge Finally, I finally got such an 'opportunity'."

Hearing this, Li Jinglong glanced at Zhu Di with a strange expression.

"Zhu Qizhen" must be Zhu Di's unborn great-grandson. When he sounds like this, he can't help but have some fresh feelings, like listening to a book from heaven.

After all, no one has been able to accurately predict the future since ancient times.

And Zhu Di believes in Jiang Xinghuo so much. If Jiang Xinghuo's prediction is true, then he, Li Jinglong, may be lucky enough to be the one to hear the future with his own ears.

Zhu Di's thoughts were more delicate.

It should have been more than ten years since he ascended the throne at a young age to become the pro-government. Considering Sanyang's age and the genealogy left by Zhu Yuanzhang "Gao Zhan Qi Jian You, Hou Zai Yi Chang You", then this "Zhu Qizhen" must be him great-grandson.

But why did Jiang Xinghuo say "an emperor as heroic as his father and great-grandfather"?

The only conclusion that can be derived from this sentence is that his eldest son Zhu Gaochi will inherit the throne in the future, and Zhu Qizhen's father is Zhu Zhanji.

Otherwise, if the second son Zhu Gaoxu succeeds to the throne, he should at least be "an emperor as heroic as his grandfather and great-grandfather" and should not skip Zhu Gaoxu.

Therefore, it is still possible that Jiang Xinghuo saw through his identity and was inducing himself to hint at the bad ending of the eldest prince after he ascended the throne, so that he could choose the second prince to ascend the throne.

It's still possible that all this is a story spun by Jiang Xinghuo, Zhu Di thought.

"In the 14th year of Zhengtong, the Wala invaded from Ganzhou, Datong, Xuanfu, and Liaodong. Among them, Datong and Xuanfu were the main forces of the Wala."

"In order to rescue the two towns of Xuanda, Zhu Qizhen ignored the civil and military objections of the Manchu Dynasty. Under the instigation of the eunuch Wang Zhen, he led the three major battalions of the capital to personally march, and all the nobles and ministers accompanied him."

"After two days of preparation, 170,000 people, known as 500,000, including auxiliary soldiers and distinguished ministers, passed through Juyongguan from Beijing, went to Xuanfu, and then reinforced Datong."

Li Jinglong suddenly said: "Wait!"

Jiang Xinghuo stopped talking and looked at Mr. Cao, who was wearing a red robe.

"How many days did you say you had to prepare?"

"Two days, this should be too much to say. On July 14th, the 14th year of the orthodox year, I decided to go on a personal expedition. On the 15th, I ordered the emperor's brother to stay in Beijing and set out on the 16th. Each soldier was given one tael of silver and fat coats and trousers. One piece each, two pairs of shoes, three measures of military rations and fried wheat, and a donkey for every three people to carry the baggage, and the general commander will give an additional five hundred guan of banknotes."

Li Jinglong and Zhu Di looked at each other. What appeared in their eyes was not horror, but absurdity!

Even Li Jinglong, who likes to talk on paper the most, felt a little emotional.

Anyone who has read a military book cannot do this!

How in the world can we prepare the logistics supplies for a total of 200,000 troops in just two days of preparation?

What's more, the marching sentries, the military stations along the way, the recruitment of civilians, and the marching order, which one does not require time to plan?

Li Jinglong thought with some self-deprecation, no wonder, in front of this "Mingbao Sect", he, Li Jinglong, can be set off as a good soldier. At least Li Jinglong is familiar with military books and knows how to arrange the food, clothing, housing and transportation of hundreds of thousands of troops. During the march, When he set up camp, he was a qualified general, but in battle he was far inferior to the famous generals of his time, and he was afraid of death.

In Zhu Di's mind, he was probably already losing more than half of this battle before it started.

Jiang Xinghuo's subsequent narration confirmed Zhu Di's idea.

The level of detail Jiang Xinghuo told made Zhu Di doubt his previous assumptions.

"We arrived at Tangjialing on the 16th, Longhu Terrace on the 17th, passed Juyongguan on the 19th, and arrived at Xuanfu on the 23rd. It was a storm that day, and the army of more than 100,000 people lacked rain gear, tents and food. So all the distinguished ministers knelt down and asked for the return. In Beijing, Jin said, "The situation of the captives is so strong that it is impossible to return to the front. If there is a sparse enemy, the emperor will be trapped in the grass." The eunuch Wang Zhen angrily said, "If this happens, it is destiny." Then he returned to the tent, and all the noble ministers knelt down until dawn. Emperor, then disperse."

Hearing this, Zhu Di's heart twitched.

Zhu Di seemed to have seen with his own eyes more than 100,000 good men. Under the emperor's order, they braved the heavy rain in summer and headed for Datong via Xuanfu.

They were hungry, but they had to walk hard on the muddy dirt road. Without rain gear and tents, the soldiers in the military camp began to catch cold and fever in large areas.

Disease and poor supplies made this army extremely weak and vulnerable.

"The Oara tribe did not know the reality of the Ming army. Seeing the source of the more than 100,000 troops, they retreated to the north of Datong to wait and see."

"The army marched to the northwest of Baideng Mountain and saw the corpses of border soldiers strewn across the fields. The morale of the army was once again severely damaged. Afterwards, a small number of troops were left in Datong, and the army began to return."

"I originally wanted to take the south road from Zijingguan in Shanxi back to Beijing, but I finally decided to return via the north road."

Li Jinglong asked in confusion: "Why?"

"Because the eunuch Wang Zhen is from Yuzhou, he is afraid that the army will trample the seedlings through his hometown."

Zhu Di finally couldn't bear it anymore and punched the wall of the painting boat hard, making a muffled sound.

"Deserves to be killed!"

Looking at the red fist, Zhu Di seemed to be the only way to feel better in this way.

At the same time, Zhu Di remembered the name Yuzhou Wang Zhen in his heart.

Zhu Di has decided to send Jin Yiwei to monitor him. Whenever Wang Zhen appears in Yuzhou in the next few decades, he will be secretly killed!

Jiang Xinghuo's narration continues: "The sentry cavalry of the Oara tribe saw the strength of the Ming army along the way, so they came one after another along the way and harassed them day and night. The army marched to the Tumu Fort, but the ground was high and there was no water. They dug wells for two feet and found no water. In the end, the people and horses were hungry. Thirst, the Oara tribe launched a general attack and the entire army was wiped out."

The words fell.

silence!

The stagnation in the air made Li Jinglong almost breathless.

Zhu Di's face was extremely gloomy.

Li Jinglong knew very well that this was Zhu Di's expression when he was extremely angry.

Both Li Jinglong and Zhu Di realized at this time that whether the future deduced by Jiang Xinghuo was true or not, at least this process, whether it was the motivation for the decision, the number of Ming troops, the speed and location of the march along the way, , there is nothing worthy of scrutiny and doubt.

Earthen fort.

Zhu Di thought of the fortress east of Huailai City.

The terrain there is indeed exactly as Jiang Xinghuo said!

And Jiang Xinghuo had never crossed the Yangtze River, so how could he know what the terrain was like for an unknown small fortress on the border in the far north of the empire?

Zhu Di's heart had begun to be extremely shaken.

Maybe, this is the future!

Zhu Di took a deep breath, and his voice even trembled slightly.

"So, the Ming Dynasty, with its empty capital, was forced to move south?"

"No."

Jiang Xinghuo shook his head and said, "Someone stood up."

"who?"

"Yu Qianyan, Minister of the Ministry of War, said that those who move south can be killed!"

"Then the militia were recruited, the weapons and armor were repaired, generals were assigned to guard the nine gates, the residents of Fuguo were moved into the city, and grain supplies were allocated to Tongzhou."

"As I said above, I am responsible for military affairs. If it does not work, I will be punished."

Inexplicably, Li Jinglong suddenly remembered a sentence in "The Order of the Master": May your Majesty ask his ministers to bring the thieves back to life. If it doesn't work, he will be punished.

The weight of the world must be shouldered on one shoulder!

Thinking of this, even a cowardly and shameless person like him was somehow touched.

For a moment, my eyes were a little wet.