Chapter: 83

But why did Jiang Xinghuo say "an emperor who is 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 inherits the throne, he should at least be "an emperor who is as heroic as his grandfather and great-grandfather", and Zhu Gaoxu should not be skipped.

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

All of this may still be a story woven by Jiang Xinghuo, Zhu Di thought so.

"In the 14th year of orthodoxy, Oala invaded from Ganzhou, Datong, Xuanfu, and Liaodong. Among them, Datong and Xuanfu were the main forces of Oala and divided into two."

"In order to rescue the two towns of Xuanda, Zhu Qizhen, in spite of the civil and military opposition of the Manchu Dynasty, was instigated by the eunuch Wang Zhen, and led the three major battalions of the capital to march in person, and the nobles and ministers followed."

"After two days of preparation, 170,000 people, including auxiliary soldiers and noble ministers, claiming 500,000, went from Beijing to Xuanfu via Juyongguan, and then reinforced Datong."

Li Jinglong suddenly said: "Wait!"

Jiang Xinghuo stopped talking and looked at Mr. Cao in a red robe.

"How many days did you say you have been preparing?"

"Two days, this should be too much to say...On July 14th, the 14th year of Zhengtong, it was decided to go on a personal expedition. On the 15th, he ordered the emperor to stay in Beijing and set off on the 16th. The soldiers were each given silver. One tael, one piece of fat jacket and trousers, two pairs of booty shoes, three buckets of military rations and fried wheat, one donkey for every three people as baggage, and the commander of the general headquarters will give an additional 500 guan in banknotes."

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

Even Li Jinglong, who likes talking on paper the most, was a little emotional.

Even if you have read a military book, you can't do this!

How can there be a logistics supply for a total of 200,000 troops in two days of preparation?

What's more, marching sentry cavalry, military stations along the way, recruiting civilians, and marching order, which one does not require time to plan?

Li Jinglong thought with some self-mockery, no wonder, in front of this "Ming Baozong", Li Jinglong can be set off as a soldier... At least Li Jinglong is familiar with military books and knows how to dispatch hundreds of thousands of troops He was a qualified general when he was marching and setting up camp, but he was very crotch compared to the famous generals of his time in war, and he was afraid of death.

In Zhu Di's mind, this battle was probably lost more than half before it started.

Jiang Xinghuo's subsequent narration further verified Zhu Di's idea.

And Jiang Xinghuo's detailed description made Zhu Di even more suspicious of his previous assumptions.

"I arrived at Tangjialing on the 16th, arrived at Longhutai on the 17th, passed through Juyongguan on the 19th, and arrived at Xuanfu on the 23rd. It was very windy and windy that day, and more than 100,000 troops lacked rain gear, tents and food. So all the honorable ministers knelt down and begged to return In Beijing, he said, "The captives are so powerful that they cannot go back. If there is any danger, the emperor will be trapped in the grass." The eunuch Wang Zhen angrily reprimanded, "If there is such a thing, it is also the destiny." Then he returned to the tent, and all the honorable ministers knelt until dawn. Emperor, so leave."

Hearing this, Zhu Di's heart twitched.

Zhu Di seemed to have seen with his own eyes more than 100,000 good sons, under the emperor's order, braved the summer rainstorm and went to Datong via Xuanfu.

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

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

"The Oala tribe didn't know the reality of the Ming army. Seeing the source of 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 the frontier soldiers strewn across the field. The morale of the army was severely damaged again. Afterwards, a small number of soldiers and horses were left in Datong, and the army began to return."

"I originally planned to return to Beijing by taking the south road from Shanxi Zijingguan, but in the end I decided to return by the same road on the north road."

Li Jinglong asked puzzledly, "Why?"