Zhu Shangbing felt that the life he was living now was not good at all.

The decisive battle of the Northern Expedition ended more than a month ago. It stands to reason that all armies should have returned to the pass, leaving only a small number of troops and horses stationed at key points in the grasslands to facilitate the subsequent city construction plan.

But God knows what happened to the fourth uncle.

He has been going crazy these days, pulling together all the children of meritorious families in the Northern Expeditionary Army.

I practice on the grassland every day without looking at the sky.

If it was just for training, Zhu Shangbing could still accept it.

But the key point is that the fourth uncle actually said that he wanted to study the new tactics that the Ming Dynasty would use in the army in the future. Since they would be the leaders of the army in the future due to their meritorious deeds and the criticism of the public, they would naturally be the first to master them.

Even so, Zhu Shangbing still wouldn't say anything.

The most important thing is that Fourth Uncle Zuili's new tactics actually involve artillery and infantry coordination and artillery and cavalry coordination.

Every day, those hundreds of artillery pieces flew almost close to their scalps.

If the artillerymen of the firearms battalion had not extended the attack distance, Zhu Shangbing swore that just during this period of training, there would have been heavy casualties.

So much so that now, even if Zhu Shangbing is asleep, he can wake up from his sleep whenever he hears a slightly louder noise.

There was a pop.

Zhu Shangbing, who had just finished today's training, jumped off the horse with his butt between his legs, and lay down heavily on the grass. He tilted his head and looked at Chang Jizu, who was also lying on the ground next to him.

"Tell me, what happened to Fourth Uncle?"

Chang Jizu pressed his hands on the inner thighs and rubbed them gently with a grin.

After riding horses for a long time, no matter how good their riding skills are, their legs will still be unable to bear it.

So much so that nowadays, in the military, there are unlucky guys everywhere who walk with their buttocks between their legs and their legs spread out.

Every time they passed by veteran military generals such as Duke Lan Yu of Liang State and Fu Youde, Duke of Ying State, they would receive a wave of ridicule.

Chang Jizu sighed deeply, with a sad look on his face: "I think His Highness King Yan is being stimulated."

Zhu Shangbing lay with his eyes blank as the clouds passed by above his head.

On the other side of Chang Jizu are the children of the noble Zhongxun family on the other side.

Hearing what Chang Jizu said, he immediately became interested.

The man was still lying on the ground, but turned sideways and supported his head with his palms.

"What aroused His Highness, Prince Yan?"

Chang Jizu tilted his head and gave a bitter smile: "You haven't realized that this decisive battle at Hulun Lake in Hailer ended too quickly? Our army now relies more and more on artillery and firearms. I think, Yan

Wang didn't get enough money to lead the men into the battle and fight with the enemy, so he was stimulated."

"Alas!"

Zhu Shangbing let out a long sigh.

Chang Jizu continued: "King Yan probably also feels that the war in the future may be more and more different from the past. Who is he? The person who likes to lead the charge most among the kings of the clan, if he doesn't master it now

In the future wars, how do you ask His Highness the King of Yan to bring his troops and horses into battle to kill the enemy?"

"So we are the unlucky ones?"

The meritorious disciple muttered with a sad face.

Zhu Shangbing shouted fiercely: "Help me up, I have to find those bastards in the firearms camp today! The artillery is getting lower every day, do these bastards want to bombard us?"

"Don't worry." Chang Jizu muttered and explained: "According to my estimation, the firearms battalion is just to use up the artillery shells brought out this time. We have never found an opportunity to fight the Tatars before.

The artillery shells we brought were only used at Hulun Lake, and when they are used up recently, they will no longer be like this."

Zhu Shangbing just straightened up and lay down again.

"I hope the imperial court will issue a decree to recall my fourth uncle to the capital as soon as possible."

…

However, Zhu Shangbing's beautiful hope was destined to be dashed.

Nowadays, Daqing City is as tall as two floors, and the enthusiasm for construction has not yet dropped.

As Daqing City grew taller and taller day by day, more and more court officials and Xinma scouts came and went.

Visible to the naked eye, Daqingcheng will become an important town that controls the entire grassland to the north.

A road across Daqingshan is being widened with the roar of artillery fire every day.

"The Ministry of Industry is leading people to experiment with the feasibility of railways on the grassland."

Zhu Gaochi held his hands together, hiding several latest memorials in his sleeves.

Zhu Yunxi and a few people walked on the meadow in the north direction of Daqing City, looking at the smoke-filled Daqing Mountain.

"I heard that their current plan is to build gravel roads first, and then experiment with cement roads and railways?"

Zhu Gaochi nodded: "Whether it is a cement road or a railway, both require a stable roadbed, and gravel roads are the best choice. Doing this now will also make it easier to improve the road in the future."

Zhu Yunxi hummed, raised his head and said: "The army is slowly retreating back to the pass. What news is there now?"

Zhu Gaochi immediately took out a memorial from his sleeve.

"The West Route Army is continuing to march westward, preparing to occupy the territory of the Oara tribe. Then some soldiers will be stationed in the western grasslands, and some soldiers will return to the pass from the west and be stationed in the Hexi area to rest and wait for the rotation of soldiers and horses from the imperial court before they withdraw to their places of origin.

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"The Central Route Army and the East Route Army are withdrawing as planned, leaving only some troops stationed in important grassland areas."

"The duke of the State of Liang petitioned the imperial court to set up border guards and forts on the line between the imperial court and Beihai, so that the Ming Dynasty could encircle the grasslands."

"The Liaodong Dusi also sent a letter asking whether the troops should be sent out of the Greater Khingan Mountains and Lesser Khingan Mountains, or should they stick to the area south of the mountains."

Several matters involving outside the customs came out from Zhu Gaochi's mouth.

King Abu of Shun'an, who has now been renamed Zhu An, followed behind the two of them, quietly listening to their conversation, and silently thinking about the future pattern of the grassland.

Zhu Yunxi thought for a while and said: "Although there were not many large-scale battles in this Northern Expedition, the soldiers have been out for a long time, so we should try our best to rotate the soldiers on the front line."

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Zhu Gaochi nodded: "This matter is already being done. It is estimated that it will take until the end of the year to rotate out all the soldiers on the front line."

After grasping the time point, Zhu Yunxi said again: "The grassland has been taken down, and the rest is the management. If Tie Xuan wants to be a lonely minister, let him work on the grassland first. Send him a message and let him handle it as soon as possible.

After the war, we came to Daqing City to take control of Beikong Grassland."

"yes."

Zhu Yunxi continued: "The matter requested by Liang Guogong will be approved. However, since he proposed this matter, and I heard that he carved the words "visit here" on the cliff on the north coast, then he will do it.

Bring someone to take charge of this matter.

We need to lead the soldiers of our dynasty to become familiar with the environment of the grassland and even the Beihai. The construction of border forts can be done step by step. As long as we spend more time, the grassland will eventually become the grassland of our Ming family.

As for the letter of inquiry from the Liaodong Dusi, he replied to Xie Ba, the commander of the Liaodong Dusi, and asked him to prepare for the change of the Liaodong Dusi to Liaodong Dao. Once this matter begins, he can be the commander of the Northeast Nurgan Dusi.

Areas outside the Greater Khingan Mountains should follow the example of what today's slaves in the Northeast do. One bite cannot make you fat, and you have to do things step by step."

At this time, Zhu An (the king of Shun'an) raised his head.

He seemed to be hesitant to speak.

Zhu Gaochi glanced sideways at Zhu An and asked with a smile: "What does King Shun'an know?"

Zhu An immediately bowed slightly and nodded: "It's not a big deal, I just heard something mentioned by the herdsmen who recently went south to Daqing City."

News brought by herdsmen?

Zhu Yunxi also stopped and asked, "What is it?"

Zhu An bowed again: "Back to your highness, it was actually the herdsmen who heard about it. They heard that the people from Nuergan in the Northeast seem to have begun to migrate north."

"Migrating north?"

Zhu Yunxi frowned slightly.

In today's period of small glaciers and continuous drops in temperature, the north is colder than in the past.

Do people from the Northeast want to go to Siberia?

Zhu An nodded and said: "They are migrating north, but they are not settling in the far north. According to the herdsmen, there seems to be a strait in the northeast corner of the far north. It used to be isolated by sea water, and the waves were higher than the mountains. But.

It seems that the sea water is frozen now, and you can reach the other shore by walking eastward for a few days."

Bering Strait!

In an instant, Zhu Yunxi understood what Zhu An was talking about.

There was a twinkling light in his eyes.

Zhu An was naturally aware of it and did not dare to delay. He continued: "According to what the herdsmen heard, it seems that when they cross the frozen strait to the other side, there is a land no smaller than the Central Plains. As long as they continue to go south.

, it is a fertile land.”

Zhu Gaochi frowned slightly: "What are they going to do?"

After finishing speaking, Zhu Gaochi's face immediately showed a somewhat embarrassed expression.
To be continued...