First Minister of Ming Dynasty

First Minister Section 601

The rain is falling from the sky, God is blessing us, the Mongols will undoubtedly lose!

The Ming army, who was already half dead, was instantly revived on the spot, and it was even more ferocious than before.

They screamed strangely and rushed towards the Yuan army.

One ebb and the other, the Yuan army was bewildered by the rain, and morale plummeted.

At this moment, Zhu Xing and Zhu Xing were also overjoyed, showing expressions of astonishment.

"It really made the fourth brother talk, it's actually raining!"

"Third brother, what should we do?" Zhu Xi asked excitedly, swallowing the rain.

"What else can I do? Get out! Take advantage of this surge of morale to disperse the Yuan army, this opportunity is not to be missed!"

"it is good!"

Zhu Xing decisively erected the big banner, and the whole army attacked.

The Ming army, which had been suffocated for a long time, surged out like water breaking a bank.

The Yuan army, which was still in the upper hand, was retreating steadily at this moment, in a panic.

And at this moment, Yuan Jun's back drums shook the sky!

Originally, the Sapphire Division, which had only two days left to go, was already killed in just over a day!

"Kill me hard!"

Sapphire took the lead and rushed into the Yuan army's position.

In an instant, the outcome was reversed.

Wang Baobao could only say nothing.

Obviously the last time, why is God still unwilling to help me?

When Wang Baobao was shocked, Lan Yu led the army and had already killed him.The subordinates did not dare to hesitate, and hurriedly escorted Wang Baobao to escape.

It's just the rainy weather, and Wang Baobao's illness is several times more serious than usual. In addition, he pretends to be calm and continues to command soldiers and horses. He is also at the end of his strength.

When pulling the horse to escape, he fell off the horse all of a sudden!

Seeing this, Lan Yu was overjoyed, "Wang Baobao has been captured, Wang Baobao is gone!"

He rushed forward frantically, but someone was faster than him.

Zhu Di held a knife and brought his guards to kill him too. His eyes were red, "Wang Baobao is mine!"

At this moment, Wang Baobao still has a sliver of reason.

If they were captured by them, life would be worse than death!

He pulled out the dagger from his arms and was about to kill himself.

But when he turned his hand to aim at the neck, his wrist felt a sharp pain, and his deformed joints could not use any strength at all. In desperation, Wang Baobao could only stroke his neck, and his head followed, but he stroked several times in succession. It's just scratching a layer of skin!

In the end, Zhu Di was a step faster, "Wang Baobao, you have been captured!"

Chapter 832 Reunion of Monarchs and Subjects

The torrential rain in the grassland is always rapid, and after the heavy rain, the sky is clear and the sky is clear, refreshing.

Zhu Di, Zhu Xi, Zhu Yan, these three feudal lords escaped from death and looked at each other, but they were not happy at all. Even if Wang Baobao was captured, they were very angry!

Lan, you came too late!

"I want to impeach Lan Yu." Zhu Yan snorted angrily.

Zhu Di rolled his eyelids, and said helplessly, "He's the elder brother's wife-in-law, aren't you afraid that the elder sister-in-law will be angry?"

"If you are angry, you will be angry! He came too slowly!" Zhu Yan said bluntly.

Zhu Xi also said: "That's right, if he is later, we will all become dead ghosts, and the emperor will decide for us in this matter! Fourth child, will you go to the letter with us or not?"

Zhu Di hugged his head, and said helplessly: "Second brother, third brother, I, I just can't figure it out now... We have been preparing for so long, and we have discussed it repeatedly, and we have prepared so well, how come it ended like this in the end? Son, besieged, lacking drinking water, almost dying of thirst... What is going on here?"

Zhu Xing and Zhu Bing also looked at each other, what's going on?

Or are we too picky?

Or is Wang Baobao too strong?

How did it end up like this, without the slightest joy of a complete victory... When the three brothers were in a state of distress, someone suddenly laughed and said, "That's right, I know how to reflect, do you want me to discuss it with you guys?"

The voice was Lan Yu, and the faces of Zhu Xi and Zhu Yan instantly darkened, and Zhu Di could only smile dryly.

Lan Yu didn't care, and sat down, "I was a teacher in martial arts, let me say first... The goal this time is to wipe out Wang Baobao's forces in one fell swoop, and completely flatten Beiyuan... This is the joint effort of His Majesty and Grand Master. It was settled, they arranged a three-way attack, divided into encirclement, Feng Guosheng cut off the Yuan army's back, and I directly sent troops and Lin to destroy the lair. The three of you are responsible for luring the enemy, right?"

Zhu Di nodded, "Yes, that's right."

Lan Yu continued: "That is to say, in this battle, from the grand master's formulation of the strategy, to His Majesty's decree, to our three-party arrangement, and the decision to send troops, there is no problem, right?"

Zhu Yan suddenly said: "General Lan, why did you come much later than that? Are you right?"

Lan Yu waved her hand, "King Jin, don't get angry, let me ask you, why didn't you prepare enough water, why did you set up a village in this desperate land? Yuan Ting has clearly given up, why are you still here?"

The continuous questioning made Zhu Yan momentarily at a loss for words.

And Zhu Xi said: "When we set off, suddenly some livestock were infected with the plague, a large number of cattle and horses died, and even a lot of camels were lost. We can't carry too much water. Moreover, our scouts have problems, He found a well, but who knows that there is not much water in the well here, and it was gone in just two days!"

Lan Yu said again: "Very well, the water matter is over, then let me ask you again, why did you lose consecutive battles against Wang Baobao? I remember that the army selected veterans for you, why didn't they work?"

At the mention of this, Zhu Yan became anxious first, "What kind of veteran in the army? That Zhang Cundao is really a bad thing! Let him act as the forward. He did not reach Helin, but led us to Tulahe. His forward was attacked by the Yuan army. Sneak attack, I was the one who saved him!"

Zhu Di followed up and said: "Indeed, I also supervised the troops to rescue the third brother, but because of this, we separated from the second brother. Wang Baobao punched us, and we were confused. The lure turned into a retreat, and we lost a lot of supplies. Including food, firearms! If the second brother and the third brother had some experience, we would not be able to stabilize the camp at all, and we would be defeated by the Yuan army."

Sapphire nodded again, "Very good, now that we've finished talking about your mistakes, let's talk about me!"

Zhu Di was taken aback, "Are you also at fault?"

Lan Yu couldn't help but hehe said: "I'm not a god? How can I be right! Let's put it this way, I sent Ye Bushou to open the way, and when I passed the Yuan army's camp in the Black Forest, I encountered a large group of Yuan troops!"

"What?" Zhu Di was shocked, "Then, did you fight them?"

"No!" Lan Yu said: "According to my judgment, they are soldiers and horses of the kings of the Yuan Dynasty. According to common sense, they should put their horses near Beihai, but they are going south in a big way, which is very puzzling."

"Why is that?" Zhu Di asked.

Lan Yu said: "I don't know either. There may be two possibilities. One is that the climate in the north is cold and they have to go south in advance. Another possibility is that Wang Baobao asked them to go south to help!"

After a well-arranged battle, tens of thousands of people suddenly came, and unexpected changes happened. Both Zhu Xi and Zhu Yan also looked at Lan Yu, "How did you make the decision?"

"I bet Wang Baobao couldn't command them. In order to avoid conflicts, I took the initiative to go around, which was delayed for about two and a half days." After Lan Yu finished speaking, she looked at the three people, "How about it, how big do you think I am?" crime?"

Several people gathered together to review the entire battle process, and gradually, they stopped talking.

What is the key to determining the success or failure of a large-scale battle?

Sapphire has been analyzed.

Zhang Ximeng and Zhu Yuanzhang, as decision-makers, have a clear strategy.

Then from Zhongshu Province, to Beiping, and then to Shanxi and other places, they were also fully prepared, and the supply of food, grass and military equipment was sufficient, and they had no problem.

Then the several leading generals also dispatched troops according to the predetermined plan, surrounded by three groups, and each played their own roles.

So far, it can be said that they have tried their best.

But then things started to go out of line... On the side of the Three Kings, a plague suddenly broke out. Before the battle, a large number of animals and horses were infected with diseases, which greatly reduced the transportation capacity.

They could only bring food as much as possible, and search for supplements on the road to drink water... Then the soldiers who scouted the water source also made mistakes, misestimating the supply capacity of the wells.

As for Sapphire, he also encountered trouble and had to take a detour, which wasted time.

Just imagine, if Lan Yu didn't take a detour and stormed the eastern kings, he might defeat these people, but would the rout of the army notify Wang Baobao in advance, so that the whole plan fell through?

It's hard to say, at least Sapphire didn't dare to bet.

After all, what is the problem?

Everyone is right, or everyone is wrong?

"In fact, the reason is very simple, that is, the battlefield is too big!"

"The battlefield is too big?" Zhu Di asked curiously?

Sapphire nodded, "That's right, the three-way army, nearly 20 people, thousands of miles across the battlefield, sent troops separately. After we set off, it was difficult to communicate with each other, and we didn't know what happened to each other. The cooperation we planned before the battle , can’t be achieved at all. In fact, if it weren’t for the good luck this time, we would fight on our own, be broken all the way, lose three ways, and there is absolutely no possibility of victory!”

The three kings turned pale with fright, what?

After playing like this, is it still a good performance?

Lan doesn't talk nonsense, does he?

They couldn't help but ponder, think twice, and see what's going on!

In fact, this Northern Expedition is very close to the three-way Northern Expedition in the fifth year of Hongwu in history. At that time, Xu Da led the Central Army, Li Wenzhong led the East Army, and the West Army was handed over to Feng Guosheng. Each route was [-] soldiers and horses. Also He Lin.

In history, the soldiers and horses of the three groups gathered together, and Tang He and Lan Yu all went out with the army.

The lineup is luxurious, even more than this time.

Xu Da first defeated Wang Baobao in a row, and the army advanced smoothly, but it turned out that a lonely army went deep.

They were also short of food and water, and were in a very difficult situation. Then they were defeated by Wang Baobao and He Zongzhe in the first battle.Then Wang Baobao moved his troops to the east. Seeing that the situation was not good, Li Wenzhong had no choice but to cast doubts and lead the troops to retreat. Although the loss was not large, there was no gain.

In contrast, the soldiers and horses of the West Road, which had the most victorious results, captured a lot, but they also made a suffocating operation, that is, they abandoned the land west of Jiayuguan, which is the famous abandoned land of Feng Sheng.

Replaying the Northern Expedition, the Ming army, Xu Da, Lan Yu, Tang He, Feng Sheng, Fu Youde, Li Wenzhong...all of them are famous generals, they can be called shining stars.

Then three groups of troops were sent out, and the strongest Xu Da suffered a disastrous defeat, which can be said to be the biggest failure in his life in military affairs.

Li Wenzhong barely survived, but also greatly damaged the dignity of the famous general.

As for Feng Sheng, he is a partial teacher himself. Although he won, he abandoned the land, which caused a very bad impact... Their results in the battle were far worse than this Northern Expedition.

Looking at it this way, although the three kings were in a mess, they held on and were not defeated. Zhu Di also captured Wang Baobao.

Besides, Lan Yu, although it was a bit late, but after all, he killed He Lin, cut off Wang Baobao's retreat, and successfully wiped out all the forces of Bei Yuan in the first battle.

In any case, it is not a failure!

Again, where is the problem?

Who is wrong?

"Da Ming, whose fault lies in front of him, doesn't have the capital to mobilize thousands of miles!" Lan Yu concluded.

Zhu Di immediately said: "If we don't arrange this way, Wang Baobao will run away!"

Lan Yu also said: "So we are lucky! God bless Daming!"

Lan Yu said unceremoniously: "I will summarize this battle in detail and submit it to Grand Master Zhang. I strongly suggest that in the future battles, elite troops with less than 10 soldiers should be the main force, and a single team will expand the results if they win. To lose is to recharge your batteries. Tens of [-] people, attacking from multiple directions, looks magnificent, and all aspects are taken care of. In fact, it is too big and useless, and often because of a little negligence, the whole situation will be ruined! With the current ability of Daming, it is still impossible to fight This kind of battle!"

Sapphire's conclusion can be said to be a final decision. The three kings thought over and over again, and all nodded vigorously, expressing their agreement with Sapphire's point of view.

Lan Yu looked at them and found that the three kings were downcast and their spirits were low, so he suddenly couldn't help laughing.

"Look up! Keep your spirits up! We didn't lose! We won! And it was a big win! Wang Baobao was caught by us, and Bei Yuan is completely finished!"

Sapphire suddenly yelled, reminding the three young men.

Indeed, we won anyway.

Moreover, the entire Lingbei Province belongs to Daming, all the way to Beihai, the huge territory and endless pastures all belong to Daming!

We won, won heartily!

Give Your Majesty the victory!

Zhu Di also reminded: "Remember, take good care of Wang Baobao, send him to reunite with the iron pot, and let them renew their relationship with the monarchs and ministers!"

Chapter 833 The Last Loyal Minister of the Yuan Dynasty

As Lan Yu said, although there are many problems, after all, he won and captured Wang Baobao, so he can indeed explain to His Majesty, and even ask for credit and be rewarded.

He gladly took the lead in writing the letter, and after reflection, the three vassal kings also wrote the letter to report the victory to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Since it was sent from Mobei to Yingtian, it would take at least half a month even if it was an urgent journey of [-] miles. The long distance and the tormented waiting made Zhang Ximeng a little unbearable.

The more he waited, the more uneasy he felt, and in the end, he even became a little apprehensive.

Zhang Ximeng is not a genius to lead the army, and he didn't understand where the irritability came from for a while... But he was thoughtful and good at guessing. Facing the map, Zhang Ximeng deduced it over and over again, imagining various situations in his mind. Finally, Zhang Ximeng figured it out, but he also Sweating and shuddering,